Chapter 237 Playboy: Why Me?

"Hugh Hefner?" Lin Mingyang looked at Ex very suspiciously, "What is he looking for me for?" ”

Ex shrugged, "That's a question I'd like to know. ”

Lin Mingyang combed through all the memories in his mind, and was stunned that he didn't realize that his past experiences had any intersection with that Hugh Hefner, who founded Playboy magazine and spared no effort to expand the ** empire.

Ex looked at Lin Mingyang very seriously: "Generally, there are only two situations when a Hollywood star has a relationship with Hefner... Either he wants to interview you on Playboy, or he wants to publish a nude photo of you on Playboy. ”

Lin Mingyang clasped his hands: "I don't think it's that simple..."

Ex thought of another possibility, and said teasingly: "Maybe he is ready to exchange the experience of pickling girls with you"

Lin Mingyang ignored Ex's "sarcasm", he pondered for a moment and then suddenly said, "How is Hefner's Playboy Group doing recently?" ”

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When it comes to Playboy Group, you can't fail to mention Hefner, the founder of the magazine, who once described his life as a cocktail in an interview, and Hefner was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In high school, he was good at writing and drawing, and he was a student council leader, and he was a "very decent" young man, but unfortunately he did not become the object of favor among girls.

After joining the army, he worked as a publisher for Esquire magazine, and at the same time fantasized about creating his own cartoon looks. The cocktail of life is as bland and tasteless as his boring life at the age of 26, and Hefner often spends his way home with a bottle of beer in hand, looking at the city lights at night, dreaming of money and the future.

Unfortunately, Hefner didn't have the same good luck as Disney and happened to run into a magical mouse in his garage, so Hefner's first dream was shattered. But even he didn't expect that he would create a magical rabbit and become one of the symbols of American culture.

Life is so wonderful that it closes one door for you and often opens another door for you In the fall, 27-year-old Hugh Hefner borrowed $8,000 from friends and family to buy the rights to Monroe's semi-nude photos and started Playboy.

In the inaugural statement, Hefner wrote ambitiously: "If you are a man, between the ages of 18 and 80, Playboy is the magazine for you... If you're looking for a humorous, profound, and ** experience while entertaining, Playboy is sure to be your favorite... We wanted to make this clear from the very beginning, Playboy is not a magazine for the whole family... If you are someone's sister, wife or mother-in-law and you accidentally pick up our magazine, then please hand it to the male member of the family, and you should read "Women and Family Partners" yourself. ”

Although he was well aware of the magazine's positioning, Hefner himself did not know if there would be a next issue of the magazine, so there was no publication date. He ran to the newsstand to watch secretly, and a young man about his age saw the nude photo of Marilyn Monroe, his face flushed, and he hurriedly looked through it, put it in his arms, paid and ran away in a hurry.

Hefner knew he had succeeded, and the inaugural issue ended up selling more than 50,000 copies. The whole of America is excited about this unprecedented men's magazine that focuses on women, talking about sex, love, life taste, and how to relax. Hefner used the money he earned to pay off the loan and buy a new car. At the beginning of his life, cocktails began to become sweet.

His magazine became a symbol of the entertainment industry in Chicago and throughout the United States. Nestled in the heart of the city, the Playboy Building has a rave party every day, and he compiles the magazine's sexy culture in bed. He's forever in his pajamas, and Hefner's life is moving from one bunny girl to another when cocktails get cloudy and sweet.

In the seventies, Playboy set a record of selling more than seven million copies, but as the banner of sexual liberation no longer had appeal, the hustle and bustle of the ** era entered the era of materialistic consumption without paying attention, ** and scandal became the core of the entertainment industry, shameless obscenity replaced sex appeal and pleasure, "Playboy" and Hefner retreated in the bedroom, losing their direction in indulgence. Throughout the late '70s, Playboy had a lot of competitors, which led to a gradual decline in sales of its magazines.

Despite the fierce competition, Playboy has been able to maintain an average circulation of around 3.2 million copies in recent years, with about 10 million U.S. adults buying it each month. As the magazine became more popular, many Hollywood actresses competed to be Playboy cover girls, including Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Fonda, and Madonna. Eventually, Playboy expanded into a large conglomerate of publishing, audio-visual, entertainment, and clothing.

