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Chapter 147 Liao Feng was cheated on? Microsoft bought him at a high price!
A few hours later, Lin Xiao and Ning Hao appeared at Jiang Wen's house again.

"Your story is adapted from Lao Ma's "The Story of Stealing Officials". Have you bought the rights to the adaptation?"

Lin Xiao said: "That's right."

Jiang Wen: "It's well written, but... I'm not very satisfied yet."

Lin Xiao was stunned.

Not very satisfied?
Is this the final version?

This is the most perfect version presented in the end.

"How about this?" Jiang Wen said, "Give me this book, and I'll think about it and revise it for a few years. I'll see what happens then. Of course, I can attend your dinner for free."

"Or, according to the normal appearance fee, three hundred thousand!"

At this time, Ning Hao next to him said: "Can you show it to me?"

Jiang Wen handed the booklet over directly.

Ning Hao watched very seriously and kept forming pictures in his mind.

After watching it for the first time, I watched it for the second time.

Does he feel so awesome?

Why are you not satisfied?
From the perspective of plot structure alone, this has reached the extreme.

Every link and every structure is as precise as a scalpel.

Moreover, the various metaphors in it make people speculate and are very mysterious.

That's it? Still not satisfied?
In fact, Lin Xiao was also a little surprised by this result.

He thought Jiang Wen would be amazed and very happy when he saw this notebook.

result……

This was the other party's reaction.

But soon, he understood.

This person is very self-centered, extremely self-centered.

Just because the idea of ​​this script was not from Jiang Wen himself, he would instinctively look down on it.

He is a person who looks down on everything. If he works hard to come up with something, he will resonate with it more and think it is very cool.

And he cannot allow his work to come from other people's souls.

Even though "Sunny Days" was adapted from "Animal Beasts", and the later "Let the Bullets Fly" was adapted from "The Story of Stealing an Official".

But in fact, the core has completely changed, or it is a completely different story, it is just quoting some background.

Then, Jiang Wen took out a notebook and said, "This is the notebook I wrote myself. You can take a look at it."

Lin Xiao took it and took a look, and it was indeed "The Sun Also Rises".

The whole content is very messy, and it has more of a mysterious artistic conception.

The story hasn't taken shape yet.

The artistic achievement of this film is actually quite impressive. But Lin Xiao does not discuss it, but this film is a complete failure in the market.

It was the failure of "The Sun Also Rises" in the market that made Jiang Wen's next film move closer to commercialization and storytelling.

After the success of "Let the Bullets Fly", he once again let himself go and filmed "One Step Away" and "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice".

As I said, I won’t comment on the artistic achievement. It was shot very well, but the market performance was average.

When filming "The Sun Also Rises", Anthony Wong fawned over Jiang Wen every day in order to get the role, praising him to the sky and saying how pink he was. (Of course, he was once)
Of course, everything changed later on.

Ning Hao watched it over and over again, and he felt that "Let the Bullets Fly" was much better.

This "The Sun Also Rises", at least in terms of the story, is too vague and fragmented.

"My book has such a simple story, don't you understand?" Jiang Wen asked doubtfully: "How simple it is..."

This is his common tactic. Even though he makes his story very mysterious, he always emphasizes that his story is very simple and can be understood at a glance.

Lin Xiao understood that this person was extremely narcissistic.

And there are deeper reasons.

You were so pretentious last night. While others were drinking, you wrote a good story in just a few hours.

Do you really think you are Cao Zhi?
I, Jiang Wen, am such an awesome person, do I still need you to save me?
You can show off in your own field, but don't show off in front of me.

Lin Xiao said: "Okay, I understand. I will take this story back and revise it."

"Just according to your exit price."

Jiang Wen smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, little brother. I'll sign the contract anytime."

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After returning to the hotel.

Ning Hao couldn't help but say, "His appearance price should be less than 300,000."

Lin Xiao said: "I know, because our company is a small company, not famous, he is humble, so the appearance price will naturally be higher."

Lin Xiao dialed Gao Changhe's number.

"Jiang Wen has negotiated a deal. The contract can be signed anytime. The appearance fee is 300,000 yuan."

"Ge You, Liu Dehua will also pay this price."

Gao Changhe said: "This price is too high."

Lin Xiao said: "I know, but if he doesn't charge a very high price, he will probably be embarrassed in his circle."

"I can charge a high price and tell people in my circle that I went there purely for the money."

Jiang Wen also did this kind of thing in the movie "Guan Yunchang".

Gao Changhe was silent for a while and then said, "I'm sorry, I have wasted so many years. These connections are fake and useless."

Lin Xiao said: "It's okay, the entertainment industry is the most realistic. You are awesome, so people will look up to you."

As if feeling Lin Xiao's emotions, Ning Hao actually felt the same way.

