Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 329 Happy Together
Yang Mi’s idea is very simple.

She watched the live broadcast of her birthday party on August 8 last year.

She was a little confused at that time:

After all, Fan Bingbing played some role between Lu Kuan and Concubine Liu Yi.

Or did Concubine Liu Yi play some role between Lu Kuan and Fan Bingbing?

Or, are the pure and innocent girls and the beautiful actresses just his playthings?

But today, judging from Boss Lu's statement at the Fox Center and Bingbing's fear and caution today, it is obvious that the 19-year-old girl has the upper hand.

How could Da Mimi dare to confront him directly? She could only do some small tricks secretly.

It was 8:30 p.m. Beijing time, and 7:30 a.m. in Chicago on the other side of the world. A transatlantic message made the cell phone buzz on Liu Yifei's desk.

However, the owner of the phone was not at home. Xiao Liu and his female bodyguard Mia were exercising in the gym in Hyde Park.

As morning exercise drew to a close, Xiao Liu looked at the scantily clad female bodyguard and suddenly whispered, "Mia, is there any way to..."

She shyly lifted her chest and said, "Is this...bigger?"

Mia looked as if she understood everything. In fact, she had received consultations from many wealthy women and female celebrity employers.

"Crystal, I think you're looking for options other than breast augmentation surgery and medication, right?"

"Of course, of course. It's just... from the perspective of exercise."

There was something she was embarrassed to say. Ever since she started doing morning exercises with this retired female bodyguard from the Marine Corps, the intensity had increased and her hips had become more and more perky, but her breasts seemed to be shrinking!
After the relationship normalized, Xiao Liu had some more romantic fantasies besides the innocence of a girl.

Women dress up to please themselves, so naturally they want to be more attractive.

Or rather... sex appeal.

That bastard's lust is a consensus among all mankind!
The female bodyguard of Russian descent easily crushed the mineral water bottle and said, "If you want to get a cleavage, I suggest you do less aerobic exercise and start doing heavy bench presses."

"The thickness of my pectoralis major increased by 3cm, and my cup size went up by two. Remember that actress with silicone breast implants who called me last week? Her agent even asked me how I got those breast enhancements."

Xiao Liu pursed his lips in understanding, thinking about how to improve his upper body without overly hardening the lines.

Improve the aesthetics somewhere.

In the Hyde Park villa, after taking a bath, Liu Yifei compared her size in the mirror, put on a bathrobe and came out embarrassedly.

The heating in the room was turned on very high. She opened the complete script of "The Sky of History". The creases on the paper revealed how frequently the actress used it.

Xiao Liu's porcelain-white ankles were tinged with the pale pink of cherry blossom bath salts. She shook her wet long hair, and water droplets rolled down her swan neck into her silk nightgown, forming a small lake in the clavicle.

The nineteen-year-old's skin still had a thin layer of sweat from the morning run, and in the morning sun it emitted a fuzzy halo like a peach that is almost ripe, showing that she has not yet lost her childishness.

She was worrying about her feminine charm not being fully revealed, but she didn't realize that her current appearance was exactly what gourmets like Boss Lu liked the most.

Artists all seek to return to simplicity and nature.

The same is true for women.

What could be more intoxicating for an artist than seeing the muse he has cultivated jump out of the frame and stand prettily before him?
The little girl was biting a pearl hairpin to tie her hair when the screen of the mobile phone on the table suddenly lit up.

【Lu Kuan and Fan Bingbing are together now.】

what?
In 2006, the screen of unfamiliar calls and messages naturally did not display the location of the number.

Perhaps those with experience would know to go to a specialized website to look up information, but Concubine Liu Yi obviously didn't have the time or the inclination to do so.

This piece of information alone was enough to make her heart ache.

The morning light reflected on the mirror paint of Nokia N93, creating tiny spots of light, just like her courage threshold that was collapsing at this moment.

Liu Yifei's wet thumb slipped on the navigation key three times, and the metal keyboard made a ticking sound due to the water stains.

She saw the previous unread message again.

Fan Bingbing visited the set of "Curse of the Golden Flower" today.

The moment the little girl's wet hair fell across the screen, it happened to cover the two words "Bingbing" in the message.

Her eyes felt a little hot for a moment, and she raised her phone. Her pupils, dilated due to nervousness, were reflected in the dressing mirror.

Looking at the characters in the anonymous text message that pierced her heart like a sword, Liu Yifei suddenly turned to the young director's number and her finger hesitated on the green dial button for a long time.

