Chapter 722 You exist in my big hard drive
At Baiyun Airport, Lu Yiming boarded a plane to the United States with four bodyguards.
Of course, I decisively changed to a first-class ticket.
When Lu Yiming walked into the first-class cabin, he complained to Zhao Tiezhu who was following him, "It's true that it's easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it's hard to go from luxury to frugality. When I didn't have money before, I thought it was great to be able to sit in business class when flying. But now that I'm used to flying on private jets, I think first-class is a bit shabby. Tiezhu, do you think I've fallen?"
Zhao Tiezhu smiled and said, "I think you are a good person, Mr. Lu."
Zhao Tiezhu had seen rich but unkind people before.
So in his eyes, Lu Yiming has not forgotten his original intention even though he has money, and he doesn't harm anyone on a daily basis. He can be called a good person.
As for whether he is depraved or not - if he makes money but doesn't enjoy it, is he still a human being?
Lu Yiming yawned, his waist ached a little, probably because he was going on a long trip. Shi Qingxue had almost squeezed him to death last night, causing him to yawn all the time. "I'm sleepy, I'll take a nap first."
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
Several bodyguards sat in front, behind, and around Lu Yiming, always keeping a vigilant look.
The plane took off smoothly and soon entered the stratosphere and flew smoothly.
Two rows in front of Lu Yiming, there was a woman with long flowing hair. She was 27 years old and dressed very sexily.
Her name is Lin Lei, and she is an actress. She was born in Taiwan and moved to Los Angeles with her family when she was ten years old. After obtaining a double degree in economics and literature from the University of California, she returned to Taiwan, while her parents and siblings lived in the United States. In recent years, she has become famous for her stunning performances in movies such as "Full-time Killer" and "God of Gamblers 2".
She was concentrating on reading the magazine in her hand, when a young man sitting across the aisle from her seat came over and asked, "Are you the Lin Lei? I've seen your movie."
Lin Lei thought she had met her fan, so she turned her head slightly, smiled, nodded politely, and said, "Thank you."
The young man looked to be in his early twenties, but his eyes were full of passion when he looked at Lin Lei. He had no resistance to this young woman.
Seeing Lin Lei return the greeting, he immediately climbed up the pole and said excitedly: "Let me introduce myself. My name is He Jianhua . I am going to Los Angeles to visit friends. My friend is having a yacht party in Los Angeles. There will even be Hollywood stars attending. Are you interested?"
When Lin Lei heard that a Hollywood star was participating, she was a little excited. After all, who among actors doesn't have a Hollywood dream? If she could get acquainted with a Hollywood star and then give him a small role, wouldn't that mean she had successfully entered the inner circle of Hollywood?
Unfortunately, He Jianhua's expression was too obvious, or he simply didn't bother to hide it, and it was almost as if "I want to woo you" was written on his face. Although Lin Lei was disgusted, she didn't want to offend anyone, so she said cautiously: "Of course I am interested, but I have something important to do in Los Angeles this time, and I don't know if I can make it in time. If time permits, I will attend."
Lin Lei had already declined politely, giving He Jianhua face. But I don't know if He Jianhua didn't hear the rejection in Lin Lei's words, or if he did, he would still pester her. He raised his voice slightly and said, "The Hong Kong film industry is not doing well now. If you want to develop, you still have to find a way to go to Hollywood. It just so happens that I know a few friends there."
After boasting about this, He Jianhua said to Lin Lei meaningfully, "How about it? If you are interested, I can introduce him to you."
Lin Lei looked helpless. Although she wanted to develop in the entertainment industry, she was a top student who graduated from the University of California. In the Hong Kong entertainment industry where people with high school education were everywhere, she could be considered a person with high IQ. As for He Jianhua, who didn't even know how to cover up when picking up girls, she could see through He Jianhua's intentions at a glance.
"I went to the United States this time for business. I am very busy and may not have time to attend the events you mentioned. I am really sorry."
Lin Lei thought that this rejection was direct enough, but unfortunately, He Jianhua, as a rich second-generation who graduated from a fake university, lacked both IQ and EQ. He didn't care what Lin Lei said at all, and continued to brag: "It's okay, my friends are very easy-going, we can go find you."
Lin Lei was really helpless in the face of this sticky He Jianhua, so she could only say in a more serious tone: "Really, there is no need."
After repeated setbacks, He Jianhua began to feel unhappy.
In his opinion, Lin Lei was just an actress. He fell in love with Lin Lei, which was Lin Lei's blessing. How could he have the right to refuse?
"Ms. Lin, you are not giving me face? Do you know what my family does? If you offend me, I will make it impossible for you to survive in Hollywood. Do you believe it?"
He spoke with emotion, and naturally couldn't control his voice. Several passengers around him cast strange looks at him.
The stewardess standing next to him reminded him, "Sir, can you please keep your voice down? This is first class. If you are too noisy, it will affect other passengers."
He Jianhua, who had always been rejected by Lin Lei, was furious. The stewardess' words directly irritated him, and he immediately yelled, "Who do you think you are? How dare you interfere in my business? Do you believe that I will complain to the airline company about you?"
