Chapter 551: Industrial Transformation

"Without a doubt, this is the work with which Miss Luo Quan will challenge for the Oscar Best Actress award."

"This gaze can definitely be selected as one of the best gazes in film history; not many actors can achieve that kind of hair-raising fear."

"I am truly looking forward to this movie; Miss Luo Quan is always bringing us surprises."

"I didn't feel much from Miss Luo Quan's previous few movies, but starting from 'The Queen Who Wears Chanel,' I already felt that her acting skills were unimaginably superb. And this time, although there is only one poster, the state presented is already top-tier. This talent and the speed of progress are truly too terrifying."

"And she is unlocking new looks every time; I don't know what kind of Miss Luo Quan this will be."

"It will definitely be very wild!"

On Twitter, the intense discussion among fans from all over the world pushed the number of related tweets to over two hundred thousand.

Larger media outlets were also scrambling to report; now Miss Luo Quan is a traffic code. No matter what the news is, as long as her name is added to the headline, the click-through rate will definitely not be low.

Major advertisers were also tirelessly trying to get Miss Luo Quan to endorse them, including top big brands like Apple, Toyota, and Ford.

Miss Luo Quan's influence is something these companies see clearly. Since Chanel signed her as a global ambassador, sales have increased by more than twenty percent!

For a clothing brand of Chanel's level, a twenty percent increase in overall sales is already quite terrifying.

Perhaps for cars, the celebrity effect might not necessarily play a very large role, but Apple is different.

An international superstar using their own brand's mobile phone to film an advertisement can definitely bring a huge increase in sales.

The only troublesome thing is that ever since her phone privacy was invaded last time, Miss Luo Quan hasn't really used Apple much; usually, when she livestreams, you see her using Huawei.

And Miss Luo Quan also helped Huawei write a song. Although she didn't directly endorse them, this song is quite popular abroad, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she is Huawei's half-ambassador.

In view of this, it's not easy for Apple to try to get close. After all, she is a competitor's ambassador. Although Apple might not mind, Miss Luo Quan is probably not the type of person willing to eat from both sides.

Therefore, Apple hasn't sent a formal endorsement invitation to Miss Luo Quan yet; it's all just a bunch of Apple fans calling out for it.

"Sigh, the endorsement invitations are getting more and more frequent; it's annoying to death."

Early in the morning, Miss Luo Quan was clearing out emails on her computer; seven out of ten were endorsement invitations from various brands.

Some brands are quite persistent; even after being ignored for so long, they still send her greetings and signing invitations on a cycle of once every half month, much more determined than those boys on the internet who say they won't marry anyone but her.

"Isn't it a good thing to have many endorsements?" Gao Liang, hearing his sister's humble-brag, revealed an astonished expression, "Seifert would give anything to take all the endorsements. With your status, one endorsement starts at a million US dollars at the very least!"

"Of course it's nice to get money just by showing your face and taking a photo." Miss Luo Quan chuckled, "But if this brand gets into some trouble, the negative impact will still count on the endorser."

"Although most people are rational, there will always be that small group of people who deliberately look for trouble."

"That's true. I heard that a while ago, all the ambassadors in the China region for a certain luxury brand RH terminated their contracts overnight, and the largest consumer market in East Asia was also lost in an instant." Gao Liang said, mentioning a piece of news he had seen on Twitter before. Even now, this is still considered a hot topic.

The taboos of the East and West are different. This luxury brand was too arrogant; it clearly hadn't studied the culture and taboos of the East clearly. Just one advertisement caused losses in the hundreds of millions.

However, Gao Liang knew that there were quite a few similar enterprises in the West; the only difference was whether they had been exposed or not.

Thinking about it this way, he understood the reason why his sister didn't take these endorsements.

With his sister's status, if she took an endorsement, it would definitely be at the level of a global ambassador, enjoying the highest level of treatment, getting the most money and exposure. But if something went wrong, the criticism she would receive would definitely be the most severe.

By comparison, these enterprises know the taboos of the West like the back of their hands. Words or images like watermelon, fried chicken, cotton, or things that might cause misunderstandings will absolutely not appear.

