Chapter 390: Cashing in the Performance Card A residential area for senior cadres in Yuquan Mountain, Beijing. Du Xingguo got up half an hour earlier than usual. Today was the day his children came to see him. His sons and daughters would bring their grandchildren, big and small, back to see him every two weeks. It has been like this for many years. Unless I am busy outside and can't leave, I basically never miss a meeting. Ordinary elderly people obviously cannot enjoy such a filial scene, but if it is an old leader who still has deep political resources after retirement, it is a different matter. After getting up, people hadn't arrived yet, so he was not in a hurry. After breakfast, he took his folded paper and sat on the lounge chair in the yard, watching the sun while basking in the sun. His wife brought him a cup of warm water and said, "Xiaolan just called and said she can't come today. She's still in the United States, attending an art exhibition." Du Xingguo's brows knitted together for a moment. "How can you still be so out of tune when you're so grown up?" He paused, then asked hesitantly, "Has she told you about her relationship with Xueming? How are they going to deal with this now?" "She never told me." His wife shook her head.

"What a mess." Du Xingguo frowned even deeper, but then he sighed helplessly, "Forget it, there's nothing I can do about her." He really had no way to deal with his daughter. He had been worried about her since she was a child. She was rebellious when she was young. She came from a high-ranking military family, but she chose to be an actress. Not only did she become an actress, she also insisted on marrying an unknown director at the time despite her family's opposition. I even had a big fight with him, my father, about this matter. But when they were together, he accepted it reluctantly. After the rebellious guy married the director, he found that life was not going well and they often quarreled. He completely disobeyed the advice of the elderly and is suffering now. It's okay for you to rebel, but why don't you do something to prove that my opposition is wrong? "If they want to divorce, let them do it. It just so happens that Qingyue can take our surname." Du Xingguo shook his head, no longer caring about it, and continued reading his newspaper. While reading the newspaper, people started to come to my house. "Mom and Dad, we're here to see you." He has three sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter is a rebellious thing, while the younger daughter is more reliable and runs a company and is a boss. Of the two sons, one inherited the family resources and went to the military, and the other went into politics. The younger son was also a little unfocused, in his thirties, and still had no definite path, trying a little here and there. But fortunately, I didn't become an actor, so there's nothing to be too demanding. The whole family, along with their grandchildren, occupied half of the yard. Various greetings were heard one after another. Du Xingguo responded with a hearty smile, pulled over a few little kids who came over to say hello and asked them if they were good in school, and asked a few older grandchildren to go to the table and get food by themselves. Then, in the midst of the joy, someone else came in and said, "Grandpa, grandma, dad and I are here." Then, before he could respond, the little kids surrounding him ran over and called out "Sister!" and "Cousin!" The older grandchildren immediately gathered around as well. Du Xingguo didn't mind, he stood up with an even deeper smile on his face.

He looked towards the door, where a pretty and refreshing girl with short hair, fair skin, was smiling and dealing with the little radishes. In fact, among so many grandchildren, even including sons and daughters, his favorite is this granddaughter. He is smart, rational, steady, sophisticated and yet not old-fashioned. He has a spiritual aura that others do not have. Well, it combines the advantages of her eccentric mother and scheming father. Du Xingguo had a neutral impression of his son-in-law, but he liked his granddaughter very much. "Stop bothering your sister and go back to the room." He waited for the little rascals to say hello and wanted to help send them away. But he stopped talking halfway because "Sister, I saw the behind-the-scenes footage of your film on the way here. Did Wu Mu really learn Japanese, Korean, French and German in two months?" The grandchildren, who are already fourteen or fifteen years old and often play with their mobile phones, asked curiously. "I got it too, I got it too, it must be fake! My classmates all said that the celebrity has bad character and likes to lie all the time, and Professor Li Qidong even criticized him." "Keep your voice down! That guy is dating our sister! Didn't you see him on TikTok?" fall in love? The smile on Du Xingguo's face froze. The adults who were watching with smiles in the small courtyard were all stunned and subconsciously looked towards Lin Qingyue. The pretty girl with short hair, Lin Qingyue, had a somewhat helpless look on her face. This was the downside of dating a celebrity. As soon as there was any news, all kinds of groundless speculations would be flying around on the internet. It’s okay for people like her grandfather who don’t check their phones, but it’s inevitable that her cousins, who play with their phones all the time and are close to her and often search for her, will find out. Lin Qingyue looked around at her grandfather, uncles and aunts who were staring at her in astonishment, and smiled, "Yes, Wu Mu, my boyfriend." No. It is enough for you to inherit your mother's spiritual energy, do you want to inherit this as well? Du Xingguo had a complicated expression and didn't know what to say for a moment. He remembered the name Wu Mu. He had met him once at a party in the 1960s and 1970s. The song Wu Mu sang brought back his childhood memories. He still had a good impression of the star. But no matter how good he is, he is just a star after all. Lin Qingyue's uncles and aunts were obviously frowning as well. The two older uncles spoke directly, "Qingyue, how do you find a celebrity as your boyfriend?" My aunt was also speechless, "You've never dated before, and you're dating a celebrity?" Even my uncle, who was not very good at it, was hesitant. "The gap is too big, it will be hard to last long." Lin Qingyue's smile remained unchanged, "Wu Mu is quite good." Du Xingguo sighed helplessly in his heart. She's not like her mother, who just quarreled directly, but why does she seem more difficult to deal with than a direct quarrel? Du Xingguo pondered for a moment and asked, "What about the behind-the-scenes story that Xiaopeng and the others mentioned and the criticism from Professor Li Qidong?" Lin Qingyue explained, "It's a behind-the-scenes video of ours. Wu Mu had been learning foreign languages ​​in his free time during the filming. Because it was very explosive, we specially released it as a promotional video." It's indeed quite explosive, but it's a bit insulting to people's IQ.

