Zou Wenhuai came to Taiwan Island for the first time and contacted Li Hanxiang, the two used to be colleagues, but the relationship was not very good; After all, Zou Wenhuai's position at that time was Shaw Brothers, and Li Hanxiang was provoked by Denmao, so he left Hong Kong angrily and came to Taiwan Island to develop.

Li Hanxiang enjoys a high reputation in the Taiwan film industry, mainly because he has cultivated many film talents for Taiwan.

"Zou Sheng, I heard that you went to a new film company?" After Li Hanxiang met, he asked curiously.

former colleagues, and now they are all 'defecting' to Shaw Brothers movies, which can be regarded as a fate.

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "It's my current film company - Golden Harvest Film, the boss is very good, and Senior Brother Cai is popular, and he will rest assured that the company will take care of me." The important thing is that what I can't get at Shaw, the new company is willing to give me! ”

Li Hanxiang smiled: "I see! Then you won't be watching my jokes this time, right? ”

Zou Wenhuai didn't ask a question directly, but said: "No, it's our boss who gave you a check!" After speaking, he directly handed a check from the National Baotong Bank to Li Hanxiang.

Li Hanxiang glanced at it, glanced at it again, and said in disbelief: "This is a million Hong Kong dollars?" Why did your boss give me a check? ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "Emergency! ”

Li Hanxiang smiled bitterly: "Your boss is Mr. Lin Zhichao, one million is indeed sprinkled for him, but for me, it is a big number, and it doesn't need so much." That's why I dare to take this check! ”

With that, he pushed back.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Why don't you dare to take it? We hope that you will return to Hong Kong to shoot Fengyue films, with funny and satirical Fengyue films, and you are willing to cooperate in the form of basic salary and dividends. In addition, we can also support you to set up your own film company in Hong Kong, and we can also act as an investor. ”

Li Hanxiang said in surprise: "You plan to try the Hollywood production model? ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "Not bad! Therefore, you can relieve your urgent need with this money, and you can earn it in advance by virtue of your ability, why can't you take it? It's better than any other way. ”

Li Hanxiang suddenly thought about it, and the so-called other way is for Yang Qiao and others from the Taiwan Island Studio to run around and make a movie for him for free. But in this way, it is too much human affection.

"How do you work together?"

After thinking about it, Li Hanxiang decided to raise money for Golden Harvest to make a movie.

Zou Wenhuai said: "There are as many as three Hong Kong box office that have exceeded one million this year. When you shoot a movie, you get a basic salary plus dividends, that's exactly what it looks like."

Dividends set some level rewards, the higher the box office, the larger the share. As for the base salary, it is almost the base salary.

In the end, Li Hanxiang decided to borrow 500,000 Hong Kong dollars and promised to repay it for Golden Harvest. Golden Harvest did not restrict him, but made it clear that he could not make movies for Shaw Brothers at the same time.

Even if he makes movies on Taiwan Island, he will not be affected, but he can't make movies for Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong.

Li Hanxiang smiled bitterly: "Uncle Sixth let me lose Hong Kong, how can I go back to Shaw Brothers movies." ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "It's just a normal constraint! ”

"It's nature!"

In July.

Bruce Lee finally had the opportunity to express his willingness to return to Hong Kong to shoot movies in an interview, which caused a crazy rush of many Hong Kong movies for a while.

Bruce Lee is always a Hollywood Chinese actor, and he has a good kung fu, plus he starred in several movies in Hong Kong in the same year, and he has saved some popularity.

(PS: Bruce Lee was born in the acting world, his father Li Haiquan is a famous Cantonese opera ugly, and his mother is the adopted daughter of Sir Ho Tung's half-brother Ho Gantang, who appeared in the movie when he was three months old, and participated in many movies in the same year, accumulating some audience base)

However, Bruce Lee put forward harsh conditions through his friends, his personal salary is 10,000 US dollars (nearly 60,000 Hong Kong dollars), and the film investment fund is more than 600,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Moment.

scared off some small companies with weak financial resources, and in the end, only Shaw Brothers Films and Golden Harvest Films were left without speaking.

Bruce Lee didn't care in the United States, he liked Shaw Brothers the most, and expressed his intention to talk about it through friends.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Shao Liu directly told Bruce Lee's friends: "Each movie is up to $2,500!" Moreover, ask Bruce Lee to go back to Hong Kong in person to talk, and everything can be arranged. ”

Shao Laoliu thinks that he is the emperor of the Hong Kong film kingdom, how can he tolerate a martial artist who is not a star and put up a fight in front of him.

