Actor: Thank you.

It's difficult to do something well.

It is especially difficult to reach a consensus when there are so many people and so many opinions.

So Zhang Yuan chose the simplest method and set a common goal for everyone.

money.

At this time, this group of Hong Kong bosses gathered together again.

He invited Zhang Yuan to dinner again.

But this time there were a few strangers who also came.

They are the people in the financial industry who are invited by the bigwigs to contact and identify.

"Zhang Yuan, it's not that we don't believe you, it's just that a few of my friends want to broaden their horizons."

Yang Shouchen spoke.

Just like yesterday, Zhang Yuan handed them the Swiss Bank promissory note.

The financial professional happily took it and looked at it carefully.

Then he made an excuse to go to the bathroom.

He should have written down the serial number on his promissory note and called Switzerland to confirm it.

Not long after, the old man came back and nodded slightly towards Yang Shouchen.

Old Yang nodded to the other big guys again.

Although he was cheerful just now, there was a hint of perfunctoriness in his tone. However, after nodding twice, he became cheerful again.

The promissory note is real, which means that the Swiss bank really has 500 million US dollars.

That means someone really invested in Zhang Yuan.

Since some people are optimistic about the investment, he is willing to give a high interest rate return.

Far beyond ordinary banks and investment institutions.

The world's most famous asset management companies, such as Blackstone and BlackRock, have an average return rate of only about 10 points.

These are still good years, with combined returns from the world's strongest companies, and they come with high risks.

For a large, low-risk company like Goldman Sachs, the overall return will not exceed 5%.

Ordinary people in the country may not understand and think that the interest rate is too low.

After all, in the early years, the deposit interest rates of mainland banks, especially multi-year deposits, were very high.

Able to easily surpass Goldman Sachs' return on investment.

But that is China.

In most developed countries of the world, bank interest rates are very low.

In island countries and parts of Europe, interest rates are even negative.

That means if you save 100, you will only have 98.5 after one year.

That 1.5 is management fees and negative interest.

Sometimes, if I hadn’t gone abroad, I wouldn’t have known that I was a socialist giant baby…

For these Hong Kong bosses.

Zhang Yuan has credit and provided valuable collateral.

Things have also changed from investing to private equity or lending.

As long as they are sure of profits, they will naturally be happy.

Whether Zhang Yuan makes a loss or not is his business. Anyway, we are guaranteed to make a profit, so that's good.

When business is small, be ambitious, driven and willing to gamble.

Once they have assets and they grow big, most bosses will start to become conservative.

I’m already so rich, the important thing is not to make 20 times more of it, but to not lose it all.

I would be satisfied if I could double my money without losing money.

Once you go from being barefoot to wearing shoes, your mentality will definitely change.

Not to mention people like them who have an average net worth of billions.

Most people in Zhang Yuan's current position wouldn't dare to go all-in like he does.

He said he was "getting something for nothing", but actually he did have some skills.

That 500 million US dollars is the capital.

This amount was the budget cap he had previously prepared for "Fast and Furious".

After returning home, he invited Liu's mother and daughter and Boss Chen to have dinner together.

Ask the other party to help you transfer the money to a Swiss bank.

Boss Chen is a professional when it comes to cross-border asset transfers.

It can be done in minutes, and it is difficult to trace the source except by the state apparatus.

Why not choose somewhere else instead of looking for a Swiss bank?
In addition to the professionalism of this place, there is also a stereotype.

That is the Swiss banking industry, which claims to be independent and neutral.

Customer information will never be disclosed.

This has attracted legal and illegal capital injections from all over the world.

But it's just a claim.

Zhang Yuan knew clearly that the so-called independence and neutrality could only make him shudder when the .50 Magnum was pointed at his head.

They claim to never disclose customer information, but in fact they are only transparent to the CIA.

But what Zhang Yuan wanted was to remain opaque to these Hong Kong bosses.

They can accept that the accounts are kept in Swiss banks and the origin cannot be traced.

It also adds a bit of mystery.

As a result, the Hong Kong bosses present at the meeting agreed to collectively invest and give him 1000 million US dollars.

The two parties signed an investment agreement.

After Zhang Yuan finished all these, he left Hong Kong in a hurry.

On the plane, he carefully reviewed the agreement in the spacious seat of the first class cabin.

"You were given the opportunity to make a big profit with a good return on long-term investment, but you didn't want it."

"Sure enough, my guess was right."

They pay the money, but the important rights such as copyright and distribution rights obtained from Universal are still in their own hands.

Even if you want to participate in the distribution, you have to sign an agency agreement with him.

Zhang Yuan was happy to share his achievements, but others didn't want to.

Then you can't blame me.

Don’t be jealous in the future, just regret it and slap yourself in the face.

But it’s better to regret.

