China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 681 679. Ali's new move, Milk Tea Sister's persistence
ChatOn is a chat software under Samsung, which is similar to Penguin's QQ. It can have one-on-one conversations, group chats, group messaging, sharing of pictures, video and voice chats and other functions.

These are simply too weak for Cao Yu.

He suggested to Lee Boo-jin that she should acquire this chat software so that it could be used as a money-making tool in the future.

The two discussed for a while, and the negotiations next door had ended.

Although Samsung only took over Lotte's chemical and food industries in the end, this piece of cake is actually big enough.

The electronics industry was taken over by LG.

The remaining industries were also snatched up by other chaebols.

These chaebols will stick together under the trend of interests. Even if Lotte wants to keep its industry, its stock price and reputation have dropped to such a level that it will probably have no choice but to sell it.

After seeing off the guests, Lee Boo-jin talked with Lee Jae-yong for a while and then acquired ChatOn, which had 15 million users, at a family price of 30 billion won.

For Lee Jae-yong, it is a good thing that his sister will not covet Samsung since she has her own career.

And Lee Boo-jin still doesn't know why Cao Yu insisted on letting her get this chat software.

At night, Cao Yu hugged Lee Boo-jin's plump body in bed and began to plan: "During this period, in addition to acquiring Lotte's assets, you can also integrate our shopping, taxis, wallets, payments, travel, games, and maps into this software to form an Internet ecosystem."

"In addition, we will develop a payment system and use this system to expand our micro-loan and other businesses."

"By then, everything will be done with one machine."

Cao Yu talked so eloquently that Lee Boo-jin was stunned. She really couldn't understand why her man had so many amazing ideas.

"Honey, you're not only great in bed, you're great everywhere else, too!"

Lee Boo-jin clung to Cao Yu's arms in admiration, thinking that if this plan was all carried out, she would definitely become the richest woman in South Korea.

"I prefer a bed stick!"

Cao Yu looked at Lee Boo-jin in front of him and felt that the sisters he knew, whether it was Yang Shuxue, Li Xiaoyu, or Xu Jing, seemed to be growing younger.

Not only does the passage of time leave no trace on some people, but it makes them become more and more beautiful and more charming.

Two days later, Lee Boo-jin began to acquire Lotte's industries while upgrading the chat software ChatOn according to Cao Yu's plan.

Cao Yu also stayed in Hanbang for a month this time and finally planned to leave Seoul.

He gained a lot from this visit.

He almost brought down Lotte, which supported SD, and established a new company. As long as his plan is carried out, the market value of this company will definitely not be low.

But before leaving, I met with Minister An again.

In addition to giving him another $500,000 as a thank you, he also gave him the project script of "Parasite".

After reading the script, Minister An felt that Chairman Cao did not disappoint him.

As long as this movie is made, it might really win an Oscar.

As for another drama "Dangal", it was also adapted by Cao Yu into a Korean version of "Frozen" based on Kim Yeon-ah's story.

But the script is not ready yet, so I can only wait until next time.

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While Cao Yu was in Korea, several major events also occurred in the Chinese entertainment industry.

At the end of February, the son of an older generation singer, Li Moumou, was arrested by the police for sexually assaulting a woman, which caused a national sensation.

In mid-March, Dong Jie, a sweet-looking and pure girl who has always been loved by the audience, was photographed by Zhuo Wei kissing a man passionately in Hainan.

The onlookers were shocked. It turned out that the Jade Girl was like this too?
On April 3rd, a piece of news was even more explosive than the previous two.

Some netizens posted multiple photos on Weibo, saying that many wealthy people, celebrities and young models held a "feast" in Sanya.

There were even revelations of things like "outside girls", "Russian gangbangs", "fried black fungus" and so on, involving many celebrities, which completely shattered people's three views.

Netizens exclaimed that it was eye-opening, it turns out that the lives of rich people are so messy?
Wang Sicong even posted a sarcasm on Weibo: "It's time for the annual upstarts and black fungus to gather in Sanya. I wish you find true love..."

The fourth message was about Cao Yu, saying that he was insulted in Korea and beat up a chaebol chairman.

After combining these four pieces of news, netizens suddenly felt that wealthy and celebrity entrepreneurs like Cao Yu are the role models that people should learn from.

Boss Cao is living abroad and is able to uphold justice and dignity for the Chinese people. He has also been sincerely doing public welfare and charity. Such a wealthy man is many times better than those who do not know how to educate their sons and those who attend "banquets".

On his way home from the Capital Airport, Cao Yu was boredly browsing Weibo. When he saw these gossip news, he shook his head.

2013 was an eventful year. There is gossip every year, but this year there is especially much gossip. This is just the beginning.

