Laura, a name that once made a splash in the Web3 industry compliance track.

She was once the youngest English lecturer in a university. She was unwilling to be constrained by the system and decisively jumped out of her comfort zone.

She has been deeply involved in the fashion media track and created many industry benchmark projects;

Then cross-border Internet marketing and FA fields,

He once led a team to help clients raise more than 1 billion yuan in cumulative financing,

We have won a number of heavyweight industry awards, advancing step by step and breaking through.

While serving as CEO of Web3, a leading media company in Singapore,

She once set a record of intensive business travel to 5 countries and regions in one month.

While on a business trip to Türkiye in 2023, I personally experienced the Palestinian-Israeli conflict;

In 2024, Dubai will encounter the most severe rainstorm in more than 70 years,

At that time, all events in the city were cancelled, and the summit hosted by her was the only major event that was held as scheduled that day,

Nearly 500 guests from all over the world participated. It was rated as the Top 1 benchmark event of the year by the editor-in-chief of the authoritative American media Cointelegraph, and was rated as "Super Awesome" by the top industry media.

In the days when she was working on the frontline overseas, she also encountered an accident while on a business trip in North America. She was followed and entangled by homeless people. Fortunately, she was able to avert the danger with the timely help of her colleagues.

When talking about these thrilling past experiences, she just smiled lightly: they were all valuable experiences.

It is precisely with this tenacity to venture into the world and keen insight into domestic and overseas markets,

As a partner, she assists many high-quality projects of the parent company's well-known investment institutions in Singapore,

Comprehensively lay out the international strategy, promote global business implementation, and build a closed loop of industrial ecology,

Also links with governments of many countries/regions, deeply coordinates the implementation of industry compliance policies, and provides professional strategic consulting and decision-making support.

In 2025, Laura officially joined the Bigo Group, a Hong Kong listed company owned by Stephen Chow,

Responsible for the group's innovative technology industry investment, global business development, and overall operation management of AIGC's full track projects, and served as CEO and co-founder, completing another gorgeous cross-border upgrade in his career.

In the eyes of the outside world, she is intellectually capable and full of aura,

She is recognized as the goddess of war in the industry, a sober and transparent heroine,

It is also synonymous with industry clarity, business opportunities and reliable projects.

At first sight, I thought she was a legendary woman with a sharp edge and a sense of distance,

Only when we really get to know each other do we realize that in addition to the strong core, there is also a contrast of gentleness and relaxation.

The following is the content of the conversation between Golden Finance and Laura:

Golden Finance: How did your early Internet + experience lay the foundation for your later work on Web3 and AI?

Laura: For me, the Internet era has actually trained me in three very core abilities:

First, it is an insight into the real needs of target users;

The second is how to break the traffic circle;

Third, and most important, is the ability to integrate cross-domain resources.

Because you need to create a hit product from 0 to 1, and then scale it from 1 to N. This entire methodology is actually still fully applicable in today's Web3 and AI.

Essentially, we are still solving the same problem - whether you can accurately reach your target users, whether you can integrate resources efficiently, and whether you can quickly verify the value of your project.

In the end, no matter how the industry changes, the final competition is still about brand, business value and capital.

Golden Finance: Cross-border Web3 from Internet marketing to create a hit project from 0 to 1. Have you experienced a difficult breakthrough process?

Laura: Frankly speaking, the process has been challenging.

In the early days, the Web3 industry was highly involved. During industry conferences, various offline activities such as receptions, parties, and afternoon teas were held everywhere, with high costs and numerous forms. However, this kind of lively pan-social model is only suitable for To C projects and does not match the business attributes of our To B-side SaaS products at all.

Enterprise procurement, compliance cooperation, and system implementation require in-depth and professional communication, which is not suitable for promotion in entertainment scenarios.

At that time, I was indeed faced with a dilemma: we should not only maintain the reputation of the international brand, but also accurately reach the core decision-making groups, and control the overall cost. So I broke out of the industry’s conventional approach and worked with my team to innovate a high-end brunch with a targeted invitation system, a closed-door private event.

I always believe that in the intensive night social rhythm, people who are willing to get up early to go to appointments are highly accurate and same-frequency customers with real needs.

Small-scale closed-door scenes can achieve efficient and in-depth communication and build business trust.

