Chapter 260: Invitation from the Olympic Organizing Committee and Special Effects Preparation

Seeing Lu Kuan looked at the unfamiliar number and answered the phone in confusion.

There was only the bubbling sound of hot pot in the room.

"Hello? Hello."

"Hello, may I ask if this is Director Seeing Lu Kuan?"

Boss Lu didn't recognize who the steady and powerful voice on the other side was.

"Yes, who is this?"

"I am Zhang Yuan Heping."

Boss Lu's heart moved.

"Hello, Chairman Zhang."

Zhang Yuan Heping on the other end of the phone understood as soon as he heard him call him Chairman Zhang.

Zhang Yuan Heping, former general manager of Forbidden City Film, later transferred to director of the Beiping Culture Bureau.

*Prime Minister Liu Luoguo* and *The Happy Life of Poverty-Mouthed Zhang Damin* were all works he led.

Zhang Yuan Heping is now the vice chairman of the Municipal CPPCC and is working in the coordination group for the solicitation of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beiping Olympics.

As mentioned in the previous text, it was he, Gao Jun, and Han Han Shanping who came up with the concept of the New Year file in 1998, making *The Dream Factory* a blockbuster.

This is also an old film person.

After the Olympics, he would be transferred to serve as the president of the People's Art Theater due to his merits.

"Hehe, didn't disturb you, did I?"

"Where is that? You are an old colleague of Han Zong, and my relationship with Han Zong is also good. Please speak if you have anything."

"That's good, I'll make a long story short."

"Director Seeing Lu Kuan, I represent the Beiping Olympic Organizing Committee and formally invite you to participate in the solicitation of the opening and closing ceremony plans for the Olympic Games."

"This work starts on March 5th and ends on August 31st."

"Actually, we sent a letter to Inquiry Realm before, but there was no reply, so I called you directly. You don't mind, do you?"

Seeing Lu Kuan laughed: "Where, thank you, Chairman Zhang. I will definitely consider it carefully."

Zhang Yuan Heping paused in his heart. It was obvious that this newly promoted Golden Bear and Oscar Best Foreign Language Film director's failure to sign up immediately was not an omission, but a lack of intention for the time being.

But with his status, being able to notify the invitation in person already carried great sincerity, so it was not appropriate to say more at the moment.

"Good, then we look forward to your good news."

"Good, goodbye."

The blind tone of "beep beep beep beep" sounded particularly harsh in the quiet room.

But for everyone present, nothing was harsher than Boss Lu's indifferent attitude.

That's the Olympics!

Our century-old grand event!

With such a big lineup, and the vice chairman personally calling to invite you, why is Director Lu so calm?

What's there to consider?

Boss Lu put down the phone leisurely, feeling sorry that the few pieces of meat in the pot were about to be overcooked.

"Little Liu, why didn't you turn off the fire?"

He has always been quite particular about eating.

Liu Liu Yifei scolded with a smile: "Turn off my ass! Why didn't you agree directly? That's the Olympics! Isn't it more important than you filming a hundred movies?!"

Everyone present didn't dare to speak, but they were nodding silently in their hearts.

What a waste of heaven's gifts! This is the honor that countless directors rely on to become famous and crave to get.

Just this one was personally invited by the vice chairman. If it were on Lu Taro's head, he would have to shout through the streets with a big loudspeaker!

"The Olympics are not as simple as you think. It's easy to come up with a plan, but landing it is too difficult, and you will encounter various difficulties in the middle."

"I have no experience in organizing and preparing large-scale evening parties, and I have filmed very few scheduling scenes. It's better to leave such professional things to professional people."

Being the general director of the Olympics is of course a top honor.

If he could be the general director, saying it's a gold medal for immunity is a bit excessive.

But as long as he doesn't drive our aircraft carrier to the opposite side of the Pacific, no hammer will be able to kill him in the future.

This is almost the highest honor and political capital for an artist and a non-system person.

