The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 283 The longest road I've walked is the road of rebirth.
"It's a loan—"

Before Lin Shaotao could finish correcting him, Lin Shaojing raised her hand, ready to hit him on the head.

Lin Shaotao still didn't dare to hide.

Trying to hide will only result in being beaten even worse.

Lin Shaojing's slap ultimately did not land.

"Okay, since you borrowed the money from me, how do you plan to pay it back? Will you come work for the company after graduation to pay off the debt?"

"can."

Lin Shaotao agreed with unusual ease.

Lin Shaojing looked up in surprise, wondering to herself that she hadn't done anything, so why had she lost her mind?

Lin Shaotao's voice rang out first: "But we'll have to wait until I fail in my business and have nowhere else to turn before we talk about it."

Lin Shaojing sneered: "Fine, when are you planning to fail in your business so I can have someone carry you back in a grand sedan chair?"

Lin Shaotao immediately objected.

"Sister, other parents encourage and support their children when they hear they're planning to start a business, but you just make sarcastic remarks. How can you be so discouraging?"

Lin Shaojing raised her eyebrows: "Haven't you heard the saying, 'It's not that we're afraid of rich kids who are obsessed with trivial things and lose their ambition, it's that we're afraid of rich kids who are ambitious and don't follow the path their families have paved for them. They insist on starting their own business to prove themselves. Isn't that just trying to suffer without any effort?'"

Lin Shaotao pointed to the announcement on the computer screen: "What do you mean? My junior from junior school is quite well-off, his net worth has already exceeded 100 million."

Although the valuation is only over 100 million, most of it is paper wealth.

"Why don't you mention Bill Gates and Warren Buffett? They're also second-generation rich kids, and they're still the world's richest people. You can't compare people like that."

Lin Shaojing earnestly advised him.

Lin Shaotao shrugged: "So in the end, you don't think that rich kids can't succeed in starting a business, you just don't respect your brother!"

Lin Shaojing looked at Lin Shaotao with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

Isn't that quite self-aware?

Why insist on starting a business when you can't see the right path?

Lin Shaotao leaned down, one hand on the back of the executive chair, and explained to Lin Shaojing, "Sister, we've always believed in gender equality in our family. You'll take over the company, and I'll go out and make my own way. We can't put all our eggs in one basket, can we?"

Lin Shaojing leaned back in her executive chair and said irritably, "Although I am the president of Chengkang Group, just ask around among the employees. Who doesn't know that I, the president, am just working for you, the future heir, for free?"

Lin Shaotao shook his head firmly.

No way!
From now on, we can split the family fortune in half.

"Alright, stop making empty promises. I won't force you to go back to work at the company before you turn thirty, but if you haven't accomplished anything by then, you'd better come back to work right now."

Lin Shaotao immediately handed his hand to Lin Shaojing.

"make a deal!"

Lin Shaojing rolled her eyes at Lin Shaotao.

"roll!"

Upon receiving the order, Lin Shaotao turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Lin Shaotao stopped in his tracks.

Lin Shaojing stood up from behind her desk.

"I send you."

She has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; she's always been like that since she was a child.

The two took the elevator downstairs, where Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming were already waiting in the lobby.

Lin Shaotao introduced the two people to Lin Shaojing.

Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming both joined in calling out "Hello, sister!"

Lin Shaojing nodded to the two of them, which was considered a greeting.

She had a lot of things to do, and after confirming that Lin Shaotao didn't need her to send him a car, she turned and left.

After watching Lin Shaojing enter the elevator, Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming finally looked away.

Jia Kuan clicked his tongue and said, "Shao Tao, your sister has a really strong aura, she's got a real queen vibe."

Lin Shaotao curled his lip: "Nonsense, how could someone who's kept me in check since I was little not be strong?"

Jia Kuan added another sentence.

"And the person in question is beautiful too!"

Lin Shaotao said smugly, "Don't you even know who my sister is?"

While the two were talking, Zhou Yiming, who was standing to the side, remained unusually silent.

When Zhou Yiming first met Lin Shaojing, a bold idea sprouted in his mind.

—I think my sister still retains her charm.

What is the meaning of the flower symbol for steel wool?

Yes, wealth and forbearance!
Ten minutes later, Lin Shaotao and his two companions stood by the roadside, their arms aching from raising them, but they still couldn't flag down a taxi.

As a taxi full of passengers drove past, Jia Kuan couldn't help but speak:
"Shaotao, why don't you have your sister arrange a car for us?"

Lin Shaotao took out his phone, preparing to call Lin Shaojing.

A phone call came in first.

The caller is—

Liu Qing!

Lin Shaotao asked Liu Qing to pass on a message to Yang Muye, and there should be a reply by now.

