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With the rapid promotion of the short video APP, "The Richest Tomato" emerged like a new star on the day of its release and earned a box office of 2.5 million on the first day.

This achievement is considered amazing under normal circumstances.

however.

In this Spring Festival box office battle, it could only come in second place.

Because the box office champion of that day was firmly taken away by another movie - "The Mermaid".

This film, directed by the talented Stephen Chow, has already exceeded 100 million yuan in pre-sales, like a bright meteor streaking through the night sky of Chinese-language films, setting a new pre-sale record and attracting much attention.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when "The Mermaid" was officially unveiled and met the audience, its first-day box office broke through the 2.8 million mark, becoming the Chinese-language film with the highest first-day box office in history.

At that moment, it seemed to transform into a mermaid in the sea, agile and elegant, attracting the attention of countless audiences.

At the same time, it also set many records such as the highest number of moviegoers in a single day and the highest box office of a single film in a single day during the Spring Festival, becoming a true box office king.

The box office performance of "The Mermaid" is like a torrent, surging and showing its unparalleled market appeal.

In comparison, although "The Richest Tomato" also achieved good box office, it seems inferior to the glory of "The Mermaid".

Both films have their own merits and are suitable for the whole family to watch.

However, "The Mermaid" seems to be more touching and has a wider audience. Whether it is Stephen Chow's loyal fans or audiences who are passionate about environmental issues, they can all find resonance in this film.

"The Richest Man in Xihong City" is more like a relaxing afternoon tea, allowing people to find a moment of peace and laughter in their busy lives.

The performance of "The Mermaid" after its release was even more unstoppable, breaking the 4 billion yuan box office mark in just 10 days. The speed was as fast as lightning across the night sky, once again breaking the record of "the fastest Chinese-language film to break 10 billion" in the history of mainland film.

In the first week of the film's release, the single-day box office of "The Mermaid" remained above 2.3 million yuan for a week in a row. This result undoubtedly broke the record for the first-week box office in mainland China's film history.

Although "The Richest Tomato" performed well during its release, it was never able to surpass "The Mermaid" under the brilliant light.

Even with the strong promotion of Heguang Technology's three short video apps, the box office performance of "The Mermaid" still ranks first, like an insurmountable peak, standing at the top of the movie box office of major theaters.

As The Mermaid continues to triumph at the box office, buzz about the film continues to ferment on social media.

On major social media platforms, netizens had heated discussions about the two movies, "The Richest Tomato" and "The Mermaid".

Some netizens said that they watched both movies, and each movie has its own unique charm. "The Richest Man in Xihong City" won the audience's laughter with its light-hearted and humorous plot, while "The Mermaid" moved the audience with its touching story and emotions.

However, more netizens said that "The Mermaid" is more worthy of repeated viewing. They believe that "The Mermaid" is not only a comedy, but also a profound movie.

The film's environmental themes, exploration of human nature, and beautiful love stories all made the audience think more while laughing. Stephen Chow's directing talent and the actors' performances in the film were also well received by everyone.

As netizens discussed it hotly, the box office performance of "The Mermaid" continued to rise, breaking more box office records.

This film has not only become a commercial success, but also a classic that can trigger people's deep thinking.

At the same time, "The Richest Tomato" has also won a certain audience group with its light-hearted and cheerful plot.

Both films have their merits and have achieved success in their respective fields.

However, "The Mermaid" ultimately achieved a double victory in both box office and word of mouth with its deeply rooted story and emotions, as well as Stephen Chow's powerful influence.

On the third day of the Chinese New Year, Zhao Zixuan took time out to accompany his mother to the cinema to watch "The Mermaid" and "The Richest Tomato". After watching them, even Wu Xianglian, who usually doesn't watch movies, thought that "The Mermaid" was better.

In comparison, although "The Richest Tomato" is also a well-made and funny comedy, it seems a little overshadowed by the brilliant halo of "The Mermaid".

As expected, in the fierce box office competition during the Spring Festival, the box office performance of "The Richest Tomato" was slightly inferior to the strong performance of "The Mermaid".

Except for briefly topping the single-day box office twice in the second week of its release, "The Richest Tomato" was almost completely suppressed by "The Mermaid" in terms of box office and word of mouth for the rest of the time.

The success of "The Mermaid" not only once again confirms the huge influence of Stephen Chow's works, but also reflects the audience's love and pursuit of deeply rooted and meaningful film works.

Zhao Zixuan actually had a premonition about this box office result. He originally thought that with the help of the huge momentum and overwhelming publicity of short videos, the gap between the two films could be narrowed or even eliminated.

