Chapter 122: Net worth skyrockets
In October, the domestic Golden Eagle Goddess is coming again.

In order to make the image of the Golden Eagle Goddess more vivid and concrete.

Starting from the sixth Golden Eagle TV Art Festival this year, each Golden Eagle Festival will select a rising star in the field of TV dramas in the past two years as the image spokesperson for that year's Golden Eagle TV Art Festival.

This award is a recognition of the actresses in the circle, and the most powerful and representative "Star Year" is selected in those two years.

This is a title that many female stars are vying to get, so they are trying their best to become the Golden Eagle Goddess. However, this should be a relatively fair activity. Many stars will ask various bloggers to post about themselves or something in order to increase their popularity.

Whenever an idol that everyone thinks is good fails to make the list, netizens will leave a message saying "I feel sorry for her".

So far, the most popular candidate this year is Liu Yifei, as she has been very popular in the past two years.

He has a large number of fans because of his performance in dramas such as "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and his fresh and refined temperament.

Especially now that she is involved in the production of Hollywood blockbusters, her popularity is overwhelming among domestic actresses of the same age.

"This year's Golden Eagle Goddess can only be Xiao Long Nu, I said."

"Yifei is currently filming Director Gu's movie. I don't know if she can come to the scene."

...

On October 10, Gu Wei had to put down his filming work and set off with Ryder to San Bruno, California.

The acquisition of YouTube is imminent, and several founders have already negotiated the price with Google. As a major shareholder of the company, Gu Wei also needs to go there in person.

In October, the average temperature in San Bruno is only in the teens.

After getting off the plane, Gu Wei and Reid came to the airport exit. It was raining heavily outside.

Gu Wei felt a chill and couldn't help but tighten his coat.

Reid beside him picked up his cell phone and made a call, saying a few words into the phone.

"Boss, the car is here, let's go."

After a while, a bodyguard came with an umbrella to greet the two.

After getting in the car, the group headed straight for the YouTube headquarters.

This was Gu Wei's first time at YouTube's headquarters and also his first time meeting the founder Steve Chen. All previous share acquisitions were handled by Reid.

"Hello, Mr. Gu."

"Long time no see, Ryder."

"Hello."

In the company's office, Gu Wei met the three founders, namely Chad Hurley, Jacarem and Chinese-American Steve Chen.

After a brief greeting, he shook hands with them one by one, then sat on the sofa, and Reid sat next to him.

"Mr. Gu, we have almost reached an agreement with Google and have decided to accept their acquisition."

Chad Hurley, 29 years old, is a native American. He graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Indiana University and speaks directly.

"Of course, as a shareholder of the company, I agree with this decision."

After drinking the coffee, Gu Wei said calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the people opposite him smiled, and Reid also looked happy.

The next day, Gu Wei and several founders signed an acquisition agreement at YouTube headquarters with Google executives in charge of the acquisition.

The final transaction price was US$16.5. Gu Wei owned 30% of YouTube's shares, and his theoretical net worth reached US$5 million.

The investment amount was less than 50 million, and in just one and a half years, Gu Wei obtained a -fold return.

Subsequently, Gu Wei signed a share sale agreement with Google and cashed out all of his shares without retaining any.

He is well aware of the development of YouTube in later generations. Many videos, pictures, graphics, and speeches on YouTube are anti-China, and many policies contain elements of racial discrimination and ethnic division.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu Wei did not hesitate to get out as soon as possible to avoid affecting himself.

"Gu, congratulations on our successful cooperation."

In the conference room, the person in charge of acquisitions at Google was a middle-aged white man.

After both parties signed the contract, the other party said with a smile.

"This is a win-win cooperation, and everyone got the results they wanted."

The inflow of large sums of money made Gu Wei unable to stop smiling.

Afterwards, the two sides held a press conference in the conference room to announce the news to the media.

Such a huge acquisition investment naturally could not be hidden from the media reporters.

Ever since Google and YouTube started the acquisition talks, many companies in the Internet field have been observing the matter. As the contract was signed, Gu Wei's name was reported in the media.

At the press conference, Gu Wei answered questions from the media present.

The media reported the incident extensively that afternoon.

"Internet giant Google has officially acquired YouTube."

"YouTube was merged into Google at a cost of $16.5 billion."

"Hollywood's top director Gu Wei will attend the press conference."