This caution is an iron rule in the industry because if something goes wrong, one politically incorrect move could mean the entire enterprise is finished.

The result of this difference is actually the reason why enterprises have different attitudes when treating different countries.

Just imagine, if foreign enterprises faced the danger of plummeting income or even bankruptcy after violating China's taboos, would they still be as unscrupulous as they are now?

The answer is obviously impossible. Being able to make an enterprise this big, the bosses of the enterprises are not fools.

Of course, knowing the answer to some things is one thing, and being able to achieve it is another. In Miss Luo Quan's view, it is currently a bit difficult to achieve this condition.

After all, even for that luxury brand that was sprayed by the whole internet a while ago, everyone on Weibo was calling for a boycott, but after the discount advertisements for the offline physical stores were put out, there were still quite a few people who came to buy.

Now it's definitely almost gone, but... in short, the scene at that time was quite ironic.

"Fortunately, Chanel doesn't seem to have caused any similar incidents. Their boss has no other interests besides fashion and making money." Gao Liang smiled.

At this moment, the door was pushed open. The people who entered made both Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang somewhat unexpected; it was actually Eric and Luo Ni.

"Dad, Mom, aren't you on your honeymoon?" Miss Luo Quan got up and said in surprise, walking up to greet them.

"No matter how long a honeymoon is, there comes a time when it ends." Eric put down his suitcase and rubbed his waist.

Reaching middle age, a woman's face sags the fastest, while a man's waist is the first place to show problems.

When he was young, he used his waist too much; now that he's older, the retribution came immediately.

"Is this... a lumbar disc herniation?" Miss Luo Quan looked at her old man sticking out his waist, his brows furrowed, his hand constantly rubbing the position slightly below his lumbar spine.

"It is a little bit. As I get older, my body is not as good as it was day by day." Eric chuckled and sighed.

Actually, his body is usually quite good, and he exercises often, but he accidentally sprained his waist when getting out of the car just now, so it hurts a bit.

However, if it were in the past, spraining his waist to this extent wouldn't have caused any problems, but now it's causing sharp pain; saying he's older is not a problem at all.

"Which day should we go to Chinatown and find an old Chinese doctor to do cupping and acupuncture for you?" Luo Ni reached out to help her husband rub it, and then the two sat on the sofa.

"Cupping, what is that?" Eric said curiously.

Miss Luo Quan doesn't know how to do cupping, but she knows the general principle, so she explained it to her old man: "It's using fire to burn a bottle into a vacuum, and then covering it on the part you need to treat. The difference in internal and external air pressure will make the glass bottle stay on your back and constantly produce suction."

"This suction will suck the blood stasis in your body to under the skin. Once the cupping jar is removed, it will be discharged along with the circulatory system."

"It sounds quite magical. Does it hurt?" Eric knows that China has many magical treatment methods. He knows the fame of acupuncture, and it has been proven to be effective.

However, he really doesn't know about cupping. After hearing the operation method now, he also couldn't understand it.

"I haven't had it done, I don't know." Miss Luo Quan shook her head.

"To be safe, let's go get a CT scan, so as not to hurt the bones." Luo Ni added.

Cupping was just something she said casually. When Miss Luo Quan's grandfather had any problems with his body when she was a child, the most common treatment method was cupping. Luo Ni was also influenced by what she saw and heard, so she blurted it out without thinking much.

"This matter is not urgent; it's not a major illness." Eric patted his wife's hand, took out a laptop from the suitcase, and said to his son and daughter:

"Returning to New York this time, we two will stay for a long time. You two don't live at home much, but if you have time, you can also come to New York to stay for a few days often."

"Not going traveling anymore?" Gao Liang asked curiously.

"Travel my ass." Eric sighed helplessly, "Your grandfather said that he gets angry seeing me idling around all day. Although there are things at home, waiting to die while eating is not a solution, so he decided to let me handle some of the family's business."

"Business?" Gao Liang chuckled, "Can Second Uncle agree? Doesn't this mean touching his heart's treasure?"

