Chapter 214: Finally Believe Me 1

Chapter 214: Finally Believe Me 1

Chapter 214 You Finally Believe Me
I know Zuo Ziyan prefers a sense of ceremony.

Today Fan Wumian had someone prepare the meal and invited a French chef to help with the cooking.

As soon as the French onion soup appetizer was served, she suddenly said:
"I'm going to London in a few days. As I mentioned to you before, my family has acquired a small hotel there and is currently renovating it. There are many things that need to be looked after personally."

Fan Wumian looked at her and continued to taste the onion soup.

"Well, it just so happens that I'm about to get busy. A Quiet Place 2 can start filming at any time, so I can handle some trivial matters while filming."

Having known about this matter for more than half a year, Fan Wumian had already prepared himself mentally.

On the contrary, Zuo Ziyan seemed a little reluctant and asked:

"Then when you are free, will you come to England to see me? The courses at Cambridge University are quite tight. It should be a little easier for you to study acting, right?"

"No, it will definitely be easy. I never worry about the course, the main thing is that I may need to be busy with other things. Of course, I will come to you when I have time."

Fan Wumian put down the spoon and continued:
"Hurry up, we should be able to finish filming the second part of A Quiet Place soon after school starts. If there is nothing important to do during the National Day holiday, we can go to the UK for a few days."

Zuo Ziyan calculated the time and found that there was about two months in between. She said with satisfaction:
"Okay, I'll be your tour guide then. If you only visit London, I'm more familiar with that place, but it's actually quite boring if you visit it too much. I've been to England almost every year since I was a child."

It was a special situation before.

The port city is controlled by the British. Knowing more people in the UK will be beneficial to business development.

For example, the office building in Tsim Sha Tsui was previously developed by Zuo Ziyan's family in cooperation with a British company. More than ten years ago, the other party withdrew its shares, allowing Zuo Ziyan's father to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Unlike many guys in this era who have been brainwashed and become stupid.

Fan Wumian knew how shameless these European and American "troublemakers" were. Even if the robbers put on suits, they were still robbers in essence.

In a serious tone, he suggested:
"You are not a child anymore. Sometimes you should be more assertive at home and express your opinions. In fact, except for the high-tech industries in Silicon Valley, the interests of developed countries have long been divided up. Emerging markets are the most suitable for investment."

"I think there is a high probability that there will be problems in the real estate market abroad. It would be better to wait until the hotel is renovated and then sell it directly to someone who is willing to take advantage of it."

"It's fine if you don't have any chips in your hand, but if you only bet on the property market in Hong Kong and the UK, you will regret it later."

Zuo Ziyan asked him curiously:
"Why do you say that? The property market has been performing very well recently. Aren't you also acquiring land yourself?"

"I have a keen investment instinct. Financial crises happen every few years, so it should be coming soon."

Fan Wumian had no confidence in convincing Zuo Ziyan, who had been exposed to these things since childhood, on the issue of professionalism, so he only added:
"If you stay in the north for a while, you will find that the market is full of vigor and the economy is developing very fast. I have put all my money into the mainland market and feel that the quantitative changes accumulated over the years will soon lead to qualitative changes. I am afraid that you will be envious when you see me in the future."

I advised her to focus on the mainland, mainly because I was worried that she might have a brain storm in the future, so I chose to stay in the UK to develop.

After the waiter cleared the plates and brought over the main course, Steak Diana, Zuo Ziyan replied:
"No need to wait until the future. I am already drooling with envy. You earn over HK$1 million a day. That's crazy. Since you invested in Penguin Holdings, your total earnings have probably reached HK$2000 million."

"My parents are still the ones who make the decisions at home. They won't listen to my opinions, but I can use my own money to give it a try."

"When do you plan to sell off your Penguin shares and cash out?"

The steak has been cut in advance and drizzled with a special sauce, so you can just eat it with a fork.

Fan Wumian asked back:

"Why should I cash out? I just regret that I don't have the money to continue to increase my holdings. American Internet companies can be worth hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars. With so many people in the mainland, the scale is not small. If you are not optimistic, it is not a bad idea to buy some Moutai shares in advance. It is like a luxury product in the mainland, such as Lafite red wine, Moët & Chandon champagne, etc."

Since the second quarter of this year, although the share price of Penguin Holdings has skyrocketed, due to the small base before, the total market value has only increased from around HK$75 billion to around HK$125 billion.

In the next ten years, there will still be profit margins of hundreds of times, which means that if you invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars now, you can earn at least 1 million Hong Kong dollars.

Zuo Ziyan used to think that Fan Wumian was just lucky enough, a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

If one's ability and wealth do not match, the outcome will often be unfortunate.

However, it is amazing to see Fan Wumian winning again and again, and even the valuation of Youtube, the Silicon Valley company he invested in, has skyrocketed.

Just like going to Australia to place bets, if your luck is really bad, you will have a better chance of making a big profit by following the bets of lucky gamblers.

With this thought in mind, she nodded and said:

"Okay, I have a sum of money in my name that I'm about to redeem, plus the money I'll make from making a movie with you, the total is probably 1600 million Hong Kong dollars. I'll decide which stock to invest in after I've looked through it."

".I am touched that you finally believed me for once."