Later, there was Wang Fei's divorce, Zhang Ziyi broke up and was asked for love by Wang Feng, the love-hate relationship between Guo Degang and Yanjing TV, and so on.

In total, these melons can keep people eating them continuously for a year.

After returning to Yanjing, Cao Yu of course went to see Liu Yifei and his son first.

"Is Xiao Cao back?"

When we arrived at the Liu family villa, it was Liu Xiaoli who opened the door.

"Mom, I bought this for you."

In the past two years, his son has been taken care of by Aunt Liu. This woman, who was once the white moonlight in the eyes of many people, has now aged a lot, probably because of the worries about taking care of the child.

"The family is still so polite."

Liu Xiaoli was polite in her words, but she was quite happy to see the cosmetics and Korean beef in Cao Yu's hands.

Dinner was naturally roast beef. At the table, Liu Yifei suddenly said with emotion: "Brother Cao Yu, I didn't expect Dong Jie to divorce and cheat. I really can't understand it."

She and Dong Jie met in "The Story of a Noble Family" and seemed to have a good relationship. She never expected that the other party would cheat on her with an ugly man.

“This is the entertainment industry.”

When Cao Yu heard this, he quickly picked up a piece of beef and gave it to Liu Xiaoli, and then said, "Besides, if there is no love, it will be painful if we don't get divorced."

Hearing Cao Yu say this, Liu Xiaoli felt relieved and thought that this future son-in-law was quite good at comforting people.

At the same time, she saw from the gossips about the entertainment industry in recent years that love, breakup, marriage and divorce seemed to be commonplace for celebrities, and it was indeed rare for her daughter to find a good man like Cao Yu.

Liu Yifei didn't notice her mother's strange reaction when she talked about the divorce: "I really want to call Dong Jie and persuade her."

"Don't get involved."

Cao Yu quickly stopped her: "What's there to persuade?"

Liu Xiaoli immediately agreed, "Xiao Cao is right, Xixi, just take care of yourself. If you are too free, go and help Xiao Cao. Xiao Feng has his mother to look after him."

"Let me talk about it after I've rested enough."

Liu Yifei calmed down again and suddenly said, "Mom, why do you always speak for Brother Cao Yu?"

"Xixi, the greatest luck in your life is that you found a boyfriend named Xiao Cao. Mom now thinks he is a great guy more and more."

As he spoke, he did not forget to pick up a piece of grilled lobster meat for Cao Yu: "Xiao Cao, you must be very tired out there, eat more and don't get tired."

"Thank you, Mom."

Cao Yu thanked him and felt that the trip was indeed tiring.

Liu Yifei was not jealous. She felt happy that her mother was treating her boyfriend well. She smiled and said, "Brother Cao Yu, are you really going to donate the Oscar statuette?"

Cao Yu nodded and said, "Of course, I will donate in two days."

"Others want a little golden man all their lives but have no plan to get it, but you donate it and donate two at a time. Where do you plan to donate the second one?"

"Donate it to the Sixth Princess."

The Six Princesses Movie Channel is a unit directly under the Film Bureau. Donating it to them will make things more convenient in the future.

"So when will we shoot the MV for our song 'Liang Liang'?"

"After donating the little golden man, we will go to Peach Blossom Island. The peach blossoms are blooming now."

"Okay."

Thinking of Peach Blossom Island, Liu Yifei immediately recalled the time when they sang together there ten years ago, and she couldn't wait.

Two days later, Beijing Film Academy Auditorium.

Cao Yu held a ceremony here to donate the Oscars for Best Screenplay and Best Picture to Beijing Film Academy and the Film Channel.

The president, secretary, head of the Department of Literature of Beijing Film Academy, leaders of the Film Channel and the Film Bureau, as well as many media friends witnessed the historic moment when Boss Cao donated the little golden man.

Cao Yu is the most famous student trained by Beijing Film Academy. As long as there is this little golden man, it means that Beijing Film Academy has been integrated with the international standards.

As a professional channel that shows movies on TV, Liugongzi also has a certain obsession with the little golden man. Having the little golden man for the best film is equivalent to witnessing the development of Chinese films.

Although Beijing Film Academy and the Film Channel wanted to make the ceremony more grand, Cao Yu did not want this matter to be known to the world.

Therefore, the entire ceremony was successfully completed with the witness of some media and students from Beijing Film Academy.

However, Cao Yu announced in his speech that if the Department of Literature can produce good works, Feiyu Entertainment will provide financial support ranging from 300,000 to 500,000 yuan.

Therefore, the originally low-key ceremony became quite exciting.

