Since we are both reborn, of course I would choose the rich woman!

Chapter 424 Manifest Destiny, Abundant Fortune (6k views, please subscribe)

After the meeting with the executives of Guang'an Network Games Company, Lü Yao went outside the RV.

Lu Yao's group consisted of more than a dozen vehicles, with complete logistical and equipment support. If they missed their accommodation during the trip, they could set up camp in their vehicles. The RV served as Lu Yao's personal office.

This time they arrived in Litang, and the accommodations here were relatively better than before.

When Lü Yao came out of the RV, the team members had already packed their luggage, and many of them were already sitting in the courtyard of the guesthouse, drinking tea and chatting.

Upon seeing Lü Yao enter from outside, Director Lei greeted him, saying, "Mr. Lü, Mr. Lü, our short video content has been reposted by the official media of National Geographic! Moreover, they will be sending a team to western Sichuan soon to do a special feature! They want to invite us to co-create a program."

Lü Yao laughed and said, "That's great news."

The general public may not know much about National Geographic magazine and may think it is just a relatively ordinary magazine. However, in reality, this magazine has government backing and does not only introduce geographical and cultural environments, but also shoulders many other missions.

In some professional fields, its value and authority are very high.

Putting aside other things, anyone involved in outdoor activities usually pays attention to this magazine. In addition, some large outdoor off-road adventure teams maintain close contact with National Geographic magazine, and the magazine will contact external assistance as soon as possible in case of any unexpected situation outdoors.

Lei was formerly a landscape documentary director and had a good relationship with National Geographic, which is why National Geographic contacted him.

If they can collaborate with National Geographic, it means that Lü Yao can connect with a large number of experienced outdoor enthusiasts, both professional and amateur, through National Geographic.

These true outdoor veterans are all very wealthy.

This group of people are mostly outstanding elites in various fields of society, and some are even bosses from different places. They are rich and have plenty of free time. They are very enthusiastic about exploring nature and seeking "humanistic care" in nature.

Every year, people from this circle can be found hiking in virgin forests, traversing the Gobi Desert, or climbing and camping in snow-capped mountains.

Because the people in this circle have relatively high net worth, it attracts many young and beautiful girls or young and handsome guys.

The handsome men and beautiful women who manage to find their way into this circle are basically determined and capable of making money off women and men. Yes, this group can already be simply defined as "gugu" or "gaga" (meaning they are just there to make money).

The key point is that this group of people is really willing to go to any lengths to make money.

Besides their own efforts, they endure hardship in deserts, forests, and snow-capped mountains, learn wilderness cooking skills, cultivate high emotional intelligence, provide significant emotional value to their colleagues, and even study economics, humanities, art, and other fields to deal with bosses in different industries...

This group of people has completely turned "interacting with people" into a business.

Why did Lü Yao work for so long before buying a house when prices were at their peak, and why did he only buy one house after all these years? It's because after he made money, he entered these circles, and his consumption level and money values ​​were unknowingly eroded and distorted.

By the time he finally realized he should invest in real estate, Lü Yao, who had just escaped the middle-class trap and the consumer trap, had fallen into the giant pit of the times.

Lu Yao can say with certainty that he has not fully enjoyed all the benefits he has received in his life, but he has certainly enjoyed all the illicit gains he has made throughout his life.

However, reaping all the benefits of the era's dark side wasn't entirely without its advantages. At least in the process, Lü Yao came into contact with a lot of information, tactics, and methods that he shouldn't have had access to. When he returned from studying abroad in the future, the experience he gained from those losses became his current "skills."

In addition, now that Lü Yao has a different status, he can use his powerful resources to establish communication with any field he can think of. Many times, he doesn't need to do anything, and external cooperation will come to him on its own.

For example, this time, National Geographic magazine.

Lü Yao then asked Director Lei, "So, Director Lei, you'll have to take the time to work with them? How many days will it take?"

Director Lei laughed and said, "It won't delay anything. Actually, they said they came for me, but they're really here for you, Mr. Lü. They told me frankly that they want you to appear in this special program, and that's why they came to me, wanting me to act as a go-between. So, Mr. Lü, are you interested?"

Lu Yao sat down next to Director Lei, picked up a cup of red date milk tea from the table, took a sip to warm himself up, and smiled, "Interested? I'm a businessman, I can do anything as long as the price is right."

Director Lei scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "Their budget isn't that high."

Lü Yao said with a smile, "The price doesn't have to be money."

