Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0548 Pan Disheng is very good at pretending
"Nansheng, sorry to bother you. I'm Pan Disheng, and this is my daughter... Miss Yang Ziliang from Malaysia." Pan Disheng stepped forward and introduced himself to Nan Yi, and also introduced Yang Ziliang.
"Hello, Nansheng, you can call me Michelle."
Nan Yi and Pan Disheng shook hands, and it was Yang Ziliang's turn who kissed his hand.
"Mr. Pan, Ms. Michelle, please take a seat. I wonder if you two are used to Sichuan cuisine. If not, we can go to another restaurant."
Nan Yi and his friends are at a Sichuan restaurant called "1935". I heard that the previous owner was a Sichuan chef who came to Xiangkeng in 1935 and he serves old-school authentic Sichuan cuisine.
"I have no problem."
"Sure, I'm used to it."
"A Xiang, this is what you recommended. Please order some dishes." Nan Yi took the menu from the waiter and handed it to Wang Li.
Wang Li took the menu and took over the task of ordering.
In the drinking culture, one should not talk about the main topic until the wine enters the throat. They are still ordering dishes. It is impossible for Nan Yi to directly ask Pan Disheng why he came to see him.
Of course, this is only between strangers . If two buddies are sitting in a dry toilet, they can still chat about things while taking a shit and eating melon seeds.
"Ms. Michelle, I've seen the two Guy Laroche watch commercials you shot on TV. They were shot very well, and they captured your gentleness and grace. But there's just one thing wrong. Why does the camera always focus on the watch on your wrist?"
Yang Ziliang smiled generously and said politely: "Nansheng, you are too kind. In a watch advertisement, of course the watch must be the protagonist."
"Ms. Michelle, I'm from the mainland. Ah Xiang studied Chinese. Mr. Pan wants to win the beauty, so he must have put a lot of effort into Mandarin. You can just speak Mandarin. I think everyone here can understand."
Nan Yi nodded at Pan Disheng to tell him, "I know you are chasing this girl. I have good eyes. I am just trying to make small talk. I am not trying to pick up your girl."
"Then I'll speak Mandarin. I just learned Cantonese not long ago, so I'm not very good at it."
"You're too polite, Miss Michelle. You speak it very well. I've been learning it for several years, but I still can't speak it fluently."
"No, Nansheng, your Cantonese is already very standard." Pan Disheng said.
"Thank you." Nan Yi nodded and said, "I saw a Chopard watch at the counter in Landmark Plaza last time, but it was too expensive, so I had to regretfully miss it. Now that I meet Mr. Pan, I'll shamelessly ask for a discount card."
"Hahaha, Nansheng, you're joking. How could a watch make you feel embarrassed?" Pan Disheng said as he took out a membership card from his suit pocket, stood up, and handed it to Nan Yi with both hands. "Nansheng is a high-quality customer that we at Disheng Famous Products want to develop. I didn't do my job well. I should have sent the membership card to your house earlier."
Pan Disheng is the agent of various famous brands. Famous brands have high profits and inflated prices. If feasible, Pan Disheng would like to go all the way from Mid-Levels along the wealthy areas of Hong Kong Island to deliver membership cards to the wealthy.
The actual situation is that even if Pan Disheng wants to give it away, he may not be able to do so. No matter whether it is the Pan family or his uncle's Sun family, they are all in the luxury goods business, that is, the business that relies on the patronage of wealthy people for a living. It is he who begs the wealthy people, not the other way around.
Now when Nan Yi asks Pan Disheng for a membership card, Pan Disheng will not be upset, but will be very happy. With the membership card, he will go to his shop to make purchases. As long as Nan Yi buys a watch, he will not lose money.
What's more, if there is one, there will be two. Nan Yi still has a certain chance of becoming Pan Disheng's long-term customer.
Nan Yi took the membership card, took a look at it, and put it away solemnly. "That's good. I can visit your store more often and bring a few more watches home."
"If Nansheng ever wants to go over, you can call me and I'll entertain him personally."
"It would be a great honor for me if Mr. Pan entertained me personally."
Nan Yi laughed it off. As for whether he would go there to spend money or not, that was still uncertain. It depended on what Pan Disheng's purpose in looking for him today was.
After a few minutes, the appetizers were served and the waiter brought the wine.
The wine is Xiantan wine, a famous wine from Wuchuan and a tribute to the royal family in the Ming Dynasty.
Half of the history of liquor belongs to Wuchuan.
