Resource Tycoon Reborn

"Yameni, don't you find it annoying that you tease Zeliang every time you see him?" Fang Mingyuan said helplessly, "Zeliang and Haisheng, come over and sit down. We are talking about Pingchuan Railway Transport Company here.

Woolen cloth."

"Pingchuan Railway Transportation Company is going to build two more railways, you mean Fengjing Railway and Jingtang Railway?" Fang Zeliang pulled Gu Haisheng to sit down. Gu Haisheng seemed a little restrained. But this is normal, the Gu family is working on Pingchuan Railway

The transportation company only owns 5% of the shares. Although the four Meichai Lusu family only owns 10% of the shares, which is better in comparison, Gu Haisheng understands in his heart that the Gu family can be said to be the strongest among these shareholders.

The weakest one, no one else can be offended by the Gu family!

"No, Mr. Fang is talking about the two railways connecting Fengyuan and Shu Province, and the two railways from Fengyuan all the way east through Shendu and Shangdu to the seaside." Zong Zheng shook his head.

"Ah?" Fang Zeliang was surprised and couldn't help turning his head to look at Fang Mingyuan. It was only a matter of time before the Fengjing Railway and Jingtang Railway were approved by the Ministry of Railways. The amount of investment in these two railways was already quite huge, and Fang Mingyuan actually

Are you planning to build two more railways? After all, how much money does Pingchuan Railway Transport Company have to prepare to ensure that the construction of the four railways will start one after another? And how can the Ministry of Railways agree to let Pingchuan Railway Transport Company build two more railways?

"Of course I have my basis, but why don't we wait a moment and wait until everyone else arrives before we talk together." Fang Mingyuan said, "It's not much time. By the way, since everyone is here, I will

By the way, let’s talk about the Shenzhou Cinema Line Company. Haisheng, you have done well in the past two years.”

"Thank you, Mr. Fang, for your compliment!" Gu Haisheng said flattered.

"Although the global economic outlook is very uncertain today, I have to say that Shenzhou Cinema Line Company must speed up its cinema expansion! Not only will it build new ones, but it will also acquire and renovate existing cinemas. In a word, Haisheng you

Let go of your hands and feet and stride forward, don't worry about pulling your balls!" Fang Mingyuan said. Everyone present laughed, and Su Yingxue slapped Fang Mingyuan twice in annoyance.

"Young Master Fang means that there is still a lot of room for development in our country's film market? How far do you think Hai Sheng needs to go to meet the standards you envision?" Fang Zeliang's eyes lit up and he asked quickly.

"I hope that by 2013 or 2014, Shenzhou Cinema Line Company will have 800 to 1,000 cinemas in China. Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, these cinemas must

After a nationwide rational layout." Fang Mingyuan pondered for a moment and said.

"Pfft...cough..." Zongzheng, who was drinking water, spat out a mouthful of water and coughed non-stop, unable to speak for a while.

"Eight hundred to a thousand?" Gu Haisheng's eyes were a little straightened and he murmured.

Fang Zeliang was relatively calm, but he couldn't hide the obvious surprise on his face. Su Yingxue, who was sitting aside, saw such a big reaction from the three people and couldn't help but ask: "As far as I know, Shenzhou

The cinema chain company is now the largest cinema chain in the country, how many cinemas do you have now?"

"Two hundred and seventeen cinemas, one thousand nine hundred and twelve screens, as of yesterday." Gu Haisheng said with a bitter look on his face. Today he is going to see Fang Mingyuan, and naturally he, the person in charge of the Shenzhou Cinema Line Company, wants to

Do some homework in advance.

Su Yingxue took a breath when she heard this. It is already the fourth quarter of 2008. In other words, in four to five years, the number of cinemas owned by Shenzhou Cinema Line Company will have to quadruple to reach the level of

Fang Mingyuan's goal.

"Ahem... I said, Mr. Fang, are you sure you didn't say the wrong number?" Zong Zheng's voice was a bit hoarse. Although he is not responsible for the work of Shenzhou Cinema Line Company, he is also paying close attention to it.

