The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

On January 3, 2000, interior renovations were underway on the fifth floor of a commercial plaza called Xintiandi in the heart of Zhujiang New Town, a new landmark and new city center in Guangzhou.

"Wow, what's the purpose of such a huge wall?"

"Old Chen, don't make a fuss. They're just installing a TV here."

"My goodness, where would you find a TV that big? It's an entire wall! It must be sixteen meters high and twenty-two meters wide. How is that possible?"

"What's impossible? I've heard there are even bigger movie screens in Shenzhen than here."

The conversation among the workers did not attract the curiosity or attention of others, because there was already a detailed introduction to the screen outside Xintiandi Plaza, and even on the official website of the cinema.

The global rollout and widespread adoption of 3D movie screens is no longer news.

However, there haven't been any amazing 3D movies released yet, so these cinemas are actually losing money.

However, it doesn't matter. This movie theater is backed by the Want Want Group, which is naturally very wealthy and not afraid of such investments.

Hollywood giants such as Paramount, MGM, and Marvel Studios have already begun producing films in this area, which will be released to the market in the coming years.

Five hundred giant screen theaters have already been set up in the United States, and these theaters will be put into use when Paramount's new movies are released.

Giant screen theaters are completely different from regular theaters, with huge differences even in price.

In the Hidab conference room on the Somali peninsula, Wang Duoyu listened to the summaries and plans from several Paramount companies and nodded to indicate that he understood.

In the context of the new era, peace and development are the mainstream of the world.

The entertainment industry is poised for a period of rapid development, and promoting giant screen cinemas is a win-win situation for both the general public and businesses themselves.

Marvel Studios has many amazing superheroes who could be made into movies and contribute to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In addition, there are original films like Avatar, which create a new alien world directly within the cinematic universe.

That's fantastic.

Wang Duoyu doesn't value the profits of companies like Paramount; what he values ​​is cultural influence and technological strength.

It's worth noting that Paramount and these other companies had already been acquired by Want Want Group.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, and many other places have become cities with large Chinese populations, and the total number of Chinese people in the United States has exceeded ten million.

And this number will continue to rise.

Interestingly, only a very small portion of these Chinese immigrants came from China; the majority immigrated from other places.

However, the number of Chinese people in other parts of the world continues to grow rapidly.

For example, in Australia, such as the port city of Berbera in Somalia, there were originally 70,000 to 80,000 black people, but only a few thousand Chinese.

However, as of now, the number of Chinese people in Port Pembera has exceeded 100,000, and the exact number should be around 108,000.

Furthermore, the white population has exceeded 30,000, while the black population is declining.

why?
Because the Black people were all sent to the front lines, to the mining areas.

When the Chinese population in places like Los Angeles surged, Hollywood giants like Paramount produced Hollywood films influenced by Chinese culture, which were met with tremendous enthusiasm.

There are twists and turns after twists. Movie scripts are not simple straight lines. Even superheroes are not single-minded and only know how to save the world with brute force and violence. They know how to use their brains and apply the Thirty-Six Stratagems or Sun Tzu's Art of War.

The profound and extensive Chinese language has begun to permeate my being without my realizing it.

The future is bright, but the process is tortuous.

Wang Duoyu didn't care about any of that.

If the result is good, that's fine.

In addition, companies like Target, Walmart, and Amazon also primarily hire Chinese as delivery drivers.

Because Chinese people are willing to endure hardship, and the wages of deliverymen are not very high.

Black Americans are known for their laziness, and white people are proud and look down on the work of delivery drivers, so this job has become exclusively for Chinese people.

Goods of high quality and low price from a major country in the Far East were delivered to American families by deliverymen, making the white, black, and other Americans very happy.

Yes, the capitalists are unhappy.

But there was no other way but to establish an online shopping website company to compete with Amazon.

However, defeating Amazon might not be so easy.

Wang Duoyu did not provide Wang Lichuan with more detailed instructions, but instead let him handle these issues on his own.

Within a day, Wang Duoyu had basically finished reporting on all the companies, whether they were his biological sons or adopted sons, and had gained a basic understanding of their situations.

The conference continued on the second day.

The arms deals at the Tula Arms Factory and others were reported first, and after Caltim and others reported, the arms profits for 1999 were quickly determined to be a staggering $89.2 billion.

Although the Kosovo War lasted for almost half a year, it shouldn't have generated such high profits, right?
After learning more about the details, Wang Duoyu discovered that, in addition to the Kosovo War, there were also considerable incidents within Yugoslavia before and after the outbreak of the war.

Both Albanians and Serbs have purchased a lot of military equipment, such as drones, which are definitely one of the most popular military equipment in the world today.

Simple and practical weapons include gas cylinder shells, which are absolutely powerful and deadly weapons in urban warfare.

It can be said that drones dominated reconnaissance, while gas canister shells dominated the entire urban warfare.

Because whether it's Albanians or Serbs, their conflicts mostly occur within cities, making urban warfare the most common type of battle.