But if he wants to take on this burden, from March to form a bidding team, the deadline is the end of July, the first round of reporting in September, and the second round of reporting in January 2006.

Finally, in mid-March 2006, the elders in the sea will listen to the report for the last time.

Then it's a long march of two years, all the way to August 8th.

Long-lasting and time-consuming.

For Boss Lu, copying Old Zhang Yimou's creativity from the previous life should have a high probability of winning the bid, but he still disdains doing so.

Zhang Zhang Yimou is good to him. They met at the Beidian fourth test and recognized his potential. When he hadn't made his fortune and was attacked by the Beijing circle, he spoke up for him.

*The Exotic* defeated *House of Flying Daggers* to be submitted to the Oscars, and he also sincerely blessed him. There was also his presence at every premiere and praise after winning the award.

This is an old senior and old predecessor worthy of respect.

The Olympics is Old Zhang Yimou's greatest achievement in his life. Blindly grabbing it and delaying his own filming to make money is not worth it.

Hu Ge laughed: "President Lu, you don't go online often. Recently, it has been raging on the Internet."

"Director Zhang Yimou was scolded miserably for the eight minutes in Athens. Now there is a call from all over the country, all asking for public solicitation of opinions."

There is indeed some controversy about Old Zhang Yimou's eight minutes in Athens, but objectively speaking, it is not right to blame him for everything.

There were only eight minutes in total to show Chinese elements as much as possible, which caused the cultural elements and the sense of stacking to be too heavy.

At the same time, compared with the excellent creativity of the Athens Olympic closing ceremony moving the Aegean Sea composed of more than 2,000 tons of water into the venue, it fell behind.

Seeing Lu Kuan greeted everyone to continue using their chopsticks: "In this position, there is no one who is not scolded."

"Just like Director Zhang Yimou's films, whether it is *Hero* or *House of Flying Daggers*, the word-of-mouth abroad is excellent, but it cannot satisfy the hopes of the people of the country."

"Because we are too familiar with martial arts culture, and too familiar with traditional culture at the Olympics."

"Artists, the hardest to please are the people of their own country."

Seeing Lu Kuan had seen a documentary called *Zhang Zhang Yimou's 2008* in the later era, which detailed the hard work of every team including him from March 5th to the deadline for submitting the opinion draft.

Almost the creativity of the previous second was denied in the next second.

The final plan we saw went through thousands of times of deliberation and establishment and re-overthrow.

In fact, the director originally set for the Beiping Olympics was Old Zhang Yimou.

It's just that, as Hu Ge said, the negative impact of the eight minutes in Athens was too great.

From the common people to the big leaders, they questioned it one after another, so on March 1st, the Olympic Organizing Committee announced through offline and blog networks that it would solicit plans for the opening and closing ceremonies from the whole society.

Not a few minutes after Zhang Yuan Heping's phone call hung up, Han Han Shanping called again.

"Eating?"

"Yeah, company team building."

Han Han Shanping laughed, and suddenly became emotional: "The country has a task for you!"

Seeing Lu Kuan thought to himself that Old Han's acting addiction came up today, Huo Wenxi?

If the location wasn't wrong, the Berlin Film Emperor would have to accompany you to act a scene!

"Huo Wenxi, speak, does the country need toilet paper or underwear."

Han Han Shanping laughed: "Not joking with you. Old Zhang just called me and asked me to come and touch the bottom to see what your attitude is?"

"Hey, this matter is really not that I don't have patriotic enthusiasm."

"The time really can't be coordinated. *Aftershock* is in the script creation stage, and I have to go to the field to see models and sets."

"I'm going to Cannes in early April to film *Paris, je t'aime*, and I have to participate in the screening."

Han Han Shanping asked in confusion: "Wait, what film are you watching?"

Next week, the Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee will announce the jury members, so Seeing Lu Kuan "spoiled" it in advance: "That, I'm not talented, I'm the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival jury this year."

