Feng Xiaogang knew that he was going to be met after asking this question. Based on his understanding of Wang Shuo, he didn't know that Wang Shuo's expression was obviously unhappy.
"Why are there so many things? It's their business that people have money and power, and we can't afford to eat."
Fearing to anger Wang Shuo, Feng Xiaogang nodded repeatedly, "What you said is, it's better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone!"
Wang Shuo nodded slightly, and praised Feng Xiaogang rarely, "That's right. Xiaogang, it's not me who said you, you are the one-"
Feng Xiaogang looked at Wang Shuo's mouth shape, and the discs in his ears seemed like headless flies, and they could not enter his ears.
He was wondering in his heart why Wang Shuo was unhappy after he said that.
After thinking for a while, he gradually gained some clues.
Lin Chaoyang and Wang Shuo have one thing in common, both literary idol-level figures that emerged after the reform and opening up.
Perhaps in Wang Shuo's heart, he always regarded Lin Chaoyang as an opponent, and it was fine to let Wang Shuo and Lin Chaoyang have an equal relationship, but if Wang Shuo asked Lin Chaoyang to ask Lin Chaoyang, he probably couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart.
Thinking of this, Feng Xiaogang felt that if this was the case, Wang Shuo would be a little pretentious.
When Lin Chaoyang became famous, who knew him, Wang Shuo?
Not to mention his popularity overseas, his influence and status in China, Wang Shuo is incomparable to Lin Chaoyang!
Feng Xiaogang thought of Lin Chaoyang's humble demeanor just now. Compared with Wang Shuo in front of him, this level is not a little worse.
"Did you understand?"
As if he had received some signal, Feng Xiaogang opened his ears and the quiet world suddenly became noisy.
"I understand. Master Shuo, your fire-eyed Jin Qing can see all my thoughts. This is so good that it is really enlightening.
Come on, I have to give you a drink for what you said just now!"
Feng Xiaogang raised his wine glass.
Satisfied with his good teacher in his heart, Wang Shuo had a reserved chat with Feng Xiaogang.
Du Feng's wedding banquet came to an end in the bustle. After attending the wedding, Lin Chaoyang and his family took advantage of the cool autumn weather in Yanjing for two days.
By late November, overseas publishing houses reported that the Japanese, Korean and French versions of "Hunter Ambren" were published one after another, and they all achieved excellent performance after their launch.
Especially in Japan, since "The Chess Saint" brought Lin Chaoyang a huge reputation by riding the east wind of the Go competition between the two countries, the sales of his works in Japan have entered a new stage.
Especially last year, the "Lin Chaoyang phenomenon" storm broke out in the American cultural circle. As the godson of the American father, the Japanese cultural circle's pursuit of Lin Chaoyang has reached an unparalleled level.
All his works introduced before have experienced a huge sales explosion, and the Dallas Buyers Club published last year sold 1.12 million copies.
"The Chess Saint", which has been published in Japan for five years, has also regained sales and sold 520,000 copies a year.
Other works such as "The Death of Van Gogh", "The Legend of the Boat", and "The World of Truman" have also increased by as little as 70,000 to 80,000 copies, and as much as 200,000 to 300,000 copies.
This year, "Ambren Hunter" was published, and its performance is still superior, with sales reaching 285,000 copies in the first month.
In addition to its sales success, this novel has also received many praises in the Japanese cultural circle.
"Group Portraits", one of Japan's five most pure literary magazines, published a commentary article "The Glory of Humanity in Traveling Through the Snow Country" last month.
A compliment to "The Hunter Ambren": "Like the deep snow fields, like towering mountains, like a peaceful forest, full of abundant and powerful vitality, and blooms the most beautiful flowers of human nature in despair. It is not Hemingway style, nor Melville style, but a great work of Lin Chaoyang style."
These news were reported by Miyuki Kitamura, who was in Kawato's study. Miyuki Kitamura has regularly mailed feedback on his works to Lin Chaoyang in Japan for many years.
At the end of the month, Du Feng ran to Xiangjiang again.
