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Chapter 304 Boundless Happiness! At the Peak of Success!
In the end, they went through the wedding ceremony, and the baby was indeed with them.

This was a very interesting experience for Lin Yiyi, but she is a highly sensitive baby and knows that this is a serious time.

So they were very meticulous and took it very seriously.

Both Li Shuang and Li Fangfang said that Lin Yiyi really inherited the best features of both Lin Xiao and Xiao Momo.

Generally speaking, high sensitivity, ego, and tolerance form an impossible triangle.

Highly sensitive people have a strong ability to perceive emotions, but their personalities are also relatively extreme, and they are prone to being anxious and insecure.

But Lin Yiyi is truly a highly sensitive yet very peaceful child.

She is very clever and lively, but not very active, and she doesn't talk much.

Moreover, she was very patient and considerate even at a very young age.

She really is an angel baby.

After the wedding ceremony, the couple cannot be led to the bridal chamber, because the evening banquet is the most important event.

The bride and groom were exhausted. They sat down for a quick bite to eat before preparing to toast the guests.

We had to offer toasts to every single table; there were nearly a hundred tables in total.

Li Duanduan and Li Wenwen became bridesmaids accompanying the toasting party, perhaps because of their names or for other reasons.

One was holding a wine bottle, and the other was holding a beverage.

Li Duanduan is now an absolute top-tier actress in China. In the past few years, she has appeared in four big-budget films and three Hollywood movies, all in relatively important supporting roles.

Not only Li Duanduan, but Jiang Lier has also appeared in Sony Columbia films multiple times.

This made domestic female celebrities extremely envious. They go through countless hardships to appear in Hollywood movies, but they are basically just playing minor roles, or even only appearing in the China-exclusive version.

For actresses from Flash Entertainment, they can take on any role in a Sony Columbia film that is suitable for Asian actresses.

Finally... among Asian characters in Hollywood movies, there are no longer female characters that completely defy aesthetic standards.

Jiang Li'er, in particular, perfectly fits your global aesthetic standards, and is completely different from the current mainstream pale, young, and thin look.

She already has a nickname: Jiang Zhuangzhuang.

As a popular actress, Li Duanduan has attended countless banquets, and she is no longer surprised by the most high-end and luxurious ones.

Now, more than half of the people who go to toast at each table are rural people who have endured many hardships.

Despite their best efforts to dress presentably, these people still looked anything but fashionable and outdated.

Because most of them were from Lin Xiao's hometown, as well as relatives from both his parents' side.

Throughout the toasting process, not only Lin Xiao could drink, but Paopao could also drink.

However, because there were too many tables to toast, we could only drink alcohol every few tables, and mostly drank beverages.

And it wasn't a case of catering to different people; it was five drinks and one alcoholic beverage.

Even so, the two of them were flushed from drinking, and Paopao's eyes were already blurry with intoxication.

The banquet ended around nine o'clock.

However, the wedding wasn't over yet; they still had to play pranks on the bride and groom during their wedding night.

However, the wedding night pranks here are very famous.

It was still a banquet, with the bride, groom, and older and closest relatives.

The food on the table was mostly related to having many children and grandchildren.

Then, the elders will shout out auspicious words about having a son soon, and a group of people will echo them.

All of that is done.

Then, find one or two babies to roll around on the bride and groom's bed a few times.

just……

Lin Yiyi, dressed in a pretty little dress, rolled around happily on the bed under the gaze of many eyes.

Next was Lucas and Lin Yao's son.

Finally, it was Li Zhongtian and Ding Yuanzhi's baby. However, this baby only knew how to grin; he didn't know how to roll around. He was being directed around, and he did a somersault for everyone. Everyone laughed, and he laughed along, clapping his hands as he laughed.

It wasn't until midnight that the two entered the bridal chamber.

Logically speaking, they were already exhausted, especially since the two of them had drunk quite a bit and were quite tipsy.

