money player

Just in February of this year, Clay Simpson of the Flower Society helped Xian Yaowen do some private work - he established a subsidiary "Super Model" in New York under the name of Catwalks, a subsidiary of 4A Company.

As soon as the supermodel agency was established, poaching began. For example, Jane Pachter's offer at the Ford Model Agency was $40 per hour, which could occasionally reach $50. The agency split the pay 28% to %, meaning her actual hourly wage was $.

She is very popular now, but her actual annual income before tax is less than 3 US dollars, and this income is based on the premise that her work schedule is full.

The supermodel offered her a guaranteed minimum of $5 a year and would help her avoid taxes properly, so she could pay more than half the tax.

Although Jane Patchett has a fiancé who is about to marry a senior partner in a bank, the increase in income is still very attractive to her. In addition to the actual money, there is also the false title of the top model.

In addition to Jane Patchett, they also recruited Dovima, Dorian Leigh, her sister Susie Parker who she insisted to be tied up, Evelyn Tripp, Lisa Fonsagriffis and others. Almost all the famous models of the time were recruited.

The establishment of supermodels is not only a major step forward for Xian Yaowen’s modeling career, but also a piece of the puzzle in Huashe’s career.

Although the development of Playboy is unstoppable and its speed of growth can be said to have created a miracle in the magazine industry, in the eyes of its peers, Playboy is a magazine that is not worthy of being shown on the stage. Various associations have never sent invitations to Playboy to join.

The income of the flower club employees is among the best in the industry, but when they meet their peers in the bar, they are always the target of ridicule, especially the employees of The New Yorker and Vogue, who are the loudest in ridicule. The employees are holding back their energy and propose to Zheng Huixian to develop a supplement, with the direct target of competition being The New Yorker and Vogue.

Zheng Huixian reported the situation to Xian Yaowen. After some research, Xian Yaowen concluded that there was nothing that could be done with The New Yorker, but Vogue could do something, and it would be a tit-for-tat approach.

He planned a new magazine and named it "Village People", which means villagers, but the logo theme of the magazine is a globe shape, and "Village People" surrounds the upper half of the globe shape.

The "global villagers" who represent backwardness publish the most fashionable content in the world. It goes without saying who they are targeting. Competition requires both direct competition and shady competition. The former is about competing for magazine content, while the latter starts with competing for the cover person.

At present, it is a symbol of status for a model to have her photo appear on the cover of Vogue. This situation will change in the future. With the development of The Villagers, supermodels will launch an exclusive movement - establishing a "$50/hour" club to encircle and suppress models whose photos appear on Vogue, preventing them from increasing their hourly wages and getting good jobs.

The reason why he dared to plan and launch this kind of campaign was that one of the things Xian Yaowen had to do after arriving in New York was to strengthen the brand management of Juliet. While developing his own luxury brand, he also began to invest in existing luxury brands. He had already laid ambushes for several brands such as Dior and Chanel, just waiting to launch the campaign.

As a shareholder and capable of providing models that match the brand's style, it wouldn't be excessive for them to specifically order a supermodel, right?
If models cannot endorse high-end fashion or perfume brands, they can only take advertisements for laundry detergents, home appliances, or fertilizers and pesticides. However, if they take such advertisements, their hourly wages and status will never increase.

The supermodel extended an olive branch, saying, "Come work for me, hourly wages and good advertisements are all possible, but you just have to follow one unspoken rule - don't bother with Vogue."

Of course, if a supermodel wants to dominate the modeling world, the first thing she needs to do is to launch a real "Super Model". Jane Patchett is the first candidate identified by Xian Yaowen. She will participate in a secret new product launch and will become a secret spokesperson, appearing in newspapers and magazines, and fly with Du Juan.

Although Xian Yaowen wants to promote Du Juan as the world's number one supermodel, the reality may not allow it. Du Juan's height and skin color will become obstacles for her to reach the top, not to mention her past cannot withstand in-depth digging. She can become a famous model, but it is difficult for her to be the first one.

It is not easy to let a former prostitute wear clothes of one's own brand and represent the brand's image. If Secret was not in the underwear business, Xian Yaowen might not have hired Du Juan. He could not gamble the future of the brand on the world's view of Du Juan.

To be honest, Du Juan's best feature is her loyalty. Xian Yaowen planned her to become a professional manager, the general manager of a supermodel, or even the general manager of Ken Walker in the future.

Zhou Yueyu came to Jane Patchett and said, "Jane, you are here too?"

"Hello, Zhou." Pachter raised his glass to Zhou Yueyu and said with a smile, "Jane invited me here."