Should I make this call?
The soul-searching question of whether she should be in the car or under the car once again attacked her fragile nerves.

This nerve seemed to have only been repaired a few months ago.

The key is whether you have this position?

Xiao Liu himself admitted to Liu Xiaoli that under the skyscrapers of Manhattan, Boss Lu’s so-called pursuit was just a public relations tactic.

To put it more cruelly and realistically, it is a reward for the loyalty and perseverance shown to oneself.

From this perspective, even if she got through on the phone, what tone and attitude should she use to verify?
But his indulgence and care for me during those few days on New Year's Eve couldn't be all a false pretense, right?
The authenticity of this kind of feelings is naturally best understood by the parties involved.

Liu Yifei even retreated a little. She didn't dare to make the call. She wanted to bury her head in the ground like an ostrich and keep comforting herself in her heart.

Hasn't he always been like this?
Aren't you the one who knows him best? Why can't you accept it now?
Since you don't have a confirmed relationship with him, why do you have to use these already confirmed facts to cause internal friction and hurt yourself?
The little girl pressed the red button hard, trying to shut down the phone by long pressing it.

The metal keys turned white from the pressure of her thumbs.

The pale blue veins bulging out of her neck in the mirror's reflection looked very much like the curve of Zhang Chunru's neck in the work photo she took at the Yale Library when she discovered the contradiction in the historical materials in the script.

The little girl was in great pain and sobbed, her shoulders shaking a little.

The hot keyboard of the mobile phone was imprinted with the lines of fingers, like a private seal of humiliation.

Can turning off the computer isolate me from the torture of these random thoughts?
I dare not ask, and there is nowhere to escape.

Xiao Liu lay on the desk, feeling sad. The script page in front of her was soon soaked. She saw a line of narration written by the young director in the script:
After finishing the conversation with the survivor, Zhang Chunru's eyes looked like the frozen Xuanwu Lake.

Then your tear glands are now like the newly thawed Xuanwu Lake.

He is even worse than before. Didn’t he stab him many times before?

However, the tenderness during this period trapped her like a spider web, making her indulge in the illusion she had woven for herself and dared not pierce that veil.

The more you get, the more afraid you are of losing.

She was afraid that another breakup would mean a farewell.

Suddenly, the classic Penguin prompt sound exploded in my ears!

Liu Yifei straightened her upper body suddenly. The prompt sound of the video request woke her up from the bullet time that was immersed in sadness, and also broke the silence in the room.

It turned out to be a pop-up message from the man she was sad about!

She connected without a moment's hesitation, but the few seconds of delay in the Penguin international server made Xiao Liu feel like she was living in a different world.

The signal from the little girl's side seemed to be connected first. Boss Lu's somewhat messy hair filled the screen first, with the monotonous background of the hotel room behind him.

The network conditions in Hengdian were poor, and he didn't realize that he was already in the center of the other person's screen.

Boss Lu leaned closer to the screen that only showed his own profile picture, and looked at the wound that had just been accidentally left by the razor.

Liu Yifei didn't say anything either, but watched quietly as the camera shook and his bluish lower eyelid bumped into the screen.

The laptop's camera seemed to be pulled away by Boss Lu, allowing more background elements to enter.

The desk is filled with cigarette butts, coffee cups and stirrers, and papers piled up on the desk like a sword tomb.

It doesn't look like a night of lovemaking filled with ambiguous elements, but more like a workaholic pulling an all-nighter for who knows how many times?

The picture froze for a moment, and it seemed that the picture on the other end was also connected. Boss Lu suddenly froze in the middle of the screen with his pupils shaking!

Has Xiao Liu transformed himself into his own exclusive welfare girl?
On the Penguin Video screen, Liu Yifei's bathrobe slipped down a bit because she suddenly sat up straight, and was just barely draped over her shoulders.

She was unaware of the crescent-shaped gap in her collar. Her bathrobe was tightly stuck in the undulations, and with a touch of tender white, it looked like the boundary between the snow in early spring that was about to melt but not yet.

There is also the small mole on her chest, which is very close to her, rising and falling with her breathing in front of the camera.

The girl's snowy curves looked like peeled lychee flesh, making Boss Lu, a gourmet, unable to take his eyes off her.

The small black and red mole stuck to the wet hair was lightly placed on the chest, like a lonely red berry in the snow.

The remaining water stains on her hair slid down, plowing sparkling grooves on the snowy field in front of her chest.

"Xiao Liu...are you...okay?"

Boss Lu hesitated for a long time before reluctantly looking away and reminding her.

