novelonline Chapter 528 Diamonds are forever, one forever
Chapter 528 Diamonds are forever, one forever
Chapter 528 Diamonds are Forever
In the living room, everyone sat down as guests and hosts. The rest of the Guo family were no strangers to Mr. Zheng, so Fang Mingyuan was the main one he introduced.
"Brother Zheng, this one is Fang Mingyuan from Fengyuan City, Qinxi Province in the mainland. I think I'm no stranger to his affairs?" Mr. Guo pulled Fang Mingyuan in front of Mr. Zheng.
"Brother Guo, this is the hero born in ancient times. I think back then, when we were his age, I was afraid that we were all apprentices in the store, learning how to do business from the master. But Fang Shao, now he is Being wealthy makes us old guys feel ashamed." Mr. Zheng looked Fang Mingyuan up and down for a while, and said with a pleasant smile.
"Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Zheng, you two are so condescending. I was lucky enough to be able to achieve today's results with the help of Grandpa Guo and Sister Qiuxia. Grandpa Zheng, you are still like Grandpa Guo. Just call me Mingyuan. I'm ashamed of the word Fang Shao," Fang Mingyuan said sincerely.What he said was sincere.I just had the honor of being reborn, otherwise, I would still be a student of a third-rate school in the capital, so how would I be qualified to stand in front of these two.
"It is possible to be lucky once or twice in a person's life, but it is impossible to be lucky forever. If you want to be lucky forever, you must pay eternal 'diligence' and 'sincerity', then luck will always be with you Mr. Fang...haha, Mingyuan, it’s hard to explain your achievements over the past few years in terms of luck.” Mr. Zheng smiled and waved his hands, “As the saying goes, excessive modesty is pride."
Fang Mingyuan scratched his head and laughed twice.I clearly told the truth, but people don't believe me.
Seeing Fang Mingyuan's appearance, everyone present couldn't help laughing.Of course, there are also jealous people among them.You know, there are very few people in Hong Kong who can be appreciated by Mr. Zheng.
"Mingyuan, I've actually heard about you a long time ago, but to tell you the truth, I always thought it must be a bit of an exaggeration, but now it seems that I underestimated you before. Mr. Guo Brother, the past two years have been smooth and smooth, and even this girl Qiuxia is now the president of the famous Kumho Group, a rising star in the film industry, most of which are probably due to your credit. Here, I would like to congratulate in advance Let me tell you, it seems that this year's Hong Kong box office champion is none other than hehe, this is probably the best achievement we Hong Kong filmmakers have achieved in Hollywood."
"Uncle Zheng, it's Mingyuan's credit for making you laugh. I'm just helping out," Yu Qiuxia said with a slight smile.
"It's Mingyuan's contribution too?" Zheng Yutong asked curiously.
"The whole thing was negotiated by Mingyuan. All I need to do in the end is to make a joint investment with the American Jade Bird Film Company in the name of Kumho Film Co., Ltd." Yu Qiuxia smiled, "As for the other business, then I have no credit for it.”
All of a sudden, not only Zheng Yutong, but even the members of the Guo family became curious.For a long time, although they knew that Kumho Film Co., Ltd. was jointly invested by Fang Mingyuan and Yu Qiuxia, Yu Qiuxia never mentioned why they were able to jointly invest in "Terminator 2" with Jade Bird Film Company.Although after the news was announced, the media asked one after another, but Yu Qiuxia has always used commercial secrets as an excuse not to announce it to the public.Although the Guo family was also curious, Mr. Guo issued a ban ahead of time. Unless Yu Qiuxia was willing to speak, otherwise, no one was allowed to ask.
So, until today, they didn't know that it was Fang Mingyuan who played the decisive role in this matter.
"Is there such a thing?" Zheng Yutong said emotionally.These days, the most interesting thing in the Hong Kong business community is how high the global box office of "Terminator 2" will be.In Hong Kong alone, the box office has reached as high as 2000 million Hong Kong dollars, and as time goes by, it is still rising.And the news from the United States is even more unbelievable. In a short period of time, the total box office in North America has reached nearly 5000 million US dollars, and this is just the beginning. "Terminator 2", which was released for less than a week , I am afraid that in North America alone, its total box office will exceed 2 million U.S. dollars. If you include the Asian and European film markets, even if it is the most optimistic estimate, Halcyon Films and Kumho Films Co., Ltd. will recover their investment costs. Not a problem either.Of course, more people believe that the final box office of "Terminator [-]" is likely to exceed [-] million US dollars, and the income from derivative products is enough to ensure that the two companies will have tens of millions of dollars in huge profits.
