The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 268: Received $62 billion, Zhang Chen is questioned
In response to Zhang Chen's questioning, William also gave a detailed introduction to the current situation of the two companies.

The first is Apple. Its stock price has recovered and risen to about US$25 per share. The 9800 million shares that Zhang Chen holds are currently worth US$24.5 billion.

If the 4600 million shares purchased in the secondary market are included, Zhang Chen now has a total of US$35.5 billion in assets.

Moreover, with the launch of Apple Music, the company began to make profits, and could bring Zhang Chen a good and stable shareholder dividend every year.

After that, it is the most critical Facebook.

According to his understanding, Zuckerberg had already created similar software in college.

All we can say is that history has inertia.

Even though Zhang Chen released the software first, his founder still rushed in as usual.

Now it depends on which one of the two is the genuine one.

If possible, Zhang Chen would try to collect enough.

If the acquisition fails, then destroy it.

Unless he can get close to Wall Street capital before Zhang Chen sets his sights on him.

So he needs to control the time.

They started trying to reach out to Zuckerberg before he came into the eyes of Wall Street capital.

As of now, Facebook has undergone several share adjustments, originally:

"Morning Light Music (Beautiful Country)" 20%, Zhang Chen personally 80% (William holds 60%)

Now it becomes:
Morning Light Music (Beautiful Country) 40%,

Zhang Chen’s shadow company 30%,

BlackRock holds 10%
Sequoia Capital holds 8%
Zhang Chen himself holds 5% of the shares.

Penguin holds 4%
William holds 2%
Since Zhang Chen holds 72% of the shares of Morning Music (USA) openly and secretly, even if the company goes public next year, Zhang Chen will still have absolute control in secret.

Therefore, Zhang Chen's actual control over Facebook has reached 75%. Even if it is diluted later and no party has absolute controlling rights on the surface, Zhang Chen's dispersed shares can still enable him to secretly control the company.

A lot of shares were sold, so naturally there was some money coming in.

At this point, Zhang Chen prevented William from selling at a low price.

Of course, it is impossible to sell it based on the future market value of trillions of dollars.

Facebook's annual revenue is approximately $10 billion. If valued at 10 times the price-to-earnings ratio, its market value is approximately $100 billion.

But since Facebook is not really short of money and it is these Wall Street capitals that want to get a piece of the pie, the bargaining power falls into Zhang Chen's hands.

After nearly half a year of negotiation, Facebook's valuation was finally set at a high price of US$350 billion.

After careful calculations, those Wall Street institutions felt that they could still make a lot of money, so they agreed to the price.

After all, William, a man without any family in the United States and a cautious guy in his daily life, has learned about 70% of Zhang Chen's fear of death.

Moreover, before they entered the market, William had already sold most of the 60% that he had originally held on behalf of Zhang Chen.

Wall Street was helpless as it looked at the turtle shell that it had no way to crack, and in the end it could only accept it with a wry smile.

So in fact, Zhang Chen was transferring shares from one hand to the other, and only 18% of the shares were actually sold.

Although it was a big loss, it also gave him an extra $63 billion in cash in an instant.

There is no other way. We have to sell it even if it means a loss.

This outcome is the result of William's long struggle.

In the end, the Wall Street capitalist had no choice but to leave with regret taking away 18% of the shares.

And Zhang Chen did not treat William unfairly. 2% of Facebook shares was his reward, which is now worth US$7 million.

It also fulfilled Zhang Chen's original promise to William.

As long as he works hard for him, he will be the new Internet star in the United States.

And his family will live a good life in China.

"It's better to be careful and cooperate more with those Wall Street capitals."

"Isn't that company theirs?"

"It is now, but not necessarily in the future."

"When will it be available?"

"Maybe in ten years, maybe in twenty years, one day the right to speak for this company will be back in my hands."

Even though he now secretly controls Facebook, Zhang Chen dares not act rashly.

After all, the dozen or so big bricks from the United States are not vegetarians.

Moreover, Zhang Chen sometimes feels that the existence of the "Strategic Propaganda Bureau" is necessary.

Keeping a low profile is the best way to protect yourself when you are still weak.

"Don't let such a large amount of money idle in the company. Invest part of it in the stock market first and wait until I need it."

Having too much money on hand is also a kind of trouble.

