Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 505 Don’t blame me for not being a human being
As we all know, the logic of investing and starting a business is different.

Starting a business is not only important, but also requires the support of many factors, including time, location, people and people.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to reach the end, let alone become bigger and stronger.

But investment is different. Sometimes it doesn't matter how well the company does, or whether it can eventually become a giant.

As long as you make an early investment, you can get enough returns later.

Familiar projects such as Lashou, Renren, Kuaidi, ofo, etc. spent an unknown amount of money during operation, but still failed to get off the ground.

But this does not prevent the project founders from achieving financial freedom, nor does it prevent early investors from obtaining generous returns.

For example, Jinshajiang Venture Capital cashed out long ago before ofo collapsed.

It is rumored that Zhu Xiaohu sold his shares to Alibaba + Ant at a 20% premium (equivalent to US$34 billion) in the latest round of valuation...

Although the profit is not too much, it is at least tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in profit.

You must know that Jinshajiang Venture Capital is the only investment institution to withdraw from ofo, and it also achieved profits.

It can be seen that it does not matter whether the project operation is good or not, and it does not prevent investors from profiting from it.

Kaixin.com also falls into this category. Although it later lost to Goose Factory, it was also very impressive for a while and once suppressed the edge of QQ Space.

As long as there is this highlight moment, it is enough for investors to take the opportunity to cash out a large amount.

Therefore, there is no problem with Chai Daguanren’s investment logic. Copying is a bad routine in the Internet circle, and this is the case in all countries.

And compared to other projects that ended in vain, the ending of [Kaixin.com] was already very good, and it was still packaged and sold at a high price until the end.

Both founders and investors have benefited greatly from this.

It's just that from the perspective of ordinary people, [Kaixin.com] feels very different. Don't you know that the way investment institutions play is not what the public understands.

Seeing the expectant look in Chai Daguan's eyes, Ma Liang agreed happily: "No problem, I'll just invest 1000 million for fun."

"Really?" Chai Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately felt closer to this little brother, "I know Brother Ma is interesting. Brother, I will never let you suffer."

He made up his mind to be so kind to Ma Liang. Even if he lost all 1000 million, he would make up for it in other ways.

Ma Liang replied nonchalantly: "Hey, there's no need to be so polite, just follow the rules."

When he was working for Dajiang before, Chai Daguan was very considerate, so he had to support him this time due to circumstances.

Besides, [Kaixin.com] is a very good target from an investment perspective. It can make money and sell people, so why not do it?

"That's not possible. Brother Ma acted righteously. Brother, I can still pretend to be stupid.

Just watch and don't worry about the rest, haha." Chai Jin waved his hand and settled the matter proudly.

When Ma Liang heard this, he could only shake his head helplessly. There was nothing he could do against the other party.

Regardless of whether it was for profit or not, as a human being, what else could he say?

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After more than two hours of flight, the business jet landed smoothly at Xiangjiang International Airport.

After getting off the plane, Chai Daguan had already arranged a commercial vehicle to drive them towards Times Square in Causeway Bay, because the premiere was held there.

More than half an hour later, the car arrived at the place, and the outside of Times Square was already crowded with fans and onlookers.

With great difficulty, they drove the car into the parking lot with the help of security guards.

The three of them took the green passage upstairs and arrived at the UA Theater on the 12th floor of Times Square smoothly, just in time.

It can be seen from the scene of the premiere that even if the star is suppressed by unscrupulous capital, he still has extraordinary appeal in Hong Kong.

In addition to the main creative staff of the movie who came to the scene to cheer for the film, a large number of celebrities from the entertainment and political and business circles were also invited to watch, including Mr. Zeng and his wife, wealthy businessmen Liu Luan, Zheng Yuxun and other celebrities.

Many celebrities, entertainers and film critics also showed up, especially the godfather of photography, Guan Xige, who showed up wearing the No. [-] jersey to show his support.

This battle is enough to show that Zhou Xingchi is not as popular as outside rumors.

Under the leadership of the staff, Ma Liang and the other three quickly walked through the crowd to the background wall and appeared in front of Master Xing.

Chai Daguan greeted him first with a smile: "Director Zhou, I wish the movie a great success."

"Mr. Ma, Boss Chai, you're so polite. Let's all get rich together!" Zhou Xingchi was very happy to see them arriving and immediately greeted them, "Come on, let's take a photo first."