"Boss Lin, please give me this book to shoot. I promise to do my best to shoot it well."

"I really think it's well written. It's awesome. Super awesome."

"I think you are a genius, Mr. Lin."

Lin Xiao smiled and said, "It's not the right time yet."

Ning Hao hesitated for a long time, seeming to want to say something but stopped himself.

Lin Xiao said: "Whatever you want to say, don't be polite."

Ning Hao said: "I have a book here. I have been writing it for a year or two. I have shown it to many people, but... no one invested in it. I don't know if it is badly written."

"You are so awesome, help me look at this book."

Ning Hao handed it over, Lin Xiao opened it and saw that it was indeed "Big Diamond".

The most original and rough version of "Crazy Stone".

Lin Xiao read it from beginning to end, and then read it a second time, and a third time.

"Is this a parody of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?"

Ning Hao said embarrassedly: "Yes."

"Nothing." Lin Xiao said, "If a work is imitated well, it can even surpass the original."

“I think you write very well, very well.”

Suddenly, Ning Hao was greatly encouraged.

After all, the man in front of him was a Hugo Award winner, and he had just written a story that he thought was particularly awesome.

Lin Xiao said: "But, I think it can be better. Let's discuss it next?"

Next up!
Lin Xiao did not directly tell the story of "Crazy Stone".

Instead, they put forward one opinion after another and gave one idea after another.

He was helping Ning Hao to perfect the script that originally belonged to him.

The more he talked, the more excited Ning Hao became.

The more I talk, the happier I feel.

Depend on!
Awesome, really awesome!
This leader Ergou really deserves his reputation for real.

Is he really a genius?
Why couldn't I think of that?

After several hours of intense discussion, Ning Hao felt that he was full of inspiration and wanted to start writing again immediately.

The two of them discussed from morning until dark.

He didn't feel tired at all. Instead, the more he discussed, the more excited he became.

Jiang Wen admired Lin Xiao at first, but when Lin Xiao started to show off to him, he reacted instinctively.

But Ning Hao really felt deeply that it was hard to find a soulmate.

When they were exhausted from discussing, Lin Xiao reached out to Ning Hao and said, "Join our Lightning Entertainment."

"I will invest in you to make this movie, and together we will prove it to everyone."

"I'm a freshman, and you're an adult education director. People in the entertainment industry look down on us."

"We two will use our works to teach them how to be human beings!"

Ning Hao glanced at his script, then at Lin Xiao, and said, "I... I don't have any experience in making big movies. Isn't it a bit too risky for you to invest in me to make a commercial movie?"

"I didn't come from a professional background. I just started learning."

“I didn’t even get into college.”

Lin Xiao asked: "Are you coming?"

Ning Hao: "Come, come, why not come!"

The two held hands tightly.

………………

In the evening, Lin Xiao went to Ouyang Tang's house for dinner.

"Has Jiang Wen reached an agreement?" Ouyang Tang asked.

"It's settled."

Ouyang Tang asked: "How much?"

Lin Xiao: “Three hundred thousand.”

Ouyang Tang's face changed and he was about to take out his cell phone to make a call.

What do you mean?
For the person I introduced to you, you charged a price so much higher than the market price?

At this time, Lin Xiao also deeply felt the difference between inside and outside the circle.

Currently, the Beijing circle, Northwest circle, and Hong Kong circle are the strongest.

The Shanghai circle and the Guangdong circle have not yet grown and become stronger.

He could somewhat understand Gao Changhe's feelings. He spent tens of millions and lost everything, but still couldn't squeeze into that circle. He was also laughed at and called a sucker.

"Forget it, Auntie!"

"One is willing to fight, the other is willing to be beaten."

"After all, we have to do things and ask for help from others."

At this time, Lin Xiao felt even more deeply the urge to make Lightning Entertainment and Facebook stronger and bigger.

Ouyang Tang put down his phone. Even though she was the deputy director, her circle was very influential and they might not give him much face.

"Lin Xiao, our last communication was not profound or thorough."

"Now tell me, how do you plan to export your culture?"

Lin Xiao said: "Before that, let me be honest. I think the Confucius Institute is not very useful in cultural output, and there is not much chemical reaction."

It cannot be said that they are completely useless. For example, in Laos, the Confucius Institutes are quite successful.

In order to learn Chinese and find a good job, many Laotian students pay out of their own pockets to study at the Confucius Institute, and the enrollment is always full.

But I have to admit.

The Confucius Institutes in most countries are useless.

When it comes to cultural output, the most impressive examples are still Japan and South Korea.

Korean movies and TV shows, Japanese games.

Korean films and TV series, in particular, have a huge influence in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe, directly changing the image of Northeast Asians in these regions, and even the Chinese have benefited from it.