Bubble struggled to undo her wedding dress, but it was a bit difficult; her hands were a little unresponsive due to her half-drunk state.

This is a cheongsam style, but the design is ingenious; it looks simple, but it is actually very complicated.

Li Shuang specially commissioned a master designer to create it, which cost a very high price.

The bubbles, half-drunk, couldn't be untied.

So he simply lifted the hem, pulled down the underwear from the inside, unbuttoned the top, and let Yukinomaru dangle out.

It was so white it was dazzling.

"Xiaoxiao, my little puppy..."

"Sister will feed you babbling..."

She was really drunk.

When Wu Lingxi is causing trouble, she can take half of Lin Xiao's life.

But when Bubble deliberately causes trouble, it will only cost her half her life.

After all, her highly sensitive constitution is still quite problematic.

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The wedding ended on the 13th, but many guests didn't leave until the 14th.

Then, the whole house fell silent.

Lin Xiao also had some rare free time, so he spent several days with Paopao and his daughter in Daye Village.

The entire village has undergone tremendous changes.

Almost every household now owns a small villa, especially the road from the county town to the village, which was paved with cement a few years ago.

Lin Xiao donated tens of millions of yuan for this road alone, which is about fifty kilometers long.

The two lanes, plus the buffer zones on both sides, are about eight meters wide.

It's a road of very good standard; it doesn't look like a rural road at all.

This was also the first time Bubble had stayed at Lin Xiao's house for such a long time, and she noticed that there seemed to be more people in the village than before.

The number of students at the original Daye Village Primary School has been decreasing. There are even situations where if one of the teachers at the school hosts a banquet at home, the entire school will be closed because several teachers will be attending the banquet or helping with the arrangements.

And now... Daye Village Primary School has become the best primary school in the town.

Lin Xiao donated a teaching building, a playground, a small library, multimedia equipment, and so on.

The school is considered to be of a very high standard in the rural area, so the county has also allocated educational resources to it, which has led to children from other villages in the town trying every means to enroll here.

Therefore, the total number of students in the entire primary school exceeds five hundred.

Bubble also saw Lin Xiao's father's daily life and his grandfather's daily life up close for the first time.

Grandpa was very happy, and he spent most of his time chatting and boasting with a group of old men.

Occasionally, when needed, we also organize some cultural and artistic activities, such as singing for the elderly, playing the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument), and playing drums and gongs.

Lin Xiao's father, Lin Huaili, would help resolve some disputes among the villagers.

Whether it's a neighborhood dispute or a family dispute, if the village committee can't resolve it, people will come to Lin Huaili.

Xiao Momo discovered that her father-in-law was very wise in this regard.

His approach to handling disputes prioritizes emotional connection over fairness and impartiality.

He would try his best to evoke the feelings and friendship that the two sides had shared in the past.

Get the emotions in the right place, and then let both parties take the initiative to find a balance to resolve the conflict.

Because the conflicts in rural areas are not really about big interests, but more about personal feelings.

At this time, the emotional guidance of a respected elder is particularly important.

Xiao Momo discovered that, compared to her husband, her father-in-law Lin Huaili, who had not received much formal education, was more like a traditional scholar.

Her mother-in-law, on the other hand, remained the kind of person who was not good with words and only knew how to bury herself in her work.

Even though she is now very wealthy, she still does a lot of housework, and she doesn't have a professional nanny.

Instead, she asked a distant relative to help with the housework. She was divorced and needed to raise two children on her own, one in high school and the other in college.

After her honeymoon ended, Xiao Momo went to Linshan No. 1 Middle School for classes as usual.

I would go back to Daye Village for four or five days a week, and then go back to my home in Linshan for two or three days.

Moreover, the roads are so well-maintained now, and there aren't many cars. It only takes an hour to get back to Daye Village from the school.

Little Lin Yiyi also took this rare opportunity to have some fun in the countryside, because she will be starting kindergarten next year.

