In the living room that was brightly illuminated by the sun, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli were sitting on the sofa. The mother and daughter were communicating and sending emails on their laptops. They listened to the sound of water coming from the bedroom. It was Chu Xuan washing himself in the bathroom.
Yesterday I submitted my cooperation intention to Macron Film and Television. Although Macron has not yet given a reply, I should tell Wang Jinhua about this.
Under Liu Xiaoli's watchful eye, Liu Yifei sent all the notes and documents she had prepared over the past few months to Wang Jinhua's corporate email.
"Call Sister Hua again and explain." Liu Xiaoli said.
After Chu Xuan washed up, he walked out of the bedroom and sat down on the sofa.
"Okay." Liu Yifei picked up the phone and dialed Sister Hua's number.
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Beijing, early eight o'clock at night.
In the villa in Donglin Villa, Wang Jinhua was sitting at the study table, flipping through business documents on the computer.
One of the documents is the monthly summary of Longyou Company, and the number 59.86 million marked in red is very eye-catching.
The monthly income of the three web games is nearly 60 million. Judging from the previous daily income growth rate, the monthly income should be higher than this figure.
However, the market has an upper limit. The game has only been circulated for a month. The market has no time and space to continue to expand in a short period of time. It seems to have reached a bottleneck.
But this figure of nearly 60 million still shocked her and Cao Guowei.
"Mr. Chu said at the beginning that the web game market has a scale of tens of billions, but now I believe it." When she and Cao Guowei met at Longyou Company, Cao Guowei said.
The scale of tens of billions refers to the overall revenue of the market being tens of billions per year.
Judging from the current revenue situation of the three games, if major companies in the industry work together to completely expand the market, it will only be a matter of time before it reaches tens of billions.
Wang Jinhua is also excited. After all, the better the situation in web games, the more favorable it will be for Bright Era, and it will be of great benefit.
Therefore, she is even more looking forward to the response after launching the platform into the market in two days.
Suddenly, there was a "ding~" sound, and a message sent by email popped up in the lower right corner of the computer.
Wang Jinhua saw that the sender was Sissi, and the title contained the three words "Macron", and she immediately laughed.
Wang Jinhua knew instantly that it was probably Sissi who disclosed her "secret" to Chu Xuan, and then she sent this email.
Wang Jinhua opened the email, and her phone rang just in time, and the caller ID also showed Sissy.
She moved the mouse to open the email and picked up the phone to answer the call.
"Hey, Sissy."
"Hey, Sister Hua, I sent you an email..."
Just like last night, Liu Yifei told Wang Jinhua exactly what she had told Chu Xuan.
Wang Jinhua already knew most of the situation from Liu Xiaoli. She already knew many things Liu Yifei said, but she did not interrupt Liu Yifei's story, she just listened and smiled.
Liu Yifei's tone contained a little nervousness and a little expectation, as if she was afraid that she would blame her for acting randomly.
It's as if a child in the family has done something big behind the back of their elders, which is enough to affect the future direction of the entire family.
The starting point is good but he does not know the specific thoughts of his elders, so when the child discloses his behavior, he is always a little worried about being scolded, and also has the expectation of being praised.
Listening to Liu Yifei's gushing words, Wang Jinhua also kept saying complimentary words.
“Awesome.”
"incredible."
"What a great idea."
I recall that when I was 20 years old, I didn’t know where to work, but 20-year-old Liu Yifei had the courage to complete a cross-international cooperation, which is very outstanding.
Like her, Sissi is an independent, courageous, pursuing girl who dares to try.
While Wang Jinhua was evaluating Sissy in her heart, she also couldn't help but praise herself, because some of Liu Yifei's personalities were indeed very similar to hers. She always wanted to do something without relying on men and had the courage to take practical actions.
Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, if a woman dares to do it, it is very attractive.
"Okay, okay, I have the style of a female CEO."
"But there is no reply from Macron yet."
"Based on the current situation, Macron and his wife will call the company. It is conservatively estimated that they will come over in person."
"Hmm, I think so too."
Wang Jinhua said: "Madam boss, leave the rest to me. If it works, I will inform the third brother and the others. They used to pay more attention to Chu Xuan. This time I will make them look at you with admiration."
She added: "If the follow-up goes well, we will probably come to Los Angeles for an on-site inspection, and then we will come to visit you."
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Los Angeles, hotel suite.
"Okay, Sister Hua." Liu Yifei hung up the phone.
