Just when Li Jiacheng caused a sensation in the city due to the acquisition of Hutchison shares, Xu Guanwu also started the investment plan for the new year after the company officially went to work.

During the Chinese New Year, Xu Guanwu began to let his subordinates follow up on the plan to purchase and build gambling boats on the high seas and open a song and dance hall in Taipei.

In terms of gambling ships, because the existing shipbuilding really can't wait, so the first consideration is to buy a second-hand ship. However, because it has to be carefully screened and re-modified internally, it will take at least half a year to do so.

The dance hall is significantly faster than that, as long as the address is selected and slightly renovated, it can basically be put into operation within a month or two.

In the early days, there was only one dance hall, which was named Diamond Song and Dance Hall. The reason for such a slightly cheesy name is that Yang Dengkui, one of the opponents of the Bamboo Federation and one of the gangs in the province, opened a sapphire song hall in Kaohsiung.

According to Wu Dun's words, his song and dance hall is "sapphire", and our bamboo union is louder than his name, so it is called "diamond" song and dance hall. Listening to the name is worth more than his "sapphire".

Xu Guanwu couldn't laugh or cry at Wu Dun's bad taste, but the diamond dance hall is a little cheesy, but in fact, it is quite in line with the appreciation and taste of Taipei. If you change the name to Lisheng, Brilliant, Musical Sound and so on, it will feel less loud.

In addition to the two businesses with Bamboo Union, there was also the entry of Zhao Yazhi's three brothers and sisters into the company, and Xu Guanwu also half-coaxed and half-deceived them to the mainland. When the three of them first heard that they were going to the mainland, they all turned their faces at that time. I can't wait to have a fight with Xu Guanwu, and then slam the door and leave.

However, Xu Guanwu has already thought of a reason, although you are my relatives. But if you don't make an inch, you will reach a high position, and your subordinates will not be convinced. And there is a shortage of management personnel on the mainland, so if you go there for a year and a half, and make a little bit of success, I can confidently recall you back to Hong Kong.

Now your subordinates will also obey you, and the other senior executives of the company have nothing to say. Besides, the emperor of the sky is high in Yuezhou, and you are the emperor of the soil when you go there. As long as you don't tear down the theater, you can toss it however you want.

Xu Guanwu's words moved the hearts of the three of them, and they were all bewitched by the beautiful vision described by Xu Guanwu. Before, it was still like he couldn't be killed, but now he goes as long as he can't die.

But Xu Guanwu said so, but when the three of them went there, they found that everything was not like that. The specific work of the brilliant cinema. Naturally, there are other employees sent by the Xu family to take care of it. The three of them went only as nominal managers. In fact, it was hollowed out as soon as it went, not to mention the financial power, and even the administrative power did not have a share.

Moreover, whether it is clothing, food, housing, transportation, entertainment and leisure, it is far inferior to Hong Kong, and it is simply inferior to rural places such as the outlying islands of the New Territories. The three of them can endure such hardship, so naturally they have to cry and wipe their tears back.

However, of course, Xu Guanwu didn't give them a chance, and he took back his home return permit as early as after entering the mainland, and wanted to come back unless you could smuggle in. But the three of them are spoiled, and they only know how to have fun. It is estimated that there is no way to smuggle the country.

And smuggling also requires a lot of money, after Xu Guanwu sent them over. But they were cut off from their food. If they can't scrape together the money, even if they find the boatman, no one will want to give them a ride.

Besides, although these three people are not under house arrest in the mainland, their movements are indeed restricted, and people are watching them at any time when they enter and leave, so that they can't find a chance to escape if they want to.

As for communication, there is no need to bother, there are few international calls in Guangdong City, even if there is no phone call for a few months, the Zhao family will not have any doubts.

In this way, the three members of the Zhao family were exiled, and as for when they will be able to return to Hong Kong, it depends on Xu Guanwu's mood.

Zhao Yazhi knows her husband's plan, although for the sake of her brothers and sisters, she agrees with Xu Guanwu's method. But in the end, it is the flesh and blood of the same mother, so I have asked them many times about their situation.

I was relieved to learn that they were now just a little worse fed, a little less playing, a little dirtier living, a little more dirty, and their health problems were still guaranteed.

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At the end of March, the United States Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards were nominated, and Xu Guanwu's "Superman" invested last year was shortlisted for many awards, which can be called the favorite to win this year's award. Although "Jaws 2" and "Rocky 2" are not the favorites to win awards, they have also been shortlisted for several film awards.

In addition, Xu Guanwu is now increasingly influential in the American film industry, and he was absent from the awards ceremony last year, so this year's two awards invited him early, and he was also willing to include him in the list of award presenters.

However, after Xu Guanwu received the invitation letter, he refused after thinking about it. The first is that his wife Zhao Yazhi is pregnant and has difficulty moving, and he doesn't want her to attend such a noisy occasion, so as not to have unpleasant accidents; Second, since his wife couldn't accompany him, Xu Guanwu thought it was too troublesome to find a female partner, and he wanted to stay in Hong Kong to accompany his wife, so he simply refused.

After receiving many Golden Globe Awards and Academy Award nominations and awards, Xu Guanwu's desire for these two awards is far less strong than before. Besides, his status today is very different from a few years ago, when he was just a fledgling Chinese filmmaker with no roots or influence in Hollywood.

But now he has a series of blockbuster films and multiple awards, as well as influential companies such as National Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, and CAA Agency. It can be said that he is now among the Hollywood movie moguls.

