Chapter 298: Liu Liu Yifei: It

"Classmate, please wait a moment!"

Liu Liu Yifei, who was preparing to head home for dinner, stopped in her tracks. A man in somewhat eccentric attire was chasing after her from behind.

Liu Liu Yifei tensed her body slightly, bracing for the potential danger these redneck fanatics might pose.

"Who are you?"

The man was roughly twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with a fairly sincere look on his face. His typical IT-guy attire made Liu Liu Yifei lower her guard slightly.

"Hello, Crystal. My name is Jack Dorsey. I just sat in on your class."

The University of Chicago has many public lectures, where course content and topics are announced in advance for interested members of the public to observe.

This is a manifestation of academic openness and freedom, and also an expectation that more sparks can be struck under such conditions.

Liu Liu Yifei held her books against her chest with both hands, still in a defensive posture: "Oh, hello. Is there something you need?"

"Your remarks and debate just now were too amazing. If I hadn't been auditing, I really would have wanted to participate!"

Dorsey seemed unable to contain his excitement: "Could we have lunch together? I have a few more questions I'd like to ask you."

Another Bi Lian Gibson?

"No need."

Liu Liu Yifei refused directly and turned to leave, having no intention of making small talk with a stranger.

Liu Liu Yifei felt she had been hit on again, and in such an extremely boring way—she didn't know how many times this had happened in the past month.

But unfortunately, this time she had slightly overestimated her own beauty...

An IT guy couldn't possibly capture your Oriental charm, could he?

Dorsey followed her step for step, not prepared to give up: "Don't misunderstand, Crystal. I'm an employee at Odeo. You know Odeo, right?"

Odeo is a nickname for audio; it is a blog video software company that was only founded in June. It can't be considered a competitor to Mytube; it's an upstream and downstream relationship.

The main function of this website is to provide Internet users with video management and categorization features.

It's equivalent to selling jeans in a gold rush mining area, or selling waterproof gear in a scenic area for rafting—it's about supporting coordination.

Liu Liu Yifei's footsteps paused slightly.

She had been studying Internet products in these few classes, and she had seen information about this company; it was still very small at the moment.

Dorsey saw her expression and felt there was a chance: "My boss is Evan Williams. He is also the founder of Blogger. You must have heard of him."

Seeing that they were about to walk out of the teaching building, the Chinese actress's female bodyguard was watching him from not far away.

Dorsey didn't have time for gentle persuasion, so he had to get straight to the point:

"Crystal, I actually want to talk to you about a collaboration!"

"Are you trying to ask me to endorse Odeo?"

"No! I have a great idea, but I need investment and help. Your debate and lecture just now inspired me. I want to chat with you about it."

Mia saw her employer standing on the stairs with a strange expression and walked over quickly.

"Is there a problem?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

Liu Liu Yifei glanced at the sincere-looking Dorsey and then turned to Mia: "Let's eat at the school cafeteria today. I'll chat with him for a bit."

Mia shrugged, having no objections.

The three of them sat down at the University of Chicago's unique Cathey restaurant. It is an exquisite, ancient building, similar in style to the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

"Go ahead, tell me."

Dorsey said solemnly: "My two partners and I founded Odeo, but at the moment, we have conflicts regarding the direction of development."

"Just like you said at the seminar, I think the current Odeo is just a temporary podcast service tool and doesn't have long-term value."

"But my two partners, especially Williams who founded Blogger, don't think so, so..."

Liu Liu Yifei speared a piece of steak and stuffed it into her mouth: "So you want to go solo?"

"Yes."

Companies like Odeo are derivatives that emerged after the sudden rise of North American video Internet companies.

Dorsey and the other two originally wanted to test the waters and catch a wave of industry dividends, but they didn't expect that the company would be founded in June, and Apple's Steve Jobs would launch the podcast in July.

Now Odeo is divided into two factions internally. The majority believe that since Apple thinks this line is feasible, they should persist.

And the minority faction, Dorsey, feels that competing with a giant is unwise. They should learn from Mytube and innovate to incubate their own new products; only then is there a possibility of survival.

Today, Liu Liu Yifei's assertions regarding revolution and tools of revolution, corporate strategy, and tactical products awakened him. That is why Dorsey was so "obsessively pestering" her, wanting to communicate his startup ideas with this like-minded Chinese actress.

In fact, he was also surprised—how could the Oriental beauty from the Blue Moon and Tea Art videos appear in a place like the Booth School of Business?

Liu Liu Yifei, however, was not surprised; there are too many such startup fanatics in the United States.

