Chapter 634 Gambling
In this year 2007.
The New Year atmosphere in the mainland is still quite strong and the customs and habits are relatively traditional.
Few young people will take advantage of the Chinese New Year to travel, instead they choose to stay at home with their families or go out to visit relatives and friends.
In such a huge city as Yanjing, millions of people left for their hometowns some time ago, so that the traffic pressure on the roads dropped sharply, and the number of cars may be less than one-third of the usual level.
Almost no one would choose to disturb others on the first day of the Lunar New Year because of business or career matters, which resulted in a rare quietness outside Fan Wumian's home. Only in his email mailbox were several latest reports evaluating Huifeng Bank's disclosed loss of US$18 billion, and predicting the future market trends.
The excitement of the New Year belongs to others.
Since 1993, no one has set off firecrackers to disturb residents within the Second Ring Road. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fan Wumian slept until nine in the morning, then sat in bed playing on the computer and posted a message on Penguin Weibo to wish everyone a happy new year. He did not get up until noon.
After finishing the meal delivered directly from Wanghailou Club, he was thinking about where to go for a walk in the afternoon when he unexpectedly received a call from Yang Mi.
Yang Mi said to him excitedly on the other end of the phone:
"Boss, you don't have any relatives in Beijing, do you? Do you have anything to do this afternoon? I have an appointment with Liu Shishi and Liu Yifei. We are going to play mahjong at Liu Yifei's house. We are short of one person. Do you want to play with us?"
".The average person in this poker game is quite good-looking. Her house is just across the alley from mine, so there seems to be no reason not to go."
Fan Wumian thought for a moment and continued:
"Then tell them to come directly to my house. The new courtyard chess and card room in Yaer Hutong has also bought a mahjong machine. Please don't bring me anything. I'm running out of space in my garage for New Year's goods. Just come empty-handed. Someone also sent me a few local Tan sheep. I'll ask the chef to prepare a whole sheep feast tonight."
Yang Mi didn't bother to be polite with him. After hearing this, she said excitedly:
"Okay! Then I'll go pick up Shishi now and meet up at your new home later. Have you moved in?"
"Not yet, but it's finished, so it's a good opportunity for you three to come over and help me absorb the formaldehyde."
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The so-called formaldehyde absorption is of course just a joke.
The materials used for decoration are extremely high-end, almost all of them are the top-quality products available on the market. The furniture is made of precious solid wood, and ventilation and odor removal are taken into consideration during the decoration. It will definitely not hurt your body in the time it takes to play a game of mahjong.
In fact, the decoration company had already vowed last month that the house could be lived in directly, and they had hired a qualified company to conduct multiple inspections.
However, influenced by traditional ways of thinking, Fan Wumian postponed moving into his new home, wanting to ventilate the house for another three or four months to avoid feeling uneasy.
Following the example of their superiors, the three of them all bought small courtyard houses near Houhai. However, it is inevitable that girls take time to go out. They had to put on makeup and change clothes, and they spent some time on the road. It was not until a little after 1: in the afternoon that they arrived at the door of Fan Wumian's new house.
Two bodyguards helped open the door and let them in.
When you walk in from the main entrance, the first thing you see is a Nine Dragon Wall made of colored glaze. Ever since this thing became popular after being made popular by Fan Wumian, its price in the market has soared to around 800 million RMB.
Even though it is a modern imitation handicraft, it has almost become a rare product due to its extremely high cost and difficulty in firing. A similar Nine Dragon Wall was just sold at an autumn auction in Yanjing in October last year. A buyer from Jiangsu actually spent 10 million yuan to use it to decorate his garden villa.
Liu Yifei accompanied her mother in for a visit and still felt that the interior decoration of this new house was both grand and exquisite. Different from the traditional courtyard house, it had a more modern and exquisite feel.
Liu Shishi and Yang Mi were almost like Granny Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden. Whether it was the one-meter-long giant koi in the pond or the golden dragon caisson seen through the window, they both marveled at the luxury of the house.
What is even more amazing is the Small Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, which is built with golden nanmu wood. Only its style is similar to that of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, but its entire exterior is golden nanmu color, which sparkles in the sunlight.
No matter where you go, there are landscapes to enjoy, and it is truly a scene at every step. Unfortunately, the weather in Yanjing has been too cold recently. Apart from pine trees and wintersweets, there are no plants to serve as embellishments. The snow in the shade would have given it a unique flavor.
