When watching many old movies in the original time and space, there is a feeling that the picture is not clear. This is related to the shooting equipment. After we are used to watching high-definition TV series, the pictures of old movies greatly affect the viewing experience.

Many people say how good the old movies are, but the picture quality alone makes them want to give up on the series. Unless it is a comedy, other more serious TV series and movies are a bit unwatchable.

It is possible that these old movies have not been preserved for a long time and have deteriorated, but most of them were caused by the poor quality of the pictures when filming was started.

As someone who has experienced it, Zhao Hong is naturally more concerned about the look of the movie. As for the content, there is no doubt about it, nor can there be any doubt about the professionalism of the crew.

What he can do is find points to improve the overall quality of the movie. For example, the costumes and props must not only be consistent with the era, but also be supported by props of considerable quality.

"A Dream of Red Mansions" is about the extravagance and magnificence of a large family. If the props are too shabby at first glance, it would be a bit unjustifiable. Most of the scenes of this movie were shot in the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou. The current Humble Administrator's Garden is very shabby.

It has not been passed down for hundreds of years, and after several changes of hands and several expansions, it has the appearance of a garden of ten thousand gardens.

Many places have fallen into disrepair, been divided and misappropriated, and have been vandalized by man-made damage. Only one-tenth of what they were in their heyday can be seen.

And half of them were converted into museums by the Suzhou government. This is really a sad story!

For the sake of film quality, after Zhao Hong learned about the situation, he specially allocated 5 million soft girl coins for repairs. These were all additional expenses incurred by the crew.

In addition, the props included are some rare antiques collected by Zhao Hong in the capital. There are hundreds of large and small treasures. The director and actors were very careful when filming. They were afraid that if one thing was not good, it would be damaged!

Not to mention the costumes, each set is carefully crafted and has its own characteristics. The costumes of each character are tailor-made and every detail is taken care of, clean and fresh.

Many actresses like it very much. The fabrics of the clothes are all made of good materials. Every piece is almost unique and designed just for this TV series.

It can be said that the amount of manpower, material, and effort invested in this TV series is an astronomical figure. After the filming of the TV series was completed, Zhao Hong calculated the total cost of DreamWorks' investment in this TV series.

The number shocked him. The sum of zero and zero totaled to 20 million soft girl coins, my dear!

This works out to 40 million Hong Kong dollars!

Where exactly the money was spent, Zhao Hong looked at the account list carefully and felt that the money was spent reasonably and there was nothing wrong with it.

He was a little speechless. It seems that making a good TV series still costs money! It's the same everywhere.

In fact, Zhao Hong's requirements are too high. Some parts can be solved with just a few substitutions, but he is unwilling to compromise and must achieve perfection.

His attitude almost made Director Wang smile, but it was not perfect. It was a rare opportunity to spend a lot of money like this.

Of course Zhao Hong is not taken advantage of, he still has someone to invest in. In addition to the four famous works, do you think he will be so willing to do so?

Besides, he didn’t do this with the mentality of making a lot of money. His purpose was to make the classics in his mind more classic and to give relief to the mainland entertainment industry, which is considered as funding to cultivate it.

Besides, this has also accumulated a lot of connections for him, hasn’t it?

Zhao Hong has been sorting out the situation of DreamWorks Investment Company during this period. Now this aspect is being handled by two people, Yuan Tianfan and Liang Botao, both of whom are geniuses in this area.

Yuan Tianfan has been transferred to Xiangjiang. He is now mainly investing in Southeast Asia and Xiangjiang, while Liang Botao is the master of Europe and America. Both of them have gained a lot in the past few years.

DreamWorks now holds shares in many American technology companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, Qualcomm and other companies that will become the world's top 500 companies.

DreamWorks currently holds about 5% of the shares in these companies. In addition to these, there are also companies in traditional fields, such as KFC, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, etc., all of which more or less hold certain shares.

, but it doesn’t hold many shares.

In the past few years, these investments alone have a current market value of three to four billion US dollars, and they will become more and more valuable in the future. Now that the layout in the United States has been completed, all we need to do in the future is to increase or reduce the shares in a timely manner, and there will be new ones in the future.

Slowly and continuously invest in establishing companies with potential.

Zhao Hong has reason to believe that these investments alone will be worth more than 200 billion U.S. dollars after the millennium. This is an astronomical figure. Fortunately, these invested companies have been strictly blocked and registered in the British Islands.

It is both a tax haven and a very hidden investment channel. As long as you do it to the extreme, no one can find out the source of the funds.

