said that after Zou Wenhuai was co-opted by the media group, his heart was not without ripples at all.

When he returned to Shaw Brothers, he privately found Zhou Duwen, the general manager.

"Manager Zhou, you know Wang Yu's status in the Shaw Brothers, but he only earns three or four thousand Hong Kong dollars after a draw. I persuaded my boss many times to ask him to raise a little more and stabilize the big-name stars with a high salary. ”

Zhou Duwen smiled bitterly: "Lao Zou, it's not that you don't know the character of the boss, and you are very money-saving." I know that you are working hard to fight for Wang Yu's treatment, just to keep him, but the boss's personality dictates, I'm afraid it's difficult! Unless, next year, a few more box office movies of about one million will be made, and the boss will add a thousand. If I mention it now, I'm afraid it's impossible to agree. ”

Although he and Shao Lao Liu are friends, they are also very helpless about Shao Lao Liu's money-saving character.

Wang Yu is the top martial arts star of the Shaw Brothers, with a salary of 800 per month, and a salary of 1,200 Hong Kong dollars for filming a movie; This is already the result of Zou Wenhuai's many efforts, otherwise Shao Lao Liu would not have added so much at all.

In Shao Laoliu's view, I discovered you, I made you popular, without me, there would be no you; Therefore, you should be grateful to Dade for a lifetime and serve for a lifetime.

Today, Zou Wenhuai's proposal to raise Wang Yu's salary is just an opportunity, and the next words are his purpose.

"Manager Zhou, the boss is busy with TVB affairs now, and Shaw Brothers is supported by the two of us. And we still get a fixed salary, don't you think it's a little unreasonable? ”

He now has the confidence to talk about cooperation at any time. The media group talks about 'cooperation', not high-paying corners, which is very much in line with his intentions.

Zhou Duwen looked at Zou Wenhuai, and then realized that Zou Wenhuai was looking for himself today for this reason, and he was not hypocritical, after all, it was about his own interests.

"You mean, write to the boss and ask the boss to decide on our income with a share?" His tone was mild.

"Yes, I look at the Hollywood model, basically the director, the producer, and even the leading actor are likely to get dividends. This is the long-term solution, so I think we should write to the boss and make such a request, so as to set an example for future Shaw Brothers movies. ”

Write a letter, of course, so as not to be a little embarrassed to be rejected!

Zhou Duwen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll co-sign with you!" ”

He also wants to raise his salary, so it's not hypocritical!

So, the two quickly wrote to Shao Laoliu, asking to change the salary model and determine the income of the two by sharing; In this way, everyone's income is reasonable.

Of course.

Shao Laoliu also replied quickly and directly rejected the request.

Want to add money?

No way!

For a while, Zou Wenhuai felt very pessimistic!

I miss the old love, but the boss doesn't miss the old love at all. Now the box office of a film in Hong Kong alone is about one million, and the investment in a film is less than three or four hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars at most.

But in this way, the boss does not consider giving the big guy a reasonable income, which is really sad.

The other side.

The sixth child was very annoyed by Zhou Duwen and Zou Wenhuai's joint letter and request for a share.

Shao Lao Liu said angrily in the office: "It's quite good that they have this appearance now, but they are not satisfied." When I was young, a celebrity only paid a few dozen yuan and the company was mine, did everyone come to be the boss? ”

Thinking of Zhou Duwen and Fu Wenhuai's joint book, Shao Lao Liu knew that it was Fu Wenhuai who started it, because such a thing had happened more than once.

So, he decided to add a person to Shaw Brothers Movies to check and balance Zou Wenhuai, so as not to prevent Zou Wenhuai from being a guest.

"Yihua, I called you to Hong Kong this time to let you join Shaw Brothers Films!" Shao Lao Liu preached to Fang Yihua beside him.

Fang Yihua is young and talented, and he is deeply liked by him, so he is a confidant.

"Shaw, how should I handle myself when I join Shaw Brothers Films? Fu Wenhuai is in power, the company's affairs are all through his hands, and even the general manager Zhou Duwen is regarded as being set up by him, how can I join in? Fang Yihua said deliberately.

Her words were like stabbing Shao Lao Liu's heart!

