If the male protagonist in the American TV series "House of Cards" is compared to a university professor, then Schwarzenegger's political wisdom in front of him can barely reach the level of a middle school student.
Li Mu discovered that although Schwarzenegger was elected governor, it can be seen from this interview that his soul is still in the entertainment industry.
Celebrities in the entertainment industry are too good at exposing themselves and are too keen on exposure, so they have always released satellites. No matter whether anything is reliable or not, or how high the success rate is, they should first throw it out to win a wave of eyeballs. Among them, a certain person who played the role of Monkey King Teacher Liu knows this very well. China and the United States have been co-producing for more than ten years. It doesn’t matter whether they film or not. The satellites must be released now.
However, a truly wise politician will not blindly pursue the launch of satellites. He will assess the situation based on the actual situation. If it is necessary to launch satellites early, he will not delay them; if he needs to launch them later, he will never be impatient.
In Li Mu's view, Schwarzenegger should not have given face to Schwarzenegger and attended his inauguration ceremony, and he should not have exposed it to the public at this time.
First of all, Schwarzenegger's eagerness to be exposed now does make Li Mu feel a little uncomfortable, because he feels that he has become a kind of capital for Schwarzenegger to brag in front of the media and increase his worth. This incident is equivalent to adding a barrier between the two people;
Secondly, in Li Mu's view, even if he is a heavyweight guest, Schwarzenegger should not be exposed in advance at this time. Exposing in advance will only increase people's expectations, but keeping the secret secret can make everyone stunned at the critical moment. , the latter is obviously more impactful than the former.
This is like China's first atomic bomb. After the explosion, it was announced to the world on its own initiative, which brought a huge shock to the West. On the contrary, if everyone clamored in advance to prepare to test the nuclear bomb, let alone how big the shock would be. I can't even imagine how much trouble it will cause.
Li Mu sees this issue relatively thoroughly. If Schwarzenegger can bring certain benefits to himself, the superficial relationship must at least continue to be stable. After all, he will be in power in California for eight years; Once you are satisfied, you will gradually become distant and lose contact.
On the second night after Schwarzenegger was elected, Spielberg, Anne Hathaway and other Hollywood actors and staff left China on an Air China Boeing 747. Li Mu was preparing to take office at Schwarzenegger. Depart from China two days before the ceremony.
The Gulfstream G550 that Chen Ze helped Li Mu buy had already been purchased. Li Mu bought it to meet the demand for traveling to and from the United States and Europe. This time, he could drive it out for a walk.
Because Schwarzenegger leaked Li Mu's itinerary in advance, Li Mu had been receiving inquiries from various media in the past few days before leaving for the United States. Many American media even wanted to take the opportunity to ask Li Mu for a face-to-face interview. Li Muquan asked Li Ziwei to reject him, but unexpectedly, "Times" actually sent an invitation to Li Mu. Their editor-in-chief expressed the hope that Li Mu could become the cover character of the next issue of "Times" and provide Li Mu with Do an exclusive interview.
Li Ziwei excitedly conveyed the news to Li Mu and said happily: "Mr. Li, none of our Chinese Internet entrepreneurs has ever appeared on the cover of this weekly!"
Li Mu frowned slightly and asked her, "Is it the American version or the Asian version?"
Li Ziwei blurted out: "American version."
Li Mu has the impression that Baidu’s boss Li once appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, but that seemed to be the Asian version.
The influence of Time Magazine is indeed very great. Being invited to be the cover star is indeed a precious honor for Li Mu, but he himself is not very interested.
As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong. Li Mu is now famous to the extreme, and there is no need to take a copy of Time Magazine too seriously. So Li Mu said to Li Ziwei: "My trip to the United States has already been completed. The schedule is full and I don’t have time to do an exclusive interview with them. If they want to use me as the cover, I can authorize them to take a photo of me and my parents on my third birthday. As for the exclusive interview, forget about it. They can write whatever they want. Let them play freely.”
Li Ziwei said in surprise: "Mr. Li, this is Time Magazine! You can't treat it so casually. How many people dream of being on the cover of Time Magazine. This is a good publicity opportunity for you." , and it’s also a great honor!”
Li Mu smiled and said: "Are you stupid? In terms of information delivery capabilities, can Time Magazine compare to us? Who can use whom for publicity?"
After that, Li Mu added: "Okay, don't take Time Magazine too seriously. If they think I'm important enough to be on their cover, let them write what I write. I don't care. But I won’t take time to cooperate with them in conducting exclusive interviews. We don’t need a copy of Time Magazine to increase our value.”