After saying that, he pulled them together and walked to the background wall to take pictures.

After taking photos, he led them and the guests to introduce each other, but Mr. Xing was obviously a little unnecessary.

Today's Xiangjiang inevitably has a sense of superiority to the mainland because of its economic advantages.

Therefore, even if Ma Liang and Chai Daguanren are the main investors, in the eyes of political and business celebrities in Hong Kong Island, they are just bumpkin nouveau riche.

Although these people appear to be very polite, they can clearly feel a slight sense of alienation.

Maybe he felt his embarrassing behavior, Zhou Xingchi was also very embarrassed, and apologized quickly: "Mr. Ma, Boss Chai, I didn't entertain you well today.

I will set up a special table another day and apologize to you two again."

"You're welcome, Director Zhou. Don't worry about these little things." As a reborn boss, Ma Liang wished he could be more low-key, so how could he care about these things.

Chai Jin also echoed: "As long as the movie sells well and everyone gets rich, that's enough, hahahaha."

He, Chai Daguan, is the man who calls the shots in the mainland and has never seen any big scenes.

Xiangjiang is just a small fishing village, so what if it gets rich first.Except for those top wealth families, others are not worth mentioning in the eyes of Boss Chai.

As a big boss, if you are always angry about such small things, you will not be able to survive.

"Thank you two bosses for your understanding!" Zhou Xingchi was very grateful after hearing this, "I will work hard to promote it and never let down everyone's expectations.

However, Mr. Ma and Ms. Zuoyou will follow us again for the next period of time.

There is a mainland premiere in Beijing tomorrow night, and she must go with it.If you two have time, you are welcome to participate. "

Ma Liang refused without thinking: "I'm sorry, Director Zhou, I won't go."

Tomorrow he has to rush back to the Magic City to meet up with the demon girl and go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year. There is no way he can go to the capital to attend some mainland premiere.

"Brother Ma, if you don't go and pull him down, I will!" Chai Jin replied with a laugh from the side.

Although he doesn't expect Master Xing to make much money from this movie, he still wants to see how big a stir his brother, who can be called a business wizard, can make.

After all, as an investor, in addition to the movie box office dividends, you also get a profit share from the sales of peripheral products.

He is very clear about Ma Liang's layout of peripheral toy products, and has been thinking about it in his heart. Now it's finally time to reveal the answer, and he really can't wait to see the results.

Zhou Xingchi felt very pleased that the two big bosses were so polite. It was also the first time for him to meet such an easy-to-get-together investor.

At this moment, Master Xing's assistant came over and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhou Xingchi suddenly showed displeasure, and then apologized to Ma Liang and the others: "Mr. Ma, Boss Chai, please wait a moment, the premiere will start soon.

Ms. Zuoyou has to follow me there, and all the creative staff of the crew need to make a collective appearance and take a supplementary photo. "

The reason why I am so angry is because the company's artists are late.The person who arrived late was none other than Zhang Yuqi, the "star girl" that Mr. Xing was originally planning to praise.

After Ma Liang greeted the other party politely, he looked towards the background wall and couldn't help but let out an exclamation in his heart.

Despite the interference from his reborn boss, the inertia of time and space is still so awesome.

Zhang Yuqi, the knife aunt, actually got together with Wang Xiaofei, one of the "Four Young Masters in Beijing", in advance, and they actually came together to attend the premiere today.

This woman's ambition and purpose were so strong that even he had to be convinced.

Just like in the previous life, it was because she had found a backer that Zhang Yuqi dared to ditch the big names. Later, she even broke the contract and forcibly left Xingye's Xinghui Company.

Today is the day of the premiere. Many big shots have already arrived, but she, the second female lead, is late.

I can't blame Zhou Xingchi for being unhappy. Why are you an artist who is not yet famous?

Within a few minutes, the creative staff finished taking photos and all the guests arrived.After a delay of more than 20 minutes, the movie premiere is finally about to officially start.

So Ma Liang and Chai Jin also walked into the theater and watched with everyone.

One thing to say, although "Yangtze River No. [-]" is different from Zhou Xingchi's previous films, resulting in a serious decline in reputation, the production of this film is still quite sincere.

But this is not the first time that this kind of thing has happened at the box office. I guess the star himself is not surprised.

The previous "Westward Journey" and "The King of Comedy" were the same at the beginning, but this did not prevent these two movies from becoming gods after many years.