However, when the actual box office data and word-of-mouth feedback were placed in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart: Stephen Chow is still the king of comedy who cannot be surpassed!

Although this box office PK made Zhao Zixuan feel frustrated, he did not sink into despair or lose confidence.

On the contrary, this experience has inspired him to have a stronger fighting spirit and expectation. He longs for the opportunity to work with a film master like Stephen Chow to create a great work that will go down in film history.

This experience made Zhao Zixuan deeply realize that the quality and connotation of a film, as well as the influence of the director and actors, are the key factors that determine box office and reputation.

He looks forward to working hand in hand with Stephen Chow to create brilliance together in the future film industry.

In the end, by the time all the movies released during the Spring Festival were taken off the screen, "The Mermaid" became the mainland box office champion with a box office of over 33 billion yuan. This figure broke many records, including the first-day, single-day, and first-week box office records.

With the vigorous publicity and promotion of major short video apps, "The Richest Tomato" eventually achieved a box office of 29.8 billion yuan, which not only brought considerable profits to Yixuan Studio, but also created a great influence that was favored by major capitals.

After this incident, Yixuan Studio became famous!
Ding Xiaoying, the actress who played Xia Zhu, also became an instant hit because of this. All major social media platforms were searching for the keyword "Yixuan Girl". After all, there was Zhan Yishang's Qiuya and Ding Xiaoying's Xia Zhu. The fact that Yixuan Studio was able to discover such beautiful actresses one after another has become a hot topic among the public.

Some enthusiastic netizens pointed out that although "The Richest Tomato" lost in the Spring Festival movie box office competition, Yixuan Studio did not lose.

Yixuan Studio's vision and aesthetics in selecting female artists have been unanimously recognized by the majority of fans.

Later, some people compared Star Girl Lin Yun and Yixuan Girl Ding Xiaoying. People were keen on discussing who was more beautiful and had better acting skills. This topic also made it to the hot search list of major news media.

Because the winter vacation of the Central Academy of Drama lasts for two months, Zhao Zixuan was not in a hurry to return to the capital after spending the New Year at home.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhao Zixuan took his mother to Hainan for a week-long trip, where they enjoyed the sun, beach and sea and felt the charm of nature.

Afterwards, he took his mother to Hong Kong and Macau. Accompanied by the little supermen Li Zekai and Li Yanning, they visited the headquarters building of Heguang Technology in Hong Kong.

Up to now, Heguang Technology has rented many office buildings at home and abroad. In addition to the two office buildings located in the imperial capital, it has branch office buildings in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Los Angeles and London.

Currently, the number of registered users of Tianlai APP has exceeded 2 million, and the number of daily active users in China exceeds 1.5 million, ranking first among the three short video APPs under Heguang Technology.

In overseas markets, the number of registered users of the Douyin app, which has been renamed TikTok, has exceeded 1 million. The number of daily active users overseas exceeded 3000 million last month, ranking first in overseas markets.

Starting from March, Tianlai APP began to gradually enter the European market. With the help of Li Zekai, Tianlai APP quickly occupied the European market. From the day of its launch, it achieved a good result of breaking through one million registered users, firmly sitting on the throne of the number one short video APP in the European market.

In view of the rapid and unstoppable development of Heguang Technology, Li Zekai has become more and more appreciative of Zhao Zixuan.

While Wu Xianglian was in Hong Kong, Li Zekai suddenly had the idea of ​​a marriage between the two families. After this idea was put forward, Li Yanning, who had always been independent-minded, surprisingly did not express any objection, and seemed to agree with Li Zekai's words.

However, Wu Xianglian rejected Zhao Zixuan's kindness without even thinking about it, saying that Zhao Zixuan was still young.

Li Zekai did not force it, and later proposed to Zhao Zixuan that they go to France in June to watch the European Cup together.

Zhao Zixuan was not in a hurry to agree because he could no longer remember the specific results of this European Cup. He only remembered that the final seemed to be between Portugal and France, and in the end Portugal won the championship.

Moreover, this year it is not only the European Cup that is worth paying attention to, the NBA's Cavaliers-Warriors battle and the League of Legends MSI Mid-Season Invitational are also worth watching.

The MSI of "League of Legends" will be held in May, while the NBA playoffs will start next month. The game days will last until June, which coincides with the game days of the European Cup.

It doesn’t matter whether you watch this year’s MSI or not, but Zhao Zixuan definitely doesn’t want to miss this year’s NBA Finals. This is the second year of the Cavaliers-Warriors battle, and every year he watches it is one less year.

Of course.

The main reason is that Zhao Zixuan made a lot of US dollars through the battle between the Cavaliers and the Warriors last year, and he also took the opportunity to buy Tesla and Nvidia at the bottom, so he made a fortune.

