Chapter 444 You Are a Major Exporter

Huo Siqi took a long breath, spitting out the burning heat in his chest, and then said, "Do you want to play so big? This is not your character."

In Huo Siqi's impression, Zhou Yan is a relatively safe type of person.

Let's talk about the TV series. If Huo Siqi's character is followed, their Qizhi company will have at least four or five TV series started shooting at this time. After all, they have so much money lying in their accounts. If they don't spend it, they always feel uncomfortable.

Huo Siqi believes that money is money when it is spent, and it is just a number if it is not spent.

But Zhou Yan has been suppressing it. So far, they have only filmed one "Tai Chi Master".

This speed really makes Huo Siqi a little anxious.

If they continue at this speed, when will they become the boss of the domestic TV series industry?

If Huo Siqi didn't think that Zhou Yan had a good nose in the film and television industry, he would have quit long ago.

Now, Zhou Yan has changed his previous style and directly asked for 50 million to invest in a movie.

Because of Zhou Yan, Huo Siqi also had some knowledge of the movie "Titanic", but he only knew that the movie had a large investment and the director was famous. As for the details, he didn't know.

Being stared at by Huo Siqi, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Because I think this is a good opportunity. The crew of "Titanic" has indeed encountered some troubles recently, but I think the income of this movie will definitely be no problem."

If someone else said this, Huo Siqi would not even consider it and would definitely not agree, but Zhou Yan was different.

Putting aside the relationship between them, Zhou Yan has always proved his vision in the film and television industry.

So far, Zhou Yan has not lost money... It's not that simple that he has not lost money. All the projects Zhou Yan has handled have made a lot of money.

Huo Siqi did not respond immediately, but picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised beef from the table, but did not bring it to his mouth, but put it in the bowl.

After a while, he said, "Is it possible to replicate the success of "The Sixth Sense"? "

Zhou Yan and his team made a lot of money from "The Sixth Sense", but Huo Siqi was jealous.

"I can only say that there is such a possibility, but I can't say that it is 100% certain about investment."

Zhou Yan also gave Huo Siqi a shot of prevention in advance to prevent losses in the future and affect their friendship.

Now let's make it clear. If there is a loss, everyone will admit it.

"Of course I know this truth. There is nothing 100% certain in the world." Huo Siqi clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, "Let's do it. As long as we keep some money in our account that does not affect the normal operation of the company, you can take the rest. At worst, we can start all over again."

Huo Siqi is not stupid. Although the investment is huge this time, they make money very quickly. As long as they are closely tied to the Zhou family, they are not afraid of having no way to make money.

Besides, they are just using the money they have already earned, and have not borrowed money to increase leverage. Even if they fail this time, it is much better than before.

In fact, the Zhou brothers have respected him very much. When they decided to start a company together, he was only prepared to take 30% of the shares, but Zhou Hong and others insisted on giving him 35% of the shares.

This 5% of shares may not seem like a lot, but it is very critical.

If a shareholder wants to have absolute decision-making power in a company, he needs more than 67% of the shares.

If Huo Siqi only has 30% of the shares in Qizi Company, and the Zhou brothers have 70% of the shares, then the Zhou brothers do not need his consent to make any decision.

Now that he has 35% of the shares, this situation is eliminated. The Zhou brothers cannot make any decisions directly.

Of course, it is precisely because of the 35% shares that Huo Siqi is so dedicated to Qizi.

If Huo Siqi had not used his connections to win a bunch of big customers for the company, how could they get so much cash in such a short time?

"Qizi must have some money left. I think there should be no problem leaving 10 million."

"There is definitely no problem leaving 10 million. You know, when we founded Qizi, we only had more than 1 million in total."

To be precise, it is 1.12 million. The bulk of the 1 million was paid by Zhou Hong, Zhou Yan paid 100,000, and Huo Siqi paid 20,000.

In fact, even if Qizi Company doesn't keep a penny, there shouldn't be any problem. After all, the company still has a lot of accounts to settle, and some short-term accounts are enough to maintain the normal operation of Qizi.

