Chapter 519 Unless You Can Become a Great Immortal

Zuo Ziyan’s parents also attended the dinner that night, so naturally there would be no arrangement for Shang K to entertain them.

The guests present were also different from last night.

Most of them were official people. While drinking, they smiled and said “double happiness”, hoping to get some new investment projects from Fan Wumian and Boss Zuo.

Fan Wumian’s main focus is on finance and the Internet sector, and he has made it clear that he will consider investing in the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the future.

Mr. Zuo and Ms. Qiu were more concerned about the local property market. When asked about the sales of Tangcheng Yipin, the couple was more cautious in making a decision and only said that they would take a closer look.

The dinner was of a high standard.

It was so high that if Fan Wumian was just a star, he wouldn’t even be qualified to be seated. Fortunately, he was also a wealthy businessman, so he was warmly received.

Even his proposal to buy up an old building on the Bund and use it as the headquarters of a fund company was accepted without hesitation. They planned to rent him the entire Bund No. 19 building and allow for overall renovation.

the next day.

Fan Wumian continued to be busy decorating the old house.

After paying the sufficient installation fee, the home appliances were delivered one after another within one day, and the inside and outside of the house were cleaned by the cleaning company.

During the evening inspection of the new house, a middle-aged gardener from a cleaning company pointed to the pine tree in the yard and said:

“Boss, I’ve mowed the lawn and trimmed the branches of the wisteria, but I don’t dare touch these six black pines. No one has taken care of them for so many years. They are probably nearly a hundred years old. We need to find a professional gardener. What if the trees die after pruning? Each tree is worth tens of thousands of dollars. I don’t dare touch them.”

Fan Wumian looked at the trees and asked in confusion, “Are black pines so valuable? Then just leave them alone for now. I’ll find someone else to take care of them.”

The gardener said firmly:
“It was not valuable before, but it is quite valuable now. Many developers of residential areas with very high prices specially buy these old trees at high prices. I think the old wisteria tree in the corner of the yard can probably be sold for 200,000 or 300,000 yuan. I have seen a similar one somewhere else, but it is not as thick and beautiful as this one, and it is worth more than 100,000 yuan.”

Cleaning up a luxury house often yields some surprises.

For example, there is a work by Zao Wou-Ki hanging on the wall of the living room. If the cleaning lady had not found an invoice record for the purchase of the painting from the study, showing that the painting was purchased for 2001 RMB in 35.7, Fan Wumian would have thought it was just an ordinary decorative painting.

But after knowing its price, when I stand in front of this painting again, I seem to be able to taste some of its flavor.

I called Zuo Ziyan and talked about this Zao Wou-Ki oil painting.

After listening to this, Zuo Ziyan said in an indifferent tone:
“It doesn’t matter. Since I’ve sold you my old house, I’ll just give you this painting as a gift. I just talked to my dad on the phone, and he praised you a lot. He also said that after learning more about Wanda Group, he felt that it was expanding very fast. Investing in this company should make money, and it seems that they are already tempted.”

Fan Wumian did not get involved and only replied:
“It’s fine as long as they like it. I’m most afraid of accidentally doing more harm than good. Have they asked how much they plan to invest?”

Zuo Ziyan explained without any intention of concealing anything:
“I’m not sure about this. I have to wait until I get back to the company and gather other board members to discuss before I can make a decision. The boss of Wanda hopes that my father can raise 8.5 million RMB and give him 25% of the shares. If we want to cooperate in the future, we will have to negotiate again.”

Fan Wumian said with a smile:
“If we bargain, maybe 8 million RMB could be the deal. Mr. Wang is quite ambitious and recently visited Guangzhou and Lin’an for inspection. I think he would be willing to make some concessions in order to expand and invest in new projects as quickly as possible.”

If financing is chosen, it will be done in the name of Zuo Real Estate. This means that while Fan Wumian is helping Zuo Ziyan’s family with advice, he is also helping other shareholders who have invested in Zuo Real Estate.

Her family members all have a very prudent style of doing things, and they would not easily take risks in such “high-risk” investment projects in their personal names.

