yournovel Chapter 016 90 Years Worth a Small All-In Bet on Microsoft
Chapter 016 90 Years Worth a Small All-In Bet on Microsoft
Summer Solstice, June 21.
The film crew for the (new money laundering) project was running smoothly, and filming wrapped up at 5 p.m. with one scene.
Su Nan was done for the day, and Guan Zhilin quickly came over.
"Brother Nan, weren't you looking to inspect more martial arts and fantasy special effects production?"
"A Chinese Ghost Story 2 involves quite a few elements, and Director Tsui is best at these kinds of things."
"Shall we go visit the set of A Chinese Ghost Story 2?"
The money laundering crew also filmed quite a few night scenes.
However, Sunan was busy with other business, organizing office rentals for Skyworth's two business segments.
From setting up the company structure to looking at and buying houses, he has a lot of freedom to finish work as he pleases.
The special effects that Sister Guan was talking about?
Su Nan laughed and said, "I'm not familiar with Director Xu, Director Cheng, or the actors over there."
When Chen Hong came over to bring tea, Sister Guan readily nodded, "I'll arrange it."
"Just buy some snacks, milk tea, or coffee; filming over there will be wrapped up soon."
After joking around, Sister Guan ran off to make a phone call.
Chen Hong muttered under her breath, "Boss, I think Rosamund Kwan is trying to seduce you and take advantage of you."
"By the way, did Joey Wong and Chyi Chin really break up? It was a long-term relationship."
"Although he has been rumored to have had relationships with Hui Koon-kit and Andy Lau since his debut."
"They're probably all fake, right? Sister Guan said Old Wang is a very beautiful and innocent girl."
Su Nan glanced at her speechlessly and walked outside. There was no need to pay too much attention to this gossip about their on-again, off-again relationship.
Some time later, his two Skyworth Entertainment cars had already driven to the set of A Chinese Ghost Story 2.
Special effects and stunts in Hong Kong entertainment during the early 90s.
Similar to the special effects at the end of A Chinese Ghost Story 3, where Tony Leung ascends to heaven and the clear sky reflects boundless darkness.
Then there's the "Ten Thousand Swords Unleashed in A Chinese Ghost Story 2" and the "New Crane Needle" where you ride a crane and fly, and so on.
These can all be modified to resemble the special effects of the final battle in (Kung Fu Hustle).
The nature is the same, and the resulting homemade special effects won't be too bad visually.
Wang Zuxian's version of (Green Snake) also features magical effects from the perspective of gods and demons. Lao Xu is indeed talented in this area!
In Su Nan, the driver drove the car in front, while the bodyguards followed in the car behind.
Rosamund Kwan hung up the phone again and laughed, "Brother Nan, Lai Sun's Lin Sheng has gone to the film set to chase after Xiao Qian again."
"If you have an idea, you'd better act quickly."
"At least in the Pan area, you'd definitely crush Lin Sheng, though whether you're a donkey or not is another matter."
Su Nan chuckled, "I'm currently in the prime of my career, I don't have the time to go off on such a tangent."
"I estimate that I will only have the ability to direct independently after I finish filming money laundering and kung fu."
Old Wang, with his long legs, is very handsome.
But Su Nan's heart was still set on saving tens of millions of dollars to create a live-action, big-budget mythological IP; Kung Fu was just a trial run.
We drove until a little after six o'clock and arrived at a set-up spot in the countryside.
Sister Guan took the lead in contacting the production team of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2", after all, she had made a phone call beforehand.
The group from southern Jiangsu soon met with assistant director Chen Desen, whose most well-known works in the future are "Bodyguards and Assassins" and "Kung Fu Jungle".
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Lao Chen led the way into the film set.
The current filming of A Chinese Ghost Story 2 involves various night scenes, which are related to the scenes set in the dilapidated Zhengqi Manor.
It's almost entirely action scenes, with people being suspended and flying around on wires.
This was just a reshoot; other scenes, such as the final battle against the centipede demon, had already been filmed.
The main creative team, including Zhang Guorong, Wang Zuxian, Zhang Xueyou, and Li Jiaxin, were all present.
Seeing celebrities waiting for night to break before filming even begins.
Chen Hong smiled and said, "Boss, I would like to take a photo with the two beauties from A Chinese Ghost Story, especially with their costumes from the show."
Ah Hong wanted to use the group photo to prove that she was capable even when standing in front of those two people.
Aside from being a little shorter, her looks and charm are not much different, and she deserves more respect and admiration from Su Nan.
Su Nan nodded, "Okay, I want to take a few photos too."
He briefly took photos and chatted with the big stars.