Liu Yifei frowned slightly, her face looked innocent and sweet, and the sound of her Adam's apple rolling could be faintly heard through the microphone.

"what!"

The little girl lowered her head following his gaze, suddenly gasped like a kitten's fur standing on end, and quickly closed the laptop.

The force was so strong that it seemed as if he wanted to slam the face of the young director on the screen onto the desk!
She quickly put on her full armor, but her body was only half covered by her lute, and was now exposed to the washing machine.

When she connected the video again, Boss Lu looked at her with amusement: "Xiao Liu, have you learned bad habits? You want to try this trick on me?"

"Come on, you pervert!"

Concubine Liu Yi could no longer bear to look into his aggressive eyes and bit her lower lip tightly.

The skin after the first bath appeared glazed on the screen, and as if she remembered the ambiguity just now, a layer of light pink quickly appeared on her porcelain-white face.

Boss Lu continued to tease her: "You turned off your phone on purpose to force me to video call you, and then..."

"Bullshit! My phone...my phone is out of battery!"

Maybe it was Boss Lu's possessed look that gave her confidence, or maybe it was the fact that he had taken the initiative to video chat with her that seemed so natural and unconcealed, but Xiao Liu angrily demanded, "Where are you! What are you doing?!"

Boss Lu was confused: "I'm on the set of 'Curse of the Golden Flower', don't you know that?"

"So it wasn't you who liked the photo of me, Jay Chou, and Gong Li on the blog yesterday?"

Xiao Liu glanced at the man in the video with his almond-shaped eyes, and the hesitation in his heart was slightly relieved, but he still resisted the urge to ask the core question directly.

She is also afraid.

I am afraid that he will deceive me, but I am also afraid that he will not deceive me.

She really didn't want to taste even a little bit of the despair and bitterness she had just felt.

But this didn't stop Xiao Liu from taking advantage of his pampering and making insinuations: "Why is your chin cut?"

The young director looked at her suspiciously.

Why does this tone sound like following a map, or making a bold assumption first and then an even bolder verification?
It would be more direct for you to ask directly if he was fooling around with a woman just now.

Boss Lu sneered in his heart. This proud little girl lowered her head once at the birthday party. It seems that now she is unwilling to raise some sensitive issues even if she bites her teeth to pieces.

The young director was helpless: "It's normal for men to get a cut when shaving. It's not unusual to see it."

"Oh." Concubine Liu Yi had a blank expression on her face, and it was clear that she was not in a good mood. "What do you want from me? If you have anything to say, come on!"

“I saw the email you sent me about the Netflix and Blockbuster acquisitions.”

Xiao Liu's attention was instantly diverted, and his face showed joy and anticipation: "What do you think of my idea?"

Boss Lu looked at the various detailed data in her plan, some of which were even beyond the scope of disclosure obligations of listed companies. It was obvious that they were achieved through her connections in that damn business school.

"Your point of view is that Blockbuster is a dying giant, and Netflix is ​​a rising star. You suggest that after acquiring a stake in Blockbuster, you should preemptively develop a streaming media business to compete with Netflix, right?"

Concubine Liu Yi said seriously: "Yes!"

"Blockbuster's current market capitalization is less than $5 million, down more than 2002% from its 92 peak, and it has nearly $9 million in debt. The net acquisition cost is expected to be no more than $20 billion."

"Netflix's current market capitalization is over $14 billion. Although it has minimal debt, Hastings holds Class B shares with 10 times the voting rights. Unless you completely control Netflix, will he listen to a Chinese like you telling him what to do?"

As the top two DVD rental giants in the United States, Blockbuster and Netflix saw their competition reach a fever pitch in 2006.

Netflix is ​​an online subscription service and has no offline stores. It charges $9.99 per month for unlimited delivery, with one disc delivered at a time. After watching the video, a postal worker will come to collect the disc and customers can continue to place orders.

Hastings' move directly destroyed the asset-heavy Blockbuster, most of whose leasing business scenarios were still offline.

But Blockbuster's president, Antioch, also gave a sharp counterattack. He launched the Total Access plan, which allows users to return products in stores and then have them delivered online.

With 4500 Blockbuster stores across the United States, they can be found in almost every community.

This move seems to have given it some advantages over Netflix's mail service.

Similar to online shopping in later generations, at Blockbuster I could go downstairs and rent a disc to watch at home, but with Netflix I had to wait for it to be mailed.

However, due to its heavy asset operation, Blockbuster charges customers high overdue fees, reaching US$2 per day, while the rental cost of a single disc is only about US$4.

