Chapter 733: I Speak for My Sister-in-law (Part 1)
Just as everyone was chatting and there was laughter in the office, the TV station director Cui Songdong walked in.
When they saw Cui Songdong come in, everyone became stiff and stopped talking and laughing.
"Master."
"Good morning, Director."
Cui Songdong greeted everyone with a smile, making everyone feel flattered.
"The director seems to be in a good mood today."
"I can't remember the last time I saw the director laugh."
Many people were muttering in their hearts.
Cui Songdong didn't care what these people thought. He went straight to Li Zixian's workstation and asked with concern: "Xiaoxian, you have become more beautiful after getting married. It turns out that beautiful love is nourishing. How is it? Are you having fun in Europe?"
Li Zixian took out a handful of candy and said, "Thank you for your concern, Director."
Cui Songdong took the candy and continued, "Your program has been reserved for you in the station. We even found someone to take your place before, but the results were not satisfactory, so we stopped it. Now that you are back, you can record it again."
Although Li Zixian's family has some background, Cui Songdong did not treat her differently before. But now it is different. Li Zixian's husband is the cousin of Lu Yiming, the richest man, and the chief financial officer of Future Capital, who is responsible for the accounting and financial management of the entire group. He can be said to be Lu Yiming's right-hand man and loyal minister.
Not to mention that although Li Yiwen himself is not well-known, he is a genuine billionaire!
In terms of emotion and reason, Cui Songdong's attitude towards Li Zixian has undergone a major change.
How do television stations survive?
Of course it is to attract sponsorship and advertise.
As the richest man in Asia, how many assets does Lu Yiming own?
If I serve Li Zixian well, I will be able to get as much advertising business and title sponsorship as I want in the future, right?
Now, after getting married, Li Zixian's mentality has also changed a lot. Facing Cui Songdong's smiling face, she did not show any flattery, but just kept smiling as always and said, "Thank you, Director, I can record the new program right away."
Since we are talking about the show, Cui Songdong immediately asked with great anticipation: "By the way, is there any progress on the thing I mentioned before about inviting Mr. Lu to come to do the show?"
Taobao is very popular now, and Lu Yiming is even more popular, so the TV station wants to record such an economic program to satisfy the curiosity of most viewers. At the same time, it also announces the return of Li Zixian.
Li Zixian said: "I have discussed this matter with my cousin, and he agreed to come to record the show."
Seeing Li Zixian directly calling Mr. Lu "cousin", Cui Songdong was so envious that his eyes were bleeding.
Calling Asia’s richest man so affectionately, it seems that they must have a very good relationship!
Cui Songdong was even more determined in his heart. From now on in the TV station, Li Zixian is the Empress Dowager, everyone's aunt! She must be served well by me!
No matter what, inviting Lu Yiming to come to record the show is now a done deal. Cui Songdong immediately praised him, "I knew that with Zixian's help, things would definitely get done. She is indeed worthy of being the leading actress of our TV station."
Once Cui Songdong opened her mouth, Li Zixian's position as the number one host of the TV station was confirmed.
As soon as Cui Songdong left, several colleagues in the office looked at Li Zixian with envy.
"Sister Xian, the director has appointed you as the top actress in the TV station."
"Yes, I think it is now certain that this year's best female host will be you."
Anyone who can make it in a TV station must be very good at dealing with people. Cui Songdong looked at it as a casual compliment, but in fact, everyone could get a lot of useful information from it.
Li Zixian knew very well in her heart that Cui Songdong valued her not because her own abilities had become more outstanding. Such a large TV station was not short of beautiful and capable female hosts .
Nowadays, if you only have talent, you can only work like a slave.
Pretty enough, but just a nice vase.
If you want to do well in your life, background is what determines everything.
Before this, Li Zixian had always been unconvinced and felt that her hard work could change her fate, so she never talked about her background in front of outsiders since she was a child. Even when she came to work in a TV station, she relied on her own efforts to pass the layers of selection.
But now, the huge change in Cui Songdong's attitude towards her made her deeply aware that although beauty and talent can allow her efforts to reach a certain height, if she wants to cross this threshold and continue to move forward, what she needs is not ability but background.
She is also glad that she chose the right person in love, and now she can be said to have achieved success in both career and love.
After chatting with a few colleagues for a while, Li Zixian was ready to work. She came to her workstation and saw that there was already a thick layer of dust on the table, so she decided to clean it. She looked for a while, but found that there was no rag, so she asked, "Hey, where is the rag that was placed here before?"
Song Xiaoxiao, a very popular female host from another TV station who had been sitting opposite Li Zixian and had been secretly competing with her, stood up quickly and said to Li Zixian attentively, "Ah, that rag was too dirty, I threw it away a few days ago. I have a towel here, which I was planning to use to remove makeup. Let me wipe the table for you. It's new and has never been used."
Li Zixian suddenly felt a little surprised. She didn't know why Song Xiaoxiao's attitude towards her took a 180-degree turn.
"Oh, no need, I'll just wipe it with a tissue."
