Financial freedom starts with smiling at life

Liu Yifei's mother, Liu Xiaoli, can't hold her head up in front of Jiang Beicheng. The more arrogant she used to be, the more embarrassed she is now.

Especially after Jiang Beicheng handed over the Jiang family's entertainment business, Yizhi Culture Media, one of the most powerful media groups in the domestic entertainment industry, to Liu Yifei, she was too ashamed to face Jiang Beicheng, and even felt ashamed to see her daughter.

It almost ruined her daughter's life of wealth and luxury.

This kind of wealth and luxury was something that the mother and daughter could never obtain no matter how hard they tried.

Liu Xiaoli, having worked in the entertainment industry for so many years, naturally understands the true value of the title "Queen of Chinese Entertainment."

If it weren't for her daughter's impending childbirth and the need for her to be by her side, she probably wouldn't have come back. She would have stayed in the US, no longer interfering in Liu Yifei's life and work, and might even have simply retired there.

Ultimately, they still dared not face Jiangbei City directly.

When I arrived at Jiangbei City's private estate today, I was already thinking about how to face Jiangbei City. I had no other expectations, I just hoped that Jiangbei City would not be too hostile towards her because my daughter was about to give birth.

But to her surprise, Jiang Beicheng was quite polite to her today.

The more polite Jiang Beicheng was, the more she couldn't help but think about the two times she had tried to intimidate him. Her face flushed red with shame.

On the way back to the villa, Liu Xiaoli didn't dare to look up and initiate a conversation with Jiang Beicheng.

Upon hearing from the housekeeper that a room had been arranged for her, she politely said goodbye to Jiang Beicheng and quickly went to pack her luggage.

Jiang Beichen smiled; he saw right through his mother-in-law's thoughts.

Liu Yifei could also see her mother's embarrassment, and she didn't know what to say; it was her own fault.

She wouldn't act as a mediator to reconcile the relationship, nor would she deliberately try to take care of her mother's feelings, because doing so would more or less ignore Jiang Beicheng's feelings, which is a big taboo in a wealthy family.

The only thing left for the mother to do is process her emotions on her own.

People her age aren't that hard to digest.

"Beibei hasn't been going out lately, has she?"

Liu Yifei followed Jiang Beicheng back to the bedroom to prepare for a nap, snuggling in his arms and asking him with concern.

Jiang Beicheng stroked her belly and said, "I will stay in Jiangnan City with you until you go home to recuperate after giving birth."

"Thank you!"

In a very gentle tone, she tilted her head back and kissed Jiang Beicheng's cheek.

Liu Yifei felt that she was respected and valued.

Pregnant women at this stage are particularly sensitive, easily frustrated, and easily satisfied.

Liu Yifei is very content now and feels that she has obtained the happiness she wanted.

"By the way, this is for you. You can talk to the designers at Bulgari." Jiang Beicheng handed Liu Yifei the large carat gemstone that Zhao Wei had "offered" to him, a 165.08-carat top-grade Sri Lankan cornflower blue natural sapphire.

Let her "play" with it for a while first.

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up.

She is a well-known figure in the jewelry industry.

Bulgari's global ambassador.

Having attended numerous world-class jewelry exhibitions and shows, including the Vicenza Jewelry Show in Italy and the Las Vegas International Jewelry Show, I have never seen such a large carat natural sapphire.

This thing was probably collected as soon as it was mined.

It's either a direct private transaction or special methods.

Especially in those old mining areas that produce large carat gemstones, deaths are commonplace.

While Liu Yifei was shocked, she also speculated about the origin of the gemstone, concluding that it certainly couldn't have come from legal channels.

But now that it's in Jiangbei City's hands, it's naturally legal.

Given Mr. Jiang's status and wealth, no one would question the sapphire.

“Beibei, although we female celebrities have little resistance to jewelry, I’ve been in this industry for so many years, and to be honest, I’m a bit visually fatigued.” Liu Yifei didn’t pretend and directly expressed her feelings, “Your sapphire today has really excited me.”

Jiang Beicheng smiled and said, "If you like it, that's fine. I told you I would make a glorious comeback after you give birth."

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded, continuing to admire the sapphire in her hand, "I think I can exchange a lot of inspiration with the Bulgari designers."

It will surely become a rare and priceless treasure.

"I won't concern myself with these matters," Jiang Beichen said with a smile, not taking it seriously.

Jiang Beicheng doesn't care about your market value, the premium after you put the Bulgari brand on it, or even what the final design looks like.