So, life did change after marriage.

Like most of the young wives who married into the village, Xiao Momo spent most of her time living at her husband's family home.

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After spending a rare week at home, Lin Xiao resumed his busy schedule.

Lin Xiao demanded a radical and demanding X2 chip, and even in the most optimistic scenario, results wouldn't be seen until the year after next.

However, next year's press conference cannot be too bland.

Therefore, X Semiconductor needs to upgrade its existing manufacturing process again to create the X1.5 chip.

Without making major changes to the existing process and design, a performance improvement of around 15% would be considered satisfactory.

Moreover, once this level of advancement is achieved...

Then the Note could really be launched, with a resolution of 640P, so the screen size could even be upgraded to around 5.2 inches, which would create a huge difference from the 4-inch screen of the quantum phone.

And the Xpad can also be launched now, with a 768P screen, so it won't lag.

Lin Xiao's focus remained on negotiating with Sharp, establishing a joint venture, setting up a production line and screen laboratory in Ningbo, China, and spending high salaries to poach talent globally and purchase related technology patents.

Another company, which specializes in fingerprint technology, is aggressively recruiting talent globally, spending lavishly on it.

Therefore, Lin Xiao is almost always short of money. As soon as quantum technology finally recovered, he immediately invested in the research and development of new technologies.

He wants to ensure that quantum technology is always running smoothly.

12 Month 12 Day!
The highly anticipated film "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," a collaboration between Flash Entertainment and Zhou Xingchi, has officially premiered.

Then, the entire film market once again fell under the dominance of Flash Entertainment.

Opening week box office: 3.1 million!
Another new record has been set.

The entire film industry is almost numb.

This year, just this year.

The box office record has been broken three times, a full three times. Once for "Kung Fu Panda", once for "Goodbye Mr. Loser", and now "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is here.

Crucially, all three films are owned by Lightning Entertainment, not only for their production but also for their distribution.

In fact, according to professional film critics, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is not as good as "Kung Fu Hustle".

However... the former's opening week box office directly exceeded the latter's total box office.

In just four short years, the size of the entire Chinese film market has increased dramatically.

Also released in the same period was Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One," which set a record in history, reaching 3.25 million yuan.

But in this world, it seems that the film's luck has been stolen.

It was overshadowed by "Love is Not Blind" from a few years ago, and by "Goodbye Mr. Loser" this year.

Ultimately, "If You Are the One" grossed around 2.6 million yuan, which, while not as high as historical records, is still a huge success.

The final box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was around 9.6 million yuan!
The record for Chinese film box office has been broken again and again.

The record of 8.95 million yuan set by "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was broken in less than five months.

But to the regret of many, the billion-dollar threshold has still not been crossed.

In fact, if Lightning Group were willing, breaking the billion-dollar record could be easily achieved; they'd be just 40 million short. Several cinema chains have even directly stated they could cooperate.

Zhou Xingchi also discussed with Lightning Entertainment how to break the 1 billion mark.

But at this moment, Xia Xi became stubborn again, and she refused.

She felt that relying on external forces to break through the billion mark was meaningless; what she wanted was an overwhelming momentum, easily breaking through the billion ceiling.

And from a selfish point of view!
She wants her upcoming books, "2012" and "The Graveyard Book," to surpass one billion copies sold.

Because this is Lin Xiao's true work.

However, the Chinese film market this year has already been remarkable enough.

Even the State Administration of Radio and Television issued a special document, and CCTV also produced a special program on the subject.

Chinese films in 2008!

Throughout 2008, the total box office revenue of the Chinese film market reached a staggering 79 billion yuan, an increase of about 80% compared to historical figures.

Among them, Flash Entertainment released four films this year: "No Man's Land," "Ip Man," "Goodbye Mr. Loser," and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," which grossed a total of about 27.5 billion yuan, accounting for about 30% of the entire Chinese film market.

It's absolutely a dominant position.