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"I forgot about it if you don't say it" Ex took out a newspaper from the drawer and handed it to Lin Mingyang: "This is the British "Daily Mail", which said that due to the impact of the financial crisis, the loss in the last quarter was as high as 103 million pounds, and even Hefner, who had retreated into the background, seemed to have been seriously impacted, and his industry was even threatened with bankruptcy. ”

"For the sake of the big picture, there is a high-level suggestion that Hefner lay off employees to tide over the difficulties, otherwise he will face the risk of bankruptcy. Hearing this rumor, Hefner's stars jumped ship one after another in order to protect themselves. This move is undoubtedly worse. The share price of Hefner's Huahua Group fell sharply from £6.2 to £1 some time ago, and the business lit up a red light. The shareholders of the group have said that they are more than willing to sell the group if someone offers a reasonable price to buy it. ”

Ex told Lin Mingyang the general situation, and a strange idea suddenly popped up in his heart at this time, could it be that Hefner was going to throw the hot potato of the Playboy Group to Lin Mingyang.

When Lin Mingyang put down the newspaper, the expression on his face was also very helpless, his general judgment was basically the same as Exx, the two of them glanced at each other, and the same doubts surged in their hearts, why did Hefner do this?

The two were silent at the same time, and finally Lin Mingyang took the lead in asking, "How much do you know about Hefner?" ”

"God bless the Queen, the devil bless Hefner," Ackes almost blurted out, "He lived an enviable 'flowery life', but some called him a stallion"

"Just because he claims he's slept with 1,000 women?" Lin Mingyang pursed his lips nonchalantly, "Most people who say this kind of thing are jealous and can't eat grapes, so they say that grapes are sour."

Hefner has not changed his romantic personality, and once attended his 75th birthday party in Cannes, France, as a "Seven Stars with the Moon", blowing out candles with seven sexy and beautiful Playboy "playmates". After divorcing his second wife, Hefner returned to a life of lingering flowers, hugging left and right to attend birthday parties, but he could never remember the names of his seven female companions.

Lin Mingyang also played such a free and easy role in "Iron Man", but compared with Hefner, he is called the real realm. It is estimated that even he can't remember how many girlfriends he has had in his life, it is estimated that there are about 2,000. In other words, if you can live to be eighty years old, except for the ten years before the age of ten, that is, there are seventy years to break this record, what kind of concept is this, specifically that there should be about thirty new girlfriends every year, in Lin Mingyang's opinion, that he dare not try but extremely challenging.

"I don't want to comment more on Hefner's private life, and on this topic you may have a lot to talk about with him... But I've never underestimated Hefner, and in the eyes of others, he may only think with his lower body, but if that were the case, it would be impossible for the Playboy group to be so famous today. Hefner was an entrepreneur first and then a playboy"

"I never had any doubts about what you said, but what I couldn't figure out was that I was probably the most likely to refuse this cooperation among the Playboy Group's partners, and Hefner himself should know this, but why did he ask me to meet?"

Ex didn't answer, "Do you really not have any idea about acquiring the Huahua group of companies?" ”

Lin Mingyang glanced at him noncommittally: "Do you think I have so much spare money in my hands now?" ”

Ackes seems to be very positive about this, "We can use capital to pledge a portion of MGM's shares to the bank. With MGM's current momentum, I think most banks will be happy to provide us with financing. ”

Lin Mingyang said with some indignation: "Let me take over a ** empire, what do you think of me... Although I admit that I am not pure, I am not open enough to share my private life with others. ”

"I think Hefner set you as the target of cooperation, in fact, he also wants to change the brand image of Playboy through your intervention, and he also wants to increase the 'readability' of the magazine, rather than the 'readability' that directly stimulates the senses."

Ex spread out the newspaper, pointed to a passage on it, and said aloud, "We like our room. I like to mix cocktails and snacks together, and put some sad tunes on the tape recorder. Ask a woman to talk about Picasso, Nietzsche, jazz and sexuality. These are the words of Hefner when he founded Playboy World magazine, and he is now trying to bring the magazine back to its roots. ”

Lin Mingyang's eyes widened and he looked at Ex, "You asked me to change a ** magazine, and then make it elegant?" ”

"It's not about changing, it's about making it more connotative, and more grasping the pulse of this era... At least on this point, I think Hefner has a good eye, and there really isn't a better person in Hollywood than you."

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Today's school is too busy, and it's the final draft of the thesis and the physical examination, so I don't have much to explain, and tomorrow I will compensate for the two more, at least 9,000 words

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