Zhang Chen never thought that one day he would rely on a movie that he had invested in to improve his status at home.

At the beginning, when he was instigated by Lu Zhou to invest in the "Raidon Plan", he was very interested and full of hope, and asked about the project progress every two or three months.

Later, after a long time, his enthusiasm faded, thinking that he couldn't lose money if he signed the bet anyway, so he simply didn't pay attention.

Later, if it weren't for the lawyer's reminder to Zhang Chen that the statute of limitations for the original film investment agreement was about to expire, he would have almost forgotten that he had invested in this thing.

Thinking of Lu Zhou's love for taking him to invest in other projects and quickly making several waves of funds back, coupled with Lu Zhou's current prosperity in the entertainment industry and his worth has risen sharply, Zhang Chen is not worried about whether the 200 million he invested back then will come back.

[You see, I was right?] You're a genius at making music, but let's play movies...... You're a layman @ Lu Zhou]

[Although I can't bear to remind you, as one of the project investors, I have the responsibility of supervision.] Some things hurt feelings, but if you don't mention them, they hurt your principles. ]

[After thinking about it, let's give a friendly reminder.] The time limit for the VAM contract is coming soon, and after a few years of hard work, can this "Raidon Project" be released smoothly? ]

[If the release time is postponed within the affordable range, read it to our friends, my brother can give you forgiveness for a certain period of time and not pursue it, and it is no problem to give you another year, but after a year, we will have to do business]

[As for whether other investors can be as kind as me, then you can only ask for more blessings @ Lu Zhou]

In the group chat of investors in "Raiden Plan", Zhang Chen @ Lu Zhou.

However, Lu Zhou was busy and didn't reply to the message for a long time, but Ye Fangfei was bubbly.

Ye Fangfei: [Are you connotating me]

Zhang Chen: [(Hehe. GIF) I'm just telling you the truth, business isn't about feelings, is it? ]

Ye Fangfei: [also look at people]

Zhang Chen: [Feifei, we haven't been out for dinner for a long time, are you still alone?] ]

Ye Fangfei: [not]

Zhang Chen: [?!] ]

Zhang Chen: [With whom?] ]

Ye Fangfei: [What followed whom]

Zhang Chen: [Who is your man?] ]

Ye Fangfei: [No man]

Zhang Chen: [Khan, you are not alone, and you don't have a man, so you are lace edge?] ]

Ye Fangfei: [We don't seem to be chatting on the same channel]

Ye Fangfei: [I thought you asked me if I was alone at this moment]

Zhang Chen: [......]

Zhang Chen: [Your brain circuits are still as clear as they were back then]

Ye Fangfei: [You are also comparable]

Ye Fangfei: [I heard that you recently got a new girlfriend?] ]

Zhang Chen: [(Hanxiao. GIF) I didn't expect you to be silently following my news all these years? ]

Ye Fangfei: [Then you think about it too much, it's just a gathering with friends in the circle, and they will occasionally mention your lace gossip]

Zhang Chen: [Khan]

Zhang Chen: [In other words, in recent years, you don't talk about men and don't get married, isn't it normal?] ]

Ye Fangfei: [You change girlfriends as often as changing clothes, are you normal?] ]

Zhang Chen: [...... You're slandering]

Ye Fangfei: [Oh, really?] Then you can send a lawyer's letter]

The two inexplicably quarreled in the group.

It wasn't until Lu Zhou came out and said something that the bickering was interrupted.

Lu Zhou: [Don't worry, the movie can be released smoothly @Zhang Chen]

……

Three months later.

In the high-end Western restaurant, Zhang Chen is having a candlelight dinner with his new girlfriend.

The two had a good conversation, but a phone call interrupted the romantic atmosphere.

The call was made by Lu Zhou, and Zhang Chen, who was full of pink bubble pictures at this time, picked it up impatiently.

Zhang Chen: "Lu Da light bulb, I'm dating my girlfriend, if there is no urgent matter, I will hang up first." ”

When the beauty sitting opposite heard this, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, blushing and scooping up a small spoonful of vanilla ice cream with a spoon and feeding it to her mouth, sweetening her heart.

