Chapter 130: Good News, Bad News

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After the high-intensity polishing of Cheng Weiliang on the first day, the crew suppressed the arrogance of some people with a strong attitude, and today's film crew and actors are very consciously entering the state early, and the most important heroine Zeng Huaqian has acting skills like a god today, so on September 23, the filming of several important scenes went very smoothly, exceeding Cheng Weiliang's expectations.

In the afternoon, Dazuiwen suddenly came to the set out of breath, looked at Cheng Weiliang angrily and said, "Brother Liang, fall ...... The exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar has plummeted and has fallen below the level of 9! Everyone is crazy, and they all say that the Hong Kong dollar is about to become waste paper!

"Oh, it really fell!" Cheng Weiliang was not surprised when he heard the news.

China and Britain launched secret negotiations on the future of Xiangjiang, after the second round of negotiations broke down because of too big differences, in order to prove that the developed Xiangjiang is separated from the British rule, it will fall into collapse, the British side took the initiative to spread the unfavorable news of the failure of the negotiations a while ago, so that the citizens of Xiangjiang are very panicked, the rich people have to apply for immigration, and the ordinary citizens are panicked to buy daily necessities and other valuables, exchange dollars to preserve their value.

Since China and Britain launched many rounds of confrontation on the future of Hong Kong, the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar against the US dollar has fallen all the way, from 6.5 at the beginning of the year all the way to 8, and now it has plummeted to a new low of 9.

"Mr. Jiang, two days after tomorrow, if the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate falls below 9.6, then I will sell the US dollars in my hand and buy all the Hong Kong dollars. When Cheng returned home, he picked up the phone and contacted his financial broker and ordered him to sell out the dollar foreign exchange he had exchanged since July.

"Mr. Cheng, now that the future of Xiangjiang is uncertain, turbulent, and a fierce conflict may break out between China and Britain at any time, I think at this stage, it is still relatively safe to hold the dollar, I suggest ......" A middle-aged man's voice came from the other end of the phone, his tone was unhurried, and he was quite steady as a financial elite.

"Does the British Empire still have the capital to engage in a high-intensity conflict with the mainland, and do they have the courage to take the risk of huge losses for the sake of this small island of Xiangjiang?" Cheng Weiliang interrupted the other party's kind persuasion and said coldly.

"This ......" the other party was speechless for a moment.

"The British have always been very pragmatic! The mainland is not a South American country, and it is impossible for Britain to travel thousands of miles to come to the doorstep to fight the mainland. Since it is impossible, then it is necessary to return to the negotiating table in the end. Hong Kong will not be finished, and the British government in Hong Kong will not allow the Hong Kong dollar to collapse indefinitely, and there will definitely be measures. Cheng Weiliang said eloquently.

"Throw them all!" Cheng Weiliang said again in an unquestionable tone.

"Okay, Mr. Cheng, I'll take care of it. Mr. Jiang nodded in agreement.

Cheng Weiliang nodded with satisfaction. This time is a good opportunity to make money lying down, other financial predators are eating meat, and he just drinks some soup with his small body.

At the beginning of July, when he was busy recording songs, he took the time to entrust the 1 million signing fee and 500,000 song advance money that Polygram gave him to a senior manager of a securities bank to take care of, and converted it into US dollars at an exchange rate of 7.1.

His first disc album, due to the hasty release time and insufficient publicity, sold a total of about one million copies in Xiangjiang, Taiwan Island, and Southeast Asia. The first album album released in early August has been on the market for more than a month, and so far, Xiangjiang has sold nearly 450,000 copies.

According to the account-sharing agreement he signed with Polygram, he received a 12-point royalty share, as well as a 3% songwriter's share, with a large album priced at 40 yuan and a cassette tape priced at 20 yuan. According to preliminary calculations, the sales of the two records in Xiangjiang will be shared, and he will be able to get more than 2.5 million shares. At present, Polygram has advanced 1 million to him.

