Chapter 316: Cinema
Los Angeles Hongmen Main Church
Generally speaking, the hall masters and incense masters of Hongmen naturally did not continue to stay at the Hilton Hotel, but the matter was not over, to be precise, the matter had just begun.
Now what they have to do is to elect the Hongmen leader, canonize the Hongmen new hall master, incense master, whether it is the dragon head or the hall master, the incense master, their roster files must remain in the Hongmen main hall and the person in charge is the elder group, in fact, the elder group is no different from the original ten incense masters, that is, from no real power to have real power.
The first thing to do before electing the leader is to determine the incense masters in each region, which the old hall masters have a lot of say, in fact, most of the red stick leaders present are local real power figures, and the fictitious title of the incense master is to make them more orthodox and worthy of the name.
Of course, it's not just a false title, at least you are already an independent branch of the hall, at least your finances are independent, and you are more comfortable with some of your money.
There are a total of 186 incense masters, and the standard is that the official members of the region reach 300 and stand firm, which is only the basis for opening a branch hall.
In fact, these two are not very easy to achieve, not to mention standing firmly, there is no competitive pressure on the port city and Taiwan Island and the West Coast of the United States, but Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and Russia are completely different, not to mention the government xenophobia, even the local associations are not so easy to deal with.
It's the 21st century, and if you want to get local recognition and take root in the local area, it's not enough to blindly rely on the ferocity and don't want to die, money, strategy, and connections are indispensable.
The creation of the branch entrance cannot choose a poor small town, at least the kind of big city that can be clearly seen on the map, otherwise how can you feed hundreds of brothers?
The official members of Hongmen can not be become casually, first of all, peripheral members, these must be reported at the entrance of the hall, and then they can become full members after passing the audit in the next three years, and once they become members, it is inevitable to go to the American main hall, and they need to bow to the ancestors of Hongmen.
It is normal for a branch hall to have 200 formal members, 5 or 600 peripheral members, and 1 or 2,000 gangsters living with the gangsters.
After a day of chaos, the incense master basically has no problem, and the dragon head is also selected, not the one recommended by Sun Laoliu, although the ability in all aspects is also very good, but it is recognized that the most suitable person to serve as the leader is a red stick in Hokkaido, Japan, who can play, has strong reaction ability, and management ability is also good, and it is said that he is still a famous university graduate, which makes Wang Batian very emotional, no matter when the high education is a very good stepping stone!
The new leader is called Chen Peilin, a somewhat silent young man, two years younger than Wang Batian, he is a descendant of the Hongmen Japanese Tangkou Hall Master, he has been in the club since he was a child, and his godfather Hall Master is also funded by his godfather Hall Master.
It is also interesting to become the leader, and the opinions of the elders have been consulted on the selection of the hall masters of various countries, and the decision is made after the two sides are unified.
Sun Lao Liu is also a member of the elder group now, and the American hall is a very important hall, after all, the headquarters is here, and the person who inherited his position is not an outsider, but one of his cousins, and one of the powerful candidates for the competition leader, but I don't know why Sun Lao Liu let him withdraw from the competition, and this is how he successfully got the unanimous approval of Sun Lao Liu and the new leader to serve as the hall master of the American hall.
The matter is almost over, and in the end, more than 200 Hongmen bigwigs were still shocked when they worshiped the tablet of the ancestral dragon head of Hongmen, and Wang Batian stood behind the second row second only to the dragon's head.
In fact, when the selection of the incense master and hall master just now was confirmed, Wang Batian never spoke, his connections and power are mainly in the country, and the domestic mainland is also the only place where there is no hall, so he naturally has no right to speak.
After the worship, the dragon head and the hall owners and incense owners held a meeting in the main hall, mainly to discuss the distribution of benefits, hand over a few percent, and keep a few percent.
In fact, this has nothing to do with the faucet, what he wants is only half of the hall, not much within the tolerance of the hall in various places, what really needs to be discussed is the interests of the incense master and the hall owner.
The hall owners want to maintain the old rules, and the incense owners think that now the branch is financially independent, so they can't follow the old rules.
There was a lot of noise here, and the elders next to it were also discussing, Hong's Investment Company had been successfully registered in the British Virgin Islands, and they were going to invest in a large area across the country.
These are the hall masters of various countries, needless to say about the connections in their hands, and there are not much problems in terms of channels, and even some of them have their own money laundering companies, and now they are estimated to have no opinions.
There are a total of thirteen elders, and Wang Batian's status is relatively special, so he monopolizes 10% of the shares of Hong's investment company, but in this way, he also needs to undertake part of the preparation of the money laundering company.