Liu Shishi couldn't help but sighed: "If I could live in a house like this, how happy I would be."
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Yang Mi joked:
"Do you want to be our boss lady? It's not like we haven't filmed palace dramas before. Do you think the concubines who used to live in the Forbidden City were really happy? Even if they wanted to leave the palace to visit their families, it was almost impossible." Liu Shishi had a good temper and said with a smile on her face:
"This is not ancient times, and the boss is not the emperor. How can we confuse the two?"
Yang Mi then explained:
"I just want to say that whether one lives a happy life has nothing to do with the size of the family. The lives of many rich people are not necessarily perfect. You should have seen the latest gossip about the gambling king's family. At such an old age, he still wanted to find a fifth concubine, and was chased and blocked by the fourth concubine. It was so exciting."
Liu Yifei doesn't have much contact with the two of them on weekdays, but since they are both signed to Fan Wumian, it is inevitable that they will have some intersections from time to time.
For example, on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month before the New Year, Bandit King Media and Holy Flame Meow Meow Agency jointly held an annual meeting in Yanjing, and gave out 288 million RMB in cash rewards on the spot, and all three of them went.
Yang Mi was lucky and won a new Flying Spur sponsored by Bentley, taking away the first prize on the day of the annual meeting.
The actor who played "Captain Xing" in the "Wulin Wai Zhuan" crew also took away a Jaeger multi-axis spherical tourbillon watch sponsored by Fan Wumian, which is worth 600,000 to 700,000 RMB.
Liu Shishi and Liu Yifei were less lucky, but they still took away 100,000 or 200,000 yuan in cash respectively, plus limited edition handbags made exclusively for them by Valentino.
Talking about Fan Wumian's ability to find ways to advertise, one can't help but sigh, "He deserves to be rich." Now every artist under the company is promoting the products of Valentino and Feili, and the star effect created cannot be underestimated.
Since its launch last year, Valentino’s total sales in Asia have exceeded US$1 million.
Many of these consumers are fans of Fan Wumian, but he did not let them suffer any loss. Since the production capacity could not keep up, the price of second-hand leather products was higher than the selling price in the stores. He has quickly opened up the market in Asia and is trying to launch new series of perfumes, skin care products, wines and cosmetics.
They came to the private room to play mahjong. Liu Shishi first introduced the rules. The four of them played mahjong to kill time and chatted about all kinds of gossip during the game.
For example, someone had just done cosmetic surgery and his face was so swollen that he couldn't see anyone. Another example was that someone was replaced by the investor's lover. The filming was clearly ready to start, but in the end he could only take the money and leave.
It's more about the relationship between men and women.
For example, Bingbing has always been at the center of controversy recently. At the end of last year, it was reported that she joined a Hong Kong entertainment company boss in order to get ahead. Recently, the old story was brought up again.
Relying on the fact that she and Fan Wumian had known each other for a long time and were classmates, Yang Mi looked at Fan Wumian and asked jokingly:
"Speaking of the big boss of Gangcheng Entertainment Company, you are one of them, right? Some media even speculated that the financial backer behind her is you, the boss?"
Fan Wumian was speechless for a moment:
"Why do I always get caught in the crossfire? The media even said that I have a close relationship with you guys. What do you think? It's just groundless."
"Da Bingbing did contact me, but she wanted to switch jobs and get some resources from me."
"She is very famous, but she is not my type. As for who the person mentioned by the media is, I have heard some gossip, but I can't tell you."
Fan Wumian had nothing to do with the three people present here, and he was secretly thinking how rare it was.
Liu Yifei may seem out of touch with reality, but she is a master at gossiping. She suddenly said:
"Boss, the only gossip that has been personally confirmed by someone is Miss Zuo from Hong Kong City."
Yang Mi quickly waved her hand and said:
"Don't hit someone in the face, don't expose their shortcomings when you scold them. Why are you talking about Miss Zuo on New Year's Day? Isn't this just exposing the boss's scars?"
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Fan Wumian's mouth twitched as he thought to himself that he had kept the truth about his private life secret so well that the truth about his private life had not even been leaked within the company.
Just after two rounds of playing cards, Zhang Liangying sent a message, asking if it was convenient for Fang to come over to wish New Year's greetings.
Thinking about how she didn't go back to her hometown for the Spring Festival this year in order to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and she must have been very lonely staying in Yanjing alone.
Fan Wumian sent a text message back, inviting Jane Zhang to come over to watch the card game and have dinner together in the evening.
(End of this chapter)