After the National Day wedding, he and Chen Lan ran abroad for a month's honeymoon and returned to Yanjing in early November. This time he came to Xiangjiang to go public for the Asia-Europe Clothing City.
He has been planning this matter since last year and invited Liang Botao through Tao Yushu's connection.
Du Feng has several assets today, the largest and most profitable of which is the 66.67% equity of Asia and Europe Clothing City.
Asia-Europe Clothing City has opened its first store in Yanjing in 1986. It has currently owned 14 large-scale clothing stores in 12 cities in China, with a business area of ​​54,000 square meters.
In 1992, the sales of Asia-Europe Clothing City reached RMB 945 million, and the net profit attributable to shareholders reached RMB 311 million.
The profit margin has dropped significantly compared with the two years before the opening, mainly because of the increasingly fierce competition in the clothing industry.
When Tao Yushu invested, he said he would withdraw his shares in installments and to withdraw all the shares in nine years.
But Du Feng firmly disagreed, and finally Tao Yushu transferred some of the shares to Du Feng, allowing his shareholding ratio to reach 66.67%, and obtained the company's controlling stake.
After that, the equity ratio of both parties has been maintained until today.
In addition to the Asia-Europe Clothing City, Du Feng also invested in a clothing industrial park in Shenzhen, with an annual output value of more than 200 million yuan, but the profit is much smaller.
In addition, the Hongxiu Clothing Company he has worked on in the past two years has also developed well.
The VermillionGrace brand focuses on the high-end market and has already owned 8 flagship stores in China. The Hongxiu brand focuses on the mid-end market. In the past two years, it has opened 54 specialty stores.
Last year, clothing sales reached 104 million yuan, of which several flagship stores of VermillionGrace were opened at the end of the year, but the sales were very impressive. At that time, only three flagship stores were opened, but they contributed nearly 40 million yuan in just three months.
All this cannot be separated from Tao Yumo's careful planning. Vermillion Grace's first commercial was personally directed by the talented advertising agent Zhu Jiading of Xiangjiang, and Hollywood movie star Booke Xiaosi joined.
Last October, the advertisement was broadcast on CCTV Prime Time, and Vermillion Grace became famous overnight.
It has become a high-end foreign brand in the hearts of many Chinese people.
The flagship stores that have just opened in various places suddenly became lively because there were only a few flagship stores, all in big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai and Guangzhou. Many bosses came here to shop from other places.
According to Du Feng's optimistic estimate, it is no problem that Hongxiu Clothing Company's sales exceed 300 million this year.
If nothing unexpected happens, the VermillionGrace brand will contribute 50% of its sales with less than one-sixth of its stores.
"VermillionGrace is so profitable, it's not appropriate if you don't give me some stocks?
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Du Feng talked about the development of the company in a daze, which triggered Tao Yumo's question. She didn't expect that she would give Du Feng an idea, which made him earn so much.
"I've given it to you."
"How much is a second-hand Mall worth? If I had known you were so stingy, I should have done it myself."
"Okay, okay, I'll give you 5 shares, how about it?"
Du Feng was so generous that Tao Yumo was a little suspicious, "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Du Feng said seriously, "But I have a request!"
"I knew you had no kindness." Tao Yumo looked like "I don't understand you yet."
But thinking that the "5 points" shares could be worth tens of millions in the future, she still said, "Tell me, what are the requirements?"
"How about being a director and a strategic consultant?"
Tao Yumo immediately understood what he meant, "You are treating me as a coolie!"
"Just move your mouth, there are still fewer shares at 5 points? You can't be too greedy."
"Then——Okay."
Tao Yumo agreed to "I can't help it", but the smile on the corner of her mouth could not be suppressed.
"Yeah, I went abroad for a visit.
If it is listed in Asia and Europe, it can raise HK$600 million in conservatively. What do you think will be the comprehensive store route after it goes public?"
As soon as he received his "salary", Du Feng immediately started to let Tao Yumo "work".
