Chapter 236: Tendencies
Of course, Xu Guanwu would not die like Jiahe, and Jiahe's incident also gave him a wake-up call. If Golden Harvest has the ability to open a theater in the mainland, then Xu Guanwu can also open it.
GD province has a population of at least 50 or 60 million, and the customs are basically the same as those in Hong Kong, and Cantonese films also have a large market in Guangdong.
And if you can, and then include HN, GX, FJ, etc., then there will be at least one or two hundred million people. With such a huge market base, it naturally has unlimited box office potential.
Of course, in order to enter the mainland market, we must first establish a good relationship, and we can't be like some people, making money from the mainland, and then scolding the mainland, eating bowls and noodles against the bottom of the bowl, which is despicable.
After Xu Guanwu determined the path he was going to take next, he found that it was already the early morning of the next day. Standing up from the boss's chair, Xu Guanwu let out a long yawn, only then did he realize that he was uncomfortably hungry.
Opening the door, Xu Guanwu was about to look for something to eat. At this time, a person suddenly got up from the sofa and startled him who was unprepared.
"Huh?! Wife, what are you sleeping on the couch for? Watching TV last night again, and then falling asleep before you know it? Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.
"What, I'm worried about you. What are you doing alone in your study, staying all night and not coming out? Zhao Yazhi asked with a smile.
"It's just a matter of thinking, you don't have to ask. Get me some food early, I'm hungry. Xu Guanwu waved his hand.
"Sister E is already preparing, I'll serve it to you now." Zhao Yazhi got up and said.
After a few moments, breakfast was all served.
Xu Guanwu gobbled up a half-full meal first. Then slow down and chew slowly.
"Awu. The prime minister is gone. Why are you so sad? He used to have an old relationship with our family? Zhao Yazhi asked suspiciously.
"Where did our family get such a big face to be able to get in touch with others?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but laugh, "But I've read some books before and know that he is a very remarkable person, so I'm very unhappy about his passing." ”
"Well, are you feeling better now?" Zhao Yazhi asked with concern.
"Much better, yes, wait until you're done. Accompany me to the flower shop. Xu Guanwu said again.
"What are you going to do at the flower shop?" Zhao Yazhi wondered.
"Go make a custom wreath." Xu Guanwu said.
Zhao Yazhi nodded and quickly finished breakfast.
Then the two took a car to the flower stall, and the owner saw the luxury car they were riding in and immediately ran over to greet the customers.
"Boss, buy flowers? What do you want, we have everything to say! There are more than a dozen varieties of roses alone......" said the shopkeeper with a splatter.
"Tie a wreath for me, it's big, it's beautiful." Xu Guanwu said lightly.
The boss didn't expect that the first business to get up early today and open the door was to tie a wreath, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of bad luck, and he had the heart to refuse, but looking at this person's jiashi is not ordinary. There is no reason to send money to the door and not make money. gritted his teeth and was ruthless, no matter how bad he was, he would take it first. It's a big deal to turn around and take a bath with yuzu water.
"Shenghui 500 yuan, will you take it yourself when you go back, or will we help send it?" The boss asked, "If we send it, we will have to pay another fifty yuan for transportation." ”
"You can send it to me, Bank of China Building." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said.
"Well, I see, should I leave a name on the wreath?" The boss nodded, and suddenly realized.
"Write 'serve the country and the people first, and Zhou Gong spit and feed; Blame yourself and others, and the world will return to the heart. Two sentences of elegiac couplet, and then signed Xu Guanwu, Zhao Yazhi and his wife to dedicate! Xu Guanwu said.
"Ah Wu, is it really good to write your name? If it is discovered by the Taiwan side, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble. Zhao Yazhi said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, this is Hong Kong, they don't dare to mess around." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.
The boss quickly remembered Xu Guanwu's request, "Don't worry, boss, I will help you tie the biggest and most beautiful wreath." ”
"Yes." Xu Guanwu nodded.
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"Ah Wu, what if Taiwan has an opinion on us and doesn't let our films enter the market over there?" Back in the car, Zhao Yazhi asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, I'm measured." Xu Guanwu smiled, "If Taiwan really blocks our films, then we will change our face and support the leather bag company to enter Taiwan." He can block our films, but he can't block our money. ”
"That's fine, I'm really worried about losing the Taiwan market." Zhao Yazhi said worriedly.
"No, in fact, the so-called ban is just self-deception." Xu Guanwu waved his hand. Send a wreath and be on the blacklist, which is also too trivial. And Xu Guanwu is not an ordinary person now, it is not that he can be blocked by blocking.
Besides, he had already planted a nail in Taiwan before, and nearly 1,000 people from the Bamboo Union Gang pointed to Xu Guanwu to feed him. Even if he wants to give up the Taiwan film market, those people will not give up. When the time comes, if there is a fuss, some of them will give Jiang Guang a headache.
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The news of Premier Zhou's death also sent shockwaves through Hong Kong. As soon as there is a cough on the mainland, there is a cold on the Hong Kong side. What's more, it was the second-in-command who passed away, and he had a pivotal position.
All the media in Hong Kong have reported on it, whether it is pro-China, pro-Taiwan or neutral media, all of them have given Premier Zhou a very high evaluation.
In addition, Hong Kong's three major television stations have also suspended all programs, and all of them broadcast CCTV news to the whole Hong Kong public through satellite relay signals.
Some Hong Kong citizens spontaneously went to the Xinhua News Agency's Hong Kong branch to offer their condolences, some went to the Bank of China Building to offer their condolences, and all the Chinese-funded institutions in the mainland set up in Hong Kong went one after another to express their condolences.
Seeing this, the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency immediately announced that a condolence ceremony would be held at the Bank of China Building on 13 January, and citizens could spontaneously go to mourn.