"According to relevant persons in charge, Director Gu Wei cashed out 5 million US dollars and left."

"Another young billionaire is born..."

Gu Wei's name immediately spread throughout the United States, and many people found it unbelievable that this Chinese director actually had such an accurate investment vision.

.........

After completing the acquisition, Gu Weihe did not stay in San Bruno for long.

The next day, Reid and I boarded a plane and flew directly to Alberta, Canada.

On the "Interstellar" crew, everyone was a little absent-minded during the two days when Gu Wei was away, especially after seeing the media reports.

"Xixi, when will Gu Wei come back?"

After seeing the report, Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but ask her daughter about Gu Wei's itinerary.

"Senior has already boarded the plane and should be here today."

At this time, Leonardo and Charlize Theron also came to the studio together.

"Crystal, have you seen the news?"

Leonardo spoke first.

Liu Yifei nodded when she heard this, and the few of them started chatting intensely.

...

"Gu, congratulations, you're the new billionaire. I think we need to celebrate tonight."

In the crew, Leonardo saw Gu Wei coming back, said congratulations, stretched out his arms and hugged him.

"No problem, Reid has already gone to prepare it, we will have a nice drink tonight."

After chatting with Leonardo and Charlize Theron for a few words, Gu Wei walked towards Liu Yifei next to him.

"Congratulations, Director."

"Gu, congratulations."

Along the way, voices of congratulations continued to ring out, and other people looked at Gu Wei with envy and awe.

"The crew is hosting a cocktail party tonight, everyone enjoy it."

Listening to everyone's congratulations, Gu Wei announced loudly.

"Thank you, director."

Liu Yifei looked at Gu Wei who was accepting everyone's congratulations with a smile on her face. When she saw him walking towards her, she stood up to greet him.

"Senior, congratulations."

She said mischievously.

Gu Wei came up to her and reached out to touch Liu Yifei's delicate face.

Suddenly, Liu Yifei blushed.

"Cough cough."

Liu Xiaoli's voice interrupted their intimate actions.

"Auntie, you are here too."

Gu Wei smiled a little awkwardly and said.

"Ah."

Liu Xiaoli responded and then walked to the side.

Looking at her leaving back, Gu Wei said directly: "You didn't even tell me, I didn't even realize Auntie was here."

"Who told you to come up and do it right away? I didn't even have time to say anything." "Haha, I'm so happy that I can't help myself."

Then they looked at each other and laughed, with only each other's reflection in their eyes.

That night, Gu Wei booked the hotel restaurant, and all kinds of delicious food and fine wine were served. Everyone ate and drank until very late.

Seeing this, Gu Wei temporarily announced a half-day break the next morning to allow everyone to relax.

...

The next afternoon, after a half-day rest in the morning, everyone was in good condition and the filming continued.

The male protagonist Cooper discussed his son's future with the school teacher. The teacher said that he would become an excellent farmer, but Cooper asked his son if he could go to college.

The teacher's words pointed out that university places are limited and people need food, and that the Apollo moon landing was "fake."

In front of the camera, Gu Wei watched Leonardo's performance and nodded with satisfaction. His acting skills were indeed impeccable.

"action."

After shouting to the crew, the filming continued.

The teacher wants Cooper to educate (or teach) Murphy, but Cooper says he wants to take Murphy to watch her favorite ball game (reward).

At this time, grandpa contacted Cooper by radio and said that there was a strange problem with the combine harvester and asked Cooper to go home and study it.

"Leon, adjust your state and let's continue."

"Xixi, you performed very well just now, keep it up."

When Leonardo and Liu Yifei heard what Gu Wei said, they nodded to show that they understood.

The next scene shot was when Cooper took his family to a baseball game, and here Murphy mentioned that his grandfather said Cooper hated farming.

A violent sandstorm suddenly came and everyone fled back home in a panic. Murphy said that someone upstairs forgot to close the window, so he went upstairs to close it. In the sandstorm, the room was in a mess, but a strange phenomenon occurred.

Cooper thought that maybe someone was manipulating gravity—someone from a higher dimension.

...

"Auntie, Xixi, please be careful on the road."

At the airport gate, Gu Wei said to the two of them.

"Well, Gu Wei, we're going in, you should go back quickly too."

"Senior, I'll call you when I get there."

Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yifei and the accompanying assistant said goodbye to Gu Wei.

Gu Wei nodded after hearing this, watched them go in, then turned and left.

