Chapter 434: Night mooring
at Huangpu After staying with Li Yitong for a while on the set, Meng Bai stood up to say goodbye until the next scene was about to start.
"I'm leaving first. Let me know if you're okay tonight and I'll pick you up."
"Okay." Li Yitong nodded, with a bright smile on her face.
After saying goodbye to Zhou You and the others, Meng Bai left the crew of "The Rebel". The car turned north and headed towards Changning.
In addition to accompanying Li Yitong on her birthday, he came to Shanghai this time to attend Pinduoduo's shareholder meeting.
It has been a year since Pinduoduo went public. According to the regulations of the US stock market, companies that have been listed for one year can arrange their corporate structure at will, but after one year, they must rebuild the board of directors and other senior management according to Nasdaq standards.
Before this, Pinduoduo's board of directors had a total of six directors, including Huang Zheng himself, Tencent, Sequoia Capital and other members. According to Nasdaq regulations, the board of directors of a listed company must be composed of more than half independent directors.
According to this rule, one of the three major shareholders of Pinduoduo, Tencent, Gaorong Capital and Sequoia China, must leave the board of directors to ensure that the other three independent directors can meet the quota.
Theoretically, the board of directors can solve this problem by themselves, but it just happened to overlap with the mid-year meeting and the upcoming "Double Eleven", so Meng Bai and other institutional shareholders also came together.
Of course, he is still very self-aware and knows that he does not have a deep understanding of the e-commerce field, so he is purely here to play soy sauce.
Pinduoduo's headquarters is still in Jinhongqiao International Center, but the current scale is no longer the half-floor office when Meng Bai first came.
As Pinduoduo has passed the "novice period" of listing, coupled with the continuous increase in the number of users and transaction volume over the past year, the stock price has also been rising.
So far, Pinduoduo's total market value has exceeded 40 billion US dollars. Although it is still far behind Taobao, it is infinitely close to JD.com.
The company's stock price has soared, and Meng Bai, a shareholder, has naturally risen in value. According to the figures released by Hurun and Forbes last year, even without adding the expansion of film and television in the past year, his assets have exceeded 2 billion US dollars.
What's more, he now has Ruyi Pictures, which is about to be acquired at a high price, which is also a huge increase in value. If all the assets in his hands are added up, it is estimated that it is close to 3 billion US dollars.
However, for Meng Bai now, he really doesn't care whether the assets are 200 million more or 200 million less. What Arc Light lacks now is not funds, but foundation, which takes time to cultivate slowly.
Of course, more money is definitely good, at least without the difficulty of funds, the development speed will be much faster.
The shareholders' meeting is naturally not completed in one day. In fact, this afternoon, Meng Bai and his team mainly came here to chat in advance. Meng Bai fully played his role of "playing soy sauce" and basically didn't speak much.
But it was not a pure spectator. He still talked with Tencent Investment for a long time. Hengteng Network, which acquired Ruyi, was jointly established by Evergrande and Tencent, and Tencent Investment was also behind it, so it was just right to talk about the progress of the merger.
Because it was not a formal meeting, it didn't take long, and it was over in just over an hour.
Meng Bai returned to the hotel, washed and packed up. Then he remotely handled the company's business and several projects in preparation while waiting for Li Yitong to finish.
I don't know how long the crew had been filming. It was not until after seven o'clock in the evening that Meng Bai received a message from Li Yitong.
After asking Hua Yan and the others to check the venue in advance, Meng Bai drove to the underground parking lot of the crew hotel. Not long after, a charming figure ran over and opened the car door.
Sitting in the passenger seat, the person took a long breath, took off the sunglasses and mask on his face, revealing Li Yitong's bright smile.
"It's quite early to finish work today. I thought you wouldn't finish until after eight o'clock." Meng Bai said.
"It should have been, but because there was a temporary adjustment for a scene, I finished filming in the afternoon and there will be no scenes today."
"Then why did you give me the news so late?"
"Dating, I have to come back to pack up and change clothes." Li Yitong said as a matter of course.
Meng Bai then noticed that the girl's dress was indeed different from that during the day. She was wearing a white dress and a wooden wide-brimmed round hat. Her long black hair fell down her shoulders, and she looked very youthful.
Seeing Meng Bai observing her, Li Yitong turned her head and asked, "How is it? Does it look good?"
"Very beautiful." Meng Bai laughed, "Who said our boss Li is 29 years old? She is obviously only 18 years old. I should find you a heroine in a youth film later."
Li Yitong's eyes curved into crescents, and it was obvious from her expression that she was very pleased with Meng Bai's words.
"But..." Meng Bai changed the subject, "You look like you might be cold at night."
"Cold?"
Li Yitong was a little confused. Shanghai in September was a hot summer, so how could it be cold?
"Where are you going tonight?"
"You'll know later." Meng Bai did not answer, but helped her adjust the seat back, "Take a rest first, I'll call you when we get there."
Li Yitong's curiosity had reached its peak at this time, but the answer was about to be revealed, so she was not in a hurry. After
all, he couldn't take her to the airport later and say he was going to Northeast China for his birthday, right?
As the car started, Li Yitong wanted to talk more with Meng Bai, but she had been filming all day and was exhausted. The air conditioner in the car blew a cool breeze, which was very comfortable, so she fell asleep in a daze after a while.
She didn't know how long it had been, but she suddenly felt the car stop, and then she heard Meng Bai pat her lightly a few times, and said in a gentle voice: "We're here, Boss Li, get out of the car."
Li Yitong woke up suddenly and opened the small mirror on her head to take a look. Fortunately, her makeup was not smudged, and she didn't drool or anything, so she managed to save her image.