When Bruce Lee heard the news in the United States, he immediately felt that he was humiliated, and he would earn you a salary of $2,500 when he came back from the United States with all his hard work?

What is his income in the United States, a mere $2,500?

Soon after.

Hong Kong media reported: Bruce Lee announced that he would never make a film with Shaw Brothers!

The media quickly dug up the reason why Bruce Lee was so angry: Shao Lao Liu said that everything was in accordance with Shaw Brothers' regulations, signed a long-term contract, and received a fixed salary.

Zou Wenhuai was overjoyed and immediately sent Liu Lianghua, a powerful female cadre, to the United States for negotiations.

Golden Harvest Films does not bargain, just $10,000, but it is required to sign three films. originally wanted to sign two parts, but when I thought that Shaw Brothers insulted Bruce Lee so much, it was very reasonable to take the opportunity to propose to sign three parts.

On the street in Des Voeux Road, Central, Lin Zhichao, who has just finished the 'Hong Kong Real Estate Builders' Association and the 5th General Assembly, is walking with Airship Tai, Feng Jinghei, and Lee Kar-shing.

Feng Jingxi and Li Jiacheng are one of the new members of the conference, and after the conference, Lin Zhichao took the three of them to dinner together.

"Sir Lin, do you want everyone to take a picture!"

The four of them were walking, and a female voice came from behind.

Lin Zhichao turned his head and said with a smile: "That's troublesome sister-in-law!" ”

It turned out that it was Feng Jianli, the second wife of Airship Tai, who was the director of the women's department of the Real Estate Chamber of Commerce, and was a social expert of the Airship Thai family, good at Cantonese opera, photography, singing, and dancing.

Because of this, most of the airships only took Feng Jianli to participate in outside activities. Feng Jianli is only 31 years old this year, 16 years younger than Airship Tai, but she is Airship Tai's first love, that is to say, Airship Tai is at least thirty years old before falling in love.

As for why Airship Tai turned around and married the main house in the middle, it was because of her mother's matchmaking words, Feng Jianli also married someone else; Later, Feng Jianli divorced and brought a child, and Airship Tai and her old love rekindled, and they walked together.

Airship Tai said with a smile: "Then you, a professional photographer, have to take a better picture of us, Lin Sheng doesn't have to worry about him, he is in a better condition than us!" ”

The implication is that the four of them stand together, of course, Lin Zhichao's image is the best - elegant and handsome.

Li Jiacheng's image is also good, but in recent years, he has been bald, so his image is a little worse.

Feng Jingxi is like a 'mud leg' background.

Feng Jianli stood in front of the road and prepared to take pictures, and said with a smile: "I'm sure you shoot your domineering, Sir Lin's elegance, Li Sheng's vitality, and Feng Sheng's tenacity." ”

The four men immediately coaxed a woman to be happy, and then cooperated with Feng Jianli to take pictures on the road, which attracted the attention of pedestrians!

"Okay, I'll wash the photos later, put them in the real estate chamber of commerce, and leave a copy for you."

"Labor"

Lin Zhichao said politely.

He also likes to take pictures and videos, and from the 50s onwards, he has a record of the changes in Hong Kong that are very well kept and backed up.

Today, the four of them stood together to take pictures, no matter how you look at it, Lin Zhichao is the winner!

He stood in the middle with Airship Tai, who looked younger, but exuded a kingly elegance; Although the airship Tai is said to be domineering, it is actually domineering in the rivers and lakes; Li Jiacheng is serious with a briefcase, as if he is an assistant and a subordinate; Feng Jingxi has a muddy leg atmosphere, which is related to the fact that he did a lot of small business back then.

Li Jiacheng entered the real estate chamber of commerce this time and became one of the members, in fact, he has five industrial buildings and industrial buildings, but he is also a real estate developer, and he also has the strength to enter the real estate chamber of commerce, after all, the members of the entire real estate chamber of commerce have reached more than 100 people.

At this time, the airship Thai has closed the battle line, and there are only two or three real estate projects in hand; Because he knows that the British government in Hong Kong does not want him to come forward, and if he is too high-profile, he may be cleaned up again. In the real estate chamber of commerce, Lin Zhichao boldly delegated power to the two vice presidents, and the Hong Kong government would not inquire about anything anyway, not to mention that he was already busy, which was a matter of course.

