Chapter 294: Really Ambitious
Chapter 294: Really Ambitious
It’s just the Nine Dragon Wall worth more than 300,000 yuan.
Just buy it and you’ll be done.
The next day after the payment, Mr. Liu from the freight company loaded it onto a truck and transported it to the gate of the courtyard house on the north bank of Houhai.
As the transportation was rather troublesome, it attracted a large crowd of local residents and tourists, and many photos were taken.
The news quickly reached the ears of reporters.
Some online media collected information and published articles on portal websites, saying:
"This Nine Dragon Wall was produced in the 1980s by the Yanjing Gold Lacquer Inlay Factory and five top masters. Although it is a modern replica, it has won the honor of a national treasure.
The reporter contacted the Yanjing Gold Lacquer Inlay Factory, and they said that although the Nine Dragon Wall is still priced at 280 million yuan in the product catalog, the costs of materials, labor, etc. are now much higher than they were years ago. The master who was responsible for its production has passed away, and it is no longer possible to produce similar works. They will not continue to accept new orders for production.
There are only 8 pieces in existence, which are of great collection value."
It doesn’t mean that modern products are necessarily worthless. The truly scarce and good things are simply unaffordable for ordinary people. They are much more luxurious than European and American brands.
Combined with the outside world's impression of Fan Wumian.
Many people will purchase this Nine Dragon Wall for the sake of "feng shui metaphysics".
One could speculate whether he had received guidance from a master once again, using the nine dragons to store wind and gather energy, and further devour the "dragon energy" of Yanjing.
Coincidentally, there is also a Nine Dragon Wall from the Qing Dynasty in the royal courtyard of Di'anmen, which is equivalent to having 18 dragons at once.
News and netizens commented jokingly
——"Oh no, Fan Wumian is really ambitious. Does he want to change his fate and ascend the throne to become emperor?"
Another netizen wrote
——"No wonder Penguin shares surged again today. The lowest share price in the first half of the year was HK$4.28, and today it has broken through HK$11. The US projects it invested in also seem to be making a lot of money. It succeeds in everything it does. Its fortune is so strong. It's obvious that someone has set up a Feng Shui layout that is particularly good for attracting wealth."
Talk about this topic.
Both netizens and the media were immediately excited.
There are related posts in the forum, attracting thousands of comments. Even the uncles and aunts on the streets of Yanjing are talking about it with relish, saying that the housing prices near the north bank of Houhai will probably continue to rise sharply, and that living nearby can prolong one's life.
The investors of the movie "The Promise" spent so much money on publicity, but it still didn't receive as much attention as Fan Wumian's purchase of the Nine Dragon Wall.
A certain netizen went to the Yanjing Gold Lacquer Inlay Factory and took a photo of the same Nine Dragon Wall in the lobby, which quickly topped the Penguin Weibo hot search list.
After testing for a few days, I found no major problems.
Penguin Weibo has increased the number of public beta participants to 100 million and plans to officially open it on New Year's Day.
The main reason why the share price of Penguin Group has soared in recent days is that the Weibo project has great prospects, which gives investors a lot of room for imagination.
On the other hand, there is news that the revenue data of online games represented by Penguin has soared, occupying four seats in the ranking of the top ten most popular online games this year.
Investors believe that fourth-quarter revenue will increase significantly, and the company's stock price will naturally rise.
Fan Wumian's shareholding in Penguin Group has long been made public, which led to the news that he "made a huge profit of 4.6 million Hong Kong dollars from stock trading in two months".
For a moment, he once again stole the limelight
------------
On the morning of December 12, Fan Wumian came to the crew again.
While putting on makeup, Liu Shishi sat next to him and sighed:
"Boss Liu called my dad this morning and said that my family had screwed him to death."
"???"
Fan Wumian was confused, then he figured out the key and asked:
"Now that the Nine Dragon Wall has become popular, do you regret selling it to me at a low price? It must be poisonous. If I hadn't made it popular, who would spend so much money to buy it?"
Liu Shishi said hurriedly:
"That's right! But Uncle Liu couldn't figure out such a simple truth. He even told my dad that the Nine Dragon Wall displayed at the Gold Lacquer Inlay Factory was bought by the Shanselenium Hotel for 480 million."
"480 million? The price has increased? I watched the news this morning, but I didn't hear about this. Is that true?"
Fan Wumian finished asking.
Liu Shishi said decisively:
"Really? Uncle Liu used to call the gold lacquer inlay factory frequently to collect debts, asking them to pay and move the Nine Dragon Wall away. They probably offended someone because of this, so after they sold the Nine Dragon Wall to the restaurant, they specifically called Uncle Liu, which made him so angry that his blood pressure soared, and he was almost sent to the hospital."
"."
In Boss Liu's eyes, it was equivalent to losing more than 4 million RMB in one go, which is roughly equivalent to winning the first prize of the Double Color Ball.
Such a huge blow is hard to accept.
