Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

The craze for the Coldplay Esports Global Championship started with Avril Lavigne’s first song, and then went up a notch when Ning Zimo, Jay Chou, and JJ Lin performed the second song as a band.

But no one expected that when the whole venue was pushed to a further climax by Ning Zimo's words, when the next mysterious guest appeared, the whole venue immediately boiled!

Michael Jackson!!

The only superstar in the world!!

He actually came to China for the opening ceremony of the Coldplay Global Championship!

He is many levels higher than the queen, and he is recognized as an international superstar in the world!

At this time, the global Internet is in a state of shock!

On the Internet all over the world, not only young people, but also many mainstays are exploring a topic:

"What kind of power can actually invite the world's superstar, Michael Jackson, to participate in the unknown Coldplay eSports Global Championship?"

In any case, the Coldplay E-Sports Global Championship has become very popular all of a sudden!

…

California time in the United States is 13 hours later than that in China, so when Ling Shengnan got up the next day and saw the recording of the Coldplay Esports Global Championship, it was already late at night in China on the other side of the ocean.

Seeing Avril Lavigne appear, Ling Shengnan wrinkled his nose slightly.

Seeing Ning Zimo appear, Ling Shengnan smiled sweetly again.

Hearing what he said after singing and seeing the subsequent appearance of superstar Michael Jackson, Ling Shengnan was surprised and felt more and more that for Ning Zimo, e-sports was not just a business under his banner.

.

Unfortunately, most people still pay attention to those superficial things.

Just like YouTube, Twitter is full of speculation about his relationship with the queen; there are also praises for his talents as a composer, composer and singer in addition to his career; there are his wonderful performances in the League of Legends star exhibition game; and more are big names

The aftermath of the unexpected appearance of mysterious superstar Michael Jackson.

The Coldplay Global Championship theme songs "Legends Forever" and "Warriors", both of which he wrote and composed, are very popular, but few people have carefully interpreted his voice for e-sports in public.

talk.

Wrinkling her nose, Ling Shengnan unconsciously compared the person she first met with the person he is now. She felt that, except for his growing hair, the person he was now was the same as the person he had been with for 44 days in Hanzhong.

There is no change at all.

The same calmness, the same gaze into the distance, as if in response to what he said at the opening.

Youth will eventually meet again,

Life is supposed to move forward.

We were separated from Hanzhong for seven years.

He and she have been walking forward like this for a long time, and their youth seems to have left at some point. As for whether the lines that originally intersected and separated will be connected again someday in the future, it seems that it has been unclear since the day they left.

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In a daze, Ling Shengnan noticed someone approaching. But when she was distracted, the footsteps were already approaching behind her. Before she could close the video, Ling Shengnan heard Rothschild's voice behind her.

"Hey, this Internet giant invited Michael Jackson over? It seems that he is putting a lot of effort into his entertainment career."

Ling Shengnan's fingers trembled slightly when he heard this, but in the end he did not refute any distortion in Rothschild's words.

Seeing that she was speechless, Rothschild smiled nonchalantly and said, "It seems that the game industry is indeed a big market in the future. In short, the sunshine here has always been good. Since we have invested in Steam, after the acquisition of Skype

, put more thought into running it properly.”

Ling Shengnan turned to look at Rothschild. Because she was wearing a mask, she showed her disdain freely without caring whether he could see it.

Although he was full of attention, Ling Shengnan could hear the intention of the man behind him. After all, for the man behind him, all industries were just business. But for Zimo, who was looking ahead, everything was more than just business.

When Rothschild saw her looking over, he smiled at her, "Now, we are ready to set off, are you ready? While Ning Zimo is busy with those trivial matters, it is a great opportunity for us to officially launch the Skype acquisition.

opportunity…"

Ling Shengnan didn't reply to him, he just turned around and closed the web page and stood up silently.

Although her heart was filled with anxiety, she had no choice but to deal with what was about to happen.

Zimo, if Skype is really successfully acquired by Rothschild, will your Internet industry suffer any losses?

There is a pair of eyes in the darkness that have been staring at you. Although I have made various preparations for you, I don't know if you have noticed it.