If your boyfriend attaches so much importance to dating, what girl wouldn't be tempted?

However, the beauty was sweet for only a few seconds, and Zhang Chen, who was opposite, didn't know what he heard on the phone, and suddenly became excited.

He choked and coughed, and the Kobe steak he was chewing on in his mouth almost squirted out.

"Holy! How much?! You read that right? ”

His voice was a bit loud, which was out of step with the atmosphere of a Western restaurant.

The beauty paused and looked at Zhang Chen in fright.

What happened? How could he, who has always been Sven, suddenly become so rude?

Zhang Chen didn't care about his image at all, picked up a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, leaned back in a comfortable position and leaned on the back of the chair, with a bright smile on his lips, obviously he didn't plan to hang up the phone immediately.

"5 billion! I haven't paid much attention lately, and it's already gone up so high? ”

"It's thanks to me that I trusted you and voted for you, otherwise such a good movie would be scrapped because of a lack of start-up capital, it would be really blind."

The number that came out of his mouth made the eyes of the wonderful girl on the other side light up.

What kind of gentlemanly demeanor doesn't matter so much at this moment.

"Is there any room for growth?"

Zhang Chen even crossed Erlang's legs, he had forgotten about the beauty opposite.

"Damn, that's awesome! Our three major investors must celebrate tonight! Where are you now? I'll go find you and call Ye Fangfeibei. ”

When the beauty on the other side heard this, her face suddenly froze, "??? ”

Isn't he dating her right now?

He was going to leave her halfway through to a party with others? And there is also Ye Fangfei who he once asked for but couldn't get in the party?

Scumbag!

The beauty's face became very bad, trying to hint at Zhang Chen: If you leave, let's say goodbye!

"Not available tonight?"

As a result, in the next second, Zhang Chen said this to his mobile phone.

"What are you busy with all day?"

"Okay, let's get together another day."

When the girlfriend on the other side heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Zhang Chen would continue to date her, but despite this, she was still uncomfortable in her heart.

After all, it was the person on the other end of the phone who said that he didn't have time, so Zhang Chen didn't leave her!

Who is the other party? The woman was a little curious.

"I just heard what you said about 5 billion, what is it?" Although the woman was unhappy, she still put on a smiling face and asked softly.

"Movie box office." After Zhang Chen finished the call, he put his mobile phone on the dining table, and responded casually when he heard the words.

"Are you investing in movies?" The woman's eyes lit up slightly.

When Zhang Chen heard this, the corners of his mouth rose, and he still couldn't hide the excitement in his heart at the moment, "I am the largest investor in the movie, Raidon Project, have you watched this movie?" ”

"Ahh You're talking about this movie?! ”

The woman covered her mouth and whispered, as if she was a little surprised.

"Of course I watched it, this is the hottest science fiction movie in China recently, right? I went to watch it with my friends on the first day of release, whether it was the plot design or the special effects, it was just right, and it was not inferior to foreign films at all, and I thought it was amazing after watching it at the time. ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but take her phone out to surf the Internet.

"It seems like it's only been released for a little over a month, right? Now the box office has exceeded 5 billion? It's going up too fast, isn't it? It seems that my taste is not wrong, and I guessed that the film would be a great box office success. ”

"I just didn't expect that you invested in this movie?"

As she spoke, her cheeks flushed.

Zhang Chen went abroad for more than a month some time ago, so that he didn't pay attention to any news in the film and entertainment circles when he just returned to China.

On the day the movie was released, Lu Zhou sent a message in the group, and then there was no dynamic report, and it wasn't until tonight that he made a phone call to inform him.

Zhang Chen himself hasn't had time to watch this movie yet.

But now that he heard his girlfriend say this, he began to be full of pride before he had even seen the movie, and his face couldn't help but be filled with a smug look.

"At this momentum, it can still rise." He crossed Erlang's legs and smiled, "I originally planned to watch this movie with you later, but since you've already seen it, forget it." ”

My girlfriend hurriedly raised her head and smiled, "It's okay, I still want to watch it again with you." ”

So good, Zhang Chen got his wish.