The continuous praise of Sister Hua was also recognition of her behavior, which made her very happy and completely relieved her burden.
The call was hands-free and Chu Xuan and Liu Xiaoli could also hear it.
Liu Yifei couldn't help frowning and said to Chu Xuan dissatisfied: "Did you see that Sister Hua kept praising me even if she knew about it in advance, but you only bully me?"
Chu Xuan was shot while lying down and said with a smile: "I praised you too. I feel super proud of you, okay?"
Liu Yifei snorted proudly and closed the laptop.
With the approval of both Chu Xuan and Sister Hua, what she had been doing for several months finally came to a not-so-perfect, but beautiful end.
"Did you read Longyou's email?" Liu Xiaoli said, sighing: "60 million a month, my God, this game is so profitable."
"We saw it last night." Liu Yifei said, also shocked by this number.
According to the 70-30 share ratio, 42 million of the 60 million belongs to Longyou Company.
According to the 40% shareholding ratio, 16.8 million out of the 42 million belongs to her and Chu Xuan’s investment company.
Based on the 40% share ratio, nearly 7 million belongs to her.
"Sissi and I made preliminary calculations, and it's not enough." Chu Xuan shook his head: "It also depends on the platform. Games alone are not stable. Only when the platform has stable traffic can it have real long-term value."
"Yeah." Liu Yifei nodded. One of the purposes of her and Chu Xuan's web game platform was to swap her equity into a real shareholder of Brilliant Era. However, judging from the income of 7 million a month, it was not enough to become a shareholder.
Brilliant Era becomes the requirement of real shareholders.
"I believe there will be surprises when the platform is launched on the first day of the new year." Liu Xiaoli said that the three games have such a good situation, and she expects there will be a better situation when the platform is launched.
"Let's go out for a walk." She stood up and said.
Now that the business is done, it’s time to make today’s travel plans.
These days, she and Zeng Ni were just strolling around, while the two children were busy filming.
It's been a long time since their family went out to play together. It happened that Chinatown was bustling with Chinese New Year just before the Chinese New Year, so they went to soak up the festive atmosphere.
"Let's go and play." Liu Yifei closed the computer and got up from the sofa: "Wait for me."
She returned to the bedroom and put on her white backpack, preparing to go out. If she saw any delicious food or gadgets, she would buy them and put them in her bag.
"Let's go." She came out of the bedroom, and Chu Xuan was waiting for her at the door.
Liu Yifei took Chu Xuan's hand, and the young couple walked out of the door.
Liu Xiaoli called Zeng Ni, Lu Tao, Jess and Caitlin in the opposite room. It was the first time for Jess and Caitlin to come to Chinatown and experience the Chinese lifestyle and customs. They followed Liu Xiaoli around these days.
Satisfied some of their curiosity about China.
It was the first time to work in the atmosphere of a film crew, and Jess and Caitlin finally met the kung fu star Cheng Long, who was very interested in him, and they felt that it was really wonderful to be the bodyguards of this family.
Not only does the work become easier, but you can also travel around, see various celebrities, and gain more knowledge.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so you posted it today?"
It is rare to see a large group of waiters in the aisle of the floor. They are holding various festive gadgets hanging and sticking in the aisle.
There are red lanterns, couplets, 囍 characters...
Hearing Liu Xiaoli's question, the lead waiter smiled and said: "We have a holiday tomorrow, so we started working on it today. I wish you a happy New Year in advance."
"Happy New Year." Liu Xiaoli nodded slightly. Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Zeng Ni, and Lu Tao also said "Happy New Year". Jess and Caitlin also said something unclearly, making everyone laugh.
The group of people took the elevator down. After leaving the hotel, they chose to walk all the way instead of taking a car.
The Chinatown community has been very lively recently. As the Chinese New Year is approaching, various small stalls, small games and various performances have appeared one after another. The scenes in each street can be described as a sea of people.
Perhaps this happens every year, so many foreigners know about the Chinese community celebrating the Spring Festival. There are many foreigners with different skin colors and clothes along the way. Some foreigners even communicate in broken Chinese when shopping.
Chinese communities around the world may not have any affiliation with the motherland, China, but through their global self-development, Chinese culture is gradually increasing its scope of influence, not to mention how deeply it penetrates foreign countries.
This is also a subtle contribution made by Chinese people around the world to spread culture in the motherland.
"It's so lively." Liu Yifei looked left and right. She had been to Chinatown with her aunt a few years ago, but it was only during normal times. She had never been to Chinatown during the New Year period, so everything was new.
