China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 725 723. Xiaotian learns how to be a domineering president and falls in love with me, and Boss Ma is stimulated
September 19th was destined to be a shameful day for Ma Yun.

Apart from good friends Liu Chuanzhi and Taishan Club, there were less than ten guests from China, making the scene seem shabby and deserted.

Moreover, the negative news about Taobao and Ele.me also spread to the United States, causing many Wall Street investors to be pessimistic about Ali.

Originally, although Ali separated Zhifubao, it still had Taobao, an online shopping platform, Ele.me, a food delivery platform, Kuaidi, a taxi-hailing platform, as well as Tudou, a video website, and Ali Pictures. It was definitely a large group.
With the support of these companies, Ma Yun confidently set the stock issue price at US$58.

Logically, Ali is a large group, not a subsidiary, so such a stock price is not considered high on Wall Street. If the market is optimistic, it will not be a problem for the stock price to surge to more than US$70 after the opening.

But now that something like this has happened, Ma Yun can only be thankful that the closing price doesn't fall below US$58.

But often the more you fear something, the more it will come.

Although Wang Xing has publicly apologized in China and said that Ali will correct its mistakes.

Ma Yun also admitted in the video that he had failed to manage the company strictly and that he would definitely correct these problems, but the market was not optimistic about them at all.

The United States has always said that Chinese companies treat their employees badly. Why are you making a fuss about this now?

After the market opened, Ali's stock price did not move at all. It took more than two hours to complete the first transaction, which was only US$56.

After that it kept falling.

Ma Yun stood under the big screen with a livid face, having cursed Cao Yu countless times in his heart.

You and I are still cooperating on Zhifubao, and you are playing tricks on me like this?

If I find any dirt on you, I'll expose you!
Seeing him like this, Liu Chuanzhi could only come over to comfort him, "Boss Ma, these foreign devils are really something. They enjoy the huge profits brought by our suppressing the employees, but at the same time they accuse us of being bad to our employees. They really eat with the bowl in their hands and curse when they put the bowl down."

"Hey"

Ma Yun finally felt that what Liu Chuanzhi said made a lot of sense.

He glanced at the sympathetic, pitiful, and gloating eyes around him, and suddenly said, "After I go back, I will quit the Taishan Society."

"why?"

Liu Chuanzhi was stunned. What did I say wrong? You are doing well here, why do you want to quit?
"I wasn't very active in the Taishan Club to begin with, so I'll just quit."

Ma Yun mainly felt ashamed, and she might have to join the entertainment industry in the future.

You are all in the business world, and I am an Internet company. I don’t want to play with you.

China, Hong Kong.

"Ha ha."

When Cao Yu saw that the final closing price of Ahri was only US$52, he couldn't help but laugh.

Secretary Zhang Xiaotian asked jokingly, "Why is the boss laughing?"

"Just smile."

At this time, Cao Yu didn't dare to say, "I laugh at Zhou Yu's lack of strategy and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom." What if he got slapped in the face?
He stopped smiling and asked, "What are your plans for today?"

"Let me take a look."

Zhang Xiaotian picked up his boss's schedule and glanced at it: "Boss Cao, there is nothing planned for today, you can take a day off."

"I've been busy for several days and I can finally take a break."

Cao Yu stretched and planned to go home to be with his daughter.

These days, while inspecting his business empire, he still thought about that little girl who only knew how to talk and talk.

Just as he was about to ask the driver to take him back, Zhang Xiaotian said, "Mr. Cao, I have nothing to do today. Why don't we go to Disneyland? I've been in Hong Kong for so long, but I haven't been there yet."

"Going to Disneyland?"

Cao Yu turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xiaotian, and immediately saw the purpose hidden behind her innocent face.

This is an opportunity to create a romantic date.

The paparazzi in Hong Kong are so powerful. If she is photographed, she can still gossip about it or use PUA to gain control of herself.

Although the term PUA has not yet been coined, the routine is fixed.

"Little girl, you need to become more advanced in your cultivation."

Cao Yu couldn't help but snicker, and stood up and said, "It's such a childish place, go by yourself."

"???"

Zhang Xiaotian was puzzled by this sentence.

Is he saying I'm childish?

I'm only twenty-one and still a kid, what's wrong with going to Disney?
Recently I have been watching dramas like "School Beauty in White and Long Legs" and "The Prince Who Turns into a Frog" about the topic of "The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me", and I have learned a lot from them.