"Comprehensive Store?" Tao Yumo was a little surprised, "I don't understand. Do a department store? Or a large comprehensive supermarket,
shopping center?"
Du Feng was stunned by the professional nouns in her mouth and said, "Do you know the Walmart in the United States?"
Tao Yumo suddenly realized and asked, "Asia and Europe Clothing City are doing well, why do you want to transform? The Walmart model is not easy to learn, and it is very invested, and supply chain management is also a science."
"I feel that it has entered a bottleneck until now. Large clothing stores that take the mid-to-high-end route are destined to survive in big cities, and they cannot be opened in some provincial capitals with a weaker economy.
Now there are only two paths before me, either vertically or horizontally.
Vertical development is to follow our original clothing store route, make the positioning lower and enter small and medium-sized cities.
However, in the past two years, the competition in the clothing industry has become increasingly fierce. If you take the low-end route, your gross profit will definitely drop sharply, and the brand image you finally established has been ruined.
Horizontal development means to be a Chinese Walmart, and my idea was inspired by others.
Henan has produced Asia in the past two years. They are working in department stores and are developing very well now. I think this industry has great potential!
In the future, imagination space will definitely develop more than the single category of clothing. It just so happens that it can raise a lot of money to invest in this direction. I think it is more reliable."
Du Feng is a practical school in business and can't say so many things, but he has already developed his own set of theories over the years.
The two of you were together, and I discussed it for a long time. Du Feng asked Lin Chaoyang again: "Brother-in-law, what do you think of our thoughts?"
"Good."
What else can Lin Chaoyang say? He can't say that the black swan of "e-commerce" in the Chinese economy will appear in 2008, which will shock physical retail.
Judging from the concept of this era, the economy is booming and China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has undoubtedly great potential for the department store and retail industry.
Seeing that Lin Chaoyang agreed, Du Feng was more confident.
What he is most worried about now is the future development direction of the company. As for management and operation, it is secondary.
After setting the route, he couldn't help but feel a little excited, and felt like he was going back to the time when he was going to open the first store in the Asia-Europe Clothing City.
Asia and Europe are now in the listing application stage, and Du Feng still has a lot of things to do. After he shows up, he will lose his shadow after he runs to Lin Chaoyang's house.
Tao Yumo was thinking about her "5 points" Hongxiu Clothing shares, and never looked forward to Du Feng coming again.
A few days later, news about Cheng Long's new film "Drunk Fist 2" appeared in the media, and the plan was scheduled to be released in 2.
moon.
With the influence of "Drunk Fist 1" and Cheng Long's golden signboard, the news of the movie's scheduled release immediately attracted the attention of movie fans in Xiangjiang, Wandao, Southeast Asia and other places.
At this moment, Xiangjiang gossip magazine "One Weekly" suddenly exposed the news: "Cheng Long passed the Lin family, and the Jiahe Building will collapse."
The article said with certainty that in order to escape from Lin, Cheng Long paid Jiahe a sky-high liquidated damages of HK$120 million.
It was also revealed that Cheng Long's treatment after he changed jobs to Lin's family, such as a $5 million salary, participating in a large A-level production with a $50 million investment, etc., and all the information is accurate.
The article also includes photos of Cheng Longmi meeting with Cai Lan and meeting Joe Silvo in Beverly Hills.
As early as September, news about Lin's Film poaching Cheng Long was constantly exposed, but because the person involved Cheng Long was always silent, Jiahe repeatedly denied that these news was only lively for a while and soon became silent.
What's different this time is that the details published in "Neon Weekly" are so real, and there are also photos of Cheng Long and senior executives of Lin's Pictures.
It seems that the paparazzi of "Nei Weekly" must have secretly followed Cheng Long for a long time and got the news in advance, otherwise he would not have gone to the United States at all costs.
As soon as this news came out, the Xiangjiang film industry was shocked.
The current issue of "One Weekly" was sold out directly, and major entertainment newspapers and magazines were reprinted, and even regular newspapers such as "Sing Tao Daily" and "Xinbao" participated in the discussion.