The Department of Literature has never had a good reputation at Beijing Film Academy. Now with the support of Boss Cao, who will dare to look down on us in the future?
Although Cao Yu's donation of the golden man was not a grand event, some photos of the ceremony were posted online by reporters.

During this period, netizens were discussing Li Moumou's crime and the news of the Sanya "banquet", and Cao Yu's donation of the little golden man did not cause much sensation.

But Zhang Xiaotian from Shuimu University was so happy when he saw the news that he almost jumped up.

Boss Cao is finally back.

She has been following Cao Yu recently. From the Oscars ceremony to Boss Cao's series of actions in South Korea, her heart was beating fast.

Especially, she was fascinated by the fact that Cao Yu beat up a chaebol chairman in South Korea and almost brought his company to collapse. She felt that Boss Cao had the momentum of "destroying the enemy's ships and masts with laughter and conversation".

How could such an outstanding man not make a strong-willed girl fall in love with him?

"I will go to their company again tomorrow, and I must meet him this time!"...

The next morning, Cao Yu was about to go to the entertainment company after dinner when Cai Chongxin suddenly called him.

"Mr. Cao, a ride-hailing platform called Didi contacted us and said they want to raise funds. Would you like to come over and meet them?"

“Didi?”

Cao Yu was stunned, then hesitated.

Although Didi will develop rapidly in the next two years, he is unwilling to do this platform because it relies on money in the early stage and exploiting drivers in the later stage.

After a moment's silence, Cao Yu replied: "No!"

"Don't vote?"

Cai Chongxin was a little surprised to hear this answer.

The boss has always had a unique vision in investment, and the taxi industry is still an untapped blue ocean. If you invest a little bit in it and the company goes public in the future, it will be a very profitable business.

He said hurriedly: "Mr. Cao, I think this project is very good. I heard that Ali has invested in Kuaidi, a local company in Hangzhou, and they have made some big moves recently."

"What big move is Ahri making?"

Cao Yu has always been very wary of Ali, and when he heard that Ma Yun was making a big move, he immediately became alert.

"It seems like they are going to develop a food delivery platform and a taxi-hailing platform, all to promote Zhifubao."

"I'll go to the company right away."

Hearing that Ma Yun's actions were indeed significant, Cao Yu frowned and asked the driver to go to Feiyu Group's headquarters.

Feiyu Entertainment, Zhang Xiaotian is here again today.

"Hello, is Mr. Cao here?"

She had seen the front desk on the first floor several times and they were already familiar to her.

"Our President Cao hasn't arrived yet."

Although the receptionist felt that this pretty girl who often came to see Mr. Cao was wasting her time, she still answered her patiently.

"When does he usually come?"

"I'm sorry, we don't know that either."

The lady at the front desk shook her head and advised: "Miss, even if our Mr. Cao comes, you still can't see him if you don't have an appointment. It's better to go back."

"I understand, thank you."

Zhang Xiaotian nodded and walked out the door, but had no intention of leaving.

Although Feiyu is currently recruiting for some positions, Feiyu Group is now very large. If you are just an intern, you will have no chance to meet the boss.

Therefore, she must meet Cao Yu today so that she can have a chance to get close to the boss based on their previous encounter.

She stood at the door and waited, keeping an eye on the garage entrance.

Although this milk tea sister comes from a wealthy family and has never suffered hardship since childhood, she is now like a star-chasing girl who will never give up until she sees her idol.

Feiyu Group Headquarters.

"Mr. Cao, Ali invested 5 million US dollars in Kuaidi Dache in Hangzhou two days ago."

When meeting his boss, Cai Chongxin reported the latest developments: "And I heard from inside Ali that Mr. Ma is also going to start a food delivery business. It is said that he is going to invest 1 billion US dollars in a small company called Ele.me."

"One billion US dollars, haha..."

Cao Yu smiled faintly, but he was not surprised at all.

Today, Meituan is developing in full swing, occupying 95% of the national market share in the group buying and food delivery industries, and the remaining 5% is divided among a dozen small companies.

Moreover, Meituan does not deduct fees from riders, nor does it exploit riders and merchants to make more profits.

Cao Yu also requires riders not to work more than ten hours a day, otherwise they will be fined.

Even night shifts, high temperatures, and severe cold weather will provide corresponding subsidies for riders.

In particular, Feiyu Group also has strict quality managers who strictly control the food safety of takeout and try to ensure that all food sold through Meituan is healthy.

Therefore, Meituan, which is owned by Feiyu, has an excellent reputation in the food delivery industry, and the income of its riders is far higher than the national average wage level.

His approach has enabled the entire industry to develop in a healthy way.

However, if Ahri joins the game, the situation will be difficult to predict. After all, the capitalists behind the scenes will not care about the lives of the riders and the Chinese people.

