Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 307 Xiao Liu: Either I Beat You to Death or I Make You Die
Vancouver Island Southern Railway, Canada.

This was the filming location for the Warner Bros. classic "Godzilla."

The film shows Godzilla chasing a train across the bridges and canyons of Goldstree Provincial Park, passing through the breathtaking scenery between Parksville and Duncan.

The temperature in Vancouver in January does not exceed 7 degrees Celsius. The young director is still wearing his usual casual suit, walking towards the set with a casual and steady pace.

A Fei was sent by him to find Sun Wenwen to deal with matters related to naturalization. Such matters could only be left to him.

The mainland's Olympic turmoil is over, and although everything has calmed down, it would be better for Sun Wenwen to keep quiet for a while.

Last night on Vancouver Island, there was a light rain and strong wind. The road was wide and I walked leisurely along the trail on the edge of the island towards the set, stepping on the bleak fallen leaves on the ground.

Among the many hairy and fat white men, the young director's handsome appearance stood out, and his gait exuded a sharp and restrained brilliance as he walked.

If Zhou Xun were here at this moment, he would definitely suddenly remember the first time he saw him wearing an indigo Taoist robe many years ago.

The Taoist figure is thin and lean, and his crane cloak soars into the sky, giving off an otherworldly air.

"Aftershock" was currently in theaters, and many Chinese people along the way recognized the young director and asked for his autograph and photos.

In the North American film market, Chinese people are always the main audience for foreign language films like "Tangshan".

Boss Lu turned the corner and saw a Chinese girl running more than ten meters in front of him, followed by a sturdy female bodyguard.

"Blue Moon! Blue Moon!"

"Xixi, I love your cooking show. When will you be filming the second episode?"

"Can you cook some Cantonese and Fujian dishes? You're so good at it, Xixi!"

Liu Yifei was stopped by a group of Chinese fans, all of whom were fans of "Foreign Land" and Mytube.

Xiao Liu smiled and agreed to their many requests. Suddenly he looked up and saw the figure engraved in his soul.

She was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked towards the set with an expressionless face.

Boss Lu scratched his head helplessly, coughed twice, and resolved the slight embarrassment himself.

Fortunately, this is not a movie, and life does not have so many audiences.

The young director hurried over: "Xiao Liu!"

Mia raised her hand to stop him from getting closer, and looked him up and down: "Stop, sir, please maintain a safe social distance."

The young director was intimidated by her size and didn't do anything inappropriate. He just smiled and said, "I'm the boss of the 'Alien 2' crew, which is similar to her boss."

"Do not you know me?"

"I don't know her. This has nothing to do with me. I am only responsible for protecting her."

Mia asked Liu Yifei, who was watching coldly, "Crystal, do you know him?"

"do not know."

"Excuse me, sir, please stop."

Boss Lu spread his hands, took out his cell phone and pressed a few buttons. Mia soon heard the ringtone coming from her employer.

"I'm not lying, am I?"

Seeing her employer turn off the bell and continue walking forward, Mia turned around without hesitation.

The young director teased, "Xiao Liu, why are your legs getting thicker?"

Liu Yifei, who was five meters away, suddenly stopped and turned her back to him, gritting her teeth. When she turned back, she still had an indifferent look on her face.

However, Mia, who had accompanied her for morning exercises for such a long time, could still feel the evil spirit from the little girl.

"Mia, you go in first, I'll be there later."

"You...Okay, no problem."

Liu Yifei looked up at the carefree Boss Lu, with his signature lazy smile on his face, and his little fists clenched tighter and tighter.

Logically speaking, it should be quite enjoyable for a young director to watch a beautiful girl walking towards him gracefully with a gust of fragrance.

Especially for a troublemaker of Xiao Liu's level, he can analyze and evaluate it from the perspective of various artists' appreciation of beauty.

but. . .

Looking at the little girl I haven't seen for four months, what does it mean that her expression becomes more ferocious the closer she gets to me?
There is also the preparatory movement of Grotowski with the back tensed and the front toes on the ground.

