Chapter 195 No more worries about food and drink for the rest of your life
Chapter 195 No Worries About Food and Drink for the Rest of Your Life
"No. 12 Mount Kellett Road" located on the top of the mountain was originally planned to be put on the market for auction next year.
But the plan to expand the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center is imperative and involves more benefits, including increased tax revenue, employment and profits.
therefore.
Zuo Ziyan's father insisted on exchanging the land at No. 12 Mount Kellett Road on the Peak. After the official meeting, he readily agreed.
The specific agreement is to exchange two pieces of land and make up the difference of HK$4 million.
Due to tax issues and the Hong Kong government's plan to abolish inheritance tax next year, this piece of land will temporarily be placed under the name of Zuo Ziyan's grandfather.
The difference will be made up by a bank loan using the land at 12 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak as collateral.
Housing prices in Hong Kong had just started to pick up, and Zuo Real Estate was busy investing in the construction of office buildings and could not spare much funds. This made Zuo Ziyan's parents decide to put the matter on hold for the time being and keep the land in their hands to wait and see for a while.
This is roughly the information that Fan Wumian knows.
As soon as the official reached an agreement on the contract with Zuo Ziyan's grandfather, the news was leaked by various media outlets.
For a while, the news spread like wildfire, and the discussion about Zuo Ziyan was much more heated than the land exchange itself.
Returning to Hong Kong from Guangzhou, to the mansion at No. 89, Repulse Bay.
At this moment.
Fan Wumian put his arm around Zuo Ziyan's shoulders, and the two watched the show and chatted together. He joked:
"There's a newspaper article that calls you the most beautiful and richest woman in Hong Kong, and a rich young man openly expresses his love for you. Let me interview you. How do you feel now?"
Although I feel that it is a bit of a loss to choose to exchange the land at 12 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak instead of taking cash.
However, this piece of land is too valuable and the base is relatively large.
Even after the villas are built, with the appreciation of housing prices in Hong Kong, if one house is sold for 5 million Hong Kong dollars in the future, the entire complex will be worth about 60 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is enough to make Zuo Ziyan happy and never worry about food and drink for the rest of her life.
These past few days, Zuo Ziyan has been in a very good mood, and she quietly told Fan Wumian:
"I went to visit my grandfather this morning, and he told me that he had contacted a lawyer to change his will. He would give me the mansion in Kowloon Tong and other properties. Only my name was written on the will."
"In addition to the land at 12 Mount Kellett Road, the other assets added up to more than 1 million, plus tens of millions in cash."
"So, do you think you have good vision and bought me at a low price in advance?"
Fan Wumian pinched her cheek and replied:
"You are really lucky in terms of wealth, but a rich girl like you relies on inheritance, while I started from scratch and am doing pretty well. It's hard to say who is the one who is making the most money."
It makes sense, Zuo Ziyan added:
"Then let's just buy each other's bargains. When the time comes, we will work together and strive to become a billionaire."
Fan Wumian put his hand into his collar and said:
“Bottom-picking is great, but that’s not the kind of bottom-picking I like best.”
"???"
I figured it out in a blink of an eye. After all, I am no longer naive.
Zuo Ziyan laughed and said, "You are so bad!"
"Come on, let's go to the bedroom later and celebrate for you. By the way, if the land on the top of the mountain appreciates in value, would your family consider selling it?"
"Well, it's hard to say for now. With so much in loans, the annual holding cost is more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Given the property market, it should be able to increase significantly."
Fan Wumian reminded indirectly:
"In fact, if there is a chance, it would be nice to sell it at a high price, but in any case, you won't have to worry about your life. I envy the landlady who has such a large piece of land on the top of the mountain. When I have the chance, I will go to the mainland to get a piece too."
Let’s talk about land speculation.
The first thing he thought of was the famous Shenzhen City Bay No. 1.
In order to attract investors, in his previous life, he had been on a business trip as a follower and had given gifts to investors at the club at No. 1 Shenzhen City Bay.
I didn't have the chance to eat at the table, but while chatting with the waiter, I heard that the land price was only a few thousand yuan per square meter, but the apartment was sold at 200,000 to 300,000 yuan per square meter. With its high quality and excellent geographical location, it has attracted countless wealthy people to buy houses.
There are no spring bamboo shoots buildings nowadays.
Many places along the coast of Shencheng Bay are still just empty land.
Fan Wumian thought it would be a good idea to find out about it in advance.
Once "A Quiet Place 2" is released, maybe we'll have the opportunity to start a new round of expansion.
This is not because I want to get involved in the real estate industry. I am just planning to grab a piece of land while the price is low and hold it in my hands. I will consider developing it when I have some spare money.
I have been paying close attention to financial news recently and I understand that developers only need to pay 30% of the land price to acquire land, and the rest of the funds can be borrowed from banks.
In other words.
If the land price is calculated at 2000 yuan per square meter, Fan Wumian only needs to pay 600 yuan himself.
When the floor price rises to 3 yuan per square meter, excluding loan interest and other holding costs, the gross profit of land speculation is 50 times. If it is built into a house, the profit will be even higher, far more profitable than Zuo Ziyan's No. 12 Mount Kellett Road.
He took Zuo Ziyan upstairs and they continued to talk about import and export business.
In broad daylight, without drawing the curtains, and basking in the sunlight, Fan Wumian enjoyed the visual impact while inevitably making some comments in his mind.