As the domestic film market continues to grow, Shenzhou Cinema Line Company's profits have always been good. And because it is backed by Hong Kong Kumho Film Group Company, it will receive priority in many aspects, and its rate of return has always been industry-leading. Therefore, he

It became clearer how amazing Fang Mingyuan’s goal was!

"Is a thousand movie theaters a lot?" Fang Mingyuan asked.

"Did you know that there are only 1,856 movie theaters in the country now! This is the latest data compiled at the end of August this year!" Zong Zheng said with a dumbfounded look. The number of movie theaters owned by Shenzhou Cinema Line Company accounts for the largest number of movie theaters in the country.

It is more than one-tenth of the total, which is already a quite astonishing ratio. The country's second largest cinema chain company has nearly 80 fewer cinemas than Shenzhou Cinema Line Company!

"Oh, there are only more than 1,800 movie theaters." Fang Mingyuan nodded lightly and said, "According to the information I have received and my own estimation, by 2013, the number of movie theaters in China will be very large.

It may reach about 5,000!"

"Five thousand families! So many!" Zong Zheng shouted, Gu Haisheng and Fang Zeliang also looked shocked.

"How about we make a bet. If the number of movie theaters nationwide reaches 5,000 in 2013, all the dividends of the three of you in the past few years will belong to me. If it is not reached, then in the past few years, Shenzhou

All the dividends that our Fang family in the movie theater chain company deserves will be given to you." Fang Mingyuan said with a smile, "How about it? You won't suffer at all. I won but only got 40% of the dividends.

, and if you win, you will get a 60% dividend."

"You're right...I won't fight! Now, whoever bets with you is a fool!" Zong Zheng said categorically. Fang Zeliang and Gu Haisheng also looked like they felt the same way, while Su Yingxue looked aside and smiled softly.

Endless.

"Mingyuan, you just said that the global economic prospects are not clear. The domestic economy is greatly affected by the international market. Why is the domestic cinema industry developing so rapidly?" Su Yingxue asked puzzledly.

I also noticed that Zong Zheng, Fang Zeliang and Gu Haisheng mentioned to Fang Mingyuan that the data that there were more than 5,000 movie theaters nationwide in 2013 was a bit shocking, but it did not show how unbelievable it was.

"Ahem, I can explain this to you." Zong Zheng coughed lightly and said, "Yingxue, you know, internationally, there are many indicators for economic downturns. For example, the more famous

, you may have heard of, women’s hemline index and high heel index.”

Su Yingxue nodded and said, "Well, I've heard about this. The better the stock market is, the shorter women's skirts will be; the worse the economy is, the more women will wear high heels."

"There are also playing card index and beer index. The more playing cards are sold, the worse the economy is, and the less beer is sold, the worse the economy is." Fang Zeliang said.

"Actually, there is a similar index in the film industry, that is, the worse the economy, the higher the box office of the movie will be!" Zong Zheng said sternly, "This index has been verified by history. Well, this theory was first proposed by Americans.

came out, they found that during the Great Depression in the United States in 1903, many Americans were still willing to spend money to watch movies even though their lives were very difficult. In the 1980s, the movie "Alien" was released

At that time, the unemployment rate in the United States was close to 11% and the economy was in difficulty. However, "Alien" set a record of being the box office champion for 16 consecutive weeks, with the North American movie box office reaching 435 million.

Tens of millions, this box office figure was extremely terrifying at the time, and converted to today, it must be at least over one billion US dollars!"

"Taking a closer look, after the June 28 terrorist attacks in the United States, the unemployment rate in the United States exceeded 7%, but the North American film market continued to grow instead of decreasing." Gu Haisheng also interjected, "Some scholars believe that this is because

In bad economic times, products that can satisfy consumers' psychological comfort needs and are priced low enough to be consumed often receive better market treatment. Compared with other forms of entertainment, such as traveling and watching a show

In other words, it is undoubtedly convenient and economical to watch a football or basketball game or go to the cinema. It doesn’t cost much, and you can find a place where you can temporarily forget your daily worries.” Since he has been in this line of work, Gu Haisheng has also devoted himself to it in the past few years.

I spent a lot of energy and learned relevant knowledge.

