Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 377 376. Don’t like vase beauties

Chen Li'an doesn't like people who are incompetent, and he doesn't like people who are hesitant and hesitant about doing things.

If you are willing to make a beautiful vase, then Chen Li'an will take good care of it, but if you are not willing to make a vase, you must show your own value.

The flight time from Shanghai to Yangcheng was short, but it was enough for Li Fuzhen to read Lixin's analysis report, which was more detailed than the intelligence collected by Samsung.

After getting off the plane, Li Fuzhen has been thinking about the future of Lixin. It is impossible to give up VCD at this stage, but it is inappropriate to continue to invest a lot of money.

Judging from the current situation, it is most appropriate to cut it in half directly after the year.

But before that, the music player must be played.

Li Fuzhen is not an incompetent person, but he has been at Samsung for too long and has become afraid of this increasingly large consortium.

A person who only thinks about inheritance naturally does not have the wildness of an entrepreneur.

But there is a saying that goes well, nothing can be broken without establishing.

Chen Li'an glanced at Li Fuzhen lightly, hoping that this time she could stand up again and become a truly ambitious woman.

Otherwise, just make it a mascot in the future. Anyway, it looks quite pleasing to the eye, and it also has a status bonus.

In Lixin's research room, after Chen Li'an handed them the design drawings he drew on the road, he immediately went to rush to produce them.

It doesn't take much time to roll out a shell by hand, but Chen Li'an can still afford to wait.

Li Fuzhen was in front of the computer watching a researcher demonstrate how to compress and convert a new audio format, but after reading it, he couldn't help but frown.

"Is this step too complicated?"

The young programmer touched his head and said, "It's quite simple."

Chen Li'an couldn't help but say: "It's simple for you, but it's a bit complicated for ordinary people."

"It should be simple, preferably fool-proof, and it should be able to convert the MP3 format into our own format. If an audio format wants to be promoted, the threshold must be low enough."

Li Fuzhen also nodded and said: "Yes, once there is a threshold, it means that the basis for promotion is lost."

"I understand, I will redesign it." The programmer nodded.

Chen Li'an hummed, patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

If you want to create an audio format, you only need a few programmers. This time, we also asked the Acoustic Research Laboratory of NTU to work together. The overall result is indeed very good.

Although there is no way to achieve completely lossless compression, it is much better than the existing MP3 format.

After listening to the compressed audio, I glanced at the suffix of the file, which was LNA, and asked curiously: "Who came up with this name?"

The programmer smiled and said: "It was named together with the laboratory at Nanda. L stands for Lixin, N stands for Nanda, and A stands for audio."

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "I don't know, I thought it was developed by Li Ning."

"Uh, probably not."

"Haha, just kidding."

Chen Li'an was quite satisfied with the results of this research, and Li Fuzhen also became very confident.

When I came out of the laboratory, I couldn't help but say: "I didn't expect it would really be done, and it would be so fast."

Chen Li'an responded: "China does not lack talents, but we are too far behind and there are too many places that need talents."

This is not a high-tech product. No one cared about it in the past. They all wanted to specialize in high-tech products. Naturally, no one concentrated on audio.

If you have so much money to invest in chips, wouldn't it be better to develop some high-tech products? This is a common perception in the country.

In Qiao Linmu's office, Chen Li'an and Li Fuzhen appeared together and discussed the future development plan of the factory all afternoon.

The conversation was not pleasant. Qiao Linmu and Chen Li'an had differences, and they were big differences.

This is the first time this kind of thing has happened to the two of them, but Chen Li'an is unwilling to watch Lixin being slowly dragged into the quagmire by VCD. Now the entire industry is preparing for a price war. If it continues, all the funds of the factory will be lost. , and then drag yourself to death.

Qiao Linmu smoked a cigarette and looked at Chen Li'an, rubbing his eyebrows and saying, "There are so many dealers and employees, and the impact of cutting them all off will be too great."

Chen Li'an insisted: "It is wise to withdraw in time, and there are still a few months left, so it is completely late to make adjustments in time."

Qiao Linmu looked at Chen Li'an and then at Li Fuzhen, who had been silent, and finally sighed and said, "Listen to you young people. From now on, I will be a factory director in charge of production."

"Second uncle, don't say such things, it will make me bully you. We agreed at the beginning that the music player must be made."

