Chapter 213: A good match, it really makes sense

Chapter 213: A good match, it really makes sense

Chapter 213: A good match, it really makes sense

Zuo Ziyan returned from vacation in Tahiti.

I have been careful to protect myself from the sun during my travels, and my skin is still as fair and tender as ever.

The birthday gift she gave to Fan Wumian was a black pearl bracelet.

Two of them were opened by Zuo Ziyan from black clams herself. She also bought some black pearls from the store to make a complete bracelet, which cost a total of US$2200.

They are all large black pearls about 15 to 16 mm, shining with colorful black luster.

Because it is a black pearl and has a men's gold buckle, it does not look out of place when worn on the wrist, just like an ebony bracelet.

Fan Wumian had no habit of wearing bracelets, but after trying them on she found them to be quite nice and the size was just right. He made an appointment in advance to treat her to a big meal at the top wealthy club "Hongcheng Club" in a few days.

If someone wants to join a private club like "Hong Kong City Club", they need two members to recommend them and then pass a vote before they can join. If there are no vacancies, they have to wait in line.

Not only did he pass the review directly by scanning his face, he was even exempted from five years of membership fees.

Ask the reason.

Of course, Fan Wumian has huge traffic and attention. Joining the Hong Kong City Club can help increase its status, especially enhance its popularity in the mainland, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

Although he is not a super-rich man with a net worth of tens or hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, his influence among the new generation of young people is stronger than those tycoons.

After listening to this, Zuo Ziyan remained silent.

Because more than ten years ago, her father waited in line for more than three months and was frequently interviewed and assessed before he finally successfully joined the Hong Kong City Club, which has a limit of 1500 people.

Afterwards, he was so happy that he gave her several thousand yuan in pocket money, which left a deep impression on Zuo Ziyan.
A lot of things happened in the following days.

Fan Wumian is mainly busy preparing the crew of "A Quiet Place 2".

After meeting with Lu Hao, who had just finished editing "Crazy Stone", he sorted out the finalized script from the beginning and discussed which shots to shoot first.

Current computer special effects technology is not that advanced, and the second film has more special effects shots, so the time and money costs are much higher than the first "A Quiet Place".

Even if the duration of special effects is compressed as much as possible, a budget of 200 million US dollars will still be required. It is probably unlikely that more will be refunded, and it is still unclear how much it will cost.

In order to satisfy Miramax Films, the script was given to the company's senior management for review in advance, and no major problems were found.

Because "A Quiet Place 1" was too successful, it raised the audience's expectations for the second part. The story needs to be exciting enough to avoid a collapse in word-of-mouth and affect the copyright value of the entire series.

Tom Cruise made a fortune with the "Mission Impossible" series, and George Lucas made a fortune with the "Star Wars" series, and they can reap long-term benefits by making sequels.

While staying in Hong Kong City, Fan Wumian received some good news.

For example, he eventually acquired the copyright of the "Home with Kids" series for RMB 550 million.

Several shareholders originally wanted to raise the price to 600 million, but after being left out for two days by Bandit King Media, they took the initiative to give in and accepted the original offer.

After Penguin Holdings released its first half financial report.

Due to the significant increase in revenue, the stock price rose further, soaring 16.8% in a single day and approaching HK$7.5.

This made countless reporters working on the financial pages once again praise Fan Wumian for his vision and courage.

The news of earning more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars in a single day was also published in the entertainment section, further solidifying his impressive title of "Hong Kong Entertainment Stock God".

There is also the “Shencheng Bay Urban Complex” project in Shenzhen.

The local authorities finally held a meeting to discuss the issue and reached a decision of full support to officially start further work.

He hired an architectural design company from Yanjing, discussed the matter with Fan Wumian many times, and worked overtime to produce several concept drawings.

These include projects such as villas, high-end residences, shopping malls, office buildings, hotels, etc., among which the villas and residences are positioned very high-end.

As for the skyscraper, its design is basically based on the shape of the Spring Bamboo Shoot Building. Fan Wumian is responsible for drawing the sketch, and professionals will create the concept map according to his ideas.

The concept map is made only to facilitate approval, and it can be modified in the future, so it appears to be relatively simple and rough for the time being.

The design bidding will only officially begin after preliminary communication and confirmation that the planned 199 single-family and townhouses and 8 high-end sea view residential buildings are approved.

If approval for residential land with 70-year property rights cannot be obtained, only commercial real estate projects can be built.

The future profit prospects of the entire urban complex will shrink significantly, so Fan Wumian should reconsider whether it is worth continuing to invest money in it.

This point has been discussed clearly with Shenzhen.

The 70-year property rights villas and high-end residential land granted to him are equivalent to compensation for building office buildings, high-end hotels and shopping malls at a loss, which will drive the revitalization of surrounding land.

After all, it is a "remote wasteland" and even if it can be developed, it will take many years to warm up.

If there is no sweet benefit, investors will certainly lack the motivation to invest.

Fan Wumian's plan was to make money by developing villas and houses. He would buy a skyscraper and supporting hotels and shopping malls to pass down to his family and collect rent all year round.

There is the example of revitalizing the Shahe villa area, which attracted more than a dozen residents of the port city to buy houses. Under the banner of "attracting foreign investment", it is said that the possibility of passing the approval is relatively high.

For the time being, Fan Wumian just wanted to give it a try.

It would be great if it could succeed. Even if we can't come to an agreement in the end, at most we would just lose a little bit of our initial investment and it wouldn't cost much.

In recent days.

Feng Ying'er also became famous rapidly.

Some students from Chinese universities posted messages on the forum to discredit her and ridicule the fact that she once had a girlfriend. This provided the reporter from the Okung Daily with perfect news material, which successfully attracted some organizations to come forward to support Feng Ying'er.

