Chapter 426 Deposit
"Sanjin, Yanyan and Bingbing have already returned to New York."

"Yes, they called."

"Are you going to rest at home this afternoon?"

"I can't rest. I have to go to Beijing Sport University for training."

"By the way, Sanjin, I heard that Sina is developing a social software called Weibo, and Penguin and Sohu are also working on it."

"When I signed the contract with Penguin last time, I mentioned that the Facebook in the United States was modeled after that thing?"

"I don't know. Penguin said that during the internal testing period, they hope that our group company will support us to join, and you will be the spokesperson for the Penguin software."

"Oh, by the way, Sister Xue, how is Jingdong now?"

"It's going pretty well. Boss Liu said he's going to raise the second round of B financing next year."

"How much does he want?"

“He probably doesn’t want to give up too many shares, and he only plans to raise 20 to 30 million US dollars in the B round.”

"Not much. If Boss Liu is willing, we can continue to participate."

"Boss Liu should be able to bring in other capital and won't let us take up too many shares. Also, Sanjin, the accounting firm has been set up. Also, I've asked the sporting goods company to speed up the process and use your influence in track and field to launch the product as soon as possible."

"Is there a schedule? When?"

"The schedule has always been there. The styles of mid-range, low-end and ultra-low-end sports shoes and basketball shoes have been finalized. This is the last batch of high-end shoes that need to be finalized."

"After all the money has been paid, we will start promoting it and try to launch the product before the Golden League is completed, especially before the Shanghai race on the 28th."

“Will it be launched in the country first?”

"Well, the overseas sales channels are still being established, but the domestic ones have been completed, and we just need to distribute the products."

"Technical aspects?"

"I originally planned to develop only low- and mid-range products to reserve some technical reserves, but I finally decided to launch high-end shoes with world-class technology."

"Sister Xue, if we don't have the technical reserves for the best shoes, it will be difficult for us to upgrade them in the future."

"In terms of technology reserves, there is still at least one year after the launch. We will use the recovered funds to increase development efforts and strive to come up with new technology within a year, before next year's Olympics."

"Besides, we have to conquer the domestic sports shoe market first. The overseas market is not so easy to get."

"Even with your influence, it's still difficult to expand overseas, so even if the high-end shoe technology is a little behind, it won't have a big impact on the company's development in the past two years."

"Okay then. Sister Xue, please be careful and don't be too busy. The film company is going to be listed, the sports company is a lot of things to deal with, and we have to take care of the children. We can't ruin our health for money."

"Don't worry, the group is recruiting people every day. I just make the decisions."

After talking about the company, Yang Xue mentioned Li Lianjie again and said, "He came to me last time and wanted us to donate to his fund. I donated 100,000 yuan."

"One hundred thousand is a little less, right?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

"A lot."

Yang Xue shook her head and said, "Sanjin, you are not the boss, so you don't know some things. Now every day people come to the company to ask for donations and sponsorships from this department or that unit. Many of them cannot be refused. The group counted the donations and sponsorships last month, and the total amount from all companies and the group was more than three million."

"More than three million a month?" He Zhongqiu was shocked.

Yang Xue said: "Last year, the group company received more than 6,000 letters asking for donations and sponsorships, so I can't refuse now. I usually donate 50,000 or 100,000 yuan, and I can't exceed this amount."

"Is Li Lianjie satisfied?" He Zhongqiu asked curiously.

Yang Xue said, "Satisfied. He said that he found many wealthy people to donate money, usually tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. The same is true for those billionaires in Hong Kong with a net worth of tens of billions."

"The situation of those wealthy people is the same as ours. They also receive a lot of donation letters every year. They donate tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan a year."

"Li Lianjie said that this time he found a billionaire with a net worth of 1.5 billion yuan, who will only donate 1.5 million yuan a year. It's a fixed amount. Once the donation is completed, he will donate another million yuan the next year. No one will give more."

"Our group company's donations and sponsorships last year totaled nearly 30 million RMB, which is relatively small in comparison."

He Zhongqiu thought for a while and said, "Then let's set a quota. We can donate part of the money we earn from society to charity."

"Yes. That's my plan, but the company is still in its development stage and can't compete with those wealthy people who are already on the right track. Let's set it at 30 million a year, right? Donations of 50,000 or 100,000 each can be used hundreds of times."

"it is good."

In the afternoon, He Zhongqiu went to the Beijing Sport University National Training Base, and with the help of his private track and field team, he started intensive training again.

Li Hong also returned to China. She was rushing back to record Cross-Strait TV and couldn't wait for the World Championships to end. She attended the General Administration's celebration banquet and went home to rest first.

"Sister, you are back."

"Xiaojun, when did you come?"

When she got home and just inserted the key, the door opened. It turned out that her younger brother Li Jun was at her house.

"I just arrived and cooked for you." Li Jun said.

"No, you eat by yourself. I just came back from the celebration banquet of the General Administration of Sports and drank a little." Li Hong said while changing shoes.

"Sister, you're going to be famous this time." Li Jun put a pair of slippers at Li Hong's feet and said happily.

"is it?"

"No."

After Li Hong put on her slippers, she went to the living room and sat down on the sofa. Li Jun quickly poured her a cup of hot water, and the siblings started chatting.

"Xiaojun, you should work hard in He's company and learn more. I have established some friendship with Zhongqiu and Yangxue. As long as you are capable, I will take care of you."

"Sister, I understand. I will try my best."