Among the many newspapers and media, the pro-China "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po" did not need to talk about it, and both devoted six pages to their reports. Amazingly, the consistently neutral "Tian Tian Daily" also used six pages. And there are a lot of articles in it. All of them were published by Xinhua News Agency reporters. The media in Hong Kong couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Although all the media in Hong Kong look down on "Tian Tian Daily" and think that publishing some gossip news every day has taught children bad and corrupted the social atmosphere, they are privately envious of the high sales of "Tian Tian Daily".
Whether it is admitted or not, Tian Tian Ribao has always been the most influential newspaper in Hong Kong. As soon as it demonstrated its pro-China political stance, it immediately attracted a lot of scrutiny.
For a while, many people called Xu Guanwu and asked him about the newspaper, whether he personally instructed him. Or is it the recklessness of the people below?
Although Xu Guanwu wants to enter the mainland market, he is not stupid enough to announce it loudly. After all, after experiencing the exposure of the 60s, Hong Kong's left shili is not as good as before, and it has left too many painful memories for the Hong Kong people. In their minds, the left is synonymous with violence and force.
Now that we declare ourselves pro-China, we will not only win the hearts of the people, but will also easily offend the British Government and the Taiwan authorities. Hong Kong is currently divided into four types of political shili, pro-Taiwan, pro-China, pro-British, and neutral.
Among them, the pro-Taiwan, pro-British, and neutral forces are very strong, and their ideas are also very marketable. But only the pro-Chinese shili was the worst, and was forcibly suppressed by the pro-Taiwan and pro-British shili.
Here's an example. When Huo Yingdong resisted US aggression and aided Korea, he smuggled a lot of materials to the mainland. As a result, the British and American governments were dissatisfied.
In the 60s, he co-built the Kowloon Commercial Building with Ho Hung Miao, Chung Minghui and others, and as a result, the US representative in Hong Kong announced that no tenant of the Kowloon Commercial Building was allowed to buy American goods. The British-owned telephone company also refused to install telephones for the tenants of the building. forced Fok Yingdong Zuihou to sell the building cheaply to the British-funded Land Group.
Xu Guanwu does not have the same backbone as Huo Yingdong, and still wants to disguise himself for a while, and wait for the Sino-British negotiations in the 80s to express his support clearly.
So when he received these tentative calls, he all said that he didn't know anything, and completely pushed it to the following. Anyway, there are dozens of editors of "Tiantian Daily", and if those intelligence organs like it, let's go and investigate it slowly.
For several days in a row, Xu Guanwu was dealing with temptations from all sides, including Taiwan, Hong Kong, Britain, and the mainland. All of them were blocked by Zhao Yazhi, and Xu Guanwu also announced that he was going to retreat to write a script and would not come out to meet for the time being.
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In Xu Guanwu's study, Shen Bi, the general manager of HSBC, was looking at him with a smile.
"Mr. Xu, what you told me last time that there may be fluctuations in the north, but I didn't expect something to happen." Shen Bi said with a smile, "Did you happen to be right, or do you have a source over there?" ”
Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, "I said that I didn't say it by chance, you definitely don't believe it; If I want to say that there are people over there, it is even more fantastical. ”
Shen Bi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, he also believed that Xu Guanwu was not from the north. The reason is very simple, Xu Guanwu did not start with the help of Liliang in the north, but made his fortune by investing in movies in the United States. It is impossible for every viewer who watches "Rocky" or "Jaws" to be funded by the north.
But if it's an accident, it's too coincidental. And there were too many strange things that happened to Xu Guanwu, Shen Bi would never believe that he was talking casually.
"Mr. Xu, Ming people don't say secret words, I want to know how you make inferences." Shen Bi asked with a smile.
"Actually, it's very simple, you buy a few copies of Ta Kung Pao, and if you look at them carefully, you can see the clues." Xu Guanwu pretended to be mysterious.
Shen Bi nodded, seeing that Xu Guanwu was so sure, he also decided to set up a "newspaper reading team" when he went back, which was specifically responsible for analyzing the intelligence in the north.
"Mr. Xu, I still have something to confirm, what is your political position?" Shen Bi asked, "Don't blame the editors below about the matter of "Tiantian Daily". Although our HSBC intelligence system is not as good as MI7, it is still easy to investigate such things. ”
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile, he knew that no matter how carefully he arranged, he would not be able to resist the investigation of those who had a heart, so he didn't waste any effort. Anyway, whether it's political matters, business matters, human affairs, or good face, unless you really tear your face, everyone is still willing to maintain peace on the surface.
"I'm just a businessman, I don't like to mix politics, that's not something we ordinary people can afford." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and avoided.
"Then weishenme, you still have to arrange six pages, black and white photos, and report for three consecutive days?" Shen Bi asked with a smile.
"We have a saying in China that people die greatly, and I think Premier Zhou is a great man, so I personally like him very much, and he doesn't have any political stance. Are you satisfied with this explanation? Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
Shen Bi nodded, "I also appreciate Zhou's personality charm, and there are actually many people in Hong Kong who have a good impression of him." But what I didn't expect was that you were one of them. ”
"It's normal, do you remember when I asked you if there was a change in the north side, would you do business with that side?" Xu Guanwu asked again.
Shen Bi nodded, "What do you mean......"
"I mean, you should be ready now." Xu Guanwu suddenly said with a smile.
Shen Bi was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Xiexie, your reminder, I will always pay attention to the situation over there." ”
"At the memorial service on the thirteenth, will your HSBC bank send someone?" Xu Guanwu asked again.
"Of course it will, not only me, but also our chairman." Shen Bi nodded and said, "By the way, what are you asking for?" ”
"I wanted to go with you that day." Xu Guanwu said with a smile. (To be continued......)