This is a fatal flaw, but it has to be charged due to the large number of stores and operating costs.

Given this competitive landscape, Xiao Liu continued to elaborate on his point of view: "Blockbuster's Antioch has already begun implementing this all-encompassing leasing model. I believe Blockbuster's valuation will rebound, and now is a good time for you to invest."

"As for the methods of acquiring shares and controlling shares, as well as how to subsequently develop the streaming media you mentioned to compete with Netflix, I don't have much idea in my mind yet. I need to continue collecting information and case studies."

Boss Lu listened to her explanation patiently and found that her basic logic was correct.

However, due to insufficient understanding of his own personal connections, he did not know what other weapons he had available besides the 25 billion in cash.

"There's nothing wrong with your basic idea, but your thinking is still too one-sided and you lack a comprehensive consideration of the overall situation."

Xiao Liu was a little unconvinced: "There's an information gap between you and me. You've been hiding a lot of things from me. How can I possibly consider everything?"

"Don't make excuses. I'll ask you a fatal question. As you said, you acquired Blockbuster with less than $20 billion. You pledged your equity or used the remaining $5 million to maintain store operations and transition to streaming."

"Blockbuster has 4500 stores in the United States and 7500 stores worldwide. Why do you think the federal Committee on Foreign Investment will give it the green light?"

"I've already explained the Twitter issue to you. Ideological infiltration and counter-infiltration between countries have always existed. If you were Bush, would you so easily allow a Chinese person to control such sensitive assets?"

"You should understand how terrifying it would be if such a large number of stores, reaching residential communities across the United States, were actually used to achieve certain righteous purposes."

"Also, since you've decided to transition to streaming media, the sheer number of Blockbuster stores you mentioned is no longer an advantage, but a liability!"

"U.S. labor laws are quite strict, and large-scale layoffs are particularly troublesome. If you proceed directly with the acquisition as you described, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will undoubtedly raise such a question."

"Can you promise to maintain a certain level of job openings for Blockbuster's existing employees for a certain period after the acquisition? How would you answer?"

Concubine Liu Yi frowned her nose. This was indeed a dilemma.

If you promise not to lay off employees, you will have to carry this burden and move forward, struggling to compete with Netflix for the future of streaming media.
Failure to make a commitment, or failure to fulfill the commitment, the former is likely to result in the committee rejecting the acquisition application, and the latter will directly lead to heavy federal penalties!
All promises made at the hearing will be recorded. Investors who want to realize the American dream cannot just make big promises like some mainland entrepreneurs. The data must be closely tracked and evaluated within the promised period.

what can we do about it?

Netflix's Hastings is an entrepreneur who is very wary of barbarians. He firmly controls the voting rights within Netflix by establishing AB shares.

Starting with Blockbuster was the starting point that Liu Yifei had no choice but to choose after evaluating various financial data.

Admittedly, she didn't know how many cards Boss Lu had.

For example, he can do some private things through Harvey, or get a pool of acquisition funds far exceeding 25 billion US dollars through Paulson.

But Blockbuster's problems were obvious, and it was indeed her negligence and superficial consideration of the problem.

This is mainly because her thinking is not as broad as that of the reborn. For example, Boss Lu keeps talking about streaming media. How could she imagine such a huge industrial blue ocean?

The Haidilao stores in which she has invested are expanding, which makes the girl feel better about the 4500 stores and naturally think that they are high-quality assets.

Boss Lu patiently guided her: "There are three parties competing now: Wenjie, Blockbuster, and Netflix. We are the challenger. These two are fierce rivals. No matter which side we start with, we will become the enemy camp of the other side."

"But what is our real position? You should be clear about it, right?"

Liu Yifei nodded: "Our real position is to defeat, dismember, and swallow these two companies and become the only streaming company."

"That's right. Then why do we have to declare our identity and stance right from the start, join Blockbuster, and drag this heavy baggage into a life-and-death battle with Netflix?"

"Besides, Microsoft has already expressed its intention to acquire Netflix. These are all issues that need to be considered."

Boss Lu smiled and said, "If you are unsure about foreign affairs, ask "Dragon Slayer"."

"You should have seen the Four Crossings of the Chishui River, right? The old man took advantage of the conflicts between the Hunan Army, the Yunnan Army, and the Sichuan Army to cross the Chishui River four times in the Guizhou-Yunnan-Sichuan triangle, and finally escaped the encirclement."