In Los Angeles, there are down-and-out directors everywhere holding scripts and begging for investment;

In places like Silicon Valley, there are IT guys everywhere holding creative ideas and begging for investment.

The young girl just listened to him ramble for a bit, treating it as a side dish for her meal: "Then tell me about it."

Dorsey's spirits lifted: "I want to make a social software similar to a blog, but more differentiated."

"I wrote a piece of software for Safeway, the largest logistics company in Chicago."

"This software can track the real-time status of various freight points and drivers."

"For example, before unloading and arriving at the port, the driver sends a message in the software, and the warehouse manager and porters can prepare in advance."

Liu Liu Yifei interrupted him: "Does this kind of thing still need software? Wouldn't a phone call solve it? And how do drivers use computers in the car?"

"No, it's not that simple. What I made is a professional logistics information platform."

"A train driver goes from Chicago to Washington. He sends a message at the first unloading point, and all the unloading points below can see it and make a plan."

Liu Liu Yifei drew inferences: "You mean to make a software similar to a blog, constructed by referencing the logistics information platform just now."

"Let all users update and send their status anytime, anywhere, and be able to be accessed by everyone anytime, anywhere?"

"Yes! That's right!"

Dorsey was extremely excited; he knew this girl could understand what he meant.

"And you don't need a computer; you just need to send a text message."

Dorsey detailed the operation process: "Now text messaging services are completely popularized across the US, and the cost is very low. We can set up a short code with the carrier."

"The carrier will send the information to our server; this is very easy to implement."

Liu Liu Yifei listened, slightly entranced, and put down the knife and fork in her hand: "Through text messages? Then the information length shouldn't be enough, right?"

She is also an old blog player. How could blog fanatics like Han Han or Xu Xu Jinglei, who write blog posts of hundreds or thousands of words, send them with a mobile phone?

"The character length of a single text message is 160. Adding our server instructions, I want to set the blog post length to around 140."

Dorsey looked at Liu Liu Yifei opposite him with longing eyes, but unfortunately, he didn't see any surprise on her face.

She isn't a transmigrator. Even if she has seen a lot by following Boss Lu, how could she keenly capture the business opportunities in this?

That's right, this Dorsey is one of the founders of Twitter in later generations.

At present, he is still sinking in an Odeo company that is destined to disappear. He will soon break free from the sea of bitterness and begin his arduous startup journey.

"Alright, thank you for your recognition, but I don't seem to have anything I can help you with."

Liu Liu Yifei is not playing hard to get like Boss Lu; she really hasn't discovered the tricks in this yet.

Who can compare to a cheater?

"No! You can! You are a big blogger on Mytube. You can help us drive traffic. Your 'Exotic 2' will also have many viewers. These are all potential users!"

"These are all important resources for our start!"

Liu Liu Yifei smiled and waved her hand: "My popularity on Mytube is because of the assistance of video content. If I just send messages of less than 140 characters, who would pay attention to me?"

"Maybe you can find stars like Tom Cruise or Leonardo to sell your ideas to?"

Dorsey's face turned ashen—he'd have to be able to find them first, right!?

Today was just a chance inspiration he gained from her remarks while auditing, which strengthened his determination to leave and start a business.

Considering the identity of this Oriental actress, she should be able to give some help to him, who has no money and no people. After all, he is very confident in his IT technology.

Dorsey refused to give up and took out a slip of paper, writing down a string of numbers and an email address.

"Crystal, I hope you will seriously consider my idea. I look forward to you changing your mind."

"If you have any questions or needs, please contact me at any time!"

"By the way, this project is called Twttr."

Twttr means the chirping and twittering of birds; it is the name Twitter had at the beginning.

Liu Liu Yifei stood up very politely to shake his hand and folded the note into her bag, but she wasn't too moved in her heart.

"These IT fanatics are all so passionate about starting businesses."

She and Mia walked out of the restaurant. Dorsey reminded Liu Liu Yifei of Chen Chen Shijun and Mike Solomon from Mytube; they all had the same mold of expression.

Mia smiled: "It's normal. The most common things in the United States are entrepreneurs and down-and-out artists."

"I once worked as a bodyguard for a big producer."

"At any time, if you go to any bar in Hollywood and state your identity, a bunch of people will come over to recommend themselves."

"There are actors, screenwriters, and down-and-out directors."

"When you give the waiter a tip, you will be surprised to find that he refuses and politely asks if he can invite the producer to watch a segment of his acting."

Liu Liu Yifei giggled.

Regarding the path of performing arts, she can be considered to have lived a life of luxury in this regard; she has no chance to taste such bitterness.

