China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 654. Facebook goes public, the world’s richest man?
Feng Xiaogang is busy setting up the company and getting ready to do something big.

On Cao Yu's side, the Suzhou scenes of "Private Tailor" are also coming to an end. Li Xiaolu in a swimsuit in the swimming pool has attracted the attention of all the men present.

"Xiaolu has a great figure. I really envy Jia Nailiang. I heard they are in a relationship."

"With this figure and this skin, if it were me, I would have taken the bait long ago."

"Yes, Director Cao is really good at choosing roles."

"That's right. Director Cao is an Oscar-winning director. How can his vision be bad?"

Originally everyone was attracted by Li Xiaolu's swimsuit, but soon they began to admire Cao Yu.

In fact, Cao Yu chose Li Xiaolu to play this role mainly because of this scene. He didn't want his woman to play this role.

"Lu, please stop teasing me. My blood pressure is high again."

Although Fan Wei started out as a sketch actor, he used his superb acting skills to perfectly portray the reaction of a normal man after being seduced by a beautiful woman in this scene.

"Good actor"

After watching this segment, Cao Yu didn't have any feelings towards Li Xiaolu, but he was quite impressed by Fan Wei's acting skills.

This scene was a feast for the eyes for everyone, especially the photographer. It was estimated that the audience would definitely shout for him to be given a chicken leg, because his camera captured Li Xiaolu's impressive talent.

Just when Cao Yu was busy on vacation and working as a director, the last round of the La Liga started on May 13.

This season, Atletico Madrid, with the support of a new coach and money-driven football, has fought hard and won all the way. Currently, it ranks second with 89 points, two points higher than traditional La Liga giants Barcelona.

As for the Galacticos Real Madrid, they have already secured the championship of this season with 96 points.

As long as Atletico Madrid does not lose this game, they will be able to get second place in the La Liga and enter the Champions League again.

Although Atletico Madrid was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Champions League this year, Neymar has also grown up. Now in Europe, no one dares to underestimate this new giant team, mainly because the boss behind it is so wealthy.

In this round, Barcelona will play away against Real Betis, and Atletico Madrid will also play away against Villarreal.

Barcelona is even more determined to return to second place and prove that La Liga is still dominated by two strong teams.

In the hotel, Cao Yu accompanied Song Qian to watch the game.

Before the game started, Cao Yu drank beer and said with a smile: "We'll do it as many times as the number of goals scored tonight."

"Then I hope to score only one goal."

"Are you afraid?"

"Well, since you came back from the United States this time, you are really scary and have so many tricks up your sleeve."

Song Qian was indeed a little scared, and she didn't know what had happened to her, Cao Yu, in the United States.

“I’m learning Kung Fu Yoga.”

During the one-month visit to the United States, Cao Yu only accompanied Disha, and he has already learned the essence of yoga.

But he was not satisfied with just one goal, and said with a smile: "To win, it's better to score three."

"I'm filming tomorrow."

Song Qian glared at Cao Yu. Although her body was flexible, she couldn't stand the high requirements of yoga.

As a result, Neymar scored the first goal just nine minutes into the game.

"Haha, the ball goes in, come on baby."

Cao Yu shouted loudly. Judging from the team's momentum, they would not lose, so he started to do what he had agreed with Song Qian.

The battle on TV continued, and the battle outside TV was also quite intense. The players had a halftime break, but poor Song Qian did not.

In the 24th minute of the second half, attacking midfielder Perisic scored another goal and Song Qian burst into tears.

"Be good, don't cry, this is fate."

Cao Yu was pressing Song Qian down on the sofa and doing an extreme split when the phone suddenly rang.

"Ding Ding Ding"

"Who's calling at this hour?"

It was already early morning. When Cao Yu heard the phone ringing, he cursed casually but did not intend to answer it.

"Honey, go answer the phone, in case it's urgent."

This phone call was like a savior to Song Qian. She pushed Cao Yu and asked him to answer the phone.

"If it's nothing serious, I'll punish him!"

Cao Yu was also worried that the call in the middle of the night might be about something urgent, so he had to let Song Qian go temporarily. When he found the phone, it turned out to be from Wang Sicong.

"Brother Cao, are you watching the game? We got second place. I will lead the team back in a few days to play a friendly match with the Yanjing team."

