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Chapter 245 0242 [Andy Lau Joins HaiNei.com]

The finals of the second "Three Kingdoms Kill" National College League have been moved from the winter break to the summer break.

Therefore, the preliminary rounds began this spring, with matches taking place online for two days every weekend.

Last year's finals were held in Beijing, but this year the finals have been moved to Shanghai.

Moreover, the date is set for the day after the ChinaJoy electronics exhibition ends.

Players and spectators in the finals of "Three Kingdoms Kill" can arrive in Shanghai two or three days in advance and also visit the ChinaJoy expo.

The event will take place in late July.

"At this year's ChinaJoy expo, I plan to make Youke a bigger presence," Qu Guohao said.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Besides the Three Kingdoms Kill cosplay, what other activities would you like to organize?"

Qu Guohao said, "We'll hire a bunch of beautiful women from Shanghai to be show girls. It's very hot this year, and a row of show girls wearing crop tops and super short hot pants will stand in front of our booth handing out flyers. It'll definitely be eye-catching! And it won't cost too much money, much cheaper than bringing employees from Beijing."

“Sure.” Chen Guiliang couldn’t help but laugh; he also enjoyed watching that kind of scene.

The show girls at CJ Expo only appeared last year. People found that these things were cheap and useful, so this year all the major game companies are preparing to do the same.

The operator of "Age of Sail" will even hire foreign models as show girls this year. These days, what old perverts have ever been tested like this? Even those who don't play "Age of Sail" will linger for a long time.

In July, Huang Xinyuan began recruiting SP teams.

There have been quite a few big news stories this month.

First, Prince Harry of the UK was caught partying at a nightclub by his girlfriend, a scandal that became known worldwide. Then, General Kim ordered several missiles to be launched into the sea off the coast of the UK, which the UK declared would retaliate with missiles.

In the United States, 20,000 female interns flooded into Peanut Village. They wore short skirts and tight sleeveless tops, and wore high heels as they served tea and water and photocopied documents in various departments.

This is a tradition every summer, but this year there were an unusually large number of interns, and their clothing became increasingly revealing. This made the American officials in Peanuts uncomfortable, leading to a surge of reporters and even Chinese newspapers reporting on it.

Everyone wants to be Lewinsky and try to replicate the Lewinsky scandal.

In the UK, there's a supermom who has given birth to a child every year for 20 years. Now 48, she not only stopped having children, but also abandoned her husband and children to meet her online lover and elope with him.

This is the biggest news in Britain this year, shattering the worldviews of countless Britons.

The Middle East is at war again.

Saddam Hussein is not dead yet, but he has been on a hunger strike in prison for 10 days.

The South Pacific tsunami.

The plane carrying chickens crashed.

Among the various news stories in July, the most sensational in China was Baidu's layoffs.

"Wow, this is quite a commotion. Just how bad is Baidu's reputation in the industry?" Chen Guiliang was utterly shocked.

Sohu, Sina, Tencent, TOM, HC360, Tianji.com, Xinhua.net, CCIDnet, Yangcheng Evening News, Southern Metropolis Daily, Information Times, Guangzhou Daily, Business Intelligence, Beijing News... Nearly a hundred websites and print media collectively launched a condemnation of Baidu.

Xie Yang looked at the various news reports: "Baidu is a big company that attracts a lot of attention. It's obvious that someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes. But this time they really deserve it. Baidu went too far."

Who is orchestrating this?

do not know.

But it was undoubtedly Sohu that launched the first offensive.

Baidu and Sohu, two internet giants, have thus engaged in an unprecedented war of words.

They expose each other's shortcomings, go all out, and fight until they're brainwashed.

Company layoffs are normal, but the reason Baidu is being attacked so fiercely this time is because it's acting inhumanely.

Some Baidu employees in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen were suddenly asked to complete their resignation procedures and leave within four hours without prior notice.

Simply outrageous.

In fact, Baidu started doing this two or three months ago, but it didn't cause a big stir at the time.

One of the employees, Mu Yifei, has already applied for labor arbitration. He was inexplicably laid off two months ago, and his Baidu stock options, worth over a million yuan, were forfeited. Baidu is not offering any compensation!
Chen Guiliang is still not adapted to this era.