This is what I taught her. This is to train the actor's explosive power! What are you doing?

There is an old saying in China that those who understand current affairs are heroes.

The Berlin Film Award winner's mood shifted very naturally, with an expression of admiration: "Xiao Liu! You're so beautiful even without makeup? It's incredible."

"Look at this excellent bone structure, the high nose bridge and the oval face. You know, this is called facial symmetry and sacredness in the Art History of Venus."

The little girl walked up to him and stopped, interrupting this hypocritical conversation.

"What did you just say? What's rough?"

Boss Lu spread his hands: "No, I said..."

When a scholar meets a soldier, it is difficult to explain the situation clearly.

Xiao Liu could never control his emotions in front of him. He looked at the young director viciously, with new and old grudges surging in his heart.

She bit her lower lip and punched him in the chest without hesitation, then walked away gracefully, looking gentle and quiet again.

"hiss..."

"call..."

The modal particle makes it sound like he drank four taels of wine in one breath during a social event.

But the fact was that Boss Lu held his left chest and couldn't recover for a while.

Why does this little girl's hitting hurt so much now?
If she uses a set of swallow-throwing moves and flirts with her fists, won't the man be beaten to a second-degree disability and suffer from myasthenia gravis?

If you were asked to play Blue Moon in "Alien Land 2", why would you play Lucy in "Lucy"?

The young director regretted his decision and thought that there was no danger in hanging out on the set today, so he sent Ah Fei to ask Sun Wenwen to do the work.

Before the relations between the two countries were normalized, you had to be on level one combat readiness when you met her!

Ah Fei: I am not responsible for domestic violence.

The punch hurt him physically, but felt good in her heart.

If it is a cultivator, the power of this punch alone is enough to break through the realm.

"Xixi, why are you grinning like an idiot? Where's Xiaolu?"

Liu Xiaoli came over and heard Mia say that her daughter was talking to a young Asian man outside the studio, so she came over to see.

Concubine Liu Yi finally managed to suppress the corners of her mouth and regained her youthful excitement: "I don't know, I went to put on makeup."

"Aunt Liu?"

Liu Xiaoli turned around and saw a handsome young man walking in with his hands covering his chest. His movements did not look like Xizi holding her heart, but like Hei Hu had just taken out her heart.

"Xiaolu, I'm so sorry about that. Xixi said she felt dizzy after filming a fight scene, so she couldn't make it."

Xiao Liu's old mother didn't have any bad feelings towards him. She had experienced the pain of love and knew what it was like.

Sometimes in the middle of the night I dream back to the scene at my birthday party and just curse it out as a bad fate.

For Liu Xiaoli, the bottom line is to protect her daughter and not let her suffer any loss.

In other words, she didn't see what happened just now, otherwise she should have asked someone else to protect her.

Lu Kuan smiled and said, "It's okay. Are you used to your life during this period?"

"Very good, very good, especially this Mia, she's really good."

Liu Xiaoli walked in with him: "Chicago is indeed quite chaotic. It would be safer to have a bodyguard."

"I heard from Justin Lin that the film is wrapping up this week? Are you and Liu going back to China for the New Year?"

The Lunar New Year is on the 29th of the Gregorian calendar, and there are still more than days left.

"Chunru invited us to spend the New Year together in Champagne. We won't be going back this year. Xixi still has to go to school."

"Okay, I'll go see her soon."

After not seeing each other for a few months, Liu Xiaoli pulled Lu Kuan aside to chat for a long time, until Justin Lin came over with a smile to say hello and asked him to give some guidance on the camera and lighting.

Looking at the handsome and tall back of the young director, the old mother sighed for the umpteenth time.

Xiaolu is a good kid in every way, except...

At nine o'clock in the morning, the filming of "Alien Land 2" officially began. Justin Lin asked Boss Lu to take charge of the monitoring but was rejected.

"This is your movie, just go ahead and shoot it."

He pulled a director's chair and sat on the sidelines, looking at Liu Yifei and others in the field with sunglasses on.