The entertainment industry artists at the table were all stunned...

Good guy, you refused an Olympic opening and closing ceremony, and then came a Cannes Film Festival jury chairman.

They were still just actors who had just become somewhat famous in the domestic entertainment industry, and the boss had already climbed to the sky like a ladder.

Everyone is still the same age...

Liu Liu Shishi felt even more touched, watching Liu Liu Yifei intimately picking meat for Seeing Lu Kuan beside him. She was still a little transparent, and during the day at the Beiying Factory set, she almost didn't even deserve to have her own name.

Comparing people!

"Can do!"

Han Han Shanping suddenly reacted again that he was entrusted by Zhang Yuan Heping to persuade him, so he became earnest again.

"These are not reasons. Director Zhang Yimou is decades older than you, and he has already started to form a team. Look at you, you are in your prime!"

Seeing Lu Kuan sneered: "I called him yesterday. His *Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles* has wrapped up, and the next film is the script adaptation of *Thunderstorm*, which won't start filming until the end of the year."

"I don't have as much time as him. Oh, by the way!"

He finally found a condition to block Old Han's mouth: "*The Exotic 2* is also in preparation. I am the producer and have to review the finished film every day!"

"Hmm... then alright, you consider it carefully again."

Mentioning *The Exotic 2*, Old Han wasn't sleepy anymore. China Film was going to make a lot of money!

"Han Zong, help me push it. I'm really not suitable."

"Oh! No, now I should call you Han Dong, right? Haha!"

Han Han Shanping's mouth on the other end of the phone was about to split to his ears: "Hey! Why say this? Han Dong is not what you call, haha!"

"Alright, I'll hang up first. You eat slowly."

"Good."

Boss Lu sighed long and hung up the phone. The bowl was already piled with meat.

"Eat quickly, I'm afraid the meat will get old, so I picked it all for you."

Liu Liu Yifei looked at him with a smile on the side, not knowing whether she was declaring sovereignty in front of Tong Tong Liya and others or what it meant.

In short, everyone looked sweet and greasy.

After a meal, everyone went home.

On the car, Liu Liu Yifei asked A Fei to drop her and Seeing Lu Kuan off by Beihai Park.

"What are you going to do?"

"Walk with me!"

"There are people everywhere. What if we get photographed?"

Liu Liu Yifei grabbed his arm: "Photographed then. It's open and aboveboard. I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of, a washing machine!"

Boss Lu helplessly: "Then hurry up and get fully armed, don't let people recognize you."

Little Liu did as she was told. The two got out of the car, and A Fei drove back first.

Beihai Park closes at eight in the evening, but there is a pedestrian path nearby where grandpas and grandmas in the hutongs often come to walk and stroll.

The visibility at night is not good, and the possibility of the elderly identifying Liu Liu Yifei and Seeing Lu Kuan is not high.

Boss Lu turned his head to look at her walking on the low pile by the road like a childish ghost, her left hand resting on his shoulder to maintain balance.

Her clothing style was still lazy and casual, but that face had a meaning of "holding beauty and acting fiercely."

If the face is there, the country is there.

"How did you take a fancy to Haidilao?"

"Good service, isn't it what you said?"

"Like South Beauty from Wang Wang Xiaofei's family, now relying on this point can stand out, plus standardization, easy expansion and financing, etc."

Good guy, you not only like to play straight balls when in love, but you are also a straight intestine when doing things. You listen to whatever is said.

"Why? You don't look good?"

Liu Liu Yifei still attaches great importance to his opinions. Countless examples are placed in front of her.

"Does Liu Ayi know?"

"I know. The first time was Yang Siwei and her going to talk. I said it was your idea, and she agreed."

Boss Lu held his forehead and sweated: "If you say so, what if you lose money? Won't your mom look for me?"

"No, I wasn't impulsive. I asked Yang Siwei to find a business consulting company to research it. At least this company has no hard flaws."

