Chapter 692

That was the end of the incident in Hong Kong. Oh, there was still a small tail. As soon as Adriaan left, the Hong Kong newspapers published "Media Mogul Adrian Kewell Visits Hong Kong?" Such a report was accompanied by a big headline and a somewhat blurry photo.

After all, the Hong Kong paparazzi were taught by the British, and they worked hard to chase after the news. So even though Adriaan lived in seclusion in Hong Kong like he did in China, he was still discovered by an observant guy and secretly took a photo of him. No matter what, they still had to attend the necessary social engagements. Every cocktail party was attended by Hong Kong's bigwigs, so the paparazzi would naturally notice Adrian. If he appeared once or twice, it would be fine. But if he appeared many times, the paparazzi would definitely notice him and search for his information.

Unfortunately, they discovered it a little too late. If they had gone to the Peninsula Hotel a little earlier, they might have been able to catch a big scoop.

Even so, the news quickly spread throughout the Chinese community in East Asia, such as China or … Taiwan. It caused countless discussions. Some people guessed what he was going to do there, some people regretted that they missed the chance to see the legendary director, and others …

"They said you went there for 'Infernal Affairs'. Is that true?" Jerry Young, who was sitting on a chair in the suite, asked curiously as he flipped through the newspaper.

"Sort of, I just went there to take a look and talk about the adaptation rights for 'Infernal Affairs'." Adriaan replied with a smile, "Anyway, Hong Kong's film industry has dominated Southeast Asia for the past ten to twenty years. It's worth remembering. I've only been there once in 1996, and it's been almost eight years since then. It's good to see how things have changed."

As soon as he left, Media Asia took advantage of the Hong Kong media's coverage of the Hollywood mogul's visit to Hong Kong to announce that the adaptation rights for "Infernal Affairs" had been officially sold to Universal Pictures. Although there was no mention of Adrian in the announcement, and when the reporters asked him about it, they all replied with "no comment". But the more it was like this, the more people were sure that Adrian's visit to Hong Kong was mainly for this movie. Besides being a media mogul, he was also a miracle director. "Infernal Affairs" instantly attracted countless gazes, creating a wave of momentum for the upcoming "Infernal Affairs".

Although Adriaan found the reports funny, he just shrugged his shoulders. Media Asia did not breach the contract, did they? Those who swore that the miracle director might direct the Hollywood version of "Infernal Affairs" were only making guesses based on the information they had gathered. Wasn't the paparazzi best at saying that things that were possible — even if the probability was small — would definitely happen?

In a few years, when the Hong Kong people found out that the Hollywood version was directed and produced by someone else, their faces must be very interesting. Adriaan thought mischievously.

"You shouldn't have come to me, Jerry. You should talk to Victor. He's the CEO of the network group, isn't he?" He waved his hand. Adriaan knew why Jerry Young came to visit him.

"Yes, I know, but I don't think he knows as much about the Internet as you do." Jerry Young pushed his glasses up his nose and said, "Of course, I'm not saying that Mr. Kewell is lacking in this area, but compared to him, you obviously understand what YouTube means to Yahoo."

"Yes, I understand, but you have to understand, Jerry, YouTube won't be able to make a profit for a long time. In fact, the same is true for Facebook. Although they are very influential, Victor is very careful when operating them." Adrian explained, "So if Yahoo were to get YouTube, it would only be a burden on their shoulders. Victor's rejection of your proposal wasn't without reason."

Jerry Young went silent. He took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose. "So, you agree with Mr. Kewell, Eide?"

"How about this!" Adriaan smiled and said, "When I go back to the United States, I'll invite you guys together and have a more detailed market analysis. How about that?"

"Okay." Jerry Young, who knew he couldn't achieve his goal, nodded, then got up and said goodbye.

Looking at his regretful departure, Adrian just shrugged. But in his heart, he still admired him for being so persistent in chasing him from the United States to Taiwan. Most of the pioneers of the Internet saw the potential of YouTube. This website had been online for less than half a year, and its traffic had already surpassed many old websites. After the 2000 bubble, there were very few websites that could reach this level.

Unfortunately, although many Internet companies had ideas about YouTube, very few actually took action. The name of the founder, Adrian Kewell, said it all. It was not easy to take something from AC Media. Even though the company that owned YouTube seemed to have nothing to do with AC Media, it was not easy to take something from them.

Speaking up to this point, many people couldn't help but feel depressed. Two of the websites that developed rapidly after 2000 were created by that miraculous director, that media mogul. How did he do it?!

In this situation, Jerry Young was worthy of a thumbs up for Yahoo. However, he was not the only one taking action. The two founders of Google were also constantly contacting Victor and Adriaan. YouTube was different from Facebook. The latter was huge and had its own unique system. It was like a comprehensive shopping mall, while the latter was more flexible and more like a specialty store. The former was the best to cooperate with, while the latter was more suitable to incorporate into one's own system. As long as they could do this, it would be immeasurable for the development of the website.