This year's NBA odds may not be as high as last year's, but it is definitely a rare opportunity to make money. He doesn't want to miss it.

It is worth mentioning that this year is also the year when AI began to take off, and it has achieved remarkable breakthroughs in many fields.

In the field of Go, AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence developed by Google DeepMind, made significant progress. It first defeated European Go champion Fan Hui with a perfect performance, and then won the five-game match against Go legend and South Korean national player Lee Sedol with a score of 4-1.

This outstanding achievement surprised even Demis Hassabis, one of the founders of DeepMind, who believed that the result came a full decade earlier than scientists expected.

This undoubtedly demonstrates the outstanding ability of AI in handling complex strategy games.

At the same time, driverless technology has also made significant progress.

Take Baidu as an example. Its driverless project has successfully passed the functional safety ISO26262 international standard certification and has been field tested on the bustling Fifth Ring Road in the imperial capital, with a maximum speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

This milestone marks a new stage of development for domestic driverless car technology.

It is worth mentioning that Baidu also has mastered the country's top high-precision maps and real-time high-precision positioning technologies, which has laid a solid foundation for the in-depth development of unmanned driving technology.

AI has also demonstrated amazing strength in the medical field, and the diagnostic accuracy of some AI systems has even surpassed that of human doctors.

This achievement reveals the huge potential and application value of AI in the medical field, and heralds profound changes in the medical industry in the future.

With the rapid development of AI technology, the demand for talents in the AI ​​field is also increasing.

Against this background, Li Yanning adopted Zhao Zixuan's advice and decisively poached a group of top talents from Google.

It was this strategy of “spending a fortune on a horse’s bones” that enabled the newly established Swallow AI to stand out in the fiercely competitive European AI market in just a few months, winning wide attention and recognition from the industry.

On a private yacht in Victoria Harbor, the breeze blows and the sparkling sea reflects the gorgeous city night view.

Zhao Zixuan was carefully explaining the future development strategy of Swallow AI to Li Yanning. He particularly emphasized the potential value of a rising new company - Open AI.

“Ms. Yan Ning, I suggest you pay close attention to the developments of Open AI in the near future. I learned that they are actively seeking investment, which is a rare opportunity for us. If we can successfully acquire shares of Open AI, or even consider a full acquisition, this will undoubtedly bring great impetus to the further development of Swallow AI.”

Li Yanning listened attentively, and whenever she encountered professional terms or complex business strategies, she would humbly ask questions and seek more in-depth explanations.

She doesn't have the airs of a rich girl at all. Instead, she is more like an explorer with a passion for knowledge. Her studious and inquisitive attitude is impressive.

She kept asking questions and had in-depth discussions with Zhao Zixuan, demonstrating her sincere concern and thoughtful consideration for the future development of Swallow AI.

"Zixuan, there is one thing I'm curious about. Why are you so interested in Open AI? Is there anything special about it compared to other AI companies?"

Li Yanning asked, a desire for knowledge flashing in his eyes.

Zhao Zixuan smiled slightly, expressing his appreciation for Li Yanning's curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

He adjusted his sitting position to make himself more comfortable, and then began to explain in detail: "Open AI is indeed unique, which makes it stand out among many AI companies. First of all, their technical strength should not be underestimated. Open AI has gathered a group of top AI scientists and engineers, who have outstanding research results in the fields of deep learning and natural language processing. This means that they have the ability to develop more advanced and efficient AI algorithms and models."

He paused and continued, "Secondly, Open AI's business model is also quite innovative. They not only provide AI technology and solutions, but also are committed to building an open AI ecosystem and encouraging developers to innovate on their platform. This concept of openness and sharing will attract more developers and companies to join and jointly promote the development of AI technology."

"Finally, and most importantly,"

Zhao Zixuan emphasized, "Open AI has strict self-discipline in ethics and morality. They always adhere to the interests of mankind as the starting point to ensure the reasonable application of AI technology. This is highly consistent with the values ​​of our Swallow AI, and is also an important reason why we hope to cooperate with them."

Li Yanning nodded thoughtfully after listening to this: "I see, so Open AI is indeed worthy of our attention. If we want to cooperate or invest in them, do you have any specific suggestions?"

Zhao Zixuan hesitated for a while before answering: "First, we need to have a deeper understanding and research of Open AI, including their technical strength, business model, market prospects and other aspects. Secondly, we can take the initiative to contact them and express our willingness to cooperate and invest. At the same time, we can also consider other channels, such as venture capital institutions or industry partners to make connections."

