Chapter 510: 1 Persian Cat

Chapter 510: 1 Persian Cat

Chapter 510 A Persian Cat
The next few days.

Fan Wumian turned down many invitations and continued to live near Houhai in Yanjing, busy sorting out the business at hand.

A lot of things happened during this period.

For example, the head of the copyright department of Shanzeiwang Media bought the film and television adaptation rights of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and all subsequent series for only 12 RMB.

This made Fan Wumian feel awkward, and he thought about hiring the original author as a screenwriter or consultant with a high salary as compensation in the future to avoid being criticized if the story got out.

For example, during his second contact with the architectural design company, he put forward some detailed ideas.

The project was required to use Tang and Song dynasty architecture as a prototype, subverting the previous architectural style and making the cultural and tourism project located in Chaoyang Park full of romance and fantasy as a whole. It will be magnificent when the lights are turned on at night and become a new landmark of the city.

Complex design and construction means more profit.

The boss of this architectural design company was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He patted his chest and promised that he would allocate some manpower to complete the design plan within two months.

The most important thing is that just this morning, after Fan Wumian woke up, he learned that John Paulson had given in.

Mostly out of consideration for reducing their own risks, the other party agreed to sell him 2800% of the shares of Paulson Hedge Fund for US$25 million.

And in the past two days.

Fan Wumian's representative has already reached a low-key agreement with the company's executive, Zoven Rogers, and plans to invest US$900 million in him, and the two parties will jointly establish a new hedge fund.

According to the agreement, Fan Wumian will hold 100% of the shares, and Zoven Rogers will invest $50 million, hold % of the shares in the new company, and receive an annual salary of $.

This salary has more than doubled compared to before. In addition to the opportunity to receive dividends as a shareholder, Zoven Rogers can also enjoy a performance commission of approximately 2.5% of the company's annual profit as an investment manager.

Before changing jobs, Zowon Rogers worked as a researcher and data analyst, mainly doing some middle and back-end work.

Since she had few opportunities to directly contact clients and investments, her bonuses and commissions were actually lower than those of some flashy female salespeople, and she always felt that her talents were not appreciated.

Compared with his previous job where he could foresee the end of the job, this time he started a business from scratch. Although it drained all of Zowon Rogers' savings and mortgaged an apartment in downtown Manhattan to the bank, he felt freer.

at this time.

Fan Wumian was discussing this matter with Zhuang Muxi.

He squatted on the grass, playing with a Persian kitten he brought back from the Wanghailou Cat Cafe, and said:
"I just poached people and set up my own company to steal business, and now I'm a shareholder of Paulson's hedge fund. If John Paulson finds out, he will definitely scold me, right?"

"But if I hide my status as a partner at Zowon Rogers, it will be difficult to attract investors in the future. Anyway, as long as the contract is signed, Paulson can't kick me out, so it seems that it's okay to be thick-skinned."

"Isn't this white kitten cute? It has five brothers and sisters, but it is the largest and most beautiful. Its parents were Persian cats that cost 5 to yuan to buy. The kitten must not be cheap either."

I went to Wanghailou Cat Cafe to hang out in the morning and unexpectedly learned that this litter of kittens had been weaned. The pet shop owner wanted to buy them all and offered 4 yuan.

Thinking that Zhuang Muxi has always liked kittens, Fan Wumian specially picked out the fattest male cat and took it away as a gift for her.

Zhuang Muxi is still struggling with whether to keep a cat. It’s true that she likes it, but she’s worried about taking good care of it. She’s afraid that the little guy will make trouble at home all day and make a mess everywhere.

She stretched out her fingers to scratch the kitten's belly and said:
"You can raise funds for Paulson's hedge fund first, and then announce your cooperation with Jorgen Rogers. This seems to be more reasonable, so that Mr. Paulson will not think that you are poaching his employees, although you did."

Fan Wumian thought for a moment and said calmly:

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I only invest. I don't think I'll have many opportunities to interact with Paulson. After a while, he will calm down after digesting all this."

