At first, Lu Yibo had thought that Chen Zhao was just a regular tycoon.
After all, Wang He had introduced him to Chen Zhao. Chen Zhao was probably on the same level as Wang He.
He also knew almost all the top tycoons in the country.
Chen Zhao wasn't one of them.
However, he didn't expect Chen Zhao to ask for the remaining 40%.
According to this 40%, it would cost at least two billion in the early bidding.
Moreover, this was just the estimated investment. The money was for the government.
If he won the development rights, he would have to invest at least eight billion in the later stages.
This meant that Chen Zhao would have to take out ten billion in total.
This wasn't a small amount.
Even Lu Yibo himself had to scrape together the money.
He could barely make up one billion.
The man before him could take out two billion in one go without saying a word?
Could he be a money launderer?
He didn't dare to take this kind of money.
Especially when he was investing dirty money into such a large project.
A large amount of money could directly cause the project to fail.
"Mr. Chen, what business do you do?" Lu Yibo asked in a roundabout way.
"I've paid 2.6 billion in taxes this year," Chen Zhao said.
Lu Yibo sucked in a cold breath.
What did Chen Zhao do to pay so much taxes?
Being able to pay so much meant that Chen Zhao's business was legal.
If it was settled in dollars, it should be in Europe or America.
Otherwise, Chen Zhao would have heard of it.
After all, there were only a few top tycoons in the country.
The number of top tycoons every year could be counted on one hand.
Lu Yibo looked at Wang He. Wang He nodded.
Lu Yibo was much more relieved.
His gaze toward Chen Zhao became much more passionate.
"Mr. Chen, in principle, I agree with your investment, but I have to say that even though you have 40% of the shares, you only have one vote in the shareholders' meeting."
"I know."
Chen Zhao had played with these things before and knew the rules.
This rule was mainly made by the founder to prevent his power from being taken over by the major shareholders.
The board of directors was formed by all shareholders or agents with more than 5% of the shares. Regardless of whether they had 5%, 10%, or 40% of the shares, they would only have one vote.
This was beneficial for the founder so that he wouldn't be kicked out by the major shareholders.
Mystical Island used this system too.
However, Chen Zhao had three votes in the Mystical Island's decisions.
"Although we have reached an investment agreement, I need to see a more detailed plan."
"Of course, I understand. I'll give you the project plan tomorrow."
Chen Zhao had high hopes for this project.
However, what he had seen so far was only a preliminary plan.
Before this, Chen Zhao did not even know what kind of place Big Mystery Island was.
In order to make a decision, he still needed to hand it over to a professional to evaluate the market.
What followed was another round of passionate conversation.
In the past, the Lu Yibo that Chen Zhao saw in the entertainment media was a playboy.
However, Chen Zhao felt that Lu Yibo's EQ was very high.
This was understandable. Without high EQ, it was impossible to have today's assets.
Dumbo really couldn't survive in the business world.
What he said was very comforting, not the kind of flattery.
It was more like a friend teasing, or finding something interesting to say in a humorous tone.
"President Chen has a child, right?"
"Two." Chen Zhao nodded. "Both daughters."
"Daughters are great," Lu Yibo said, troubled. "I have three sons. In 20 years, they'll probably have a big family feud. What a headache."
"Err … President Lu is married?"
"Not really. He had it with his ex-girlfriend."
"She's the female lead of the super popular Mystery," Wang He added. "She's Ye Lin."
Chen Zhao had not watched the TV series, but Ye Lin knew about it. She had been in the industry for more than ten years and was one of the top actresses in the country. Her main business was TV series.
Wang He and Lu Yibo were both people from the entertainment industry. There was no need to talk about Wang He.
Almost all of Lu Yibo's girlfriends were female stars, so the two knew the secrets of the entertainment industry like the back of their hands.
The three mostly talked about the entertainment industry.
"President Chen, are you free tomorrow? Let's go to Big Mystery Island together. "
"Sure." Chen Zhao had nothing to do anyway. Plus, he had to check out the situation personally before investing.
This wasn't a small investment. He couldn't be careless.
It was one thing to have high hopes for the project, but he had to be more careful when actually investing.
The meal lasted for three hours, which also reflected the domestic wine culture, or rather, the wine table culture.
Many things were decided over the wine table.
However, the three didn't drink much.
Lu Yibo wanted to invite Chen Zhao and Wang He to play.
Chen Zhao still rejected. Lu Yibo vaguely explained the content.
Chen Zhao was even less interested.
"President Lu, I just took a plane today and didn't have time to rest. Maybe another day."
"Okay. I'm familiar with the Shanghai area. President Chen, contact me whenever you're free."
"President Chen, I'll go with you." Wang He clearly had something to say to Chen Zhao.
After saying goodbye to Lu Yibo, Chen Zhao got into Wang He's car.
Wang He spoke first. "President Lu is a decent person. He's also capable in business. His family is in politics, so he has both background and ability. President Chen, if you're interested in investing in China, you can ask him. But recently, the local banks have tightened their lending. Everyone is short of money and looking for external capital."
Wang He said this to prevent Chen Zhao from misunderstanding.
Chen Zhao nodded. "But there aren't many good projects."
Chen Zhao's investment goal was clear. It was something he could understand.
If it was something that only had a concept and no actual product, Chen Zhao definitely wouldn't invest in it.
When the concept was converted into profit, it was indeed a huge profit.
But in reality, the profit was less than one in ten thousand.
Chen Zhao never bought lottery tickets because he didn't believe in speculation.
Speculation and investment were two different concepts.
"I invested some money in that Big Mystery Island project too."
"Oh, how much?"
"Not much, just two hundred million."
Chen Zhao couldn't help but look at Wang He.
He didn't know that Wang He could save up two hundred million in just two years.
"President Chen, uh … do you have extra money? I want to borrow some. "
"How much?"
"How much is convenient for you?"
"You can borrow as much as you want, but it can't be more than twenty times your annual income."
Chen Zhao wasn't interested in waiting twenty or thirty years to collect money.
"No need, not that much. About one hundred million is enough."
"You don't have enough money to invest?"
"Yes, but it's not the Big Mystery Island project. It's a movie I invested in. It's a project of China Film."
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