When the identity goes up, the natural shelf must also be put out, like these two award ceremonies, you naturally don't have to go so diligently, and when you need to put out the shelf, you must put it on a proper display.

Sure enough, the Golden Globes and Academy Awards regretted Xu Guanwu's absence again, and the news was published in American newspapers the next day, which attracted the attention of American filmmakers for a while.

Although Xu Guanwu has not appeared in Hollywood for nearly two years, the films he has invested in have achieved good results one after another. Like "Superman", "Rocky 2", "Jaws 2", "Moonlight Panic" and so on.

These blockbuster movies are a constant reminder of Xu Guanwu's existence. It can be said that although a brother is not in the rivers and lakes, the rivers and lakes have the meaning of the legend of the brother.

And now this Hollywood hot filmmaker has been absent from these two awards ceremonies for two consecutive years. The reason for this has to be pondered. Could it be that the influence of the Academy Awards is weakening, or is there some other unspeakable reason?

Of course, these filmmakers only think about it occasionally, and whether Xu Guanwu comes or not has little to do with them. But for people like Lei Shidong of National Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Zaniuk and others, Xu Guanwu's refusal of the invitation to the Academy Awards this time is undoubtedly a huge loss for them.

You must know that Xu Guanwu only goes to the United States once a year, and he only stays for about a week. But it is usually decided that the plan for the whole year is finalized at one time, and each time it brings hundreds of millions of dollars in big business, it is Lei Shidong. Zaniuk and others are an important source of income every year, and it is also the time of the year that they look forward to the most.

But now Xu Guanwu has been absent for two consecutive years, making them all feel that they have lost a lot, so after seeing this report. Immediately, there was a call from across the ocean.

"Xu. Why aren't you going to come to Hollywood this year? Don't you miss me as an old friend? Lei Shidong played the emotional card and said, "I have a lot of business I want to talk to you about and get some valuable advice from you." ”

"I'm really sorry because my wife is pregnant, so I don't want to leave her for too long." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Therefore, I can't go to the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards this time, I'm really embarrassed." ”

"Oh, is your wife pregnant? I really want to congratulate you. Lei Shidong said with a smile, "She is a very beautiful lady. And you are a man full of wisdom, I believe that the crystallization of your love must be beautiful and smart. ”

"Thank you for your blessings," Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, you said that you have a big business to talk to me, what is the matter?" ”

"Of course, it's still the selection of blockbuster movies for a few years." Lei Shidong said with a smile, "Also, recently, I feel that the national entertainment company has reached a bottleneck, so I want to expand in other directions." ”

"That's a good idea, but what do you want to get involved in first?" Xu Guanwu nodded and asked with a smile.

"What do you think of the cable industry?" Lei Shidong suddenly asked with a smile.

Xu Guanwu almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, why is it only the end of the 70s, does Lei Shidong already have the idea of marching into the TV industry? It's a little too early.

But if you think about it, it's no wonder that he got involved in the TV industry in advance. In his previous life, Lei Shidong relied on his own efforts to develop the family chain of cinemas into the third largest cinema chain in the United States step by step, and when he found that there were enough theaters under his umbrella and it was unlikely that further expansion would bring greater profits, he decided to look for new areas of development.

But now he has the help of Xu Guanwu, and several box office blockbusters every year allow him to avoid risks as much as possible, and obtain extremely high returns, allowing him to expand many times faster than in his previous life, and thus making National Entertainment Company the second largest theater chain in the United States in advance, making Lei Shidong one of the most powerful theater operators in the United States.

After discovering that the benefits that the acquisition and merger of cinemas could bring him were getting smaller and smaller, Lei Shidong had the idea of expanding to other fields. At this time, the cable TV industry, which was booming, immediately attracted his attention.

Although he had never been involved in the TV industry before, he still resolutely spent a lot of money to acquire a small cable TV station, Viacom. Later, he acquired MTV TV, Nick Rodian Children's Cable Network, etc., and gradually shifted the focus of his business from chain cinemas to the cable TV industry, and became a hegemon in this field.

At present, Viacom cable TV station has not yet been established, and Lei Shidong only has a local cable TV station in Los Angeles in sight, with only 70,000 or 80,000 paid subscribers, and its business situation is not very good. The other shareholders of the company were opposed to the investment, so Lei Shidong wanted to ask Xu Guanwu's opinion.

Xu Guanwu knew that Lei Shidong started with cable TV in his later life, and his business philosophy of "content is king" is also very much in line with the development ideas of cable TV. In fact, cable TV programs tend to be of much higher quality than public TV programs. Because cable TV programs have to charge the public, it is natural to provide more exciting programs.

Lei Shidong, on the other hand, has always advocated that "content is king" and pays attention to attracting audiences with high-quality movies. This business philosophy can also be applied to the field of cable television. And it was precisely because of Lei Shidong's business philosophy that Viacom was saved from the brink of bankruptcy and subsequently became the hegemon of the American media industry.

MTV TV and Nick Rodian Children's TV, etc., were also in difficulty when they were first acquired and faced the fate of being laid off, but after Lei Shidong took over, he once again won back the trust of the audience with high-quality content. It has also made MTV TV the world's largest music television network.

As a result, Nick Rodeon Children's Television Network has become the most popular children's television channel in the United States, such as the world-famous cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants", which is produced by Nick Rodian Children's Television Network. (To be continued......)