Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 152 Planning and New Goals
Having said that, Lin Yuan originally thought that Mr. Eisen would continue talking and explain what kind of accident he and his wife had encountered.

But Mr. Eisen did not continue the topic, but raised a question:
"Lin Yuan, do you know what power is?"

that power?

This word is a bit broad. If we don’t define the boundaries, it seems difficult to answer this question.

But Lin Yuan vaguely knew what topic Mr. Eisen wanted to discuss with him today.

"Can I say that power is influence in a broad sense?" Lin Yuan gave his own answer.

"That's an interesting answer. I'm just sharing my own understanding of life over the past sixty years. Just treat it as the condescending nonsense of an old man.

To me, power is control over resources.”

Dominance?
Rather than owning? Or possessing?
Seeing that Lin Yuan was a little confused, Mr. Eisen further explained:

"We won't go into detail about the state part. Those who understand will understand. Let's talk about power in a broader dimension."

"A company's CEO is not the owner of the company, but merely a senior employee. However, he has the ability to control the company's resources within a certain range.

In most cases, he can decide who to hire below the senior management level, who to fire, and how much salary to give them.

Is this a kind of power?"

Lin Yuan nodded. He understood why Mr. Eisen was talking about dominance, not necessarily possession.

Even if it is not your wealth, when you have control over a certain amount of authority, you have power.

"To use a wilder analogy, there's a nightclub mom who has a group of young girls who rely on her for their livelihood.

These girls obeyed her, accepted her arrangements, and received "labor remuneration" from her.

Maybe she is not presentable, but does she have power?" Mr. Eisen continued.

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and nodded. "I have to admit that she controls the distribution of 'sexual resources.' This kind of control is certainly a form of power."

“I won’t give more examples. In my opinion, when you have control over a resource, you gain power.

"And you now have more and more control over resources. Have you learned to use this power well?" Mr. Eisen said.

Having said that, Lin Yuan naturally understood the topic of today's conversation.

In the past year or so, Lin Yuan has grown rapidly and gained a lot of fame and money.

But now he is like a nouveau riche, holding a lot of resources but not knowing how to control them.

Lin Yuan also tried to make some plans, but after all, he was just a low-level person in his previous life, so there were inevitably some omissions.

"I've been thinking about this problem recently, but I want to hear your advice," said Lin Yuan.

"We live in a commercial society, and most resources can be measured in money. So under normal circumstances, there is no problem in considering money as the equivalent of resources.

But do you know why we describe the wealth of the upper class in terms of net worth, rather than the amount of money they hold?"

Lin Yuan is aware of this phenomenon. When the media reports that a wealthy person has tens of billions of dollars in wealth, they are talking about his net worth, not that he actually holds tens of billions of dollars in currency.

In fact, if you ask him to take out one twentieth of his net worth in cash, he may not be able to do it all at once.

If he had to cash out, his net worth would probably shrink significantly immediately.

But this does not mean that wealth is fictitious. A billionaire with a net worth of $10 billion may control a listed company with a scale of $100 billion.

The social resources he could control were in the hundreds of billions, effectively leveraging his wealth to leverage even greater resources. "Because money is only a means, never an end," Lin Yuan replied.

"No top billionaire will directly hold a large amount of monetary wealth. When most of his wealth is in the form of currency, he is not far from getting into trouble," said Mr. Eisen.

"That means it's easy to plunder him, and it means it's cheap to plunder him," Mr. Eisen continued.

"I understand. We Chinese have an old saying: If a child walks in a busy market with gold in his arms, everyone will be a devil. Having a huge amount of wealth but no ability to protect it will only arouse greed in others." Lin Yuan nodded.

"Look at countries around the world. Every tycoon who controls vast amounts of wealth is bound to be deeply tied to the means of production in certain areas.

The money in their hands must be transformed into real power and be able to influence the lives of a considerable number of people. This is the root of the wealthy class.

There are nouveau riche who only have money in their hands, but the money cannot be too much. Today you have exceeded this limit.

You should think about how to use the money you have," said Mr. Eisen.

Lin Yuan fully understood what Mr. Eisen meant.

You must be tied to the interests of more people. You cannot fail because the livelihood of millions of canal workers depends on you.

Social contribution must match wealth, otherwise it would be unworthy of the position.

"I understand. In the next period of time, in addition to planning new movies, I will also do something in this regard." Lin Yuan replied.

"I'm old. Maybe I can still accompany you for some days, but I can't accompany you forever," said Mr. Eisen.

Seeing Lin Yuan was about to speak, Mr. Eisen waved his hand again, indicating that he should finish speaking first.

"You need the power in my hands to continue to protect you. But the resources at my disposal cannot be passed on to you," said Mr. Eisen.

Lin Yuan knew that Mr. Eisen was telling the truth. He was Chinese, not white. Mr. Eisen could control those resources, but Lin Yuan could not.

"I don't have any children. I have to find a way to pass it on to you. It would be a shame if these resources rotted in my hands."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan laughed: "I thought we were close friends regardless of age, but you want to be my father?"

"Just consider me your elder. I'm more than three times your age. I've given you so many benefits, so it's worth it for you to consider me your elder!" said Mr. Eisen.

"Aren't you going to accompany me all the way? Why are you thinking about retiring and handing over the baton now?" Lin Yuan said.

"This is a long process. You bring someone to me, and I will spend ten years to slowly lead them on the road. In this way, after ten years, there will be someone who can continue to replace me and accompany you forward," said Mr. Eisen.

"Shall I find the candidate?"

"What else? After all, I'm going to serve you in the future. I can't come to you, right? But I have two requests."

"You said."

"First, they must be white, preferably Anglo-Saxon."

"I understand." Lin Yuan nodded.

"Second, she must be absolutely trustworthy. I suggest you find a woman."

"Why a woman?"

"If you don't take care of someone's body and soul, how can you be so devoted?"

(End of this chapter)