Entertainment: Starting with a complete collapse

Zhao Liyuan neither refused nor immediately agreed.

Given her relationship with Xu Ying and Ren Dong, it would definitely be no problem for her to be the brand ambassador for "Te Xiang Lai". Zhao Liyuan is considering something else.

If she remembered correctly, the business idea for the snack brand "Te Xiang Lai" was conceived by Huang Min. This guy... At this point, Zhao Liyuan was also somewhat tempted.

Her agent persuaded her to invest in Huang Min's film project.

Zhao Liyuan is also considering this matter. Now that she has a snack chain supermarket called "Te Xiang Lai", Zhao Liyuan is considering whether she should privately discuss with Huang Min about developing a second industry for herself in addition to the film and television industry.

It's worth noting that over the years, Zhao Liyuan has not developed any other businesses of her own. Although she is one of the shareholders of Xu Ying's entertainment company and has purchased a lot of real estate, the entertainment company was started by Xu Ying, and the real estate was purchased because she travels a lot for filming, so she bought houses in many places.

These are not really businesses.

Zhao Liyuan had never thought about these things before, mainly because she thought she didn't have the brains for it and was worried about squandering the money she had worked so hard to earn, so she didn't dare to venture into areas she didn't understand.

Things are different now.

There was one person who seemed to know a lot about this.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Ying's laughter rang out again: "Ren Dong conducted an internal valuation assessment of the 'Texianglai' brand within his own company. Do you know how much it cost?"

"How many?"

Zhao Liyuan asked subconsciously.

Ren Dong said that if managed well, reaching a scale of tens of billions should not be difficult.

Xu Ying replied with a smile, "So, besides making good movies, that bastard also knows how to find investment opportunities. Supermarkets are everywhere, sometimes there are five or six on one street, but who would have thought that they could integrate all the snacks into one supermarket? Anyway, once this 'Te Xiang Lai' brand is rolled out in major cities across the country, many small retail supermarkets will go out of business."

When talking about "bankruptcy", Xu Ying's tone showed no sympathy or pity.

The market is never a place where personal relationships matter.

Now that the "Texianglai" business concept has emerged, even if they don't do it, other capital will. The market, in particular, needs a constant stream of competitiveness. Only through competition can consumers benefit.

Just like "Te Xiang Lai," before several stores opened, some people who went to the supermarket wouldn't buy snacks because the prices were too high. But as "Te Xiang Lai" opened, people would visit it several times a month, but on the 8th of each month, they could buy a big bag of snacks for a hundred or so dollars. This kind of situation directly aroused the desire of people who originally didn't plan to buy snacks.

Anyway, "Te Xiang Lai" has figured out the secret to low profit and high volume.

"Tens of billions?"

Zhao Liyuan's expression changed slightly.

If she remembered correctly, the snack brand "Te Xiang Lai" was created by Xu Ying, Ren Dong, Huang Min, and Wan Hao, the former general manager of Zhongteng Film Industry, each investing 25 million yuan, totaling 100 million yuan. Zhao Liyuan found it somewhat unbelievable that 100 million yuan could be used to leverage a market worth tens of billions of yuan.

"It might be possible in the future, but it's hard to say right now. However, Ren Dong will definitely ask us for money in a while. He spent a lot of money building the supply chain system and logistics warehouses."

Xu Ying replied, "Ren Dong is basically focused on 'Te Xiang Lai' now, probably because he was hurt by that electric car brand he invested in before."

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"This is the first time I've seen him lose money on investments."

Zhao Liyuan learned about this from the news. It is said that Ren Dong lost a lot of money this time. If he hadn't reacted in time, the owner of the car brand would have absconded abroad with the money.

"Me too"

Xu Ying smiled and nodded: "But I think it's a good thing. If he doesn't lose money once, he'll really think he's some kind of investment god, that he can make any business plan he sets his sights on succeed. This time the loss was relatively small, which is a wake-up call. If he continues like this, he'll lose big money sooner or later, and then it will be crippling. Anyway, Ren Dong really admires this guy now, saying that he's clear-headed and not blindly optimistic. After spending some time with him, I've also found that this guy is really clear-headed. Besides making movies, he's only done two animations. He doesn't touch any other products, such as financial products, and he doesn't even sell calligraphy and paintings. I have two paintings at home, which I originally planned to give to him, but this guy didn't even look at them and said he didn't want them. He likes painting and calligraphy so much, but he didn't even want them for free. Obviously, he's restraining his desires."

Zhao Liyuan gave a wry smile.

Huang Min didn't actually restrain his desires; he simply shifted them elsewhere.

I used to like calligraphy and paintings, but now I like women.

"Stop for a moment."

Noticing the car pass a snack shop called "Te Xiang Lai," Zhao Liyuan instinctively called out. As Xu Ying stopped the car in confusion, Zhao Liyuan took out a mask and put it on, saying, "I'm going to buy two bottles of water. You wait in the car for a while."

"Soft bread with a touch of Da Yuan"

Xu Ying spoke up.

"knew"

Zhao Liyuan responded and quickly entered the store while wearing a mask. Today was not the 8th, a member's day, but there were still quite a few customers in the store, each carrying or dragging a basket. Zhao Liyuan walked around and found that the snacks in the store were indeed much cheaper than outside, and each customer who came in bought at least half a basket of snacks, and some even bought a full basket.

Buying water was not Zhao Liyuan's main purpose.

She was more curious to know whether Huang Min and the other three investors had established the "Te Xiang Lai" brand and whether the business was as good as her best friend Xu Ying had said.

After seeing it with her own eyes, Zhao Liyuan truly understood what "hot" meant.

Zhao Liyuan hadn't seen what was going on on the 8th, the members' day, mainly because the snack brand "Te Xiang Lai" didn't have a store around her neighborhood. But judging from the fact that there was still a long queue even though it wasn't members' day, there should be even more people coming to buy snacks in the evening.

While Zhao Liyuan was queuing, people kept coming in from the store entrance.

All three cash registers were open, but Zhao Liyuan still waited for about fifteen minutes before paying and leaving. She opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, handing Xu Ying a bottle of mineral water and the bread Xu Ying had ordered. Xu Ying took the bread, tore open the packaging, took a bite, and smiled, "How's it going? Business is booming, isn't it?"

"It's really popular."

Zhao Liyuan nodded.

After witnessing the bustling scene in the store, Zhao Liyuan had already made up her mind. She wanted to talk to Huang Min about starting a side business. Zhao Liyuan didn't think about making too much money; ten or twenty million a year would be enough. If that wasn't possible, a few million a year would be good too.

Having a stable side hustle means you have a backup plan even if your acting career is completely ruined.

Her agent Zhang Xue is right. Anyway, they've already had a son, and Huang Min even went so far as to pull Xu Ying into the second bedroom at her house. Who knows when he might do something even more outrageous at her house in pursuit of greater excitement?

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