Qizi Company's daily consumption is very small. The biggest expense is the rent of the office space, and they have already paid the rent for the next year.

The company doesn't employ many people, and most people's salaries are not high.

Because most of their company's work is outsourced to Dong Wenmiao Studio, and Dong Wenmiao Studio is now independent of Qizi, most of the designer's expenses are borne by Dong Wenmiao himself.

To put it bluntly, Qizi is a shell company, and most of the work is done by brokers.

"Then let's settle this matter, and I will tell my brother later."

"You haven't told your brother yet?" Huo Siqi was very surprised, but then he smiled and said, "That's right, if you tell the second brother about this first, I'm afraid I won't get a share."

When saying this, Huo Siqi still had a little resentment.

At that time, when investing in "The Sixth Sense", Zhou Yan also thought about letting Qizi participate, but Zhou Hong stopped it.

Zhou Hong's idea was simple. After all, four million dollars was not a small amount, and Qizhi Company did not have much cash at that time, so there was no need to bring Huo Siqi in.

"My brother was also worried that the risk was too great and you would lose money." Zhou Yan also explained for his brother.

"Of course I understand this. How can I not understand Lao Er?"

Huo Siqi certainly understood Zhou Hong, but he must have regretted not getting on board with such a good opportunity.

This time Zhou Yan came to him, and he was so decisive, and he also wanted to make up for his regrets.

Zhou Yan raised his glass and clinked it with Huo Siqi's, and then said, "In fact, the investment has not been finalized yet, and Fox has not confirmed that it will accept our investment. I just want to confirm the money first, so as not to wait until the specific negotiations later."

"Don't worry, there will be no problem on my side. However, the money in our account is not enough for 50 million US dollars."

"It doesn't matter. I can still take out about 10 million US dollars on hand."

"Then it adds up to more than 30 million US dollars, and there are more than 10 million US dollars left. Do you want to get it from Zhou Entertainment?"

"Well, Zhou Entertainment made a lot of money from investing in "The Sixth Sense". Although there is still a lot of money that has not been received, more than 10 million US dollars can still be taken out."

Zhou Entertainment originally had a lot of funds. When investing in "The Sixth Sense", they directly took out 4 million US dollars of capital, and later received a lot of money. More than 10 million US dollars can definitely be taken out.

Huo Siqi nodded, "Next, we need to consider how to get the money out."

"Don't worry, I predict that this matter will be discussed at least until the end of the year, and we have enough time to operate. Zhou Entertainment already has more than 10 million yuan outside, so this part does not need to be redeemed."

"Well, in fact, the second brother knows more about these things, and he often operates them."

"Really?"

"Of course, your Zhou family's total foreign trade last year accounted for about 0.2% of the country's total, and earned a lot of foreign exchange."

"What?" Zhou Yan opened his mouth wide, with a look of disbelief.

Seeing Zhou Yan's expression, Huo Siqi laughed, "Don't you know all this? Otherwise, why do you think the second brother doesn't think much of Qizi's business? Because compared with the overall business of your Zhou family, Qizi's size is not enough."

"Is it really 0.2%, not 0.2%?"

"It is 0.2%, because your Zhou family started foreign trade very early, and the total volume of our country's foreign trade itself is not particularly high. Before this year, the pace of domestic foreign trade development was relatively slow. Last year, our country's total foreign trade was just over 1.2 trillion yuan, and your Zhou family's total foreign trade was more than 2 billion yuan."

Speaking of this, Huo Siqi picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth, chewing and saying, "Domestic foreign trade developed relatively slowly in the past few years, and your Zhou family started early, so the proportion is okay. But there may not be such a proportion in the future, because the country has been vigorously developing foreign trade in recent years, and the export data in the next few years will definitely be much higher."

Generally speaking, the economy is driven by three major drivers, investment, consumption and exports. China's economic development in the past few years mainly relied on investment.