Before making his debut, he became a controversial celebrity, which is almost a replica of the "poor family's noble son" incident.

Many film, television and entertainment companies finally took notice of Feng Ying'er and made moves to extend olive branches to her. The highest offer was a 10-year contract, a signing fee of HK$ million, plus a % profit share, with the company taking %.

In other words, after signing the contract, Feng Ying'er can only get 10% of the money earned.

The more difficult the situation in Hong Kong's entertainment industry is, the more the bosses will try to find ways to exploit their artists in order to ensure that their own profits do not shrink.

Last year, the dignified "Brother Shan Ji" was forced to sell his house and move back to his ancestral home in the countryside because he didn't make much money.

It is no wonder that the well-known golden supporting actor Chen Baixiang joked in an interview some time ago, saying - "It seems that I am not in the same entertainment circle as Fan Wumian. He is in Hollywood. No wonder he is so rich and prosperous."

In addition to film and television entertainment companies.

A well-known wealthy businessman also sent his secretary, saying that he wanted to invite Feng Ying'er to dinner and talk about making a movie tailor-made for her.

Fan Wumian was not surprised by this and just pretended that he was not familiar with Feng Ying'er. He informed Zuo Ziyan and Zhuang Muxi separately and expressed his desire to sign her.

This girl has already come out publicly, and neither of them thought much about it. Instead, they thought Fan Wumian had good taste and praised Feng Ying'er for her beauty.

It’s a pity that the social environment is different nowadays and many people’s ideas are still relatively conservative.

This leads to a lot of people liking Feng Ying'er, but also a lot of people criticizing her.

Fortunately, Fan Wumian is there to help and support me.

Through Hong Kong City Bandit King Media, they issued a press release to sign her in a high-profile manner, but did not disclose the specific contract amount to the public, only saying that they were paid several million.

Previously, Fan Wumian refused to sign a contract with a big company and openly battled with the movie emperor surnamed Huang. He always gave people the impression of being cool, casual and free and easy.

It seems like he would be able to do something like spending a huge amount of money to sign an amateur school beauty.

When facing the interview from the reporter, Fan Wumian only replied that he happened to have a script on hand which was more suitable for Feng Ying'er to shoot.

At first the news reports were normal, but gradually they started to go awry.

Some media commented on the female artists under him one by one, saying that Fan Wumian has a sharp eye and only picks pretty ones.

Facing a lot of messy things every day, life is quite fulfilling.

July 7nd.

Fan Wumian took Zuo Ziyan's Phantom and came to the underground parking lot of the Harbor City Club Building.

When getting off the car, Zuo Ziyan pointed to the side and said with a smile:
"I just sent my car in for maintenance. The Rolls-Royce store is on the first floor. When I go to Cambridge University, I might be able to buy a new model, as it's cheaper near the place of origin, probably only £25, and then sell it when I graduate."

When they first met last year, she still had to be careful to take care of Fan Wumian's emotions.

Now when he said "only 25 pounds", he was already very calm and frank. This price was indeed not too much for Zuo Ziyan.

Fan Wumian already has no shortage of luxury cars. Now that he has the opportunity to shamelessly seek sponsorship from car companies, wouldn't it be a shame if he paid extra money?

He told:

"This is my first time here, and I thought the entire Harbor City Club building was the venue of the Harbor City Club, and some floors were also rented out?"

"Yes, the office rent in Central is very expensive. There are only four floors of the building that have clubs, and the rest are rented out."

Zuo Ziyan had been here many times, and she took Fan Wumian to the elevator with ease.

She said again:
"Think about it. Although there are 1500 members in total, they don't come here at the same time. Many members even live abroad all year round. Only when we hold some events occasionally will there be more people. Several super-rich people are just listed in name and rarely come here."

Fan Wumian understood immediately and said:

"If it were me, I wouldn't come here often to show up. The resources of ordinary members are no longer necessary for those super-rich people. Compared to getting help from other members, the probability of being disturbed by others and asking for trouble is much higher."

"For example, now I am often approached by entrepreneurs who want me to help with investment and promotion for them."

"There are some psychopaths who are clearly asking me for help, but they act as if I owe them something, and get angry if I don't help. It's totally inexplicable."

Zuo Ziyan nodded and said with a smile:

"That's exactly what's going on. It's like a pyramid. The people at the bottom want help from the people above, but the people above don't really need it. As a result, the really famous people don't come here often. For example, Super Li bought the golf course next to his house and plays golf there when he's free. It's a quiet and peaceful place."

Fan Wumian thought of the Deep Water Bay Golf Course, which he often passed by on his way home, and asked:

"There are often cars parked on the roadside. It seems to be open to the public. Do you need to apply for a membership to enter? I have never played golf, maybe I would like it."

Zuo Ziyan has been exposed to these things since she was a child and is quite familiar with them. She explained:

"The annual membership fee is at least HK$100 million. My dad often brings people there to discuss business. If you want to try, I can give you a set of his golf clubs. They were a gift from someone else, worth more than Hong Kong dollars. They have been in the utility room for a few years. It seems that they are too heavy and he doesn't like them very much."

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Smacking his lips, Fan Wumian said with emotion:

"People pay attention to matching up with each other, and there is some truth to that."

"If it were the old me, I would definitely think it was crazy to spend HK$100 million just to get a membership card and buy golf clubs with the price of a car."

"Now that we are well-off, it feels normal. Various memberships are tickets to enter the upper class. You may make a friend while playing ball or having a meal, and negotiate a business deal, which can bring tens or hundreds of millions of profits."

(End of this chapter)