Fan Wumian felt that this was obviously a big loss, but others didn’t know what would happen in the future. Setting up a “firewall” between family assets and company assets was a common practice for wealthy businessmen. After all, the Zuo family was already very rich, and normal expenses could not be spent in several lifetimes. There was no need to learn from those gamblers who took huge risks and gambled everything, hoping to live a life of luxury if they won and continue to be poor if they lost.

Zuo Ziyan then asked:
“My dad told me that you talked about renting a building to start a fund company during dinner last night? What’s going on?”

Fan Wumian sat on the terrace and admired the sunset:

“It’s just a preliminary idea for now. Many people outside think that I have good fortune. Maybe they will be willing to invest money in me and ask me to help manage it.”

“If I open a private equity fund company, I can earn commissions and also receive 20% of the profits as dividends. This kind of business is guaranteed to bring in income regardless of the weather, and is obviously suitable for me.”

“People are like this, always chasing rising and falling prices. As long as I haven’t failed before, they will have full confidence in me. I am not good at managing a company. I don’t have the patience to sit in the office and read documents all day, but when it comes to investment and financial management, I am still very good at it.”

With Miss Zuo’s business acumen, how could she not see the business opportunities hidden in it? She said to him with a smile:
“This kind of business is really suitable for you. Not to mention other people, my parents have already started to consider redeeming part of the money and will give it to you to manage when the time comes.”

“It’s the same when you go to a casino. Every time you meet a customer with good luck, there will always be a group of people following him to place bets. Instead of trusting your own luck, it’s better to try to take advantage of other people’s good luck.”

“It’s the same with you. If you can really help your clients make money in the early stages, with your influence as a big star, you will definitely be able to attract a large amount of investment in a short period of time. Even if it doesn’t work out in the end, it doesn’t matter. You can already make a lot of profit in the early stages.”

Many fund managers use the fame and connections accumulated in their early years to frantically absorb large sums of money. By the time the performance of the assets they manage starts to decline, they have already earned enough income to achieve financial freedom and retire comfortably. They don’t care about the lives of their investors at all.

In a half-joking and half-serious tone, Fan Wumian continued:

“I’m not trying to cheat people. If there’s even a slight chance, I want to become the Asian version of Warren Buffett. Putting aside the many trivial management matters, all I need to do is select potential stocks and then invest the money that clients leave with me. This kind of business is simpler than making a movie.”

Zuo Ziyan sang a different tune and said:
“If it were really that simple, how could there only be one recognized ‘stock god’ in the world? Managing a few hundred million dollars in assets is completely different from managing tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in assets. It’s easy to make mistakes when investing in too many projects, unless you can be a god and predict the future with just a flick of your fingers.”

“Well, different people have different fates. My fortune may not have run out yet.”

Fan Wumian remained calm and changed the subject.

It was very boring around Cambridge University. Zuo Ziyan did nothing but study every day and go around for a stroll on weekends. She deeply regretted that she was too young and did not choose to study at the University of Hong Kong or Yanjing University, so that her life was now so boring.

On the other end of the phone, Zuo Ziyan suddenly asked:

“According to the time difference, the show My Love from the Star starring you will be aired tonight, right? I really want to watch it. Can you send me the DVD?”

“.Wow, it really starts tonight. I was so busy that I forgot.”

As Fan Wumian’s second TV series, it has already piqued people’s interest.

He quickly picked up another BlackBerry and sent a message to Feng Ying’er, reminding her to do some publicity on Penguin Weibo and seize the opportunity to become famous.

The original drama of “My Love from the Star” made South Korea’s “Do Min Joon” completely famous. Not only did he make a lot of money, he also had scandals with a bunch of beautiful South Korean stars and bought houses everywhere to collect rent.

In his previous life, he heard from friends in the circle that when the other party came to the mainland to make money, he flirted with other female guests at the event. At that time, he wondered what was so handsome about this guy?

The new drama starts airing tonight, and Fan Wumian no longer lacks this bit of fame.

I also hope that this drama can help promote other artists under the company, and take the opportunity to harvest some advertising endorsements to alleviate the company’s cash flow shortage.
(End of this chapter)