"Old Luo, thank you."

"Okay, get out of the car quickly." Luo Weiming urged: "I'm going to rush back and dance."

"Dance is OK, but you can't get out of fire." Chen Chong picked up his backpack, sorted out the food box, and smiled: "Be careful of the roar of the Lion in Hedong."

"If my family is Hedong Lion, your family will be the Buddha." Luo Weiming teased, "I live in a mansion in the middle of the mountain, and I will go home on time before 10 o'clock every night. It can be seen that your family is in a man's skill, as unfathomable as the Dharma."

"The house is hers, I'm dependent on others." Chen Chong laughed at himself and said, "I won't go back too late, so I can only sleep in the lounge chairs in the community."

"Boss Shen, I don't admire other abilities, but I admire your ability to eat soft food." Luo Weiming laughed and was amazed, "And I eat with peace of mind, and my face is not changed, my heart is not beaten. No wonder people in the world say that only by being thick-skinned can you make a lot of money. Otherwise, let's teach me some experience when there is no one now?"

"You can't do it, you are old and rustic, and you have a lust but no courage. You only dare to get on the train." Chen Chong also laughed, pushed the door and got out of the car, and said, "Be careful when driving."

Luo Weiming waved his hand, turned the front of the car, and left in a flash.

The last episode of "Movie Age" used Ann Hui as the cover, taking advantage of the popularity of "Crazy Joe" and its sales rose sharply, from more than 40,000 copies to 60,000, a surge of more than 40%.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. Such impressive achievements naturally require rewards. Chen Chong held a celebration banquet tonight to reward all colleagues in the magazine. After drinking and eating, everyone wanted to dance and listen to music. Chen Chong liked quiet but not moving, and had no interest in the noisy place. After all the promised funds for the event were reimbursed, Luo Weiming, who had a private car, sent him back to the mountain.

Luo Weiming's car passed by a white Mercedes-Benz at the turn. Shen Chong saw the license plate, was slightly stunned, and stopped at the entrance of the community.

"Why are you back?" Mercedes-Benz stopped in front of Shen Chong and opened the window. It was Li Kaiyuan. She had just obtained her driver's license.

"The dinner has just ended." Chen Chong opened the rear door, sat in, and asked, "Have you been in the factory for a day?"

"Yes." Li Kaiyuan said while starting the car: "The new Rubik's Cube needs to adjust the production process, I have to stare at it."

"Nicholas has returned to the United States?"

"I'm back, the first flight today." Li Kaiyuan smiled and said, "After getting the new Rubik's Cube design drawings, he wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean with one foot."

Chen Chong also smiled.

Nicholas invested millions of dollars to build a Rubik's Cube factory in North America. Not a month ago, a bunch of patented products suddenly popped up on the market. How could he not be anxious?

When Chen Chong decided to make a Rubik's Cube, he was guarding against this situation.

Indeed, after the Rubik cube market was detonated in advance, Rubik completely lost the opportunity to apply for the copyright of the third-level Rubik cube, but with the popularity of the Rubik cube, someone will inevitably find Rubik's cube patents that are not protected by international patent laws. In this way, the Rubik version of Rubik's cube that does not require patent licensing fees will definitely flood the market with low prices, and the monopoly of the sunken monopoly will collapse.

Tetris and VisiCalc are about to be completed. Even if the money-making ability of the Rubik's Cube is greatly weakened, it will not have much impact on Shen Chong's future plans, but how can he be willing to...

You should know that in 1980 to 1985, in just five years, at least 1 billion people around the world have played Rubik's Cube. Even if one-tenth of people buy it, it still has sales of hundreds of millions. The current situation is that the monthly sales volume is less than one million, and each sinking can earn at least $5. The prospects are huge and the profits are amazing. How can you give up just by saying that you give up?

When Chen Chong was doing graduation design in his previous life, he had consulted a large amount of information about the popular era of the early 1980s. He knew that this wave of Rubik's Cube swept the world had two very important characteristics: one is low grade and poor quality; the other is that the variety is single, with only third-level Rubik's Cube. (Note 1)

It is understandable that the small British company in Rubik's Cube has no strength at all. Their OEM factory in the United States also caused insufficient production capacity, resulting in a "Rubik's Cube Famine" and eventually was squeezed into bankruptcy by the pirated Rubik's Cube.