The album was listed on Taiwan Island a week later than Xiangjiang, and the investment in publicity resources was not as large as that of Xiangjiang, but the sales figures continued to rise steadily, developed in the long run, and are still on the best-selling list of "Variety 100". The sales volume of the album has now exceeded 800,000, approaching the 1 million sales mark.

In Nanyang areas such as Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, relying on the huge local Chinese market, Chinese records are very popular, and the total sales have exceeded one million.

However, in overseas areas other than Xiangjiang, when it comes to the issue of sharing accounts between PolyGram and local agents and distributors, the benefit distribution formula is very complicated, and the payment cycle is long. It is roughly estimated that he can probably get more than 5 million royalty income in the overseas market.

In addition to record income, in the past three months, he also took over three commercials, the first two of which were after the release of the first disc, he became famous, but when his advertising value was not very high, two advertisements took 400,000. The third advertisement was received after the big album was listed and sold, and its value rose to 400,000!

Although his popularity among fans has skyrocketed recently, due to his short time in Hong Kong and insufficient accumulation, his appeal to ordinary citizens in Xiangjiang remains to be seen, so his value cannot be compared with veteran superstars such as Xu Guanjie, who has been popular in Xiangjiang for many years.

The three commercials took 800,000 yuan, plus some commercial performances and TV and radio program announcement fees, and his income outside of records reached 1.2 million.

At the beginning of September, he used the sales data of the two records that had been released, as well as the account-sharing contract signed with Polygram, as well as the contract documents of the subsequent records, to apply for a credit loan from the bank, and the bank gave Cheng Weiliang a loan of 6 million yuan after a professional evaluation.

Cheng Weiliang took a bank loan of 6 million, plus 2 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, and bought US dollars for the second time at an exchange rate of 7.6.

He has been holding US dollars during this time, only waiting for the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate to plummet to a record low, entering the market to buy the bottom, and making a little money lying down without time or brains.

The next day, on September 24, the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate continued to fall, creating a record low of 1:9.6, and it was not until October 17 that the Hong Kong government officially introduced the "linked exchange rate" policy, determining the fixed exchange rate of 1:7.8 between the US dollar and the Hong Kong dollar, and the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate began to stabilize.

Mr. Jiang carried out Cheng Weiliang's order, and the next day he sold all the US dollars he held and bought Hong Kong dollars.

"The first time I invested 1.5 million yuan, the second time I invested 8 million yuan, and the exchange rate of 9.6 was thrown, so we have made a total of ...... Brother Liang, more than 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars?!" In the small living room, according to the financial knowledge he learned in night school for a while, he took the pen and calculated it carefully, and the figures he came up with made his eyes widen!

Cheng Weiliang took advantage of the spare time before going to bed, and was working hard to write and perfect a movie script in his hand, when he heard the surprised voice of the fine standard, he raised his head and said, "It's almost, but I still have to pay Mr. Jiang some commission." ”

Brother Liang, I finally understand why so many people in Xiangjiang like to speculate in stocks and foreign exchange, it is too easy to make money, we work to earn 1,000 yuan a month, and we can't earn so much money in our lifetime. The fine mark held the book and sighed infinitely.

The experience of following Brother Liang for a few months is more than what he has experienced in his previous life. He witnessed Brother Liang go from a poor man with no 100 yuan in his trouser pocket to a millionaire overnight, and then in less than half a year, he became a multimillionaire again!

"2.5 million, is it much? Not much at all!" Cheng Weiliang shook his head with a slightly regretful expression, this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket compared to those financial predators who take the lion's head.

He can only comfort himself that it is so easy to make this money, it doesn't take a little effort, it's okay.

In his previous life, he plunged into film art, only knew a little bit about finance, did not work hard to study stocks and finance, only read some books on financial events that affected history, and remembered some companies and some major events.