The teacher once said that the good thing about "Water Margin" is Zhao'an.

Let the world see the fate of the surrenderists.

Zhang Yuan also took this opportunity to teach these Hong Kong bosses a lesson.

When they realize what they have missed and how much they have lost, they will regret it.

Regret can consolidate your position and enhance your voice in the company.

People won’t learn even if they are taught a thousand times, but they will learn even once they are taught.

Whenever you want to do something big in the future, you will have historical lessons in mind when you speak.

"Well, now we have to deal with the remaining $1000 million."

He told the Hong Kong bosses that someone had invested 1000 million.

That's nonsense, you can't fool yourself.

So after a day of rest, he set out from his home in the imperial capital and headed for Zhangjiakou, about 200 kilometers away from the capital.

This place is not only adjacent to Inner Mongolia, but also borders Chengde, Baoding, and even Shanxi.

It has been a military stronghold since ancient times.

At the same time, it is not too far from Huairou where Zhang Yuan previously filmed "The Warlords".

This is also the area closest to the imperial capital, with Gobi and desert landforms.

There are also some remains of the ancient Great Wall.

Zhang Yuan came here today not for tourism.

But come to visit the set!
Precisely because of the Gobi and desert landforms, a film crew, a very large one at that, chose to shoot exterior scenes here.

This crew is from "The Mummy 3"!
It’s not a wrong choice. The ancient Great Wall here is the oldest Qin Great Wall.

During the Qin Dynasty, this place was called Shanggu County.

In the Han Dynasty, it was changed to Youzhou, a place name more familiar to the Chinese people.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the three governors of the Liu family included Liu Biao as the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Yan as the governor of Yizhou, and Liu Yu as the governor of Youzhou.

The big boss of the "Mummy 3" crew is the First Emperor. Choosing this place to shoot the film can be regarded as "refining the original soup and the original food" and finding the roots.

"Brother Jack."

After Zhang Yuan got off the car, he waved his arm and greeted Li Lianjie, who was wearing armor and reading the script and reciting lines not far away.

"Hey, you're here!"

Old Li was very happy to see him coming.

He walked up to him and patted his shoulder enthusiastically.

Li Lianjie is rich.

Very rich.

1000 million US dollars is not a big deal for him.

The pay for a play is more than that.

But Lao Li is quite stingy.

And his focus is now on One Foundation.

Let him pay to help me?
That's not 99% chance, that's 100% chance.

So Zhang Yuan wasn't coming for him at all.

After a brief exchange, Lao Li took him to meet the director.

"This is a famous young actor from China. Do you know him?"

Li Lianjie didn't say he acted in "Rush Hour 3", that was Chen Long's film.

"'The Forbidden Kingdom', the one I filmed with." "Oh, I recognized him." After director Rob Cohen understood, he came forward and hugged him.

Take a group photo as a record of your visit, which can be used in future publicity or edited into behind-the-scenes footage.

"Why are you here!"

Just as he was saying this, Wu Jing jumped out from the side.

Patted his shoulder from behind.

"Don't talk."

Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by War Wolf.

"That drama is already ready. As soon as I finish my scenes here, I will go to Hong Kong to start filming."

Zhang Yuan was very pleased to see that he had learned to answer questions quickly.

In addition to the two kung fu stars, several Hong Kong and Taiwan actresses were also present.

He had met Isabella Leong at the Berlin Film Festival, but just greeted her briefly and didn't say anything more.

This person just had a falling out with Yang Shouchen and the two are currently in court.

I just finished dinner with Old Yang, and our relationship is a bit complicated, so it’s best to remain neutral.

Of course, he knew that someone would eventually come forward to mediate and put an end to the lawsuit.

The mediator is Li Zekai, the second son of the Li family.

At this moment, Isabella Leong has already hooked up with the second young master, so she is fearless and does not take Old Yang seriously.

The one who helped her get in touch with the wealthy family was the famous "matchmaker" in the entertainment industry, Yang Ziqiong, who was also in the crew.

He also greeted this old lady. After all, she was his senior, so he had to be polite to her.

In addition to Isabella Leong, Hu Jing's marriage to Boss Zhu of Malaysia was also due to her contribution.

Yang Ziqiong's father is also a Datuk and is a family friend of the Zhu family.

While Liu Dehua is with his wife Zhu Liqian, Yang Zi is also behind him because Hu Jing's husband's Zhu family and Zhu Liqian's Zhu family are from the same family.

We are still relatives now and often cooperate in business.

He introduced this young and beautiful girl to the second son of the Li family, and she later gave birth to several sons.

Yang Ziqiong also gained a lot of resources from the Li family because of this, so it was a win-win situation.

"Wow, long time no see!"

At this moment, another tall Chinese woman came to Zhang Yuan.

With a tone of surprise, I greeted him with a hug.

