Filming is just a side hustle, her main business is actually a female boss, who owns two financial and technology companies, and is already the co-chairman of the company at the age of 29. Some people say that she is the "rich second generation" of a wealthy family, and some people question her "bringing capital into the group", how do girls majoring in finance "crawl around" in the entertainment industry?
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The female overlord in the financial circle also came to pursue her dream in the entertainment industry
Recently, the "All Crazy Love" ancient puppet drama "Ning An Like a Dream", which dominated the lists of major platforms and won thousands of hot searches, has come to an end, among which the female No. 3 - Xue Shu's actor Ye Xiyue is out of the circle because of her "resume", filming is just a side hustle, her main business is actually the female overlord, sitting on two financial and technology companies, and she is already the co-chairman of the company at the age of 29.
From the financial circle to the entertainment industry, it is not just about appearance, some people say that she is the "rich second generation" of a wealthy family, and some people question her "bringing capital into the group", the eighth sister is specially connected to Ye Xiyue herself today, let's take a look at how girls majoring in finance "crawl and roll" in the entertainment industry?
Female overlords always pursue their dreams in the entertainment industry?
The financial profession has become a resource advantage
In "Ning An Like a Dream", Ye Xiyue is the eight-sided exquisite "vicious female partner" Xue Shu, and she also perfectly interprets the role with her eyes and micro-expressions, making the audience shout: "Hate itchy".
really learned about Ye Xiyue herself, only to find out that she is a hard-working and excellent financial professional woman, because of her hobby, she came from the "female boss" to be an actor, from the financial circle to the entertainment industry, Ye Xiyue's life is a proper heroine script, according to her own explanation:
"Finance and film and television seem to be two different industries, but there are actually a lot of internal logics in common. ”Where is the connection?Let's take a look at her resume first:
Ye graduated from University College London with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in economics. After returning to China after graduation, she worked in the ** financial system, successively serving as the review committee of the investment banking department of the head office of a well-known bank, the chief assistant of the private banking department, and the organizer of the family office. Later, he starred in "Anti-Corruption Storm 5" and officially entered the entertainment industry as an actor.
"Being an actor is my hobby and a side hustle. ”In "Ning An Like a Dream", she is Xue Shu, a famous noble daughter who is very deep in the city and works step by step, carrying the glory of the family but becoming the abandoned son of her biological father, she had no choice but to "break her tail to survive", but in the end she could not get rid of the control of family affection.
Ye Xiyue played Xue Shu in "Ning An Like a Dream".
In "Agarwood Like Crumbs", she is also the female god Yueyao Xianjun, who has the highest position in the heavenly realm, is beautiful and kind-hearted, and maintains peace, which has amazed countless audiences.
Ye Xiyue played the role of Yueyao Xianjun in "Agarwood is Like Crumbs".
In Anti-Corruption Storm 5", she is also Alice, the judge assistant of justice, and has the beauty of making the audience "shine" in the cinema.
Ye Xiyue played Alice in "Anti-Corruption Storm 5: The End".
Outside of the play, she manages two financial and technology companies, focusing on industrial investment and asset management, and has extensive cooperation with many financial institutions, technology companies, and listed companies. As the co-chairman of the company, she leads the strategic direction and development planning, and is committed to building the application and ecological construction of financial technology. In 2023, he was also elected as a member of the Asia-Pacific Young Entrepreneurs Council and an outstanding representative of APEA Asia-Pacific Young Leaders.