***+***

November 2nd is Sunday, and it is also the day after the opening ceremony of the Coldplay Esports Global Championship. Because of the appearance of the superstar Michael Jackson, the Coldplay Esports Global Championship suddenly became popular on the Internet.

Compared with this mysterious superstar, the gossip about the diva and the boss, the talent of the boss as a composer and songwriter, the appearances of Jay Chou and JJ Lin, and the excitement of celebrity exhibition games are all inferior to the unexpected appearance of this superstar and his performance.

More topical.

Topics about Michael Jackson on Weibo suddenly occupied the top three hot topics, leaving the Coldplay Esports Global Championship on the hot list for only half an hour starting at 6 pm on November 1.

But no matter how many heated discussions there are on the Internet, these will not be the points that Ning Zimo, who silenced his cell phone, will focus on today.

Because several old friends came over yesterday, and they were waiting for him in a private room of the hotel. He couldn't afford to neglect them.

…

After washing up, he rushed to the private room. As soon as he opened the door, Ning Zimo saw a pair of eager eyes looking over.

Before he could say hello, Ning Zimo saw a little bean running over!

"Brother Zimo!"

Gao Luoqi rushed up and hugged Ning Zimo's thigh. At the age of 8, he seemed to have lost the cuteness of the little Douzi five years ago, and his eyebrows showed some handsomeness. It can be seen that this little Douzi will be a big man in the future.

handsome guy.

Ning Zimo smiled and pinched his still crystal clear face, "Oh, he has grown a lot taller, he is almost 1.4 meters now?"

"Well," Gao Luoqi raised his head and looked at Ning Zimo longingly, "Let's not talk about height and so on. Can you take me to Michael Jackson to sign an autograph and take a photo?"

Ning Zimo was very amused by Gao Luoqi, who was as big as a brat. "Huh? You're a post-00s kid, but you're still a fan of Michael?"

"Of course," Gao Luoqi said proudly, "my brother showed me a lot of his MVs when I was a kid, including "Danger" and "Thriller"."

"Emmmm, you got into this trap because of such a high level of music. From now on, with your aesthetics, very few things will be able to catch your eye." Ning Zimo smiled bitterly.

What kind of person was Michael Jackson? How old was Goroch? After seeing so many high-level productions, how many more music can reach Michael's level in the future?

Ning Zimo glanced at Gao Wenyuan and his other son Gao Luoyang. He really admired this family.

"Brother Zimo!!!"

Gao Luoqi hugged Ning Zimo's thigh and refused to let go, and Xingxingyan even rivaled Crayon Shin-chan.

"Luo Qi, let your brother Zimo sit down quickly." Gao Wenyuan could only show his father's majesty helplessly.

Ning Zimo waved his hand, took his little hand and walked to the table, then settled him next to him and smiled, "Okay, okay, I will find time to take you there in the afternoon. As long as the master has time, I will

I’ll try my best to help you fight for it.”

"Yeah!!!" Gao Luoqi danced happily, and then he let Ning Zimo go.

At this time, Ning Zimo had time to say hello to others.

Nodding to Xia Zhifei and his wife, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, Ning Zimo looked directly at Han Yu and the people with similar faces next to him and greeted, "What I'm most curious about is how you can get together."

Han Yu was one of the first employees when Ning Zimo established Zebao Trading. When Zebao expanded in 2005, Han Yu left his position as deputy general manager of Zebao Trading to form his own company. This company has Zebao Trading

30% of the shares, just this 30% of the shares can contribute 100-150 million yuan in profits to Zebao Trading every year.

So after so many years, although Han Yu left the Emperor Penguin Group, whether it was the relationship between the earliest employees or the close comrade-in-arms relationship, there was never a lack of interaction between him and Ning Zimo, the former boss.

Pass.

But because Ning Zimo has been busy with foreign affairs in the past two years, the opportunities to meet Han Yu are getting less and less. So when he saw Han Yu sitting at the table of his old friend, Ning Zimo was very curious.

