The farce of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, concocted by the madman Saddam Hussein in the Middle East, has stirred up the nerves of the entire world circle. Even if billions of ordinary people around the world don't care about politics, with Kuwait, the number one oil producer, stopping oil exports, and in some places even changing oil prices three times a day, it is better to feel that a man-made economic crisis is being born.

The anger of the people in the world will not subside because Saudi Arabia, another oil-producing power in the Middle East, has increased its production, and the United Nations meetings are still noisy and noisy, and there is no solution to come up with. The rise in prices brought about by the decline of black gold has always stirred the fragile nerve of Hong Kong, one of the international free ports.

“…… Grandma, are you out of the house to buy groceries again? What are you going to eat tonight? ”

"What else can I eat, just get a little bit of it, I don't know what's going on with Lu Dao lately, the price of eggs, vegetables and fruits has increased in price......"

"No, I heard that it is because the price of oil has risen and the cost of transportation has been high. Grandma, you go to the vegetable market in the north mainland to buy it, there are things shipped from the mainland, and the price should be cheaper. Buying fruits and vegetables imported from Taiwan and the Philippines will definitely be more expensive."

"It's so far over there, and the travel fee is another amount of money......

Parking the car in a parking place near the gate of the community, Lin Xiaozhi turned off the engine, smoking a cigarette leisurely, while boredly listening to the community doorman not far away chatting with a well-dressed grandmother, his eyes glancing into the community from time to time.

It has been a week since the outbreak of the war in Kuwait, and the suspension of oil exports by Kuwait, as the largest oil producer in the Middle East, has had an impact on the entire world except for a very small number of planned economic markets in the world, and all countries and regions that practice capitalism have already felt it, and Hong Kong is no exception.

But......

The corners of his mouth curved into an arc, and Lin Xiaozhi pinched out the cigarette butt in the ashtray of the car, and spit out a series of long smoke rings at the sky outside the car window.

Maybe he was just a little bit stronger, and he couldn't influence the general trend of history and the Kuwaiti war. But he is one of the thousands who have benefited from the war. As the futures market kept up with the soaring oil prices reported in the newspapers, and only a week after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, international crude oil futures had risen when trading was suspended yesterday. At $37 a barrel, it was nearly double the price when they bought it.

The investment of 60 million Hong Kong dollars and the huge amount of capital leveraged by 10 times the leverage to gamble on international oil futures brought him a return of more than 70 million US dollars in just one week, although it is not worth mentioning compared to the funds that have gathered up to 100 billion US dollars in the oil futures market today, but with this money in his pocket, some of the things he thought he might miss or have to wait a few years to get his hands on may not need to wait so long.

August, the harvest season.

With his arms behind his head, Lin Xiaozhi looked bored at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and was very proud in his heart. The news heard from Song Nianhui has become a fact, and the old man has told him yesterday that he will give him a part of the shares that have been allocated to his father Lin Jiannian, and will hold another shareholders' meeting as a director the day after tomorrow to propose that he take over the Kowloon Bank.

Although the shares given to him only account for half of the Lin family's shares, but he got hundreds of millions of assets for nothing, Lin Xiaozhi is not the kind of person who can't talk about his family.

"Bang Bang"

The sound of tapping on the car window woke up Lin Xiaozhi, who was thinking freely. As soon as he came back to his senses, there was the sound of the door being opened from the co-pilot next to him, and with a fragrant breeze, there was a young beauty in the co-pilot seat of his car.

"Have you been there for a long time?"

The young woman stroked her hair, as if to ask about the heavy smell of smoke in the car, she frowned and flashed her white hand in front of her, and immediately opened the window a little.

This woman is Lin Xiaozhi's female secretary and secret girlfriend - Zhou Huimin

"I've just arrived"

He replied with a smile, and immediately restarted the car, "Sit tight, did you tell your family that you won't go back today?" ”

He started the car, and the car drove steadily away from the community, heading towards the destination that Ji Lu had planned for today.

Zhou Huimin, who was in the driver's seat next to him, tightened his body when he heard this, but he quickly stretched out, nodded lightly with a red face and did not speak, and then turned his head sideways to the side, looking at the pedestrians and road signs outside through the car window, as if it was some very beautiful scenery.

The rearview mirror was well adjusted, and the changes in her expression were all included in the mirror for him to see clearly. Lin Xiaozhi's eyes flickered slightly, and she quickly understood that she definitely didn't dare to tell her family that she didn't go home at night because she was with him, and she couldn't find an excuse to go to her girlfriend to play.

Reaching out and patting the back of her hand lightly, she finally promised that she would not go back to him for the night to spend the night, and she had thought about giving him everything she had.

For his own woman, Lin Xiaozhi is naturally not a bastard who likes to play with feelings, and he is willing to create her future for her.

"Let's go to the movies first, I'll take you to see the new house I bought for you when I go back, and I'll get the transfer procedures done tomorrow, and I'll put it in your name in the future."

