The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 516: The subprime mortgage crisis broke out, 31 times to 744 billion US dollars!
No one pays attention to what happens in Zhang Chen's family.

However, the outside world was in an uproar because of a press conference held by Zhang Chen.

[Leon publicly announced his relationship for the first time, and his lover turned out to be her? ]

[The most popular male relationship among women in the world is announced! 】

[From siblings to lovers, was it a natural progression or was it premeditated? 】

[Liu Yifei, a female star loved by the general public in China]

[Why did Leon choose to be with her in the end? 】

News all over the world are reporting on the story of Zhang Chen and Liu Yifei.

Some are implicit, while others are stated directly.

People who saw the news were stunned.

How could it be so sudden?
The movie was going well, so why did Zhang Chen suddenly reveal his relationship?

Isn’t he afraid that his movie will be affected by the exposure of his relationship?

You should know that among many people who support Zhang Chen’s movies, a considerable number of them are Zhang Chen’s “body fans”.

These girls, and even a few boys, knew that the possibility of them being with Zhang Chen was almost zero.

But this does not prevent them from having "demands" for their idols.

A "demand" that continually feeds their fantasies.

Ever since the word "idol" was born, it has placed a shackle on the idol himself.

The reason why many celebrities dare not reveal their love affairs is because they are afraid of angering these fans.

After all, this is a business that relies on the support of fans, and no one would ruin their future for a relationship.

In the eyes of many celebrities, a dating partner is not necessarily a marriage partner.

So there is no need to announce your relationship.

After all, love is not marriage.

Even some celebrities don't dare to make their marriage public.

In addition to protecting his lover, he actually wants to maintain his "single" persona so that he can continue to make money from fans who have fantasies about him.

Zhang Chen is only 23 years old now.

After the Grammy incident, he is at the absolute peak of his career.

And because of the release of "La La Land", it is climbing to a higher peak.

At this critical juncture, Zhang Chen's choice to expose his relationship was absolutely irrational in the eyes of many people.

"It's fake, right? Zhang Chen has never had any intimate contact with any woman."

"What if this person is Liu Yifei?"

"Good fellow, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first?"

"So. Child raising"

"Don't talk nonsense, or be careful that the legal department of Chenguang Group will come to your door!"

"So when did these two start to have any signs of connection?"

"I think the two of you started to have feelings for each other when you were acting in those TV dramas, right?"

"It's unreasonable for opposite sexes who are together every day not to have some ambiguity."

"According to what you said, isn't it more likely that Zhang Chen's assistant Xue Yining is the right person?"

"Uh"

"Let's just look at the movie's statistics. It would be funny if the movie collapsed because of the exposure of the relationship."

"How is that possible? Movies only make a few bucks. Didn't you pay attention to the details in the movie?"

"Details upstairs!"

"Zhang Chen is leading people all over the world to short the U.S. housing market! Now everyone is paying attention to Zhang Chen and his movie, which means more people will notice this, and then..."

"I don't care! Zhang Chen can't! Not allowed! Shouldn't be in a relationship!"

"This movie was shot by Zhang Chen and that hateful woman together. I urge all 'Chen fans' not to watch this movie! We need to let that woman know our power!"

"Who has any dirt on that woman? She must be pulled down from the altar!"

"That's right! I've long been fed up with this shameless woman!"

"In the early years, he has always been close to our Zhang Chen and got countless benefits from him. This time, he even wants to take him away! Shame on you!"

"I said, aren't you used to it yet? These two actually had signs of it a long time ago, right?"

"Yes, I would be shocked if the person Zhang Chen exposed his relationship with was not Liu Yifei. The current situation can only be said to be expected."

The facts are just as many people guessed.

How many fans does Zhang Chen have?
There are about 2000 million worldwide.

This number is far ahead among all star groups.

But if you ask how many people really want to be with Zhang Chen, there really aren't many.

The Chenguang Group had already done statistics on the day when its boss's love affair was exposed.

Among Zhang Chen’s fans, there are about 200,000 to 300,000 people, who are extreme “pure love party”.

This so-called pure love refers to fans who hold unrealistic fantasies and hope that Zhang Chen can remain single forever.

The rest are real fans of the music and movies.

There are even many fans who want to make a fortune in the stock market with the help of Zhang Chen.

If we expand this scope to movie fans around the world, or fans of the movie "La La Land".

Then celebrities around the world are helping Zhang Chen promote his products among their own fan groups.

So those 200,000 or 300,000 people did have an impact on the movie.

But under the influence of even larger numbers of fans and moviegoers, the waves they can create are limited.

In particular, news media around the world are helping Zhang Chen with publicity.

The investors behind these media outlets are all waiting for Zhang Chen's film to gain more attention around the world so that they can make a fortune in the U.S. stock market.

In addition, the channels that provide these people with opportunities to speak out are controlled by capital headed by Zhang Chen.

So these people only appeared on the Internet for half a day and then disappeared without a trace.

All that remains is reports of La La Land's triumphant progress.

