A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 218 Money! Money! Money!
The next day we went to Rolling Stone together.

Unbeknownst to them, it had actually been more than half a year since they last came to settle accounts with Rolling Stone. The release of "Nocturne" alone had been half a year ago. In fact, they should have settled accounts long ago, but firstly, Lin Jianlu was too busy, and recently his career focus was not in Taiwan, so he had little time to come over. Secondly, Lao Duan was a bit cunning. Even if Lin Jianlu didn't have time to come, they wouldn't urge him. But since Lin Jianlu was coming over, he gave them a heads-up in advance, and they prepared all the accounts in advance and readily agreed to settle accounts.

Ge Fuhong also took Lin Jianlu's chartered plane yesterday afternoon to come to Taiwan together. They said goodbye at the airport, but met again at Rock Records this morning.

He also brought along a group of accountants with whom he regularly collaborates.

At Rolling Stone Records, a group of Lin Jianlu's old friends hadn't seen each other in a long time. When they saw Lin Jianlu arrive, almost the entire company stopped working and came over to greet her.

Everyone shook hands, hugged, and patted each other on the back with laughter and jokes. Lee Tsung-sheng didn't hide anything anymore. Anyway, it was hard to say how much the outside world knew. The singers, producers, and staff at Rock Records basically already knew that Su Hui-lun and Chen Shu-hua were living together with Lin Chien-lu and that they had each given birth to a baby last year. "The children are almost six months old, and you're not going to hold a small ceremony?"

Lin Jianlu was not surprised and readily replied, "Let's hold a baby's first birthday celebration then."

He had promised Brigitte Lin that he would hold a one-month celebration for the baby, but he kept postponing it. It was normal for them to hold a simple ceremony, but the main issue was that Brigitte Lin's pregnancy and childbirth had already been exposed by the Hong Kong media. They only invited some close relatives and friends, which was considered a small ceremony for the child. However, in Taipei, Lin Jianlu was reluctant to expose Su Huilun and Chen Shuhua. Putting everything else aside, he didn't ask for anything while living in Hong Kong. He even had no objection to Gong Li immigrating from the mainland to Hong Kong. But while living in Taiwan, he insisted that the child's identity be registered overseas, not in Taiwan.

In short, he has three women here, but they don't want to leave. He understands, and he's willing to work harder and come here more often to stay for a while when he has free time. But for his children, he insists that they must leave Taiwan's jurisdiction, even if it means going to America. Su Huilun and Chen Shuhua are considered well-off. To some extent, they are the women Lin Jianlu cherishes. As for Jia Jingwen, Lin Jianlu didn't even plan to buy her a house in Taipei. He chose the capital city as her place of residence. After the child is born, he will either register her as a Hong Kong citizen or simply register her as a citizen of the capital city.

In short, although he was barefoot at the beginning and focused on becoming famous first, prioritizing opportunities at Rolling Stone Records, once given the choice, he would try his best to avoid Taiwan no matter what he did.

It's purely out of consideration for avoiding future risks.

Everyone was laughing and chatting for a while, each with a cup of coffee in hand. Then Richie Jen arrived and rushed over to give Lin Jianlu a big hug. "Brother Lu, I haven't seen you in so long!"

Lin Jianlu smiled, looked him up and down, pointed at him and said to everyone, "Brother Qi looks radiant now!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

In the past year or so, apart from Lin Jianlu, no one in the entire Greater China region dares to say that he is more popular than Richie Jen, the kind of super popular he is.

He's not handsome, and his voice isn't outstanding, but he's just popular. Everyone just likes him; there's no reasoning with that.

With his face, he's actually going to play Yang Guo, and Lin Jianlu even owns half of the investment, making him one of the big spenders who are heavily promoting him—it's just a normal market choice.

However, compared to when Lin Jianlu first visited Taiwan in the spring of 1996, the current pop star is full of vigor and is no longer as dejected as he was two years ago. He is also much more confident now.

However, Richie Jen is very sensible. Even after becoming famous, he still sincerely said, "I have to thank you for your song 'Too Softhearted,' otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today!"

Lin Jianlu smiled and waved her hand, "You're treating me to lunch!"

Without hesitation, he replied, "No problem! It's on me! Everyone come at noon today!"

The entire Rock Records organization suddenly became lively, and everyone, including the staff, expressed their gratitude.

