
Originally Posted by
Nuozha
Date: 25/02/06
Jimmy’s unconventional investments total over a hundred million, Part I
When Jimmy is mentioned, many people will think of his round face, cute smile; although he is well past adulthood, his looks are still as youthful. But yesterday, a reporter from Hong Kong found out that, other than being an artiste, Jimmy is a millionaire businessman. Thus the reporter interviewed many insiders in the entertainment circle, and began an investigation on this young wealthy man. It was found that the total amount of his 10 investment ventures add up to over a hundred million. Chu Yen Ping, who worked with Jimmy before, said Jimmy is a wealthy man in the entertainment circle, ranking just after Jacky Wu.
Internet is profitable: raking in a few millions
Originally Jimmy only liked to surf the web, it was unexpected that this interest will turn into a business venture. Later Jimmy went into an online business with his elder brother, and Jimmy was in charge of innovative shopping. A “Kang Xi Lai Le” producer revealed to the reporter, that on the programme, Jimmy modeled a MP3 sunglasses he brought. He was selling this online for over 10,000 Taiwanese dollars, at 5,000 Taiwanese dollars cost, and the sales are good. According to Jimmy, there are no set-up costs for online businesses, if managed well, it earns a million Ren Min Bi a month. Currently he has specialized into an online shopping company, selling celebrity fashion goods.
Developing high technology: Creating banking software
Friends around Jimmy know that during Chinese New Year, he gave a 2 million Taiwanese dollar red packet to his assistant only, not counting other staff. While this caused envy to those who heard this news, Jimmy casually remarked, “This is our company’s bonus system, he deserves it!” An Apple Daily reporter revealed, within the Taiwanese entertainment circle, the most prominent “CEO” is not Jay Chou, but Jimmy. His technology company is well-known in Taiwan, it produces mainly software, monitoring systems and other forms of media. The paparazzi often uses the products his company produced. Alec Su once joked to Jimmy, “Your company is helping the “emperor” in his tyranny!” The thing that made Jimmy the most proud was, his company also created software systems for military and banking, and this commercial privilege is monopolized by his company.