Chapter 139 Dreams are important, but getting rich is more attractive

Chapter 139 Dreams are important, but getting rich is more attractive

Chapter 139 Dreams are important, but getting rich is more attractive

Become famous as a director.

A lot of troubles also followed.

Some film company bosses hope to cooperate with Fan Wumian to make movies, just investing money but not interfering.

If other directors encountered such a thing, they might be very happy.

However, Fan Wumian had no shortage of money for investment and was fully confident in his work, so there was no need for him to share the risk with a partner.

If you lead others to invest, from some perspectives, it is like giving money to them.

Although social etiquette is extremely important, you may give out a large sum of money but only receive some insignificant favors in return, and people may think that this is the benefit you deserve.

Obviously, the good steel is not used on the blade, which is not cost-effective.

There are also some particularly thick-skinned colleagues who have never dealt with Fan Wumian before.

They immediately asked for his help, hoping that Fan Wumian could recommend their works to European and American distributors.

Some movies have been released for one or two years, and have only earned a total box office of 40 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau. However, they feel that their works are very good, but they just lack the opportunity to be noticed by foreign distributors.

Seeing that he made a lot of money by selling overseas distribution rights, he began to think about making money out of nothing.

There are so many messy and annoying things.

Fan Wumian returned to Trinity College to continue his studies and announced to the public that he was preparing for the college entrance examination, but in fact he also wanted to stay out of the spotlight.

I have recently declined various requests from a number of people.

He only told others that he was not capable enough and that being able to make "A Quiet Place" was just a coincidence.

If he continued to refuse like this, Fan Wumian was worried that he would offend all his colleagues in the circle.

Seeing that Fan Wumian was only 18 years old, his first movie in his life, with an investment of only several million Hong Kong dollars, broke the price record for the sale of overseas distribution rights for Chinese-language films.

Many veteran directors, owners of famous film companies, and top actors feel like they have eaten sour grapes.

When some directors were interviewed, they said "I hope to see more new blood."

In reality, they looked down on each other and thought that Fan Wumian was just lucky. No matter how they looked at him, they disliked him.

As the old saying goes, the bird that sticks its head out gets shot, and the tree that stands out in the forest is easily blown away by the wind. There is nothing that can be done about it.

Fortunately, competition in the entertainment industry is extremely fierce, and Fan Wumian has never thought about being a goody-goody who is popular with everyone and has many friends.

Rather than getting caught up in internal friction, he felt that since these people dared to ask for something, they should be prepared to be rejected.
I went back to school and attended two days of classes, and then the weekend came again.

Fan Wumian went to the Sapphire Blue Music Studio and was busy recording new songs, trying to release his second solo album as soon as possible.

As for the mainland telecommunications operators, their official websites have begun to display the sales data of mobile phone ringtones in real time, but only the top 100 are counted for the time being.

Around the Spring Festival.

The total number of downloads of Fan Wumian’s mobile phone ringtones suddenly increased by seven or eight million times.

Some media outlets helped to do the statistics and found that the total sales of all the mobile phone ringtones he launched had exceeded 3100 million times. The estimated amount of dividends he received was more than million yuan.

When this news came out, countless record companies and singers were stunned.

Fan Wumian also felt a little chill.

Because some netizens in the forum actually called on everyone not to buy his ringtones, and said that they worked hard and only earned 1200 yuan a month, so how could a singer earn so much?

Those who are jealous of his wealth and hate the rich have already started to take action.

Fortunately, no one in the media was trying to stir up trouble, and it only caused a small stir.

After seeking advice from the accounting firm and studying the tax deduction plan for donations to Hong Kong City over the weekend, he actually brought a check to Principal Li Jiagui when he went to class on Monday.

The amount is written as 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

Do not ask.

The question is whether donations can be deducted from personal income tax. In fact, Fan Wumian is also very heartbroken.

When he mentioned borrowing the school's venue to shoot a movie, Principal Li Jiagui was so excited that he even offered to play a supporting role.

Yaomei's company had just transferred the profits from the previous wholesale albums to Fan Wumian's personal account through a series of legal tax avoidance methods, leaving a total of more than 800 million Hong Kong dollars.

The money stayed there for just over a day before it, together with other funds in the account, totaled 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, and all of it was converted into Penguin Holdings shares.

The Bandit King Media (Gangcheng) company under Fan Wumian's name has received a deposit of US$320 million. After applying for exemption, it does not need to pay taxes to Gangcheng.

The city also does not levy capital gains tax.

This means that companies generally do not have to pay taxes on profits they make from buying and selling stocks.

Monday.

Penguin shares had fallen slightly.

The $320 million deposit was used to buy all of Penguin shares in the name of Bandit King Media (Hongcheng) Company.

Due to the large amount, the stock price of this listed company directly increased by about 1.2%.

According to the information Fan Wumian learned from the accounting firm, as long as you hold the shares for a long time and do not buy and sell them frequently, you will not be taxed when you sell them.

If you need money.

You can also pledge your stocks to the bank and get a bank loan to spend the money.

I can only say that Hong Kong is worthy of being one of the world's largest "tax havens". The tax rate for doing business here is much lower than that in the north.

The telecommunications operator has already contacted Bandit King Media (Huaxia) Co., Ltd. and reconfirmed the information of the corporate account. It is planned to arrange a payment in March.

There will be no shortage of money in the short term.

Fan Wumian had made preparations in advance and was prepared to use the remaining US$2880 million from the sale of overseas distribution rights to buy Penguin shares.

If the share price of Penguin Holdings does not rise in the short term, theoretically, you can buy about 3.5% of the company's total share capital.

This was something Fan Wumian had never dared to think about before.