In reality, once wealth accumulates to a certain level, money really just becomes a number.

Even today, Lü Yao doesn't know exactly how much money he owns. To find out, a professional accountant would have to conduct an audit and calculation. Besides assets whose prices can be easily determined, various investments, shares, and both tangible and intangible assets are also important components of Lü Yao's assets.

The price of these assets is not fixed; it changes constantly with the market.

The value of intangible assets such as personal connections, networks, and confidential information is even more difficult to estimate.

Therefore, Lü Yao truly has no idea how much money he has.

Having reached this point, Lü Yao had long lost his sense of money and only had a general impression of his own assets. Therefore, compared to money, Lü Yao cared more about what resources the other party could provide him.

Director Lei laughed and said, "As long as it's not a matter of money or principles, you can talk to National Geographic about whatever you want. National Geographic's principles and bottom line are quite flexible when it comes to minor, harmless matters."

In closing, Director Lei gave Lü Yao a kind reminder.

Lü Yao also laughed and said, "Then I'd like to trouble Director Lei to talk to National Geographic magazine and mobilize the resources at hand to see if we can gather the outdoor experts we know in western Sichuan and promote this area more."

Director Lei hadn't expected that Lü Yao was thinking of this. After a moment of stunned silence, he gave Lü Yao a thumbs up and praised him, "President Lü, you are truly righteous!"

“I believe National Geographic would definitely be willing to do something like this to help farmers develop.”

After saying that, Director Lei turned around and contacted the people at National Geographic magazine.

Traveling also requires a lot of money, but official organizations like National Geographic have ways to attract people to western Sichuan.

For example, they could directly launch a "competition," offering prize money and promotional resources to gild the reputation of these outdoor gurus.

Those who can make a name for themselves in the outdoor community are either rich or capable. The rest either have both money and ability, and beauty and sex appeal are also part of that capability.

Therefore, these big shots don't care much about money.

But they take awards from such a professional and authoritative organization as National Geographic magazine very seriously.

With this award, these bigwigs can even make more money just by relying on it.

For example, one could use this award as a qualification to open a tourism company in western Sichuan, or gain more recognition in the industry through this award, thereby obtaining more cooperation opportunities.

In addition, National Geographic can collaborate with some event organizers to hold events in western Sichuan, thereby boosting the local economy.

In short.

Any institution with an official background is a resource in itself.

Besides prestigious and authoritative organizations like National Geographic, some smaller domestic companies have also approached Lü Yao seeking collaborations. These are clearly junior employees assigned by their superiors to contact Lü Yao and ask him to help them with publicity and boost their economy.

The situation is similar to a small business owner suddenly instructing his employees to contact Jay Chou to host a grand opening event for their new company, promising him the opportunity to become their company's spokesperson.

That does sound a bit outrageous.

But similar things really do exist.

Fortunately, Lü Yao has a dedicated team that filters and selects the most important information, which is then compiled and given to him for him to decide whether to respond. This is because, in addition to leveraging his influence through internet platforms, Lü Yao is also practicing his online persona as a "wishing well."

He would select those private messages from those who were worth helping and assist them through their difficulties.

For this reason, Lü Yao also established a foundation team.

Even with the foundation team helping Lü Yao filter information every day, the sheer volume of information presented to him was overwhelming.

Anyone who has been an online influencer knows that once you have more than 10,000 followers, you'll see dozens of messages in your inbox every day. If you have more than 100,000 followers, you'll often have 99+ unread messages.

And for internet celebrities with millions or tens of millions of followers, their private message inboxes are even more overflowing.

In the private messages, you can see a lot of information. Before Lu Yao formed the foundation team, he would occasionally look at his private messages. The content was all kinds of things, whether you could think of them or not!

There were praises, insults, disdain, and photos sent by various girls, and even photos sent by men.

In addition, there are threats, intimidation, fraud, and pleading.

Some guys with rather quirky thought processes even used Lü Yao as a notebook or memo pad.

With so much complex information, even with a dedicated team to filter it, the amount of information that reaches Lü Yao every day is still frighteningly large.

However, it doesn't matter if there are errors or omissions in the information that comes from public channels.

Even if these are people selected by the team as worthy of help, Lü Yao is only trying to improve his online persona; he's not genuinely going there to be a saint. So, if he can help them, consider it good luck; if he can't, it's not Lü Yao's fault. As for truly important cooperation information, they will definitely be able to obtain Lü Yao's private contact information through various channels.