"It's so rare. We haven't seen each other for several years."

This person's attitude when speaking was more enthusiastic than the others.

This person is Meng Guangmei, who had worked with him in "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and played Li Mochou.

It's been several years since we last met.

"The Mummy 3" has a large number of Chinese actors.

In addition to wanting to take advantage of the Chinese market, the film also successfully established itself as a co-production.

The main characters are from China, the scenes were shot in mainland China, and the investment ratio was high.

This play achieved all of that.

In those days, there were not many Hollywood blockbusters that took the initiative to get closer to China, and this movie was one of them.

But even with the support of China, it couldn't save the film's box office.

With an investment of over 1.5 million US dollars, the global box office was only 4 million US dollars.

According to Hollywood's conventional break-even formula of 1/3, this film would at best make a small loss.

So there will be no sequel to The Mummy series.

"I didn't expect to have so many friends here." Zhang Yuan looked at the group of people gathered around him.

"How about this, I'll treat you tonight and we can have dinner together."

"Meet old friends, meet new friends, give me a chance, please."

Since he said so, everyone naturally agreed.

Besides, he is not an unknown person and everyone wants to get in touch with him.

"Director Cohen, please come along."

"I just have something I want to talk to you about."

"Me?" The foreigner pointed at himself.

"Yes, you."

Because Rob Cohen is the director of "Fast and Furious 1".

Following this reason, a foreigner appeared at the dinner table that night.

Needless to say, they toasted each other and exchanged cups.

Even foreigners who come have to drink three cups first.

"Director Coen, I just talked to Universal Pictures about the Fast and Furious project."

“I will be involved in the development of the next work.”

"As a veteran director, do you have any advice for me?"

“Especially about that cast and crew.”

Zhang Yuan asked sincerely.

Cohen has no complaints about not being asked to continue the series.

Because this guy was replaced in the second part.

One of the reasons why the first three films in the "Fast and Furious" series were worse than the previous ones was that the director and the leading actor changed every time.

There is simply no coherence that a series of works should have.

Now that Cohen has filmed a top IP like "The Mummy", he seems to look down on "low-cost" car chase scenes, so naturally he has no complaints.

"Fan is a person who is not easy to control." After drinking the white wine, the brother became honest.

“Paul is very approachable and a very nice person.”

"Neil is Universal's running dog..."

Cough, cough, cough... Zhang Yuan coughed lightly a few times.

If you're not in North America, you'll open up, right?

So said the series' producer.

As expected, in North America, most directors and producers don’t get along.

Next, Cohen got criticized by Neil.

"He started out as a low-budget horror film director and was only an assistant director."

"Why are you showing off to me?"

Neil is the producer of the famous horror film "I Know What You Did Last Summer" in the Lighthouse Country.

The famous movie "Scary Movie" that came later was a spoof of this movie and "Scream".

Later, Neil actually became the producer of "Scary Movies".

They just make fun of each other and expose each other's secrets when they are drunk.

What about molesting the female assistant on the set.

Use the crew’s resources to sleep with the young actors.

Fucking someone in a bar bathroom.

Zhang Yuan: Oh my god, there’s an unexpected gain!
Zhang Yuan said he wanted to talk to him about "Fast and Furious".

It's actually just an excuse.

Xiangzhuang's sword dance is intended for Peigong.

This former director was not the purpose of his trip at all.

His target has always been the other person at the dinner table.

After the banquet, everyone drank a lot.

He also pretended to be drunk and staggered out.

"Zhang Yuan, wait for me."

At this time, Meng Guangmei called him.

The older sister had long legs and she came up to him in a few steps and hooked her arm around his in an intimate manner.

"Is what you just talked about with the director true?"

"What's the matter?" Zhang Yuan continued to pretend to be confused.

“It’s about investing in Hollywood movies.”

"Of course, this is no joke." Zhang Yuan stood up straight with pretentiousness: "I never lie about making money."

"Oh……"

Sister Meng smiled and nodded.

"We are old acquaintances."

"You said back then that you would come to me if there was an opportunity to make money in the future."

"But you never came to me all these years."

The older sisters scolded.

“This isn’t a good opportunity.”

"If there is a good opportunity, I will definitely look for you..." Zhang Yuan promised: "It's getting late today, so I'll leave first."

"See you later."

As he said this, he waved his hand.

But my sister tightened her arms.

"See you later."

"You don't look down on me, do you?"

"You just mentioned that you were talking to the director about a Hollywood movie. Why are you pretending that nothing happened in front of me?"

"Are you interested?" Zhang Yuan asked knowingly.

"How about we find a place to talk?" Sister Meng invited.

Seeing that his strategy of playing hard to get worked, Zhang Yuan pretended to be indifferent and reluctantly agreed.

However, his target of this trip is Meng Guangmei... (End of this chapter)