China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 682: Milk Tea Secretary, Peach Blossom Island Sword Fight
"So it's really you. I heard you haven't eaten yet? How about I take you to eat something first."

Four years later, when Cao Yu saw the girl with a high ponytail and a smooth forehead, who still looked very beautiful despite the immaturity and purity of a campus girl, he immediately recognized her as the milk tea sister from that year.

Now the girl is much more mature than before. Besides being beautiful, she also has infinite youthful vitality. You can still vaguely see how she looked holding a cup of milk tea.

The receptionist who accompanied Zhang Xiaotian upstairs felt regretful when she saw that the boss actually knew this girl.

The boss actually wanted to take her out to dinner personally? Could this girl be our leader in the future?

If I had known this, I should have informed her earlier.

Also, will she hold a grudge against us?
Zhang Xiaotian did not feel proud of Cao Yu's politeness to him. He looked up at the idol whom he had only seen on TV before and said, "Thank you, Mr. Cao. I'm not hungry."

"Don't be polite to me. I heard you were waiting for me since early morning and you haven't eaten a single bite."

Cao Yu walked up to Zhang Xiaotian and said, "Let's go. We haven't seen each other for almost four years. It's a good opportunity to chat."

"Ah."

Zhang Xiaotian really didn't expect Boss Cao to be so gentle and caring about him. His heart was pounding: "Could he like me?"

As she followed Cao Yu out of the office, she did not forget to say to the receptionist: "Thank you."

The girl at the front desk felt relieved when she saw that the girl was not proud or showing off.

Although meal time was over, the boss arrived and the chefs immediately started cooking a few side dishes.

"You are studying at Mizuki University? What year are you in? What major are you studying?"

Looking at the girl who could have potentially become Dong Ge's wife, Cao Yu chatted with her while drinking coffee.

"I'm going to be a junior soon. I'm studying humanities, so I can do an internship this year."

Although Cao Yu looked at him with strange eyes, Zhang Xiaotian did not hate him at all. Instead, he was secretly delighted in his heart and said with a generous smile: "I didn't expect that Mr. Cao still remembered me."

"Of course I remember. You're the first girl who refused to be a star."

"Then Mr. Cao, can I intern in your company?"

Although there are many beauties in Feiyu Entertainment, Zhang Xiaotian feels that he is not bad either, mainly because he has a high level of education. This alone makes him beat all the stars in seconds.

Cao Yu joked, "I thought you wanted to be a star."

"If I wanted to be a star, I wouldn't have rejected Mr. Cao four years ago. I just wanted to learn from you and train myself."

After finally meeting Boss Cao, Zhang Xiaotian didn't hide anything and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Follow me? You are a top student at Shuimu, a child of destiny, and I am an actor at Beijing Film Academy. What can you learn from me?"

Although Cao Yu thought it was quite appropriate to let this girl be his secretary, and next time he met Dong Ge, he didn't know whether Dong Ge, who was face-blind, would create sparks with this beautiful girl.

But this girl is quite cunning, so it would be more appropriate for her to be the host.

Zhang Xiaotian smiled sweetly: "Mr. Cao, you are my idol, an entrepreneurial genius, a star entrepreneur, and a patriotic entrepreneur. I can learn a lot from you."

“I’m actually not as good as you say.”

Cao Yu smiled and shook his head: "We are going to hold a drone competition this summer. How about I arrange for you to be the host?"

"I just want to be an intern secretary for Mr. Cao."

Zhang Xiaotian wanted to be a host before, but since he was completely conquered by Cao Yu's charm, this idea has changed.

Moreover, she knew exactly what she wanted.

Following a big boss, both the resources and connections will benefit you for the rest of your life.

More importantly, she liked this intoxicating man.

Cao Yu looked at the girl's harmless, pure and lovely face, and thought that she had come many times to see him, and was even waiting at the company gate today. With this spirit, he would definitely not give up.

In this case, let her see how fickle she is, and maybe she will give up.

So he smiled and said, "Okay, then you can be my intern secretary, but..."

"Thank you, Mr. Cao."

Before Cao Yu even said the words after "but", Xiaotian excitedly thanked him.

"How's your spoken English, though?"

"I"

Zhang Xiaotian was a little speechless at first, then he quickly said: "I will try my best to practice!"

"Okay, after dinner, go sign an internship contract and a confidentiality agreement, and you can start work."

After deciding this matter, Cao Yu and Xiaotian started chatting.

Soon, he discovered that this girl was very smart, but beneath her seemingly innocent appearance, she actually had a big ambition.

In the afternoon, Cao Yu returned to the office. Xiaotian completed the entry procedures and directly took on the role of secretary.

