Chapter 1005: New Year's Eve (Part 3)

"Why are you saying that to me?" Gao Liang looked confused, "Do I look like the kind of person who bullies others by relying on power?"

"No." Luo Quan shook her head, "Isn't this to let you take it as a warning?"

"The education I received since childhood makes me unable to do such things."

Gao Liang straightened his clothes and lifted his chin slightly: "If I encounter any disputes, I usually leave them to my private lawyer to handle; he will help me solve everything."

"That's true." Luo Quan doesn't know much about the judicial environment in the United States, but she has heard this sentence often.

Of course, what appears more frequently is: You have the right to remain silent, but everything you say from now on will be used as evidence in court.

In Hong Kong dramas at the beginning of the century, police would usually add this sentence after arresting people, so she had a particularly deep impression.

However, in the mainland, police definitely won't say such a long string when arresting people; they are usually more concise, such as: squat down, hold your head, put your hands behind your back; sometimes they will also shout: put on your clothes!

Of course, what Si Cong encountered this time should be the former situation.

Hitting someone on the street causing a nasal bone fracture, Si Cong has currently been detained, and it is not known how long he will be locked up, but netizens have already couldn't help but start commenting.

At first, everyone was scolding Si Cong, but gradually the style of the comment section changed:

"Little Si is still okay; having bodyguards and still doing it himself, man enough."

"The one who was hit is lucky; don't even think about reconciliation fees less than one million!"

"Meeting a cash cow like Si Cong, I also want to be hammered."

"Just breaking a nose bridge can lead to wealth freedom; the luck is really too good."

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As the old saying goes, money is not everything, but without money, you can do nothing.

Luo Quan knows that money is supreme in this society now, and the general public is also thinking about making money, but it is indeed sad that values have reached such a point.

Let's not talk about who is right and who is wrong in hitting someone; after all, the official report doesn't have many details, and it's unknown if the passerby provoked first or if Si Cong is used to being arrogant; if it's the former, Luo Quan thinks hitting someone is not wrong.

But if it's the latter, how did these people come to the conclusion that "Si Cong is still a man"?

Having bodyguards and not needing to hit someone personally makes you a man, right?

That's true; if you let the bodyguards hit someone, the one detained is the bodyguard, and he at most spends some money.

But from another perspective, the nature of this behavior of instigating bodyguards may not be a simple fight.

But even so, there are still people on the internet cheering for him, even wishing they were the ones being hit.

This kind of thinking is quite distorted, completely licking the rich without a bottom line, and belongs to the same group as those who licked the young master of Wanliu Academy before.

Luo Quan completely cannot understand the psychology of such people, because no matter how much you lick, you won't get any benefits, and instead, others will see your ugly face.

But even so, there are still many people willing to be loyal dogs for the rich, and for this, they don't hesitate to throw away their dignity.

Luo Quan flipped through the comments and saw a word between the lines, which is 'money-worshipping'.

It is a pity that money-worshipping is not illegal, and it should not be criticized morally.

These people certainly promoted bad values, but there is no law that says you can't do this.

She had already satirized it before; if she posts another one now, it will make it seem like she is hating the rich.

That would be too funny; a female billionaire who is among the best in China and even Asia is hating the rich; I guess no one would believe it if it were said out loud.

"The collapse of rites and music" lingered in Luo Quan's mind for a long time, but it was not sent out in the end.

"It's the New Year, let's not add trouble to everyone." Luo Quan comforted herself like this.

"By the way, sister, did you receive the invitation from Bilibili's Top 100 UP hosts?" Gao Liang suddenly said this.

"No." Luo Quan shook her head, "When I was popular, Bilibili had just become popular, and it wasn't the trend to do this.

Now Bilibili's stage is big, but it's no longer my turn, an old UP host, to participate.

Why, were you invited to participate in the Top 100 Ceremony?"

"Yes, I am not talented, but I am exactly one of the 2020 Top 100 UP hosts!" Gao Liang smiled and pulled his collar again.

This smug appearance made Luo Quan curl her lips: "You even learned to speak in a literary way, but I don't remember you operating seriously on Bilibili?"

"That's because you didn't pay attention." Gao Liang showed his phone to his sister; his account on Bilibili already had over a million followers.