Li Ziwei stuck out her tongue and said, "Then just pick a photo of yourself that is more handsome and give it to them. For example, the photo of you when you gave a speech at Harvard. I think there are many snapshots that are very good."
Li Mu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone chooses their most satisfactory photo to put on the cover, and I do the same. What I am most satisfied with is not a certain snapshot of myself, but the life photo I took with my parents when I was three years old. sunshine."
As he spoke, Li Mu picked up his wallet from his desk and took out a somewhat yellowed old photo. This photo was taken in an old photo studio. Li Mu was wearing a small sweater knitted by his mother and holding a bunch of photos. With the plastic flowers provided by the museum, his father and mother squatted beside him respectively, holding his waist and back on the left and right. Although the background was the Tiananmen mural, which looked fake, the three members of the family all had natural expressions on their faces. The happy smile couldn't be more real.
In the upper right corner of the photo, there are also gilded words written: "Li Mu's third birthday commemoration". The gilded strokes are already somewhat naturally mottled.
Li Mu handed the photo to Li Ziwei and said, "Look, this photo is very memorable. It contains me, my parents, and Tiananmen, our landmark building in China. If you look carefully, you can see the flying five stars." red flag."
Li Ziwei stared at the photo for a long time and sighed sincerely: "My godfather and godmother were really talented and beautiful when they were young."
Li Mu nodded and said, "They are both good-looking and capable of fighting."
Li Ziwei hummed, then thought of something and said hurriedly: "Mr. Li, please go to the American version of Time Magazine. Is your photo too local-style?"
Li Mu smiled nonchalantly and said: "In their eyes, apart from my money, what interests them is my exotic charm as a Chinese. If I wear a suit and tie, my exotic charm will Wouldn’t it be a big discount?”
Li Ziwei pursed her lips and smiled. Seeing that Li Mu was very insistent, she had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I'll reply to them first and see what they think about it."
Li Mu instructed: "By the way, tell them that it doesn't matter how the content is written, but there is one thing that must be avoided."
"You tell me, I'll pass it on to them."
Li Mu said: "Never say that I am favored by God or blessed by God. Tell them that I am a firm atheist."
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Felix, the editor-in-chief of Time Magazine, was somewhat dissatisfied with the decision of Time Warner, the parent company of Time Magazine, to put Li Mu on the cover of the American version of Time Magazine.
In Felix's view, Li Mu is indeed a very powerful person, but at his core, this guy is a white supremacist racist and has a strong prejudice against Chinese and even yellow people.
He never thought that Li Mu would appear on the cover of the American version of Time Magazine, which he was responsible for, but he did not expect that Time Warner's senior management directly called him and asked him to position Li Mu as the cover character of the next issue.
While protesting, Felix pointed the blame to the Asian editorial department of Time Magazine in Hong Kong. In his view, Li Mu was Asian anyway, so it was natural for him to be on the cover of the Asian edition.
However, Time Warner's executives did not give him any chance to refute. On the contrary, they gave him a death order, demanding that Li Mu be assigned to the next issue.
Felix realized that the senior management had strong intentions, so he sent an email to Li Mu's assistant, Li Ziwei, and got in touch.
Felix originally thought that Li Mu would agree without hesitation when he heard the news, because this was an absolute honor for any Chinese entrepreneur.
In Felix's view, so far, no Chinese entrepreneur has been on the cover of Time Magazine, and in Japan, which is not far away from China, only Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita and SONY founder Akio Morita have such great reputations in the West. Only entrepreneurs who have accumulated fame for many years have such an opportunity. Li Mu is expected to become the first entrepreneur in China. For him, this must be a dream come true.
Just as he was thinking this, his assistant came over to report and said: "Mr. Felix, Li Mu's personal assistant just talked to me on the phone. She said that Li Mu can be on our cover, but there are a few requirements."
Felix snorted coldly and said, "Let him be on the cover. Does he still have demands?"
The assistant nodded and said awkwardly: "Li Mu designated a photo taken with his parents when he was three years old, and said that if we want him to be on the cover, we must use this photo."
"What a stinking piece of shit!" Felix sneered: "So far, I have never heard of any adult who would use his childhood photos in Time Magazine."
The assistant said helplessly: "Also, Li Mu said that he will not accept any interviews, so if we want to write about him, we have to do it ourselves."
"Don't accept interviews?! What a big deal!"
The assistant nodded and said: "What Li Ziwei means is that we can play freely, as long as we don't deliberately smear and attack Li Mu, it will be fine."
After that, he thought of something and hurriedly added: "By the way, there is one last point. Li Mu said that he is an atheist, so when we write about him, God cannot appear... "
(End of chapter)