Chapter 63: Again the Situation
Ye Chengkang only had to wait now, and had nothing to do, so he thought that Xu Ke's studio was still under construction and was ready to take a look. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Xu Ke's "The Legend of Shushan" released a few years ago was cold, and was questioned by some people in Xinyicheng, Xu Ke resigned in a fit of anger, anyway, now Ye Chengkang's investment is all in place, so he is not in a hurry, thinking that he must make a good film in the future for people in Xinyicheng to see. Xu Ke resigned, and Shi Nansheng certainly wouldn't stay in Xinyicheng, so the two of them broadcast that they had found an office building and were ready to officially set up a studio.
Broadcast Road is located in Kowloon Tong, in the northern part of Kowloon City, Hong Kong, and is a noble residential area. It was also the site of three television stations and two radio stations in Hong Kong in the 1970s. At that time, there were only five electronic media in Hong Kong, and all of them were concentrated there, and it was also geographically located on a small hill, so the place was called "Wutai Mountain".
Ye Chengkang found the office building according to the address Xu Ke told him last time, and saw Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng cleaning up the shooting equipment that had just come back, Ye Chengkang told Xu Ke at the beginning that if you want to do a studio, you must first have your own shooting equipment, and if you want to do something, you must first sharpen your tools, you can't think about renting, and if you want to buy it, you have to buy it, Xu Ke also agrees with this point of view, anyway, there is no shortage of money now.
"The two CEOs work in person, and they don't recruit a few workers?" Ye Chengkang said with a smile as he looked at the two of them.
"Kang Shao is here, greet yourself, we can't be busy now. Xu Ke looked up and said hello and made his own things, but Shi Nansheng poured him a glass of water.
"This is brought back from the United States, and a lot of equipment may not be used by anyone here, Xu Ke said that it is better to make it better by himself, for fear that others will break it." Shi Nansheng leaned back at the desk to rest and talked to Ye Chengkang.
"Do you have any shooting plans recently?" Ye Chengkang said, drinking water.
"I'm thinking about it, I used to write a few books when I was working in a TV station, but I was rejected by the top management at the beginning, and now I want to see if I can shoot it. It just so happened that you came, Ah Sheng took the two books of "The True Color of Heroes" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" to Kang Shao. ”
"No need, I said it at the beginning, I won't interfere with your filming, you can choose any script, and I have also negotiated with Shaw Brothers for the theater chain, I will borrow their theater line first, and I will only pay for it. If I can satisfy Shao Lao Liu this year, he will consider selling the theater chain to me, you don't have to worry about this, just take care of your affairs. Ye Chengkang was relieved when he thought of these two films, these two are classics in Hong Kong films, and the word-of-mouth box office is good.
"What conditions did you promise Shao Lao Liu, so that he would give up his baby cinema, didn't you hear that Pan's students are also considering buying his cinema? The price has been 200 million. Xu Ke put down the things in his hand and rested.
"The condition is to make money for him, take 100 million US dollars from him, and pay him back at least 200 million US dollars, it's fine, it's very simple. Ye Chengkang said with a smile.
"Is this still simple?" Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng lost their voices.
"Have you paid attention to the price fluctuations of the yen against the dollar, and the rapid rise in labor productivity in the tradable goods sector in the late 60s led to the increasing international competitiveness and trade surplus of the Japanese tradable goods sector. The overheating of the economy and the large current-account surplus at the time proved that the yen was indeed grossly undervalued. In order to maintain the balanced development of the Japanese economy, it is necessary to adjust the yen exchange rate, but the Japanese government has not done so. In the autumn of 1969, the Bank of Japan continued to pursue a contractionary monetary policy, while at the same time accelerating the pace of financial liberalization, easing controls on capital exports, and promoting the import of goods and services, while deregulating imports. Looking back at the evolution of the international monetary system since World War II, we will find that the United States has often forced other countries to adjust their macroeconomic policies in order to pass on the cost of economic adjustment in the United States. When the US current account deficit is unsustainable, the United States can adjust its current account in three ways: one is to persuade or force other countries to adjust its macroeconomic policies; the other is to allow the dollar to depreciate; and the third is to adjust US domestic policies. For the U.S. government, the first policy is the best policy, the second policy is the middle policy, and the third policy is the most costly. The United States consciously used this "exchange rate weapon" in 