Although Meng Bai had seen her in all kinds of bad looks over the years, today was a birthday date after all, and she still took it very seriously. She
patted her face a few times to make sure there were no marks or anything like that, then she opened the door and got out of the car.
Li Yitong came out of the comfortable car and thought she would feel a gust of hot air, but unexpectedly, a cool breeze blew towards her.
She looked around and found that not far in front of her was a wide river.
"Is this... the Huangpu River?" Li Yitong asked doubtfully. Anyway, she only knew this one big river in Shanghai.
"Yes, it's the Huangpu River."
Meng Bai walked to her side: "Let's go, I'll show you the night view of Shanghai."
As he said, he took the girl's hand and walked towards a small ferry by the river.
Li Yitong thought it was a riverside restaurant at first, until she stepped onto a three-story yacht, she realized it.
No wonder the guy said it might be cold at night. Sitting in the middle of the wide river, surrounded by the refreshing river breeze, and it was night, it would be strange if it wasn't cold. At
the entrance deck of the yacht, a middle-aged woman in a small suit and with a smile on her face stood there to greet the two.
"Hello, Mr. Meng." The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "You two follow me."
After that, she turned sideways and led the way.
Following the other party, she turned a few corners and went up two escalators, and finally arrived at the top floor of the yacht.
As soon as she stepped on it, Li Yitong instantly felt that her eyes were suddenly open. The top floor is a semi-open-air design, surrounded by hollow fences. From here,
you can see the surrounding scenery at a glance. Li Yitong walked a few steps quickly and came to the fence to look far away. Standing here and looking out, you can see the night view of the Huangpu River and the neon lights of the Bund in the distance.
"It's beautiful!" She sighed subconsciously.
"There is a telescope over there. You can see it more clearly with that."
Meng Bai said behind him. Li Yitong looked around and found a delicate telescope standing in the direction of the bow. She immediately ran over with great interest.
Looking at the girl's cheerful look, Meng Bai smiled, and then told the middle-aged woman that she could start the boat.
"Hmm!"
Li Yitong couldn't help but exclaimed when she felt her feet tremble slightly, and hurriedly stood firm. Fortunately, this yacht was designed for sightseeing. The speed and horsepower may be ordinary, but the stability is extremely strong.
Therefore, except for the inevitable trembling when the boat was just started, the feeling afterwards was not much different from being on the ground.
"Is the scenery nice?"
Meng Bai walked to Li Yitong and asked while leaning against the fence.
"Yeah!" Li Yitong nodded with a bright smile on her face, "This is my first time to see Shanghai at night in the center of the Huangpu River."
"Yes, it's a beautiful city." Meng Bai replied, and said in his heart that the premise is that you have to have money to see this unique beauty.
As the busiest river in Shanghai, there are naturally more than one boat on the Huangpu River. However, because the river is wide, they keep a distance from each other, so there is no need to worry about being seen by other boats.
"Let's eat first, I've been waiting for you for a long time and I'm hungry."
Meng Bai said, and then walked over and sat down at the dining table on the side of the bow.
"Hey, Mr. Meng, you've worked hard." Li Yitong sat opposite him, picked up a piece of beef and put it on his plate, "Come on, eat more."
Meng Bai glanced at her: "Are you sure you want me to eat more?"
"Ah?"
Li Yitong was stunned for a moment, but reacted in an instant: "Such a good atmosphere, no dirty things!"
"Then when?"
"At least after dinner."
Li Yitong replied, but after that, both of them laughed.
Looking at the smiling girl opposite, Meng Bai sighed in his heart. Although she and Teacher Li look a bit similar, their personalities are still quite different.
If it was Li Qin who was here just now, he would definitely roll his eyes and call him a "hooligan", and then start looking forward to it secretly. But Li Yitong is the opposite. She doesn't care about this level of teasing at all, and even answers him seriously.
"Why did you think of finding a yacht for a date in the water?"
"There are people everywhere in the city, and it's inconvenient to go anywhere. But if I stay in the house, it feels too boring." Meng Bai spread his hands, "A yacht is good, with a wide view and unique scenery, and you don't have to worry about being photographed by others."
Li Yitong thought about it and felt that for artists like them, a yacht is indeed a suitable date place.
"Where's my gift?" Li Yitong stretched out her hand.
"No, girl, you just want it like that?" Meng Bai raised her eyebrows.
Li Yitong thought about it: "Well, that's right, I still have to be more tactful."
After saying that, she picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of vegetable for Meng Bai. Then she put down the chopsticks and stretched out her hand: "Where's my gift?" "
..."
Good girl, you win.
Meng Bai stood up, opened the small cabinet beside him, and took out a gift box: "I wanted to give it to you after midnight."
"It's a gift, and these few hours don't matter."
Li Yitong smiled, then opened the lid of the gift box, and there was a Chanel bag inside.
"How do you know I like this one recently? I asked before, but it's not available in China."
Li Yitong took out the bag, stroked the delicate skin, and asked in surprise.
"Of course I have a way to know." Meng Bai looked mysterious.
Well, in fact, he and the assistants around this girl asked about it. Otherwise, he usually doesn't even wear extra accessories, so why would he care about these things.
Li Yitong touched the bag in her hand with a smile. In fact, it's not that she likes it so much. Although this thing is hard to buy, you can always buy it with a little more money. What she cares about is that Meng Bai has always cared about her preferences.
Meng Bai took a sip of wine and saw that the girl couldn't let it go, so he reminded her: "Don't just look at this bag, there are other things."
Li Yitong heard the words and put down the bag in her hand, and then she found that there was a small and exquisite box inside.
Opening it and taking a look, there was a transparent green jade bracelet inside. Under the light, it glowed with a warm green color.
Unlike many girls, Li Yitong likes some traditional things very much.
For example, drinking tea, opera, and jade.
(End of this chapter)
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