Chapter 964: Associated Consequences
"Such a scene makes me a little jealous," Oprah, who stood by, told Buchanan as she watched Feng Yiping surrounded by enthusiastic audiences hoping to get his autograph.
"Thank you, Ms. Oprah, I expect that after this episode airs, NEXTDOOR's registered users will increase a lot," Buchanan said.
Most of the readers of Feng Yiping's book are people with certain qualifications in the workplace. The NEXTDOOR website first attracted parents who cared about family and personal safety. These two groups are generally older.
But Buchanan believes that after the broadcast of this episode, the number of young people who like Feng Yiping will increase a lot. This is a very large group that is also very important to the company.
NEXTDOOR has more and more social functions, and young people are the group who like to use online social functions the most.
The research and development department should be urged to launch the function of sharing photos as soon as possible, and it is necessary to launch some targeted projects that young people like, he thought.
Over there, after a long time, Feng Yiping, who had become addicted to being a star, took a group photo at the request of a group of enthusiastic audiences. They were all young people. Naturally, they would not use the pattern of lining up in rows, but hooked shoulders and shoulders. in a circle.
Feng Yiping, who is also very young, does not look awkward at all when doing such a thing. If it is replaced by a middle-aged richest man in China, the style of painting will definitely be a little uncoordinated.
"Thank you," Feng Yiping hugged several enthusiastic male and female audiences, and waved to other audiences separated by the staff. The group photo just now was his last interaction with the audience.
He could sign autographs for everyone present, but the column team has to get off work!
Oprah smiled and greeted them, and they said "Thank you!" almost at the same time.
Then, both of them laughed.
"I hope you can come to my show as a guest in the future,"
“I hope so too,” Feng Yiping said.
Oprah later let go of those prejudices and contempt, and brought the talk show back on track, so Feng Yiping doesn't have much opinion of her now.
Besides, he can actually understand that for people in the entertainment industry, it is unrealistic for such an internationally renowned talk show host to expect her to be as approachable in private as she appears on the show.
"I actually hope that one day, you can move your studio to my company to do a show,"
"I look forward to that day," Oprah said.
Feng Yiping's words actually made her less uncomfortable. She, Queen Oprah, is not something everyone can accommodate. It is not impossible to record a show on the spot of a company, provided that the company has enough strength.
But judging by her standards, the company under Feng Yiping's name does not yet have such strength.
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The audience left the stage in twos and threes, and at the same time they were still talking about what they heard and seen tonight.
No matter from which aspect, their trip was worth it.
In the hearts of these young people in the United States, Feng Yiping's most famous name is not a well-known scholar, not the richest man in China, but a young entrepreneurial idol.
And unlike the entrepreneurial idols in the mainstream of the United States-those idols in Silicon Valley, it was not the high-tech industry that he set foot in at the beginning and achieved success.
Therefore, his success is more meaningful for ordinary young people.
Although the United States has the most and most successful high-tech entrepreneurial idols in the world, such as those in Silicon Valley; the United States also has the most and best programmers in the world, such as those now concentrated in Silicon Valley.
However, these do not mean that most young people in the United States are programming geniuses or masters. More of them, like Feng Yiping, know nothing about programming.
So, for example, the success of Page and the others is more inspirational to these young Americans than a reference. Not everyone can write a program that is enough to change or support an industry.
At the same time, Feng Yiping's performance tonight did not disappoint them either. Facing Oprah's different style from the past and the difficulties he started from the very beginning, he coped very well.
This is good, there are two aspects, first, he dealt with it very cleverly and wisely, and second, he didn't make the opponent too difficult.
The second point is precisely the ability that many young people despise on the surface, but actually yearn for in their hearts, that is--maturity.
Although in the early stage, it is a little different from Oprah's previous style-to be honest, it seems to be more watchable, but in general, this episode, like all of Oprah's shows, is more grounded.
Feng Yiping didn't talk too much about entrepreneurial theories and feelings in the program, or about environmental protection and social responsibility. These are not the issues they are most concerned about at present.
The human rights issue in Darfur is still very pessimistic, and the problem of wild elephants and poaching in Africa is becoming more and more serious... These issues are worthy of attention, but the rent will be paid soon, and another student loan will need to be paid. Also, my girlfriend's birthday is coming up, and I have to plan a surprise party... These questions are more urgent for them.
So just now, like the elder brother or younger brother next door, Feng Yiping shared with you some of his daily life and entrepreneurial experience in simple language, and these are exactly what they need now.
After watching this episode, they not only fell in love with Feng Yiping, who is of the same age, but also had a certain understanding of those Chinese young people who have never had any intuitive feelings, and even felt that the youth of the world belonged to one family.
It turns out that on the other side of the earth, the young people there are also facing the same troubles and worries as us.
Yes, art has no borders, and all art is to express and express our emotions, so from this point of view, the emotions of most people are actually the same.
Those who were lucky enough to get Feng Yiping's signature solemnly treasured his signature, as if there was a kind of power in those few Chinese characters that they were not very familiar with.
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"Feng," people from his own company, as well as McDonald's COO Charlie gave him a thumbs up, "It's great!"
"Thank you, but I think there is still too little time for us to promote the company,"
That was the last topic, and it was the shortest link.