The day of the Chinese female graduate student, fulfilling and comfortable, passed.

In the evening, Liu Liu Yifei accompanied Zhang Zhang Chunru to Powell's Bookstore in the city; the latter wanted to find some reference books for historical research.

"Sister Xixi, you can look around as you please. I might take a while."

"Alright, come call me when you're leaving."

Zhang Zhang Chunru was flipping through reference books in front of the history bookshelf, while Liu Liu Yifei walked around, bored.

She came to the bestseller area, where a novel called "Twilight" and related promotional materials were obviously plastered and displayed everywhere.

Liu Liu Yifei was very curious. She had always seen this book in school these past few days. At noon today in the restaurant, two girls at the next table were still whispering about it.

Liu Liu Yifei communicated with a female book fan who was engrossed: "Hello, can you introduce this book to me?"

The book fan reluctantly put down the book and started to promote it: "My God! You actually don't know 'Twilight'?"

"This is a work that even Taylor Swift and Selena can't put down!"

"I simply love Edward and Bella to death, and that sturdy little werewolf!"

Liu Liu Yifei looked at the bespectacled girl dancing in front of her and inexplicably felt that she was so childish and so love-brained!

After casually dealing with the awkward chat for a few sentences, Liu Liu Yifei went to turn around elsewhere. Finding no target she was interested in, she circled back.

Seeing that the bespectacled girl was still addicted and unable to extricate herself, Liu Liu Yifei simply took one from the bookshelf and flipped through it casually.

Forget it, I'll just make do with it to pass the time.

Soon, an hour passed.

Facts have proven that no adolescent girl can escape such spiritual opium.

The popularity of "Twilight," both the novel and the movie, has internal reasons.

In current American society, the rise of female consciousness and the popularity of fantasy culture are the soil for "Twilight" to explode.

Bella, who has the right to choose in love, fits the psychological needs of female readers to pursue equality and autonomy, allowing them to produce strong resonance and find their own value and strength from the heroine's experiences.

And fantasy creatures like vampires and werewolves, as well as supernatural powers and mysterious plot settings, just cater to male readers' love and pursuit of fantasy culture.

One of the characteristics of a "cool" novel is that it is highly immersive. Female readers naturally substitute themselves into Bella, and male readers substitute themselves into the handsome Edward and the sexy little werewolf Jacob.

For contemporary American young men and women, this novel is an out-and-out "cool" novel, and it is very easy to read it in one breath until an intracranial orgasm.

"Sister Xixi? Sister Xixi?"

Zhang Zhang Chunru patted Liu Liu Yifei's shoulder twice in a row before waking her up from her addiction.

It's over, she's fallen into the pit.

Liu Liu Yifei smiled embarrassedly: "Is it over? Let's go back then."

Zhang Zhang Chunru glanced at the romance novel in her hand, thinking that this is what you should be reading at your age.

An eighteen-year-old girl watching the massacre and "Slaying the Dragon" every day—is she going crazy?

The two settled the bill and returned home. Liu Liu Yifei ate a few bites of food and returned to the desk to continue inhaling spiritual opium.

"Woof woof!"

"Woof woof!"

"Go away! Damn washing machine!"

Liu Liu Yifei was so engrossed that she unconsciously put her finger in her mouth and gnawed on it lightly, and then used her foot to gently push the amorous pet dog to the side.

The poor little yellow dog struggled for a long time and walked away with its tail drooping.

It didn't know that its mistress was now crazily fantasizing, putting herself in the shoes of the character, and had no time to pay attention to it.

Bella, an ordinary but firm and brave high school girl, gradually grows in love, from ignorant to strong and independent?

Isn't this herself from 14 to 18 years old?

Edward, a handsome and powerful vampire, his heart is full of contradictions and struggles, longing for love but afraid of hurting Bella?

Isn't this...

Of course, whether he longs for love is still in doubt; it's true that he always hurts himself!

"Where is my dog!?"

Liu Liu Yifei suddenly felt angry in her heart and wanted to dig out the Lu dog and stroke it hard! ——

Lu dog... no, Boss Lu just woke up at this moment.

At nine o'clock in the morning Beijing time, the President of Wenjie is communicating with the core team of Mytube in the United States about the sale.

"How much did Google's offer mention?"

The signal transmission of Huang Anna across the Pacific Ocean was a bit laggy: "1.9 billion US dollars, at least 60% in stock."

"Hmm..."

Actually, Lu Kuan was quite satisfied with this price. According to his infiltration plan for American Internet companies, he already had 18% of Facebook's shares.

