Top Ittipat, a young Thai man who was once an online-game addict, is one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Director Songyos Sugmakanan recently helmed a semi-fictional biopic of the rags to riches story with "The Billionaire", a story on Ittipat's extraordinary journey and transformation from a zero to hero. Cinema Online managed to catch the real-life success story as he spills on his self-depiction in the movie and his tips on being where he is now.
Top,一个曾经沉迷与网络游戏的泰国年轻人，目前是世界上年轻亿万富豪之一。导演通过半自传的方式改篇Top那不平凡和从无到有的传奇故事。
Cinema Online interview with Top Ittipat conducted via email recently. Q: How similar are you with Pachara Chirathivat's character in "The Billionaire"? Were you really that headstrong and confident as seen through your character in the movie?
最近Cinema Online通过电邮与Top进行一个电邮访谈。问：你和电影中的主角(Pachara Chirathivat)有相似之处吗？你的性格是不是和电影中的角色一样横冲直闯和非常有自信呢？
Ittipat: I'm a little bit different from Pachara's character in the movie. In the movie, of course they need to make the character stronger than reality, but one thing that both of us have in common is we both have high ambition in our lives.
Ittipat：我本人和电影里的角色有一点不同，当然这是因为他们需要把角色弄得更加戏剧化，但是我们俩都有一个共同点就是对生活有很高的野心。
Ittipat: About 80% in the movie is true. I'm very satisfied for the overall of the final cut. At least, the story in the movie shows lots of obstructions and I never surrender. You can be weak, but never surrender in order to keep the game going. This movie could become a great source of inspiration for the new entrepreneurs.
Ittipat：80%的电影情节是真实的。我非常满意电影出来的效果。至少，电影里出现的很多的困难，我都从不退缩。你可以很懦弱，但是为了整个游戏你是绝对不放弃的。这部电影可以成为新创业家很好的灵感。
Q: At 26, you are already a Billionaire, what else is there to look forward to when you already have it all at such a young age? Are there any more hidden dreams you may want to pursue?、
Q：你在26岁已经是亿万富翁,在你还这么年轻的就拥有一切，那么你对未来还有什么期望呢？你还有什么梦想想去追寻的吗？
Ittipat: Yes, there are two things I am looking forward to do next. First, I want to make my brand Taokaenoi as a worldwide brand like McDonald's or Lays, which you can find anywhere in the world. Secondly, at the moment in Taokaenoi, I need to take care of 2,000 employees and their family members. So we are trying to make Taokaenoi Food & Marketing Co. Ltd. to be a public company soon (perhaps within this year), so that all Taokaenoi staff will get a better life and be more stable in terms of their careers.
Ittipat:是的，有两件事我想做。第一件事是我想把小老板品牌做成像麦当劳和Lays品牌一样，随处可见。第二，我需要照顾好我的2千名员工和他的家人。所以我尝试把小老板变成上市公司（可能在今年），让所有小老板员工拥有更好的生活和稳定的工作。
Q: Of all the snacks there is, why Seaweed?
Q：市面上这么多零食，为什么是海苔？
Ittipat: As my first business was the Roasted Chestnut shop which was located in shopping malls such as Tesco, Carrefour and more, I had over 30 branches which brought in sales of 3 million baht a month. One day Tesco's management (where over 25 of our branches were located) didn't allow us to have the roasting machine at our booths because its smoke carried the smell over the mall and dirtied the store's ceiling. As no cooking activity was allowed, then the sales of the chestnut dropped vastly by 50 per cent. To make up for it I then tried selling dried fruit as well as seaweed. After a few months, the seaweed became the best-selling product of the booth and it took over the Chestnut sales. Once I saw the potential with that, I produced more of it with 6 employees working at the kitchen in my house.
Ittipat：当初我的第一个生意是卖烧栗子，位于特易购，家乐福和其他的购物中心，我的30间分行的销售额是一个月3百万。一天特易购的管理层（也就是分行中的25间）不再让我在他们的中心现烧栗子，因为油烟弄脏了他们的天花板。由于没有现场烧栗子，我的生意急速下跌50个百分比。为了填补亏顺，我尝试卖干果和海苔。过了几个月，海苔成为店里超越栗子成为最畅销的货品。当我看到这个契机，就马上增加6名员工在我的家的厨房工作。
Q: Apart from "The Billionaire" of course, what are some of your favourite movies?
Q：除了《亿万富翁》，那些电影是你的最爱？
Ittipat: "Transformers"! In the movie, the robots could not keep themselves as robotic aliens all the time, they had to transform into vehicles on the street. In my real life, during work, I have to be the CEO of Taokaenoi, at home, I have to be a kid for my parents, during a party, I have to be the friendly, talkative guy among friends. I have to transform myself depending to the circumstances.
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