Don't look at the big V's with this number of followers on Weibo; in terms of authenticity, Bilibili is much higher; the ratio of real people among these one million people is quite high.

"Not bad, you accumulated so many followers in less than a year." Luo Quan said very unexpectedly.

If she remembers correctly, among the celebrities who entered Bilibili, except for her, those with over a million followers can be counted on one hand; many celebrities didn't even make a splash after entering Bilibili.

And Gao Liang, as a foreigner, can still be flourishing on Bilibili; it is indeed very rare.

"Let me see what your usual content is." Luo Quan clicked on Gao Liang's submission history and found that he was actually a 'miscellaneous talk' UP host.

Just like when she broadcasts, Gao Liang's video content is also about talking.

Secrets of the European royal family, the history of the rise of American chaebols, the appearance behind the glamorous Hollywood, are all content that is eye-catching but has no nutrition.

"Not bad, I thought you would do videos like 'mukbang' that don't require technical content and are easy to become popular." Luo Quan put down her phone and gave her brother a like.

Actually, 'mukbang' is okay; what makes Luo Quan speechless is 'don't laugh challenge' and 'freeloading', boring and brainless, but they can have such high traffic.

How does this make those UP hosts who seriously do content feel?

If she took over Bilibili, the first thing would be to limit the traffic of all UP hosts who do these rotten things in the life section, and then divert all traffic to those UP hosts who have technology, knowledge, and level.

"Actually, my videos are not all like this." Gao Liang smiled, "At the beginning, I really planned to do 'mukbang', just to show Chinese fans what Americans usually eat.

But I shot a few videos, and most people's focus was on the exchange rate between the US dollar and the RMB; just earning US dollars and spending US dollars could make them argue endlessly, so I decisively gave up this type."

"There are indeed many Chinese people who like to argue about this." Luo Quan nodded in agreement.

When she usually watches foreign food, as long as the price is marked, there will definitely be people saying it's so cheap, and that you definitely can't eat it for the same money in China.

Of course you can't eat it; the US animal husbandry is so developed, pork and beef must be cheap.

What's more, China's population is several times that of the United States; it is indeed not very possible to want China's per capita meat consumption to reach the US level.

"So, you transformed into miscellaneous talk?" Luo Quan continued to flip through Gao Liang's videos, but the more she looked, the more wrong her expression became.

For example, when everyone went to Tokyo for tourism in July, Gao Liang posted a video, opening his mouth to say 'arrived at the highest tower in Asia'.

The titles of subsequent videos were even more outrageous, such as 'Comparison of the taste of e-cigarettes and Zhonghua', 'I was born by my mother', 'Cheese American Bald Eagle', 'Bro is rapping with you here', and 'A collection of all Ding Zhen expression packs'…………

Besides Ding Zhen, 'Guai Ling' and 'He Tongxue' were also objects of his mockery.

His videos are like a hodgepodge of internet memes; to put it nicely, it's keeping up with current events; to put it bluntly, it's 'defying the wind'.

At least he can be considered half a person in the Chinese entertainment industry, but like him, such an abstract celebrity, really can't find a second one.

"You are too abstract." Luo Quan scratched her head, not knowing what to say for a while.

She also likes to play this meme when broadcasting, but she wouldn't specifically make videos to play memes and 'zheng huo', and she can't reach Gao Liang's level of direct mastery.

Facing his sister's complaints, Gao Liang replied as usual: "Netizens like to play memes, so why not play? And I have 'unilateral most-favored-nation treatment' when playing memes, and won't be sanctioned."

"'Unilateral most-favored' is here too." Luo Quan remembered the history learned in junior high school, "Do you know what this is? You dare to take it over regardless of good or bad."

"I know, Miya explained it to me." Gao Liang laughed, "After explaining, I was shocked, thinking this kind of meme also dares to play; at first I told everyone not to do this, it's easy to have an accident.

But they said don't worry, because the 'grandfather' in New York is the 'grandfather', and Bilibili's review doesn't dare to make things difficult for me.

I know they are joking, but as you can see, these videos of mine haven't been banned, and the view counts are quite high, gathering a large group of fans for me."

"Abstract fans are not so easy to serve; be careful of backlash." Luo Quan kindly reminded her brother; as far as she knows, internet celebrities who rely on diverting abstract traffic to become popular in China haven't had anyone who can retreat completely.

