The rising sun breaks the dark stillness of the silent night.

The first rays of sunlight in the morning passed through the white gauze curtains, and suddenly became as light as mist, and dimly spread on people's faces, as if announcing the dawn of a new era.

At this moment, Ji Cheng had just opened his sleepy eyes from the soft big bed of the Forlì Hills Hotel.

He freshened up and left the famous "Pink Palace" that had stood here for more than 100 years, left a beautiful shadow in many movies, and decorated countless girls' dreams with a secret garden-like scenery. ”

The acquisition of Columbia Pictures is not quite over.

It's just that there is no need for Ji Cheng to continue to stay here.

He has more important things to do, and that is to short soybean futures.

As for the acquisition of less than 10 percent of Columbia Pictures' remaining shares, there will be people who will be busy, such as Sophia. Green and other Joaquin Capital personnel.

Ji Cheng and Steve. White had breakfast and rushed to the airport.

Why so early?

No way, New York is three hours faster than Los Angeles, and the flight time is more than five hours, that is to say, Ji Cheng's plane at 9 o'clock in the morning should be 5 o'clock in the afternoon local time when it arrives in New York.

on the plane.

First class for two.

Although most of the business class and first class flights in the beautiful country are only equipped with a big bench that is better than nothing, especially on routes like Phoenix, Ji Cheng and Steve. The luxury star route from Los Angeles to New York that White took was very high-end in first class and business class, and the seats in it could lie flat.

Ji Cheng and Steve. White slept last night and was talking about business.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man's voice came from next to him, "You are Mr. Ji Chengji?" ”

Immediately, a familiar woman's voice also sounded, "Mr. Ji, are you going back to New York?" ”

Ji Cheng and Steve. White stopped communicating and looked sideways, and found that a man and a woman sitting not far away seemed to be communicating something, the man was in his forties and wore glasses, he didn't know him, and this woman in a black knee-length dress was the European and American pop queen Madonna she had seen when she accompanied Aniston to audition in New York before!

Ji Cheng smiled and nodded, "Hello Ms. Siccone." As he spoke, he looked at the man again, "This is ......."

Madonna naturally introduced: "He is the editor-in-chief of Time magazine, Nance Brown. Gibbs, who happened to meet on the plane, wanted to ask me to find a time to do an interview. ”

Ji Cheng greeted again: "Mr. Gibbs, hello." ”

Nance. Gibbs immediately said: "Mr. Ji, I originally flew to Los Angeles to find you for an interview, yesterday Columbia Pictures was busy, I didn't find you, I went to look for you early this morning, they said you went back to New York, I was thinking about going to Joaquin Capital to find it, I didn't expect to meet on the plane, I don't know if you are free, I will personally give you an interview tonight?" ”

Madonna's eyes sparkled, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Ji Cheng looked at Steve next to him. White, after a little more contemplation, "I'm free tonight, so come with me to the house." ”

Nance. Gibbs was overjoyed, "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Ji." ”

Then Ji Cheng didn't communicate with them anymore, and continued to bow his head and talk to Steve. White chatted about the company's development and soybean futures.

While chatting, he vaguely heard Madonna to Nance . Gibbs said, "Just in time I'm free tonight, I'll do the interview together."

In Nance. After Gibbs agreed, Madonna looked up at Ji Cheng with a more provocative look, "Mr. Ji, can you take the liberty of asking, can I go to your house for a while to do an interview after getting off the plane?" ”

Ji Cheng looked up again and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

Then he bowed his head again and Steve Brown. White chatted.

Madonna was secretly annoyed when she saw Ji Cheng ignoring her actions, now that she is one of the most popular sexy actresses in a beautiful country, countless men regard her as a dream lover and want to kiss Fangze, this is not a joke, even if Madonna is getting old in a few years, Michael. Jordan is salivating, although the current Madonna is not as popular as in the future, it is the most beautiful time, it stands to reason that any man is tempted, but Ji Cheng repeatedly ignored it, which made Madonna very unhappy.

If it were an ordinary person, Madonna would definitely not care so much, but Ji Cheng was famous before, calling for wind and rain in the financial world, and was even called a financial giant, and now he has spent a huge amount of money to acquire Columbia Pictures, so to speak, during this period of time, Ji Cheng is the existence of a beautiful country like the sky, plus he is so young, of course Madonna wants to conquer.

It's not just because Ji Cheng is rich.

What's more, if Madonna can conquer a fiery big man with Ji Cheng's level of influence, she will definitely become famous.

But it's a pity that Ji Cheng doesn't seem to be affected by her beauty.

So just now, after Madonna heard that Ji Cheng was willing to accept an exclusive interview with the editor-in-chief of Time Magazine, she deliberately took the opportunity to agree to come down, wanting to follow Ji Cheng home and see if she could conquer him.