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After finalizing the plan for matters other than the trip to western Sichuan, Lü Yao put those matters aside for the time being.

Whether it's the anti-cheat game mode or the collaboration with National Geographic, both require time to plan and implement.

Even the updates from Geek Mobile and Weiguang International can only be temporarily postponed after the trip to western Sichuan. The invitation date for the "Global Economic Development Seminar" is coming soon. This seminar is very important. For Rong Nianqing, it will be a chance to find a better development path with foreign countries in an increasingly difficult foreign trade environment.

Before being reminded by Lü Yao, Rong Nianqing still attached great importance to this global economic development seminar.

This is enough to show how important the bait thrown out by foreign countries is.

Even though Lü Yao knew it was bait, for the sake of future development, he had to be willing to risk everything, gambling his life and fortune for an unlimited future.

For those seeking greater protection for their lives and property, the journey to achieve immortality in western Sichuan becomes exceptionally important.

So after resting for a day in Litang, Lü Yao led his program team to visit and film locations in western Sichuan.

On the third day, Lü Yao led his photography team to Xiazetong Village in Litang. It is a primitive pastoral village. People who have lived in the city for a long time would find it hard to imagine that there is such a backward and poor village in this day and age.

The village still drinks water from snowmelt, which must be boiled and stored at home before it can be used.

Electricity is not widespread here, and there are not many electrical appliances in each household.

Even more unimaginable is that there are many local villagers who cannot go to school because of poverty. These villagers have been born and raised on this highland grassland, living a life of herding livestock. Because they have never seen the outside world, the young people here do have a pure and innocent quality.

While strolling around Xiazetong Village, Lü Yao quickly found the future controller of the "Hongyun Qitian Gu" - Ma Hongyun.

This chosen one of destiny does indeed appear very spirited and is undeniably handsome. His handsomeness is completely different from that of urban dwellers; it possesses a natural, pure, and even slightly wild charm.

There are actually quite a few tough and handsome herders and villagers on the plateau, especially the Khampa men, whose masculinity is simply off the charts.

But Ma Hongyun is different from those rugged, masculine Khampa men. He has a petite and charming face, with a pointed chin and big eyes that make him look more like an urbanite. However, his tanned skin from years of living on the plateau and the pure eyes nurtured by the snow-capped mountains and plateaus give Ma Hongyun the advantages of both modern and plateau-style handsomeness.

Objectively speaking, Ma Hongyun does indeed fit the aesthetic standards of this era.

So much so that Lü Yao couldn't tell whether the times had chosen Ma Hongyun, or whether Ma Hongyun had grasped the opportunities of the times.

When Lü Yao saw Ma Hongyun, Ma Hongyun was riding a white highland pony in the pastoral area, galloping freely. His happy and carefree appearance made it clear that he hadn't suffered much from the beatings of school.

So when the camera focused on this 18-year-old young man from Litang, his cheerfulness and vibrancy almost burst forth through the camera lens.

Even director Lei couldn't resist having the camera crew shoot more shots of Ma Hongyun.

Later on, Lü Yao even walked directly into the camera's view and took the initiative to interview Ma Hongyun.

Ma Hongyun's Chinese is not very good. He seemed a little lost and helpless when he first faced the interview. But he seemed to be born for the camera. His slight confusion and helplessness, when presented on camera, easily gave people a sense of innocent simplicity.

This feeling would undoubtedly drive countless netizens who call themselves "mommy fans" crazy.

Later, Lü Yao even had the photography crew take a series of close-up shots of Ma Hongyun. Under the clear winter sunlight on the plateau, Ma Hongyun's ruddy, slightly rough face still retained traces of youthful innocence.

The slightly embarrassed smile on the other person's face when facing the camera, without needing to say a word, can evoke people's imagination about the mysterious and remote plateau.

These close-up shots also include footage of Ma Hongyun wearing local ethnic costumes.

Even the well-informed director Lei was somewhat taken aback when he saw Ma Hongyun's appearance on camera.

This effect is absolutely amazing!

The cameras their team uses are very high-definition and professional, with virtually no filters, which can reproduce the world as seen by the human eye to the greatest extent possible, and even better in terms of clarity.

This kind of close-up shot really tests one's facial features and appearance.

Anyone who can withstand all-around torture on camera must be incredibly handsome in real life, like Lü Yao.