It is impossible for ordinary movie stars to change jobs to cause such a big public opinion storm.
But Cheng Long is different. Apart from Bruce Lee, he is the first Kung Fu superstar with world influence in the true sense in the Kung Fu.
Although his movies cannot be sold in Hollywood blockbusters at overseas box offices, that is because of the distribution channel, the Kung Fu comedy type movies he is good at are typical family-friendly themes and have a wide audience.
In Spain, Cheng Long's "Drunk Boxing" was released in Spain in 1978, with 823,000 viewers. Over the years, the cumulative number of filmmakers of works exceeded 3 million, while Spain's total population was only more than 30 million.
In Japan, South Korea, the United States and other countries, the number is even larger. If you include the viewers of videotape rental and family broadcasting in various countries, you don’t know how much this number will be enlarged.
Even Jet Li, who is now in the position of "Black Man", is still describing the audience that Cheng Long has praised for more than ten years.
It is no exaggeration to say that Cheng Long is Jiahe's white jade pillar, and the purple gold beam of the sea. His departure will undoubtedly cause great harm to Jiahe.
In Jiahe's history, they have once again and again launched superstars at the critical moment to complete their self-redemption Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, Cheng Long-.
But this time, almost no one is optimistic that Jiahe can survive again.
Even the Xiangjiang filmmakers themselves don’t believe that the current Xiangjiang film industry can cultivate another superstar like Cheng Long.
In recent years, Jiahe has been suppressed by the Lin family and lost Cheng Long again. Not to mention that he was disheartened, but at least he completely lost the qualification to be with the Lin family.
From this perspective, Cheng Long's departure can be said to have affected the future development of Xiangjiang movies to a certain extent.
There is noisy outside public opinion. Although there are many different opinions, it also clearly sees Cheng Long's departure and Jiahe's future. Jiahe's head of the family cannot understand it.
But what can I do if I understand clearly? Lin's move to remove the firewood from the cauldron is so upright that he can suppress people with his power.
He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai worked hard for more than a month but failed to win back Cheng Long's intentions.
In a rage, Zou Wenhuai even thought about using Panwai to deal with Lin's family, but was persuaded by the rational He Guanchang.
His wealth, Zou Huaiwen and Tao Yushu, is not on the same level. In Xiangjiang, a city where capital is supreme.
Wealth is power.
Which rich man has ever seen a headache for the harassment of black men?
On the contrary, those so-called big shots who were once blinded, after offending the rich, they passed by like meteors.
"Unless you have the determination to die, you must not do this."
After hearing He Guanchang's words, Zou Wenhuai had to compromise helplessly.
The sky-high liquidated damages of HK$120 million were paid to Jiahe without hesitation.
The termination of the contract was completed as early as November, but the two parties, based on the principle of getting along well, planned to announce the news to the public when "Drunk Boxing 2" is released.
It just so happens that it can add some popularity to the release of "Drunk Fist 2", which is also Cheng Long's last contribution to Jiahe.
But Jiawei didn't expect that their confidential news had been done so well, and it was exposed by the gossip media in advance.
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang gathered in the office to watch "Next Weekly". In addition to being angry, he felt more powerless.
It was obvious that everything was still in good shape a few years ago, so how could it become like this?
Compared to Jiahe's powerless anger, news in Lin's Film's office area revealed that the day was particularly quiet, and the employees walked quietly, and a thunderous anger was brewing.
The news of Cheng Long's termination was kept confidential at Jiahe's request. The leak of the news had no effect on Lin's family, but it was a good thing. But what Tao Yushu couldn't accept was the news leak itself.
After the news of "Next Weekly" was released, some people inside Lin who usually had contact with gossip reporters immediately raised their hearts to their throats.
They knew that with the boss's personality, this matter would definitely not be so let go.
Sure enough, on the third day after the news came to the newspaper, a mixed-race named Alice in the Overseas Distribution Department was fired, and her team leader Zhong Minghua was fired.
