After landing at Kai Tak International Airport, the group immediately inquired about hotel check-in at the airport service desk.

After all, it is Xiangjiang, and the waiters are prosperous, even if you don't make an appointment in advance, you can make a temporary reservation for a hotel at the airport.

Due to the approaching end of the year, and today is Teresa Teng's 15th anniversary concert, there are many visitors, so the big hotels near Hung Hom, such as the Peninsula Hotel and the Sheraton Hotel, are almost full.

As for some ordinary hotels and the like, there are rooms, but Cao Zhiqiang doesn't want to treat himself badly.

After choosing a long day in the customer service center, Cao Zhiqiang finally chose the Shangri-La Hotel in Kowloon

The Shangri-La Hotel in Xiangjiang is still a proper cutting-edge hotel at this time, after all, this is only officially opened in 1981, so all kinds of equipment are very new.

It is not only located in the most prosperous area of Tsim Sha Tsui, but also close to Victoria Bay, and the sea view is also superb.

The most important thing is that this hotel is currently managed by the Westin Hotel, not Xiangji's own management team, so it is basically the characteristics of Westin, in short, five words - rich is the master!

Not to mention anything else, at least luxury car pick-up and drop-off, Shangri-La Hotel at this time can do it.

But the most important thing is that the luxury rooms here are new.

Anyway, for the thing of staying in the hotel, Cao Zhiqiang has always inherited the old and is not as good as the new.

Because the newer the hotel, the more scientific the design, the more advanced the equipment, the better the accommodation environment.

There is no doubt that there may be many top hotels in Hong Kong, but for now, Shangri-La Hotel, Kowloon, is definitely one of the best.

Not only is the location prosperous and the scenery is good, but the service is also amazing, so which one don't choose this?

In the end, Cao Zhiqiang chose the Shangri-La Hotel in Kowloon and asked the other party to pick up people in a luxury car.

As long as you are willing to make a deposit, all kinds of services are not a problem.

Sure enough, after waiting for a short time to drink tea and read the newspaper in the VIP lounge of the airport, the courtesy car sent by the Shangri-La Hotel arrived.

The car is an authentic stretched Lincoln, and the driver is a Chinese man in uniform and gloves, and his broken Mandarin often has a mouthful of authentic American English, which feels a bit nondescript.

But this is the characteristic of Hong Kong in this era.

The words are in English, which is synonymous with nobility.

Well, it seems that the later Xiangjiang is also this virtue.

There's no way, the colony, it's been a long time, it's always a bit servile, and it's hard to change.

Fortunately, everyone didn't care about that.

On the contrary, everyone else was excited and curious about this elongated Lincoln.

After all, this kind of elongated luxury car, where have I seen it in China.

Hongqi does have an extended model, but compared with the extended Lincoln at this time, it is still almost meaningless after all.

Everyone sat in a luxury car, drank champagne and chatted all the way, and soon came to the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel.

After entering the hotel, because I had made an appointment in advance, the waiter took people to the room very attentively.

The room booked by Cao Zhiqiang is two connected sea view rooms.

One of them is a 100-square-meter ultra-luxury sea-view suite, and the other is a 45-square-meter luxury sea-view room, with a "super" word and "set" in the middle, and the area is more than half different, and the environment is naturally different.

In terms of accommodation, Zhu Lin and Xu Chun, two women, live in the best ultra-luxury naval suite, while Cao Zhiqiang and Xu Qingdong, two men, live in a luxury sea-view room.

The two rooms are connected to each other for easy access and, in theory, could also be seen as an oversized suite.

There is no doubt that living in such a room, looking at the furnishings and scenery inside, immediately made Zhu Lin, Xu Chun and Xu Qingdong gasp.

They had never lived in such a luxurious room in their lives.

Don't talk about them, Cao Zhiqiang has never lived in this life and in his previous life.

He had only heard of this kind of room in his previous life, and he had never lived in it.

Of course, it's not that Cao Zhiqiang hasn't lived in a good house in his previous life.

In fact, in Cao Zhiqiang's previous life, he lived in the presidential suite, but it was not the presidential suite here, but the presidential suite of a five-star hotel in China.

If you simply talk about the facilities and area, I am afraid that the presidential suite where Cao Zhiqiang lived in his previous life is better, but in terms of scenery, it is far inferior.

After all, it is adjacent to Victoria Bay, and you can see the invincible sea view of Victoria Bay, and this is a famous hotel in Xiangjiang, which is not the same as the second-tier city hotel where Cao Zhiqiang lived in his previous life.

"Xiao Cao, this is really the place where we stay?" Xu Qingdong couldn't help but ask.

