Chapter 251: Maintaining Position or New Journey (5400 words)
As soon as Lin Shanming said this, he scared himself.
How do you say what you think?
Seeing the pairs of surprised and puzzled eyes opposite him, Lin Shanming calmed down and cursed his bad luck in his heart.
"Teacher, were you enlightening us just now?" a student asked cautiously.
Lin Shanming was delighted and was about to say that you were right and were indeed trying to enlighten you, but what he said was, "Finally, there's a big idiot who can help me out. Oh my god, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with if these idiots got suspicious."
After Lin Shanming finished speaking, his face changed drastically and he immediately covered his mouth.
"Lin Shanming! What do you mean!?" One of the students, who had just started learning and wasn't deeply fascinated, stood up immediately. "You really are a liar, aren't you?"
Lin Shanming was about to retort, but he opened his mouth and immediately closed it again.
Something's wrong, something's wrong here.
He had a feeling that if he spoke now, he would either not speak at all, or he would say what was on his mind.
When the others saw Lin Shanming's expression, they also began to look suspicious.
“Is this guy really a liar?”
"I think I'd better slip away."
"My daughter told me not to believe it. Is she right? No, I am definitely right."
"Ge Hui, this mainland wife, has only been able to eat for a few years and is already showing off. The people of Da Zhou really have no manners."
"He Bilian, who are you talking about? You disgusting bastard! You came to my house and stole toilet paper, eating and taking it with you. Even a single hair I pluck out is thicker than your waist!"
"Tang Shuo, your wife is amazing. Tomorrow you go to Irvine, and Mike and I will go find your wife."
"Fuck you! Bastard Zhang Qiang, I knew there was someone in the closet that day!"
…
Almost everyone at the scene was in a mess, and as soon as anyone opened their mouth, they would speak out what was in their heart.
No one knew who started the fight first, but in a blink of an eye, more than a dozen people were entangled in a group, punching and kicking each other.
Seeing this, Lin Shanming rolled his eyes and turned away.
It would be a pity to give up such a great foundation, so we still have to find a way to turn it around.
Just as I ran to the door, the sliding door opened and it was Aisha Qiu again.
"Master, what's going on inside?" Seeing the scene inside, Aisha Qiu was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.
Lin Shanming was about to speak, but suddenly remembered that he couldn't speak now. He waved to Aisha Qiu and turned away.
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Compared to Beverly Hills, where celebrities gather just across the street, the quiet and low-key Holmby Hills is indeed less famous, but it is home to the largest number of super-rich and upper-class families.
Aisha Qiu returned to the Holmby Hills estate with a worried look on her face. As soon as she got out of the nanny car, her little Pomeranian came jumping towards her.
As members of Los Santos' true high society, Aisha Qiu and Qiu Xinzhou's home in Holmby Hills surprisingly does not look luxurious.
Of course, this is just an appearance.
Aisha Qiu obviously had no intention of playing with the little Pomeranian. The young housekeeper helped her push open the ebony door, and she walked on the ebony floor through the foyer where paintings by Keith Haring and Damien Hirst were hung, and passed by the empty hall where an abstract portrait of Qiu Xinzhou by Jean-Michel Basquiat was hung. Aisha Qiu came to the "Golden Study" that she was proud of.
The golden sunrise and sunset screen in the house is by Jean Dunant; the sofa and chairs are handmade by the design master Pierre Charlot who passed away seventy years ago; and the patchwork leather artworks by pop artist Peter Blake are dotted throughout the room.
This place is more like an art gallery than a residence.
Here, she has received countless celebrities from the upper class, whether it is Jane Fonda and Leonardo DiCaprio from Hollywood, or Zuckerberg from Facebook, and even the outgoing President Obama visited four years ago.
It was not a difficult matter for her that four illegal immigrants were arrested by the Immigration Bureau. She didn't even need to show up. She just needed to call her lawyer and the matter would be handled.
But these four people attacked the police and resisted arrest, and two of them were shot dead. One of them became a tainted witness. This matter is a bit serious.
She was not afraid of being convicted. For someone of her class, let alone without direct evidence, even if there was any flaw, she would not be convicted.
What she was afraid of was affecting her reputation in high society.
Thinking about Lin Shanming's reaction today and what she saw and heard at CP DAVA today, Aisha Qiu couldn't help but feel a little doubtful and regretful.
