America's Road to Fame

Chapter 31 Temporary Increase
"You have this determination to make a change, which is rare and wonderful. William, I can relate to how you feel. There were bad moments early in my life where I didn't even want to Thinking back. In those moments of devastation, the question always lingers in my mind, is there any meaning to my life?"

"That kind of confusion can only be deeply understood by those who have experienced it. And I also know that it is very, very difficult to really make up your mind to make a change. If you can do it, it is a very admirable thing." Pula said to William Chen with deep emotion.

"Yes, at that moment, I suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment. Like you have been living in chaos, don't know what you should do, what is the meaning of your life. But at a certain moment, like Like being summoned, you can face your heart directly and face the torture of your soul, and finally I found the answer."

"Everyone knows that my father is of Chinese descent. He once told me some stories and legends of Huaguo when I was young. Among them are stories about enlightenment in Buddhist scriptures, but I have never understood this: how can people suddenly What about an epiphany? And at that moment, I finally understood.”

"It's like a lot of moments, we don't notice it ourselves, but changes are happening in subtle ways. That is to say, quantitative changes produce qualitative changes, and when these changes reach a certain level, it will come. I am very grateful and think that I I am very lucky to have this kind of experience when I was young. I think it is very worth cherishing." After saying this, William Chen raised his wrist to let everyone see the bracelet he was wearing.

"Beautiful bracelet, looks very quaint," Oprah said.

"Yes, a good friend of mine gave it to me, and I like it very much. As you can see, I put my sobriety badge on it." William Chen showed the sobriety badge on the bracelet to Oprah see:

"Although this is only a badge of honor that has expired for one month, I hope to stick to it and get the badge for 10, 20, or even 30 years. You know that it takes courage to say something like this on this show."

Oprah laughed, and she said to the camera: "William, you have to believe in the influence of our program. Now the whole of America has heard your words, and everyone will monitor you."

"I'm already mentally prepared for this, Oprah. In fact, it's not just quitting alcohol, but also enriching myself through learning. It's the way I try to change myself and get back together. Just like recently, I invited Ms. Erica, a very excellent lecturer at New York University, came to help me with my homework, and I tried to use what I learned in investment. Fortunately, it seems that the income is not bad so far.”

"Many people know that I just bought the "New York Observer" before, but few people know that the funds I bought this newspaper came from my investment income. The significance of this matter to me is-this is For the first time in my life, I am investing with my own earned money, so it means a lot.”

"That's big news, William. Many people are wondering that you have become the boss of the newspaper. Now it seems that you are indeed prepared. But I am very curious, it seems that your investment income is really Not bad. Can you tell me something about it?" Oprah asked what many people are most concerned about.

"It is indeed very good, and the specific amount will not be disclosed. I can only say that this money is enough for me to repay the loan and make other investments. Of course, I understand that there is a great element of luck in this investment , because I invested several million dollars to buy a stock, and it has increased dozens of times in less than a month." William Chen doesn't mind disclosing some of his financial resources to the public through this program, so that it will be of great help to future generations. Acquisitions or investments are beneficial.

"Wait, William, let me make a guess. The investment of several million dollars is calculated as 500 million US dollars, and the income of dozens of times is also calculated as 50 times. This is the income of 2.5 million US dollars. How much is it?" Is it more than this number or less than this number?" Oprah seized the opportunity and asked the key point.

"It's a little bit more than this number, but it's not too much higher." William Chen nodded and said.

"Wow, what an amazing number!"

"It's just luck. I will have a clearer understanding of my abilities. But here is also an advertisement, that is, friends who are worried about the future of the "New York Observer" can rest assured, because I still have Those who are able to make continuous financial investment for this newspaper will also adhere to the objective and neutral creed of the newspaper and make it an authoritative media. Of course, I will also try to make other investments, such as the Internet, especially With the popularization of smartphones, the mobile Internet industry brought about is an area that I am very interested in."

Seeing William Chen blatantly advertise his newspaper on his show, Oprah smiled awkwardly but politely.Of course, this is also for the effect of the program. After all, everyone understands that William Chen is willing to come to the interview, and it must be a win-win situation for everyone.

