Chapter 271: Extreme! Crazy! My Legend
Xiao Wanli has been in charge of the Bubble Foundation for more than half a year.
There is a feeling, as if one is able to use one's arms and legs freely, as if one has been reborn.
When I was in the Agriculture Bureau, no matter what I did, it felt slow and time-consuming, and I didn't know how much energy was wasted.
No matter whether it is a big or small matter, even if you put in 100% of your effort, if you can finally achieve 30% or 40% of the results, it would be very remarkable.
No matter what you do, it's difficult.
But now, the effort we exert will soon be fed back and responded to.
Whether it is a nursing home or poverty relief education, it can be implemented quickly.
The key point is that when he was the director of the Agriculture Bureau, no one in the department liked him very much. But now that he is in charge of the foundation, he has immediately transformed himself and become a guest of honor for countless people.
Before in Kecheng City, most of the leaders above the Standing Committee level didn’t know his name, let alone take him seriously.
Now, whenever I go to visit, these leaders will receive me personally and even see me out the door.
Xiao Wanli even had a feeling that he was now serving the people every day.
"Mr. Xiao, there is something happening." A person in charge of the foundation walked in.
"We sponsored a poor student with excellent academic performance. He was admitted to Zhijiang University this year. His family is really poor. His parents are farmers and their health is not very good. So we sponsored him 6,000 yuan every year."
"Not only that, we have also set up a special file for him and will pay attention to his learning and growth."
"But recently he used the money we gave him to buy a pair of Nike shoes for 460 yuan."
"How should this matter be handled?"
Xiao Wanli was puzzled: "How did you know? Did someone report it?"
Person in charge: "Not really. He posted a status on Facebook saying that he not only bought Nike sneakers, but also branded clothes."
"Should we admonish him specifically, or what?"
Xiao Wanli did not make a decision immediately, and said: "I will think about it carefully. If necessary, I will attend a meeting."
Although this incident is small, it is very representative.
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Xiao Momo became a teacher at Linshan No. 1 Middle School again.
The three subjects I teach are aesthetics, writing, and spoken English.
As a provincial key high school, Linshan No. 1 Middle School also attaches great importance to quality education during this period, and the relevant courses are also very intensive.
There are guitar, violin, debate and so on.
Xiao Momo has about six classes a week.
The baby is already ten months old. Li Fangfang applied for retirement due to illness and has been taking care of the baby at home. Not only that, the family also hired a very professional nanny.
Xiao Momo had some free time and in September she returned to Linshan No. 1 Middle School as a teacher.
In addition, she picked up the job of screenwriter again.
It has been exactly one and a half years since the alleged scandal came to light.
It was really hard at the beginning, especially in a small county town, where it was a society based entirely on personal relationships and there were no secrets at all.
After Xiao Wanli and Li Fangfang brought Bubble home, they hid at home all day long and didn't dare to go out. Others would point fingers at them and spit at them.
So at the beginning, even if Xiao Momo wanted to go back to Linshan No. 1 Middle School for a walk, she had to wait until night when no one could see her.
But time can dilute everything.
Xiao Momo is now a transcendent figure in Linshan No. 1 Middle School, and is the idol of all female teachers. Ordinary teachers are fine, but the entire school leadership is trying to curry favor with her in every possible way.
This is not just because the Lightning Group donated a library and a multimedia library to Linshan No. 1 Middle School.
Especially because of the existence of the lightning system.
The son of former principal Zhang Qizhao has become a senior executive at Lightning Group.
Li Mingchao's daughter had just graduated and joined the Lightning Group.
Not only that, as long as college graduates from Linshan No. 1 Middle School are good enough, it will be much easier for them to enter the Lightning Group than others.
At present, Lightning Group has become a well-established Internet giant with salaries far ahead of others.
Therefore, Xiao Momo is outstanding not only in Linshan No. 1 Middle School, but also in the entire Linshan.
Today's class is over, Xiao Momo left the school with brisk steps and walked home.
Not far away, a car was following slowly behind her, staring at any movement around her.
"Teacher Xiao, go home."
"Teacher Xiao, your skirt today is so beautiful, where did you buy it?"
"Teacher Xiao, you just gave birth to a child, why are you in such a good shape? Look at my belly."
Several female teachers instinctively gathered around her and subtly said the words that would make Xiao Momo happiest.
One of the female teachers had just gotten engaged. Her fiancé was the son of the deputy county magistrate, who worked in the Commerce Bureau.
She hesitated several times and wanted to invite Xiao Momo to her wedding because her fiancé and her parents-in-law emphasized this matter again and again.