He felt that there was absolutely no fault to be found in Zhuang Muxi's big breasts and Zuo Ziyan's waist and hips, and naturally he thought of Feng Ying'er's legs.
I felt ashamed and even more upset.
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In the outside world's imagination, movie stars seem to be working hard all day to come up with good works.
The fact is, just like Fan Wumian, if you are a good actor, you can go into business.
Other artists who have plenty of money are also trying to find ways to start side businesses, and starting a film and television company is one of the most common ways of investment.
Jack Long, the international superstar with the iconic big nose, suddenly called Fan Wumian after Zuo Ziyan returned home and asked with a smiling tone:
"Hi, Brother Fan, my company is launching a new movie recently. Are you free to come and make a cameo appearance? It's called "The Song of Everlasting Regret" and it's a movie co-produced with Yingwang Entertainment. At the time, I knew you had a grudge against Huang Xieqiu, so I didn't use him."
previously.
During the filming of "A Quiet Place", Fan Wumian had some conflicts with the outspoken Huang Xieqiu.
A lot of the other party's work was affected afterwards, and almost no one dared to use it.
Huang Xieqiu wanted to whitewash himself and held a press conference to say that he had donated a lot of money to the mainland. However, he was soon exposed by his former assistant, who revealed to the media that the reason he donated the money was mainly to avoid taxes and to use it to wash away his image as a "crazy actor."
It is just like when Fan Wumian donated some money to Trinity College after making money last year. According to Hong Kong’s tax policy, the donation can offset a lot of taxes.
In the early years, Hong Kong films dared to shoot anything.
Some actors have poor fame and reputation, and when they try to enter the strictly controlled mainland market to make money, they have to reshape their image and promote their works at the same time.
Even his former assistant didn't want Huang Xieqiu to make a comeback and couldn't wait to contact reporters to step on him. This shows that he really has a very bad reputation. No wonder when Fan Wumian threw dirty water on him, no one was willing to help Huang Xieqiu, and there were quite a few people who took advantage of his misfortune.
After hearing Jack Long mention this, Fan Wumian realized that it would be difficult to refuse, and he had to reciprocate.
However, he had never heard of the movie "The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" and was worried that he would end up acting in a bad movie just to help and ruin his own reputation.
An idea struck.
Fan Wumian replied with a smile:
"Boss, of course I want to appear in your movie, but you're about to release a new album, and my schedule is already full, so it's hard to squeeze out too much time."
"How about this, some time ago, the newspaper reported that you spent a lot of money to create a song and planned to use it as the theme song for the movie "Myth"?"
"Why don't you let me sing it? It will be a good opportunity to promote my new album and also help advertise your movie in mainland China."
"The Song of Everlasting Sorrow" is just one of the projects invested by the company. "The Myth", which has not yet been released, is the "son" project starring Jack Long.
Fan Wumian's little plan accidentally backfired.
I only heard Jack Long say decisively:
"Okay, that song is called "Beautiful Mythology". I originally wanted to keep it for myself, but now you are more famous and have more young fans than me, so it is more appropriate for you to sing it."
"Go make a cameo appearance in "The Song of Everlasting Regret". I guarantee it will be done in half a day. If it's a random small project for Zheng Xiuwen and Liang Zhahui's work, I definitely won't hire you."
"The budget for film remuneration is running low, so I owe you a small favor. Can you give me HK$100 million as a remuneration? Then I can make a cameo appearance at your place next time."
Now that things have come to this, it would be ungrateful to refuse.
Fan Wumian immediately replied:
"Half a day will be no problem. At the Hollywood Awards, you introduced me to so many stars and directors. How can I take your money?"
Jack Long said:
"Don't be polite to me. Some of the money was invested by Boss Ying Wang. There's no need to save it for him. It's the rule to pay people for guest appearances. Otherwise, I won't have the face to ask you for help in the future."
Both of them are among the richest stars in Hong Kong, so there is no need for them to push and pull for such a small salary.
After Fan Wumian thanked him, he took the opportunity to ask:
"Boss, when will your film, The Myth, be released? I'm also editing a film, Those Years, and I'm worried that the flood will wash away the Dragon King Temple."
Jack Long said on the phone:
"If you don't ask me, I'm just going to ask you. The box office of A Quiet Place is almost higher than that of Kung Fu. Who dares to compete with you now? I'll probably set it around mid-September or the end of September."
"That's no problem. My film Those Years will probably be released in early August."
The topic changed.
Jack Long asked again:
"I heard that you are frantically acquiring film and television copyrights in the mainland. I can roughly guess what you want to do. Online TV, right? Are there any problems with funding?"
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Fan Wumian understood the meaning of the words, paused for two seconds, and replied with a wry smile:
"You have a keen eye. I really want to move the TV station to the Internet, but the copyright protection in the mainland is a bit lax. After doing the math, I found that even if I invested tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, it might not be enough to make up for the losses. This business is difficult to do. You can find it by just searching online. No one will pay for membership. I have already stopped purchasing copyrights."
I used to think that online television had a big market.
After Fan Wumian's reminder, Jack Long realized the drawbacks and quickly replied:
"Copyright protection is very troublesome. Recently, pirated DVDs are everywhere, which makes it difficult to sell CD distribution rights at a high price. I have other things to do. I will treat you to dinner next time I am free. I won't bother you anymore."
(End of this chapter)