After signing the contract of intent, Cao Xuan and Edgar Jr. exchanged a few pleasantries and hurriedly boarded the plane to Europe.

After taking over 10% of Warner Music Group's shares, Cao Xuan's cash flow is a little tight, so he has to put off buying a private jet.

But there is no need to wait too long, the new album "Relea Color" is a big hit, and the subsequent dividends are enough to make Cao Xuan eat a lot.

There are also endorsements. Both BMW and Samsung are planning to approach him, and they are currently negotiating. This time for overseas promotion, Cao Xuan will also meet with the relevant persons in charge of BMW and Samsung Group.

Especially for Samsung, the negotiations have basically come to an end.

The five-year long-term contract still has stepped terms. If Cao Xuan can fulfill all the conditions, he can get almost US$55 million in endorsement fees.

However, some of the conditions are very harsh, and Cao Xuan is not very confident, but even so, as long as his popularity does not collapse, he should have no problem getting 40 million US dollars in five years.

This is also the largest contract Cao Xuan has signed so far.

Of course, the main reason is that Pepsi-Cola is a gambling contract. The maximum annual income can reach 20 million US dollars and the minimum annual income is 2 million. It all depends on Cao Xuan's annual popularity and the help he provides to Pepsi. The calculation is complicated, so it is not juxtaposed with ordinary endorsement contracts.

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But anyway, this big contract also made Cao Xuan take the time to go to South Korea to attend the signing ceremony.

Then, you can use your father-in-law’s money to book a private jet...

So far, endorsements, US album dividends and copyright revenue are Cao Xuan's important income, with tens of millions of dollars every year, second only to Cao Xuan's cash cow box game.

In addition, Cao Xuan also has two important incomes, Fanxing and Jiaoyang Venture Capital.

Needless to say about the former, including Guolan Entertainment, the two companies’ film and television and variety show investments in the past two years have achieved a high rate of return. In addition, as the artists have gradually become famous, they have also begun to make a lot of profits.

However, since Fanxing is in a stage of rapid development, apart from Cao Xuan’s dividends and endorsement fees, most of the money earned is retained for his own use to continue investing and increasing development.

Even if theater chains and film and television cities were included in Fanxing's name, Cao Xuan would still invest a lot of money in them every year.

Fortunately, many of the land and assets in theater chains and film and television cities can be mortgaged for loans, which greatly saves funds. Otherwise, Cao Xuan may not be able to easily withdraw 200 million US dollars in one go.

As for Jiaoyang Venture Capital, Cao Xuanyang’s investment team has not been idle in the past two years.

In addition to monitoring Cao Xuan's investment assets, he has also been using Cao Xuan's spare funds for short- and medium-term investment operations, and the book gains are also good.

Not long ago, Jiaoyang Venture Capital invested in an Australian technology company last year, and now it has been spotted by Panasonic and General Motors of the United States and is bidding to acquire it.

At that time, Jiaoyang Venture Capital's 35% stake in the company raised US$1.2 million, and now it has increased more than ten times in one go.

With a return of at least tens of millions of dollars, it is the most profitable project independently invested by the investment team of Jiaoyang Venture Capital, except for the command of Cao Xuan.

This is mainly because Cao Xuan is more restrained and does not easily allow the company to intervene in the stock and financial markets.

Cao Xuan is an angel investor, not a stock god. He doesn't understand the stock market, so he won't get involved easily.

There are only a few big bull stocks in the impression stage, maybe with the help of professionals, send people to make a small fortune.

Therefore, under the influence of Cao Xuan, Jiaoyang Venture Capital basically focuses on short- and medium-term corporate investments.

Although the investment in these investments is high and the recovery of funds is slow, they are more reliable because the assets under control have sufficient value preservation rates, and some of them can even be directly used as mortgage loans.

Conservative estimates suggest that the current assets of Sun Venture Capital, including shares in Penguin, shares in Warner Records, shares in several Korean game companies, shares in Septwolves, and other investments, are worth at least US$600-800 million.

Of course, other industries include Box Games, Fanxing Entertainment Cinemas, Guolan Entertainment, Tomorrow Charity Foundation, Light and Shadow Special Effects Company, Baihua Recording Studio, Cao Shangfei Private Restaurant and other industries.

As well as dozens of courtyard houses and half-building apartments in Caoxuan Capital, several large flats and villas in Magic City, and more than a dozen houses in Shenzhen... these must be calculated separately.

How should I put it, all these miscellaneous things are taken into account, and the water in the market value estimate is squeezed out.

Rounding off, Cao Xuan's real net worth is about US$1 billion, which is just over 8 billion when converted into RMB.

If this asset were to be included in the Forbes list of China's richest people, it would at least be in the top ten. During the economic downturn, it is even expected to be in the top three.

After all, NetEase's pig farmer became the richest man in the country at the beginning of this year, with assets of only 8 billion to 9 billion.

Shanda’s Chen Tianqiao doesn’t earn as much as box games. He is the main operator of “Legend of Blood” and his personal assets are valued at nearly 5 billion.

If all the valuations of Cao Xuan's companies are taken into account, it's hard to say if the valuation will double to 8 billion, but it will definitely increase by a few percent.

The richest man in Cao Da is directly capped!

But Cao Xuan has always felt that such calculations are boring. In two years' time, Country Garden's eldest lady will reach the top of the list with assets of 120 billion yuan, and one person's net worth will be as much as the top ten richest people at that time combined.

However, it was of no use at all. She couldn't even get out 10 billion, not to mention 120 billion. In less than two years, her net worth shrank several times, and in three years it fell to more than 10 billion.