On the contrary, cutting off transport convoys and other field battles are not common in the Kosovo region.

You haven't read enough of Sun Tzu's Art of War. Otherwise, if one side could have skillfully applied Sun Tzu's Art of War, the Kosovo War wouldn't have happened.

After the arms sales report was completed, it was Martinez's turn to report on the profits of the super dollar factory.

Everyone looked at Martinez expectantly, because this was one of the most profitable segments of the Want Want Group.

In 1999, the Super Dollar Factory released more than $600 billion into the global market, but its profits were low, amounting to only $368 billion.

why?
Because of the Mititch Farm incident, which resulted in a significant number of casualties, the compensation paid to the employees exceeded $40 billion.

Including the number of casualties throughout the year, as well as other expenditures, the total expenditure exceeded $180 billion.

If profits are low, then you're losing money.

$368 billion seems like a lot of money, but the purchasing power of the dollar is also declining. After accounting for inflation, this profit needs to be discounted by about 96%.

That's roughly the situation.

clap clap clap!
The meeting room erupted in thunderous applause; everyone was quite pleased.

After all, this is all money.

Adding the profits from its three main business segments—Huachen Mobile and other physical enterprises, arms sales, and financial institutions—Want Want Group's profits this year exceeded 700 billion US dollars for the first time, reaching a staggering 732 billion US dollars.

However, a significant portion of these profits has already been converted into physical assets such as gold, oil, corporate equity, minerals, cruise ships, and airplanes.

After all, over 730 billion US dollars is an extremely large number.

In 1999 alone, Want Want Group purchased more than 200 billion US dollars worth of crude oil from the Middle East.

Some of the crude oil has been stored in warehouses near the port of Berbera in the Somali peninsula.

Some of them have already been used.

None of that matters, the key is that it's worth the price!
Let's work together to make Want Want Group even better.

The larger the company, the more energy it needs to expend.

Fortunately, Want Want Group has a very large team of professional managers to help manage things. Even senior executives like Zheng Baoyin have a relatively large think tank behind them.

That's why the Want Want Group has been able to sail smoothly all along.

The two-day summary meeting passed in a flash. After the meeting, Wang Duoyu had dinner and chatted with the group's senior executives, and then had private conversations with them.

It wasn't until three days later that most of the executives left the Somali peninsula.

Fortunately, they came in secret, and when they left, the outside world was unaware of their presence.

After the conference, Wang Duoyu stayed on the Somali peninsula for another seven or eight days, bringing his total stay there to half a month. He didn't return to Harbin until late January.

"Dad, my album has been released! Guess how well it did?"

As soon as she got home, Wang Yifei excitedly came to him to share the good news.

Wang Yifei's third album was released on January 18th, and it caused a sensation and quickly became a hit.

The album's title track is "Jiangnan," and other songs include "Chinese Language," "Persian Cat," "Encounter," "Beautiful New World," "Rain on Qingming Festival," and "East Wind Breaks."

The quality of the songs on the entire album is absolutely amazing; every single one is a classic track of its own.

As a result, it is loved by everyone.

This time, Wang Yifei's album has broken into the mainstream because of its exceptionally high quality.

Previously, it was only popular among teenagers, college students, and other young people, but now it appeals to almost everyone, regardless of age or gender.

"Jiangnan" became the most popular and widely loved song.

There has been a lot of calls for Wang Yifei to come out and do some promotions and meet with her fans.

Unfortunately, she still needs to go to school. After all, she has six months left before taking the high school entrance exam, and she can't afford to miss out on her studies.

"Really? That's great. I won't guess anymore, just tell me."

"Big Fish Bro, just guess!"

Wang Yifei immediately resorted to her coquettish charm, hugging her father's arm and acting affectionately. If her fans saw her like this, they would surely be heartbroken.

"What's there to guess?" Wang Duoyu smiled and reached out to touch her smooth forehead.

"With such high-quality songs, your album has probably sold five million copies in less than a week since its release?"

"Big Fish, tell me honestly, did you know in advance?" Wang Yifei's smile instantly changed, her beautiful big eyes widened, and she asked incredulously.

Liu Xiaoli shouted from the side:

"Wang Qianqian, how dare you talk to your father like that? Who gave you permission to speak like that?"

"Xiaoli, don't make a big deal out of it, you'll scare the child," Wang Duoyu said, waving his hand.

This is such a small matter, it's not worth making a fuss about.

It was just a normal chat, and there was nothing wrong with the eldest daughter's tone. Wang Duoyu knew that Liu Xiaoli was acting this way simply because she was jealous.

Why did her daughter, Wang Qianqian, keep clinging to her man?

Wang Yifei pouted, "Big Fish, look at her, so stingy. Tch, here you go, I'll give your man back to you."

Haha!

The mother and daughter were having a magical duel, and although it was Wang Duoyu who was injured, he laughed out loud.

He himself found it quite interesting.

As soon as he sat down, Wang Yifei started counting on her fingers, recounting the achievements of her album.