There is only a little shallow understanding of financial knowledge, and he dares to take the hard way to accumulate a starting capital of 10 million, and play the heartbeat game of ten times and a hundred times the leverage of a small fight, and he may be swept out at any time!

His current focus is all on the filming of the first TV series, and he doesn't have the energy to stare at the trend of those stock indexes and futures indices every day, so he can easily speculate on foreign exchange and earn a little difference, which is his best choice at present.

However, he really regretted missing the great opportunity to make a lot of money like the collapse of the Hong Kong dollar, so this time he combed through all the financial events he remembered in the later life, and carefully recorded them in a notebook in secret words as a memo, waiting for the next wave of great opportunities.

At the same time, he also bought a lot of professional books on economics and finance, and read them when he had time, and later, he also invited many experts and scholars in finance and economics to give lectures to him personally, which deepened his understanding and application of financial knowledge such as capital operation.

"Brother Liang, what are you going to do next now that there are more than 10 million funds? Will you repay the principal and interest to the bank in advance?

The two companies registered by Brother Liang are still very few people, especially the film company, but only three employees occupy such a large office, and the details feel that it is too wasteful, it is better to vacate that office and rent it to others, and it is enough to rent another room of ten square meters by himself.

Cheng Weiliang thought about it for a while and said: "The two companies are now in the start-up stage, and the current scale can maintain steady development, and there is no need to increase investment." This 10 million, I have another use. ”

Cheng Weiliang registered a Mango Film and Television Studio some time ago, but it is still an empty shell with only three employees. A clerk and cashier who takes care of chores, an outreach who helps him handle some handover affairs with ATV on the "Meteor Garden" project, and a manager who helps him take care of some commercial performances, commercials, movie invitations and other matters.

Another company, Guoke Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd., has a little more recruits. The company has a manager, all of which belong to the following three departments, one is the clothing design office department, recruiting two designers, who are mainly responsible for converting the clothing renderings given by Cheng Weiliang into standard design drawings on a daily basis, and at the same time also designing some new fashions.

The second department, the Dress Workshop, is responsible for the design and production of mid-to-high-end banquet dresses, with designers and a number of handmade tailors and skilled turners. Of course, at present, the design drawings are mainly provided by Cheng Weiliang, and the handmade products of the dress are mainly provided to the crew of "Meteor". When Cheng Weiliang waited for "Meteor Garden" to become popular, the dress workshop opened up its popularity, and the order came like snowflakes, which could make blood by itself, and he didn't need to invest any more money.

The third department is the film and television peripheral development department. Mainly responsible for the in-depth development of the surrounding business of film and television dramas, this department is still an empty shelf, and there is only one salesman responsible for contacting factories and market development.

Cheng Weiliang opened Guoke Culture Company, mainly to serve the business of film and television studios, but as an independent company, it will also carry out independent business and self-hematopoiesis in the future.

In Cheng Weiliang's plan, this year belongs to the stage of laying a solid foundation, and the task focuses on the record business and the production and promotion of the first TV series "Meteor Garden". Focus on enhancing his influence and expanding his popularity in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

It will not be until next year that he will exert his efforts in the film industry, and he will need to spend a lot of money. Therefore, this year's funds are idle, and he plans to take advantage of the unfavorable news of the negotiations now, and the stock market and housing market are in a sluggish stage, to go in and buy the bottom.

"The 12 million, I plan to invest in the stock market and real estate respectively, now that there are many people running away, we can take the opportunity to take over some high-quality properties that others have sold. Cheng Weiliang said to the fine mark.

"Brother Liang, now the stock market and the housing market are falling all the way, and occasionally there is good news before they rise, I heard that many people are losing their families and bankrupt now, do you really want to invest money in it?"