"Our situation is slightly different now. Strategically, the industry has surrounded Blockbuster and Netflix, but tactically, we are the unarmed newcomers wielding the money stick without a clue."

"Based on these judgments, please think carefully about what we should do now."

With the guidance of a famous teacher, Xiao Liu began to sort out the logic of this business war from the beginning.

Soldiers who, deception also.

For challengers, the best way to enter the battlefield is when the fog of war has not yet dissipated.

She carelessly invested in Blockbuster and launched a head-on confrontation with Netflix, which was tantamount to blowing away the fog of war that served as a cover and completely exposing her strategic goals to the enemy.

The little girl's face turned slightly red. She seemed to have chosen the most honorable but also the stupidest way.

She couldn't help but think of the glimpse she'd gotten during the Taro and his father incident: his perspective on the world, a view that looked down on and overpowered him. A chessboard suddenly appeared in Liu Yifei's mind. In the early stages of the battle for the future streaming media empire, the world was hiding behind the fog of war, just like...

Yup!

Why not invest in Netflix first, help Netflix completely defeat Blockbuster, and use the enemy's power to force Blockbuster to cut off its own arms and close its core stores with heavy assets?

During this process, Blockbuster's stock price will fall further, and Wenjie will undoubtedly be able to secretly acquire its assets at a higher cost-effectiveness.

Blockbuster’s offline stores are precious to outsiders, but in the eyes of the industry, they are burdens that are about to be discarded?

At least in the current industrial development process, it is not a very high-quality asset.

As Lu Kuan said, Wenjie strategically surrounded the enemy.

What strategy? Future streaming strategy!

This is a huge information gap between us and the people of today. Currently, only Netflix's Hastings has some preliminary ideas, and this is also the key to creating the fog of war!

Liu Yifei excitedly explained her thoughts, but unexpectedly, Boss Lu seemed to have transformed into a tyrant in a movie shoot and looked at her with dissatisfaction.

"Are you a donkey? You take one step at a time? All you see is Blockbuster? Haven't you thought about how to lay mines for Netflix in the process?"

"Oh! Yes!"

The girl was extremely excited. It was a kind of sudden enlightenment. "The two companies are now fighting over the DVD rental business. After Wenjie acquired a stake in Netflix, we will further promote its deep development in the DVD business and completely lead it to the path of no return!"

"And we can euphemistically call this an effort to defeat Blockbuster. No one can see our strategic intentions!"

"Blockbuster will close its own stores and let them resolve the labor dispute themselves. When the time comes, Wenjie will be the savior."

"As long as we enter the market at the right time and commit to an acceptable number of jobs, I believe the committee will consider giving the green light to the acquisition! Right!"

What is the right time?
More than half of the 4500 stores across the United States have closed, which is a relatively appropriate number.

It will not only not cost the industry that takes over too much, but also give the Trade Commission and the Department of Justice enough bargaining chips to push for the green light for federal compliance review.

Even if he were Chinese, the deal would have a good chance of success.

The logic is simple: it is to hijack the interests of voters.

When acquiring a listed company in the United States, in addition to doing detailed work through professional lobbying firms on K Street, it is also necessary to indirectly promote public opinion pressure from American voters on the committee.

This involves the inherent chains in the American election and political system.

For example, when Wenjie acquired Blockbuster, it promised to keep more than 2000 stores that were on the verge of closure open and save at least jobs.

Congressmen in specific states that are most affected by this will naturally cheer for the acquisition in order to get votes.

For lawmakers, creating jobs and keeping jobs are their political correctness and the key to winning elections.

This, in turn, will force state legislators to put pressure on Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Committee on Foreign Exchange, while also facilitating the work of lobbying firms.

Driven by the interest chain from top to bottom, Wenjie will be packaged as a beacon that can save more than 10,000 jobs and extend the life of Blockbuster, a dying giant.

Liu Yifei spoke more and more fluently. Under the guidance of Boss Lu, she sorted out the context of the incident. The next step was to fill in and implement some details.

She suddenly thought of the old man pointing at the map in "Dragon Slayer":

"Let Zhou Hunyuan think we are going to attack Guiyang, and Wu Qiwei think we are going to attack Kunming, but in fact we are going to eat Long Yun's bacon."

Similarly, let Netflix think that they are going to fight Blockbuster, and then buy shares in Blockbuster, so that Netflix will think that he is here to compete for the dominance of the DVD market.

Finally, they turned their guns around and intercepted the strategic intention of realizing the streaming media layout in advance.

Xiao Liu sighed deeply and once again marveled at the wisdom of the great man.