Wang Sicong on the phone was very excited, as if he had accomplished a great feat.

Cao Yu said dissatisfiedly: "Is that all? Is it worth it for you to call me in the middle of the night?"

"I'm happy, thinking that it's only a little after twelve o'clock, and Brother Cao must not be asleep yet."

Wang Sicong could tell Cao Yu was unhappy and said hurriedly, "Besides the competition, I have something else to discuss with you."

"Come back and talk. I'm busy."

Cao Yu was in high spirits and had no time to chat with Wang Sicong. It was still light in Europe, but it was already midnight here.

After hanging up the phone, I casually looked at the TV. The game was over and Atletico Madrid's players were celebrating wildly.

He turned off the TV and saw Song Qian had already gone to bed, so he pounced on her.

The next morning, Cao Yu was in the car on his way to the crew when he discovered that the internet was flooded with news about last night's game.

In this round of La Liga, Barcelona drew away, and Atletico Madrid won 2:0 away against Villarreal, and with 92 points, they ranked second in La Liga, only one step away from the top.

Huaxia player Wu Lei came on as a substitute and performed well.

"We must win a La Liga title next year!"

After reading the news, Cao Yu has started making plans for next year. As for what Wang Sicong wants to talk to him about, he will wait until he comes back.

A few days later, the Suzhou part of the scene was completed and the crew returned to Yanjing to shoot the last part.

During this period, Cao Yu no longer planned to stay in the crew every day. He handed over the main work to Yan Fei and Jia Ling and returned to the company himself.

Guan Xiaotong has signed a contract with Feiyu. When the little girl saw Cao Yu coming back, she ran over excitedly and said, "Boss, I will be your actor in the future. Please take good care of me."

"of course."

As Cao Yu walked towards the office, he responded, "Are you used to staying in the company?"

"It's OK. Our company is really good."

Guan Xiaotong saw Feiyu's strength and felt that she had a future in this kind of company. She couldn't hold her temper and said, "Boss, you said last time that you would arrange a play for me. When will it be?"

"Don't worry, study hard first."

"I'm a good student."

"That's good."

As he was talking, Cao Yu had already arrived at the door of his office. He turned around and said to Guan Xiaotong, "Don't always think about filming. Practice your acting skills first. I have a meeting now. You go first."

"Ok."

When Guan Xiaotong came, her friends suggested that she should get along well with the boss, but it turned out that her cuteness was of no use at all.

Cao Yu called several senior executives to his office.

"How is the promotion of "Wulin Wai Zhuan" and "The Return of the Great Sage" going? Have they been scheduled?"

This year, Feiyu Entertainment has three movies released during the summer, in addition to the two mentioned by Cao Yu, there is also "Tiny Times".

"On June 25, My Own Swordsman will be released, and on July 12, The Monkey King: Hero is Back will be released."

After Chen Chengjie answered, he reminded, "Boss Cao, the movie 'The Four' will also be released on July 12. Miss Liu Yifei is the lead actress in this movie. Should we change the time?"

"Need not."

Cao Yu shook his head. "The Four" had great fanfare, but its box office was average.

Although Liu Yifei is the leading actress, there is no need to disrupt the release rhythm of this year's movies.

He instructed: "We are going to shoot several urban dramas next year. You should collect more good scripts in the next two years."

Cao Yu was talking about the play "A Servant of Two Masters". Since he couldn't remember the name of the screenwriter, he could only cast a wide net.

Afterwards, he learned about the preparations for the music show "China Music Show". He heard that it was almost ready and could be promoted in July, with the first episode to be broadcast live in August.

After a brief meeting to finalize the recent work, Cao Yu called Zhang Yimou.

"Director Zhang, how are the preparations for the movie Mulan going?"

"It's almost done. We can start filming in early June, starting with the grassland part."

Although Zhang Yimou's "Under the Hawthorn Tree" had good reputation last year, the box office was not very good. If Cao Yu had not won the Oscar for Best Director, the box office would have been just over 300 million.

Therefore, he plans to use the film "Mulan" to prove that he has certain strength in commercial films.

In fact, in 09, Zhao Yanzi and Hu Jun had already filmed a movie called "Mulan", but the response to that movie could only be described as mediocre.

