Chapter 346 - 239: Entertainment Industry Gala
Before they knew it, the end of February had arrived.
Chen Pingsheng dispatched two teams to Xiangjiang, one for Tenghui Department Store and the other for Tengying Entertainment.
Ever since Xin Teng Live Streaming hosted a massive live-streamed sales event, all its streamers had started to do live sales as well.
The best sales performance belonged to Mingming, followed by Qiao and Futuan.
In just half a month, they racked up an astonishing sixteen billion in sales.
It proved that Tong Zelan’s decision to spend nine billion to buy shares in Xin Teng Live Streaming was quite a bargain.
If they kept this up, the financial prospects really seemed excellent.
His reason for sending teams to Xiangjiang ahead of time was mainly to open up channels for promoting high-quality products globally.
Xin Teng Live Streaming relied on its platform’s fans’ buying power, while Tenghui Department Store was the first to open up global sales channels, allowing for secondary or even tertiary buy-back rates from its fans.
One could say the two were mutually reinforcing.
This was the first network-wide business deeply integrating offline sales in the live sales domain.
It was also the first to initiate live sales events featuring global premium selections.
With these two leading edges, if Xin Teng Live Streaming could go public within two years, no one could say for sure just how much it would be valued at.
But it was definitely going to be high.
At the end of the month was the entertainment industry’s grand event, and Chen Pingsheng still planned to attend.
He called Gao Hu and Chang Fu.
Such good events had to be enjoyed together.
Both had achieved great success in their fields and financial freedom was a certainty for them.
How much, though?
Magic City was still bustling, and the entertainment industry was even more glitzy.
Here, beauties were as common as clouds.
Chen Pingsheng still drove his black Phantom, which made him look like a seasoned driver.
Gao Hu asked him, "Old Chen, do you think any of the actresses will trip over on the red carpet and reveal their necklines by accident?"
Chang Fu replied, "That probably won’t happen. Whoever pulls such a low stunt would probably get torn apart online."
"There might indeed be some, after all any publicity is good publicity in the entertainment circle. But you, young man, better control your eyes later," Chen Pingsheng reminded him. After Gao Hu stopped chasing flight attendants, he really started looking for a girlfriend with seriousness.
But he just couldn’t find one who wasn’t after his money.
"I don’t care about the others; I just want to see if Fairy Sister shows up."
"She’s definitely going to be there."
Talking as they went, the three soon arrived at the venue of the cocktail party, a well-known international hotel in Magic City.
To outsiders, the most attractive part of the entertainment gala was the competition of the actresses’ dresses. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
For them, it was the same.
The difference was that one could only watch from the news and television.
While they could witness it live.
Chen Pingsheng was held in high esteem, the organizers came over personally to greet him and wanted him to enter early.
He refused.
What was the point in going in so quickly?
Someone once posted an image online, essentially asking, if given the chance to choose one out of several popular female celebrities to be your consort, whom would you pick?
Others might not have the opportunity to be present, but he did.
Female celebrities usually made a grand entrance, and the competition of evening dresses at key events was considerable.
It was mostly about who was wearing which designer’s haute couture.
In recent years at red carpet events, the one with the aristocratic vibe always won.
No other actress could outshine her; it was just that her marketing team was very effective.
Both sides of the venue were packed with cameras of all sizes.
In the entertainment industry, the order of appearance indicated status; the earlier the appearance, the lower the status.
The first to take the stage was a second-tier actress who had a small breakout this year.
Her "career line" was particularly impressive, wearing a black dress with a slit, the slit was in front, the back was completely exposed.
While others showed cleavage, she almost revealed her bottom cleavage.
Somehow managing to squeeze a small C into a more exaggerated look than a large D.
As one would expect, the face value of any actress in the entertainment circle isn’t lacking.
As she passed, the following sequence of second-tier stars took their turn.
Those with such a second-tier status were definitely unable to borrow branded haute couture dresses.
However, there were exceptions, like Da Tiantian.
She was one of those stars who were not very photogenic; she seemed a bit plump on television.
In real life, she was truly beautiful.
She boldly let you see her ample chest, which was pretty interesting.
Then came another who lacked self-awareness.
A first-line young movie actress and award-winner.
A Mou Girl at the outset, she had nothing to show off and yet seemed deliberately trying.
Flat as the Pacific, airport, ribcage flat.
If we were talking about choosing a consort, she’d be the first to be eliminated.
Following her were the first-tier actresses.
Dilraba, whom he once admired, the spokeswoman for Water Cloud Space’s buttocks, was now very popular.
She had a great figure, covering her chest as she came in, and only revealing it once she reached the stage.
As for the ones after her, they were basically the heavy hitters.
This kind of flashy event, with full-on revealing outfits, is quite an eye-feast when it comes to other female stars.
But if you happen to see your own people there, it’s as awkward as can be.
That was the case for Chen Pingsheng.
He wore a dark expression and said nothing as he focused on the upcoming appearance of Song Wu.
Honestly speaking, Song Wu’s beauty was also a strong contender in the entertainment industry.
Even if she couldn’t match the very top few, she wasn’t far behind.
What was she thinking wearing a blue starry dress that was bare in the front and back to the stage?
With her status, she was nowhere near being able to overshadow the two hugely popular first-liners before her.