It was definitely too late to intercept Blogger, and there was no great need.

Part of the funds from Mytube's sale will be used for film investment and reproduction, and part will wait for the arrival of the Big Short era.

The rest, of course, is to continue to capture opportunities before the arrival of the mobile Internet era.

It was still early. He forcibly resisted the temptation of huge profits and was determined to take Mytube's data to the next level.

The young director gave orders in the video conference: "Wait a little longer. Before the end of the year, strive to increase the daily activity and the click volume of top bloggers."

He pondered for two seconds: "What is the popularity trend of 'Twilight' in the United States now?"

"It went on the market in early October. The first printing of more than 80,000 copies sold out in a few days. It is expected to be on the New York Times bestseller list by the end of the month."

Huang Anna's conclusion is the forecast of a professional consulting firm.

In fact, the "Twilight" of later generations did indeed have a rainbow-like momentum as soon as it went on the market. It took fifth place on the New York Times bestseller list in just a few weeks, and then dominated the list for 56 weeks, five of which were at the top.

"Hmm, let's do this."

Lu Kuan thought of a plan to kill two birds with one stone: "Hold an event on Mytube, specifically opening up a topic and video, secondary creation area, to provide a place for 'Twilight' fans to let loose."

"Hold prize-winning activities, let 'Twilight' fans guide topics and produce videos themselves, and drive the atmosphere."

"On one hand, we drive traffic to Mytube through the bestseller novel to raise its value for a good sale."

"On the other hand, stir up the popularity of 'Twilight', and the film script adaptation and project initiation should also be put on the agenda."

Huang Anna and Chen Chen Shijun both had their eyes light up; it was indeed a binding hype that could complement each other.

Driving traffic with entertainment products has long been a mature business model in North America.

Deng Deng Wendi's MySpace in later generations was once deeply bound with "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," with implants on the user login interface, links to movie soundtracks, movie trailers, and so on.

The fast-food brand Burger King also launched set meals and peripheral products themed on "Twilight" in its restaurants, and promoted them through a combination of online and offline methods.

"By the way, Chen Shijun, do more work with the internal team of Mytube recently."

"If it can really be sold successfully before the end of the year, try to keep everyone; I still have use for them."

Chen Chen Shijun said with surprise: "Boss Lu, do you have any new ideas? I'll prepare in advance!"

"It's not mature yet. Wait until I go to the United States to communicate in person. You can look for blogging talent in advance. If there is a need, poach them directly."

Boss Lu suddenly remembered another thing: "Liu Liu Yifei's third video, let Emil take people to shoot it. The theme is Chinese cuisine. Find some actors of different ethnicities to cooperate."

"Chinese cuisine? Who will make it?" Chen Chen Shijun was a bit puzzled.

"Liu Liu Yifei! She knows how to make many dishes, and they are all very authentic. You just go; contact them in advance to set the script and time."

Chen Chen Shijun agreed, completely confused.

What kind of strange people are these?

A film director obsessed with the Internet industry?

A chef-actress who knows kung fu and studies at the University of Chicago?

This is also a helpless move. The Crystal account itself follows the pastoral style. Who knew that man proposes and God disposes, and Liu Liu Yifei was forced to go on an expedition to the Americas.

Fortunately, as long as it is cultural content with Chinese characteristics, there are quite a lot of audiences among the Chinese ethnic group in North America, and she is the only blogger of this type of video at this moment.

Hanging up the video, Lu Kuan handled official business for a day in the office of Wenjie International Building, and went straight to the China World Hotel in the evening.

Today is the 2005 Bazaar Star Charity Night.

In 2002, Boss Lu and his female companion Liu Liu Yifei participated in the first charity night event, which added some weight to the newly founded event at that time, so it wouldn't be as shabby as in later generations.

In the past two years, with the status of "Bazaar" magazine rising in the fashion circle and among actresses, the stars and wealthy merchants invited to each session have also upgraded their status.

Usually, Lu Kuan doesn't like to join in this kind of excitement. This time it is for the purpose of contacting fashion resources for the artists under his banner.

Zhang Yu, the editor-in-chief of the Chinese version of "Vogue," which was just launched in the mainland in mid-September, will also be invited to attend.

The cover girl of the first issue is Fan Fan Bingbing and Zhang Zhang Ziyi, but other sections also gave a lot of shares to Su Chang and Tong Tong Liya of Wenjie.