Fortunately, our approach has worked well in many countries. It not only consolidates the overseas brand image, efficiently attracts customers, but also streamlines redundant investment. While killing three birds with one stone, it has also won unanimous praise from partners.

Golden Finance: Looking back on this diverse cross-border journey, how do you define your core capabilities and career background?

Laura: At first glance, many people may think that my career span is very broad and the tracks are constantly changing, but in essence I have always been doing the same thing: integrating resources, judging trends, and then implementing things in target markets around the world, and finally realizing the realization of value and resources.

From the early years of working in media, setting content and traffic as benchmarks, then becoming an Internet marketing FA, helping corporate customers to open a closed loop of financing and growth, then building a Fintech and Web3 ecosystem in Singapore, linking global capital, government resources and high-quality projects, and now deeply cultivating AIGC in Hong Kong, the underlying logic has not changed.

It is nothing more than using cross-circle vision, cross-cycle judgment and cross-regional execution to efficiently link resources, technology, capital and markets.

I have always been a long-term practitioner: I will not chase short-term trends, but pay more attention to things that can transcend cycles, comply with regulations, and have real barriers; basically all my judgments come from practical experience in front-line operations and global implementation. Of course, I will occasionally use a woman's sixth sense.

Golden Finance: You mentioned the “woman’s sixth sense”. Are there any real cases to share? What do you think of the development status and growth difficulties of women in the workplace? So how do you achieve balance and consideration in your own life trajectory?

Laura: Yes, the one that impressed me most was the event in Dubai in 2024.

At that time, there was an extreme rainstorm that had not occurred in the area for more than 70 years. Traffic in the city was paralyzed, and almost all offline activities were urgently suspended, postponed and cancelled.

My colleagues in Singapore also repeatedly advised me to put safety first, stay at the hotel with peace of mind, and not risk going out for events.

But at that moment, on the one hand, I didn’t want to let down the trust of my partners and all the preparations and investments in the early stage, and I stuck to my established commitments;

On the other hand, women have very keen intuition and sixth sense. I am sure that the rain will slow down when the event starts.

I insisted on advancing the process according to the original plan, and the facts confirmed my judgment.

The weather gradually improved before the event started, and we became the only major event in the city to be held as scheduled that day,

Nearly 500 global guests arrived on time.

This event, held against the trend, was later rated as the Top 1 benchmark event of the year by the editor-in-chief of the global authoritative media Cointelegraph, and we were also highly praised as "super awesome".

Many times, in addition to rational judgment, women’s unique keen intuition, on-the-spot determination and contrarian decision-making ability will become the team’s confidence at critical moments.

Sensibility, flexibility, loyalty - these are not weaknesses, but the unique strength of women, but they are rarely truly seen.

Based on the body structure, women have to endure hormone fluctuations in the body every month. At that stage, their emotions and bodies are being stretched, and they have to take care of work, family and self-growth at the same time. It's really not easy to balance. Whenever this happens, I want to say: Our great female compatriots are so awesome, okay? And countless cases around me prove that modern women can sit on the card table gracefully based on their own abilities.

I have always felt that girls who can keep growing upward in the workplace are extraordinary.

Having the so-called perfect state - a partner on the same frequency, a supportive family, and angelic children - is actually a small probability event. Most of the time, what we see is nothing more than survivor bias.

So there is no need for us to criticize ourselves, it is good to look more at what we already have.

I have always felt that I am very lucky. I have had many people support, give me advice and lift me up along the way: my family, my team who have followed me all the way in Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore, my partners who have been with me all the way, and my good friends in the United States and Japan.

We are more like comrades who feel sorry for each other and support each other. They see each other's difficulties and support each other's fragility. They are always there as long as I need them. This is the real confidence that I can stay stable at the poker table.

Golden Finance: Having gone through three cycles from Internet +, Crypto to AI, what has remained unchanged in your decision-making logic, and what has changed?

Laura: If you look back at these three cycles, there are great changes on the surface, but there are actually commonalities underneath.

What I have been looking for are opportunities where technology, capital and markets resonate at the same time.

At the same time, I must look at it from a global perspective, rather than being limited to a single market. In particular, Web3 and AI are naturally global tracks.

There is another point that I have always valued very much, which is the team and barriers.

No matter how good the track is, if there is no reliable team and no real technical core capabilities, it will not go far.

But what does change is the rhythm.

In the Internet era, traffic is king, and in the Web3 era, compliance is king. At the stage of AI, the most critical thing is to see whether it can truly complete the implementation of the industry.

