Author: Zhang Xia
Source: Business Figure (ID: biz-leaders)
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Four years after the "Yin Yang Contract" incident, Fan Bingbing's Weibo fell into trouble again. The reason for this fall was no longer the dissatisfaction of netizens due to her crazy attempts on the verge of comeback, but the fact that she was accused of finding a "pig head three".
According to entertainment paparazzi Liu Dachui, Fan Bingbing has a new relationship. A speech given by the new boyfriend at Fan Bingbing's company was also leaked. In the video, he was sitting upright, full of veteran cadre style, and vowed to make FanBeauty (Fan Bingbing's facial mask brand) the "Number One" in the industry.
The reason why fans are dissatisfied is also very simple, mainly focusing on body shape and appearance: Before the accident, Fan Bingbing was a top beauty, and her partner must either be beautiful or rich. Let's look at this man's beer belly. On Ma Huateng's body, it can be called chic and elegant. On an ordinary man, it is simply like a flower stuck in something.
However, the "middle-aged ordinary man" as this netizen calls him is not that simple. According to reports, this man’s name is Guo Yanfeng. He was born in 1981 and was a soldier. He once served as vice chairman of Gaosheng Fortune Group, a subsidiary of Zhongzhi Group , and his new identity is a partner in Fan Bingbing’s facial mask business.
As we all know, Zhongzhi Department is a billionaire wealth group, and the former helmsman Xie Zhikun is Mao Amin’s husband. Xie Zhikun passed away last year, leaving an inheritance of about 26 billion. Zhongzhi Group has also been very close to the domestic entertainment industry. Some movies with good reputation and box office such as " Chinese Captain ", " The Climber ", etc. All have investments from the Zhongzhi Department. Members of Xie Zhikun’s funeral committee include Chen Kaige and his wife, as well as Bona President Yu Dong.
To put it bluntly, this "ordinary man" is still inextricably linked to the big capital behind the entertainment industry. If Fan Bingbing is still regarded as a big star in domestic entertainment, a mere former executive in the financial circle is naturally not worthy of her; once you think of her as a WeChat business celebrity selling facial masks, she would not be a match for her current boyfriend. It can be said that her value has returned.
The return of value here not only refers to Fan Bingbing finally recognizing the situation, letting go of her obsession, and living a down-to-earth life selling facial masks as a family. Behind their marriage and love choices, a certain kind of capital logic is also reflected: It is no longer reliable for female stars to marry real estate developers and other industrial bosses; as for the new Internet upstarts, there are fewer outlets and higher risks; when male and female stars join forces, the film and television industry is in the cold winter. The time has come, and it is no longer the best time...
All things considered, a financial man is a good choice, which is roughly equivalent to an ordinary girl choosing an affordable man. For example, in 2020, Japanese actress and otaku killer Satomi Ishihara married an employee of Goldman Sachs. According to the analysis of netizens, this Goldman Sachs man may be an MD or VP, with an annual salary of around 5 million yuan. Last year, mainland female star Wang Ziwen held hands with the male guest Wu Yongen in the variety show " Heartbeat Again ", who was also an investment banker.
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However, the combination of female celebrities + financial men has long gone through a reincarnation. As the group closest to Vanity Fair and capital games, the marriages of female celebrities, to some extent, witness the rise and fall of capital and the rise and fall of the industry.
traces back to the generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars Brigitte Lin , Michelle Reis and Rosamund Kwan . At that time, marrying into a wealthy family was the popular destination for female stars. Most of these wealthy families are mainly engaged in industry.
For example, Brigitte Lin married Xing Liji, the former chairman of Esprit Global in Hong Kong. The company is in the clothing business, mainly producing men's and women's fashion, shoes, accessories, etc.Xing Li's most famous business in mainland China is the agency for the ESPRIT brand. In the 1990s, ESPRIT opened more than 300 shopping mall counters (specialty stores) in more than 100 major cities. In more than 20 years, It occupies the fashion memories of many people born in the 70s and 80s. Later, due to the influx of fast fashion giants such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo into the Chinese market, and the impact of the epidemic, ESPRIT terminated its Chinese business and closed its Asian stores in May 2020.
Liu Luanxiong, who has been entangled with celebrities such as Michelle Reis for many years, first started in the fan business, later got involved in the stock market, and finally devoted himself to real estate. As we all know, Liu Luanxiong's Chinese Real Estate has been struggling in the past two years due to Xu Jiayin's drag. First, it liquidated Evergrande , and last year it went through privatization and delisting.
In mainland China, the most sensational marriage between an actress and a rich man is Che Xiao and former Shanxi richest man Li Zhaohui . When the two got married in 2010, it was said that every ordinary employee of Haixin Group received a 500-yuan bonus. Red envelope, the total cost of the wedding is 5 million yuan. Xinhai Group was originally engaged in the steel business. Within a few years after Li Zhaohui took over in 2003, it transitioned into the capital market and started playing the investment game. In 2014, due to investment failures and overcapacity in the steel industry, corporate profits were declining year by year, and Li Zhaohui's capital chain began to break. In 2018, he was involved in a dispute over the right to recover a total of 216 million yuan, and was classified as a breach of trust and restricted from leaving the country. Last year, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court publicly offered a reward for his whereabouts.
