Chapter 433 Growth
On New Year's Day in 1983, the festive atmosphere of the public holiday was much bleaker than in previous years.

Although Lan Kwai Fong’s grand opening promotion is still going on, the scope and number of people it can affect cannot cover the entire Hong Kong.

The decline of all industries caused by the economic depression has made many citizens less in the mood to celebrate the holidays.

This was very obvious to Fang Luoyi and Ms. He, who had just returned to Hong Kong from abroad.

On the first day of the new year, the two made an appointment to get together in advance.

At this moment, they were strolling aimlessly in the shopping mall of Harbour City arm in arm, chatting about their respective study abroad experiences in the past six months.

There were six bodyguards following the two men, four of whom were Miss He's exclusive security guards.

The six people were already holding three or four bags in their hands, but this did not stop the enthusiasm of the two young ladies in front of them to go shopping crazily.

The two beauties walked and stopped for about half an hour, and then found a coffee shop to rest.

They are of similar age and have similar family backgrounds, so they are like-minded and have a lot to talk about.

Miss He felt that the eldest princess of the Fang family in front of her had much more vision, knowledge and conversation than before after more than a year of studying abroad, which surprised her.

Although they often chat on the phone, it always feels one-sided and narrow compared to face-to-face communication.

Fang Luoyi hammered his sore calf and said self-deprecatingly:
"You can't stop while shopping, otherwise you'll immediately feel your legs and feet ache."

Miss He took a sip of coffee and smiled:

"Yiyi, are you lacking exercise? How about playing tennis with me tomorrow?"

Fang Luoyi curled his lips and said unconvincedly:
"No way! I was a winger on the women's soccer team at Harvard. I ran a lot."

Miss He laughed even more happily, and she joked:
“So how many games did you participate in last year?”

Fang Luoyi blushed. As we all know, international football is not popular in the United States, so the university football teams are basically just for show and the competitive intensity is low. She retorted somewhat awkwardly:

"Although it's not much, I still run at least 30 to 40 kilometers every week. Even I admire myself for being able to stick to it."

Miss He knew that she couldn't always criticize the other party, so she nodded repeatedly to show her sincerity and belief:

"I believe you, Yiyi, you are so awesome!"

Fang Luoyi regretted bringing up this embarrassing topic, so she stopped talking and turned the conversation to the other person:
"Ah Tong, how far have you and Danny Chan progressed?"

Hearing this, Miss He lifted her hair by her ear unnaturally and said with a somewhat angry expression:

"Could you please stop being so gossipy?"

Fang Luoyi was delighted, knowing that he had successfully escaped from the predicament just now, and continued to ask proudly:

"You're already 20, what's wrong with dating?" Miss He was a little amused by the shamelessness of the girl opposite her, and she replied helplessly:
"Let it be. He also needs to focus on his music career now."

Fang Luoyi felt a little indignant on behalf of his friend, wrinkled his nose and said:
"How can you be the only one working hard and accommodating in matters of the heart? He's a man, can't he be more proactive?"

Miss He was in a complicated mood. She did not blame Danny Chan. In fact, although the other party was a little shy, he could not be said to be passive.

At present, their relationship is actually progressing steadily. As long as there is no obstacle from her father and family, she is still confident that they will eventually be together.

"Aqiang has done a great job. I am quite satisfied. If you like someone, you should support the work and career that he or she loves. He likes music, and I like it too. That's enough."

Fang Luoyi held her chin with both hands, listening to the other party's story of her love experience with Danny Chan, and was actually a little moved. She touched the corners of her eyes where there were no traces of tears, and she suggested:

"If he is willing to join DreamWorks Music, maybe I can persuade my brother to support him with all his strength."

Miss He rolled her eyes, feeling somewhat helpless that her friend always mentioned her brother. She shook her head and explained:
"Aqiang's current company, EMI, is an international record company that is only stronger than the current DreamWorks. He is also valued by this company, so there is no need for him to change companies."

"Besides, even if he joins DreamWorks Music, his prospects will not be optimistic. As far as I know, his style is similar to Leslie Cheung. If the two are in the same company, the competition will only be more intense."

Fang Luoyi thought it made sense at first, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and retorted:

"Atong, if I were you, I would help my boyfriend choose a path with more development prospects."

"In my opinion, although EMI is a large foreign-funded company and seems to be very strong, they have a global presence and have more singers under their banner. It is impossible for them to distribute resources evenly and focus on their efforts to train singers."

"My brother's DreamWorks Music is different. Although it has only been established for a year, based on my past knowledge and internship experience in Silicon Valley, this company will invest more and more comprehensive training resources than foreign record companies."

Miss He frowned. She was not convinced by her friend's analysis. She questioned:
"Yiyi, I know you admire your brother very much, but aren't you too blindly optimistic?"

Fang Luoyi smiled and said confidently:

"I'm not helping my relatives, just listen to me and let me analyze it for you."

"Last year, when I was interning at Maple Leaf Computer in the United States, I worked as an assistant to my brother. He told me that even Maple Leaf Computer was not an independent company, but a screw or a bearing serving the Alphabet Group."

"I didn't quite understand it at the time, but after half a year of thinking about it, I understood what he meant. To put it bluntly, the more than 20 subsidiaries under the Alphabet Group seem to be unrelated to each other, but in fact, in my brother's vision, they can complement each other and help each other."

"That is to say, if Danny Chan joins DreamWorks Music, his stage will not only be limited to this company, but he will be able to share resources from the entire group, including other companies."

"For example, if he is interested in acting, he can play a role in a DreamWorks movie; if he wants to take on commercials, Wanda, Watsons and BYD can all give him advertising contracts; for example"

Listening to her friend's endless analysis, Miss He actually felt dazed.

The person in front of her suddenly seemed a little strange to her, as if she was not the princess at the coming-of-age ceremony, but a female elite in the workplace.

After all, after careful thought and analysis of what the other party said, she had to admit that there was some truth and logic in it.

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(End of this chapter)