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Lin Xiao was slightly stunned when he received Jiang Wen's invitation.
Because this kind of invitation is usually made at least half a month in advance, what's the matter with three days in advance?
Does this mean that the crew actually doesn’t want Lin Xiao to go?
If the film is a success, Lin Xiao won't have to go, but if the film is not a success, he will have to go instead.
"Okay, Mr. Jiang, I will definitely be there."
The other party was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Welcome, welcome, remember to bring a female companion."
Then, the two hung up the phone.
Xia Xi: "Are you really planning to go?"
Lin Xiao: "They didn't want me to go, but I went anyway."
Xia Xi: "I went, what do you say?"
Lin Xiao: "Tell the truth, I love telling the truth."
Xia Xi: "Is this film going to fail? This is the biggest investment in the past two years, a co-production between China, Japan and the United States. They are aiming to surpass Zhang Yimou's "Hero"."
Lin Xiao: “Probably not.”
Although Hero was criticized for being empty in content, it still achieved perfection in terms of big scenes, pictures, and actions. However, Heroes of Heaven and Earth wanted to have everything, but ended up not doing anything well, so this blockbuster lost a lot of money.
Xia Xi: "I asked you to bring a female companion, who are you going to take? Your two girlfriends are trying their best to hide."
Lin Xiao: "Are you going?"
Xia Xi: "I won't go. They are a group of the most lecherous men. The first time they see a woman, they strip her naked in their hearts."
Lin Xiao: "If you don't go, you will sit in front of my desk like this, wearing a short uniform skirt."
I don’t know who started this habit.
Whether it was Xia Xi or Li Shuang, once they arrived at Lin Xiao's office, they would definitely sit down on the desk in front of Lin Xiao, and both would wear short skirts.
Damn, I can see the color of my underwear as soon as I look up.
I'm very happy that you don't treat me as an outsider.
But isn’t it bad to do it so frequently?
Xia Xi: "We are all family, so why should we be so formal?"
Lin Xiao: "The number of registered users on our Facebook will soon surpass Lingxi Island. How do you feel about that? Is it great?"
Xia Xi: "I don't think I felt anything. It was too fast and I didn't use too much force."
Then Xia Xi suddenly said: "Li Shuang and I are playing a game, do you want to join?"
Lin Xiao immediately became alert: "You say."
Xia Xi: "What color?"
Lin Xiao grinned for a long while: "Purple."
Xia Xi was stunned: "How did you know? I was staring at you the whole time, not glancing at me!"
Shit, no wonder you sat down on the desk in front of me.
You and Li Shuang are playing a game, but that game is me.
Xia Xi got down from her desk and said, "I thought our relationship had completely risen to the level of a brother and sister relationship where we disliked each other. You didn't even have any interest in looking at me, but you actually peeped at me. It seems that my estimation of human nature is far from enough."
Xia Xi looked at Lin Xiao and made a clicking sound.
It seems to express that this is a moral decline.
Then, Xia Xi went straight out of Lin Xiao’s office and went to Li Shuang’s office downstairs.
Assistant Li Shuang stood up immediately: "Boss Xia!"
Xia Xi pushed the door open and saw someone in Li Shuang's office. It seemed to be Lin Xiao's wild classmate Jiang Li'er.
There were even two of Jiang Li'er's classmates, Li Duanduan and Zeng Yuxiu, sitting outside the office, but Xia Xi didn't know them.
When Xia Xi appeared, the two girls looked at her with admiration.
They felt that Xia Xi lived the life they wanted.
He has an amazing career and looks that can easily kill anyone else, but he doesn't care at all.
Inside the office, Jiang Li'er seemed to be begging Li Shuang for something.
However, Li Shuang seemed to refuse.
"Mr. Xia." Jiang Li'er greeted Xia Xi obediently, then left Li Shuang's office.
"Let's go find our eighteenth brother!"
After closing the door, Xia Xi took out a hundred yuan, tore open Li Shuang's silk shirt, and stuffed it into her cleavage.
"Why, he lost, he must have peeked." Li Shuang said with a smile.
Xia Xi: "You still understand human nature."
"What does Jiang Li'er want from you?"
Li Shuang: "She wanted to go on If You Are the One, but I refused."
Xia Xi: "She is very special. Her lethality to men is almost as strong as yours."
Li Shuang: "It's too disruptive to the balance."
Xia Xi suddenly asked: "What color are you wearing today?"
Li Shuang: “Black.”
Xia Xi: "Let's switch now, and then you go to Lin Xiao's office and ask him to guess the color."
Li Shuang: "But we have been walking through it for a long time."
Xia Xi: "I don't dislike you."
Li Shuang looked at Xia Xi for a long time: "Xia Xi, you are very excited, right?"
