Chapter 250 International Valentine’s Day and Tanabata

As of February 5, Xingyuan has raised a total of 180,000 donations.

Then Xingyuan’s executives added 10,000 each, and Luo Fan himself added 50,000, making a total of 300,000.

Luo Fan asked Wang Hui to hand over the money to someone in his department.

The next day, Luo Fan came to the company for a walk and left immediately. He was on holiday on February 7th. He had nothing to do here, and he stayed in the company just sitting.

Luo Fan came home and asked a cleaner to clean the house inside and out.

Then I drove my q7 to McDonald’s to buy a family bucket and some egg tarts for dinner.

Li Jingyi came back today and entered the door less than 5 o’clock earlier.

The two ate the fast food that Luo Fan bought together, and discussed what to buy for home tomorrow.

At 9 o’clock the next morning, Luo Fan drove Li Jingyi to a nearby shopping mall. It took more than 3 hours for the two of them to buy everything that was ordered yesterday.

There are gifts for their parents, and there are some messy health products that go out as gifts.

After buying the New Year’s goods, the two casually found a place to eat and then drove home.

The 9th is New Year’s Eve, so Luo Fan was not in a hurry, the car drove very slowly, and slept in the service area for the night.

At 10:30 a.m. on the 8th, Luo Fan and Li Jingyi returned to their hometown.

Perhaps it was because during the Chinese New Year last year, a lot of relatives and friends from Luo Fan’s grandfather’s house came to him, and he was not at all comfortable, and there was no New Year atmosphere.

So this year, Luo Fan’s parents simply brought Luo Fan’s grandparents to the city for Chinese New Year.

When Luo Fan returned, the family was making dumplings!

Cao Hongying taught Luo Fan how to make dumplings, but Luo Fan only learned how to make dumpling wrappers, but he never knew how to make dumplings.

However, it was not his turn to intervene at the moment. Cao Hongying and Grandma Luo Fan were able to wrap things up very quickly, and they didn’t need their help at all.

It happened that Luo Hai had something to tell Luo Fan, he winked at Luo Fan, and the father and son went to Luo Fan’s room together.

“Dad, what are you doing? It’s mysterious, what can’t you say in front of my mother?” Luo Fan asked.

“Didn’t you do a fruit and vegetable supply job for our town before?”

Rowan nodded.

“Many people in our town have made money because of this. Many young people think this is a good way. Many of them have returned to the town to grow greenhouse vegetables and the like.”

“It’s not a good thing!”

“It’s a good thing, but your grandfather called me that day and said that your uncle wanted to come back too.”

“Do I have an uncle? Didn’t he cut off contact with my grandparents?” Luo Fan asked with a frown.

Luo Fan has always had no good feelings for his uncle. In the past, Luo Fan’s aunt had a bad relationship with Luo Fan’s grandmother.

When the hometown divided the fields, Luo Fan’s grandmother planned to give half of the two brothers to each other, but Luo Fan’s aunt said that Luo Hai, the eldest brother, had gone to the city and would definitely not come back to farm, so he gave them all Just do it.

Luo Fan’s grandmother disagreed, thinking that the two brothers should be separated equally.

Because the two had a big fight, and Luo Hai’s uncle chose to stand by his wife. After the two sides quarreled, he cut off contact with Luo Fan’s grandparents. It has been 7 or 8 years. .

Luo Hai smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, and he guessed that Luo Fan would have this attitude.

Cao Hongying was even more upset.

For so many years, the two of them have been taking care of the elderly. Now that they have made money, they still have the face to come back.

Cao Hongying felt that Luo Hai’s younger brother would pass by during the Chinese New Year, so he brought the two old men over.

“Dad, don’t you want me to help persuade my mother and my grandma?”

Luo Hai stopped talking, obviously that’s what he thought.

“Dad, can you stop being a bad guy?”

“What makes me a bad guy, that’s my brother, your uncle.”

“Then why hasn’t he come back to see my grandparents for so many years? A white-eyed wolf is a white-eyed wolf. No matter how many times you help him, it won’t change. Don’t talk about it, I won’t help.” Said After that, Rowan turned around and left.

On New Year’s Eve, Luo Fan and Luo Hai went back to their hometown together, posted couplets to their hometown and hung up lanterns.

Luo Hai hesitated a few times on the road, but Luo Fan noticed it, but he didn’t see it directly. Such relatives are only profit-seeking. They helped them today, and maybe they will go to the company to be an executive tomorrow.

Luo Fan didn’t want to be associated with them.

In the evening, the family gathered together to watch the Spring Festival Gala.