Xiao Liu had just finished her makeup. She was wearing a cotton armor and a gauze skirt. She had simply tied her hair into a high ponytail with a black headband. Her raven-colored hair, like a waterfall, swayed gently as she walked, like a piece of condensed black satin.

The first scene in the morning is a martial arts scene in which Lan Yue fights alone against a mysterious organization.

The camera gives a close-up of Liu Yifei's face before the fight, her skin is as white as snow, and she looks elegant and quiet.

There is a heroic spirit in her beauty, she is as beautiful as a spring plum blossom blooming in the snow, and as charming as an autumn orchid covered with frost.

Only the silver sword in his hand shone with a cold and sharp light, which made Boss Lu unable to help but soothe his injured left chest again.

Liu Yifei's appearance in "Alien Land 2" is more oriental compared to the previous work.

In the previous work, her martial arts style was more modern, with regular tight leather jackets, special training uniforms and other attire, mainly considering the international market and audience.

But with the fans accumulated by "Alien Land", the crew made oriental-style improvements to the character makeup style and scene layout of the sequel.

For example, for the fight scene that Xiao Liu is performing today, Western directors like Quentin Tarantino would usually arrange makeup in the style of Lucy Liu.

The makeup style emphasizes the eyes, and through exaggerated eyeliner and thick eyelashes, the eyes are made more three-dimensional and mysterious.

They even deliberately borrow makeup elements from oriental opera to lengthen the eyes and add an exotic touch.

However, in "Foreign Land 2", Liu Yifei's several looks abandoned the conventional design of oriental face and western makeup at Lu Kuan's request.

According to Xiao Liu's facial and bone structure features, a simple hairstyle of high ponytail and bun is adopted, giving people a sense of efficiency.

At the same time, it can highlight her elegant neck line and add femininity and toughness.

The film emphasizes color contrast, such as the sword dance in the red sand. The strong color combination is more visually impactful, which is in line with the characteristics of Hollywood movies in pursuing visual effects.

There are many types of directors. Directors who have a thorough understanding of the work and characters and have high artistic attainments can maximize the characteristics of the actors in front of the camera.

This is the same principle as painting.

Justin Lin looked at the valiant and heroic performance of the female warrior on the stage and praised: "Director Lu, Concubine Yi should have no rivals in this role."

"The costumes you created and the movements designed by Director Yuan are perfect for her."

Boss Lu smiled and said, "I also got the inspiration from the feedback on her Mytube account."

"Nowadays, the faces of Hollywood's female action stars are all the same sexy and cool agents, without any characteristics."

"North American audiences are not resistant to this kind of exotic makeup. Compared to the stereotyped glamorous and seductive looks, this kind of subtle charm is the most touching."

In the monitor, a stuntman pounced from the side, the dagger in his hand flashed with a cold light. Concubine Liu Yi's eyebrows raised, her beautiful eyes widened, and a hint of determination flashed in her eyes.

She stepped lightly and floated back nimbly to avoid the fierce attack. The moment she bent back, the leather armor on her slender waist became tight. It was a shot that exuded a sense of flexibility and strength.

Following up with a handheld camera, Liu Yifei turned again and approached the gangster like a whirlwind. She clenched her right fist and attacked with the "Dingxin Elbow" of Bajiquan, and the stunt double fell to the ground.

Justin Lin held up the walkie-talkie: "Click! Passed!"

The atmosphere was very good and the performance was really beautiful, so everyone gave their applause.

Boss Lu wanted to tease Xiao Liu, so he found an excuse and instructed the Chinese director: "Do you want to know how I designed her styling and makeup?"

"Call Xiao Liu over here, I'll teach you how to take pictures of her."

Justin Lin's eyes lit up, and he had no doubt that this was another opportunity to learn a skill!
"Crystal, come and watch the performance just now. It was great."

Concubine Liu Yi walked over with a normal expression, ignoring Boss Lu who was standing aside with his arms crossed.

She watched the last two minutes of the scene and smiled at Justin Lin, saying, "I feel like it could be better. When I bent down, the sand under my feet was a little slippery, and I stopped moving."

