My absurd experiences in North America over the years

At the end of May, news came from Paul's side.

Forrest Capital held two rounds of negotiations with Sony BMG and ultimately completed the acquisition of LaFace for $2350 million, which included trademark rights and all early copyright libraries.

Tucker, who was originally planning to switch jobs, decided to stay and give it his all, and also brought two of his friends in the industry with him.

Currently, LaFace only has Kanye West under contract, a three-year deal, and the budget for his first album has already been allocated to him.

Li Fu didn't care about these details. "We will make an official announcement about the acquisition of the label as soon as possible and do our best to support Kanye."

"Okay, the official announcement is scheduled for next Monday," Paul said. He already had a plan. "Tucker is assembling the team according to Kanye's requirements, and all the studio equipment has been upgraded. It is expected to be completed within this year."

"Tell Tucker that the album budget can be increased as needed during production," Li Fu decided to make the arrangements once and for all and not interfere in the future. "Before the release of this album, we will not sign any new artists, and the entire team's energy will be focused on the production of the first album."

He knows better than anyone how successful Kanye's album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was.

"Okay, I'll definitely tell him," Paul said, sounding excited about completing the project on his own. "Is everything else proceeding according to plan?"

"You can operate on your own, you don't need to report everything." As Li Fu's workload increased, he could no longer do many things personally, so he gradually began to give his subordinates enough room to operate.

That same afternoon, he received an email briefing on the recent operation of the fund, which showed that the Veterans Fund's coverage had expanded to five states on the West Coast, and the academic fund had received more than twenty submissions.

Four papers have recently passed peer review, published at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University, covering research on Pacific theater archives and the comfort women issue.

A university professor at UCLA applied to conduct field research to provide factual evidence of population changes in East Asia during World War II.

After the fund passes the relevant review, it will disburse funds.

In terms of films, the production of Hacksaw Ridge has visibly accelerated, with Gal Gadot's scenes almost entirely filmed and the feedback being quite positive.

She is indeed more suited to action scenes and a tougher style than to tender emotional scenes.

In order to win the performance completion award, the production team did work overtime, even though there were no three shifts. The one who suffered the most was director Gibson, because he had to personally oversee all the post-production work.

Li Fu did not interfere with the production. He glanced at the production schedule, confirmed that the pacing and quality were fine, and then put the documents back on the table.

The 007 sequels and The Hobbit were big productions with professional teams overseeing them, so he only had to approve funding, which made things much easier for him.

Overall, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Of course, things seemed to be going smoothly on the surface, but underneath, undercurrents were already surging.

Congress attempted to reopen the investigation into Lee Fu, but fearing public backlash, they could not find a ground to file a lawsuit against him.

If we can't bring him down, it's pointless to just cause trouble, and might even backfire.

Because the Forrest family will not abandon his protection, the Tea Party will use this as an opportunity to launch a media attack, and many people in Nashville and New York, as well as some veterans' organizations, will voice their support.

Even as the first half of 2010 was drawing to a close, the shadow of the economic crisis still loomed over the entire United States.

Nashville and New York were the first and best-performing areas to recover economically, and their recovery both began with Li Fu's investments.

The improvement in the lives of many veterans in their later years also depends on the foundation he established.

He thus gained favor with the veterans' organization.

If Li Fu is investigated by Congress, public opinion will erupt with voices asking, "Who is good to us? Who is Congress going to target?"

The Democratic Party can't find a place to smear Li Fu. His actions are often not for his own benefit but for the benefit of others and the public, at least on the surface.

This made it difficult for his enemies to make a move.

A forceful attack would likely result in heavy losses for both sides, with the enemy suffering 800 casualties and oneself suffering 1000.

Besides, it's not that easy to take action; there are quite a few people who want to protect him.

Those members of Congress ultimately decided to focus on the midterm elections first.

The growth of joint funds has been limited in recent months, and the additional investments have generated little unrealized profit.

This is mainly because the US economic recovery is slow, the US stock market has been fluctuating, and Nvidia has even fallen. The phased entry has not yet been completed.

Meanwhile, domestic investments are mostly underway and are relatively long-term projects. Logistics projects in Zhengzhou and the Yangtze River Delta, as well as the layout of consumer chain brands (such as Mixue Ice Cream and Wallace), are all progressing according to plan under Lina's leadership.

Overall, it is indeed far less profitable than the 400x leverage in the foreign exchange market last year.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. The next one-sided market trend won't appear until 2014. Strategizing amidst fluctuations is not Li Fu's forte.

In the second week of June, Li Fu received a message from CP: the initial manuscript of "The Country Man's Elegy" had been completed after field research, but CP was not entirely satisfied and wanted Li Fu to take some time to visit New York.

Without hesitation, Li Fu immediately asked Thompson to book a flight to New York. Even if it wasn't for CP, he still had to go see Ivanka.

The plane landed in New York in the afternoon. The CP building was exactly the same as when I left a few months ago, even the security personnel at the lobby entrance hadn't changed.

However, Li Fu did not get off the car here, but passed by the gate and went to Qiquan Manor first.

He had to see Ivanka first.

Ivanka was waiting for him, wearing a loose-fitting loungewear outfit.

According to the timeline, she is already eight months pregnant, and her belly is very prominent.

Li Fu was so excited to see her that he almost stammered.

The two kept in touch frequently, but this was the first time they had met in recent months. She stood inside the door looking at Li Fu, her eyes filled with tenderness and a hint of resentment.

Li Fu did feel somewhat ashamed. He had thought about it several times, but he was always at the center of the storm and was really worried that Japanese right-wing elements would discover that Ivanka was pregnant with his child.

This time, he made sure Thompson drove around the city several times to make sure no one was following him before he felt at ease.

Several printed manuscripts were spread out on the coffee table in the living room, with handwritten annotations covering the margins. A reference book, turned to its middle, sat on the sofa next to it.

It seems that although Ivanka has been resting here for the past few months to prepare for childbirth, she has not been idle during this time.

After entering the room, Li Fu couldn't help but hug her, his movements were gentle and slow, as if he was afraid of disturbing their child. He was about to become a father for the first time, and he was somewhat uneasy.

"Don't worry," Ivanka said with a smile, "I have regular checkups, and our baby is healthy."

Her eyes were full of love.

However, there was also a hint of maternal love within the affection.