Yuan Tianfan, who presided over investment matters in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, was not as effective as Liang Botao, but the results were gratifying. For example, in the Plaza Accord, he directed DreamWorks' capital operations to enter the Japanese market.

The 5 billion funds that came in are now worth 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Zhao Hong also gave him full authority to handle the secret acquisition of Hong Kong Hotel.

Even now, nothing has gone wrong, and the Kadoorie family is still in the dark!

There are also investments in other aspects, such as the investment in shares of Henderson Land Development, and the investments of some families in Hong Kong. These investments are not for the purpose of making a lot of money, but sometimes they are for the purpose of having me among you and me among you.

After everyone's interests are involved, the relationship is obviously much stronger.

Profit is the eternal topic.

For example, fan Liu asked DreamWorks to invest in his company with no more than 10% of the shares. This investment was to build a network of relationships.

Therefore, the foundation of DreamWorks in Hong Kong is getting stronger and stronger. When DreamWorks first became stronger, it was like a giant tree standing alone in the strong wind. Now it has developed many small saplings through its rhizomes, and they are growing rapidly around the giant tree.

Protect the roots of giant trees.

Nowadays, the risk resistance ability of giant trees has been greatly improved.

This is just like how Zhao Hong listed the operation of Zhuque TV Station, all in order to improve its ability to resist risks. As far as the size of the TV station is concerned, it can survive well without additional funds.

However, the ability to resist risks is much worse. If something happens, I have to personally take action, which is a bit annoying. Now that it is listed, it has introduced many strong shareholders.

Whatever happens in the future can be solved without Zhao Hong opening her mouth.

Of course, the amount of shares to be distributed still needs to be within a certain limit. If it exceeds your control, it will not be wonderful.

With the presence of these two old scalpers, the foundation of DreamWorks has become even more solid. Of course, they also received their due rewards. Zhao Hong gave each of them a large villa worth tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in Clear Water Bay.

In addition, their current annual salary is tens of millions, and few people in Hong Kong can surpass them. Moreover, each of their shares in Zhuque TV is worth 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars.

Furthermore, even in Tin Shui Wai, each person was given two houses so that their relatives could have a place to live. What else could they say about Zhao Hong's generosity?

I can only work harder and more diligently to do the things in my hands well.

Some time ago, DreamWorks made another big move, which was the acquisition of Odeon & UCI Cinemas, a cinema chain in Great Britain. After a period of investigation, it was learned that this cinema chain was only developing in Great Britain and had not penetrated into other parts of Europe.

With the development of the country, there are a total of 45 theaters.

This is far from the more than 200 in the future, but the Odeon & UCI cinema chain basically covers the four British islands, which is considered a relatively large cinema chain in Great Britain, and their theaters are almost all purchased on their own land.

After receiving this news, DreamWorks officially proposed the acquisition. At this time, the Spencer family, the owners of this theater chain, and their leader passed away suddenly some time ago.

This caused chaos among the family members. Everyone was very upset about the family property. As owners of the Odeon & UCI theater chain, they all wanted to sell it, mainly because they were not making money.

If you hand it over to anyone, they won't want it. In Europe, film is a sunset industry, and there won't be much profit from operating it. It's better to have other family assets.

In this way, this tasteless and regrettable industry is facing the situation of being sold.

It is also difficult to sell such a large property. People who want to buy it don’t have that much money, and rich people don’t like it.

This is embarrassing, and I have become a piece of shit that my grandma doesn’t care about and doesn’t love my uncle!

The intervention of DreamWorks just resolved this embarrassment. After more than two months of evaluation, negotiation, and bargaining, Zhao Hong finally went to England to sign the contract and it came into effect a few days ago.

Eighty million pounds!

Zhao Hong feels it is quite worthwhile. In 2012, Wanda spent almost 900 million pounds. Of course, the theater chain at that time was not that big, and the money was not as valuable as it is now.

The main reason why these more than 40 theaters are so expensive is that they have a headquarters building in London, which is an 18-story building.

So it’s a great buy.

Now DreamWorks' plans in Oceania have been completed. Ten buildings in New Zealand have been completed a few days ago. Since then, there have been 60 theaters in Oceania.

DreamWorks' other products now have one less agent in one place, which adds another layer of benefits. How wonderful!

Under this situation, the center began to develop towards Europe. This time it asked local real estate developers to build the building, and payment would be made as long as the construction was successful.

Also, if you see a suitable building at a suitable price, you will buy it. The more than 600 buildings now completed are making a steady stream of money, and they can fully support this large-scale operation.
Chapter completed!