"Very good." Justin Lin gave a thumbs-up and then turned to the young director: "Director Lu, could you please explain the filming methods for Concubine Yi's scenes?"

Boss Lu took off his sunglasses leisurely: "Okay."

"Yi Bin, you have to remember that photographing female actors is the most difficult. It's like painting a picture. You have to know the strengths and weaknesses of her face so you can highlight her strengths and avoid her weaknesses."

He moved closer to Xiao Liu, and under the pretext of teaching her a serious lesson, he looked down at her tense face.

"For example..."

Liu Yifei looked at the washing machine's unscrupulous eyes lingering on her face, resisted the urge to punch him, and secretly hated him in her heart.

I knew he was going to be sarcastic again and find fault with me!

Boss Lu then changed the subject: "Take Zhang Manyu for example. She's not a traditional beauty. How was she portrayed in In the Mood for Love?"

"Through the use of light and shadow and color, highlighting the lines of the cheekbones, emphasizing the high-saturation colors and the makeup with abrupt lines, and having her wear a variety of unique cheongsams with different patterns, her femininity is magnified and her unique charm is revealed."

"And Wang Fei in Chungking Express."

"Her big round eyes, small and short nose, and smooth, firm, fleshy cheeks give her a unique sense of childishness. Wang Jiawei used unique makeup, short hair, and bright colors to bring out the character's unique characteristics."

Boss Lu's professional review not only fascinated Justin Lin, but also made Xiao Liu himself feel a little bit of anticipation.

How would he photograph himself?

You can't go against your conscience and say that your face is useless!

"Mr. Lu!"

Two Chinese faces walked into the set and greeted the boss from a distance. They were Steve Chen and Anna Huang.

It seems that the negotiations with Google have yielded results.

Young director Shi Shiran put on sunglasses and told Justin Lin that he was going to listen to the battle report. Suddenly, his sleeve was pulled by the expressionless Xiao Liu.

"Why are you leaving your words halfway? Finish your words before you leave."

"Ouch, no, it hurts." Boss Lu pretended to hold his left chest and said, "Xiao Liu, I have something else to do. Please invite me to dinner tonight and we'll talk in detail then!"

"cut!"

Concubine Liu Yi rolled her eyes at him and turned away with an angry look on her face.

Having found the long-lost joy of teasing Xiao Liu again, Boss Lu happily walked to the side to chat with Chen Shijun and Huang Anna.

"Mr. Lu, Wendy Deng and Myspace have raised their price to 20 billion. What do you think?"

"Don't worry about it. Wendy Deng called me several times but I didn't answer. Just follow the normal procedure and write a letter to reject it."

Huang Anna smiled bitterly: "Wendy Deng is very persistent. She is probably already on the plane. She must see you."

"Whatever she wants."

There were many people on the set, so Lu Kuan asked the team to go to an office in the Vancouver Island Administration.

This place was rented by the crew of "Alien 2" as a dressing room and prop room.

Steve Chen reported the final negotiation results: "Schmidt, on behalf of Google, finally agreed to the acquisition price of 23 billion, intending to use all Google stock, or no more than 12 billion in cash and stock."

"We are still discussing the details of our request for Android shares, so there shouldn't be any major problems."

To be honest, neither Steve Chen nor Anna Huang quite understood his obsession with having a say in the Android system.

But for Boss Lu, this business with Google is of great significance.

Penetration into the dominant operating system in the future mobile Internet era is naturally one aspect.

The timing of receiving this huge amount of $12 billion was also just right.

By 2006, the US subprime mortgage crisis had already emerged.

Later, John Paulson raised less than $2006 million in July 7 to establish the first fund for shorting CDO (collateralized debt obligations), and designed a fund operation model that shorted dangerous CDOs while purchasing cheap CDS (credit default swaps).

By the end of 2006, the fund had appreciated by 20%.

During the entire subprime mortgage crisis from 2007 to 2008, Paulson's short-selling fund, which brought together funds from various sources, made a profit of approximately $200 billion, and his personal income was nearly $60 billion.