The climate and landscape of Wuchuan are particularly suitable for brewing good wine. At the beginning, Nan Yi wanted to brew wine in Nanchen Village, but finally found that it was not feasible. After many twists and turns, he finally set up the winery in Luohong, Wuchuan, which is the same place as Langjiu and Xiantan Liquor.
Nan Yi waved his hand to let the waiter go away, and he picked up the bottle of wine himself, "Mr. Pan, Miss Michelle, can we drink white wine? If you can, we will drink this. If you are not used to it, we will change to another kind of wine."
"Nansheng, it's okay. Although I don't usually drink white wine, I can still drink a little. Michelle's alcohol tolerance is beyond words. It's not an exaggeration to praise her as a hero among wine lovers."
"Oh?" Nan Yi was surprised, "Ms. Michelle is a big drinker?"
"It's okay. I can drink a little." Yang Ziliang said modestly.
Yang Ziliang's modesty reminded Nan Yi of the fear he felt when he was dominated by the fat sister Li Xiuxiu in Yanshan. If this woman could drink, she could really drink. He better take it easy. It would be too embarrassing to be drunk by a woman.
Nan Yi opened the wine, stood up and poured wine for the three people one by one. He filled each glass to the brim, but when it was his turn, he only filled his glass seven-tenths full.
After pouring the wine, Nan Yi picked up the glass and said, "I am not a good drinker, but it is my honor to drink with Mr. Pan and Miss Michelle today. I offer a toast to you two."
"Nansheng, you're welcome. I toast to you." Pan Disheng said as he picked up the wine glass.
"Ms. Michelle, please."
Nan Yi gestured to Yang Ziliang again, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, then showed the empty glass again.
After finishing a glass, Wang Li took over the job of pouring the wine with great insight.
Nan Yi politely invited a few people to eat, and after everyone had filled their stomachs with the food, it was Pan Disheng's turn to toast everyone.
After another glass of wine, the main topic slowly unfolds.
Pan Disheng said, "Nansheng, Director Wang, Michelle has received your care on the set. I would like to thank you both on her behalf."
"Mr. Pan, Miss Yang has many years of dance skills and has also learned martial arts from Brother San Mao. What Wan Chai Gunslinger needs is a beautiful and capable heroine. I can't think of anyone other than Miss Yang." Wang Yan took over the conversation and said, "Miss Yang, next time there is a suitable role, we will continue to cooperate."
"Director Wang, thank you. Please take care of me in the future."
Yang Ziliang stood up and thanked him.
"Michelle has the potential to be a big star, so I invested in D&B to protect her. But as I got to know the film and television industry better, I found that it was not enough to have a film company. The power of the cinema chain was huge, and the film company had to rely on the cinema chain.
It just so happened that Uncle Six's Shaw Brothers was planning to reduce production and was thinking of renting out the cinemas under Shaw Brothers. I contacted Uncle Six and wanted to buy the cinemas under Shaw Brothers. Unfortunately, Uncle Six had no intention of selling..."
In the past few years, Xiangkeng has produced many smart and capable young people, including the four great talents in the past, and now there is a group of business talents, and Pan Disheng is one of the best .
Pan Disheng is also a very pretentious person. Outsiders always think that he can achieve his current success thanks to his father and uncle, but he is actually just a playboy who likes to "play".
Spending money like water to make friends and pursuing female stars, these two common characteristics of a playboy are fully demonstrated in him.
If you don't take off your tinted glasses and clear the fog outside, how can you see clearly that Pan Disheng is a famous brand? If you don't make friends with dandy boys, who else can you make friends with? If you are a famous brand, what should you do if you don't hype yourself up in the news and raise your reputation?
Despite his dandy appearance, shrewdness flows through every pore of Pan Disheng.
If the Pan family hadn't been so poor, Pan Disheng would have definitely grown up to be the number one rich second generation in Xiangkeng, and Li Tongban's two sons would have had no chance at all.
"He's only willing to rent it out. I guess Uncle Six hasn't given up on the movie yet. He'll regroup when he has time."
"Oh, what did Mr. Shao say?" Nan Yi asked.
"You can rent it to me for five years, and the asking price is HK$120 million."
"Mr. Shao's asking price is reasonable."
There are 16 cinemas, with an average annual rental of 1.5 million yuan each. This price is indeed very reasonable. As long as the management is reasonable, it is easy for a cinema to earn an average of 3 to 4 million yuan a year.
Pan Disheng and Nan Yi were just talking about the cinema chain. What was the intention behind this?
Nan Yi guessed that Pan Disheng probably wanted to get him to invest and play the risk-sharing trick, but why him and not someone else?
