Chapter 39: The Hand of God
Not long after Li Hualong returned to Hong Kong, he received good news -- the Hong Kong government revised the building ordinance, and one of the most important policies was to allow the height of buildings to be raised without being limited to five stories in the height of ordinary houses implemented in 1903. The new ordinance allows buildings to be 1.41 times the width of the street, and the height of each floor is reduced from 3.66 metres to 2.74 metres. The Hong Kong government promulgated this ordinance to encourage new buildings to be developed at heights to alleviate the dilemma of tight building supply.
Even if the issue of selling flats in strata was properly resolved under the impetus of Lee Wah Lung, before the Hong Kong government amended the building ordinance, there were still very few buildings over five storeys above ground in Hong Kong, with only a few more than 10 buildings.
Li Hualong was very happy to learn that the Hong Kong government was going to implement the construction policies of the heart, and he knew that these policies would greatly contribute to the rapid development of real estate in Hong Kong, and he could benefit greatly from them. As Li Hualong predicted, after the rapid development of the three companies of Longhua Real Estate, Jiuan Group and Evergrande Group, even if the Hong Kong real estate market has risen and fallen, these three companies have become world-class enterprises after decades of development.
It has become a well-known large enterprise in Hong Kong, and even in the world, it has a lot of popularity.
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In April, Li Hualong wrote two movie scripts, "Seventy-two Tenants" and "Tangshan Big Brother".
Li Pingqian served as the director of "Seventy-Two Tenants", Li Hanxiang served as the assistant director, all the contracted actors under Huayi Brothers showed their faces in this movie, and even Li Pingqian herself, Yue Feng and Wang Tianlin, the two big directors, and Li Hualong also played a trick in the play.
The director of "Tangshan Big Brother" is Wang Tianlin, the assistant director is Hu Jinquan, and Song Songhai plays the actor Zheng Chaoan.
Li Hualong feels that Song Songhai's image is not much worse than Bruce Lee's, and he believes that Song Songhai will definitely be able to play Bruce Lee's famous work.
When Huayi Brothers Film Group was first established, Li Hualong thought about waiting until the 70s to recruit Bruce Lee into his command and make more good movies, and at the same time, he also wanted to persuade Bruce Lee not to exercise too much, let alone use methods such as electric shocks to exercise.
After Song Songhai became famous, he was not invincible, but he became more modest, Li Hualong asked him not to overeat, exercise more, and maintain a strong figure.
Regarding Li Hualong's request, Song Songhai did not reject it, but accepted it gladly, he felt that Li Hualong made such a request for his own good.
Seeing Song Songhai's excellent performance, Li Hualong felt that he had dug up a treasure, and he no longer looked forward to Bruce Lee, he wanted to put several movies starring Bruce Lee on the screen as soon as possible, and let Song Songhai star in it.
Of course, Li Hualong has no intention of giving up Bruce Lee, even if Song Songhai can always make movies for Huayi Brothers, the film company needs to add new blood.
On April 26, "Big Brother Tangshan" started filming on the set of Clear Water Bay, and Li Hualong attended the opening ceremony.
Before the start of the film, Li Hualong said to Song Songhai: "Songhai, you act well, the movie "Big Brother Tangshan" is very likely to set a new box office record." ”
"Boss, don't worry, I will definitely play well." Song Songhai nodded with a smile, "I feel that this movie is very dramatic." ”
Wang Tianlin interjected with a smile: "Ah Long, this movie has set a new box office record, is there any bonus?" ”
Li Hualong patted Wang Tianlin's shoulder with a smile and asked, "Tianlin, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, I gave you a rich box office, are you still not satisfied?" ”
"Satisfied, satisfied!" Wang Tianlin nodded again and again, in the past few years, he has worked very happily in Huayi Brothers Film Company, he is very satisfied with his income, although he hopes to make more money, but he is quite content with his current life.
"Okay, let's stop chatting, organize it, and start filming as soon as possible!" Li Hualong smiled and said, "If the movie "Big Brother Tangshan" is a big hit at the box office, everyone present will have dividends at the end of the year, do a good job!" ”
"Boss, hooray!" I don't know who coaxed it, which resonated with everyone, and they shouted in unison.
"Stop, stop! Let the government officials hear it, and they think I want to be the emperor! Li Hualong joked, "Tianlin, you are the director, on the set, you are the biggest, you can speak." Don't be idle, get ready to shoot! ”
“ok!” Wang Tianlin picked up the loudspeaker and said loudly, "All units should pay attention to ......"
Soon after the movie started, Li Hualong whispered hello to Wang Tianlin, and he left.
More than ten days later, on May 10, "Seventy-Two Tenants" started filming.
It took Wang Tianlin 55 days to complete the filming of "Tangshan Big Brother", and after intense post-production, the film was released in Hong Kong on July 11.
One night in mid-August, Li Hualong and Yang Meng enjoyed the joy of fish and water in bed, and then enjoyed lying on the bed, with a smile on their faces, reminiscing about the wonderful moment just now.
"Husband, this time "Big Brother Tangshan" is a big hit at the box office, how do you plan to reward the main creators?"
"According to what I said before, there will be no additional rewards this time, if Huayi Brothers has a lot of profits this year, it is not too late to send red envelopes at the end of the year."
"Do you say that "Big Brother Tangshan" can break the box office record?"
"It's almost impossible, after all, this movie has been released for more than a month, and I estimate that in seven weeks after the release of this movie, even if there is no offline film, there will be few theaters that will continue to show this movie. I now hope that the overseas sales income of this film will be higher. ”
As Li Hualong expected, "Tangshan Big Brother" was released in Hong Kong for seven weeks, and it was fully drawn, with a total box office of 1.26 million Hong Kong dollars. This film can achieve such box office results, whether it is the company's boss Li Hualong, or the director of this film Wang Tianlin, as well as the main creators who participated in this film, everyone is very satisfied with it.
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One evening in early September, Li Hualong had dinner at home, and after dinner, he sat in the living room with his family and chatted.
After chatting a few words, Li Huahu turned the topic to the movie: "Third brother, if "Seventy-Two Tenants" is released two weeks late, will "Tangshan Big Brother" have more box office revenue in Hong Kong?" ”
"You're embarrassed to ask such an idiotic question?" Li Hualong quipped.
"Don't talk to the fourth brother like that." Yang Meng persuaded.
"Third sister-in-law, I know that my third brother likes to joke, and I won't be angry when he says this." Li Huahu smiled, "To be honest, third brother, I admire you so much." Now some people say that you have the hand of God, and not only is it good to write novels, but it is also classic to write movie scripts. I have a college classmate who said that the movies you provide the script for are the most classic, and you will only watch these kinds of movies in the future. ”
"Listening to what you said, I thought of a way to make money, and in the future, I will hang the title of screenwriter on the movies that Huayi Brothers has invested in, so as to increase box office revenue." Li Hualong joked with a smile.
"You can definitely get benefits at the beginning, but bad movies will definitely affect your reputation. Third brother, I don't think you will be so short-sighted. Li Huawen said with a smile.
"I'm kidding. Even if I wanted to, a real editor wouldn't be willing. ”
"Third, according to the current momentum, can the movie "Seventy-Two Tenants" set a box office record?" Li Yisong asked with a smile.
"It's very likely!" Li Hualong said with a slight smugness.