Chapter 446 You don’t understand Chen Long!
The talk show was aired soon and immediately caused a sensation.
What shocked the audience first was not Lu Yiming’s patriotic remarks. After all, he had expressed this view on many occasions.
What shocked the audience was Lu Yiming's age.
Although Lu Yiming's age is clearly written on the Hurun Rich List, people who have not seen Lu Yiming have no idea how young he is. It's like when you pay with your mobile phone, your feeling about money is greatly reduced. You don't feel anything when it's a few hundred or a few thousand yuan, but when you pay with cash, you feel very stingy.
Lu Yiming is really too young, so young that people are unwilling to believe that he is a billionaire.
In the eyes of ordinary people, those wealthy people should be old uncles with haggard faces after working hard all their lives, rather than young and handsome men like Lu Yiming.
It is easy to admit that a person in his or her seventies or eighties is excellent, because you are not that old yet. But when you see someone much younger than you are still doing well, you will instinctively feel uncomfortable - they are so young and so rich, why am I so useless?
This psychological gap is the reason for the shock and sensation.
Of course, there is another reason. When people heard the statement that success cannot be copied, many people who had paid tuition for success training classes cried out that they were cheated and denounced those chicken soup masters.
There are also many people, especially the older generation, who highly recognize Lu Yiming. They think he is very patriotic and has full confidence in the future development of Xia Country.
Among the contemporary young people of Xia Country, he can be called a role model!
Although Lu Yiming made his fortune by speculating in foreign exchange, and his methods were not very glorious, at least he did not cross the red line of the law and was very patriotic, which was enough.
Doesn’t the existence of such a young billionaire prove that Xia State has made outstanding achievements in economic development?
All of a sudden, the three words "Lu Yiming" began to spread across the country and became the topic of conversation for countless ordinary people after dinner.
After Lu Yiming became famous, the people who paid attention to him were not only ordinary people in Xia Country, but also those high-ranking foreign forces.
Tianjin, the production base of Shihan Group.
Li Dongtai looked at the newspaper in his hand with a gloomy expression. On it was the news that "Tianyin MP3 global sales exceeded 500,000 units and is a best-seller in North America."
He angrily tore the newspaper to pieces, as if that would vent his anger, and then asked his secretary to call all the company's executives to the conference room.
The chill emanating from Li Dongtai was as cold as the snow on the top of Hallasan in winter, making many executives shiver.
Li Dongtai swept his eyes over the people in front of him and cursed: "A small company like Mingyuan Technology, which was established less than a year ago, has already entered the North American market, but you are still sitting here doing nothing! Is this reasonable? The company pays you salaries so that you can eat and drink?"
"You don't think about making progress all day long, but just fight for power and profit. I think you don't want to continue to work here!"
"If the situation doesn't improve, all of you will go back to Korea and carry manure in the village!"
After cursing for several times in a row, Li Dongtai was so angry that his breathing became a little difficult. He quickly sat down and drank some tea to calm himself.
The more he thought about it, the more indignant he became. In order to curry favor with Joe Bert, he had deliberately caused trouble for Lu Yiming and directly sued Mingyuan Technology for infringement.
As a result, now, while the lawsuit is still going on, Lu Yiming has gone to North America to develop new business, and the money he made is so much that it makes his eyes red.
It’s not that Sehan Group has not thought about going to the United States to earn US dollars, but its technical strength is not good enough. Although they are the first company to "invent" MP3, their product is far better than that of Dimeng Company.
Now that Dimeng Company has been beaten by Mingyuan Technology, if we round it off, wouldn't I be the grandson in terms of seniority?
How can this be tolerated?
After resting for a while and feeling his breathing smoother, Li Dongtai continued, "You guys, no matter what, find a way to break into the North American market and dampen the arrogance of Mingyuan Technology. Otherwise, they will come over and bully us."
The executives all looked at Li Dongtai with strange eyes.
We can't even defeat the Imperial Alliance, and now you want us to find a way to take down Mingyuan Technology?