"This is also the reason why the worse the economy is, the better the selling of playing cards." Fang Mingyuan sighed, "To put it bluntly, people need a way to divert their attention and make them forget their worries for the time being, but at the same time they will not

Too expensive entertainment.”

"In other words, a bad economic environment can sometimes be a good thing for the film industry?" Su Yingxue was also very smart. They had already talked about it to this point, how could they not understand it yet.

"Well, next year or so, maybe the global movie box office will see a significant increase, and Hong Kong Kumho Film Group will also release several heavyweight works." Fang Mingyuan nodded, "Domestically, this economic law should also be followed.

Moreover, the domestic film market is still developing at a rapid pace. If the Shenzhou Cinema Line Co., Ltd. does not take advantage of this moment to seize the market, it will not be that easy when everyone has calmed down and has plenty of money.

"

"But even so, 800 to 1,000 are too many, right?" Gu Haisheng said cautiously. This is almost four to five times the number of Shenzhou Cinema Line Company itself, and it was completed in just a short period of time.

In the past four or five years, the problems faced by such rapid and large-scale expansion can be said to come from all aspects. He only needs to think about the workload of more than a hundred movie theaters opening or being acquired by Shenzhou Cinema Line every year.

You can imagine.

"Expansion during this period has the lowest cost, the least resistance from peers, and the local government is happy to see the results. After this period, when the economy improves, if you want to expand like this again, the human and financial resources spent may be as much as this period.

More than double!" Fang Mingyuan said calmly, "Why should I build two more railways at this time? It's because at this time, the person who spends the money is the uncle! Even officials, at this time, must look at

Our faces! And are we short of money now?"

Zong Zheng and the others were shocked. They did not expect that Fang Mingyuan made this massive expansion plan from this perspective.

"Perhaps you may think that the government will introduce an economic stimulus plan, and some countries will come forward to carry out infrastructure construction and stimulate economic development. But I can tell you that this time, the country will not introduce a large-scale economic stimulus plan, and will only guide domestic

If foreign capital invests in construction, there will also be tax cuts, but the intensity is hard to say." Fang Mingyuan said casually.

Zong Zheng and others were shocked again. The government would not launch a large-scale economic stimulus plan. Doesn't that mean that once the economic crisis really occurs, the domestic economic growth rate will have a big problem?

"Many domestic industries already have overcapacity. If we introduce a large-scale economic stimulus plan, it will further aggravate the overcapacity situation. Moreover, it is not a lack of products on the market, but a lack of national consumption power. In this regard,

"Premier Su and that person have reached a consensus, and that person fully agrees with Premier Su's approach of not pushing the issue to the next term." Fang Mingyuan said, "So the local government will welcome our funds."

Zong Zheng and others were silent. Even Su Yingxue learned the news for the first time. Although Fang Mingyuan did not clearly say who the leader was, everyone understood it.

"If you put it this way, then these few years are indeed a good time for us to expand." Zong Zheng slowly nodded and said. In these years, the profits of these projects cooperated with the Fang family have been quite considerable, and the funds in their hands are relatively large.

There is plenty of money. Without the competition from state-owned enterprises that are “not short of money”, private enterprises do have more opportunities.

"Moreover, we are all high-quality customers in these domestic banks. It is not difficult for us to get loans. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the central and local governments need social funds to promote economic growth, some local protectionism originally

At this time, the densely populated areas have to be released to us." Fang Zeliang said solemnly, "If this is the case, as Fang Shaofang just said, the possibility of applying for the construction of two more railways will be approved by the Ministry of Railways.

Much bigger." Using infrastructure construction to stimulate economic development during economic downturns has become a common practice globally, and the same is true domestically. Once a global economic crisis occurs, the country will definitely increase infrastructure construction, but if

If the central government does not launch a strong stimulus plan, then companies with relatively abundant funds and the ability to borrow huge sums of money from banks will undoubtedly become the favorites in the eyes of local governments.

At this time, Mei Dongze, Lu Mingyue, and Chai Haijie also arrived one after another, and all shareholders of Pingchuan Railway Transport Company were present. (To be continued.)