independent filmmaker

On the night when the process was suspended by the private bank, Xie Lansheng slept by himself, while Xinye sat in the study, searching for information and seeking a breakthrough.

This is the only one that agrees to use the copyright as a pledge for Deep Blue.If the bank does not agree, it is useless to ask other questions.Of course, there are other fundraising methods, such as financing a round of financing, but it has a relatively high risk and may lose management authority.For Xinye and Shenlan, applying for the copyright of the film is the safest way.

He dug out the financial statements of "China Mining" last year, and turned over the profit and loss statement, including sales revenue, net profit, etc., the balance sheet and cash flow statement page by page.China Mining was listed in Hong Kong and New York in 2001, and as a listed company, its financial report naturally needs to be disclosed.

Not long after, Xin Ye finished reading the financial report, put his right elbow on one armrest, touched his lower lip with his index finger, and laughed.

In the early morning of the next day, Xinye prepared breakfast, woke Xie Lansheng up and went downstairs, then walked to the French window, called a friend he knew with the boss of China Mining Co., Ltd., and asked him to ask, he He has some important words about whether he can meet with Yu Riqiang in these two days.

Friends are very reliable.Only an hour later, he called back to Xinye and said, "At exactly four o'clock this afternoon, Yu Riqiang has a little time for about 15 minutes. If you want to, you can go to the headquarters of China Mining Co., Ltd. The address is... Go to the front desk to register, and visitors need to print their name tags."

"Okay," Xinye said, "thank you."

"Hi, you're welcome!"

Then Xinye ate breakfast and reported to Xie Lansheng that he would go to China Mining at four o'clock this afternoon and would not go to Deep Blue Films during the day.Xie Lansheng asked if his lover had a solution, Xinye replied "80%", Lansheng asked the specific details, but Xinye didn't say any more, just said, I will tell him when it really happens.

After a couple of lovers had breakfast, Xin Ye threw the bowl into the dishwasher, went upstairs to sleep for four hours, and then prepared lunch for the two of them.

It was already 02:30 after eating.Feeling that the time was almost up, Xin Ye rushed casually, blow-dried his hair again, and put on his shirt, suit, tie, and watch slowly in front of the mirror, as if he was not in a hurry.The gray lake-green shirt and anthracite-colored suit would definitely look ugly to others, but Xinye could completely suppress them, giving them an air of dignity and overwhelming aura.

"Xinye," Xie Lansheng was still a little worried, he gently put his arms around the other person's waist, raised his eyes, and said, "...I'm sorry."

"Ok?"

"Because 2000 million was thrown out at once, and I went back to before liberation overnight." Xie Lansheng still remembers that in October 10, when Xinye founded Deep Blue Films, there was 3500 million yuan in the account, which Xinye took out by himself, one cent No one else was allowed out.

Xinye was almost amused. He cupped the other's face with both hands, and carefully pecked on Xie Lansheng's forehead: "Don't worry, it's a small matter."

"..."

"Director Xie," Xin Ye said again, "If you weren't here, I wouldn't be returning to China, I wouldn't be driving Deep Blue, and I wouldn't be investing in any movies."

"...Well," Xie Lansheng kissed Xinye's chin, kissed again, and said, "everything is going well."

"Will do."

Then they kiss goodbye.I don't know what's going on, Xin Ye can never get enough of Xie Lansheng's tongue.He has always been calm, only obsessed with this person. It didn't change in the first four years, and it didn't change in the next eight years. The addiction even got deeper and deeper, and he couldn't get rid of it.

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Xin Ye carried a stack of printed things this morning, opened the car door, sat in the main driver, ignited the ignition, pushed the gear, and drove out of the garage. The master bedroom on the third floor watched Xin Ye leave slowly.

The China Mining Headquarters Building is not far from the central villa area, and Xin Ye arrived at the designated location 20 minutes earlier.The security at the gate of the parking lot confirmed the visitor's information with the front desk, and let Xinye in. Xinye parked his car, went up to the first floor in the elevator, registered his name, printed his name tag, and waited about After ten minutes, one of Yu Riqiang's assistants finally came down to pick him up the stairs.