The revenue from other companies still needs to be invested into the company, and Zhang Chen is not in a hurry for dividends.

However, the $62 billion obtained from directly selling shares is real funds that Zhang Chen can use at his own discretion.

If possible, Zhang Chen actually wants to invest this money into the mainland's high-tech industry as soon as possible.

Especially in the future key industries, such as chips.

Even lithium mines from a certain country will do.

But these things can't be obtained just by having money.

First of all, it is the chips. Many countries have jointly provided the most advanced technology to enable a certain company to produce lithography machines.

And Zhang Chen's plan to buy it directly would fail for some reason.

Moreover, electronic technology is now in a period of rapid development. Even if Zhang Chen can buy the most advanced lithography machine now, it will be eliminated in the next ten or twenty years. If he wants to update the equipment, he will face the same problem again.

In the end, we had no choice but to embark on our own research and development and production.

However, this requires extremely strong scientific research capabilities and the ability to produce supporting parts. If it is assembled, Western countries will not sell it at all.

If all of them were designed and produced by his own company, the $62 billion in Zhang Chen's hand would indeed last for a long time, but the shortcomings of the country's industrial strength and R&D capabilities cannot be made up by money.

"Tsk, looks like we still have to wait."

If the time is not right, no matter how much money you have, it will be useless.

Moreover, Zhang Chen also has the reason of being afraid of death.

As a big star in the entertainment industry, I don’t know how many times I have to travel abroad every year.

He doesn't want to be put in electronic shackles one day because of some trumped-up charges.

On February 2, Alibaba received a strategic investment of US$27 million, becoming the most eye-catching private equity fund among domestic Internet companies.

Its successful financing has also allowed overseas investors to see the prospects of China's e-commerce market and given Chinese e-commerce companies more confidence in their development.

Therefore, this year can also be said to be the starting point for China to become a major Internet power in the future.

At the same time, this investment also allowed Jack Ma to start his legendary journey. He looked across the country and felt that there was no one in the country who could compete with him.

I just wonder if Jack Ma will have a different opinion after seeing the shares held by Zhang Chen after Facebook goes public.

However, given Zhang Chen's despicable way of hiding, if you don't study it carefully, you may not be able to estimate how much assets Zhang Chen has now.

It was on this day that Chenguang Entertainment held a high-profile press conference to announce the start of filming.

When the main creative team of "Love" took their seats, reporters couldn't wait to raise their hands and ask questions.

"Zhang Chen, what role will you play in this movie?" Without even thinking about it, the reporter naturally classified Zhang Chen into the role of an actor.

After all, before this, Zhang Chen had already filmed several TV series and had a huge audience appeal. If he played a role in a movie, he would indeed be able to attract a lot of drama fans.

At the same time, with Zhang Chen’s huge fan base, it can be said that this movie has received great attention before it even started filming.

This is also the most fundamental reason why many movies choose a star with huge traffic among actors, even if the actor has no acting skills.

Even big directors like Zhang Yimou and Zhou Xingchi need some famous actors to increase the popularity of their movies. After all, no one would be reluctant to do something for money.

Art?

Can money smell good?
There are very few people in this world who really make movies for the sake of art.

Unless the underlying theme of this movie is red and it has educational significance, then it may not be for the money.

But even for this kind of movie, it would not be said that they really intended to lose money from the beginning. If they can take both into account, it would be a dazzling achievement for a producer like China Film.

"Ah?" Zhang Chen was also stunned when he heard the reporter's question, and then he realized that he didn't seem to have revealed any specific information to the outside world, "I am the director of this movie."

"what?!"

"what?!"

"director?!"

One stone can cause a thousand ripples. Zhang Chen's words made the reporters explode.

All the questions they had prepared were forgotten.

Because it's of no use at all.

Because in their questions, there was no plan at all that Zhang Chen was the director.

About half a minute later, the reporter from Penguin was the first to react: "Director Zhang? Why do you want to be a director?"

Other reporters also reacted. The most urgent task now was to figure out the matter. They could already foresee that this news would become the biggest hot topic this year. Everyone was eagerly awaiting Zhang Chen's answer.

"Why?" Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment, "Because it's fun?"

"Uh"

For some reason, every time these reporters interviewed Zhang Chen, they always felt short of breath.

