Christmas can be said to be one of the most important festivals for Americans in the year, and it is also the vane and barometer for many economic people to determine whether the US retail industry and even the economy are prosperous. m In the United States, personal consumption accounts for 70% of the total US economy, and the overall retail sales of the shopping season at the end of the year can account for one-fifth of the total American consumption in the whole year, up to 500,000,000,000 billion US dollars! In order to reward themselves and their families for their hard work for the year, many people are willing to queue up overnight and spend money to "shop" to satisfy their shopping desires.

However, the Christmas in the United States in 2007 seemed a bit deserted compared to the hot scenes in previous years. With the repeated efforts of central banks in various countries, the subprime mortgage crisis not only showed no sign of calming down, but instead tended to become more and more intense. The US economy has also cast a strong shadow. Moreover, since the stock market has been falling after October, most Americans have to shrink their spending.

The Christmas movie market is also a key focus for Hollywood film companies. This time, Hong Kong Kumho Film Group voluntarily withdrew from this market and did not launch any heavyweight movies. First, "Transformers" released in October achieved great success in the North American film market, achieving a box office of nearly 900 million US dollars, and its global box office exceeded 2 billion US dollars. It can be said that Hong Kong Kumho Film Group had a perfect ending in the film market in 2007, so naturally there was no need to compete with other Hollywood film companies during the Christmas movie schedule. Second, DreamWorks Film Company launched the electric video before Christmas.

The movie "Juno". Since it was publicly announced that the script and heroine were selected by "Fang", it has attracted the attention of many movie fans before it was released. "Juno" has lived up to expectations. With a total budget of only 7 million US dollars, two days after its release, the box office in North America had already exceeded the 10 million mark and won the weekly box office championship. It achieved a double harvest of box office and reputation. With the arrival of Christmas, its North American box office is still growing rapidly. Well-known film critics have also predicted that its North American box office will likely reach more than 150 million US dollars, or even exceed the 200 million US dollars mark, and the global total box office may reach more than 300 million US dollars!

This amazing result undoubtedly made the title of "Fang"'s golden eye recognized by more people in the Hollywood film industry. The masterpieces worth hundreds of millions of dollars and the fresh comedy works worth a few millions of dollars are also "played" so well. Thinking about the "Furrow" at the beginning of the year and the previous "Death is Coming" are both scripts or screenwriters selected by "Fang". This undoubtedly further proves his strength-the reason why he was able to achieve today's success is not just relying on large scenes and large productions to win the audience's love.

"A mobile phone that will change the world - the first generation of iPhone", Fang Mingyuan put the newspaper on the table with a smile. This is his evaluation of the new phone launched by Apple, the iPhone, in an interview with a senior reporter from the Los Angeles Times three days ago.

The Los Angeles Times is the largest folio daily in the western United States. Its influence and industry status in the United States are second only to the New York Times and the Washington Post. It is recognized as the third largest newspaper in the United States! In recent years, due to the rise of the Internet, traditional media has generally not had a good life, and the same is true for the newspaper industry. In order to expand its influence and attract more readers and thus gain the favor of more advertisers, the Los Angeles Times is also working hard to change itself. As the saying goes, the moon will be the first to get close to the water, and their editor-in-chief has put his ideas on the famous "Fang". There are many reasons. For example, "Fang" is one of the most well-known screenwriters in the world. If it is to be defined within the scope of young screenwriters, even the suffix of "One" can be completely removed!

"Fang" is not just a screenwriter, but also a famous Japanese cartoonist. Although he has no works in recent years, no one can deny that many of his previous comic works have achieved great results in Japan and even East Asia. He was once known as the best cartoonist in the younger generation; "Fang" is not just a cartoonist, he is also a game producer. Many of the games he participated in have achieved amazing sales around the world. He also founded Gamestation, a global company.

The famous Blizzard Entertainment Company is also acquired by him: "Fang" is not just a successful game producer, he is also a successful entrepreneur. Hong Kong Kumho Film Group, Guo Shipping Group, Pingchuan Petroleum Group, Carrefour Group, Deguang Electronics Group, Sogo0 Corporation, Australia Haiping Mining Company, Microsoft Corporation, Nokia Corporation, etc., etc., have him in a series of well-known companies around the world or in the industry.

If we consider that we are only in our early thirties, this series of dazzling achievements is undoubtedly like a high-light searchlight that makes people unable to open their eyes. Countless people around the world are curious about his growth experience, but he is undoubtedly one of the most mysterious and well-known figures in the world today. Until today, people know nothing about his situation. Even his appearance is a mystery. At most, people have only seen his back - it was at the funeral ceremony of the death of a Japanese veteran.

"Fang" rarely accepts interviews. Over the years, he has received only a handful of interviews from the media. Even if his fingers are not enough, he is definitely more than enough to add his toes. On average, it may not be once a year!

Such a social person with high popularity around the world but also has extremely low exposure. If the Los Angeles Times can interview him and even become his "spokesperson" in the United States, it will undoubtedly have a huge driving force for the Los Angeles Times to expand its readership and social influence. Compared with their main competitors, the New York Times and the Washington Post, their biggest advantage is that "Fang" often comes to Los Angeles, but they don't often go to the Eastern United States.

