Internet moguls are being held hostage by the entertainment system!

Chapter 133 Lei Jun visits the set
Chen Xiu's live-streamed press conference on Weibo reached a peak of 5 concurrent viewers.

Afterwards, he pinned the entire press conference to the top of his personal account.

For three consecutive days, the cumulative number of views exceeded 200 million.

Douyin's downloads have continued to climb over the past three days, topping the App Store's weekly charts. Combined with previous data, Douyin's total downloads have successfully surpassed one million!
Thanks to the mature algorithm-driven push notifications from the Toutiao ecosystem, these new users who were initially just curious and intended to download Douyin for fun quickly became loyal users.

An industry crisis was turned into a product launch event for the company.

Chen Xiu's actions truly left business tycoons from all walks of life bewildered.

Entrepreneurs, especially those in the live streaming sector, saw how effective Chen Xiu's live-streamed product launches were and began to imitate them.

However, Chen Xiu is a celebrity, while they are not.

The press conferences were announced one after another, but they didn't cause any stir at all.

The group continued as before, with Douyin emerging as the sole winner in this crisis, and Chen Xiu becoming the biggest winner.

Beyond the commercial aspect, his personal Weibo followers also benefited from this incident, soaring to 500 million. His original 300 million followers were gained in the past two months, making him arguably the celebrity with the highest follower growth this year!
As Chen Xiu serves as a positive example, there will naturally be corresponding negative examples.

Wang Sicong, the son of the richest man in China, invested in 17&Live, which served as the trigger for the current crackdown on the live streaming industry and has already had a significant negative impact.

However, Chen Xiu's sudden rise to prominence turned Wang Sicong and 17&Live into his moment of glory.

This contrasting pairing of positive and negative elements has once again made Wang Sicong stand out in the industry.

As the father of the person involved, Wang Shoufu also felt ashamed. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He even took the time to make a "concerned" phone call to Wang Sicong.

"Can't you do anything productive all day? Besides chasing girls, what else can you do? You're always gone for days on end, where did you go today?"

Wearing a bright red suit and sunglasses, Wang Sicong was a little bewildered by his father's barrage of questions.

Wang Sicong glanced at Lin Genxin beside him and thought to himself, "I should ask him to team up for some gaming later!"

"Speak! Are you mute?!"

"Hey~, why are you so angry? Didn't I tell you? Today is Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy's wedding in Shanghai, and I'm here to be his best man. There are a lot of people here, and I'm just expanding my network."

Perhaps because he's used to being scolded by Wang Sicong, Wang Si-cong's tone sounded somewhat dismissive.

"A bunch of actors, what kind of connections can you possibly make?"

"Isn't Chen Xiu an actor too?"

Upon hearing the name Chen Xiu, Lin Genxin, who was standing next to him, immediately perked up his ears and a hint of interest appeared on his face.

Meanwhile, a person standing further away, also drawn by the name, slowly moved towards the two of them.

"Can you compare them? Even if Chen Xiu stops acting, it won't affect his current status and position. You try making them stop acting and see what happens!"

That's true, and Wang Sicong really couldn't refute it.

After venting his anger by beating his son, Wang, the richest man, directly stated his demands.

"From the end of this year until the Spring Festival, you are to stay in Beijing and not go anywhere, understand?"

"why?"

"After Chen Xiu finishes filming and returns to Beijing, I'll arrange a meeting between you all! These are the kind of friends you need to make. Don't worry too much about those fair-weather friends who can't help you!"

When talking to Wang Sicong on the phone, Lao Wang naturally laid everything out on the table.

He could be straightforward and magnanimous with Chen Xiu because they were of equal status.

In Wang Sicong's eyes, all the other friends around him were just fair-weather friends who couldn't be brought into the open...

Hearing his father's instructions, the hot-blooded young Wang Sicong was a little rebellious: "If you want me to get to know Chen Xiu, you don't need to go through all that trouble. He's filming here in Shanghai, I can just go find him directly!"

"Don't move!"

"No, I can't even go to him?"

“Chen Xiu is a respectable person. He even called me beforehand to tell me about this. You were too impolite! He is respectable, and so should we. We must follow the proper procedures when we meet or have meals together. Don’t rush over and offend him!”

"Okay, I got it. Is there anything else? If not, the ceremony is about to start, and I need to get ready to go in."

Wang, the richest man in China, simply hung up the phone.

Hearing the silence from the phone, Wang Sicong's forehead creased with a few black lines.

Despite his outspoken and confrontational nature in the entertainment industry, he can only obediently listen to his own father.

Seeing Wang Sicong's helpless sigh, Lin Genxin, who had been listening for a while, also put on a fawning smile and leaned over.

"Brother Cong, what's wrong with the old man?"

"What does it have to do with you?"

Wang Sicong glared at Lin Genxin and said irritably.