Song Xiaoxiao said, "Paper towels can't wipe it clean, you have to use a towel. Just use my towel, I'll go out and buy another one later. How about I help you wipe it?"
"No, no, no."
Li Zixian quickly waved her hand, took the towel, and said, "Thank you then."
Li Zixian had just taken the towel when another girl in the office came over with a basin of warm water and said, "Sister Zixian, I've got the water for you. How about I help you wipe it?"
At this time, a man came over with a mop and said, "I'll help Sister Zixian mop the floor."
“Ah, this…”
Seeing several people starting to work without any explanation, Li Zixian was stunned for a moment.
"Sister Zixian, do you really want to interview Mr. Lu, the richest man?"
Li Zixian said in surprise: "Yeah, didn't we interview him before? What's so strange about it?"
"Of course he has. Before, he was at most the youngest richest man in the mainland, and that was usually half a compliment. But now, he is the real richest man in Asia, as confirmed by Forbes magazine. How can it be the same?"
"That's right, our statuses are different. Oh, by the way, Sister Zixian, I heard that Mr. Lu just graduated from college and is not married yet, right? Although I am a few years older than him, as the saying goes, a woman three years older than her husband brings wealth and fortune to her husband. I am very lucky for her husband, so why don't you introduce someone to me?"
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caused laughter.
"Xiao An, you are like an old cow eating young grass."
Xiao An argued, "What do you know? Boys nowadays like young and mature women. Maybe he'll be attracted to me. Then I'll be the wife of the richest man."
"If that's the case, I know it better than you do."
"You're married."
"What's the big deal? As long as Mr. Lu likes me, I'll get a divorce."
Li Zixian couldn't help feeling embarrassed as she listened to their conversation.
"What are you talking about? He's the richest man in Asia, so he must have a childhood sweetheart. It's said that he was the campus belle in high school, and his family is rich and powerful."
Song Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "What's the big deal? Even if the flower has an owner, you can give it to someone else to loosen the soil. As long as you use the hoe well, there is no corner that you can't dig down."
"Sister Song, this is the truth."
“Insightful.”
Li Zixian rolled her eyes and said, "What's so insightful about that? It's obviously bullshit."
With so many people working, the sanitation was done in just a few minutes.
The reason why these people suddenly changed their attitude and were very attentive to Li Zixian was that Cui Songdong had directly designated Li Zixian as the number one host of the TV station. All the benefits would definitely fall into her hands in the future. She would also have a share in the promotion of the TV station. Maybe she would be transferred to an administrative position soon and become everyone's boss. It would definitely pay to please her now.
Secondly, I want to get to know Lu Yiming through Li Zixian.
You know, Lu Yiming is now the richest man in Asia. Although getting Lu Yiming's body directly seems a little far-fetched now, if you can get to know Lu Yiming, get his support, and come up with some ideas to make money, then wouldn't your life take off directly?
"Sister Zixian, please save a seat for me when you record your show. I want to see Mr. Lu up close."
"Yes, I want to go too."
"I'm going too."
Li Zixian was able to meet this small request: "Okay, I'll let you know when the time comes, and you can just come."
Although there are seats for the audience in the studio, it is not a live show after all. If it is a recorded broadcast, there are basically only a few staff members, and the audience will not be allowed in unless there are special circumstances.
Two days later, it was time to record the program as scheduled.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Lu Yiming's car arrived at the entrance of the TV station.
Cui Songdong and a group of people from the TV station were already waiting at the door early.
Seeing Lu Yiming get out of the car, Cui Songdong hurried over.
"Mr. Lu, long time no see. I am the station director Cui Songdong, and this is from our TV station..."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and shook hands with Cui Songdong with a smile.
"Hello, Director Cui."
"Hello, Mr. Lu, please."
"please."
After exchanging pleasantries with Lu Yiming, Cui Songdong decisively gave up his seat to Li Zixian.
"Greet Mr. Lu well, and don't neglect him."
"Okay, Master."
Li Zixian held the script in her hand and said to Lu Yiming, "This is the script prepared for you, take a look. Today's program is mainly to hear you talk about the battle between Taobao and eBay. There is too much information about this matter out there. I invited you here to hear your views on this matter and to unify our thoughts."
Lu Yiming flipped open the script and took a look, then said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, since you have spoken, I will naturally tell you everything I know."
The original intention was to promote Taobao Mall, so Lu Yiming was quite cooperative. It would be a waste to not use the free advertising resources of the TV station.
Li Zixian pointed at the script and said, "Here are a few questions. I will ask them one by one later. Do you think there is anything that needs to be deleted or changed?"
Lu Yiming took another look and said, "No, just follow this."
Li Zixian took Lu Yiming to the studio and said, "I'm going to touch up my makeup, do you want to put on some makeup?"
Lu Yiming said: "No need, I am naturally beautiful."
“…”
After a while, Li Zixian reappeared in front of Lu Yiming.
She changed into an apricot-colored slim-fit suit, and the well-cut suit pants outlined her slender legs. In order to make her legs look better, she also wore a pair of flesh-colored pantyhose inside the pants. On her feet were a pair of silver high heels, and the ten-centimeter high heels made her posture more upright.