Perhaps thanks to the protection of two foreign faces, Jess and Caitlin, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei’s sunglasses finally came into play. No one paid special attention to them along the way, and no one paid attention to them who were mixed in the crowd.
They recognized it.
Liu Xiaoli and Zeng Ni led the way, looking at the stalls as they walked to see what else they had not bought but needed to buy.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yifei thought of the New Year celebration in Xiangjiang in early 2004.
She proposed a game of holding hands with Chu Xuan. At that time, her mother didn't know anything about her relationship with Chu Xuan. Playing this game was quite exciting at the time.
Especially Chu Xuan, he was afraid that his mother would turn around and find them holding hands, and then slap him to death.
It's just that today is different from the past. She, Chu Xuan and her mother have become a family.
She couldn't help but reminisce about the past, which made her feel even more happy.
"The wontons here are quite delicious, do you want to try them?" Liu Xiaoli passed by a snack shop.
"Okay, I haven't eaten wontons for a long time." Liu Yifei went happily and walked into the shop with Chu Xuan.
"Ah - Chu Xuan! Liu Yifei!" Although there were many people in the store, they were much sparse compared to the crowded scene on the street. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were recognized as soon as they entered the store.
"Hello." The young couple greeted them gently, and the group found a seat to sit down and ordered wontons for breakfast.
"I know a fun place. If you pass the level, you will get a huge rag doll. Do you want to go and play?" Liu Xiaoli glanced at her daughter. She knew that her daughter liked rag dolls very much.
Sure enough, after Liu Yifei ate a wonton, she raised her head with interest: "Huge? How big is it?"
"It's bigger than your whole body." Liu Xiaoli said.
Liu Yifei stared, how big must this doll be?
She said with full interest: "What are you playing for?"
"You'll know when you go there." Liu Xiaoli said, "I heard that no one has passed the level. If you want to win, you need to have some strategies."
"Ah?" Liu Yifei was surprised.
"Is it so difficult?" Chu Xuan became interested.
What Liu Xiaoli said aroused the interest of the young couple.
After eating and drinking, the group followed Liu Xiaoli and set off to the "fun place" she mentioned.
As they walked along, the group of people also looked at interesting things nearby.
Countless stalls sell various gadgets, and people passing by gather in groups in front of each stall.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Foreigners seem to be very interested in desserts. The stall selling a large amount of hair-like strands is doing very well, and the golden and translucent ones taste good.
The stalls selling candies with various pictures that can be drawn are also doing well.
Other more expensive candies such as Longxu Cake and Mung Bean Cake are also liked by many foreigners.
The funniest thing is that in front of a stinky tofu stall, a group of foreigners were shocked.
"Hey, can you eat moldy tofu? Isn't it poisonous?"
"Oh! This is so delicious, incredible."
"Why does it smell so bad and taste so good?"
“Chinese cuisine is truly amazing.”
The Chinese and Chinese tourists passing by were so amused that it was really an interesting scene.
"Xiao Xuan, do you want to eat stinky tofu?" Liu Xiaoli turned around and asked with a smile.
She only asked Chu Xuan and not Sissi because she knew that Sissi hated stinky tofu and couldn't stand the smell. At this moment, Sissi was covering her mouth and nose with a look of disgust on her face.
But she and Chu Xuan were immune to the stench and both found stinky tofu delicious.
It's just that my daughter doesn't like to eat, so she doesn't make or buy such snacks on weekdays, and she and Chu Xuan rarely eat them either.
She happened to pass by a stinky tofu stall and had some fun teasing her daughter.
"No!" Liu Yifei knew that her mother was teasing her. She glanced at her mother angrily and pulled Chu Xuan closer to her, signaling that Chu Xuan and her would unite.
Liu Xiaoli and Chu Xuan looked at each other and smiled. She didn't joke too much. She passed by a candied haws shop and pointed at it: "Sissi, candied haws, your favorite when you were a child."
Liu Yifei's eyes lit up. She loved to eat the candied haws when she was a child. She has gradually forgotten about this snack over the years, and she didn't expect to see it in Chinatown.
She dragged Chu Xuan to the stall and chose a candied haws on a skewer with bananas for herself and one with kiwi fruit on skewers for Chu Xuan.
"When I was living in a rented house with my mother when I was a child, there would be a cart selling this kind of candied haws at the door every day." Liu Yifei held the candied haws in her hand and chewed a piece in her mouth. It was as sweet as honey, making her squint her eyes happily.
