Chapter 59: If I don't have enough money, I'll make it up
Since talking to Wang Shouyi that night, Pan Nihong has disappeared for several days, and I don't know what Wang Shouyi discussed with her and what she was assigned to go out. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoCai Yuanwei didn't care about this, because now there was something more important than caring about Pan Nihong's whereabouts that attracted her full attention. That is to help the crew find a new amount of money to invest in.
That night, when Cai Yuanwei was talking to Wang Shouyi, her face looked confident, as if she had a firm grasp of the source of funds. But in fact, where to find this excess funds, Cai Yuanwei has no bottom in her heart. Her own clothing company is just starting now, although after the promotion of the magazine "Men Gang", with her and Gu Hanwen's super high-value promotional photos, she has left a certain reputation in the clothing design industry, but after all, it is still an emerging brand, and it still takes time to cultivate the market, and the company can only maintain basic operations in a short period of time, not to mention profitability, so there is not much money to come up with.
In Hong Kong's old base, the Millennium Superstar Film and Television Company is also considered to be more profitable, but after Cai Yuanwei and Uncle Quan talked carefully, they found that it couldn't help much. For the drama "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", the millennial superstar company was originally one of the investors, and a large amount of money had been invested in this drama in the early stage. In addition to this play, the company currently has other plays in operation, so from the perspective of capital turnover, it can only squeeze out a small part of the money, and it can't be transferred too much. However, the amount of funds that can be taken out is still a drop in the bucket compared to the funding gap.
Dayu Company in Taiwan is also an investor in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", but if they want their company to increase capital investment, it will take too long to approve it, and maybe they will have to modify the terms of cooperation and increase the requirements, which Cai Yuanwei has basically excluded them.
Therefore, Cai Yuanwei thought of whether to go home and discuss with her father and two brothers to see if they had any good financing suggestions. After finding a time, Cai Yuanwei and Wang Shouyi took a leave, and after telling Xiao Li to come over to take care of Gu Hanwen's daily life, they took a plane back to Hong Kong.
Taking out 10 million yuan, for the two brothers Cai Chengde and the Cai family, it is just a matter of signing and going through the formalities, which can be easily done. But Cai Yuanwei didn't want to ask for money from her family like this. If you take the money too easily this time, it will be easy to leave a deep and indelible sense of implication, and there is someone to help solve everything. In the future, once you encounter difficulties, this hint will unconsciously emerge, which will prompt you to want to go back to your family for help, and your ability to find a way to solve the problem will become worse and worse.
So when she went back this time, Cai Yuanwei asked her second brother Cai Jizong to help her understand the procedures for bank loans, and she planned to borrow money from the bank.
"If you want a loan, you only need to borrow about 10 million, and I already have almost 20 million funds here." After listening to Cai Yuanwei's words, Cai Jizong said after pondering for a while.
"Second brother, I said that I don't need my family's money......" As soon as Cai Yuanwei spoke, she raised her hand to Cai Jizong to interrupt: "20 million is not our money." ”
Cai Yuanwei asked strangely when she heard this: "Whose money is that?" ”
"Of the 20 million, almost 10 million are the dividends of your shares in Daddy's company over the years. The other 10 million was given by my friend Winnie. ”
"When did I get a stake in the group company? Also, Who is Winnie? ”
"Since you set up a film and television company and then went to the mainland, my father proposed at the board of directors that the group and your film and television company should exchange a certain percentage of the shares. In doing so, on the one hand, you can help you supervise and manage the company's operations as a shareholder, and on the other hand, you can also see your company as a subsidiary of the group company to expand its business and income in the film and television industry. The proposal was quickly agreed to by the Board of Directors. According to the family's tradition, as long as the children reach adulthood, they can inherit a small part of the father's personal equity in the group. You were either studying in the mainland or abroad before, so we haven't talked to you about these things in detail. However, it's not surprising that you don't know about the inheritance of equity, but your film and television company is entrusted to Uncle Quan to manage, and he should have mentioned to you about exchanging shares with the group? ”
Cai Yuanwei frowned and thought for a while, and finally remembered this, and said with a little sneer on her face: "Uh...... Speaking of which, I seem to be a little impressed. It seems that when I went to study in S City in the mainland, Uncle Quan once told me that he also brought the documents for me to sign...... It's just that I didn't know much about this aspect at that time, and I didn't pay attention to it at the time, so I signed it after consulting Uncle Quan and my godfather's opinion, and I quickly forgot about it later. It turns out that I have so many dividends! Thinking of the 10 million, Cai Yuanwei was a little smacked.
