You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 291: It's Too Early
I am a top student who graduated from the directing department of Beijing Film Academy.

I am an elite returnee who studied at the Southern California Film Academy and worked as a producer in Hollywood.

My first job as a host after returning to China was actually to shoot a music video?

Xia Lian looked at her boss with shock and disbelief, and at the same time wondered if she had heard it wrong.

"Boss Qin," Xia Lian said cautiously, "We are a film and television company."

"It should be easy for a film and television company to shoot an MV." Qin Shaoyan asked, "Can it be shot?"

"Of course I can..." Xia Lian hesitated, "But isn't shooting a music video a bit... incompatible with the style of our company?"

"The style is related to the quality and content of the shooting, and has nothing to do with what is being shot." Qin Shaoyan said seriously.

Xia Lian was helpless and desperate and ready to accept her fate. "Boss Qin, which singer or movie star do you want to film? I'll contact the agent."

"No." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "I don't plan to invite any movie stars or singers."

Xia Lian was confused again, "Boss Qin, do you want to find an amateur to take the photo?"

"No, actually this MV doesn't even have a song, and it doesn't even need a singer." Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "I call it a pure music MV."

"Pure music?!" Xia Lian asked in shock, "What kind of MV is this?"

"Actually, this is an advertisement." Qin Shaoyan asked back, "Do you know that there is an advertising company in Beijing called Sun Holy Flame?"

"Holy Fire of the Sun?" Xia Lian thought for a moment and then shook her head, "I've never heard of it."

"Then you should learn more about it. We will cooperate with them this time." Qin Shaoyan advised.

Solar Flame is an advertising company with a different style.

The promotional videos they shot are beautiful, fresh and elegant, just like a landscape video.

The style of the painting is completely different from those traditional advertisements, earthy advertisements, and magical brainwashing advertisements.

His representative works include "Love of Kangmei", "Love of Jiangnan", "Green Plum in the Fairy Forest", "Fragrance Intoxicating the World for Five Thousand Years" and various "Love of XX".

Invite famous stars such as Ren Quan, Li Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Huang Shengyi and singer Tan Jing to perform.

These music ads are three or four minutes long and are broadcast on CCTV.

Xia Lian hesitated for a moment, and thought that since it was the boss's arrangement, she had to grit her teeth and carry it out.

You must execute whether you understand or not.

"Boss Qin, what is the theme of our advertisement?"

"Theme." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment, "This is a public service advertisement, mainly to promote the 10th National Games in October this year."

"Ah?!" Xia Lian was even more confused. "We are making a public service advertisement to promote the National Games?"

"Correct."

"But, why is this happening?" Xia Lian could no longer keep up with President Qin's train of thought.

What does the National Games have to do with us? Besides, it is held in Jiangsu Province, not in Beijing...

"Because a customer from Su Province asked us to do it." Qin Shaoyan answered calmly, "The customer asked us to do it and paid us. We can't just refuse to do it."

"Oh, it's a customer request." Xia Lian was stunned for a moment, "Since it's a customer request, we will try our best to meet it."

"Um, Mr. Qin, how much is the budget?"

"Three million, maybe." Qin Shaoyan thought for a moment, "Qvod will take one million first, and the client will transfer the rest next week."

"OK." Xia Lian made a rough estimate in her mind. Three million was enough to make a low-budget movie. This business was still very profitable.

But even if he can make money, isn't it a bit unprofessional for a CEO like Mr. Qin to care about a small business worth millions?

"Boss Qin, how do I get in touch with customers?" Xia Lian asked, "I need to communicate with customers and keep abreast of their needs and feedback."

"You don't need to contact them, just contact me directly." Qin Shaoyan replied, "I am the largest party A."

“???” Xia Lian’s head was full of question marks.

Seeing that Qin Shaoyan's expression seemed to be no joke, Xia Lian was once again in despair.

It’s over. The boss is finally going to intervene directly in the business.

"Go to the music school and find some folk music teachers." Qin Shaoyan said to himself, "We need four instruments: satar, flute, guzheng and suona. We need to perfectly integrate these four instruments."

"It should reflect the vastness and desolation of the northwest desert, the generosity and tragedy of the Yanzhao land, the gracefulness and beauty of the Jiangnan water town, and the majestic grandeur of the suona, which overwhelms all the heroes."

"..."

After hearing Mr. Qin's request, Xia Lian felt a headache. What kind of mix and match style is this?

She didn't dare to imagine what effect would occur if these instruments were mixed together.

The painting style is so abstract that I dare not imagine it.

