Chapter 195 He Accepts The Invitation

Without a clear refusal, it was basically equivalent to agreeing. Therefore, on the morning of the second day after Director Zhang left, the director in charge of the Spring Festival Gala came to his door with gifts, a smile crinkling his face, repeatedly imploring Su Yubiao to attend the show. As the world's richest man, with Su Yubiao's reputation, if he was willing to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, it meant that the ratings would be guaranteed. Such a good opportunity, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala certainly didn't want to miss it. Someone invited Su Yubiao to breakfast, and he hurriedly went out to keep his appointment at the Taeguk Hotel.

After a few brief conversations, having initially agreed to the Spring Festival Gala's invitation, he began to rack his brains over what song to sing. Fortunately, it was only December, and there were still more than two months to prepare, which was almost enough.

During the drive, Su Yubiao received a call from Jiang Yun, who happily told him, "The *Iron Man* movie's North American box office on its opening day reached $22 million. You didn't want to act in it, are you regretting it now? The reviews are very good, and it's already gone viral online."

"I haven't seen it yet, don't spoil it, thank you. I already know the movie is very interesting."

Sitting in the car, Su Yubiao explained, "The reason I didn't agree was because it's silly to act against thin air. I was afraid I'd laugh. If there really was such a suit of armor, then I would definitely go and star in it. Now it's cheaper for Ah Zu. Fortunately, he's a signed artist of your company, and we don't let outsiders benefit."

There was no intention to necessarily replicate the original version. Out of Tianyun Entertainment's own economic interests, as well as a rebellious attitude towards why it always had to be a white American saving the world, Su Yubiao decided when casting the roles that Wu Zuyan, born in San Francisco, USA, would play Tony Stark, and Jackie Chan would make a cameo appearance.

Anyway, Fine Arts Films originally had some resistance to Su Yubiao, especially when Google acquired Marvel in 2005. Several large film and television companies even jumped out in opposition, raising the acquisition price by about $200 million.

Under this premise, Su Yubiao wanted even more to slap them in the face, letting neglected Chinese actors also show their faces on the world stage. As long as the quality of the film itself was hard enough, Su Yubiao, who controlled Yanwenzi Group and Google and other companies, had the confidence to make it go viral on the Internet and let it shine brightly.

Learning that the box office on the opening day was good, Su Yubiao only felt it was commonplace, and then reminded, "Remember, don't all watch it first. Let's watch it together in a couple of days when I'm done with work, okay?"

Jiang Yun replied, "I have no problem here, but your son kept clamoring to watch it. Nan Gong already took him to watch it at home last night. He just got up today and is gesticulating everywhere, and said it's as awesome as Ultraman."

Hearing this, Su Yubiao instantly had a bold idea, rubbed his chin, and suggested, "How do you think it would be to combine the *Iron Man* image with Ultraman to create a live-action TV series? The filming cost is very low, and children like it very much. Even if the ratings aren't high, selling peripheral products in the future will be more profitable."

"Okay... um? Our Tianyun Entertainment hasn't ventured into that market before." Jiang Yun paused for a moment, and added, "Wait for me to go to work later and find someone to study it. If I had known, I would have acquired Marvel myself. Now it's cheaper for your bunch of American shareholders."

After listening, Su Yubiao just smiled. Like the mainland banks, his Google, Hong Kong Microelectronics Group and other companies introduced a small number of foreign shareholders, which was a last resort. If he didn't pay this "protection fee," there was no way to do business steadily in the international market.

Other competitors might spend money to lobby, and might be able to concoct a reason to prohibit entry into certain overseas markets. Overall, at the very least, it was more beneficial than harmful for him, otherwise it would be difficult to grow to this scale today.

Hong Kong Microelectronics Group released 35% of its shares in the past two years in exchange for a 70% share of the high-end chip foundry market. The company's control was firmly in Su Yubiao's hands, and every day it was like a printing press, crazily earning wealth from all over the world.

Appropriate compromise was for longer-term victory. For him, stability was the most important thing at the moment, and it hadn't reached the point where he had to tear his face apart.

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After answering the phone, Su Yubiao was full of anticipation for Ah Zu's version of *Iron Man*, and equally anticipated the *Iron Man* version of Ultraman. The entire company had already been acquired by his Google. As long as he grasped the measure and didn't ruin the character image, Su Yubiao could do whatever he wanted.

Lost in thought for a while, his car had already driven to the entrance of the hotel. After someone routinely checked and let him go, he found that breakfast had already been served when he arrived at the restaurant.

During breakfast, they talked about some very down-to-earth topics, such as the feasibility of real estate, poverty alleviation, clean energy, and the development of the electric vehicle industry. Su Yubiao had a team under him that was specifically responsible for connecting and working, while he himself was responsible for making the decisions and determining the general direction.

The main topic of discussion was also the outlook for the international financial situation. The mainland stock market had already collapsed, but the basic economic base hadn't shown too many problems. After the real estate market was stirred up by foreign capital, the approval of foreign investment in commercial real estate projects had been restricted. The phenomenon of rising temperatures accompanied the decline in the stock market, and there was a clear downward trend.

Su Yubiao only suggested increasing the scale of the domestic consumer market and stimulating industrial upgrading and transformation, while also mentioning the huge stimulating effect of the Internet on the economy. For example, ordering takeout online by computer had already become popular in major first-tier cities. With the increase in the scale of smart phone users, it might be possible to create tens of millions of employment opportunities in the future, guiding the unemployed and graduates to the tertiary industry...

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Another year-end.

After bringing some specialties back to Hong Kong, Su Yubiao finally finished watching the *Iron Man* movie at home. How to say it? Influenced by the preconceived impression, Su Yubiao's feeling was slightly strange, always imagining that the person under the armor was that Robert Downey Jr.

Putting aside a little bit of awkwardness, the movie itself was still quite good. Approaching Christmas, the North American box office had rapidly broken through 140 million US dollars, and the overseas market added up to about 80 million US dollars.

Waiting until after Christmas and the New Year holidays, he believed that breaking through 400 million US dollars was not a problem, and predicted that the global total box office could break through 700 million US dollars.

On Christmas Eve, the Hong Kong observation tower lit up on time at 8:08 in the evening, adding another landmark building to Kai Tak Digital Port. Su Yubiao accompanied Nan Gongtian and Nong Qingying, and after finishing their meal at the Chinese restaurant on the tower, they happened to see the lights come on. That night, they took a private jet to the Maldives for a vacation.

Surfing, snorkeling, lying down in a daze...

After only a few days of vacation, Su Yubiao returned to Hong Kong, because when the time came to enter 2008, the Qianbi Building located in the former Qianhai of Hong Kong would also light up. He had a luxurious apartment in the building that had been pre-decorated, occupying three floors from top to bottom, allowing him to clearly see the fireworks on the sea.

On the last day of 2007, as many as sixty to seventy thousand people came, specifically waiting to see the Qianbi Building light up...