"The two markets have fallen to the bottom, don't you notice that the current market has slowly picked up? It's just that sometimes some bad news comes out that causes the market to fluctuate, and in the long run, the trend must be up. I expect the Hang Seng Index to be almost stable by the end of this year or early next year. ”

"Taking advantage of the fact that it is the price of cabbage now, it is a good opportunity to buy the bottom, and we will make another sum of money. Fine, I'll pick a few high-quality stocks, and you can also invest some money in it. Cheng Weiliang closed the script and patted the fine mark on the shoulder with a smile.

The next day, Cheng Weiliang found his financial broker, Mr. Jiang, and asked him to put 7 million yuan into the stock market, buy the two designated stocks, and buy some real estate for 4 million.

After dealing with these things, he continued to devote himself to intense shooting and post-processing work, and at the end of the month he will have ATV's first test of his directing ability.

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A week after the filming of "Meteor Garden" started, Cheng Weiliang edited out the first episode, dubbing, soundtrack, and dialogue were also produced, and invited Li Zhuanglie, Xu Xiaoming and other ATV executives and many sponsors to come to appreciate it.

September 30th, morning.

There was still a little time before the first episode test screening in the morning, and Cheng Weiliang invited Manager Huang of BMW and Pan Disheng of Disheng Jewelry to have morning tea with him.

"Sponsor 500,000?" After watching the on-set shooting, Manager Huang had some confidence in Cheng Weiliang's plan and planned to officially sign the contract, but he was still taken aback by the offer.

"Director Cheng, you're not kidding, right? Your investment in the whole drama claims to be 1 million, but it's still unknown whether there is one. Now my company is paying more than half of your production cost for advertising?"

After Cheng Weiliang took a sip of tea, he put down the teacup and said slowly: "Of course it's not a joke! ”

"This ad space is very prominent, your company logo and product images will appear at the beginning of the episode, and every viewer will see your ad before watching each episode. ”

"Can you imagine what kind of advertising effect it will have on TV viewers when TV dramas become popular? This is much more affordable and effective than if you made a special commercial and spent money on advertising time!"

When Manager Huang and Pan Disheng heard this, they felt that there was some truth and groaned for a while.

Cheng Weiliang continued to smile and said: "To tell you the truth, this is an advertising space with a price higher than gold, that is, the first time, I gave such a favorable price, and the next time there may not be such a good thing." ”

"I also saw that both of you are powerful and well-known companies, so I recommend this advertising space. If you two think it's expensive, there are sub-optimal advertising spaces at the end of the film to choose from, and I will continue to look for powerful big businesses to sponsor exclusively. "Buy up or down, Cheng Weiliang told them that there is only one opportunity, but they must take advantage of it.

There are risks and opportunities, and both are considering, is it worth the risk?

Pan Disheng has done a lot of large-scale advertisements in Xiangjiang, and he is actually very excited about Cheng Weiliang's advertising plan, if "Meteor Garden" is broadcast on TVB, he will sign a contract immediately without saying a word, but in ATV, he is a little uncertain, there are no ratings, and no matter how good the advertisement is, it will be in vain!

BMW cars need to advertise more than Disheng jewelry, Manager Huang gritted his teeth and slapped the table and said: "Okay! Our company will sponsor 500,000 yuan to win this exclusive sponsorship! But I also have one condition." ”

"Please!"

Manager Huang smiled and said: "Since I am a director and am so confident in my work, then I ask to add an article to the contract, and the ratings must reach more than 60% before I can get 500,000 sponsorship, otherwise I can only get the guaranteed 400,000." ”

"Okay, deal!" Cheng Weiliang agreed without any hesitation. "Manager Huang, I promise that when you look back on it in the future, you will be glad that you made a wise decision that day!"

Manager Huang and Pan Disheng were shocked, this junior brother director is really very confident? The difficulty of 60% super high ratings can't scare him!

At 10 o'clock in the morning, in ATV's small screening room, many senior executives and senior producers of ATV watched the first episode of "Meteor Garden" carefully edited by Cheng Weiliang.

In the afternoon, Xu Xiaoming called and told him the results of the discussion after the ATV meeting.

"Wei Liang, I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?"