Not to mention the continued outbreak of the 2008 financial crisis, he continued to open his bloody mouth and grab huge profits in the subprime mortgage market.

A completely redesigned, complex cross-shareholding fund, now structured through offshore companies, will be led by Farina and Anna Huang, joining Paulson's Big Short position on his behalf. This massive profit will be the key to the future of the film industry, both domestically and internationally, maintaining its macroeconomic structure.

Such as the development of national cinema chains and even cinema real estate;
the acquisition of film companies in the North American market;
the investment and acquisition of streaming companies such as Netflix and Blockbuster;
The development of the future world film and television city, theme park and supporting real estate projects.

These asset-heavy operating projects would be impossible to achieve without a huge cash base and a reasonable amount of debt.

"Yes, you and Mike Solomon can take the cash and exchange the shares for mine."

At the beginning of Mytube's business, Steve Chen and Mike Solomon each held 5% of the original shares, and more than 10 core technical personnel on the team shared % in order to motivate employees' entrepreneurial passion.

This Internet startup, which lasted less than two years, and the sale of speed-pass-style cool articles, made Chen Shijun and others billionaires, and their loyalty to Boss Lu became even stronger.

As for Huang Anna, she is responsible for coordinating the management talents of Gunslinger Fund and Wenjie (USA), and will carry out in-depth interest bundling through other shareholding models.

"By the way, how's the team's investigation going?"

Chen Shijun laughed and said, "Everyone is very willing to continue to follow the company and develop new Internet products, but they just don't know what they will be."

A few months before preparing to sell the company to Google, Lu Kuan instructed Chen Shijun, Huang Anna and others to try their best to retain employees, and also asked the former to recruit more talents from American blog sites.

After the signing of the memorandum of understanding, Mytube's internal entrepreneurial team was very excited. To have achieved success in such a short period of time was a miracle even in the United States.

As for the new owner, Google, Larry Page and Schmidt always conduct a second interview with the acquired company, and the salary issue is unclear.

In this case, according to Boss Lu's plan, it would be natural to bring the core team together to start a new business.

Since the situation is clear, Lu Kuan doesn't mind telling them in advance and establishing the next goal.

"Dong dong!"

Liu Xiaoli knocked on the door and came in, followed by several crew members.

"It's lunch time, shall we take a break?"

"I have some pickled food I brought from home. You two can try it together."

Liu Xiaoli is originally from Northeast China and later moved to Wuhan. Both places have the habit of pickling meat in winter.

Everyone's appetite was whetted by the sight of the pickled duck, bacon and other foods on the table.

Huang Anna smiled and said, "Last time, Steven said he had a big meal at Ms. Liu's house. It seems he wasn't lying to me."

"Haha, that was made by that girl Xixi. In the end, there wasn't enough to eat. I'm sorry for not treating her well enough."

Chen Shijun said with an exaggerated expression: "If I'm lucky enough to taste it again, it would be great. Now I regret my grandfather's decision to immigrate to North America last century."

Everyone laughed out loud. Liu Xiaoli was not an outsider. Lu Kuan continued to talk about the next Internet product with the team while eating.

"If we can reach an agreement this week, we can bring the team to Vancouver for a vacation and have a chat."

Chen Shijun couldn't contain his curiosity. "Boss Lu, what are you planning to do?"

"Microblog." Boss Lu calmly picked up a piece of bacon and chewed it carefully, but unfortunately there was no rice.

"Micro... blog?"

Chen Shijun pondered the word, and it was obvious that the meaning of this product was as simple and clear as a literal translation.

Boss Lu briefly explained, "Most of the current social software in North America is social networking sites, with Myspace being the main one, and Facebook and Fliker being the subcategories."

"We still need to find a new path, just like we did with Mytube, to find a new track, build a social platform, and break the model of social networking among acquaintances."

Huang Anna frowned in thought, as if the Weibo post he described was... familiar?
"So-called acquaintance social networking sites are like Myspace and Facebook, where people who know each other interact and communicate in a community."