I will try my best to invite Xiao Momo to attend this wedding.
But the female teacher hesitated for a long time and still didn't say it. As a woman, she felt that her parents-in-law were too direct and snobbish.
And it doesn’t take the actual situation into consideration.
Mr. Xiao and Mr. Lin's marriage is still pending. Is it appropriate for you to invite others to your wedding?
"Teacher Xiao, my mother-in-law seems to have made steamed cakes specially tonight, and they are flavored with osmanthus. Would you like to try some? I'll bring it over tomorrow?" said another female teacher next to her.
Xiao Momo: "Okay, thank you."
Return home.
Before I opened the door, I could hear the baby's sweet voice.
Li Fangfang is using picture books to help her recognize animals and learn to speak.
She couldn't explain it clearly, but her voice was soft and sticky.
The key just turned.
The baby immediately turned around and opened his hands: "Mama, Mama..."
This baby is very smart and lively. He started talking very early and could say mom and dad at nine months old.
On the contrary, I walk more slowly, and now I particularly like to crawl.
Xiao Momo stepped forward, picked up the baby, and kissed him twice.
The baby's little mouth immediately arched towards her chest.
She is no longer completely dependent on milk, but needs other things as well, so after eating for a few minutes, she started pointing at the dolls and the picture books.
"Eat milk first, then play." Xiao Momo pushed it back.
Li Fangfang couldn't help but say, "Just like your father, impatient."
Hearing the familiar words, the baby immediately spit out the mimi, opened his little mouth and shouted: "Daddy, daddy..."
Li Fangfang: "Your father flies all over the world, where is he now?"
Lin Xiao has been very busy recently and can basically come back to see the baby twice a month at most, but each time he brings different gifts from all over the world.
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In the evening, when the family is having dinner.
Li Fangfang suddenly asked, "Old Xiao, is it true that Lin Xiao owes 1 billion US dollars?"
Xiao Wanli nodded: "Yes,"
Li Fangfang: "Your foundation manages more than 100 million yuan. He owes so much money, and you donate so much money to charity? Why?"
Xiao Wanli: "Social responsibility. Besides, he owes US dollars, and the money he donates to charity in the country is RMB."
Li Fangfang: "They are all money, how can they be different? Isn't it just one to eight?"
Xiao Wanli: "Not even close."
Then, Xiao Wanli hesitated for a moment and asked, "Paopao, there is such a thing."
He told the story that happened today, where a poor student received a subsidy and spent several hundred dollars to buy Nike shoes and clothes of other brands.
After that, Xiao Wanli asked, "The Foundation's attitude is now quite clear, which is to issue a warning about this."
After listening to this, Xiao Momo thought for a while and said, "When I was in high school and college, I also liked to wear beautiful clothes and spent most of my living expenses on buying clothes."
Li Fangfang: "Can you do the same? Our family is well off."
Xiao Momo: "If our family conditions are not good, I...I might save money on food and use the saved money to buy clothes."
"Lin Xiao is the same. When he was in high school, his food allowance was already very low, but he still had to save money to buy clothes."
"Young people are somewhat vain, and it's normal for them to want to wear nice clothes and shoes, as long as there is a limit."
"You have already created a file for that young man. Just continue to observe his performance in school. If his performance in study and behavior is still excellent, then don't disturb his life."
After listening to this, Xiao Wanli nodded and couldn't help but say, "Paopao has really grown up."
After hearing these words, Xiao Momo felt that Lin Xiao had grown up.
Before, he was full of incomparable youthfulness. In just one and a half years, he seemed to have grown six or seven years older.
She didn't want to use the word old.
But it really seemed like in an instant, I turned from a teenager into an adult.
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Next, the quantum technology industrial park is changing every day.
More and more employees are recruited.
A large number of undergraduates, masters and doctoral students from domestic universities have joined the field of quantum technology.
Some functions of the X Institute in the United States have also been transferred to the Quantum Technology Industrial Park.
Once again, money was burned in large quantities.
In China, most of the money burned is RMB.
As long as it is RMB, everything is easy. Whether it is the province or the city, the support is unprecedented.
The top leader has spoken, and the amount of loans banks provide to quantum technology is astonishing.
In just this year or so, Lin Xiao and Lian Zheng reported to their superiors six times, and each report lasted more than an hour.
Many things are explained very thoroughly and in detail.
A few months ago, Lian Zheng became a regular member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Standing on the roof, looking at the large open space.
Lian Zheng couldn't help but ask, "I wonder if these empty spaces can be filled in the next ten years?"