On the first day of the new year, Luo Fan and Li Jingyi went to Xingyuan Cinema to watch a movie together. There is also a VIP screening room here. As the boss of Xingyuan, as long as he wants to use this VIP screening room, there must be empty space there. come out.

After watching the movie, the two ate some snacks on the street.

This year’s Chinese New Year is February 9th, and Valentine’s Day is February 14th, which is the fifth day of the first day of the new year. Everyone hasn’t gone to work yet. When Luo Fan and Li Jingyi came out, the street was full of people.

“Wow! Seriously, I never thought there were so many people in our city.” Li Jingyi couldn’t help sighing.

“Actually, it’s quite normal. Our city is called a city, and its physical size is a county. There are no pillar industries in the city. Many young people have gone to work in other places, and they will only come back when the festival is over.”

“makes sense.”

“But there are indeed many people. If you want me to say, we shouldn’t come out today.” Luo Fan said helplessly.

“Anyway, it’s Valentine’s Day, so there should be a sense of ceremony, right?”

“I, Luo Fan, love the country and the party have never been a festival.” Luo Fan said sternly.

“Speaking of the Western Festival, our Valentine’s Day should be the Qixi Festival, right?” Li Jingyi asked.

“What! Qixi is not our Valentine’s Day. To say which holiday is more inclined to Valentine’s Day among traditional festivals, it should be the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The so-called Chinese Valentine’s Day, just like the Valentine’s Day on February 14, is a hype by businesses and a trap of consumerism. ”

“What about the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl?” Li Jingyi asked.

“You are too embarrassed to mention the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, but you don’t think about it, the Cowherd and Weaver Girl can only see one day a year, how could the ancients choose this day as Valentine’s Day!

Counting it down, the transformation of Qixi Festival into Valentine’s Day is actually related to the Red Bean Group. The initiator is Zhou Yaoting, the owner of the Red Bean Group.

so what! You don’t need to mention the hard-fought couple, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, if you regard Qixi Festival as a Chinese Valentine’s Day. I suggest you to thank this President Zhou more. ”

“Then why didn’t he choose the Lantern Festival, the Chinese Valentine’s Day in the true sense?” Li Jingyi asked.

“It’s very simple! Because the Lantern Festival usually falls in February, and International Valentine’s Day is on February 14, two Valentine’s Days can’t be too close, right?

When Valentine’s Day is twice a month, how do merchants scour the wool? ”

“Uh, Luo Fan, is your explanation too unromantic?”

“Where is the romance in business behavior? You are now an executive of a first-tier Internet company with a valuation of tens of billions of yuan. Can you be realistic?”

“Then according to you, what is the original meaning of Qixi Festival?”

“This should start from the origin of the Qixi Festival. The Qixi Festival is also known as the Qiqiao Festival, the Qijie Festival, the Girls’ Festival, the Qiqiao Festival, the Qinianghui, and the Qixi Festival.

In ancient China, the sun, the moon and the five planets of water, fire, wood, gold and earth were combined together and called “Qi Yao”, which shows that the Qixi Festival is actually derived from the worship of the stars.

About three or four thousand years ago, with people’s understanding of astronomy and the emergence of textile technology, records about the Altair star Vega appeared.

However, in ancient times, people worshiped the stars far more than Altair and Vega. They believed that there were seven stars in each of the east, west, north, and south, which were collectively called the twenty-eight stars. Among them, the Big Dipper was the brightest and could be used to identify the direction at night.

The first star of the Big Dipper is called Kuixing, also known as the leader. Later, with the introduction of the imperial examination system, the top scholar in the middle class was called “Dakui Tianshi”, and scholars called Qixi Festival “Kuixing Festival”, also known as “Book Sunning Festival”, maintaining the earliest traces of Qixi Festival originating from the worship of stars.

The Qixi Festival was originally called Qixi Festival, and it was called Qixi Festival because it was held on the seventh night of the seventh lunar month.

“It turns out that the Qixi Festival appeared so early? Then what were people doing on the Qixi Festival in ancient times?” Li Jingyi asked.

“The record about Qixi Festival first appeared in Ge Hong’s “Xijing Miscellaneous Notes” in the Eastern Jin Dynasty: “Han Cai women often wear seven-hole needles on the 7th day of the seventh lunar month in the Kaijinlou, and people are familiar with it. ”

This means that the palace maids of the Han Dynasty often competed in threading needles on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the palace building where they sewed clothes, and the folks followed suit.

In the beginning, it was only the days when women competed and learned the skills of female celebrities. This custom is called begging for skill, that is, begging for ingenuity.