"Blogs are open social platforms, but they are too lengthy and cumbersome, and not suitable for the convenient and fragmented online social model."

Boss Lu patiently said, "Let me give you an example. Today I visited the set of 'Alien Land 2' and saw Crystal and Leo. I wanted to share this with netizens."

"If it's Myspace or Facebook, then only my friends can see it, and it has to be done on a computer."

"Although blogs are a form of social interaction for strangers, the top bloggers are mostly people with a certain level of knowledge, and there is a sense of distance between them and the general public."

"But what if it's Weibo? I can post updates with just a text message, and maybe even take a photo and upload it to share it in the future."

The young director was cutting steak while talking, and there was a sense of smoothness as if he was having a discussion.

It was the $23 billion sale price of YouTube that gave him the confidence to invest his funds and team in the next Internet trend without hesitation.

only. . .

When he looked up again, he saw Huang Anna and Chen Shijun looking at him with complicated expressions and frowns.

"what happened?"

"Mr. Lu...what you said seems to be already available on the market." Chen Shijun said embarrassedly.

Huang Anna added: "It's been online for almost three months...it's developing quite well. I'm also a user."

The young director put down his knife and fork in confusion. This not-so-optimistic news seemed to make the rich bacon in his mouth a little salty.

“Twitter?”

Chen Shijun nodded: "Yes! Mr. Lu, are you paying attention to it too?"

Boss Lu frowned even deeper.

It’s not surprising that it’s Twitter, and it’s not surprising that Twitter was born a few months earlier. Everything has different circumstances, so it’s normal for there to be some differences in details between the two lives.

But Twitter in later generations was a software used by a few entrepreneurs within Odeo. How come it became popular on the entire Internet in this life?
"Mr. Lu?" Huang Anna interrupted his thoughts.

Lu Kuan came back to his senses and said, "Oh, yes, I think I've heard of it."

“How is Twitter… doing now?”

If it is in the early stages of development, just start from scratch and crush it with the big stick of money and targeted marketing strategies.

But if it has already reached a certain scale, it is obviously more cost-effective to talk about acquisition.

Huang Anna introduced: "There are nearly 300,000 registered users, but the compound growth in the past few months has been very fast."

"Like Mytube, they've capitalized on the buzz surrounding Twilight, which has been at the top of the bestseller list for eight consecutive weeks."

"Oh yeah! Crystal and Leonardo DiCaprio also helped with the promotion, but this company doesn't seem to have more celebrity resources, otherwise it would probably grow even faster."

Huang Anna and Chen Shijun are both insiders in the industry, so they naturally noticed this little-known rising star.

But first of all, they naturally don’t know the significance of Weibo as a future trend;
Secondly, in the past two months, Mytube has been focused on negotiations with major acquirers and how to continue to increase its user base and raise capital for selling itself.

There are so many entrepreneurs coming and going every day, every week, and every month across the United States that it’s no surprise they don’t focus on them.

Lu Kuan became suspicious, wondering how this matter was related to Concubine Liu Yi.

He came back to his senses and said, "What's the boss's name? Contact him and talk about the acquisition."

"Lily."

"Lily? The boss is a woman?"

Mytube's leadership team was so absorbed in their discussion that no one noticed Liu Xiaoli in the meeting room, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

Boss Lu also felt like he had seen a ghost. The founders of Twitter had various palace fights in later generations, and he could roughly remember the names of several people.

Where did Lily come from?
Isn’t the world line in this life a bit too confusing?
The atmosphere in the office was depressing, and everyone looked at the Chinese boss who was lost in thought in silence.

Liu Xiaoli silently packed up the lunch box she brought. The old mother's mind was working rapidly. It was the first time she encountered such a ridiculous thing!

What is this girl Xixi fiddling with?

Why does it sound like... a shortcut?

Huang Anna went out to make a phone call and came back a short while later: "We have an appointment. Let's talk in detail tonight at the Rosewood Hotel in Vancouver."

Boss Lu nodded slowly, wanting to say something but holding it back for the time being, signaling that they could focus on the Google acquisition first.