At that time, according to a certain stereotype , the entertainment industry was often a circle with relatively weak financial knowledge, and many female stars lacked the most basic ability to distinguish. For example, Liu Tao 's husband Wang Ke and Da S's ex-husband Wang Xiaofei are already well-known risky projects in the financial circle, but they are still belatedly married in the entertainment industry. Marrying a rich man in the industry, not to mention the cliché, is easy to be ridiculed as a "money worshiper" once the man goes bankrupt, so a high-profile and elite financial man becomes a good choice.
Before 2015, China's financial industry was very popular, and many female celebrities were looking for golden husbands in the financial circle. The earlier one was Phoenix TV anchor Zeng Zimo. In 2006, she married Li Hui, an elite in the private equity investment industry. Li Hui once worked at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the top international investment banks, and later joined Warburg Pincus, a well-known private equity institution, as the head of China. In 2016, he resigned from Warburg Pincus and founded the private equity investment company Dazheng Capital.
"Millionaire" Chen Hao's husband Liu Haifeng is also a private equity tycoon. The two got married in 2009. At that time, Liu Haifeng was the Greater China President of global private equity giant KKR. In 2016, Liu Haifeng resigned from KKR and founded the private equity investment company Dehong Capital.
In 2011, Li Nian, who became famous for playing Seaweed in "Snail House", announced his marriage to Lin Heping, a partner of SoftBank Saifu. Lin Heping studied at Stanford University and Harvard University. After graduation, he worked at Sullivan & Cromwell Law Firm and Credit Suisse. He is currently a partner of SAIF Investment Fund.
In addition, table tennis star Zhang Yining married Xu Wei, managing director of Hong Kong risk hedge fund company Persistent Edge in 2009; Taiwanese female anchor Patty Hou married UBS Securities sales trader Huang Bojun in 2011 , Huang Bojun is currently the vice president of sales of Citigroup Global Securities; Miss World Zhang Zilin , in 2013, married SVP Nie Lei of the Capital Markets Department of CITIC Securities.
Of course, financial men also have risks, especially for female celebrities who do not understand finance. For example, Huang Yi is married to Jiang Kai, the chairman of hedge fund Dragon Fund. The hedge fund business is a highly risky financial instrument. It has high returns during financial booms, but may go bankrupt during recessions.It is said that 90% of the assets of the fund founded by Jiang Kai were placed in Lehman Brothers . When Lehman Brothers went bankrupt in 2008, Jiang Kai once lost all his money, and the reason for his divorce from Huang Yi was also related to the financial crisis.
More famous and funny is Zhang Yuqi's ex-husband Yuan Bayuan . When the two had a flash marriage, Yuan Bayuan's Baidu information showed that he was Ph.D. and CFA of Fudan University, and had many years of experience in securities and funds. , has worked in Shenwan, Prudential , Bank of Communications Srods, and also owns many companies. But then, the financial circle began to refute the rumors, and these three institutions came out one after another to say that they had not found this person.
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The popularity of financial men subsided around 2014.
At that time, the era of big IP came and the film and television industry exploded. The box office of the domestic film market began to be counted in hundreds of millions, and the income of female stars also increased accordingly. Stars in the entertainment industry have set up studios or companies one after another to invest in films and TV dramas and make a lot of money. The trend of female celebrities' marriages has changed accordingly, and a large number of female celebrities have begun to choose insiders to marry.
The most typical one is the wedding of the century in 2015, Huang Xiaoming and baby cost tens of millions. The stars at the scene were dazzling, and the luxurious scenes were amazing. People finally realized that the celebrities' net worth was enough to surpass the rich.
Similar partners include Sun Li Deng Chao, Yang Mi Hawick Lau, Ruby Lin Huo Jianhua, Zhao Liying Feng Shaofeng and so on. At this stage, Fan Bingbing's bold statement "I am a rich man" was confirmed. At that time, the annual income of first-line actresses was basically 100 million. And from the perspective of liabilities and cash flow, these people have extremely low debt ratios and excellent net cash flow, which is far stronger than many listed companies. When the two stars of join forces, their resources can complement each other and support each other, just like two large companies joining forces, why not?
Of course, it was also the most enviable choice for a female artist to marry an Internet upstart. For example, Jia Yueting and Gan Wei, Liu Qiangdong and milk tea sister , LeTV was at its most prosperous, Gan Wei took a photo with a first-line female star, and he will always be in the C position.
Compared with the established giants, the Internet upstarts at that time had short investment periods, high risks, and high returns. The hot spots came one after another. If you step on the right pig, it will take off. But firstly, choosing the upstarts of the Internet means working together. Reaping what you sow is the greatest blessing. It is possible that people like Gan Wei will lose all the sesame seeds they sow. Secondly, as we all know, the Internet The current situation of the company.
Therefore, starting from 2020, the marriage and love choices from Ishihara Rimi to Wang Ziwen to Fan Bingbing may also be a counter-economic cycle phenomenon - although life is also difficult for VCs and investment banks now, and there are frequent reports of salary cuts and layoffs. There are even rumors of "no showing off wealth" - but after all, those high-risk projects are in recession. Finding a financial man is relatively a low-risk project. At least it sounds decent and can be regarded as a return and a kind of whitewashing. .
Speaking of whitewashing, I can’t help but talk too much: I suggest Bingbing refer to her ex-boyfriend Li Chen’s ex-girlfriend Zhang Xinyu. Because she married well, the once negative Zhang Xinyu has become the "most American sister-in-law" .
* title picture purchased from Visual China
