The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 549 It's become a habit

“91 Qin, oh no, 91 Assistant, it should have been released in 07,” Xu Jiuyang tried hard to recall, “The developer, Xiong Jun, is from Fujian.”

This thing is basically a general manager-type software, providing one-click download, flashing, cleaning, backup and other functions. It's a great helper for beginners who don't know how to use it.

Fifteen years later, these gadgets have been replaced by the professional online stores of various mobile phone brands, but at this point in time, they are indispensable for smartphone users.

Therefore, 91 Assistant had 60 downloads in just over a year after its launch, and was eventually sold to Baidu for $19 billion in 13.

Why did Xu Jiuyang remember it so clearly? Naturally, it was because someone had mentioned this advanced money-making idea when he was bragging to his friends in his previous life.

If we had the funds, we could recruit Xiong Jun to develop this kind of mobile assistant.

Even without Xiong Jun, it wouldn't be a problem. Just find a few skilled programmers and have them develop all the functions they know. Keep in mind that when Xiong Jun sold 91 Assistant to NetDragon, he only got 10 yuan.

A friend from a past life once analyzed that Baidu was definitely ripped off for spending $19 billion to acquire 91 Assistant.
In fact, Xiong Jun developed Tongbu Tui after leaving NetDragon 10 years ago, and then sold it to a Taiwanese game company for 10 billion RMB 4 years later, which is a relatively normal price.

However, Baidu was rich at that time and didn't care about this loss at all, which is why it is known as a sucker among IT companies.

Now, Fan Bingbing is a director of Baidu. If Xu Jiuyang finds someone to develop 91 Assistant and spends another year developing it, with her acting as a go-between, it's possible that Baidu could acquire it for $20 billion.

It's even possible to pre-install... but that's not feasible for now. Pre-installing games is one thing, but pre-installing this kind of software would be met with user backlash.

That's how newbies are. On the one hand, they hope there's a one-click solution for everything, but on the other hand, they're very impatient with being told what to do, and they also crave something high-end.

Under Xu Jiuyang's influence, the Samsung Galaxy phone developed under Li Yunxin's leadership was basically a direct competitor to the iPhone. Naturally, it also had its own app store. After all, when they were working on MP3 players, they had developed related music software, which they did very well and were able to compete with iTunes.

Therefore, when it comes to mobile phones, it will inevitably be ported over. If a similar software is pre-installed at this point, it will make Xinghe's prestige lower than Apple's, which is a very disadvantageous start.

Moreover, 91 Assistant also offers a flashing function, which is not sophisticated for beginners, so it's more appropriate to make it a third-party software.

"No matter what, this is a must-have option... Wait a minute?" Xu Jiuyang frowned. "Is Yunxin implying that we can start working on the app ahead of schedule?"

That's possible, after all, we've talked a lot about this before, and he's said things like apps will be the next big thing.

If you develop your own app and Samsung secretly supports it... it's truly a business battle, but the favors are hard to repay.

With this thought in mind, he immediately pulled his wandering thoughts back and prepared to continue making the film.

Oh dear, guiding app development can be done anytime, but acting is the most important thing, and that's what they all requested.

Filming at the Ming Tombs and Jinshanling was manageable, it was just a bit tiring climbing up. But filming in the studio was more challenging, as it was mostly action scenes.

Moreover, it's not your average fight scene. As mentioned before, this version needs to be differentiated from Jackie Chan's version from the previous one, and he can't achieve the same comedic effect as Jackie Chan, so the modern fight scenes have basically been changed to parkour.

As a result, he was suspended by wires most of the time every day, since the various burial objects in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum were floating in the air due to meteorites from outer space.

To perfectly execute parkour moves in such an environment where you're jumping three feet high, it's almost impossible to avoid losing wires throughout the entire run.

At this moment, Xu Jiuyang felt a little envious of Park Si-yeon. As Yu Shu's maid, she was brought from Goryeo and had martial arts skills. Although she also had to go through wire work, it was much easier for her than for him.

Fortunately, he could replenish his mana every night. Whether playing musical instruments or singing, as long as he got into the zone, he would wake up the next day refreshed and full of energy. Xu Jiuyang didn't care about these things anymore. He had already been reborn, and he even had the fragments of the future they might have received. It was perfectly reasonable for him to be able to replenish his mana with this.

Naturally, when Jun Ji-hyun and the others brought Chae Rim to visit the set, he didn't stand on ceremony and directly pulled them to sit around and chat. That very night, he took advantage of Chae Rim, and they even slept together.

After that, he no longer forbade other women from visiting him on set, and as a result, he found himself surrounded by many women again.

The staff from Hong Kong and South Korea were both dumbfounded.

After all, it's one thing to be close to a Korean female celebrity, but when Lee Yoon-hyung came to visit the set that day, he not only wasn't angry, but he also specially called Son Ye-jin over and even seemed to give her some instructions.

But now, why are all sorts of female celebrities from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan coming to visit the set?

However, the staff members from the mainland all showed expressions of understanding. Many of them had worked with this person on the previous two films and were already used to it.

Of course, Gao Yuanyuan and Fan Bingbing didn't come. If they had, they might have brought their children with them.

Although Fan Bingbing only threatened verbally last time and didn't take any action, what if she did? If that happens, it will be too troublesome. I also need to maintain my image, even if that image isn't very good.

However, despite their thoughtfulness, Angela came over and made no attempt to hide her relationship with him.

"Is there anything we can't say on the phone?" Xu Jiuyang asked Angela with a sigh as he found a corner to sit down during his break.

“Some things are more interesting to say face to face,” Angela said casually.

"In person?" Xu Jiuyang raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you've already got the Marvel script sorted out."

“Though not much, it’s not far off.” Angela said in a pedantic tone in Chinese, then waved, and a tall girl she didn’t recognize walked over with a folder.

“Candice, Candice Swanepoel, this is the new assistant I’ve assigned to Anne,” Angela introduced.

"Hello, Candice." Xu Jiuyang nodded.

The name sounds familiar, and the facial features look somewhat familiar, but I just can't remember.

However, he didn't take it to heart, guessing that it was probably a model he had heard of in his past life; Angela always managed to find talent in that industry.

After glancing through the documents, Xu Jiuyang couldn't help but tense up so as not to appear too surprised.

First of all, the newly established Marvel Studios has confirmed that the three main characters for its stories will remain Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor.

Although the three giants were the same in the previous life, that was basically only officially established after "The Avengers". Before that, they were still figuring things out, otherwise they wouldn't have let "The Incredible Hulk" lead the way.

Xu Jiuyang interfered and stirred things up. He thought he would see Captain Marvel become one of the Big Three, but nothing changed. To be honest, he even wanted to ask Angela if she often had dreams about something.

Especially after seeing the name of the actor cast as Tony Stark.

Who the hell is Henry Cavill?!
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