Learn Japanese, Korean, French and German in two months? Even though he didn't know the details, Du Xingguo felt it was outrageous when he heard this. Lin Qingyue noticed the expression on his face and smiled helplessly, "Grandpa, this is not fake, it's real. Wu Mu really learned all this in two months, and we all watched from the side. He is very talented and learns everything quickly, not only Japanese, Korean, French and German, he already knew English, Russian and Cantonese." Ok? Du Xingguo looked at him in surprise. Lin Qingyue's uncles and aunts, including Lin Xueming, were also in the same mood. It was exactly the same feeling that Lin Qingyue had when she first learned about this. Are you kidding them? Do you have the talent to become a star? After staring at Lin Qingyue for a few seconds and making sure that she was not talking nonsense, Du Xingguo's impression changed a little. A simple star and a star with great talent who can learn seven or eight languages ​​are completely different things. At least think about it on the bright side. Compared with the offspring of such stars, their IQ can be raised a few points, right? Du Xingguo shook his head and said helplessly, "Forget it. I can't even control your mother, let alone you. Just make up your mind." Lin Qingyue smiled brightly, "Thank you, Grandpa. When I am free, I will bring him to see you." Wu Mu had no idea that he had been assigned the task of meeting the parents. He is "working" in the company at this time. "Boss, our fans have increased again!" Shu Mei said excitedly beside him. Although she was generally optimistic about the matter, she still felt that she had to wait until at least the behind-the-scenes footage was almost finished, and the French and German content was released, and then find an opportunity to confirm that their boss could indeed speak French and German, before the public opinion could be reversed. Unexpectedly, before that time even came, the black hot searches on the Internet were still there, but the magical thing was that Wu Mu not only did not lose fans, but actually gained fans. And the number of followers has increased a lot, with an average increase of 300,000 on each platform. The number of fans on Weibo has reached million, which is one step closer to the 10 million mark. These million are all real living people. I wouldn’t say that every one of them is an active user and frequently uses Weibo to follow his news, but at least they haven’t swiped a single one. The value of the posts is much higher than those exaggerated posts by celebrities on Weibo that are full of water content. Shu Mei was reporting, but Wu Mu didn't care much about the fans. He was paying attention to another thing. [Items: Performance Card (14 million) x2, Profit Card ( million) x] Wu Mu looked at the number of prop cards on his system panel. He had been saving performance cards and profit cards for a while and had not used them. Now, they had accumulated to a considerable number. 14 performance cards with a value of 2 million each and profit cards with a value of million each, adding up to million. It would be a waste to leave so many prop cards unused. You can exchange some of them and put them in the bank as cash to at least earn interest. But if we want to cash it out, what project should we use to cash it out? Wu Mu checked the company's recent work reports. There have been quite a few people looking for him to be endorsed recently, and the invitations are piling up like a thick stack. But he looked carefully and found nothing particularly suitable.

You can’t just take endorsements randomly, there are many things to consider. For example, whether his celebrity style is suitable, several liquor brands invited him to endorse the product, and the offer was not low, but it was obviously impossible for him to accept such an endorsement that did not match his own image. For example, regarding the brand's industry strength, several small mobile phone brands have also invited him and offered high prices, but he cannot accept such offers. Similar endorsements generally have exclusive agreements. If he accepts this brand, he cannot accept others. If he accepts the invitations from these small mobile phone manufacturers now, it is equivalent to giving up invitations from large mobile phone manufacturers in the future. Other factors include brand reputation, whether the price offered is reasonable, whether any sensitive areas are involved, etc. After reviewing each item one by one, there are only a few suitable ones. After reading the endorsement invitation, Wu Mu shook his head and put it down. If the endorsement cannot be fulfilled, then... Wu Mu thought of his traditional performing arts. However, when performing traditional arts, you can also return favors. Wu Mu looked at Shu Mei who was still reporting, "Amei, what does your family do?" Shu Mei was obviously stunned. What’s going on? Why is her brother suddenly asking her this? She was confused and hesitated, "My dad runs an electrical appliance company, what's wrong?" Electrical company? Wu Mu had always known that Shu Mei should not be short of money, but he had no idea how much money her family had or what she did for a living. This is the first time I'm asking this. “Which company specifically?” "Jiaan Electric." Shu Mei replied. Wu Mu recalled the name and was surprised, "Is your family so rich?" Shu Mei waved her hands modestly, "No, it's not just my father's, it's owned by many shareholders together." But even as she said this, she was secretly glancing at her brother. Well, my brother knows that she is a high-quality rich woman, so he just doesn’t want to work hard anymore! Although she admitted that her brother's annual income of billion was a little bit more, it was just a little bit! But her family is not bad either. Jiaan Electric is a leading enterprise in the electrical appliance industry on Bluestar. It is a listed company with a market value of more than 300 billion yuan, crushing billion yuan in total market value. Even if there are many shareholders, as the boss, Shu Mei's father must have a net worth of tens of billions. With such a rich family, it’s no wonder they can spend money so freely. Wu Mu nodded, and without beating around the bush, he said directly, "Then ask your dad if your company wants to sell goods through live streaming. I have nothing else to do, so I can start a live streaming to sell goods." Eh? Do you want to sell goods through live streaming when you have nothing to do? Shu Mei was confused and felt that she could not keep up with her brother's jumping thoughts. Wu Mu smiled and continued, "We won't charge him for the slot, but just take a commission. We can pay the commission according to normal practice."

Well, by the way, I'll give back to Shu Mei. When he wanted to return the money Shu Mei had given him for buying the album, Shu Mei said she would repay him in another way. That just happened to be the case, so he took the opportunity to cash in his performance card and did it. (End of this chapter)