Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 618: Predetermined Cross-border Ceiling
I knew it! Li Jiafeng was screaming in his heart, staring at the bunch of keys on the table eagerly.
I was wondering, how could such a big boss drive a Wrangler that is totally out of proportion to his wealth, and it’s a new car without a license plate…
I didn't expect such a good thing to happen. Although it was just a means of transportation and nominally given to Li Jiajia, Li Jiajia couldn't drive, and as an assistant...
Is there any difference between giving something to your sister and giving something to yourself?
As for Li Jiajia, she didn't care about the car, but was more interested in Zhou Dongsheng's next move.
"Anything else?" Li Jiajia asked.
"Also, your videos have received a warm response overseas. This part of the content is operated by the company. You may not be very clear, but currently overseas, whether it is the mainstream video website YouTube or the short video platform, you have successfully accumulated hundreds of thousands of fans..."
"In terms of overseas influence, your videos are the only ones in the entire company that can achieve this. Even Papi Jiang is far behind..."
"So you now have a very special position for the company. As a successful example of exporting video content to overseas markets, you have unique value that cannot be replicated. So in order to prevent you from being poached, I, as the boss, can only come here in person to stabilize the morale of the team..."
Zhou Dongsheng joked half-seriously.
"Ah? Am I really that important ?" Li Jiajia said somewhat flattered. In her opinion, she was just hiding in this remote mountain village, making some video content that she liked and was good at.
Despite his small business in China, he has become a video producer with millions of fans and has even appeared at the Golden Second Awards.
But for Li Jiajia, she was very clear about one thing from the beginning to the end, without Zhou Dongsheng's unconditional support and trust, and without him ever interfering with her creation.
It must be "impossible" to have her current achievements, so from the bottom of her heart, Li Jiajia is very grateful to Zhou Dongsheng for appearing and leading her on the right path, allowing her to shine...
Otherwise, I would still be spending a lot of time and effort on attracting traffic to my e-commerce store. How could I be living such a comfortable life now?
"Even if it's really as important as you say, boss, you can rest assured. I will never be stolen away by others. I, Li Jiajia, am not the kind of ungrateful person!"
Li Jiajia patted her chest and said confidently, her words revealing a bit of a heroine.
"You are more important than you think. After all, I said that you are my trump card!" Zhou Dongsheng said meaningfully.
After these words were spoken, the smile on Li Jiajia's face became even wider. She stared at Zhou Dongsheng with sparkling eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking in her heart.
However, Zhou Dongsheng was thinking in his heart that the order of appearance in life is indeed crucial, and to a certain extent directly affects the final result.
As far as Zhou Dongsheng knows, the reason why the original Li Jiajia became involved in copyright disputes with the media company in the future was largely because the original Li Jiajia had accumulated a certain number of fans.
He gradually developed his own video style, and finally joined hands with a media company, in which he was responsible for producing the video content while the media company was responsible for operations, so as to make the video account bigger and stronger.
So in the end, the cake became bigger and bigger, but there were disagreements on how to divide the benefits, and both sides felt that they had made the greatest contribution.
In the end, one party complained that the other party gave too little, while the other party complained that the other party was greedy. The husband said he was right, while the wife said she was right. The two parties parted unhappily, and even overturned the table, ending up in a lose-lose situation.
However, Zhou Dongsheng's appearance time was completely different. If the original media company entered the scene when Li Jiajia had grown into a tree, watering and fertilizing her and taking good care of her until she bore the fruit of success...
When Zhou Dongsheng appeared, Li Jiajia's path had not even sprouted out of the ground yet and was still in the stage of groping in the mud.
Zhou Dongsheng watered and fertilized the account, and provided enough sunlight, which made the account [Muziqi] grow into a big tree step by step. Even the name has Zhou Dongsheng's "contribution"...
It is obvious which one is more important, and even their status in the minds of the parties involved is completely different.
What's more, from the beginning to the end, Zhou Dongsheng never had the idea of using capital to coerce creators. He just wanted to be a hands-off boss who enjoyed the fruits of his labor.
Supported by extremely high expectations for the future, Zhou Dongsheng was afraid that he might not give enough and that the duck in his mouth would fly away. On the contrary, Li Jiajia felt that she already had enough and was afraid of disappointing Zhou Dongsheng.