Ji Cheng didn't know what Madonna was thinking at all, it wasn't that he didn't covet Madonna's beauty and body in her prime, but he had always been able to carry it clearly, knew what was important, and would not blindly fall into gentleness.

For example, now, the main thing for him is to do a good job of shorting soybean futures, because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if he succeeds, he can make a lot of money.

Men, if you have money, are you afraid that you won't be able to find a beautiful woman?

In this world, it is not feelings that can conquer women, but money that can blind people's eyes.

……

The plane slowly landed at Newark International Airport in New Jersey.

During the period, Ji Cheng and Madonna, Nance. Gibbs did not communicate.

As soon as she got off the plane, Madonna sent her female assistant out of nowhere. Gibbs got into the car driven by Ji Cheng's driver together.

Instead, it was Steve. White left beforehand.

In the car, Ji Cheng and Madonna sat in the back seat. Gibbs was in the passenger seat.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Ji Cheng always felt that Madonna was leaning on him intentionally or unintentionally, and the intoxicating aroma went straight to the tip of his nose, but Madonna mastered it very well, Ji Cheng obviously felt that he was about to touch her white and tender arm exposed in the air, but he couldn't touch it, as if he was deliberately hooking him.

Ji Cheng didn't know what she had in mind, so he simply ignored it, and said to the passenger seat: "Mr. Gibbs, what interview requires you, the editor-in-chief, to rush to Los Angeles to find me?" ”

Today's Times and Warner have merged, in a sense, they are competitors to Huaying Pictures, which has just acquired Columbia Pictures, and it stands to reason that no matter how eager the other party is, it is impossible to chase it from New York to Los Angeles, so Ji Cheng wants to ask clearly.

Nance. Gibbs turned his head and said with a smile: "Because Mr. Ji, the impact of your acquisition of Columbia Pictures is too great, so our company magazine has discussed it internally and listed you as one of the candidates for the Person of the Year. ”

Ji Cheng was slightly surprised and said, "You want me to be on the cover in August?" And listed me as a candidate for this year's Person of the Year? ”

"Yes." Nance. Gibbs nodded.

Not to mention that Ji Cheng was surprised this time, even Madonna, who was sitting next to her, couldn't help but be stunned.

Why are Ji Cheng and Madonna so surprised?

Because the cover character of Time Magazine is not something that anyone can get on if they want to, let alone a candidate for the Man of the Year.

Take Madonna as an example, she has debuted for so many years, and so far, she has only appeared on the cover of Time magazine once in March 1985.

On the cover of Time magazine, what does this mean?

You must know that "Time Magazine" has a great influence in the world, and the people who can log in to "Time" are of course the best people.

At least they have all made great contributions in their respective fields.

If Ji Cheng is on the cover of Time Magazine, it means that he has won the most authoritative recognition in the media, and at the same time, he will expand his influence.

This is definitely a great thing.

If you can be on the Person of the Year...... Well, just think about it.

Ji Cheng knew that he was not qualified enough, although he was listed as one of the candidates, but in fact, according to memory, this year's Person of the Year should be Lao Ge, the late Emperor of the Su, and his current influence is not enough to compete with Lao Ge.

The car slowly stopped at the villa.

Ji Cheng invited Madonna, Nance . Gibbs entered the house.

As soon as he came to the villa, Ji Cheng was about to ask the maid to give Madonna and Nance . Gibbs made coffee, only to be a little stunned to find that there were more than a dozen more people in the room.

I was about to ask about the situation, when suddenly, Michael. Baker and Vernon. Lewis walked out.

Vernon. As soon as Lewis saw Ji Cheng, he immediately laughed and said, "My dear big customer Ji, I personally sent the person you wanted, you can see if you are satisfied." ”

It turned out that the military professional resources company sent bodyguards to him, Ji Cheng was busy at this time, how could he have time to check the ability of these bodyguards, he pointed to Madonna and Nance. Gibbs, "I'm sorry, General Lewis, but I still have guests here, can you talk about it later?" ”

Vernon. Lewis and Michael. It was only then that Baker noticed Madonna and Nance. Gibbs.

Immediately Michael. Baker exclaimed, "Madonna? ”

Instead, it was Vernon. Lewis didn't seem to be very interested in celebrities, just nodded at Madonna, and then said to Ji Cheng: "Okay, Mr. Ji, you are busy first, and then 'accept' my guys when you are busy." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and the dozen or so people left the house neatly.

Ji Cheng was very satisfied with the absolute obedience and powerful steps of these bodyguards, and at first glance they were the elites of militarized training, of course, the specific level of the elite had to be tested later.

He retracts his gaze and invites Madonna and Nance. Gibbs sat down and politely addressed Vernon. Lewis said, "General, I'm here for an interview, do you want to sit down and wait for me for a while?" ”

"I won't get in the way of your interview here, right?" Vernon. Lewis asked.

Ji Cheng smiled and waved his hand, "Don't hinder." ”

Vernon. Lewis sat down on the couch farther away.