It reached the top in 2006, but in 2009 there were no more people in the top fifteen on the rich list. Later, with the boom of the real estate industry, it slowly rose up again.

And more importantly, Cao Xuan knew that the group of people on the list were only part of the richest people in the country.

In recent years, he can be regarded as a new business star, and he has met with many industry leaders here and there to understand the real situation.

Including Cao Daguan, there are many rich people hiding underwater, but they just don't want to be on the list due to low profile or other reasons.

If they really wanted to show off their net worth, not to mention the mainland rich list, even the top ten in Asia might not be able to give it a try.

Having said that, Li Huanggua, currently the second-largest person in Asia, has a net worth of about 10 billion US dollars. Even if Cao Xuan becomes the "richest man in the country", it doesn't make sense.

If he can step on this old guy, Cao Xuan won't mind being on the list and pretending to be cool. If he can't step on him, then forget it.

Cao Xuan calculated his assets and found that other assets may not have changed much, but they have risen steadily.

Penguin will only go public next year, and it should be able to rise a bit, but the shareholding ratio will also decrease. "Legend of Blood" will reach its final peak next year, but then it will fall sharply.

Although with the help of Cao Xuan, "Legend of Hot Blood" has a lot less copyright disputes than the original version. Although there are many private servers, they are not fatal.

However, as the online game market changes, and more and more people are addicted to "Legend of Blood", the various disadvantages of this game have become overwhelming, and a decline in popularity is inevitable.

Therefore, Cao Xuan planned to sell it before 2005, along with the agency rights for "Legend of Blood" and related games and the shares of two Korean companies.

It is obvious that the first choice for buyers is Shanda. The ambitious Chen Tianqiao has long wanted to get rid of the shadow of box games.

On the one hand, he wants to control the cash cow "Legend of Blood" alone, and on the other hand, he is actively developing other projects. The small actions behind the scenes have not stopped in the past two years.

Fortunately, Cao Xuan was always on guard against him, and while the two sides maintained close cooperation, they also continued to fight openly and secretly.

Evergrande has not had other profitable projects in the past two years, but in general, the "Legend" series of games is the most profitable and has a great reputation.

Chen Tianqiao has long been coveting the agents of the "Legend" series of games, and Shanda is planning to go public. If he can fully control the "Legend" series, it will greatly promote Shanda's road to listing.

It can be said that as long as Cao Xuan wants to let go, Chen Tianqiao will win the "Legend" series at all costs.

As for the shares of Korean game companies, Lao Chen must be very interested. Even if he does not have enough funds, the two companies have always wanted to buy back the shares, so there is no need to worry about selling them.

A conservative estimate is that the agency rights + shares can earn Cao Xuan a few hundred million, which must be US dollars.

The specific fluctuation depends on the popularity potential of "Legend" at that time, as well as the funds and eagerness of the two companies.

Anyway, Cao Xuan plans to get rid of the card before 2005. Even if it is an apparent loss, it doesn't matter. It may seem like a short-term loss, but when the "Legend" series is over, we will know who has made a profit.

Of course, the IP of "Legend" is valuable. After a period of downturn, it has regained its vitality in mobile and web games.

From this point of view, Cao Xuan didn't cheat them. Of course, he himself couldn't lose money. The IP of "Legend" is valuable, and other games are even more valuable.

For example, "World of Warcraft" will be developed and launched next year.

You know, Blizzard’s parent company is called Vivendi, and Vivendi has a shareholder named Little Edgar.

Cao Xuan can completely obtain the exclusive agency rights of "World of Warcraft" in China through Edgar Jr.'s relationship, coupled with Box Games' top position in the domestic gaming industry and huge funds.

Everyone knows how profitable "World of Warcraft" is. If it can win the agency rights, it will be as good as the "Legend" series and become another cash cow for box games.

But in this case, Jiucheng’s boss Zhu, who won the agency rights from Yuanshikong, may not be able to afford Shenhua.

It is also difficult for the Chinese Super League to welcome the biggest superstar in history, African Drogba, but it is not bad. It is better than causing an uproar over arrears of wages to African brothers...

Half of the money recovered from the "Legend" series will still be placed on Box Games' account to be used to acquire, develop, and operate new games.

Before the complete rise of Penguin and Stars, box games were Cao Xuan's greatest asset.

………

Cao Xuan, who had accumulated all his assets, got off the plane in Paris, France, and checked into a hotel in London.

After chatting with the staff at Warner Europe about the promotion process and planning to adjust his biological clock, Cao Xuan was about to watch the replay of the game when the call came.

It is the Empress of the West Palace who was once a great beauty.

After answering the phone, Cao Xuan counted on his fingers: "It's probably midnight in China, why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I have a bit of insomnia. I saw the text message you just sent. I want to talk to you to relieve my boredom."

"Is it still because of that?"

"Um."

The Empress of the West Palace replied dully, and Cao Xuan smiled bitterly.

Beauty Zeng has been very annoyed these days. When he was promoting in the United States, she got into trouble.

Famous second-generation celebrity "Six Sons" beating incident!

As the son of a famous film and television star and a top student in Chinese opera, this matter quickly attracted media attention and was widely reported.

The difference from the original time and space is that this time, Empress Xigong intervened.

Because the person who was beaten was a student in her own class, and the person involved was relatively vague, Nishimiya initially thought it was domestic violence caused by an emotional dispute.

An ordinary female college student, a second-generation porn star.

Coupled with his own student filter, Zeng Li was inevitably a little deceived, so much so that he almost got into a fight with Mr. Six at first.
To be continued...