Aisha Qiu and Lin Shanming met at an art charity auction, and she was soon attracted by the magical performances of Lin Shanming.
At first she just wanted to pretend to be cultured and have something to talk about, but that's how things are. You never know when you will be brainwashed subtly.
Gradually, Aisha Qiu began to listen to Lin Shanming's advice and helped Lin Shanming develop many capable students in Los Santos.
And the more Meng Huatian invested, the more Aisha Qiu believed in Lin Shanming.
To be precise, based on the psychology of loss aversion, people will force themselves to believe that their investment will not be lost.
To the extreme, he is a gambler, stubbornly believing that he can turn the tables in the next round.
But do they really believe they can turn the tables?
In fact, they all know subconsciously that it is impossible, but they just don’t dare to face it.
That's human nature.
Originally, she forced herself to believe that this was her lifelong pursuit, but now that something really happened, the first thing she thought of was how to get out of it.
After dealing with this matter, I must keep my distance from Lin Shanming.
At least Mark can't find out.
With a beep, an email popped up on Aisha Qiu's phone.
Who sent this? What the heck is this? How come this spam isn't filtered out?
Looking at the characters that she couldn't understand at all, Aisha Qiu simply threw the email into the trash.
Hmm? Why does my neck feel cold? What's that?
Nothing, is it an illusion?
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Huhuhuhu, this is a ghost. What the hell just happened? Did someone drug me?
Lin Shanming immediately thought of the area in which he was good at.
In their line of work, using psychotropic drugs to influence and control others is part of their job.
Huh? I think I can talk now?
Call Wang Jingchun quickly.
Why did you choose four idiots to do the job?
Resisting arrest and assaulting police officers, do you really think you are still in Yingzhou?
Selinwood!
"Master, there's no need to be so troublesome to deal with these two people, right? They are just two ordinary people from the evil camp. A 0-ring trick is enough to get rid of them." Yuzu asked in confusion while operating the consciousness clone in the private server to process various data.
Fang Yu chuckled, "What's the point? Killing such a wicked fellow in one fell swoop would be a bargain for him."
What he hates most are idiots, and what he hates second most are the bad guys who deliberately lead idiots to do evil for their own personal gain.
Previously, he cast the third-level spell "Straightforwardness" instead of the second-level enchantment spell "Field of Honesty" in CP DAVA.
The "Realm of Honesty" prevents people from lying within the casting area, but if they only make misleading statements, they can still achieve the effect of deception.
This spell is basically useless against top politicians like Greenspan.
"Speak Your Mind" is different. After casting this spell, people in the casting area will say what they really think at that moment as long as they open their mouths, unless they keep silent. The coercive power is much higher than that of "Realm of Honesty".
Fang Yu took out a used Cross puppet and lightly touched the center of the Cross puppet's eyebrows with his finger. The bloody scars in the Cross puppet's body began to wriggle violently. Not long after, the Cross puppet opened its mouth and a drop of bright red blood spit out of its mouth and floated in the air, and all the bloody scars in its body had disappeared.
Looking at this Cross puppet again, cracks appeared on its body, and it had completely turned into waste.
Fang Yu flicked his finger slightly, and the drop of blood dripped silently onto the neck of Lin Shanming who was on the phone.
Lin Shanming was talking on the phone in Yingzhou dialect in a rage, saying "Sai Lin Mu" over and over again, when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. He touched it with his hand, but didn't feel anything.
When the drop of blood touched Lin Shanming's skin, it was like dripping on a tissue and was quickly absorbed by Lin Shanming's skin in less than a second.
Lin Shanming felt his whole body tense up. He looked around but didn't see anything, so he picked up the phone and continued cursing.
But he didn't notice that his computer hard drive was flashing.
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"Oh~honey." Scarlett scratched Fang Yu's back with her nails, but couldn't even leave a red mark.
There is no doubt that this was a foul.
It’s a pity that Fang Yu’s physical strength allows him to ignore any fouls!
When Fang Yu reached level five in the life laboratory under the Omiz Peak in the main plane, he underwent an unprecedented enhancement of his life essence.
He had clearly felt that when he was promoted to level five, his life essence was about to reach the peak of carbon-based life. Even if he used the M2 that had previously blown up Edward to shoot at him, it might not be able to break his skin.