After the call connected, Lin Shaotao listened for a couple of sentences, and then his expression changed slightly.

Just then, a taxi with an empty sign drove towards them, and Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming hurriedly raised their hands to flag it down.

As soon as the car came to a stop, Lin Shaotao opened the passenger door and got in.

He was still on the phone with Liu Qing.

"Thank you so much, Senior Liu. I'll head straight to the airport now."

Jia Kuan, who was in the back seat, was about to tell the driver to go to Dongda University when he heard this and was stunned.

Lin Shaotao put down his phone and turned to tell the driver:

"Driver, take us to Hongqiao Airport."

Jia Kuan hurriedly asked Lin Shaotao what was going on.

Aren't you going to see Yang Muye?

"He's been in Beijing for the past two days, and his flight back to Shanghai is this afternoon."

Jia Kuan and Zhou Yiming looked at each other in bewilderment.

Didn't they make a wasted trip?

Lin Shaotao shrugged.

It wasn't a wasted trip.

After meeting at the airport, they could buy tickets directly back to Yanjing, saving them the trouble of traveling back and forth.

This is a mixed blessing, though not exactly good news.

The bad news is that Yang Muye has just boarded the plane.

If they go to the airport to intercept people now, they'll have to wait a while.

-

Beijing Capital International Airport.

On a passenger plane about to fly to Shanghai.

As soon as Yang Muyi sat down in his business class seat, he saw a flight attendant leading a "familiar face" toward him.

Yu Hailun, the mature and domineering woman with a strong "motherly" aura.

Even more coincidentally, the other person's seat was right next to Yang Muye's.

"Mr. Yang, what a coincidence?"

Yu Hailun took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes filled with surprise.

That expression—

It doesn't look like acting.

Of course, the more beautiful a woman is, the better she is at acting, but Yang Muye did not let his guard down because of this.

"I originally booked a flight for the night before last, but something came up and I ended up staying for two more days."

He shrugged and explained.

A knowing glint flashed in Yu Hailun's beautiful eyes. "So the 'very difficult decision' announced by Xingchen Dahai was actually made by President Yang?"

Correct!
—I copied it.

Copying Penguin? Can that even be called copying?
Many people thought that Tencent's "very difficult decision" was original, and even called it "QQ style".

However, this announcement was actually copied from a statement sent by ETS to Chinese GRE test takers.

This was a traditional skill of Tencent back then.

When the 3Q War breaks out in two years, Tencent will probably copy it again in the end.

That evens things out!
Yu Hailun, who sat down in the next seat, was thinking more deeply.

Yang Muyi's previous use of viral marketing techniques in the cow/sheep mini-game has already provided a classic case study worthy of being included in textbooks.

Now, they've taught everyone a lesson in the field of public relations.

No, to be precise, this is already the second lesson.

The first lesson is Old Boys' battle for fame.

With the release of "The Lone Warrior," the company turned the tide against all odds, and all public relations professionals should kneel down and call him their patriarch.

With such a "divine" figure protecting the project, the production and broadcast of "The Voice of China" should proceed much more smoothly.

The biggest fear for variety shows is encountering problems during recording or broadcast.

Crisis management is a headache that all variety show producers face.

If handled well, it can be free publicity and advertising for the program.

If not handled properly, it could at best affect the show's ratings and reputation, and at worst lead to its complete ban.

After Yu Hailun was seated, Yang Muye took the initiative to change the subject.

"Is President Yu going to Shanghai on a business trip?"

Yu Hailun looked at Yang Muye with slight surprise at first, then burst into laughter:
"Mr. Yang, don't you know? Our Xingtian Entertainment headquarters is located in Shanghai."

To show her sincerity, Yu Hailun specially brought her top producer Chunyu Qiao to Yanjing to meet Yang Muye.

what?
Yang Muyi was slightly embarrassed by the blunder.

Yu Hailun smiled and didn't bring it up again.

That's one good thing about older sisters—they're gentle, intelligent, and caring.

Yang Muye wasn't oblivious to romance; he was just genuinely curious.

"So President Yu also had something to do, just like me, and stayed in Yanjing for two more days?"

Yu Hailun's face showed a look of surprise again.

This is the second time today that she has lost control of her facial expressions.

—Why am I staying in Yanjing? Shouldn't you know best?

Yang Muye raised an eyebrow.

"Did President Yu really go to see Teacher Liu?"

So you did know what I was doing!

You still have some conscience, though not much.

"I had the privilege of working with Professor Liu a few years ago, and this visit is just a courtesy call."

Yu Hailun's tone carried a hint of boasting, while also hinting at deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

Upon hearing this, Yang Muyi indeed fell into the trap.

"Did President Yu mention the matter of being a mentor on 'The Voice of China' to Teacher Liu?"