The two ended dinner in a Western restaurant, and then went to the nearby Xingda Cinema to prepare to charter a room to watch "The Raidon Project", but they were rejected......

Zhang Chen made a phone call to Ye Fangfei.

"Didn't bother you, did you? I want to ask you for a favor. I want to charter a venue and invite a friend to watch a movie, but this Xingda Cinema in the DC area refuses to give me a temporary charter, can you use your name to make it convenient for me? ”

Ye Fangfei was embarrassed: "If you want to charter a venue, make an appointment in advance, and if you don't make an appointment, you can honestly buy tickets to see it, what do you want me to ......do?"

"It's not a temporary spur, that's why I didn't make an appointment." Zhang Chen walked away a few steps, a certain distance from his girlfriend, and said with a smile in a low voice.

"Friends, it's convenient, I've boasted about it, it's hard to take it back. Besides, I am renting a venue to watch the movies we invest in together, which is to promote consumption. ”

Ye Fangfei: "You're not promoting consumption, you're pouring water into the box office." If you want to see it, buy your own tickets to watch it, it's not that celebrities are afraid of showing up, what kind of movie is it? ”

Zhang Chen: "There is an atmosphere in the chartered venue. ”

Ye Fangfei raised her eyebrows: "Take your girlfriend to watch a movie?" “

Zhang Chen touched the back of his head and gave a vague "um".

Ye Fangfei: "Then go and charter a private theater, Xingda Theater is not suitable for boyfriends and girlfriends to make an atmosphere, and I can't help you with this favor." ”

Zhang Chen: "Your theater, you can't help with this little favor...... Accept it, you obviously don't want to help me. ”

Ye Fangfei: "It's good to know." ”

Zhang Chen: "Damn, I have no enmity with you, you won't let me go through the back door when you're busy." ”

Ye Fangfei: "I'm most annoyed by this bit of, and I'm coming to me through the back door, besides, now that "Raidon Project" is so popular, there can't be an empty venue in the theater, I have a brain watt for your date to go through the back door, if you want the atmosphere, go to a private theater, if you can't find me, let someone introduce you." ”

Zhang Chen: "...... If you don't help, you won't help, what are you doing with such a big anger, hang up. ”

Before hanging up, he suddenly remembered something, the corners of his mouth hooked a trace of arc, and said to the other end of the phone: "By the way, the box office of "Raidon Project" has broken 5 billion, do you know?" ”

Ye Fangfei: "I know." ”

Zhang Chen smiled, "Now you regret investing so little money, right?" If anything, I've got to be the most witty. ”

Ye Fangfei: "......"

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he pinched the call directly, and turned back to find his girlfriend with a sigh of anger.

"Let's go, let's change the scene." He said.

"Didn't you say it's a private venue here?"

"This theater experience is not good, I'll take you to experience a better one."

“…… Oh. ”

……

Zhang Chen, who came out of the movie after watching the movie, was quite shocked in his heart.

The fictional world created in the movie, for some reason, always gives him an indescribable sense of reality.

"Director Wang He's sword is not old, he is really good at filming. I watched this movie for the second time, and I still think it's amazing, the details are so good. Ah Chen, you have such a good vision, when you chose to invest in this film project, did you have already guessed that it would be popular? ”

His girlfriend couldn't help but hold Zhang Chen's arm, and her mouth seemed to be smeared with honey.

"Of course!"

Zhang Chen was praised, of course, he was happy in his heart.

But in fact, I am ashamed to say that he was not very optimistic about this project at the beginning, and even felt that Lu Zhou, a layman, was the producer at first, and he always felt that he would definitely lose, but he was later fooled by Lu Zhou's boastful cowhide, and with Ye Fangfei's investment assistance, he simply followed a wave to play, and he thought that it would be the tuition fee for entering the industry.

After investing, Zhang Chen was scolded by his family, so he was interested in this project, and went to check the progress of the project every once in a while.

After following up, he found that Lu Zhou was quite serious, and invited a screenwriter who is awesome in the industry, and an experienced science fiction film director, which seemed to be quite like that, and he was a lot more relieved.