"And I just thought about it. The pastoral food program you asked me to film just happens to cooperate with the marketing investment in hot pot catering."

"I just learned a few words, called intangible assets and goodwill. I will count this part into the investment amount and require a larger share ratio."

Liu Liu Yifei output her point of view word by word. When she turned her head, the man beside her was stunned and looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I feel like you've been possessed by something."

"Hehe, actually I learned it all from you."

Little Liu was proud: "I saw it in my eyes and remembered it in my heart when you fooled Harvey and the others."

Boss Lu shook his head: "Still need to practice. Your concept is wrong."

"What do you mean?"

"What is fooling? That's called win-win! If you can't even convince yourself, how can you fool others?"

Liu Liu Yifei giggled: "No, I can't learn your thick skin."

Since she was so well prepared, Seeing Lu Kuan thought to himself that he would help her, it was still a good project.

"I might really not have time to accompany you next week. You talk about it yourself."

Liu Liu Yifei turned her head with a grievance, dragging his sleeve and acting spoiled: "Why!"

"Alright, stop acting. You might as well hammer me a few times. It's scary."

Liu Liu Yifei broke the defense and went up to poke him in the chest: "Say! What's the reason!"

"I have to go to Tangshan to accept the script and subsequent special effects scenes."

Before the little girl could refute, Boss Lu gave a reasonable explanation again.

"This Zhang Yong you mentioned, I actually heard of him."

Boss Lu began to make things up: "They started as a husband-and-wife shop. Such entrepreneurs have great vigilance against foreign investors."

"Me going, and you going, are two different things."

Liu Liu Yifei listened thoughtfully. Inquiry Realm, such a behemoth, if it were suddenly interested in a hot pot restaurant, it would sound strange.

It is inevitable that people will guess the investor's intentions.

Simple star investment is different. Now there are a lot of stars opening shops, especially Na Ying and Ke Lan, who often advertise for themselves on blogs.

National business is the trend of the era now.

"Then how do I talk? I don't understand!"

"Simple, you just say you recognize their idea of taking customer experience as the center, doing differentiated competition, and orderly expansion."

"I'll ask the vice president of Focus Media to accompany you. Is this chip enough?"

Liu Liu Yifei asked in surprise: "Right! There is offline advertising like Focus Media..."

"By the way, can I say that your Travel TV is also my resource? You send the vice station director Long Li Danni to me too?"

You know how to borrow momentum. Boss Lu's three-legged cat kung fu has all been learned by you.

Boss Lu looked at her with a smile and probed: "Then you might as well say you're my girlfriend. Aren't these resources all yours?"

Liu Liu Yifei heard the word "girlfriend" and felt her heartbeat skip a beat, feeling a bit "little deer bumping."

"Don't talk nonsense! That's not it."

She walked a few steps faster, trying hard to hide her accelerated heartbeat and smiling lips.

Suddenly, she instinctively became vigilant!

The "washing machine" isn't trying to trick me, is he?

Don't even think about getting me until you throw away those smelly clothes of yours...

Don't even think about getting me!

Vigilance aside, she was still willing to chat with the scumbag about these pure love segments: "Then... I'm about to be eighteen. Are you going to have any expression?"

Boss Lu acted foolish: "Expression?"

"The Oscar little golden man belongs to you, and I lent you 30 million to do business. Isn't this enough?"

"Cut! Not talking to you anymore!"

Knowing that he was playing dumb again and didn't get the sweet response she wanted, Little Liu turned her head angrily.

"Go home! Not shopping anymore!"

Well, the daily task of angering Little Liu is completed.

Seeing Lu Kuan returned to the study of the courtyard, opened the computer, and browsed the discussion about the Olympics on the Internet.

The blog network also set up a special topic for enthusiastic netizens to recommend and choose their favorite directors, but it didn't do the ranking thing. It offends people, doesn't it?

After all, it is the century-old dream of the nation, and the limelight and heat have covered all domestic entertainment news.