"Because you beat Wu Lingxi head-on for the first time, even though you don't want to show it, you are still very excited."
"I know you. Every time you win, you will be very abstract."
"Xia Xi, but if you play like this, something might get into trouble in the future."
Xia Xi: "What could happen?"
Li Shuang said quietly, "At least something has happened here."
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Some people seem simple, but they are actually very complicated.
Some people look complicated, but they are actually very simple.
For example, Jiang Li'er, this scumbag, is a very simple woman, so simple that there is only one word to describe her: wild!
She just wants to play life.
I heard that Lin Xiao and Li Shuang started a TV show called "If You Are the One" which is specifically for blind dates.
She immediately wanted to be on the show because she thought it was very entertaining and would definitely seduce a lot of men.
Just imagine that many men come for her and she rejects them in various ways. It feels good just thinking about it.
In fact, she didn't want to see Li Shuang because she felt her aura was suppressed.
Li Shuang has a hot body, a big butt, and is so sexy and charming.
The key point is that Jiang Lier can see that Li Shuang is both wild and conservative, which is fatal.
But in order to be on the show, she still went to find Li Shuang, flattering and trying to please her.
But Li Shuang still rejected it.
Because the chemical reaction formed by these 24 female guests is just right, Jiang Li'er is too prominent and will destroy the balance if she rushes in.
After hitting a wall with Li Shuang, Jiang Li'er was not discouraged at all, but went directly to Lin Xiao's office upstairs.
Now Lin Xiao has a new assistant, who is a master's degree holder from Harbin Institute of Technology.
He also has another identity, that is, the son of Zhang Qizhao, the principal of Linshan No. 1 Middle School.
Zhang Dongjin.
"Miss Jiang, please wait a moment. I will go and report."
A moment later, Jiang Lier entered Lin Xiao's office.
She also closed the door carefully.
Then, Jiang Li'er took the lead and suddenly pulled off her clothes, revealing her revealing and sexy ballet costume.
Lin Xiao was stunned. What are you going to do? Then, Jiang Lier performed a sexy and hot Swan Lake in front of Lin Xiao, which she had adapted herself.
When other people dance Swan Lake, they at least wear a jumpsuit, but you dance Swan Lake in a swimsuit.
Did you know that the big white buns are showing the edge? After the performance, Jiang Lier also sat down in front of Lin Xiao's desk and flirted with him.
Lin Xiao was speechless. You all know this trick, right?
"I want to be on If You Are the One!" Jiang Li'er stated her purpose.
"Why?"
Jiang Lier: "Because it's fun and can seduce men."
Lin Xiao looked at Jiang Li'er and shook his head: "No."
Jiang Lier asked: "Why?"
"Aren't we best friends?"
Lin Xiao: "Although there is hype for "If You Are the One", its core is still about dating and making friends. From your attitude of playing games with your life, I can tell at a glance that you have no intention of finding a partner at all."
Jiang Lier looked at Lin Xiao seriously: "Really?"
Lin Xiao: "Yes, it really can't. This show can't accommodate someone who is too cool."
Jiang Li'er put on her clothes and left angrily.
About ten minutes later, she broke into Lin Xiao's office again and asked, "Well, then we should still be best friends."
Lin Xiao: "I rejected you, don't you hate me?"
Jiang Li'er: "The more cruel and domineering you are, the more I can't stop."
The three of them left the office building, and Li Duanduan suddenly said, "Lin Xiao and Liao Feng are indeed different. Even if Liao Feng wants to reject you, he will never say it clearly at the beginning. Instead, he will say it in a very nice way, but in the end he will let others reject you. But Lin Xiao will reject you directly, even if he has a very good relationship with you."
Jiang Li'er: "So, I told you a long time ago that Eighteenth Brother is much better than that idiot Liao Feng. Li Duanduan, really, go sleep with Lin Xiao, I will send you to represent our dormitory to form a marriage alliance with him."
"Go to hell." Li Duanduan: "He has a girlfriend. Although it's a secret, we all know it. It's Lianyi."
Jiang Li'er: "You are also a mistress with Liao Feng, but it's not as good as being a mistress with Lin Xiao. At least he is more handsome."
"Anyway, I think that a slutty vixen like you is destined to be someone's mistress."
Li Duanduan punched Jiang Lier: "Fuck you, fuck you, you are destined to be a mistress."
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Inside the office of Lingxi Island.
At this time, Lingxi Island has expanded many times, so the headquarters at Aurora University is merely symbolic. The company already has nearly 200 employees and has rented several floors of offices outside.
At this time, Wu Lingxi was in her office, playing the full version of Plants vs. Zombies.
She has played it countless times.