This time he intends to bid for some of Zhang Yu's auction items, which can be considered as returning a favor. In later generations, Zhang Yu has been working in the mainland version of "Vogue" for fifteen years, which can be considered an evergreen.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, when Boss Lu arrived, the Bazaar charity red carpet had already started for a while.

He had no need to show off, and he had no female companion today, so he went into the venue from the employee passage on his own.

"Boss Lu?"

Lu Kuan looked back; it was a familiar face, but a familiar face from his previous life. He hadn't dealt with him in this life.

But the latter had been coveting him for a long time. "Boss Xiong, hello!"

The one smiling and shaking hands with him was Xiong Xiong Xiaoge of IDG China. He is also a shareholder of the fashion group that owns magazines such as "Harper's Bazaar" and "Esquire."

"Boss Lu, I've heard of your great name for a long time, but we've never met!"

"Haha, it's my fault. I've missed many opportunities to meet with Boss Xiong in the past two years."

Today, I won't miss it again, because Dongzi is short of money for logistics!

The heavy asset expansion of Wenjie Wenjie Jiahe is enough to be strenuous. The supporting logistics plan of Wenjie Mall is not in a condition to be launched at the same time.

Boss Lu shook his hand enthusiastically: "Today is a good occasion to have a good chat!"

"Good! Good!"

Xiong Xiong Xiaoge had already calculated in his heart.

It would be best to get a hand in Wenjie Holdings.

Of course, the probability is not high. The Nezha who recently heard that he wanted to intervene because of "love turning into hate" has already died young.

Then let's see what other potential subsidiaries he has under his command...

The two chatted while walking.

"Boss Lu, are you also very familiar with Boss Zhuang of Blogger?"

"Yes, he is my fellow townsman."

Xiong Xiong Xiaoge remained calm on the surface: "He had a little situation a while ago, but fortunately he is safe and sound."

"Hehe, yes, kind people have their own heaven-sent blessings."

The IDG boss slandered in his heart. Since Zhou Jun had an accident, it has been circulating in the circle that he, Lu Kuan, is the actual controller of Blogger.

Blogger is an Internet product he has been coveting since 2002!

Even if Blogger is already self-sufficient now, he is willing to smash the pots and sell the iron to enter the game if they offer a sky-high valuation!

Users are priceless, and traffic is priceless.

Xiong Xiong Xiaoge is an award presenter today. After entering the venue, he had to say goodbye to Boss Lu for the time being, and agreed to talk again.

Lu Kuan naturally didn't care.

Venture capital, the calmer you are, the more anxious they are.

In the 2005 Bazaar Charity Night, there were not many business people participating.

It will probably take a year or two for Ma Yun, Shi Shi Yuzhu, Pan Soho, Zhang Zhang Chaoyang, and others to come to join in the fun as Internet and real estate tycoons, casting that divine picture of Su Mang.

"Boss Lu! Good evening."

Zhang Yu noticed him early and walked over with champagne to say hello.

As the editor-in-chief of the mainland "Vogue," Zhang Yu is the "current manager" of the fashion circle for artists big and small.

But she also knew in her heart that this young director was familiar with Galliano and Anna Wintour, and the latter was equivalent to her "current manager."

"Hello, Editor-in-Chief Zhang! Thank you for your support for Wenjie."

"Where, the female artists in your company are all very excellent, and their sense of fashion is quite strong."

The two hadn't said a few words before the host came over.

Su Mang noticed him entering the venue early, and walked over with a woman who was not very graceful but had a big background.

"Boss Lu, welcome to join us. This is Ms. Zhao Pu Xinyu."

In the 1980s, Zhao Pu Xinyu and her fellow townsman Yingzi went to Beijing to drift, and the two ran around in various bars all day long, bitter and miserable.

Later, Yingzi became popular, and she had a good place to go. Since then, she faded out of the music scene and the public eye, focusing on managing her own high-end social circle.

"We should have met at the first Bazaar charity night three years ago, right?"

Zhao Pu Xinyu held a very full posture. She didn't respect this person like ordinary stars or business people, just stretched out her hand to say hello gracefully.

"Boss Lu, nice to meet you."

Boss Lu smiled and reached out, touching and leaving: "Hello, Ms. Zhao."

"Director Lu, I know you are a black card member of our Chang'an Club. Why haven't you brought friends to play?"

"Oh, where do I have time? I'll go to support you another day!"

The card in his hand was given by Tang Seng's wife Cheng Cheng Lihua, but Zhao Linger is the vice president of the Chang'an Club and is a person the former relies on heavily.

Boss Lu's enthusiasm for greeting them was not very high, because he had no desires and no demands; he just didn't want to make enemies.

