Chapter 561: Being Targeted by a Dog

Chapter 561: Being Targeted by a Dog

Mr. Guo, the boss of Morgan Center, is still delaying and trying to find new investors.

Because he is too shrewd and mercenary, he is reluctant to quit halfway and still wants to make every last penny.

It has to be said that although he was slow in doing things, Boss Guo still had a long-term vision. He felt that around the time of the 2008 Olympic Games, the housing prices at the Morgan Center would most likely continue to rise.

If there is a chance to build it themselves, Yanjing Morgan Real Estate Company obviously does not want to sell it at a low price in advance.

pity.

Boss Guo was quite ruthless. There have been rumors in the industry that the bosses of the two companies who joined forces to take over the development rights a few months ago and participated in the second land auction were the ones who were sent into prison by him in various ways.

Because of this incident, although the land of Morgan Center returned to Boss Guo's hands, the bosses of other companies became deeply wary of him, fearing that cooperating with such an unscrupulous person would eventually backfire.

Some wealthy businessmen who made money through illegal means had money, but they did not dare to cooperate with Yanjing Morgan Real Estate. Those businessmen who did business seriously did not necessarily want to get involved and wade into the muddy water. This resulted in no one being interested for a while, and they still could not find new investors.

Solving the unfinished problem of the Morgan Center is urgent. Someone from above has specifically inquired about this matter and issued an ultimatum to Boss Guo, demanding that full work must be resumed within 10 working days, otherwise the development rights of the land will be confiscated as required.

I guess Boss Guo won't give up completely until the last day.

Fan Wumian could only roll his eyes and complain that the other party was delaying his construction schedule. He thought, what's the point of making such a big calculation? In fact, it would be better to cash out early and use the money to purchase land in other places. At least the development cost would be much less than that of the Morgan Center, with less risk and a good rate of return.

Continuing to work on this project is obviously a bit too stubborn and does not understand the principle of "the bigger the bowl, the more you eat".

The company had some matters waiting to be dealt with, so Xiao Ma Ge returned to Shenzhen first.

Fan Wumian's time was not wasted in vain. It happened that Feng Ying'er received a two-year endorsement fee of HK$1750 million from Sony Mobile Phones, and was also invited by a TV station to promote the island country. So he temporarily changed his schedule and accompanied the girl to Tokyo, and wanted to visit the Hoshino Tomamu Ski Resort where the ski slopes were already open.

At an asset auction in Moscow a few days ago, Fan Wumian bought two companies at one time, which included Amazon shares, Hoshino Tomamu Ski Resort and several small wineries.

In fact, some other miscellaneous assets were also bought back, including 15% of the shares of a resort in the Sochi region of Russia, 20% of the shares of a hotel in Irkutsk, and 8% of the ownership of a private hospital in St. Petersburg.

This is like casting a net to catch fish. Although you can catch some big fish, there will also be some small fish and shrimps.

The total value is only two or three million US dollars, and it will be sold again for cash later, so he is too lazy to inquire about it.

After acquiring the Hoshino Tomamu Ski Resort on the island country, Fan Wumian has never visited it in person.

In Tokyo, he checked into the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which opened last year, and accompanied Feng Ying'er to attend a TV station event. He chatted and said:
"When you're done, we can rush to Hokkaido tonight and arrive there around 9pm. Remember to help me look around. If the environment is average or requires a lot of money to repair and renovate, I might as well just pack it up and sell it and invest the money in the northwest. At least the scenery is more beautiful, and the wine business is still quite promising."

Feng Ying'er told him:
"This ski resort is particularly popular in the island country. It must have some advantages. I went to Osaka with my parents when I was in elementary school, and I didn't like this country very much at that time. The waiters were servile and smiled brightly in front of rich people, but they had stern faces when they saw us. It felt very fake. The Japanese food and attractions were not as beautiful as I imagined."

Fan Wumian smiled and said:
"As the tallest among the short ones, the island country is pretty good. At least it has some characteristics. The royal palace in South Korea looks like a toilet in a highway service area. Tourists in the past would play there without saying a word. It is hard to imagine that a place where even eating watermelon and meat is considered a luxury can be considered a developed country."