This film, which was directed by Cao Yu himself, was basically created by him. It combines the story of "The Ballad of Mulan" with the effective routines of commercial films. Starting with Mulan's growth, joining the army, and fighting the enemy, it will use grand scenes to show the heroism of a woman defending her country.

The movie also adds some comedy elements to make the plot more attractive.

The leading actor who plays opposite Liu Yifei is Xie Miao, a former child star who is good at kung fu.

Cao Yu asked again: "Have the troops agreed?" "Yes, an army of 2,000 people plus 1,000 herdsmen will be a stunning scene."

"That's great. I'll be there when the filming starts."

This movie was jointly invested by Feiyu Entertainment and China Film. Cao Yu's original budget was 200 million yuan, and later China Film added another 100 million yuan, hoping to make this movie into a blockbuster that could be exported abroad.

After finishing all this, Cao Yu came to Yang Mi's studio.

"Mi Mi, have you been notified by the US to film Transformers 4?"

"I have been notified to go to the United States at the end of May to attend the opening ceremony."

Yang Mi has finished filming "Tiny Times" and is now waiting to go to the United States to film "Transformers 4".

Cao Yu smiled and said, "I'm going to the United States tomorrow. Do you want to go with me?"

"Didn't you just come back a while ago? Are you going again?"

"Facebook is going public, and I have to go."

"Facebook?"

Yang Mi then remembered that her brother was the second largest shareholder of Facebook, the world's largest social platform. She immediately asked curiously, "Brother, if Facebook goes public, how much will your net worth increase?"

"I don't know, but it's enough to support you."

"They can support themselves now, so you can earn money to save money for our son's milk powder."

"Are you sure it's your son?"

"I'm sure I dreamed last night that I had a son with you."

Yang Mi hugged Cao Yu's neck and said coquettishly: "When I give birth to a son next year, if you don't give me money for milk powder, I will bite you."

……

That afternoon, Cao Yu arranged the work of all the crews and went to find Yang Shuxue to ask her to prepare for the friendly match between Huanyu Football Team and Atletico Madrid on June 3rd.

The next day, he flew to the United States with Yang Mi and Cai Chongxin.

Facebook has developed very well in the past two years, with nearly one billion monthly active users. Its revenue in 2011 alone reached 37.1 billion US dollars. Its revenue in the first quarter of this year was close to billion. It is already a foregone conclusion that it will not reach billion in a year.

Therefore, Facebook's IPO this time has attracted attention from all walks of life in the United States.

But in fact, there have been some discordant voices within Facebook in the past two years. The former founder Edward was kicked out of Facebook by Zuckerberg using fraudulent means.

At this time, in addition to the 3% shares given to Liu Yifei, Cao Yu still owned 13% of Facebook's shares, and was still the second largest shareholder of Facebook.

Many American investors know that it was this Chinese who invested one million US dollars in Facebook, and now the value has increased by more than 10,000 times.

Such investment returns are comparable to those of Warren Buffett.

Therefore, Cao Yu is not only famous in Hollywood, but also well-known in the investment community.

On the plane to New York, Cai Chongxin and Cao Yu were chatting.

"Mr. Cai, how is artificial intelligence going now?"

“The investment is huge and the progress is somewhat slow.”

Cai Chongxin said helplessly: "Mr. Cao, I know that artificial intelligence is the trend of future development, but in the past year, I feel that the investment is too large, and in terms of output ratio, it is a bit unprofitable."

"Don't worry about the output ratio, just keep going. We now have Meituan and Youduoduo, as well as Fei'e Video and big data, and other investment projects. We don't need this little money."

"That's true."

Cai Chongxin knew that his boss really wanted China Technology to catch up with the West, but he didn't say anything.

After chatting for a while, he asked, "When will Youduoduo and Meituan go public? If the two branches go public, maybe you will become the richest man in the world."

"Haha, don't worry, I really don't want to be the richest man in the world."

For Youduoduo and Meituan, apart from the shares that Cao Yu distributed to employees, Penguin and Jingdong, he holds the lion's share, accounting for more than 60% of the shares.

If it really goes public, I will really become the world's richest man.

But Cao Yu really didn't want this title. The current situation was good enough, so he didn't need to be remembered.

Cai Chongxin felt that his boss was being a bit too much, so he said with a smile, "Then let's wait and see, and let Meituan go public on the Growth Enterprise Market by the end of the year, how about that?"