Han Yu on the other end saw Ning Zimo staring directly at him, so he shrugged habitually, "Boss, I'm not just using my brother's name to get a meal. After all, the occasions when we meet are different.

Today is different."

"Your brother?"

Ning Zimo looked at the person next to Han Yu curiously. The man's slightly majestic eyebrows were indeed similar to Han Yu's appearance. But after taking a closer look, Ning Zimo felt that this man's temperament seemed familiar.

When the man saw Ning Zimo looking over, he simply introduced, "Hello, Mr. Ning, my name is Han Kuang, and I grew up in the same compound as Lao Xia."

"Eh?" Ning Zimo then turned to look at Xia Zhifei with a curious look on his face, "Old Xia, what a coincidence?"

What Ning Zimo was actually more curious about was that the table today was almost full of old acquaintances with him, but it seemed difficult for these people to get together on weekdays.

At the end of 2003, Emperor Penguin, which had not yet established a group, only had three companies: Luban Technology, Diobao Trading, and Feixun Technology. November and December of that year were the most difficult times for the company at that time. There were several small people.

I focused on the treasure-hunting trade, which was growing rapidly, and tried every means to force Ning Zimo to sell part of his shares.

That is, in December of the same year, eBay finally extended an olive branch to the troubled Ning Zimo. In order to find another way out of the troubles at that time, Ning Zimo flew to Luxembourg, where Feixun Technology is located, and officially launched a sale of Skype with eBay.

negotiation.

But halfway through the conversation, it happened to be Christmas in the West in December, so Ning Zimo took Sima Lin, who had come to cheer up, to go to Australia to relax under the introduction of Yang Jian.

The people who received him were Xia Zhifei and his then-girlfriend and now-wife Eliza.

It was at that time that we met Gao Wenyuan's family accidentally.

Now, the answer to the mystery seems to lie with Xia Zhifei.

Seeing Ning Zimo looking at him, Xia Zhifei smiled bitterly and said, "Yeah, our Xia family and their Han family are family friends. Back then, my parents forced me to return to China and asked me by name to marry their Han family's cousin.

.”

Emmmm, this intricate relationship.

"Then what happened today?" Ning Zimo was confused.

Hearing this, Xia Zhifei scratched his head in embarrassment, "Hey, it's a long story. But Brother Han said that I'm afraid you are the only one who can solve this matter."

"Me?" Ning Zimo was even more confused. His eyes swept over the face of an adult. Ning Zimo looked at Han Yudao and asked, "What problem can only I solve?"

Han Yu pretended to be serious and raised his chin at Xia Zhifei, consciously giving up the stage, and Xia Zhifei could only bite the bullet and tell the whole story.

…

Xia Zhifei was a football coach who worked for Schalke 04 club. The teacher who introduced him was Schalke youth training hero Bodo Menzer. In 2000, in order to avoid the pressure of his family to get married, Xia Zhifei went out of his way to get married.

I took my girlfriend Eliza to Australia to settle down.

But men will feel empty without a career, so Xia Zhifei, who was disturbed by Ning Zimo, gradually missed his previous life in 2004.

But Xia Zhifei's decision at that time was not to return to Schalke, or even to his girlfriend's hometown of Italy, but to come to Shanghai, China, and enter the "Genbao Football Base" founded by Chinese football coach Xu Genbao.

In the beginning, Xia Zhifei, who was a leader in football training concepts, was highly valued by Xu Genbao. However, after a few years, the youth training could not produce results quickly and the utilitarianism of the children's parents made Xia Zhifei stay at Genbao Football Base longer and longer.

It's getting more and more uncomfortable.

In 2007, he simply opened his own football school in an attempt to use his advanced ideas to change the current situation of China's football youth training.

When leaving Genbao Football Base, Xu Genbao, who valued Xia Zhifei very much, allowed him to take away some students who were consistent with his youth training philosophy. Among these students happened to be two children from Gao Wenyuan's family - Gao Luoqi and Gao Luoyang.

.

However, in just one year, Xia Zhifei, who had advanced teaching concepts, did not turn the football school into a success. However, due to reputation and funding, his football school was in decline, and now it is almost impossible to solve the problem.

