[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta":3,"chapter-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-97":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Playboy of Huayu: How Did a Celestial Immortal Transform Me?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2297723,4495,"Chapter 97: Little Mian Zhenghe","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-97",97,"\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu smiled: \"It seems your parents really love reading Jin Yong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei watched Lu Kuan drain the soda can in one breath, then tilted his own head back to finish it and wiped his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't have parents; I chose the name myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu looked at the capable young man with a smile, thinking of the efficient killing skills he had just displayed, and felt an urge to recruit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entertainment industry is a mix of good and bad, and dump trucks are a common sight; some things must be guarded against.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows where the next Zhang Tianshuo is, or people like Liu Zeyu—they look glamorous on the surface, but how much cleaner are their methods than Zhang Tianshuo's?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Fei, you just saved me. Are you interested in coming to the mainland?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei was stunned, feeling this man was a bit inexplicable, and quickly shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu wasn't in a hurry; he drank his beer and ate skewers while trying to draw him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your accent is quite strange. Your Cantonese is fine, but why does your Mandarin have a Northeast flavor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei didn't really want to engage with him; he was already exhausted from the flight and the journey, and he had just finished giving a statement at the police station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squinted his eyes for a moment before saying slowly: \"My ancestral home is in Yanbian. I am ethnic Korean, and I learned Mandarin from the uncles in the gang since I was a child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu looked him up and down again. Holy crap, no wonder he fought so fiercely—this is a little Mian Zhenghe!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mian Zhenghe is a famous ethnic Korean in the Korean underworld; the protagonist of the 2006 Korean film *The Yellow Sea* is based on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A plan formed in Boss Lu's mind: \"When the War to Resist America and Aid Korea broke out, a group of Nationalist soldiers fled to Taiwan and Xiangjiang, taking ethnic Koreans with them. Perhaps your ancestors were among them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei suddenly raised his head, and for the first time, there was a glimmer of light in his indifferent eyes; for Chinese people, the instinct to seek one's roots flows in the blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People on this land value family and heritage; not knowing where one's home is makes one feel like a drifting duckweed without roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Fei, come help me, and I will entrust someone to help you go to Yanbian to find your relatives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei was somewhat tempted; the work he did under Huang Pi, watching over venues and collecting debts, was extremely boring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his young age, he was full of curiosity about the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... what do you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm a film director. I have to travel everywhere to shoot movies. You just need to be my bodyguard and drive for me; you don't need to do anything else.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The mainland is very safe. I see you're not very old; you can study when you're free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A-Fei gave him a suspicious look. Safe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had been a step late today, he probably wouldn't have been able to deliver the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, then I'll go back to take care of some things and then come over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good! Good, good, good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu was very happy. With a little Mian Zhenghe, aside from dump trucks and silencers, he would have no rivals within ten paces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One cannot be too optimistic about the bottom line of certain privileged classes; there are too many examples...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu and Lu Kuan walked under the streetlights, each holding a can of beer. It had been a long time since the fellow disciples had walked the streets like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, they would sing and drink in front of the Three Pure Ones in the Daoist temple...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu’s expression was heavy: \"Xiao Lu, offend as few people as you can. Today's incident was very dangerous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu agreed deeply, but having lived a second life, he didn't want to be too timid or overly accommodating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever one fights with others, one will inevitably touch upon their interests. Some industries are zero-sum games, where it's a matter of life and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fake business warfare: corporate espionage, reputation attacks, shorting market value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real business warfare: seizing official seals, poisoning, wielding sledgehammers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother, some things, if you aren't at the table, you'll end up on the menu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu gave him a meaningful look. The real business warfare he had encountered in this life was far more than what Lu Kuan had seen, and he had to admit this was the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, it is events that push people, rather than people pushing events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Senior Brother, do me a favor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speak.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have wide connections. Help me look into the matter of A-Fei's residency, and help me contact a bank. I want to use my shares in the blog network to get a loan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu hadn't even had the chance to ask where the suitcase of cash from tonight came from, and for a moment, he couldn't keep up with Lu Kuan's train of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of trouble are you stirring up now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't stay at your place forever. I'm planning to buy a house, fix it up, and settle down in Beiping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In 2002, Beiping still had a policy of buying a house to obtain residency, but it was limited to houses in the suburbs and satellite cities, and one had to deposit 500,000 in interest-free savings at a bank, which would be returned after 5 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of his investment in the blog network, Lu Kuan had no problem with residency, so there was no need for such trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Lu calculated the dates; he had to return to Su Province next month for the college entrance exam, and once that was over, he would just have Sun Wenwen handle this matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu thought about how A-Fei was about to become his bodyguard, and since he now had his own work and social circle, living together was indeed inconvenient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the growth rate of the blog network, quite a few venture capitalists had already come knocking, so pledging some equity wasn't difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, the blog network is burning through money very quickly, and your funds are hitting the bottom again. You need to plan early.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Kuan understood his Senior Brother's meaning. The model of the blog network was very simple, and it wouldn't be difficult for major internet companies to imitate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the site's development were affected by funding issues, the current first-mover advantage would soon be caught up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Zhuang Xu felt now was a good time to approach venture capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because he didn't know about Boss Lu's recent income. In fact, he had already planned ahead and mapped out the expected income and expenditure directions for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining 13 million in funds from sports betting in Xiangjiang would arrive one after another, and he would continue to pour it into the blog network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earnings from *Blind Shaft* would be recorded by March of next year at the earliest. He held a 2\u002F3 stake, and as long as there were no major mishaps, a conservative estimate was an income in the tens of millions, which would be the startup capital for the next investment or film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then there were the earnings from *Whiplash*, which would depend on the film's performance in Venice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The film market in Venice is much smaller than in Cannes. If he returned empty-handed, not only would overseas copyright revenue become a problem, but domestic theaters would also be a struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These days, aside from the works of big-name directors, the only way for a novice director to make a comeback is to export and then sell domestically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with Zhou Jielun's drawing power, without the laurels of an overseas film festival, the profit prospects for this film would be in doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's wait a bit longer on the venture capital side. The true value of the blog network hasn't been reflected yet; the valuation would be a loss right now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhuang Xu nodded in agreement. Currently, the site's strategy of building up entertainment stars was seeing initial results, and strategies for cultural stars and grassroots stars were also being implemented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The timing of the first round of financing is very important. Generally, companies raise funds either at the startup stage, the growth stage, or the stable stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, companies with new models must start looking for financing targets during the business growth period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because financing has a time cycle, it takes 20-25 days for an angel-round entrepreneur to go from contact to receiving a TS (term sheet), and then another month for due diligence and SPA (share purchase agreement) before the funds are transferred. The A-round takes even longer, making the total cycle at least 2-5 months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, a company seeking financing must maintain its growth rate during these 4 or 5 months and cannot stagnate in its core data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next explosion of users and word-of-mouth that Lu Kuan planned for the blog network would not happen until at least after the 2003 Boiling Point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he would arrange for the company to conduct large-scale event marketing, demonstrating the ability to guide public opinion in a healthy and positive direction and stabilize the development of the situation during collective incidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the time node that truly reflects the value of the blog network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1594,"2026-06-20T06:05:17.358Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a651df716617c677263c847e6eace8755033dca4714b6ba99a4891e28ae89b30","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-98","the-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-chapter-96",343,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-playboy-of-huayu-how-did-a-celestial-immorta-cover.jpg"]