1971-1973 and 1977-1978. In 1971, Nixon announced the decoupling of the dollar from gold as a "Nixon shock". Previously, the Japanese government had announced an "eight-point plan" to ease the pressure on the yen's appreciation. In 1972, the Japanese economy began to recover, and in order to speed up the recovery process and to offset the contractionary effect of the yen's appreciation, the Japanese government adopted an expansionary monetary and fiscal policy, and in 1972 the Bank of Japan lowered the discount rate from 6.25% to 4.25%, the lowest point since World War II. Despite these measures, the pressure on the yen to appreciate was so strong that it was eventually forced to float in 1973. At that time, the Japanese government made the fatal mistake of significantly increasing budget spending at a time when the money supply was growing by 20 percent a year. At the beginning of 1973, Japan's inflation rate rose rapidly as a result of expansionary policies. Under these circumstances, fiscal and monetary policies had to be tightened, and austerity led to a sharp decline in economic growth, and in 1974, the Japanese economy experienced negative growth for the first time since World War II. The end result of the Japanese government's long-term policy of curbing exchange rate fluctuations from 1969 to 1972 was the hyperinflation of 1973-1974. Trade frictions between Japan and the United States began in the 60s, initially caused by trade in textiles, steel, and televisions. By now, the trade dispute has intensified. The Japan-US trade dispute was resolved through "rule" product export options, but later, Japan was asked to further open its market, or the yen appreciated. This is my opportunity to make money, I will also invest 200 million US dollars, it is estimated that it will not attract the attention of the Japanese side, I have arranged for someone to find an agent in Japan, Miyamoto Ichiro, who is responsible for operating foreign currency trading, our little money is just a small shrimp for those big conglomerates in Japan and the United States, so it is estimated that it can definitely be turned over three or four times in about a year. In other words, I can discuss with Shao Lao Liu about buying a theater at the end of the year. Since you have heard the news that Pan Laosheng is going to buy a theater, it is estimated that it is Pan's Sheng's strategy, but he still has a little guts to play this strategy in front of Shao Laoliu, Shao Laoliu is an old fox, and it is estimated that Pan's Shengsheng is the kind that was sold and helped him count the money. Ye Chengkang said confidently.
"I don't understand, these things are the same as clouds and fog for us, but I still wish you a lot of money. "Xu Ke really doesn't understand this kind of thing.
"Kang Shao, I have some private money here, and I can help me earn some money by the way. Although Shi Nansheng didn't understand very well, she still inquired about Ye Chengkang, the only heir of Watson Bank, the people of the bank family must be like a few treasures for this kind of money-making doorway, looking at his confident appearance, he is almost certain to be able to pick up money, it is better to make some money by the way.
"Okay, Sister Sheng can find me at any time, and promise to make your wallet bulge, but does Brother Xu know? Ye Chengkang knew that Shi Nan was loud and joked with her.
"Kang Shao, you don't know, women will have private money no matter what, but men can't, no matter how deep they hide, they will be found, maybe they will make wedding clothes for others. Xu Ke also said with a smile.
This is Ye Chengkang's phone rang, Ye Chengkang picked up the big brother to answer, "Ye Sir, we just came back, Jenny's mother was murdered, the body was found this morning, the preliminary estimate is that he was killed when he came back from Shenzhen last night, and the autopsy report will not come out until the day after tomorrow." Sanjosi called Ye Chengkang softly, probably hiding it from Luo Zijian.
"I see, you keep an eye on it, I'll step up here. Ye Chengkang's face became grim when he heard this.
"Kang Shao, is there something?" Xu Ke asked.
"Yes, there is something in the police station, I want to go first, anyway, I won't interfere in the affairs of the studio, just let the two of you do it, I hope our Hong Kong films can prosper forever, Brother Xu, you have a long way to go, now many filmmakers are too boring, only look at the box office, do not seek excellence, this is determined by the fast pace of our Hong Kong, but this problem may kill all our filmmakers, if there are too many bad movies and no high-quality films, our decline is a matter of time, Brother Xu, we don't follow the trend, and we don't ask you how much money you make, I hope you can seek refinement and goodness, and open up a way out for our Hong Kong films。 Ye Chengkang said his original intention of paying to establish Xu Ke Studio, and the gradual decline of Hong Kong films after the 90s has been a bane from now on.
"Thank you, Kang Shao, I know, I will find some like-minded people to make movies only for the good movies in our minds, not to make money, but to tell our next generation when we retire in the future that we have not let Hong Kong's films decline. Xu Ke said seriously.
"Okay, I'll go first, you guys get busy. Ye Chengkang waved his hand and walked out of the office building.