They stayed by Cheng Xiaodong's side, consulting him on martial arts special effects, Taoist magic, and sorcery effects.
In Kung Fu, Tiancan and Dique unleash their sonic attacks, producing translucent, real, and illusory sounds that create the appearance of a broadsword and flying sword.
From the invisible divine fist to the semi-transparent skeleton warriors that fly around when played, and so on.
This special effect is even more difficult to create using traditional methods than the Toad Kung Fu or the regular version of flying and stomping on a sculptor's feet.
In A Chinese Ghost Story 2, there is also a scene where Zuo Qianhu and Cihang Pudu's hidden minions fight each other.
Southern Jiangsu can only seek advice and learn from others for now.
In the time to come, besides busying with existing work, Su Nan also needs to go to the post-production of A Chinese Ghost Story 2 to observe and learn.
Fortunately, he had the air of a ruthless gangster, and Cheng Xiaodong was very kind to him.
Around 10 p.m., Su Nan had a late-night snack and then took Rosamund Kwan home.
He drove back to the hotel with Chen Hong, and they needed to speed up the process of buying the house.
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August 26, 1990, the afternoon of Qixi Festival.
Su Nan spent two months on the set of "(New Money Laundering)", and this time she really learned a lot of knowledge and experience in depth.
Visiting the sets of shows like "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" to learn from him helped him improve quickly.
Today marks the wrap-up day for filming, after which the crew will move on to post-production. Su Nan still has much to learn.
Previously, he would fly to Moscow twice at the end of each month and collect $35, mainly for quick trips back and forth.
Buying some everyday items in Hong Kong and putting them in your personal space is like giving the mafia a big gift.
In the past two months, I have also contacted Dickson and Lao Liang by phone twice more to pave the way for the hand-cranked emergency radio.
The lobbying efforts are progressing reasonably well.
During the same period, the expansion of the office system and the purchase of a house were also completed.
When he first went to the mainland, he had assets of about HK$300 million. He led three trips to Moscow to settle trade and brought back more than US$40 in personal belongings to Hong Kong.
The mainland has settled millions of RMB in various investments and spending.
The wealth he brought back to Hong Kong was used to buy a luxury mansion of over 1,000 square feet, mainly for his own residence.
Rosamund Kwan bought an apartment across from his house, which has two units per floor.
And if you had invested all $35 in Microsoft in June and July, you could easily buy US stocks in Hong Kong now!
Why? Microsoft's total market capitalization is now approaching $30 billion by the end of this year, up from $50 billion last year.
It's less than $45 billion now, before the global internet bubble burst around the turn of the millennium.
Its peak market capitalization exceeded $600 billion in December 1999.
There was a period in 1999 when the total market capitalization was over $5000 billion.
Su Nan knew that this was caused by the global internet bubble.
It's impossible to cash out at the peak, but a 100-fold increase over ten years is still a possibility!
If you cash out 100 times your initial investment, these stocks will be worth $35 million in ten years.
He doesn't just want to buy a house to live in; he's even willing to go all in on the money for it.
Thinking about it seriously, there's no need to worry; he still has several million RMB settled in mainland China.
It's not easy to exchange them for Hong Kong dollars or US dollars to buy stocks.
Only then did they consider buying a mansion in Shanghai and spending money to build a scenic street, Pig Cage Village, and other similar projects.
Furthermore, the transactions in August are still accumulating, and by the end of the month, it could easily exceed $150,000.
There is income every month, such as September and October.
The most important foundation of southern Jiangsu is still the Skyworth film and television system, for making movies!
Winning big prizes is not the ultimate pursuit of Taoist magic and immortal arts.
Even if a super AI were to appear in the early 90s, it could still sweep the world's technology scene.
To build the world's most advanced film industry system directly on Hong Kong Island!
There's no need to spend money on special effects in Hollywood; you might even end up paying money and getting treated badly.
Therefore, I can just keep adding to my Microsoft stock holdings with the remaining money.
The 4 billion-plus dollars have grown to nearly 600 billion dollars, a gradual increase over the past decade.
Microsoft will surpass $50 billion by the end of this year, having already surpassed $530 billion in 1995.
The main reason was the launch of Windows 3.0 and its phenomenal sales, which ushered in the era of software empires.
(New Money Laundering) has wrapped up filming, and Su Nan and several assistant directors are overseeing the final touches.
It's easy and efficient to do.
Others spend four years studying theoretical foundations in directing departments at universities such as the Shanghai Theatre Academy, the Central Academy of Drama, and the Beijing Film Academy.
I spent less than three months learning alongside two film crews in southern Jiangsu, and I feel I've gained so much.
After all, his physical strength and energy are super abundant, and his effective learning rate is much stronger.