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"Maybe you've made some associations between these two things, and maybe you've thought of some answers...... Yes, I want to start my own magazine. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThat's why I quit. ”

Zhang Chen propped his chin and whispered on the coffee shop table: "Are you sure?" What are you looking for today ......? ”

Liu Xuan said: "When it comes to certainty, I don't have too much certainty, this time I basically worked alone, and some of the members of the temporary editorial department I found, except for one experienced one, the others are some college graduates." So I'm not sure, but I'm enthusiastic. ”

When Zhang Chen heard this, he was a little puzzled and said, "Why did you suddenly have this idea?" After coming to the United States for so long, I finally understand, many times you really can't fit into this country, from your own Chinese point of view, many people in this country are strange-minded guys, many times I didn't expect them to think so much about one thing, completely opposite to what we know......" Speaking of this, Zhang Chen paused, in fact, he had already felt incompatible with this country in many places, but he didn't want to change too much.

"I also know what you said, we have a lot of differences in the way of thinking, but I feel that now I am gradually integrating into this society, and I started this magazine, which is completely my own ambition, and I will not have too many obstacles to start a magazine in this country, but if I go back to China...... You know. ”

Zhang Chen nodded: "Okay, then you should talk about the purpose of looking for me, right?" ”

Liu Xuan smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "You guessed right, I do have something to ask you for help, and the thing that you want to help is that our magazine is about to be established, but there is a shortage of funds, I hope you can make an investment so that we can get through this most difficult period." ”

"Uh, don't talk about investment, I'll lend it to you privately, you can't use my annual salary for a year, right?"

"Don't mind......" Liu Xuan hurriedly waved his hand, and then said: "I came to ask you to invest today as the representative of our company, not to borrow money from you, so I will put forward the various advantages and disadvantages of our magazine to persuade you, whether you agree or not is another matter." ”

"Alright then, I'd like to hear your reasons too."

So, Liu Xuan explained Zhang Chen to a certain extent to their magazine called "Basketball Time", and pointed out the country, and talked about the grand blueprint he wanted to build a beautiful empire in the future. Of course, Zhang Chen also heard that "Basketball Time" really has a feasible surname, and most importantly, he can also become a shareholder and become the honorary editor-in-chief of that magazine. These conditions are not bad, and Zhang Chen can now control 40% of the shares, which is also very good. It sounds like Liu Xuan is talking about the Tao, but he really has a certain amount of action.

Liu Xuan's mouth was dry as he spoke, and finally raised his head to look at Zhang Chen, and then asked, "How do you feel?" ”

"Oh......"

"You feel like 'oh'?" Liu Xuan was about to collapse, but seeing that Zhang Chen seemed to be really thinking, because his ten fingers were crossing, he said after a long time: "I think it's feasible, I just thought about your marketing model, and it's really good, but you are too unkind, and let me invest in you, and use my fame to make this magazine famous...... What a calculation! ”

Liu Xuan was a little embarrassed: "This is a win-win situation, you are here as an honorary editor-in-chief, you can also let the fans know you better, you can also gain more people's likes, and our goal is to gradually develop into a media group and enter the cultural industry, I think you should also know the various benefits contained in this." ”

Zhang Chen said: "I also know the win-win thing, but if this magazine is destroyed by you, it will not be a win-win thing, but a lose-lose situation!" But I still promise you, after all, I've been friends with you for so long, I think you should have that ability. So you say, how much do you want me to invest? ”

"$500,000, that's the initial budget, and there may be additional investment later, of course, when the investment budget is increased, we will automatically give up some other shares, what do you think?"

"500,000 is 500,000, it's not too much anyway, just consider it a venture capital! You've got to take advantage of it! ”

"That's natural, and if we say that today, maybe a huge media group will be born. To be honest, your money is lying in the bank, have you ever thought about using that money to make money, so that in the bank, just that little interest, enough for you to eat? ”

"Uh......" Zhang Chen spread his hands: "I really haven't thought about this problem, if the money is enough, it will be enough, I can earn money in a year now that I can't use up for a lifetime, why should I go to make money?" Money may make money and lose money, and when the time comes, I will lose my underwear! Zhang Chen asked Liu Xuan a little strangely, but made Liu Xuan hate iron and steel a little: "You, you, look at your old rival, Little Emperor James, people's desire is to become the richest athlete on the planet, and even the richest man in the world, can't you have a snack?" ”

Zhang Chen rolled his eyes: "What can I do if I become the richest man in the world?" Everyday luxury? Well, I can't live too luxuriously, besides, when you are the richest man in the world, I don't know how many people are staring at your wallet, and it will be too late to make you cry when the time comes, and you have to follow all kinds of bodyguards when you go out every day, and maybe one day a sniper will come out and shoot you in the head......"