"Your film and television company is already very profitable, and the group's business has been good in recent years, so of course the dividends are generous."
"Eh, who's Winnie?"
"You forgot? When you first arrived in the mainland for the Christmas Ball, didn't I introduce a person to you and say that he was a famous celebrity in both black and white? He's Winnie. ”
Cai Yuanwei was reminded like this, and quickly remembered: "Oh~, it's the person who looks like Sven and polite, but wants to pester me all night long!" You also told me at the time, don't look at his dog-like appearance, in fact, he is very skillful in black and white, so let me not offend him casually. Cai Yuanwei turned her head to look at Cai Jizong, and asked with a puzzled expression: "But I don't know him well, why did he give me so much money for no reason?" ”
Cai Jizong scratched his head when he heard this, looking a little embarrassed, "In the past few years, because of business cooperation, we have always had contacts with each other, so now we are more familiar with each other, and we can be regarded as good friends." And although you have not been exposed to business struggles, you should have heard of some things under the table...... Belch...... You know, sometimes we don't come forward, and we will ask him to help, so we have a good relationship now. He is very well-informed, and he also knows about your return to Hong Kong to look for funds this time, so he asked me to give you the money, saying that it is a favor for you. ”
Cai Yuanwei still didn't understand, "It's your business to have a good relationship, and I don't have any friendship with him, why does he help me so selflessly?" And listening to what you just said, I think on the contrary, he has helped us a lot, we owe him favors, why does he give me money instead? ”
Cai Jizong continued to scratch his head, and his speech was a little slurred: "I can see it...... He...... He ...... to you A little interested. ”
"Interested? Does he like me? Cai Yuanwei was a little unconvinced: "He only met me once, and he didn't say a few words, why did he like me?" And at that time, I still looked like I hadn't grown up, he wouldn't be so perverted and like young girls, right? ”
Cai Jizong hurriedly argued: "He is not such a person. But I have been in contact with him for a long time, and I can see that he is very concerned about your news, and every time I meet with him, he will take the opportunity to ask about you. With what I know about him, I haven't seen any women around him in recent years. ”
"If that's the case, I won't be able to use his money."
"Why?"
"Because I don't want to have anything to do with him. I don't know anything about him now, and I don't like him. But if I accept his money now, isn't it tantamount to giving him an illusory but unattainable hope? It would be better not to give him any hope at all. Brother, you can help me return the money to him! ”
“…… All right! ”
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On this day, Cai Yuanwei had just come out of HSBC when she stopped a man in a suit and leather shoes at the door, "Vivi, please wait a minute." ”
It's been a long time since I've heard someone call her English name, Cai Yuanwei was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and looked back at the person who called her. The person in front of him is the same as the common Hong Kong people, no matter whether the weather is hot or cold, he is wearing a neat suit and tie, and Sven has a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his handsome face, which looks a little familiar.
Cai Yuanwei asked with some hesitation: "May I ask who you are ......?"
"I'm your second brother's friend Winnie."
Cai Yuanwei suddenly felt a little abrupt, "Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't seen you for many years, and I don't recognize it." Cai Yuanwei felt slightly embarrassed, and in order to hide her discomfort, she reached out and put a strand of hair in her ear behind her ear, and smiled a little embarrassedly on her face.