Cao Yu already has a secretary in China, but it is normal to have one more person.

After finishing the work of the entertainment company, I checked the script of "You, My Deskmate" written by the screenwriting department and asked the company to prepare for the project.

This drama was tailor-made for Mao Xiaotong and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

Three days later, Cao Yu took Liu Yifei to Ningbo and then took a boat to Taohua Island.

As the secretary, Zhang Xiaotian naturally had to go with him.

Taohua Island is located in the sea of ​​Zhoushan. It was originally a sparsely populated island, but due to the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it became a famous tourist attraction.

At this time, peach blossoms were in full bloom on the island, and the "Three Test Questions" scene in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was being filmed.

However, Cao Yu came here not to visit the set, but to shoot the MV for the song "Liang Liang".

Liu Yifei: "Three lives and three worlds seem like a dream, and the fleeting wind dries up the tears."

Cao Yu: "If memories can no longer recognize each other, let the love fall into the dust."

Liu Yifei: "When will spring come again after ten miles of coolness? I can see the wind blowing under the tree again."

Cao Yu: "The fallen flower has feelings but the flowing water is ruthless. Don't let the grudges, love and hate cool down the purity of the flower."

In the peach blossom forest, two people in ancient costumes sang to this point, and under the colorful peach blossoms, they held hands together: "I wish to be bound by the dust in my life."

At this moment, Cao Yu was handsome and elegant, and Liu Yifei was even more beautiful. Especially when the blower blew up petals all over the sky, flying around them, the scene was so beautiful.

Seeing the two being so affectionate, Zhang Xiaotian, who was not far away, felt sad.

"I'm not angry. I absolutely cannot be angry. Although they have a child, they are not married yet. It's not like I don't have a chance."

Just as I was thinking about it, my father called.

"Xiaotian, I found you an opportunity to be an exchange student at a prestigious American university. Please make arrangements and go to the United States after the summer vacation."

"I'm not going! I've already started my internship as a secretary to Mr. Cao at Feiyu Group!"

Zhang Xiaotian doesn't want to be arranged by his family, and going to the United States as an exchange student, how can it be more promising than staying with Boss Cao?
"Boss Cao? Are you talking about the Boss Cao from Feiyu Group?"

When Zhang's father heard this person, he immediately stopped talking. It seemed that his daughter was quite capable. She could even be the secretary of the richest man?

It seems that my daughter is more capable than I thought.

After Zhang Xiaotian finished talking to his father, he saw that the filming was completed, so he immediately took his phone and ran to Cao Yu: "Mr. Cao, the scenery here is so beautiful, let's take a photo together."

"can."

Cao Yu thought it was just a normal photo, so he agreed to this small request.

But as soon as the two stood together, Zhang Xiaotian put his arm around Cao Yu's arm, tilted his head, and rested it on Cao Yu's shoulder.

This looks like a photo of a couple.

Pang Yuan, who was in charge of taking pictures, saw this situation and gave his boss a questioning look.

Cao Yu nodded slightly, but moved his body slightly.

"Crack."

After taking the photo, Zhang Xiaotian took a look at the photo and thought they were a good match. He moved closer to Cao Yu and deliberately asked, "Do they look good?"

"That's fine, but you are not allowed to post on Moments, let alone Weibo."

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When Zhang Xiaotian saw his purpose was exposed, he realized that this man was easier to deal with than he thought.

Cao Yu looked at the somewhat disappointed Xiao Tian and laughed in his heart: "Little girl, you are too naive to play this trick on me!"

The MV is directed by the famous comedy director Ning Hao and will be shot here for two days.

That night, the crew of the "Liang Liang" MV and the crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" had a barbecue dinner together outdoors.

Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, and Li Yitong, three beautiful women, surrounded Cao Yu and talked and laughed, talking about the interesting things in the crew. Zhang Xiaotian felt that she couldn't get a word in, and she was just a secretary, so she couldn't interrupt casually.

"Bear it! I have to bear it. I must not get angry."

She had thought before that Cao Yu must be popular with women, but she didn't expect him to be so popular with women.

Seeing Liu Yifei and Liu Shishi being affectionate with the men they liked, Xiaotian was extremely jealous.

But then I thought, isn’t it because he is so outstanding that so many girls like him?

Hangzhou, Ahli.

Ma Yun has been in a very good mood recently.

In March, Goldman Sachs Capital on Wall Street and the heads of Chinese luxury brands such as LV and Chanel came to me respectively.

Goldman Sachs helped Ali buy back 40% of Yahoo's shares for US$ billion, and supported Ma Yun in acquiring Kuaidi Dache and a food delivery platform, driving the development of Zhifubao and preparing for future lending.