Yes, Fu Wenhuai's power is too great!

"It's very simple, I'll give you a right, all the financial statements signed by the wrinkled text need to be re-signed by you to get the money. In this way, he is restrained at every turn, and his temper is reined in. Otherwise, I really don't know if the boss is him or me! ”

Fang Yihua was overjoyed in her heart, this errand was really a snake beating, she said: "Yifu, don't worry, I am absolutely optimistic about every penny of you!" ”

Shao Laoliu patted the tender hand of his confidante and said with relief: "I'm relieved!" In such Hong Kong, the Shaw Brothers film family is dominant, there is no need to think about dividends or anything, they don't like to do it, just leave, anyone can be missing from the Shaw Brothers. After saying that, he showed strong confidence.

The biggest competitor, Denmao, has plummeted in recent years and is no longer an opponent at all. Several other film companies, all of which are a propaganda tool, are now abandoned by the public because they have become street rats.

Fang Yihua said in surprise: "Dividends? It's the first time I've heard that employees want to share the boss's popularity, and it seems that the people of Shaw Brothers Movies are not small! ”

Shao Lao Liu said fiercely: "Yes, their ambitions are indeed not small, but if they want to rebel against me, they are looking for the wrong person." I have long known that they have a countervail, they usually have lunch, and they go to Zhao Yaojun's house to eat, I don't know what they are plotting! ”

"And that kind of thing?"

"Well, leave them alone for now, you want to join the company!"

"Okay"

From a singer in a dance hall, to a singer of EMI Records in the United Kingdom (Hong Kong), and now to a confidant of a movie tycoon, Fang Yihua feels that he has come to this day step by step, all by his own efforts!

She swore that she must do the good things that Shaw explained!

Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun hosted a banquet for Li Gaofu and Chen Shufang at the restaurant in Central.

During the banquet, Li Gaofu pretended to be relaxed and said: "Take a walk around and find that it is still Hong Kong!" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "It is definitely good to start a business in Hong Kong, but it may not be necessary to provide for the elderly!" So you're still young, don't keep thinking about retirement! ”

Li Gaofu said ashamedly: "I have been with you for so many years, I haven't learned much about my skills, and I have taken a lot of wrongful paths!" ”

Lin Zhichao said seriously: "Not necessarily! In your case, there are many, and they even return to Hong Kong after a few years, and some even retire directly overseas. You are lost, no problem, I believe you still have the capital! ”

The top ten real estate developers definitely do not have Li Gaofu's share, even the top 20 real estate developers, and his ranking will not be high.

At this time, the more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars in his hand, if he entered the real estate industry, it was equivalent to 30~35% of the purchasing power at the same time last year. His only advantage is that there are still some properties that are not sold.

Li Gaofu was taught to say: "This time, I will not be half-hearted in saying anything, insist on stable development, and rent three points and sell seven points." After speaking, he observed Lin Zhi's expression, hoping to get an answer.

Lin Zhichao will not directly instruct a person, but he also said: "As long as you firmly believe in the prospects of Hong Kong, you can make money in Hong Kong." As for the business method, as long as you don't operate in debt, even if you encounter a sharp fall, it will not rise sooner or later. ”

"Teachable, teachable!"

After the opening of the Hung Hom Cross Harbour Tunnel last month, the number of properties in Hong Kong and Kowloon has risen a lot. Lin Zhichao predicted that it was almost the level of the spring of 1969 in the previous life, and the mid-to-low-end housing had reached 50~60 Hong Kong dollars per square foot.

In terms of land prices, it is much lower than in 1964, not because there is no recovery, but because the land area ratio is reduced by 20%, and the recovery of land prices is naturally slower, after all, 20% fewer houses have been built.

However, the cost of construction has risen by more than 30%, which has reached a very strong level.

Next, the two sides talked about some children's things, and finally Li Gaofu and his wife left happily.

With Lin Zhichao's guidance, it is natural that they will soon be able to settle down and continue to develop in Hong Kong.

In Lin Zhichao's view, if Li Gaofu develops well, he will have a place for the top 20 real estate developers in the future, and his wealth will be about 10 billion yuan in the mid-to-late 90s.

Of course, not necessarily!