Of course, the reason why Google and Yahoo could do things that other websites couldn't was because they had shares in Adriaan or AC Media.

Unfortunately, Adriaan did not plan to sell to any of them, at least not now. In his previous life, Twitter was the only one left of the three most famous online communities, and Twitter would be online in January next year. Therefore, even if he had any plans, it would be better to wait for them to take shape before discussing in detail.

Also, he still had high hopes for Google. Although Google was only a new website and was preparing to go public, they could not even describe their future in detail, except for Adriaan. More importantly, some things were not so easy to get rid of. Adriaan's status in Hollywood had played a big role in his rise in such a short time.

But even if Google benefited from it in the end, Adriaan would not allow them to become too big and gain more influence within the company. It was not beneficial for AC Media to have a monopoly, and that was why it was necessary to support Yahoo. Even if they could only catch up with Google, it was better than not being able to catch up at all.

"Yini, remember to give Victor a call. I need to talk to him when I get back." Adriaan called his female secretary.

"Got it. There are many invitations. Are you going to reject them all?" Ivanka's cold voice sounded. Ever since she came to the mainland, she had become invisible and watched him do whatever he wanted. It was normal for her to show her dissatisfaction.

"Of course!" Adriaan laughed. "It's not like you don't know. Soon …"

Before he could finish, the doorbell rang.

"Listen, she's here. That's it." Adriaan immediately hung up the phone and shook his head with a chuckle as he walked to the door.

As soon as he opened the door, a beautiful figure jumped into his arms with a fragrant breeze. Then, she kicked the door back in an unladylike manner, put her arms around his neck, and kissed his mouth. Adriaan held her waist and kissed her passionately as he backed away. In the end, they sat on the sofa and lingered for a few minutes before they separated.

"Do you know how much I missed you, Yuanyuan?" He held the girl's face and looked at her with a serious expression.

"Really?" Gao Yuanyuan blinked and smiled as if she did not believe it.

"Of course!" Adriaan immediately made a "how can you say that" look. "Do you want me to prove it to you now?"

"No!" Gao Yuanyuan was embarrassed and immediately punched him. Of course, she knew what he meant by proving it to her.

Adriaan laughed and rubbed his face against hers for a while before saying, "How do you feel? This is a treasure island. There are many things that look similar but are actually different."

"It's alright. It's just that some of the entertainment programs are a bit too much." Gao Yuanyuan shrugged and then smiled as if she thought of something. "Most of them ask me about 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre', but they don't mention a word about 'Battlestar Galactica.' If someone accidentally asks, it's quickly diverted."

Hearing this, Adriaan could not help but laugh. These people were too petty.

After he arrived in Taiwan, the first episode of "Battlestar Galactica" was finally broadcasted in mainland China. Without a doubt, as the first American sci-fi TV series to be imported, the ratings were quite good. The discussions on the internet were also unusually heated. In particular, Adriaan deliberately brought up the treatment that would only be available in mainland China a few years later to the present. He specially got people to re-edit the episode and even transferred the original person in charge of the production to supervise it. Under the condition of ensuring the quality, he increased Gao Yuanyuan's scenes. One could imagine how excited the Chinese audience would be when they saw this.

Moreover, Gao Yuanyuan did an outstanding job. Not to mention her specially trained acting skills, there was not much need to show her different personalities in the first season. Just the valiant look when she had short hair was enough to charm a large number of people. On a few major web portals, there were all kinds of praises for her, almost pushing her to the top of the throne of domestic TV actresses.

Of course, under Adriaan's guidance, Hua Yi had begun to further expand into online marketing, but most people were sincerely praising her. At this time, the hype on the internet had only just begun. It was far from the point where people would be disgusted by her in a few years. Moreover, she was working with Hollywood and had a lot of scenes. Naturally, people were very proud of her.

The mainland was happy, but the Taiwanese were inevitably jealous. Although Lin Zhiling had become an iconic figure on the island, and her cooperation with Will Smith was now widely known, she did not develop her career on the island. At most, she was endorsing some advertisements or appearing on some entertainment programs. Moreover, she had become an American citizen in the middle of this year. Even if Taiwan recognized dual citizenship, it was inevitable that these people would not be happy about it.

Although they were unhappy, they could not go against Lin Zhiling. After all, she was a name card of the island. At this time, as a mainlander, Gao Yuanyuan, who also worked with Hollywood and gained a lot of attention, came over to promote the TV series. It was normal for them to choose to ignore her to express their disapproval. After all, they were islanders, and it was inevitable for them to be petty.