"It's okay." Winnie said good-naturedly, "Vivi, can I treat you to a cup of coffee?" ”
Cai Yuanwei hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay." ”
Sitting down at a coffee shop near the bank, after the clerk brought two cups of coffee, Winnie first took the cup and put it under her nose, sniffed it carefully for a while, and then put it in her mouth to taste. After drinking, he put down the cup and recommended to Cai Yuanwei with a smile on his face: "The coffee tastes good, it is freshly ground, you can also taste it." ”
Cai Yuanwei just smiled politely when she heard this, and silently stirred the coffee a few times with the small spoon on the side of the cup, but did not drink it. Cai Yuanwei was silent, and the atmosphere between the two was a little awkward and condensed.
Seeing this, Winnie smiled on her face, stopped going around in circles, and said straight to the point: "I heard JOE say, Vivi, you rejected my funding, can I ask what the reason is?" ”
Cai Yuanwei was stunned for a moment and then explained with a smile: "There is no special reason. It's just that I heard my second brother tell me that you gave him a lot of help in his business before, and now we are not particularly tight on funds, and there is really no way, so how can I be embarrassed to borrow your money again? We have a way to solve it ourselves. ”
"That's just a matter of helping each other out of friends, Vivi, you don't have to be so polite."
"Even if it's a friend, throwing a lot of money at you like Winnie is too much for me, and I'm really embarrassed to accept your kindness."
Seeing that Cai Yuanwei insisted, Winnie held her glasses with her hand and pondered for a while, but as if she had thought of something, she smiled lightly and said to Cai Yuanwei slowly: "That's it, Vivi, what about you, aren't you taking a loan from the bank now?" Then the money I gave Joe before should be considered as if I lent it to you. The interest rate is a little cheaper than that of the bank. You should be okay with that, right? Anyway, you are borrowing from the bank now, and you are also borrowing from me, and it is also very common for friends to borrow funds! The interest I pay you now is cheaper than the bank, and you can save some money, how nice is that! Besides, for me, I'm very optimistic about the drama that Vivi is investing in now. I also know that you are now following the actor as an assistant, just to supervise the quality and progress of filming. This money is considered as my participation in this play. ”
Cai Yuanwei was a little surprised by Winnie's understanding of her current situation, but she thought that the second brother had mentioned her matter to him, so she didn't realize that there was anything wrong.
To be honest, for some reason, as long as Cai Yuanwei saw this Winnie, a chill was inexplicably circling in her heart, and she subconsciously didn't want to have anything to do with him. But because he is a friend of his second brother, and he is a powerful person who has been repeatedly reminded by his brother not to offend at will, now that he has said this, if she refuses again, it will be very unkind and rude. So after a deep sigh, Cai Yuanwei had to smile and say, "Then thank you Winnie for your help." ”
Winnie saw that she agreed, and Sven Junxiu's face also showed joy, and quickly said, "That's great!" With my money, Vivi doesn't have to borrow so much from the bank. I also happen to know the people in the bank's lending department, and I will call them now to ask them to help you revise the loan contract, and by the way, help you urge when the money can be approved. ”
"No...... No need...... I" Cai Yuanwei just wanted to excuse herself, but she raised her hand to Winnie and interrupted. I saw that he had already dialed the phone quickly, and directly ordered the person on the other end to help deal with Cai Yuanwei's loan procedures on the phone, and soon hung up the phone.
Cai Yuanwei couldn't stop it, so she had to watch him do what he was told, and at the same time she was quite surprised in her heart, listening to his tone, as if the people in the lending department of this bank were his subordinates. If he wants to do something to make her unable to borrow money, it seems that it will be easy to force her to accept his money. Thinking of this, Cai Yuanwei was even more vigilant in her heart.
Winnie saw that she had achieved her goal of seeing Cai Yuanwei today, and she was very smart not to entangle her more, and politely said goodbye and left. Cai Yuanwei sat in the coffee shop for a long time without moving, even the coffee with sugar added, she felt bitter and bitter when she drank it, and she only felt as if she had missed something, and she always felt that something was wrong.