Therefore, according to Xia Zhifei's words, he came to Ning Zimo to ask for help this time.

"Brother Han Kuang is the leader of our group of children in the compound. He is almost 40 this year and works for the Football Association under the State Sports General Administration. I talked to him before coming to you this time to beg for help, just to see if he could

You can’t give me an idea.”

Xia Zhifei touched his head and felt embarrassed, "But the Football Association didn't do a good job, and he didn't have any good ideas. However, Han Yu was there at the time, so he suggested that we leave this problem to you.

Let’s talk and we might find different answers.”

"Why do you say that?" Ning Zimo turned to Han Yu curiously, "How do you know I have a solution?"

Han Yu smiled, "Boss, you are the man behind the scenes that pushed e-sports to the big scene yesterday. In 2004, since Blizzard, Ogilvy, and Haofang were designated by you as a branch business of our Emperor Penguin, the e-sports industry has

Development is in full swing.

As a former amateur e-sports player, I always like to study these things. I have always felt that football can actually learn a lot from the development of e-sports in China. Therefore, I volunteered to help you get a business.

Besides, in the past two years, Emperor Penguin's business has gradually expanded from trade, Internet, and cultural industries, and now it has gradually developed into mobile phones, new energy, automobiles and other industries. One more is not much."

"Ah?" Ning Zimo smiled bitterly, "Is my new approach and wide-ranging style so popular among people?"

"Boss, you can do it." Han Yu raised his eyebrows.

Ning Zi rolled his eyes silently. His performance immediately made Han Yu anxious, "Boss, I have agreed to invest 20 million into Brother Xia's football school. You can't watch me use this money."

So pretty."

"Hey, 20 million, you are really generous." Ning Zimo continued to roll his eyes, "But if you throw 20 million in the environment you imagined, you won't even see a splash."

"That's why you have to help us think of a solution." Han Yu said anxiously.

"Zimo, begging for alms is just a rhetoric. We are looking for you just to help us think of a solution from your special perspective." Seeing Ning Zimo frowning, Xia Zhifei quickly changed the subject, "Um... where is Linlin? This time

Why didn’t you see her?”

"Linlin?" Han Yu's eyes widened, staring at Ning Zimo, wanting to dig out more inside information.

Suddenly mentioning Sima Lin to them, Ning Zimo suddenly thought of a certain scene in Australia in 2003.

"You like football too?"

"Well~~My favorite star is Henry~~"

"Hey... no wonder she is also a brave girl."

As time passed, his relationship with Sima Lin became more distant because of his chaos, which he had never thought of.

After a pause, Ning Zimo murmured, "I called her yesterday morning and heard that Eliza was coming. She had already bought a ticket for this morning and rushed over. It depends on the time..."

Dong Dong Dong,

The knock on the door rang at this moment.

Ning Zimo raised his head when he heard the answer to the door, and happened to see Sima Lin standing next to Dong Qianqian.

Their eyes met, and there were some inexplicable things hidden in their eyes. But before those things could brew more vigorously, Sima Lin was hugged tightly by the excited Elisa, and Xiaodouzi Gao Luoqi even came closer.

He went up and hugged Sister Sima's thigh.

The joy of meeting again after a long absence filled the whole room, and the addition of the clever Gao Luoqi enlivened the private room that was a little dull just now.

After she greeted him and sat down next to him, he and she looked at each other and smiled.

Seeing the smile overflowing from the corners of her eyes and brows, Ning Zimo, who felt peaceful inside, realized it.

No matter how hard you think about some people, they will change you a lot from the moment you meet them.

"You like football too?"

"Well~~My favorite star is Henry~~"

The picture that flashed through his mind again made waves in Ning Zimo's mind. The topic just discussed suddenly unfolded into a full picture at the moment Sima Lin sat down on the stool next to him.

"Before you came, we were still talking about football," Ning Zimo smiled at Sima Lin, then turned to look at Xia Zhifei, "Just now, I suddenly thought of any way to develop the football industry.

Already."