Especially since the early 1990s, the domestic economy has developed rapidly with investment, and the growth rate reached more than 60% in 1993.

Of the three major drivers, only export is left, and the country must find a way to export.

Fortunately, because of the previous investment, many factories have been built, and the basic conditions for exporting goods have been established.

Because domestic demand is too weak, there is a certain sense of overcapacity, and these excess capacities must be exchanged for money through exports.

However, Zhou Yan knows that China's export data may not have a significant increase in the next few years because the financial crisis is coming.

When everyone has no money, who will buy Chinese products?

The development of China's exports will probably not take off until after joining the WTO.

Zhou Yan just didn't expect that their family would export so much, with an export volume of more than 2 billion a year, but he didn't know how much profit this export volume could make.

No wonder when he wanted to invest in "The Sixth Sense" before, his second brother took out 4 million US dollars without blinking.

This time, Zhou Hong might still be able to take out 50 million US dollars without any effort.

However, Zhou Yan thought that Huo Siqi should be brought along for this matter. After all, Huo Siqi has a wide network of contacts in Yanjing, and Huo Siqi may be needed to help with many things in the future.

Since the matter was settled, Zhou Yan did not say anything more and started to toast with Huo Siqi again.

However, the two of them were relatively restrained in drinking. After finishing a bottle of wine, they did not open another one.

Their alcohol tolerance was just right, and they felt a little tipsy, but not uncomfortable.

If they opened another bottle and each drank a catty, Zhou Yan would probably pass out.

The Dongjiu that Huo Siqi brought today was quite strong.

After drinking, the two of them held a cup of tea and sat on the sofa to chat.

Huo Siqi suggested, "How about calling the second brother now and telling him about the matter?"

Zhou Yan thought about it and nodded, "Okay."

Then he picked up the phone next to him and called Zhou Hong.

The phone he dialed was the phone in Zhou Hong's office. After a few rings, someone answered it. It was a girl's voice.

"Who is this?"

Zhou Yan recognized the other person's voice immediately, "Are you Assistant Li?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, "Who are you?"

"I'm Zhou Yan."

"Oh, you are Mr. Zhou's brother. He has gone to the bathroom and will be back soon. Don't hang up the phone. Wait a moment." Li Qiu's voice became obviously enthusiastic.

A gossipy smile appeared on Zhou Yan's face.

Earlier he called Zhou Hong's residence, and it was Li Qiu who answered the phone. At that time, Zhou Yan teased Zhou Hong for taking his assistant home.

But at that time, Zhou Yan just teased him casually and didn't take it seriously.

But now it seems that things are not that simple.

Zhou Hong has not changed assistants in several years. The key is that he did not see this female assistant when he went to Pengcheng before.

If she was really a female assistant, how could she not have seen her last time at the company?

Huo Siqi also noticed the expression on Zhou Yan's face and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "It's nothing. My brother went to the bathroom and will be back later. We will wait for a while."

"oh."

Li Qiu, who was opposite him, said, "Zhou Yan, I heard that your brother said that you just won the grand prize recently. Congratulations."

Zhou Yan curled his lips, his suspicions deepening.

As an assistant, would Zhou Hong tell her this? This is not Zhou Hong’s character.

Moreover, Li Qiu directly called him Zhou Yan, which was not reasonable at all. Under normal circumstances, employees would either call him Mr. Zhou or Teacher Zhou, and basically no one would call him by his first name.

This Li Qiu might really be his second sister-in-law.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan coughed lightly and said with a smile, "Sister Qiu, how are you doing recently? I have time to come to Yanjing with my brother.

When Zhou Yan called her Sister Qiu, Li Qiu was a little confused. He sighed and said, "I want to go play, but Zhou Hong is too busy."

The smile on Zhou Yan's lips could no longer be suppressed. Li Qiu didn't even call him Mr. Zhou, but called Zhou Hong directly. Only a ghost would believe it if there was nothing wrong between the two of them.