He was shocked by the rampant infringement in the ringback tone industry, and now he is even more shocked by Baidu's completely unreasonable layoffs.

Building a society governed by the rule of law is a long and arduous task.

"Mr. Chen, 'Crazy Stone' has been released. You and your friend have about 1.5 seconds of screen time. You also have a close-up of your face," Ning Hao texted.

Chen Guiliang replied to the text message asking, "Are there any screenings around Peking University?"

Ning Hao replied: "Huaxing Cinema, Haidian Theater, and Zhongguancun Cinema are showing the film. But you can only watch it in the morning and afternoon; you can't watch it in the evening."

Chen Guiliang was both amused and exasperated.

Students are already on summer vacation and have gone home, and working people are too busy during the day. The scheduling of "Crazy Stone" is outrageous. Are they showing it to ghosts?
New directors have no human rights.

Theaters will only give the film normal screening times once it gains positive word-of-mouth.

Damn, this is my screen debut.

Chen Guiliang logged into his Renren and Haiwainet accounts and posted a blog entry saying, "Crazy Stone has been released, and I have a 1.5-second cameo in it. Can anyone find me?"

Then, he posted another Weibo message on his phone.

The comment sections of the articles on each account quickly filled with numerous messages.

"Master Chen has actually become an actor!"

"Chen Shiyi, with your wealth, wouldn't you spend a lot more money to get the male lead role?"

"Haha, only 1.5 seconds of screen time. Mr. Chen must have offended the director."

"You dare to send a message in 1.5 seconds?"

"..." Most of the comments were sarcastic, mainly because the time he appeared on camera was too outrageous.

Of course, some people also inquired about where to watch the movie.

Ning Hao quickly learned of the news and called to say, "President Chen, thank you so much for helping with the publicity! If you need anything in the future, just let me know, and I promise I'll be there whenever you call."

Chen Guiliang, however, had ulterior motives: "Isn't this film invested in by Andy Lau? He should promote it more."

Ning Hao said, "Andy Lau also helped with the promotion. But he's a busy man and can't spare much time, so he can only mention it briefly when he's in contact with the media."

“You have Andy Lau register an account on HaiNei.com, and I’ll help promote his account. I guarantee he’ll get tens of thousands of followers in a day,” Chen Guiliang revealed his true intentions. “Then, Andy Lau can promote his movie through HaiNei.com.”

"This……"

Ning Hao paused for a moment, then said, "I'll give it a try."

……

Andy Lau is currently at home studying the script for "Protégé," a film that is scheduled to begin shooting next week.

After receiving Ning Hao's call and understanding the reason, Andy Lau said, "I only know how to type and send and receive emails on a computer. I don't know how to use other computer tools."

“Um… how about I give you Mr. Chen’s phone number from ByteDance? You two can call each other,” Ning Hao said. “Mr. Chen is a very good person. He’s still a student at Peking University, but he’s already worth over 10 billion. Moreover, he comes from a rural background and built his business entirely from scratch. This time, he even took the initiative to help us promote our movie.”

Andy Lau exclaimed in surprise, "That's amazing! A student can earn a billion dollars!"

Ning Hao said, "His 10 billion net worth is just from his shares in one company. He also has another game company, which is also very profitable. This game can be played in Hong Kong."

“Then send me his phone number,” Andy Lau said.

"Crazy Stone" was invested in by Andy Lau and was part of his Asian New Star Director Project.

Even if Andy Lau doesn't appear in person, he can't refuse the promotion by simply posting messages online. It's both reasonable and emotionally difficult for him to refuse.

Moreover, after hearing what Ning Hao said, Andy Lau became very curious about Chen Guiliang.

A moment later, Andy Lau sat in front of his computer and called Chen Guiliang: "Hello Mr. Chen, this is Andy Lau."

"Hello, Mr. Andy Lau," Chen Guiliang said, particularly pleased. "Calling me President Chen is too polite. Just call me Little Chen. You are my elder in terms of age."

Andy Lau laughed and said, "Won't this make me look too old?"

“No, you’ve always been young,” Chen Guiliang said.

