Chapter Ninety-Eight: Collateral Consequences

"I feel a little jealous of this scene," Mr. Oprah, who was standing by Mr. Fuchanan, who watched Mr. Feng surrounded by enthusiastic spectators who wanted his autograph. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Thank you, Ms. Oprah, and I expect that after this episode airs, there will be a lot more registered users for Nextdoor," Buchanan said.

Feng Yiping's book, most of the readers are people with some seniority in the workplace, and the first attraction of the nextdoor website is also those parents who are concerned about family and personal safety, these two groups are generally older.

But Buchanan believes that after this episode of the program is broadcast, the number of young people who like Feng Yiping will increase a lot, which is a very large group and a very critical group for the company.

Nextdoor has more and more social functions, and young people are the group that likes to use online social functions the most.

The R&D department should be urged to launch the function of sharing photos as soon as possible, and it is also necessary to launch some projects that young people like, he thought.

Over there, Feng Yiping, who has been addicted to celebrities for a long time, took a group photo at the request of a group of enthusiastic audiences, all of whom were young people, so naturally they would not use the pattern of rows in rows, but hooked shoulders and backs in a circle.

Feng Yiping, who is also very young, does not seem abrupt at all to do such a thing, if he is replaced by a middle-aged richest man in China to do this, the painting style will definitely be a little incongruous.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping hugged several enthusiastic male and female audiences, and waved to the other audience members who were separated by the staff.

He can sign autographs for everyone present, but the column team has to get off work!

Oprah greeted him with a smile, and they said "Thank you" almost at the same time!"

Then, both laughed.

"I hope you can still be a guest on my show in the future,"

"I hope that too," Mr. Feng said.

Oprah later let go of those prejudices and contempt and put the talk show back on track, so Feng Yiping doesn't have much opinion of her now.

Besides, he can actually understand that for people in the entertainment industry, such an internationally renowned talk show host, you expect her to be as approachable in private as she appears on the show, which is not realistic.

"I actually hope that one day, you can move your studio to my company to do a show,"

"I'm looking forward to that day," Oprah said.

Feng Yiping's words, in fact, made her a little uncomfortable, she Oprah Queen, not everyone can accommodate it, it is not impossible to record a show on the spot of a company, provided that the company must have enough strength.

And judging from her standards, the company under Feng Yiping's name does not have the strength to do so.

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The audience left the stage in twos and threes, and at the same time they were enthusiastically discussing what they had heard and seen tonight.

In every sense of the word, their trip was worth it.

In the hearts of these young people in the United States, Feng Yiping's most famous name is not a well-known scholar, not the richest man in China, but a young entrepreneurial idol.

And unlike the mainstream entrepreneurial idols in the United States, those in Silicon Valley, it was not the high-tech industry that he first set foot in, and succeeded.

Therefore, his success is more meaningful for ordinary young people.

Although even the United States has the world's most numerous and successful high-tech startup idols, such as those in Silicon Valley, the United States also has the most and best programmers in the world, such as those concentrated in Silicon Valley now.

However, these do not mean that most young people in the United States are just programming geniuses or masters, and more of them are like Feng Yiping, who don't know anything about programming.

So, for example, for Page's success, for these young Americans, the significance of motivation is greater than the significance of reference, and not all of them can write programs that are enough to change or support an industry.

At the same time, Feng Yiping's performance tonight did not disappoint them, and he coped well with Oprah's different style and the difficulties that began as soon as he came on the court.

This is good, there are two aspects, firstly, he coped very skillfully and wisely, and secondly, he did not make the other party too difficult.

This second point is precisely the ability that many young people spurn on the surface, but in fact yearn for in their hearts, that is, maturity.

Although in the early stage, it is a little different from Oprah's previous style - to be honest, it seems to be more watchable, but overall, this episode of the show, like all Oprah's programs, is more down-to-earth.

Feng Yiping didn't talk about entrepreneurial theories and feelings in the show, or environmental protection and social responsibility, which are not the issues they are most concerned about at present.

The human rights problem in Darfur is still very unoptimistic, and the problems of wild elephants and poaching in Africa are also getting more and more serious...... These questions are worth paying attention to, but soon, the rent will be paid, another student loan will be repaid, and my girlfriend's birthday is approaching, so I have to plan a surprise party...... , these issues are more pressing for them.

Therefore, just now, Feng Yiping, like the big brother or little brother next door, used very simple language to share with everyone some of his daily experience and entrepreneurship, and these are exactly what they need now.

After watching this episode, they not only fell in love with Feng Yiping, a peer, but also had a certain understanding of those Chinese young people who have never had any intuitive feelings, and even had the feeling that the world's youth are a family.

It turns out that on the other side of the world, the young people there are also facing the same troubles and sorrows as us.

Yes, art has no borders, and all art, to express and express, is our emotions, so from this point of view, most people's emotions are actually convergent.

Those who were lucky enough to get Feng Yiping's signature solemnly treasured his signature, as if there was a power in those Chinese characters that they were not very familiar with.

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"Feng," the people from his own company, as well as Charlie, the chief operating officer of McDonald's, gave him a thumbs up, "Great!"

"Thank you, but I think there is still too little time for us to promote the company,"

That's the last thing to talk about, and it's the shortest part of the time.