But you can't guess a woman's mind, right?

Especially a person like Zhao Linger who thinks she is dominating Beijing.

Looking at the young director in front of her who was talking to her in a lukewarm manner, she slandered in her heart.

Isn't it just getting rid of Zhou Jun? Look at how crazy you are! What is his purity?

She wanted to show some presence in front of Lu Kuan to highlight her strong connections.

"Boss Lu, I also invited a guest today. She is a female CEO of a multinational enterprise and does Internet business. Maybe it can be useful for your film promotion?"

Zhao Pu Xinyu stopped talking, just waiting for the young man opposite to obediently say: Oh? Please introduce me.

Wouldn't the level of aura and position come out all at once?

"Hey! Xun-ge'er!"

Boss Lu's eyes crossed Zhao Linger and saw the familiar actress who was gradually entering the venue through the red carpet.

Fan Bingbing is in the "Protégé" crew and is absent this time.

"Ms. Zhao, thank you for your kindness! I think it's better to wait a while? Today's occasion is not the place to talk about business."

What kind of multinational female CEO, isn't it just Deng Deng Wendi?

In later generations, Deng Deng Wendi entered the mainland entertainment circle, realized her dream that she longed for but couldn't get when she was young, and was a close friend with Zhao Pu Xinyu, Hong Huang, and Su Mang.

For the female hunter Deng Deng Wendi, the background significance of Hong Huang and Zhao Pu Xinyu is self-evident.

The friends she makes are absolutely top-notch and useful!

Zhou Xun heard him calling her and walked over quickly. The surrounding male and female actors cast envious glances.

They had thought about coming over to say hello, but if no one introduced them, it would be very presumptuous, right?

"Lu Kuan, did you really come? You don't usually like this..."

Zhou Xun spoke halfway before seeing Zhao Pu Xinyu, who was one of the organizers of today's charity party, and hurriedly stopped.

"Sister Pu Xinyu, hello hello, we meet again!"

Boss Lu watched Zhou Xun greet her calmly.

He doesn't have to give face to this concubine, but for Zhou Xun, there is no need to offend such a vengeful woman.

Zhang Zhang Ziyi, who fell out with Zhao Linger in later generations, is an example.

Ink splashing, donation fraud, love seeking, commonly known as the Threefold Gate, almost made Zhang Zhang Ziyi quit the circle.

Zhao Pu Xinyu's face was gloomy. She reluctantly responded to Zhou Xun for two sentences and left with an unbalanced mood.

When a pretender meets a real badass, where can you reason!

"Pu Xinyu, why do you look unhappy?"

Deng Deng Wendi came out of the bathroom and kindly greeted this top socialite in Beijing.

"Don't mention it, I met a stubborn guy, I'm so angry."

"Is there anyone in this region who can make you angry? I don't believe it."

News Corporation's industrial infiltration in the mainland started very early, and Deng Deng Wendi also consciously helped Murdoch play a good social card.

Zhao Linger is an excellent target.

Pillow talk is blown hard, maybe it's more useful than real gold and silver.

"Point out who it is for me? Let me see which stubborn guy dares to make you angry?" Deng Deng Wendi joked with a smile, her words carrying 70% exaggeration and 30% flattery.

Zhao Pu Xinyu poured a glass of wine, raised her chin, and signaled to Lu Kuan, who was chatting with Zhou Xun not far away.

"Him?"

"He is also here?"

Deng Deng Wendi was a bit pleasantly surprised. She is now the number one fan of Mytube, and this superstar in the video track must be taken down!

This is of great significance to the next strategic planning of MySpace and News Corporation.

"Pu Xinyu, wait for me, I'll go say hello."

Zhao Pu Xinyu was stunned.

You?

The wife of Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation with a net worth of over 10 billion US dollars and a big boss of Hollywood's Fourth Estate, takes the initiative to go say hello to him?

Is it a bit losing status?

Zhao Pu Xinyu's cognition is far worse than Deng Deng Wendi's.

The latter clearly knows where her power and wealth come from, and has been sparing no effort to accumulate capital for herself during the marriage.

The concubine was just greedy for that bit of vanity and nobility on the surface, and was finally swept out of the house around 2013.

After Zhou Xun left, the young director in the venue seemed to become a landmark in the venue, and people from all walks of life came to greet him one after another.

Directors, actors, distribution companies, TV stations...

Walking here in this life can be considered extremely prominent.

The charity night is about to begin, and the staff led him to the front of the stage.