After all, there are also oil crises, negotiation crises, 8789 crises, and the Asian financial crisis.

However, Li Gaofu studied from Fang Shuquan and Fang Runhua's family, with three rents and seven sales, and he was not too indebted, so he would not go bankrupt.

The other side.

Chen Shufang said: "Why don't you talk to Zhichao and redeem Taiping Xing?" ”

Li Gaofu sighed and said, "Taiping Xing is now worth almost 20 million, what will I redeem it." I now have more than 15 million left in my hands, and I can only prepare to buy two or three plots of land and slowly develop real estate. Even if Zhichao is willing to sell it to me, I will give another 5 million on credit, wouldn't it be impossible to move. What's more, it's too hurtful to talk about that! ”

Chen Shufang's expression suddenly darkened, this wave of their family's assets from hundreds of millions of dollars has shrunk by half.

"It doesn't matter, it's much better than our situation back then, at least we already have some assets, I believe you can be prosperous again soon!"

Hearing his wife's words, Li Gaofu was moved for no reason, it's still a bad wife!

"Yes, I'll definitely recover quickly this time! I have recently been looking for land and properties in the market, and this time I plan to develop industrial buildings for sale in strata and I believe that they will recover soon. ”

He also learned something from Lin Zhichao, and at this time, the development of industrial buildings and the sale of strata are more promising than the development of residential buildings. Because Hong Kong's industrialisation is accelerating, there is a great demand for factories.

After listening to Li Ziduo's work report, Lin Zhichao was not too surprised.

He knew that Zou Wenhuai would definitely leave Shaw Brothers, and once Fang Yihua went to Shaw Brothers movies, he would inevitably feel uncomfortable all over his body, and the only way to leave was to go.

However, although Lin Zhichao wants to be a ready-made film talent on the Internet, he will not have only one choice, he decided to give Zou Wenhuai a salary to come to Hong Kong; If he does not join the media group in the future, then he is not destined to achieve anything.

"Ziduo, I plan to appoint you as my deputy, that is, the vice president of the media group of course, and then the general manager of the Oriental Publishing House and the printing house, do you have any confidence?"

Lin Zhichao likes to reuse retainers, that is, he followed his management very early, and of course he does not exclude talents who join halfway; Anyway, his career territory is big enough, and he needs to 'use me' for any kind of talent.

Li Ziduo hurriedly said: "Thank you for the trust of the boss, I will go all out to share your worries and work hard for the development of the company!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "You are young enough, it is an advantage and a disadvantage." Therefore, you usually need to learn more relevant professional knowledge in the field of media to make up for the lack of experience. Of course, you are an old man who follows me, and I also know that I like that the manager of the subsidiary can lead the whole party, and the senior management of the group can develop in an all-round way, and can connect the ties of the subsidiaries to form a healthy development. ”

Li Ziduo said: "Well, I understand what the boss meant. ”

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "Well, after New Year's Day next month, I will officially issue official documents in the company." Now, you go and get in touch with Chu Kwok-leung of Cathay Pacific Hong Kong and say that the media group is interested in acquiring 'Cathay Pacific Hong Kong'. But there is one point, don't be in a hurry, you can show some sincerity by making a temptation first. ”

Li Ziduo nodded and said, "No problem, I will definitely do what the boss wants!" ”

From all aspects, the boss is not the first to enter this industry, and it is still in the planning stage.

I don't want to be put on the ground, but I want to show a certain amount of sincerity.

"Okay, then let's get in touch quickly!"

"Well, then I'll go out first!"

After Li Ziduo left, Lin Zhichao thought about it.

As long as within the next year, the Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Organization (formerly the former Electricity Corporation) will be acquired, and the Hong Kong cinema network will be rapidly expanded, and a cooperation agreement will be reached with the Cathay Pacific Organization in Southeast Asia; In this way, in the future, whether it is Hong Kong theaters or Southeast Asian theaters, they will not be subject to Shaw Brothers movies.

After stabilizing this step, the media group will slowly develop a modern cinema chain and establish a huge Asian cinema network and distribution network, which will greatly increase the profits of films in the future.

In this way, as long as Zou Wenhuai leaves Shaw Brothers, then the media group is the best choice, not to start a business; Because, he doesn't have his own studio, nor does he have his own cinema network, it is easy to be played to death by Shao Laoliu.