In response to this situation, the Rubik's Cube structure that Chen Chong originally took out was a version that has been continuously crafted by various masters over the past 30 years. In terms of the feel and firmness, it is much better than the first version of Rubik's Cube invented by Rubik.

Hong Kong has become the world's toy capital since the early 1970s. The craftsmanship of making toys is naturally good, and it is willing to invest in money. The Rubik's Cubes they make are exquisite and beautiful, and they are not as good as low grades and poor quality.

As for the single variety, it is not a problem. Chen Chong had already been prepared. When the Rubik version of the Rubik cube appeared, he immediately released all kinds of unusual cubes, such as diamond cubes, pyramid cubes, magic ball cubes, snake cubes, etc., and threw them into the market. The third-level Rubik cube has Rubik's patents to take advantage of loopholes. Only Shen Chong has patents in the world, and there is no advantage to take advantage of these things.

The third-level Rubik's Cube is the largest sales variety in Rubik's Cube. The market is sunk and is not ready to give up. He asked Li Kaiyuan and Nicholas to halve the price of the third-level Rubik's Cube currently on the market, and then use the "National A Generation" as the prototype to produce a new Rubik's Cube with "new upgrade in technology and structure" to be sold at the current price.

"National A Generation" is a professional-level introductory Rubik's Cube, specially designed for novices. Whether it is feel or smooth, it is far better than ordinary Rubik's Cubes. It just so happens to be able to widen the gap with the inferior Rubik's Cubes on the market. This is the routine of Apple's fight against counterfeit machines.

Of course, the fourth-level Rubik's Cube is indispensable. The structure and gameplay of this Rubik's Cube are extremely complex, far from comparable to the third-level Rubik's Cube. It can be used to make flagship products and establish the company's high-end professional image.

With such a multi-pronged approach, although it is inevitable that some of the low-end markets will be lost, the profits of the Rubik's Cube market can still be guaranteed.

Nicholas rushed to Hong Kong anxiously, and then rushed back to Los Angeles anxiously. As he went back and forth, his mood was two different kinds of ice and fire...

"A Chong, you should learn to drive, too." Li Kaiyuan parked the car in the garage, pulled down the handbrake, and said, "It will be much more convenient to have a car."

"I don't have time," Chen Chong complained, saying, "There are no men who don't love cars, they really don't have time."

"Then you buy a car first and find a driver to help you drive."

"Well, I'll buy it when I come back from the mainland." Chen Chong carried the food box, pushed the door and got out of the car, and said, "You'll have lunch boxes in the factory again tonight? I'll bring you some takeaway."

Li Kaiyuan smiled and said, "I'm really a little hungry, what's there?"

"Some of Yung Kee's signature dishes and some pastries." Chen Chong said as he walked: "It may be a little cold, go back and heat it up again."

When Chen Chong saw Li Kaiyuan's face was exhausted, he volunteered and said: "I'll go hot dishes, you go and take a shower first."

"You'd better go take a shower, you're smelling alcohol and feel uncomfortable." Li Kaiyuan took the food box and said, "And I'm afraid you'll break the good stuff."

Chen Chong took a casual shower. When he came out wrapped in a bathrobe, Li Kaiyuan sat cross-legged on the floor, using the coffee table as a dining table, eating and watching TV.

"TVB is so late and still plays TV series?" Chen Chong looked at it a few times, heard Xiao Yu'er's name, and asked, "Is this "The Twins of the Peerless"?"

"Yes, it looks pretty good." Li Kaiyuan said: "I have been to the factory every day and I have no time to read it. I asked the secretary to help me record it. Do you want to eat something?"

Chen Chong twisted a black pastry with his fingers, and watched TV while eating. During the party in the evening, the magazine's folks were also discussing this TV. It is said that more than 3 million people are watching in Hong Kong every night, which is the most popular TV program since the opening of Hong Kong.