"Which Jane?"

"Jane Powell, daughter of Danielle Dellieu."

"It was a wonderful experience. The two of them were only a decade apart in age, but they were able to play mother and daughter."

Zhou Yueyu didn't quite understand the film company's arrangement. Although Jane Powell was young, she looked old. Although Danielle Dellieu was older, she looked younger. It would be no problem to say that she was Jane Powell's sister.

Patchett said matter-of-factly: "Jane's contract is with MGM. She has proven herself many times in musicals."

"Oh, that's it."

"Zhou, I'll take you to meet Jane."

"OK."

As for Sun Shucheng and Sun Shuying, they did not stay in a corner.

During the time when Sun Shucheng was a flight attendant, she often attended cocktail parties in various places and frequented French clubs. She was able to integrate well into the French atmosphere.

Sun Shuying has an open-minded personality and tends to be a social person. Since she became the general manager of Parrot France, she has had a lot of social work, and most of the people she interacts with are inventors who are not good at speaking, or even eccentric or have some quirks.

The two separated, and Sun Shuying joined a chat group of several directors and photographers. Parrot held several inventions related to film shooting that were "invented" by Xian Yaowen. She wanted to talk to more relevant professionals to better evaluate the value of the patents.

The parrot has been spending money but has no income, so she feels a sense of urgency.

Before Sun Shucheng took the initiative to fit in, he was approached by someone. The person who approached him was an old man, 54-year-old Andre Dubonnet.

André Dubonnet served as an artilleryman during World War I, then transferred to the air force and became a pilot. After retiring, he inherited the family business "Dubonnet Wine Company", but he had no interest in brewing and selling wine. He used Dubonnet's huge income to invest in his favorite research and development work.

He once invented a car suspension system and sold it to General Motors. Then he focused his technical research on aerodynamics, attempting to invent an aerodynamic car with practical value.

In order to realize this invention, he spent a lot of money, but there was no tangible result. After aerodynamics reached a dead end, he became interested in solar energy and wanted to invent a solar-powered car. On this basis, he continued to imagine and designed a 3.0 plan for electric cars that were replaced by fuel cars - the Solar Power City.

He will convert solar energy into electricity and build an urban electric vehicle transportation system. He also plans to integrate the artificial intelligence that has just emerged and is being envisioned by some people into this system.

Of course, solar energy is still on his mind, and he is still obsessed with aerodynamics.

Speaking of which, Andre Dubonnet and Howard Hughes have many similarities: they are rich, love exciting sports, are good at inventions, were handsome when they were young, and are both playboys.

A young lady from the mysterious East, nearly 1 meters tall, had a strong attraction to him. He spotted Sun Shucheng from a distance and came over with a glass of wine to chat with her.

"Bonsoir!"

Sun Shucheng glanced at the person who came and responded, "Bonsoir!"

"Very good, this lady can speak French." Dubonnet was delighted and said, "I am Andre Dubonnet, what is your name, Miss?"

"Betty." Sun Shucheng thought for a moment, then omitted the name "Sun" and added in an inexplicable way, "Betty Hepburn."

"Oh, Betty, that's a nice name. Betty, are you studying in Paris?"

“No, I’m running a cafe.”

"On the banks of the Seine."

"The Seine River, the Left Bank, the love of my life?"

Sun Shucheng asked in surprise: "You know?"

"I frequent the place quite often, but I remember the owner was Isabel, also a pretty lady from the East. Are you related?"

"She's my sister, and Seine Riviera is... it's our family business."

"So that's the case."

When Du Bennet heard the news, his restless heart calmed down. He originally wanted to make a quick decision and take this oriental beauty to bed tonight. Now that he knew the oriental beauty's base, he was no longer in a hurry, because this oriental beauty would attract him for more than one night.

He wants to tease slowly.

As soon as Deliou finished her conversation with Barbara Hutton, a man came up to her.

This gentleman is Alain Bernardin, the "new owner" of the venue where the cocktail party is held today. Deliyou borrowed the venue from a friend who is also the landlord of a building, while Alain Bernardin rented the ground floor and basement, and the contract has been signed.

When renting the venue, out of courtesy, Deliou called Alain Bernardin to inform him and politely invited him to attend the cocktail party.

"Ms. Deleuze, I am Alain Bernardin."

"Oh, Mr. Bernardin, thank you for lending me the venue." Deliou said politely. She wanted to get rid of this unknown passerby as soon as possible so that she could go and talk to an actress she liked. She wanted to persuade her to sign the contract with Ode Deliou.