It can only be said that the public is blind most of the time and cannot distinguish in time what is good and what is bad.

The same is true for "Yangtze River No. [-]", because it is a family-oriented, female-oriented, and children-oriented movie, so how could it please male audiences?Even Stephen Chow himself has repeatedly stated in public that this is a film dedicated to children across the country.

This is explained by the popularity of the protagonist "Qizai" later on.

This is also the reason why Ma Liang has the confidence to invest in this movie. It will be okay if the movie makes less money, and the same goes if the peripheral products can sell well.

What's more, his real purpose is to promote brand linkage marketing and take advantage of the popularity of "Qizai" to enhance the influence of his various catering brands and boost store revenue.

As long as this goal can be achieved, everything is enough.

As for how most male viewers would criticize the movie "Yangtze River No. [-]", he didn't bother to respond.

When doing business, you don’t need to take care of everyone’s emotions, as long as your target customers are satisfied.

The one-and-a-half-hour movie passed quickly. In addition to the guests, the guests invited to the premiere were all die-hard fans of the star.

At least today, everyone gave "Yangtze River No. [-]" a thumbs up.

After the movie was played, it was time for the main creative staff to come on stage to interact with the audience. Zuo You also took the opportunity to stand on the stage with Xing Ye and other main actors to answer questions.

This is her first official appearance as a heroine, so she will inevitably be a little nervous.

Fortunately, there weren't many scenes, and the audience didn't pester her with questions. They put more questions to Zhou Xingchi, who was the center of attention.

There is no way, who knows that Master Xing has been at his most popular in the past two years.

After a brief interaction, the premiere came to an end successfully, and the audience exited under the guidance.

Zhou Xingchi led the team to stand at the door, said goodbye to the guests present, and sent everyone off politely.

Zuo You will go to the capital with the crew tomorrow to attend the mainland premiere, but she can still go back to the hotel with Ma Liang tonight.

So Ma Liang was not in a hurry to leave, and took Chai Daguan to stay in the theater to wait for her.

At this moment, an unexpected guest ran up to Ma Liang and said hello: "Marlon, I'm so glad to see you. I didn't expect you to be able to come tonight."

Ma Liang was shocked when he saw how polite the other party was.Because the person who came was none other than the famous "godfather of photography", Mr. Chen.

Speaking of this person, in the previous life, everyone couldn't help but laugh at him, and they all wanted to replace him.

Edison is a second-generation rich man, and his father, Chen Zemin, is a well-known wealthy businessman in Hong Kong.

Chen Zemin is active in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and is good friends with Emperor Entertainment boss Yang Shoucheng's younger brother Yang Chaocheng, Jackie Chan and others.

Not only does he own many performing arts and record companies, he is also the chairman of the listed company Junlei International Co., Ltd.

Therefore, Guan Xige, as a super rich second generation, was full of all kinds of top-notch resources when he debuted. He is not in the entertainment industry just to make money, and he has no worries about his career as a star.

In one word, it is play.

But later on, I played too hard and something happened.

In Ma Liang's previous life, it didn't take long for Brother Guanxi to be hammered due to the "photo scandal". Even his own father couldn't save him, so he could only regretfully withdraw from the industry.

But as a super second-generation person, he naturally doesn’t have to worry about food.

Perhaps because of the good genes inherited from his biological father, Brother Guanxi is also quite talented in business. He not only created the first national fashion brand, but also made many successful investments.

Moreover, Brother Guanxi is also a patriotic person and does many charitable deeds.

So even though the [Photogate] incident had a huge impact, many netizens had to praise this "teacher" when they mentioned it.

The reason why the other party came specifically to say hello was also due to the butterfly effect.

Because of the intervention of Ma Liang, a reborn boss, the peripheral products of "Yangtze River No. [-]" began to be laid out more than half a year in advance.

By coincidence, the trading company established by Guan Xige has actually become the general sales agent of "Yangtze River No. [-]" peripheral products in the Xiangjiang market.

With his father's connections and resources, he will naturally have the confidence to do this business.

Moreover, as a super rich second generation, he naturally has extraordinary knowledge. The other party has also heard about [Dale Capital] and Twitter, so he took the initiative to come over and say hello to Ma Liang.

"Uh, Edison, hello!" Ma Liang actually didn't know about this at all, so he just responded politely.

After all, assistant Lu Zhengyang was in charge of the peripheral product business, and he didn't have much control over it.