The Penguin Company, with a total market value of only about HK$72 billion, is so attractive that it makes him drool.

When the transaction is completed, with this batch of Penguin stocks as ballast, it means that no matter how you play in the entertainment industry, you don’t have to worry about your future and you will be full of confidence.

Just finished it on Monday.

On Wednesday, Miramax Films arranged for an accountant to make the transfer. At about 11 p.m., Fan Wumian received the news from the accounting firm in Hong Kong. He was so excited that he didn't fall asleep until about 3 a.m.

Early the next morning.

He was awakened by a call from a senior executive of Bank of China in Hong Kong, who proposed to bring some gifts such as Wagyu beef, Australian lobster and abalone to visit him and recommend some financial products to him.

While feeling elated, Fan Wumian reluctantly refused and told the brokerage firm that the funds would be managed. However, the bank quickly sent someone to his door with a bunch of gifts.

He deeply felt the beauty of being a rich man.

It plans to purchase another approximately HK$2 million worth of Penguin shares. A transaction of this size still needs to be approved by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The transaction was negotiated with the institutions through special channels on the same day.

Some major shareholders of Penguin Group, including Citigroup, took the opportunity to cash out part of their shares and were busy from Wednesday to Thursday before they completed their positions.

Calculating the total amount of shares held, it accounts for approximately 3.649% of Penguin Holdings' total share capital.

Thanks to the sluggish Hong Kong stock market.

Even the brokerage representative who was in contact with Fan Wumian praised him for his good luck and for successfully building a position at a lower price.

I got a small taste of what it feels like to be a capital tycoon.

Although it is not clear how much this asset will be worth if it is held for 10 or 20 years, the dividends alone should be enough to live a fulfilling life.

Maybe it's just luck.

Until Fan Wumian completed his position building, no relevant information leaked out to the outside world.

He had just become famous and many people were jealous of the rich. Fan Wumian certainly would not look for things to do on his own and publicly announce the news of his stock speculation.

Although there is a chance to stimulate the rise in Penguin's stock price.

But since I have no plans to sell it, it doesn’t matter whether it goes up in the short term.
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Except for "A Quiet Place" which has not yet been released, everything else has basically been settled.

The most important sum of funds has been in place, and Fan Wumian can finally put his mind at ease.

While continuing to be busy studying, recording songs and writing scripts, she also found time to go to Shenzhen to talk with the designer about the decoration of the golf villa, and filmed the endorsement advertisements for sanitary pads and facial tissues.

The Berlin Film Festival has ended, and "A Quiet Place" did not win any awards.

After his agent Jiang Shixi came back, he was busy helping him continue to find suitable endorsements and commercial performances to make money.

As the fame increased, the offer price naturally rose. The two-year endorsement fee has been offered at 600 million RMB, which eliminated a number of small companies with insufficient strength.

In addition, with the help of this agent, Fan Wumian began to prepare a film and television entertainment team and recruit experienced talents, including agents, directors, producers, etc.

Director Lu Hao was also busy.

When he met Fan Wumian again at Yaomei Culture Company in Shenzhen, he felt a little embarrassed and rubbed his hands and said:

"Thank you for the big red envelope from the boss, giving me 30 yuan at once. I was just helping you out, so I didn't really contribute that much."

Fan Wumian waved his hand and said:
"I paid too little. Last time I mentioned signing a contract with you, have you thought it through?"

"I can give you a signing fee of 25 yuan a year. You can sign for 5, 8 or 10 years. It's up to you."

"After all, he will be my future senior. After making a good movie, he will receive an additional bonus of no less than 50 yuan for each movie, plus some box office dividends. If I have a bite of meat, you will have a bite of soup. Anyway, I will not let you suffer any loss."

This is not because Fan Wumian is stingy.

With Ma Yingjie's current fame, the market price is like this, and being able to give so much money is already very generous.

I heard that the protagonist of "Drawing Sword" filmed so many episodes, but his total salary was only 55 RMB.

Even this makes many mainland actors envious.

If the market doesn’t develop, the company won’t make any money, and the income of directors and actors certainly won’t increase.

After hearing these words.

Director Lu Hao was instantly moved and asked tentatively:
"If I sign a contract with your company, when will I have the opportunity to be the chief director myself?"

Just ask this question.

It means I am very satisfied with the price.

Fan Wumian heard it.

said laughingly:
"There will be an opportunity soon. Once your script is finished, I will provide the funds at any time and let you be in charge of the filming."

Lu Hao immediately said:

"In fact, I have a script now called "Big Diamond", which is a black comedy about a few thieves stealing diamonds."

"…The name sounds impressive. I'll give you 300 million, that's enough. Let me shoot it!"

"Hey? Boss, 300 million is not enough!"

"Of course it's not enough. Nowadays, all movies are full of diamonds. I'm tired of seeing them. Why not change it to emeralds? There will be a chance to get some product placements."

Fan Wumian snapped his fingers and added:

"Make the story more down-to-earth. I'll help you revise the script when I have time. It would be best if you change the name first. Let's call it "Crazy Stone"."

In fact, Fan Wumian also thought about whether some good scripts should be shelved first.

however.

Although the box office will be high in the future, investment opportunities are becoming fewer and fewer, and money itself is depreciating rapidly.

Earning 10 million in 1 years may not be as good as earning 500 million now.

Take penguin stocks for example. You won’t be able to find such a great opportunity to buy at the bottom in the future even if you search with a lantern.

So he finally decided that he had to shoot it.

That's why he took out the script of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" in advance, and also supported director Lu Hao to shoot "Crazy Stone" in advance.

Dreams are important, but getting rich is more important.

Fan Wumian is an adult. Only children have to make multiple-choice decisions. He wants both.

(End of this chapter)