Of course, by 2024, Korean film and television will be basically scrapped and absorbed by Netflix. Lin Xiao said: "The cultural output I want is very simple, with Facebook as the main body, radiating the whole of East Asia, and building an Internet sphere of influence. Games in the left hand, film and television in the right hand, and continuous output."

“It will take several years, or even more than a decade, to build a strong cultural output matrix.”

"But now we should keep our feet on the ground, talk less and do more."

"First, we need to break out in the domestic market and become a regional power."

"At least for the next Facebook Night, those celebrities will be able to beg to attend without charging any money."

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Liao Feng has been a little too busy with Facebook recently.

Because he discovered a potentially larger competitor that was directly approaching his e-commerce base.

The name of this company is: JD.com.

JD.com was already quite powerful at this time, with more than a dozen stores and annual revenue of tens of millions.

Moreover, Dong Ge has a good reputation. Many people say that only the things purchased in JD’s stores are authentic, and they have never purchased inferior or fake goods.

Historically, just when Dong Ge was ambitiously preparing for expansion, SARS hit.

As offline stores were deserted, he thought of moving electronic digital products to online sales, and he developed e-commerce and launched JD Multimedia Network.

As a result, when I arrived in this world, all this happened ahead of time.

More news is spreading.

JD.com's e-commerce will be launched ahead of schedule, and has taken the lead in targeting the university market in Beijing.

Not only that, there are also many rumors that JD.com is about to receive tens of millions of venture capital.

Liao Feng suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

His Lingxi Island is currently only opening up the markets in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and has not yet entered the northern market.

We must open up the northern market as soon as possible.

So, he can't take care of Facebook for the time being.

At this time, a major countdown appeared on the Facebook homepage.

12 Month 28 Day!
This is a major event.

Wu Lingxi went straight to Liao Feng.

"Facebook has a major move on December 12th."

Liao Feng said: "So what? Now their number of user registrations has slowed down, and at least in Shanghai, the popularity of Plants vs. Zombies has slowly declined."

"The number of registered users has slowed down, and the activity of hundreds of thousands of users is getting lower and lower. They will become zombie users after one month of use. They are already far behind our Lingxi Island, and will only get worse in the future."

"Our top priority now is to immediately expand into the northern market, especially the university market in Beijing, so as to avoid being overtaken by others."

Wu Lingxi: "But on December 12, Facebook's major move was to activate users and build an ecosystem."

“This is the best chance to stop them.”

"They are going to hold a competition for the most beautiful and handsome school boys, which is called the second battle of Facebook. It is a matter of life and death."

This matter needs to be warmed up in advance and training needs to be provided to promoters from dozens of universities, so it is impossible to keep it secret.

Wu Lingxi continued: "I think his idea is very, very good, so we must block it in advance."

"They hold a competition for the most beautiful and handsome boys on campus, and we also hold this competition."

"We have more users and my activity is higher, so this event will be more successful for us."

"Only in this way can we nip them in the bud."

Liao Feng said: "No, our core business is e-commerce. Taking over the Jingcheng University market is the top priority now. Once it is taken away by others, it will be difficult to get it back in the future."

"JD.com is coming on strong, and it has more experience than us. There are more universities in Beijing, and the market is bigger."

"Our company's energy is limited and we are destined to focus on only one battle."

Wu Lingxi said: "If we don't kill Facebook in its infancy now, it will be too late in the future."

"If you agree, I will do it. If you don't agree, I will do it too!"

"I will allocate a sum of money to plan a competition for the school beauties and school hunks."

“Even if it doesn’t bring much to our Lingxi Island, as long as it can kill Facebook and reduce the popularity of their activities, it will all be worth it.”

"At worst, the money can be taken directly from my startup fund."

Since the establishment of Lingxi Island, Liao Feng has always had the final say, and Wu Lingxi has always been a good wife and supporter.

But tonight, she was very determined, which surprised Liao Feng.

I didn't expect that Wu Lingxi had such a side to her.

Liao Feng looked at Wu Lingxi, his eyes changed from sharp to gentle, and said: "Okay, then I will be responsible for the expansion of Lingxi Island in Beijing. You will be responsible for blocking and killing Facebook."

Wu Lingxi said: "Then I will go to meet with the core members and deploy the tasks."

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It was late at night and Jiang Li'er hadn't gone to bed yet, still using PS to edit photos in front of the computer.

Now, she really regards Facebook as her biggest thing, investing several hours every day just to maintain her position as the number one goddess on Facebook.

Jiang Lier received an anonymous text message on her mobile phone.

"Wu Lingxi is also going to launch a school beauty contest to block Facebook."

This is the benefit of having a lot of bootlickers.

Jiang Li'er was originally dazed, but she woke up immediately.

How is this possible?

My eighteenth brother and I are close friends, even though he often sneaks a peek at my bun.