The boss's domineering look last time was definitely that of a domineering president. I am also a sweet and innocent girl, and I look so pure. Why doesn't he like me?
Are all fairy tales lies?

Zhang Xiaotian wanted to hold his boss's hand and act like a spoiled child like in TV dramas, but he didn't dare to. He could only pretend to be pitiful and said, "Boss, it would be boring for me to go alone. Just accompany me. You don't have anything to do today anyway."

She looks like she's just about to cry.

But Cao Yu didn't buy it at all: "I don't think it's interesting, let's go back to the hotel and sleep."

After saying that, he went downstairs directly without looking at Zhang Xiaotian again.

"Am I such a failure as a secretary?"

Milk Tea Girl was left there alone, feeling very messy.

I'm showing my goodwill in this way, can't you see it, boss?
Let's go shopping together, and then flirt with each other, maybe you can win over the boss.

Is he straight?

That shouldn't be the case. I heard that Liu Yifei is her girlfriend and Yang Mi is her sisters. How could she be a straight man?
Am I so unattractive?
"I just don't believe that I can't take down a domineering president like you!"

Cao Yu's actions, on the contrary, aroused Zhang Xiaotian's strong desire to win, and he vowed to defeat the boss.

On the way home, Cao Yu thought about the little girl's behavior just now and found it a little funny.

As a man who has been through many flowers without getting hurt, he of course knew what the milk tea girl wanted to do. He also knew very well that if he had agreed just now, she might ask for more.

If you really want to be like other secretaries and give some benefits to the boss, I don't mind.

But he was almost there to take me down.

At this time, the only way for me to persevere is for me to not compromise.

Whoever compromises first will be controlled. I can't be like Brother Dong.

In the next few days, Cao Yu continued to let Douyin use various methods to expose the diamond lies and expose the mooncakes, riders, and catering black workshops.

As a result, everyone's attention has increased unprecedentedly, and the number of Douyin users is also slowly increasing.

In the past, when people wanted to expose something, they had no way to do so. Now Douyin has emerged, providing the public with a platform.

People suddenly became more fond of Douyin, which is more approachable than the previous Weibo.

"So there are so many diamonds? We have been deceived for so many years? These businessmen are so evil!"

In the past, people who bought diamonds would see in various movies and TV shows how diamonds were made to look so high-end. But now people realize that it was all a scam.

National Day is the peak wedding season and also the time when diamond ring sales are the best.

As a result, after Cao Yu was exposed, many people suddenly realized the truth. Although some people still didn't believe it, the sales of diamond rings were still affected.

Those who originally wanted to buy diamond rings have changed to buying gold jewelry.

At the same time, although Wang Xing apologized, consumers were not buying it at all.

We want cheap prices, but we don’t want to endanger our health. Besides, we still have Meituan to choose from, so why do we have to use your platform?
Hungry users are still leaving in large numbers.

In addition to users, the riders' issues are also getting more and more serious.

Meituan riders are treated so well, why are we being treated like this?
Under such circumstances, Ali's stock price is still falling and is almost falling below fifty US dollars.

Paris.

LV's boss Arnault also has a headache.

Although the decrease in Hua Xia Diamond sales did not have a big impact on LV, he knew that this was a warning from Boss Cao to him.

He also didn't expect that Douyin would have such a large audience in China.

Now that Cao Yu controls a platform with hundreds of millions of users, if he were to turn his attention to his own high-profit products such as bags, clothing, lipsticks, and perfumes, the losses would be too great.

But Arno couldn't bring himself to go talk to Boss Cao again.

He originally asked the manager in charge of the Chinese market to find some bloggers to whitewash Diamond, but he was worried that Cao Yu would think this was a declaration of war.
LV is too difficult.

How could China produce such a capitalist who doesn't care about making money?

What a freak.

After racking his brain for a while, he decided to wait and find Mr. Ma from Ali to invest more in Chinese film and television dramas, and continue to promote luxury goods subtly, distort people's values, and make them more vain.

It would be better to find some people to show off their wealth on Douyin, so that the Chinese people who earn an average salary of a few thousand will think that tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are small amounts of money.

Ma Yun had already returned to Hangzhou at this time.

He recently asked someone to find a way to collect some negative information about Boss Cao.

But after spending a lot of money, hiring many paparazzi, and some people in the circle, everyone found that Boss Cao did not have much negative news.

What he wanted was to know about Boss Cao exploiting his employees and cheating consumers, but now the most he heard was that he might be a womanizer, with several girlfriends and an illegitimate child.

