Chapter 676 Salted Fish Period
That night.
Fan Wumian was sitting in a cinema in Causeway Bay, with Andy Lau and Jack Lung next to him.
The English version of "Wushuang" is playing on the screen. Uncle Tat plays a lame counterfeit money expert who is introducing how to produce "electric boards", while Andy Lau plays the role of a victim and shows a hand-painted pattern of US dollar bills.
Andy Lau had already seen the finished film, and Fan Wumian was also very familiar with the plot. Judging from the box office data and reviews in North America after three days of release, it can basically be said that the film is very successful and has the potential to become a box office dark horse.
Other companies don't have the strength to gain a foothold in Hollywood. Andy looked around and realized that if he wanted to strike while the iron was hot, he had to continue to cooperate with Fan Wumian. So he took the opportunity to lower his voice and say:
"Mr. Fan, you must be very busy recently, right? When I went to Hollywood for the world premiere, I heard that you bet on the subprime mortgage crisis and made a lot of money recently. The hedge fund you manage has achieved a return of more than 60% in recent months. Everyone is praising you for your ability."
Fan Wumian also replied in a low voice:
"Those hedge funds were managed by others, and I was just busy doing nothing. Every day, it seemed like I did nothing, and the day was over in the blink of an eye. I was confused all day long, and others thought my life was rich and colorful, but in fact, most of the time it was not that interesting."
After listening to this, Jack Long interrupted and said with a smile:
"It means you are beginning to enter adult life, which is often boring. When you are my and Hua Zai's age, time seems to pass faster."
Andy Lau expressed his feelings:
"Yeah, occasionally attending some events, accepting some interviews, and then working, dealing with things that never end."
"I know that many activities are a waste of time, but they choose me because they think highly of me, and I am often too embarrassed to refuse. In the blink of an eye, one year after another passes by."
"Sometimes I suddenly realize that it is already 2007 and I will be 50 in a few years. I feel that time is so fleeting, as if the soil has already buried my chest. Mr. Fan is only in his twenties, which is the best age. He has achieved such great success and his life is much more comfortable than ours."
Jack Long is a few years older than Hua Zi and laughed softly:
"If you are buried up to your chest, then I will be buried up to my neck. No one can keep up the form all the time. It is inevitable that there will be some lazy periods when you can't get excited about anything. I often miss the 80s and 90s, when I was full of energy every day. Unlike now, I am so old that I can hardly shoot action movies, and Hollywood film companies rarely contact me anymore."
There is a saying in the music industry: "If you don't listen to Li Zongsheng when you are young, you will already be the character in the song when you listen to it again."
In the song "Cloudy Day" he wrote for Mo Wenwei, there is a line of lyrics: "Every minute at the beginning is always wonderful. Everyone thinks that the enthusiasm will never diminish, except for the little bit of tiredness after the passion fades."
It's not only about love, it can also be applied to many things.
At the beginning, he had finally raised the money and started filming "A Quiet Place" to fulfill his dream. Fan Wumian had endless energy from morning to night. Every day, he was busy filming, and his mind was full of making money and proving himself.
On the other hand, this time when he plays the male lead in "The Youngest Son of a Chaebol Family", sometimes Fan Wumian would rather finish the filming early and go home to rest. It is obvious that he is not fully focused on the filming, and it seems that he can't find the fighting spirit he had at that time.
Having experienced the passion and satisfaction of pursuing dreams, it is difficult to return to an ordinary life of going to work, school and home. This is the main reason why Jack Long and Hua Zai, who have clearly made enough money, are still unable to sit still like Fan Wumian and are always looking for things to do.
Huazi seriously suggested:
"After I became successful, I felt uncomfortable for a while. I couldn't get excited no matter what I did. Later, I lost tens of millions of yuan in filming. I worked honestly for a few years and only paid off my debts a few years ago. Recently, I have been thinking about random things. I think Mr. Xiao Fan should try to calm down for a few years, and then he will be fine."
Jack Long continued:
"It's not that good, I just got used to it. Going around and seeing new things makes my life more fresh. It's much better than those people who work part-time."