Fang Yu estimated that even if he was thrown out of the atmosphere now, he would probably be able to survive in the space environment for quite a long time.
His body has completely freed itself from the constraints of oxygen and no longer requires blood-oxygen exchange. The ubiquitous magic network continuously provides him with energy to sustain life.
Comparable to King Frieza.
With this level of intensity, Scarlett's foul, which was just an ordinary strong man's, would not have any disruptive effect.
Fang Yu held the ball with both hands and quickly attacked the basket.
The battle was so intense that the Nets were almost torn apart.
He is indeed a strong player that even Durant wants to challenge!
But that's where your performance ends.
Look at my three-point rain!
What about nine two-point shots followed by a three-point shot? That's just a weird way of showing lack of strength.
I, Curry, am going to shoot nine three-pointers in a row and make the opponent foam at the mouth!
Scarlett was almost going crazy. She was more excited than the few times she had played basketball after taking stimulants.
It is true that there are always people better than you. I originally thought that Romandaric was invincible, but I didn’t expect that there was someone who was even braver than him. Whose general is this?
His basic skills are flawless, including dribbling between the legs, quick changes of direction, turnaround jump shots, sideways shots, and fadeaway jump shots. He can also find his weaknesses with incredible accuracy and focus on attacking them.
Even I didn’t know I had so many weaknesses!
As three-pointers were made one after another, the score gap between the two became larger and larger.
"Ugh~" Scarlett was so angry after being beaten that she rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Pa pa." Fang Yu patted the ball twice and cast a three-ring energy-shaping spell "Vibrant Aura" on himself.
This spell is an aura buff with an adjustable range. The shortest radius is one meter and the longest is 10 meters. Creatures within the range will slowly recover their strength and vitality. The longest effective time is one hour.
The reason why we didn’t open it at the beginning was because we felt that one hour of game time might not be enough.
Now it seems that it is not enough.
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“Bang!”
"Huh~" Scarlett lit a cigarette for Fang Yu and then lit one for herself.
"You are such a devil." Scarlett looked at Fang Yu beside her with fear.
Fang Yu exhaled two streams of smoke from his nose. "Demon? Don't insult me with those low-level abyss creatures. I am a god."
Scarlett: ??? There's a god like that? And what are these creatures from the abyss?
Of course not, Zeus is much more creative than me.
I heard that Starz is currently filming "Gods of Miami". I'd like to go and make a guest appearance someday.
Scarlett's eyelashes trembled slightly: "How did you end up at the show? Why did you come to see me?"
It is now Los Santos Fashion Week. After the Oscar ceremony, there will be a series of shows that will continue until late March. Los Santos Fashion Week is one of them.
Scarlett is the global spokesperson for D&G, so she was obviously going to attend the event.
Fang Yu picked up the T-shirt from the court and put it on, talking without touching anything.
"It was you who asked Miles for my contact information." Fang Yu shrugged.
It was the first time Scarlett met a man who didn't take her seriously right from the start.
No, I didn’t take it seriously before I got the hang of it.
But she really couldn't get angry.
It's not because of love, needless to say, at her age now, before the end of her first marriage in her twenties, she already understood that love is nothing more than the combined effects of hormones and dopamine.
It's not love, but an instinctive obedience.
It's like the obedience of a lioness to a male lion in a lion pride. It's a shudder from the soul and genes that makes her only want to obey and please the other party.
"I heard you're looking for Robbie Myers to run a magical skincare line together?" Scarlett smoked a cigarette to hide her panic. "Do you need any help?"
Ever since the last ELLE charity donation party hosted by Robbie Myers, rumors about Wangshu Tears have begun to circulate on a small scale in Hollywood, and Scarlett is much more concerned about this news than anyone else. As a half-party involved, she naturally learned more information.
When she went to see Robbie Myers two days ago, she was also extremely surprised by the skin condition of this 51-year-old old lady. She felt that her skin condition seemed to be better than hers some time ago.
Robbie Myers was even more surprised at Scarlett's condition. Scarlett's condition in all aspects has declined significantly since last year, but now it seems that she is not much worse than her peak period six or seven years ago.
Is this some kind of magic pill?
This is much more effective than a panacea. It can refine essence and transform it into energy. How can it be compared with a small 0-ring potion?
Fang Yu nodded indifferently: "Miles is still struggling with her thoughts, but this is her best chance."