As one grows stronger, the other declines, and they naturally maintain a tacit understanding of mutual respect and a good cooperative relationship, at least for now.
After all, Li Jiajia now doesn’t think that there is anything about herself that is worthy of the successful Zhou Dongsheng’s covetousness, even her good looks are insignificant.
Right now, the gap between the two of them is like a chasm, which is almost fundamentally different from the cooperative relationship that Li Jiajia will face with media companies in the future.
It is these subtle differentiating factors that determine that the whole thing will not end up in a situation where everything is broken up and both parties go their separate ways.
Even with the promotion of Zhou Dongsheng who already knows the ending, it may even have a greater impact.
After all, the butterfly itself would never have imagined that the act of flapping its wings could become the domino that triggers a chain reaction.
"I'll give you the car. As for who you want to give it to, that's your freedom and power. After all, I said I won't interfere with your creation, so it's entirely up to you to form your own team." Zhou Dongsheng readily gave Li Jiajia great authority and freedom.
"After all, everyone has only 24 hours in a day. You can make videos yourself, but you need someone to help you with the details of life, so assistants and teams are essential."
"In this way, you can devote yourself to video creation and continue to play your role in cultural dissemination, especially in overseas influence."
"Maybe, you can become our Chinese culture overseas cultural ambassador in the future."
Zhou Dongsheng jokingly said, otherwise how much truth is mixed in with jokes.
Of course, Li Jiajia obviously didn’t think she had such ability at the moment, but she still nodded in response to the boss’s kindness.
In the past, she might have been resistant to teams and assistants, and preferred the feeling of doing things alone.
However, as she wanted to create more and more creative videos and her stock library grew larger and larger, she began to feel the limited energy that Zhou Dongsheng mentioned.
This kind of situation where you are short of money and don't have enough time is definitely not something you can solve by yourself.
From the experience gained from the progress of human civilization, we can see that individual strength is mostly insignificant in the face of team strength.
Li Jiajia took the key, and Li Jiafeng's eager eyes followed. Li Jiajia couldn't help but teased: "You didn't expect it, you didn't sell your sister, but it fell into my hands instead."
Li Jiafeng immediately scratched his head and said, "Sister, how can I sell you out? I am doing this for your own good. Besides, it's useless for you to have a car. You can't drive it. Let me, your brother, serve you and be your number one assistant!"
"I can learn to drive. If worst comes to worst, I can sell the car and use the money as capital, right? As for the assistant's job, it depends on your performance. Otherwise, I'll have to find someone else!" Li Jiajia continued to whet his brother's appetite.
Zhou Dongsheng happily watched this scene of love and hate between the sister and brother. Perhaps all sisters and brothers in the world are like this.
"Don't worry, sister. I promise that if you tell me to go east, I won't go west. If you tell me to catch a chicken, I won't chase a dog. I will follow your lead. Even my future wife can't get more attention from you..."
In order to get this Wrangler, Li Jiafeng gave it his all. After all, is it shameful to try to please his sister?
"You are the one who said this. I recorded the video with my mobile phone as proof. You can show it to your wife later..." Li Jiajia put away his mobile phone proudly and threw the key to Li Jiafeng.
Li Jiafeng couldn't help but feel mixed emotions, he never thought that his elder sister had learned this trick. However, compared with the happiness in front of him, the unmarried wife was obviously insignificant.
He held the key happily and played with it lovingly.
After watching a good show, Zhou Dongsheng casually started a conversation, "By the way, I see there are a lot of things in the courtyard. Is that the video of the ancient restoration of the Four Treasures of the Study that you often mentioned?"
When talking about his job, Li Jiajia immediately became excited and said with a bright and energetic look as if he had changed into a different person: "Yes, although the restoration of the ancient method is more difficult than I imagined, I have basically solved the most difficult part so far, the production of ink!"
"But if you want to be more precise and make a good ink, it will take at least a year to settle. Burning and washing are easy, but drying and letting it sit is the most time-consuming..."