He felt an inexplicable sense of weirdness and absurdity in his heart, and no matter how he thought about it, he felt something was wrong.

If you try to sort out all the clues carefully from the beginning, it is difficult to find the thread that can lead to a breakthrough among the myriad of threads.

Whoever created the figurines has no descendants?

Perhaps in this life, many of those whose luck was taken away by him also feel the same way.

However, times have changed, and by some coincidence, he was replaced by Xiao Liu, the person he had personally trained.

Things seem to be heading in an interesting direction.

"Xiaolu, I actually..."

Boss Lu came to his senses and realized that Liu Xiaoli was still in the meeting room.

The young director smiled and said, "Aunt Liu, thank you for the extra meal. It's delicious."

Liu Xiaoli saw his furrowed brows and wanted to tell him the truth, but when the words came to her lips she didn't know how to say them.

"Then I'll go back first. If you want to eat, I'll get you some. Aunt Xixi sent it from China."

Boss Lu stood up and said, "Oh, okay. I won't see you off then."

"No need to see me off, just go ahead and do your own thing." Liu Xiaoli felt very uncomfortable, so she waved at him and walked out.

Lu Kuan had no intention of continuing to watch Xiao Liu filming, so he returned to the Rosewood Hotel in the city center, turned on his computer and searched Twitter.

It is still the familiar interface from the previous life, but the various UI and detailed functions are not yet perfect.

Why are there functions of forwarding, liking and pictures?
These are all the functions of domestic blog sites!

How strange!

Just as the young director was wondering, the phone rang and it was the guy with the flat head calling.

"Mr. Han?"

"Xiaolu, there's something I need to tell you quickly."

Old Han said in a serious tone, "Recently, Chen Kaige and Lu Chuan and his son have been colluding closely. They're planning to jointly speak out in the industry, which I'm afraid will be disadvantageous to you."

Boss Lu smiled curiously and said, "What can they say about me?"

"Brother Hu from 'Mantou' told the truth in an interview. I have no idea who ordered this. This dirty water cannot be thrown on me."

"As for the return of his copy of The Promise, I can be considered a vested interest, so I'll just leave it to them."

This group of people made such a big noise that people in the industry, from directors to actors, were already alerted and someone informed him.

It’s just that Boss Lu knew that there was a Japanese right wing behind him, and he wanted to see what tricks he could play.

Old Han heard his calm tone and knew that this man was someone who knew what he was doing. After thinking about it, he realized that he was indeed the one, but he still gave him a warning out of concern.

"Right now, the leaders are considering candidates for various positions in the Olympic creative team. You should continue to keep a low profile, just like you did a while ago."

"Don't give your leaders the impression that you're arrogant because of your talent."

This was Old Han's wise and prudent advice for the country, and Boss Lu happily followed it.

In this matter, Chen Kaige was an angry fool, but with Lu Chuan and his son getting involved, it seems like things have gone wrong for a reason, right?
He had enough reasons to suspect that it was related to Kasai Ou, who was also a man with a keen eye for talent and hit the mark with just one stroke of his pendulum.
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The next day, at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Vancouver, this was where Liu Xiaoli and her daughter stayed during the filming.

Xiao Liu started sitting in front of the dressing table to draw her eyebrows and eyes after the show at five o'clock, and she even used a curling iron for the first time.

"Xixi, are you really going to negotiate with Xiaolu?"

"Yeah, why not?"

The girl took TOM FORD's matte red No. 16, gently placed the lipstick close to her lips, and applied it carefully bit by bit starting from the corner of her lips.

"Mom, please help me draw my eyebrows."

Liu Xiaoli was speechless: "How to draw?"

Xiao Liu raised an eyebrow: "Draw it thicker, use an aggressive style!"

Good guy, if you don’t have enough confidence, you have to put on makeup.

Apart from filming and making announcements, Liu Yifei, who has been without makeup for most of the year, seems to be determined to put on all her makeup in her lifetime at once today.

She opened the eyeshadow palette, dipped her fingertips into a little light beige eyeshadow, and gently applied it on her eye sockets to create a base.

