How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 72 Investing and Starting a Business

Clearly, Mr. Jiang was worried that after the film and television base was built, there wouldn't be enough film crews to shoot there.

Without film crews shooting there, it can't attract a steady stream of tourists.

So, subconsciously planning ahead, they wanted to use their connections to secure the services of the young director, Wang Xiaohao.

It's unknown how far Wang Xiaohao will go in the future, or whether he will have the opportunity to become a great director.

However, Wang Xiaohao, who is from the same hometown as everyone else, is clearly a good partner!

In any case, what was promised to Wang Xiaohao was only a nominal share!

It's not real shares!

Wang Xiaohao didn't think about it too much. He felt that this was a very convenient and cost-effective thing, just a small favor. He would try to introduce the local film and television base to other film crews in the future.

Whether or not they come is beyond Wang Xiaohao's control!

After confirming that everything was correct, Wang Xiaohao signed the agreement with Jiang Moyan!

After signing the agreement, everyone seemed to become one of us.

Jiang Moyan then took Wang Xiaohao to visit the film and television base that was under construction.

This film and television base has been under construction for almost a year!

However, it will take at least two more years before construction is completed.

After all, the entire film and television base covers an area of ​​five or six hundred acres.

This isn't a base, it's clearly a film studio!

This filled Wang Xiaohao with envy, jealousy, and resentment: "Director Cheng is truly a master strategist, building a city for every movie he makes! When will I, Director Wang, be able to be so extravagant?"

When Wang Xiaohao first returned home, he participated in various official activities and felt a sense of excitement, like returning home in glory.

However, after participating in so many of these activities, I got tired of them!

I'm too lazy to continue participating in these activities that have nothing to do with me.

He was already prepared to pack up and leave.

However, there was one issue that had not yet been resolved, which made him make a special trip back to Heyin County!

Here's what happened!

Wang Xiaohao always knew that the film industry could make money, but it was definitely not a place where someone like him, without any background or connections, could make a big splash!

But as a time traveler, Wang Xiaohao can't spend his whole life working to make movies for others, can he?

Even when making movies, it's best to be financially independent so you can make movies according to your own preferences!

He had already planned it out: make two movies first, and then invest in other things once he had enough money!

Although it's a parallel world, Wang Xiaohao doesn't know which company will succeed.

But at least he knows which industry to invest in!

Invest in several companies, and if you succeed in just one, you'll be financially free for life!

However, recently, Wang Xiaohao suddenly saw an investment opportunity!

Well, saying "investment" isn't quite the right word.

It should be called a startup boom!

That's the milk tea industry!

In this era, the milk tea industry had already begun to emerge, but it had not yet reached the level of its later boom.

It's even more surprising that Mixue, a cheap milk tea brand, has managed to go global and become a symbol of high-end fashion.

Therefore, Wang Xiaohao also plans to replicate the success path of his previous life's Mi Xue and start his own business.

What did Michelle do in her past life?

Control the upstream production process and manufacture your own goods. Then, implement a franchise model, treating numerous franchisees as retail stores selling your products!

Building your own production base and creating a franchise brand are both indispensable!

Coincidentally, Wang Xiaohao felt that he had a natural and huge advantage in doing this kind of thing!

First of all, Wang Xiaohao is a film director.

Moreover, he is a film director capable of making blockbuster movies, so he plans to criticize his milk tea brand in his film.

Imagine if Wang Xiaohao were to product-in-the-box milk tea in his two movies, "My Sassy Girl" and "Beautiful Legend"—well, "Beautiful Legend" doesn't quite fit the bill.

Let's talk about how the milk tea guy's name was featured in "My Sassy Girl"!

Given the popularity of "My Sassy Girl", Wang Xiaohao's brand should have been quite well-known by now.

Wang Xiaohao can promote his milk tea brand by continuously making movies!

Therefore, Wang Xiaohao has a natural advantage if he wants to create a famous brand!

Then there happened to be a cannery in Heyin County, which was of a decent size, but it was poorly managed and barely surviving.

Wang Xiaohao had already set his sights on this cannery because he believed that with a few minor modifications, it could produce the milk tea ingredients he needed!

In fact, Wang Xiaohao had also thought that he didn't need to go through all that trouble and could start his own business.

Instead, they invest in a milk tea brand, acquire enough shares, and then leverage the power of movies to make the brand popular, grow it, and even take it public.

But doing this would be too much of a loss, and I wouldn't be able to find a suitable partner!

Most of the milk tea available on the market today is still the first generation of milk tea.

It's something made by mixing non-dairy creamer, milk tea powder, or similar ingredients.

As for Wang Xiaohao's previous life, Mi Xue and others were already second-generation milk teas!

It requires real tea leaves or tea powder. Then, real milk is added, along with taro balls, tapioca pearls, and even plenty of fresh fruit chunks.

Of course, Wang Xiaohao doesn't need to rush into developing the second generation of milk tea; he can start with the fifth generation first.

Instead of adding fresh fruit, canned fruit is used as a substitute.

Wang Xiaohao had seen this thing before he transmigrated; it came in a large tin can, filled with various fruit pieces coated in syrup, and was sickeningly sweet.

Later he found out that these were ingredients for milk tea!

This is also why Wang Xiaohao planned to acquire a cannery first.

It's much simpler and easier than him building a food factory from scratch!

After all, without any industry experience, setting up a factory out of thin air presents considerable management challenges.

But with the cannery as a foundation, things got much better as we took it one step at a time!

Moreover, products always need to be upgraded and replaced; it's impossible to release the final product right away.

While everyone is currently focused on first-generation milk tea, I'm starting with 1.5 generations now, and will release the second generation later.

Wang Xiaohao could even start by producing cup-packaged milk tea, like the Xiangpiaopiao brand from his previous life.

This thing initially sold quite well; wasn't it supposed to have sold billions of cups, enough to circle the Earth many times?

Of course, all of this is predicated on the cannery not offering too high a purchase price.

That's too high, why did Wang Xiaohao have to do that?

Wang Xiaohao did not personally handle this matter; instead, he had his father, Wang Zhiming, negotiate with the county authorities on his behalf.

According to information Wang Xiaohao had gathered beforehand, the cannery was insolvent and already owed the bank a considerable amount of money!

And now, the outcome is in...