Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 682 Exchange of Resources
Since his rebirth, Luo Yang has made one or two trips to the capital every year.

But I always come and go in a hurry, and apart from doing business, I don’t have any spare time to visit those famous attractions.

This time it's a little different.

Zhang Yiming arranged a driver and a business car for Luo Yang. Taking advantage of the fact that he had nothing to do on Saturday morning, Luo Yang took Chu Jing to visit the Forbidden City.

The place is so huge that we went in in the morning and didn't come out until around three in the afternoon.

After walking for most of the day, Luo Yang was not only tired but also sweating. He originally planned to go back to the hotel to take a shower and have a SPA to relax, but he didn't expect to receive a call from Guo Jichun on the way.

The matter that Luo Yang entrusted to me last night has come to fruition.

After hanging up the phone, the car immediately changed direction and drove to the address that Guo Jichun had given to the driver.

Weekends, non-peak hours.

As the city roads were not congested, we arrived near the Beijing Film Academy in the HD district just after five o'clock.

The car turned from the main road into an alley, and after driving about a hundred meters forward, it drove into a yard.

"Mr. Luo, did you encounter any traffic jams on the way back?"

Guo Jichun was already waiting in the yard. When he saw Luo Yang getting off the car, he came over and greeted him enthusiastically: "Even though it's the weekend today, at five or six o'clock, the traffic in the city is still very congested, and the odd-even number restriction is useless."

“It’s mainly because there are more and more private cars.”

Luo Yang responded with a smile: "Especially in first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as residents' incomes rise and the prices of family cars fall further, congestion will only get worse."

When the average monthly income was only a few hundred yuan, Santana sold for more than 20 yuan. Later, when the average monthly income was only a few thousand yuan, many cars were sold for less than 10 yuan. How could the number of private cars not increase?
"Yes, in the next few years, our country's automobile industry will usher in a period of explosive growth."

Guo Jichun immediately echoed, "In fact, the 08 trillion yuan infrastructure project that started in is laying the foundation. Now even in remote areas of the country, roads are connected to every village. These infrastructure investments have also promoted the convenience of consumption."

"These large infrastructure projects are also the prerequisite for the vigorous development of the Internet and mobile Internet industries."

After resting for more than an hour on the way here, Luo Yang's mind is now working very quickly. With so many fragments of information in his mind, he can keep up with the rambling.

After a round of greetings, Guo Jichun got down to business.

"Boss Luo, I've gone through a lot of twists and turns today, and I finally lived up to your expectations."

As he led Luo Yang to the main building in front, he said, "One of our angel investor friends is an insider. He helped to arrange the dinner. Mr. Luo can bring up any specific cooperation or resource exchange he wants at the dinner later."

From Zhang Yiming to angel investors, and then to the angel investors' friends, there are two layers in the middle of this relationship.

So Guo Jichun said it very clearly, it is either cooperation or resource exchange, there is no such thing as helping each other.

"Thank you, Mr. Guo, for the reminder."

Luo Yang nodded, then turned his gaze towards the building he was about to enter: "This place is old, right? It looks like the architectural style of the Great Mao?"

The building in front of me has only six floors in total. The wall facing the courtyard is covered with ivy, and the red bricks hidden inside are almost invisible. Even if you don’t look at the architectural style, you can tell that this building is old just by the feeling it gives you.

"Mr. Luo is right. This building existed before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It was originally a hotel run by Russians."

Guo Jichun introduced the things as they walked and took Luo Yang into the building.

It seemed to have a sense of history when viewed from the outside, but after entering, I could actually smell the scent of books.

This old building has a typical Russian style.

The ground floor is a large hall with bookshelves on the walls on both sides, extending all the way to the curved ceiling.

The patterns on the floor and ceiling are also large patterns, a typical Eastern European decorative style. If you feel it carefully, you can even smell a hint of religious atmosphere.

There is a bar on the east side of the hall, with some sofas scattered in the middle. At the moment, a few young men and women are sitting there chatting. At the farthest point of view is a wooden spiral staircase, a style that is rarely seen nowadays.

The most modern thing in the entire hall is probably the old-fashioned elevator in the northeast corner.

Guo Jichun didn't say anything at this moment, allowing Luo Yang to look around with curiosity.

After Luo Yang withdrew his gaze, he took him and Chu Jing to the third floor in the old elevator.

After getting out of the elevator, walk through a long corridor and turn into an arched door.

As you walk in, you'll see that the interior decoration has a more vintage feel, and is exactly like the restaurants from the 1930s and 1940s in movies and TV dramas.

There are seven or eight tables in the restaurant lobby, and two tables of guests are already drinking and chatting.