She only buttoned up one button of her suit, and her long cleavage was dazzlingly white. As a newlywed, she had the unique charm of a young woman, and her face was radiant with the nourishment of love.
Lu Yiming praised, "Sister-in-law, you are becoming more and more elegant."
"Ah? Really?"
Li Zixian was very happy to receive the compliment and said with a smile, "Let's go to the studio."
In the studio, the small audience area was actually full of people today.
Li Zixian explained to Lu Yiming, "These are the TV station staff. They knew you were going to be a guest on my show today, so they came over to be in the audience. You don't mind, do you? If you don't like it, I'll ask them to leave."
Lu Yiming said sympathetically: "It's okay."
When Lu Yiming walked into the studio, there was a burst of warm applause.
"Mr. Lu is so handsome."
"I still find it hard to believe when I see him in person. He is already the richest man in Asia at such a young age."
"I have to say, there are geniuses in this world, and they are good-looking. God has given all the good things to Mr. Lu, I'm so envious."
The people in the audience were whispering.
Li Zixian sat in the host seat, and the on-site staff immediately took action, putting the equipment and lights in place.
Seeing the cameraman making an OK gesture, Li Zixian immediately sat up straight, smiled, and said generously: "Welcome everyone to watch "Financial Life" at 8 o'clock every Wednesday night. I am the host Li Zixian. The theme of our program today is the business competition between Alibaba and eBay. I believe everyone knows that this is a very hot topic recently and has attracted widespread attention from the society. eBay is coming on strong, and Taobao, a newly established local company, has to face the direct impact of international capital. I believe that everyone must be very interested in the inside story of the business competition between Taobao and eBay. Today we are fortunate to invite a special guest to the scene to personally unveil the mystery of the whole incident for everyone. The guest of the program we invited today is Mr. Lu Yiming, the richest man in Xia Country and a rich man on the "Forbes Rich List". Hello, Mr. Lu. Come and say hello to everyone."
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Hello, host, hello everyone, I am Lu Yiming."
Li Zixian glanced at the script and said, "Mr. Lu, eBay recently acquired Eachnet. Many people say that eBay is going to dominate Xiaguo's C2C market, and they also announced that they would acquire Taobao.com, which is a very aggressive move. However, Alibaba rejected the acquisition and fought back on the commercial level. I heard that you invested in Alibaba Group, the parent company of Taobao, a few years ago. Is that true?"
Lu Yiming said: "It's true. The first time I met Jack Ma was at the Canton Fair a few years ago. At that time, he was about to quit his job to start his own business. Then I talked to him for a few minutes and decided to invest 5 million US dollars in him. I got 50% of Alibaba's shares."
Li Zixian was surprised and said, "We just talked for a few minutes, and you invested 5 million US dollars in Mr. Ma? Can you tell me your investment logic?"
Her surprise was not fake, but real.
Because no one had revealed this news before, this was the first time Li Zixian heard about it.
The audience in the audience was also in an uproar.
"They decided to invest 5 million US dollars after just a few minutes of chatting. What did they talk about?"
"I also want to chat with Mr. Lu for a few minutes."
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine are not enough when you meet a bosom friend. Although Mr. Ma was often regarded as a liar at that time, he and I were both very optimistic about the Internet and e-commerce. So after communicating with him, I learned that he wanted to start a business, and I immediately gave him a large sum of money."
Li Zixian joked: "According to Alibaba's current valuation, you must have made a profit on this investment."
Then, she added seriously, "But now Alibaba is facing competition from eBay. Do you think Taobao can win?"
Lu Yiming said without hesitation: “Of course, I am very confident.”
Li Zixian asked curiously: "Why?"
"Because I have great confidence in Ma Jieke. He is truly a very special entrepreneur who never gives up in the face of any difficulties. Instead, he keeps looking for opportunities and is always ready to fight."
Lu Yiming faced the camera and praised Ma Jieke highly, obviously recognizing his will and ability.
Li Zixian smiled and asked, "Then, can I assume that, Mr. Lu, you think Mr. Ma is more capable than Ms. Whitman, the CEO of eBay? That's why he was able to lead Taobao to defeat eBay?"
This was of course said to create a show effect and deliberately stir up the topic.
Lu Yiming had read the script before, so he was well prepared and responded fluently: "This question is not about who is stronger between Ma Jieke and Whitman."
"As the CEO of a large company, Ms. Whitman is undoubtedly very capable. After all, she is a top graduate of Harvard Business School. However, times have changed. The Internet is a new thing, and all the rules are brand new. Therefore, Ms. Whitman cannot use the experience she learned from Harvard to deal with the various problems eBay is facing now."
At this point, Lu Yiming paused for a moment, then continued, "As for Mr. Ma, there is one biggest difference between him and professional managers like Ms. Whitman - Mr. Ma is an entrepreneur. Everything he does is not in accordance with the rules, but using the new thinking of the Internet to subvert the old business theories and business rules."
