Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 293 20 small goal
As the year 2008 came, it seemed like things were happening one after another.

In March, this year's Forbes celebrity list came out.

Chen Linfeng took first place again, and this is the third consecutive year.

This is not surprising to everyone. Given Chen's popularity last year, it would have been strange if he didn't take first place.

But when you really look into the details of the list, you will find something obviously abnormal.

First of all, Shi Xiaolong and Shu Chang are both on the list.

This shows the value of last year's "Soldier Assault" and "Struggle".

The income figures of the last few in the top ten are higher than in previous years, almost double, which shows that the income of celebrities is gradually increasing.

Among the top few, two are athletes, and it goes without saying who they are.

Next are Jet Li and Liu Qianqian.

Liu Qianqian's income is a little bit lower, just over 100 million, twice that of Zhang Ziyi who comes after her.

Li Lianjie's income doubled that of Liu Xixi.

Yao Ming's income of 3.8 million yuan ranks second, which is definitely an exaggerated number.

However, the number one, Xiao Chen, is even more eye-catching, with an annual income of 20 billion, which seems like a joke.

Even Forbes magazine specifically noted that this is a conservative forecast and the actual income is definitely higher than this figure.

Public opinion was uproar.

How can it be so high? Or is it a conservative estimate?

Soon, some media called the official Chinese version of Forbes magazine to ask for more specific details.

Forbes can rank the world's richest people, so it must be very skilled and know their taboos.

Therefore, the specific investment decisions and money-making process of the people on the list will not be disclosed.

Even the Chinese version of Forbes follows this principle.

So the media who called did not ask for more details.

But Chen Linfeng’s two major investments are no secret in the investment community.

With the entire entertainment media, plus the financial media, constantly chasing clues, the truth is bound to be lost.

"Xiao Chen is not only a genius in the entertainment field, but also an investment master?"

"Stock God Xiao Chen, from 140 million US dollars to 8000 million US dollars"

"One million US dollars in 04 became hundreds of times more by 100. This is the new generation of investment god"

"How did Xiao Chen fall in love with Facebook at first sight?"

"..."

The entertainment industry has been exaggerating the fact that Chen Yongsheng bought 100% of Facebook's shares for 5 million. It is no secret that Microsoft participated in Facebook's Series C financing last year.

It cost $2.4 million, which only gave it a 1.6% stake in Facebook.

And Xiao Chen owns a full 5% of the shares.

Wouldn’t that be equivalent to $7.5 million in value?
No wonder Forbes says it is making a conservative estimate.

However, this calculation is definitely problematic. In fact, the financial news' revelations about Xiao Chen's series of news are even more crazy.

They also understand how difficult it is to make the most money exactly at the stock market peak.

But financial media are, after all, professionals in related fields, and it is rare to see those ignorant media in the entertainment industry talking nonsense.

They corrected him, "Xiao Chen's 5% stake certainly cannot remain undiluted forever. Cutting it in half is common, and the actual proportion may be even less.

Forbes’ estimate is indeed conservative, but it is close to the real number.”

But no matter what, it's 20 billion!
Not 20!
Even 20 is not a small amount for ordinary people.

Everyone is looking at this news completely as if it were a random talk.

We have lost our ability to judge the number 20 billion.

People online kept asking questions in the comment section of Chen Linfeng’s blog.

One is to ask whether the matter is true or not. Although the media has almost confirmed it, fans still want their idol to admit it in person.

It is quite a wonderful thing to have an idol who is a stock god.

Another most frequently asked question is whether the financial media's estimate of Chen's share value is accurate. In fact, people also want to know how much money their idol actually has.

It can at least satisfy everyone's curiosity.

Can I tell you that 20 billion is far from my bottom line? That would be a bigger fuss.

Chen Linfeng pretended to be dead as usual and disappeared from the Internet.

However, he is not an ordinary person, and pretending to be dead is of little use, so the media came directly offline to investigate.

"Director, there are a lot of reporters outside who want to interview you." The stage manager Lao Qian reported the news.

"Don't worry about them, we'll just continue filming as usual."

When Chen Linfeng arrived at the filming site, everyone stared at him with curiosity and amazement in their eyes.

The young actors were in good spirits and did not suddenly become unfamiliar or afraid to speak.

After all, to them, Xiao Chen is already a top figure, he just has an extra annual income of 20 billion.

Nothing more...

"Hey, why don't I have this brain? It's just investing money. It doesn't require any genius brain. I can do it too." Lei Datou couldn't deceive himself into not caring.

"It's easy to say. Among so many people in China, only Xiao Chen... no, only Jingyu has this vision. How can you think of it?" Qin Hao was so excited that his mouth was drooping.

Zhang Luyi asked mysteriously, "You think, Xiao Chen is so rich now, will he still make movies? If it were me, I would definitely go home and enjoy my life."

Lei Jiayin glanced at him with disdain, "Do you think Director Xiao Chen is an ordinary person? If he wants to have nothing to do, the money from the sales of his novels alone is enough for us to earn for a lifetime. He obviously has artistic pursuits."

"That's right. If he's not that kind of person, he wouldn't have achieved so much at such a young age."

Zhang Guoli and several other older actors looked at Chen Linfeng with indescribably complicated expressions.

This is too evil.

He is really good at everything. "Xiao Chen, you have really accomplished great things without making any noise." Zhang Guoli still couldn't help but admire him.

