This director is vindictive.

Chapter 205 The King of the Film and Television Industry, the Bronze of the Industrial Industry
To many people, Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory was just a small factory.

Face masks are really a niche product right now.

But that's precisely why they scoffed at the news Zhu Xiao revealed.

Masks and the like, their cost is very low, right? Yet they still suffered huge losses and were on the verge of bankruptcy, which many people find hard to believe.

However, when Chen Mo saw that it was this news, he was both amused and exasperated.

And you know what? They really weren't making things up.

Because if we look at the current situation, the possibility of going bankrupt is nonexistent. After all, the cost of this stuff is indeed very low. Even though there are hundreds of millions of masks in stock, at the beginning of the year, Chen Mo also forced the import of a large batch of production materials.

But how much does it add up to?
Actually, the bulk of the cost goes to ventilators, oxygen concentrators, and the like.

Masks, due to cost considerations, are actually a minor expense.

However, upon seeing this news, Chen Mo no longer cared.

"No pictures, no evidence, just making things up, and saying 'see you on Monday,' ugh! This generation of entertainment reporters is really hopeless!"

"Exactly! Even if there are losses in the mask business, how much could there be? Huge losses? That's bullshit!"

"Exactly! You're making things up without any evidence. Be careful Chen Mo sues you!"

Many netizens didn't believe it, feeling that using the old "see you on Monday" trope was making a mountain out of a molehill and pure clickbait.

The main problem is that my expectations were too high beforehand, and then I suddenly realized, "Is that all?"

However, this was not unexpected for Zhu Xiao. In fact, if someone had told him this before he obtained the evidence, he would never have believed it.

So let the bullets fly for a while.

While the entire internet was condemning him for sensationalism and talking nonsense.

Finally, he released the evidence.

"Direct shot of the factory warehouse.mpg" @ChenMo!

"There is video evidence. According to our on-site investigation, after Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory was acquired and renamed by Chen Mo at the end of 2016, it launched Fanxing Mask. Several of Chen Mo's close associates promoted the product through live streaming, and it sold nearly 10 billion yuan worth of masks in two months!"
Unfortunately, it was short-lived; face masks were never a necessity, but rather a niche product.

According to our subsequent understanding, although Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory's business has improved, its monthly sales are only in the millions and its annual sales are only in the tens of millions. However, perhaps because of the previous short-lived boom in sales, Chen Mo misjudged the market.

Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory has a monthly production capacity of 30 million masks, and it is still operating at full capacity despite the sluggish sales of its products.

More than two years have passed, and according to incomplete statistics, Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory has a serious backlog of masks, with mountains of them piled up in its warehouses. The total number is conservatively estimated to be more than 600 million!

It's not just masks; various medical devices, such as ventilators and oxygen concentrators, are also experiencing severe overstocking and sluggish sales.

The total value of the stockpiled products may reach hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars!

The classic case of laymen directing professionals has led to huge losses for Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory, which was once a shining star and sparked the mask craze, and is now on the verge of bankruptcy.

Chen Mo's investment genius may only be limited to the film and television industry. In the medical device industry, he has always been an outsider. An outsider directing insiders ultimately led to bitter consequences!

That makes all the difference.

Chen Mo wasn't surprised that this self-media outlet was able to film the warehouse of Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory.

But this was exactly what he wanted.

The outside world sees it differently. If people previously thought the other side was just making up some kind of "see you on Monday" gimmick, that was complete nonsense.

However, after seeing the enormous warehouse and the staggering inventory piled up like mountains at the Starry Sky Medical Equipment Factory, netizens were immediately stunned.

"Holy crap, what's going on? It's actually real?"

"Are you crazy? Who's going to buy that many face masks? Thirty million a month? Do you think they're like toilet paper?"

"How did you manage to accumulate hundreds of millions of yuan in inventory?"

"Are you crazy? This is so unprofessional! The backlog is that serious?"

"Even if you have money, you shouldn't waste it like this, right? What's the point?"