Because Zhang Chen could always leave them speechless with an unintentional answer.

When they thought of a little girl with the same characteristics, they all felt that birds of a feather flock together.

"Then," another reporter who was called on the phone asked after sorting out his thoughts, "what kind of movie is this?"

"I can't reveal too much specific information, I can only tell you that this movie will explain the definition of love from a different perspective."

Many reporters were speechless and had nothing to say. Then why were they called together?

Zhang Chen had no choice. It was just for the promotion of the movie. He could actually shoot it secretly, send it to Cannes secretly, and then promote it in a high-profile manner when the shortlist was announced.

However, this would completely deviate from the company's strategy of entering the film industry in a high-profile manner.

So Zhang Chen could only promote himself as a director on the spot.

He believes that this news is enough to attract considerable attention to the film.

In fact, Zhang Chen still underestimated the influence of his role as a director.

Within just one hour after the press conference ended.

There has been a huge uproar on the Internet because of this matter.

"What a joke, why do you want to be a director when you can just be a singer?"

"It was fine if she was an actor before, everyone could still see this big star who often disappeared on TV, but now she has moved directly behind the scenes. She has no songs and no appearances. I don't agree with it!"

"Although I agree with you, Zhang Chen has already made enough money. He does have the capital to be willful."

"You only consider Zhang Chen as a person. What I care about is whether he can make a good movie."

"That's right. If I remember correctly, Zhang Chen seemed to be studying acting at Beijing Film Academy."

"My friend, you may not know this, but Zhang Chen has only been to school a few times. According to my friend's friend's friend, Zhang Chen only reports at the beginning of each year. He is rarely seen at Beijing Film Academy."

"So, Zhang Chen is a complete wild one?"

"It can only be said that you are rich and willful."

"Hey, look who I saw among the main creative staff? Tian Chongchuang!"

"Tian Zhuangzhuang? Who is it?"

"You are ignorant, right? Tian Zhuangzhuang is someone that even Zhang Yimou would have to call Big Brother."

"So, this movie?"

"Be careful with your words, beware of the no-talk package."

There are too many comments on the Internet, and these are still the good ones.

Zhang Chen’s fans don’t care. Zhang Chen’s move is a serious deviation from their expectations of their idol.

If he were an actor, they could still see Zhang Chen's face on the screen and maybe hear his songs in the movies.

But for some stubborn people, Zhang Chen's move behind the scenes is unforgivable.

Don’t think that all fans are rational. Whenever their idols deviate from their imaginations, these people are the ones who curse the most harshly.

“How does it feel to be questioned?”

In the crew of "Love", Tian Zhuangzhuang sat next to Zhang Chen, staring at the monitor together, and took the time to make a joke.

"It was expected."

"Oh? Then you still agree to let me take the position of assistant director?"

In fact, for Tian Zhuangzhuang to come to the crew, it doesn’t matter whether he has the position of assistant director or not.

Zhang Chen could have let Tian Zhuangzhuang join the crew as an outsider to guide him.

"Because it's better to put it out in the open at the very beginning than to have it dug up and questioned later."

Zhang Chen said indifferently, not taking it seriously.

Zhang Chen knew that this matter would be dug out sooner or later.

Just like Director Chen, how many years has the movie "Farewell My Concubine" been questioned?
Even though there is enough evidence, the public still believes that this movie was not made by him.

It’s because he has a father who is a famous director in his crew.

The most important thing is that Director Chen himself later used one movie after another to prove that "Farewell My Concubine" was not directed by him.

So the solution to dispel doubts is also very simple.

One is to let Tian Zhuangzhuang return to Beijing Film Academy to teach.

The second is to make another movie.

"Besides, the main purpose of inviting you here is to teach me how to make a movie. As for a few doubts, can they make me feel relieved?"

Zhang Chen defined the matter.

When doing something, either don’t do it, or do it well.

He has a weak foundation as a director and he won't go on stage shirtless just to save face.

"Hey, you really have a different way of thinking. You don't cherish the wings that others treasure."

"Haha, I used to cherish it, but now?" Zhang Chen chuckled, "I don't need it anymore."

　This is the second chapter. I'll just write 8000 words today. I'll get back to the state of updating words as soon as possible.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)