Today's banquet hall can accommodate about 500 people. The crystal chandeliers of the China World Hotel are shining, and the navy blue carpet under his feet is low-key and luxurious.

There are two large round tables at the very front of the stage, which are the main tables today and the place where the most honorable guests sit.

The standard of honor, of course, is arranged in order from political, business, and literary circles. If there are extra seats, arrange some delicious and eye-catching stars to accompany them.

Boss Lu just sat down at the round table on the left under the guidance, and Deng Deng Wendi arrived.

"Boss Lu? We meet again?"

Boss Lu looked back at the tough-looking female CEO in surprise. You really came!

He just thought Zhao Pu Xinyu was bringing people out to suppress him.

"Ms. Deng, is this returning home in glory?"

Deng Deng Wendi was stabbed lukewarmly, but now is not the time to handle him. She must take down Mytube before more competitors appear.

The staff stepped forward to serve: "Ms. Deng, your seat is at table B."

Deng Deng Wendi smiled: "I'll adjust it."

The female hunter's personality is extremely strong. Regardless of the staff's embarrassed expression, she forcibly placed her seat label next to Lu Kuan.

She took Xiong Xiong Xiaoge's away.

"This... Ms. Deng..."

The beautiful guide's face was so ugly she almost cried.

As everyone knows, from the weddings of ordinary people to state banquets, the seating arrangement of guests is always the top priority.

Those at the same table must have similar net worth, status, qualifications, and class. The key is that there can be no tense relationships.

For example, tonight, the Yanda Huayi people are all at table A, and several people like Yu Dong and Gao Gao Chengsheng, who are friendly to the Wenjie system, are all at table B.

For the organizers, the food can be unpalatable, the wine can be unpalatable, and the performance can be very boring.

Because everyone's purpose for coming is not these.

But if the seats are arranged wrongly, making the big shots feel uncomfortable, then there will be complaints.

Deng Deng Wendi acted on her own, sat down beside Boss Lu, and made up her mind to fight this stubborn guy who doesn't listen to reason.

This made the staff very helpless.

Su Mang keenly discovered that something was wrong, came over to resolve the siege, looked at it, and found no big problem, so she walked away.

Deng Deng Wendi was not in a hurry to enter the topic, and climbed up and chatted: "Director Lu, when are you going to Hollywood? Your 'Exotic 2' is about to start filming, right?"

"Ms. Deng is so interested in movies?"

"I mean maybe you can talk to Fox about cooperation, for example, distribution."

If it were the 2003 "Exotic," Boss Lu would be eager to have the help of the Big Six, especially the powerful media matrix of News Corporation behind Fox, which could bring great help to the film's promotion.

But for a sequel like "Exotic 2," cooperating with the Big Six, who are addicted to meat and insatiable, the cost-effectiveness is not that high.

"If shortlisted, there will be bidding and movie release later. I'm afraid I won't have time for the time being."

Deng Deng Wendi smiled, not seeming to mind his polite refusal, and still threw bait: "Speaking of your new movie."

"This kind of subject matter doesn't seem to have a very good performance in North America, right? Do you need News Corporation's help in promotion?"

"Thank you, Lionsgate and Miramax have already settled everything."

The subject matter of "Tangshan Earthquake" is destined to be unable to make money crazily like his previous movies.

Apart from regular box office income, a few product placements recovered some costs.

The rest is the income from film derivatives, including cultural shirts, old objects from the era, etc.

In order to prevent being attacked for making money from national disasters, and also to achieve his real public welfare purpose behind it, part of the derivative income will also be extracted for first aid kits, escape brochures, and other expenditures.

In the case of limited domestic box office capacity, Korea, Japan, and North America will become important handles for recovering investment.

Boss Lu had a look of "standing like a wall, having no desires and being strong," which made Deng Deng Wendi's teeth itch, but she had no way to handle him for a while, so she could only watch the opening of the charity night quietly.

Su Mang, Liu Jiang, and others took the stage to deliver speeches one after another, and leaders of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the president of the China Charity Federation, and others stood on the stage to endorse.

Immediately after, there were simple song and dance performances, with dancer Jin Xing, Wenjie singer Zhang Zhang Jingying, and others taking the stage one after another.

Immediately after, the two eternal host partners Ke Lan and Wu Li Dawei walked onto the stage, and the highlight charity auction began.

Every guest on the scene has an exquisite auction item display list. In addition to the sponsorship of luxury brands such as Prada, Cartier, and Hermes, there are private items of big stars.

A model dressed in cool clothes took the stage, holding a Fendi vanity bag.

