Chapter 298: Interview with Time Magazine
The so-called interview is actually from an exclusive interview with Time Magazine, after Lin Yuquan became a global wealth hero with Alibaba's listing, and the novel "Wild Story" began to sell well in North America, the mainland, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea, "Time Magazine", which felt the need, sent Lin Yuquan an interview invitation again.
And the reason why I say it again is because Lin Yuquan once accepted an interview with "Time Magazine", that was in 05 years, when he was interviewed with "Huo Yuanjia" and Youtobe Video in North America, and then appeared on the double cover of the North American and Asian editions of "Time Magazine", and last year, when he sold Youtobe and acquired Summit Entertainment, and was speculated by the media to come to Hollywood to develop, "Time Magazine" sent him an interview invitation again, But he rejected it outright, and he didn't have much to say about it.
Perhaps, ordinary people will think it is very incredible that Lin Yuquan refused to be interviewed by "Time Magazine", "Time Magazine", that is "Time Magazine", this is known as the most representative and influential publication of our time, it is very remarkable to be interviewed by it and appear on the cover of the magazine, and many of the people who can be on the cover of "Time Magazine" are big people who dominate the party.
Of course, Lin Yuquan once thought so, the political and big people who appeared on the cover were indeed admirable, but later when he grew up, especially in recent years, he saw more and more Chinese sports and entertainment stars appearing on the cover, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa, Shu Qi, Zhang Manyu, Liang Chaowei, Zhou Xingchi, Faye Wong, Zhang Huimei, Jay Chou, Li Yuchun, Zhang Liangying, Yao Ming, Liu Xiang So far, there is no sense of sacredness, "Time Magazine" In fact, it is just a well-known publication.
After giving an interview. It feels a lot lighter. Plus he himself is not interested in media interviews or anything. If it weren't for the fact that it would have helped him promote "Hurricane Rescue," he would not have accepted the invitation to interview Time Magazine at all.
After returning to the villa in Beverly Hills, Lin Yuquan began to clean up the house, he had not been at home for more than two months, although there was a cleaning company to clean up, but he still felt the need to clean up again, after lunch at an Italian restaurant on Rhodel Avenue at noon, he waited at home for the interview team sent by Time Magazine.
didn't let Lin Yuquan wait long. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the interview team of "Time Magazine" came, with a total of 4 reporters, photographers, and makeup artists, including two photographers, one of whom should be the photographer's assistant. Anderson followed.
"Chris, why are you here?" Lin Yuquan took the lead against Chris. Anderson said.
"Ha, I'm mainly leading the way for Miss Mina, boss. Let me introduce you to it. "Chris. Anderson smiled, then first pointed to a blonde hairer. The lady wearing a pair of intellectual glasses said to Lin Yuquan: "This is Kaisha. Mina, Miss Mina, who is in charge of this interview, is Joseph. Gordon, the photographer, this is "
"Hello, Lin, it's nice we met again." Keisha. Mina had a charming smile on her face.
"Hello, Keisha, I didn't expect you to interview me this time." Lin Yuquan smiled and Keisha. Mina shook her hand.
"Boss, you know." Chris. Anderson said with a surprised look.
"Well, two years ago, I was interviewed by Time Magazine, and it was Keisha who interviewed me as a reporter." Lin Yuquan said with a smile.
"Yes, after knowing that I was going to interview Lin this time, I took the initiative to apply for this interview task, because I have experience in interviewing Lin, so I was very happy to approve it." Keisha. Mina laughed as well.
"What an interesting meeting!" Chris. Anderson said.
"Let's sit down and talk!" Lin Yuquan said and took a few people to sit on the sofa, and then brought drinks to everyone.
"Lin, is this the villa you bought after coming to the United States to make a movie? It's beautiful! "Keisha. Mina exclaimed with a shallow smile on her face.
"Thank you, I bought it at the beginning of the year, I can't stay in a hotel all the time!" Lin Yuquan smiled.
"That's right." Keisha. Mina nodded, and continued, "Lin, let's get started, let's have our makeup artist do your makeup and style first." ”
"Don't bother, you know, I'm a director and I'm not an idol star." Lin Yuquan shook his head.
"Lin, you're not just a director, you're a best-selling author, and you're a brilliant entrepreneur." Keisha. Mina said.
"Ha, writers and entrepreneurs don't even need makeup and styling." Lin Yuquan smiled.
"Well, Lin, you're really the same as you were two years ago."
"Of course, if it changes, it won't be me." Lin Yuquan smiled.
"That's right, Lin, this is our interview outline, do you want to see if there are any questions that need to be avoided?" Keisha. Mina handed a manuscript to Lin Yuquan.