For a stewardess, if she is complained by a customer, the consequences are very serious, especially for first-class customers, who are not ordinary people. If there is a complaint, the stewardess may be fired directly.
The stewardess was shocked and felt very wronged. After all, she did nothing wrong.
When Lin Lei saw He Jianhua getting angry at the stewardess, she immediately frowned and said to He Jianhua in disgust, "How could you do this?"
He Jianhua's true colors were exposed now, so he naturally didn't care about anything else and started to curse: "What's wrong with me? I bought a ticket to take a plane, can't I talk? Which law stipulates that you can't talk on a plane? He is restricting my freedom, what's wrong with me complaining about her?"
When the passengers around saw He Jianhua getting angry, they knew that he was a character that was not easy to deal with. They could only curse in their hearts, but no one said anything. After all, it is better to have less trouble than more.
However, Lu Yiming, who was woken up by the quarrel, was not willing to tolerate He Jianhua's bad habits. He took off his eye mask and said unhappily, "Why are you arguing? Can't you see I'm sleeping? Do you have any manners at all?"
He Shihua, who had just scolded the flight attendant, felt relieved. After hearing what Lu Yiming said, he laughed shamelessly and said, "I just have no manners. What can you do to me?"
Lu Yiming yawned, changed his sleeping position, and muttered, "Tiezhu, tell him to shut up."
"Okay, Mr. Lu."
Zhao Tiezhu stood up upon hearing this. His tall and strong figure looked like a tower made of steel and iron, which immediately frightened He Jianhua.
"You, what are you going to do?"
When it comes to reasoning and rules, He Jianhua is not afraid, after all, a shameless person is invincible. But now that Lu Yiming asked Zhao Tiezhu to fight him with fists, this guy immediately got scared: "I'm warning you, this is a society ruled by law. If you dare to use force, I will hire a lawyer to sue you... woo woo woo..."
Before he could finish his words, his mouth was covered tightly by Zhao Tiezhu's big hand, pressing him directly into his seat.
"If you don't want to suffer, just sit here quietly. Do you understand? If you make a sound, I don't mind making you unable to make a sound for the rest of your life."
Zhao Tiezhu took action without saying a word, which frightened He Jianhua so much that he nodded frantically.
Threatening with force at every turn is too scary!
The arrogant ones are afraid of the stupid ones, and the stupid ones are afraid of the desperate ones.
This guy always travels with bodyguards, and even sits in first class with his bodyguards. It's obvious that he is not someone to be trifled with.
He Jianhua was scared. He could act recklessly towards the poor, but he also knew that there were people he absolutely could not afford to offend.
And Lu Yiming was obviously the kind of person he absolutely could not afford to offend.
Lin Lei watched all this coldly from the side, then turned around and found Lu Yiming sitting behind her. She said in surprise, "You are Lu..."
Lu Yiming, who was about to put on the blindfold, took a look at Lin Lei and was immediately stunned by her beauty. He blurted out her name.
Lin Lei showed a surprised expression again: "Mr. Lu, you know me too?"
Lu Yiming said: "Yes, you have always been in my hard drive in my previous life."
Lin Lei was confused: "Huh?"
Lu Yiming yawned, sat up straight, and said, "It's just a joke."
Lin Lei's cheeks flushed, and she didn't know whether it was due to excitement or some other reason. She said in a sweet voice, "Boss Lu is really humorous."
Lu Yiming stood up and saw He Jianhua sitting next to Lin Lei. He said in a deep voice, "Get out of the way."
“…”
He Jianhua looked at the bodyguards around Lu Yiming, but dared not say anything. He ran to the back seat dejectedly and sat down.
Lu Yiming sat down and asked, "What are you going to do in the United States? Filming a new movie?"
Lin Lei sighed and said helplessly: "Alas, the world is not good now, how can I shoot a new movie? This time I went to the United States to visit my family."
It turned out that Lin Lei's parents and siblings had already settled in the United States.
It happened to be summer vacation now, her sister was on vacation at home, and Lin Lei didn't have any announcements to take in Hong Kong, so she simply took a vacation and reunited with her family.
Lu Yiming said: "That's right, the market in Hong Kong is really not very good right now."
Since the financial crisis, although the government has stepped in to stabilize the financial sector, all industries have actually been hit to varying degrees, and even after several years, they have not been able to fully recover. As a major pillar industry in Hong Kong, the entertainment industry is closely linked to the financial industry. If the financial industry does not recover, the entertainment industry will naturally be in recession.
Lin Lei asked curiously, "Mr. Lu, don't you have a private jet? Why are you squeezing into the first-class cabin with poor people like us?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "A big star like you can still be considered poor?"
"My private jet. I just gave it away a few days ago. This time I'm going to the United States, I plan to buy another one sometime."
This operation shocked Lin Lei. A private jet? Just send someone away like that?
Is this the world of the rich?
As she thought about it, Lin Lei's eyes sparkled, and she looked at Lu Yiming like a pool of autumn water, not concealing the emotions in her eyes at all, just like the way He Jianhua looked at her just now.
Regarding this, Lu Yiming was quite calm.
The goddess who he could only fantasize about before is now flirting with him, but he is unmoved.
