Chapter 609: Crew Dinner
That evening.
Fan Wumian brought the crew to the whole lamb restaurant, only to find that most of the roasted whole lamb they had ordered in advance were made into Cantonese honey flavor.
Honey and lemon juice will form a sweet crust during the baking process. Although it feels a bit strange to the crew members who come from all over the world, it tastes okay overall. If you don’t like sweet taste, you can sprinkle some cumin and chili powder.
The entire "Day and Night" crew had a total of more than 80 people. They had been busy all day and were already starving. Seven roasted whole lambs were not enough to share, so they also ordered a lot of barbecue, lamb hotpot, stir-fried dishes, etc.
The owner of the restaurant is from the Northeast region, and the proprietress is a local. During the meal, the couple came over to say hello and told us that the elders in their family specialize in raising sheep, and every sheep is slaughtered that day.
Although he thought the taste was only decent, Fan Wumian still said a few polite words.
Afterwards, we were busy eating the tenderest tenderloin and lamb ribs. As for the lamb leg, which looked the meatiest, it was a little tough, and the lamb chops had almost no meat, leaving only the crispy skin after roasting.
On the contrary, the spicy mutton hotpot tasted quite good, with lamb ribs and meaty bones added in large portions, and almost no one would think of saving money for Fan Wumian.
Moreover, the thought of "saving money for him on food and drink" will make people want to laugh, even if it just appears in their mind.
At the beginning of 2007, when a net worth of tens of millions was enough to make people marvel and look up to someone, the value of a net worth of tens of billions was simply frighteningly high.
Having dressed up carefully in advance, Zhang Yuqi volunteered to sit next to Fan Wumian. On the other side was Zhang Jianing, who had a sweet smile and seldom spoke.
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Zhang Yuqi made small talk and asked him:
"Boss, when did you come back? I think I saw the news a few days ago, saying that you went to New York. Someone saw you near the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Statue of Liberty, and took photos of you and posted them online. Is New York fun?"
Fan Wumian replied:
"I just came back from the US to handle some business. It wasn't as interesting as I thought. The weather is so cold this season that I don't want to go out. New York's infrastructure is old, but I went to the most prosperous Manhattan Island and only visited a few famous attractions including the Empire State Building."
Zhang Yuqi continued to smile and said:
"It's said on the internet that you made a fortune again, boss. Is it true that you made over 1 million US dollars in just a few days?"
Seeing Fan Wumian shaking his head, everyone thought it was fake news.
Unexpectedly, he explained:
"Apple's stock price has been rising for a few days, but I started planning ahead of time. I officially started building a position at the beginning of the month, and now it's the 17th. This transaction took a total of more than ten days. I was lucky to encounter a sharp rise in the stock price."
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Lead actors of this drama, such as Wang Kai and Luo Jin, originally thought they were quite successful, but when compared with Fan Wumian, they found themselves to be little more than "beggars".
If you want to force yourself into a high-end circle that you can't squeeze into, it can easily make you mentally frustrated. For example, Fan Wumian takes a private jet to the United States, which actually costs several years' salary of an ordinary office worker.
Based on the annual salary of 35000 yuan for Shenzhen workers, they would have to go without food and drink for four or five years to pay the bill for Fan Wumian's trip.
Wang Kai spent three or four months filming "Day and Night Chase" and only got about 15 RMB. This made him so excited that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep for several nights.
The actresses and actors obviously had different feelings about Fan Wumian's words. Both Zhang Yuqi and the seemingly indifferent Zhang Jianing felt that he was very capable and charming after listening to him.
Zhao Liying, who was borrowed from Director Feng to play a supporting role, had almost no presence at the dinner table. At this moment, she felt that Fan Wumian was so powerful that he could go to the United States again and again to make a lot of money.
Due to his strong strength, Fan Wumian has a superior status, but it also invisibly distances him from others.
The downside is that it is difficult to make real friends again. Even his close friends like Mantis and Oil Fat have gradually become distant. The upside is that others seldom bother him with trivial matters.
Sometimes being unpredictable is not a bad thing, as it can save you a lot of trouble in dealing with social relationships. Ordinary people may not have such worries, but being a noble person in the eyes of others can be a headache.