"He's truly a master in the field, but a complete novice here! Seriously, I just don't understand where Chen Mo gets his confidence from. Does he have some big-money deal to make?"

Suddenly, news spread like wildfire that Chen Mo's company was suffering huge losses and on the verge of bankruptcy.

It quickly became a trending topic.

To Chen Mo's dismay, many netizens actually gloated and made sarcastic remarks on his Weibo.

"Haha, Professor Do actually has such a dark history, tsk tsk!"

"That's rare! After digging for so long, the real dirt on them turns out to be investment failure!"

"Suddenly it feels real. Before, all those stories about guaranteed winnings and investment geniuses seemed a bit too miraculous. Now it feels normal!"

"Indeed, no one can be omnipotent. That's not human, that's a god. Clearly, Chen Mo is an Earthling, not from outer space!"

"That's true. With so much unsold inventory, Chen Mo should just stick to the film and television industry. You're really not cut out for running a physical business!"

To Zhu Xiao's surprise, the reactions from netizens, fans, and moviegoers were quite different.

Interestingly, the news of Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory's huge losses and impending bankruptcy, which is clearly negative news, actually caused Shengshi Pictures' stock price to rise by several percentage points.

This is quite puzzling.

Later, an analyst stated that it was actually quite normal for the negative news about Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory to cause Shengshi Pictures' stock price to rise.

The fact that Chen Mo failed in his business ventures will actually reassure people, allowing him to focus more on the film and television industry.

Although both Shengshi Film Industry and Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory are Chen Mo's businesses, they are actually not related.

The losses of Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory have absolutely nothing to do with Shengshi Pictures. If Chen Mo could focus more on Shengshi Pictures and on investing in the film and television industry, then his vision, despite the failure of "Yunnan Insect Valley," would still be trusted.

Even more outrageous is that several flagship stores of Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory on e-commerce channels have experienced a surge in sales because of this incident.

Many netizens commented: "We don't mean anything else, we just support Chen Mo. Focus on filming and making movies, and leave the rest to us!"

"I'll buy a few masks to keep on hand. They only cost a few dozen yuan. I'll show my support!"

"Thanks to Chen Mo for letting us have this big juicy gossip. We bought Shengshi Pictures stock and made quite a bit of money. It's nothing. Make more good movies. We'll buy you some masks!"

"Haha, no problem. I was quite shocked before, I thought Chen Mo had done something amazing, but it turns out it's just this? Just this?"

"No big deal, I'll buy it! I'll be going on a business trip soon anyway, and the Starry Night masks are still okay!"

Many spectators were stunned, especially those in the same industry, who found it completely incomprehensible.

Chen Mo was actually quite touched.

However, what Zhu Xiao didn't expect, and what the industry didn't expect even more, was that the most outrageous things were yet to come.

This matter has caused quite a stir.

Chen Mo's invincible status was broken, and the industrial company was suffering from sluggish sales, losses, and was on the verge of bankruptcy. This could hardly be good news, right?

But sometimes things just turn out so strangely.

Or perhaps it can only be attributed to Chen Mo's good interpersonal relationships. In recent years, especially in the earlier years, Chen Mo's film promotions have genuinely benefited netizens and movie fans.

For example, a nationwide quiz with prizes, or a dragon hunt and treasure hunt.

In addition, his movies have indeed received good reviews, so this incident has turned from a bad thing into a good thing.

Chen Mo himself never expected this.

Surprisingly, this incident has sparked another wave of mask trends.

Many live-streaming e-commerce hosts also saw this surge in traffic and the reactions from netizens, and they actually flocked to Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory to conduct live-streaming sales.

In particular, that huge warehouse has become a venue for many livestreamers to sell products.

Many people were surprised to find that live-streaming sales directly from the warehouse went very smoothly, giving them a feeling of discovering a new world.

Although Chen Mo had introduced live-streaming e-commerce much earlier, it wasn't yet the same as later on, where everyone went directly to factories and warehouses for so-called factory-direct sales. Chen Mo himself hadn't expected that this unexpected success would lead to the premature popularity of this model.