There are different opinions on the Internet. The highest call is currently Ang Lee. Whether it is the European Three Major or the Oscars, he has honors and has been famous for many years.

Then there are Seeing Lu Kuan and Chen Kaige.

The former is younger, but the limelight this year is really too strong, making all the old predecessors look eclipsed.

But because there is no experience in hosting large-scale evening parties, there are also many netizens who question his professionalism.

Chen Kaige's *The Promise* premiered nationwide in mid-December. Now it is the lingering period of his past word-of-mouth...

Of course, choosing Director Chen, you choose a poet, which is also very romantic, isn't it?

Old Zhang Yimou won't mention it. At present, the depreciation is greater than the praise, and it is still in the spreading stage of bad reviews.

But Seeing Lu Kuan knows clearly in his heart that he is still the most powerful competitor, and his level and experience are there.

Others include Zhang Zhang Jigang of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe. This belongs to professional counterpart operation. *The Thousand-Hand Guanyin* that shocked the audience at this year's Spring Festival Gala is a work he participated in.

Boss Lu browsed for a while and opened the document to review the first few pages of the *Aftershock* script sent today.

At the same time, in the office of Yanda Huayi headquarters, a discussion on the same topic was also going on.

"Feng Xiaogang, try it? You still have hope."

Feng Feng Xiaogang was a bit moved. This is the Olympics. Which director doesn't have the ambition to organize a big show on the world stage?

It's just that compared with the famous directors hyped on the Internet, he is really a bit eclipsed.

His films are mostly pure commercial films, focusing on narrative structure and rhythm, and relatively speaking, he has less involvement in artistic and aesthetic design.

On a stage like the Olympics, if it's really a competition of culture and artistic design, he is really a bit timid.

It's just that Zhou Jun doesn't want him to shrink back. *Aftershock* has already failed, and his bad premonition in his heart is even worse.

If Seeing Lu Kuan really signs up to participate in the opening ceremony plan design, he must try every means to prevent him from being selected in the end.

Otherwise, all the layouts he has spent so much thought and used all kinds of tricks to target him during this period will collapse at the touch of a button.

An artist who may eventually become the general director or deputy general director of the Olympics represents the image of the country.

Out of the need for public opinion stability, no accidents or twists and turns are allowed to appear on him.

Wang Dajun laughed: "Since President Zhou said so, Feng Xiaogang, you try it. Participation is the most important thing. It's a chance to show your face anyway."

"Yeah, and just like stars talking about status, you compete with people like Ang Lee and Zhang Zhang Yimou on the same stage. Whether you win or lose, the status is equal first!"

These two sentences from Wang Wang Xiaolei hit the heart of "Pants," and the latter bared his teeth and laughed.

Zhou Jun made the final decision: "Then let's decide like this. Form a team and submit materials as soon as possible!"

He certainly knows the weakness of commercial film directors like "Pants" in such large-scale activities, but with his participation, he can learn more first-hand information, which is convenient for him to trip Seeing Lu Kuan.

Some people are doing evil, some people are doing things.

Seeing Lu Kuan, who is obsessed with the early preparations for *Aftershock*, is taking Han Han Shanping and Yao Yao Jianguo to inspect the progress at the Beiying Factory.

Yao Yao Jianguo is the person in charge of the film project work office of the Tangshan side, specifically responsible for docking with Inquiry Realm's various work requirements and giving coordination and cooperation.

In the past few days, Seeing Lu Kuan and Roland, the chairman of the jury of the Berlin Film Festival he participated in last month, have communicated. He is an expert in disaster films such as *The Day After Tomorrow* and *2012*, and has a very right to speak on special effects technology.

Considering cost and screen performance, the special effects means of *Aftershock* are mainly divided into two parts.

The first type is the CG method like *2012*.

The advantage of pure CG lies first in the convenience of restoring historical appearance. In cases where the restoration degree of real scene construction is not enough or there are technical difficulties, it must be used.

