At four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Rui and his party arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Just as they were about to get off the car, they received an overseas call from Tao Yuanyuan.

"Hey, why are you still up so late?" Li Rui answered the phone and asked.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon in Magnesium country, and it's already four o'clock in the morning in Hua country. This woman is still not sleeping?

Staying up late will make your skin rough, which will directly affect Li Rui's hand feel. Is your skin itchy?

"I'm so excited that I can't sleep." Tao Yuanyuan said with a smile, "I just finished a party with people from Lantai Mars Tang Dynasty."

Li Rui was furious: "Why don't you wait for me at your party? Wait...what party are you having?"

Tao Yuanyuan said: "Are you having such a happy time in Magnesia that you have forgotten all the things in the country?"

"Did I forget something?" Li Rui has been hearing so much about Yingwen these days that he really can't think straight.

Tao Yuanyuan said: "The day before you left, "Forty-Four Days of Love" was released, you won't forget it, right? Don't you care about the box office?"

Li Rui chuckled: "I haven't forgotten, but I just put my name on this film. No matter how good the box office sales are, it has nothing to do with me."

Tao Yuanyuan said: "You don't care about the box office, don't you care about the performance of Tang poetry?"

Li Rui coughed lightly: "The box office is good?"

In fact, this question is redundant. In the previous life, "44 Days After Love" created a moderate box office miracle. With an investment of less than 10 million, it generated more than 300 million in box office revenue. The producer and investors made a lot of money.

Bo Man also pushed two actors, Xiao Wen and Bai Xue, to the top of their acting career.

Although the producer and investors in this life have changed to Tang Dynasty Film and Television and Li Rui, and the starring roles have been changed to Lin Xin and Tang Shi, the script, director and overall shooting ideas have not changed, and the box office will definitely not be bad.

Tao Yuanyuan said: "It seems you really don't care at all. Tang Shi must be very sad."

"Don't show off, or I'll spank you when I get back!"

Tao Yuanyuan said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. The box office data for the first week of "Love Lost" has just been released, 180 million! According to the current box office trend, the total box office is very high

It may exceed 300 million."

"Oh..." Li Rui was not too surprised. This number was within his expectation.

Tao Yuanyuan was surprised: "Why aren't you surprised at all?"

Li Ruidao: "Of course I know the movies I produce. Why should I be surprised if they are successful at the box office? I would be surprised if they fail to sell tickets."

"Then you don't look very happy either?"

"Nonsense, no matter how much money this movie makes, it belongs to Thomas. I won't get a penny from it. How can I be happy?"

Tao Yuanyuan smiled and said: "Hahaha, this seems to be the first time I see you suffer."

Of course, it is impossible to suffer a loss. Even if "Forty-Four Days of Love" is sold out, it can only be sold for a few dollars. Compared with the huge profits that Recalling Jiangnan can bring, it is simply nothing.

And it’s not like Li Rui has earned nothing. The success of the movie will have a very positive impact on his reputation, the reputation of Tang Dynasty Film and Television and even Greenfield Culture, which cannot be bought with money.

Tao Yuanyuan added: "Yesterday, all the promotion matches of "The Great Voice of Hua Country" were broadcast. Next week is the finals. It's a pity that you can't come back, otherwise we will watch the live broadcast together."

Li Ruidao: "There will be many opportunities in the future."

Tao Yuanyuan said: "There is another piece of news that you will be very proud of when you hear it, hum!"

Li Rui smiled and said: "Let me guess, is Zhang Bo's Credit Suisse voting data very high?"

"How do you know?" Tao Yuanyuan was a little angry, "Did you do something wrong!"

Li Ruidao: "You can't make false accusations like this. Anyway, if Zhang Bo wins the championship, you have to fulfill your bet!"

"Hate it!" Tao Yuanyuan changed the topic with a sneer, "The movie was a hit, and the ratings were the highest, so we all made an appointment to go out to celebrate together. Someone said they would wait for you to come back to celebrate together, but I rejected it!

"

Li Rui could guess who she was talking about, but he pretended not to know and said quickly: "It's too late, go to bed quickly!"

Tao Yuanyuan said quietly: "I can't sleep without anyone to accompany me."

Li Rui had to coax him a few more words, and then Tao Yuanyuan went to bed obediently.

After hanging up the phone, Li Rui straightened his suit, got out of the car, took Zhu Qianxue's arm, and walked into the Four Seasons Hotel with Catherine Fusander.

In the week since he arrived in Magnesia, Li Rui attended three parties. The venue, atmosphere, attire and even the layout of the three parties were completely different.

The party in San Francisco is very simple, the atmosphere is relaxed, and the clothes are relatively casual. Some people wear suits and ties, and some people wear hoodies. Open mouth, closed mouth, and AI are all new terms, and the eyes are always on the future.

Hollywood parties are very extravagant and full of hormones. Women are dressed as revealingly as possible, and men are willing to show off their muscles. There is almost no formal attire in the audience. The talk is all about box office, audience, gossip and the underworld. It can be said that

Lively and extravagant.

Today's party was extremely formal. Li Rui didn't even want to use the word party, as he felt it would blaspheme such a dignified atmosphere.

The party venue was placed in a banquet hall on the top floor of the Four Seasons Hotel. The decoration was splendid and resplendent, giving it the atmosphere of a medieval royal palace. Especially the oversized crystal chandelier hanging in the middle of the banquet hall was so dazzling that it made people unable to open their eyes.

Warning to everyone who went to the party: this place is very trenchy!

Here, Fu Sande's social arrogance has also restrained a lot, and even his language has become civilized.

"Why have you become so reserved?" Li Rui asked with a smile.

Fu Shande coughed lightly and said: "Half of the people here are shareholders of Magnesium Country. Of course I have to be more reserved."

"Shareholders?" Li Rui didn't understand.

Sande Fu smiled and said: "You don't think that Magnesia is really a country, do you? Don't you think that it is actually a company?"

Li Rui thought about it for a moment and realized that it really meant something like this.

The government of Magnesia is like the administrative department of a company. The president is the manager, the army is the security department, and the general is the security minister.

Although the manager usually has the final say, firstly, there is a term limit, and he has to step down when it expires; secondly, if he makes the major shareholder unhappy, he will be removed at a meeting of the board of directors in a matter of minutes.

As for who the major shareholders are, of course they are wealthy people.

This party was full of rich people. Some supported the Donkey Party, some supported the Elephant Party, some were from Technetium, some from Ireland, and some from Hebrews. Rich people who usually seemed unlikely to get together.

, but at this moment they were drinking, chatting and laughing happily.

Only then did Li Rui realize that his previous ideas were too narrow. No matter blood or ethnicity, or even the political leanings that many Chinese people valued, it did not matter in this circle of powerful people.

Fu Shande also reminded Li Rui, never simply distinguish who is a friend and who is an enemy based on their bloodline and position. That is what only fools do. Only by distinguishing from the interest groups they belong to can you see clearly who they are.

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Some people are clearly pure Hebrews by blood, but they deliberately try to attack other Hebrews.

Some people do not have a drop of Hebrew blood in their veins, but they have been working for the Hebrews.

Can we say that the former is Hebrew and the latter is not?

No one in this circle cares about the fact that people who are not from my race have different hearts. What they care more about is how much benefit this person can bring to the circle.
Chapter completed!