Chapter 431 People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

Chapter 431 People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.

Chapter 431 People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong.
Fan Wumian is filming in the United States, but news about him comes out one after another, and he always maintains a high level of exposure.

In order to make a living and complete performance appraisals, the reporters found ways to use him to make up the numbers.

Even the flowers blooming in the yard of a golf villa in Shenzhen, such a small thing can be listed on the hot search list and receive an extremely high reading volume of more than 4000 million.

Just two or three days after Zhuang Muxi’s album was released, a photo suddenly appeared on the Internet. A bank employee posted the contents of his loan contract in a chat group, which showed that Fan Wumian had borrowed a full 20 ​​billion Hong Kong dollars from the Bank of China (Hong Kong).

There are also screenshots of the whistleblower in the chat group, which mentioned that Fan Wumian’s total loan amount from the Bank of China (Hong Kong) has exceeded HK$37 billion, and he also has a lot of loans from other banks.

He guessed that the total size was at least 70 to 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, and many assets were acquired with bank loans, which posed a particularly high risk.

It was also said that the bank president who was in charge of this loan received at least 300 million Hong Kong dollars in commission bonuses alone.

Once such explosive news came out, it quickly fermented and spread, and the Internet exploded in an instant.

The comment with the highest number of likes reads
——"I owe the bank so much money. Every time I open my eyes, all I have to pay is interest. Just looking at it makes me want to stand on the rooftop."

Below the text, there is a picture of Zhang Fan Wumian sitting on the rooftop, which was taken from the TV series "The Lonely and Great God".

Some netizens also commented that

——"No wonder he looks so rich. It turns out he owes the bank so much. There really is a gap between a poor boy and one of Hong Kong's top wealthy families. If he can't make enough money from singing and making movies, I estimate he will be crushed by debt soon. Hahaha!"

This comment also received a lot of likes.

People prefer to see others fail than to see others succeed.

Even many poor people, after reading these news, actually developed a certain sense of psychological superiority, and felt that their lives were not much worse than Fan Wumian's.

People who know the business think this kind of thing is boring, but many ordinary people don’t understand the difference between “owing debt” and “liability”, and really think that Fan Wumian is facing a major crisis and the situation is precarious.

There are even netizens who mentioned that the bank president who provided the loan to Fan Wumian should be strictly investigated, suspecting that there is some shady conspiracy between them.

Some clarification posts stated that using part of the own funds to borrow from banks for acquisitions was a common practice, and that the Penguin shares in Fan Wumian's hands were particularly valuable, and the overall debt ratio was not too high.

Unfortunately, many people are selectively blind, or simply cannot understand many professional terms, and continue to be busy watching the fun, sneering at the fact that "Fan Wumian is just an empty shell", completely ignoring the fact that having the ability to borrow so much money from a bank is actually a skill.

Los Angeles.

At the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills.

At this moment, Zuo Ziyan covered her chest with one hand and pinched her philtrum with the other, saying:
"I'm almost pissed off. This guy actually made a wild guess, saying that my parents and I didn't get together with you because we knew the truth and were afraid of being dragged down by your debt. It's okay that he's crazy, but there are actually more than a thousand people who liked his post!"

Once again in the center of the vortex.

Fan Wumian was not panicked, but felt relieved and a little happy. He answered:

"I was originally worried that I would be put on too high a pedestal and get into trouble. If I had known that releasing my loan amount would solve the problem, I would have thrown dirty water on myself a long time ago."

"People are afraid of being famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat. If you stand on the top of a mountain without a stable foundation, you will be blown down by the wind. Now it's different. Many people are beginning to think that I'm miserable and that my life is sad. At least I can buy two or three years of time to settle down, so that I can relax and take a breath."

"For example, Tudou and Bandit King Media, there were people who wanted to invest in them and put some pressure on them, but now they probably don't dare to cooperate with me. Some people often invite me to invest, but after rejecting them, I will offend a lot of people invisibly, and I am afraid that not many people will contact me in the future."