For a moment, Xia Lian didn't know what words to use to describe Mr. Qin's imaginative thinking and unique needs.

She suddenly remembered an interesting story she had heard before. The painter received a simple request. The client wanted colorful black.

What kind of insane demand is this?

But you can't say you can't do what your boss asks you to do.

Since Xia Lian was not a music major, she couldn't give a reasonable explanation.

I can only try to go to a music school and see if professionals can take on this big job.

"Boss Qin, what is the name of our project?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "The same applies to all nine states."

"Jiuzhou Tong?!" Xia Lian was stunned, and an inexplicable emotion suddenly surged in her heart.

"Work hard, our advertisement will be broadcast on CCTV." Qin Shaoyan gave another reminder and sent Xia Lian away.

Qin Shaoyan then picked up the phone and looked through the address book, "Hey, Boss Tian, ​​ask Boss Wang to come to Beijing."

"Yes, it's very important."

……

"Brother Liu, what do you think of my suit?" Song Daorong adjusted his tie nervously.

"It's okay." Liu Yuanrui said absentmindedly.

"Is it okay or not?" Song Daorong asked anxiously, "This is Versace, I spent hundreds of thousands to make it custom-made."

"That's enough. We are here to discuss business, not to be models." Jiang Mingsheng said impatiently, "Why are you so nervous about meeting an American?"

"I have been doing business for decades and I have never done business with Americans." Song Daorong was still a little nervous, "We can't let foreigners look down on us."

Jiang Mingsheng glared at him and said, "This time it's mainly Mr. Qin who's here to talk. Why are you worrying so much? He may not even know you."

"Don't talk." Liu Yuanrui shouted in a low voice, "The Americans are coming."

A row of business cars slowly stopped by the roadside. After the doors were opened, two foreigners in suits and ties came out.

Edward, who had been waiting nearby, came over with a smile on his face, and shook hands with him while exchanging greetings.

In addition to the man in a suit, three foreigners in plaid shirts and glasses got off the car and looked at the three-story building in front of them with curiosity.

After the two sides greeted each other, Edward led the Facebook group into the campus network.

Seeing the people from Facebook walking past them, Liu Yuanrui and others breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a little uncomfortable.

How come it passed by like this without introducing us yet?

We are shareholders too!
However, they quickly adjusted their mentality and followed the Facebook people into the company. As soon as they entered the company, they saw the Facebook people rushing towards Qin Shaoyan enthusiastically, smiling and greeting him.

Looking at their attentive expressions and their eagerness to shake hands, they are all so fawning.

It was as if he was meeting some important person.

Not only a handshake, but also a hug. What kind of treatment is this?

The three coal bosses were stunned.

Song Daorong stared at the scene in front of him in amazement, "Why are all the Americans scrambling to curry favor with Mr. Qin?"

"That's different." Liu Yuanrui whispered, "Boss Qin has quite a lot of connections in the United States. Bill Gates even invited Boss Qin to his home. How can he be the same as us local bosses?"

Qin Shaoyan dealt with the people from Facebook skillfully in English, then invited them into the meeting room, and then glanced at the three coal bosses who were still standing there.

"Mr. Liu, Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Song, please come in." Qin Shaoyan made an inviting gesture and called the three of them to come in together.

The three of them were stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

When they reached the door of the conference room, the three of them subconsciously took a step behind, allowing Qin Shaoyan to walk in front.

"Everyone." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile on his face as he sat in the main seat, "Welcome to inspect our artificial intelligence image recognition system. Let me first introduce to you the other shareholders of this project."

"The IDG representative is not here, so let's start with these three shareholders."

"This is Mr. Liu Yuanrui, an independent investor. He is a tycoon in the energy and mining industry."

Guy Rosen, the vice president of Facebook, stood up, extended his hand to Liu Yuanrui, and said enthusiastically, "Hello, Mr. Liu."

A smile appeared on Liu Yuanrui's face. He shook hands tightly with the other party and then exchanged business cards with him.

It has to be President Qin, who gives me full face.

……

While Qin Shaoyan was giving emotional value to his investors, IDG had already ended its negotiations with SoftBank.

Zhou Dao brought the signed agreement back to Xiong Xiaoge and reported, "Boss Xiong, this is the contract, please take a look."

"Oh, finally I've done it." Xiong Xiaoge sighed, flipped through the documents casually, and then put them on the table.

He exchanged 5% of the shares of the artificial intelligence project for US$ million, and now sold it to SoftBank for US$ million.