Within a week of its release, the album sold over five million copies both online and offline, a sales speed that astonished everyone.

It's fair to say we live in an age of entertainment to the death; it's gone completely mad.

Although Wang Yifei's songs are very good and piracy control is quite strict, the numbers shouldn't be that exaggerated.

However, this is the truth. In just one week, more than five million copies were sold, leaving not only people in the entertainment industry speechless, but also people outside the industry dumbfounded.

And following this trend, with the fermentation of public opinion and the album's successful expansion into mainstream audiences, next week's results will be even better.

The song "Jiangnan" is very nice, and you can also hear several other songs you like on this album. Even if the other songs are just average, the quality of the songs themselves is excellent.

Everyone has different preferences; for example, some people may not like "Brave New World".

Wang Yifei held a tablet and read the positive reviews of her album on a music platform; there were absolutely no negative reviews.

She didn't read the newspaper reviews because she thought the reports might be distorted, and that journalists liked to exaggerate.

On the contrary, the comments on music platforms are absolutely genuine and reliable.

"Dad, can you come here for a second?"

Just then, Bai Doufu came out of the bedroom, looking like she had just woken up.

"White Tofu, Daddy just got back. Did you miss Daddy?" Wang Duoyu picked up the little one and kissed her on the cheek.

He happened to catch a glimpse of Liu Xiaoli pouting out of the corner of his eye, which made him chuckle to himself.

Then he realized that it was because he had just returned, since he hadn't hugged or kissed her, but instead had been affectionate with Wang Yifei and patiently listened to the little one. Now he was even hugging Bai Doufu.

He just wouldn't do anything intimate with Liu Xiaoli, so she got jealous.

After figuring it out, Wang Duoyu didn't act immediately, but instead took the white tofu into the room.

In the bedroom, the little girl was complaining about her mother, saying that during her business trip, she wasn't allowed to eat spicy snacks or even drink soda.

"Dad, you have no idea how strict your wife is; she's always nagging about everything."

Wang Duoyu was secretly delighted. How much resentment did the little one have? But she was so cute when she was angry that he almost couldn't resist pinching her little face.

It's hilarious how this little guy started complaining, with snot and tears streaming down his face.

really interesting.

Top notch acting!
Suddenly, an idea struck him, and he said to the little guy:
"Dad has an idea that can take you out for a nice meal. Would you like to try it?"

Bai Doufu immediately stopped crying, her eyes red-rimmed, and she looked at her father with a pitiful expression: "Really?"

More than ten minutes later, the father and daughter came out of the bedroom, and Bai Doufu came to her mother in a very exaggerated manner and began to perform.

"Mom, Dad said there are a lot of scammers out there. Mom, you're pregnant with our little one now, and it's not convenient for you to be here. You should leave the money with Dad for safekeeping."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli immediately understood what the little guy was planning.

"What are you trying to do with this white tofu? I've been keeping it under control, why would I give it to your father? Let me tell you, don't cause any trouble, or I'll spank you until your bottom is bruised."

Bai Doufu wasn't afraid, because she now had her father backing her up.

"Hmph, Dad said there are a lot of scammers out there. You can't manage my money. My money should be managed by Dad."

"Wang Chuyue, is your butt itchy?"

"Mom, if you don't believe me, do you want to give it a try? I heard Dad say there's a scam that can quickly swindle ten thousand yuan. Mom, are you willing to try it?"

Wang Duoyu watched this scene from the sidelines, maintaining a composed expression, but inwardly he was deeply impressed. The little guy's acting skills were truly remarkable, and he could even remember so much.

Wang Yifei, Wang Jun'an, and their siblings, who were standing nearby, watched and listened with smiles on their faces.

Even as clever as they are, they still haven't figured out what's going on.

It wasn't until Bai Doufu convinced their mother to personally test this so-called 'new scam' that they saw Bai Doufu patting his pockets.

Then he said:
"Mom, I don't have two hundred yuan right now. Can you give me two hundred yuan first? I'll use that two hundred yuan to show you how I can swindle ten thousand yuan from you."

Liu Xiaoli didn't suspect anything and immediately took out a wallet from the Pandora brand bag next to her, and took out two banknotes with four denominations each:
"Is two hundred yuan enough? Or do you want five hundred yuan?"

"Mom, you don't need that much, two hundred yuan is enough. I guarantee I can swindle ten thousand yuan from you."

Surprisingly, Bai Doufu wasn't greedy and only ordered 200 yuan.

Then she turned to look at her father:
"Dad, let's go out for a bit. When we come back, we can scam Mom out of 10,000 yuan."

She spoke with such confidence that anyone who didn't know better would think she had actually swindled 10,000 yuan.

Wang Duoyu smiled and nodded, then followed the little guy away openly and honestly.

Bang!
The door was closed, and Liu Xiaoli was still immersed in the 'scam,' looking forward to Bai Doufu's return. She wanted to see how her daughter had swindled her out of 10,000 yuan.

"Mom's ready, Bai Doufu, come in." (End of Chapter)