After chatting for a while, we finally entered Lao Duan's office.

Settlement is just a matter of reconciliation, nothing much to say.

However, today's accounts are more numerous than ever before—not only will there be final payments for old albums and works such as "Cold to the End," "Cold to the End Million Celebration Edition," "Lemon-Tree," "Duck," "What's Left," "Too Softhearted," and "Chasing the Light," but also some works that Lin Jianlu wrote for others in the past have passed their peak sales period and need to be settled.

There are quite a few songs written for Emil Chau, Yee Lin, and Karen Mok!

Of course, the bulk of the revenue will definitely come from Lin Jianlu's new album "Nocturne"—as the accountants checked the books, Lao Duan diligently brewed tea for them and brought it over. During their casual conversation, he said that the total sales would be around 1160 million copies, including the American version distributed by Columbia Records in America, which would also account for more than 140 million copies.

Yes, you see, Lao Duan is always like this. When it comes to things that are out in the open, his attitude is always impeccable. It was already like this back when "Cold to the End" was released. Sales revenue from distribution agents is particularly slow. If you settle the accounts all at once, it often means that the other party has to pay in advance.

But he'd rather pay out of his own pocket than make you feel bad.

This is Lao Duan's way of life.

The royalties this time will be higher, primarily because of the high sales volume. No matter how much Lao Duan tries to hide the sales figures, he certainly won't conceal the general number. So, even if he really stole a million or so copies of sales, Lin Jianlu is too lazy to bother with him—the base of 1160 million copies is already enough to make a profit.

Secondly, of course, it's because of the high price.

The release of "Nocturne" broke the pricing conventions of the entire Chinese music scene. Whether in Taiwan, Hong Kong, or other sales regions, this album was basically priced according to the standards of top European and American singers' albums. The higher the price, the higher the royalties.

There's also a third point: the royalty sharing for "Nocturne" is different from that for "Cold to the End".

As a singer, this is Lin Jianlu's second album released by Rock Records. He is still under the old contract, so he only gets a 10% cut. However, as a songwriter and producer, when he signed the contract, he already received a super high 17% cut, which was somewhat of a subsidy.

Therefore, no matter how well "Cold to the End" sells, he can only receive a maximum of 15% of all his rights combined. But now, he can already receive a total of 27% in royalties for "Nocturne".

Ge Fuhong oversaw the audit, while Lin Jianlu sat in Lao Duan's office for a while before going out to wander around the company. He even went over to help Zhou Huajian listen to the recordings and offered some suggestions.

When noon arrived, almost the entire Rock Records team came out and treated Richie Jen to a fast food meal—they booked the whole restaurant, but it was just a working lunch.

It wasn't until after 4 PM that the accountants finally finished reviewing the accounts. After whispering with Ge Fuhong for a while, Lin Jianlu kept his head down, fiddling with his watch, and remained silent. Ge Fuhong went over to check the accounts with Lao Duan, their voices low but with a hint of arguing. A dozen minutes later, Ge Fuhong returned and quietly reported to Lin Jianlu, "The total amount we found was a little over 1161 million sheets, but there's a problem with the accounts. I talked to President Duan, and he agreed to settle the accounts at 12.5 million sheets."

Hi……

In other words, Lao Duan has essentially confessed without being asked.

He knew there was something wrong with his own accounts. Even without checking the accounts, Ge Fuhong and Lin Jianlu could deduce that there was definitely something wrong with his accounts. However, neither side wanted to break off relations over this matter. So, they decided to check the accounts first, find some problems, and then settle things privately.

If you eat less, I'll give you some too, and we'll both be happy.

However, when it came to the accounts of other people's albums, even though problems were found, neither Lin Jianlu nor Ge Fuhong intended to ask any more questions from the beginning. This was not your own business. If you tried to straighten out the data, it wouldn't be a big problem, but then Rock Records' own accounts would not match up. Then they would have to settle accounts with the singers, songwriters, and producers again for the parts that were exposed. As a result, the matter of Lao Duan reporting false accounts and concealing sales suddenly became a big deal in the industry.

This is taking away someone's livelihood.

In the same industry, according to industry practice, unless a singer is as famous as Lin Jianlu and has theoretically fulfilled their two album contracts with Rock Records, remaining in a Schrödinger's cat state of whether to renew or not, they are still at a disadvantage when facing a company of Rock Records' caliber.

