On both sides of the streets, cleaners and firefighters were clearing away ice and snow.
On the highway, the speed of vehicles passing by was obviously much slower than usual.
In the afternoon, Wang Jinhua was sitting in the car, looking at the scenery outside the window.
Scenes like this happened from time to time in the capital in winter, and she didn't take it seriously. She just lamented that another year had passed.
New Year's Day of 2008 passed half a month ago, and it will be the Chinese New Year in about ten or twenty days. This time really flies by.
It's just that this year's New Year's Day was not very wonderful. Both her husband and son went to her parents' house to celebrate the holiday. She was unable to go because she had many things to do, so she spent the holiday in the company with the employees who worked overtime.
The closer to the Spring Festival, the busier she gets. She has to deal with and participate in the company's financial reports, the company's annual meeting, and Xinlang's general meeting of shareholders. She is not as relaxed and fun as her brother, who often has a large group of friends in Xiangjiang to gather for the holidays and accompany him.
However, it’s not that easy. I seem to be quite tired from training every day, and I make jokes and complain in the family group from time to time.
I just heard from Qianqian that Chu Xuan was the weakest in the Cheng family class, and there were a lot of teachers around to watch every time he taught.
Wang Jinhua couldn't help but smile when she thought about it, it was quite an interesting scene.
"Mr. Wang, we're here."
The vehicle stopped in front of a large hotel, and the hotel greeter opened the door wearing white gloves. Wang Jinhua got out of the car and walked into the hotel, preparing to attend Xinlang's annual shareholders' meeting.
In the past, she and Chu Xuan were together, but Chu Xuan was busy in Xiangjiang, so this year she had to come alone.
"Mr. Wang, where is Mr. Chu?"
"Mr. Wang, is there any good news for Longyou now?"
"Mr. Wang, those games have become very popular. Can you tell me the specific details?"
Xinlang participates in Longyou Company and serves as the second shareholder. Of course, the shareholders within Xinlang are aware of this.
As a listed company, every shareholder representative must be notified of any investment.
It was only an investment of tens of millions. They, the shareholders, did not take it seriously at first. Such an investment was too small and would not bring much benefit.
But when the news that Yixuan Investment was the major shareholder and that Chu Xuan was the representative of the major shareholder spread among the capital circles within Xinlang, they immediately became interested.
Although the web game industry is in the doldrums, and although they can't see the future of web games, they heard that web games are also a plan initiated by Chu Xuan, and with Zhuyu from Weiyu at the forefront, they have reason to believe that this young Mr. Chu
Didn’t you find the outlet again?
Seeing that several games are becoming more and more popular on the market, but they don't know the details, they happened to meet Wang Jinhua, one of the shareholders' representatives of Longyou, during the shareholders' meeting, and the bosses were curious and asked questions.
"Boss, don't worry, Mr. Cao should be able to tell you."
There were too many people asking questions, and Wang Jinhua couldn't handle them. With a perfunctory comment, she turned the topic to Cao Guowei on the podium, and then she came to the first row in the hall and sat down where her name was.
After chatting with the bosses sitting on the left and right, when everyone arrived, the hall became quiet, and the shareholders' meeting began.
Wang Jinhua listened to Cao Guowei speaking on the stage and looked through the reports prepared on the table.
Since micro-entertainment became Xinlang's main project in 2004, Xinlang's revenue has surged year by year in recent years.
Total revenue in 2007 was US$280 million, an increase of nearly 50% over last year.
Of the US$280 million, US$180 million was generated from Micro-Entertainment’s advertising, marketing, publicity, product distribution sharing and other businesses.
How much did it cost last year? US$70 million, right?
This rate of growth...
"No wonder everyone wants to enter the Internet circle. This development speed kills all industries." Wang Jinhua sighed in her heart.
The shareholders' meeting was held until lunch time. Cao Guowei talked about some future development and inevitably imagined a beautiful vision to inspire the shareholders present.
At the end, he spoke again: "During this period, many friends have called me to ask about the situation of Longyou Company."
"It stands to reason that the business has only been in operation for half a month and there is no complete financial report. It is inappropriate to say unclear things on such an occasion."
