In mid-June, international gold fell further, falling below $300 per ounce, which once thrilled investors.

Only Lin Zhichao sits firmly in Diaoyutai, because the gold futures and spot of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars he has invested in are bought in batches (bought within a month), so the cost is reduced.

Of course, there are also people who are happy, such as Xie Zhichao, the owner of Xie Liyuan in Hong Kong, who likes gold to fall the most, because he can make a lot of money in this way.

Media Building.

When I went to work in the morning, a number of Bozi (Porsche), Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes-Benz), and Lamborghini (Lamborghini) drove into the underground garage of the Media Building.

A group of reporters, editors and other staff working here showed envious looks.

"Why are there so many luxury cars?"

"New here?"

"Well, hello senior brother, I'm a new intern reporter!"

"Oh, you don't have to be envious, because if you are envious, you can't afford it in the future."

"Ah, are these cars owned by media group executives?"

"Wrong, wrong, wrong! The executives of our media group may not be able to afford these cars, only the main writers of the group of comic strips, all of whom are Weishui guys, with an annual salary of one million! ”

The rookie reporter was stunned and said in disbelief: "The people who draw comic books are so rich, and there are so many rich people who draw comic books?" ”

The old reporters laughed!

Someone said: "I count here every morning, how many luxury cars drive into the garage, which means how many chief cartoonists of the Oriental Publishing House have an annual salary of one million." ”

Someone else said, "I counted, and there were about forty." ”

For a while, the crows were silent, properly pulling hateful words.

It just so happened that a Porsche passed by and 'dropped' a horn, which made many employees scold in a low voice: "It's great to be rich!" It's not the group that cultivated you! ”

"That's it! It's all the group that takes money to train them, and now that they have money, they can't do it! ”

Envy, jealousy, hatred!

However, many veteran employees have become accustomed to it, shaking their heads and walking towards the Media Building.

"Let's go! Who told Hong Kong comics, under the leadership of the media group, to kill all sides overseas and become the representative of the cultural industry second only to Hong Kong films! ”

"I regret that you didn't go to study painting back then, and then join the training class of Oriental Publishing House."

Every morning, dozens of luxury cars drive in, which has become the object of discussion.

Nine a.m.

Lam Chi-chiu arrived at the Media Building in Causeway Bay, which has suddenly become a real media center in Hong Kong. When he saw the luxury cars in the garage, he couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "All of them are too high-profile!" ”

Of course, this is not his business, others are willing to enjoy it like this when they make money!

Media Group, currently divided into four businesses:

Oriental Publishing House, including the development of comics and merchandise, and the retail of the Bond toy brand (which also sells comic goods).

Oriental Press Co., Ltd. includes many newspapers and magazines such as Oriental Daily, Gang of Men, Capitalist, and YES.

Golden Harvest Films, production, distribution, cinema one-stop business, also has real estate business, and has many properties in Southeast Asia.

Asia Television is currently a stable 'four or six open' TV station with TVB, occasionally reaching 'five or five open', but it is a loss-making enterprise, and large advertisers have not fully believed in ATV, but they have cheapened the advertising of Lin Zhichao's brand.

"Lin Sheng, early"

"Early"

Everywhere Lin Zhichao passed, the staff greeted him one after another, in the minds of young people in Hong Kong, Lin Zhichao is completely an idol-level figure, and he is very mythical.

This phenomenon is not at the same level as Li Jiacheng in his previous life, after all, Li Jiacheng was a real estate businessman in his previous life, and Lin Zhichao is now a giant spanning shipping, real estate integration, industrial manufacturing, media, film and television.

Everywhere you go, everyone's eyes will not deceive.

The Media Building is bustling with nearly 1,500 employees, with only the headquarters of the media group's Oriental Press and Oriental Press.

Last year (1981), the profit of Oriental Publishing House has reached more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars, and the profit of Oriental Press has also reached more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars.

At the entrance of the building, there are several comic characters - Mobile Suit Gunpla (2 meters), Monkey King (Dragon Ball), Meng Bo (City Hunter), Chen Yulang (Beidou God Fist), etc., these are the most representative characters of Oriental Publishing House, and they are also the characters in the most profitable comic publications.

