Chapter 10: The Poor Billionaire
After more than 10 hours of flight, Lei Weidong and others returned to Hong Kong.
On this trip to the United States, Lei Weidong can be said to have returned with a full load. Not only did he get 24% of Apple's shares, but more importantly, Apple could not dilute Lei Weidong's shares within seven years, and if Apple went public within seven years, Lei Weidong would own 24% of the shares of the listed company.
Apple's value after it went on the market was more than $700 billion at its peak.
If you stay until 2017, Lei Weidong will be the richest man in the world on the surface, of course, the stocks must not be counted like this, and Apple does not know how many times the shares have been expanded in the past few decades.
And Lei Weidong's shares will not stay until the 21st century, after all, because of the departure of Jobs, Apple has been silent for more than ten years, Lei Weidong does not have so much time to wait, and will definitely exchange Apple shares for some shares that cannot be bought with money in eight years, and then buy back the shares when Apple is at a low point.
"Adong, I have something to tell you!" When Lei Weidong fell into a hallucination, Wu Bo's words pulled him back to reality.
"What's the matter, Uncle Wu!"
"We don't have much money, you should pay attention to frugality in your future life!"
"There's not much money, how can it be? Lei Weidong was vague for a while. You must know that you just celebrated that you have become a billionaire, how can you run out of money in the blink of an eye.
"Adong, which American company did you invest in in the United States and spent 800,000 US dollars, plus the detective's fees, round-trip expenses, lawyer fees, etc., and now there are 50,000 yuan left at home."
Uncle Wu was also very helpless, who would have thought of going to the United States, Lei Weidong could spend 800,000 US dollars without blinking an eye, and he couldn't remind him several times.
"And, in order to raise money, we rented out everything we could, and we collected three years of rent." Uncle Wu said in a low voice: "We have no other income except for selling the house." ”
"Uncle Wu, you mean, we haven't had any income in three years, do you want us to drink the northwest wind." Lei Weidong hurriedly asked.
There has been no income for three years, you must know that Lei Weidong is a billionaire now, of course in the future. If you starve to death because of poverty in the past three years, it will really be a shame for Apple's major shareholders.
"It's not that I'm completely without income, I'm still the manager of the theater, and Jia Qiao still pays my salary, but Adong, I'm afraid it's impossible for you to spend as much money as before!" Wu Bo shook his head and said:
You must know that before Lei Weidong's parents had an accident, Lei Weidong spent money like running water, although he was only in his teens, he had to spend two or three hundred thousand yuan a year on pocket money, and he looked like a gentleman.
"How can you ask for money Uncle Wu, that's your pension money!" Thinking that Uncle Wu is over sixty years old, if Uncle Wu wants to support himself, then he is still not a human thing.
I don't know what Lei Weidong was like in the past, but now if I still need someone else to support me, I will be too embarrassed to take it.
After Uncle Wu left, Lei Weidong turned out the search for Qin Ji that he had written some time ago.
Alas! After turning around and writing novels, the path of the traverser is really the same, there is no way to become famous as soon as possible in Hong Kong, and writing novels is really the only way out.
"People die to leave a name, Yan Guo to leave a voice!" Since I have crossed over once, I want to leave my reputation in the world, anyway, I am sure that I will be a billionaire in the future, so I have to prepare for leaving a name now.
write it out first, and then adapt it into a script and then make it into a film and television drama when it becomes popular. In that way, he will be famous in Hong Kong, and as for whether the novels and TV series will hit the streets, Lei Weidong is not worried at all.
The novel has been tested in the previous life and hit the street to zero, and the TV series is believed to be the same if there are no major changes.
You must know that among Master Huang's many works, many have been adapted into film and television dramas, but the only successful one seems to be "Xun Qin", Gu Tianle's version of "Xun Qin" TV series.
As for Master Huang's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", it was also adapted into a TV series, starring Lin Feng and Xu Zhuoxi, but although the investment was large, the result was a big pounce, and he almost lost his bottom and pants.
It was also a popular novel, but as a result, one hit the street and the other was very popular, so that many people at the time did not understand why Master Huang's books could not be sold like Master Jin.
The reason for this has caused heated discussions on the Internet, but in Lei Weidong's view, it is still a matter of investment.