After Fan Wumian finished speaking, Zuo Ziyan laughed awkwardly:

"Because I found that you are actually very far-sighted. For example, you bought copyrights in advance and prepared to do online video business. You also went to Shenzhen to get land. Once the land price rises, you will have the opportunity to make a lot of money. Even my father praised you for your courage. People are greedy and never stop."

"The expression 'greed is greedy' is not a nice expression. It seems that he still doesn't think highly of the land I chose."

After listening to it, Zuo Ziyan did not explain. After all, this was the fact. She smiled and asked:
"Why, do you want to say that you should not despise the young and poor?"

Fan Wumian shook his head and said:

"How could that be? It certainly won't take thirty years."

The steak was so expensive that it was sold by the gram. It was paired with a red wine from Cheval Blanc, which was recommended by the waiter. Fan Wumian thought the name sounded nice and the price was not too high, so he chose it.

My girlfriend can't drink much and she feels dizzy after drinking one glass.

They drove from Central to the apartment first. While they were busy relaxing, Zuo Ziyan's mother suddenly called. She gave up halfway and hurriedly put on her skirt and went home.

This is more embarrassing.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, I sent a message to Zhuang Muxi, and she said she was out taking a walk with her parents.

He looked up at the ceiling for a long time, wanting to sneak up on Feng Ying'er.

Feeling that this girl had a rather eccentric personality and was full of uncontrollable risks of collapse, Fan Wumian finally found a disc and started watching "Alien 1997" released in 4, hoping to find some inspiration from it.

As a director, you need to have enough rich images in your head to make the special effects exciting enough.
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"Sleepless Night" has been on sale for more than a month.

Apart from accepting media interviews, Fan Wumian has hardly done any publicity, but other news about him has continued to emerge, maintaining a very high exposure.

After the closed factories stopped production, 800 million albums had been sold.

In fact, Yaomei Culture is still privately continuing to wholesale low-priced albums to compete with counterfeit dens for the market. The average factory price is maintained at about 4 yuan per album, which is also a genuine product.

The difference is that the quality of these low-priced albums is slightly lower, and they are produced by a small workshop that Fan Wumian acquired last year.

In nearly three weeks, a total of about 51 copies were wholesaled, with a net profit before tax of nearly 80.

Considering that other counterfeit dens can even evade taxes, it is no wonder that no matter how hard we investigate, we cannot completely eliminate these counterfeiting dens.

Some large dens have a daily output of up to 30,000 to 40,000 tickets. One job is equivalent to an ordinary person's salary for 20 to 30 years. The cost of breaking the law is relatively low, so the risks are naturally forgotten.

The profit from the small workshop is basically enough to support the employees of Yaomei Culture, and the pre-tax gross profit of the 800 million albums barely reaches the threshold of 4000 million yuan, including sales in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

This time, the distribution agency in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan was still handed over to Mingrong Music Company, which purchased goods directly from the factory. The rest of the sales process had nothing to do with Fan Wumian, who only earned an additional licensing fee of 280 million Hong Kong dollars.

With the release of the album, those mobile phone ringtones became best-sellers again.

In the first week after "Sleepless Night" was released, the download volume of those ringtones increased by more than 600 million times, especially the new ringtone "Ten Thousand Reasons", which was directly released as a single on the Penguin Music platform and successfully set a miracle of over 264 million orders in the first week of the ringtone's release.

Hundreds and thousands of copycat outlets and their rush to mass produce have overwhelmed the market, and albums produced by Yaomei Culture are now completely unsellable.

The wholesale price in the market has been driven down to 2 yuan per piece to clear out the inventory. The price can be slightly cheaper when purchasing in large quantities, and the products are sold at a loss.

I thought that instead of being ripped off by music websites, it would be better to license it to Penguin Music and help this platform develop.

Fan Wumian sold the three-year exclusive online license for "Sleepless Night" to Penguin Music for RMB 288 million. On the day of its release, he even helped promote it through various advertising spaces on the QQ chat software.

This approach not only attracted traffic to Penguin Music, but also indirectly helped Fan Wumian advertise.

If you spend a little bit of Q coins, it is recommended to set these songs of Fan Wumian as the background music of your personal space.

This year.

Life is tough as an ordinary star, but being a top star in the entertainment industry is actually quite profitable.

For example, Andy Lau and Ah Sa from the Twins group all earned more than HK$3000 million in the first half of this year. Jay Chou's income also exceeded HK$1800 million, and he is expected to release a new album in the second half of the year.

But compared with Fan Wumian, they are all dwarfed by the giant.

In order to be more fair, some media excluded investment and financial management income and simply counted the money Fan Wumian earned from the entertainment industry this year.

Among them, the income from mobile phone ringtones alone added up to more than 7000 million, and advertising endorsements also amounted to about 2300 million, coming from Chow Tai Fook Jewelry, Jijia Watches, Hengan Group's paper towels and sanitary napkins, etc.

In addition to movie pay, album revenue, commercial performance income, etc., the media predicted that he made 1 million Hong Kong dollars in the first half of this year.

As soon as the news came out, Fan Wumian once again made headlines.

Even he himself feels that the situation is a bit delicate, and online comments such as "Being a celebrity is really profitable" and "Why do you earn so much" are becoming louder and louder.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to shoot "A Quiet Place 2", he thought it was necessary to calm down for a while to avoid being hurt by his own popularity.
(End of this chapter)