The same goes for Ma Hongyun. Although his appearance might be less striking when the camera zooms out or from certain angles, his looks are still far beyond what most ordinary people possess, especially compared to the so-called "Candy Boys" promoted by domestic variety channels.

Compared to those ugly and cloying boy bands that are promoted by capital, Ma Hongyun, who is at the top of the mountain, is simply a breath of fresh air.

No wonder so many mothers instantly swore allegiance to Ma Hongyun.

What mom fans wouldn't love a boy who hasn't been corrupted by capitalism, who is refreshing and appealing, with youthful vigor, a gentle face, and the beauty of the plateau?
After filming wrapped up for the day, Director Lei hurriedly took Lü Yao back to the guesthouse to edit the footage together.

While editing, Director Lei kept exclaiming, "Oh my! Oh my! Look at this! I'm not exaggerating when I say this, Mr. Lü, this is only the second face I've ever seen that can hold its own against our close-up camera shots. The first one was your face."

Lü Yao laughed: "Have you forgotten that you're a scenic documentary director? If you entered the entertainment industry, you'd know just how many stunningly beautiful people there are in this world."

The reason why most people think that the handsome men and beautiful women on TV seem ordinary is because most of the people on TV have been carefully cast. When a pair of handsome men and beautiful women stand together, it is natural to think that one of them is just so-so.

However, if those handsome men and beautiful women in TV dramas came into real life and were compared with the average person in the TV series, the sense of disparity would be immediately apparent.

Those who had consumed Xikang food, especially Lü Yao and those generations before him, were the ones who could best appreciate the difference.

It wasn't until after 2015 that the number of truly handsome men and beautiful women in the entertainment industry began to decrease.

To put it bluntly, good looks are an irreplaceable and exclusive resource. By 2015, the domestic entertainment industry and capital market had been completely corrupted by capital. Capital seeking efficient growth and appreciation naturally sought the most convenient and replicable way to create entertainment industry products.

That's why the story of the office worker who became a star came about.

Ma Hongyun is indeed blessed with natural talent.

After spending two days editing this episode with Director Lei, Lü Yao posted the edited video on his social media account.

In this episode about Litang, Lü Yao's theme is to introduce Litang, a high-altitude city. He talks about Litang's key location, its important transportation, and its natural scenery, especially Mount Genie and the Eye of Genie. A large part of the episode is about these.

But at the beginning of the video, Lü Yao cleverly placed a photo of himself and Ma Hongyun on the video's cover.

So this group photo became a hook, luring many female fans to keep watching until Ma Hongyun appeared.

The photo of Ma Hongyun and Lü Yao together is actually quite touching.

In that group photo, Lü Yao was wearing a Harrington jacket. His handsome face had been wandering around western Sichuan for so long that his cheeks had become a little red from the high altitude, and his skin had become a little rough. But this did not diminish Lü Yao's charm. On the contrary, it gave him a more rugged and vast temperament from the high plateau.

Beside him, Ma Hongyun had clear, innocent eyes, and a friendly smile that made the still photo seem to come alive. The happiness conveyed in his smile seemed to penetrate straight into people's hearts.

Photos like these are already trending enough.

However, human information transmission technology is constantly upgrading. Before the industrial age, people used portraits to record their images. After entering the industrial age, people used photographs to record their images. And in the information age, photographs can be posted online and on forums.

The "Four Beauties of Tianya" back then became famous and became big stars by sharing various viral photos.

Even in the past few years, and even in the future, many celebrities have relied on photos to gain widespread popularity.

However, the information carrying capacity of photos is ultimately limited. After the emergence of the Douyin short video platform, short videos became a better means of display.

The final segment of Lü Yao's episode featured an exchange between Lü Yao and Ma Hongyun, along with a close-up of Ma Hongyun.

The young man galloped across the plateau and snow-capped mountains, under the bright sun and a crisp, cold wind.
Every element in the video evokes a longing for the grasslands in the hearts of city dwellers! And the so-called "mommy fans," cultivated in recent years by the boy band economy, instantly feel unparalleled pity and affection for those young men galloping across the vast sky and earth!

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Mommy loves it so much!!"

Five hours after Lü Yao posted the video, keywords like #MomLovesIt# began to surge onto the trending topics lists of major platforms...

Seeing the data in the backend growing wildly, Lü Yao's doubts were finally confirmed.

While times may indeed produce heroes, heroes are bound to have their own inevitable destiny... Perhaps there really is such a thing as a "destiny curse" in this world.

(End of this chapter)