If you add it in, after so many heated discussions among film lovers all over the world, it is tantamount to free advertising for Jade Bird Film Company and Kumho Film Co., Ltd. The company has become a well-known film company in the world, and its harvest is large enough to make Hollywood's established film companies jealous
Although Zheng Yutong is not familiar with the operation of the film industry, the basic principles of the various fields of business are interlinked. Zheng Yutong naturally understands what this "Terminator 2" will bring to Kumho Films. How many benefits come.In private, he lamented more than once that Mr. Guo had found a good wife, and unexpectedly he rose to prominence. In a short period of time, he made such a big name in the Hong Kong film industry and the world film industry.
But he didn't expect that Yu Qiuxia would put all these credits on Fang Mingyuan's head
Zheng Yutong looked at Fang Mingyuan in astonishment, then at Yu Qiuxia, a sudden movement occurred in his mind, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Could it be that the mysterious screenwriter and director is Mingyuan?"
Everyone couldn't help being in an uproar. Since "Terminator 2" was released, the most concerned thing in the world is the mysterious screenwriter and director——Fang, whether it is the media in North America or Hong Kong, everyone is guessing that this can Who is the mysterious person recognized by Cameron? Everyone guessed all the well-known directors and rookie directors in the world, but no one thought that it would be Fang Mingyuan
Seeing everyone's surprised and inexplicable expressions, Fang Mingyuan scratched his head and said, "Grandpa Zheng, I just helped Director Cameron a little in writing and directing, but Director Cameron insisted on adding my name Go up. I didn’t know about this beforehand, and it wasn’t on the samples they sent.”
"How is this possible?" Mr. Guo's eldest son-in-law cried out.For a movie with such a huge influence, one of its screenwriters and directors would be an underage boy. Although they already knew that Fang Mingyuan's business talent is very good, and he is also a well-known manga artist and game script writer in Japan. people, but they still can't believe that the fact
"What is impossible?" Mr. Guo said coldly, "As long as you concentrate on doing it, everything is possible. When I made up my mind to start a shipping company, some people said, 'How is that possible?' If it wasn't for Mingyuan's efforts in writing and directing, why would Halcyon Films and Director Cameron choose Kumho Film Co., Ltd. as a joint investor?"
Zheng Yutong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into applause and laughed, "Ming Yuan, it seems that I have underestimated you, I have a little test, if your answer satisfies me, I have one A great gift to you"
"Grandpa Guo, this..." Fang Mingyuan looked at Mr. Guo with some embarrassment.
"I have an advertisement here, which is about diamonds. It was created by the famous New York advertising company nwayer for the International Diamond Promotion Center in 1940. Now, the International Diamond Promotion Center intends to translate it into Chinese, but in the past six months, no one Translating advertisements can satisfy the International Diamond Promotion Center. I’m here to test you now, and you can translate for me. If your translation satisfies me, I’ll give you the Ruyi jade handle.”
"What Yuruyi?" Mr. Guo asked in surprise.
"Look, this is it." Yu Qiuxia quickly put the box in front of Mr. Guo, "Ming Yuan bought it from Uncle Zheng's shop this afternoon, and I plan to give you a birthday present."
Mr. Guo opened the box casually and took out Yu Ruyi. After only a few glances, he was slightly moved. The value of this Yu Ruyi is not low. "Mingyuan, you kid, hehe, it's not in vain that I love you so much." He originally wanted to say that Fang Mingyuan was too extravagant, but after thinking about it, this kid is now rich with billions of dollars. After building villas and flying a business jet, he can still earn tens of millions of dollars a year in the future. Although this jade is expensive, it is nothing to him.If the child is filial, it is better not to hit him.It's a big deal to make up for it elsewhere.
"You have recognized a good grandson. This jade is Ruyi, but it took a year for the master craftsman with the best craftsmanship in my Zhou Dafu jewelry and gold shop to carefully carve it, which can be called the flagship of my shop. treasure." Zheng Yutong laughed, "It's a perfect birthday gift for my brother."
"This kid has a heart." Mr. Guo said with a smile while twisting his beard, but his heart was full of joy. Fang Mingyuan gave him too much face this time.
"Cough, listen up, the advertisement is 'adiamondisforever', how about I give you half an hour?" Zheng Yutong said.
adiamondisforever Fang Mingyuan's eyes widened in surprise, he was too familiar with this sentence
"Adiamondisforever" Maybe many people don't know its meaning, or literally translated as diamonds are forever.But when it comes to diamonds that last forever, many people are familiar with them.
The International Diamond Promotion Center has successfully entered China with the classic slogan "Diamonds are forever, one piece will last forever", and after more than ten years, Chinese consumers have begun to widely accept diamond culture.Before that, Huaxia knew very little about diamonds, the diamond industry was not mature, and it was impossible to talk about the concept of diamond culture.The key to open the door to this historic situation is the most famous slogan in the 20th century: "Diamonds are forever, and one is forever." This classic slogan has since changed the way Chinese people wear gold and emeralds in wedding The traditional situation, and then formed a brand-new concept of "no diamonds, no marriage" among Chinese newlyweds.The development of China's diamond culture was instantly activated, and a new world-class diamond culture market was established.