"Ah, I can't stand you, I'm going to be surrounded by you, don't you yearn for more money? Don't you want to live the life of a rich man? ”

"But I'm living the life of a rich man now......"

Liu Xuan also rolled his eyes, he suddenly thought that although Zhang Chen didn't seem to be self-motivated in becoming a super-rich, this guy already had at least $30 million in his bank account, not to mention how much money he made on a trip back to China, even in the United States, he had to count the advertising expenses alone - this person who doesn't have much concept of too much money has a pretty good agent. Thinking of this, Liu Xuan really envied Zhang Chen, he was like dung, but he himself was a big dung pit.

Some NBA stars will spend a very miserable old age, the reason is that when they were young, they suddenly had a lot of wealth on hand, many people originally lived at the bottom of the society, and suddenly had such a big fortune, he didn't know how to spend it, so they were soon completely lost in wealth, and then gradually squandered money, relatives and friends came, even if they had never met before, as long as they reported the name of a relative, they had to stuff money into others. Coupled with the arrogance and luxury of some life, the enjoyment of various luxury goods has made many celebrities with an annual income of tens of millions unable to make ends meet.

A star of the supersonic team that year, who earned tens of millions of dollars a year? Williams used to be a powerful figure, but because he was arrogant and spent too much money when he was young, he is now old and has nothing to rely on, so he can only live in his friend's house...... On a broken car not far from the door. He can now only remember the glory of the past through a shabby poster.

This is a faithful portrayal of many people's old and helpless, and because of this, the life of NBA stars is often a bottomless pit, and many people also want to get more wealth, people like Zhang Chen are indeed an outlier - in addition to eating and training, they basically rarely use money, and this kind of peerless good person really doesn't spend too much money. In this way, his attitude towards money is really outrageously indifferent, but Liu Xuan still has his own way to convince Zhang Chen.

"Yes, you really don't have much money to use now, but when you retire, you will find it harder and harder to get money, so you have to save enough money when you are young and think about your old age, because you are facing an old age where it is difficult to get money."

"Why are you so alarmist?"

"Okay, so I'll talk about your ambitions, you like basketball, don't you? So, when you retire, what do you rely on to achieve your basketball dreams? When a manager is at the mercy of others? Or do you go to some basketball school yourself, and finally make wedding dresses for others? Have you ever thought about buying a team outright like Jordan? You can do whatever you want, who you want to sign, who you want to get rid of, it's all something you can think of...... Moreover, you can also use your team to fight on the battlefield, and it is said that Yao Ming is going to buy the Shanghai team......"

"That's a good idea...... If you can buy a team after retiring and continue your basketball dream, but it costs a lot of money to buy a team, right? ”

"So, that's where you need money, and for example, I know you want to buy a plane, and that's money! Finally, there was another ......" He glanced at Zhang Chen and saw that Zhang Chen seemed to be pondering, so he left a little time to think. Zhang Chen raised his head after a while: "Oh, then what? It seems that you have another reason to persuade me. ”

"Yes, there is one last reason, and that is, the problem of your three wives ......"

"Eh......" Zhang Chen saw that Liu Xuan had such a huge revelation, and hurriedly wanted to cover his mouth: "How do you know?" I wiped it, why is this kind of thing so secretive!! ”

"A lot of people know about it,......" Liu Xuan said lightly, "It should be difficult for you to solve this problem now, but I can show you a clear way." ”

"What kind of clear road...... Today, I heard you talk about one of the reasons that touched my heart the most, so please say it quickly. ”

"When you want to be really together, you will definitely face all kinds of pressure, these times, you can save money to go out and buy a small island, when the time comes, you can even set up a country on it, directly join the United States of America, when the time comes, you create laws for your country, so that men can marry many wives, and then you can use the American marriage certificate to go around!"

"I wipe ...... It's incredible, can it really be like this? Why did the United States accept such a country? But what you're saying is tempting......"

"Yes, the premise of all this is that you have to have money, you have to have a lot of money, and it is not without such precedents, not to mention, many people have bought an island and returned to the mainland, so that they can enjoy the pleasures of family regardless of the world's eyes...... You don't have to say what happens if there are too many women, in fact, which person who is a little rich or a little low does not have a few beautiful women? Of course, I haven't heard of a situation where every woman like you is famous, but you can think about it. ”

Zhang Chen fell into deep thought, I have to say that what Liu Xuan said was too tempting, and even made him feel that he had stepped into another sky, and in an instant he had suddenly become enlightened, and then said: "You convinced me, I really feel that I must have a lot of money, but this is not an overnight thing, not to mention, money does not mean that you will come if you want it, I also have to focus on basketball, that is the direction and goal I have been working towards......"