"Nonsense, of course." Cao Zhiqiang shrugged his shoulders and sat down on the sofa next to the viewing glass window.

Xu Qingdong rubbed his hands, didn't sit down, but looked around, and then looked at the invincible sea view behind Cao Zhiqiang and said, "But, this is too proud, how much does it cost?" ”

"Don't worry, you don't have to spend money, I'll please."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang calmly took out a cigar from the humidor, and calmly used the cigar tong to reduce the cigar head, then struck an extended match and began to roast slowly.

After two toasts, Cao Zhiqiang put the cigar in his mouth, lit it, and then took a beautiful puff.

Whew, cool!

Although Cao Zhiqiang usually doesn't smoke, at this time, he still needs to smoke some cigars to suppress his fright.

After all, to put it bluntly, he is a fugitive.

Seeing Cao Zhiqiang smoking a cigar by himself, Xu Qingdong blinked, clicked his lips, and walked to the sofa next to him to sit down, then shrugged his nose and said, "This is a cigar, right?" It's weird and smells, isn't it good to smoke? ”

Cao Zhiqiang glanced at Xu Qingdong, spit out another eye, and then said calmly: "If you want to smoke, take it, it's all included in the accommodation fee." ”

"Really?" As soon as Xu Qingdong heard this, he immediately picked up a cigar, "Then I have to taste it, otherwise it would be a pity." ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled faintly, didn't say anything, and continued to smoke his cigar by himself.

In fact, cigars, although they are placed in the guest room, are actually counted as additional money.

If you use it, you will have to add money when it comes to the final settlement.

It's just that Cao Zhiqiang knows that if he tells Xu Qingdong the truth, he will definitely be embarrassed to smoke.

But he obviously wanted to smoke, so he simply said that it was all counted in the house price.

Anyway, this is not wrong, after all, when the final checkout is made, it does have to be added to the room fee and settled together.

After Xu Qingdong picked up a cigar, he also learned from Cao Zhiqiang's previous practice, using a cigar tong, along the red line of the cigar head, to reduce the cigar head, revealing the tobacco, and then, he didn't smoke cigarettes, just put the cigar in his mouth, and then picked up the extended match and began to light a cigarette.

"Lao Xu." Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but say, "Cigars are more absorbent, so it's best to roast them before smoking, they taste better." ”

"Roast?" Xu Qingdong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered Cao Zhiqiang's previous operation.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingdong took down the cigar again, first used a lengthened match, learned from Cao Zhiqiang's previous practice, and quickly baked the cigar.

Facts have proved that for an old smoker like Xu Qingdong, it is not difficult to bake a cigar.

After a few quick roasts, Xu Qingdong pinched the cigar, then sniffed it under his nose, then picked up the cigar again, lit another match, and slowly lit it.

After finally smoking the cigar, Xu Qingdong also took a deep breath, and then stuffed his lungs for a while, then half-squinted his eyes and sprayed the smoke out very comfortably.

"It's good, it's good!" Xu Qingdong, who took a puff of cigar, nodded happily, "I knew that with Xiao Cao, you can live a good life, hahaha." ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "What is this, you have to like it, when you turn around, just buy a few boxes and give them to you." ”

"Really?" Xu Qingdong glanced at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang, who spit out another puff of smoke rings, said: "What's true or false about this, you can just take it when the time comes, don't dare to accept it." ”

"What do I dare not take." Xu Qingdong said happily while smoking a cigar, "I'm just a moviemaker, and I'm not a big leader, and you gave it to me, why don't I accept it?"

Of course, if it was someone else's, I wouldn't have been able to take it.

I can still tell which is more important. ”

"Not bad." Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly, "I'm very pleased that you can think so." ”

After taking another puff of his cigar, Cao Zhiqiang said lightly in the smoke: "Lao Xu, you are the first person to help me, and you are also a talented person, so I hope our friendship can last for a long time."

So, I hope you can understand that we will have a long life in the future, don't let yourself be pitted for a little profit. ”

"Don't worry." Xu Qingdong smiled, "I know it's okay, unless you give it to me, I won't mess around." ”

Hearing Xu Qingdong say this, Cao Zhiqiang nodded and said, "It's best if you think so."

Also, what about the Hongguang Film Factory in the future, I plan to hand it over to you to take care of.

As for me, in the future, I will provide at most some support such as scripts, funds, equipment, and markets, and will not easily interfere in specific management.

Therefore, you, the deputy factory director, will have a lot of power in the future, and the specific personnel arrangements and what scenes to film, basically you have the final say.