What he wanted was for the women around him to be glamorous and beautiful.

Since the Chinese entertainment industry is currently praising Liu Yifei so highly, calling her the "Queen of the Chinese Entertainment Industry," she naturally needs to have the outward appearance befitting that title.

In the eyes of Jiangbei City, rare jewelry is an outward expression of status.

The higher the status and the more charming the woman in one's social circle, the more face she represents to the man behind her.

On the surface, they're praising your woman, but deep down they're marveling at your power.

Before taking his afternoon nap, Jiang Beichen joked, "Wouldn't you call this a miracle for stabilizing the pregnancy?"

Liu Yifei laughed, not bothering to hide her emotions, "Of course it counts!"

She has never denied that she has a high demand for material things, nor has she denied that she is a very vain person.

In the entertainment industry, it's too fake to call yourself a breath of fresh air.

It's just that once you've climbed to this position, you won't compare yourself to those below you anymore, and you won't focus on their needs.

Therefore, she appears to be an unconventional person.

In reality, it's just that the industry can't meet her needs.

But the Jiang family is different.

Jiangbei City amplified her vanity to new heights and satisfied her desires.

If establishing a reproductive partnership with Jiang Beicheng before was about wanting to experience another kind of life as a woman, then now it's about willingly accepting the reality of gaining status through having a child and embracing the wealth and honor that comes with entering the Jiang family.

This kind of wealth and status is different from the wealth and status defined by other artists in the Chinese entertainment industry; it's much more sophisticated.

That's a change in mindset and spirit.

It can be simply understood as moving from "possession" to "creation" to "experience," and finally pursuing a state of "composure" to make the spiritual world more stable.

Just like newcomers who desperately try to enter the entertainment industry, they scheme and fight for resources and connections... to gain market and industry recognition, and then feel that they are not far from "wealth and glory". This is a very basic understanding.

Next are these artists who have made a name for themselves, establishing studios, consolidating their industry position, competing for awards, transforming themselves for long-term success...etc. This kind of "creative" understanding belongs to the intermediate level.

Many celebrities in the entertainment industry remain at this level.

If she hadn't met Jiang Beicheng, Liu Yifei felt she would have remained at the level of "creation".

The Jiang family is now providing her with a great deal of "experience," which is a very high level of wealth and luxury.

It can help you avoid being troubled by the interests of the entertainment industry and maintain inner peace and tranquility.

It also gives you autonomy over your time. As the "Queen of the Chinese Entertainment Industry," your status is undeniable. You don't need to worry about fading into obscurity, leaving the industry, or losing your network. All your needs will come to you; you just need to take the time to accept them.

This kind of high-level "wealth and honor" also allows you to use your resources, wisdom, and platform as a senior to help young people grow and become a "benefactor" to others.

The feeling of being needed and influencing the fate of others is a higher level of "wealth".

Even so, Liu Yifei felt that there was still a big gap between her and Jiang Beicheng.

Jiang Beicheng's idea of ​​"wealth and honor" is to be "unperturbed by honor or disgrace, watching the flowers bloom and fade in the courtyard," to be calm, composed, and at ease, enjoying a relaxed and carefree state of life.

This is also a major reason why Liu Yifei greatly admires and respects Jiang Beicheng. She has made a name for herself in the social circles of celebrities in both the East and the West, and has met quite a few wealthy and famous people. Not to mention young people in their thirties, even those family heads who are over fifty years old and hold huge fortunes cannot reach Jiang Beicheng's level.

Lying in Jiangbei City's embrace, I pondered and felt that my life had entered a completely new phase.

……

"Mr. Jiang, Jiangnan University has sent you an invitation to its anniversary celebration."

Early in the morning, Jiang Beicheng had breakfast with Liu Yifei, and Shen Jun handed the invitation to Jiang Beicheng.

He held the invitation, shook his head, and smiled.

Strictly speaking, I can't be considered an alumnus of Jiangnan University.

He simply enrolled in an MBA program at Jiangnan University before starting his own business.

It's not exactly a full-time program.

However, the school has already hung his picture on the alumni wall.

And it was in the first row.

The other alumni in the first row are either academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, or high-ranking leaders and alumni like Ren Zhengfei of Huawei.

His portrait is right next to Mr. Ren's.

There was nothing I could do; the seat was too high up.

The school is proud of you, so you can't say that someone deliberately came to freeload.

Moreover, the alumni association is a very important network of contacts.

Jiang Beichen opened the invitation and glanced at it. After seeing the other guests, he decided to go anyway.