Golden Finance: So how do you view cooperation and winning and losing?

Laura: My life creed is: don’t dwell on what you can’t get, and don’t cling to what you’ve lost.

Especially after following several consecutive startups with my previous team, I feel even more: true strength is not about never losing, but about being able to lose, letting go, and still believing in the road ahead.

Some people and things appear not to accompany you to the end, but to teach you something and then leave.

Being grateful and moving on is inner freedom.

When it comes to doing things, I rarely regard others as opponents.

I value "adults to achieve oneself" more. If you achieve others, you will eventually achieve yourself.

A win-win game can last long.

Golden Finance: In your opinion, what is the essential difference between the two technological revolutions of Web3 and AI?

Laura: Web3 is essentially changing the relations of production. It solves how value is confirmed, how it is transferred, and how to form a global consensus.

AI is more about improving productivity. It solves the problems of efficiency, content generation and industry empowerment.

But a common inspiration from both of them is that any real technological revolution should be laid out with a global mindset from the beginning.

Another very important point is that compliance and ecology must be done at the same time.

No matter how strong the technology is, if it is not compliant, it will definitely not go far; if it is not ecological, it will definitely not be big.

Golden Finance: What do you think of the outside criticism that "AI is a bubble"? And the common public anxiety of "my job will be replaced by AI"?

Laura: First of all, regarding the statement that AI is a bubble, I think we need to look at it objectively and dialectically.

The industry is heating up rapidly. The short-term overheated hype, homogenization, and excessive marketing have indeed made many people feel impetuous and negative, which is why they question "AI is a bubble."

But the bubble has never been caused by AI technology itself, but by speculation that blindly follows the trend.

AI is not a sudden trend, but a long-term irreversible industrial change. It will reconstruct efficiency, optimize division of labor, and will only iterate the industry and will not exit easily.

As for the fear of being replaced by AI in the workplace, I have also carefully thought about this issue.

Looking back on my own career path, whether it is global business negotiations, cross-border compliance collaboration, high-end government-enterprise docking, or contrarian decision-making at large-scale international events, or deep trust links in high-net-worth circles, all key judgments, resource integration, human connections, and on-the-spot decisions in crisis situations all require people to lead, set the tone, and make decisions.

Including the global market acumen, cross-cultural communication experience, long-term industry reputation and network assets that I have accumulated through many years of overseas work. These comprehensive abilities with experience, judgment, empathy, and decision-making power are not replicable in themselves, and naturally there is no possibility of being easily replaced. So how could AI possibly replace me?

In fact, most of the things that are easily replaced are standardized, process-based, and repetitive mechanical basic work.

For example, in our previous team, we originally had full-time positions for policy interpretation of various countries, which relied on data collection and information transfer. This type of standardized work is precisely what AI is best at replacing.

Anxiety itself is not scary. What is scary is staying where you are and not making any changes.

At that time, I also gave my colleague advice in advance, asking him to jump out of the single-functional track and transform into a content blogger and an independent consultant.

Now he has been working with various institutions and serving corporate customers for a long time, and has embarked on a broader and more irreplaceable career path.

So I always think:

AI will not eliminate people, it will only eliminate people who are stubborn and only do basic execution.

The core competitiveness of the future will never be duplication of work,

But the scarce judgment, integration ability, empathic link, global vision and game-breaking thinking.

Learn to make good use of AI as a tool and improve efficiency, instead of being afraid of AI or resisting AI.

Golden Finance: You have a lot of practical experience in Singapore. What are the most common pitfalls for Chinese companies going overseas to Singapore?

Laura: The problem I see most is that many companies copy domestic logic directly to overseas.

But the market environment overseas is completely different from that at home. If you don’t understand the local policies, laws and culture, it is easy to be blocked by violations, or you will not be able to do it at all.

So before going overseas, I usually recommend that companies ask themselves a few very practical questions:

Does your product have real global competitiveness?

Is your team aware of compliance?

Are there talents and local partners who truly understand the local market?

And can your funds support long-term implementation?

And companies at different stages have completely different strategies for going global:

Start-ups are more suitable for asset-light overseas expansion and should be verified first in hub markets like Singapore or Hong Kong;

Growing companies need to build a structure of "China as headquarters + major overseas markets as hubs + global market expansion" to simultaneously promote compliance, localization, and capital docking;

Listed companies need to make a global strategic layout from the beginning, integrate government, capital and industrial resources to create a truly international brand. They can use the capital markets of Hong Kong and Singapore to achieve global financing and expansion.

