Debuted right after graduating from high school

When you're in Hollywood, trending topics just fall from the sky.

While browsing the news online, Fan Wumian saw a news item from that day. Some media outlets reported that a music festival had just been held in Shanghai, where guests sang a total of 55 songs, 32 of which were his compositions, including many for Zhang Liangying and Zhuang Muxi.

His dominance in the Chinese music scene is evident from this.

The current situation is that Fan Wumian, this "god," is flying in the sky, while Jay Chou, Lin Junzhe, Chen Yisen, and a few others are fighting on the ground, and there is also a group of new singers who are trying to climb out of the pit.

If Fan Wumian hadn't had so many diverse careers that he no longer cared much about the income from the Chinese music scene, the lives of other top singers would have been even more difficult than they are now.

Fan Wumian not only flew high in the sky, but also casually wrote a few new songs for Zhang Liangying, which made her a top singer who completely popularized the ancient style opera singing track. The other contestants who participated in the "Super Girl" talent show with Zhang Liangying are not as successful as her now.

At the beginning of the month, Jane Zhang held a concert in Yanjing. The 8 seats at the Workers' Stadium were not enough, and the tickets were snapped up by fans from all over the country shortly after they were released.

It is worth mentioning that this ticket sale adopted a combination of online and offline methods. Through the "Miaoyan Ticketing Platform" designed by Zhang Yiming, the founder of Douyin, with the help of Fan Wumian, a total of 2 tickets were sold.

During the registration and entry process, attendees who purchased tickets online need to present a printed QR code along with the password sent to their mobile phone or email to complete the ticket check.

Since true smartphones haven't been invented yet, many ticket checking processes are rather cumbersome, which is unavoidable.

Many outsiders believe that the market value of Tencent, Alibaba, and other American internet giants in Silicon Valley is already ridiculously high, and that there may be a serious bubble like in other industries. In fact, they have only just begun to develop, and the real big opportunity is far from coming.

While browsing the internet in his hotel suite, Fan Wumian also tried out the international version of Tencent Weibo, "Microblog." Due to the different ecosystem in the United States, the user experience was quite different from that in the port city.

Usernames and profile pictures are usually real names or photos. Some businesses also use features like "People Nearby" to advertise. When Fan Wumian was using the "dating and matching" function, he unexpectedly came across Amber Heard, a female celebrity who lived nearby. She was the one who had a big lawsuit with Johnny Depp in his previous life.

I clicked into her profile and took a look. It seems she posts several Weibo posts every day. Putting aside her quirky thought process and personality, this girl is indeed good-looking. No wonder she could still seduce Elon Musk after divorcing Johnny Depp.

The so-called "dating matchmaking" feature means that users can view each other's photos and other information, swipe right if they like someone, and swipe left if they don't. If both parties like each other's posts, the system will match them up, and then users can enter the private messaging interface.

Microblog, a social platform, focuses on "dating," "sharing," and "photos," which differs from Facebook. With features such as private messaging, chat groups, and self-destructing messages, it is more popular among young people.

In order to capture the youth market while retaining other users, a special team was formed to develop an algorithm that pushes and displays information and advertisements according to user preferences.

In short, this algorithm shows more Black users to Black users, more White users to White users, and separates users who simply like to post text and media accounts. Popular microblog posts can get higher exposure. While creating information cocoons to improve user activity and retention, this algorithm also tries to show diverse information.

I initially thought celebrities should value their privacy, but I was surprised to see so many Hollywood stars' accounts. From the "People Nearby" display, I could find Julia Roberts, Kate Upton, Reese Witherspoon who has been very popular in recent years with a salary of up to $2000 million, and Leonardo DiCaprio, among others.

Microblog users can set restrictions on private messages from non-followers, or allow strangers to send a single text message of 20 words or less. Even when publicly displaying themselves, users don't need to worry about being excessively disturbed.

After experiencing it, Fan Wumian felt that the company still had talented people under its command, and had considered all the necessary precautions. If the same user received multiple complaints in a short period of time, they would be prohibited from harassing others, preventing users from recklessly criticizing others.

In contrast, Facebook, after using it, you'll find it's actually quite boring. It's more suitable for interacting with relatives, friends, and acquaintances in a small circle, and it's not as open as Microblog.

"Openness" in two senses.