"I really understand this time. What do you want me to do?"

Boss Lu said gravely, "I'll have someone start negotiations with Blockbuster's major shareholder, Carl Icahn, about his 15% stake. Standard & Poor's now has a junk rating on Blockbuster, and Carl Icahn's stake has been halved from $10. He's eager to sell."

"At the same time, you will be packaged as a Chinese investor and go to Netflix to negotiate a stake. I'll have Iger from Disney introduce you. Do you know how to negotiate?"

Liu Yifei on Penguin Video frowned, "Exert as much influence as possible to persuade Netflix's Reagan Hastings to focus on the life-and-death battle in the DVD rental market and drag them into the quagmire."

The little girl pondered for a while, then looked up in confusion: "Are...anything else?"

Boss Lu smiled and said, "Not yet. Just be careful not to interact too much with Huang Anna, Chen Shijun and the others."

"Also, you have to be careful with Hastings. He is extremely confident and even conceited. I don't know if he has any thoughts of transitioning to streaming media. When you talk to him, you have to avoid the important issues."

"When he talks about streaming, you have to assess the situation and make demands with the capital you invested."

"Well, I see."

The purchase of Blockbuster was done by a ghost fund unknown to anyone, including Liu Yifei, and the investment in Netflix was made by a company personally controlled by Liu Yifei.

No one knows about the former, but the latter has some connection with him after careful consideration, after all, there was the Fox incident, but it is not a big deal.

In the eyes of Westerners, wealthy couples may be even more casual than changing their breakfast flavors every day.

As for Twitter, which is actually controlled by Liu Xiaoli, there is a CEO who is responsible for the company's affairs, which has nothing to do with Lu Kuan and Liu Yifei.

After all, even if Liu Xiaoli is the major shareholder behind the scenes, she doesn't socialize or engage in business negotiations every day. She just sits in a seat.

Just like the legal persons of domestic enterprises, they are not always the leaders of the enterprise, but only bear legal responsibilities.

As long as Liu Xiaoli doesn't come forward, no one will pay attention except those who are interested in digging into the relationship.

Looking at it from another perspective, the battle between Blockbuster and Netflix is ​​actually quite dramatic.

Today in 2006, the two are still at a stalemate.

But Blockbuster's major shareholder, Carl Icahn, is known as the Wolf of Wall Street. He will soon force President Antioch out because of a $760 million bonus, giving Netflix an overall advantage.

After defeating Blockbuster, Hastings resolutely led Netflix to transform into streaming media in 2007.

Entering the market early, the competition between Blockbuster and Netflix has not yet become fierce;

A little later, Netflix, led by Hastings, will soar to the sky and become the world's first top company to develop streaming media.

Therefore, now is the best opportunity to join the game!
The situation this time is special, and it is a two-front battle.

From a safe perspective, of course, Boss Lu who is personally in charge in North America has the most control, but with both the Olympic Games plan and the shooting of a Holocaust movie in China, he is really too busy to handle it.

He only has remote control.

On one side is the North American world, and on the other side is Twitter, a company that appears to have nothing to do with the two companies and whose equity distribution also seems to have nothing to do with them.

As for the person who wants to invest in Netflix first and compete with top entrepreneur Hastings, Lu Kuan doesn't have many choices.

He only told Liu Yifei about the layout of the streaming media. Now she is the only one around him who can bear this trust and has certain abilities.

For her, this time was also a tempering.

Boss Lu was still a little worried, so he spoke in more detail to prevent Xiao Liu from making strategic misjudgments when encountering problems.

"On the timeline, you have to have a deadline in mind. Early 2007 was when we finally launched the acquisition of Netflix."

"Before that, both Blockbuster's acquisition and Netflix's share purchase must be completed as quickly as possible."

"Why?" Xiao Liu wasn't reborn, so how could he have known that Netflix would embark on a transformation in 2007?
Similarly, she didn't know that the first $10 billion of CDS invested by the man on the screen in the big short seller Paulson would be harvested for the first time early next year, providing ammunition for Netflix's acquisition battle.

Boss Lu smiled and said, "No reason, just do it."

Concubine Liu Yi said with dissatisfaction: "Humph, your brain is divided into three parts. One is all about tricking people, one is all about your secrets, and one is all about movies."

"Is there a piece missing?" Boss Lu sighed slowly, clicked his lighter, and started puffing away on the screen.

"what?"

"Women! For example, someone just exposed their private parts!"