After receiving the manuscript, Lin Yuquan immediately browsed it, which is mainly related to commercial investment and novel creation, of course, there are also movie-related, although some issues are tricky, but the scale is better, there is no need to deliberately avoid.
"No, Keisha, let's get started!"
"Okay."
Next, the photographer first took some photos of Lin Yuquan from all angles, and then the interview with Lin Yuquan officially began.
"Lin, first of all, congratulations, recently your novel "Wild Story" has been selling very well everywhere, and after Alibaba went public, you have become a world-class billionaire, and now the whole world is paying attention to your situation, can you tell me how you own the shares of Alibaba?"
"This should not be a secret, and now many media outlets have analyzed it very clearly." Lin Yuquan said with a smile: "That's right, when Yahoo acquired Youtobe, I chose their Alibaba shares as part of the deal. ”
"So what made you choose a stake in Alibaba instead of a cash deal?" Keisha. Mina asked.
"The reason is actually very simple, because I am optimistic about Alibaba's development potential. This will give me a greater return than if I had chosen cash. And it turned out that I succeeded. Lin Yuquan said with a smile.
"Yes. Everyone has seen your success, you have received amazing returns, and Mr. Yang Zhiyuan should be very remorseful, now Youtobe's situation is not very good, all kinds of infringement legal disputes have made Youtobe anxious, now looking back, what do you think of last year's transaction? "Keisha. Mina asked with a smile on her face.
Faced with such a tricky problem, Lin Yuquan seemed quite calm: "If you look at it in the short term. It does seem like I'm more successful, but it's actually a successful deal that I need for Yahoo and I, and I've been successful everybody, what about Yahoo? I think Yahoo's success will prove in two or three years. The troubles and crises caused by the so-called infringement legal disputes are only temporary, Youtobe represents a new direction in the development of the Internet, which is needed by billions of people around the world who use the Internet to communicate and share, as long as Yahoo remains patient and committed to solving the infringement measures, time will prove that their efforts are worth it. ”
"Mr. Yang Zhiyuan will be glad to hear your words, of course. All of us also hope that in a few years we will be able to witness what you are talking about now, then as a world-class rich man in ST. Do you feel that anything has changed in your life? ”
"There doesn't seem to be any change, in fact, Alibaba's listing only made me more rich on paper, not completely changed my life, after all, my own wealth is not less, and now, I still continue to make the movies I want to make, and I still live the life I want to live, if I really want to say change." Lin Yuquan smiled: "That is, I suddenly have a lot of eyes from the media and the public, which makes me a little distressed." ”
"Oh, well, this is indeed a headache, back to the issue of Alibaba's listing, Alibaba's listing has set many records, what do you think of Alibaba's development prospects after listing?"
"Of course I am very optimistic about the prospects, in fact, I found that many people have overlooked one thing, Alibaba is only listed this time is only B2B business, not all of Alibaba, for B2B business, I do not comment, because in your media interviews, whether it is Alibaba executives or economists around the world have a detailed analysis, I want to say Alibaba's Taobao business, I didn't have much impression of this business project before, but in my "Wild Story" After the novel was first put on sale in China, I realized that Taobao has such amazing business potential, and I believe that as the domestic economy continues to rise, as online shopping becomes more and more common, this business will become Alibaba's brightest business. Lin Yuquan said calmly
"Okay, last question, Lin, your new movie "Hurricane Rescue" is about to be released, as an action movie that brings together many top action superstars, "Hurricane Rescue" has been expected by action fans all over the world, do you have any expectations for the box office of the movie?"
"For the expectations of the box office, I naturally hope that the higher the better, but this is not transferred by my will, it involves a lot of factors, the box office is high, it does not necessarily mean that the movie is wonderful, the movie is wonderful, not necessarily the box office is high, as a director, compared to the expectation of the box office, I hope that everyone can like this movie."
In Kesha. After Mina and the others left, Chris. Anderson smiled and said to Lin Yuquan: "Boss, the interview just now is great!" ”
"Chris, I don't want to eat sycophants!" Lin Yuquan smiled: "Is the propaganda work arranged?" ”
"It's all arranged, tomorrow we will hold a press conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and then go to China to promote it according to what the boss said." Chris. Anderson Road.
"Okay, by the way, the rocks seem to be very resentful that I didn't show up together to promote!" A smile tugged at the corner of Lin Yuquan's mouth.
"That's right, it's said that they're going to kill you hard to relieve your anger." Chris. Anderson laughed.
"What a bunch of lovely guys! Slaughter me, when I am so easy to be slaughtered? Lin Yuquan's eyes showed a narrowness. (To be continued......) R1292