Next year, Flash Entertainment and Dream Vision will produce five films, two of which are mega-productions with investments of nearly $200 million.

Therefore, Gao Changhe and Li Shuang are now powerful figures in the entertainment industry.

The so-called Beijing and Hong Kong circles still exist, but they no longer dare to openly flaunt themselves in front of the two.

This year, Flash Entertainment not only dominated the film market, but also maintained its top-three position in the television drama market.

Furthermore, there are more than ten TV series projects in the upcoming schedule.

How many opportunities are there?

In addition, in November, Flashgames' third title, League of Legends, officially began its global closed beta test.

In December, a large-scale, non-deletion closed beta test will be conducted.

Historically, this game took one or two years to become a huge hit. In its early days, the number of online players was only around 100,000. At its peak, it surpassed seven or eight million players worldwide, which is truly amazing.

This is also the first game in Lightning Games to be released globally.

Because of the powerful promotional influence of the Lightning Network, Facebook, and YouTube.

In less than a month, the peak number of concurrent users exceeded 150 million, and it is still rapidly increasing.

This means that the third blockbuster game in the game has emerged.

At this time, Lightning Games released an announcement.

Celebrating the peak concurrent online users of "Zhu Xian" exceeding 200 million.

Celebrating Dungeon Fighter Online's peak concurrent player count surpassing 390 million.

The entire internet and the entire gaming industry are once again stunned.

This is insane! Online games are already money-making machines, but your Lightning Games are the ultimate money-making machine!

This isn't picking up money; this is robbing people!

In other words, Lightning Group is not a listed company; otherwise, if this financial report were released, the stock price would have skyrocketed.

According to external estimates, Lightning Games' revenue this year may have exceeded 80 billion RMB, and its annual growth rate is astonishing.

At this point, Lightning Games has replaced Lightning Entertainment as the Lightning Group's biggest cash cow.

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Microsoft China expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Renren.com.

First of all, Chen Yizhou's decision to allow Renren.com to log into the Quantum mobile phone platform has already caused displeasure among the other party. Don't you need our consent for such an important decision?

And if you're going to log in to the mobile platform, shouldn't you log in to our Windows Mobile 6 system first?
Then, they ordered Renren.com to immediately develop an application for the Windows Mobile 6 platform.

After hearing this, Chen Zhouyi was on the verge of tears.

Dude, don't you guys know what's wrong with your Windows Mobile 6?

It's incredibly ugly, and the worst part is that it doesn't feel like a mobile phone at all; it's just putting the mindset of a computer system onto a mobile phone.

Even though it's operated with fingers, it always looks like you're trying to click with a mouse.

The key point is that Renren.com on mobile would be a large application, which Windows Mobile 6 simply cannot support.

After several months, Renren.com developed a beta version.

When Microsoft China staff saw it, they were outraged, saying the version on the quantum phone was completely different.

How exquisite is the Renren.com app on the quantum phone? And how much information does it display?

On the Windows Mobile 6 platform, it was so crude and rudimentary that it was unbearable to look at.

Renren.com expressed its helplessness, saying that this was already the limit and that this was just how their platform was. They said that the phone performance on their platform was so poor that it was impossible to run.

They had no hope of making a profit to begin with, but instead had to keep investing money.

Now, the management team led by Chen Yizhou is even showing increasing signs of defecting to the enemy, so Microsoft China is even more determined to stop investing.

Therefore, Chen Yizhou's team began to try to raise funds on their own, hoping to repurchase the entire Renren.com.

At this point, he stopped looking for anyone.

Instead of going to Tencent or NetEase, they went straight to Xia Xi.

"We'll acquire Renren.com for $3 million and help you negotiate with Microsoft China."

Microsoft China was losing money at that price. It spent $1.2 million to acquire the company at the time, and has continued to invest a lot of money in the years since.

The so-called high-end social networking is just a slogan. Microsoft China's goal is still to make it wear the Microsoft halo and surpass Facebook, or at least keep pace with it.