"But there are too many people asking, and you must be curious. The data I obtained also surprised me. So at the end, I will simply disclose a set of data I obtained as of yesterday to give you a better understanding."
The bosses present were interested and surprised. What kind of data could surprise even Cao Guowei?
They don't know, but what they do know is that no matter what the data is, since Cao Guowei said so, it must be a surprise.
"As of 11:30 pm yesterday, January 15, the total number of users of the three games was 370,000, and the total recharge amount was 28.66 million. As for the revenue, it is not possible to calculate the revenue. That's the situation."
Cao Guowei looked up and saw that everyone present seemed to have heard wrongly. They were all stunned for a moment.
What the hell!
Aren’t web games not profitable?
Aren’t web games the lowest-end thing in the industry?
Nearly 30 million recharges in half a month!
The bosses were indeed shocked and felt that they had heard wrongly.
What is this concept? 30 million in half a month, 60 million in a month, and 720 million in a year.
The annual revenue of Micro Entertainment just now is 180 million US dollars, which is converted into nearly 1.2 billion yuan, but this is the result of Xinlang's three years of operation.
Leaving aside micro-entertainment, Xinlang's original value-added business and news business revenue was US$100 million, nearly 700 million yuan.
In other words, the profitability of the three web games may exceed the sum of Xinlang’s main value-added and news business!
"We should thank Mr. Chu and Mr. Wang, as well as Ms. Liu Yifei."
"The establishment of Longyou Company is the result of the plan drawn up by Mr. Chu, Ms. Liu and Mr. Wang."
"Then we will continue to deepen our cooperation with Xinlang, and finally we will have such better data."
"Mr. Chu is unable to come to today's shareholders' meeting because he is away from home, so we will applaud Mr. Wang to express our gratitude."
Cao Guowei took the lead in applauding, and the audience also applauded Wang Jinhua.
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Chu Xuan had roped him in to work together. In addition to deepening the relationship between the two parties, his other purpose was to send money to Xinlang shareholders and share the interests of Longyou Company.
Although Chu Xuan didn't say this, he knew it in his heart.
It’s no secret that Bright Era takes the route of special effects movies.
However, the investment cost of special effects movies must be very high, and he also speculated that Brilliant Times would like to engage in derivative copyrights like Hollywood.
The reason for this speculation is based on Chu Xuan's ability and behavior.
Chu Xuan has good business capabilities in the Internet, so why not delve into the Internet instead of the entertainment industry?
There is only one reason. Chu Xuan's ambitions in the entertainment industry are beyond the imagination of normal people in judging this industry.
He had a guess that Chu Xuan wanted to be big in the entertainment industry.
However, if you want to play big, investment in all aspects will be a bottomless pit, which requires capital to help.
But how much capital does the entertainment industry have? It’s not that he looks down on people. Compared with the capital in the Internet industry, the domestic entertainment capital is really nothing.
Chu Xuan also understands, so Chu Xuan needs to rely on the capital strength of these Xinlang shareholders.
Previously, Micro-Entertainment had existing web games, which had created great benefits for shareholders twice in a row.
So what about the third time? What about the fourth time? Can Chu Xuan continue to create value?
No one knows this, but no one will deny it. Chu Xuan proved his ability with two business operations.
Then when Chu Xuan needs help in the future, these shareholders will not refuse as long as they have some structure.
Seeing that Chu Xuan was not here, Wang Jinhua informed him in advance and asked him to mention Chu Xuan in the meeting.
He also understands Wang Jinhua’s intention to make Xinlang shareholders the capital network of the Brilliant Era.
This was just a casual mention. Based on his close cooperative relationship with Chu Xuan and Wang Jinhua, he readily agreed.
Wang Jinhua stood up, turned around, waved to everyone with a smile and then sat down.
Last year, before Chu Xuan mentioned the web game plan, he told her that there were very few investors with the capital strength in the industry to engage in special effects blockbusters and film and television industrialization, so we would look for capital from the Internet industry.
Now it seems that everything is according to Chu Xuan's plan.
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Xiangjiang, evening.
The training room in the office building where the Cheng family class is located is different from the usual scene where they are training and shouting.
I saw a large group of people gathered around a ring, looking up at the two people competing in the ring, and making noisy noises.
"come on!"