On March 3, the film’s real-time box office exceeded $26 million, and its pre-sale box office reached $4 million.

On March 3, the film’s real-time box office exceeded 27 million U.S. dollars, and the pre-sale box office reached 4.8 million U.S. dollars.

February 3.
February 3.
Finally, on the day before April 4st, a scene that stunned the whole world appeared.

[The city of Toronto in the United States announced that April 4st is April Fools' Day and there will be a day off. 】

[The Queen of Ying Kingdom announced that there will be a day off on April 4st. ]

[Gaul announced that April 4st will be a day off. 】

【The Emperor of Sakura announced that April 4st will be a day off. 】

Dozens of countries have simultaneously announced a one-day holiday on April 4st!
It’s not that they are crazy, but Tao Piaopiao suddenly launched a “city box office ranking list” two days ago.

After a few days of fermentation, all the cities around the world that screened "La La Land" are currently on the list:
1. Los Angeles: $2201 million

2. New York: $2098 million

3. London: $1381 million

4. Dubai: $1100 million

5. Paris: $781 million

6. Tokyo: $512 million

7. Yanjing: US$411 million

8. Hong Kong Island: US$213 million

Almost every country has representative cities on the list.

In terms of the current total box office, the United States in North America has contributed more than 3 million US dollars to the box office of "La La Land" and is still making continuous efforts.

Basically, all cities with international influence are making efforts to contribute to the box office of this movie.

Zhang Chen didn't say it, but they figured out something from the list.

Isn’t this a definitive “prediction of where Zhang Chen’s concert will be held”?

Otherwise, why would "Tao Piaopiao" suddenly come up with this thing?
This is conspiracy!
Even if Zhang Chen's team did not admit it, this list directly put these cities in the spotlight.

It is because of this list that the last shortcoming of the movie "La La Land" is directly made up for: "no major holidays"!
Other movies can only do well at the box office if they are released near major holidays.

For example, Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West.

Or it could be China’s Spring Festival, National Day, etc.

These festivals allow all people to take a break from their busy work.

Without work, people’s lives are nothing more than “eating, drinking, playing and having fun”.

At this time, that's all the entertainment people have.

Especially for couples, "La La Land" is definitely one of the must-see movies.

This is a movie on par with "Titanic".

There is no reason for couples not to check out the film under the direction of Zhang Chen.

After all, there is the movie "Love", which is about life, death and love, as the answer.

Many couples still believe that Zhang Chen can understand the psychology of fans when filming romantic movies.

Of course, the most important thing is about "short selling".

Many people have found that people around them have secretly taken out their savings to buy a fund called "CG".

The introduction of this fund is also very simple:
The subprime mortgage market in the United States is seriously out of balance.

Many people who were unable to repay their loans were given loans from banks. The real estate market in the United States was on the verge of collapse.

Many people initially did not believe that such a prosperous real estate market in the United States would collapse.

But when the fund managers came up with detailed reports, they were given ideas rooted in the two movies, "La La Land" and "The Pursuit of Happyness".

First, people, led by the United States, began to buy this fund.

Soon after, this trend began to spread around the world along with "La La Land".

When April 4st passed, the box office of "La La Land" reached an astonishing $1 million after the "spectacle" of major cities around the world taking a day off.

This speed can no longer be described simply as "movie".

Many people are using real money to support the film director Zhang Chen, who has shown them a clear way to make money.

After April 4st, "April Fool's Day", passed an absurd day.

Come September 4st.

[New Century Financial Corporation, the second largest subprime mortgage company in the United States, was forced to file for bankruptcy protection due to the serious bad debt problems of its subprime bonds, which caused the company's market value to evaporate rapidly.]

When this news was prominently marked on the headlines of major news media with large and bold headlines.

People all over the world went crazy.

“The prophecy came true!”

“Sure enough, Leon didn’t lie to us!”

“Can I still buy the fund?”

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go to the bank and withdraw money. I want to buy this fund too!"

On one hand, there are ordinary people who don’t understand why all this had to happen so suddenly.

In response to their doubts, many people would say, "Go watch La La Land and The Pursuit of Happyness and you'll understand."

When "La La Land" was praised by movie fans around the world, it was even more praised by financial investors.

In just two weeks, it earned $7.12 million worldwide.

North America, in particular, contributed more than $3 million.

The best in history!

After watching the movie, these fans also revisited or watched "The Pursuit of Happyness" out of curiosity.

After watching these two movies, even the fans who know nothing about the financial market will know the reason behind all this.

On April 4, Goldman Sachs suddenly announced:

【Due to shortage of funds, withdrawal service is suspended】

At almost the same time, Lehman Brothers issued a similar announcement:

[Filing for bankruptcy protection due to inability to repay high CDS premiums]

The sudden announcement by the two leading banks in the United States has directly caused panic among the country's residents and even bank depositors around the world.

The stampede and bank run have begun.

Led by Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, long queues stretching as far as the eye can see appeared in front of the doors of several other world-leading banks such as Wells Fargo and Bank of the United States.

These are ordinary people who have been living in fear in recent days that their savings may disappear due to sudden bank bankruptcy.