How many dishes did it take to make you so drunk?
However, they didn't dare to say this out loud, otherwise Li Dongtai would be so angry that he would die.
Moreover, after all, everyone is paid by Shihan. If Shihan is killed, they will be unemployed. They still have to find a way to get him.
Someone suggested, "Aido VCD hired Chen Long to shoot an advertisement before. Driven by the star effect, the product sold very well. Why don't we follow suit?"
When Li Dongtai heard this, he immediately felt that this method was feasible. Besides, didn't Tianyin rely on advertising to achieve explosive sales? Or was it Lu Yiming who shot the advertisement himself? If he invited an international superstar to shoot an advertisement, wouldn't the sales explode directly?
Although Mingyuan Technology is now thriving, it started from a low point and is still not as good as Shihan Group. Mingyuan Technology has no money to hire a celebrity, so Lu Yiming has to do it himself. But Shihan Group is not that shabby!
"Your idea is great. Let's invite Chen Long to come and shoot!" Li Dongtai praised and made a decision immediately.
At this time, Chen Long was at the peak of his career and was a household name throughout Asia. Not only was he famous in Hong Kong and Xia, he even made it into Hollywood and had a large number of fans in Japan and South Korea.
"Go and arrange this right away! Not only do you have to shoot the commercial, but you also have to publicize it after the filming to suppress Mingyuan Technology's arrogance. We are a wealthy family, not as shabby as Mingyuan Technology!"
The news that Shihan Group invited Chen Long to shoot an advertisement spread quickly, and Li Yiwen rushed over to tell Lu Yiming the news.
"The people of Shihan Group are contacting Chen Long to invite him to be the product spokesperson. Chen Long is not only very influential in the Asian cultural circle, but also very popular in Europe and the United States. If Shihan Group really invites Chen Long to come and shoot an advertisement, it will definitely be a big threat to us! I heard that Chen Long is also a very patriotic star, so why don't you take action quickly and snatch him away directly."
Lu Yiming curled his lips and said with disdain: "Intercept? Intercept what?"
Seeing Lu Yiming so calm, Li Yiwen couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "Chen Long, Chen Long! Let's sign him over directly and let him be our image spokesperson. Don't be afraid to spend money. After all, his influence is there. If we can sign him, there will be only benefits and no harm!"
Lu Yiming shook his head and said decisively: "No!"
Li Yiwen said, "Why not? This is a good job that can both intercept Shihan and find a spokesperson, killing two birds with one stone! Don't you understand business?"
Lu Yiming said: "You don't understand Chen Long."
Li Yiwen was full of confusion: "What do you mean?"
Lu Yiming said: "Is the Aido VCD out of fashion?"
Li Yiwen thought about it and said, "It's cold."
Lu Yiming asked again: "Is the little overlord cold?"
Li Yiwen couldn't help but take a breath and said, "It's cold."
"Is the Fenhuang Cola cold?"
“…It’s cold.”
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "Even with this, you still dare to ask Chen Long to be your spokesperson. Do you think you are not cool enough?"
“Ah…”
Lu Yiming said gloatingly: "Shihan wants to invite Chen Long to be its spokesperson, I would like to give my full support."
Li Yiwen couldn't help but feel ashamed. Although people who do business seem to care more about metaphysics, what Chen Long did could not be considered metaphysics. It was simply weird.
"Well, although that's what I said, I still think it's a good idea to hire a spokesperson, run some advertisements, and increase the brand awareness. In this day and age, even good wine needs to be hidden in a remote alley."
Lu Yiming thought about it. The US market already had his own commercials and Christina Aguilera's version of the song, so it wouldn't be a big problem. So he said, "Just find a young and beautiful female singer to do the commercial. The domestic market isn't big enough yet, so we just need to maintain our fame for now. We don't need to put in too much effort, so don't look for stars who are too expensive."
In 1999, although the economy of Xia Kingdom was developing rapidly, rich people were still rare in number.