In order to achieve this interview, the Los Angeles Times also took a lot of effort and entrusted a lot of relationships. It even motivated California Governors Schwarzenegger and Cameron to promise many benefits to Hong Kong Kumho Film Group and Fang Mingyuan personally, and then achieved what he wanted. Fang Mingyuan accepted their two-hour interview. Of course, the prerequisite is that no photo and recording are allowed, and the press releases written must be reviewed by Fang Mingyuan before they can be published publicly. As for the future cooperation between the two sides, Fang Mingyuan did not agree. He just expressed that he would consider it solemnly.

The Los Angeles Times did not publish all the contents of this interview at one time. Instead, it adopted the strategy of publishing part of it every day. Yesterday was its first interview, mainly talking about the movie release plan of Hong Kong Kumho Film Group next year. The feedback given by the market has made the Los Angeles Times crazy, and its total sales have increased by about 20%. You should know that the Los Angeles Times is one of the only major newspapers in the United States with sales of more than one million copies. Twenty percent means that almost 200,000 more newspapers have been sold! Such a huge sales increase is also quite rare in the history of the Los Angeles Times.

Today is the second exclusive interview. It can also be regarded as helping Apple to make a sales promotion. Apple's first-generation iPhone was released very successfully and achieved quite brilliant results in the North American market. Compared with Fang Mingyuan's intervention, and the release time was delayed by another half a year, some of the shortcomings that the first-generation iPhone were criticized were compensated, and its advantages were also effectively strengthened.

Especially its appstore, once launched, it has received great praise among North American iPhone users. Gamestation has also launched more than a dozen mobile games on it, achieving extremely satisfactory returns. Moreover, the return is still expanding, making the person in charge of Gamestation company happy. Compared with traditional computers and home game console games, the total investment in mobile games is obviously less. A masterpiece on a home game console can make more than ten mobile games, and the work cycle is also short, but the returns obtained may be richer!

Moreover, after Fang Mingyuan's reminder, Apple also avoided the mistake of significantly lowering prices within three months of selling in the previous life. This series of changes made the sales of iPhones very popular. Fang Mingyuan believes that this interview can add fuel to its sales.

Fang Mingyuan picked up another stack of information from the table. This is a statistical report on the American automobile industry submitted by the research department of Fang's family. Although the deadline for the report is at the end of November, it can still be seen from it that due to the trend of economic recession, coupled with the rising oil prices, falling housing prices, and the subprime mortgage crisis, the US automobile industry experienced its worst year since 1998 in 2007. Although manufacturers and sellers tried their best to introduce various discounts to attract customers, automobile production fell by nearly 5% compared with the same period last year, and sales also fell by 5.3%.

The most attractive thing is that if there is no accident in the United States, Toyota Motor's sales will surpass Ford Motor Company and become the second largest automaker in the U.S. auto market. Among them, the most attractive growth is the hybrid car launched by Toyota Motor Company. As of the end of November, more than 270,000 units were sold in the United States, an increase of up to 47%!

However, Fang Mingyuan is most concerned about the situation of General Motors and Chrysler Automobile, because he knows that in the near future, these two world-renowned automobile manufacturers will face the fate of bankruptcy and reorganization. In particular, General Motors, from the world's first company with annual sales revenue exceeding the billion dollar mark, to more than 70 years of firmly becoming the "leader" of the global automobile industry, becoming a symbol of global manufacturing, and then to the world's largest industrial bankruptcy case, this century-old store is a symbol of American industry, the glory and dreams of generations of Americans fell down like a hole, causing huge shocks in the global industry.

On the one hand, Fang Mingyuan wants to learn from the sudden fall of General Motors. Industry-renowned companies like General Motors can face bankruptcy. So, besides those supported by the state treasury, which company cannot fail? Although the performance of these companies under the Fang family is booming and incredibly good, if he keeps vigilant from time to time, then perhaps in his lifetime, he can see the moment when they collapse like General Motors!

On the other hand, Fang Mingyuan was also thinking about how to bite a few pieces of fat from General Motors and Chrysler Automobile as much as possible. In the economic world, every time the former giant fell, it was a day for others to participate in the food sharing feast. General Motors and Chrysler Automobile were naturally no exception.

Fang Mingyuan remembers it very clearly that in his previous life, the two companies sold a large amount of assets in exchange for funds in order to succeed in restructuring. General Motors even sealed up many world-renowned brands, sold multiple factories, laid off a large number of dealers, and laid off a large number of employees. This is undoubtedly an important merger and acquisition opportunity for Qinchuan Samsung Automobile Group.

And it is not just the automobile industry. The economic crisis caused by the subprime mortgage crisis has put many American companies on the verge of bankruptcy. This is also a great opportunity for the Fang family to enter the ranks of shareholders of these companies and even acquire these companies. For this day, it can be said that Fang Mingyuan has been preparing for it since the collapse of the Nasdaq Index. This can also be said to be the last opportunity for him to strengthen himself in his memory in his previous life! After the subprime mortgage crisis, when will a new economic crisis occur? It depends entirely on his own judgment. How can Fang Mingyuan not pay attention to and cherish such precious opportunities?

However, it is not easy to use the economic crisis caused by the subprime mortgage crisis to achieve the goal of gaining the most and giving the least. (To be continued.)

ps:ps: I have something to do at night, and today there is only one chapter.
Chapter completed!