But every time, she was willing to deliberately forget it and start playing again.
It’s really fun.
Especially the last level, it was so thrilling.
It was another dangerous pass.
She let out a long breath.
Then, she opened Lingxi Island again.
Despite the money-burning offensive, the entire Lingxi Island still seems to be in full swing.
At this time, Liao Feng walked in, looked at Plants vs. Zombies on her computer, and frowned secretly in his heart.
"Are you ready, honey?"
Although he was unhappy, Liao Feng did not show it and his face was still full of tenderness.
Wu Lingxi: "How many users do you think Facebook has gained in this wave?"
Liao Feng thought for a while: "Last time, they used Plants vs. Zombies, plus the Campus Beauty and Campus Husband PK Contest, and also hyped up the acquisition by Microsoft, and gained about 200,000 registered users."
"They removed the ALEXA toolbar in January, so it's hard to tell how many visits and users they have."
The ALEXA toolbar can count the IP visits and PV visits of a website, and also display the global ranking of the website.
"But we should be cautious. After careful analysis, the company team believes that their user registration volume should have exceeded 1.6 million."
"It doubled in half a month. This is our highest estimate for him."
"That's a pretty impressive number, but it's still only a third of what we have."
"Besides, they have no money left, so this wave of price increases is almost the last one."
"The full version of Plants vs. Zombies has already been released, and they won't have any other big moves or tactics in the future."
"They no longer pose a threat to us."
"From now on, our only opponent will be ourselves."
Although it hasn't reached that point yet, there is indeed a feeling of loneliness.
Wu Lingxi: "Miyazaki actually went to Lin Xiao and wanted to invest in his Facebook, but he refused."
Liao Feng: "So he has no money left and can't afford it anymore. The so-called Facebook nationwide promotion campaign on September 6 was just a small thunder and a small raindrop, and it didn't cause any momentum at all."
"Look at the so-called Facebook Second Battle in December last year. It was so vigorous."
"So, a spent force cannot penetrate a piece of silk."
Wu Lingxi: "In fact, Facebook is doing very well and is very pure, otherwise Miyazaki would not have wanted to invest in it at the last minute."
Liao Feng: "Is it that Yangyang.com is not doing well? Is it that Yangyang's live broadcast room is not good enough? In the end, didn't it still get sold?"
"Grassroots entrepreneurship is like this: it works well at first, then it declines, and then it runs out of steam."
"When his funding chain runs out, we wouldn't mind buying his Facebook."
Wu Lingxi suddenly asked: "Have you ever thought about gradually separating the social and e-commerce parts of Lingxi Island?"
Liao Feng's face changed, and then he said gently: "This won't work. These two business groups depend on each other and complement each other. If they unite, both will benefit. If they separate, both will suffer."
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The next day!
A cooperation agreement was officially signed between several investors led by Hong Kong Venture Capital Fund and Lingxi Island.
The last cocktail party and celebration banquet was attended by only insiders.
Many media and reporters came to the signing ceremony this time.
Invest US$25 million.
This is a very large investment amount in the past two years.
At this moment! Liao Fenglingxi Island is full of beautiful scenery.
"Mr. Liao, Facebook is currently promoting its products nationwide, but the momentum is much weaker than expected. It is far inferior to the previous campus beauties and campus hunks PK competitions, and it is inferior to Facebook Night. Why do you think this is? Is Facebook's funding chain broken?"
Liao Feng: "This is a matter for friendly competitors, I will not comment on it."
"Mr. Liao, the full version of Plants vs. Zombies is out. Have you played it?"
Liao Feng: "I really want to play, but I'm really too busy."
"Mr. Liao, do you think it is correct for Facebook to place all its bets on a single game for promotion?"
Liao Feng: "I still have no comment, but what I want to say is that when building a website, you should focus on serving users instead of using too many fancy tricks."
A reporter looked at Miyazaki and asked: "Mr. Miyazaki, as a representative of Hong Kong Wind Investment Fund, have you ever thought about investing in Facebook?"
Miyazaki: “I have no comment on this, but I admire Ergou’s keen sense of the Internet. If he can be more focused and more persistent, I think the results will be better.”
"Are you saying that Master Ergou was too distracted and his main business was left far behind?"
Miyazaki: “You are the one who said that, not me.”
"Do you think that Plants vs. Zombies alone can turn Facebook around?"
Miyazaki: “I think it’s difficult.”
"Facebook removed the Alexa toolbar in January this year. They don't want the outside world to see its real visit volume. Does this mean that Ergou has completely lost confidence in Facebook?"
"Mr. Liao, if Facebook follows in the footsteps of Itch, would you consider acquiring Facebook?"
