Chapter 363 Discussion on Investment
At noon on October 10, Wu Jing invited He Zhongqiu to have lunch.

When they arrived at the restaurant's private room, He Zhongqiu saw that there were four full tables.

Lin Chaoxian, Hu Jun, Zhang Jin, Wang Baoqiang, Zhao Wenzhuo, Xie Miao, Jiang Luxia, Yu Lan, Shi Xiaolong and seven or eight foreign strong men.

The rest were also crew members, including Lin Xue, the vice president of China Mid-Autumn Film Company and Yang Xue’s former agent.

"Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Wolverine."

"boss."

"Sit down, everyone sit down."

When they saw him, they all stood up immediately and greeted him before sitting down.

"Hello, Director Lin."

He Zhongqiu came to Wu Jing and extended his hand to the director Lin Chaoxian next to him.

"Hello, Zhongqiu." Director Lin said politely.

"Wolf Warrior is about to start filming?" He Zhongqiu sat next to Wu Jing.

"Yes, the filming will start in two days. You are the boss, so today's dinner will be the opening banquet." Wu Jing nodded and smiled.

"Is 100 million enough? It's only over 10 million dollars. What's the budget for military equipment?"

He Zhongqiu didn't take much care of this matter, so he wasn't very clear about it, but Wu Jing and his team spent almost a year just on training, and the preliminary preparations were very sufficient, so he felt that this movie was still very promising and must be done well.

Wu Jing said: "The total budget for military equipment is 5000 million. The actors' salaries are kept very low, and the support for the troops can also save a lot of expenses."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said to the others, "Everyone, if the movie makes money, I will definitely give everyone red envelopes. I will keep my word and will not let anyone suffer any loss."

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, we must shoot seriously and make sure every shot is captured well." Zhang Jin said hurriedly, and Wang Baoqiang and others also agreed.

"Brother Hu, what role do you want to play? A small role won't suit you!" He Zhongqiu said.

Hu Jun laughed and said, "I like this role, it's not small, it's the number one villain, you can't take my role away."

Wu Jing said: "Brother Hu's character is a drug dealer."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "Brother Hu has a very forthright temperament. I think he is suitable for playing a decent character. Qiao Feng was filmed well. Why did you arrange him to play a villain?"

"I like the challenge of the role." Hu Jun said quickly.

After finally getting a role as a villain, he was really afraid that He Zhongqiu would replace his role. This role was snatched from Li Dahong. It was originally intended for someone else, but he took advantage of his connections and snatched it away.

"In addition to this play, what other plays has the company arranged for Brother Hu?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"There is."

Hu Jun smiled and said, "The company has several historical dramas this year, all of which are big dramas. I have two of them. I only have one month's schedule for Wu Jing's drama, and I will go there after filming."

He Zhongqiu nodded and asked Wu Jing: "Brother Jing, 1 million RMB is still too little, especially for the military equipment budget. Don't be stingy. If there is an overspending, just ask the company."

"Okay, I get it. But this is China, and the price of equipment is cheaper than abroad. It can't be compared with Hollywood."

In addition to being the assistant director and the lead actor, Wu Jing was also the producer of this film. This was his first time as a producer, and he was in charge of the funds. Of course, the company also sent an assistant producer to help him.

"Director Lin, this is the first time you're working with our company. If you have any good scripts or ideas in the future, just let me know. There's no limit on investment. I can invest as much as you can in your filming, depending on your ability." He Zhongqiu said to Lin Chaoxian again.

Lin Chaoxian liked this sentence and said quickly: "Zhongqiu, then it's a deal. I just want to shoot a big scene."

He Zhongqiu nodded. The investment in this Wolf Warrior movie was still small, so the scene shouldn’t be too big.

This is also Wu Jing's first film in which he was the main creator. He did not dare to ask for too much investment, and even invited Lin Chao to be the director.

In addition, this movie is a main theme movie about Chinese soldiers and can only be released domestically, so the investment cannot be too large.

However, if the film is good, he also plans to release it overseas. After all, he has the channels and can earn some box office revenue.

"Hey, Shi Xiaolong?"

At this time, he saw Shi Xiaolong, who he had not noticed before, and greeted him.

"Boss." Shi Xiaolong quickly stood up and shouted.

"Sit down."

He Zhongqiu asked: "You joined our company?"

Xie Miao hurriedly said, "Brother Zhongqiu, I introduced Xiaolong in."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "I remember considering you during the first All-Star Martial Arts Show, but I didn't find you."

Shi Xiaolong said with regret: "Actually, I was studying in New York at that time."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "There are fewer ancient costume martial arts films in China now, but more ancient costume idol films. People like us who practice martial arts are not suitable for this, but I think we can still make some fast-paced action films with very realistic fighting scenes, both ancient and modern.