Because Master Huang's books, such as "Xun Qin" and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" are no longer pure martial arts novels like Master Jin, they incorporate the content of war and hegemony in the world. If you shoot Master Huang's book in the same way as a martial arts novel, it is very likely to hit the street.
"Looking for Qin" is better, the content of the war only becomes more after the novel, and the early scenes are not much different from martial arts novels, that's it, Gu Tianle's version of "Looking for Qin" was large-scale adapted during filming.
Not only has the plot changed, but the characters have also changed. Compared with the original work, a lot of characters were deleted, not to mention, there were just a few people over and over again, and some characters were simply merged, just like the merger of the two characters "Qin Qing" and "Ji Yanran".
There is also a TV series that depicts the war scene in the back.
To be honest, Lei Weidong is very unhappy with this question, I believe many readers are unhappy, and even Huang Yi Dashen said in an interview later that he didn't like this adapted TV series, saying: "I was originally very optimistic about Gu Tianle, who knew that it would be filmed like this, I don't like it." ”
However, it is not cool to be unhappy, but intellectually it can still be clearly understood, copying the original book to adapt is simply unrealistic problem, not to mention that such an adaptation will not work at all.
Even if the adaptation is successful, there are too many roles, hundreds or thousands, all of them are supporting roles with names and surnames, flesh and blood, how can it be possible to find hundreds or thousands of supporting roles with acting skills in a TV series?
First, it is unrealistic, there are not so many people; Second, the investment is too big, no one will invest at all, after all, it's just a TV series.
It can be said that "Xun Qin" after being adapted into a TV series has shortcomings.
But even the flawed "Xun Qin Ji" still caused a sensation, many people across the strait and three places have watched it, it is a TV series with super high ratings, and TVB Jade Channel has set a ratings record when it was broadcast.
On the official website of PPS, a mainland Internet audio-visual broadcaster, in the classification of Hong Kong and Taiwan TV dramas, no matter how many new dramas are uploaded later, the number of viewers of this TV series has always been in the front row, within the top 20.
This shows the strength of this TV series, which can be regarded as a classic.
Lei Weidong is one of the fans of this TV series, and he has watched it no less than ten times.
Even the TV series "Looking for Qin" has regrets, it is normal that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", which has a grander scene than "The Legend of Qin Hunting" and more character scenes, will hit the street when it is filmed.
The reason is very simple, compared with "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the adaptation of "Xun Qin" can still follow the original appearance of the novel, that is, the plot development of the TV series and the novel can still be in the same vein, and the general trend has not changed.
And "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is not to mention, the adaptation is a mess, it can be said that except for the name of the person, the other storylines have all been changed beyond recognition.
If you haven't read the novel "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", you should be able to watch the TV series, and if you watch it, you can watch two episodes and watch it, thank God.
What's even more infuriating is that in the end, Kou Zhong died, but he was poisoned by Li Shimin. And Kou Zhong's good brother Xu Ziling actually swore not to take revenge.
As the protagonist's double dragon becomes a single dragon, we all know the unique significance of "dragon" to Chinese, and it is also conceivable that this result will hurt book fans greatly.
Kou Zhong's rather positive efforts were exchanged for a dead ending, further blurring the world's already chaotic consciousness. To add insult to injury, add fuel to the fire, nothing more than this;
You must know that "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", as the name suggests, is the legend of the Double Dragon rather than the Tang Dynasty, and from the Double Snake to the Double Dragon, it highlights its unbreakable and unbreakable brotherhood, and then there is another thing that says that there are lovers in the world who eventually become married.
In addition, Li Shimin, the king of Qin, is said to be eloquent, wise and decisive, and is the immortal material for governing the troubled times, and as a result, all of them have been destroyed by the beautiful prospects, emotions, love, and image of Kou Zhong's death.
Coupled with TVB's consistent shooting method of treating politics and military affairs as child's play, the TV series will come out of the west without hitting the streets.
You must know that the war scenes in "The Legend of the Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" are not inferior to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the Three Kingdoms and the end of Sui are both Chinese talents and fierce generals, and the legendary Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong is a good explanation.
It can be said that except for CCTV, it is estimated that no unit can shoot "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Just look at how much manpower was used to shoot CCTV and how much money it costed.