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Chapter 506 - 500, Back Then Everyone Still Had Dreams (Second Update)_1

Chapter 506: 500, Back Then Everyone Still Had Dreams (Second Update)_1

While playing Dota with Yang Xi, Ren He also began to work on the overall layout of Qinghe’s faction. This layout wasn’t about the future business direction of Qinghe’s faction, but was purely based on gaining a certain control of resources within the entire society.

In today’s society, what resource is most important? Media resources.

Whether it was the traditional print media of the past or the new media of today, in every era, they played a very significant role.

Ren He was very clear about one thing, in his previous life, whether it was Alibaba or Tencent, they were continuously dedicated to how to invest in media companies, that is, to have their own strength among those voices of society.

Just think, in his previous life, Alibaba had invested in more than thirty media outlets, all of which were mainstream. In such a situation, its negative reports would be controlled within a bearable extent.

That is also why, in his previous life, JD.com’s sale of counterfeit goods caused an uproar, but Alibaba could calmly adjust its internal business and in the end, blow over the incident, with Taobao remaining the first choice for shopping for most people.

The importance of public opinion is well known, and even if Ren He doesn’t need the support of public opinion, Yang Xi will need it in the future.

Most celebrities do not have the financial power to control the media narrative, and Yang Xi doesn’t have that kind of spare cash either.

But Ren He does.

This matter didn’t even require Ren He to personally negotiate, he just had to mention the idea, and naturally, someone would execute it.

The Qinghe Group now has an income of over a billion to HQ alone every month. The subsidiaries aren’t yet required to transfer profits to HQ, just need to handle their own affairs well; they’ll talk at the end of the year.

With sufficient funds, in just one month’s time, Qinghe invested in 37 mainstream media outlets without regard to cost.

The negotiations were tough, but Qinghe still managed to succeed because it truly had a lot of talent now, plenty of which could stand on their own.

In fact, Qinghe’s faction already had another opportunity to branch out. They had the talent, the money in hand, and all the ideas were in Ren He’s head—there were far more than just 18 internet projects from his previous life.

However, Ren He worried that he was overreaching and could mess things up, so after investing in the media, Qinghe began to adjust its own business direction: towards more refined management.

Ren He had the patience to wait for it to grow into a towering tree. Even though it was a race against time, he couldn’t run so fast that he couldn’t keep up the pace himself.

Qinghe’s bold moves in the media industry attracted a lot of attention, but after the big plays, Qinghe completely fell silent again, leaving people somewhat puzzled.

Finally, it was time for Ren He and Yang Xi to start school.

Both of them were somewhat looking forward to going to school, especially Ren He. Campus life was always the most beautiful memory of his life, even if it was just playing Dota with roommates.

The registration date for freshmen was on September 1st, followed by two weeks of military training.

Early in the morning of September 1st, Ren He drove Yang Xi to the Central Academy of Music. He parked the car 500 meters away from the entrance and Yang Xi got out, as both were concerned that her identity would be discovered and she would be surrounded by countless onlookers, and Ren He’s license plate could not go unnoticed, having been registered under his own name.

Then his identity as Knight would be completely exposed.

Before getting out of the car, Yang Xi furrowed her brows and said, "There are lots of beauties in the Central Academy of Drama, do you know what to do?"

"Don’t look where you shouldn’t, don’t listen where you shouldn’t. Don’t worry!" Ren He chuckled, actually liking to see Yang Xi eat her heart out in jealousy. In the week before school started, Yang Xi kept hinting at Ren He to not lose his way amidst the beauty, which Ren He found amusing, wondering where Yang Xi had heard such a thing.

It was only later that he learned it was Yang Xi’s best friend who kept reminding her that a man as outstanding as Knight would surely be tempted by countless women, and since their relationship was so good, she must guard it well.

But Ren He did not agree with this view. Those who are tempted away were never truly matched for life. If someone betrays you, let them go; something better will eventually come along.

It’s not like there aren’t good men in the world, there are plenty who can resist desire.

Ren He replied with a laugh, "Don’t just talk about me, you should be careful too. There are lots of good-looking guys at the Central Academy of Music!"

Yang Xi adjusted her hair and hopped off Ren He’s pickup truck, closing the door with ease she said, "The whole world knows I’m Knight’s girlfriend. You’re really worrying about nothing."

Indeed, Yang Xi was right, the whole world knew she was Knight’s girlfriend...

Yang Xi had stayed in the Capital for a while and had met up with her middle school classmates a few times. The boys who used to have a crush on her still felt eager in high school, but at these recent gatherings, they didn’t have the courage to bring up the past.

The name Knight weighed like a stone on each of their hearts; it was a peak that no ordinary man could surmount...

Ren He drove toward the Central Academy of Drama, curious to find out who he would be spending the next four years with.

When Director Zhang had suggested he enroll at the Central Academy of Drama, he hadn’t told him which college or department he’d be in. It was only yesterday that he found out Director Zhang had enrolled him in the acting department...

Elder Zhou joked that this was Director Zhang’s persistent dream of using Ren He as his leading man.

However, Ren He didn’t care what he was going to learn; he was already at an advanced level in performing arts, with two perfect level rewards in hand, he could become master level in minutes, as long as the Divine Punishment System didn’t act up...

But he had no plans to make movies or TV dramas. What he learned didn’t matter; what was important was the university life.

He wanted to relive his unrestrained youth on campus to the fullest.

In his past life, when Ren He worked in society, he most yearned to return to the school days where the fields were lush and the orioles sang, the female classmates downstairs had long hair and bright laughs, and looking back, every memory seemed like a sea of light.

It was too dazzling.

Back then, during power outages, classmates would sing together, and in the dorms, they would play card games like Fight the Landlord.

At that time, they were poor, a game of Fight the Landlord was just for a cigarette, but they were very happy.

When going to get water, they would pass by the girls’ dormitory, and all the boys would deliberately stand tall and puff out their chests...

At meal times, even though the cafeteria food was not good, everyone still seriously chose which one was the best and tried to get on good terms with the cafeteria lady...

Those were the days of innocence and youth without entangled interests, nobody depended on anyone, the differences in their lives weren’t much, they were all poor...

Back then, everyone still had ideals.

Ren He was looking forward to it more and more.

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Explosion tomorrow, good night everyone...