"Hehe Feng, it seems that what you said is true. I guess you haven't watched the Oprah show," Charlie said. "Generally, her show lasts forty minutes, and only half of the time is for the guests. interview, but this issue is a full interview with you,"
"And you have to understand that although the project we are cooperating with has something to do with entertainment, it is not a hit movie or a popular drama series. It can take a few minutes to introduce the company very well,"
"Besides, to a certain extent, promoting you is promoting our project,"
"So, not bad?"
"very good!"
"Then I'm relieved, and I'm sure Mr. Cantalupo will be happy to hear that too,"
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"Feng, are you ready to become a celebrity?" Buchanan asked on the car back to the hotel.
"I thought I was already,"
"No no, although you were well-known in the past, the audience who paid attention to you was different. Let's put it this way, you in the past were very well-known in some professional fields,"
"But this time it's different. People who follow Oprah's talk show are of a wider class, from all walks of life. Some people were originally unknown, and they were a guest on her show once, and they became known to many people immediately. "
"And you already have a foundation, which means that after this program is broadcast, you will become a celebrity known by all social classes,"
"There will be more news? That's fine, I hope it can bring more and wider popularity to the company,"
"Are you right, Amanda," he teased his daughter.
"Feng, and Huang, what I want to talk about is this issue," Buchanan felt that he should remind, "If you don't have such a will, then we may have to formulate and take a series of measures from now on. , to reduce Amanda’s exposure,”
How could there be such collateral consequences? This is something Feng Yiping and Huang Jingping did not expect.
"Here, she is not a public figure. Shouldn't her right to privacy be protected?" Feng Yiping said looking at his daughter who was wide-eyed and couldn't understand what they were talking about.
He immediately felt that what he said was stupid.
Americans are right to take privacy very seriously, but there is no shortage of journalists who will defy the law as long as it is profitable.
"We can't overestimate the quality of all media practitioners," Buchanan said. "And, if something like this happens, even if we can sue and win the lawsuit, the impact will be irreparable," Buchanan said.
"Ah," Huang Jingping immediately became nervous. She doesn't care about privacy or anything else. She just follows the simple concept of her hometown. She naturally thinks that under the current conditions, if her daughter is known by many people, it is not a good thing. For example, directly The only thing is that it may affect her personal safety.
It should be said that in terms of protecting the privacy of their children, Americans generally do a better job than domestic ones.
For people like Bill Gates and Buffett, the public may only know how many children they have, but who are they and what do they look like? What they are doing now, few people really know.
Even for a media tycoon like Murdoch, the public often knows those wives he has, but they don't know which children he has.
Of course, there are some strange things in the United States, such as Trump, who is trying to promote and show off his eldest daughter who even wants to date.
This may have something to do with the unwillingness of these entrepreneurs in the United States to succeed to their offspring—of course, their offspring may not necessarily have the ability to succeed.
In contrast, domestic entrepreneurs, or Chinese entrepreneurs, have a completely different approach in this regard. They still hope that their children can inherit their business.
Therefore, many famous entrepreneurs will use their influence to expand the popularity of their children and pave the way for their succession.
It means that the children do not have the willingness to take over, or because of various reasons, such as the company or the public does not sell accounts, and their children cannot take over. They will do the same, because this will create more favorable conditions for their children to start a business. .
From this point of view, Trump's approach is similar to theirs.
Feng Yiping never thought about letting his children take over. He didn't think he would be so lucky. Amanda and the others were unlikely to be the most suitable leaders for their company when they grew up.
"Then what should we do?" Huang Jingping asked, shaking Feng Yiping's arm.
"Don't worry, it's fine, just leave it to professionals like Owen to deal with it," Feng Yiping comforted her.
However, he also heard another meaning of Buchanan.
What he said may not only include Amanda, but also Huang Jingping.
The United States is a collection of contradictions, they are very open, but at the same time they are very conservative.
They accept out-of-wedlock births, but unlike France, not to mention how well they are doing, anyway, the mainstream values of American society emphasize family responsibility.
Feng Yiping is in the United States. Although he is not a public official or an entertainment star, he is still a public figure. In the current state of him and Huang Jingping, if he were in France, there would be no problem at all, and it would not matter if they got married or not. Maybe I really can't accept it.
If it is disclosed, it may really have a negative impact, which in turn affects the company.
Could it be that, in the future, the whole family will be sneaky when they come out?
Also, after that, when I went to see Vincent and took him out to play, did I have to be sneaky?
Unexpectedly, in a free place like the United States, it is so unfree.
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"Fon, Merbak, please take care of me later," Cantalupo said, holding up his glass.
In the hotel of McDonald's headquarters park, a small banquet is being held now, which is not only a celebration, but also a different meaning.
All handover work has been completed. From now on, Redbox will be formally separated from McDonald's and handed over to Coinstar to operate. Facing such a result, both the host and guest are very happy.
"Thank you for your support and trust, Mr. Cantalupo," said Merback, "We are confident that we can successfully operate and promote Redbox as promised,"
"Thank you," Cantalupo clinked glasses lightly with them, "Feng, you are also welcome to come here to communicate more,"
"I will, and you are welcome to go to Silicon Valley too. I'm sorry," Owen walked over with his mobile phone. Feng Yiping saw that the call had to be answered, and it was Ma Ling.
She rarely took the initiative to call herself.
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