There were things that everyone knew, but no one pointed out, so Lin Jianlu didn't need to pretend to be the villain.

"Alright! Let's do it that way!"

Ge Fuhong handled the matter in a way that satisfied Lin Jianlu. Of the 1161 million debts, Lao Duan was willing to reduce it to 1250 million, which meant he knew when to advance and when to retreat, so the matter was resolved in this way.

Therefore, after calculation, although there are still huge differences in the specific pricing in different regions, Lin Jianlu can get about 6628 million US dollars in revenue sharing for "Nocturne", which is about 5.3 US dollars per copy on average.

"Cold to the End" and "Cold to the End Million Celebration Edition" earned another 392 million US dollars.

The other older songs that had already been split once before, such as Chen Shuhua's "Chasing the Light," earned her another $56. In addition, the songs Lin Jianlu wrote for Zhou Huajian, Lin Yilian, and Karen Mok were all split for the first time, earning him a total of $116 million. With this settlement, Lin Jianlu will be able to earn a total of $7192 million.

As usual, sign the form, and the payment will be made through the Hong Kong branch's account within three days.

After Lin Jianlu signed the papers, the messy accounts were put aside. Old Duan even specially opened champagne and personally poured one for Lin Jianlu and Ge Fuhong. Just then, Su Huilun pushed open the office door and peeked in. He then called Su Huilun over, poured her a glass as well, and said with a somewhat earnest tone, "Ah Lu, Mandarin albums actually make quite a bit of money. You're quick at composing and recording, and you can make one album in just over a month. Each album brings in tens of millions of dollars. Keep releasing albums!"

Lin Jianlu laughed and pointed at Ge Fuhong, "Then you talk to her, I have no problem. I don't plan to stop releasing Mandarin albums in the future. If you can persuade Sister Ge, I'll continue to release them with Rock Records!"

Well, I signed with Rock Records in November 1995. The contract was for three years and two albums. I had already completed the two albums, and there were still about nine months left in the three years. I went to make some movies and write some songs to prepare. Before I knew it, the contract period would be over. Once that was over, I could sign with a new company at any time.

It is no exaggeration to say that since the release of "Nocturne" in the second half of last year, many record companies have been frequently contacting Ge Fuhong.

With a single Mandarin album, Lin Chien-lu easily sold over ten million copies worldwide, making him a unique figure in the Chinese music scene to date. Signing him is not just about making a fortune with each album; the key point is that the record company will gain a commanding position in the Chinese music industry!

With Lin Jianlu in my hands, I'll kill anyone who gets in my way!
All the singers in all the record companies in the Chinese music scene must automatically avoid Lin Jianlu based on his album release time. Anyone who dares to clash with him is doomed. It's not that he will lose all his popularity during the album release period, but at least as long as Lin Jianlu releases a new album, 70% of the popularity in the entire Chinese music scene will be given to him. And this is only because Lin Jianlu is becoming more and more low-key and has basically suppressed the major media outlets. He has already taken the initiative to ask not to do any fancy tricks.

If he releases a scandal or gossip during the album's release period, that's even more incredible. Don't expect to get any media coverage or any decent traffic.

The world's number one is that powerful and domineering!
Therefore, if a second record deal is signed, the quotes from various companies will be much higher than just 30% or 35%. EMI Records even quoted Ge Fuhong an outrageous 42% at the end of last year!

The lyrics, music, and arrangement of the songs, the producers, and the singers—each contract, when broken down into its individual parts, is an unprecedentedly astronomical sum. Lin Jianlu has no intention of setting up his own record company, because even if he did, he wouldn't have the time, energy, or even the ability to build his own distribution network. In the end, he would still have to rely on large companies for distribution, and distribution contracts generally include copyright agency contracts, which are tied together. So even if he started his own company and set up a huge operation, renting space, decorating, building recording studios, investing money in production, and employing people, in the end he would only get a little more of a share than he does now, and the copyright would still not be under his control.

Why bother?
If you really want to consolidate the copyright resources of the Chinese music scene, wait until the dot-com crash is over, the Chinese internet begins to rise, piracy is rampant online, and almost all record companies are on the verge of bankruptcy. Then, just take out a sum of money and seize the opportunity to collect them all.

Even so, to be fair, this is still an investment with a low return on investment. Even if you want to earn more, you have to hold onto the investment for a long time before it starts to generate more and more profits.