In fact, it is not difficult for Wang Batian to launder money, after all, he also has the identity of the richest man in China, and no one can say anything about taking out five or six billion US dollars for investment, but the discount of money laundering is counted in their share, that is to say, people take out 10 billion US dollars for you to launder, no matter the rest, you only need to give people the 7 billion US dollars that they deserve, and the remaining 3 billion you lose or earn in the process of money laundering It is your business, and it has nothing to do with others.
Of course, this kind of thing is easy to say, after all, money laundering itself is risky, and it is not a big deal to take out 10 billion and eventually get back more than 500 million, it is within the scope of bearing.
How to wash this money is really very strategic, playing in the stock market? The risk is a bit high, and if you are not careful, you may be targeted, and if the funds are frozen, Wang Batian will not be able to afford to lose this money for the time being.
When she returned to the mid-level villa in the evening, Wang Batian was still thinking about it, and she really had a headache, Li Xiaohan came over to ask, and when she knew Wang Batian's problem, she was very interested in helping to come up with ideas.
In recent years, Hollywood has a lot of directors who need funds, and I heard that many Italian mafias like to invest in them, and Wang Batian can do this.
Li Xiaohan's idea Wang Batian thinks it's really good, he also owns an entertainment company, and understands that it is indeed easy to make money in the film industry, and money laundering is easy to say, find someone to go to the cinema to watch a movie!
Looking for someone to watch a movie while chartering a venue, counting some of the people who actually watch movies, hundreds of millions of dollars can easily be digested, and it is definitely not a big problem to make two more films and launder billions of dollars a year.
The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, Wang Batian couldn't help but hug Li Xiaohan and kiss him on the head, Li Xiaohan was very happy to see that her suggestion was agreed, of course, she didn't know, in fact, this is already a bad move, that is, Wang Batian has the attribute bonus of the richest man, and if he is replaced by someone else, it is difficult to say that this large amount of investment money.
The matter of Hongmen is over, Xu Jianyi and they are still waiting in Germany, but Wang Batian has no intention of going over now, and the attitude in China is still unclear, so he needs to wait and talk.
Compared with investing in the movie Wang Batian, there are more ideas, since money is also earned, why not come to a dragon? Mastering the hospitalization line, film company, and distribution company by yourself?
The film company only needs to transfer Kaitian Film and Television Company to Hollywood, and the distribution company believes that it is not difficult to find Citibank for help, and the theater line ...... Nowadays, the conditions of many small theaters in the United States are not very good, and a few more can be acquired to form a complete theater chain.
Of course, money is needed to acquire theaters, and this part of the money cannot be taken from black money, but unfortunately the domestic funds are frozen, and now Wang Batian can only use other methods.
Or look for Citibank, and this time what Wang Batian has to do is to take out a loan, with 20% of the shares of Hengtian Coal Industry and 40% of the shares of Hengtian Construction as collateral, Wang Batian is ready to take a one-time loan of 1500 million (US dollars).
With the entire Hongmen behind him, he can be sure that his theater will be able to make money, so he will naturally take out a loan at all costs.
It is not difficult for Hengtian Coal Industry to borrow 20% of the shares and Hengtian Construction 40% of the shares to borrow 1500 million, but it is really uncertain how many theaters Wang Batian can buy for these 150 million.
Hongmen's global meeting lasted about a week, and it was already mid-July when Wang Batian met with Citibank's top executives, and when he presented the certificate of shares in Hengtian Coal and Hengtian Construction in the office of Citibank's managing director, John Taylor, had a strange look on his face.
"I need money, a lot of money!"
"Dear Wang, do you want a loan?"
John's face was even more surprised than just now, as far as he knew, this person had just sold a large number of shares in Hengtian Coal, he was one of the acquisitions, and there was no reason why he had no money in his hands!
The strange Chinese made Wang Batian slightly uncomfortable, but Wang Batian, who did not bring a translator, could only endure it, and there were not many people in Citibank's senior management who were proficient in Chinese, which was already good.
"That's right, at least 1.5 billion!"
John gasped, what the hell did this do, but there was nothing wrong with the two equity proofs, but he was still very strange, if he could want to know what happened to the richest man in China.
At this time, he remembered a newspaper he had read a few days ago, as if the richest man in China had something to do with the most terrifying Chinese community, did the loan have anything to do with it?
"So, Wang, may I ask you what you want to invest in?"
Wang Batian knows that this is a necessary process, and he can't say that the lender will lend you money! Who knows if your business is profitable, a small amount is good to say, this is a loan of 1.5 billion US dollars, and Wang Batian's two shares are really not worth it.
"Cinema, a complete cinema chain!"
John is not stupid, he suddenly contacted the conjecture just now, but the more this is the case, the happier the smile on his face becomes, this is a big business. (To be continued.) )