Rebirth 2002: Chic Life

"Wu Dong is here, you know, right?"

"Yeah! It arrived yesterday."

"I heard it's a bit deserted. The celebrities who used to surround him seem to have distanced themselves from him."

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. After all, he is still the director of the Spring Festival Gala, and there are fewer flatterers around him. Besides, there are still people who are willing to burn cold stoves..."

……

The golden nanmu boss's two big feet are crossed together on the desk. One person's upper body is resting on a swivel chair with a cigar in his mouth. On the sofa in the office, a middle-aged man in a beige suit is playing with the tea cup in his hand.

"Actually, we don't need to go out of our way to make things difficult for him."

"It's not a question of whether we can get by or not. The plate is just so big. If he takes one more bite, we will take one less bite. Isn't Penguin thinking the same way?"

"The information on the Internet is not entirely true. What it says seems to be true is actually groundless."

The big foot was taken off, and the man holding a cigar stood up, "There is no smoke without fire. I can't be sure about anything else. It is absolutely true that he signed a gambling agreement with Lehman Brothers."

"Have you contacted the mold country?"

"David and Steve Hawke both confirmed there was an agreement, but of course they wouldn't say the specific terms."

The middle-aged man drinking tea sighed, seeming to feel a little sorry for Wu Dong.

The middle-aged Cigar chuckled, "He is still young, he can still make a comeback after this is over!"

"Not everyone is a Shi Yugun."

"Hehehe, to be honest, I admire him very much. If he is really down and out, we can dig him out. His talent is really unparalleled!"

The tea drinker said calmly: "Didn't the experts on the Internet say that he has exhausted his talents? The series of short dramas he shot this time were criticized miserably!"

"..."

"Tudou.com, right? I'll go see what kind of bad movies they say."
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Yanjing, north of the Dengshikou of the Second Ring Road, is an ordinary hutong with several courtyard houses. Due to various property rights disputes, private construction and disorderly construction are very serious. The two innermost houses were originally dilapidated and in disrepair. The residents inside were arrested. A big bastard sold it at twice the market price.

"Why did you fall in love with this crappy place?"

"What a waste of space? I thank you. It's 320 square meters. It's up to you to look for such a big courtyard house and see if you can find it."

"Yes, but you are really at a loss. You are not so prodigal if you are rich. 6 or 7 years ago, Cheng Long's family bought 50 sets for 6 yuan, and you paid 500 million for this one. Before, there were not two houses in Nanluogu Lane. There’s even 300 million. Besides, you spent a lot of money on the decoration, right?”

"This is what I call being rich and willful!"

"Then you still don't know whose money it belongs to?"

"I'm just telling you, you guys are usually very high-minded. Why do you lose your confidence immediately when you meet someone from the Bad Country?"

Han San sighed, "They have been involved in finance for more than 200 years, and we have only a few years ago. All the theories and cases are from others. Even if you don't let academicians comment even if you don't have experience studying abroad, this doesn't explain the problem!"

"Huh, it's only been a few years since they founded the country." Wu Dong smiled slightly.

"Don't be dissatisfied. This is how I started my career. No one can beat me in finance."

"So what? The worst case scenario is that I lose the company to them, and then I join your Sanshan Acting Company and become a director honestly. You won't want me, right?"

Han San looked straight at Wu Dong, "How can you really be so embarrassed? Don't just jump off the building when the time comes!"

"No, it's better to die than live."

Han San stood up, "I said, your driver doesn't live with you?"

"He will stay for more than ten days this time, and he will go to spend time with his wife and children. I believe in the security of Yanjing, the heart of the motherland."

"I heard that you are afraid of ghosts, so you have to cover the TV with a blanket at night... hahahahaha..."

Wu Dong smiled awkwardly, "I don't live alone. People from my studio and a group of friends live here. It's close to the CCTV building for rehearsals."

"They're all women?"

"How is that possible? There are four boys."

..."Hmm..." Han Sanqiang hesitated.

Wednesday, December 2004, 12, was a heavy snow day yesterday, and it really snowed in Yanjing just now, with temperatures ranging from minus 8 to 5 degrees Celsius.

It's freezing outside and there's no one clearing the layer of snow in the yard, but the heating inside is as warm as spring.

"When you ask me to meet, there must be something important. Just say what you need to say."

"It's really hard to talk about this thing. It's a bit embarrassing, but there's nothing I can do about it. The 1000 million I invested in your potato video was put together by a few people, and now someone wants to withdraw..."

"Everyone, still."

"Hey, don't get me wrong, brother, I will support you no matter what. I will never withdraw the 500 million and I will accept the compensation!"

"It's just that Li Qi and his two friends who own a 4S store don't want to invest. I wonder why this kid hasn't contacted me. Okay, it doesn't matter. The rule is that the dead are alive. Fortunately, you are still here!"

Wu Dong patted Han Sanqiang hard.

"Now there are a lot of negative comments about you on the Internet. I say you should cheer up. There are leaders at CCTV who regret looking for you!"

Wu Dong chuckled, "How can they still change people at this time?"

"Yes, but you see, there will be rumors when the program is selected later. Maybe, well, you won't be able to speak well..."

……

At 10:50 noon, Liang Zhong pushed the door open and entered.

Han Sanqiang stood up and said, "Okay, it's time for me to leave. Please be careful."

"Let's have lunch together?"

"No, hey, if you want to relax, call me. Don't mess around with memorizing words now. Brother, I can only help you so far."

……

"Well, don't lose heart." Liang Zhong was not good at words and didn't know what to say. It took him a long time to squeeze out this sentence.
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In 2004, experts were not experts yet, professors were not beasts, and public knowledge was still a pretty awesome title.

"The plot is weird, I don't know what's going on except it's funny, I can't understand it"

"The concept is not clear, the plot is not compact, and there is no educational significance"

"Shoddy production, fooling the audience"

"The imitation of others is not worth mentioning"

"Wu Dong's overturning work, it is clear that Jiang Lang's talents have been exhausted"

"Go for a good run, the entertainment industry won't accompany you!" 》

"Wu Dong, don't treat the audience like kindergarten children"

Tudou Video is still in the trial operation stage. There is no anchor and no attention. Wu Dong has become a golden sign to attract users. Tudou Video uses the three episodes of short dramas shot by Wu Dong as a promotional outlet in the hope of driving traffic.

Unexpectedly, before the number of registered users increased, a flood of negative comments came first...

……

"Hahaha, Brother Liang, what are you talking about? Don't be discouraged!"

"Xiao Rong called me and asked me to see your mood. She wanted to explain it to you because she was afraid that you would scold her..."

"She is the president of Tudou Video. She can use any means to attract traffic, no problem." Wu Dong looked at the door and smiled.

"Mr. Wu, are you serious?" Tong Xiaorong poked her head out from behind the door.

With such a big thing going on, there's no point in just making a phone call. She came here a long time ago and never dared to enter the house.

"Hahaha, for publicity, you don't care whether he praises or criticizes! Isn't it enough to attract enough attention? Your problem is that you should release each episode one by one, instead of releasing all three episodes at once the day before yesterday. Just in case. The audience wants to watch the fourth episode, so how can I have time to film it?" (End of this chapter)