But these have been exposed before and have not had much impact.

Mainly, except for Liu Yifei, no one else has any evidence at all.

"It seems a bit difficult to influence Youduoduo's stock price with these things."

Ma Yun was speechless when looking at the negative information she had collected.

Compared to what Cao Yu has done in public welfare and charity, these negative stories are completely useless to him. "Apart from being lustful, is there really no other problem with him?"

Ma Yun was very unwilling to accept this. Cao Yu had caused the share price of Ali to be like this, causing her to lose hundreds of millions of US dollars.
So hateful!

Just when he was feeling bad, LV’s China regional manager found him.

"Boss Ma, what good dramas are you preparing recently?"

"The company was established not long ago and is still looking for good projects."

"Our boss said that Ali will invest more in urban dramas in the next few years and find ways to implant LV products into them."

The Chinese head of LV said bluntly: "Mr. Ma, don't forget that we at LV are also investors in Ali Pictures."

"I see."

Ma Yun almost exploded when she heard the other party's tone.

Now even a regional manager of LV can talk to me like this? Can he bully me?
Although he was unhappy, Ali's stock price was not high, and he was overwhelmed by the hunger issue. Even if he was not angry, he had to endure it.

After hanging up the phone, Ma Yun couldn't help but smash her newly bought iPhone to the floor.

He hasn't dropped his phone for a long time, and he has picked up this skill again.

After more than half an hour, he finally calmed down.

"On September 29, Youduoduo will go public. I'd better go there to take advantage of Boss Cao's popularity and reverse the downward trend."

Ma Yun finally sighed. The most important thing now was to resolve the issue of Ali’s stock price.

For the rest, you need to take it step by step.

……

Just two days before Youduoduo went public, on September 27, the Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony was held in Lanzhou.

This year's Hundred Flowers Awards can be said to be a time of blooming of all flowers.

In 2013, the total box office of several films produced by Feiyu Entertainment exceeded 2 billion yuan. The four films they produced, "Wolf Warrior ", "Mulan", "Duds" and "Lost in Thailand", were nominated for awards.

In particular, "Mulan", the historical action blockbuster directed by Zhang Yimou, received four major nominations for Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Picture, and Best Actress.

This situation is very rare for the Hundred Flowers Awards, which only has ten awards.

Of course, in addition to Mulan, "Wolf Warrior 2" was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Actor.

Even "Duds" was nominated for the Best Film and Best Newcomer awards.

That night, the entire Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony was star-studded.

Although Boss Cao did not come, the artists under Feiyu are still the brightest stars of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards.

Especially Liu Yifei, the cameras tonight were frequently aimed at her.

"Brother, Xixi is so beautiful."

Yang Mi, who was still in Hong Kong, was watching the live broadcast on TV and was planning to give her brother-in-law some eye drops.

"If you want to win the Hundred Flowers Award, then continue to work on your accent. Also, don't be fooled by how glorious Xixi is. Do you know how hard it was to film this drama on the grassland?"

Cao Yu was lying on the sofa, eating some fruit, and said, "Besides a few TV series, the only movie you can show off is "So Young."

Yang Mi was still not happy, and blamed in a delicate voice: "It's you who didn't give me a chance."

"I'm not giving you a chance? Don't forget, you've already acted in two movies in Hollywood."

"Looks like yes."

Only then did Yang Mi remember that her brother was actually very nice to her.

She raised her buttocks and said, "I just said something wrong, please spank me."

"Just hit us!"

It has been almost two months since Yang Mi gave birth and she is ready for intimacy, so Cao Yu was not polite.

The two were practicing yoga in the room, and the award ceremony on TV had already begun.

"Congratulations to Ms. Liu Yifei for winning the Best Actress award!"

"Congratulations to Director Zhang Yimou for winning the Best Director Award at the 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards!"

"Congratulations to the movie "Mulan" for winning the Best Film at the 32nd Hundred Flowers Awards!"

That night, the movie "Mulan" became the biggest winner, while its competitor "The Grandmaster" only won the symbolic award for Best Screenplay.

Even Wu Jing won the Best Actor award for "Wolf Warrior 2", beating Huang Xiaoming's "Chinese Partners".

This evening, Feiyu Entertainment reaped a great deal of rewards.

"Brother, if you go, you will be the best screenwriter."

The two had just finished practicing yoga and were leaning against each other to rest. Yang Mi once again envied Liu Yifei, who actually won the Best Actress award.