Goldman Sachs will also acquire 29% of Ali's shares. This investment is naturally a win-win situation for Ali.

The heads of several luxury brands in China invested 1 billion US dollars in entertainment companies and Tudou Video to help them invest in more film and television dramas and variety shows.

The requirement is that these film and television dramas and variety shows must advertise luxury goods.

With this money, Mr. Ma, who was beaten by Cao Yu without any ability to fight back, stood up again.

He is ready to do something big and make Ahri rise again!
Jack Ma immediately found Wang Xing, who was once the CEO of Youtuan, to discuss the development of the food delivery business.

"Mr. Ma, although Meituan currently holds more than 90% of the market share, as long as the funds are in place, we still have a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Wang Xing was also unwilling to accept the failure of his tenth entrepreneurial venture. Although he became an executive under Ali, he was always holding back, hoping to make a comeback one day.

Now that Ali has acquired Ele.me, his chance has finally come.

So Wang Xing brought out the plan he had been considering during this period: "I have counted that in order to ensure the safety of Meituan's riders, the delivery time for both food delivery and group purchases is basically more than half an hour. This speed is too slow."

"Besides, they strictly control the quality of takeout, so the price is not very cheap."

"So as long as we are faster and cheaper, we will definitely be able to carve up a large piece of Meituan's market share! Because what users care about is to eat their ordered meals as soon as possible."

After Wang Xing finished speaking, Ma Yun began to hesitate.

Faster means safety risks for the rider.

Even if it’s cheaper, the quality of the food is definitely not guaranteed. Maybe the merchants will choose high technology and hard work for the sake of price.

Wang Xing thought that Mr. Ma was thinking about how to make it faster and cheaper, so he continued, “I have recently thought about an algorithm. As long as the rider takes 25 minutes to deliver the food this time, we can use 25 minutes as the standard next time and require him to deliver at this speed all the time. If he exceeds the time limit, we will deduct money.”

"In this way, the delivery speed of the riders will only get faster and faster, and customer satisfaction will also increase."

"As for the price, Meituan currently takes 15% from the merchants who sign contracts with us. We can do 12%, but the merchants must sign an exclusive contract with us. In addition, we can sign some merchants with lower prices and provide subsidies in the early stage, which will definitely open up the market."

"Currently, Ele.me has a 3.5% market share in the food delivery industry. As long as the funds are in place, I guarantee that within a year, the market share will reach 40%!"

After listening to these ideas, Ma Yun said after a long while: "If this is the case, compared with Meituan, will our reputation not be so good? Will it be difficult to recruit riders?"

"It doesn't matter whether the reputation is good or not. Our main purpose is to make money. Besides, there are so many people in China. Even if the reputation is not good, there are still people who want cheap meals and people who are willing to be riders."

Wang Xing said without any concern: "The current salary of Meituan riders is basically between 5,000 and 6,000. As long as we let the riders speed up, it is possible for them to earn more than 6,000 per month."

As he spoke, he also mocked: "Meituan stipulates that the riders' riding speed shall not exceed 30 kilometers. This is completely unnecessary. Who doesn't want to deliver more? Who doesn't want to make more money?"

Finally, he added: "As long as Ele.me's users grow, it will definitely boost Zhifubao's transaction volume."

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. Within a year, make Ele.me's market share reach 40%!"

When she heard about "Zhi Fu Bao", Ma Yun knew that this was her best chance to turn things around. She finally stopped considering the riders and the food quality and made up her mind to let Wang Xing run this business.

As long as Zhifubao develops rapidly, it can leverage more funds through huge transaction flows.
Your financial dream can come true!
However, he now regrets not listening to Cao Yu's advice and doing big data.

A large part of Feiyu Group’s current success is due to the fact that its big data is so powerful that it can accurately study customer needs.

"It's all because I was short of money before. Now that I have money, I should have enough time to do it."

Looking at the rapidly changing Internet, Ma Yun immediately decided to start developing big data!

Peach Blossom Island.

Cao Yu has finished filming the MV for "Liang Liang".

He was supposed to go back, but he called Ma Yun and invited her to come to Peach Blossom Island to discuss swordsmanship.

Ma Yun had already guessed that Boss Cao would definitely look for her, but the call came later than expected.

However, he still happily accepted the appointment and wanted to talk to this distant competitor.

On April 15th, the Peach Blossom Island was in bright spring weather with colorful flowers. Ma Yun arrived at this overseas island as scheduled.

"Mr. Cao, what a great mood!"

"Boss Ma, long time no see!"