"I know, so, ah, I'm just saying, you have to start slowly accumulating your own strength, these strengths, can be to open a company, use your name, slowly grow and grow, and you have a lot of money, and you can afford to lose."

"But there are no good projects! And, if I make any big moves, most of them will be in the offseason, so there's not much to say right now. ”

"Yes, but I have a good project now, so I don't know if you dare to take such a big gamble!"

"What kind of gamble?" Zhang Chen was completely interested, he was not afraid that Liu Xuan would deceive him, one was because Liu Xuan was his good friend after all, and he had just promised to invest money in him. And he also has a team of agents, and after discussing with them, he can know the feasible surname of this matter, so his top priority now is to understand what Liu Xuan wants to say. So, Zhang Chen hurriedly asked Liu Xuan.

"This gamble involves 10 million dollars, and if you lose, it will be a huge blow to you!"

"You can talk about the specific project, and then I will analyze it myself, and if it is feasible, I will even give you a certain introduction fee......

"The introduction fee is a good thing...... Liu Xuan's eyes lit up and said: "That's the case, have you watched "Titanic"? ”

"I think I've seen it, that is, a ship has sunk, and there is a man and a woman on it?"

"Yes, it's that movie, you may also know the box office miracle of that movie, and now the thing I want to tell you is that director, who now spent what is said to be ten years to shoot a film called "Avatar", which uses a large number of advanced film industry technologies, which can be said to be the highest peak that the human film industry has been able to achieve so far, all using 3D imaging, so it also costs a lot of money, of course, this movie is also expected by many, many people."

"Hmm, so what?" Seeing that Liu Xuan had stopped again, Zhang Chen continued to ask him.

"This movie should have a head, but the investment is too huge, so far hundreds of millions of dollars have been smashed, and now the film has basically been filmed, and the special effects production has reached the final moment, this movie can be said to have plundered too many resources, and it is estimated that it may surpass the box office miracle of "Titanic", but, as you know, this is a 3D movie, so the special effects production is too demanding...... Don't you start being absent-minded again...... Now "Avatar" has suffered a fatal crisis, that is, there is not enough money! ”

"Not enough money? Everyone has smashed hundreds of millions of dollars, and they still care about this final special effects production? ”

"Oh, now many people have lost confidence in the director who burned money, so the director begged grandpa to sue grandma and never got the final funding gap, but this gap is still very big, so he can't help it."

"So, you mean, let me invest?"

"Yes, the current funding gap is $200 billion, and a few days ago there happened to be a Mexican businessman who invested $100 billion, and at this time, there is still the last $100 billion gap!"

"Let me think about it" Although he doesn't have much concept of money, but after all, it is 100 billion US dollars, and Zhang Chen must also think carefully before making a decision, so he began to think gradually, and finally he stood up and said: "Okay, I have heard too many of your personal opinions today, and I will think about it myself in the next time, for the investment in "Basketball Time", I will soon cross it, and as for the investment in "Aladdin", I will also think about it......"

"It's Avatar...... I don't know how you come up with a name that only has one word the same thing! Liu Xuan added later with some annoyance, Zhang Chen turned his head and smiled: "I did it on purpose......"

Liu Xuan helplessly watched Zhang Chen's back go away.

―――――― Zhang Chen returned to the house, and soon saw Taylor watching TV on the sofa, Zhang Chen came to the sofa, and said, "Taylor, I have something I want to talk to you about." ”

"What's the matter?" Taylor, who was watching a TV series, didn't want to be completely disturbed by Zhang Chen, so he threw potato chips into his mouth and said to Zhang Chen casually.

"Do you know the director who filmed Titanic?"

"Yes, and I've heard that he's been working on a 3D movie recently, like it's called Avatar, and it's said he's invested a lot of dollars...... It's really strange why that director would burn so much money, it's a bottomless pit...... Oh, I can't stand people like that. ”

"I want to discuss something with you, that is, I am going to invest in "Avatar", and I am going to start a second investment, and now I just want you to give some advice, and you are in the entertainment industry, and you can also give me some more real references."

“oh…… I heard you right......" Taylor turned around and stared at Zhang Chen: "You actually planned to invest, and the first investment was actually prepared for "Avatar"? ”

(To be continued)