What's more, Ali is best at price war. If he disrupts the entire market with low prices, no one will make money in the end except the capitalists.

He thought for a moment and asked, "How did Ali suddenly have so much money?"

According to Ali's financial report in 2012, its profit was only over billion US dollars. Now it is investing in ride-hailing and food delivery. It seems that new funds are coming in.

Cai Chongxin said: "It is said that Goldman Sachs and some European capital went to Ali to discuss cooperation last month. The specific situation is still unknown."

"That's it"

Cao Yu took a few sips of tea, sorted out these things, and said, "We will definitely not invest in the taxi-hailing software project, as it is prone to accidents. As for the takeaway matter, I will go to Taohua Island in a few days, so I just happened to make an appointment with Mr. Ma to talk."

"Ah."

Cai Chongxin saw that his boss was really not interested in the taxi-hailing project, so he could only nod and agree, and then said: "Mr. Cao, Meituan's listing is almost done. It will be officially listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on May 6th. Next year, Youduoduo will be three years old, and then it will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange."

"I see."

Cao Yu looked at last year's financial report again and said to Cai Chongxin: "In the next few years, we will focus our investment on the real economy. In addition, we will continue to increase investment in AI, especially AI chip research and development."

Although Cao Yu invested more than 10 billion yuan in the R&D department last year, he still felt it was not enough.

In his opinion, the Internet is very profitable, but technology is the foundation.

Only when science and technology develop can the real economy break away from the low-cost crude processing model and become more competitive internationally.

After finishing his work at the company, Cao Yu had a meal at the company before preparing to go to the entertainment company.

At the entrance of Feiyu Entertainment, Milk Tea Sister Zhang Xiaotian had been waiting for the whole morning and was already starving.

But she didn't dare to go to eat, for fear of missing Boss Cao.

The two receptionists felt sorry for the girl's persistence, so one of them advised her, "Why don't you go have a meal first?"

"I'm not hungry"

Before Zhang Xiaotian could finish his words, his stomach growled.

The receptionist smiled and said, "You've been waiting here all morning. The boss will definitely not come during lunch time."

"Really?"

Zhang Xiaotian felt a little embarrassed and began to hesitate.

Seeing the receptionist nod, she walked towards a KFC opposite Feiyu Entertainment.

She had just ordered a set meal and hadn't started eating yet when she saw three luxury Mercedes-Benz cars driving into the garage through the glass window.

"I'm dizzy!"

Zhang Xiaotian didn’t even bother to take a bite of the burger and ran out, only to watch the car drive straight down the garage.

"How unlucky I am. I waited all morning and he suddenly showed up at this time."

She regretted listening to the front desk clerk and missed the chance to meet Cao Yu.

I came to the front desk again and said to the girl who asked me to eat: "Mr. Cao just came down from the garage. Please inform him for me. I really want to see him for something."

"This is against regulations and we will be scolded by our supervisor."

Although the receptionist was a little embarrassed, she still shook her head, indicating that she couldn't break the rules: "How about you wait for him to come out?"

Zhang Xiaotian almost cried: "Help me"

Seeing that she had indeed come many times, another receptionist said, "How about this, I'll help you talk to her, and if it doesn't work, you can figure it out on your own."

As she spoke, with Zhang Xiaotian's grateful eyes, she called Cao Yu's secretary.

Cao Yu came to the company and began to process the squeezed documents.

The TV series The Legend of the Condor Heroes has been filmed for one third, and is currently filming the Peach Blossom Island portion while the peach blossoms are in bloom.

"Charlotte's Troubles" has also started filming.

However, in the movie, Cao Yu did not invite Na Ying, but directly invited Wang Fei to guest sing "See You in 98", which was a perfect combination.

Cao Yu also invited Han Hong to sing the theme song "It's Not Easy to Have Someone Who Loves You".

Anyway, it’s better not to invite the eagle.

Other film and television dramas also started shooting one after another after the Spring Festival, and everything went smoothly.

When we were arranging the release schedule for several movies this year, the secretary suddenly came in and said hesitantly, "Mr. Cao, there is a girl named Zhang Xiaotian downstairs. She said you know her and wants to meet you. She has been waiting at the front desk all morning."

"Who?"

For a moment, Cao Yu couldn't remember who the girl the secretary was talking about.

When the secretary saw the boss like this, she thought he didn't know the person she was talking about, so she said hurriedly, "It's okay, I'll let her go."

"and many more!"

Cao Yu finally remembered that the person the secretary was talking about was the milk tea girl whom he had met once in Jinling many years ago. He smiled and said, "Let her come."

(End of this chapter)