"Hehe Feng, it seems that what you said is true, I guess you haven't watched the Oprah show," Charlie said, "Generally, her show, more than forty minutes, only half of the time, is an interview with guests, but this issue is a full interview with you,"

"And you have to understand that the project we work on, although it is related to entertainment, is not a big hit movie or a popular series, and it would be nice to spend a few minutes and have an introduction to the company,"

"Besides, to a certain extent, to promote you is to promote our project,"

"So, not bad?"

"Very good!"

"Then I'm relieved, and I'm sure Mr. Cantalupo will be happy to hear the news as well,"

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"Are you ready to be a celebrity, Feng?" asked Buchanan in the car back to the hotel.

"I thought I was a long time ago,"

"No, no, although you were well-known before, the audience that followed you was different, let's put it this way, you used to be very well-known in some professional fields,"

"But this time it's different, people who pay attention to Oprah's talk show have a wider range of classes, from all walks of life, some people are originally unknown, and they were guests on her show once, and they were well-known to many people,"

"And you already have a foundation, which means that after this episode is broadcast, you will become a celebrity known to all levels of society,"

"There will be more news, and that's fine, I hope to bring more and wider visibility to the company by the way,"

"You're right, Amanda," he teased his daughter.

"Feng, and Huang, that's what I'm going to talk about," Buchanan felt he should still be reminded, "If you don't have that will, then we may have to develop and take a series of measures from now on to reduce Amanda's exposure,"

How could there be such collateral consequences? This was something Feng Yiping and Huang Jingping did not expect.

"Well, she's not a public figure, shouldn't her privacy be protected?" Feng Yiping said as he looked at his daughter, who had wide eyes and couldn't understand what they were saying.

He immediately felt stupid for what he was saying.

It's true that Americans take privacy very seriously, but whenever it's profitable, there is no shortage of journalists who defy the law.

"We can't overestimate the quality of all media professionals," Mr. Buchanan said, "and, if something like this happens, we can sue and win, and the impact will be irreparable."

"Ah," Huang Jingping immediately became nervous, she didn't care about privacy or anything, she just followed the simple concept of her hometown, she naturally thought that with the current conditions, if her daughter was known by many people, it would not be a good thing, for example, directly, it might affect her personal safety.

It should be said that Americans generally do a better job of protecting their children's privacy than at home.

People like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett may only know how many children they have, but who they are and what they look like? What they are doing at the moment, few people really know.

Even media moguls like Mr. Murdoch, the public is often aware of his wives, but not what children he has.

Of course, there are some strange things in the United States, such as Trump, who is working hard everywhere to promote and show off his eldest daughter who even he wants to date.

This may have something to do with the fact that these entrepreneurs in the United States are unwilling to succeed their descendants -- of course, their descendants may not necessarily have the ability to take over.

On the other hand, domestic entrepreneurs, or Chinese entrepreneurs, have a completely different approach in this regard, and they still hope that their children can inherit their own businesses.

Therefore, many famous entrepreneurs will use their influence to expand the popularity of their children and pave the way for their succession.

That is, the children do not have the will to take over, or because of various reasons, such as the company or the public does not sell, their children cannot take over, they will do the same, because this can create more favorable conditions for their children's entrepreneurship.

From this point of view, Trump's approach is similar to theirs.

Feng Yiping really didn't think about letting his children take over, he didn't think he would be so lucky, Amanda and they were unlikely to be the most suitable leaders of their company when they grew up.

"What then?" asked Huang Jingping, shaking Feng Yiping's arm.

"Don't worry, it's okay, just leave it to Owen and other professionals to deal with," Feng Yiping comforted her.

Still, he heard Buchanan mean something else.

He may not only be talking about Amanda, but also Huang Jingping.

The United States is a very contradictory conglomerate, they are very open, but at the same time they are very conservative.

They accept unmarried childbearing, but, unlike France, not to mention how well they do, anyway, the mainstream values of American society place a strong emphasis on family responsibility.

Feng Yiping is in the United States, although he is not a public official and an entertainment star now, but he is also a public figure, like him and Huang Jingping's current state, if they are in France, there is no problem at all, it doesn't matter whether they get married or not, but the American people may really not be able to accept it.

If it is disclosed, it may have a negative impact and then affect the company.

Could it be that when the family comes out in the future, they will have to be sneaky?

Also, after that, to see Vincent and take him out to play, do you have to be sneaky?

I can't imagine that in such a free place as the United States, it is so unfree.

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"Von, Merbuck, please," Cantalupo said, holding his glass.

In the hotel of McDonald's headquarters park, a small banquet is now being held, which is not only a celebration, but also a farewell meaning.

All the handover work has been completed, and from now on, Redbox will be officially separated from McDonald's and handed over to Coin Star to operate, and the guests and hosts are very happy with this result.

"Thank you for your support and trust, Mr. Cantalupo," said Merbac, "and we are confident that we will be able to successfully operate and roll out Redbox as promised."

"Thank you," Cantalupo gently clinked his glass with them, "Feng, you are also welcome to come here to communicate,"

"I will, and you're welcome to Silicon Valley, sorry," Owen walked over with his mobile phone, and Feng Yiping saw that the call had to be answered, and it was Ma Ling calling.

She rarely calls herself. (To be continued.) )