Subsequently, Ji Cheng first accepted Nance. Interview with Gibbs.

Nance. Gibbs: "Mr. Ji, what made you decide to buy Columbia Pictures?" ”

Ji Cheng: "Huajin Capital is a diversified investment management company, and it just so happens that the media sector is a little weak, and I heard that Columbia Pictures is willing to sell as a whole, so I bought it." ”

Nance. Gibbs: "Do you have any plans for the development of Huaying Pictures after the acquisition of Columbia Pictures?" ”

Ji Cheng: "I am ready to build Huaying Pictures into a film and television empire......"

Well, it's all a pretty routine question.

Interviews like this are usually not too difficult to ask questions.

Madonna had been sitting there and listening quietly to the interview with Ji Cheng, because they were all very common questions, and it didn't take long for her to listen to them with little interest.

Towards the end of the interview.

Nance. Gibbs suddenly asked a very sharp question, "Huajin Capital is an investment management company, and many of the clients we contact are entrepreneurs, so do you have anything to say to your entrepreneurial clients?" ”

This question seems to be very ordinary, but in fact it is very difficult to answer, because Ji Cheng is an investor, if he says that he is optimistic about those entrepreneur customers invested by Huajin Capital, it may lead to those people seeking funds again when they sit on the ground, but you have to say that it is not good-looking, it will not only hit the confidence of entrepreneur customers, but also make the outside world feel that Huajin Capital does not understand investment at all.

Madonna also felt the difficulty of answering this question, and she couldn't help but stare at Ji Cheng's face, wanting to see how to answer, whether it was a witty solution or accidentally falling into a trap.

If it was before, Ji Cheng might have really fallen into the trap, but now he is not like in the past, he has been immersed in business for so long, so he naturally knows how to answer, "In fact, I answered this question when Fortune magazine interviewed me before. ”

"Huh?" Nance. Gibbs Road.

Madonna also blinked with wide eyes, seeming curious.

Ji Cheng said unhurriedly: "My next words are not only to the customers of Huajin Capital Investment, but also to all entrepreneurs. ”

Nance. Gibbs stretched out his hand and said, "Please." ”

Ji Cheng said slowly: "Entrepreneurs should always tell themselves one sentence: from the first day of entrepreneurship, I have to face difficulties and failures every day, not success, but I always believe that as long as I never give up, there is still a chance, because ...... Today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but the vast majority of people die tomorrow night and can't see the sun the day after tomorrow, so everyone should not give up today and tomorrow, perhaps, the day after tomorrow will be victorious. ”

After saying this, Ji Cheng playfully faced Nance. Gibbs blinked and half-jokingly said, "I once said this sentence in an interview with Fortune magazine, if you want to use it, remember to give me and Fortune magazine royalties, as well as the source of the publication." ”

Today is cruel, tomorrow is even more cruel, the day after tomorrow is beautiful?

But the vast majority of people die tomorrow night and don't see the sun the day after tomorrow?

Madonna was deeply shocked by this sentence, she never expected Ji Cheng to say such philosophical words in one mouth.

And Nance. Gibbs was disgusted by Ji Cheng, of course he knew that Ji Cheng could find a big fault in what he said, and even the annotations would cause a lot of controversy, such as Nance. Gibbs can say that Ji Cheng is not optimistic about entrepreneurs, and the outside world will definitely criticize Ji Cheng at that time.

It is true that he went for this purpose from the beginning, after all, the media likes to attract attention the most.

But the problem is that Ji Cheng deliberately said this sentence in an interview with Fortune magazine, and asked for the source to be published.

One of Time magazine's biggest competitors at the moment is Fortune magazine!

If you publish Fortune magazine information in Time Magazine, isn't that an advertisement? Especially competitors!

This kind of thing, Nance. Gibbs can't do it anyway, so he can only do one thing, that is, delete and not write out the almost incomprehensible sharp interview about Ji Cheng, after all, no matter how this question is answered, it is possible to find loopholes.

Nance. Gibbs sneered, "Mr. Ji said with a smile, okay, that's all for today's interview, and I'll do another interview with Ms. Siccone and end it, because we have been publishing a bi-weekly issue recently, and you are expected to be on the cover on August 2nd." ”

Ji Cheng looked at Nance. Gibbs is dumb and can't say how bitter he is, and he secretly laughs in his heart, sample, and he is still playing tricks with me? However, he was still very concerned about being on the cover of Time Magazine, so he smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for today's interview." ”

It's finally time magazine!

Or the cover character of the current issue!

It's the most intuitive way to expand your business influence!

Ji Cheng couldn't be happier in his heart, he expected that after he appeared on the cover of "Time Magazine", the company's performance would skyrocket!

Just when Ji Cheng was looking forward to it, he didn't notice that Madonna next to him was looking at him with a strange look, as if she was interested in him.