Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 161 The Queen Mother of the West
Shu Chang looked at Li Boda's Rubik's Cube Technology Company with a face full of curiosity, watching the staff walk around or sit in front of the computer typing away, looking extremely busy.

The company had only been established for a short time, yet it had already become so bustling. Shu Chang couldn't help but admire Li Boda.

She never expected that Li Boda's company would actually be established, and it seemed quite impressive.

Led by his secretary, Shu Chang arrived at the president's office and saw Li Boda working diligently.

"Shu Chang, what brings you here?" Li Boda greeted Shu Chang while continuing to make minor adjustments to the Silly Girl system for another mobile phone brand on his computer.

"What? I can't come? Do you know how many companies' endorsements I turned down because I'm endorsing your mobile phone system? Domestic companies like Meizu, Tianyu, and Sharp, and even international companies like Samsung, Nokia, and Motorola, they all approached me, wanting me to endorse their phones, but because I'm endorsing your mobile phone system, I had to turn them all down." Shu Chang's words were tinged with bitterness.

Leaving aside domestic mobile phone brands, as for foreign mobile phone brands, although Shu Chang refused due to his endorsement contract with Li Boda, he was genuinely heartbroken.

After all, endorsements from major international brands like this are extremely rare and precious opportunities for Shu Chang.

"...The reason they approached you is because I was the first to hire you as a spokesperson. By having me hire you as a spokesperson, you proved your commercial value, which is why they approached you. Otherwise, why didn't they hire you as a spokesperson before I did?" Li Boda said with a smile.

"I know what you're saying, but it still hurts. After all, it's a big international brand, and this is the first time I've encountered one. So many people would love to have such an opportunity, and it's just slipped away like this." Shu Chang said, then couldn't help but sigh again.

"...Even if they hire you to be their spokesperson, they might not pay you as much as I would."

"It's not a matter of money or not."

"It's all the same to me. When I accept endorsements, I don't look at anything else. Money is definitely my top priority," Li Boda said confidently.

"...Never mind, what are you doing talking to me about this?"

"I'm tweaking the Silly Girl system for Tianyu. Tianyu has decided to partner with my company and use the Silly Girl system. I'll just make some minor adjustments to the system," Li Boda said with a smile.

"Tianyu has partnered with you? You must be making a lot of money this time." Shu Chang exclaimed, his eyes growing brighter as he looked at Li Boda.

"Actually, I didn't make much money. Last year, Android must have been out of its mind or something, it suddenly became open source. I wanted to compete with Android, but I had no choice but to do the same as Android and open source the 'Silly Girl' system, giving it away for free to others," Li Boda said with a smirk.

"Huh? Give it away for free? Aren't you losing money? What are you going to do about your company?" Shu Chang asked with a worried expression.

"When I said 'free,' I only meant that the code for the Silly Girl system was free for people to use. Some of the system's patents and minor adjustments would still be charged for. And right now, the most important thing is to capture the market. Once we've captured the market, making money will be easier and more convenient in the future," Li Boda said with a smile.

"I don't understand, just don't lose money."

"Don't worry, there's no way we'll lose money," Li Boda said with a smile as he typed on the keyboard.

In fact, the reason why Li Boda's Sha Niu system was able to be promoted so smoothly is also related to the fact that Sha Niu system learned from Android system and made it open source.

After being open-sourced, it's true that others can use the basic code of the Silly Girl system, even for free. However, being free here doesn't mean that other aspects are free.

Like the Android system, the Silly Girl system also involves some patents, as well as software applications, etc., all of which are chargeable. Of course, due to the chaotic market, the actual amount of money collected from the chargeable parts is not much.

However, Li Boda didn't care. For the Silly Girl System, capturing the market was the most important thing right now.

In fact, for the current Silly Girl system, its biggest competitor is the Android system.

Symbian became Nokia's operating system, making it unusable on other phones. Apple phones were closed-source from the beginning, meaning only Apple phones could use them. Samsung phones were similar.

Only Android was directly open source, which won over a large number of users. As for the other messy systems, they were either built on top of Android or frequently had various problems and malfunctions.

Therefore, in order to compete with Android, the Silly Girl system was also open source. In fact, in order to acquire more users, Li Boda took the initiative to adjust the system for these mobile phone manufacturers so that they would not have to waste their time and energy.

It was thanks to the huge success of the TV series "Magic Phone" that Li Boda gained a great advantage. By leveraging the popularity of "Magic Phone" and the name of the "Silly Girl System," coupled with Shu Chang's endorsement, the promotion of the "Silly Girl System" went so smoothly.