"You, you, you washing machine, stop talking!" The little girl's earlobes instantly showed coral-red tides. Thinking of the embarrassing scene just now, she unconsciously tightened her clothes.

The most intimate contact we had before was playing in the swimming pool, but we were really naked just now...

Her well-proportioned calves, placed under the table, would occasionally cross each other, and the shyness of an inexperienced girl would cause an itch to sprout from her body.

The most attractive thing is that she is as shy as a narcissus in the cool breeze, which is more attractive than countless big breasts and buttocks.

The young director once again lamented the blossoming of flowers. Looking at the girl on the screen, he recalled a short poem he had written in his past life when he was still a literary youth:
Her beauty is the most exquisite alchemy since the creation of the world, reforging Adam's rib into a column in the temple of the Muses.

Boss Lu didn’t know how many people’s lover Xiao Liu was, but it was obvious that the cinnabar mole on her chest was destined to belong only to him.

He suddenly asked, "What did you mean by asking me where I was and what I was doing?"

Xiao Liu's breath hitched: "No, just asking casually."

Boss Lu's expression was calm: "Oh, all right then."

"Then digest the hint I just gave you and fill in the gaps yourself. You can look up some recent business cases related to Hastings to get to know him better."

"Oh, I see."

The young director was suspicious, but seeing her pretty face tense, he didn't want to be aggressive: "So that's it?"

Xiao Liu was in a bad mood when he thought about what happened just now. Fortunately, Boss Lu’s work video served as a temporary “clarification”.

She didn't want to hang up, but she pursed her lips and didn't know what to say: "I have to go to school, hang up."

Boss Lu nodded and closed the interface directly.

How could Xiao Liu get rid of the suspicious Cao thief with just a casual question?
When the video was connected, the little girl had red eyes, messy hair, a look of despair, and blurted out two questions.

She should know that Fan Bingbing came to the crew to find her, right?
Or maybe Xiao Liu is using the same old tricks again and has another Sun Wenwen by his side;

Or Bingbing is trying to repeat his old trick and step into the same river twice, but both possibilities are unlikely.

Concubine Liu Yi was very proud and had never mentioned his relationship with certain women since the birthday party.

Bingbing is now very cautious. He was really scared last time and now he is thinking about reaching the top of the entertainment industry.

Boss Lu suddenly felt a little uneasy, and out of caution he sent a message to Bingbing, telling him not to go anywhere tonight and to stay in the room to draw the storyboards for "The Sky of History".

The villa in Hyde Park was wrapped in the warm spring sunshine. The sunlight climbed up through the window lattice onto the script spread out by Liu Yifei, and also permed her curled eyelashes.

The little girl finally came back to her senses from the series of events that had just happened.

Like Boss Lu, she was also secretly wondering who sent the message.

Fan Bingbing was the first suspect, but she knew that by using the washing machine method, she was not repeating the same old trick, but was "repeating the same mistakes."

He would never allow anyone to create "surprises" for him again and again.

Taking Sun Wenwen as an example, mere suspicion was enough to sentence her to death.

Now he is just exiled to North America.

The same thing happened to Bingbing back then. The mental torture she suffered was caused by the young director's presumption of guilt and free judgment.

Xiao Liu looked through the unfamiliar numbers on his phone and wanted to call it back, but thought better of it.

After opening the computer and finding that this was Beiping Mobile, I searched for news about the crew of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Anyone who knew about Fan Bingbing's visit and lied about military intelligence, saying that the two had an affair, could not be separated from the crew of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

["Curse of the Golden Flower" undergoes major plot changes, with Zhang Yimou changing the script midway]

Lu Kuan and Zhang Yimou team up again after the Olympic opening ceremony to present a Lunar New Year masterpiece to the audience.

[The first generation of Mou Girl Gong Li and the new generation of Mou Girl Yang Mi]

Yang Mi?

Liu Yifei clicked the mouse repeatedly, her eyes sparkling as she stopped at the last piece of news and read it for a long time.

The news was a press release purchased by Huayi, and there was a hyperlink to Yang Mi's blog account at the end of the article.

She clicked on it and found that the most recent ones were behind-the-scenes footage from the crew of "Curse of the Golden Flower". The account has about 400 million followers, which is quite impressive among the group of "artificial little flowers" imitating Liu Yifei.

Latest blog posts. . .

Photo album...

Browse the tracks...

Three minutes ago, I visited Liu Yifei VIP's homepage;
Five minutes ago, I visited Liu Yifei VIP's homepage;
Ten minutes ago, I visited Liu Yifei VIP's homepage...