There were simply too many business opportunities that Lin Jianlu could make a lot of money from.

It's not worth the trouble.

It's better to just take the high price and make a quick and easy profit.

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Since we're here, we might as well stay a few more days. February in Taiwan after the Lunar New Year is one of the more comfortable months of the year, neither too hot nor too cold. It'll be a good time to spend with my two wives and my two kids.

However, it's difficult to find time to meet friends, because during this time I also need to go to Rock Records to record two songs—the post-production of "Princess Pearl" is already in its final stages, and Lin Jianlu promised Qiong Yao two songs, but hasn't recorded them yet.

We took advantage of this time to record Chen Shuhua and the rest of the group.

I only managed to squeeze in time to meet with my two collaborators, Yang Peipei and Zhou Linggang. Later, when I met with the late Qiong Yao, she complained to me – according to the plan, "Heaven Has Tears" was supposed to premiere in Taiwan at the end of March. Qiong Yao dramas are all about promoting the female lead, but the lead actress, Jia Jingwen, was already heavily pregnant by the end of March, almost seven months along. How could she promote it? If she didn't promote it, it would definitely affect the show's popularity. If she did promote it, would people be surprised to learn: Is Jia Jingwen married? Whose child is she carrying?
Lin Jianlu said, "No problem, I'll make up for what she's missing!"
How to fix it?
You arranged for someone to negotiate with ATV about this drama, and I bought it—is that enough weight?

Qiong Yao was speechless for a moment, but quickly became happy.

No kidding, it's just a TV series. They bought it, so what? In front of the big spender who paid for it, why would you talk about how it affected your sales? He's the buyer!
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On February 11, 1998, just as Lin Jianlu arrived in Taiwan, international financial speculators suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Indonesia. On the same day, the Indonesian government announced that it would implement a fixed exchange rate system between the Indonesian rupiah and the US dollar in order to stabilize the rupiah.

This move was met with unanimous opposition from the International Monetary Fund, the United States, and Western Europe. The IMF threatened to withdraw its aid to Indonesia, and within a day or two, Indonesia plunged into a major political and economic crisis.

On February 16, 1998, just one day after Lin Jianlu returned to Hong Kong, the Indonesian rupiah had already fallen below 10000 to the US dollar. This triggered renewed turmoil in Southeast Asian currency markets, with the Singapore dollar, Malaysian ringgit, Thai baht, and Philippine peso all depreciating. At the same time, the Japanese yen also experienced another sharp decline, falling from a relatively stable exchange rate of 115:1 to 117:1 against the US dollar to below 130:1 in just one day.

But compared to that, these are all minor matters.

What Lin Jianlu found rather strange was that the American stock market also plummeted!
Just as Yahoo had broken through $365 per share, it experienced an unusually large drop. In just a few days, it fell below $350 per share, landing around $348 per share. Thus, the company, which had just ascended to the throne of the world's first internet company with a total market value of over $10 billion, fell back down.

Lin Jianlu was a little dumbfounded.

It's not that he can't tolerate a drop in US stocks, but the key issue is that this drop doesn't quite fit the pattern he painstakingly summarized over the past year. The only explanation he can barely accept is that a very large sum of money has already withdrawn from US stocks after achieving its goal of reaping huge profits from this round of US stock market gains.
Where did you go?

This round of exploitation in Indonesia didn't even require Cai Zhongxin's analysis. Lin Jianlu could tell from the platitudes of financial experts on TV that international speculative capital's sudden attack on Indonesia was just a second round of profiteering. Indonesia was already in complete disarray, and for international financial speculators, this return attack was a piece of cake, requiring minimal investment and creating little disruption. So the question is: where did the money go?

Where did all that money go after it came from the US stock market?
So, after a brief chat with Tsai Chung-hsin, they both suddenly had some realizations.

So on that very day, Lin Jianlu made the operational request: sell all the shares of Hong Kong City Telecom within half a month. Although its total market value had reached a high of nearly HK$1400 billion, in Lin Jianlu's view, it was still not high. After all, about a year or two later, Li Ka-shing's second son, with a so-called high-tech company that was almost a shell, completed the acquisition of it, giving it a real entity, and quickly boosted the integrated company's market value to trillions!
HK$1400 billion is just the base value of Hong Kong Telecom. Once it encounters the hot global Internet concept in a year or two, its value could easily multiply several times. However, at present, Lin Jianlu, based on his observation and thinking about the Southeast Asian financial crisis for more than half a year, especially in this huge financial storm, he also made a lot of money with his foresight. Therefore, he has a premonition that is hard for ordinary people to guess. He predicts that the next round of financial shock to Hong Kong is not far away.