She said: "But these ones with fruits are a bit expensive, and I don't want my mother to buy them for me every day."
Chu Xuan bit into the candied haws. You need to have good teeth to eat this, otherwise your teeth will be glued off.
He took a bite of a piece and put it into his mouth and said, "That's because Auntie is stubborn. She doesn't want the support from my aunt, grandma, uncle, and the others, nor does she want the living expenses from Uncle An."
Hearing this, Liu Xiaoli suddenly turned around: "Then do you think what I did is right?"
"I haven't experienced it, so I can't judge." Chu Xuan shook his head: "But that doesn't stop you from being the best mother-in-law in my mind."
Liu Yifei said cheerfully: "Mom, add chicken drumsticks to him tonight!"
Liu Xiaoli smiled: "Add two more."
Zeng Ni and Lu Tao smiled. Jess and Caitlin couldn't understand Chinese and didn't know what they were talking about. But seeing the changes in the expressions on the faces of the group, they felt inexplicably warm and joyful in their hearts.
After walking around and stopping at some gadget stalls, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei selected some things.
It looks like trinkets, wood carvings, polished stoneware, etc., but the prices are not cheap.
The young couple bought some as souvenirs and planned to give them to friends after returning home.
When we came to a street, the scene was like a temple fair, it was in full swing and crowded with people.
Various small games are located on the temporary storefronts on both sides. They are just like the game facilities seen in movies and TV series. A shed is specially set up and decorated for people to play.
"There are so many fun things, let's play them all today, shall we?" Liu Yifei was overwhelmed by what she saw and excitedly pulled the hand she held with Chu Xuan.
"Okay, there are dolls as prizes. Let's try to fill the room." Chu Xuan said.
"Okay." Liu Yifei said happily.
But Liu Xiaoli turned back and complained: "Can you just go and buy them when you return to China? You have so many dolls now, how do you expect me to take them back?"
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were startled, then smiled slightly and gave up the idea in their hearts.
The prizes are only secondary, the most important thing is the happiness during the game.
However, when Liu Yifei followed Liu Xiaoli to a playground and saw the huge rag doll in the room, she immediately pointed at the doll: "It's really a big rag doll! How to play, I want to
!”
Chu Xuan looked at it and saw that the doll was indeed big enough, probably two meters tall, and a super-large fat pink rabbit.
"Let's take a look first." Liu Xiaoli crossed her arms and looked inside. Someone was challenging her inside the room.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei also focused on the game. They had vaguely heard the singing when they walked over, and now they know that the singing originally came from here.
The rules of the game are very simple. The karaoke machine randomly plays ten songs. If you sing them all correctly, you will pass the level.
The ten songs are random, released from the 1970s to this year, and are limited to Chinese songs.
In order to give people hope of clearing the customs, the owner of this store also specifically stated that it is a popular song every year.
But even so, there are still many uncertainties.
The clever thing about this boss setting this rule is that older people know old songs but don’t listen to new songs, while young people only listen to new songs and don’t know much about old songs.
It is for this reason that no one has cleared this game after it has been around for several days. This requires one to have a huge reserve of songs.
"Auntie, what strategy did you just say you want?" Chu Xuan asked. Just now, his mother-in-law said that he needed a strategy to pass the game, but he looked at the rules of the game and found that the singing was completely random. What strategy could there be?
"Wait a minute." Liu Xiaoli said, watching the people inside sing three songs correctly in a row and winning a small prize at the end.
She stopped the boss, a young man in his 30s wearing a peaked cap: "Boss, can the three of us come together?"
"No, the rule is one person." The young man in the peaked hat waved his hand and refused. Without even looking at Liu Xiaoli, he hurriedly took out the gift box from the bag to fill the empty space for the prize.
He did not look at Liu Xiaoli, but several people onlookers looked over curiously.
This is incredible, I discovered a big star.
"Ah! It's Chu Xuan!"
"Liu Yifei!"
"Mama Liu!"
"Oh my god, I actually met Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei!"
The young man in the peaked hat was completely shocked. He quickly turned his head to look and found that it was indeed Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
"Boss, the rule is that the dead are alive, so be accommodating." Liu Xiaoli said.
"That's right, boss, please be accommodating!" Some tourists spoke for Liu Xiaoli, but in fact they really wanted to see Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei singing.
"Boss, tell me how much you want, I'll pay!" Some tourists said very grandly, and they were also joining in the excitement of having celebrities present.