All the way to the 30th floor, the assistant led Xin Ye to the innermost room.

This is indeed Yu Ziqiang's general manager's office.

The room layout is very "state-owned".The office has a large area, with an office area on one side and a reception area on the other.In the most conspicuous place of the office is a solid wood desk, behind which stands a row of bookcases of the same color, in the middle of the reception area is a rectangular table, surrounded by a set of black sofas, on the coffee table are high-end tea sets, bonsai Stone, there is also a very Chinese-style large screen in the reception area, with flowers blooming on it, and there seems to be a set of bedding behind it-the boss of a state-owned enterprise often sleeps at noon.On both sides of the screen are lucky bamboos in blue and white porcelain pots, with lush branches and leaves, growing well.

The male assistant walked back to the door and fetched a glass of water for Xinye, and just after putting it on the table, Yu Ziqiang pushed the door open and walked in after the meeting.

Xinye stood up.

As the boss of a state-owned enterprise, Yu Ziqiang is at the right age.He was born in 1951, exactly 20 years older than Xinye.He has a hooked nose and a pair of vertical eyebrows, he looks very difficult to deal with, Xin Ye thought, no wonder.This Yu Ziqiang is very aggressive. After taking office, he made a comprehensive layout of light metals, heavy metals, and rare metals, and then made frequent cross-border acquisitions with a strategic vision. It only took three years from localization to internationalization.Now, he wants to expand upstream, which is the right idea.

Yu Ziqiang strode past Xinye's long black sofa, stopped in front of the single sofa near the window.Just as Xinye wanted to shake hands with him, Yu Ziqiang waved his hand, pointed at Xinye's sofa, and said, "Sit."

Xinye nodded, sat back, held the armrest of the sofa with his left hand, squeezed the paper cup in front of him with his right hand, took a sip of warm water, then leaned his upper body forward slightly, crossing his fingers.

The assistant who brought Xinye up walked out the door like a cat without making a sound.Yu Ziqiang opened the tea leaves, rubbed some of them and threw them into the teapot, squinted his eyes and clicked the button, and clear water flowed into the teapot.He adjusted the temperature of the electric stove and boiled the tea.After finishing all these, he asked Xinye: "Longjing, do you want to drink?"

Xinye nodded: "It's troublesome."

Yu Ziqiang said: "I only have 15 minutes."

"15 minutes is enough for a chat."

Yu Ziqiang looked at Xin Ye again: "Deep Blue Films... is Mr. Xin right? Big star, big star, I took my son to watch "xx". If it wasn't for... I don't even know that actor started his own cultural company." Of course, he has never heard of a small cultural company, but Xin Ye, the leading actor in "xx", is the heir of XYZ Hotels & Resorts, but he knows it, so he has the right to listen to the gossip.

"Well, I won't act anymore." Xin Ye said, "I want to contribute to Chinese films. Mines are important, and culture is also important."

"Have a heart."

Xin Ye raised his eyes, and then said, "I'm here today, mainly for the 200 billion US dollars in loans for China's mining industry."

After hearing this, Yu Ziqiang finally turned his eyes to Xin Ye: "Huh?"

"To tell you the truth." Xinye said, "Xingmin Bank verbally promised a loan of 5000 million to Deep Blue, and Deep Blue Pictures used the two unmade movies as pledges. Xingmin Bank's performance is average, and its risk policy is relatively loose. But... …Because of this cross-border acquisition by China Mining, it released 2 million US dollars at once, and now, for the sake of reserves and risk control, it has suspended the signing process with several companies such as Deep Blue.”

After hearing this, Yu Ziqiang frowned suddenly.The two eyebrows were raised even more, and the flesh between the eyebrows was squeezed into a ball.He couldn't believe it, and asked, "Mr. Xin...hope that China Mining can get rid of Xingmin Bank? In this way, Xingmin Bank can only go back to Shenlan and continue to lend money?"