If another shock hits, it's the least they can do: Hong Kong stocks and the Hang Seng Index will likely fall first.

Let's secure the profits first and worry about the consequences later.

Sell!
Out of their good friendship, Lin Jianlu immediately called Boss Qiu in Taiwan to inform him of his decision after making the decision. Lin Jianlu obviously wouldn't honestly reveal all his reasoning, deductions, and theoretical basis, only saying that he would take out the money for other purposes.

Boss Qiu was quite taken aback. "Are you sure you want to sell? Its stock price has been rising very well recently. It just announced a series of plans to increase the number of mobile phone base stations not long ago, aiming to promote the popularization of mobile phones. Its business volume will increase significantly. If you sell now, won't you miss out on this big surge?" Even though they had a good relationship, Lin Jianlu found it difficult to frankly tell him his reasoning. All he could do was inform him.

However, looking at his attitude and listening to his judgment, Lin Jianlu couldn't help but sigh in his heart once again—the ability to travel through time and predict the future is truly amazing!

The higher your position, the more awesome you are!
If Lin Jianlu hadn't foreseen the future, if he hadn't known that international financial speculators would definitely launch another surprise attack on Hong Kong, ultimately prompting a national-level market intervention to repel these big players, he firmly believed that his judgment of the current situation could not possibly be more thorough than that of Qiu, a super-rich tycoon and media mogul who had been navigating the underworld for many years.

But the reality is that Lin Jianlu is a time traveler, and he knows for certain that international financial speculators are launching three surprise attacks on Hong Kong, which is inevitable. Meanwhile, Boss Qiu feels that the situation is very promising!
However, things didn't always go smoothly for him.

For example, who would have thought that Rosamund Kwan was so audacious? She overheard some information from Brigitte Lin and casually asked Lin Jianlu a few questions, but she actually took out all of her savings for retirement, an absolute all-out effort, nearly 30 million Hong Kong dollars. She secretly went to exchange it for less than 4 million US dollars. When Yahoo was at an absolute high of 365 to 366 US dollars, she opened an account at HSBC and bought about 10,500 shares.

In just a few days, Yahoo even fell below $340 per share, causing Rosamund Kwan to lose more than two million Hong Kong dollars!

This time, I'm truly heartbroken.

Don't be fooled by Aunt Thirteen's generous handover of her credit card to Lin Jianlu. It was only a few dollars. Besides, she didn't think Lin Jianlu would use much of her money at all—it wasn't like he was gambling it away. It was just a bunch of acquaintances playing mahjong; how much could he possibly lose?
But this time, it was “more than two million Hong Kong dollars! Honey, please help me!”

A beautiful woman sat in his lap, crying and wiping away tears, begging him to take over her stocks, saying she would never touch stocks again. Lin Jianlu was helpless, "You're really something!"

She continued to cry, pretending, "I'm not like Gigi, who can sing, has albums made for her, and makes a fortune. Nobody calls me 'Mrs. Kwan,' and no TV station puts me in charge. I have no power. I'm so poor, all I have is this dowry money... Waaah..."

Helpless, in order to win a smile from the beauty and at least stop her from crying, Lin Jianlu had no choice but to sign a verbal contract, agreeing to take over her 10,500 Yahoo shares at the original price of 4 million US dollars.

So the beautiful Guan immediately stopped crying and started laughing.

She immediately jumped up and called her private accountant. After the accountant did the math, she realized that 400 million US dollars was enough to get 3120 million Hong Kong dollars back. She could actually make more than a million Hong Kong dollars in profit. So she was extremely happy and immediately performed a sexy dance for Lin Jianlu, shaking her head and swaying her body. It was so funny, hilarious and seductive.

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Night falls, and the city lights begin to twinkle.

In Wang Zuxian's small house, Lin Jianlu was lounging on the sofa in the living room, his head resting on Wang Zuxian's lap, answering a phone call from America. He spoke fluent English, and the person on the other end of the line was obviously speaking fluent English as well. Wang Zuxian had only barely graduated from junior high school, so her English was really poor and she couldn't understand much. However, she didn't care too much. She just carefully peeled some grapes and fed them to him.