It even led some reputable mobile phone manufacturers who had initially rejected Li Boda to proactively cooperate with him.

Despite being a relatively new company, Magic Cube Technology has already attracted venture capitalists who have approached Li Boda with offers of investment.

However, Li Boda directly rejected it.

Because it's not needed at the moment.

Li Boda has tens of millions of yuan in his hands, which can sustain him for a long time. Moreover, as time goes on, the larger the market share of the Silly Girl mobile phone, the more valuable Magic Cube Technology will become. Therefore, Li Boda is not in a hurry at all.

Furthermore, venture capital firms only invest after seeing potential profits, and even then, only in projects with exceptionally high potential returns. In addition, the conditions offered by venture capitalists are extremely stringent; unless someone is truly in dire need of funds, no one is willing to accept venture capital investment.

While Li Boda was busy with his Rubik's Cube technology and the Silly Girl system...

The Forbidden Kingdom, filmed by Li Boda last year, has finally been released in theaters.

Li Boda, a well-known domestic star, was also invited to the film's premiere.

However, Li Boda is currently busy with work, and since he only played a minor supporting role in "The Forbidden Kingdom," he declined the invitation.

Of course, another reason is that Li Boda simply didn't think highly of the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom".

When he first went to film this movie, he learned about the general plot of "The Forbidden Kingdom" from Liu Yifei, and he regretted taking the role. In the end, it was only after learning that Liu Xiaoli would be playing the Queen Mother of the West that Li Boda put aside his resistance and played a small supporting role in "The Forbidden Kingdom".

Although Li Boda did not attend the premiere of the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom", he was still quite looking forward to the movie's release.

Because of the release of "The Forbidden Kingdom", Li Boda even put aside some of his work and went to bed early.

After Li Boda entered the dream, he transformed into a heavenly general of the Heavenly Court.

Li Boda saw Li Lianjie, no, it was Sun Wukong battling the Jade Emperor, and he also saw the frail Queen Mother Liu Xiaoli.

To be honest, the Queen Mother of the West in mythology is an absolutely amazing being. With her hairpin, she can easily draw a Milky Way, so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can only meet once a year.

However, in the movie "The Forbidden Kingdom", the Queen Mother of the West and even the Jade Emperor are portrayed as weaklings, and the Heavenly Court is taken over by a Jade Warrior.

Even the gods and immortals in this world are incredibly weak; they can't even achieve immortality. If they want to live forever, they have to drink some kind of magical water regularly.

Watching the Jade Emperor and Sun Wukong battle, the entire Heavenly Court was in chaos. Seeing Liu Xiaoli, or rather, the Queen Mother of the West, with a worried expression, Li Boda's eyes lit up and he quickly went to the Queen Mother's side.

"Queen Mother, it's too dangerous here. I'll take you to a safe place," Li Boda said to the Queen Mother with a loyal expression.

Liu Xiaoli—no, the Queen Mother of the West—was indeed quite worried about safety. After hearing Li Boda's words, she immediately followed him away.

Li Boda hurriedly left with the Queen Mother of the West, and after arriving at a secluded place—

"How dare you be so disrespectful to me..."

"I can't help it, Your Majesty, you smell so good, Sister Liu..."

...Super, super, super SVIP...

Upon waking from his dream, Li Boda savored the experience. He could only say that she truly lived up to the title of Queen Mother of the West; in a word, she was incredibly pleasing!

For Liu Xiaoli, Li Boda even gave up on beauties like Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing.

However, Li Boda did not regret it; on the contrary, he felt it was worth it.

After all, Liu Yifei and Li Bingbing will still be acting, but it's uncertain whether Liu Xiaoli will act again in the future. If she really misses this opportunity, then she might really miss it forever.

Li Boda returned to the company to continue working, full of energy.

Meanwhile, Liu Xiaoli woke up from her dream, but felt something was wrong—well, no, it was more like she felt something was too good.

In any case, Liu Xiaoli was quite shocked and stunned.

"How could I have such a dream, especially with Li Boda—"

Just thinking about everything that happened in her dream made her feel a little excited. After all, at her age, she was always busy taking her daughter around filming and had no time to find someone to help her.

Although it was a dream, it felt incredibly real, and it actually made Liu Xiaoli feel comfortable.

"Mom? Why aren't you up yet?" Liu Yifei asked curiously after getting up. Usually, her mother would be up long before she did.

"Oh, well, I didn't sleep well last night. You go out first—go out for breakfast. Mom will be here in a bit." Liu Xiaoli just wanted to get Liu Yifei out of the way, otherwise she really wouldn't be able to wash her underwear.

(End of this chapter)