"Hey, I just bought the shares when I came across them a few years ago. I bought them because of Zuckerberg's advertising cooperation. I wanted him to promote my novel wholeheartedly. Who knew that the value of the shares would appreciate later? It was pure luck."

Chen Linfeng waved his hands, looking as if it was not worth mentioning.

Zhang Guoli became autistic.

Fan Wei asked curiously, "Then why did you invest in NetEase in the early years? This is always a reflection of vision, right?"

Chen Linfeng said innocently, "I was young and ignorant at the time. I just thought that NetEase was a good website and didn't want it to fail, so I invested in it. I used the money I earned from my overseas books, and it ended up going up. I was lucky, really lucky."

Fan Wei is so shameless. If you want to fool me, don't use such a lame excuse.

Everyone knows that you have been very organized since you were young. Do you think you are like the kids nowadays who steal their parents’ money to recharge their games?

No one asked anymore. This kid was too cunning and they couldn't get anything out of him.

The filming went on smoothly, but there were more and more reporters outside, and Lao Qian came over to report several times.

Chen Linfeng didn't want to really affect the current good atmosphere of the crew, but he also didn't want to waste his time.

I simply wrote a blog post to explain it.

"Recently, the media was in an uproar over the Forbes celebrity list, and everyone has been reading about my story in the media or forums every day. I am really sorry for occupying public media resources, and I would like to apologize here in advance.

First of all, the number of 20 billion is really too much. How can I make so much money in a year? In fact, it has been four years since I started investing in 2004. If you divide it evenly, it should be 5 million a year.

You see, if you average it out like this, the number isn't that big, right?

And the money I earn doesn’t really mean much to me.

Friends who know me from the past may know that I have always wanted to work in the entertainment industry since I was a child.

An example is the past reports about me and Brother Fang Long. In fact, the prototype came from what I said in "The Three Men Walking Together".

When I went to visit my brother on set, I met Brother Fang Long and wanted to ask for his autograph. He said my name was hard to remember, and I replied, 'I must make sure everyone remember my name in the future.' But later the media spread the story in a distorted way.

Until now, I am still working towards this goal.

Therefore, after making this money, I just feel that it will be easier for me to make movies in the future, as I can set up my own company to research the special effects that I imagine. My life will not change much.

I hope everyone can keep a normal mind and look at this matter.

In addition, the money you earn has to be taxed, so you don’t get much. Don’t overestimate it, it’s really not much.

That’s all for today, see you in the next blog post.”

As soon as the entire blog post was published, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"5 million a year is not much, haha, I may have come to a parallel world."

"There's no point in making money. Why do I feel like I've heard something extraordinary?"

"Xiao Chen, you know you'd be beaten to death if you said that in our place? You're really showing off to me."

"By the way, the origin of Xiao Chen and Fang Long actually happened so early?"

"Pass it on, Xiao Chen will surpass Fang Long."

"Pass it on, Xiao Chen is going to beat Fang Long."

"It seems like it would be very expensive to make special effects, but Xiao Chen has money now, so he supports it."

"I suddenly wondered why Xiao Chen didn't feel too envious or jealous when he got the money. Maybe this is what a true idol is like."

"..."

Chen Linfeng's blog post this time was so interesting that it quickly spread on the Internet.

The two classic sentences, "Five hundred million is not a lot" and "There is no point in making money", are the most widely circulated because they are too common.

Some netizens photoshopped these words onto Chen's previous stills, which is extremely funny.

Especially in "The Great Tang Empire", there is a scene where Li Shimin, played by Chen Linfeng, stands on the palace city and points his index finger at the entire Chang'an city.

The "500 million is not a lot" or "there is no point in making money" added in the P-ed text is very convincing, even a bit magical.

It spread all over the Internet in an instant.

Liu Xixi is very good at using this emoticon pack. She likes to send this the most when we are not in the same room and chatting about penguins.

Chen Linfeng didn't expect that a blog post he made would have such an effect. For a moment it even felt a bit like the three giants of Asian emoticons in his previous life.

However, this is also due to his influence, coupled with the sudden explosion of the event, which gave him such influence.

The reporters outside the crew saw that Chen Linfeng had not come out for interviews and had posted an article on his blog to explain the whole story, so they also understood what he meant.

It slowly dispersed.

Of course, such interesting content in the blog post must be promoted.

Soon there was a series of reports.

At the same time, Renri also published an editorial.

"On How Chinese Youth Should Correctly Establish a View of Money"

The article begins with an introduction to the Forbes-Chen Linfeng incident, which highly praises the attitude shown by Chen Linfeng in his blog post.

Whether it is the perception that they don't care about large sums of money, or the feeling that they are occupying public media resources, they express their apologies.

They all have the awareness and responsibility of being idols.

“You know, Xiao Chen knew he could make this huge sum of money, definitely not this year, maybe last year or even the year before, he knew his 5% stake had risen sharply.

But looking at his performance in the past two years, he has not been affected at all, nor has he actively publicized it, maintaining a low-key and humble attitude, which is undoubtedly extremely rare.

Looking at what he wrote in his blog post, whether he has the money or not, he will remain committed to the goals he set since childhood and keep moving forward.

This is exactly the quality that Chinese youth should learn most and the correct view of money that they should establish.

......"

The entire article was full of positive praise, and at the end it slightly condemned the media's extensive and prolonged coverage of the incident.

Even a young person knows that this is not good. How old are you? You are not as good as a young person!

But no matter what they say, it’s unlikely that the media will listen.

(End of this chapter)