As a result, it went further and further down the path of becoming a niche market.

The hope of surpassing Facebook is now completely gone, and it is increasingly no longer in line with Microsoft's strategy.

Even in terms of public opinion, these girls on Renren.com have started to change their tune. They used to be very anti-nationalist towards the "Black Dog Leader".

And now... most of these girls are users of quantum phones, and they are becoming more and more fans of Er Gou (a popular online figure).

Furthermore, Microsoft China originally intended to leverage Renren.com to vigorously promote MSN, even starting its efforts several years earlier than before. Of course, they also saw results sooner than usual, meaning the chances of success were slim.

Xia Xi: "3 million US dollars, right? I can give that!"

"But if the acquisition is completed, you will still be the CEO, but I will be the chairman and I will have decision-making power."

Chen Zhouyi: "Okay."

Because he was truly exhausted. In recent years, he had indeed been in charge of the entire Renren.com, and he had found the high-end market and the female market, but it was becoming increasingly difficult for him.

A few years ago, he was still vying with Wu Lingxi for dominance and control.

What's the result now?
Wu Lingxi's overseas Facebook has become a global unicorn, with a market value that may exceed several hundred billion US dollars.

His Renren.com is still struggling, with a market value of barely around $300 million.

Under Xia Xi's leadership, Lightning Group experienced a very brief period of gloom, lasting about one or two years.

That was also the time when the online attacks against "Second Dog Cult Leader" were at their most intense.

Starting last year, Er Gou's luck began to rise gradually, and the performance of all Lightning Group also improved accordingly.

By the end of the year, everyone thought that Lightning Group was at its peak.

But Xia Xi knew.

If the WeChat strategy doesn't achieve great success, then Lightning Group will forever remain a second-rate company.

This WeChat strategy is not only about the fate of Lightning Entertainment, but also crucial for the X operating system and the Facebook ecosystem overseas.

It will become the most important application of the X operating system, striving to build the deepest ecological moat.

For this project, executives from Quantum Technology, Facebook in East Asia, Facebook overseas, and Lightning Group held more than one meeting.

Several groups have jointly invested, and the promotional expenses for this application next year alone will reach an astonishing several hundred million US dollars.

The Lightning Group's advertising and promotion expenses in the country may exceed 20 billion RMB.

This kind of global promotion involves not only sporting events, movies, award ceremonies, television commercials, celebrity public relations, and so on; it's an all-out attack.

The goal is to acquire the largest number of users globally in the shortest amount of time.

October 25, 2009!
Another Lunar New Year's Eve!
Another Spring Festival Gala!
That same year, another stunningly beautiful face appeared before audiences across the country at the Spring Festival Gala.

Xia Xi, Chairman and CEO of Lightning Group!
Along with it came a completely new term.

WeChat!

Lightning Group spent over 200 million yuan on advertising, becoming the biggest sponsor of this year's Spring Festival Gala, accounting for almost half of the entire Gala's advertising budget.

The advertising cost was 2.6 million, while the expenses for the raffles and events that accompanied the advertising cost reached about 5 million.

All night long, viewers across the country were bombarded with WeChat messages.

Because there are so few smartphones available now, quantum phones have become incredibly popular in China, with sales now exceeding five million units.

Furthermore, the iPhone 3G did not sell well in China.

Currently, the WeChat app can only be installed on these two mobile phones, so the desktop version is still more commonly used.

The goal set by Lightning Group is to give each user who downloads WeChat a red envelope of ten yuan on average.

Seeing these overwhelming advertisements and looking at this astonishing winning rate...

All internet professionals exclaimed in surprise.

Lightning Group, the Lin Xiao faction, has finally entered the instant messaging field and penetrated Tencent's home turf.

Was this a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?!

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Note: Sorry it's so late again! But I actually started writing this afternoon and haven't even had dinner yet. I'm going to eat now!
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