Zhuang Muxi is still tickling the kitten:
"Not many people seemed to pay attention to Persian cats before, but later they became popular with the song "Persian Cat" by the group S.E.H. Their little faces look so cute."

Fan Wumian asked, "Do you want it? Take it home and raise it for a while. If you find it inconvenient, you can send it to a cat cafe."

"What about the other kittens?"

"We can sell them to tourists who really like them and can spend 20,000 or 30,000 yuan to buy cats. The conditions must be very good. The current average annual salary in Yanjing is only more than 30,000 yuan."

Fan Wumian was not so hypocritical and joked:
"The number of people keeping cats and dogs is increasing. At the rate at which they breed, they will sooner or later take over human society. Most people live in commercial housing, so keeping cats is not a big deal, but keeping dogs is a bit noisy. Their voices are too penetrating. These past two mornings, I was woken up by an old man walking his dog."

Zhuang Muxi continued:

"I see many people feed leftovers directly to cats and dogs, which is not very healthy. Netizens have mentioned that it can shorten their lifespan. If a company specializing in researching cat and dog food is opened, will there be a market for it?"

"Huh? Not bad. Under my influence, you can draw inferences about other situations."

Fan Wumian said happily:
"If you are interested, you can give it a try. It may have a better future than being a star."

Zhuang Muxi smiled brightly:
"It's not me, it's my parents. They have nothing to do after they quit their jobs. My mom even wants to be my agent."

".You should find something to keep them busy, otherwise you won't have the chance to come and see me."

After a brief consideration, Fan Wumian added:

"You endorse your own pet food. As long as you don't cut corners, you've already won at the starting line compared to others. In addition, you have sufficient funds and a likable image in the outside world. You may have the opportunity to sell your company's products to foreign markets and look for opportunities to go public in the future."

For a moment, Zhuang Muxi didn't know how to answer and said speechlessly:

"Is this the difference between the super-rich and ordinary people like us? I just want to start a small company, but you are already considering going public?"

shrugged.

Fan Wumian explained to her:
"If it were anyone else, I certainly wouldn't have such wild thoughts, but you are a big star, more popular among young people than Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li. With your huge influence as support, it won't be difficult for you to set up a listed company."

"Some listed companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange have a total market value of only tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. They are not as high-end as you think."

"If I want to package the company and send it for financing and listing, companies like Tudou.com and Shanzeiwang Media have actually met the listing conditions. Especially going abroad, the threshold is lower and the procedures are more convenient. It's just that there is not much need for it at the moment."

People's needs are always changing.

Workers just want to get promoted and get a raise, pay off their mortgage early, save enough money for retirement, help their children and spend their old age comfortably.

Even someone as calm as Zhuang Muxi would naturally start to consider how to invest and manage his finances once his net worth reaches tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The idea of ​​doing business in the pet industry was indeed just a sudden idea of ​​Zhuang Muxi. After hearing Fan Wumian mention that the number of cats and dogs would continue to increase in the future, he began to wonder whether there would be some business opportunities in it.

Her parents are just over 40 years old and now run tourist farms in Hong Kong. This kind of business is busy and off-peak, and they live in a remote countryside in the New Territories. It's hard to bear it after a while.

Therefore, Fan Wumian felt that getting involved in the emerging industry of "pet supplies" was quite suitable for Zhuang Muxi's family situation.

On the one hand, the entry threshold is low, and on the other hand, the potential market size and rate of return are also very considerable, making it easy to monetize her fame.

At that time, we can help her by placing some advertisements on platforms such as Penguin Group and Tudou, and the probability of success is very high.

As he owed her and Zuo Ziyan some emotional debt, Fan Wumian could not make any promises, so he could only make up for it in other ways. At the same time, he could also let the girls find something to kill their extra time and energy and avoid having wild thoughts and speculations.

Many emotional and family troubles actually arise from idleness. If both husband and wife work, the probability of conflicts arising in daily life will actually be lower than in a family where one spouse stays at home full-time to take care of the children.

This prompted Fan Wumian to support the girls around him and hoped that they could run their own businesses.
(End of this chapter)