Chairman" and "actor", two completely different identities, put on her alone, it can't help but make people feel surprised, but Ye Xiyue enjoyed it, and she said in the conversation:
"The identities of 'chairman' and 'actor' don't need to do any balance, they will be involved in the role when they join the group, and they don't need to make any switches in their daily lives, which are all natural daily life. What you have to do at different stages, since you have decided to do it, you must do it with enthusiasm. ”The background in finance-related industries seems to have become her buff as an actor:
"My background in finance has made my way of thinking form some inertia, such as rational, meticulous, rigorous, and efficient. Therefore, when I understand a character or read a script, I will understand the character by reading the investment due diligence report or feasibility study report, which is more profound. ”At this time, someone was about to ask: "What you learned in the financial circle, can you use it in the entertainment industry?"In this regard, Ye Xiyue understands it like this:
"What my professional background helps me is that when I play a role, I use an extra dimension or perspective, such as the professional thinking of finance, to understand a role. Finance emphasizes details, and in film and television performances, it is also necessary to pay attention to details and express characters with emotion. At the same time, the experience of being an actor has also added a different perspective to my financial thinking, and each role is a different life, and after the experience, I have a deeper understanding of many things when I return to reality. ”Back to her own work, when talking about how the identity of "actor" helped her as a young entrepreneur, Ye Xiyue also said:
"A lot of my collaborators have also brushed me, and through my performances, they have learned more about me and have more topics to talk about. Cooperation itself must be built on the basis of in-depth understanding and trust between the two sides, so as to be more comfortable and efficient. ”It is said that "acting and excellent is business", Ye Xiyue, who has multiple identities, can also be keenly aware of potential opportunities, and when it comes to future planning, she also said:
"In the future, we will also pay attention to the investment of some film and television IPs. ”Actors who study finance are more likely to invest successfully /
Celebrity nuggets investment circles are actually not uncommon, and their background in finance seems to give them a unique advantage.
Gao Yuanyuan, the "Goddess of Tiger Pounce" back then, has always been her biggest label, because of a "first love face", she was "welded" into her youth by many boys, but in fact, she has something more worth mentioning than beauty.
Gao Yuanyuan graduated from an ordinary university majoring in economics, when she was a child, she never thought that she wanted to enter the entertainment industry, when she was 17 years old, she went shopping with her classmates, was favored by a talent scout, and was invited to shoot an advertisement. In this way, Gao Yuanyuan stepped into the showbiz.
At the age of 18, Gao Yuanyuan starred in the first movie "Love Malatang" in his life, playing a young female student in his true colors and capturing the hearts of thousands of young men. Immediately afterwards, the film and television industry threw countless olive branches to her: "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", "Seventeen-year-old Bicycle", "Single Men and Women", "Qinghong" ......
Source: "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle".
In particular, the high round version of Zhou Zhiruo in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is still the undisputed "most beautiful Zhou Zhiruo", it is said that after the broadcast, her beauty made the original "vicious villain" become the goddess of white moonlight in the hearts of many audiences.
Source: "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
Although she has participated in many movies and TV series, her acting skills seem to have always been the shortcoming of the goddess, but fortunately, the audience doesn't seem to care
"When she laughed, I forgot about acting......”Gao Yuanyuan's own perception of herself is still very sober, and she once commented that her "talent as an actor is limited".
Source: "Thirteen Invitations".
Someone asked her if she could be on "Sister Lang", and she would answer that she was not suitable for variety shows, "there is no talent to show".
Source: China Film Report.
But in fact, Gao Yuanyuan's cross-border investment is remarkable, and he has quietly become the "gold father" behind many consumer brands.
Tianyan check shows that she invested 3 million yuan and invested in Beijing Tsingshan Foundation Angel Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), with a shareholding ratio of about 667%。
Source: Tianyancha.
Beijing Tsingshan Foundation Angel Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) is a company founded by Tsingshan Capital. In other words, Gao Yuanyuan became the LP of Tsingshan Capital.
Tsingshan Capital is a first-tier angel investment institution in China, focusing on angel venture capital in the consumer, TMT and pan-entertainment sectors.
Gao Yuanyuan is best known for her project "Take a Moment", which is also her first investment project in the Internet field. Gao Yuanyuan once said: "I really am not a very professional investor, but Zhu Yueyi (the founder of Take a While) said that what we ultimately pursue is happiness, what you do to make yourself happy, but also to make others happy." ”
It only took her 20 minutes from contacting the project to investing 1 million yuan. Later, after taking a while, he experienced a wave of financing trough, Gao Yuanyuan not only did not give up, but made additional investment, and in March 2016, he again blessed the A round of financing.