Don't let Xingmin join in?Yu Ziqiang thought: he is such an idiot, the actor really has no intelligence.This is still the heir of XYZHotels&Resorts, it seems that he will only lose his family property, unfortunately, the cultural company he opened by himself will not survive this year.Looking at this Xinye, he is quite narcissistic and arrogant.It was probably because he had a halo and was dressed in fine clothes and food since he was a child, and he really thought that the world revolved around him.He even went so far here, arrogantly and inexplicably made himself refuse "Xingmin"'s request to join the syndicate.

The common problem of such people is that their eyes are higher than the top, which is unrealistic.Yu Ziqiang has seen a lot.Open and shut "change the world" and "benefit mankind". Everyone wants to hear the bell of Nasdaq, and keeps saying "I will quit when I go public". The person in front of me is the same. Just now, he only said two or three sentences , just bluntly said "I want to contribute to Chinese films", "Ore is important, and culture is also important".

He should go back to acting, the company doesn't work like this.

Xinye's ten fingers tapped each other on the back of his hand flexibly, smiled, and replied: "Forget it, it doesn't count."

Yu Ziqiang: "...Oh?"

Yu Ziqiang didn't understand Xin Ye's words.

Xin Ye didn't let Yu Ziqiang sit on the sofa wondering for too long, and said again: "I hope...China Mining will immediately withdraw all loan applications, including those to China Development Bank, China Export-Import Bank, Bank of China, and ICBC Yes, and of course Hing Min Bank. I know that now, five banks have agreed to provide a total of 200 billion US dollars, but so far this news has not been announced to the public, nor has it been officially submitted to MNM and Australia FIRB. It’s too late to withdraw immediately.”

Yu Ziqiang was even more baffled and even ridiculous by this outburst. He suppressed it and asked, "Then, may I ask Mr. Xin, why did we do this?"

Xin Ye smiled, took the materials he had just printed out this morning, turned to one part, pushed the stack of paper along the coffee table to Yu Ziqiang with his slender fingers, and placed it on the corner: "Mr. Yu, check it out."

Yu Ziqiang was even more puzzled. He didn't know what kind of medicine was being sold in the gourd of the big movie star. He put down the small tea bowl in his hand, took the stack of papers from the other party, glanced at it, and smiled, saying "That's it? I thought it was What?" said in a tone of voice: "This is China Mining's 2003 financial report, which was just released last month. I am familiar with numbers, what are you doing with this?"

"Mr. Yu," Xin Ye's eyes fell on the financial report for a second, neither serious nor serious. Then, his long eyelashes moved, and his vulture-like eyes fixed on Yu Ziqiang's eyes, and said, "China Mine 2003 The annual sales revenue and net profit are... and..., and the profit per share is only 0.08 yuan, which is still RMB."

"Yes," Yu Ziqiang said, "Our operating costs increased significantly last year due to the acquisition."

Xin Ye smiled, shook his head, leaned against the sofa, crossed his long legs, rested his left elbow on the armrest, and rested his right elbow on his lap, crossed his beautiful fingers, looked at the tea table, then looked at Yu Ziqiang, and said: " The net profit for the whole year of 2003 was too low. Moreover, several cross-border acquisitions of other companies had debts and lacked sufficient profitability, which seemed to be strategic rather than financial. The purpose was to obtain the local channels of the other party. , to enter the market of the other country, but the prospects are not clear, and there are quite risks.”

"...What exactly is Mr. Xin trying to say?"

Xin Ye made the final decision: "Mr. Yu, you should also be aware that the performance of China Mining...is impossible to successfully obtain a loan of 200 billion U.S. dollars. The net profit of China Mining is too small, and the risk of not paying it is too high. No matter where No bank in the country would approve that number."

After a pause, he asked again, "Mr. Yu, what does this mean?"

Hearing that Xinye had denied all the capabilities of his company, Yu Ziqiang's square face became a little ugly, and he said: "Of course it means that China's mining industry has always had a good reputation, and major banks are willing to lend."

Xinye smiled lightly and shook his head: "No."

That tone of voice was so vivid, it was simply "Are you dreaming?"

You're welcome.

Yu Ziqiang also sneered: "Could it be that Xin always wants to say that it is because of the good luck of Zhongkuang?" This is really insulting.