"come on!!"
"Chu Xuan, come on, beat him!"
On the ring, Chu Xuan and An Zhijie were naked to the waist. Their muscles were tense and their arms were holding each other tightly. It could be seen that the two people were trying to trip each other with all their strength.
The two of them were wrestling, which was an entertaining form of exercise.
There were many people around. In order to see clearly, Liu Yifei stood on a chair outside the crowd.
She clenched her little fists tightly and looked nervously at Chu Xuan on the stage, silently cheering him on.
But Xiao Jiujiu also appeared in her heart. The color of Chu Xuan's body had not completely recovered, and it looked slightly brassy.
The lines on the brassy skin, the bulging abdominal muscles, chest muscles and back muscles made her heart skip a beat.
"Super handsome!" She squinted her eyes and transformed into Chu Xuan's crush.
With a "pop" sound, Chu Xuan threw An Zhijie to the ground.
"Yeah!!" Liu Yifei jumped up excitedly.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Liu Xiaoli exclaimed repeatedly and hurriedly supported her daughter.
Seeing that her daughter had stabilized her figure, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Really, I didn’t have any sense of propriety while standing on the chair, and I was jumping up and down.
Liu Yifei also patted her chest and almost forgot that she was on the chair.
It was really the hormones Chu Xuan exuded on stage that were so attractive to her.
"Ten games, I won three, sooner or later I will win two more." Chu Xuan bent down and stretched out his hand, pulling An Zhijie up from the ground.
During this month of training, Chenglong saw that he and An Zhijie were similar in stature, and once he got interested, he asked the two of them to wrestle to compare their physical strength and strength.
But An Zhijie is a professional action actor after all, and he conducts systematic training every day. He is indeed incomparable in this regard. He loses more and wins less.
Today is the tenth round, and including this, he has only won three times in total.
"Continue to the crew." An Zhijie smiled and patted the dust on his hands.
A few years ago, when he was on the set of "New Police Story", Chu Xuan's figure and muscular lines surprised him. It was rare for a college student to exercise every day.
When he met and trained with Chu Xuan again after four years, Chu Xuan's situation surprised him even more. He could maintain such physical condition with a capital, which really made him look at him in a new light.
"Great." Liu Yifei took a towel and wiped the sweat from Chu Xuan's upper body. She looked at his abdominal muscles and poked him with a finger.
Not far away, Chenglong clapped his hands: "Okay, our training at this stage is over. Let's take a good rest for a few days. We will leave for Beijing on the 20th and have a press conference on the 21st."
Chenglong continued: "All the actors must be present. This is our country's first real science fiction film, which makes the press conference lively."
This is the end of the one-month training. For actors such as Zou Zhaolong, Hui Yinghong and An Zhijie, they have a strong foundation in kung fu, and some stunts are already understood after a month of familiarity.
For actors such as Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, they have made great progress in this month's training and gained a lot of knowledge in action design.
I also somewhat understand the reason why Xiangjiang actors don’t like mainland actors very much. Mainly in terms of martial arts and action movies, Xiangjiang actors are trained in real life, and mainland actors often need to use props and artificial assistance.
There is a chain of contempt here.
Of course, this is not absolute. There are still many good actors in mainland China, but there are not many on the surface.
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Not to mention that the tuition is extremely expensive, when those artists have become famous and only care about fame and fortune, who will go back and learn basic skills.
This is a phenomenon that is difficult to change, and it also gave Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei an idea. Why not set up a training class similar to the Chengjia class in the bright era?
In order to prevent the company's artists from filming martial arts or action movies in the future, they will not be able to perform sword tricks or kick kicks.
This idea is very strong, but I don’t have time to worry about it now, so I can only keep it in my mind and wait until later.
"I will first ask the team to leave for Los Angeles tomorrow, arrange the hotel and travel car, and take your luggage there with you. Just leave Zeng Ni and Lu Tao to accompany you. When we get to the capital, we will borrow the company's makeup artist to attend the press conference.
"Liu Xiaoli came over and handed Chu Xuan's clothes to him.
"Okay." Liu Yifei nodded.
During this month, the crew's auditions went smoothly and all the roles were confirmed.