After watching for a while, Chen Chong recognized several acquaintances. The one who played Xiaoyuer was Huang Yuanshen, the one who played Tie Xinlan was Huang Xingxiu, the one who played Su Ying was Mi Xue, the one who played Jiang Biehe was Feng Cuifan, and the one who played Hua Wuque, although he couldn't name it, he looked familiar. It seems that his future development should be unsatisfactory and he became a supporting role.

At present, Hong Kong's film industry is very weak, let alone TV series. The sets are rough, the clothes are simple, the fights are slow, the dialogue is long-winded, and after watching it for a while, I felt bored and began to think about it.

A modern film empire should be a three-dimensional media group, with movies being the flagship, television being the foundation, graphic media being the wings, and financial consortium being the backing. Only in this way can one be invincible in the market.

Several major Hollywood film companies have been grouped after the 1980s, which is exactly what they have followed.

Viacom behind Paramount has 39 TV stations including CBS, MTV, SHOWTIME, and publishing houses that publish thousands of books every year.

Behind the world is Victory Di first, and then General Electric. NBC, one of the three major TV networks in the United States, GE has always occupied the top ten in the world's top 500, with annual sales of over 100 billion US dollars.

Time Warner has world-renowned TV stations such as TNT, CNN, and HBO, as well as influential news and financial magazines such as Time Magazine, Fortune Magazine, and People Magazine.

The News Group behind Fox is a typical multimedia empire, with FOX TV, Sky TV, Star TV, etc. The Wall Street Journal, The Sun, The Times, etc. are all world-class newspapers.

Behind Colombia is Sony. Although it seems that there is no TV station or graphic media, it is a Japanese consortium with mixed resources behind it. It can produce enterprise-level film filming equipment on the top and consumer-grade products such as video recorders and DVDs on the bottom. The industrial chain is complete, and the integration capabilities cannot be underestimated whether horizontally or vertically.

Disney, ABC, one of the three major TV networks in the United States, has the world's most popular sports station ESPN, theme parks, book publishing, toy manufacturing, online games, etc.

The only MGM, which was not grouped, quickly became slack after the rise of television. It was bought and sold by people like female slaves since the 1970s. It has been tormented for decades and encountered bankruptcy crises several times, but in the end it was inevitable that it would be eaten by others.

From the 1980s to the end of the mid-to-late 1990s, after the large-scale grouping of several major Hollywood film companies, they formed a strong monopoly on a global scale, and no new forces could rise.

The new line made a big profit with "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and was immediately acquired by Warner. With "Lord of the Rings", it earned more than $6 billion worldwide, but it finally failed to escape the life of being ravaged by Warner.

Miramax was very popular with independent productions such as "Sex Lies Video Tape" and "Pulp Novel", and was quickly swallowed by Disney in one bite.

There was Spielberg in front of DreamWorks, Paul Allen and South Korea's Samsung Consortium, which burned billions of dollars. Ten years later, it failed and entered Paramount's pocket.

To establish a film empire, TV stations are indispensable. On the one hand, they can depend on each other with movies. The two have natural mutual benefit space between funds, talents, influence and content. On the other hand, they are to establish a bottomless moat to protect themselves and resist external risks.

It is not possible to have a TV station alone without movies. Movies are flagships, leaders, and invincible tools in the cultural industry. Upward can break through the national and national policy barriers, spread their influence around the world, downward can provide TV stations with sufficient content and appealing stars, and improve the production level and market share of TV stations.

So like Run Run Shaw, he lost his movies and worked on TV for full-time TV, which was not worth the loss. When Shaw had a production business, TVB was full of talents and stars, and its influence spread to the entire Chinese community in Southeast Asia and the Americas. After the production was stopped, TVB could hardly produce a charitable star...

With Shen Chong’s current wealth, it’s a bit too hard to play on TV...

TVB is definitely unshakable. There is Run Run Shaw in front of the stage, behind it is HSBC and Hutchison Bank. Although Li's TV is surviving, it has a strong British background and will take another two years to have a chance.

However, according to rumors, after the Jiayi TV station went bankrupt in August last year and died, Hong Kong Commercial Radio still held a TV business license and did not return it to the Hong Kong and British government for cancellation.

I wonder how much this TV license is worth?

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Chapter completed!