Ke Lan introduced: "The first auction item is a limited edition bag provided by Fendi. Only VIPs have the qualification to book and buy it. Today it is our first prize."

"The base price is 8888, bidding starts!"

Zhou Xun's bid directly doubled: "20,000!"

"50,000!" This is Little Yanzi.

Little Yanzi's luck this year can't be said to be good, nor can it be said to be bad. After the pregnant woman beating incident, she suffered some setbacks, but overall it was still stable.

The blood bar accumulated by "Huan Zhu" for her was too thick. This year, the TV series "Moment in Peking" and the music album "Double" were released, and there were still fans paying for it.

Xu Xu Jinglei raised the sign: "80,000!"

The first auction item will definitely be able to get headline reports tomorrow.

In this occasion, besides being qualified to attend to label status, the display of financial resources is the display of status.

Being able to defeat all competitors shows that you have money and confidence in your hands. From some angles, it is also that others dare not grab with you.

Entertainment circle, the most important thing is status and position. This is a flag that must be firmly established even if you break your head.

After several bids, this vanity bag was finally bought by wealthy businessman Li Li Houlin and given to his beloved wife, Li Xiang, the head hostess of the former Xiangtai.

Wu Li Dawei invited the wealthy businessman to the stage to take a photo with the Fendi corporate representative.

Immediately after, a pair of Tiffany bracelets was auctioned by Zhou Xun for 130,000, and one was given to Zhang Yu, who presented the award to her, on the spot on the stage.

The emotional intelligence of the big flowers is top-notch.

Boss Lu was a bit bored chatting with Yu Dong and others, and Deng Deng Wendi also occasionally inserted a sentence or two. Everything looked very harmonious.

All kinds of auction items passed by like a revolving lantern. He also spent 200,000 to bid for a fashion magazine manuscript of Zhang Yu, and spent 300,000 to bid for a set of LV Chinese mahjong.

In this life, there seems to be almost no leisure time. When he has time, he can call friends to play two rounds.

Just as they were talking and laughing, Boss Lu was suddenly cued by Ke Lan on the stage: "The next auction item is a painting by the famous Chinese director Mr. Lu Kuan."

Two etiquette ladies carried the exquisitely mounted oil painting onto the stage.

"This impressionist-style oil painting is called 'Café Guerbois.' It was an inspired work by Director Lu in May this year when he was the chairman of the Cannes Film Festival jury and was filming 'Paris, je t'aime'."

Wu Li Dawei made a funny "wow": "Elegant! Elegant! But Ke Lan, some of us vulgar people can't understand it!"

"Then let's do this. After this painting is auctioned, we invite Director Lu to present the award to the bidder, and then ask him to explain and introduce it, how about that?"

Wu Li Dawei shouted loudly: "'Café Guerbois,' base price 100,000, bidding starts!"

Yu Dong and Deng Deng Wendi at the same table, the big flower Little Yanzi and Zhou Xun not far away, and the popular young actor Huang Huang Xiaoming were all eager to try.

This is a rare opportunity to fulfill one's charity reputation and also to show favor to big directors and big capital.

For Deng Deng Wendi, she felt that maybe catering to the vanity of this young boss would make the subsequent negotiations easier?

Directors are also artists, they are literati, and this kind of slightly literary vanity is indispensable.

It's just that before they opened their mouths, Huo Huo Wenxi at the vice main table had already raised the sign.

"1 million!"

Shock!

It's only just started and it's already 1 million?

It seems that Boss Lu's impressionist masterpiece today is destined to leave a deep impression on the big stars attending the meeting.

Emperor Li Li Shoucheng: You know nothing about metaphysics.

Deng Deng Wendi is of course unconvinced. You also know nothing about the value of Mytube!

She just wanted to call directly to 2 million, when a coquettish female voice suddenly came from the venue, like an orchid in an empty valley.

The coquettishness of the voice is secondary; the number in her mouth really broke the value system of the auction items in the venue today.

"5 million!"

In an instant, even Ke Lan, who had a prominent family background and was well-informed on the stage, forgot her lines.

In the China World Hotel, all the surprised guests looked at the confident young girl in unison.

A gold sequin dress was dazzling under the crystal chandelier, like morning light piercing through the mist, flowing gold flowing through the years.

The graceful figure with a waist like a silk ribbon, like a natural curve.

The ingenious design at the neckline perfectly embodied the elegance of her jade neck.

Seeing everyone looking over curiously, Ruan Jingtian stuck out her tongue playfully, and then showed a dignified and elegant smile, like a golden rose blooming quietly.

What a rich flower in the world.

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 299 =====