Sometimes, there are requests that cannot be refused. For example, a native Yanjing guy here was forced into Shenghuo Miaomiao's agency during the negotiation between Tudou.com and various satellite TV stations. Fortunately, although his acting skills are mediocre, he is serious about his work and never causes trouble for Fan Wumian.
The wealth of wealthy businessmen has the opportunity to be passed down for generations, but the power of some people can be gone in an instant. That is why those people in Washington, D.C., will try to generate income for themselves through various "legal channels."
For example, Youtube, which we invested in before, spent millions of dollars on lobbying in half a year, and the international version of Weibo, which has been busy expanding recently, is not exempt either.
When he was free, Fan Wumian once thought about what would happen if the man in "Storm" who said "the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish" had a conflict with the people in "In the Name of the Crowd".
The conclusion is that Gao Qiqiang, after becoming bigger and stronger, is probably easier to deal with than when he was selling fish.
Given the scale of the business, it was inevitable that he had to take everything into consideration. However, he was quite annoyed by these trivial matters, so he seldom took care of them personally and left them to his employees to handle.
Zhang Jianing, who was sitting on the left, poured wine for Fan Wumian and started a conversation:
"Boss, I'd like to toast you. My uncle is a teacher at the Central Academy of Drama. Last time I went to his house for dinner, he was watching My Love from the Star and told me to learn more from you, boss. Your acting is so amazing and you have captured all kinds of emotions just right."
Fan Wumian smiled and said:
"It's actually quite easy to act in idol dramas like My Love from the Star. Just keep a cool expression, without too many changes. Your uncle is a professor at the Central Academy of Drama, so wouldn't you be taking advantage of this? You'll often have the opportunity to ask him for advice."
Zhang Jianing smiled and said:
"Yes, if he hadn't taught me, I might not have been admitted to the Central Academy of Drama. My uncle occasionally uses his spare time to teach students how to act, and sometimes I learn with him."
Director Wang of "White Night Chase" continued with a smile:
"The acting skills of both Miss Zhang are good, but the key is that Mr. Fan's script is good. I was very happy when filming this drama. The plot is smooth and interlocking. I feel that it has the potential to be a big hit. A few days ago, Huizhou Satellite TV sent someone to inspect it and planned to buy the first round of broadcast rights in advance."
The works launched by Shanzeiwang Media now have their own traffic and halo from the beginning of the project, and the satellite TV stations have to compete to get the first-round broadcasting rights.
While the price for purchasing TV dramas has been capped, the expenses of advertising sponsors have been rising steadily.
This means that as long as someone from a satellite TV station can buy the first-round broadcasting rights from Bandit King Media, it will bring a large amount of profit to the company, and they will naturally become extremely active.
Due to the lack of competition, the entire industry has been completely monopolized. Compared with major TV stations, film and television companies are currently still in a weak position and are really just earning some hard-earned money.
We chatted briefly about this and that during the meal.
After the show ended at around 8 o'clock in the evening, Fan Wumian did not stay in Sihui for long, but took a car directly back to the Shahe Golf Course Villa in Shenzhen.
Every time he sees this golf course, he thinks about how profitable it would be if he could develop this 150 million square meter golf course into a real estate project.
The grass on the court is evergreen all year round and illuminated by the yellowish lights, creating a pretty nice view.
I've been too busy recently.
Having not paid attention to the business of Bandit King Media for some time, Fan Wumian took some time to look through his emails and finally began to screen out interesting new projects from a pile of scripts.
Most of them just glance over it for a few minutes and give up immediately if they find the synopsis is boring or the plot is too cliché.
Some scripts are quite good. For example, a female screenwriter mentioned in the introduction that the current palace fighting dramas are full of intrigue and it is annoying to watch too much of them, so she caught the inspiration and wrote a sweet drama about love and romance, the content of which is to find ways to support the prince to ascend to the throne.
At first glance, it has a bit of the flavor of "The Daily Life of a Princess", with the same story of a concubine being selected to enter the palace and the same story of a woman being busy with a love affair with a prince.
It feels a bit interesting, but many parts need to be revised. Fan Wumian listed the names of several scripts and asked the executives of Bandit King Media to pay special attention to them. (End of this chapter)