Entertainment mogul: Starting his business with the internet

Chapter 1 Childhood Sweethearts
Although it was morning, the heat in Beiping in July was still intense and unbearable.

Glancing at her daughter, who had a flawless face, was dressed elegantly and was hurrying to leave, Liu's mother quickly called out, "Aren't you going to eat breakfast, Shishi?"

Liu Shishi quickly changed into her small high-heeled sandals, turned around and waved to her mother, "I'm not eating anymore. I made plans to go out with Yi Yi today, and he's been waiting for me downstairs for a long time."

Mrs. Liu scolded, "You don't sleep at night and don't get up in the morning. Since you made an appointment with Xiao Song, can't you get up earlier? It's so hot, making her wait for you. Can't you be more considerate?"

Liu Shishi stuck out her little tongue mischievously, "Oh dear, Yi Yi won't blame me, Mom. Besides, I stayed up late last night because I was chatting with him. He stayed up late too, we're the same!"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu's face turned cold, and she said in a deep voice, "Are you asking for a beating? You still have the nerve to compare yourself to Xiao Song? He's the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and he doesn't need his parents to wait on him. He's very independent and self-disciplined! Do you even have the level of a top scorer? How dare you compare yourself to Xiao Song? You play with him every day, can't you learn from his strengths and have some ambition?"

Hearing her mother continue her nagging, Liu Shishi quickly went out and downstairs, pouting as she walked and muttering to herself, "I'm not the top scholar, but the top scholar listens to me."

After her daughter left, Liu's mother shook her head helplessly. Looking at her husband silently eating breakfast at the table, she was furious. "Eat, eat, eat! All you know is how to eat!"

Mr. Liu looked at his wife, who was inexplicably angry, with an innocent expression: "What's wrong, honey?"

"Can't you pay a little more attention to your daughter's affairs! Is there any news about the arrangements you asked the old man to make?"

When his wife suddenly became upset, Mr. Liu, usually so glib, put down his chopsticks and quickly said, "I've already pulled some strings with the old man. After summer vacation, when school starts, the film crew will go to the dance academy to select people, and the director will choose our daughter to act in the film."

Although the matter that had been on her mind had been settled, a mother's heart still aches when her child travels far away. The thought of her underage daughter leaving her parents to embark on a completely new path filled Liu's mother with heartache.

Hesitantly, she discussed with her husband, "I don't know if choosing an actress for our daughter is the right path. Shishi is only 17 years old, and I'm worried about her. I'll accompany her to the film set when the time comes."

Mr. Liu nodded in agreement, saying, "I think it's a good idea. You can go to the film set with Shishi and take good care of her."

Women are more sentimental. Although her father-in-law and husband had paved the way for their daughter, Liu's mother was still worried. "I hope we haven't done anything to harm our daughter. I've heard that this industry is very chaotic. It would be good for Shishi to become a ballet teacher after graduation. Xiao Song's mother seems so old-fashioned. Would she really want her son to marry an actress?"

Hearing Liu's mother's somewhat belittling words about her daughter, Liu's father frowned and said angrily, "You're just meddling in other people's business. Both children are minors, and their future is still very uncertain!"
Besides, my precious daughter is beautiful and innocent. Why would Liu Xiaoxian look down on her? The Song family wants to marry Shishi, but I don't agree to it!

After hearing this, Liu's mother rolled her eyes, knowing that her husband was just saying it in anger. No one knows a daughter better than her mother; she saw through her daughter's little thoughts clearly. The 17-year-old girl was experiencing her first love, and her heart was completely devoted to Xiao Song.

Xiao Song and Shi Shi have lived in the same neighborhood since they were little. They were childhood sweethearts and she and her husband watched them grow up. She is a well-behaved and good girl.

The problem is that the child is too outstanding. It's not that the mother looks down on her daughter, but Shishi is really not good enough for him.

Not only is Xiao Song handsome, even more so than some TV stars, but he's also always been an excellent student. This year, he skipped a grade to take the college entrance exam, and last month, his results were announced: he was the top liberal arts student in Beiping City in 2004, and has already been admitted to Peking University. For a while, reporters came to the neighborhood every day wanting to interview the top scorer; it was a commotion that lasted for about ten days before things calmed down.

Moreover, Xiao Song has published several best-selling books in recent years. According to her daughter, she has earned tens of millions in royalties alone. She is truly talented, beautiful, and wealthy at a young age.

My daughter has a decent temperament, a slightly chubby face, and is only considered pretty. She didn't attend high school and went to an arts school where her academic level was average. Later, she worked hard to get into the Beiping Dance Academy to study ballet, but three months ago she was told that she could no longer dance due to her health condition, thus ending her path as a ballet dancer. After graduation, she doesn't know what her future will be like.

My daughter has been spoiled by her husband since she was little. She can't do any housework, such as laundry or cooking. She's always making a fuss and is very naughty, just like a tomboy.

She's currently very close to Xiao Song. As the saying goes, childhood sweethearts can't compete with those who fall from the sky. Once Xiao Song gets to university, he'll meet those high-achieving girls from Peking University. What will her daughter have to compete with them then?

Xiao Song's mother, Liu Xiaoxian, is an associate professor at Beihang University, and his father, Song Zhang, is the chief physician of cardiothoracic surgery at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. He was recently appointed as a "Changjiang Scholar" by the state and enjoys a very high social status.

The Song family is a typical family of highly educated intellectuals. Liu's mother did not believe that Song's parents would be interested in their daughter, who was not academically gifted. Thinking about this, Liu's mother couldn't help but feel irritable and worried about her daughter's unfulfilled love life.

Seeing his wife's agitation, Mr. Liu patted her arm and comforted her, "Alright, alright, don't worry about it. Xiao Song is a very good boy. If he and Shi Shi get together in the future, I won't object."

However, forcing things won't work. Let the children decide their own life choices. If they're truly not meant to be, there's nothing we can do, right? As long as Shishi is happy, I'll agree to whatever kind of person she marries in the future.

"If you don't take it seriously now, what if Shishi and Xiao Song don't end up together, and your daughter enters the entertainment industry and gets tricked by a charming old man? You'll have your day!"
I have high hopes for Xiao Song; there's no one more outstanding than him for miles around. The key is, don't tell me you can't see what your daughter is thinking. When Shishi gets back, I'll have to teach her a few tricks."

"Shishi, you're too slow!"

A handsome young man was standing downstairs at Liu Shishi's apartment building. He glanced at his watch; it was almost 9 o'clock. An hour ago, he had texted Liu Shishi to tell her he was downstairs, and she had replied quickly, saying she would come down soon. But she hadn't shown up yet, and he was getting a little anxious in the sweltering summer heat.

The boy's name is Song Ci, or Xiao Song as Liu's mother calls him. He was born on January 1, 1987, so his elders gave him the nickname Yuandan (New Year's Day). But Liu Shishi prefers to call him Yi Yi (One-One), saying it's her exclusive nickname. Over the years, Song Ci has just let her call him that.

On the surface, Song Ci is like a handsome young man of seventeen or eighteen, but the soul inside is that of a man in his thirties.

In his previous life, he was a senior computer engineer at ByteDance, proficient in ByteDance's core big data algorithms, and a top talent in the IT industry. In addition, he enjoyed making financial investments, and had long since achieved financial freedom.

Unfortunately, he was always busy with his studies and work, and had been single for over thirty years. He hadn't even had time to spend his money when a car accident caused him to be reborn in 1987 from 2027.

(End of this chapter)