In a small courtyard in Taohuagang, Cao Yu and Ma Yun exchanged a few words and sat down.

Secretary Zhang Xiaotian made tea for the two of them and sat aside.

She now works with Cao Yu, the richest man in China, and is not surprised by Ma Yun, the boss of an Internet company.

Cao Yu glanced at Ma Yun, who was in much better spirits than last time, and said with a smile: "Boss Ma, do you still remember the original intention of establishing Ali?"

This was the second time Cao Yu asked this question, and Ma Yun immediately felt that this meeting might lead to disagreements.

Fortunately, he had money, so he was more confident: "Of course I remember, what's wrong?"

"I heard that you, Ali, received some investment and acquired two platforms, Ele.me and Kuaidi Taxi. Congratulations."

"Hey, compared to Mr. Cao, it's just a small fight."

Ma Yun said modestly, but didn't want to talk about the two platforms. Instead, she said, "Mr. Cao, your "Huaxia Music Show" is doing very well. I plan to let our Zhi Fubao sponsor a few episodes of this show. What do you think?"

"Title?"

Cao Yu immediately saw Ma Yun’s ambition. This was a prelude to making Zhi Fubao the main business of Ali.

He took a sip of tea and said, "I agree that Zhifubao can help solve the problem of small and micro enterprises' difficulty in obtaining loans, but there is no need to spend so much money on advertising, right? Sponsoring the China Music Show is very expensive."

"Mr. Cao, I plan to build Zhifubao into a comprehensive digital financial platform that integrates life, shopping, travel, payment, bank deposits, and borrowing."

Cao Yu has shares in Zhifubao, so Ma Yun did not hide it and directly stated her plan: "The 4G era is coming. During this period, I have developed Yu'ebao and issued some loans. I also plan to launch a consumer credit product called Huabei next year or the year after.

This product allows users to consume first and repay later, which not only stimulates consumption but also promotes economic development.”

Ma Yun was very proud of her idea, which seemed to mean, "I'm not going to pretend anymore. I'm going to be frank. I'm going to engage in finance, study loans, and let people consume in advance."

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Cao Yu didn't know what to say. The wheel of time hadn't changed much.

Products like Huabei will eventually come out.

Zhifubao has been separated from Ali, and he also has shares in it, but he really does not support this kind of product.

They say that it is to boost the economy and promote consumption, but they are just targeting the little money in people's pockets.

Moreover, foreign luxury goods come to you, and a large part of the consumption you stimulate must go to foreign capitalists.

Seeing Cao Yu frowning and not speaking, Ma Yun smiled and said, "If banks don't change, we will change banks! This is my goal. Only by stimulating consumption can we help more companies."

"That's true, but I personally think that the best way to boost consumption is to increase people's income. When people have money, who wouldn't want to spend it?"

Cao Yu immediately denied Ma Yun's point of view, and then said: "Mr. Ma, I called you here this time not to oppose you to start Ele.me or Kuaidi Dache. I am not afraid of competition, but I just hope that you will not exploit the riders, let alone use low-price strategies. We really can't just do it for the sake of making money."

"hiss"

When Ma Yun heard this, he felt a chill down his spine. Could it be that he had a traitor in Ali?
But even if there was a traitor, no one else was present when I talked with Wang Xing two days ago. How did Cao Yu know my plan?
But if I don’t follow Wang Xing’s approach, how can I snatch market share from you?

Not for money? Then why?
You are the richest man and have plenty of money, so you can talk without any pain in your waist!
Zhang Xiaotian, who was standing by, was filled with admiration after hearing what Cao Yu said.

It turns out that the man I like is greater than I imagined!
She immediately wrote down Cao Yu's words in her notebook.

On the side, Ma Yun pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "People say that Mr. Cao is a conscientious entrepreneur, and it is indeed true. I certainly won't exploit the riders. As for the price, it is determined by the market and cannot be changed by human power."

"hehe."

Seeing that this guy was not sincere, Cao Yu stopped trying to persuade him and said with a smile: "I believe Mr. Ma is also a conscientious entrepreneur. As for the consumer credit products you mentioned, I think you should be more cautious."

"I will consider Mr. Cao's suggestion."

Ma Yun nodded casually and changed the subject: "This tea is good. Is it this year's new tea?"

"Mr. Ma has a great tongue."

Cao Yu smiled faintly, thinking to himself: "Luxury brands are looking for you, Goldman Sachs is looking for you, I think you are determined to help the foreigners make money and engage in advance consumption, then I'm sorry, when we enter the 4G era next year, my Douyin will also be online, then I'll see how I push you to the forefront!"

(End of this chapter)