Fan Wumian had to check the boxes in the settings to try out the "People Nearby" and "Dating Matching" features, which also exposed his account information.

He had forgotten to disable private messages from non-followers, and during the half hour he was testing the new version of Microblog, he unexpectedly received more than ten private messages from strangers.

A young Asian man wrote
—"Wow!! You really are WM Van!?"

There was also a plain-looking, overweight white girl who sent a message asking...
"I think I know you. Can I get your autograph?"

A Black woman whose profile included tags such as "model," "actress," and "Ethiopia" showed him her latest Weibo post, which was a photo of her wearing a bright pink bra, standing by a door showing off her long legs and slim waist.

The Black community can be further subdivided into many groups. There are many mixed-race children born to Black, White, Latino, and Asian parents in the United States, whose skin color is not as dark as people stereotype.

Africa is not only inhabited by Black people. Historically, the areas close to the Mediterranean were inhabited by Eurasian peoples, such as Arabs, Persians, Greeks, and Egyptians. Ethiopia and other places are known for their beautiful women. Many girls have soft features and exaggeratedly good body proportions. It would not be an exaggeration to say that there are supermodels everywhere. Once you go there, you won't say a word.

In addition, the cost of living in Ethiopia is very low, so it's no wonder that many expatriate employees and business people are so happy to go there that they don't want to leave and settle down there.

Fan Wumian carefully examined several photos and found that the girl was quite beautiful, but unfortunately her origins were unknown, so he dared not use her carelessly.

Investing in and producing films and television series in Hollywood inevitably involves considering racial diversity, often requiring the use of African American, Latino, and Asian actors. To cater to both Eastern and Western aesthetics, he began to consider cultivating some promising talents himself, similar to his collaborations with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, to promote businesses such as Ferrari, Valentino, Land Rover, Aston Martin, Microblog, as well as film, television, and asset management.

Using actors only for filming movies and TV dramas is clearly a waste of their talents; leveraging their popularity to drive sales is the most important thing.

It's a rare opportunity to come to the United States, which is perfect for handling a lot of trivial matters.

Fan Wumian casually used Google Chrome to search for the keywords "black person + beautiful woman + model + actress." While browsing the pictures, Daddario walked up to him, glanced at the screen, gave a strange look, and asked:
"What are you doing? Having me isn't enough; you want to taste the chocolate beauty?" Fan Wumian put his arm around her waist, saying with a headache, "..."
"Of course not. I'm considering nurturing a few new actors from minority groups. We can't just give all the opportunities to Asians. Doing that in the US would easily draw criticism and resistance from African Americans and Latinos. I thought it would be easy to find them, but it seems I was naive. My eyes are almost tired from looking."

D'Addario pressed further, saying:
"What specific needs do you have? I mean, I've met some Black actors and I can help you find suitable people."

Fan Wumian counted on his fingers and said:
"First of all, she can't be too dark-skinned. She needs to be able to balance the aesthetics of white and Asian people. She needs to have three-dimensional facial features and thin lips. Then, she needs to have a good personality, acting skills, and figure. She needs to look approachable, like Jessica Alba."

"I understand. This requires an in-person interview. You can't really understand someone's personality and acting skills just by looking at pictures online."

After D'Addario finished speaking, he asked in a questioning tone:

“Jessica has a tan complexion. I’ve also seen her in ‘The Dictionary Lover,’ where she played a Native American maid. Does she have Black genes?”

"I don't know, it doesn't seem like it."

Fan Wumian did a quick check and found that Jessica's father was of Latin descent, from Mexico, and had no relation to Black people.

Daddario pondered for a while, then continued:
“I don’t have any suitable friends around me. They need to have prominent facial features, thin lips, and skin that isn’t too dark. It seems like I need to consider mixed-race people. You can look at the Miss World contestants from a few years ago. I remember some of the Black contestants who won were very beautiful, but they might not be able to speak English fluently.”

Fan Wumian immediately closed the browser, saying:

"Forget it, let the employees worry about it. It's much easier to pick directly from the candidates they choose than to find them myself."

Daddario smiled and said:
“If you finish the work directly, you are essentially using your own time to reduce their workload, which is not worthwhile.”

"I discovered long ago that although you can't directly buy time with money, rich people pay others to do their jobs, giving them plenty of time to do other things, which is equivalent to extending their lives in a roundabout way."

