Chapter 1

"My goal is simple: to earn at least 10 billion dollars in pocket money before 1993, and then keep earning more while I spend it."

"Controlling the Big Seven isn't difficult, as long as you have a seat at the Federal Reserve's annual meeting."

"Serious accusations, but I think this should be called damage control. If I don't short, will the evaporated wealth stay behind?"

— This stage of my life is called Accumulating Capital.

"Dear Jamie, remember to create the grand ship ending I want. Money is not an issue."

"1,500 judges, 1 million each, that's only 1.5 billion, right, Harvey?"

"Pushing down the once-popular stars and promoting the once-forgotten ones is quite interesting."

"I, a foreigner, have traveled thousands of miles to contribute to your entertainment industry without expecting anything in return. What kind of spirit is this, comrades? Is this internationalism?"

— This stage of my life is called Reckless Indulgence.

"If I say that producing 'Contagion' in 2002, 'Aftershock' in 2006, and 'The Last Showa Man' in 2010 was just a coincidence, do you believe me?"

"All-female 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms'? Or a mix of Jin Yong and Gu Long's martial arts? Let's do both, I'm in a hurry!"

"First, this is an American TV show; second, it's just the story of a librarian who ended up in another world, with no hidden meanings, hehe."

"Why are the major villains in those entertainment novels always me? It's the same in American, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese entertainment. Find someone to write a positive image for me!"

— This stage of my life is called Courting Death.

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