Golden Finance: What is Hong Kong’s core value for technology companies today?

Laura: The value of Hong Kong can actually be summed up in one sentence - it is the most critical hub for the capitalization and globalization of global technology companies.

On the one hand, it is very friendly to technology companies in terms of policies, such as allowing unprofitable companies to go public. This is very critical support for many companies that invest heavily in R&D.

On the other hand, it gathers both global capital and southbound funds from the mainland. This combination of internal and external capital structures is very scarce in the world.

More importantly, it is a bridge that can truly connect the mainland and international markets.

First of all, it has the advantage of language, both Chinese and English.

Secondly, you can not only go global through Hong Kong, but also deeply connect with mainland industries and talents through Hong Kong.

So for many technology companies, Hong Kong is not only a financing platform, but also an endorsement of global brands and the starting point for global expansion.

Golden Finance: How can companies use Hong Kong to open the closed loop of "mainland + global"?

Laura: The core is actually very simple, just one sentence - Hong Kong is the hub, the mainland is the foundation, and the world is the market.

Complete capitalization through Hong Kong and connect with global capital;

With Hong Kong as its headquarters, build a global business network, government relations, and channel resources;

At the same time, we will use mainland production capacity and talents to support the expansion of the entire global market.

A closed loop is formed between these three, and the growth efficiency of the enterprise will be very high.

Golden Finance: Can you briefly introduce the situation of Bigo Group?

Laura: Bigo Group currently implements a dual-headquarters operation model in Hong Kong and Beijing:

The Hong Kong headquarters relies on the foundation of Mr. Stephen Chow's Xinghui Film and Television, and also focuses on international capital operation, cross-border business expansion and global strategic layout;

The Beijing headquarters focuses on the production and investment of film and television dramas, such as some dramas, costume dramas and AI short dramas. It also focuses on innovative technology research and development, the docking of AIGC industry implementation and domestic government-enterprise cooperation, etc.

The group also focuses on investing in high-quality period dramas. I particularly like period-themed works.

Golden Finance: Which period drama is your favorite?

Laura: My current favorite is "In the World". I think the most touching thing about period dramas is that there are all kinds of life hidden in the daily fireworks. Everyone's fate, choices and regrets are real and heart-wrenching, and they always make me particularly empathic. This is my more emotional side.

The family structure in "The World" is very similar to my family of origin.

My uncle is an upright and resolute public law enforcement officer. He is upright, calm, tall, handsome and very charming;

My old uncle is a senior special-level teacher. He is warm, caring, humble and kind. He is the most important male role model for me growing up.

I grew up under the strict discipline of a tiger mother. I have always been an top student in everyone's eyes, "someone else's child."

I got a perfect score in mathematics in the college entrance examination, but due to insomnia, I fell asleep during the comprehensive science examination. It was a pity that I missed Tsinghua University. This was a hurdle that my mother had been struggling with for many years, and it was also the most unreliable thing I did.

The most rebellious thing I did when I was young was to hide all my wishes from my mother and go to other places.

At that time, I felt that I had to leave the familiar environment and the control of my parents, and explore, grow, and see a wider world on my own.

The popular "Protagonist" is also pretty good. I'm following it too. The actor Zhang Jiayi in it has always been my ideal type.

Golden Finance: We learned that Bigao Group has just announced the launch of Bigao Donglang AI Film and Television Industrial Park with Beijing Donglang Film Creative Industrial Park. We have also observed that many local governments are actively transforming and introducing AI-OPC. So, as a company, how should we seize the dividends?

Laura: Currently, governments across the country are vigorously promoting digital transformation, and there is an urgent need to use AI technology and high-quality IP to inject fresh vitality into cities and parks. The introduction of classic IP and AI-OPC intelligent operation center has become a general trend.

Companies want to seize this wave of dividends:

First, closely follow the needs of government digitalization and industrial upgrading, and provide overall solutions for AI operations, IP incubation, and industry empowerment;

Second, connect the resources of governments, enterprises, capital, and IP to build a complete ecological closed loop;

Third, first establish a benchmark in small scenarios, and then replicate and promote it nationwide to stabilize long-term government-enterprise cooperation and policy support.