"My parents work more than 40 hours a week. After factoring in sleep, meals, commuting, and so on, they don't have much free time for themselves. They can only relax on weekends."

Fan Wumian's tone was tinged with a smile:
"Compared to ordinary people who have to work two jobs to barely make ends meet, your parents' jobs are quite good. At least they have high incomes, relatively more freedom, and two days off and vacation opportunities on weekends."

Speaking of time, Fan Wumian was reminded of the movie "In Time".

After D'Addario left, he specifically looked up the relevant information and found that a registered script called "Time Card" also used time as currency, death at age 25, and other core settings.

Unlike the Chinese film and television market, where creative ideas can be used almost anywhere, the United States has strict and stringent intellectual property protections, requiring careful investigation to determine whether any infringement issues are involved before a project is approved.

After reading the script synopsis of "The Time Card" online, Fan Wumian casually sent an email to the CEO of Myth Film Studio, asking him to contact the screenwriter as soon as possible and try to buy the script.

A few months ago, he created a script called "Lucy" for Zhuang Muxi, intending to try it out as a series of films. He also had a script called "The Witch" with a plot similar to "Stranger Things", involving human experimentation and many fighting and superpower elements, which he was going to give to Feng Ying'er and Liu Yifei to act in.

With his head at the top of the Chinese entertainment industry, Fan Wumian is trying to use Hollywood as a springboard to fully enter the international market. He has already made preparations to wait until he creates "In Time" and then hand it over to Daddario as the female lead.

In addition, with the Marvel company he acquired, it won't be easy to get a piece of the pie from the Hollywood giants. This is one of the main reasons why Fan Wumian was willing to offer $10 billion as bait to find several allies to join his cause.

Only by showing potential competitors greater profits can they turn a blind eye to his many underhanded tactics. Under Fan Wumian's management, the number of Hollywood films with Chinese actors as the main characters has increased significantly in the past two years.

Films like "A Quiet Place," "The Invisible Guest," "Project Gutenberg," "Sheep Without a Shepherd," "Time Trap," "The Man from Earth," and "The Golden Eyes," which have already been released in North America, have achieved considerable box office success. They are essentially taking food from other people's bowls. If they don't find a way to resolve this, they will eventually face a round of suppression.
The tasks to be addressed during this trip to Hollywood can be summarized as planning new projects, recruiting partners, and promoting the development of an international video website, further solidifying the foundation for building an "entertainment empire."

While asking Britney Spears to help arrange a dinner with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, Fan Wumian also contacted several Hollywood executives through Myth Film Studio and McKinsey & Company.

The specific plan for the video website is almost complete. We can learn from the experience and model of founding Tudou.com. Things like technology, talent, funding, and venue are not difficult. The difficulty lies in how to obtain video sources and prevent others from causing trouble.

While the video website issue is still unresolved, Britney Spears has brought good news, telling Fan Wumian over the phone:

“I contacted Kim Kardashian and she said Skechers offered her $400 million a year for the endorsement deal, but I think she’s lying. It probably wasn’t that much, because many of my more famous friends don’t get that price.”

“She knew you wanted to see her and immediately agreed. But Paris is having some trouble. Kim Kardashian has been making headlines lately, and they've fallen out. She wants to break away from Paris and develop her career independently.”

"This infuriated Paris. Knowing that Kim Kardashian would be there, she told me never to include her in my plans again."

Fan Wumian wasn't interested in the power struggles between these women, and said to Britney on the phone:
"It's just for business. I'd like to ask you to promote my sports brand, Fei Li, and I can also give you a few cars, like a Range Rover or an Aston Martin DB9, no problem. I don't need them to be particularly close; considering the endorsement fee, a meal shouldn't be a problem, right?"

In the past, car companies gifted Fan Wumian several luxury cars, including Rolls-Royce Phantoms and Bentley Arnage Rs, for promotional purposes.

Now he has become the boss of a car company, and he also needs to advertise his cars and leverage the celebrity effect to enhance the brand image and awareness. For example, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Huang Shengyi have recently changed their cars to Land Rovers or Aston Martins.

Fan Wumian did the same, transferring 12 Range Rovers from the British factory to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Beijing for daily transportation. (End of Chapter)