Unexpectedly, Xinye smiled and shook his head again: "No."

He has a bad attitude right now.However, he can be of such a great help, and he has the capital to have a bad attitude.Everyone is doing business, not making friends.From the very beginning, as a mining worker, Yu Ziqiang had a natural disdain for the "cultural industry", and Xin Ye didn't want to hold it any longer.For some reason, he himself didn't care, but he couldn't see Xie Lansheng's favorite thing being despised.

Yu Ziqiang asked, "Then...?"

Xin Ye's eyes fell on Yu Ziqiang's face again, like an eagle, he said slowly word by word: "It means that China Mining's acquisition is ordered by the Chinese government."

Hearing this, Yu Ziqiang was stunned, unabashedly stunned.

Xinye added another sentence, still in the same tone, with a low voice but sharp content: "It means that China Mining's acquisition is out of the interests of the country."

Otherwise, according to this financial report, it is absolutely impossible for the major banks to agree to provide massive loans.Therefore, the only explanation is that the Chinese government is secretly intervening, ordering the four state-owned banks, China Development Bank, Export-Import Bank, Bank of China, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, to fully support the acquisition of MNM by China Mining.

Over there, Xin Ye said again: "Mr. Yu, MNM is an Australian company, and the acquisition requires FIRB approval. FIRB (Foreign Investment Review Board, one of the departments that approve cross-border acquisitions in Australia) requires that cross-border acquisitions It must be based entirely on the company's own commercial purposes. In fact, all national approval departments will make such requirements, and FIRB is no exception. China's mining industry is a state-owned enterprise, and FIRB is probably a headache. There should be opposition in Australia now. After all, Mine is an important resource, and it is non-renewable. Once it falls into the hands of other countries, it will be seized by them. At the same time, MNM is an important enterprise. If it is sold to a Chinese company, it will probably be irreparable. outflow of resources.”

Yu Ziqiang: "..." He didn't think about this question.

"Mr. Yu, I sincerely suggest that we re-plan the fundraising channels and recalculate the loan amount. I can also give advice...if the investment bank is not strong enough. Otherwise, the 200 billion huge loan is determined by FIRB as 'China's mining industry is not Based on commercial reasons, but based on national interests, it is an excellent evidence that it will threaten national security. You know, FIRB also has to come up with reasons to veto a cross-border acquisition. The 200 billion US dollars is simply sent to others. of."

Really, Xinye thought, what are the investment banks doing?

Xin Ye estimated that based on the figures in China Mining's 2003 financial report, it should only be able to borrow 80 billion yuan. The remaining funds have to be reconsidered, whether to sell some other mines to similar enterprises in China, or what.In this way, for 80 billion US dollars, CDB itself is enough, and the Export-Import Bank is added at most. Even if everyone participates, there must be only a little bit left for Xingmin Bank, 8000 million at most.Besides, even a loan of 8000 million US dollars is enough for Xingmin for a while. I have helped him a lot. Yu Ziqiang will help him with a loan of 5000 million yuan. China Mining and Xingmin Bank have a common shareholder, so it is not difficult. Xingmin Banks have always had a lot of connected loans.

Immediately withdraw the 200 billion loan, and China Mining, Xingmin Bank, and Deep Blue Pictures will win for all.The acquisition of China Mining failed, Xingmin Bank couldn't release the money, and Deep Blue Films couldn't make a film. Xin Ye believed that Yu Ziqiang could clearly understand this ideal.

However, Xinye knew that on the one hand, he was doing it for himself and Deep Blue, and on the other hand, he was also doing it for China Mining Co., Ltd. and China's acquisition.After discovering a big omission, he hopes to remind the other party, and even said that this is the primary purpose.

Finally, Xinye looked at his watch. The 15 minutes given by Yu Ziqiang had just arrived. He crossed his fingers again and leaned lazily on the sofa, but his young and handsome face was full of inscrutable: "Mr. Yu, if you don't If the loan is withdrawn immediately, China Mining’s acquisition will definitely end in failure.”

Yu Ziqiang was still in shock, staring at Xin Ye blankly.