Brother Guanxi seemed very happy when he heard that Ma Liang correctly called his English name. After all, people often confused him with Eason Chan's English name.

After seeing Ma Liang's reaction, he roughly understood, so he introduced directly: "Marlon, actually I am the agent of "Yangtze River No. [-]" peripheral products in Xiangjiang!

I feel that Xingye's new movie is very good this time, and the peripheral products will definitely sell well.

Thanks to you, I can also make a fortune. "

"You're welcome, let's make a fortune together!" Ma Liang finally understood why the other party suddenly came over and became passionate with him. It turned out to be because of business connections.

Brother Guanxi praised enthusiastically: "Marlon, what I admire most is your early investment in Twitter.

I have also been learning to start a business and invest in the past two years, and I will ask you for more advice in the future. "

Although he is the second generation of super rich people, he seems to be unruly and unruly to outsiders.But after all, I am well-informed and know that the more I face excellent people, the more I need to be humble.

If this were not the case, this "master of photography" would still have a very good reputation in the circle even though he had such an incident.

What's more, Ma Liang's current achievements are no worse than those of his father. Even if this second-generation man wants to be arrogant, he still has to wait and see, at least in front of his boss Ma, he will definitely not be arrogant.

"You're welcome, let's learn from each other!" Ma Liang had to be polite again.

Brother Guanxi seemed to really want to make him a friend, but he still pursued him: "Marlon, do you have time later, how about I treat you to a midnight snack?"

"No, I have other things to do tonight. Thank you for your kindness!" Ma Liang was dumbfounded on the spot and couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be that "Master Chen" is for both men and women, so he is interested in himself?

He knows that the entertainment industry is very chaotic, and the more handsome you are, the easier it is to have fun, just in case.

Of course, Brother Guanxi didn't know what he was guessing. He just wanted to make friends with outstanding peers: "What about tomorrow? How about tomorrow at noon?"

At this time, Master Xing's side was finally done, and Zuo You also returned to them, looking around curiously.

"Not even tomorrow, let's talk about it next time when we have time!" Ma Liang declined again, and hurriedly grabbed Zuo You, and prepared to leave with Chai Daguan.

Brother Guanxi caught up with him in a few steps and shouted anxiously: "Marlon, wouldn't it be convenient for you to leave a phone number?"

"This is my business card!" Ma Liang had no choice but to turn around, take out his business card and hand it to the other party.

Brother Guanxi took the business card with both hands and nodded his thanks: "Thank you! I will send you a text message with my mobile phone number later."

Ma Liang's misunderstanding deepened, so she pulled Zuo You and continued to move forward.

After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped again.He looked at Brother Guan Xi in a confused manner, as if he was struggling with something in his heart.

Seeing this, Brother Guanxi seemed to have misunderstood. He thought Ma Liang had changed his mind, so he hurriedly walked up to him and confirmed, "Marlon, are you free tomorrow?"

"No, I want to remind you of something!" Ma Liang replied hesitantly.

Brother Guanxi was very puzzled and asked confusedly: "What happened?"

"I accidentally saw someone breaking the news on Twitter before, saying that they had some private photos of you.

Have you ever had a digital camera or computer break down and take it out for repair?

This is a very dangerous thing. Some maintenance personnel have no professional ethics and often copy private files.

Once it breaks out, you're totally screwed! "Ma Liang finally decided to give a reminder.

He didn't mean to be this good guy, but he was worried that something might happen to Brother Guanxi in the next two days, which would delay the sales of movie peripheral products in the Xiangjiang market.

Moreover, all the parties involved in the [photo scandal] are consensual, and no one is forcing anyone.

When the whole thing is exposed, everyone is a victim. It is not a good thing for anyone except netizens.

Not to mention that once the "photo scandal" breaks out, it will instantly attract the attention of countless people. The media will pursue it and report non-stop. Even Xingye's new movie will be robbed of a lot of limelight.

As an investor, how could Ma Liang watch this happen?

If this continues, won't it affect your own money making?That's why he did not hesitate to give a "kind-hearted" warning, hoping that the [Photogate] incident would be nipped in the bud before it broke out.

This is not only for himself, but also for the good of Guan Xige and those female artists.

As the saying goes, if you do one good deed every day, you will get three thousand meritorious deeds.

So I can only say sorry to the majority of Taoist friends. For the sake of making money, don’t blame me for not being the person I am.
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PS: Two chapters in one.

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