Even if they put all their efforts into promoting the Tianyin MP3, which was priced at over 2,000 yuan, how many units could they sell at best? If they hired a big shot like Chen Long, the money would not be enough to pay for the advertising. So Lu Yiming thought about it and decided to do it in a way that was "economical".
Li Yiwen quickly thought of someone and said, "Should we invite Yang Qianhua over? She seems to be doing a book signing in Baiyun City right now. And Qian Qian Jingting, doesn't she have a song called "Thousands of Songs"? "
Lu Yiming remembered that when Zheng Nanling named the software Qian Qian Jing Ting, it meant "quietly listening to "Qian Qian Que Ge"", and immediately said: "Well, you go and arrange it."
Since Zheng Nanling is a fan of Yang Qianhua, why not invite his idol to be the spokesperson, which will make him happy and can also be regarded as a feedback to him for developing this software.
Since Lu Yiming's business has grown, Li Yiwen has been so busy that he feels guilty for sleeping in until eight o'clock every morning. Now that Lu Yiming has assigned him another task, he immediately becomes unhappy and says with resentment, "You don't have to take the college entrance examination, so you have plenty of time. You'd better handle this advertisement yourself."
"All right."
Lu Yiming sighed, and faced Li Yiwen's murderous gaze, not daring to say a word of objection.
"Young people nowadays really can't endure hardships. Back then, we wished we could work 24 hours a day and reach new heights..."
Seeing that Lu Yiming was still complaining, Li Yiwen immediately roared, "I'm older than you!"
Lu Yiming said faintly: "I'm talking about things in my previous life."
Li Yiwen shook his head helplessly: "Look at you, you are so idle that you are hallucinating. I will assign you more tasks in the future."
Lu Yiming: “…”
Ten minutes later, Lu Yiming contacted Yang Qianhua's agent, Ding Zigao.
After hearing Lu Yiming's introduction, Ding Zigao was so happy that he almost fainted.
When I came here to promote my new album, I happened to meet Li Yiwen who was flying back to China. At that time, I wanted to get close to Li Yiwen or something. Now it has worked. Li Yiwen’s boss called me and asked for cooperation!
What is a surprise?
That’s called a surprise!
Ding Zigao didn't even bother to ask Yang Qianhua for permission, and he agreed directly. Then, Ding Zigao ran to tell Yang Qianhua.
Yang Qianhua was also very happy when she heard that the big boss who bought the plane last time wanted her to be the spokesperson.
Mingyuan Technology is not only generous, but the key is that Tianyin MP3 has been very popular recently, which is also a blessing for Yang Qianhua's fame. With the broadcast of the advertisement, it will be able to promote Yang Qianhua's personal image in Xia Country.
Ding Zigao said to Yang Qianhua: "This is really a great opportunity! There happens to be a book signing event this weekend. When it's over, I'll go talk to Mr. Lu about advertising. If not advertising, we can talk about something else."
These words were meaningful, and Yang Qianhua naturally understood them. Far from rejecting them, she was eager to try them out.
After all, the rumored "Mr. Lu" is only 18 years old this year and has a net worth of tens of billions. If he is taken down, would he still have to work so hard every day to catch up with the announcements?
Over the weekend, the first-floor hall of Baiyun Audiovisual City, which was over a thousand square meters, was packed with people, and Yang Qianhua's fans came from all directions.
Lin Yuzhen and Gu Zhiruo planned to go to the audio-visual city to buy a few English tapes after school, so as to practice their sense of language in the last few days before the college entrance examination.
As a result, when they arrived at the music store, they saw a huge poster of Yang Qianhua hanging at the door, as well as a long banner for the autograph session.
"Yang Qianhua is holding a book signing event here? When? The 19th... Isn't that today?" Lin Yuzhen was shocked. She grabbed Gu Zhiruo's hand and ran inside: "Hurry up, catch up with Yang Qianhua's book signing event!"