These images have been fully developed by Lin Zhichao's enterprises, such as the 'special session' opened in Lychee Garden. In 1977, Lai Chi Yuen was affected by Ocean Park and its business gradually declined, so Lam Chi-chiu opened a number of special animation shows to welcome Hong Kong residents and overseas tourists again.

Walking inside the Media Building, you can feel a strong cultural pavement, and Lin Zhichao is very proud at this time. It's not just a matter of making money, it's something to be proud of.

Today, there are more than 300 professionals such as cartoonists and editors in the Oriental Publishing House; Over the years, more than 500 Xingang comic style talents have been cultivated for Hong Kong, which has led to the development of Hong Kong's overall comics.

At present, the Hong Kong comic industry has become a cultural representative second only to Hong Kong films, and has a huge influence in the whole of Asia, and has also developed to Europe and the United States. Because of this, Oriental Publishing House created a profit of more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars last year, and it has more than 30 chief painters with an annual salary of more than one million.

Many media have described that the parking lot of the Media Building is full of imported high-end cars, and at a glance, you can tell that they are the cars of those comic book writers.

Soon after sitting in the office, Lin Ruikai, Li Ziduo, and Luo Wenhui, the three major group executives, came to Lin Zhichao's office.

At present, Li Ziduo has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Media Group and the General Manager of Oriental Publishing House, Lin Ruikai is the Vice President of the Group, and Luo Wenhui is the Vice President of the Group and the General Manager of Oriental Press.

In fact, the four major businesses of the group are relatively independent, but in order to connect the four major businesses, the group has to play an important role.

For example, as early as the late 70s, the media group had already entered the 'animation production', which was summarized in the subsidiary of Oriental Publishing House, and then developed its comics and filmed them. In the early days, cartoons were broadcast on TVB, and in recent years, they have been broadcast on ATV, representing "Football Player", "Beidou God Fist" and so on.

At present, Lin Zhichao has contributed the ideas of "Football Player", "Fist of the North Dipper", "Mobile Suit Gundam", "Dragon Ball", and "City Hunter". With the comic talents of Oriental Publishing House, they can be successfully completed and achieve remarkable results.

In addition, the comic talents of Oriental Publishing House have also emerged many 'genius writers' who have created their own classic works.

Because of this, there are currently nearly 40 main writers with an annual salary of one million, and there are also two weekly magazines of Oriental Publishing House - "Manke World" and "Manyou Party", as well as two daily comics, and more than a dozen comic books.

"Comics have grown rapidly in recent years, and you must continue to expand the market and dig deeper into the surrounding value. Filmed into an anime and shown on Asian television, it is a channel. There's also live-action theater, toy merchandise, T-shirts, and so on." Lin Zhichao said.

In recent years, the profits of Oriental Publishing House have grown very fast, which is the result of early investment. According to this trend, in another two or three years, the profit can grow to 150 million Hong Kong dollars. In the previous life, Huang Yulang's Yulang book was listed in 1986, and the profit that year was only 47.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

This fully shows that the overseas market of Oriental Publishing House has expanded many times. But in fact, the value of its excellent IP is far from being mined.

Li Ziduo nodded and said, "Well, we have been working on this recently, and with ATV TV as a channel, we are also currently working on the Mobile Suit Gundam series of anime. ”

Lin Zhichao said: "What is the technical level? ”

"We can reach the same level as Japan, and we have a lot of overseas returnees and local talents, and with our talent training system over the years, there is no problem with production," said Li Ziduo. ”

Lin Zhichao nodded, in recent years, for the development of Hong Kong's overall animation industry, he has also set up special training courses in several institutions, such as the Hong Kong Art Institute, which has special animation courses (college level).

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao took out a copy of the information and gave it to Li Ziduo and said: "Here is a comic book similar to the Sherlock Holmes detective genre, you need to find a master writer who is interested and talented in this area, and serialize it." Remember to report back to me later. ”

What he gave was "Detective Conan", such comics, Lin Zhichao not only gave creativity, but also described some classic details and plots. He will even review the first draft, and if the characters do not match, he will also ask for rectification, so generally after he takes out the work, it is basically a year or two before it can be serialized.

