Chapter 377 378 [Dragon begets dragon, Phoenix begets phoenix]
In the next few years, life between Xiang Nan and Xiaoping got better and better.
Although according to the regulations introduced by the country in the future, active-duty soldiers are not allowed to do business, not to speculate in stocks, not to participate in for-profit theatrical performances, not to accept commercial advertisements, image endorsements, etc., causing Xiang Nan to throw away all the stocks he bought before.
However, Xiang Nan is still a gentleman who loves money and gets it in a proper way.
He can also make a lot of money by buying and selling buildings, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc.
Especially, in the early 1990s, he bought a large number of paintings by contemporary artists at a low price. Such as Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun, Zhou Chunying, Fang Liyun and so on.
At that time, their paintings were very cheap. You can buy one for a few hundred yuan, one or two thousand.
In 1998, Zeng Fanzhi's painting was auctioned at Christie's, and the bidding price of $8,000 failed. And in 2006, one of his paintings had already fetched 5.6 million yuan. In 2007, the price directly exceeded 10 million. In 2013, the huge oil painting "The Last Supper" created by him even sold for a sky-high price of 180 million Hong Kong dollars.
Relying on these investments, Xiang Nan's assets have swelled to 1.5 billion yuan by the time of the new century, making him a veritable top rich man.
But because he has always believed in keeping money secret, no one knows exactly how much money he has.
Even Xiaoping thought that he had tens of millions at most, and he earned it from writing books in those years. Unbeknownst to him, he has done so many businesses and made so much money over the years.
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With so much money, Xiang Nan's family's living standard is naturally top-notch.
Lives in a single-family villa in the Central District, drives a Rolls-Royce Maybach, eats green vegetables and meat, and wears well-known luxury brands. Even Liu Hao went to a bilingual school when he went to middle school.
And he received careful training from Xiang Nan and Xiaoping since he was a child, and when he grows up, he also has excellent grades and is versatile. Therefore, at the age of 18, he took part in the art examination and got the first place in both professional and cultural subjects. He was successfully admitted to Yanjing Film Academy, and became classmates with Liu Yifei, Jiang Yiyan, Zhu Yawen, Huang Bo, etc.
Because both parents are big celebrities, especially Xiang Nan, who goes to the Spring Festival Gala every year and makes movies every year. He plays a very important role in the mainland entertainment circle, so Liu Hao is also highly valued in school, calling the wind and calling the rain.
Since my sophomore year, I started to take on dramas outside one after another, such as "Youth Son of Heaven", "Dragon Babu", "Bloody Romance", "My Brothers and Sisters", "A World Without Thieves"...
Xiang Nan is friends with Ma Weidu, Wang Yi, Feng Xiaogang, Ye Jing, Zhao Baogang, Zheng Xiaolong, etc., and also has a good relationship with Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, and Yingda. Teng Huatao, Lu Xuechang, and Guan Hu are all juniors in front of him. up.
Xiang Nan is good at writing, and has various scripts at his fingertips. In addition, he has a lot of money, capital, and courage. Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Zhao Baogang and others made film and television dramas many times, but they couldn't get investment, so it was Xiang Nan who helped them.
So he has a very high status in this circle. With a father like him escorting him, Liu Hao's development will naturally be smooth sailing.
In 2003, he became famous by starring in "The Young Emperor", followed by Duan Yu in "Dragon and Ba Bu", Ning Wei in "Blood Romance", Bai Yang in "Happiness is Like a Flower", and "The Legend of Condor Heroes". Yang Guo in "Golden Wedding", Tong Sibo in "Golden Wedding", Xiang Nan in "Struggle", Zhu Chuanwu in "Crossing the Guandong", Xiaobei in "Snail House", Takeda in "The Wind", Yi Xiaochuan in "Myth", The eighth elder brother in "Gong Suo's Scheming", Wang Xiaojian in "Thirty Three Days of Broken Love"...
Good scripts and good roles, one after another, made Liu Hao's fame steadily rise, and he firmly occupied the top niche in the entertainment circle.
In 1912, Liu Hao married a girl outside the circle. The girl's name is Mo Yuxin, and her father is a venture capitalist, with a net worth of around 8 billion, which is slightly inferior to Xiang Nan's.
After getting married, the husband and wife loved each other, and gave Xiang Nan his eldest granddaughter every two years. Happily, Xiang Nan coaxes the children to play at home every day.
In 2013, Xiang Nan and Xiaoping officially retired.
However, even though he stepped back, Xiang Nan was busier than before.
I used to be an active soldier, so I couldn’t do many things. Now after retiring from the military, there are no constraints, and many things can be done.
Such as starting a company, speculating in stocks, venture capital, investing in film and television, etc. After all, no one will think that they have less money.
Since his retirement in 2013, Xiang Nan has successively invested in Bytedance, Meituan, Didi Taxi, Pinduoduo, Kuaishou, Zhihu, etc. He has not let go of even Bitcoin and blockchain.
A few years later, when these companies went public one after another, Xiang Nan’s investment has gained tens or hundreds of times in return.
After getting rich, Xiang Nan didn't squander it.
To be honest, at his age, material desires are already very small. He didn't eat much, drink much, and live much, so he donated most of the money he earned.
Among them, a large part was donated to the families of soldiers who died in the war that year.
Xiang Nan personally participated in that war and knew how cruel it was. He also felt great respect for those comrades who died, so he wanted to do something for them.
This donation is evenly distributed to each family. Although it is only tens of thousands of yuan, it can be regarded as his kindness.
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The older you get, the more nostalgic you become.
After retiring, Xiang Nan basically held a gathering of the art troupe every year to get together with his comrades in arms.
As written in the original novel, Hao Shuwen's husband, after getting rich, disliked her for being old and ugly, divorced her at the beginning of the new century, and then found a girl thirty years younger than her.
After Xiao Suizi went abroad, she met a charming man in the United States. Under his fanatical pursuit, she finally agreed to marry him. After getting married, they gave birth to a pair of twins, and now they are naturalized in the United States, so they are regarded as overseas Chinese.
The political commissar passed away in 2002. After he changed jobs, he returned to his hometown and worked as the deputy director of a machinery factory. At the end of the 1990s, the machinery factory closed down under the impact of the market, and the political commissar became depressed because of this, drinking alcohol every day to relieve boredom. As a result, he developed cirrhosis of the liver within a few years and died of it.
Zhu Ke is possessed by the spirit of decline. In 1975, he was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of injury. After he was released from prison in 1979, he was sentenced to another ten years for hooliganism because of his disorderly life. He was only released in 1992.
In 1993, he was sentenced to another two years for selling pirated video tapes. After entering, he was sentenced to another year for participating in a prison fight, and was released in 1996.
After he was released, he found out that the factories he worked in had closed down, and he lost a serious job. I had no choice but to rely on some money from my family to open a restaurant by myself.
As a result, two days after the restaurant opened, a hooligan came to seek trouble. As soon as he made a move, he was sentenced to aggravation and intentional injury. Because he was a recidivist, the sentence was increased and he was sentenced to three years.
After he came out again, his parents were both dead, and his elder brothers and sisters didn't want to care about him. Zhu Ke had no other way out, so he had to imitate others. As a result, I didn't get it right the first time, and got under the car directly, and suffered a comminuted fracture on the spot.
Although they lost some money, Zhu Ke was also disabled, and died within two years of lying in bed. For most of my life, I haven't had a good time.
Happy New Year to all book friends! I wish you a new year, progress in study, smooth work, happy love and happy marriage!
(end of this chapter)