Only the extras are undecided. After all, I have to go to Los Angeles to film a movie, and the traveling expenses for a large group of extras are huge.
In addition to a few special guests, extras and extras need help from the community in Los Angeles' Chinatown.
In this regard, Brother Chenglong has connections and can get it done soon after arriving in Los Angeles.
Just waiting for the press conference in Beijing to end on the 20th, she, Chu Xuan and Brother Chenglong will go to Los Angeles to start filming.
Many viewers think that the movie she and Chu Xuan are going to make is "Hope", right? No one would have guessed that she and Chu Xuan would collaborate with Brother Chenglong to make a science fiction film, right?
It was time to make the situation of the movie public, and she had some expectations for it.
Chu Xuan put on the black shirt, looked at Chenglong who was coming, and said, "Brother, remember to come the day after tomorrow."
Today, the 16th, and the day after tomorrow, the 18th, will be the wedding of Cai Shaofen and Zhang Jin.
"Of course you'll come if you promised, and I won't break my promise." Chenglong patted Chu Xuan's shoulder: "You guys have to go through the process with me all night tomorrow, and have a good experience. Compared to their wedding, I hope to attend your wedding.
wedding."
Liu Yifei pursed her lips, glanced at Chu Xuan, and turned to put the towel away.
Chu Xuan smiled slightly and lowered his head to button his shirt.
Chenglong and Liu Xiaoli looked at each other happily. He really felt that this family was quite amazing.
Compared to the first time they met in "New Police Story" and the sporadic encounters over the past few years, in this month of getting along and working closely together, he has a clearer understanding of the family of three.
cognition.
All cognition can be reduced to two words, magical and wonderful.
The magical thing is that, in his opinion, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are neither engaged nor married, but living together is like being married.
The wonderful thing is that Liu Xiaoli, the elder, does not feel alienated by the close relationship between the two children, and the two of them are not disgusted by Liu Xiaoli's existence. They are very harmonious with each other, so harmonious that they have become a family.
Rao Shichenglong is well-informed and has never seen such a harmonious relationship. This is really interesting.
"After dinner, go to bed early. You should go there as soon as possible tomorrow to say hello." In the hotel suite, Zeng Ni ordered food in advance, and the family was ready to start eating when they returned.
"Yes." Liu Yifei sat on the sofa and ate with a bowl, nodded and said: "We have to go there early, their relatives and friends will come, we have to say hello, stay with them all night with our friends, and prepare to pick up the bride in the early morning of the day after tomorrow.
thing."
Chu Xuan continued: "After receiving the wedding, we will go to the hotel to say hello for the whole day. After the banquet in the afternoon, we will host the bridal chamber. After the bridal chamber, we will entertain friends and continue to play. That's about it."
Liu Xiaoli suggested: "Then you find some free time to sleep tomorrow. Otherwise, how can you bear it? I have been busy for two days and two nights, running around saying hello to all kinds of people. It will be more tiring than your training."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded. Although being the best man and bridesmaid is fresh and exciting, and it is fun to think about it, if you think about it carefully, you will know that it will be very tiring, even more tiring than the bride and groom. They really need to find a chance to sleep in the middle to replenish their energy.
.
"Sissi, are you going to Chaozhou?" Liu Xiaoli asked.
"Yes, the mother's family who was beaten is in Shantou, Chaozhou." Liu Yifei said.
She followed the bride as the bridesmaid, and Chu Xuan followed the groom as the best man.
Tomorrow morning, Beaten will send a car to take her to Shantou, while Chu Xuan will go to the new house in Mong Kok to meet Zhang Jin.
"Let Xiao Zeng and Xiao Lu go with you." Liu Xiaoli said.
Zeng Ni and Lu Tao were startled when they heard this, then lowered their heads and continued eating.
They also knew that Liu Xiaoli was afraid that something might happen to her daughter, and was also worried that her daughter would be too busy and asked them to go over and help.
As for Chu Xuan, Zhang Jin's Wu Jin, Yu Bo, Deng Chao, Zhang Danfeng, An Zhijie and a group of other senior men, most of them are just practitioners who want strength, strength, and a sense of security.
I think it would be much easier for Chu Xuan.
"Okay." Liu Yifei did not refuse and accepted her mother's kindness.