Secondly, it is convenient to adjust and optimize at any time, unlike the construction of real scenes, which consumes manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and is difficult to handle once made.

But pure CG also has many disadvantages, such as long production cycle, and there will be many flaws under high-frame-rate cameras, even if it is the world's best special effects technology today, it cannot be exempted.

The second type is the combination of CG and models. The advantage is that it is more realistic than pure CG, but the cost of building models is higher.

For the sake of film quality, Boss Lu finally chose this plan.

In *Aftershock*, in addition to the main street scenes of Tangshan in the 70s that need to be restored, there is also a film and television base in Tangshan.

Large model scenes outside of CG need to be completed there.

What the three looked at today was mainly the early rush work of small models.

In the studio of the Beiying Factory, Xie Ning of Butian Film personally led them to visit.

"The two scenes currently being rushed are what Director Lu requires us to make before the script is completed."

"One is the street scene and full view of the entire Tangshan before the earthquake, and the other is the scene after the earthquake."

"Because these two scenes have little to do with the script, they are like this no matter how you write them, so you can start work first."

Xie Ning adjusted his glasses: "Three leaders, please walk this way."

Han Han Shanping looked at the international team of Butian Film making a miniature model in a daze, about 15 meters x 15 meters, with exquisite details and very realistic.

Staff were holding fine powder paint guns to carefully spray paint and make it old, then handed it to the next painter for detail repair, and finally handed it to the handyman for installation.

There are seven or eight processes with few, and more than a dozen with many.

The 400-square-meter studio workshop was full of special effects personnel working with their heads down, looking very professional.

Yao Yao Jianguo was sighing silently in his heart.

In the past two years, starting from *The Exotic*, domestic blockbusters, whether it is Chen Kaige's or Xu Ke's or Yanda Huayi's, even if the relationship is not very good, they have to pinch their noses and come to Butian Film for special effects.

High cost-effectiveness!

The same level abroad is more than twice as expensive. No one will go against money.

Han Han Shanping compared this team with China Film's Hualong Digital, and the gap was like a chasm.

Let alone the exploration of film art, being able to operate Butian Film, a labor-intensive enterprise, smoothly, really couldn't be done without a helmsman like Seeing Lu Kuan.

Need to

Liu Liu Yifei patted his arm in dissatisfaction.

"It's nothing. You ask Yang Yang Siwei to connect with Long Li Danni. After this play wraps up, go film the first episode of the video."

"What exactly is it?"

Boss Lu spread his hands: "I don't know either. I've already asked them to plan it. It should be to build a pastoral scene, and you can make some traditional food in it!"

"The first episode might have to go to your hometown, Wuhan, to make lotus root starch or something!"

Liu Liu Yifei was excited: "Really! Okay, okay. I was in the US for the New Year this year and didn't have time to see my grandmother and aunt."

"Actually, I'm quite interested in cooking. It must be much more interesting than filming!"

Seeing Lu Kuan looked at her smiling in her school uniform, looking just like a college student skipping class in the later era.

In fact, she still had a lazy and casual personality in her bones, but in this life, she had been pushed forward by Boss Lu.

Helping her improve her acting skills, setting goals for her, and arranging work under various names...

If Liu Liu Yifei had to choose for herself, she would probably rather film pastoral videos like *Li Li Ziqi* every day, being able to eat and play.

"I saw the news conference for your new film *Aftershock*. Is there no role suitable for me?"

Good guy, acting spoiled because of favor, this is it. You, Liu Liu Yifei, are the only one in the domestic entertainment industry who directly asks him for a role.

"Your schedule is full. The broadcast season for *Zhu Xian* is coming soon, and the film will be released during the Spring Festival."

"If there's a small role, you can guest star for free, which will be convenient for publicity later."

Liu Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows: "So you're the one called Lu the Skinner, right?"

Not knowing what she thought of, she immediately hugged her arms proudly and poked Seeing Lu Kuan's arm: "I think you can't live without me now."