"Of course, if you want to make the other three treasures well, the time and craftsmanship required are also extremely high. For example, the craftsmanship of rice paper. Even if I want to make it, others may not be willing to teach me, so I can only settle for the second best and make inferior paper..."
"I also need to carve and polish the Duan inkstone. I've been tinkering with the polishing technique recently. The easiest one should be the writing brush. The legendary wolf hair is a bit difficult, so I can only use wool as a substitute..."
Li Jiajia spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner, many of which were interspersed with some professional terms. It was obvious that she had done a lot of homework for this.
Zhou Dongsheng felt very impressed. As the saying goes, nothing is difficult if you are determined enough.
"I am more and more certain that once these four treasures of the study are completed, they will become one of your most dazzling masterpieces. Just polish them carefully and strive for perfection. Whether it is the need for materials or you want to learn, I will find a way for you!"
“But don’t neglect the food. Food is the foundation of life!” Zhou Dongsheng said seriously, and then added.
"Of course, the most important thing is that it can satisfy my appetite. I like to eat delicacies that others can see but cannot eat..." Zhou Dongsheng said with lingering desire.
The so-called gourmet food making consists of only two aspects: good ingredients and good chefs. The former is rare, but the latter is priceless.
To some extent, Li Jiajia is gradually becoming the latter. He may not become a top-notch chef, but he will definitely be more famous than others.
Upon hearing this, Li Jiajia couldn't help but smile, "Boss, what else do you like to eat? I'll make it for you these few days. If I don't know how to make it, I'll learn it and make it for you next time..."
"I have long been fascinated by the famous Lanzhou beef noodles. I have to go to Lanzhou in person to try the authentic taste when I have time. Hey, didn't I send you a video material?"
Zhou Dongsheng pretended to be greedy and inadvertently revealed the direction of a video. In fact, this was one of .
"Okay! I'll go and learn from you. Boss, come again when it's cold, and I'll make you a bowl of hot Lanzhou beef noodles. It's best if you come when it snows..." Li Jiajia's eyes were flashing with anticipation, as if she was fascinated by some scene.
"Okay, I'll come if it snows, it's a deal." Zhou Dongsheng nodded without saying anything.
In the next few days, Zhou Dongsheng spent his time in this small mountain village, experiencing what it meant to live a pastoral life, working from sunrise to sunset.
I have to say that if there is no need to work, rural life is indeed fascinating, but if you really want to experience the trivialities of rural life in person...
The utopia in my mind might collapse, but Li Jiajia was very familiar with it. She managed the land in an orderly manner like a fish in water, and she enjoyed it very much...
After all, this has been the content of her life since she was a child.
Before Zhou Dongsheng could enjoy a few days of happiness, a sudden phone call interrupted his vacation. When he took out his cell phone, Zhou Dongsheng was shocked.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou, are you in Shanghai?" Ni Ni's unique magnetic voice came from the other end of the phone. Her voice was particularly cheerful and she was obviously in a good mood.
"That depends on what you want from me. If it's a good thing, I can..." Zhou Dongsheng didn't say it directly, but teased Ni Ni in a cheerful mood.
"It's a great thing for me, but not necessarily for Mr. Zhou. I want to treat Mr. Zhou to a big dinner, I wonder if Mr. Zhou would be willing to do me the honor..." Ni Ni said in a sarcastic tone.
"That's definitely a good thing. Although I'm not in the Magic City, I have to fly there without stopping. Even if it's the Hongmen Feast, I have to go!"
Although he was joking, Zhou Dongsheng's heart was slightly moved, and he guessed Ni Ni's intention almost exactly .
After all, the two of them only have a few interactions, so it seems that Ni Ni will most likely get the role of the heroine in Wu Jingxin's movie.
With the recommendation of the investor himself, and Ni Ni's outstanding qualifications and status, the two parties hit it off and the cooperation was naturally agreed upon.
Once the leading lady is confirmed, the filming of the movie will naturally start soon.
Then my guest appearance...should be a done deal, right?
The 5 billion-dollar supporting actor… The big guys all like to cross over, but not many can really make a name for themselves. With my name, I’m definitely the best in the cross-border industry, right?
Wouldn't it be more interesting if he won some award for Best Supporting Actor?