Lin Xiao: "Five years at most. Once it explodes, it will be very shocking."
At present, quantum technology can only build a few core laboratories, and even these laboratories are in name only.
But it really only takes five or six years. As long as quantum technology can succeed, many industrial chains will be established around it.
By then, the entire Ningshi's industrial upgrading will have made rapid progress, and the output value will be even more so.
By that time, it can be considered a great cause.
Lian Zheng: "This year, Bird's mobile phone sales continued to decline, and it is more determined to transform into car manufacturing."
The next few years were the darkest moment for domestic mobile phones, with sales of traditional brands declining and profits becoming increasingly thin.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that some brands seem to have good sales, such as Tianyu and so on.
But... that's pure hard-earned money, and it's only slightly better than a copycat phone.
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The first season of Breaking Bad was released.
This American TV series still attracted a lot of attention because its second male lead was played by the number one school idol on Facebook in the United States.
At first, the American media thought that Facebook was just putting on a show and would not really do anything big.
After all, the national talent show was very successful at the time, and it directly caused Facebook's market value in the United States to soar, so it was already a success.
So there is no need to take the so-called investment in a TV series and letting the school's top idol star in the show so seriously.
But unexpectedly, Facebook in the United States actually joined forces with Fantasy Vision and cooperated with AMC to invest 20 million US dollars to shoot "Breaking Bad".
Moreover, many American TV series are first filmed for a few episodes and then aired as a test run. If the ratings are not good, they are canceled directly.
However, "Breaking Bad" invested 20 million US dollars at one time and filmed the entire first season directly.
The average ratings are out.
Probably... 1.5 million people watched it.
That's slightly higher than the all-time high of 1.2 million because of the hype and excitement surrounding the All-American draft.
However, the ratings are still average.
Very average.
It can even be considered bad.
Vince Gilligan was very frustrated and he made a long phone call to Lin Xiao.
"Lin, have we failed?"
“Is there no future for this drama?”
This is already very good. Historically, this drama did not start to explode until the third or fourth season.
In the end, it became the most awesome, successful, and classic TV series in the United States.
Even its spin-off series, Better Call Saul, has achieved tremendous success.
Lin Xiao: "Did the creator ask for a pay raise?"
Vince Gilligan: "How is that possible? If the ratings aren't successful, everyone is worried about having no future and no jobs."
Lin Xiao: "We will start writing the script for the second season, and then I will allocate a budget of about 30 million US dollars. After the script is completed, we will start the production of the second season."
Vince Gilligan choked up a little and said, "Lin, thank you. I have never met anyone like you. I am very sorry that I cannot make money for you."
Lin Xiao: "I think AMC will renew the subscription."
Vince Gilligan: "Even though the ratings weren't great, they were very positive about the quality of the show."
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Lin Xiao borrowed $800 million.
The two-year cycle basically relies on the profits from IPs such as "The Hunger Games", "Breaking Bad", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Fallout 3" to pay back the debt.
Among them, Breaking Bad, the first season and the second season, both had a hard time making any money.
After the third season, it will make a lot of money and become a long-lasting cash cow.
October 22nd.
Lin Xiao flew to the United States to watch the preview of Lightning Group's most important work, "Kung Fu Panda".
This was a very internal preview.
Lin Xiao and the top executives of Lightning Entertainment also flew to the United States.
Senior executives from Sony and Columbia were also there.
It took almost two years and $130 million to finally come out.
Dozens of people in the audience watched the movie quietly.
A full ninety-five minutes passed.
The audience burst into warm applause.
Amy Pascal turned her head and looked at Lin Xiao, and suddenly her heart tightened.
Because Lin Xiao was frowning.
The plot is good, the mood is good, the rhythm is good, and the action is good.
Almost everything about it is first class.
But... the picture is not top-notch.
It is different from Lin Xiao’s impression of “Kung Fu Panda”.
Amy Pascal: "Lin, Lin, it's already very good. This is the first 3D animated film of our studio. The standard is already very high."
"Don't even think about comparing with Pixar, or even DreamWorks. The picture quality of our film has at least caught up with Blue Sky Studios."
Ning Hao said, "Master, this is really good. If it is put in the domestic market, it will be shocking. We have raised the animation film from the floor to the ceiling. It will definitely achieve unparalleled success."
Amy Pascal: "Lin, we have been friends for several years. I know what you are thinking. Don't think about it that way. Don't think about the extreme."
"Don't go crazy. Don't go crazy. When you were at Lightning Group, you went back through so many things. You had to redo a lot of them."