Qiao Linmu couldn't help but kicked Chen Li'an and said, "Then you didn't say you would go all-in so quickly. Do you know the consequences of such a rapid transformation? What problems will happen if the capital chain cannot keep up!"

Chen Li'an sighed and said: "I have money. I made a lot of money during the financial crisis. There will be no problem with the capital chain."

Qiao Linmu was silent for a while and said: "Forget it, I'll just listen to you. It's really hard to make VCD. BBK has been playing too hard in the past two years."

Chen Li'an breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, second uncle. You will know that my decision was right in the future."

Qiao Linmu couldn't help but light up another cigarette and said: "I know, I have always believed in your vision. Without your advice, Lixin would not be able to achieve such great success."

"Okay, don't act like you're in love, go home and eat, I'm hungry."

"Your aunt and your sister went out to play. Let's go to the cafeteria to eat."

"Forget it, I'll go out to eat."

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With Qiao Linmu's support, the next steps will be much easier. There are still a few months for Chen Li'an and Li Fuzhen to arrange the next steps.

After returning to the hotel in the evening, Chen Li'an sat on the sofa and watched TV. What was on the TV was the final of the Miss Universe contest.

Originally, Chen Li'an should have appeared at the finals, but Chen Li'an was too lazy to go. Whether or not he watched the game was not that important.

However, the contestants who made it to the finals are all very good, both in terms of figure and temperament. They are all first-class, and they all have pure oriental beauty, not Western aesthetic oriental beauties.

What surprised Chen Li'an the most was that this little girl Zhang Baizhi could appear in the finals, but she had no chance of ranking. Her appearance was indeed good, but she was inferior in other aspects.

Chen Li'an looked through the contestant information sent by Cheng Shufen and was selecting the right person to be his model to go to Paris for a catwalk show.

It is not difficult to choose from the fifty-six models. The contestants who can be sent to Chen Li'an are carefully selected.

After a while, Li Fuzhen came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, walked behind Chen Li'an, looked at the photos, and asked curiously: "Are you planning to increase your investment in the cultural industry?"

Chen Li'an closed the folder and said: "The idea I had before is now ready to be handed over to Ji Fa. It's just that I promised others before, and now I have to continue to fulfill my promise."

I promised Bernard to go to Paris Fashion Week, so naturally I couldn't break my promise.

Bernard will be the richest man in the world in the future, so he still needs to be given the face he deserves.

And this time, Chen Li'an plans to use the influence of Paris Fashion Week to make a music player appearance.

People who participate in Paris Fashion Week are all fashion-conscious and have a great influence on young people around the world. Chen Li'an will not let go of such an opportunity.

After hearing what Chen Li'an said, Li Fuzhen also got into work mode. He ignored his undried hair and said, "New products need a name, and new companies also need a name."

Chen Li'an thought for a while and said: "Let's use Lixin as the company name, and call the product Magic Flute, which is easy for foreigners to understand."

Chen Li'an originally wanted to take two words from the Book of Songs, but considering that the main market now is foreigners, considering their understanding ability, it is better to use a name that they can understand.

Don't be arrogant when making money. It's useless for Chen Li'an to give him a name that Chinese people can understand. There is currently no market for music players in China, and few people can afford a new gadget that costs hundreds of yuan each.

After saying this, Chen Li'an and Li Fuzhen discussed for a while and then rested. However, when the two of them were lying on the bed, Li Fuzhen was not used to it.

It was Chen Li'an who took the initiative in the past. Why is there no movement today?

The two of them were like cold war lovers sleeping together at night, both waiting for the other to take the initiative.

In the darkness, Li Fuzhen glanced sideways at Chen Li'an and found that his breathing had almost stabilized, so he couldn't help but turn over on purpose.

But after waiting for a few seconds, there was still no movement. Li Fuzhen finally lost his composure and turned his back to him and said, "Why don't you get two rooms?"

"Li Xueding, you ask her."

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You dog man, you might as well take the initiative than that woman Ji Fa! Li Fuzhen snorted and turned over, directly riding on Chen Li'an, looking down at his eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Li'an saw the latest technology product developed by Samsung. It was very childlike and fun, but you had to put in coins every time you played.