After signing the share agreement in Hong Kong, she began to regret her decision after returning to Paris. She did not regret signing the cooperation agreement, but regretted asking for too low a price. She invested US$30 and only got 20% of the shares, which was too little. Although she and Adam had a supplementary agreement to protect the principal and she did not have much financial risk, the shares were still too little.

She wanted more shares, so she wanted to perform well in two aspects to show her value. First, when Adam came to Paris again, she would do everything she could to make Adam obsessed, and second, she would show her value and ask Adam to increase her share.

Deliyou wanted to get rid of her, but Bernardin wanted to hold her tightly and have a good chat with her. It was not because he coveted her beauty, but about his career.

"Ms. Delillo, you're welcome. Anyway, I haven't opened my business yet." Bernardin said passionately, "I plan to build a Crazy Horse nightclub here and launch a Crazy Horse show that will surpass the Lido Show at the Lido nightclub and the Can-Can Show at the Moulin Rouge."

Deliyou looked at Bernardin as if he were a madman. Not to mention the Lido nightclub, which was only established four or five years ago. Although it was developing very fast, it was not impossible to surpass it. As for the Moulin Rouge, it had become an integral part of Paris and was an integral part of Parisian culture. Did it want to surpass it?
"Mr. Bernardin, what is the theme of the Crazy Horse show?"

"To raise the kitsch American striptease to the level of art," Bernardin said firmly.

"Nude art?"

"You can't say that. Nudity is just a form of expression. My idea is to combine nudity, lighting, scenery, and choreography. The focus is not on nudity, but on dance."

"Mr. Bernardin, I admit that your idea is novel, but don't you think it is inappropriate to discuss this topic with a lady?"

"No, no, no, Ms. Deleuze, I know that you are not only an actor, but also an entrepreneur who runs a business. The reason why I talked to you about the Crazy Horse Show is that I want to invite you to run the Crazy Horse Nightclub with me."

"You want me to invest?" Deliyou asked in surprise.

"Yes."

Deliyou thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Bernardin, now is not a good time to talk about this. I will finish work at about 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. Shall we arrange a place for dinner?"

"of course can."

Bernardin didn't have a lot of money, but he had enough money to run the Crazy Horse nightclub. The reason why he invited Deleu to invest was that he wanted to take advantage of her fame and attract more celebrity guests through her.

"Mr. Bernardin, do you know the Fountain of Mars?"

"That bistro near the Eiffel Tower?"

"Yes, we'll meet there tomorrow afternoon at six."

"Ok."

Deliyou nodded and said, "Excuse me first."

……

At nine o'clock in the evening in Dubai, the temperature is only 17 degrees and there is a gentle breeze, which is the most comfortable time of the day.

A bonfire was lit in the garden of Kothari Manor. Kothari prepared for Xian Yaowen the most typical way of showing off wealth in Dubai: roasted camel. A whole camel was roasted on the fire. The camel hump was regarded as a delicacy and was roasted using a more advanced technique.

Camel hump is very similar to soy milk in some aspects. People who know how to eat it can’t put it down. It was even listed as one of the “Eight Mountain Delicacies” in the Qing Dynasty. People who don’t know how to eat it, not even dogs will eat it... Well, this description is not quite right. There are too many technological foods that dogs won’t eat, but cows, horses and humans eat with gusto. Anyway, that’s the idea, just understand it.

Whether the cattle and horses are considered human beings is a very profound topic. When the cattle and horses cheer for the fact that "their" artificial intelligence is far ahead, they do not realize that the pyramid structure may be brewing a change - the superiors control the artificial intelligence, and the artificial intelligence supervises the cattle and horses to continue tightening the screws.

Perhaps in the future, the cattle and horses will have low-level labor-type artificial intelligence workers. One will charge himself after get off work, and the other will be fed with an electric baton by the artificial intelligence supervisor after work. You are slacking off, right? You only screwed in eight screws, right? Zizizizi, sparks and lightning will fly, and the cattle and horses will scream loudly and miserably.

It would be very interesting to imagine an artificial intelligence that was not fed with the ways of the world and had no genuine sympathy. Perhaps each of them was nicknamed Bao Qingtian, who was impartial and just and would give the power to anyone without any room for negotiation.

Well, the cattle and horses who understand fantasy and self-comfort will not think so. They will optimistically believe that the highest rule of artificial intelligence is not to harm humans.

"Riding my beloved artificial intelligence motorcycle..." This is the picture they fantasize about.

When facing the camel hump on the plate, a long train ran through Xian Yaowen's mind for a while. Fortunately, he was the kind of person who could eat camel hump.