Of course, Gao Liang might be slightly special; after all, before him, no one could think that a foreigner could play domestic memes so smoothly.

Fortunately, Gao Liang is not playing abstract memes brainlessly; his business ability is actually the real key to his fans staying; his rap technology, which is far ahead of his peers, allows him to get nearly a million views just by posting a singing video.

This is also the reason why he can become a Top 100 UP host; wanting to enter the Top 100 just by relying on abstract culture, you know it's impossible just by thinking about it.

"By the way."

Gao Liang looked at his sister and asked: "I have finished recording the video for this Bilibili New Year's Eve party; you are also going, do you need me to re-record one with you?"

"No need." Luo Quan shook her head lightly, "It was originally interspersed; re-recording with you, editing is a big problem, and the stage effect is ultimately not as good as the live one.

But don't we have a program for the Spring Festival Gala? You just need to rehearse seriously."

"You mean that?" Gao Liang laughed, "I didn't expect you to perform such old-fashioned music on such an important stage."

Luo Quan immediately retorted: "How can that be called old-fashioned? This is called being full of the sense of the era, okay!

Besides, this style of music has been tested by time, and people just like this kind of music.

The Spring Festival Gala is a program watched by over a billion people; being too elegant or too vulgar definitely won't work; 'refined and popular tastes' is not so easy to handle, so it can only be slightly shifted towards the vulgar direction."

"There is some truth to that, but..." Gao Liang still felt that the style of this song was a bit too vulgar; in other words, it was 'tu' (earthy).

But it must be admitted that while it is 'tu', it is also extremely magical, so there will be no shortage of people who hate it and people who like it.

"Alright, don't think about so many things; just prepare the program with peace of mind." Luo Quan patted her brother's shoulder, "If the performance is brilliant this time, maybe it can make you directly popular all over China and become the foreign celebrity with the highest popularity in China!"

"Are you serious?" Gao Liang didn't quite believe it, "I've been doing 'huo' on Bilibili for so long and only have a million followers; going to the Spring Festival Gala and singing a song can make me popular all over the country? How can I not quite believe it?"

"Hehe, you'll know when the time comes whether you believe it or not." Luo Quan didn't argue with her brother, just wait and see.

Soon, news about Si Cong on the internet was updated, saying that both sides reached a reconciliation, and Si Cong spent two million to avoid detention.

However, none of the reports were from authoritative media, so the credibility is questionable.

But it is certain that Si Cong must reconcile.

After all, it's the New Year, and relatives and friends come to visit the old Si family, asking where your son is; how to answer then? Should I say he is spending the New Year in the police station? That would be too embarrassing.

So, even if Si Cong himself wants to bet on this breath, old Si may not necessarily agree; most likely, he will spend money to avoid disaster.

As for whether it can reach the sky-high price of two million, the possibility is quite low.

The richest man's money didn't come from a strong wind, and this far exceeds the compensation record for minor injury reconciliation; if he really spends so much money to reconcile, isn't that releasing a signal to the outside world that offending Si Cong will lead to wealth?

So, the compensation amount definitely won't reach two million; around 100,000 to 150,000 is a relatively reasonable range.

Considering that Si Cong is a public figure and has a celebrity effect, the fee can be adjusted higher as appropriate.

Luo Quan didn't pay attention to the subsequent handling results, but started editing the company's plan for the new year.

And just when Luo Quan was writing furiously, Xu Yanqing had already arrived at Bai Xingwei's home.

"What is your business?"

Bai Xingwei and Xu Yanqing have no friendship; the only one who can make this big celebrity come to the door is Luo Quan, so she said: "If you are looking for Luo Quan, then I can only tell you that she has returned to her hometown and will only be able to come back after a while."

"Then is there any way to contact her? I have some words I want to say to her." Xu Yanqing's expression looked very urgent, as if it were some important matter.

"There is..." Bai Xingwei hesitated, unsure if Xu Yanqing was trustworthy.

Although Luo Quan talked happily with Xu Yanqing and Chu Yueyan before, she didn't know what the relationship was, so she said:

"How about this, you wait here for a while, I'll ask Luo Quan first and see if she has time."

"Okay, no problem!" Xu Yanqing immediately nodded and agreed. ===== CHAPTER 1006 =====