"Hmm"

The car sped all the way and soon arrived at a theater. Lin Xiaozhi's dress today is not outstanding, but although he only wears an ordinary casual suit, the temperament of the superior still makes him look like a promising young man. After parking the car, he took the woman's hand, and the two bought some snacks at a nearby convenience store like an ordinary couple, and then Lin Xiaozhi took out two movie tickets presented by Debao Cinema Line and walked straight to the movie screening hall.

“…… Is there any mistake, why did you add two dollars to the ticket price? When I came here with my friends last week, you only had 20 dollars for the ticket price......"

"Sir, haven't you read the recent news? The price of oil has doubled, so now prices are skyrocketing, and we can't ......do anything about it."

A few quarrels from the ticket office behind him made Lin Xiaozhi stop slightly.

"What's the matter, Darling......"

"It's nothing" Lin Xiaozhi smiled, and then pulled Zhou Huimin and went straight to the ticket and entered the screening hall.

In recent years, with the soaring value of stars and directors in Hong Kong films, the cost of filming has been increasing. In 87, Xu Ke spent more than 5 million dollars in filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", and the publicity was only more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars. But when the second part was filmed this year, the shooting cost had exceeded 10 million, which was directly doubled two years ago.

The skyrocketing cost of filming has made the Hong Kong film industry miserable, in order to ensure the increase in 'box office revenue. Three of Hong Kong's four major cinema chains have their own film companies, and this is also well understood. In fact, last year, Golden Harvest and Debao reduced production due to financial problems, and finally facilitated the four major theater chains to negotiate a unified increase in movie ticket prices, and passed on the increased shooting costs to the audience.

This negotiation has been rumored since the beginning of the year, and Lin Xiaozhi has also paid attention to it for a while, and I heard that not long ago, the four major academies reached a consensus. The price increase began to be busy a few days before the announcement was reached, and it seems that it is also hoped that through this oil crisis, the adverse impact of the price increase will be passed on.

Hong Kong's movie ticket prices are not high compared to the income of Hong Kong people, and it is an indisputable fact that the cost of filming has been increasing, and it is not a big problem that ticket prices have increased. But if after the price increase, there will be more and more bad movies in Hong Kong, and there will be fewer and fewer good movies, and with the accumulation of audience resentment, it will one day affect the foundation of Hong Kong films.

Unlike Li Jiaxin, who was born to be a wealthy lady and likes famous brands, pomp and frantic sweeping, Zhou Huimin is more like a standard little jasper. It seems that the princess is more eager for the life of a mortal, and Lin Xiaozhi is not allowed to charter the entire screening hall, and then only the two of them watch the movie. She hopes that the two of them can sit in the corner with the others like a normal couple, whispering while watching a movie. For this reason, he even acquiesced to Lin Xiaozhi holding her in his arms, and did some embarrassing things without knowing how to do it, such as putting his hands up and down on her, and occasionally touching some embarrassing places with his arms.

On the screen, it is New Asia Investment, Zhang Wanting and his wife directed and filmed "Love Letter", which is also the hottest movie in Hong Kong recently. Zhou Huimin watched it with relish, but because he had already watched the test version, and love love movies were not as refreshing as thrilling action movies, he was more focused on taking the opportunity to eat some benefits than watching the woman in his arms with relish, and even the mist began to brew in his eyes.

premiered on July 10, and it has been exactly a month since "Love Letter" was screened. However, Debao has not yet painted the meaning of "Love Letter", as for what it is, just look at the number of moviegoers in the screening hall to know what to do.

Even though it has been on the screen for a month, there are still close to three or four percent of the attendance rate in the screening hall where they are now, and the vast majority of them are young people. For the time being, there is no one who can take over the baton in the movies scheduled by Debao, and the Debao Cinema Line, which is short of money, can only continue to release this movie. However, I recently heard that their own movie "Money Laundering" has begun to promote it, and perhaps the release of "Love Letter" is almost over.

This movie, which has been dubbed "the purest youth love song", has shaken Hong Kong and Taiwan for a month since its release, with a total box office of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars just after the end of the fourth week of screening, and as of yesterday, the box office in Hong Kong and Taiwan was 370,000 Hong Kong dollars and 430,000 Taiwan dollars (about 470,000 Hong Kong dollars) respectively. Not only has it become the first Hong Kong film to have a box office of more than 30 million this year, but it has also surpassed "God of Gamblers", which has a box office of more than NT$50 million in Taiwan, and temporarily ranked second in Taiwan's box office list for several years after "The Ultimate Detective".

On the Taiwan side, scholars have notified that they will draw "Love Letter" after the end of the fifth week of screening. Although it is a pity to feel this, Xinya also agreed, who let Cai Songlin sign the Taiwan distribution rights of the American hit movie "Pretty Woman". In the past two years, with the reduction of production by Golden Harvest, Xinyicheng and Debao, Taiwanese theaters have introduced a large number of American films, and now a craze for watching Hollywood blockbusters has formed in Taiwan Province.