And I am the number one goddess on Facebook, and I will never allow anyone to disrupt this school beauty and school hunk activity.

I originally wanted to call Lin Xiao, but I thought that he was not in Shanghai. At this time, the person in charge of Facebook in Shanghai was Xia Xi.

So, she called Xia Xi directly.

"Over at Lingxi Island, Wu Lingxi is determined to launch a school beauty and school hunk PK competition to directly stop you."

Xia Xi had just fallen asleep, and when she received the call, she sat up suddenly.

"Got it. Thank you, Goddess Mantou."

Jiang Li'er was stunned. Even you know my nickname?
Jiang Lier: "You're welcome, goddess with high lips."

Xia Xi: "Who gave you this nickname?"

Jiang Li'er framed Lin Xiao without hesitation.

"I didn't expect that my half brother would verbally abuse me behind my back? It's really exciting to think about it!" Xia Xi said in her heart.

Then she lifted the quilt and went straight to the computer.

Except for a pair of silk underwear, she was almost naked.

She was used to sleeping like this when she was alone.

I went to the computer and opened a folder, which contained various photos of Wu Lingxi.

This is a photo of her at Groton School in the United States. She is completely different from Wu Lingxi at Aurora University.

Various swimsuits, various sexy photos.

She bought all these with her own money. She has always been paying attention to her younger sister.

To be honest, when the two sisters wear less clothes, they look very similar, at least their figures are very similar.

Victoria's Secret supermodel level.

"Although I don't want to go this far, the tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west didn't work completely, so let's add fuel to the fire."

Xia Xi thought for a while, logged into MSN, and sent a message to an American college student.

"Our deal is done, you publish it!"

Ten minutes later!
In the community of Lingxi Island and the BBS of Aurora University, a post appeared with many photos.

There are many sexy photos of Wu Lingxi in it, including various bikinis and swimsuits.

The poses were pretty wild, and the same white guy appeared in many of the photos.

And the content is: I miss you, dear! I will never forget that ecstatic night of the graduation dance!

"My dear, we lost our baby, and I still haven't gotten over it."

It has to be said that Xia Xi is extremely cruel to everyone except the few people in her heart.

As soon as this post came out, the community of Lingxi Island and the BBS of Aurora University exploded.

Liao Feng looked at the content on the BBS, looking at Wu Lingxi's flamboyant smile, her sexy outfit, and the boys surrounding her.

Suddenly, he felt that the entire top of his head was green.

The key point is that this happened just a few months ago.

In July, Wu Lingxi graduated from Groton High School.

In August and September, she and Liao Feng confirmed their relationship.

He, he is being cheated on.

"You, give me an explanation..." Liao Feng hissed.

Wu Lingxi seemed very calm, and said word by word: "These photos are real, and there is nothing special about them. American high schools are all like this."

"But the content of the post is false. I have no relationship with that American boy."

"As for my pregnancy, it is completely false."

"There is no doubt that this is the work of my biological sister Xia Xi. She has always been ruthless."

Liao Feng screamed in his heart, what about my reputation? What about my reputation?
Wu Lingxi said calmly: "But this also means that we hit her weak spot, which further proves that we did the right thing."

"You can argue with me if you want, but wait until this battle is over."

"This has made me even more determined to kill Facebook."

"I've decided to allocate NT$700 million! On the same day, I announced on Facebook that I would launch a talent show for the most beautiful and handsome school girls."

"Although we are copying their activities, we have more money and more users, so our popularity is bound to be higher."

"Then this idea of ​​a school beauty vs school hunk talent show belongs to us."

Wu Lingxi's beautiful face was filled with coldness, and she stared at Liao Feng: "Do you want to quarrel with me, or do you want to fight?"

"You have to know clearly that in this kind of activity, whoever is more popular is the genuine product. Whoever is less popular is the plagiarist."

"It's only about winning and losing, not about right and wrong!"

Liao Feng closed his eyes, just half a minute later.

Opening his eyes again, he calmed down.

"Fight as you said!"

"The 7 million allocated will be paid by both of us."

Wu Lingxi said: "Okay, I was right!"

…………

The next day, the two made a decision.

A grant of 28 million yuan was prepared, and on the th it was announced that a competition for the best school beauties and hotties in Shanghai would be held.

And the follow-up budget may be even higher than that of Facebook.

Moreover, Wu Lingxi feels that the users of Lingxi Island are much more popular.

This battle must be won!

however……

It’s not the 28th yet.

An explosive piece of news appeared on all major portals.

"Aurora University freshmen developed the game "Plants vs. Zombies", which amazed Microsoft in the United States."

"Microsoft decided to spend a huge amount of money to acquire Plants vs. Zombies!"

"This game, made by Chinese college students over several months, has brought glory to the country!"

This news was like a huge rock hitting the calm water, causing a huge wave of public opinion.

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