"It's not easy to give up the editor-in-chief position of ELLE." Scarlett laughed, feeling less embarrassed. "In the entire fashion industry, she's the person closest to Anna Wintour. After Anna retires, she'll be the sole godmother of the fashion world."
Fang Yu curled her lips: "Anna Wintour will not retire. If she stays at ELLE, she will have no chance of surpassing The Devil Wears Prada."
Scarlett frowned slightly. She had some rift with Anna Wintour since two years ago. She had not appeared on the cover of Vogue for two years and had hardly even participated in any fashion events held by Vogue.
"Anna won't retire? Where did you get that information?"
Fang Yu spun her fingers gently in circles. "Like you said, Robbie Myers was reluctant to give up the authority of ELLE. Similarly, Anna Wintour won't give up the glory of Vogue. She knows her true foundation better than anyone. Condé Nast has been trying to make a move on her for ten years, and has tried to demote her several times. In the end, she took the promotion and has never let go of the editor-in-chief position."
"She has far more leverage than Robbie Myers, so Condé Nast has no choice but to keep making concessions."
When Fang Yu wanted to poach Robbie Myers, he did some research on the political and business relations and internal struggles in the fashion industry, and it was not difficult to come to this conclusion.
"Maybe, but I feel that Robbie should still keep his position at ELLE, and no one in the entire fashion circle would be willing to give up the position of editor-in-chief of ELLE." Scarlett naturally took the cigarette butt from Fang Yu's hand and put it out in the ashtray.
Fang Yu chuckled meaningfully, "She will face reality."
“Once you start thinking about ‘keeping your position,’ it means that position no longer belongs to you.”
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Robbie Myers is conflicted, deeply conflicted.
After receiving the Wangshu Tears test report and exclusive agency authorization from Fang Yu, Robbie Myers has completely believed that this magical skin care product will be able to completely monopolize the global top luxury market.
If she could cooperate with Fang Yu and promote Tears of the Moon Goddess in Beimai, it could indeed be a great opportunity in her life.
Lorraine Bio's Wangshu Tears single product line will receive 10% profit dividends.
She calculated that after deducting taxes and operating expenses, Lorraine Bio could earn at least 370 yuan in rebates for each bottle of Wangshu Tears sold.
10% is 37 Malaysian dollars. If she can sell 300,000 bottles a year in North Mai, she can get 10 million Malaysian dollars in dividends alone.
That’s four times her current annual salary of 2.8 million dollars!
Can't sell 300,000 bottles? What a joke! In Miami alone, there were 420,000 people with an annual income of over one million dollars last year.
Each bottle of Wangshu Tears only has a capacity of 20 days. Even if used sparingly, it can only last for one month. A person needs to buy at least 12 bottles a year to maintain their magical appearance.
In addition, there are so many middle-class people who pursue an upper-class life even if their annual income is only one hundred thousand dollars.
She estimated that after the market expansion, the demand in the Beimai market will be at least 800,000 to 2 million bottles a year.
Unfortunately, the Dazhou company that produces Wangshu Tears is limited by its production capacity and can only distribute a maximum of 300,000 bottles to the Beimai market each year.
Therefore, this product is destined to be a seller's market product! In other words, as long as the operation is good, she does not need to be the second party to anyone!
This is a treatment only available to Hermès and LVMH!
But she really wasn't willing to give up.
She has been the editor-in-chief of ELLE for 16 years, the longest-serving editor-in-chief in ELLE's history. Not only has she left her own mark on the magazine, but ELLE has also left an even deeper mark on her.
What's more, she is more than a decade younger than Anna Wintour and doesn't believe that she can't replace the old lady's position in the fashion world.
Robbie Myers's high heels made a clicking sound on the polished marble floor of the Hearst Group.
"Robbie, let me see, oh~ you look in great shape, I wonder if I still have a chance now?" An elite white man who looked to be in his early fifties kissed Robbie Miles on the cheek and joked.
"Of course there's a chance, Steven, as long as you're not afraid of Frank breaking your nose. Congratulations on your contract renewal, my boss." Robbie Myers maintained a friendly smile.
Note 1: In the year 3062 of the Zhou calendar, it could be sold for 15 million, and in the year 3070, it could be sold for about 3,000-3,500.
(End of this chapter)
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