Li Fuzhen blushed and stretched his hand behind his back and pointed the coin at the coin slot. The Fuzhen rocking car started to move, rocking back and forth.

Chen Li'an didn't know what his father's name was, but he learned how to call him dad in Korean. After listening to it all night, it was difficult for him to learn it.

This is probably the best way to learn a foreign language.

In the next two days, Chen Li'an and Li Fuzhen continued to discuss the plans for the Magic Flute player.

After the two decided on the plan, Chen Li'an went to Shencheng, and Li Fuzhen flew directly to the United States to register a new company.

Of course, if it is not registered in the United States, the company's structure will be more complicated to avoid problems in the future.

In a hotel in Shenzhen, Chen Li'an reserved the entire banquet hall on the hotel floor and gathered together all the Miss Universe contestants he had previously selected for interviews.

There is a difference between a catwalk and a beauty pageant, and there are so many sets of clothes, so you have to find the most suitable model to wear them.

Chen Li'an specially asked an old friend to help this time. Song Huaigui, the owner of Maxim Restaurant, took a Chinese model team to Paris in the 1980s.

Known as China's fashion godmother, she has rich experience in fashion catwalks.

The most important thing is that Song Huaigui is still a painter and can fully understand Chen Li'an's ideas.

In the empty banquet hall, a runway had just been laid. After checking it, Chen Li'an said to Cheng Shufen: "Sister Shufen, go and keep an eye on the back, let them get ready, and walk through their swimsuits first."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements now." Cheng Shufen agreed and went backstage.

Chen Li'an originally wanted to smoke, but when he saw the designed clothes hanging in the exhibition hall, he gave up.

It would be troublesome if the clothes smelled of cigarette smoke. Most of the clothes here are very troublesome to clean.

Chen Li'an walked up to Song Huaigui who was looking at clothes and asked, "What do you think?"

"Very thoughtful." Song Huaigui looked at the skirt in front of her and asked, "Is this a horse-faced skirt? You removed those traditional patterns and the black and gold double-sided embroidery. It's really beautiful, traditional but not lost. Fashion."

Chen Li'an said with a smile: "For these traditional costumes, what I do is basically subtraction. Our ancestors had too many things, and people nowadays are too impetuous and like simple things."

Song Huaigui said with emotion: "You are right, the fashion trend has always been to subtract."

"Because addition is too difficult." Chen Li'an looked at these clothes and said: "The essence of fashion is still commercial behavior, and subtraction means greater popularity."

Song Huaigui glanced at Chen Li'an in surprise and said, "You have changed a lot. I remember when I first met you, your mind was full of artists' tricks and you were busy criticizing."

"Everyone has to grow up." Chen Li'an said with a smile: "Let's go prepare and look at the models. I hope these contestants can meet the requirements, otherwise it will be difficult for me to find so many models."

Song Huaigui nodded and said, "If it's not suitable, some models I know can recommend it to you, but their current temperament may not meet your requirements."

"Too much Western influence?"

"Yes, what we have been developing in the past has been towards European and American fashion and stage sense, but none of it has the mysterious beauty of oriental classics that you want."

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "Then I hope we can choose a suitable model."

Soon the traditional folk music "Ambush from Flying Daggers" began to play in the banquet hall. The moment the music started playing, the girls who had been prepared backstage raised their heads and walked out.

On the side of the long T stage, Chen Li'an, Song Huaigui and several well-known domestic models were sitting on chairs and looking at the models' catwalks.

Chen Li'an looked at the energetic models and wrote comments in his notebook.

The expression management is not in line with Chen Li'an's requirements. Each one is influenced by beauty pageants. Their smiles are too beautiful, and their overall temperament is more like a fashion beauty rather than traditional classical beauty.

But it may also have something to do with the makeup. What Chen Li'an mainly looks at now is the rhythm of their bodies and their body proportions.

Tall, fair-skinned and beautiful models showed off their beauty wantonly on the catwalk, all hoping to be selected by Chen Li'an.

Even if you are not selected as Chen Li'an's model in the end, it would be nice to be remembered by Chen Li'an and something would happen.

Isn't this artist's reputation notoriously romantic?

It's a pity that in Chen Li'an's eyes, they can only be regarded as high-end vases. A few glances are enough. He has no interest in keeping them for private collection.