He looked at Li Yanning and continued, "Of course, all of this needs to be done with caution. After all, investment is risky, and cooperation requires trust and compatibility between both parties. But I believe that as long as we sincerely express our intentions and demonstrate our strength and sincerity, we will be able to establish a good cooperative relationship with Open AI."

Li Yanning was deeply inspired after hearing Zhao Zixuan's suggestions. She said that she would seriously consider Zhao Zixuan's suggestions and discuss a specific action plan with the team as soon as possible.

Zhao Zixuan looked at her deeply and said, "Time waits for no one. If you want to make achievements in the field of AI, it is imperative to take over the plan of Open AI. Especially in the next few years, it is crucial. Whether Swallow AI can raise funds and go public in the future depends on your ability."

After hearing this, Li Yanning's expression became extremely serious.

She took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "I understand, I will do my best."

At this moment, the door of the cabin was pushed open, and Zhao Zixuan's mother, Wu Xianglian, came out. She was wearing an elegant and gorgeous red cheongsam, and her steps were a little shaky, obviously she was not used to riding a boat.

Li Yanning immediately stood up, greeted Wu Xianglian with a smile, and tried to go forward to support her.

Wu Xianglian waved her hand and rejected Li Yanning's kindness. She had always maintained a slight sense of alienation towards Li Yanning, thinking that this rich girl was not a good match for her son.

But tonight, seeing Li Yanning discussing company affairs with Zhao Zixuan so seriously, she couldn't help but have a slightly changed opinion of this girl.

"Ms. Yan Ning, can you take a photo of me and Zixuan?"

Wu Xianglian's request made Li Yanning happy, and she nodded in agreement quickly.

Taking the mobile phone handed to him by Wu Xianglian, Li Yanning quickly took on the role of photographer.

She carefully selected a perfect angle, directed Zhao Zixuan and Wu Xianglian to stand in the right position, and then carefully adjusted the camera on her mobile phone to perfectly capture the warm moment between mother and son.

After taking the photo, Li Yanning showed Wu Xianglian the screen of her mobile phone and asked, "Aunt Wu, what do you think of this photo? Do you need to take a few more?"

Wu Xianglian looked at the photo carefully and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it's a very good photo. Miss Yan Ning, I didn't expect that you are not only beautiful, but also have such a versatile photography skill."

Li Yanning smiled modestly: "Thank you Aunt Wu for the compliment, I was just patting you casually. Oh, by the way, you can just call me Yanning from now on, it sounds more intimate this way."

Wu Xianglian listened to Li Yanning's words and showed approval in her eyes. She felt that this girl was not only talented, but also humble and polite, which was really precious.

So, she nodded and agreed: "Okay, then I will call you Yan Ning."

"Aunt Wu, the cheongsam you are wearing is so beautiful. It is elegant and grand, and complements your temperament perfectly." Li Yanning praised sincerely.

Wu Xianglian looked down at the cheongsam she was wearing and said with a smile on her face, "Thank you for your compliment. This cheongsam is indeed one of my favorites."

Li Yanning suddenly had an idea and suggested, "Aunt Wu, I know there is a clothing store that sells very unique cheongsam styles. If you have time, I can take you there tomorrow to see if there are any more suitable styles."

Wu Xianglian was quite interested in Li Yanning's proposal. She has always loved cheongsam and likes to try different styles. This proposal made her feel that Li Yanning was not only attentive, but also caring.

However, she said hesitantly: "But, I plan to go back tomorrow..."

As she said this, she couldn't help but look at Zhao Zixuan.

As the saying goes, no one knows a mother better than her son. Zhao Zixuan smiled gently and said sympathetically, "Mom, since you like it, stay a few more days. The flight ticket can be changed. It's a rare opportunity for you to come out and play, so you should enjoy it."

Li Yanning also quickly added: "Yes, Aunt Wu, you can stay and play for a few more days. I can accompany you to go around these days. After all, there are many places worth visiting in Hong Kong."

After being persuaded by the two, Wu Xianglian finally agreed: "Okay, I'll stay a few more days."

She turned to Li Yanning and said gratefully, "I'll trouble you to lead the way tomorrow."

Li Yanning was secretly happy in her heart and quickly waved her hand to indicate that it was no trouble. "I don't know why, but I feel like I'm very compatible with you and that we have endless topics to talk about. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this. My mother and I don't usually have so much to talk about."

"How about I take you as my godmother?"

Wu Xianglian was slightly surprised, and suddenly felt that this wealthy daughter of the Li family was not as difficult to get along with as she had imagined.

Having a young, beautiful and sensible goddaughter doesn't seem like a bad idea, does it? (End of this chapter)