At the end of October, Liu Yifei boarded a plane back to China to participate in the Golden Eagle Awards selection activities.

The domestic opening ceremony was held in the morning and was hosted by Mango TV.

The hotel was bustling with activity, and Liu Yifei's appearance immediately attracted the attention of the reporters present.

"Yifei, how is the filming progress of Interstellar?"

"Yifei, Director Gu..."

Liu Yifei was instantly surrounded by reporters, who kept asking questions.

Seeing this, the staff and assistants nearby stood in front of Liu Yifei to block them.

Liu Yifei simply answered a few questions and walked into the hotel.

In the afternoon, many stars set out from the hotel, and the Golden Eagle red carpet was already prepared at the Provincial Radio and Television Center.

The organizers of Mango TV are quite good at making arrangements. They were afraid that there wouldn't be enough space for the stars to walk on, so they simply laid the red carpet longer.

The hundred-meter red carpet is shining.

On both sides of the red carpet, reporters were eagerly looking forward to it.

There were fans on both sides holding support banners.

"Yifei is here, get ready."

A reporter nearby received a call and said to his companion.

After a while, Liu Yifei, wearing a golden dress, got out of the car.

"Yifei, please come this way." The staff member came over quickly and guided.

The red carpet host He Jiong recited his lines over and over again, introducing the celebrity guests who would be arriving next.

Liu Yifei has so many fans that amazing shouts instantly rang out at the scene. Some fans kept waving banners with various slogans of encouragement on them.

He Jiong saw Liu Yifei coming, walked quickly to her side and said:

Yifei, seeing the fans at the scene, do you have anything to say to them? "

Then he handed the microphone to her.

"First of all, I would like to thank everyone for coming to the scene. I am also very happy to have so many fans' support. Also, everyone should pay attention to safety and not cause crowding."

After saying that, Liu Yifei waved to her fans again, causing a burst of screams.

"Haha, thank you Yifei for your reminder. Everyone should pay more attention to safety."

"Yifei, how is it like filming in Canada? Is Director Gu easy to get along with?"

He Jiong then asked.

"It felt great to film there. The crew members took good care of me. Gu Wei also cared about me. He has a very good personality."

...

Liu Yifei then answered a few more questions and the interview ended.

After simply signing on the wall, he walked into the award ceremony hall.

At the opening ceremony, Liu Yifei did not perform any program. She just appeared on the stage in a dazzling golden dress, doing movements similar to the Golden Eagle Goddess Cup.

They then left the stage under the guidance of the staff, and then various performances began on the stage.

Mango TV has made full use of all available resources.

Singers Tu Honggang, Wei Wei and members of the Super Girl Army such as Li Yuchun, Shang Wenjie, Tan Weiwei, Ai Mengmeng and others all participated in the performance.

In addition, many well-known artists such as Lin Yilun, A Duo, Liu Huan, Wang Ji, and Zhou Jie performed on stage.

Finally, the domestic acrobatic troupe also presented a wonderful “Hua Dan Diabolo” performance to the audience.

On the same day, Liu Yifei's speech and photos at the Golden Eagle Awards were posted online by the media.

Liu Yifei, holding the trophy, is also known as the most beautiful Golden Eagle Goddess.

...

Gu Wei, who was busy filming the "Interstellar" crew, did not pay attention to these things.

"Boss Han, how come you have time to call me?"

After finishing a day's filming, Gu Wei just returned to the room when he received a call from Han Sanping in China.

"How's the crew filming?"

"It's OK, good progress."

"You kid, you made 5 million US dollars without saying anything. When the news got back to China, it caused a sensation."

Han Sanping spoke slowly, with a hint of envy in his tone.

"Luck, it's all luck."

Gu Wei just laughed it off.

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk about this, Han Sanping did not ask any further questions and continued:
"The ban on directing has passed. What are your thoughts on domestic films?"

The time for Han Sanping to take office is getting closer and closer, and Gu Wei has obtained a huge amount of funds. It is the best time to develop the domestic film market.

"Boss Han, I plan to select a group of people from China to study in Hollywood first, and then return to China after they have mastered the film production technology.

Domestic production technology is still far behind, and we can only catch up in this way.

In addition, I will set up a film special effects company to vigorously develop domestic films."

Gu Wei expressed his thoughts.

"Okay, if you need any support, feel free to contact me."

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