Huo Yaoting, deputy director of the Overseas Distribution Department, assumed the responsibility of management in a strict manner and was demoted.
The incident happened when Zhong Minghua was pursuing Alice. While the two were chatting, he revealed that Cheng Long was going to the United States to negotiate a new film with Joe Silvo. Alice sold the news to paparazzi.
In addition to Lin's internal punishment measures, the Ministry of Justice also launched a lawsuit against Alice, the culprit. Such harsh measures immediately made Lin's family feel solemn.
Working in entertainment companies, especially in distribution and publicity, it is normal to deal with journalists and paparazzi.
But Cheng Long's signing matter was a news that Tao Yushu repeatedly reminded him not to leak. Since the news spread, it means that someone did not take her as the boss seriously.
If you have the money but are disobedient, don’t blame Tao Yushu for killing the chicken and monkey.
As for how pitiful Alice was, and how her life would be in the future, she didn't care.
From the moment she dared to sell the interests of Lin, this person was the enemy of Lin.
Treat the enemy with ruthlessness as the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves.
On December 7, after four days of silence, Jiahe announced a press conference. Entertainment reporters from all over Hong Kong were moved and almost squeezed out the banquet hall of the Peninsula Hotel.
At the press conference, Cheng Long sat in the center of the stage. He Guanchang, one of the people who were talking to Jiahe, was sitting next to him. Both of them were serious and slightly sad.
"". - Sitting here today, my heart is mixed. Everyone should have seen the news from the past few days. The purpose of holding this press conference today is to announce that I, Cheng Long, will end my 13-year cooperation with Jiawei.
At this moment, the only thing I want to do is to express my gratitude to Jiawei.
Looking back on the 13 years of cooperation, meeting Jiahe, meeting godfather and Zou Sheng is the luckiest thing in my life—”
Cheng Long's speech was written by Lin San's Public Relations Department. It mainly features "Thank you for your destiny, thank you for yours (Jiahe)", which reflects the wishes of both parties to peaceful Asians.
When he spoke, He Guanchang, who was standing aside, was filled with sadness, and then another sensational speech, almost setting off the atmosphere at the press conference into "Art Life".
Finally, the two hugged each other and shed tears on the spot.
The reporters' shutters flashed wildly, and they caught this touching scene, which became the cover of major entertainment newspapers the next day.
However, what the news did not report the next day was that Cheng Long was almost poked into a sieve by the reporters' microphones today. Today's press conference only talked about getting to know Jiahe, and the rest were like signing Lin San, and the pay and post-split development plan did not mention a single word!
Isn’t this going to kill me?
The reporters' verification did not receive any response. For more details of Cheng Long's job change, the media can only guess. The revelation from "Neon Weekly" was regarded as the most reliable source of information and was widely circulated by the industry.
At a press conference, Jiawei and Cheng Long occupied the news page for several days, and the good reunion and separation between the two sides also became a benchmark for cooperation praised by the media.
"I don't understand. I spent all the money to terminate the contract, why did you let Jiahe have a good reputation? That's HK$120 million!"
Tao Yumo looked at the news in the newspaper and asked unwillingly.
"Cheng Long has been in Jiahe for many years. How many things are Jiahe helping to settle them? How do you know that Jiahe doesn't have a trump card in his hand?
All the winners have won. Jiahe’s lean camel is bigger than a horse. If Dog Xiao jumps over the wall, it’s bad.”
Tao Yushu said calmly.
"Can they still have a way to help? You can't find someone to use a gun to kill you, right?" Tao Yumo said contemptuously.
Tao Yushu looked at her deeply, "Breaking people's wealth is like killing their parents. Have you never heard of this?"
I don’t know if it’s Kang, Tao Yushu’s eyes and tone were obviously very calm, but Tao Yumo suddenly felt a sense of creepy.
"It's so evil." She said.
Tao Yushu shook his head, "If you can be more steady, I will hand over the Yulang organization to you!"
"If you don't want to hand over, just say you don't want to hand over. Find so many reasons!"
Chapter completed!