Many streamers saw the good results and started trying to stream directly from the warehouse, and the results were amazing!

This wave of online celebrities checking in at the Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory warehouse has actually directly sparked a trend of live-streaming sales through the warehouse.

Moreover, in this wave alone, Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory sold a considerable number of products.

Chen Mo was naturally delighted with this. He was worried about how to further increase production capacity and output. Several hundred million masks seemed like a lot, but in reality, compared to the pandemic that was about to sweep the world, it was just a drop in the ocean.

Zhu Xiao's "See you on Monday" announcement triggered a wave of retaliatory and supportive consumption from netizens, and with the help of livestreamers, Chen Mo successfully found a reason to continue expanding production capacity.

Although the old factory manager of Fanxing Factory tried his best to persuade him, Chen Mo still looked like he was eager for quick success. The previous expansion of production had only been carried out once. Although Chen Mo wanted to continue to expand production, he really didn't have a good reason because the sales were not keeping up.

He couldn't make it too deliberate, but things are completely different now.

Live-streaming e-commerce is indeed quite effective; at least in just a few days, more than ten million masks have been sold.

Chen Mo even wanted to give the guy who leaked the information a thumbs up.

If it weren't for him, I really wouldn't have dared to rashly continue expanding production capacity; that would have been too deliberate.

But things are different now. Look, sales have exploded again, so why not continue to expand production capacity?

Although it is still considered a joke and an amateur directing professionals, who can blame him when Chen Mo is the boss?
At the same time, Chen Mo waved his hand and placed another order for production materials.

He wasn't in it for the money. In fact, the little money that Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory could make from masks and other items was nothing to Chen Mo.

He just thought that since he had been reborn, he should at least do something, right?

He couldn't warn everyone in advance that the pandemic was coming, nor could he offer any good solutions, so he could only do what he could.

He never actually considered making money from this.

Making movies and TV series, investing in movies and TV series, and making personal investments both domestically and internationally, are already enough to make Chen Mo incredibly wealthy. He really doesn't care about that little bit of money.

It's just that at this moment, under the influence of the new "Monday reveal," Fanxing Medical Equipment Factory is under the spotlight, being watched by livestreaming e-commerce platforms and the media.

Therefore, his decisions could not be kept secret from the outside world.

The second round of expansion of mask production capacity has been exposed again, and this time, it has caused a real uproar.

"No, Chen Mo, can we stop this? Let's go back to making movies, you really shouldn't be messing around!"

"Where does this confidence come from? I can accept your confidence in making movies, but that's not how you run a real business!"

"Everyone, stop buying now. This is too reckless! Have you even cleared out your inventory yet? And you're already expanding production?"

"Masks, although they are consumables, are still a niche product. That's not how you do business!"

For a time, many movie fans tried their best to persuade Chen Mo.

But Chen Mo remained unmoved.

Expanding production capacity is now a foregone conclusion.

Many people really can't understand Chen Mo's actions at all.

Even those close to Chen Mo, his family and friends, couldn't understand it at all.

"Why?" Fan Binbin asked, completely baffled. She couldn't understand why Chen Mo, who was usually as shrewd as a fox, would make such foolish moves so frequently.

"I have my own plans, don't worry. 'Ne Zha' is about to be released, and this time we're focusing on movie merchandise. I have high hopes for this movie." Chen Mo had no choice but to use this explanation.

"Then there's no need to expand production capacity, right?" Fan Binbin still couldn't understand.

But what could she do? Anyway, Chen Mo was rich, so she let him be willful for a while.

Then, while many netizens were trying to persuade Chen Mo, suddenly, Chen Mo's female confidantes began to support Chen Mo's "willfulness"!
They've all started live-streaming e-commerce.

They specialize in selling face masks!
Not only themselves, but also the artists under their companies were pulled out to promote products.

This group is quite large, and they are all very famous celebrities.