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I saw in the newspapers and on the technology channels of various portals that there was overwhelming news about Lingxi Island receiving a 25 million US dollar investment, all of which were news praising Lingxi Island and criticizing Facebook.
The core members of the company were furious.
Are you kidding me? Even without the September user registration explosion, our Facebook ecosystem is so healthy and user activity is so high.
Even if we use the data from a month ago, you have no right to be pessimistic.
But that's how the media works.
They do everything in a swarm, they swarm together when praising others and they swarm together when criticizing others.
For example, Teacher Zhang Songwen was praised everywhere not long ago.
Suddenly one day, almost all media and self-media began to denigrate him, as if they wanted to step on everyone.
Xia Xi seemed to see a familiar scene again.
But when her business failed, the media swarmed in and pushed her down.
However, it is not without benefits.
During this period, Liao Feng used Facebook to hype up Lingxi Island's valuation.
Even if it’s just stepping on Facebook, it’s still huge publicity.
Especially in recent days, after the signing ceremony, the miracle of Lingxi Island and the miracle of college students’ entrepreneurship were widely publicized, so that many people who didn’t know or care about Facebook also knew about Facebook.
The number of registered Facebook users, which was already skyrocketing, soared further.
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Early in the morning of September 23rd.
Lin Xiao and Li Shuang left Shanghai and went to Beijing to attend the premiere of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".
Before leaving, Lin Xiao looked at the data in the background of the computer.
The number of registered users has reached 4.86 million! "At this rate, we'll reach five million by six tonight!"
Lin Xiao: "When it breaks five million, a fireworks effect will appear on the Facebook homepage!"
"Also, let's put the ALEXA toolbar back on. Let the most authoritative tool in the world prove the authenticity of our IP and PV visits, so that others won't think we're bragging."
IP visits are proof of how many people visit this website in a day.
The PV visits prove how many pages of the website are opened in one day, which proves the retention rate and activity of the website.
In the PC era, the ALEXA ranking is very authoritative internationally.
Cheng Hai: "I have been keeping an eye on Lingxi Island's ALEXA data. In fact, our IP visits and PV visits exceeded it at least a week ago. They have a lot of zombie users."
"Damn it, I've put up with them for so long, I'm going to give them a strong blow tonight!"
"What a pity! Liao Feng got $25 million of investment for nothing."
Xia Xi said coldly: "Our CEO Lin is even more sinister. He makes people think that Lingxi Island can get such a high valuation, then what about our Facebook? He is planning to step on Lingxi Island to get to the top. He can learn from others' experience!"
Suddenly, Cheng Hai and others understood Lin Xiao's intention.
Damn, that’s really insidious.
Let Miyazaki and others use real money to help raise Facebook's valuation to an astonishing height.
Lin Xiao and Xia Xi estimated that the number of registered users would exceed 5 million around 6 o'clock in the evening.
but……
Just at 16:53.
The total number of registered users in the background easily exceeded the 5 million threshold! The people in charge of the background looked at each other in bewilderment.
Shouldn't we applaud and cheer at this great moment?
Xia Xi stared at the numbers that continued to rise and said, "Okay, let's do what we need to do."
"Announce it!"
Two minutes later!
A special effect appeared on the Facebook homepage! As long as you open the homepage, a firework will appear.
Then, a line of text is displayed.
Congratulations! Facebook has officially surpassed 5 million registered users! Many people saw this after opening the app.
I was shocked? Five million? It actually exceeded five million? That's amazing!
But most ordinary users don’t care too much about these, and don’t even have much idea about this number.
Only insiders know how terrifying this data is.
Liao Feng rarely opens Facebook anymore because he no longer considers it as a rival.
But Wu Lingxi still often opens Facebook, trying hard to study her opponents and even learn from them.
Suddenly, her phone rang.
It's her assistant.
"Miss, please go to Facebook!"
It is indeed the custom of the old society. It is a different era now and people still call people Miss.
Wu Lingxi was stunned. She had just logged into Facebook half an hour ago and had even been observing it for a long time.
But the other party's tone was very urgent, so she quickly opened Facebook again.
result……
Bang, bang, bang! A burst of gorgeous fireworks effects.
Then a line of festive red words came into view: Congratulations on Facebook's registered users, officially exceeding 5 million! What?!
Wu Lingxi looked at the line of words in disbelief.
All this happened so suddenly!
Five million, like a huge critical hit.
It hit her eyeballs and her heart hard.
Suddenly! Her eyes froze and her whole body froze.
In fact, she couldn't react for a while! ………………
Note: Here is the first update. I’ll eat something and then write the second update right away as I have something to go out for in the evening.
Dear benefactors, if you have monthly tickets, please don't keep them, give them to me as cakes! Thank you so much!
(End of this chapter)
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