He cut off a small piece of camel hump with a fine Arabic knife inlaid with rubies, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, feeling the crispy outside and tender inside, fat but not greasy. Without stopping, he cut off a thick piece and handed it to Alia, who was obviously lacking in oil and water.

Camel hump is one of the important sources of fat for Arabs, but not many people are qualified to enjoy camels, which have currency attributes and extremely high medicinal value.

Aria had eaten a camel hump once before, just a small piece. She was sad to find that she could not taste the deliciousness of the camel hump. Instead, she felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. At that time, she felt that she was born with a lowly life. Fennec foxes could not eat fine bran.

Today, she tasted the camel hump again. With great willpower, she stuffed the camel hump slices into her mouth and endured the discomfort at the beginning. As she chewed, she found it more and more delicious. She felt the deliciousness of the camel hump.

She knew that her destiny had changed.

Seeing that Aria was enjoying eating camel hump, Xian Yaowen handed her a knife and asked her to cut it and eat it herself.

Seeing Xian Yaowen's mouth empty, Kothari raised his wine glass and gestured to him, "Adam, please try the lion's milk (Arak wine) that I brewed with grapes myself."

Xian Yaowen raised his glass in response and took a sip.

When the servant poured the wine just now, the strong smell of alcohol hit his nose directly. The alcohol content was at least 70 or above. Only a small piece of ice was put in the wine to dilute the alcohol content and improve the taste. He didn't want to drink it all.

Kothari drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, put it down, and an Aryan woman beside him immediately filled it up for him. This woman looked a bit like Sridevi, and a bit like Nita, the future richest woman in India.

Kothari did not introduce this woman, and she was obviously not his wife. She might just be one of the concubines in the harem who had obligations but no rights.

India has implemented the caste system for over 2450 years. Some of the high-caste nobles have fallen into decline, especially in the years of independence. Too many families bet on the wrong horse and suddenly fell from heaven to the pigsty. If there is no ancestral temple to receive living expenses, it is not uncommon for the high castes to become beggars.

While the woman poured the wine, Kothari picked up a long knife, stood up, walked to the grill, and cut open the camel's belly. Almonds and pine nuts flowed out, and a sheep also slipped out.

He scraped the kernel and dragged the whole body of the sheep out of the camel's belly. Then he cut open the sheep's belly and a goose appeared; he cut open the goose's belly and a chicken appeared; he cut open the chicken's belly and a pigeon appeared; he cut open the pigeon's belly and a fish appeared; he cut open the fish and two small eggs rolled out.

Kothari cut an egg and placed half of it on Xian Yaowen's plate.

Xian Yaowen picked it up and saw that there was a gold ring embedded in the egg yolk. The ring face was a square with a bulge on one side. He picked up the ring and found the Sanskrit word "Alaya-vijnana" engraved on the ring face.

Xian Yaowen looked at Kotari and saw that Kotari also picked out a ring from the egg yolk. The two rings were almost identical, except that Kotari's ring had a dent on one side, while his ring had a bulge that fit perfectly.

Kothari put the ring on the middle finger of his left hand and showed it to Xian Yaowen. The ring face was engraved with the Chinese word "disease".

An Indian proverb appeared in Xian Yaowen's mind: "There is no better friend than knowledge, no worse enemy than disease." The Alaya consciousness "inserted" into the disease, influenced it, and became friends with it.

Kothari was flattering him.

Xian Yaowen wiped the inside of the ring, kissed the ring surface with his lips, then put it on the middle finger of his right hand and showed it to Kothari.

Kotari laughed, cut the neck of the whole sheep and put it on Xian Yaowen's plate, then sat back in his seat, licked the blade, and said, "Adam, my grandfather once went to Mongolia to do business. It was 1905, and Mongolia was still ruled by your Qing Dynasty.

My grandfather went as far as Da Kulun, which is now Ulaanbaatar. He did gold business with Shanxi Piaohao and cooperated with them twice. The payment and goods were settled happily. In the third transaction, the amount of gold was very large. My grandfather went to the transaction location as agreed, but he did not wait for the buyer from Shanxi Piaohao, but a group of Mongolian soldiers, who were the soldiers of the head of Uliastai County. "

Kotari laughed sarcastically, “The Manchus exercised high-handed rule in Mongolia, and Mongolian civilians not only had to pay high taxes to the county, but also had to pay offerings to the county, Mongolian temples, and LS.

The Manchu governor (minister in charge) exploited the county magistrate to the utmost. Not only did he collect high taxes for the court, but he also had to satisfy the interests of the ministers in Beijing and himself. Taxes were paid twice a year, and the county magistrate could only extort money from his subordinates.

