The two of them talked in the living room until about eight o'clock. Yang Dongxu declined Fu Chaming's offer to stay and stayed at the Peninsula Hotel where he had reserved a room.
When he returned to the hotel, he made a call to Zhou Ya. Zhou Ya was currently taking care of all his companies and assets internationally, so it would be more appropriate for Fu Chaming to leave the matter of buying diamonds from Russia to Zhou Ya.
Coincidentally, Yang Dongxu had always wanted to get some diamond minerals from Russia, but he had never had the chance. After all, this is a monopoly industry, and it is much more difficult to enter than to win some iron ore, copper ore or something.
However, some time ago, he was acquiring a list of wealthy Russian businessmen that Natasha provided him that they wanted to sell. One of the big deals involved the shares of ALROSA, Russia's largest diamond company.
The diamond mines are in Russia, and these wealthy businessmen must clear out these shares if they want to run away. Therefore, when the international diamond industry was clearly on the rise, he obtained 5.2% of ALROSA's shares at a relatively low price and stepped into this monopoly industry.
Returning to the Peninsula Hotel and walking through the lobby to take the elevator, a woman's figure attracted Yang Dongxu's attention. The tall figure and elegant long hair that fell over his shoulders made him stunned for a moment as he was used to seeing beautiful women.
Li Jiaxin is indeed a bit unphotogenic, a female star who is more beautiful in real life than on the screen. She is the nightmare of all wives in Hong Kong and is undisputedly the most beautiful Hong Kong sister.
Li Jiaxin, who was being so noticed, glanced at Yang Dongxu subconsciously. She was obviously very accustomed to this kind of gaze. She just smiled slightly, just like greeting fans, which was normal.
Yang Dongxu, who was a little dazed, quickly reacted, smiled apologetically and stepped aside to let the people in the elevator come out first. Only then did he realize that there were several familiar faces in the store, and everyone looked familiar. He was dressed in a fancy dress. I wonder if he had just finished a banquet held at the Peninsula Hotel or something.
"Haha, the man just looked at Jiaxin and was stunned."
"Isn't this normal? Any man's eyes will go blank when he sees our beautiful woman Jiaxin."
"Standing in front of the private elevator of the Peninsula Hotel, maybe he has a good family background. Are you interested in Jiaxin? If not, I will inquire about his identity and prepare to pursue him."
Several women teased each other in low voices. Yang Dongxu, who had good ears, scratched his head in embarrassment and closed the elevator. After all, they can be regarded as people who have seen the big world, and there are many beautiful female celebrities like Heina.
When I personally produced albums for girl groups before, the stars of Korean girl groups were all selected as if they were the emperor's concubines. All of them had long legs, good figures, and beautiful faces. I was really surprised to be stunned by a beautiful woman today.
But it was just because he was stunned for a moment. Apart from praising the other person for being beautiful, he had no other thoughts in his heart.
If a few years ago he still wanted to collect some obscene thoughts about the goddess in his heart in his previous life. Now, as I continue to adapt to the status of a wealthy person, my thinking has begun to mature little by little. Sometimes he may have the urge to think in his lower body, but more often than not he has a mature personality that allows him to appreciate a woman's beauty, but he will not be obsessed with getting her into bed.
Since he was going to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days, he went to the gym downstairs early the next morning to do some physical exercise. After the meeting, Yang Dongxu went to the branch of Hurricane Construction.
After the financial crisis, in order to comply with the requirements of the Hong Kong government, Yang Dongxu did not sell any of his properties, and even continued to sell some real estate properties. These properties are all his personal private properties and have nothing to do with Hurricane Construction, but they are now handled by Hurricane Construction's branch in Hong Kong.
Since being swept by the financial crisis, Hong Kong is the only place in Asia that has not benefited from financial capital. Yang Dongxu has made a lot of money, but for the overall economy of Hong Kong, it has hurt the enemy by one thousand and hurt himself by eight hundred.
Especially for the Hong Kong property market, it has begun to decline for two consecutive years, making many capital increasingly desperate. Even if the government steps in to maintain stability and many wealthy people come forward to express their views, they still cannot prevent this cold winter from continuing to cool down.
Therefore, it is obviously impossible for these properties to be resold, and the government will certainly not agree. Therefore, these properties are currently generating income in the form of rentals.
And every year Yang Dongxu had to pay money for maintenance, as well as various taxes and property fees, etc. Therefore, Hong Kong's main economy must be very optimistic at present. After all, it is backed by the mainland market. But those with brains in the real estate industry will know that a complete collapse will happen sooner or later. In fact, it has collapsed now just because the government has intervened and it has not completely cooled down.
"It's not like I don't know. I'm shocked when I calculate it." Looking at the detailed statistics of all his Hong Kong properties in his hand, Yang Dongxu shook his head speechlessly.
Because not all of these properties were purchased with full payment, many were purchased with bank loans. So after excluding a lot of various expenses, rent, etc., Yang Dongxu not only cannot make money with these properties, but also pays nearly 200 million to the bank every year.
This is because he bought most of the properties before they were speculated. Even if he bought them at a low price, he would lose so much every year. The life of those who came in after flipping houses can be imagined.
Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Hong Kong's real estate collapses completely. Only after the domestic economy enters the fast lane and prospers, can Hong Kong real estate rely on the motherland to make a comeback, and then be blown up again like a bubble. But it will take several years before this time comes, which means that Yang Dongxu will continue to lose money for a few more years.
"The trap is a bit big. Fortunately, I made a lot of money this time, otherwise I would really have to sell my underwear."
After roughly taking stock of the properties under his name, Yang Dongxu went to Haina. At present, Hainer has a total of three branches and one studio. The three branches are in mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States. A studio was set up specifically for Li Zongsheng.
After confirming that everything in the mainland headquarters is on track, and starting to smoothly introduce Hong Kong and Taiwan stars and entertainment works to the mainland. Li Zongsheng is no longer based in Yanjing. Instead, he spends most of the year in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
There is a branch in Hong Kong, so Haina specially built a studio for Li Zongsheng in Wanwan. It is more convenient for him to create and help Hainer artists produce albums.
At present, although the Mainland Haina headquarters has the largest number of artists, the most famous artists are undoubtedly those in Hong Kong. After all, although the mainland's entertainment industry is developing rapidly, it still cannot compete with Hong Kong and Taiwan. The entire Chinese entertainment market is still dominated by Hong Kong and Taiwan. Therefore, Haina has signed many big-name artists in Hong Kong.
For example, Stephen Chow, Aaron Kwok, Maggie Cheung, etc. In fact, Yang Dongxu wanted to sign all the goddesses Brigitte Lin, Qiu Shuzhen and Zhu Yin, as well as the four kings.
But these goddesses and kings that he favored were the pillars of major companies. Unless Haina wanted to start a strong war, these were not for sale. So I can only drool over these celebrities, but I can’t get them all.
But even so, Haina's artists still make other entertainment companies jealous, accounting for almost half of the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry.
When he went to the company, he walked around as if he was on a sudden inspection. Yang Dongxu went to the set of Master Xing. Since signing Stephen Chow, Yang Dongxu has given him all kinds of unrestricted freedoms.
Therefore, while trying to act, Star Master also began to constantly try to make his own films. Most of these films were funded by Haina, and sometimes they also received investment from other companies, or Stephen Chow himself invested.
"You didn't say anything when you came here?" Stephen Chow, who saw Yang Dongxu holding the director's microphone, told the assistant next to him and walked over with a smile.
"I saw you were busy when I arrived so I didn't bother you. Are you tired of being both a director and a leading actor?" Yang Dongxu asked with a smile.
Now Stephen Chow is filming "The King of Comedy". I don't know who directed this movie in his previous life, Yang Dongxu. However, in this life, Stephen Chow acted as the director himself and also became the leading actor with Heiner as his backing.
"It's okay, but I have a different feeling. At first, it was quite embarrassing to watch my acting from the director's point of view." Stephen Chow said with a smile.
"You can imagine, for example, when I was in school, when I occasionally read the compositions I wrote, I felt like I would blush and not want to read on."
"Does it feel like the writing is too good?"
"No, it feels too embarrassing to write. I don't know what I was thinking about writing like that." Yang Dongxu laughed.
When Yang Dongxu arrived, he had just finished shooting one shot, and the set manager was directing the staff to arrange the scene for another shot. So Cecilia Cheung, who plays the leading role, came over.
"Brother Xing." Cecilia Cheung came over and said hello to Stephen Chow, and then looked at Yang Dongxu curiously.
In fact, both as a director and an actor, Stephen Chow is very qualified and even top-notch, but in private he is a bit silent and in the movie he is completely the same person, so he doesn't have many friends with whom he can chat. This is the first time Cecilia Cheung smiles so happily when she sees Stephen Chow chatting with friends.
"Let me introduce my friend Xu Zi. This is the heroine in my play, Cecilia Cheung." Stephen Chow did not introduce Yang Dongxu's identity, but only mentioned his name.
"Hello." Cecilia Cheung nodded, bowed and stretched out her hand politely.
"Hello." Yang Dongxu stretched out his hand and shook it.
Although Cecilia Cheung didn't give him the same surprise as Michelle Reis when she saw him, because Michelle Reis is indeed more beautiful than she looks on the screen. There is basically no difference between Cecilia Cheung on the screen and Cecilia Cheung in reality.
But in his heart, he still couldn't help but lament that the Hong Kong female stars of this period were indeed more beautiful than the others. Cecilia Cheung, who was born in 1980, is only 19 years old this year. It is in her prime years that she loses the charm of a young woman in her previous life and becomes more youthful, lively and sunny.
A few people chatted for a while, and the scene manager finished setting up the scene for the next shot. Yang Dongxu smiled and waved his hand to show that he didn't care. Stephen Chow went back and took the guidance microphone. He first arranged the filming work, and then started to play opposite Cecilia Cheung.
Even the director Yang Dongxu was very familiar with the filming scene, so there was nothing too curious about it, so he stood behind the camera to see the results.
I have to say that although the 19-year-old Cecilia Cheung looks a little green, her acting skills are really not that good. All the shots were basically shot in one go. Even if there was something bad, it could be corrected quickly as long as Stephen Chow pointed it out, so the filming progress was very fast.