"can."

Cao Yu has no objection to listing the company domestically, as it may even boost the domestic stock market.

Meituan affects nearly 100,000 deliverymen, as well as people’s food, clothing, housing and transportation. It does not want foreign capital to come in and cheat those hard-working deliverymen.

As for money, it has long been spent.

Two days later, at the Nasdaq in the United States, this was Cao Yu’s third visit here.

"Mr. Cao, what are your next investment plans?"

"If Facebook goes public, you might become the world's richest man this year. What do you have to say?"

"Mr. Cao, in which direction do you think the world's technology will develop in the future?"

"When will the digital age you mentioned arrive?"

"You have invested heavily in chips. Are you planning to turn Feiyu Group into a technology giant?"

……

Facing the reporter's microphone, Cao Yu smiled and answered one by one: "My next investment plan is, of course, new energy vehicles."

“If I really become the richest man in the world, I will do my best to benefit mankind.”

“The future technological direction of the world is, of course, environmental protection.”

“Feiyu Group is still very small, and we can’t say it’s a tech giant, but the digital age will arrive in two to three years at most.”

After dealing with the reporters, Cao Yu found Zuckerberg and congratulated him as soon as they met: "Mark, congratulations, you finally succeeded."

"We made it."

Zuckerberg said nice things, but in fact, every time he saw Cao Yu, he would think of his one million US dollars now turning into more than 10 billion US dollars, which made him very distressed.

I wanted to reduce Cao Yu’s shares, but I never succeeded.

He completely forgot that if it weren't for Cao Yu's one million US dollars, he wouldn't be who he is today.

This is Zuckerberg's inherently ungrateful nature, and it is for this reason that he kicked his classmate and founder Edward away.

Cao Yu understood this and deliberately smiled and said, "When the company goes public, your net worth will be 30 billion US dollars, right?"

"I can't compare with you. Now Wall Street calls you the Chinese stock god."

Zuckerberg felt sour.

Even if I am worth 30 billion US dollars, your net worth will definitely exceed 60 billion, and you may even be the richest man in the world. How can we compare?
After a moment, he smiled and said, "By the way, after our Facebook goes public, I want to buy a private island. Are you interested? Do you want to work with me?"

"What a great idea."

Cao Yu had this idea a long time ago, but then he felt that this guy might not be so kind.

Sure enough, Zuckerberg said, "However, since you are Chinese, it may be difficult for you to buy an island in Hawaii. How about joining the United States?"

Cao Yu shook his head and said, "We in China are doing well."

"That's a shame."

When Zuckerberg heard that Cao Yu refused to join the United States, he said it was a "pity", but he was very happy in his heart.

The United States will impose high IOP taxes on foreigners, and then slowly erode Cao Yu's shares.

Now that Facebook has gone public, this is just the beginning. Under his leadership, the company's future development will still be limitless, and this person must be kicked out.

He can take advantage of others, but others must never take advantage of him.

Nine in the morning.

"boom!"

When Cao Yu and Zuckerberg pressed the mechanical button to ring the bell together, the Facebook employees present cheered.

Zuckerberg raised his arms to celebrate the moment.

He is two years younger than Cao Yu. Now that his company is listed, he will become the youngest billionaire in the world.

However, most of the reporters present gave the camera to Cao Yu, which made him very unhappy.

But Yang Mi at the scene looked at her brother with admiration.

"If he becomes the world's richest man, I will be the world's down payment woman. I'm so excited. I don't know when this year's rich list will be released..."

Yang Mi's eyes sparkled as she began to imagine the future.

The news of Facebook's IPO that day was reported not only in the United States but also in China.

The United States has been writing all about Cao Yu's sharp vision in investment, and he may become the world's first richest man in China.

China highly praised Cao Yu for his loyalty and contribution to the economy.

Of course, the happiest person was Liu Xiaoli.

The daughter had 3% of Facebook shares given by Cao Yu. Looking at Cao Yu's photo on the news, she was secretly proud: "I have good vision. I let Xixi and Xiao Cao be together. She is now worth billions."

At Apple, Cook stared at the reports about Facebook for a long time, and finally sighed: "Steve is gone, and this Chinese Cao is getting stronger. It seems that it is time to have a good talk with him."

(End of this chapter)