Marina's Restaurant wasn't a secret.
However, most people didn't know that Chen Zhao had other businesses.
Mackenzie was a smart person. He probably asked about Chen Zhao's businesses.
Maybe he couldn't find out about other businesses, but it wasn't hard to find out about Marina's Restaurant.
Mackenzie's request was simple. He wanted to sponsor the school team.
His price wasn't high either. It was less than twenty thousand dollars a year.
Dashan Elementary School had a basketball and cricket team.
Chen Zhao had already donated one million dollars.
It was indeed a huge sum in one person's hands.
However, for an old school like Dashan Elementary School, it was a bit hard to make ends meet.
After all, everything needed to be repaired. Some places even needed to be expanded or built.
Chen Zhao also wanted the school to be renovated.
Therefore, the funds left for activities or education became tight.
That was why Mackenzie asked Chen Zhao for money in the name of sponsorship.
He knew about Marina's Restaurant, even though he hadn't been there before.
As the most famous and high-end restaurant in LA, it was easy to imagine how much it cost to go in and out.
The people who went there were basically celebrities.
They were either rich businessmen or celebrities. There weren't many restaurants like this in LA.
Restaurants like this usually didn't advertise on TV.
Advertising would actually lower the restaurant's grade.
Usually, they would do soft advertisements in weekly magazines or newspapers.
Or, in the entertainment news, give some money to the entertainment reporters and let them mention Marina's Restaurant while reporting on celebrities.
Chen Zhao had asked Steven and James for help a few times.
He would first invite them to eat at the restaurant, then spend money to find entertainment reporters to report.
With Steven and James's current fame and status, other restaurants wouldn't be able to invite them.
Regardless of whether they spent money or not, it was impossible for them to advertise a restaurant just for a meal.
However, they were happy to help Chen Zhao so that he would owe them a favor.
As for Steven, his cooperation with Chen Zhao was quite pleasant.
Because of Chen Zhao's help, he had even reached the peak of his career.
James, on the other hand, knew how powerful Chen Zhao was.
Chen Zhao wasn't the only one who was close to Steven and Rasfa.
He was also very powerful in the business world.
At least this time, due to the funding problem, the film company asked him if there were any ways to get funding for his new movie.
James decided to give it a try and called Chen Zhao.
In the end, Chen Zhao helped him get 60% of the budget for his new movie.
It was very difficult to run a high-end restaurant, at least in the early stages.
Advertising would lower the standard of the company, but no one would know if they didn't advertise.
Just like what Chen Zhao had done before, he could buy a ready-made one.
If Nafa Twain had not been in a hurry to use the money.
Chen Zhao might not be able to buy the shares of Marina's Restaurant at such a cheap price.
The monthly revenue and net profit of Marina's Restaurant were definitely worth the huge sum.
The monthly turnover of Ma Lina's restaurant could even exceed 20 million.
After deducting taxes, the net profit was still more than 50%.
This was definitely a very high-quality property.
Of course, this was also because Chen Zhao had provided some special ingredients.
Delicious and expensive at the same time.
Ordinary people couldn't afford it.
But in Los Angeles, there was no lack of rich people.
Moreover, Ma Lina's restaurant had many repeat customers.
Among them, there were countless celebrities.
Marina Restaurant doesn't allow reporters to enter.
However, if the celebrity was willing, they might be the ones who found the reporter.
The restaurant wouldn't stop them.
But because of Marina's Restaurant's special position, it was hard to advertise.
Spending tens of thousands of dollars to sponsor a school team was quite suitable for Marina's Restaurant.
Of course, the rate of return was basically of little value.
After all, even if he put Marina's Restaurant's name on the school team's clothes.
No one would pay attention to it.
Unless they could participate in at least an intercontinental competition.
After visiting the school, Chen Zhao left with the children.
When he got home at noon, there was no one at home.
Fali had gone to work.
But the underlings had already prepared lunch.
After the family finished eating, they heard the sound of a car horn outside the door.
"Master, Mr. Steven is visiting," the system reminded.
The underlings that had been scattered around the house immediately sped up. In a few minutes, they finished what they had to do and returned to their lair.
After the gate was opened automatically, Steven drove the car into the parking lot like he was familiar with the place.
Chen Zhao had been standing in the parking lot to welcome Steven.
But as soon as Steven got out of the car, he started cursing at Chen Zhao.
"You * sshole, where have you been for the past half a month? Every time I call you, you don't answer. Either you're outside the service area. "
Chen Zhao shrugged and turned to look at the other middle-aged man that Steven had brought.
Chen Zhao knew that Steven wouldn't bring strangers to his house.
Even if he wanted to introduce a friend, it wouldn't be in his house.
"Hello, I'm Litt's father. I'm Drow Grove."
Chen Zhao was stunned. Was this Litt Grove's dad?
No wonder Steven had brought him here.
"Hello, Mr. Drow. I really like your movie."
Drow Grove chuckled. He didn't believe Chen Zhao's polite words.
Chen Zhao had been confused when he saw him just now.
He clearly didn't recognize him.
Of course, he wasn't here to argue with Chen Zhao this time.
It was mainly because when he'd invested in a movie last time, his son had to borrow money from Chen Zhao to start filming because of the funding problem.
He heard from his son that Steven had hired him as the lead in Steven's new movie because of Chen Zhao's help.
Therefore, it was reasonable for him to come over and thank Chen Zhao.
From his son, he got a rough understanding of Chen Zhao's personal information.
For example, he was very rich, very powerful, and couldn't be messed with.
But Drow Grove didn't have any idea about this.
But when he saw Mirror Lake Manor, he knew how rich Chen Zhao was.
As an A-list celebrity, he had a lot of money.
But the manor before him was probably as rich as his family.
He was curious how a university professor like Chen Zhao could be so rich and have so many connections in Hollywood.
At first, he'd only thought that Chen Zhao had some money.
But after the audition for Steven's new movie, he was hired directly.
Only then did he start to believe his son's words.
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