"Mr. Guo, here!"

There were three people sitting at a table by the window on the south side. One of them, a young man, saw Guo Jichun and his men walk into the restaurant and raised his hand to greet them.

Guo Jichun also waved his hand in response, then led Luo Yang and Chu Jing over.

"Let me introduce you. Mr. Luo Yang is a major shareholder of Toutiao, and Ms. Chu Jing is his assistant."

The prelude is naturally the middleman helping to introduce the familiar: "Mr. Han Dongming, a famous angel investor in the capital's investment circle, Director Zhang Xi, a leader of the China Film Group and a senior in the circle, and Teacher Ren Yufei, currently teaching at the Beijing Film Academy."

After the greetings, Luo Yang and the others took their seats one by one.

"Yufei, go to the bar and get a bottle of 95 Mouton that I have in stock."

After Ren Yufei got up and went to the bar, Han Dongming smiled and said to everyone, "This is the Big Goose Restaurant. Let's drink some red wine with our meal tonight."

There’s nothing wrong with pairing Western food with red wine.

It takes time for the food to be served, and everyone can’t just sit and wait.

Guo Jichun became the bridge, demonstrating his versatile abilities.

"Mr. Luo, do you know what the most famous place around here is?"

"Forehead"

Luo Yang was not afraid of embarrassment, and smiled and shook his head and said: "I am really not familiar with the capital. Apart from knowing the name of Chang'an Avenue, I don't even know where Tsinghua and Peking University are exactly."

“Tsinghua University and Peking University are also in the district where we are now.”

As long as Luo Yang could speak, Guo Jichun would respond: "The Beijing Film Academy is 400 to 500 meters west of this club, and the Central Academy of Drama is less than 2,000 meters south. There are also famous universities such as Beihang University, Beijing Sport University, Posts and Telecommunications University, and Beijing Normal University nearby."

Tsk, Beiying.
Luo Yang subconsciously glanced out the window.

In 2012, the Fairy Sister, who is still at the peak of her beauty, has graduated for 6 years, while the beautiful Da Mi and Tian should have graduated not long ago.
As if he had noticed Luo Yang's feelings, Guo Jichun smiled and continued, "The owner of this club is from the film and television industry. He created this place to provide a platform for everyone to communicate. That's why many film and television scripts, investments, and directors are negotiated here."

When he said this, he began to take care of the guests on the other side.

"Director Zhang, am I right?"

"Mr. Guo is right." Zhang Xi smiled faintly and said, "It's just that this grand scene happened many years ago. Now..."

As he spoke, his eyes swept around the restaurant.

"It used to be always full during meal times, and reservations were required on weekends."

He shrugged his shoulders and said, "As for now, I see that those two tables are not insiders, they are just here to taste the goose dishes."

"Don't be fooled by the quietness now. In the early years, many bosses flocked here."

Ren Yufei, who had returned from the bar, continued the conversation: "They are all from Jin Province. They are so arrogant that they spend millions or even tens of millions just to make a beautiful woman smile. But later they found that the films made to make a beautiful woman smile can only be thrown into the film library to gather dust, so they gradually stopped coming."

"Those few years were the golden years for Sanwu directors. These grandsons were really good at boasting, and they dared to take on any bad movies. Anyway, the bosses from Jin Province didn't care. The market was ruined by them!"

Han Dongming also interrupted at this time, and he said with emotion: "Although the style is improving little by little now, people in the circle who are slightly famous are not coming anymore."

"It's not like I won't come!"

Zhang Xi smiled, raised his chin and gestured upwards, "There are fewer scattered tables below the third floor, but people who are in the circle sometimes come here to make connections, but they only talk on the fourth and fifth floors. They come and go quietly, and no one notices them!"

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It seems that this building is not simple.

According to Zhang Xi, the fourth, fifth and sixth floors are still somewhat secretive.
Of course, Luo Yang would not be curious about these things because he is not from this circle.

Even if he has a Guobao Entertainment under his name, it will be handed over to Song Wan for management in the future.

He took care of the investment himself and saw the results.

"I have set up a film and television company in Shanghai, and have invested in some productions in the past two years."

Luo Yang smiled frankly and said, "It's just that the company is not big yet, and I don't really manage it. What's surprising is that the previous investments have achieved some results and made some money, so the people below are thinking about expanding the scale. This time I happened to come to the capital, so I thought about whether I could find some resources to bring back."

Zhang Xi and Han Dongming looked at each other inconspicuously, with some surprise in their eyes.

"What is the name of Mr. Luo's company?"

