Chapter 24

The nationwide craze sparked by "China's Good Voice" took everyone by surprise, with the scenes of local auditions even surpassing the most frenzied times of "Super Girl."

In recent years, under the restrictions of the broadcasting authorities, many media outlets had stated that the craze of talent shows from those days could no longer be replicated.

However, the nationwide craze caused by "China's Good Voice" once again proved the media wrong.

Of course, no media outlet would admit their mistake and expose their own shortcomings.

Instead, they analyzed the reasons for the success of "China's Good Voice" from various angles: the show's lack of age and appearance restrictions encouraged everyone with a good voice to try their luck; the five million yuan prize awarded on the peak night drove everyone to a frenzy, unlike some talent shows that only offered a few ten thousand yuan with additional conditions to claim the prize.

Indeed.

Many media outlets have already acknowledged that "China's Good Voice" has achieved a certain level of success.

Those who participated in the auditions certainly wanted to see what kind of voices could make it through, and the sheer number of people participating in the nationwide auditions guaranteed that "China's Good Voice" would not have low ratings.

Moreover, Wang Zixuan created a myth of earning 110 times his initial investment in 60 days, and many people would surely want to see what kind of show this financial genius had created.

Of course, few people believed that the average ratings of "China's Good Voice" could exceed three points.

After all, the 22:30 broadcast time was a significant disadvantage. People might stay up late to watch it out of curiosity, but they might not do so every week.

Few people also believed that "China's Good Voice" could avoid a loss, given its massive investment.

If the investment in "China's Good Voice" were significantly reduced, making a profit with its model would not be difficult.

This was the analysis of some critics.

However, after Wang Zixuan announced the donation of one billion yuan to establish a charity fund, many people felt that the profit or loss was no longer important.

He just wanted to have fun, and as long as the ratings were high, Wang Zixuan would be considered successful, not necessarily needing to earn tens of millions.

Was it really so?

Amidst the craze of "China's Good Voice," the price of London gold also continued to rise.

Wang Liangming and a group of domestic elites demonstrated their resolve, acquiring an overseas private equity fund and completing the fundraising in just a few days, totaling two billion US dollars.

The amount of funds was not large, and many investors were making exploratory investments, but each investor had enormous influence, which was why Wang Liangming could not refuse them.

Ordinary wealthy individuals did not have the qualifications to participate in the first round of fundraising.

On December 2nd, Wang Liangming handed over the account to Wang Zixuan, but Wang Zixuan did not make any trades.

On December 3rd, Wang Zixuan closed all the long positions he and Wang Liangming had at around $1,220 per ounce, with the two accounts making a profit of 1.2 billion US dollars.

Wang Zixuan's account reached 520 million US dollars, and Wang Liangming's account reached 1.26 billion US dollars.

This time, Wang Zixuan did not show screenshots but posted a Weibo update to warn netizens: "Red alert! Red alert! Red alert! The short-term high for gold has appeared. Those who are long should close their positions. The European debt crisis is about to begin, and shorting the euro is a good choice."

This Weibo post also caught the attention of many netizens, and those who were long on gold began to take profits, as gold had already risen significantly.

Some live financial programs also broadcast Wang Zixuan's Weibo message, and the experts this time agreed with Wang Zixuan's view that the short-term high for gold had appeared.

As for shorting the euro, the experts spoke ambiguously.

Although Soros praised Wang Zixuan for his keen sense, few people believed that he could successfully short the euro, as gold and foreign exchange are different markets, and even a genius is not omnipotent.

The originally planned three-day auditions for "China's Good Voice" were extended in all regions due to the large number of participants.

Wang Zixuan, who was already wealthy, increased the compensation for all celebrity judges by 50%.

Wang Zixuan's extravagant behavior made the stars very happy, and since everyone now knew that he was a financial genius who could make people rich with a few pointers, no one wanted to leave.

During dinner, Wang Zixuan said to Wang Liangming, "I closed the long positions I built today. Dad's account now has 1.26 billion US dollars. I want to establish a charity fund and make other investments. If Dad needs to transfer money out, I can open fewer short positions tonight."

Wang Liangming understood Wang Zixuan's meaning and smiled, "No need. I've handled some domestic investments recently, so I can give you Chinese currency. Continue to operate the account."

Wang Zixuan smiled, "Alright."

Wang Zihao, hearing their conversation, said, "I don't have that much money left. Dad, can you transfer half of the profit to Zixuan?"

Wang Zixuan smiled, "Forget about your share, but the one billion I borrowed from you, I won't return."

Wang Zihao quickly said, "How can that be? I should give you 290 million US dollars."

Wang Zixuan smiled, "I can't take 290 billion US dollars. If I charge a commission for helping my brother, I'll be struck by lightning."

Liu Lin, hearing Wang Zixuan say this, was instantly overjoyed.

In the past few days, seeing Wang Zixuan's investments make huge profits, she had been thinking about the one billion she lent him. If she had invested it, it would have multiplied several times. She wondered if Wang Zixuan would deduct these profits from the commission.

She never expected that Wang Zixuan had never thought about taking a commission.

290 million US dollars, which was about 2 billion yuan!

If it were her, she would probably be reluctant to give it up.

Wang Liangming, seeing his two sons getting along so well, was very happy but pretended to be unhappy, "So, you're not afraid of being struck by lightning for taking Dad's commission?"

Wang Zixuan smiled, "I'm just afraid Dad won't spend it all, so I'm spending some for you."

Wang Liangming said with a troubled look, "This puts a lot of pressure on me. If this continues, it won't be long before you and your brother have more money than me. As a father, wouldn't that be very embarrassing?"

Yu Suting rolled her eyes at Wang Liangming, "Everyone hopes the next generation will be better than the previous one, but you're worried about your son being richer than you."

Wang Zixuan served Wang Liangming a bowl of soup and smiled, "I didn't have much capital before, but now I have 500 million US dollars. How can I continue to take Dad's commission?"

Wang Liangming, rarely joking, said, "This is good. If I'm not the richest in the family, I should at least be the second! Maybe one day, Zixuan will be the world's richest, I'll be the second, and Zihao will be the third. Then only Mom will be the poorest."

Wang Zixuan said confidently, "That day might come soon."

Wang Zihao and Liu Lin also looked excited.

Although they were already wealthy, no one minded having more money.

Yu Suting, eating without a care, said, "Having so much money, you can't spend it all. And as the wife of the richest man, can you, the second richest, dare to show off to me?"