Knowing that they couldn't help much, Fan Wumian didn't intend to dwell on it, and just changed the subject and asked Jack Long:
"By the way, boss, do you know Director James Cameron? I heard that his new work, Avatar, has been completed, but the top executives of 21st Century Fox are not very satisfied and even had a big fight with Director Cameron?"
Jack Long nodded and replied:
"It seems to be true. I saw the Hollywood news. The production cost of Avatar is as high as 21 to 10 million US dollars, and there are tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in publicity costs. If I were a senior executive of st Century Fox, I would cry too. The global box office must reach at least billion US dollars to recover the cost."
Fan Wumian continued in a low voice:
"I heard that 21st Century Fox did not want the copyright of Avatar, and used the copyright to exchange for James Cameron's voluntary reduction of $2000 million in director's fee. If there is an opportunity, I would like to participate in this project. This Hollywood director is very good at shooting commercial blockbusters."
The domestic entertainment industry has not improved much, and the Hong Kong entertainment industry has also been in a slump. Fan Wumian has no further to go in the Asian market. In order to try something new, he set his sights on the larger and more expensive American market, planning to take advantage of the financial market panic and try to invest in some high-quality assets.
The plan to acquire Marvel Entertainment has been explicitly rejected by the board of directors of Marvel Entertainment for the time being. Netflix, which had the best performance in the streaming media market in its previous life, has just come up with the idea of entering the online video market, and it will take a long time before it sees any improvement.
After searching for a long time, the only project that Fan Wumian was more confident about was "Avatar", which broke the box office legend of "Titanic".
If you invest in this work in the form of a bank loan, plus the income from peripheral products, copyright licensing, IP adaptation rights, etc., the profit margin will be very good, and you will be able to see the return of money in a year or two. At the same time, you can take the opportunity to improve your relationship with 21st Century Fox.
If you want to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood in the future, of course the more friends the better, especially when investing in streaming platforms, you may need to obtain some film and television drama copyrights from these old Hollywood giants to enrich your film library.
Hearing this, Jack Long said cheerfully:
"I know Director James Cameron. I've met him a few times at parties, but we're not that close. If you need anything, Mr. Fan, feel free to contact me. I'll help you introduce each other."
"Thank you, big boss."
It’s not that Fan Wumian likes shopping so much, it’s just that the speed of growth is too fast and he needs to constantly reconfigure his assets.
After a brief chat, we continued to watch the movie seriously.
The entire story of "Wushuang" is similar to the original film, but in order to capture the overseas market, some changes were made, such as being tracked down by FBI agents and being robbed by motorcycle gangs.
The process of how to produce counterfeit money was introduced in great detail, and when the heroine turned against Andy and framed him, the real culprit was revealed, causing an uproar at the scene.
In order to film the sequel, the ending of the movie only showed Andy falling into the sea, without giving any detailed explanation.
When warm applause broke out in the cinema, Fan Wumian said to Hua Zai:
"It looks like we can start preparing for the second sequel in advance. Boss, it should be okay for you to continue acting, right?"
Andy had long dreamed of going to Hollywood, but unfortunately he had failed after several attempts. It was rare that he saw hope for further advancement, and he immediately smiled and said:
"Of course, no problem. I'll arrange a restaurant and invite a few friends to have a midnight snack together."
"Okay, I'll arrange it. Let's go for a ride on my yacht."
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Zhuang Muxi's parents also came to join in the fun tonight. After the premiere ceremony, they rushed to No. 10 Poole Road together and visited the mansion which has not yet been fully completed at the door.
The fact that her parents are worth more than 200 million yuan is enough to make people gasp. Their only concern is whether there will be pressure in repaying the loan later.
Zhuang Muxi just said that if they couldn't afford it, they could just sell the house later.
the other side.
Fan Wumian called some guests to have a party on the yacht. Principal Tan, Brother Shan Ji, Chen Yisen and others all went and sang and played outdoors until midnight.
Around 11: p.m., he suddenly received a call and learned that Standard & Poor's had downgraded its subprime mortgage ratings. BNP Paribas disclosed that it had suffered unexpectedly heavy losses in its U.S. subprime mortgage business and announced the freezing of three funds.
As soon as the news came out, the U.S. stock market, which had just stabilized, plunged again.
(End of this chapter)