Feng Jingxi only returned to Hong Kong from Canada at the end of last year to continue his development, and he has been tossing and turning enough, and now he is mainly focusing on securities.

Several people talked and laughed all the way, and walked towards a restaurant.

Passing by the 'New Star Newsstand', Lin Zhichao's heart moved, and then he said to the three of them: "You go to order food first, and I'll go talk to my friends!" ”

"Okay, Lin Sheng, please!"

Airship Tai looked at Lin Zhichao's gaze and vaguely guessed something.

"I'm sorry!"

Afterwards, Lin Zhichao walked towards the Nova newsstand.

Before he arrived, Huang Youcai had already squeezed out of the newsstand.

"Lin Sheng, you're here!"

If there are some familiar friends, Lin Zhichao will correct his name, 'Lin Sheng' is fine, 'Sir Lin' is not necessary.

"Brother Cai, how does the business feel?"

Lin Zhichao came to the newsstand and looked at it casually. Inside is Huang Youcai's wife, who is resigned and at a loss.

Huang Youcai's newsstand is a husband and wife, as well as a 15-year-old dropout son; Huang Youcai is also a regional distributor of the media group, and he can earn about 600~800 more per month, which is what he and his son ran out of.

"Business is very good! This year's business is the best in the past 20 years, and I can earn more than 800 a month from this newsstand. Huang Youcai said with a smile.

Although Sir Lin called him 'Brother Cai', he was actually nervous every time they met.

"What a good thing! You've been up for so many years, and you've finally come out, and you've earned back your money this year. However, I suggest that you buy a house first, this house price is rising fast, and if you don't buy it, you can't afford it. ”

"Ah, the money owed to the Oriental Daily has not been paid back, how dare you buy a house!"

Lin Zhichao borrowed the last debt in the name of the company, so as not to forget it himself. Anyway, it's 15,000 Hong Kong dollars, so I can't lose it.

"Gotta buy it! Buy a 600 square foot, which is cheaper in North Point, almost 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, with a down payment of more than 10,000 yuan. Pay it back slowly, otherwise, the price will get higher and higher, and it will rise more than the newspaper company on your side makes money. Anyway, I'll point you here, be bold, relatives and friends borrow your current income, and they will worry that you can't afford it? No more, you can borrow it from my company, but you can figure out how to do it yourself! ”

Huang Youcai finally came to his senses and immediately said: "Thank you Lin Sheng for your advice, you pointed me out more than 20 years ago, and I was stupid not to listen; Now you are pointing me out, and I will listen. ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "That's right, who doesn't have a few relatives, your current identity is different, don't they want to borrow?" Be generous, the interest is 8% a year, and everyone is not obediently borrowing your money. After speaking, Lin Zhichao patted him on the shoulder.

"You have a point! I'm so stupid, I can't even think of this. Ah Cai said excitedly.

Ever since he took over this newsstand, and became a regional publisher, those of his relatives, who did not look up to him; And after hearing about Sir Lin's help, everyone competed with him even more.

"Haha, it's not too late to figure it out! By the way, you said that this year's market is very good, then let me ask you, my "Manke World", "Oriental Daily", etc., are they good to sell? ”

"It's best to sell! Oriental Daily is now the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong, and is well liked by the public. The sales of "Manke World" have simply increased exponentially, and this year itself is very popular, and "Manke World" is very popular Every time it arrives, many people come to ask, and even book money in advance. The "Fist of the Big Dipper" in it has become a masterpiece for Hong Kong comic fans, even some friends who don't like comics also like comics because of this."

After all, I have been a newspaper for decades, and my business level is still there, but I just didn't know how to do it before.

In fact, there are too many such people in the world, who work for the boss all their lives, and those who are skilled in business are not good, the boss seems to appreciate you, but in fact, you are not productive behind your back!

After those 'defector' employees are developed, the boss will say that this person has worked with me before and was trained by me.

After chatting a few more words, Lin Zhichao got up and said goodbye, the first thing he came to inquire about the recent situation of his friends, and the second was to inquire about the products of the media group, after all, he also needs to understand from the market.