"But we've spent over $100 million on this movie."
"You are thinking of going back to school. How much money do you want to increase?"
"Okay, even if it's not a re-melting, but a perfection, how much does it cost?"
"The key is the schedule. If you want to call it back, how long will it take? You need the money the most now."
Yes, Lin Xiao needs money the most now.
If Kung Fu Panda is canceled, where will the money for the increased budget come from? How long will the release date be delayed?
When the period is up, Lin Xiao has to repay his loan, which is more than 900 million US dollars including principal and interest.
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Lin Xiao came to Ergou Studio.
The development of Fallout 3 has been going on for two years.
Sawyer, the studio boss, was in high spirits, even chattering.
"Master, our team in China is so excellent and outstanding."
"They spent less than a third of their salary and completed about twice the amount of work."
"Thanks to the presence of the Chinese Ergou Studio team, the development progress of our game is very good."
Historically, the number of people working on Bethesda's Fallout 3 was very small, and even on the later Fallout 76, there were only 200 people, which is completely incomparable to the development scale of Rockstar.
So although Bethesda's games are fun to play, their graphics have always been criticized.
In this world, the team developing Fallout 3 has exceeded 300 people, more than three times the historical number.
Two-thirds of them are domestic teams.
Lin Xiao opened the game.
Familiar music sounded.
Some of the soundtracks in Fallout 4 are even more classic than those in Fallout 3.
Especially the theme song, which is just like the theme song of "Game of Thrones", a classic among classics.
Therefore, Lin Xiao did not hesitate to find someone to play it in advance and made it the theme song of "Fallout 3".
Hearing this familiar music, Lin Xiao felt a little creepy.
Enter the game.
Wow! This is such a great picture.
The doubled budget was not wasted, and the tripled manpower was not wasted.
EPic's full support was not in vain.
The game graphics of "Zhu Xian" are already very good, but compared with "Fallout 3", there is still a very obvious gap.
Compared to the historical "Fallout 3", the graphics are really much better.
Even Lin Xiao felt that this scene was almost as good as that in "Crysis".
And "Crysis" is almost the ceiling of game graphics in recent years.
"Fallout 3" is already a super classic, and with better graphics than ever before, it's simply perfect.
And you don't have to put up with Bethesda's terrible early engine.
Sawyer kept looking at Lin Xiao nervously and asked, "What do you think?"
Lin Xiao: “Very good, very good.”
Sawyer: "But he has not reached his peak yet. He can be even better. I have enough confidence. Because the budget and manpower you have given him are so sufficient."
Lin Xiao smiled and said that it still couldn’t be compared with Rockstar. This one was really crazy.
Therefore, even after six or seven years, "Red Dead Redemption 2" is still at the ceiling level.
Sawyer: "Boss, you really need money, don't you?"
Lin Xiao: “Yes.”
Sawyer: "At the earliest, we can release this game in four months."
Lin Xiao: "But, it's not the best condition, right?"
Sawyer: "If we want to achieve the effect we dream of, it may take until next August."
“But I believe that even if it is released in four months, it will cause a huge sensation and be a huge success.”
Lin Xiao: "Then let it achieve the effect we dream of."
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After Lin Xiao left, Sawyer summoned all the members of Ergou Studio in the United States.
"The initial budget for our game was $15 million, and now it has exceeded $30 million."
“The budget has doubled.”
"Every time I went to my boss to ask for money, he would just look at the report, sign it silently, and transfer the money as quickly as possible."
"There is one thing that I believe everyone knows. Our boss borrowed nearly one billion US dollars to do a bigger business."
"He needs the money badly, but I just offered to release the game in four months, even if it's not perfect, and he said no."
"He said we need to make it the way we dreamed it would be."
"Vince Gilligan, the producer of Breaking Bad, and I have become good friends now. Everyone has seen Breaking Bad, which is very, very good, almost the best show we have seen in recent years, but its ratings are a failure. We all think it will not have a second season, but Vince just told me over a drink that his boss has written a script for the second season with him, with a budget of 30 million US dollars for production, even though AMC has not yet said it will renew the contract."
"So, you also know what kind of boss we encountered."
"He is not a capitalist, he is purely an artist."
"Another thing is that our colleagues in China earn a fraction of our salary but do several times more work than us."
"We used to feel very superior and thought we were much better than them, but you have seen the results of our work in China."
"I know that after get off work, you all have your own lives. But for Fallout 3, for the sake of replicating the world in our hearts into the electronic world, for the ultimate dream, you can't be the only one working hard, don't let yourself become a bystander."
