Located at 22 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, facing Victoria Harbour, The Peninsula has a long history in Hong Kong - not too long, it was used in 28 years, was selected by the British Army as a temporary barracks, and was also the headquarters of the Japanese army, but it was quite a disaster before the end of World War II. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Even so, it is still a place where the hotel is not damaged, and the celebrities of Hong Kong love it here, and often hold cocktail parties or something, like tonight, one of the directors of Jardine Matheson celebrated his wife's birthday and invited a large number of people to come.

"Your Excellency, I have always believed that Hong Kong is a place to invest, and I am optimistic about Hong Kong's economy. Of course, this is not the main reason for my acquisition of Leigh, I always have some delusions, hoping to show it through film and television, and the acquisition of Lili is a test of the waters. In a corner of the lobby of the Peninsula Hotel, Li Xu smiled at MacLehose and his wife with a cup.

"Hong Kong is a beautiful place, I'm sure Mr. Li will like it," MacLeho nodded, "Of course, I hope you can invest carefully,"

"I will, Mr. Governor. Li Xu kept smiling, and then said meaningfully: "I remember that His Excellency the Governor visited Yanjing the year before last, right?

"Of course. MacLehose's eyelids don't jump, and he deserves to be a professional politician, "They are also civilized people, and they know what it takes to maintain a prosperous Hong Kong, and how valuable it is." ”

"That's good," Li Xu said with a sigh of relief, "I have to stay here for several years, and this is also my preferred internship location after graduation, so it is naturally best to be able to maintain stability." ”

Speaking of which, don't you just want to hear what he said? I said why as soon as I came here tonight, the executives of the British-funded consortium came over one after another to make friends and probe the news. Although their family has been inextricably linked with East Asian conglomerates since their grandfather, Li Xu has no friendship with them.

So after chatting for a long time, I found out that these guys were actually worried about their own fireworks, which is really ...... Funny.

Well, it is understandable that Hong Kong is the private land of British capital after all, and because of its small size, not much American capital cares.

But Li Xu is different, not to mention his background and family strength, he himself developed games and toys at the age of 12, invested in Apple, Microsoft and shorted silver last year, these things are not secrets, and they can be found out with a little thought.

Such a young man, who has only been an adult for a few months and has a net worth of almost 1 billion, came to Hong Kong at this juncture to buy a TV station, and it is inevitable that they will think more.

After all, the British still had some ideas at this time - in fact, even after '84, when they started to do something, they still had some ideas. It was not until Christopher Francis Patten, also known as Patten, became governor in '92 that he gave up his dreams and began to blatantly act out of Hong Kong, and it was at that time that Jardine Matheson moved out of Hong Kong.

In this case, of course Li Xu has to make a statement, who asked him to buy one of the only two TV stations in Hong Kong.

In fact, he wants Hong Kong to remain stable more than MacLehose and others -- wrongly, to keep the developments he remembers, so that he can profit from the Hong Kong stock market next year.

Interest needs money to support, so his main energy now is to make money and make more money.

"Hello, Mr. Li. A voice came from the side.

Li Xu followed the prestige, and then raised his eyebrows, to be honest, in his previous life, he saw too many photos of him wearing a robe and a horse coat, and now when he sees him wearing a suit, he is really a little uncomfortable.

But he still quietly stretched out his hand and said in Cantonese, "Hello, Sir Shao." ”

"You speak Cantonese very well. Uncle Shao Liu showed a look of surprise.

"I've seen a lot of Cantonese movies, and most people in San Francisco's Chinatown speak Cantonese. Li Xu explained simply, and moved his gaze to the old man beside him, who was obviously older than him, but looked similar.

"This is my brother Shao Renmei. Uncle Shao Liu immediately introduced.

"Hello, Mr. Shao. Li Xu's eyes lit up, and he immediately stretched out his hand.

"Hello, Mr. Li. The other party smiled slightly.

Then Li Xu asked directly: "Is Mr. Shao interested in investing in Hollywood movies?"

Shao Renmei and Uncle Shao Liu couldn't help but be stunned, how could they ask others when they met, do you want to invest in movies?

"I happen to have a script in my hand to cooperate with Paramount, a small investment, but the income should be good, maybe Mr. Shao is interested. Li Xu said with a smile.

"Excuse me...... What kind of movie is it?" asked Shao Renmei after thinking about it.

"The drama film, the love story of a quasi-naval pilot and a girl, is very inspiring. Li Xu briefly summarized, "The crew is in preparation, the cost is about 7 million US dollars, Paramount and I each contribute half, if Shaw Brothers is willing to join, there is no need to contribute too much, one seventh is good." ”

The two old gentlemen Shao couldn't help but glance at each other, a little confused about his enthusiasm, and finally Shao Renmei asked with a smile: "Mr. Xiao Li seems to be very optimistic about this movie?"