Zhou Dao hesitated for a moment, "Boss Xiong, today is the day when the Facebook delegation comes to visit. Don't we really need to send someone to take a look?"

"What's so good about this?" Xiong Xiaoge sneered. "Qin Shaoyan is a shareholder of Facebook. He is playing a double game here for the investors."

"Why, you haven't seen enough of this drama yet?"

Zhou Dao hesitated for a moment, "I think the artificial intelligence project... should be reconsidered."

"Don't think about it." Xiong Xiaoge waved his hand. "It doesn't make sense."

"I think if Mr. Qin tries a little harder, he might be able to make some money."

"Isn't this already profitable?" Xiong Xiaoge said nonchalantly, "From now on, listen selectively to Qin Shaoyan's words and try not to believe them. This guy never speaks the truth."

"what?!"

Zhou Dao was very surprised. Wasn’t it that Mr. Xiong and Qin Shaoyan had a pleasant cooperation?
How come Mr. Qin has become a liar again?

Is it because of the video website?
Zhou Dao was just wondering why President Qin had lost President Xiong's trust when the phone in his pocket rang.

When Zhou Dao picked up the phone, his expression changed and was filled with astonishment.

"What? Already finished discussing this? So soon?!"

"Boss Xiong." Zhou Dao looked at Xiong Xiaoge with a strange expression. "The news from the campus network is that Facebook has purchased 10% of the shares of the artificial intelligence system for million US dollars."

Xiong Xiaoge was stunned for a moment, then his face darkened, "Is the news reliable?"

"They will announce it soon. The letters of intent have been signed."

Xiong Xiaoge's expression gradually became serious, "Oh no, I acted too early this time."

Zhou Dao: “…”

……

After seeing the artificial intelligence image recognition system, people at Facebook were amazed and praised it highly.

The image recognition accuracy is close to 100%.

Although there is some gap between the demonstration effect and the actual application, if we cut it in half, there is still a 50% success rate.

That’s enough. Artificial intelligence assists in identification and screening, and then auditors do manual review.

With this set of things, the audit work becomes much easier.

The company will no longer need to hire so many auditors, which will save a lot of labor costs.

The only drawback is that this thing is not perfect yet and it will take two or three years before it can be put into practical use.

But it doesn’t matter. Facebook can still wait and can just use reviewers for the next two years.

Besides, the company has already started to prepare to outsource to a third party, and the cost has dropped sharply.

Then the programmers from both sides started a technical discussion, and the Facebook technicians asked the project director Xing Wenqiang a bunch of questions.

Xing Wenqiang still has strong technical ability. He answered questions calmly and fluently, fooling the other party's technical staff.

The two parties quickly reached an agreement on the valuation issue, and Facebook readily signed the letter of intent for investment.

The next thing was to open champagne to celebrate. The three coal bosses couldn't stop smiling after watching both parties sign.

Although they are new players in the Internet sector, they have already understood some of the rules of the game in advance.

Once Facebook receives this money, the valuation of its artificial intelligence project will reach $100 million.

This is a certification of real money, and it also means that the shares they hold will also appreciate in value.

Liu Yuanrui and the other two made up their minds that they would hold on tightly to President Qin's support.

No matter what projects Mr. Qin has in the future, we will definitely invest in them.

We will invest in whatever Mr. Qin says!
The two sides agreed on the time and place for the celebratory dinner, and Edward took the group of foreigners out to play.

Qin Shaoyan took the driver to another company.

After passing through the nearby residential area, Qin Shaoyan got off the car and walked into a residential building in the apartment building.

As soon as he entered the door, Qin Shaoyan saw Xiong Jiajia fiddling with the fish tank and gently sprinkling fish food into the water.

"When did you fall in love with raising fish again?" Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised.

"I'm not raising fish," Xiong Jiajia said. "I'm making a nest."

Qin Shaoyan was shocked. "Are you upset after your fishing trip? Are you using the fish tank to practice?"

"It has nothing to do with fishing." Xiong Jiajia replied, "I saw that the cat of the pet shop owner liked to go to the fish tank to catch fish, so I thought about clearing the fish tank to see if I could lure the cat over."

"..." Qin Shaoyan said expressionlessly, "Why don't I just spend money to buy the pet shop."

"Get lost." Xiong Jiajia said with disgust, "Don't use your money to taint my pure feelings!"

Qin Shaoyan found it unbelievable, "Brother Xiong, didn't you love to use money to gain affection in the past?"

"You don't understand." Xiong Jiajia said sadly, "This is called love!"

(End of this chapter)