Once people with power are unable to control themselves, they are often prone to swelling and becoming the kind of disgusting bureaucrats.

I don't want you to be like that.

If you become that kind of person, my friendship will probably come to an end, you know? ”

"You can continue to rest assured." Xu Qingdong smiled.

"My old Xu, don't have the ability, you can film.

And I hate bureaucracy the most in my life, the abuse of power for personal gain, and the most hated the layman leading the insider.

So, if you really plan to delegate power to me, then I will definitely do business, only do it, speak by grades, and don't engage in nepotism and go through the back door.

If you're making a movie, you're going to make a movie with peace of mind, why are you making so much mess?

Isn't that a bad market? And it doesn't match my philosophy of life. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Qingdong closed his eyes and took a deep puff of his cigar, and smothered in his lungs for a while, before exhaling the smoke for a long time.

After spitting out a puff of cigarette, Xu Qingdong squinted his eyes and said, "What's more, since I met you, followed you to make that movie, and walked abroad for such a circle, I have also seen a lot."

I understand now, this movie has to follow your set, and it has to be in line with international standards and go to the international market.

It's just that in the country, shooting some messy things to entertain yourself, when is it a head?

To make a movie, you have to keep pace with the times, and you have to know how people in other countries around the world live and think.

As for the treatment, I didn't think much about it, but with your ability and money-making methods, I'm afraid you won't treat me badly, right? ”

"That's a must." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I, Cao Zhiqiang, don't have any other abilities, but I can make money."

So, Lao Xu, when I tell you this, I really treat you as my own.

I hope you can put more attention to filming in the future, and not on anything else.

After all, you know by now that our Hongguang Film Factory is different from other film studios.

We have directly opened up the relationship with the Japanese film company, and the movies we make in the future can be directly brought to Japan first.

Of course, you may not know much about the tastes of ordinary Japanese people.

So in the early stage, when it comes to movies that are released in Japan, it's still mainly me.

Your task is mainly to do a good job of the film studio itself, such as the construction of the film studio, as well as the employment of personnel. ”

"Understood." Xu Qingdong said with a smile, "You are outside the Lord, and I am in the Lord." ”

"Almost." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded, "In addition, of course, we can't lose the domestic film market, but I don't know much about domestic films, so you have to work harder in this regard."

For example, collect some good scripts, recruit some good actors, and make some good movies.

Don't worry about funds, I will give a fixed part of the filming funds to the film studio every year, and give it if I make a profit or lose it.

You can manage the film studio with peace of mind, so that everyone has something to do and have filming, do you know what I mean? ”

"Understood." Xu Qingdong smiled slightly, "It's that you approve a sum of money for me every year, and then let me watch it, shoot whatever you want, even if you lose money, it doesn't matter, you must not let people be idle."

In other words, even if you lose money, you have to train your own team and build your own team, right? ”

"Yes, you understand me." Cao Zhiqiang nodded with a smile, "That's what I meant." ”

After spitting out the smoke ring again, Cao Zhiqiang continued: "In the future, our domestic film industry will usher in a big explosion, and sooner or later it will have to be reformed.

In addition, sooner or later, the cinema line will also be opened, agreeing to let private capital enter and agree to build a private cinema line.

These are our future opportunities.

However, no matter what, the movie is the content of the king.

Only by making good movies and making movies that everyone loves to watch can they prosper forever.

How do you make a good movie?

In addition to a good script, there must also be a group of reliable filmmakers.

I'm talking about this filmmaker, not only actors, but also other related personnel, such as lighting, props, post-production, etc.

If the actor is the vanguard, then the other relevant personnel are the logistics support personnel.

Now when we are fighting, we are fighting logistics.

As long as the logistics are done well, there will be an endless stream of soldiers who can fight, and there will be no worries at all.

However, we are a new company after all, lacking historical heritage.

To put it simply, there is a lack of that kind of logistics support personnel.

Therefore, we not only have to poach people with high salaries, but also cultivate our own people.

How to cultivate it? That is to film more, so that everyone can exercise themselves and accumulate experience in actual combat.

Don't look at what I'm doing now, but I may not always be good, and I may not be able to focus all my energy on making movies.

Therefore, I will grasp the direction, but you will have to manage the specific management and let this ship go according to my wishes. ”

Xu Qingdong nodded: "I understand, you have a lot of nobles, and it is impossible to only focus on the film factory, but you are optimistic about the film industry......

Well, that's it, anyway, in the future, you don't have to worry about things in the factory, I promise to take care of it for you.

Then, wherever you point, I will hit you, and everyone else will not listen, this is no problem, right? ”

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Very good, it is enough to be able to do this." (End of chapter)