The last time I used Dae Jang Geum to criticize the so-called Hallyu Wave, I have already begun to shatter the halo filter that many Chinese people have for Hallyu Wave.

Not only did all TV stations receive documents promising to further reduce the share of Korean dramas they purchase, but some brands that used South Korean stars as endorsements were also ridiculed and attacked. As one of the largest entertainment companies in the mainland, squeezing the market share of Korean pop culture will allow Fan Wumian to earn at least 5 billion yuan in the next five years, but it is not all for fun.

When Fan Wumian and Feng Ying'er appeared together, the stage was packed with people, shouting slogans in Japanese that they could not understand at all.

He came here in person mainly to help promote several movies that will be released in the island country, and to promote the Hoshino Tomamu Ski Resort. He wants to take advantage of the next six-month tourist peak season to cash in on the resort's fame.

Apart from North America, the island country has always been the largest overseas box office market for Mandarin films. Every time Fan Wumian shoots a movie, he can earn hundreds of millions of dollars from this country.

As for today's fan meeting, he was just being polite and didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, in order to avoid being caught with anything. He also asked Pu Jiajing to record the entire process to prevent people from quoting him out of context.

As a veteran in the entertainment industry, he knows very well where there are pitfalls. For example, when the host asked him what he thought of Tokyo, he only replied that the schedule was too tight and he had not had time to visit and play. He also quietly advertised that Tudou.com had cooperated with some animation companies and obtained long-term authorization.

There were many young girls at the event, and their expressions were not just excited, but crazy.

After experiencing it personally, he finally understood how fanatical the star-chasing culture of the island country is. A wealthy fan even paid out of her own pocket to give him a Lamborghini Reventon, just because the media reported that the car bought by Fan Wumian encountered a storm at sea and sank into the sea along with the container.

After asking, I found out that this rich fan's parents died in a car accident. As the only daughter in the family, she inherited a hotel chain worth about 1.1 million US dollars.

Finding out that the other party was quite wealthy, it was no problem for him to accept the gift. Fan Wumian was slightly interested in this supercar, which was limited to 21 units, as he had seen it in a magazine.

There was also a whole jar of paper cranes, pillows, postcards, handicrafts and other gifts. Several hotel waiters moved them twice to load them all into the truck.

After the fan meeting organized by the TV station ended, Feng Ying'er was envious of Fan Wumian's fans for being so generous, unlike her who almost went home empty-handed.

A senior executive of Tokyo TV found Fan Wumian and said that the head of the external affairs department wanted to invite him to dinner tonight and talk about cooperation.

Alarm bells immediately rang in my heart. Considering the huge profits brought by cross-border trade and some other factors, the island country has spent a lot of money to win over public intellectuals, experts, and influential celebrities in the entertainment and media industry.

I had been approached by this department a long time ago, but I didn't expect that they would extend an olive branch to me again just after I arrived in Tokyo.

There is no free lunch in the world. Although there is a chance to just take the sugar coating and throw the shell back, Fan Wumian still doesn't want to have anything to do with this department. So he just made an excuse that he had booked a flight tonight and that business cooperation could be directly contacted with his company, and politely declined the proposal to meet.

There are many things that ordinary people cannot access, but are difficult to avoid once you reach a certain level. This reminded Fan Wumian of "The Three-Body Problem" written by Liu Cixin, and then he thought of investing in and shooting a few movies in Hollywood based on this work.

The problem is that the background of the work is a bit sensitive, and it is too sci-fi and lacks some dramatic effects, so the box office is unlikely to be very high.

So this idea went around in Fan Wumian's mind for a few times, but he quickly gave it up. He just wanted to buy the film and television adaptation rights at a low price and try to take them out when the time was right.

Being spotted by a dog.

I hastily ended my trip in Tokyo and took a private plane to Hokkaido.

We arrived at the resort that night. The area of ​​the resort is over 1000 hectares, which is equivalent to the size of 1400 football fields. It was snowing, and the ground and trees were covered with snow. The scenery was more beautiful than I had imagined. (End of this chapter)