"Jiang Feng, I'm here for a brief interview to discuss your success and your views on China's economic development in the future." Hurun pulled out his notebook and pen.

This is his habit, and this is also the difference between him and journalists. Usually a reporter will take out a tape recorder during an interview, but it is often difficult to get the interviewee to speak his mind.

This is a big taboo for Hurun, who is eager to get the most truthful and reliable information. Therefore, it is only possible to use a pen to record the interviewee's peace of mind without worrying that the conversation will be leaked.

After all, even if Hurun really leaked out the sensitive topics of the conversation, the interviewee only needs to admit it. If you had a tape recorder and the conversation was recorded, it would be really incomprehensible.

"Jiang Feng, my first question ......" Hurun began his interview after setting up his notebook.

Hurun's interview on this trip was full of expectations and apprehensions.

In 1999, when Hurun produced the first "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List", he could not meet a rich man on the list, he relied on collecting various financial newspapers and magazines in Chinese mainland, as well as various financial news, as well as listed company statements and other information, tossing for half a year before releasing the first "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List".

The following year, in 2000, after the media reprinted Forbes's "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List", Hurun was already well-known in Chinese mainland. The second production of "Chinese Mainland Rich List" has already been able to meet many rich people on the list.

But last year, with the launch of Forbes' Chinese edition, his "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List" suddenly appeared in front of 1.3 billion Chinese people from the media and the rich, and everything changed.

When he met with these rich people before, the people he met were able to talk eloquently, and many of them even provided him with some confidential financial statements of the company, which helped him a lot. But since Forbes launched the Chinese version. The "Chinese Mainland Rich List" suddenly appeared in front of 1.3 billion Chinese, making these rich people unable to adapt for a while.

People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong. Many of the richest people on the list have called Hurun, and his "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List" has caused them big trouble. Either asking for donations and sponsorships, or questioning the source of their wealth, many rich people even revealed that they wanted Hurun to remove their names from the "Chinese Mainland 100 Rich List".

In this regard, Hurun is very helpless. However, he still compiles the "Chinese Mainland Rich List" according to his own logic, but now that he meets these rich people, it is difficult to get the most accurate information as before, as if he has returned to 1999. It is estimated based on information such as magazines and annual reports published by the company.

Fortunately, now that we have entered the Internet era and the era of information explosion, it is much easier to query a lot of information.

This time to meet Jiang Feng, Hurun hoped that this recent figure in Chinese mainland could give himself some real data. When you are young, you should always have a young and frivolous attitude.

"Jiang Feng, I declare first. I'm not a journalist, and the content of our conversations doesn't always leak out. Hurun first emphasized its position.

Jiang Feng nodded.

"Okay, let me ask the first question, Jiang Feng. Are you afraid of being on the list? Unlike other Western countries, many rich people in Chinese mainland are now reluctant to make the list. Hurun asked.

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "Rupert, if it was three months ago. If you ask me that, my answer is definitely no. However, now Forbes has exposed me. What else do I have to fear? ”

"Hehe, Mr. Jiang, I have carefully investigated you, it took you about 30 months to change from an ordinary poor middle school student from a peasant family to a super-rich man with a net worth of more than 15 billion US dollars, what is the secret of your success?" Hurun asked curiously. This is also the reason why he has been studying the impervious river wind.

"The secret to success?" Jiang Feng thought about it for a while, and said in his heart that if you are reborn, I am afraid you will be able to be so successful.

But no one believes it when it comes to rebirth.

"If I had to say the secret of my success, I could only describe it in one idiom - whimsical." Jiang Feng said half-seriously, half-jokingly.

"Whimsical?" Hurun was stunned, pondering these four words.

"Yes, I'm not afraid that I can't do it, I'm just afraid that I can't think of it." Jiang Feng said with certainty, "I think Rupert, you already know that my funds come from the financial market. Working hard in the financial market is a kind of risk, a kind of gambling. If you don't dare to think about it, you will definitely be swallowed by others, and there will be no bones left. ”

"Indeed, financial markets are the most difficult to grasp." Hurun said, and then asked, "What made you invest in such a high-risk field?" What was your initial goal? ”

"Rupert, as you know, my family was a really poor peasant family more than two years ago, and I don't want to continue to live like this, I want to change. However, at that time, my goal was only to hope that my parents would live well, and stop working in the land all year round with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky; Then I can have a penthouse apartment that is completely my own, and then I can have a girl who loves me, and live an ordinary life. Jiang Feng said.