As soon as Zuo Ziyan heard it, she understood his idea and blinked her eyes and said:
"That's right. The professor told us in class that capital can eat people. Many wealthy people in Europe and America like to stretch their hands so far after they become successful. This is to protect themselves in every possible way. They need to win over more allies to gain a firm foothold. As long as you don't screw up, it's not bad to keep a low profile. But you can pretend to be weak, but don't let people really think you are weak, or the bank will withdraw your loan."

Fan Wumian waved his hand and said:

"The bank is not stupid. My collateral and pledge are there. They will assess whether there are risks." "I have a net worth of several billion. With the help of bank funds, I can leverage total assets worth 10 to 20 billion. The risk is actually not that big."

"Unless I'm really unlucky and Penguin's stock price is cut in half in a short period of time, it will really hurt me."

Zuo Ziyan thought about it carefully for a while, then shook her head and said:

"I've seen many netizens compare Penguin's current stock price with its low point in March and April last year, and think that it has risen too high, which means there is a bubble in the stock price. But I've studied Penguin's financial report, and it's different from March and April last year. Revenue, net profit, user scale, and market share have all risen sharply. How could the stock price not rise? It is indeed a good project."

"It doesn't matter. I've already asked the PR department not to respond. I'll just post on Weibo myself."

Fan Wumian opened his laptop, logged into his account and wrote:

"After reading the news, I realized how poor I was. I suddenly felt motivated to work hard. I'm already living on dirt. Please send me money to help me. (dog head)"

Close the computer immediately after sending.

Soon.

Pu Jiajing came over with a letter and told Fan Wumian in an incredulous tone:
"Remember a few days ago, a lighting technician accidentally pinched his hand and asked for leave to go to the hospital? The hospital sent the bill, and the total charge was $3820."

"???"

Fan Wumian didn't know what she wanted to say, so he replied:
"It's quite expensive. Fortunately, the crew bought insurance for everyone. Is he okay?"

Pu Jiajing shook his head repeatedly and continued:

"No, I thought it was a fracture. I just asked him about it. The lighting technician only went to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor felt it and said 'it's fine'. Then I received this bill for $3820. No wonder people always say that being a lawyer or doctor in the United States is very lucrative. It really is true. If I had known this, I would have become a doctor too."

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These words successfully made Fan Wumian laugh.

He joked:

"This is still cheap. I have a friend in the United States. The doctor touched his waist and talked to him for more than ten minutes. He received a bill of more than 5000 US dollars without prescribing any medicine. Another friend went to the hospital to ask if he could replace his teeth for free. The doctor said no, and he also received a bill of more than 2000 US dollars. But compared with the Pentagonal Starfish Building, these are just pediatrics. Why worry about the low GDP?"

Zuo Ziyan smiled and said:
"There is an uncle who worked in my company for more than ten years. He immigrated to New York in 2000 and moved back to Hong Kong last year. He asked my father if he could come back to work, but there were no vacancies. I heard that he divorced his ex-wife in New York and was ordered to pay $1800 in alimony every month. He had to sell the house in Clearwater Bay, rent a house and move bricks on the construction site."

Fan Wumian sighed:

"Guess why I can't laugh. The cost of filming in the United States is too expensive. For example, The Invisible Guest only costs 1350 to million RMB to film in mainland China, but my budget for this film is million US dollars."

In order to protect their jobs and high profits, Hollywood unions are boycotting overseas films.

In order to continue making money in the North American film market, Fan Wumian had to come to the United States to shoot, to avoid the inability to screen his films in theaters on a large scale, and to try his best to hire local Hollywood teams, which resulted in the production costs increasing by ten to twenty times.

When it comes to the later stage of promotion and release, an additional budget will have to be set aside, and the early stage payment takes up a lot of funds.

There is still a chance to make money, but the profit margin has dropped significantly compared to the A Quiet Place series and Time Trap.

In early August.

"Time Trap" has been released, with a total box office of 1.88 million U.S. dollars in the North American market and a total box office of 2.2 million yuan in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

When the box office revenue sharing begins, the proceeds will be used to inject into the Hollywood Mythology Film Studio to continue cooperating with Paramount to shoot several other projects.
(End of this chapter)