There is no way, because of Shi Qingxue's oppression, he is still in the sage state and he really can't be tough.
However, Lu Yiming still admires the actress Lin Lei.
Meeting is destiny, Lu Yiming didn't mind giving Lin Lei an opportunity: "Actually, Hollywood is a good choice. If there are not many movies to shoot in Hong Kong, you can go to Hollywood."
Lin Lei laughed at herself and said, "I can't even get a notice in Hong Kong, how can I be qualified to go to Hollywood? Mr. Lu, you think too highly of me."
Lu Yiming said disdainfully: "What's wrong with Hollywood? You're talking as if Hollywood is superior. Do you want to develop in Hollywood?"
"Yes, of course I do!"
Lin Lei couldn't wait to say.
However, she then gave up and said, "Of course I want to, but unfortunately I never have the opportunity ."
"Opportunities always come to those who are prepared. You have good basic skills, but you just lack an opportunity. Now that you have met me, your chance has come. I'll give you a number. When you arrive in the United States, you can call and ask. Just say it's the number I gave you, and he should be able to make arrangements with you."
"Really?"
Lin Lei never expected that by such a coincidence, she would get the key to Hollywood!
She excitedly took out a piece of paper and a pen from her handbag and said hurriedly, "I'll call you when I get off the plane."
Lu Yiming told her Su Zhenge's phone number.
Su Zhenge's Su Qiao Pictures has now established a firm foothold in Hollywood with the Resident Evil series of films. For Lin Lei, it is definitely a great supporter, a big ship that can lead to a bright future.
Although Lin Lei didn't know who Su Zhenge was, since this was the person Lu Yiming asked her to find, he must be good. Thinking that she was about to step into the door of Hollywood, Lin Lei couldn't hold back her excitement. She flirted with Lu Yiming and said, "Mr. Lu, thank you so much. How about I treat you to a meal after we get off the plane?"
"No."
Lu Yiming, who was still in the sage state, naturally refused without hesitation.
Do you want me to have some wine with us?
Are you going to take me to rest after drinking?
Lu Yiming is now powerless.
He seemed to understand all of a sudden why Shi Qingxue was so crazy.
He murmured helplessly: "You're not afraid of hurting me."
"Mr. Lu, what did you say?"
"nothing."
The plane landed smoothly in Los Angeles, and Lin Lei walked out of the airport with regret.
She was very upset that she failed to have dinner with Lu Yiming.
Lu Yiming, who had slept all the way on the plane, went straight to PayPal's headquarters with his bodyguards.
As soon as he entered the company gate, Musk came forward with a group of senior executives to greet him, and the streamers in their hands sprayed Lu Yiming all over.
"Surprising, huh?"
"Dear Lu, we are all looking forward to your arrival."
While Lu Yiming was cleaning the ribbons on his body, he muttered helplessly: "I didn't expect you guys like this stuff too."
Peter Thiel and Max Reif also came forward to hug Lu Yiming enthusiastically. Peter Thiel said excitedly: "Lu, your previous suggestion was really great . Sure enough, the listing was delayed to this year, and PayPal's valuation was better than expected, more than doubled!"
No one in this world can resist Franklin.
After all, even if you are an idealist, if you want to realize your ideals, you must first pay out real money.
The original founding team of PayPal, including Musk, believed that the company should go public as soon as possible to raise funds to avoid any further complications.
After all, no one knows how long the Internet cold wave will last.
But Lu Yiming had anticipated this, so he strongly advocated postponing PayPal's listing plan to July this year, 2003.
As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. The long wait is worth it after all.
Although delayed for one year, the Internet economy began to recover slowly in 2003 and will soon usher in new glory.
During this year, Lu Yiming continued to provide financial and creative support to help PayPal gain ground and defeat other competitors.
Even eBay's own payment software has been messed up.
Musk excitedly said to Lu Yiming: "Last week, Whitman came to us and offered a price of $2.2 billion. What do you think?"
$2.2 billion is enough to make Musk excited.
However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Yiming shook his head directly, and then said to him earnestly: "Do you think this price is too high for PayPal? We are the best team in the world, and our payment software is now the best payment software in the world, so we deserve a more generous return!"
"That's right! Lu is absolutely right!"
“We are the best!”
Everyone's emotions were aroused by Lu Yiming. In fact, at the end of 2002, Meg Whitman had already come to Musk and others and offered US$1.5 billion.
Musk and his team already wanted to sell it at that time, after all, it was worth $1.5 billion!
As long as they nod, everyone will instantly become a multi-millionaire or even a billionaire!
For a group of young people like them who have just graduated from college a few years ago and have nothing but dreams, few people can resist such temptation.
But Lu Yiming gave them greater confidence and greater ambition.
PayPal is now worth $1.5 billion. What about in the future?
$1.5 billion is by no means the end for PayPal, nor is it the end for them.
And now, $2.2 billion is not the end point for PayPal. As the ceiling in the industry, a "dream team" like them deserves richer returns.
Lu Yiming raised his hands to let everyone quiet down first, then smiled and said: "I think 3.5 billion US dollars will be a good number, what do you think?"