He usually treats his friends in the entertainment industry with great politeness, but that doesn't mean he truly considers them friends. At least, Wang Sicong never reveals anything about his family matters to outsiders.

Lin Genxin pursed his lips, feeling awkward, and then pretended to look away casually...

"Hey, Mr. Lei, hello there!"

Seeing the people standing behind him, Lin Genxin's smile became even warmer than before.

Hearing his greeting, Wang Sicong turned around to look.

When Lei Jun's signature smiling face came into view, even Wang Sicong, with his thick skin, still felt a bit awkward. "Ahem, Mr. Lei, you're here too?"

"Yes! Xiaoming sent me an invitation, so I came."

Lei Jun didn't seem embarrassed at all when facing Wang Sicong.

In his eyes, Wang Sicong was a spoiled child, and adults shouldn't stoop to the level of children.

This year, Lei Jun collaborated with Huang Xiaoming on the promotional short film "The Right Moment" for the Beijing Film Academy. The two met at that time, otherwise Huang Xiaoming would not have been able to invite Lei Jun to his wedding.

After exchanging greetings, Wang Sicong, who had only a minor disagreement with Lei Jun and no real friendship with him, didn't intend to stay any longer.

Using the excuse of checking the time, he led Lin Genxin into the venue.

After watching the two leave, Lei Jun, who had only intended to make a brief appearance at Huang Xiaoming's wedding and had no intention of staying long, now had new plans.

After standing there for a moment and thinking, Lei Jun took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Yiming, do you know where Chen Xiu is filming in Shanghai?"

……

"What? Lei Jun is coming to visit me on set?"

Chen Xiu, who was having a meal, was somewhat bewildered by the news Zhang Yiming told her.

Chen Xiu glanced at Meng Ziyi and Chen Duling, who had stopped eating beside her, and gestured for them to continue eating before getting up and going outside the tent.

"Old Zhang, what's going on?"

"I don't know either! Lei Jun just called me and asked me where you were filming in Shanghai, saying he wanted to visit you on set. How would I know any of that, so I called you to ask."

A hint of doubt flashed across Chen Xiu's face, but as her thoughts raced, she felt that meeting this Lei Jun wouldn't be a bad idea.

"I'm in Songjiang University Town. Send him my phone number and tell him to contact me when he gets there."

"OK, if Lei Jun wants to invest in Douyin, then just shift the blame to me and let me reject him!"

"So conscientious?"

“Hey, I’ve been getting a lot of calls lately asking when Douyin will open up its Series A funding round. I’ve turned them all down. I don’t care if I turn down another Lei Jun.”

"Okay, I see."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Xiu turned around and went back into the tent to continue eating his lunch.

The two women, who had been talking for a while while he was out, started exchanging glances when they saw Chen Xiu return.

Encouraged by Chen Duling's gaze, Meng Ziyi's eyes darted around in their sockets before he asked, "Xiu-ge'er, who called you?"

“My work partner said that someone will be coming to visit me on set later.”

"Hmm? Who is it?"

"Lei Jun, the guy who sells mobile phones."

Chen Xiu's nonchalant tone didn't even give him the strength to poke the lettuce with his fork.

Sister Meng pouted and blinked. Having never used Mijia products, she couldn't quite recall who Lei Jun was.

The only one who reacted strongly was Chen Duling, who was an outsider.

The plastic fork she used pierced the cherry tomato, and the look of surprise on her face was impossible to hide.

Tilting her head and glancing at Chen Xiu out of the corner of her eye, Chen Duling suddenly had a feeling that starring in "Love O2O" might be one of the most important moments of her luck.

If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it.

Chen Xiu forked a cherry tomato from her salad and stuffed it into Meng Ziyi's mouth: "You'll know when the others arrive!"

"Yeah, too."

Sister Meng nodded, her thoughts drifting elsewhere.

"Dudu, do you know how to play games? How about we team up and jungle together later?"

"Um, does Chen Xiu play games?"

Meng Ziyi couldn't answer Chen Duling's question either, because she had never played games with Chen Xiu, especially mobile games.

Seeing the two beautiful women turn to him, Chen Xiu shrugged: "I know the basics, but I don't play much, so I'm not very good at it."

"From now on, let Dudu carry you! She's incredibly good at games; I can't even beat her!"

The silly beauty pointed at Chen Duling and started recommending her gaming skills to Chen Xiu.

Chen Xiu had no objection to this: "Next time we can form a group together, with Xiao Feng and Da Xiong, that would make a total of 5 people."

"Yes, yes, and those two too!"

Meng Ziyi, who is only focused on the game, is completely unguarded with her best friend.

Chen Xiu, however, was focused on spending time with his girlfriend and didn't think much of it.

Only Chen Duling showed some anticipation for Chen Xiu's suggestion to team up for a game together next time.

After the three finished lunch, filming resumed, and Lei Jun was on his way...

(End of this chapter)