There are also some other sporadic records of liking and replying to fans' messages.

Why is she suddenly paying so close attention to herself?
The little girl's pair of almond-shaped eyes were still clear and bright, but when she recalled Yang Mi's suspicious behavior at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Gala that year, her pretty face suddenly turned pale.

She went out to find Liu Xiaoli who was arranging flowers and brought another spare phone into the house. This was the work phone she used when she was a guest assistant to her daughter.

Xiao Liu first dialed Yang Mi's number with his own phone.

In the Hengdian VIP Hotel, Da Mimi paced restlessly in the room.

I don't know if these two pieces of information are useful.

The first message I sent fell on deaf ears.

She didn't care whether Fan Bingbing had any relationship with Lu Kuan or whether they were having a secret meeting, and she just posted the second message in one go.

Where is the obligation to find out the truth when one slanders the whistleblower?
She just needs to leave her suspicion and doubt to a pure-hearted girl, and believe that she will choose a way out between internal consumption of suspicion or facing it head-on and then fighting back.

No matter what choice you make, just like the plot of the birthday party, it will naturally be beneficial to a third person like yourself.

The sudden ringing of a ring shattered Da Mimi's complicated mood. She looked at the caller with her pupils dilated.

It's not fear, it's excitement!
He must be here to verify it with himself!

"Hello? Sissi?"

"Mimi, are you busy?"

"It's okay, it's okay. Why did you think of calling me?"

Xiao Liu stood in the yard. The sunlight seemed to have coated her raven-colored hair with a layer of glaze, and from a distance it looked like some golden arcs.

She put the cold cell phone to her ear, and in her right hand, she held her mother's spare phone, entered the number from the anonymous text message, and dialed it directly!
"Nothing, I just saw you on the set of Curse of the Golden Flower and wanted to check in on how filming was going."

Da Mimi giggled: "Last time you signed a contract with Disney in Hong Kong, but unfortunately I had just joined the crew and couldn't attend the girlfriends' night. Tang Yan even scolded me!"

Yang Mi was trying to be intimate with him while looking at her beautiful figure in the floor-length mirror. Suddenly, the screen of another mobile phone on the table lit up!
She wasn't too panicked, and calmly walked over to see what was going on. "By the way, Xixi, when are you coming back to China to join Director Lu's new film? I'm going to welcome you back this time no matter what."

"It should be during the summer, right? I'm not sure yet. I'm waiting for notification."

Liu Yifei frowned her smooth forehead, not noticing anything unusual. She continued to chat idly while typing a text message with her right hand and sending it.

If the phone call doesn't work, try sending a text message to alert the enemy.

[Yang Mi, I know it's you! ]

The little girl still had a calm tone: "Mimi, is Director Zhang strict with the actors?"

She calculated that the text message had almost arrived, and pressed the phone tightly to her ear.

Unless you turn it off or it's on silent.

But Xiao Liu is now also an "old actor" with a solid foundation in line delivery. Yang Mi's sharp voice can create different auditory effects with the slightest emotional fluctuation.

"Ah? Oh! Strictly...strictly." Yang Mi was horrified when she saw the message in the other phone!
Out of a guilty conscience, she wished she could turn into the Six-Fingered Lute Demon. She was in a hurry to turn off the phone and accidentally knocked over the perfume she had just used on the table.

Xiao Liu in the courtyard of the Hyde Park villa had his pupils shrunken to the point of needles as he listened to the sound of hard objects hitting the floor on the other end of the phone, and the flaws in Yang Mi's response just now.

The last word "strict" was like a dandelion blown away by the wind, and the short-word vocabulary, which should have been rounded, was unexpectedly wrinkled.

In Grotowski's words, this is a typical breath fault.

"What's wrong, Mimi? What's that noise?"

Yang Mi swallowed her saliva and came back to her senses in a split second: "It's okay, Xixi, I knocked over the bottle of Dior cedar you gave me. I feel so bad!"

In the hotel room, Da Mimi bent over to clean the residue from the perfume bottle, her tense back reflected in the floor-length mirror.

Xiao Liu's face was calm, but his tone became more lively: "It's okay, I'll bring you another one when I get back home. It's the same one I just used after taking a shower, but this one has a citrus base note."

"Okay, Xixi, thank you. I won't tell you now. Please deal with the glass shards quickly."

"Well, bye."

On both sides of the Pacific Ocean, across a distance of 10,000 kilometers, there seem to be two bottles of perfume side by side reflecting an eerie rainbow light.

The scents of citrus and cedar silently fought in the air.

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