In 2017, flower e-commerce platforms such as "Take a While" ushered in a round of crazy robbing by investment institutions, and people around her suggested that she could sell a little shares, but Gao Yuanyuan insisted on her opinion "resolutely not selling".
On July 19, 2017, it took a moment to announce that it had obtained hundreds of millions of yuan in Series B financing, and since then, Gao Yuanyuan, who has a valuation of 2 billion yuan and a shareholding of 5%, has earned 100 million yuan with this project
Then in February 2021, take a moment to complete the C1 round of financing of 100 million yuan again, and the shares in Gao Yuanyuan's hands appreciated again, and the national goddess finally became the goddess of investment.
Although Gao Yuanyuan is an economics major, her investment strategy is very cautious. She once said:
"Investing is not a simple decision, and if celebrities only rely on their own popularity to invest, they will not be able to last long. The more you have, the more deliberate your decision becomes. ”There is a certain convenience for celebrities to make investments, but when you really choose a project, you still need to be professional. Female celebrities majoring in finance know this well.
The financial circle crosses the entertainment circle,
It's all to blame for not choosing a good major? /
For a long time, there are not a few people who have changed careers from the financial circle, after all, the finance major has been ranked in the forefront of the "persuasion major" all year round, and there are many hidden female students in the entertainment industry.
Qin Lan recently revealed on the show that she is an accounting graduate, and showed her "superb" money counting skills, netizens jokingly said:
"Qin Lan's accounting is not in vain. ”
Qin Lan graduated from the Department of Accounting of Shenyang University of Technology, Qin Lan's mother is an accountant, and she hopes that her daughter can have a stable job and live a stable life in the future. When filling in the college entrance examination, Qin Lan listened to her parents' expectations and applied for the accounting major.
When she was in college, Qin Lan and her classmates accidentally saw the publicity of the national "Shouyi Cup" newcomer competition, and signed up with the mentality of trying it out. Unexpectedly, from the preliminary round to the finals, he finally won the national top ten gold medal in the model group of the competition, which also opened the door to enter the film and television industry.
Qin Lan's tears, a star in the sky", this is Qiong Yao's evaluation of Qin Lan back then, with her beauty, Qin Lan also successfully changed careers from the financial major.
is also an accounting major, and Zhizhu has become a well-known director with his skills.
Zhizhu's story begins with "college students who choose the wrong major and use their hobbies to save themselves", in her freshman year, although she didn't know what kind of work she would do after graduation, the only thing she knew for sure was that she would never do accounting.
At the beginning, Zhizhu was just a small photography blogger, and it took her 9 years to become an ancient photography blogger with more than 8 million fans on the whole network.
Later, because she loved to watch**, she began to record the stories she thought of. Later, she said: "I really want to shoot the story I want to express", so in 2016, Zhizhu began to shoot ancient style short**.
Zhizhu jokingly called himself a "wild director", a monk halfway, and there was no abundant financial support, and even the actor was still his friend, but it was such a crew that filmed the out-of-the-circle web drama "The Eldest Princess is on the Top", and netizens commented: "Hanging the current traditional ancient puppet drama." ”
Stills from "The Eldest Princess".
This year, director Zhizhu's "reverse time and space" travel drama "Ancient Acacia" won Douban 8With a high score of 6, it has become the highest-rated ancient puppet drama in recent years, and it has been killed from a number of popular dramas, and many netizens commented that it is "full of stamina" and "cry once after watching it".
Source: Douban.
Now Zhizhu's works are recognized by more people, and her performance in the film and television industry is also expected by more people.
Conclusion
With her beauty and wisdom, Ye Xiyue is like a fish in water in the financial circle and the entertainment industry, not only being the female president of the financial circle, but also pursuing her hobby as an actor;
The national goddess "Gao Yuanyuan has a unique eye for investment, becoming an actor with her beauty, and she can also invest with her profession;
Actor Qin Lan and director Zhizhu switched to the entertainment industry because of their hobbies, and they can also shine in their own fields.
Whether it is the financial circle or the entertainment industry, the important thing is to ask what you want to do in your heart, go on firmly, and realize your dreams with your ability.