But later, after he contacted the screenwriter, he found out that the script was adapted from Lu Zhou's own fantasy story ideas! After knowing this, Zhang Chen suddenly felt that he had been deceived by Lu Zhou into investing.

But fortunately, there is a gambling foundation, anyway, he can't lose, plus the project takes a long time, Lu Zhou took him to play something else, and he gradually didn't have much hope for this movie project, and he ignored it directly in the follow-up.

As a result, I didn't expect that the fantasy movie in Lu Zhou's mind was so charming! The movie exploded not long after its release! The box office rushed all the way to 5 billion!

Zhang Chen felt that he had picked up a treasure, as if he had not lost money if he had invested with Lu Zhou, a kid.

Weird interesting!

The return on investment of this movie can make him go home and blow it hard! His dad definitely wants to reward him! Hahaha! As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Chen's heart turned upside down.

Sure enough, when he got home that night, Zhang Chen mentioned this to his father, and his father smiled from ear to ear, looking at him with a light of appreciation, and the two eldest brothers couldn't help but praise him for making this investment a very wise move.

My mother was so proud of this that she couldn't help but hum a little song happily when she walked.

Zhang Chen slept that night and dreamed that he had become a Raiden boy who broke through the genetic hierarchy in the movie, and through continuous efforts, he finally put on a pedestrian mecha and walked out of the high wall and fought bloodily for mankind.

When he woke up the next day, his back was sore and his spirit was still in a trance.

After gradually sobering up, he suddenly admired Lu Zhou's imagination.

Regarding the future of technology, many people have different ideas, what artificial AI, the coexistence of humans and robots, genetic mutations, human physical evolution, chip implantation...... There are many tricks.

But few people can make a movie of their fantasy world, as if it were a real world that exists for the audience.

I heard about the production of the post-special effects of this movie, and Lu Zhou has been following up in person.

The reason why the movie has not been released for so long is not that the actors have been filming for a long time, but that many times the special effects have not been the effect that Lu Zhou wants, so they have been redone over and over again, of course, this is also very expensive, and Lu Zhou has also invested funds several times for this.

His seriousness about special effects made the director always feel as if he had seen that fictional world with his own eyes.

After getting up, Zhang Chen made a phone call to Lu Zhou and continued to ask him out for dinner.

As a result, Lu Zhou dismissed him again without time.

Zhang Chen wondered in his heart, "What are you busy with all day?" Are you going to have a concert or a new song recently? ”

Lu Zhou: "No, it's the latest project that is in the stage of producing results, so I have to follow closely." ”

"Project?" When Zhang Chen heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, "What project?" ”

Lu Zhou: "AI, artificial intelligence. ”

Zhang Chen, who had just finished watching the movie and was quite inspired, his eyes lit up.

This kid made a science fiction movie, and now he is investing in AI, it seems that he is very optimistic about the development of AI?

Artificial intelligence project, Zhang Chen knows that many people have been doing it in the past two years, and some people have shouted about the future of artificial intelligence a few years ago, but there has been no major movement so far.

There was a time when he wanted to play with it, but he was educated by his eldest brother, saying that he failed to make a game, so don't mix it with any artificial intelligence, it's not a project that can be easily played. In the end, his father didn't approve the funds for him, so he had to give up.

“AI…… This thing burns money, and it's not good to produce results, the water is so deep, you dare to play? Don't smash all the money you earned so hard and can't get out. ”

Zhang Chen's tone was a friendly reminder.

"My eldest brother has a friend who is professional in this business, and he bragged that artificial intelligence was the light of the future or something, and my brother didn't dare to enter the game to play together after learning about it, and now after all these years, I haven't seen any movement from them. It's you who play the entertainment industry, and at this time, jump in to play artificial intelligence, and you're not afraid of losing your underwear in the end. ”

After listening to it on the other end of the phone, Lu Zhou smiled softly, "I've smashed all my net worth into it, and I can't go back." ”

Zhang Chen snorted, "Lu Zhou, you are poisonous, right?" ”

Lu Zhou: "It's okay, there has been a big breakthrough in technology at present. ”

Zhang Chen will be suspicious, "Can you get back to your roots?" ”

Lu Zhou: "If you succeed at that time, why don't you return to your roots......"