Ren Yufei spoke up and asked, "What works have you invested in?"

"Guobao Films was originally located in Hengdian World Studios. It was started by a few friends from eastern Zhejiang. One of them had some shares in Hengdian Film and Television Group, and later transferred the company to me."

Luo Yang smiled and replied, "I first invested in Love Is Not Blind, and later invested in two TV series, Capital Love Story and Kintaro's Happy Life. After tasting the sweetness, I invested in Lost in Thailand last year, which has not been released yet. It is said that it will be released during the Spring Festival. At the beginning of the year, my company invested in shooting a campus love film, Back in Time, which is expected to be released during the National Day."

"Did you invest in Love Is Not Blind?"

Ren Yufei said in a surprised voice: "With an investment of more than 3 million, it finally got nearly million at the box office. It can be called a dark horse."

"Boss Luo has a really good eye!"

Zhang Xi couldn't help but praise: "The ratings of the two TV series "Capital Love Story" and "Kintaro's Happy Life" are pretty good, especially the former, which has a great influence."

"No, no, it's just luck!"

Luo Yang quickly said modestly: "The director of Love Is Not Blind happens to be the director of Dwelling Narrowness. I personally like that TV series more, so I met him at a cocktail party in Shanghai. It happened that I had some spare money at that time, so I tried to invest in it."

"Director Zhang, how about Lost in Thailand?"

Ren Yufei sat next to Zhang Xi and asked about Luo Yang's other investments.

"It should be good."

Zhang Xi is a middle-level executive in China Film Group and knows a little bit of the news: "In the past two years, our country and Southeast Asia have been getting closer. Economic and trade is one aspect, and our tourists are also one of the resources. Therefore, there will be a series of major actions in the cultural tourism between China and several Southeast Asian countries. This film is just in the right direction and will definitely be supported. As long as the content is not too bad, the box office will not be low."

This is the information gap among insiders.

Not everyone knows that the performance of "Tiao Jiong" will not be bad. Those who know the inside information can still analyze something useful.

It’s just that they didn’t know the box office would be so high.

When everyone was chatting enthusiastically, the waiter started serving the dishes.

At Damao’s restaurant, the first dish is of course borscht.

"Borscht, also known as red vegetable soup, is a dish widely spread in Eastern Europe and one of the three most famous soups in the world."

Before the meal, Ren Yufei, a teacher at Beijing Film Academy, showed off her extensive knowledge: "The word borscht is a transliteration of the English word Russian. In the early 20th century, many Russians lived in Shanghai, and borscht was also brought to China. Borscht is one of the most famous and popular dishes in Shanghai, and is a symbol of traditional cuisine. It is made with beets as the main ingredient, and then potatoes, carrots, spinach, beef cubes and cream are added. It is red in color, so it is also called red vegetable soup."

As she introduced the dishes, other dishes were served one after another.

Caviar, kebabs, goose sausage, yogurt-stewed beef, pancakes.
After the food was served, everyone started eating and chatting.

"What resources does Mr. Luo want to help the company get this time?"

At this time, Guo Jichun's important bridge role was reflected. After the previous preparation, he brought up the topic and allowed Luo Yang to take advantage of it.

"This year, the main focus is on the promotion of "Back in Time". During the National Day holiday, two relatively strong blockbusters will be released. If you want to grab some screenings during this period, it will be difficult without resources in the industry."

Luo Yang put down his wine glass and said, "Next year, we will need more resources, whether it's finding a suitable script, seeking potential artists to sign contracts with, or even co-shooting TV series."

“Next year is still early.”

Teacher Ren, who was on the stand-in side, spoke first: "We need to contact the theater chain about the scheduling rate, especially the theater chain managers. After the release schedule is arranged, the initial scheduling rate is determined by them."

"'Fleeting Time' is the first film our company invested in."

Luo Yang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Whether it's the theater chain or the theater manager, we don't have the resources in this area!"

“What is the total investment for this film?”

Ren Yufei continued to ask: "How much have you prepared for the publicity and promotion expenses?"

"The film was made with a small budget, less than 3000 million yuan in total."

Luo Yang told the truth: "The publicity and promotion cost about 3500 million."

Ren Yufei was stunned for a moment.

A movie that cost less than 3000 million to shoot, and has a publicity and promotion budget of 3500 million?
How high are the expectations for this movie to do this?

After coming to her senses, she glanced at Zhang Xi, and after exchanging glances, she turned to Luo Yang.

"Mr. Luo, I know an agency here that can help you with the theater business."

Ren Yufei smiled and said, "It's just that the fee is not low, Mr. Luo can consider it."

(End of this chapter)