Chapter 116: Xu Heng is going to make a movie?

After hearing Zhao Gaoyang express his thoughts, Sheng Bo interjected and asked, "Old Zhao, are you going to buy Hua Ship?"

"Yeah."

"Then count me in. I've heard experts say Hua Ship is going to be incredibly fierce this year. You have experience in this area, so you can just teach me." Sheng Bo looked very interested in stocks.

Xu Heng, sitting nearby and hearing their conversation, sighed that history had returned to its proper track.

It was just that this time, the people buying Hua Ship had changed from him and Sheng Bo to Zhao Gaoyang and Sheng Bo.

He didn't try to persuade the two of them; Sheng Bo's family had some assets, and losing a few thousand yuan wasn't a big deal for him. As for Zhao Gaoyang... one could only say that it's hard to save a person who is determined to die; Xu Heng had completely lost the desire to pay attention to him.

Zhao Gaoyang laughed while patting Sheng Bo's shoulder hard, saying, "You kid finally got the hang of it, knowing that following Brother Zhao will make you big money. Don't worry, just ask me wherever you don't understand, Brother Zhao will lead you to eat the good stuff."

Speaking of this, Zhao Gaoyang also glanced at Xu Heng triumphantly and said deliberately, "We are all roommates, so of course I have to share money-making methods with my brothers. I'm not like some people who are secretive and petty."

To this, Xu Heng just smiled and said nothing.

Zhao Gaoyang instructed Sheng Bo on how to operate, then said that when the market opens on Monday, I'll take you to the securities market to try it out on a machine and you'll know how. Sheng Bo nodded, feeling he had "benefited a lot."

"By the way, why don't we see Cheng Ge today? Otherwise, we could have one more brother to make money with."

"Cheng Ge seems to have said he went out to handle some business and won't be back until tonight," Sheng Bo said.

"What business could he have? He wouldn't be learning from Old Xu and going to pester his ex-girlfriend, would he?" Zhao Gaoyang teased.

"I don't know about that." Sheng Bo shook his head, then asked Xu Hehong, "Old Xu, why didn't you go out to accompany your girlfriend today either?"

"I have some things to do, too."

What Xu Heng was referring to was naturally the public audition for *Love is Not Blind*.

He had already used his personal blog to post an invitation for others to attend the audition, and had also posted the same message on several other popular large forum websites.

This was big news.

The composer of *The Wind Has Risen*, *Decency*, and *Three Kingdoms Kill* was actually going to enter the film and television industry?

Paparazzi reporters from all walks of life, as well as people inside and outside the industry, whether related or unrelated, came upon hearing the news.

To see exactly how Xu Heng was going to perform.

In fact, most of them were just there to watch the fun.

After all, in their eyes, Xu Heng was currently a newcomer to the entertainment industry who hadn't even figured out the music scene, so where did he get the capital to dare to film a movie directly?

Did he really think movies were that easy to make? So many big shots in the industry, including many old veterans, had flopped in the last two years of making movies, losing millions or even tens of millions directly.

And who were you? What kind of connections and resources did you have in the industry? Did you have any drawing power? Or did you know any big-name stars?

Just because a few singers in the music scene praised you a couple of times, you're floating in the sky?

Everyone was not optimistic about Xu Heng making a movie, and when they heard that the director Xu Heng invited was still a senior at the Magic Arts Academy, they were even less optimistic.

Hiring a student with no experience at all as a film director? This was probably the most ridiculous move of 2007 that would make people laugh their heads off.

Oh, my god, let's look at this director again.

Ren Man, whose previous works were all short videos or low-budget flops.

Hahaha!

Forgive them; they didn't want to laugh, but Xu Heng really amused them.

For a time, the internet was full of ridicule and sarcasm toward him, and looking at the comment section, one could hardly see a single kind word.

By the time the news spread on the internet, reached their school, and went viral on the campus forum, Sheng Bo and the others, as Xu Heng's roommates, finally learned that Xu Heng was going to make a movie.

"Damn! Old Xu, is this for real? You're investing in a movie? Are you going to be the director?" Sheng Bo asked in surprise.

Xu Heng did not refute, indirectly admitting to the matter.

"I'm the assistant director; I've hired a professional for the director."

"Then look at me, can I play a third or fourth male lead? If that doesn't work, an extra is fine, just the kind of small fry who gets stabbed to death by the villain on the side of the road," Sheng Bo said, pointing at himself with a smile.

"I'm planning to make a low-budget romance film, there aren't many extra roles. If you want to act, I can find some crowd passerby roles without lines for you to play," Xu Heng said.

Zhao Gaoyang was equally shocked: "Old Xu, why didn't you tell us about you making a movie?"

"Because even if I told you, you couldn't help me with anything," Xu Heng said calmly.

Zhao Gaoyang scratched his head in embarrassment; he had already vaguely sensed that the gap between Xu Heng and him was growing larger and larger.

Xu Heng had done many big things recently that they, as roommates, only found out about afterwards, which gave people the feeling that "although Xu Heng is still staying in the dorm, he is no longer the same kind of person as them."

The three of them were like students, while Xu Heng was like a professional in society; he had just been heard on the phone with someone, presumably discussing cooperation for the movie.

"How much money are you planning to invest this time? I heard from others that making movies burns money," Sheng Bo asked.

"I'm investing three million, and the director is investing five million, so the risk spread to me is much smaller."

"Three million!!?"

Sheng Bo and Zhao Gaoyang were both stunned when they heard this number.

In their impression, Xu Heng had a little bit of money now, but not enough to take out such a frightening number all at once.

That was three million!

Everyone talked about being a millionaire, but the money Xu Heng was spending just on making the movie could turn the remaining three people in their dorm into millionaires; this move was just too insane.

"Old Xu, where did you get so much money?" Zhao Gaoyang couldn't help but ask.

Just a moment ago, he was thinking about how to make more money in the stock market than Xu Heng, but now he didn't even dare to think about it.

Three million—he was afraid that only by taking out a leveraged loan from a venture capital firm and betting on a stock to skyrocket could he earn three million in a short period of time.

"The money earned from writing books and the money earned from playing the stock market, it's all invested. If I lose this bet, I'll have nothing," Xu Heng said with a shrug.

Upon hearing this, Sheng Bo said, "It's not that I'm lecturing you, Old Xu, but you're too impulsive. With these three million, you could buy two finished apartments in Jinling, or open an internet cafe or milk tea shop at the school gate. Why go and do something with such high risk?"

Xu Heng smiled calmly: "High risk, high return. Life rarely offers a few chances to struggle; if you can't grasp these few opportunities, you won't have them again in the future."

Sheng Bo sighed repeatedly, still feeling that his behavior was irrational and somewhat reckless.

Sheng Bo's ancestors for three generations were farmers; although they became large farm owners by his father's generation, the upbringing he received since childhood taught him to do things in a down-to-earth manner. After graduation, he would also inherit the family's thousand acres of aquaculture and spend his life in the village, so there was a fundamental difference in values between him and Xu Heng.

Over there, Zhao Gaoyang, hearing Xu Heng say this, became even more determined to fight to the end in the stock market.

Xu Heng is right; in life, how many chances does one get to go all out?

Since the stock market is so hot, why not let go and give it a shot, using leverage to gamble on it just this once.