The young man in the peaked hat really didn't expect that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei would come to play games. Although this is Chinatown in Los Angeles, there are more domestic tourists than local Chinese during the Chinese New Year.
He was also very aware of the popularity of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd, he confirmed: "Are the three of you three?"
He was referring to Liu Xiaoli, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's family. If there were three people, he would agree without hesitation.
"Yes." Liu Xiaoli nodded.
"Welcome, come." The young man in the peaked hat agreed.
"Let's go." Liu Xiaoli waved to the young couple.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei followed her footsteps, both of them felt funny in their hearts.
The star effect brought by their status attracted more people to come and watch, allowing the boss to see the role of publicity, thus changing the rules of the game.
This is the strategy?
The young couple was convinced and followed Liu Xiaoli to the karaoke machine in the house.
The boss doesn't want to charge 10 US dollars per person, but he still has to give what is due.
There are very few people who play this kind of singing game, and many people are embarrassed to open their voices in public.
The arrival of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei attracted a lot of traffic to this place, making the originally empty site become bustling with people. Everyone was recording videos with their mobile phones, shouting the names of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.
Liu Xiaoli's strategy also achieved results. The effect is-
"Quick, quick, quick, friends, how do you sing these lyrics?"
"Auntie, I can!" A girl immediately sang: "The dark clouds in the sky are parted, as beautiful as blue velvet. I climbed over the mountains and ridges for you, but I didn't want to see the scenery..."]
Hearing the melody change from unfamiliar to familiar, Liu Xiaoli also found the tune, took the microphone and sang along with the girl.
This is "Love Is Just a Word" by Jacky Cheung. The whole family didn't know how to do it at the beginning. Fortunately, there are all-powerful people.
Liu Yifei scratched her shoulders, covered her mouth and laughed so hard, it had to be her mother, this strategy was invincible.
Chu Xuan was so dumbfounded with laughter that his mother-in-law was so good at playing. Have you ever considered your boss’s feelings?
Next, "Friends" by Stephen Chow, "Sweet Honey" by Teresa Teng, "Holding Hands" by Su Rui, "Song of the Sunset" by Anita Mui...
Two lines of lyrics are randomly given to each song. If you know how to do it, you can sing it by yourself. If you don't know how, it doesn't matter. There will be a large group of people outside to help sing.
【"The sky is blue waiting for misty rain, and I'm waiting for you."
The smoke from the kitchen is rising thousands of miles across the river..."]
Chu Xuan was singing, and there was a large group of people singing outside.
"Blue and White Porcelain" was released at the end of last year. Chu Xuan did not expect that it would become so popular in just a few months.
There were also Chinese tourists outside who were surprised at how quickly this song became popular, and they couldn't help but shout, "Chu Xuan, let Director Jay give you promotion fees!"
"Hahaha..." The crowd burst into laughter.
Chu Xuan ended the ten-song game with "Blue and White Porcelain", announcing the end of the game.
Liu Xiaoli put down the microphone: "Boss, the level is cleared."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei suppressed their laughter. This is not a customs clearance. It seems that they are not participating in this game, and the people outside are the main force.
If this was a recording of a reality show variety show, the variety show effect would definitely be great.
The expression of the young man in the peaked cap was very embarrassing. He wanted to laugh but didn't. He thought that letting the whole family come in to play together would have a publicity effect, but he didn't expect that things went beyond his expectation.
Good guys, originally the rule was for one person, just let the three of you come in, but now instead of three people participating in the game, there are dozens or hundreds of people.
"Boss, how much does this doll cost? I'll give it to you, so I bought it." Liu Xiaoli saw through his mind.
Such a big doll must be expensive for this small business person.
It was just for fun, and because her daughter really liked big dolls, she brought her two children over to join in the fun, and they completed the game without following the rules.
Happiness is the most important thing, so she doesn't want to see her boss in trouble even if she breaks the rules first.
"No, no, no, no," the young man in the peaked hat said sheepishly.
Liu Xiaoli ignored him and handed him two hundred dollars.
Just like that, the family walked out triumphantly. Liu Yifei was holding a big rabbit doll that was a little taller than her in her arms. Fortunately, it was packed in a bag, so she was not afraid of getting it dirty if it accidentally touched the ground.
After handing the doll to Lu Tao and asking Lu Tao to take it back first, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei let go and continued to play, followed by a group of enthusiastic people as helpers. This was the rhythm to clear all the games.