"By the way, William, when we talked about your morning jogging before, we had to talk about the photos we have all seen. Many people took pictures of you and Ivanta often jogging in the morning together. Can you tell me about your relationship? Is it? And you and Paris often went in and out together before, I believe everyone is very curious about your current love life."

This question seems to have been prepared for a long time. When Oprah finished speaking, a photo of William Chen and Ivanta running in the morning appeared on the big screen behind the two, and William Chen and Paris went out together. Photos taken while shopping.

The expression on Chen William's face seemed to say: I still can't hide, and finally came.

"Actually, I'm still single and I'm good friends with Paris and Ivanta. They're both wonderful women with fascinating qualities, not just good looks. , I appreciate their hard work and love for life. But you know, I have had several relationships before, but now I just want to focus more on my career. , I will be more cautious."

"May I think that you mean that the previous relationship was a bit random? We know that the girlfriends you have admitted before are all female stars, and there are many who were photographed by the media but not recognized by you. .” Oprah seized the opportunity to ask this somewhat pointed question.

"Uh, I can only say that I was too young at that time. You know, at that stage, the understanding of feelings was not that deep. Many times, the influence of dopamine secretion and love are not so clear. It's like We eat delicious food and enjoy sports, all of which will make us feel happy because of the secretion of dopamine, but in fact, most of these are just for the satisfaction of the body. Maybe at my current stage, I will pay more attention to it besides these The spiritual compatibility of the two people." William Chen said these words with a face of sincerity.

"William, what do you think of your previous rash feelings, do you regret it?"

"It can't be said to be regret, yes, each of us looks back at the past, and we can find that we have done a lot of stupid things—well, maybe I am more famous for the stupid things I did—but that is you after all. , each of us has to go through these stages that seem silly to us more or less, and these are part of your life. The value of those experiences for our future is that we will not make those mistakes and become better of myself."

"Then you said that you will make other investments, and you only mentioned the Internet industry. We know that your previous investment in movies was not successful, so will you continue to invest in movies in the future?"

Thinking of the "Magic Mike" movie that he just got in a lottery, William Chen naturally wouldn't set the flag casually:

"There will definitely be, but I will plan more maturely, and I will not invest in big productions casually. I hope to accumulate experience from small-budget films and pay more attention to quality. As I said just now, Those bad behaviors before, the greatest value to me is that I have a clearer understanding of myself and know the limits of my ability, people can't be too ambitious, can't they?"

Now that the interview has come to this point, it's almost time.Oprah is very satisfied with today's recording, William Chen is also very cooperative, there are many hot spots in it, so that the audience can see William Chen who is different from the rumors, this is the biggest highlight of this episode .

After recording this episode of the talk show, Oprah sent William Chen out of the studio, bid him farewell, and told him that the show would be broadcast in the near future after the production was completed.

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In Chen William's bank account, after deducting the bank loan, there are now about 4.35 million US dollars.Today is the day Chen William is going to start shorting gold. After running in the morning, he is going to use [Random Temporary Amount Card (Elementary)].

There must be a sense of ceremony. After taking a bath and changing clothes, William Chen opened the interface of Future Bank.He first took out [Lucky Perfume (Junior)]. The bottle of lucky perfume in his hand looked like ordinary perfume, except that it didn't have a label.

William Chen took the lucky perfume in his hand and sprayed it on himself a few times, but he didn't feel any smell, and then the lucky perfume disappeared out of thin air.

It should work now, right?Thinking this way, remembering that the lucky perfume is only valid for 1 minute, William Chen quickly took out a random temporary withdrawal card from the interface of Future Bank. After choosing to use it, William Chen saw the numbers in front of him and began to scroll, and finally stopped at 20. figures above.

Then a system prompt appeared in front of him: the quota has been adjusted, and the temporary quota has been adjusted to 20 times.Chen William's previous loan amount at William Bank was 1.5 million. When he opened the [Account] interface, he found that the current amount had become 31.5 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 20 times.

And there is a line of reminders with * under the quota display, indicating that it contains a temporary quota of 30 billion U.S. dollars, which expires on September 2009, 9. Please complete the repayment before then.

(End of this chapter)