"Don't say that; he is your Second Uncle after all." Eric gave his son a reproachful look, "Besides, the business your grandfather gave me is not real estate. No matter how anxious your Second Uncle is, he won't be anxious with me because of this."

"Not real estate? Besides real estate, does our family have other industries?" Gao Liang said suspiciously.

Besides real estate, the Albert Group also has investments in many other companies, but they only have dividends and do not interfere with the operation of these companies.

"It's a new industry." As Eric spoke, he had already opened the computer and clicked on a document, "Calling it an industry, it's actually considered an industrial chain."

The brother and sister looked over and saw the company name "Onalsson Group."

This is a quite large multinational shipping group. At its peak, it was also one of the five major shipping leaders in the United States. However, because of poor management and pressure from peers, the company's business has been declining day by day, constantly reducing its scale.

By now, it has changed from one of the leaders of the past to a medium-sized shipping company, and it is almost on the verge of bankruptcy.

While sliding the page, Eric said: "Your grandfather handed the Albert Group to Andre. Although he didn't say it, he still felt bad in his heart, so he paid out of his own pocket to buy this shipyard on the verge of bankruptcy. However, all the equity of the company is under my name."

"In addition, he also ordered seven 100,000-ton shipping vessels in the name of the Albert Company, which is considered start-up capital and also venture capital. When the company's business picks up in the future, it will have to be returned bit by bit. However, if it fails, there is no need to pay."

Now Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang understood. Rather than saying it was compensation for their old man, it was better to say it was finding him something proper to do.

The Albert family's industry is so huge that even if the eldest son couldn't inherit the group, the compensation wouldn't be comparable to just a few shipping vessels.

It's estimated that the old man saw that his eldest son had already started a family and that wandering around like this wasn't a thing, so he paid money to find him something to do.

Although operating a company on the verge of bankruptcy is somewhat difficult in terms of difficulty, doing shipping is indeed quite suitable for Eric. After all, he has many friends and wide connections; doing this line of work can be said to be most appropriate.

Miss Luo Quan said happily: "Having something to do is a good thing. Seven large ships plus the ships that the company originally had should be able to maintain normal business. If you put a little more heart into it, not to mention making a lot of money, turning around the loss shouldn't be difficult."

"Too conservative." Eric chuckled and stroked his wife's belly. Luo Ni, who has been pregnant for nearly half a year, has a very obvious pregnancy belly, and she will have to go to the hospital to wait for delivery in a while.

"My idea is that since we are going to do it, we must make the business big and strong. My grandfather, your great-grandfather, was able to build up the Albert Group; I might not be able to build an Eric Group."

"Just keep bragging." Luo Ni gently poked her husband's forehead, "Now the ones making big money are internet and new energy. You, a company on the verge of bankruptcy, should first think about how to come back to life before talking."

"I have my own ways. Your husband has walked the world for decades. I don't have much else, but I have many friends. I can always pull in business." In front of his wife, Eric is always so confident.

Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang watched from the side, just smiling faintly, enjoying the relaxed and harmonious time of the family being together.

However, reunions are always short, and parting is the norm.

After the family of four—no, it should be a family of five—had a sumptuous dinner in the evening, Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang boarded the plane to California the next day.

The crew was basically all prepared, and a large group of people were waiting to start work.

"It's best to hire a few trustworthy nannies at home; it's best to transfer a few from the London manor." Before leaving, Gao Liang mentioned this to his old man.

Although Aunt Luo Ni looks young, medically speaking, she is already an older pregnant woman. It's better to have a few more people to take care of things at home.

After all, the people hired by American housekeeping companies are outsiders. Those maids in the manor are all old people with twenty or thirty years of rich experience, so it's more reassuring to use them.

"Do I need you kid to remind me?" Eric laughed and scolded, punching his son, "Take care of yourself and your sister."

"Does my sister need me to take care of her?" Gao Liang complained helplessly, "Her combat power is the best in the world. If she really encounters something, it's more like she takes care of me."

"That's also true." Eric then remembered his daughter's skills and laughed out loud.

Over there, Miss Luo Quan had already finished talking with her mother. The brother and sister waved goodbye to their parents and then boarded the plane. ===== CHAPTER 552 =====