"Don't worry about them. Sometimes, the more it is like this, the more outstanding you have to be. And the more outstanding you are, the more painful their faces will be slapped by an invisible hand," Adriaan comforted her.

"Okay." Gao Yuanyuan's eyes were curved, and she curled up in his arms. They chatted intimately for a long time until the clock struck.

"Oh, I still have a show to go to tonight." After looking at the time, Gao Yuanyuan quickly sat up.

"Why, you can't even have dinner with me?" Adriaan sighed and spread out his hands. "I've rejected many invitations."

"I'm sorry!" Gao Yuanyuan said coquettishly. "At most, I'll make it up to you when I have time."

"Make it up to me? You said that? "Adriaan raised his eyebrows.

"What … did you think of this time?" Gao Yuanyuan shrunk her neck in alarm.

"Nothing, it's just …" Adriaan whispered in her ear.

Gao Yuanyuan's eyes widened in shock, and then she bit her lips shyly. Finally, her eyes became complicated.

"This time again …" She put her hands on his shoulders, pursed her lips, and puffed up her cheeks. "Are you and sister Jingwen also …"

"You know, I'm a playboy." Adriaan's finger slid across her lips. "Don't worry, you're different from them. You're very precious. Even ten Jia Jingwens can't compare to one of you."

Gao Yuanyuan snorted and sighed. Then, she poked his chest with her finger and said in a helpless and angry tone, "Okay, you pervert, you … bad guy!"

The word "bad guy" was said so coquettishly that Adriaan couldn't help but cover her mouth again.

His request was actually very simple. After enjoying the bliss of "Zhao Min" and "Zhou Zhiruo" in Hong Kong, of course, he should enjoy it here again. Miss Jia should be very happy. Lin Xilei was in Taiwan. Of course, Lin Zhiling wasn't there. She had a movie to shoot, and she knew that he had to chase after women everywhere, so she naturally couldn't disturb him.

However, although he had to wait until tomorrow, before that, Adriaan still had a plate of appetizers to try. Guo Feili, who played "Yin SuSu," was also considered a cute person. She was from Li Jiapo, and this was Taiwan.

As for the former, in Asia, he had played in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and India. Since Li Jiapo had a suitable one, how could he miss it? As for the latter, when he was in mainland China and Hong Kong, he was more or less cautious. But in Taiwan, where AC Media was the most involved, Adriaan had a lot less to worry about.

Let's not talk about the details. With the help of some people, Guo Feili served him well and even agreed to act as Yin SuSu. Unfortunately, because of Gao Yuanyuan's feelings, he couldn't bring Yin SuSu, Zhou Zhiruo, and Zhao Min together. Originally, he had thought about it, but after putting another idea into action, he made a phone call to Hong Kong. Then, he had to deal with two pairs of Zhou Zhiruo and Zhao Min at the same time.

Although Adriaan was happy, Gao Yuanyuan was unusually unhappy. It seemed that she couldn't accept it. When it was just the two of them, Adriaan coaxed her for a long time, and she finally felt a little better.

"That She something, he looked so pure, but in the end …" She complained and touched her butt.

Adrian couldn't help but laugh. That bold and unrestrained woman was really too bold and unrestrained. She hugged the other three from behind and attacked them together. Of course, in the end, she was also ruthlessly tormented by the other three.

"Okay, I promise, there won't be a next time." Adriaan vowed in the end. Naturally, he had to give up on his original idea for now.

After that, Adriaan ended his trip to Taiwan and went to Korea. Gao Yuanyuan didn't go with him. Although her publicity work had ended, there were still a few advertisements in mainland China. They all came after "Battlestar Galactica" became a hit. Although he felt that she could totally not accept these advertisements, and that she would only become more famous in the future, Gao Yuanyuan felt that it was a good thing. She thought that it was an affirmation of herself. So be it. Anyway, Adriaan told her team to be careful with her image. She didn't want to be like some people who went overboard and ruined their own reputation.

In a little more than a week, Gao Yuanyuan would return to the United States to continue her acting classes. The previous training was targeted, and Adriaan had a lot of plans for her. She needed to adapt to the rhythm and atmosphere of Hollywood like Lin Zhiling. Moreover, he was going to Korea instead of returning to Los Angeles.

The reason why Adriaan went to Korea, in addition to checking out the situation of Samsung and furthering his plan, was because his pet was holding a concert in Seoul.

As mentioned before, although Britney was studying, she had been releasing singles and appearing in the media from time to time to maintain her popularity. This year, she had decided to hold a few small-scale concerts.

Because of Adriaan, her influence had long spread to East Asia, but she had only held a few concerts. Her world tour before her study ended in Tokyo. So this time, she decided to hold a venue in East Asia, focusing on Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Anyway, the scale was not big.