The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 455 Investment
“Personally, I think the real estate sector is worth pursuing. With an investment of only $500 million, it can increase in value a hundredfold in two years, which is very worthwhile,” Fan Bingbing said at this point.

“I have no objection.” Gao Yuanyuan expressed her support for Xu Jiuyang as always.

After whispering something in Yang Mi's ear, Liu Qianqian also expressed her agreement: "We have no objections."

“I agree,” Li Yunxin said simply.

“Alright, I’ll put up 50 then, you can divide the rest among yourselves,” Angela shrugged.

“Then I’ll contribute 50.” Li Yunxin nodded.

Fan Bingbing frowned slightly, as if she felt something was wrong, but she only said, "Then Yuanyuan and I will each contribute 100 million, Qianqian and Mimi will contribute 100 million together, and the final 100 million will go to our great contributor?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xu Jiuyang.

Liu Qianqian was about to speak, but she turned her head first to prevent Yang Mi from elbowing her, thus losing her chance.

"Do you think this plan is suitable?" Xu Jiuyang's gaze swept over everyone.

“You have something better to say,” Angela shrugged.

“Yunxin and Anji won’t contribute any money. Sister Yuanyuan and Fan will each contribute 150 million yuan, I will contribute 100 million yuan, and Qianqian and Mimi will each contribute 50 yuan,” Xu Jiuyang said directly.

“Wait, you mean…” Angela sat up straight, her expression somewhat surprised.

Xu Jiuyang stood up, beckoned to her with his finger, and then held up another hand to Fan Bingbing: "If she's willing, she'll naturally tell you later."

The two stood in a corner of the private room, and Xu Jiuyang said directly, "You know what Yini's family does, right?"

“Of course, but what does that have to do with me getting a share?” Angela remained as calculating as ever.

"Don't you need them?" Xu Jiuyang asked back.

"Oh?" Angela raised her eyebrows.

“With your methods, you could easily make her your spokesperson in the US, just like you made Li Jiaxin your spokesperson in Hong Kong.” Xu Jiuyang didn’t explain, but started talking about something else. “That way, you can focus more of your energy on China instead of flying back and forth so often.”

“Besides that, only you and Yunxin can use CDS to hedge, just like I said, that would bring in at least a billion dollars.” He continued, staring at her without blinking.

“Okay, but when will the hedging you mentioned come?” Angela asked, crossing her arms.

“It won’t be later than 2010,” Xu Jiuyang gave a definite answer this time. “I suppose you know that there’s a famous story about the Great Depression of 1929.”

"You mean... a shoeshine man?" Angela asked thoughtfully.

"When even shoeshine boys are recommending stocks to you, then the market is doomed," Xu Jiuyang said casually. "So, you only need to focus on a few things: the identity of the homebuyer, the vacancy rate, and so on."

He looked at her and said, "I don't need to teach you these things. You started out in this industry."

“That is indeed a key point, but the problem is that the market can remain irrational for longer than you can afford to spend money,” Angela said, thoughtfully adding, “That’s what Keynes said.”

However, Xu Jiuyang did not respond, but his expression became a half-smile: "Anji, you know, I have always felt both lucky and apprehensive. After all, Yuanyuan and I grew up together, Fan and I can be considered childhood sweethearts, and Yunxin and I have worked together. But with you, just a simple suggestion has earned me such favor. Sometimes I really feel like I am blessed by God."

Angela paused for two seconds, then clearly gritted her teeth: "Perhaps it's because we met at Beihai Park that year—do you want to be a Christian? I can introduce you to someone." "Thank you, no need." Xu Jiuyang shook his head, "After discussing the returns, I'd like to discuss an investment that will be quite beneficial to you."

Angela frowned slightly, then gestured for him to come over. He beckoned to Li Yunxin, saying, "Yunxin, come over here too."

So she sighed inwardly.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Li Yunxin walked over.

"First, you can help each other with shorting subprime mortgages using CDS; second, after making a profit, you should invest in a capital-intensive industry in China," Xu Jiuyang said.

"What kind of capital-intensive industries?" Li Yunxin asked, showing no intention of refusing.

"You haven't even made any money yet, and you're already thinking about how to use it." Angela muttered, but still pricked up her ears and pretended to listen.

"Energy reserves, or rather the battery industry," Xu Jiuyang said without hesitation, "Whether it's the mobile phone industry or the laptop industry, batteries are an indispensable technology. Moreover, China has now completely banned motorcycles but not electric bicycles, so it can be expected that the number of electric bicycles will be staggering in the future."

He paused here, and seeing that Lee Yoon-hyung and Angela were still listening, he continued, "You can cooperate to invest in building a factory. This will bring technology, provide jobs, and pay taxes to the local area. As the scale grows, Yoon-hyung will be less constrained by Samsung, and Angela will become a guest of honor in the country. In fact, if the situation is good enough in the future, we might even be able to manufacture electric cars."

"What's going on here? Isn't this a bit too far-fetched?" Angela said in a hurry, even letting out a Beijing accent.

Lee Yoon-hyung thought about it seriously for a moment: "Oppa, I need to go back and collect information. I need to think about it carefully before I can give you an answer."

“No rush,” Xu Jiuyang nodded. “This is a big deal, and the window of opportunity is relatively long, giving us enough time to gather information and make a judgment.”

Then he looked at Angela: "Oh, right, I just remembered something. I saw a project when I was collecting information on subprime mortgages. If you invest money in it now, you should be able to make a profit."

"Really? What kind of project?" Angela immediately perked up.

“A website called ‘Facebook’ is quite adept at social networking,” Xu Jiuyang said.

“Oh, this…” Angela’s expression instantly turned to disappointment.

"What, you know? You don't think it's a good idea?" Xu Jiuyang was quite surprised.

“Of course not, I just invested in them not long ago.” Angela said somewhat listlessly.

Xu Jiuyang looked puzzled: "What made you choose this website?"

“It’s very simple. Now, all the portal websites have been divided up, and there are also dedicated search engines. If you want to create a website, you have to specialize in one direction, such as social networking, music, and so on.” Angela spread her hands. “Yunxin’s Samsung music website was able to carve out a piece of the pie from Apple because of its specialization.”

“Alright…” Xu Jiuyang gave a dry compliment, then turned to Li Yunxin and said, “Speaking of which, if Yunxin has time, she might as well take a look at ‘Facebook’ and create a localized social networking site in South Korea.”

"Okay." Lee Yoon-hyung agreed without hesitation, then, noticing something, quickly added, "What specific things should we pay attention to, Oppa?"

"No... there's nothing to be careful about. Just do what you think is best," Xu Jiuyang coughed. "That system is difficult to transplant to China, but it's fine to transplant to South Korea. If we can dominate the Japanese and South Korean markets, we can at least get a piece of the pie."

After a pause, he added, "Also, I'll teach you a trick that Facebook doesn't have, called—liking!"

(End of this chapter)