The global box office of Guns N' Dragon is very good, and the sequel has an investment of 5000 million US dollars. I think you can also make similar action movies and gun battle movies in China, and turn them into TV series. "

Lin Chaoxian analyzed: "In the past, there were many action and gun battle films in Hong Kong movies, and the well-made ones were also popular, such as the comedy action films of Chenglong.

But now the public's taste has changed. Fighting styles like yours, Zhongqiu's, and Tony Jaa's from Thailand, real fights with punches and flesh, are beginning to gain popularity among the public.

Now, if we make this kind of action and martial arts films, the box office should be good.”

He Zhongqiu said: "No matter what kind of movie it is, the quality of the film should be the first priority, and we should have high standards and high requirements starting from the script.

However, the Hong Kong films that Director Lin mentioned are still subject to geographical restrictions, and the backgrounds and themes of the films are always the same as those in Hong Kong.

For example, underworld, gangs, police and criminals. This is also the biggest problem of the Hong Kong film industry, and it is hard to get rid of it. "

Lin Chaoxian said with emotion: "Zhongqiu is right!"

While eating, He Zhongqiu suddenly noticed something: Wang Baoqiang and Jiang Luxia, who was sitting next to him, were talking from time to time and they seemed to have a very close relationship. What was going on?
However, Wang Baoqiang is one year older than him. He is 24 years old now, and it is time for him to find a girlfriend.

Jiang Luxia is very good. She is a Wuying-level athlete at a young age and is quite pretty. They are both from Shaolin Temple, and he can only express his blessing for these two fellow disciples to be together.

"Hey, Baoqiang, aren't you two dating?" he asked.

"Ha ha……"

Wu Zhang, Zhang Jin and others couldn't help but laugh. They had naturally seen it a long time ago, but when they mentioned this matter, Wang Baoqiang got anxious and they couldn't bring it up.

Jiang Luxia's face instantly turned red, and Wang Baoqiang also blushed and said: "No, no, I, this, this..."

He Zhongqiu said, "Stop talking about this and that. Do you look down on your junior sister? I said Jiang Luxia is beautiful and good at kung fu, so she should look down on you. Do you have the right to look down on her?"

"No, no, um, um..." Wang Baoqiang was anxious.

"If you like her, you should understand that Jiang Luxia is a scarce resource in our company, the only female fighter," said He Zhongqiu.

When he said this, he saw that Wang Baoqiang and Jiang Luxia were embarrassed, so he didn't say anything more and turned to Wu Jing and said:

"Brother Jing, and you, you are 32 years old, right? Why don't you find a girlfriend? It's not impossible, right?"

"Nonsense!"

Wu Jing got so anxious that he jumped up and almost knocked over the table with a bang.

"Ha ha……"

Everyone in the private room burst into laughter, especially Wang Baoqiang. Wu Jing said awkwardly, "I'm busy, so I didn't meet anyone I like."

He Zhongqiu said: "You are now an absolute first-tier star in China. As for Hollywood, the box office of Guns N' Dragon 1 with over million US dollars is still not very impressive.

But if the box office of the sequel to Guns N' Dragon can reach over 100 million, it will be no problem to be in the third tier. With 200 million US dollars, it can make it to the second tier.

Brother Jing, with your current status, I don’t believe that no girl would chase you, so don’t make excuses about not having time. "

Wu Jing said anxiously: "Didn't I say that I didn't meet the right person."

He Zhongqiu advised: "Brother Jing, you are not young anymore, hurry up and find a baby. By the way, my sister Xue is already pregnant, and it is a pair of dragon and wind twins."

"Really?"

"Wow, Zhongqiu, you are awesome."

"Mid-Autumn Festival, congratulations."

The room was immediately filled with congratulations.

He Zhongqiu happily cupped his hands and said to Wu Jing, "There are so many girls in the company, don't you like any of them?"

Wu Jing smiled awkwardly. To say that he didn't have it, that wasn't the case.

But the girl was not from the company, but a small host who had just been signed by Guangguang Media. He met her once at an event at the end of last year. The girl was a trainee host and he was attracted to her.

However, I was in a hurry at that time and didn't have time to leave contact information or say a few words. So I never had the chance to contact each other, which is a bit regretful.

But now that He Zhongqiu said this, he thought that he should find an opportunity to get to know that girl?

"Brother Zhang, what about you? When are you going to get married?" He Zhongqiu asked Zhang Jin again.

Zhang Jin smiled and said, "It will be soon. Doudou and I have discussed it. It will be next year, but the specific date has not been decided yet." Zhang Jin smiled.

"Set a day when I have time." He Zhongqiu said.

"Okay." Zhang Jin said happily.

He Zhongqiu said: "During the off-season next year, I should be filming He Tianwang's Marvel movie, and the schedule is expected to start in July."

Wu Jing said excitedly: "Zhongqiu, your two Marvel books are selling like hot cakes. If they are made into movies, the box office will definitely be a big hit. This time, Iron Eagle King 2 will make another 8 million US dollars, and He Tian Wang may even break 10 billion again."

"How much investment?" Lin Chaoxian asked.