The academicians from both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and the leaders have all gone. It wouldn't be appropriate to not give them face.

"Please reply to this for me. Make sure you attend on time," Jiang Beicheng instructed.

Shen Jun nodded and did it.

After dinner, Jiang Beicheng instructed his housekeeper to prepare a banquet to entertain his friends that evening.

“After I finished eating, I went to visit Wu Wen on set. President Zhang was shooting a cover there,” Jiang Beicheng told Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded, then asked curiously, "Which Mr. Zhang?"

Shangcheng focuses on women and promotes women's power. In addition to well-known celebrities in the entertainment industry, it also invites many female entrepreneurs to participate in magazine photoshoots.

Jiang Beicheng said, "Dong Ge's wife."

Liu Yifei knew that the "Dong Ge" Jiang Beicheng mentioned referred to JD.com's CEO, Dongzi.

The fact that the two have a good personal relationship is something that should not be known to the whole society, especially within the business world.

At that "brothers' dinner party" in Chengdu, the two men stood up for the working class and stole the spotlight.

Moreover, Yizhi Culture Media received strong support from JD.com when it was raising funds.

"Please give my regards to President Zhang." Liu Yifei showed the proper courtesy.

Jiang Beicheng: "She'll be coming over for dinner tonight, you should talk to her yourself."

Liu Yifei looked down at her stomach, "I'm in this state..."

To the outside world, Haitangxi is Jiang Beicheng's legitimate girlfriend.

In public, she was always there to accompany Jiang Beicheng.

Therefore, it felt somewhat damaging to Jiangbei City's image that her friends in the business community saw her pregnant.

Moreover, she felt quite embarrassed, after all, the independent woman persona she had established in the entertainment industry was too "successful".

Jiang Beicheng saw through Liu Yifei's thoughts and smiled, "You do need some time to adapt to the way we in this circle view people and things."

The things that Liu Yifei cared about were completely ignored by people in the top business circles.

No one will even pry into your private affairs, unless it's a disgusting business war.

Even if you bring different women to social events each time, the business friends at the dinner table will always greet you with smiles and offer their concern and greetings.

Of course, all this politeness and courtesy is just a formality, a token gesture.

Liu Yifei humbly asked, "Beibei, could you give me a hint?"

Jiang Beicheng: "The communication mindset in this circle is essentially a systematic project of value discovery, value creation, and value exchange."

What you need to do is let others know who you are.

Who you know, who the people around you are, they don't care at all. In internet parlance, it's "who cares who they are."

Liu Yifei was amused and tried to understand, saying, "Could it be understood as an irreplaceable value?"

Jiang Beicheng smiled and nodded: "Barely passable."

"Hahaha, I hope you will not hesitate to teach me in the future, Beibei."

Liu Yifei felt that she really should learn from Jiang Beicheng how to be an entrepreneur.

This way, she can better develop the Jiang family's entertainment industry after taking over Yizhi Culture Media.

Jiang Beicheng smiled and nodded.

After our conversation, I boarded my helicopter and flew to the industrial park.

The first wife's Xishan Xingju has already moved to the industrial park she invested in and built, and Shangcheng will probably move there soon as well.

Private business helicopters are frequent visitors to the district-level cultural industry park in Jiangbei City.

To make it easier for him to come and "guide the work," the park even frequently fences off the park's largest green lawn to welcome his private business helicopter.

"Is General Manager Jiang here to provide guidance again?"

"Didn't Xishan Xingju move away?"

"The Shangcheng magazine invested in by President Jiang is still there."

"I heard that Shangcheng is moving away soon."

"I guess we'll never see President Jiang's helicopter landing park again."

...As the plane hovered and prepared to land, the entrepreneurs in the park unconsciously walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows to take a look.

I knew it was President Jiang who had arrived.

Because President Jiang frequently visits this park, it has attracted many promising companies and entrepreneurs.

Everyone is lamenting that this might be President Jiang's last visit.

The helicopter landed on the lawn, and after disembarking from Jiangbei City, we went straight to "Shangcheng".

"President Jiang, President Wu is in the photography studio, I'm going there..."

The receptionist came up to greet them.

Jiang Beicheng raised his hand to interrupt her, "Don't interrupt President Wu's work."

It's speculated that they were shooting a cover photo for Zhang Zetian, and he could have just gone to the set to visit her; there was no need to interrupt their normal photoshoot.

The receptionist understood Jiang Beicheng's meaning, bowed, and gestured, "Mr. Jiang, this way please." (End of Chapter)