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As the only top director to be present at the 2008 Spring Festival Gala, Wu Mingxuan naturally attracted considerable attention. His table was filled with beautiful women, especially the strikingly similar Li Bingbing and Li Xue, who captivated many fans. However, despite his front
-row seat, Wu Mingxuan's seating was distinct from that of the political and business leaders, a testament to the true status of the entertainment industry: despite boasting impressive performances, he ultimately remains unremarkable.
However, Wu Mingxuan is still much more impressive than the entertainment industry performers in the adjacent areas. At least the Wang brothers have no chance to sit in the area where he is sitting now. He is already close to the top of the entertainment industry and is only one step away from the political and business leaders next to him.
Noticing that Wu Mingxuan was vaguely staring at the political and business bigwigs nearby, Li Xue immediately introduced them to Wu Mingxuan: "That is Mr. Zhu Xinli from Huiyuan, this is Mr. Niu Gensheng from Mengniu, and there is Mr. Shi Yuzhu from Giant Group..."
Li Xue introduced Wu Mingxuan to a large number of today's very powerful national entrepreneurs. She knew them all by heart, and just by listening to her introduction, you would feel that each of these people is very powerful, a real figure of the times, a big boss among big bosses, and a legendary business tycoon.
However, Wu Mingxuan looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart, especially Zhu Xinli of Huiyuan. He would not be around by this time next year. Selling Coca-Cola bankrupted himself. Wu Mingxuan was in awe of this "pig"'s intelligence. Sometimes success can really be achieved by luck, and it really has little to do with talent, hard work, or intelligence.
"Brother Xuan, do you think they're just average?"
"Only a few of them are okay. See that Wang Jianlin in the back row? He's the owner of Wanda Cinemas, the real boss.
And that effeminate Xu Jiayin wearing an Hermès belt? He's no ordinary guy either. They'll definitely have a place in the future of Chinese business. Everyone else combined is no match for them both."
Hangzhou Ma and Shenzhen Ma are naturally more powerful, but unfortunately, their current status is too low to qualify for Spring Festival Gala tickets. They won't truly emerge until 10 years from now.
As for investing in the big and small Ma, Shenzhen Ma's Wu Mingxuan has already made arrangements to acquire Li Zekai's 20% stake by the end of 2008. This would be worth $60 billion in the future, firmly in the top three globally, and could rival Berlusconi.
However, the situation at Penguin is complex. Wu Mingxuan doesn't think he can truly retain such a large stake, but scooping up a large stake would easily make him the richest man. When the price is right for Li Zekai, there's no question of not selling. Whoever sells will be sold? Besides, Isabella Leong is still an artist at Emperor Entertainment Group.
This is also why Wu Mingxuan chose Emperor Entertainment Group. If you just say you want to buy your shares, it's unlikely someone as shrewd as Li Zekai would agree. If Penguin becomes a superstar, he'll definitely be jealous of you. You're not ICBC; who can really mess with you?
So, they need to find a way out. Isabella Leong offers a good one. She'll be pregnant soon, and then they can terminate their contract with Emperor Entertainment Group. With his current influence there, he can easily take over, offering the Penguin shares as a bonus. After all, he only sold them for $25 million in early 2009, while Isabella Leong's termination fee was 300 million.
Hangzhou Ma is a tough sell. Now that they're profitable and have plenty of money to spend, how can they sell when others haven't even had time to buy back their shares? So, Wu Mingxuan might as well invest the money in fruit and Facebook.
After reaching a certain base, the return on investment becomes meaningless; what matters is the final total assets. Therefore, Wu Mingxuan's ultimate bargain hunting will only be in a few world-class companies that will later become popular.
Twelve years ago, the fruit industry was doomed, and twelve years later, the penguin and Amazon were. With just these few stocks, Wu Mingxuan was destined to be rich in the future, so he didn't really look down on the business tycoons next door, including Lao Wang and Lao Xu.
Li Xue naturally didn't understand Wu Mingxuan's loneliness, but she knew Wu Mingxuan was making a killing in the oil business, which made her want to join in the fun. It was almost as good as selling counterfeit money. In Wushuang, Li Wen and his team only had $200 million, and they were fighting each other. Wu Mingxuan's account was already close to $300 million. Are you afraid?
Wu Mingxuan saw this year's Spring Festival Gala, but it's been so long that I've forgotten many of the scenes. Rewatching it now is quite fascinating; the quality is indeed much higher than later performances. Bai Bing's segment wasn't originally
included. While Big Brother and Han Hong sang a duet of "Myth," she, as Princess Yu Shu, led the graceful "Flying Apsaras" dance, essentially swallowing up the original "Flying Apsaras" performance and becoming the lead dancer. That's the allure of a superstar. Big Brother really did the job.
"Sister Bing looks so beautiful tonight! I wonder when I'll be able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala!"
Wu Mingxuan looked at Li Qin and asked, "Do you really want to be on the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Yeah, I do. Sister Yifei wants to do it too, right? It's one of the biggest dreams for us young actors."
Noticing Wu Mingxuan's gaze was directed at her, Liu Yifei quickly shook her head and said, "No, I'm not interested."
"No, how about I bring out four beauties for you some other day, and you each pick one beauty to act in, and after that you will be the new four leading ladies."
Li Xue's eyes lit up and said, "That will take two or three years, and besides, the four beauties are not good. It would be better to just use the four leading ladies, Li Xiangjun, Fan Lihua, Yu Ji, and Yang Guifei. Aren't they just worthy of the name?"
The Four Heavenly Kings were hyped up in this way at the award ceremony. The four of them were famous enough for their looks, and with professional marketing and publicity, they naturally became the strongest lineup recognized by everyone later.
The current "Four Dans" and "Two Bings" don't actually have this kind of recognition; they're simply the product of a concerted marketing campaign by the most powerful. So, the popularity of the four leading actresses appearing together on the Spring Festival Gala alone is enough to warrant a direct replacement. After all, the time is almost right.
Wu Mingxuan had originally mentioned it casually, but on reflection, it seemed like it could actually work. Three years from now, in the 2011 Spring Festival Gala, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, and the others would also be up for the show. It would be a matter of choosing the four most obedient and sensible ones.