Chapter 631
Business
Chapter 631 Business
The TV series "Tai Chi Master" was quite popular in the 90s and can be considered Wu Jing's breakthrough work. Liu Mingde had planned to invest in it, but the Qingwu Street incident broke his cash flow, and he couldn't come up with the money, so he withdrew from the project. The production company suddenly had a shortfall of more than three million yuan, and they cursed Liu Mingde's ancestors for eighteen generations.
The owner of the production company, Yanjing Jiayuan Cultural and Art Center, was an old acquaintance of Liu Mingde. The two had a good relationship before. Liu Mingde was embarrassed to ask for help. He knew Zhang Yunqi's background very well and knew that Zhang Yunqi also had a media brokerage company. So he introduced Zhang Yunqi to Jiayuan Culture. Zhang Yunqi asked Wang Jinghua to make the connection. As a result, the female lead of "Tai Chi Master" fell to Li Yufei.
Zhang Yunqi had no idea that the lead role had originally been cast as Lin Lin. He just thought the drama was pretty good and would become very popular after it aired, so the investment wouldn't be a loss. It would also give Li Yufei a chance to officially debut, a win-win situation. Of course, what he really valued was "Princess Pearl," a national phenomenon-level drama. He would then ask Wang Jinghua to make sure that Li Yufei got the lead role no matter what.
It would be best if we could get it done through the normal process.
Can't get it?
Zhang Yunqi didn't understand the film and television industry, but as a nouveau riche in the eyes of others, he knew that in this industry, there was no path that money couldn't buy. If all else failed, he would buy the whole thing, including the script and the company. The production company of "Princess Pearl" was Hunan Huaxia Film and Television Company, which was located in Lijin City.
From a business perspective, although he no longer cared about the small profits from filming TV series, it was indeed a highly profitable business. Of course, filming for "Princess Pearl" only began in mid-97, and at that time, Qiong Yao hadn't even written the script yet.
Li Yufei is about to fly to Beijing.
This marked the true beginning of her acting career.
During this period, she stayed at the South Gate Villa. In the morning, she would practice her singing. Every morning, she would spend some time in bed with Zhang Yunqi, then get up to practice scales and resonance. She was originally a music major and had already tried recording a few folk song demos, but she did not have any real musical works yet. In the afternoon, she would read the script of "Tai Chi Master".
In the days leading up to her departure, Zhang Yunqi put aside most of his work to spend time with her, only to discover that this girl was living a much more fulfilling life at home than he was.
The logic of life is very self-consistent.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that girls in love unconsciously lose their initiative and become emotionally dependent on their partners, especially when their partners are too strong and powerful, and their problems are no longer problems. They become more gentle.
For most of the past few days, Zhang Yunqi spent his time in the courtyard watering flowers, basking in the sun, reading, and writing. He was in a peaceful state of mind, almost as if he had detached himself from worldly affairs and severed ties with the mundane world. Sometimes, when you immerse yourself in something metaphysical, everything in reality becomes insignificant.
A new computer has been installed in the villa near the south gate.
His new computer was custom-built: an Intel Pentium 166 MMX, a 3.2GB hard drive, an S3 Virge 3D graphics card, a Creative 16-bit sound card, and a 15-inch monitor. It cost a whopping $25,000, and it can run email, an early search engine, and even create song demos.
Zhang Yunqi mostly spent his time browsing BBS forums.
In 1996, dial-up internet access via 163 began to become widespread in major cities, and BBS forums such as Great Wall Station, Yiwangqingshen, and Tsinghua University Station quickly emerged. As villages where pioneers spontaneously gathered, BBS forums allowed people to create novels, essays, and poems, share software technology, and debate current affairs. Some simplified terms and emoticons also appeared, such as "watering," "upstairs/downstairs," and "MM" and "GG."
One day, Zhang Yunqi was bored and browsing online novels in the literature section of the Tsinghua University BBS.
Shuimu is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese online literature. Of course, readers of this era would also have fierce debates and criticisms about the plot, with arguments often reaching hundreds of posts. However, the vast majority of these debates were rational and of a high level. This is quite different from Qidian.com in later years, where some readers are particularly biased and sometimes, even when a story is very long, they still like to criticize the author for having a short penis.
It was a warm, sunny afternoon. Zhang Yunqi was engrossed in studying debates in his study when Li Yufei came in with a cup of goji berry chicken soup, leaned on his shoulder, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Feeling sleepy in the afternoon, Zhang Yunqi picked up a spoon and took a sip of goji berry chicken soup, feeling somewhat refreshed: "Online novels, the writing is not very good, and the updates are slow. I really want to criticize them; they are just too short."
Li Yufei leaned closer to take a look and, seeing the post on the computer screen, asked curiously, "With so many reader comments, what does this 'MM' mean?"
Zhang Yunqi laughed: "MM means girl, it's a new internet slang term, so you're MM." Li Yufei said: "It doesn't sound nice, you're not allowed to call me that."
She hugged Zhang Yunqi from behind, their faces close together, her voice soft and carrying a faint scent of lavender: "My darling sounds the best, Yunqi. From now on, you can only call me darling."
Zhang Yunqi reached out and pulled Li Yufei into his lap.
The girl wore a light pink tank top and pure white tight shorts. She was nearly 1.7 meters tall, but her body was slender, and her two legs exposed to the air were long, white, straight, and thin.
He used to think the curves of that little face were a bit too perfect, lacking liveliness, but now, with that captivating smile, she possessed a breathtaking beauty that almost melted his heart and body: "Want to kiss my darling?"
Li Yufei tilted her head back and gently pecked him on the lips, then laughed and scolded, "I can't get enough of your kisses every day, you've practically rubbed my lips raw."
"Then I'll put some lip balm on your lips."
Zhang Yunqi lowered his head and pried open her rosy lips. His hand slipped inside her pink tank top, and the girl tensed up instantly, her breathing quickening. Her breath was hot from her nose, and her soft tongue, upon contact, seemed to intertwine like vines, kissing her for a long time in front of the computer screen…
As they kissed, Li Yufei suddenly remembered something, panting as she withdrew her tongue, then cupped Zhang Yunqi's cheeks in her hands and said, "By the way, my mom wants you to come eat. Is there something she'd like to trouble you with?"
Zhang Yunqi hadn't had enough of being affectionate, but looking at the girl's expression, he still said with lingering interest, "It seems you don't know yet, your mother lost more than two million yuan buying shares in Xiangtai Pharmaceutical."
Li Yufei was silent for a while, then said, "Don't worry about her."
Zhang Yunqi didn't want to take credit for it: "You can't say that. It's not that I only want to take care of your mother's affairs. It's mainly Secretary Hu's idea. He's in that position, so he's bound to worry about the people. So he put this matter on my shoulders. Whether I want to or not, I have to take it on. So it has nothing to do with your mother. The millions your mother lost are not a big deal. Don't worry. I'll give your father more stock options at Liansheng Group. It'll be easy to make up for it."
Li Yufei laughed, a particularly sweet laugh. She hugged Zhang Yunqi tightly and said softly, "Are you doing this because of your baby?"
"Yes, don't worry about it, these are all minor matters. Let's get down to business now."
"What's the matter?"
"Yes, it's that important business."
"Which one?"
"I teach you."
"During the day, you don't take off your clothes..."
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