Of course, even if there is no Zou Wenhuai, as long as the media group pulls Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, Sammo Hung, and Cheng Long under its umbrella, it can also beat the Shaw Brothers to the ground.

That's the power of foresight.

Lin Zhichao's first thing is fame, and then profit. Therefore, dealing with those big-name movie stars in the future is nothing more than a 'split'; of course, before the split, it must be able to 'squeeze' a wave.

In late December, Lin Zhichao and Tang Caiyun arrived in Singapore on different flights to attend the opening ceremony of the Shangri-La Hotel.

This hotel is of great significance, because it is the first hotel of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, and the investment is also very large, with the investment of about 120 million yuan (including land value of 50 million Hong Kong dollars) in the first phase of the hotel alone.

This is an investment in the late sixties, and 120 million is worth so much that it is unthinkable. Even the 70 million Hong Kong dollars taken out by Cheung Kong is a huge investment.

70 million Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to the capital of any of the 'five tigers of real estate' in the previous life, during this period.

Of course, if such a five-star hotel was listed in Hong Kong in 1972, its market value would not be lower than that of the real estate five tigers; Referring to the Miramar Hotel in the previous life, the market value of the listed company even exceeds that of the Real Estate Five Tigers.

On the opening day of Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, it also brought together many celebrities from Southeast Asia, almost all of whom were Chinese. Singapore at this time is actually still a bit 'dangerous' in Southeast Asia, and many countries want to annex it. However, after the founding of Singapore, it joined the British Commonwealth for the first time, and was protected by the British, and later by the Americans, so it was able to survive in this area.

Mr. Li and Mr. Lin jointly conducted the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and everyone had smiles on their faces.

Nestled amidst lush tropical jungle, Shangri-La's main building is a 20-storey tower with an annex building.

The opening ceremony was followed by a grand reception.

During this period, Chen Bichen, an old acquaintance, led a person to Lin Zhichao.

"Lin Sheng, this is Malaysian businessman Guo Huonian, who has been engaged in international commodity trade for a long time."

Lin Zhichao looked at Guo Huonian, but he didn't expect the "original owner" of the "Shangri-La Hotel" to come.

He said politely: "It turned out to be the Malay Sugar King, Jiuyang!" ”

Guo Huonian replied: "Mr. Lin is polite, you are the king of the world, and you are the leader of the Chinese in Hong Kong, even the whole of Southeast Asia, and you also enjoy deep influence." ”

"You're welcome!"

Lin Zhichao does have a certain influence in Southeast Asia, he knows many Southeast Asian giants, as early as the 50s, under the leadership of Lee Kong Chian, joined a club, so he knows a lot of people. However, I didn't know Guo Huonian, and now I have officially met.

In the past few years, he has come to Sing Tao once a month, and he regards this place as a second base, thanks to the relationship he and Lawyer Li built in their early years. Of course, Singapore officials also need Lin Zhichao a lot of places, take investment as an example, just a Shangri-La hotel invested 70 million Hong Kong dollars, not only to solve the problem of many jobs, but more importantly, to let Singapore officials have a good place to entertain foreign businessmen.

"Lin Sheng, I admire you very much, you actually dared to determine this project for the first time in 1965!" After chatting for a while, Guo Huonian suddenly said.

This sentence is very sincere!

Because at that time, Singapore had just been founded, and everyone was still speculating how long it would take for it to go out of business!

Lin Zhichao is good, he directly made a big investment, no wonder the Singapore official takes such care.

"In fact, as long as there is a place where we Chinese gather, the economy will not be bad, so I firmly believe that Singapore will become the second Hong Kong and the economy will develop. Mr. Guo, I also welcome you to invest in Hong Kong. ”

"Thanks, definitely!"

Guo Huonian has to admire Lin Zhichao's character and courage!

In fact, Lin Zhichao invited these people to invest in Hong Kong, not worried about one more logarithmic, because they had invested in Hong Kong in their previous lives.

Almost all of the wealthy people in Southeast Asia have invested a lot in Hong Kong. It is also remarkable that small Hong Kong supports so many rich people.

(End of chapter)