"mentioned."

Yu Hailun thought Yang Muye would continue to press Liu Yi for an answer.

In the end, all I got was a nonchalant "Oh".

Then there was nothing more to say.

Just as Yu Hailun was about to ask Yang Muye why he didn't ask Liu Yu if he had agreed, Yang Muye asked about the situation of another mentor, Yu Chengqing.

Yu Hailun frowned.

Harlem Yu is a veteran singer from Taiwan, but he is currently past his prime.

The production team has not yet contacted Yu Chengqing.

However, as long as the money is in place, the other party will definitely be available at any time.

Liu Yu, however, was different.

She just sang the theme song for the opening ceremony of the Olympics, and her status in the music industry is just like that of Zhang Yimou, the chief director of the opening ceremony, in the film industry—she's in a league of her own.

The kind of person you can't hire even if you have the money.

Yang Muye had only mentioned it casually before.

If we could get Liu Yi to be a mentor on "The Voice of China," the show would definitely be a hit.

Everyone understands the principle, but Liu Yu is not so easy to invite.
Therefore, Yang Muye has already thought of a replacement.

Doesn't that still represent "half of the Chinese music scene"?
You can say that Leather Pants Wang changes wives frequently, but you can't say he's bad at it.

We'll invite Rising Sun to participate in the competition, and they'll sing "In the Spring".

The opportunity to make headlines is yours, now it's up to you, Mr. Wang, to turn around for "love"!

"Mr. Yang, I just received a call from Ms. Liu Yi before boarding the plane. I think it's necessary to reconsider the selection of mentors for 'The Voice of China'."

As soon as Yu Hailun finished speaking, Yang Muye's voice followed.

"If Professor Liu is unwilling to come, we can try inviting Professor Wang Feng."

"But Liu Yi has already agreed to be a mentor on The Voice of China, which is why I said the mentor selection needs to be reconsidered."

The implication is that Yu Chengqing is no longer influential enough.

Wang Feng, whom Yang Muye recently mentioned, is a good candidate.

They have works and are well-known.

He's still a typical academic.

Yu Hailun thought to herself.

As for Yang Muye—

He was still in a daze!

Liu Yu actually agreed?
Does Yu Hailun have that much influence?
Faced with Yang Muye's question, Yu Hailun shrugged.

When she received Liu Yi's call, she didn't expect that he would actually agree.

Although he invited Liu Yu to be a mentor on "The Voice of China" with the aim of increasing Xingtian Entertainment's say in the program's production.

However, Yu Hailun did not exaggerate her role in persuading Liu Yu to become her mentor.

“When I mentioned this program to Teacher Liu, he immediately asked me if the competition the two male leads in the short film ‘The Voice of China’ and ‘Old Boy’ were in was the same one. Teacher Liu really likes that movie, especially the theme song of the same name that the two male leads sang at the end.”

Because I love the show, I also have a very good impression of "The Voice of China".

That's why people say Teacher Liu has a broad mind.
In the film "Old Boys," Yang Muye, who plays a mentor on "The Voice of China," specifically hinted to director Hao Yi to find a chubby actor with long hair and glasses, similar to Liu Yu, to play the role.

Teacher Liu just finished singing "Me and You" at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, so why not take advantage of this popularity?

Surprisingly, Teacher Liu Yu actually had a good impression of the program, which made Yang Muye feel a little embarrassed.

Not to mention Yang Muyi, even Yu Hailun found it quite strange.

The movie "Old Boys" portrays various behind-the-scenes manipulations and scandals in the "The Voice of China" competition.

Although this film is deliberately satirizing the current chaos of various talent shows and singing competitions.

But shouldn't a singer of Liu Yu's caliber cherish her reputation and avoid getting involved in the messy waters of singing competitions?

Yu Hailun even consulted Liu Yu over the phone about this, and the answer she received greatly shocked her.

After watching "Old Boys", Liu Yu felt deep sympathy for the two male protagonists in the film.

If such a music talent show existed in real life, Liu Li hopes it could give countless grassroots singers like the two male protagonists of "Old Boys" a chance to shine.

Instead of the behind-the-scenes manipulations and shady dealings depicted in movies.

The reality of "The Voice of China" adopts a "hear the voice but not see the person" selection method, which inadvertently raised Liu Yi's expectations for the show.

Furthermore, the online broadcast, the absence of any record company or capital manipulation, and the lack of forced contracts for contestants... all these factors led Liu Yi to conclude that the "The Voice of China" program team had a grand vision.

After two days of consideration, I gladly agreed to join.

Liu Yu probably never dreamed that "The Voice of China" was not a proper talent show at all!

Despite all my precautions, I was ultimately tricked by Yang Muyi, this reborn individual.

(End of this chapter)