"I invested in both of Lucas's Star Wars, and the first one also relied on my funds to negotiate with Fox. Li Xu said this, although this is a distance from the truth, it does not prevent him from bragging at the moment.

"On top of that, my latest investment in a film will be released in June of this year, and I'm sure it's going to make me a lot of money again. Li Xu looked confident, "Frankly speaking, my vision in movies is still commendable." ”

Uncle Shao Liu didn't say anything, but Shao Renmei looked a little excited, but his brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed.

$1 million is not much, and with the current policy of pegging the Hong Kong dollar to the US dollar, it is about 4.6 million, the capital of a big production. It's just that if you invest in an accomplished director like George Lucas, it's nothing, but Li Xu doesn't have any detailed information to make people invest, which is a little suspicious.

"It's better like this," Li Xu smiled at this time and turned to Uncle Shao Liu, "Sir Shao, just convert the compensation of Yazhi's contract into an investment, and I'll count you twice, how about it?"

Uncle Shao Liu paused, and immediately laughed: "Mr. Xiao Li wants Yazhi's contract, just give it to you." ”

"How can you do that, you can't break the rules. Li Xu raised his eyebrows and said.

"Why is Mr. Xiao Li so enthusiastic?" Shao Renmei interjected and asked directly.

"It's very simple, I came to Hong Kong to make friends. Li Xu shrugged his shoulders, "I don't care about the profits here, I just want to find a place to turn some of the jumping ideas in my head into movies." ”

"Then why not in Hollywood?" asked Shao Renmei again.

"It's too much trouble over there, and it's cheap here. Li Xu said very politely.

Shao Renmei didn't care, and after thinking for a few more minutes, he said, "I hope to see detailed information." ”

"No problem, Mr. Shao, I will have someone fax the information to you," Li Xu said and took out his business card, "If you are sure, please call me." ”

"Definitely, definitely. Shao Renmei also gave him his own.

After chatting a few more words, the Shao brothers walked away, and Uncle Shao didn't mention half a word of Zhao Yazhi from beginning to end, as if what he said just now didn't exist.

However, Li Xu knew that this matter had been revealed, and Uncle Shao Liushu dragged it out, didn't he just want to know the relationship between Zhao Yazhi and him.

Of course, the money that should be given still has to be given, as he said, the rules must not be broken, and after that, ......

As for film investment, Shao Renmei is very likely to agree, if you want to say that he loves movies, he is the one who loves movies the most among the Shaw brothers.

Basically, most of the Shaw Brothers' movies are run by Shao Renmei, and Uncle Shao, who is famous decades later, actually prefers TV stations.

After entering the 80s, although Shaw Brothers continued to reduce production, it was basically able to maintain, but as soon as Shao Renmei died in 85, the theater chain was quickly sold, and although Shaw Brothers dragged on until 87 years, it was finally closed.

And it was Uncle Shao who made the decision to give up movies and focus on TV stations.

In other words, if Shao Renmei had successfully tested the waters of Hollywood and lived seven or eight more years in good health, the pattern of Hong Kong movies would inevitably be different.

That's right, in the early 80s, because of Golden Harvest's successive attacks in other cities - such as the famous "Cannonball Speed" - Shaw Brothers finally couldn't help but go to Hollywood, and then invested in a film that could leave a heavy mark in the history of science fiction films, and was riddled with blood, and this movie was Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner".

Although the reputation of this movie is unusually high, and it has also affected a large number of movies in the future, word of mouth cannot be converted into profits, so it is useless. The investment of nearly $30 million only came in exchange for a box office of more than 30 million, and even if Shaw Brothers did not make a big deal, it would be a heavy loss.

In this way, coupled with the fact that the "Interstellar Blunt Tire" that he was bent on learning "Star Wars" was also rushed to death, Uncle Shao Liu's decision to close the Shaw Brothers Studio was not all without purpose, he was not a reborn person after all, and he couldn't see how the future would develop.

Therefore, at this time, before they fell into the pit of "Blade Runner", Li Xu used "Officers and Gentlemen" to "seduce" Shao Renmei, plus his own name, the possibility of the other party agreeing is very high.

After all, several of the people who need to be saved are in TVB, and the relationship with the Shaw Brothers Lala is still very necessary, anyway, I don't care about Li's TV station - oh, it should be called Star TV now.

In short, he doesn't care about the specific operation, if there is really a situation where TVB is beaten, it's a big deal to help that side. Besides, TVB has the big killer of Jin Yong's copyright, and the beauty pageant of Sister Hong Kong, how bad can it be?

If he can make the pattern of Hong Kong films, the pattern of Hong Kong movies in his impression, into a mess, it will definitely give him a special sense of achievement.

Anyway, no matter how hard Hong Kong movies struggle, the ending is already doomed, just like Nobita will have Shizuka or a fat girl, there will be Shixiu's grandson.