Gu Zhiruo couldn't help but get a little excited: "I've been busy preparing for the college entrance exam recently, and I haven't paid attention to these idols. I didn't even know that Yang Qianhua came to Baiyun City for a book signing. I met her today, so I have to bring back at least a few signed CDs and posters."
“Yes, yes, yes.”
The two rushed into the audio-visual city in a hurry, but saw that the most conspicuous autograph session spot was empty.
When I looked at the time, I realized that the signing session had just ended five minutes ago!
Lin Yuzhen was immediately annoyed: "Ah, it seems we are late."
Gu Zhiruo also said with regret: "If we had just gotten off the bus and ran here directly, we would definitely have been able to catch up."
Lin Yuzhen looked at Gu Zhiruo and asked, "What should we do?"
Gu Zhiruo spread her hands and said, "If you ask me, who should I ask?"
"Ask me."
At this moment, a very familiar yet slightly unfamiliar voice sounded in the ears of the two.
Lin Yuzhen turned around and was stunned for a moment before she called out in surprise, "Lu Yiming?"
Gu Zhiruo teased, "Oh, I haven't seen you for a few months. I thought you dropped out of school."
Lu Yiming waved his hand and said, "Of course it's impossible to drop out of school. Didn't your teacher tell you that I was recommended to Fu Ri University?"
When the two heard this, they were shocked. Although some people in the school said that Lu Yiming was admitted to Fu Ri University, everyone just thought it was a rumor and didn't take it seriously at all.
After all, Lu Yiming had already been rejected by Stanford University, so why would he be interested in Fu Ri University?
Giving up Stanford and choosing Fukushima University is more or less a serious illness.
I didn't expect it to be true!
Lin Yuzhen remembered that Zhu Hanwen had never mentioned this to her, and immediately said angrily: "No! Fu Ri University must have been blinded by money and actually invited you to study there. It turns out that money can get you whatever you want."
Lu Yiming retorted, "What do you mean by being blinded by money? That's clearly called having a keen eye for talent! You're making it sound like I paid for my diploma. I'm talented, too, okay?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't see it."
Lin Yuzhen raised her chin slightly, still not looking at Lu Yiming in a good manner.
Lu Yiming asked, "What are you two doing here? Did you miss the book signing?"
Gu Zhiruo said regretfully, "We both came here to buy tapes, and we didn't know about the book signing event. We only found out when we got here, but unfortunately the book signing event has ended. We both quite like Yang Qianhua."
Lin Yuzhen was already unhappy about not being able to attend the book signing event, and after seeing Lu Yiming, she habitually started to scold him: "What about you? What are you doing in the Audio and Video City? You don't look like someone with artistic talent."
"Being an artist doesn't make much money, so I don't care. As for why I came here today, of course it was to pick someone up."
"Who are you picking up?"
Lu Yiming's cell phone just rang. Lu Yiming raised his phone and said, "Answer it."
The call was from Song Honglin from the United States. He had delivered another batch of goods there two days ago.
"Hey, what's up?"
Song Honglin said: "There is a problem with Tianyin Network."
On the other side, Lin Yuzhen and Gu Zhiruo saw Lu Yiming answering the phone, so they walked in another direction. Not long after they walked out, they saw Yang Qianhua and her agent, surrounded by bodyguards, walking out of the elevator.
Lin Yuzhen was so excited that she patted Gu Zhiruo's arm. "Look, look, isn't that Yang Qianhua? Haha, it really is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. We just ran into her. Let's go over and get her autograph and take a photo."
Excited, the two ran towards Yang Qianhua.
Just when the two of them were about one or two meters in front of Yang Qianhua, the bodyguards beside Yang Qianhua suddenly appeared in front of them, stretched out their hands and pushed them to the ground. He even had a ferocious expression on his face and cursed, "What are you doing? Don't get close!"
Yang Qianhua ignored the two people who fell to the ground, waved her hand in disdain, and ordered the bodyguards, "Hurry up and let them go, they are blocking my way. Mainlanders are just so uncultured and uneducated."