In Fang Mingyuan's previous life, this classic slogan of the 20th century can be said to have spanned a century. It touched countless couples who were in love and made them look forward to the eternity of love. Fascinated by the "King of Gems".
But Fang Mingyuan remembered very clearly that this slogan should have been popularized in 1990. Why is Zheng Yutong still testing himself now?Could it be that history has undergone a small change here?
Although Fang Mingyuan knew that in the future, on the land of Huaxia, those newly married young men and women would almost never marry without diamonds.But this requires a process, and it does not happen overnight, so although he purchased a large number of rough diamonds in the Soviet Union, he did not plan to put them on the market in the near future.And in a few years, the financial crisis in Southeast Asia will sweep across Southeast Asia and affect the whole world. Every time a large-scale economic crisis occurs, the luxury goods market will be hit hard. Therefore, these rough diamonds are only used as a store of value. .
And this year, he has been entangled in many things, and he has no energy to actively develop China's diamond market.So his original plan was to wait until De Beers United Mining Company cultivated China's diamond market, and then he could hitch a ride.Therefore, they did not care much about the changes in the world diamond market.
Could it be that history played a joke on itself again here?
Fang Mingyuan frowned, thinking hard.
Zheng Yutong looked at Fang Mingyuan carefully up and down. In fact, he had already made a decision in his heart. As long as Fang Mingyuan's answer made sense, he would nod in approval.The reason why Zheng Yutong came to Guo's house today was to get acquainted with Fang Mingyuan.
Zheng Yutong has been operating in Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia for many years. It can be said that Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co. has expanded to the extreme and urgently needs new revenue growth points. However, if it develops into European and American countries, Japan, and South Korea, it will face challenges from these countries. No one is sure whether the strong resistance of local companies can successfully enter the markets of these countries, the senior management of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co., after a long period of argumentation.
So Zheng Yutong turned his attention to the northern hinterland.It has the same ancestors and roots as Hong Kong, and the long-term seclusion and economic backwardness have dealt an almost devastating blow to the jewelry industry in the mainland.It can be said that there is an unoccupied wasteland.And the market formed by the huge population in the Mainland can be called the last virgin land of the jewelry industry in the world.If Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co. can occupy the high ground of jewelry industry in the mainland, I am afraid that it will not have to worry about developing the market in the next few decades.
Regarding Zheng Yutong's idea, the senior management of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co., Ltd. have different opinions.Although everyone recognizes that the mainland is a huge market, there are big differences in opinions on when this market will mature.A considerable number of people are unwilling to explore the Chinese market now. One of the important reasons is that there are many obstacles to entering the Chinese market.The Chinese government has extremely strict controls on the jewelry industry, and if you enter it rashly, you may be very likely to lose money.
Zheng Yutong did not deny this point. Entering the Huaxia market now is indeed extremely risky, and it is very likely that they will lose everything.But without risk, how can there be high returns and a huge market?If the attitude of the Chinese government becomes clear, I am afraid that the bigwigs in the jewelry industry from all over the world will swarm to him like hungry wolves smelling blood.At that time, if Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co. wants to enter the Chinese market, it will have to face fierce competition from peers all over the world. In order to reduce risks and increase the success rate of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co. entering China, it is best to choose a strong and powerful company from the mainland. Undoubtedly a good choice.
Among these wealthy families in Hong Kong, the Guo family has a fairly close relationship with the mainland, which is well known.The Guo family not only has a lot of investment projects in Qinxi Province, but also invested heavily in the construction of ports along the northern coast of China. It can be said that they are ahead of many large companies in Hong Kong.And it was the Fang family of Qinxi Province who cooperated with the Guo family.And for Fang Mingyuan, Zheng Yutong also did some research. The more he knew, the more Zheng Yudong felt that this Fang family was not simple.In a short period of time, you can start from scratch and achieve the current situation, which is really amazing.Moreover, the relationship between the Fang family and the Su family also surprised him very much.How can a small family located in the northwest inland get involved with a ministerial official of the Central Government of China?
In addition to being amazed, Zheng Yutong also realized that if the Zheng family can have a close relationship with the Fang family, it will definitely promote the entry of Chow Tai Fook Jewelery & Gold Co. into the mainland market.At least, through the Fang family, Zheng Yutong can also have a more accurate understanding of the economic environment in the Mainland.
Therefore, after such an incident in the afternoon, Zheng Yutong felt that this was a good opportunity to get acquainted with the Fang family, so he came to visit at night.
It's just that he didn't expect that Fang Mingyuan was actually the mysterious screenwriter and director who had been hotly discussed by the media for so long, and he came up with such an idea in a flash of inspiration.
After thinking about it, Fang Mingyuan finally decided to give it a try.Anyway, if he had already had it, at worst he would just say he didn’t know about it.
So he raised his head and said, "Grandpa Zheng, translate it into diamonds forever, how about one that lasts forever?"