But there are also a small number of investors who have already withdrawn a large part of their savings and invested them in the "CG" fund.

In the United States, many people have no awareness of saving money.

It is a common behavior for them to invest their wages and even pensions into financial investments.

This also turned a "bankruptcy" that would have affected tens of millions of families into a brutal "massacre" in the banking and real estate markets.

In just a few days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued to fall.

A fuse blown.
Secondary fuse
Three fuses
After experiencing countless circuit breakers, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen by 20% from its peak in March!

From the highest point of 15298 points, it fell directly to 12238 points.

And judging by the stock market reaction, this is just the beginning.

Especially when looking at the stocks of the U.S. real estate and banking sectors, it is normal for them to hit the daily limit.

It kept falling as if there was no end in sight.

I don’t know how many people lost their fortunes because of this.

I don’t know how many people have made a fortune from this “carnival” that has affected the whole world because “La La Land” accurately caught the “investment” trend.

The Dow Jones will continue to fall for the foreseeable future.

A "financial crisis" that is about to sweep the world is just under the influence of a movie.

It happened in a grand way that no one could understand.

As the instigator, Zhang Chen did not pay attention to how much money would be in his bank account at this moment, but came to a hospital in Yanjing.

"Miss Yang, this should be the first time we meet, right?"

Zhang Chen looked at the disheveled woman in front of him with a smile on his face, feeling a little emotional.

If it weren't for this woman, he would have to think about how to speed up the financial crisis.

It was because of this woman that all the outbursts were concentrated together.

It was he who once again drew the world's attention to his reputation "crisis".

It also allowed him to announce his relationship, achieving the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

"Zhang Chen!!!! Let me out!"

Through the thick iron fence, Yang Lijuan roared at the spotless Zhang Chen.

The ferocious expression on his face didn't look like that of a normal person at all.

"Go out?" Zhang Chen tilted his head and said with a smile, "I didn't come here to let you out today. I came to send your companions off."

After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about the harsh sound made by the other person scratching the iron fence.

His target today is not this little guy.

When he arrived at the hospital entrance, there was already a hospital car parked on the side of the road.

This vehicle is also different from other ambulances.

Each piece of glass was separated by a thick iron rod.

As if to prevent the people inside from escaping.

Zhang Chen just glanced toward the car window and didn't go forward.

But when he took a step to leave, he heard a roar from the car:
"Zhang Chen!!! Let my daughter go!"

"Zhang Chen!!! I'll return all those shares to you! Let us go!"

"Zhang Chen!! Please."

The cursing and pleading voices gradually disappeared as Zhang Chen left.

He turned around to take a last look at the gold-plated characters on the hospital entrance: Yenching University Sixth.
"Boss, are you just going to let them go like this?" Xue Yining followed Zhang Chen closely and asked sincerely.

She couldn't understand why the people who almost caused her boss to lose his life were just let off?
"I didn't order this." Zhang Chen waved his hand and corrected him, "This was decided by someone else. It has nothing to do with me."

Just when Xue Yining was feeling aggrieved, she heard her boss' instructions again.

"Xiao Xue, please donate more money to the Sixth Hospital and recruit more professional talents for them."

When Xue Yining heard her boss's emphasized word "professional talent", her eyes lit up.

"Yes!"

She also figured it out.

The identities of the people just sent in are not simple.

It doesn't mean they can dispose of it at will.

Perhaps sending it to this place is the best option for the boss.

This kind of place is much more miserable than some other places.

Life over there may be equivalent to exclusivity for many people, but with the loss of freedom.

But this place.
After all, it is a hospital, where patients receive treatment regularly or irregularly every day.
Thinking of this, Xue Yining couldn't help but reveal a cruel smile that a girl shouldn't have.

"By the way, people from the United States should be coming soon, right?"

As soon as they sat down in the car, Zhang Chen's question woke Xue Yining from her thoughts.

She quickly adjusted herself and walked out of the thoughts she had just had about how to deal with those people.

"Representatives from several major banks in the United States are here."

"Then, let's meet."

Zhang Chen also knew that it was unrealistic to expect these people to hand over the money to him readily.

Next, it depends on what they are willing to pay to get him to "show mercy".

After half a month, the real estate stocks were directly shorted through the "CG" fund.

Investors who have bought the fund have seen hope of getting rich quickly.

He had already customized a $24 billion CDS, but he had to pay $3.2 million in premiums every year.

When those banks accepted his insurance premiums, they laughed at him behind his back.

But it was only two years.

It seems that Zhang Chen paid 24 billion + 6.4 million US dollars in "protection fees" for this.

But after the systemic crisis of subprime loans, Zhang Chen had already begun to reap the rewards.

According to the current problem, the amount of compensation he can receive is
31 times!
744 billion dollars!
Although that is still far from his ideal 70-fold return.

But the other party couldn't sit still, so he could only wait and see what the other party could come up with.

"Let's go and welcome our God of Wealth."

Zhang Chen laughed and led the way to the largest conference room.

(End of this chapter)