But she was too embarrassed to say it, so she could only talk about Cao Yu first.

"For me, it doesn't matter."

Feiyu Entertainment's movies have often swept major film awards in recent years, and Cao Yu has become accustomed to it.

He glanced at Yang Mi and said with a smile: "If you are envious, then work hard and make a movie that can truly represent your ability."

Cao Yu remembered that in the life before his rebirth, Yang Mi, a first-line actress, won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress once, but had never won any other awards such as Feitian, Huabiao, Hundred Flowers, and Golden Rooster.

After so many years in the entertainment industry, the awards she won were such as Most Popular Actress and Most Popular Actress.

He has a lot of fans, is very popular, and has produced many works, but few representative works.

It is also considered a big weirdo in the entertainment industry.

But now this girl doesn't have to gamble with others, nor does she have to make a lot of bad movies. If there is a suitable script, giving her a Best Actress award would be a wish come true.

After the award ceremony, Douyin began to promote the Hundred Flowers Awards extensively, which also led to a significant increase in the number of views of several films on Feie Video.

In Boss Cao’s opinion, traffic is not a bad thing, it depends on where it is used.

If you have the ability, I will give you traffic. If you are a cow dung egg, I am sorry.

With Douyin and control over Weibo, it’s impossible for young and handsome guys to dominate the entertainment industry!
Feiyu's movies won half of the Hundred Flowers Awards this time, which made Ma Yun and Chen Kai very unhappy.

Brother Chen Kai, in particular, felt that this situation was due to Cao Yu becoming the vice chairman of the Film Association.

But both of them secretly vowed at the same time that one planned to make a good film of "Legend of the Demon Cat" and praise his son Arthur at the same time.

The other one, in order to develop a back-up plan in the entertainment industry, is about to make "The Ferryman" a hit.

However, on September 29, Ma Yun still secretly came to Hong Kong, wanting to see what Youduoduo would look like when it went public.

Although his wife advised him not to cause trouble, Ma Yun refused to listen.

In his heart, it was because of the emergence of Youduoduo that Taobao lost its former glory.

He must see how successful Cao Yu is so as to motivate himself to work hard.

September 29th, 9:00 AM.

The entire Hong Kong Stock Exchange was crowded with people and many bigwigs.

The boss of Penguin, which ranks first in social software and games, is here. The boss of Jingdong, the second largest online shopping platform in China, is here. The boss of Huawei, a well-known technology company that is among the top three mobile phones in the world, is also here.

Others included the bosses of BYD and Geely, two big names in the automotive industry, as well as bosses of Internet companies such as Baidu, NetEase, NewLang, and Sohu.

Of course, in this situation, the two beautiful bosses Yang Shuxue and Lee Boo-jin cannot be missing.

In addition to domestic figures, Musk, Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and even Trump wore red scarves to support Boss Cao.

Ma Yun, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help feeling sad when he saw this situation and compared it with the situation when his own Ali went public.

"Duang!"

With the sound of a gong, Youduoduo, China's number one online shopping platform, successfully landed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Since the market expectations for Youduoduo are quite good, Cao Yu also set the issue price at HK$69.9, which is considered to be the largest IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in recent years.

Amid applause from the audience, the stock price climbed to a high of HK$10 in just 75.5 minutes after the opening, an instant increase of nearly 10%, which shows the market's confidence in Boss Cao and Feiyu Group.

Ma Yun in the dark wanted to cry.

Although this stock price is lower than Ali's stock price on Nasdaq, it is rising rapidly.

Sure enough, more than half an hour later, the stock price was 89 Hong Kong dollars, which had risen by 28%.

"Hey, let's go back."

Ma Yun felt that she was not motivated but stimulated.

I fell so much and you rose so much, the gap is exciting, so exciting.

He let out a sigh of relief and planned to leave secretly to avoid being embarrassed by being seen.

As soon as he turned around, he heard a familiar voice calling him from behind.

"Boss Ma, I didn't expect you to come. Why didn't you tell me?"

Hearing this all too familiar voice, Ma Yun regretted not listening to his wife.

Even though he was wearing a hat, he was still discovered by Cao Yu.

When many people around heard what Boss Cao said, they immediately focused their attention on Ma Yun.

Under the gaze of so many people, Ma Yun knew that she couldn't escape.

He could only turn around and force himself to smile: "Mr. Cao, congratulations."

(End of this chapter)