"Last time we had dinner on the rooftop of Qiuxue Building, the couple were very nice and asked you to go upstairs to eat. It was a pity that you were not in the company. It would have been nice if you went up to meet them, but they didn't know you."

"Director Feng's dinner had already started. Seeing that I could drink a lot, he specifically asked me to help him block the drinking."

"Well, let's find another chance next time."

After resting for a while, Li Hong went to CCTV.

"Li Hong, congratulations! In just a few days, you have become an internationally renowned journalist and host."

"Where?" "Li Hong, you are so lucky!"

"hehe!"

She went back to Channel 4 first. As soon as she arrived at the international channel, some colleagues saw her and some were envious and jealous.

"director."

"Li Hong is back."

When we arrived at Director Liu's office, Director Liu said, "Li Hong, the station has already decided that you will be the host of this year's Spring Festival Gala."

"Really?" She couldn't believe it.

She has been at CCTV for several years and has been working on Channel 4. She has hosted a program on Channel 3 and has never had the opportunity to host large or medium-sized programs on the station. She doesn't even dare to think about the Spring Festival Gala.

"The station was originally planning to let you perform at the National Day Gala, but the Shanghai Golden League will be held on the 28th, and you don't have enough time," Director Liu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Director Liu." Li Hong hurriedly expressed her gratitude.

"Why should you thank me? It was decided by the station. Several station directors mentioned your name without any prior arrangement." Director Liu shook his head and smiled.

"Red Team."

"Shishi, why are you in such a hurry?"

After leaving Director Liu's office, she was about to go to Set 5 when Li Shishi got the letter and ran over to find her.

"What can I do? Please take me with you!"

"Hey, the China-Korea Mid-Autumn Festival Concert is about to begin. You should get busy now."

"The 25th, it's still early. Red Team, I heard you're going to be on the Spring Festival Gala?"

"Well, Director Liu just said something, but there is no official notification yet."

"Sister Hong, please, do me a favor. I want to invite Wolverine to the China-Korea Concert. Do you think it's possible? I checked and he has time."

Li Hong was stunned and said unhappily: "How can I help you? He is not a singer."

"Sister Hong, with his fame, he can stand on the stage and command thunderous applause and cheers from thousands of people even without singing a single word!"

"You think too much. I don't have that much face."

"Sister Hong?"

"Stop acting like a spoiled brat, okay? Oh, I'm afraid of you! Last time he said he would treat us to a meal, so you can talk to him yourself then."

"Oh, really? Haha, that's great!"

In the next few days, Li Hong was so busy that she recorded two more episodes of Cross-Strait TV and then participated in some other activities at the station.

She has become CCTV's most internationally renowned reporter and host. The activities arranged for her by the station in recent days are all very important. Two of them even involve foreign affairs, interviewing visiting foreign politicians.

She is a cross-strait host specializing in political current affairs, and interviewing politicians is something she is good at.

Although she is busy, she is very happy. She used to be just the host of a cross-strait program, but now she works part-time as a reporter and her career field has expanded greatly.

Moreover, in the field of journalism, she has directly reached the top level among journalists, and her status in CCTV is no worse than that of Bai Shui and others.

However, this also made her the subject of much jealousy in the station, and there were even rumors that she and He Zhongqiu had an improper relationship.

After five days of training, He Zhongqiu's triple jump reached level 81, and his best training result reached 17.21 meters. With more practice, he will have no problem reaching the A standard.

At noon on the 5th, when they were having lunch at home, Yang Xue said, "Sanjin, you said last time that you wanted to treat Li Hong to a meal, how about we arrange it today?"

"Okay, sister, you arrange it." He Zhongqiu nodded.

"Then do you want to call Li Hong or should I?" Yang Xue asked.

"Go ahead and hit me. Oh, and hit Li Shishi who wants to eat the rich man too, so that you won't say I'm stingy."

"it is good."

Yang Xue thought for a moment and said, "Then let's eat Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. There used to be a private restaurant run by the descendants of a chef in Chunhualou. I ate there once and the cooking skills were pretty good."

"it is good."

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, when He Zhongqiu arrived, everyone at the table had already arrived and was waiting for him.

Li Hong, Li Shishi, Li Jun and Yang Xue did not invite anyone else. When they came out of Qiuxue Building, they happened to meet Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo, father and daughter, so they invited them.

After greeting each other and exchanging a few pleasantries, they started eating.

"Director Zhang, you've been very busy lately, right?" He Zhongqiu asked.

Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "I am quite busy, running between art performances and movies."

He Zhongqiu was startled and asked, "What did you take a picture of?"

Yang Xue said, "Director Zhang has started a war film and it's almost finished."

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "It's adapted from a real person. It was written by your company's editor. I thought it was good after reading it, so I filmed it."

After chatting about movies for a while, Li Shishi took the opportunity to ask, "Wolverine, hehe, I invite you to participate in the China-Korea Concert on September 9th, is that okay?"

"China-Korea singing competition?"

He Zhongqiu was startled, and said helplessly: "Girl, Han Guo and I don't get along very well, don't you know?"

"Ah?" Li Shishi was stunned.

Li Hong covered her forehead and laughed, then kicked Li Shishi and told her to stop talking.

"Sister Hong, you didn't tell me either." Li Shishi said aggrievedly.

"I forgot."

Li Hong saw Li Shishi's face full of disbelief and an expression of "Sister Hong, you tricked me", and hurriedly said, "I really forgot."

(End of this chapter)