His words reminded Zhang Chen of the investment in the movie "Raidon Project".

Zhang Chen: "That's to bet on the probability." ”

Lu Zhou raised his lips and smiled, "Investment is like this." Mainly, I am now confident in the future of this industry. If you have any money to spare, would you like to come in and have fun with you? ”

Don't say it, Zhang Chen is a little moved.

But the heart is not because of the artificial intelligence project, but because of the many investments he has made with Lu Zhou in the past, as well as the recent success of the "Raidon Project" movie, which made him inexplicably have a lot of trust in Lu Zhou's investment vision.

"Let's talk about it, when you're not so busy, let's come out for a meal and talk about your AI project first."

He is not in a hurry to make decisions.

"Okay." Lu Zhou smiled, and finally gave him a suggestion, "If you are really interested, you can also ask your brother's friend who has been doing artificial intelligence many years ago, his opinion should be more worthy of reference." ”

Zhang Chen: "That makes sense. ”

After this call, Zhang Chen really took the time to ask his eldest brother. I asked him if he could make an appointment with his friend, who wanted to know about the future of artificial intelligence.

"Why do you suddenly ask this, you want to invest in artificial intelligence?" The eldest brother Zhang Zhixuan listened to his younger brother's request and asked curiously.

"I have a friend who is working on an AI project recently, I heard him say that this line of work is very promising, I want to consult more about whether there is a head, if there is, we must also act as soon as possible so that we can't be left behind, big brother, you say yes?" Zhang Chen also honestly said what he thought in his heart.

"AI ......" Zhang Zhixuan put down the book in his hand and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "In the past two years, several major technology giants have invested in this area, which seems to be not small, and it is indeed worth paying more attention to." ”

The eldest brother's idea was different from a few years ago, which made Zhang Chen feel a little surprised.

"But you have to keep your eyes open to see the essence of the project. In the past two years, it has been reported that some projects are just dressed in the skin of high-tech innovation to fool investment, and a group of technical tycoons have blown the project to the fullest, and the final product has no technological innovation at all. ”

Zhang Zhixuan came to a turning point.

Zhang Chen was stunned and said, "I know, so I just thought about listening to the opinions of professionals to evaluate, which is more reliable." ”

He thought to himself, Lu Zhou would definitely not want to trick him into investing, there should be no fool who deceived him into investing in it first. But it cannot be ruled out that Lu Zhou will be fooled by others.

Zhang Zhixuan nodded, "Then when I have time, I'll ask him out for a meal together, you can also call your friend who is working on the AI project by the way, and we will check it for you." ”

Zhang Chen: "Eh, okay! Thank you, brother! ”

Zhang Chen told Lu Zhou about this plan, and Lu Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and then readily agreed.

……

The movie "Raidon Project" finally exceeded 6 billion at the box office in China, because the market feedback was too good, and the film began to connect to overseas channels and push the film to be released overseas.

After active publicity and promotion overseas, the final global box office of "The Raidon Project" totaled 9.6 billion.

The prototype of this popular film and television script came from Lu Zhou.

When netizens learned about this information, Lu Zhou's name went crazy on the Internet again!

[Ahhh Even if he is a musical genius, why would he still make movies? Even if you know how to make a movie, why can you be so successful the first time?! As human beings, what kind of world is this? ]

[At the beginning, the film project lacked start-up capital, he signed a gambling agreement with Ye Fangfei and asked her to invest to realize her ideas, in order to offset the risk of gambling debts, he has been crazy about writing songs for Ye Fangfei in recent years, and he has also worked hard to make money by singing and writing a popular song! ] Crying to death, who would have thought that today his movie would finally be a big success! It's really not easy]

[Thanks to Ye Fangfei, without her investment support, maybe we wouldn't be able to see this excellent movie today]

……

After reading the public opinion on the Internet, Zhang Chen felt numb.

No...... Obviously, he is the biggest hero, okay!

He's got the most money! How did it all become Ye Fangfei's credit?

Crying Blind ......

Forget it, it's also cool to silently become the biggest profiteer behind it.

(End of chapter)