However... she can still understand English phrases like "I-Love-You".

She guessed that her man had probably indeed picked up a girl in America—according to the vague information Lin Qingxia had coaxed and manipulated Lin Xilei into revealing, they weren't dating or sleeping together, but supposedly several American girls were pursuing him. Among them, well, supposedly, was the famous diva, the "Butterfly," Mariah Carey.

But the person on the phone didn't seem to be her.

Judging from her voice and speaking speed, this girl is a little crazy in love, but her man is responding quite gently.

Yeah, I'm used to it. I'm almost forgetting what jealousy is.

What's more, he himself has always said that foreign women have a certain smell and bad skin, which he doesn't like.

Let's just assume he really doesn't like it!
After chatting for a while, he finally hung up the phone, ending the call with a "Hey!" in a strong Beijing accent. Wang Zuxian casually asked, "What happened?"

Lin Jianlu opened his mouth to catch the grapes and exclaimed, "It's worth fighting over a female companion position at an awards ceremony like this!" — Wang Zuxian looked down at him and smiled.

She hadn't intended to say anything, but for some reason, every time she was with him, especially in her little apartment alone with him, she couldn't help but feel an overwhelming urge to talk. She told Shi Nansheng about it, and Nansheng said it was because being with him made her feel safe. Today was no different; she couldn't hold back and suddenly exclaimed, "That was ten years ago, no, eleven years ago. I had just arrived in Hong Kong, and I didn't even know Nansheng back then, nor had I filmed 'A Chinese Ghost Story' yet. The agent who brought me from Taiwan to Hong Kong told me that for me, as long as this man was qualified to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, it was already worth it for me to curry favor with him!"

Lin Jianlu stopped chewing and looked up at her in surprise.

Wang Zuxian shrugged, looking cute and giving off a strangely high school girl vibe. "That's what he said. He said that even if someone is a lighting technician or an editor, as long as they can be invited to the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, it means they already have connections. And if you can get close to someone and ask them to take you to the awards ceremony, then you'll have exposure opportunities."

"He also told me that I am very beautiful, but not the kind that catches the eye at first glance. So, I need to seek more exposure, appear on camera more often, and be featured in newspapers and on television more often. As long as a big shot takes notice of me, I will have a real opportunity."

Lin Jianlu was still looking up at her. "Did you try to please her?"

She shrugged again, "I haven't had a chance yet... Not long after I arrived, someone said that a film crew was short of people and the director was not satisfied with the female lead. So I was taken to audition. Although director Cheng Xiaodong didn't like me and Xu Ke didn't like me either, Sister Nansheng loved me. In the end, I filmed 'A Chinese Ghost Story'!"

This time it was Lin Jianlu's turn to shrug. "You're so lucky."

"Yes!"

She seemed to have endless emotions, "At the time, I didn't quite understand, but later, the longer I filmed and the more things I saw, the more scared I became. I thought to myself, thank goodness I became famous as soon as I arrived! If I hadn't come to Hong Kong and filmed 'A Chinese Ghost Story' right away, I would have been one of those girls who were forced to befriend the lighting technicians, cinematographers, stuntmen, and resident actors!"

"Yeah, that's right! Come to think of it, this line of work is really dirty!"

"right!"

"But think about it more carefully, what profession in the world isn't dirty?"

"what!"

"It's all because of money! Money, money!"

With a sigh, Lin Jianlu looked away, but couldn't help but wonder, who should she choose?
February 21st, American Music Awards; February 25th, 40th Grammy Awards; March 1st, Billboard Music Awards—three consecutive big shows, and he was widely recognized as a top contender for the awards across the United States.

No matter who you bring along, the other person is destined to appear in major media outlets around the world the next day.

Mariah Carey doesn't really need this; she can make headlines no matter who she leaves, but she still calls repeatedly, expressing her desire to walk the runway at the Grammys with him. Charlize Theron, on the other hand, calls him constantly and expresses her love madly. Zhao Mingxin also subtly probes several times, wanting him to bring Li Wen along.

Ah……

Go to hell!
Just because I've given you too much face doesn't mean I'll give you face again anytime.

"Come with me to America?"

"Huh? Okay, where are we going?"

"Go on a trip, and hold three meetings while you're at it."

"Okay!"

(End of this chapter)