When times were bad, no matter how much they extorted, they could not get enough, so they had to borrow money from the Shanxi Piaohao, behind which stood ministers and governors from the capital.

If the county magistrate borrowed money from Shanxi Piaohao, the annual interest could be as high as 200%; if the county magistrate borrowed sheep, ewes, from Shanxi Piaohao for one year, in addition to the interest, each ewe would have to return an extra lamb, and if the loan was for two years, an extra adult ewe and two lambs would have to be returned.

When the mayor of Uliastai County was in the most difficult time, my grandfather lent him a sum of money for free to tide him over the difficulties..."

Kotari spread his hands and said, "The result is obvious. My grandfather survived the danger and later found a group of Mongolians to split into two groups. One group intercepted the escort team of Shanxi Bank that was sending silver back to the Qing Dynasty, and the other group fought their way into Shanxi Bank in Da Kulun."

Kotari laughed sarcastically again, "Shanxi Piaohao thought their Guijianchou was very clever, but they didn't know that technology has been developing and there is already a way to quickly split the silver ball. My grandfather robbed Shanxi Piaohao of a whole year's income and deposits in Da Kulun.

He did not take the silver out of Mongolia, but donated it to the Mongolian independence army that was fighting against the Qing Dynasty and restoring Mongolia. In exchange, he obtained a gold mine on the border between Mongolia and Tsarist Russia. The people of Shanxi Piaohao became the main source of gold-digging slaves in the gold mine.

Xian Yaowen smiled and said, "So, your grandfather had a strong desire for revenge and arrested people from Shanxi Piaohao again and again?"

"Yes, my grandfather's harassment of Shanxi Piaohao continued until the year of the Xinhai Revolution. Adam, did you know that part of the gold my grandfather dug in Mongolia was shipped to Hong Kong and donated to an organization called the Tongmenghui?"

Xian Yaowen laughed and said, "In order to vent his anger, your grandfather paid a heavy price."

"We in the Hussein family have always fought to the death against our enemies, but we will fight to the death for our friends. Adam, you are my friend."

The four words "肝脑涂地" are said in Chinese with an accent from Gansu region. It is obvious from whom they learned it.

“Kothari, we have always been friends.”

Robbing the temple's gold is a good project, but also a high-risk project. If the partners have their own little thoughts, mistakes can easily occur. Kothari told a story, which may be true or exaggerated, to criticize him, in order to show that he was sincere in "robbing".

Whether he will stab you in the back or not depends on whether Xian Yaowen is easy to bully. If he is easy to bully, then he will stab you. Xian Yaowen's face is not worth a few tons of gold.

"We will always be good friends." Kothari raised the cup again.

Xian Yaowen raised his glass in return and this time he drank it all in one gulp.

“Does your family’s gold mine in Mongolia still exist?”

"The gold mine still exists, but my family lost control of the gold mine during the Pan-Mongolism period. After Khorlo Choibalsan came to power, my family lost all interests in Mongolia." Kotari gloated, "Mongolia does not value minerals now. The only economy is selling low-priced wool to the Soviet Union, but Khorlo Choibalsan still fantasizes about unifying Mongolia."

[The unification of Mongolia refers to the unification of the three Mongolias: Mongolia in the north, Mongolia in the west, and Mongolia in the south.]
Xian Yaowen laughed and said, "It's always good to have ideals."

According to his memory, Khorlo Choibalsan will die in Moscow next year. His death also became the fuse of the doctors' purge. There is a saying that Kremlin doctors poisoned Choibalsan for political speculation. Later, Stalin ordered a purge to cover up the truth and put many blame on these doctors.

After Khorlo Choibalsan, the leader of Mongolia is Yumujia Tsedenbal, that is for sure. Even if he flaps his little wings very vigorously, it is impossible to cause a butterfly effect and bring about changes.

Because the Soviet Union had already chosen Tsedenbal and arranged a beautiful love story for him four years ago - Filatova, the youngest daughter of Lieutenant General Filatov, commander of the Moscow garrison, met Tsedenbal by chance, and they soon fell in love.

Tsedenbal is a typical Soviet-style leader who exercises iron-fisted politics internally. Anyone who disagrees with him will face a massive purge.

During Tsedenbal's administration, it was difficult to do anything in Mongolia. Mongolia was only suitable for talking big for the time being. If there was an opportunity in the future, he would not mind going to Mongolia to engage in predatory mining of gold, rare earths, molybdenum and other minerals.

Kotari laughed and said, "It's an ideal." (End of this chapter)