And the five works he has come up with - "Football Player", "Fist of the Big Dipper", "Mobile Suit Gundam", "Dragon Ball", "City Hunter", and now "Detective Conan", are like a learning model that drives the development of the entire Hong Kong comic industry.

Nowadays, the Hong Kong comic industry has expanded a lot, but Huang Yulang and Shangguan Xiaobao have become an old-school comic system that survives in the cracks, accounting for more than 1% of the market; The comic talents who went out from the Oriental Publishing House accounted for more than 1% of the market; Oriental Publishing House occupies seventy percent, of course, this is the situation in the local comic market.

The real power of Oriental Publishing House is that 70% of its revenue comes from overseas.

"Okay, boss, rest assured, it must be the best talent to complete the work!"

There are so many plums that I can't help but look at them, which makes Lin Ruikai and Luo Wenhui curious.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao said to Luo Wenhui: "The sales of "YES" are very good, but the surrounding market has not been opened. Therefore, you can develop peripheral products - 'YES cards', and cooperate with celebrities to buy their portraits and make YES cards. YES cards can be divided into grades. In this way, teenagers who chase stars will be keen to draw cards."

He just brought it up casually and didn't put in much effort.

Luo Wenhui was not easy to listen to, and said: "The boss's trick can create a lot of profits!" ”

Lin Zhichao said with a smile: "I just want to use this trick to attract everyone's enthusiasm for peripheral products, and teenagers can have a lot of money!" ”

"Okay"

In fact, there are quite a lot, but Lin Zhichao doesn't care very much.

Of course, Lin Zhichao doesn't make all the money, at least he doesn't make it from Entertainment Weekly, he doesn't want the paparazzi to develop in his industry, and eventually some legal problems will break out.

What's more, he has so many artists, do you want to offend these artists?

Of course, both Men's Gang and YES have entertainment news, but they are 'moderate' and are where celebrities love to work together.

In the end, Li Ziduo and Luo Wenhui left first, leaving Lin Ruikai to listen to his father's teachings.

"Do you know what the prospects of the media group are, how big is it?"

Lin Ruikai thought for a while and said: "Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong comics are very marketable in Asia, and Hong Kong comics can even be popular in Europe and the United States. ”

After saying that, he looked at his father with admiration.

Lin Zhichao said: "If it is just like this, of course I will not be keen on this career, I hope that Hong Kong can have a culture - Hong Kong flow, Hong Kong pop culture, which is popular throughout Asia, and even the whole world." Of course, in order to do this, we had to have our own channels, so in the mid-to-late 80s, I planned to have the media group launch a communications satellite, and let Asia get satellite TV to take pictures, and finally spread Hong Kong culture. ”

Lin Ruikai didn't expect his father to have such a big vision, he said: "That's a big price!" ”

Lin Zhichao said: "From the current point of view, the price must be big; But in the long run, it's certainly a great deal. Just like the comic industry back then, who would have thought that we would knock on the world market. ”

Lin Ruikai nodded and said, "What my father said is true!" ”

"Well, I'm talking to you about this, I hope you have a long-term vision. In addition to that, you have to do a good job of connecting the four businesses. ”

"Okay"

Lin Ruikai, now as the vice president of the media group and the director of ATV and Golden Harvest, naturally attaches importance to making the four businesses work more closely together.

Finally, Lin Zhichao said: "On ATV's side, in dramas and programs (variety shows), it has been half a catty or two with wireless. Now it's still very backward in music, last year TVB made a golden song, and we ATV also want to build a 'music bank', but the model needs to be new, so understand? ”

He referred to the 'music bank' model in South Korea in his previous life.

Lin Ruikai hurriedly took a pen to record it, and finally said: "Understood! ”

He understood that it was his father who allowed him to increase his influence.

Lin Zhichao nodded, ATV must develop the whole line first, and then make a killer move in the later stage to completely crush the wireless TV station.

plagiarized classic dramas and variety shows from Hong Kong and Taiwan, at most, it is a five-five, six-four open and six-four open with wireless (ATV six); But if you want to make a lot of money, you have to earn royalties, as well as overseas advertising fees (satellite TV).

(End of chapter)