After chatting for a few minutes, Chen Guiliang said, "Open your browser and enter the website address of HaiNei.com... I'll read the address to you."

These days, you can access mainland websites from Hong Kong.

But it's very laggy.

After Andy Lau entered the URL, he waited quite a while before finally seeing the homepage of HaiNei.com.

"In the upper right corner of the webpage, there is a 'Login/Register' option..."

Chen Guiliang carefully taught Andy Lau how to register and guided him through the various functions. However, since he couldn't recharge in Hong Kong, Andy Lau could only use the various free items for the time being.

The mobile Weibo function cannot be activated; Andy Lau needs to handle the relevant procedures first.

Chen Guiliang said, "I'll deposit 500 yuan into your account. You can buy paint to decorate your house, wallpaper, furniture, a TV, and so on... There's a 'My Home' section at the bottom left of your personal homepage; that's your online haven."

Andy Lau is usually very busy and almost never goes online. His understanding of the internet is limited to sending and receiving emails.

At this moment, Chen Guiliang had already helped him get verified as a "big V" and recharged his account with 500 yuan.

They even urgently promoted it on the homepage of Haiwainet, directly posting "Warmly welcome Asian superstar Andy Lau to Haiwainet!"
Andy Lau?
The first to be alerted were the entertainment reporters who regularly monitored celebrity news on Haiwainet. They not only kept watch on Haiwainet, but also on the entertainment channels of other portal websites, as well as celebrity blog posts on the three major blogging platforms.

There's news to write about again; Andy Lau joining Haiwai.com is enough to warrant a report.

Andy Lau himself was completely unaware of this; he was busy decorating his house. There were more than 20 different house designs. Andy Lau built a large villa (which must have cost money), and then decorated the interior, having a great time.

They completely forgot about promoting "Crazy Stone".

Chen Guiliang waited patiently, and in the meantime, logged into the Three Kingdoms Kill game to play.

During his final exams, he frantically wrote, and the fifth volume of "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty" was already finished. Now he finally doesn't have to worry about how to explain it to Li Xunhuan.

A full 40 minutes later, Andy Lau called again: "My house is all decorated. What's next?"

Chen Guiliang then guided him to plant vegetables, grab parking spaces, open shops... all of which were mini-games made by Game Science.

These mini-games are distributed non-exclusively by ByteDance and are available for users to play on Renren.com and HaiNei.com. They are also available on Youke Interactive Games.

After playing around excitedly for quite a while, Andy Lau finally remembered the important matter: "How do we promote the movie?"

Chen Guiliang said, "Go back to your personal homepage, where you'll see the number of your followers at the top. Go to your blog page, and you can write blog posts. All your followers will receive notifications of your blog updates. You can also attach pictures to your posts. There's also a photo album function where you can upload photos you've taken..."

Andy Lau glanced at it and exclaimed in surprise, "It's only been a little over an hour, and I already have over 6 followers?"

"Haha, you're a superstar," Chen Guiliang laughed. "I promoted you on the website homepage, and many netizens came to follow after seeing the news."

After thinking about it carefully, Andy Lau was even more shocked: "This kind of publicity is fast and convenient. I can type a few dozen words and send them out, and tens of thousands of fans will receive them."

Chen Guiliang pressed on, saying, "Why don't you bring in all your old friends from Hong Kong? It doesn't matter if they don't know how to operate it; I'll leave you a staff member's phone number. Mainland netizens really like Hong Kong celebrities. As long as they join HaiNei.com, they can communicate with their fans, which will help them do business in the mainland. HaiNei.com's registered users are almost over 1000 million."

"So many?" Andy Lau really started thinking about getting his friends to register.

Especially for those who aren't doing well, after the collapse of the Hong Kong film market, many stars had no roles and no income. If we bring them onto overseas websites and wait for them to gain more followers, it might be a viable path for them.

Chen Guiliang said, "I'll send you the landline number of the staff at HaiNei.com."

Andy Lau said, "I'll give it a try. Many of my old friends are like me; they don't know how to use computers, and some don't even know how to send or receive emails."

“They’ll learn it after one lesson,” Chen Guiliang said. “I have my staff teach them step by step.”

I made a lot of money this time!
(End of this chapter)