"So I declare that I will work overtime starting today. Whether you want to work overtime or not is still up to you."
That night, Ergou's studio was brightly lit.
The overtime culture that originally belonged to Rockstar has been staged ahead of schedule.
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On the domestic Lightning Group side, the number of people involved in game development has exceeded a thousand.
More than 300 people participated in the production of the movie "Kung Fu Panda".
There is even a team dedicated to developing games for quantum phones, with more than 200 people.
Even now, quantum phones are still nowhere to be found.
Recently, domestic public opinion has been going crazy to slander the leader Ergou and the Lightning Group.
Whether it is the "Kung Fu Panda" or "Fallout 3" team, they all feel angry.
Fuck you! They say we are decadent and mediocre.
When "Kung Fu Panda" comes out, I will let you see what is awesome, what is the rapid development of the film industry, and what is the pioneer of the film market.
They say every day that "Zhu Xian" is far inferior to "World of Warcraft" and they criticize "Dungeon Fighter" every day.
Wait until "Fallout 3" comes out and let you see what the ceiling of world games is.
Zhang Chun came to Ergou Studio because he was no longer the boss of Target Studio, but the vice president of Lightning Games and had been promoted.
"Over at the US studio, the leader just tried out Fallout 3 and he said it was great!"
Suddenly, all the Ergou studios in the country cheered.
"Everyone knows that the leader is short of money. Sawyer proposed to release the game in four months, but the leader refused. He said if he was going to do it, he had to do it to the extreme."
"Over at the American studio, everyone has already started working overtime."
"I know you guys have tried your best, but it's not enough!"
"We can't let the leader go alone."
"Keep fighting, we want to shock the world, we want to slap Microsoft in the face!"
"What's Blizzard? Next summer, we're going to take down Microsoft's flagship game. We're going to avenge our leader."
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Gao Changhe walked to the Oriental Fantasy Studio.
Hundreds of people in the audience looked at him with panda eyes.
Because the preview of "Kung Fu Panda" has ended in North America.
Gao Changhe said slowly: "Sony is very satisfied, Columbia is very satisfied, but... our boss is not satisfied!"
"Its goal is to be at the level of Pixar, the level of DreamWorks, but my movie is only at the level of Blue Sky Studios."
"Everyone knows the boss's character. If he is not satisfied, he will send you back to the old job."
"Even if he had to pay more, even if Sony and Columbia backed out, even if he had to delay the project, he would definitely go back to the drawing board."
"Everyone, get ready!"
"that's all!"
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"Oh my, who's so embarrassed?" Wu Lingxi, who has the highest appearance, sneered mercilessly.
“Breaking Bad’s ratings were not satisfactory, and Kung Fu Panda was not as good as expected.”
"Master, has your legend come to an end?"
"Ever since you started playing both sides, you've been unlucky."
"Leader Ergou has fallen, and Lightning Group has become mediocre."
Wu Lingxi poured two cups of coffee and handed one to Lin Xiao.
"My company has made great progress and is now at its peak." Wu Lingxi continued to rant: "The number of registered Facebook users in the United States has exceeded 26 million, and even Mr. Gu's YouTube users have exceeded 16 million."
"The situation is not just slightly good, but extremely good."
"Master Ergou, could it be that your luck has been taken away by me?"
"You are out of money, right? It's really fun to see you in such a mess."
Then, she sat in a comfortable chair and stared at Lin Xiao playfully.
"You've gotten older, and not as handsome anymore."
"You want to remake Kung Fu Panda, right? But you really can't afford it, and Sony and Columbia are unwilling to do so."
"Dog, don't be so crazy, you are a human, not a god!"
Then, Wu Lingxi casually handed over something.
"Fifty million dollars, no more, I've emptied it."
"Take it!"
"I borrowed it, and I have to pay it back."
Lin Xiao was stunned: "Where did you get the money? Aren't you a poor guy?"
"You are the poor one." Wu Lingxi said unhappily, "Seeing that Facebook in the United States is so successful, the family took the initiative to find me to ease the relationship and unfroze my previous assets."
"I beg you, don't use that expression, don't look so dead, as if you are really moved."
"Write me the IOU. I am really screwed. I don't know what I want to prove in front of you. I am so stupid. How can I look like I am from a capitalist background?"
"Okay, you can go away now."
"Hey, you actually walked away when I told you to."
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Note: I went out to do some work at 6 o'clock this morning, and came back in the afternoon. I have been busy typing until now. I am eager to ask for your monthly tickets, thank you very much! Thank you all! (End of this chapter)
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