For example, Yang Mi's top seed, Dilraba, who was once the number one live-streaming e-commerce influencer, was the first to participate.

The other female friends were not to be outdone. Fan Binbin even brought her younger brother to help Chen Mo, her brother-in-law, promote his products.

This is how we support Chen Mo's "willfulness"!
The traffic generated by celebrities promoting products, especially the most popular female celebrities in the entertainment industry, did indeed help Chen Mo achieve a huge sales surge.

Although it is still not enough compared to the output after the expansion of production capacity and the backlog of inventory.

However, it also deeply moved Chen Mo.

Chen Mo never mentioned this matter; it was something they had discussed and agreed upon themselves.

This matter has become a hot topic of conversation among many people in the entertainment industry.

"They really are a perfect match! Apparently, they all volunteered to help promote the products. These women are something else. They don't even know how to advise Chen Mo to stop being so willful, but they actually support him."

"What's this? There's the story of the ancient story of the beacon fire that amused the feudal lords. Aren't they spoiling Chen Mo way too much? They just let him be willful because he wants to be willful?"

"I refuse to believe they can't see that Chen Mo's actions were reckless and impulsive, yet instead of trying to dissuade him, they've actually encouraged his inexplicable overconfidence!"

"They really made me cry. Suddenly, I feel like I believe in love again, even though it doesn't seem so pure. But it's true, Chen Mo is good to them, and they're repaying him in this way. They're all working hard to promote products, just so Chen Mo can indulge himself!"

The media also reported on this matter.

In fact, some people initially thought that Chen Mo orchestrated this whole thing.

But soon several women came forward to clarify.

Moreover, the clarification is quite intriguing.

Fan Binbin: "He wouldn't let us help, but we couldn't just stand by and watch, could we? It's not the first time, after all! Friends should help each other out, of course."

Gao Yuanyuan: "I've tried to persuade him, but he won't listen. What can I do? As a friend, this is the only way I can support him!"

Yang Mi: "Just like netizens have said, I also think he should focus on the film and television industry, but there's nothing I can do, who told him to be so willful? As a good friend, it's not wrong for me to help him like this, right?"

Zhang Yuqi: "Oh? I know about this. Live streaming e-commerce is quite fun. If he wants to try it, then I'll play along."

Zhao Liying: "He is my mentor. Without him, there would be no Zhao Liying today, so I fully support him!"

Jing Tian: "I don't know, but since everyone supports him so much, I'll definitely support him too!"

Then netizens laughed.

"Seriously? Best friends? What kind of best friend would give away a billion dollars in one go?"

"This is just a cover-up, it's outrageous! But seriously, you guys are going too far. He's willful, and you just let him squander money like this? What? He's worth billions? Fine, never mind!"

"Strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual. You guys really know how to have fun!"

"I'm speechless. What's so fun about face masks? But what's even more speechless is that after watching the live stream, I actually bought dozens of face masks without thinking. I don't even know what to do with them!"

However, at this moment, a group of celebrities suddenly came out to join in the fun.

Huang Bo, Jin Dong, Lei Datou, Bai Baihe, Tang Zhuo, Zhang Yixin, Wang Chuanjun, Zhu Yulong, and many other celebrities who had worked with Chen Mo before have all helped promote his work for free.

Huang Bo also posted a funny picture of himself wearing a mask with the brand logo on it, saying, "Everyone says I look abstract, but after I put on this mask, you can't tell at all, right?"

Lei Datou: "Everyone says I have a big head, but that's a misunderstanding. Look, this mask is a standard size, and it fits me perfectly!"

Zhu Yulong: "Wearing a mask, even when I go out to take on funeral work, I won't feel embarrassed!"

This large group of celebrities actively helped promote the film, which also made many people realize Chen Mo's influence in the film and television industry.

You see, Chen Mo would never ask them for help with this, but they offered to help voluntarily.

Of course, netizens see their behavior as a display of high emotional intelligence, since Chen Mo's favors are not something everyone can obtain.

All they need to do is post a photo and a short message.

(End of this chapter)