"At least 200 million US dollars." He Zhongqiu said.

With an investment of 1.6 billion RMB, Lin Chaoxian took a deep breath and thought that it would be worth it if he could make such a big production in his lifetime.

Next, He Zhongqiu continued his track and field training, and Yang Xue's belly gradually grew bigger.

The income from the last boxing match with Dake, the income from Iron Eagle King 2, and the income from the two comic books totaled about $9 million.

The total sales of the two comic books in four months reached 8700 million copies, ranking first and second in the world's best-selling novels. He Tianwang ranked first, and including the last 1.4 million, he has received a total of million US dollars in sales revenue dividends.

A total of US$5 million was transferred back to the country this time, and the rest remained in the United States to pay taxes and maintain company operations. He had a lot of income this year, so he will have to pay a lot of taxes next year.

The potential of the first issue of the comic is about gone, but the second issue is ready and will be available for pre-sale soon.

The previous 1 million US dollars had been invested in the real estate company and the martial arts school. After paying taxes, the remaining 5 million was also invested in the security company. These million are all the funds he can use now.

As for the development of the security company, he hopes to develop it into a first-class security company like Ace Shield, providing security services worldwide for wealthy celebrities.

But it is not limited to retired special forces soldiers in the country, but special forces elites are selected from all over the world.

There are more and more wealthy people in China, and more and more people are doing business overseas. The security business is not very competitive now, so he can definitely get a piece of the pie.

With the development funds of 1.2 million US dollars, we will first establish a training base overseas. This investment is still very large. The scale of the base will not be too large, with about to people.

"Sister Xue, what project should we invest the 5 million in?" he asked after returning home in the evening.

Yang Xue said: "Our country's urbanization process has just begun, and we can continue to invest in real estate in big cities, including first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

The price of commercial housing is rising too fast, and so are office buildings. Or you can buy land and build a cinema yourself, killing two birds with one stone.”

"Then let's invest in a real estate company." He Zhongqiu said.

Yang Xue said: "The current market value of He's Real Estate is about 25 billion..."

"Wasn't it 20 billion last time?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

"It's been several months, and the housing prices have been rising so fast, with a new price every month."

"The price is rising so fast? Can ordinary people still afford to buy houses?"

"What can we do? Everyone wants to stay in Yanjing, but the place is so small, and the city can't expand infinitely. There are only so many resources, and if there are too many people, won't the housing prices go up?"

"That's true. The housing prices in New York..."

He Zhongqiu thought of New York, whose urban population was only eight million. How many people were there in Yanjing? Sixteen million, exactly twice as many.

He felt that the current housing prices in Yanjing were too low, less than 11,000 yuan per square meter. Compared with New York, there was a lot of room for appreciation.

Yang Xue said: "This investment of 65 million US dollars is billion. The average price of commercial housing in various districts of Yanjing is to yuan per square meter. In a few years, it may increase several times.

Sanjin, the company's market value is rising very fast, we need to keep a closer eye on it and strengthen the management of the real estate company."

"You are the president of the group company, you can strengthen management. But eating is more important, let others do the specific things." He Zhongqiu said.

"I know." Yang Xue nodded.

"Sister Xue, what kind of books are you reading?"

He Zhongqiu recently saw Sister Xue often reading some thick books and taking notes, so he asked curiously.

"I signed up for Peking University's professional manager class two years ago, and this year I signed up for Qinghua's CEO class to refresh myself. Sanjin, do you want to sign up for one?"

"Well, sister, I'm so busy, how can I have time to read?" He Zhongqiu said hurriedly.

He is indeed extremely busy. The army has contacted him several times and asked him to go to the army to perform the duties of the chief martial arts coach of the three armed forces.

At a military base in Yanjing, hundreds of special elites have been drawn from the Yanjing Military Region Special Forces Brigade. They have been waiting for him for half a month, but he still has no time to spare.

Yang Xue smiled and did not mention the matter of studying again, but said: "Recently, Ali and Jingdong are in contact with Lin Xue and want to ask you to be the spokesperson. It is exclusive and you can only choose one company. We failed to reach an agreement after the first discussion, so we need to discuss it again."

"Yes, Lin Xue mentioned it." He Zhongqiu said.

Yang Xue asked, "Which one do you think is better? If one of them doesn't develop, but another one does, it will also affect your reputation. You have to choose carefully."

"How would I know that? I don't know much about these two companies," said He Zhongqiu.

Yang Xue said: "Ali has gone through four rounds of financing, the fourth round was a large round of financing, and then it will go public. Its current development is better than Jingdong.

Jingdong's development is a few steps slower, and its A round and angel round have not yet started. I am more optimistic about Ali.

Sanjin, do you think we should invest in e-commerce? There is no chance to invest in Ali now, and investing in Jingdong is a venture capital, which is quite risky. "

"Sister, you decide. I don't understand either."

"Then throw less?"

"Row."

(End of this chapter)