Then I chose a light brown eyeshadow and slowly blended it along the end of the eye.

Liu Xiaoli watched her daughter pick up the mascara again without getting tired, and start brushing her eyelashes with half-closed eyes, thinking to herself, are you going to negotiate?
You are not just being aggressive, you are walking into a tiger's mouth!
"Xixi, Mommy, can you go with me?"

"Okay."

Liu Xiaoli felt a little relieved, but she didn't think her daughter had gained any advantage in this negotiation.

The gap in strength between the two sides is simply too great.

Against Lu Kuan, with my daughter's current comprehensive strength, I can either use force to kill him, or use this beautiful face to make him die...

In terms of other skills, there is no way Sissi could survive this battle!

At 6:15 in the evening, the temperature in Vancouver in the northern hemisphere was only a few degrees. Liu Xiaoli and her daughter arrived at the Rosewood Hotel in the city center by car.

The little girl took off her coat and handed it to Liu Xiaoli: "Mom, I will go in alone later, you wait for me outside."

"Well, let's have a good chat with Sissi and stop throwing tantrums."

Xiao Liu put his arm around her and said, "It's not necessarily me who's throwing a tantrum."

All the past events came flooding back to her mind, and Concubine Liu Yi gritted her teeth: "Today, I'm going to make someone lose his temper and lose his composure for once!"

The ideal is beautiful, but I don’t know whether reality will be as she wishes.

The man who made the little girl grit her teeth was sitting in the hotel's high-end reception room, drinking coffee with a research report on Twitter in his hand.

He checked the time on his phone and prepared for a quick resolution.

Wendy Deng is still on the way. Although she has decided to sell herself to Google, this she-wolf that is chasing her still has to be properly dealt with.

"Dong dong!"

Before he could say "come in", he looked up and saw a Chinese girl pushing the door open without any politeness.

A semi-business black slim-fit women's suit with a white shirt underneath, the collar slightly open, revealing a small piece of creamy skin.

As if to retaliate against what he said in the morning about his thick legs, Xiao Liu's trouser line extended from the waist to the ankles, making his thighs look well-proportioned and his calves slender and straight.

Her well-trained body is smart and dashing, and the fiery red lips on her pretty face have a good age-enhancing effect.

Boss Lu was stunned for a moment by the heavily made-up Liu Yifei. A thought flashed through his mind that she was Lily, but he felt that this guess was absurd.

The young director remained calm as always: "Xiao Liu, why are you here?"

"I asked you to treat me to dinner yesterday, but you broke the promise?"

Looking at his lazy expression, Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help but think of the birthday party and everything that had happened in the past few years.

He always has such a calm expression, as if he has everything under control.

The little girl really wanted to see him break down for once: "Who cared about you yesterday? Just don't break your promise today. There's something interesting to watch today."

Lu Kuan's face paused, and he asked suspiciously, "Are you Lily?"

Concubine Liu Yi smiled and said, "Of course not."

Someone breathed a sigh of relief.

"My mother is Lily."

The young director sitting opposite him had a visibly frozen expression on his face.

Liu Xiaoli, Lily...

What the hell!
Xiao Liu supported his chin with both hands, and his pair of almond-shaped eyes unscrupulously admired his suddenly changing expression.

Today, her eyelashes, which were specially lengthened and curled, fluttered like butterfly wings, unwilling to miss any frame of surprise or frown on his face.

Although it hadn't reached the point where she had imagined her defenses would be broken and she would lose her composure, it was enough to make her secretly happy for a long time.

Boss Lu was the type of person who enjoyed competing with others. Thinking of Liu Xiaoli's strange expression in the office at noon, he instantly understood everything.

"hiss..."

"call..."

Seeing Mulan opposite looking at him with a joking expression, it was obvious that today would be a complicated and confusing negotiation mixed with personal feelings.

He unconsciously touched his left chest.

I just felt a throbbing pain in the purple bruise on the muscle where Xiao Liu had hammered me yesterday.

(End of this chapter)