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The next day, Yang Rui received a call from Scarlett Johansson, and his mother, Melanie Sloan, invited him and Thomas to their home to have dinner and talk about the reality show.

This kind of advanced entertainment program can easily arouse people's interest. People depend on food, and the United States is no exception. Unlike "Survivor", "A Bite of America" ​​has a wider audience and has great potential.

Yang Rui hung up the phone, turned around and asked, "Tom, come with me to meet Scarlett's family?"

"Huh? She came to see her parents at the age of 14, aren't you afraid of being beaten?" Thomas said in surprise.

"Can you stop thinking so dirty? I have an idea about a reality show, and I want to shoot something with Scarlett. It must be approved by her family."

"Reality TV? What the hell?"

In 1998, the reality show was relatively new, and the concept was vague, so Yang Rui was forced to explain it again.

Thomas shook his head immediately. "Are you going to invest money and go out to eat, drink and travel with a child? You just bought a lottery and you've become even more crazy within a few days?"

"It's a reality show. If there is a radio station willing to broadcast it, it can make money." Yang Rui found out that there is a generation gap with Thomas. After all, he is a future man.

"Can't you do something serious?" Thomas said weakly, leaning back on the sofa.

Yang Rui went into the bedroom and took a dozen pages of bound manuscript paper and threw them to Thomas. "This is business, the chat software plan, you have a look."

"Don't tell me that you want to make a software chat for the convenience of chatting with Scarlett online." Thomas continued to lie on Ge You, too lazy to move.

Both of them have computers at home, and they often use ICQ to chat, Thomas knows.

"Let's take a look first, okay? ICQ is really ugly, and my software will definitely beat them." Yang Ruihan said. In the eyes of my buddies, he is already a hopeless lolicon.

Without hope, Thomas began to read Yang Rui's plan, which contained some things for Tencent QQ in the future, and simply drew the software page, with annotations on the function section.

Of course, Yang Rui's plan is not to be a simple chat tool, but to include future VIP members, photo albums, groups, emails, space and other columns, which will be continuously upgraded. There is a process to realize it step by step, first come up with a few samples, it is not something that rough ICQ can compete with.

The page designed by Yang Rui is exquisite and beautiful, and his friends all have cartoon avatars of men and women. The most important point is that the name of this chat software is "Minions". The image logo is the little yellow man in the future popular animated movie "Despicable Me".

If you take the little yellow man as a logo and add some exclusive chat emoticons, it will definitely be easier to remember than Tencent Penguin. The copyright of Minions will belong to Yang Rui in the future, and Universal Pictures can't do without him if they want to make "Despicable Me". Making a movie is more like advertising his company.

Thomas was surprised at first, then stunned, and finally looked like a disguised geek surrounded by the police, with his eyeballs popping out.

"How the hell did you come up with these things? When did you start thinking about them?"

"I started chatting with ICQ. I don't know how to program, so I can't make these things, so I have to find someone to do it." Yang Rui smiled.

"Leave this matter to me. Isn't it easy to find someone?" Thomas excitedly held up the manuscript, as if it was the Olympic torch, igniting the holy flame in his heart.

"What are you going to do?"

"Simple, I'll go to Ilf first, you know, an elite student from Columbia University, a professional manager, with super accounting skills. Then we will go to Silicon Valley to find an office, and finally recruit people from nearby Stanford University, IT talents There are so many!" Thomas beamed.

"How to retain people in the future?" Yang Rui asked.

"Give them dry stocks, you can only pay dividends and not trade casually." Thomas's mind turned very fast.

Yang Rui laughed loudly: "Hahaha, just now you persuaded me not to do it, now you are so energetic? The change is too fast?"

"This is indeed much stronger than ICQ,

As long as the development route is right... I think it may be possible to go public. Thomas took two deep breaths and praised: "Jerry, you are really a genius, another kind of genius who is not good at reading." "

Yang Rui was very embarrassed by the praise. He has only used future products for many years, knows where the business opportunities lie, and has countless ideas to copy.

The IT industry will enter a golden age, making money is too easy. Yang Rui has no grudge against money, if you can get money lying down with your creativity, why not do it?

Seeing this plan, Thomas didn't care about Yang Rui's shooting of the reality show, and his mind was full of thoughts on how to compete with ICQ for users. He has always been optimistic about the IT industry, speculating in stocks in the IT industry, buying other people's stocks and earning more is not a career, only doing it yourself can become the top rich man.

In the evening, the two brought Chinese tea and steamed duck, and the dessert cheesecake visited Scarlett's house.

For the time being, they won’t see Scarlett’s father, Carsten Johnson. The couple divorced long ago and have four children. The eldest daughter, Vanessa, and the second son, Adrian, live with Carsten. There are still A half brother.

The composition of this family is a bit complicated. Scarlett lacked paternal love since she was a child, which made her a little Electra complex, and she liked to make friends with older men.

The pretty hostess opened the door for them. "Hi, nice to meet you, Jerry, Thomas."

"Hello, Melanie." Yang Rui met Scarlett's mother once outside, and he was not restrained.

"You can call me Tom." Thomas showed a surprised expression: "I can't believe you are already a mother, no wonder the genes of these two little devils are so good."

Melanie smiled from ear to ear, women like others to praise their beauty, not to mention she is almost forty years old.

"Tom, your image is very good. Are you interested in becoming an actor? I'm a Hollywood agent. It must be easier for you to find a role than Scarlett."

"Thank you, but I have my own business, and I will go to Canada with him to develop in a while."

"it's a pity."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone entered the house.

Only Scarlett and her mother were at home today, and Hunter went to a summer camp for middle school students.

Every summer vacation, there are always various summer camps suitable for students in the United States. Scarlett does not go to the event because she is an actress, she has to wait for the opportunity to go to the mirror at any time.

Scarlett's family lives in a small detached villa, which belongs to a typical upper-class white family, and the living room is almost as big as a two-person apartment.

But Johnson's family will not underestimate the two young people, they are young and promising representatives. Scarlett's parents assured her to associate with Yang Rui because they valued their status, and people in high positions would not mess around.

Thomas is a top student at Columbia University, and his education is impressive. It is the oldest university in New York State and one of the five universities with the longest history in the United States. From 1754 to the present, the school has trained countless elites and celebrities from all walks of life.

Yang Rui is even better, the 24-year-old NBA head coach, has a lot of fame in the United States.

Scarlett chatted with the two for a while, and Melanie prepared a simple but hearty dinner.