Fan Wumian looked at Liu Shishi and said with a smile:
"This is none of my business. When I bought the Nine Dragon Wall, it was really worthless. It was just a modern replica. The money has been paid and the contract has been signed. I can't just take away my fame and return it to Boss Liu at the original price. My construction team has already started demolishing the wall and looking for a place to put it." Liu Shishi quickly explained:
"I didn't mean to ask you to give it back. Uncle Liu has been selling it to the public before. It's no problem for you to buy it with your money, boss."
Fan Wumian continued to look at the mirror and asked the makeup artist to help him comb his hair, saying:
"The mainland is not rich enough now. When there are more wealthy people in a few years, the prices of some top modern handicrafts, such as lacquerware furniture, purple clay teapots and jade carvings, will probably rise sharply."
"I am a little worried that the Nine Dragon Wall will become popular, and the gold lacquer inlay factory will choose to continue production. Once the same product continues to be produced, the inflated price will immediately plummet. That is why the works of many painters have soared in value after their death."
"Your family was blamed for helping, which means that Boss Liu is not worth making friends with. It might be better to have less contact with him."
Liu Shishi replied:
"I think so too. My dad was sulking on the way to send me here. TV dramas are full of gossip and chaos all the time, which makes me less and less interested in watching them. "Wulin Wai Zhuan" is very good, and the one currently being filmed is also very interesting."
Fan Wumian chatted and said:
"There's nothing we can do about it. There are more middle-aged and elderly people who watch TV dramas, and they like watching those. Some people were bullied by their mothers-in-law when they were daughters-in-law, but now that they are older, they feel good when they see their children being filial to their parents and ordering their daughters-in-law around."
Knowing what kind of dramas are produced in this era can attract middle-aged and elderly people to watch.
Although dramas like "Mother's Way", "My Ugly Mother" and "Mute Bride" criticize the values of young people, they can grasp the traffic code of the older generation.
However, Fan Wumian was not interested in them at all. He just wanted to make some film and television works that he liked and could make money, targeting the younger generation.
The screenwriting department has just finished the work at hand, and has been assigned some new projects in the past few days, including "A Little Thing Called First Love", "The Confidence Man", "Day and Night", "Operation Wedding", "ER" and "Love Apartment".
There were no short videos or favorite dramas to entertain himself at night. In addition to writing "Emperor of the Wilderness", Fan Wumian spent a lot of time writing the outline and detailed outline of the script.
Because it is my interest and no one is forcing me to work, I enjoy it and don't feel tired.
The reason for bringing out "Love Apartment" in advance is that "How I Met Your Mother" has already started airing, and now there is still a chance to borrow many funny scenes in advance, making it easier to create the script.
Just finished putting on makeup.
Fan Wumian received a call from Director Lu Hao, who reported:
"Mr. Fan, Crazy Stone will be released tomorrow. If the box office performance is good, I would like to shoot Crazy Racing sooner. What do you think?"
"Okay, if you want to shoot, go ahead. I wasted a lot of your time because you were filming A Quiet Place 2 with me."
The script for "Crazy Racing" was completed in just half a month.
If Fan Wumian had not asked Lu Hao for help a few months ago and asked him to go to New Zealand to oversee the special effects production, "Crazy Racing" might have been completed long ago, and it has been delayed until now and has not yet started.
Director Lu Hao quickly said:
"It's okay for me to be delayed for a while. Of course, your project is more important, Mr. Fan. The special effects studio has been dragging its feet, but they have finally made the sample film. When you are done, we will find some people in the company to hold an internal preview?"
The management philosophy of Bandit King Media is relatively advanced.
Take the screenwriter team as an example. Everyone works in an open office, takes time every day to discuss the script, and then scores and votes on whether it is acceptable.
If the score is too low, you have to send it back to rewrite it.
As more TV and film dramas are produced in the future, a similar model will be adopted. For example, after the fine editing of "Those Years" and the upcoming "Crazy Stone", they will be picked out by colleagues in the company before the final editing work begins.
Fan Wumian said to him:
"Okay, I still need a few days to finish my work, so let's set the time before the New Year's Day holiday, just like holding a Spring Festival Gala. Remember to invite the representative of Miramax Films to come and take a look. If they think there is no problem, they will get the balance as soon as possible."
Director Lu Hao's voice continued to be heard:
"After Disney took over the company, they directly returned The Promise. I don't know what they wrote in the contract at the time, but The Promise's capital was ruined, and the North American distribution rights have not been sold yet."
"Brother Hao, have you not watched The Promise in the cinema yet? You knew it was rejected after watching it, which is actually understandable."
Fan Wumian was just watching the fun, and then added:
"But I can't laugh too soon. I'm a little worried that Miramax Films will use the threat of returns to lower my price. They won't feel safe until I get the final payment."
Director Lu Hao said:
"That's impossible. The first A Quiet Place helped them make so much money. Who would think that money is too hot to handle? They would deliberately mess up your movie, Mr. Fan. Isn't that killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?"
"Hollywood film companies have always monopolized the North American market and have a rather rogue style of doing things. Who knows if there will be a psychopath? Disney Group executives seem to think that giving me 7.5% of the total box office share is too much."
Fan Wumian took a deep breath and continued:
"The market is monopolized by them, and interest in Chinese-language films is cooling down. It will probably be difficult to get such good cooperation terms for other films in the same series next time."
(End of this chapter)