After he left, Ah Cai said to his wife very imposingly: "Shame, what are you doing in it!" Sir Lam, that's my friend, we've known each other for over twenty years! ”

When his wife Ajuan saw Lin Zhichao leaving, she immediately said unconvinced: "You are no better than me to go there, you were still trembling when you first spoke!" ”

Ah Cai was stunned and said, "Then I will always perform well in the future!" ”

Ajuan is a good wife, as can be seen from the last time she went to her parents' house to borrow money everywhere.

"Well, when you talk about books and newspapers, you are very powerful, and even Sir Lin listens very carefully!"

"Haha, this is natural, I've been doing this for more than 20 years, so I'm not familiar with it! Not to mention the best-selling newspaper comics, even those tabloid magazines, I have them all at my fingertips. ”

In fact, since Lin Zhi was super developed, Ah Cai has also changed himself, that is, learning; It's just the kind of person who thinks about it and bries his fishing nets, but there are always some literate people.

Of course, a little culture does not necessarily dare to start a business, and his character in his bones is comfortable and satisfied with the status quo.

"Husband, are we really going to buy a house?"

Ah Cai said resolutely: "Buy!" Sir Lin won't lie to me, he said that if the house is going to rise, it must go up. I recently raised money to buy a small house of 500~600 square feet. Besides, the three of us can earn nearly 20,000 yuan a year, and we can earn it back in three years at most. ”

The wife volunteered: "I will go back to my parents' house to borrow money, and this time I can borrow at least 5,000!" ”

Ah Cai nodded and said, "Just give them 8 points of interest, three points higher than the bank!" ”

"6 percent is enough, I didn't pay interest last time, but I just bought some fruit."

"Okay, six centi, eight centi. I'll borrow 5,000 or 10,000 from my relatives, and as long as there's enough for a down payment, we can buy it. ”

"Great, finally able to live in a house!"

"What is this! The media group said that I was more responsible for distribution, and planned to give me more areas in the future. ”

"Really?"

For a while, the two fell into joy.

Media Group.

Li Ziduo reported: "The sales volume of "Manke World" has exceeded 30,000 per issue, which has already set a record in Hong Kong, and the serialization of "Fist of the Big Dipper" is very popular, and even Taiwan Island Publishing House hopes to win the distribution rights of a single book, so we are recently preparing to release the first volume of a single book in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The publishing house has started to make a profit, and of course my salary is paid by the group."

His monthly salary is 5,000 and his annual salary is more than 70,000 yuan, which is not a level among Lin Zhichao's high-level executives; But his salary four years ago was only 2,000 Hong Kong dollars a month, and his salary has tripled.

With such a high salary, Oriental Publishing House must not be able to support it, because after he took up the position of the printing house and the group, it can be regarded as affordable and worth the money.

After listening to this, Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "Yes, the profit model in the later period will only increase, I remember that magazines can enter Taiwan or Southeast Asia through abnormal channels, right?" ”

Li Ziduo nodded and said, "Yes, we also have about one-tenth of each issue through which channel." Of course, the situation of overseas copycats is also starting to happen. ”

Lin Zhichao said: "If the cottage doesn't care about him, we don't have the energy to do it." Next, let's prepare to release a single book, this profit should be very high, after all, we already have a certain number of book fans. ”

Li Ziduo nodded and said, "Okay. Now those intern painters can almost become teachers, and they can also help the company. We already have more than 30 artists and screenwriters. "Football Player" is also ready to be serialized, just as Hong Kong football has reached its peak"

After a report, Lin Zhichao is very satisfied with all aspects of the comic industry. "Fist of the Big Dipper" should be a very good IP, and more importantly, this comic is like a textbook of Hong Kong comics, which integrates a lot of excellent Japanese comics and Hong Kong's own characteristics.

In the 70s, Hong Kong's economic level was rising, and the comic industry only relied on publishing, and there was no problem with an annual profit of tens of millions. Because just like movies, you can open up overseas markets. At that time, we will train a large number of manga talents and plan for the future.

Lin Zhichao wants the value of IP and the contribution to Hong Kong's economy (tourism, culture), and does not consider immediate interests.

"What about the Oriental Daily?"

"After the purification of the supplement, the sales volume has increased instead of decreasing, and it has now reached 110,000 copies, steadily occupying the first place in sales."

"Good"

"Sing Tao Daily" and "Ming Pao" both barely touched 100,000 copies, and now they have been thrown away by "Oriental Daily", which is really incredible. You must know that Oriental Daily has only been published for more than 17 months.

(End of chapter)