Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 19 The Gate to the New World
Xu Zhixia talked to the other party on the phone for a few minutes and figured out the whole story.

After hearing this, Ding Ye put out his cigarette and said, "Did Xing Zhuo really get it right? Is this wine really that valuable as a collector's item?"

Xu Zhixia said, "The number Assistant Ye Weian gave me is from a professional sommelier who has obtained a WSET Level 4 diploma and is considered one of the top experts in the industry."

“This year is an exceptional vintage for the Left Bank of Bordeaux, with the red wines produced this year being hailed as the most exciting wines produced on the Left Bank in nearly a century.”

“This Bordeaux Left Bank fifth-growth wine has a recent score of 95 points on the WS Top 100 Wines list, surpassing the 94 points of the established second-growth Château La Lion.”

“In addition, Chateau Jademer has begun a production reduction strategy this year, slashing its 2009 production from 20 bottles to 10.”

"Legendary year! Winery cuts production! Plus cross-level quality!!"

"The collection value of this wine even exceeds those of the famous first-growth wines. The average annual appreciation rate is at least 10%. Xingzhuo is right. It is indeed worth collecting."

Listening to Xu Zhixia's story.

Ding Ye thought again of Document No. 10 on coal reform in Jinyang Province that Lin Xingzhuo mentioned.

There is also the "Silver Empire" project, which just passed the preliminary review last week and obtained the "Film Production License (Single Film)". Lin Xingzhuo knows it like he personally participated in the review and knows it like the back of his hand.

Ding Ye couldn't help but mutter, "Lin Xingzhuo, there's something weird about that!"

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The vehicle arrived at the Minghui Tea Garden parking lot of Dajue Temple in Beianhe.

After getting off the car, Ding Ye asked Xu Zhixia to go to the Pu'er Tea House to look at the contract text first.

There has been a recent craze for Pu'er tea. Rich people in the capital have started to drink Pu'er tea, and old teahouses like Minghui Tea Garden have also opened special Pu'er tea rooms.

Ding Ye threw a bag of Huazi to the driver and asked him to go back and store the thirty wooden boxes of Chateau Jademeier 2009 dry red wine at the ASC Winery in Sanlitun, and give the deposit slips to Lin Xingzhuo.

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Ding Ye lit a cigarette, looked through his phone address book, and found the phone number of the manager of Huaqiang Digital Animation Company, a subsidiary of Huaqiang Group.

"Xiao Ding, long time no see... Hahaha, now we have become a new company called Huying Xinghui Culture Media Co., Ltd."

"That three-bear project you mentioned last year...yes, yes, yes...we know you're talented..."

"How about this? Send me the script for your latest animated series. I'll have our director of public policy research review it. If he approves of it, we'll invest in this project!"

"The censorship for cartoons is very strict... Yes, Xiao Ding, you are very knowledgeable..."

After another round of empty talk, Ding Ye finally revealed his true intentions and said:
"Yes, there have been cartoons on TV recently. Do you know the creative team behind Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf?"

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After finishing his meal at Dongxinglou, Lin Xingzhuo returned to his residence and called the customer service number on the back of his platinum card.

Soon, Lin Xingzhuo added his personal butler’s QQ and received an animal-themed menu from him.

Well, rabbits, cats, and Dobermans are still within the normal range...

In his previous life, Lin Xingzhuo was marginalized in the office.

In the early days, people devoted themselves to work to escape the cold violence brought about by office struggles. In the later days, they simply lay down and give up, silently challenging their fate.

He also often watched Tokyo COSME Week,

Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run...

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But the fox, frog, and snake girl that followed gradually opened the door to a new world for Lin Xingzhuo...

Um... there are also coyotes, mermaids, and elk?
Wait until you see the last group of phoenix eggs...

Lin Xingzhuo was completely stunned, as if he saw the gate of heaven opening a crack.

Looking at this exquisite animal-themed menu, Lin Xingzhuo was destined to have a sleepless night... Even **★艾゛尚真の天使翼**, who passed the preliminary round of the Miss Chinese Universe Pageant and officially changed her name to "Ai Shangzhen", sent her a photo album from the third year of junior high school.

Lin Xingzhuo just took a quick glance and put it into the favorites folder on drive D.

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The next day, a drowsy Lin Xingzhuo went to the train station in BJ.

Zhu Yillong's train was half an hour earlier than Lin Xingzhuo's, so he brought Lin Xingzhuo a set meal of soy milk, fried dough sticks, and pickled vegetable shreds.

One of them went to Hengdian Film and Television City to shoot the ancient costume martial arts movie, and the other went to Shanghai to shoot an urban drama.

From then on, there were many crossroads in life, you went to Xiaoxiang and I went to Qin.

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The radio broadcast the news that Zhu Yillong’s 1478 green train was delayed.

Zhu Yillong handed a thick stack of notebooks to Lin Xingzhuo, who was eating fried dough sticks.

"This is my observation note of my life during my four years in college. It may be helpful to you."

Lin Xingzhuo stuffed the remaining doughnuts into his mouth, wiped his hands, and saw the folds and handwritten notes on the notebook. He asked in surprise, "Are these manuscripts? So you don't want to read them?"

Zhu Yilong said: "Don't worry, I made a copy. Take it with you. It should be helpful for you in filming."

Lin Xingzhuo wiped his hands with a napkin again and carefully put the observation notes into his bag.

I'm really a little embarrassed.

Even a dull guy like Zhu Yilong knew to prepare a farewell gift, but he came empty-handed.

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Lin Xingzhuo took a sip of soy milk and an idea came to him.

He looked around and saw a newly opened KFC at the north gate of the train station, so he hurried over and brought back a napkin.

Under Zhu Yillong's confused gaze, I borrowed his ballpoint pen and wrote on the napkin.

In the 2010 South Africa World Cup South American qualifiers, Argentina suffered a 1-6 defeat to Bolivia.

Lin Xingzhuo said, "Use all the money you earned from filming this time to buy lottery tickets for this match. This has to be the most shocking upset in world sports in 2009."

Zhu Yilong was stunned for a moment and said, "Um...you don't want to buy it?"

Lin Xingzhuo said: "I bought 30,000 bitcoins. I plan to spend all the money I earned from filming in the past two years on this."

Zhu Yilong asked curiously, "Compare...what currency?"

Lin Xingzhuo and Zhu Yilong talked about decentralized virtual currency for more than ten minutes...

The more Zhu Yilong listened, the more it sounded like the Ponzi scheme promoted by the district police. He said:
"I'd better buy this sports lottery. Oh, and Xing Zhuo, don't buy this coin. It seems too unreliable."

Lin Xingzhuo was not surprised.

Without knowing the future market trend of Bitcoin, any normal person would think that going all in would be very risky.

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On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin Genesis Block.

On May 22, programmer Laszlo used 10,000 bitcoins to buy two pizzas, marking the first physical transaction of Bitcoin.

Later, the Finnish student sold 5 bitcoins for $50.2 via PayPal, with a unit price of approximately $0.0009.

(End of this chapter)