The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 359 Is it worth taking a gamble?
The little girl spoke with tears in her eyes, but after she finished, she still stood tall, clearly convinced from the bottom of her heart.

So Xu Jiuyang comforted her again, washed her little face, and then handed her over to the nanny.

Then, he met Xiaoli's somewhat complicated gaze.

“I know what you’re worried about,” Xu Jiuyang smiled. “The problem is, how can anyone not lie? So, if a child really keeps the words ‘don’t lie’ in mind, but one day suddenly discovers that everyone lies, whether it’s parents, teachers, siblings, or relatives and friends, how would she feel?”

"Isn't that a bit too much, little brother?" Sister Xiaoli said hesitantly.

“That is indeed a bit of an exaggeration,” Xu Jiuyang did not deny, “but rather than having unpleasantness with the child in the future, it is better to start getting along better now. Therefore, letting her know that there are consequences for doing wrong is more important than letting her understand that lying is wrong.”

He stepped forward and hugged Xiaoli, saying, "I don't actually get along well with my family, and I don't want things to turn out like that with Yangyang in the future. I know that when you scolded her just now, you were actually trying to create a situation where Yangyang would feel that I, her father who only shows up every few days, love her. Don't worry, sister, I will try my best to be a good father."

After rambling on and on for a while without receiving a response from Sister Xiaoli, Xu Jiuyang looked down and realized that she was leaning against his chest, lost in thought.

So he didn't say anything more and just let her lean on him until she came to her senses.

"I'm sorry, little brother, I was thinking about some... unpleasant things from the past," Sister Xiaoli said apologetically.

"It's alright." Xu Jiuyang smiled, probably guessing what she was thinking, so he didn't ask.

"Alright, let's talk about something else. My brother said on the phone that he had something to do?" Sister Xiaoli said, brushing a strand of hair from her temple.

“Yes, let’s talk in the study,” Xu Jiuyang nodded.

Upon arriving at the study, he immediately began to explain his thoughts on "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" in detail.

"The character Zhao Ling'er is classic enough. We just need to add more details during filming to make her character more three-dimensional. This is not to say that Lin Yueru is not good enough, but the game itself has countless fans, and Lin Yueru's portrayal is also excellent. If Xixi plays this role again, then Zhao Ling'er will be squeezed out in a rather unpleasant way."

From Sisi's perspective, it's no big deal, but from the perspective of the TV series, it's a disaster. Moreover, Lin Yueru is going to die two-thirds of the way through the story. If Zhao Ling'er and Anu can't live up to the responsibilities of the female lead, it will be a disaster within a disaster.

Xu Jiuyang concluded with these words.

Sister Xiaoli paced back and forth in the study several times before taking a deep breath: "I understand, little brother. I will try my best to persuade Qianqian."

After calming herself down, she added apologetically, "I can only try to persuade them."

Xu Jiuyang laughed: "No problem, it's my duty."

I just said I wanted to educate Yangyang through communication, so how could I possibly object to Sister Xiaoli communicating with Liu Qianqian?

It's really not a big deal. We'll do our best and leave the rest to fate. It's okay if Liu Qianqian doesn't want to. We can just reshoot it in seven or eight years. Anyway, nobody cares about this little bit of profit.

After finalizing the agreement, they chatted for a few more minutes and spent some intimate time together, but stopped before things went too far, and then Xu Jiuyang took his leave.

After all, there are still many things to do recently, the most important of which is the start of filming for "Red Cliff". Although he doesn't have to be on set, it is estimated that filming will take more than half a year. Angela will definitely call him over from time to time, even if it's just to ask about some trivial matters.

Then there's Shenlei Technology. While they're not particularly concerned about securing the distribution rights for World of Warcraft, it would be ideal, given their larger stake. If they fail, if Angela doesn't manage to buy Blizzard from Vivendi, or if Fan Bingbing uses some tactic with Angela, then they'll have to figure out how to develop their own online games.

Although games like Bubble Fighter have been handed over to Aurogon Technology for distribution, there are still games like Audition Online to come, and these game companies are all under Li Yunxin's control, so it would be easy to get distribution rights.

But we still can't give up on developing our own games. In the future, the major game companies will all have their own large-scale online games with extremely long lifespans, such as "Fantasy Westward Journey", "JX3", "Zhu Xian" and so on.

If all you want is to make a quick buck, you can ignore the future of Shenlei Technology, since you still have a place at Zhulong Technology anyway.

The question is, are Xiaoli and Damian, who invested money in Shenlei Technology, just going to abandon them like this? Impossible! So they simply found someone to do self-developed technology. Perfect World can continue to profit from "Zhu Xian", there's no reason why they can't do it themselves.

As long as we can recruit a few top-notch programmers, it doesn't matter if the planners and screenwriters are a little less skilled; at worst, we can just copy the future version of "World of Warcraft".

Besides, since the novel "Zhu Xian" has been renamed "Bi Xiao Lu" and has already started serialization on Qing Ning Blog, Perfect World is unlikely to take off, so Shen Lei Technology should at least try to step up.

"Anyway, I don't have to worry about it myself..." Xu Jiuyang muttered to himself after driving the car out of Xiaoli's villa.

Well, that's why he's willing to continue running Shenlei Technology.

Dong Qing and Liu Tao have always been jointly managing that area, and like Zhulong Technology, a professional manager is in charge of operations, while they are only responsible for supervision.

Generally speaking, in this situation, the two women would inevitably compete for power, but for some reason, even if they have conflicts, they resolve them quickly and cooperate well most of the time.

The reason why someone who doesn't often go to Shenlei Technology knows all this is because Dong Qing would occasionally complain to him about Liu Tao, saying bad things about her, which seemed to encourage him to deal with her.

However, whether she was complaining or speaking ill of someone, Dong Qing always expressed herself very tactfully.

Coincidentally, Xu Jiuyang also heard from Sister Xiaoli that Liu Tao had complained about Dong Qing in private. Sister Xiaoli didn't say what she complained about, but she was smiling slyly.

So, it makes people very curious about what kind of relationship the two of them are in.

Anyway, the point is that since Shenlei Technology can keep going, let's give it a try. If we're really unlucky, there are always mobile games in the future. At worst, we can just acquire Dawei's few companies in advance, which would be a fair deal for Xiaoli and Damimi.

As Xu Jiuyang was thinking this, he didn't notice that as he drove away, a small figure in a room with floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor of Xiaoli's villa was watching him leave.

Only after the car was out of sight did Yang Mi take a deep breath, turn around and say to Liu Xiaoli, who had just entered, "Auntie, you should understand my relationship with him now, right?"

"I see clearly, you get along very well with him." Liu Xiaoli nodded with a faint smile on her face.

"Well then, Mimi, let's talk about our business now." She sat down immediately and patted the chair next to her.

“Okay,” Yang Mi walked over, sat down confidently, and looked directly into her eyes: “Auntie, what’s your decision? Is the toy industry worth taking a gamble on?”

(End of this chapter)