"Then Jiang Feng, your original goal has already been achieved, what about your current goal?" Hurun asked with a smile.

"The goal now? At this stage, my goal is to build the 'Jiang Group' into a world-renowned comprehensive group, and then based on this, together with my Jiang investment fund, I will form my own consortium. After Jiang Feng hesitated for a moment, he still said what he longed for most now.

Hurun nodded, this answer was already very satisfactory to him. After asking some questions about Jiangfeng and its future goals, he announced the end of today's interview.

Just after the interview, when Jiang Feng was about to return to Jiangzhou, Chen Xiaowei called Jiang Feng and said that the post-production of "Myth" had been completed, and now he was going to the capital to hold the premiere.

"It's good now, and you don't have to rush back to Jiangzhou." Jiang Feng said with a wry smile.

After all, "Myth" is the first film of his company, and he has invested a lot of money, and he has invited many big-name stars to participate in the performance.

Generally speaking, movie premieres are part of the promotion of a film. At the premiere, the main cast of the film is usually present and also interacts with the audience. During this time, media reporters can interview celebrities up close. After the ceremony, the film is usually shown, but this does not mean that the film will be released worldwide immediately, and after all, there are only a few people who can see the movie at the premiere, and it is often necessary to have a relationship to get the admission ticket.

The result of Jiang Feng's discussion with Ye Lanqiu and Chen Xiaowei was that about 500 guests were invited to the premiere, in addition to some celebrities in the industry, reporters from major media, as well as leaders of the Propaganda Department and the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, and finally sent invitation letters to the leaders who had a good relationship with him, as well as some representatives of the military.

"Isn't it inappropriate to ask the leadership of the military? In what name? Chen Xiaowei is still a little uncomfortable with this.

"This is simple, let's just say that the filming work has received strong support from the military, anyway, they usually participate in large-scale films, didn't we also use some local officers and soldiers to help? In these things, we can't be mavericks, we must be gregarious, and you have to learn to adapt to the domestic environment. Jiang Feng replied.

The so-called invitation to the officers and soldiers stationed in the area to assist in the filming is sometimes not very necessary, although it is said that the big-headed soldiers only need to provide food and lodging, but to settle the above officials, they still need a certain amount of relationship and money. Therefore, the crew with a little less strength generally does not do this, so it is better to ask the extras to make up the number. If it weren't for films that really needed to emphasize discipline and professionalism, the process would have been saved.

Of course, if it is a main theme movie invested by the government, such as Armageddon or something, it must be attended by troops, and many troops must participate, and the momentum is relatively sufficient.

All in all, Jiang Feng still attached great importance to this premiere, so after tossing and turning in the capital for a few days, finally on September 12, the premiere of "Myth" was held in a five-star hotel in the capital.

In fact, at the end of last year, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" held a premiere, this martial arts masterpiece starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen, Zhang Ziyi, etc., the theme song singer is Faye Wong, it is a Chinese film with the highest investment that year, and the mainland box office reached 250 million yuan, accounting for a quarter of the total box office of the year. It has been commented as one of the outstanding works in Zhang Yimou's films, and has won a series of awards at home and abroad.

Moreover, Jiang Feng, who has memories of his previous life, knows that after "Hero" goes abroad next year, it will also achieve great success abroad.

In August 2004, it was released in North America and won the box office championship for two consecutive weeks, and at the same time topped the box office in Japan, South Korea and other places, with a global box office of 177 million US dollars, and was named the first of the top ten best films in the world in 2004 by Time Magazine, and was nominated for the Academy Awards and the American Film Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

"Hero" is considered a milestone in the era of Chinese blockbusters, opened the curtain of China's commercial blockbusters, and played an important role in promoting the development of China's film industry.

With such a benchmark in front, Jiang Feng himself is also a little worried, and he doesn't know what kind of market response his big production will receive. If the grades are too bad, it will be a real loss of face. After all, now he is considered famous. (To be continued.) )