Golden Finance: What is the core positioning and value of the AI film and television agent your team is currently working on?

Laura: Our AI film and television agent is positioned as the world's first AI ecological platform for film and television creation. Our vision is that everyone can be a director, allowing aesthetics, creativity and logic to be easily realized.

Traditional film and television has high thresholds, large investment, and long cycle. Only professional teams can participate.

We rely on large models to open up the entire chain of creativity, scripts, storyboards, scenes, production, and IP incubation. Ordinary people only need to input ideas and aesthetic settings to generate AI short dramas, online dramas, and theater-level film and television content with one click.

It can solve the three major pain points of the industry: lowering barriers to entry, lowering costs, and improving efficiency. At the same time, it links with mainland, Hong Kong and global classic film and television IPs, opening up IP, capital and global distribution channels, allowing personal creativity to be quickly implemented and commercial value realized.

Golden Finance: Will the progress of AI large models have an impact on vertical AI agents?

Laura: Large models do not have an impact on vertical agents, but screening and division of labor.

Simple and general-purpose Agents will be replaced by large models, but vertical Agents with deep industry expertise, strong implementation, and high compliance are even more irreplaceable because of their exclusive data, high-quality resources, process barriers, and industry understanding.

In the future, large models will provide general capabilities, and vertical agents will provide industry depth and implementation. This is a symbiotic relationship rather than opposition.

Golden Finance: Finally, what advice do you have for AI entrepreneurs?

Laura: First, you must deeply develop your professional abilities. Professional abilities are the foundation of your life at any time.

Second, we must expand our global horizons as soon as possible, because in the future, almost all industries will compete globally.

Third, you must have the patience to go through cycles, do not be affected by short-term fluctuations, and insist on doing things that truly have long-term value and barriers.

The last point, I think is also very important, is to continue to learn and insist on being yourself. I think you can win by being yourself, if you want to win, because many times, the people who can really win are those who always know what they are doing.

Golden Finance: You finally said, “Only by being yourself can you win.” So, “What kind of person do you think ‘self’ is?

Laura: I am a person who puts all my heart into what I do. If something is right for me, I will stick to it; but if the direction is wrong, I will calmly turn around in time. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up easily.

I am also a person who likes to create "surprises" with my team. As long as the goal is clear, I am willing to challenge the most difficult road, and I can always find the best way to lead everyone out together.

I have always been an independent person. Be independent in your career, spirit, and economy. You don’t need to be attached or settle. You want to be able to live your life at your own pace.

I am also a continuous learner. The first thing I do when I wake up every morning is to read industry news, and I insist on reading paper books every day to update my knowledge. I can't bear to stay where I am, and for me, staying still is equivalent to regression.

I am not an all-rounder, more like a specialist with core strengths. There are many things that I am good at, and I can admit those that I am not good at. My requirement for myself is to maximize my advantages, which is more important than anything else.

The most important thing is that I am a person with long-term planning and long-termism. Maybe it has something to do with me being an INTJ?

I will not be swayed by short-term market sentiment or interests, nor will I be biased by temporary trends.

Look far and walk steadily, this is what I have always insisted on.

Golden Finance: Many people in the industry, especially women who have just entered the workplace, regard you as a benchmark and role model, saying that you are a gentle sister who has overcome all obstacles. What do you think?

Laura: I am really honored and grateful to receive such a compliment.

Actually, I have always felt that I just did what I should do, wanted to do, and did it responsibly.

I believe that anyone who is responsible, responsible, has a bottom line, and is willing to fight would make the same choice in my position.

In the past few years, I have also grown slowly, accepting everyone's attention and recognition more and more calmly, and I have become more and more courageous to face up to and accept the truest version of myself - not perfect, but hardworking; not strong, but with a bottom line; uncompromising, but can be very nice.

I accept my limitations but never give up the pursuit of broadening my boundaries. The most important thing is, no matter when and no matter what your identity is, don’t lose yourself, don’t overload your mind and body, otherwise you won’t be beautiful.

If my experience can give everyone a little strength, I think it will be very worthwhile.

Laura has always been doing one very clear thing - standing on top of the cycle, linking global resources, and reshaping business with the help of technology and capital.

From a linker of cross-border capital, to a promoter of globalization, to an enabler of the AI industry, she represents a type of person: one who does not chase trends, but defines trends.