With the passage of time, new content may have been added to the Qixi Festivals of the past dynasties, but women’s begging for cleverness has always been the same, and the custom of dating women and men on Qixi Festival has never appeared in ancient times.

If I have to say it, during the Qixi Festival, there is a custom where unmarried women can wear beautiful clothes and have dinner and play with their little sisters.

Therefore, the Qixi Festival is not related to Valentine’s Day at all, at most it is the Doll’s Day. ”

Hearing this, Li Jingyi was a little speechless, but she actually knew that it was under the influence of the ancient Confucian concepts such as the Three Cards and Five Persistences.

Women don’t even go out so casually, let alone date men.

Being slapped in the face by Luo Fan’s unromantic explanation, Li Jingyi didn’t want to continue playing.

The two found a restaurant to sit down and ordered two delicious dishes.

During the New Year, every family is full of big fish and big meat. At this time, everyone is tired of eating meat. It is the kingly way to eat more dishes.

After lunch, Luo Fan sent Li Jingyi home.

The next morning the two drove back to Shanghai.

On February 16, the first day of the company’s official work, Qin Beibei and Wang Jing have already started the preparations for the charity plan.

The name of this plan, Luo Fan, thought about it and decided to use the water drop from his previous life.

Drops of water make a river, and people’s goodwill can change the world together. This name is actually quite good.

Then Cao Shuai came to Luo Fan’s office and reported to him about the preparations for the film.

“Boss, our company invested 12 million in the movie “Charlotte Annoyance”, occupying 60% of the shares.

At the same time, we also reached an agreement with Happy Twist. They agreed that Star Entertainment would invest in their own company. I purchased 51% of their company with 24 million yuan, forming an absolute holding. ”

After listening to Cao Shuai’s words, Luo Fan nodded and said, “Very good, but Mr. Cao, you have to remember one thing, we don’t want to interfere with the operations of these subsidiaries.

We need to learn more from Penguin on this point. Don’t be a layman like Ali who insists on commanding a layman. We just need to ensure our own interests. ”

“I see. By the way, boss, should we put Chen Junmiao in this “Charlotte Troubles”, for example, let her play the role of Qiuya?”

“No need, the casting and shooting of this movie are all left to Happy Twist. I think their script is well written, and the effect of the filming should not be bad.”

“Okay! Then I won’t interfere.”

Luo Fan nodded and signaled that Cao Shuai could go out.

As soon as Cao Shuai turned to leave, Xu Jiale came to Luo Fan’s office.

“Boss, it’s a blast, it’s a blast! The game “Happy Xiaoxiaole” has over 150 million registered users.” Xu Jiale said excitedly.

Luo Fan was not surprised by this result. He knew exactly how happy he was in his previous life.

“When did this happen?” Luo Fan asked calmly.

“February 15th.”

“I remember that “Happy Xiaoxiaole” had less than 100 million registered users a few years ago, right?”

“Yeah! Boss, it’s a miracle that our number of users has increased by more than 50 million in just one week.”

“Should the advertisements we invested in various David TVs take effect?”

“It’s possible, but I think it’s more because of the movie. There are more people watching the movie during the Spring Festival, and the effect of our investment in advertising will naturally be better.”

“It’s also possible.”

“Boss, did you just discuss with President Cao about the income of our movie theater during the Spring Festival?” Xu Jiale asked curiously.

“No, it’s a matter of entertainment companies and filmmaking.”

“Making a movie! Speaking of which, Chen Junmiao has also appeared in two movies. Although it hasn’t been released yet, he can be considered a little star, right?”

“What? Are you interested in her?” Luo Fan asked.

“No no no, boss, don’t talk nonsense, I just caught up with Si Chu, how can I have other thoughts.”

“Have you caught up to Chen Sichu?” Luo Fan said in surprise.

“Hey! I caught her on Valentine’s Day.”

“Brother Xu, you still have two more hits!” Luo Fan still didn’t say the second half of the sentence here. In your previous life, you were a bachelor until you were in your 30s. Later, you finally found a girlfriend and got green.

Luo Fan would definitely not say such words during the Chinese New Year, so he deliberately changed the subject and asked, “Then, Brother Xu, why did you suddenly mention Chen Junmiao?”

“I don’t remember thinking that Si Chu and her worked together as the front desk of our company! Now one has gone to the art department and the other has become a big star. It’s really unpredictable fate!”

“What is there to sigh, you are also an executive of the company now. If you want your girlfriend to film, you can tell Cao Shuai yourself, she can also be a big star.”

“Forget it! My girlfriend had better be the only one who can watch it.” Xu Jiale decisively refused.