"Ah?"

I, Seeing Lu Kuan, have never seen such a confident (thick-skinned) little girl!

Little Liu took out her data to support: "I've seen the latest box office data for *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* sent by Inquiry Realm. It's been released for 3 days and has a box office of over 28 million."

"There are over 15,000 comments from my blog fans showing their tickets. Even if each ticket is 30 yuan, that's 450,000 in box office!"

Liu Liu Yifei's expression was exaggerated: "I! One person, created 450,000 in box office for you. You should just steal and be happy!"

"Oh~~~ 450,000 is really a lot!"

Boss Lu also cooperated with her: "It seems my strategy is right. I should cultivate ten Liu Yifeis!"

"Every Liu Liu Yifei helps me publicize. Wouldn't that be 4.5 million in box office?"

"Quick, send that Liu Liu Shishi you signed to Inquiry Realm to cultivate!"

"Think beautifully, beat you to death!"

Little Liu was laughed at by his shamelessness. Dog thing, "washing machine," you're not ashamed but proud, right?

Now you're baring your teeth in front of me!

The two chatted and made trouble. Su Chang had also wrapped up and finished filming. Hu Ge, Zhu Zhu Yawen, and Wang Wang Baoqiang, the three who had fought the lecher Chen Chen Sicheng last time, were all there.

"Director Lu!"

"President Lu!"

"Boss Lu!"

Liu Liu Yifei patted Seeing Lu Kuan's shoulder familiarly: "Let's go eat with us tonight, hot pot!"

"You, President Liu, are treating?"

"Sure."

"Alright, then let's go."

Several cars drove to Fenglan International on Xizhimen North Street in Haidian District. A short-haired woman in an OL style was waiting by the elevator in the staff passage.

"Miss Liu, distinguished stars, welcome everyone."

Boss Lu was a bit puzzled. What kind of hot pot restaurant is this? The service is done to the bottom of the building.

This group of people were already small and big shots. Except for Boss Lu, who was behind the scenes and had slightly lower popularity, they were all surrounded by assistants and entered the store.

"Manager Yang, the same as usual."

"By the way, help us add an extra portion of tripe and yellow throat."

Little Liu still remembered the time at Little Sheep in the US, where the "washing machine" regretted not eating these two dishes. How thoughtful.

Although Yang Liu Xiaoli was already the assistant to the general manager stationed at the Beiping flagship store, she still maintained the etiquette norms from when she first started the business: "Okay, Miss Liu, I wish you a pleasant meal."

"Haidilao?"

The group turned the corner and entered the restaurant from the staff passage. Boss Lu saw the original Haidilao characters in a daze. Now there wasn't even a logo.

"Yeah, have you been here? They only opened in Beiping last year."

Liu Liu Yifei was a bit strange. The "washing machine" usually solved three meals a day at home except for socializing outside. How could he look like he knew Haidilao?

Boss Lu smiled and shook his head: "No, first time here."

Everyone entered the private room. Liu Liu Yifei mysteriously pulled Seeing Lu Kuan into a small office.

The young director acted terrified: "What do you want to do? I'm not that kind of person!"

"What! Discussing something with you."

"Hmm?"

"Lend me 30 million!"

Boss Lu sneered: "How about it, are you going to keep a male model?"

"Get out!"

"Didn't I say it? I want to invest in a hot pot restaurant, and I took a fancy to this one."

"The woman just now is named Yang Liu Xiaoli. She is the secretary of their boss, Zhang Yong, and is now the store manager of the two stores in Beiping."

"I asked Yang Yang Siwei to chat preliminarily, and the other party is willing to accept the investment. Next week, Zhang Yong and his wife will come to Beiping in person to talk."

Boss Lu was stunned in his heart.

He didn't know that the nine-character mantra he said last time in Los Angeles about standardization, easy expansion, and good financing was firmly remembered by her in her brain.