In the summer of 1993, the Hong Kong stock market continued to be hot. The Hang Seng Index had continued to grow for five consecutive years. This year, the increase suddenly increased. People who basically don’t understand stocks can just follow the trend and buy a hot stock without any effort.
Make a fortune.
Compared with Hong Kong's bull market that has lasted for more than five years, the Hong Kong film industry is much more tragic.
Due to the poor box office performance of the summer season, several major theater companies have been affected.
The first person to take action was Chen Rongmei. This gentleman owned two cinema lines: one was the Xinbao Cinema Line, which he established single-handedly, and the other was the Jinsheng Cinema Line, which was renamed after buying the Golden Princess.
When Hong Kong films were booming in the past few years, Chen Rongmei's theater chain was making money day by day. But starting from the beginning of this year, the theater chain's profit situation was not optimistic. Until several movies in the summer season were ignored, Chen Rongmei's
The two theater chains began to suffer significant losses.
Xinbao Cinema Line was co-founded by Chen Rongmei. Partners from Nanyang and Hong Kong successively withdrew their shares, leaving Chen Rongmei alone crying. In desperation, Chen Rongmei had to close down some areas with poor locations and old equipment.
The old movie theaters were merged into one theater chain, Xinbao and Jinsheng. The number of theaters was reduced by one-third from before.
Not only Xinbao and Jinsheng, but also several other major theater companies in Hong Kong have also made adjustments, and some theaters with poor profitability have been closed down.
The same is true for Kang Jianfei's Oriental Cinemas Company. Except for the Taiping Cinema, all old single-hall cinemas have closed. After some adjustments, there are only 22 cinemas under the Oriental Cinemas (Hong Kong).
In terms of artist remuneration, the salary of ordinary actors has not changed much, but the remuneration of stars has shrunk significantly. Stars like Andy Lau, whose net worth is inflated by relying on Taiwan's box office market, have all dropped to less than 10 million, because Hong Kong films no longer exist in Taiwan.
So popular.
Hong Kong stars who now have a salary of over 10 million. In addition to Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi, there are also new ones including Li Lianjie and Tony Leung Ka Fai.
Due to the unfavorable sales of the two "Fang Shiyu" films, Li Lianjie's salary increased instead of falling, and finally exceeded the 10 million mark for the first time. And Tony Leung Ka Fai starred in "Jurassic Park", which has a global box office of 900 million US dollars.
The blockbuster movie made his net worth skyrocket, and many European and American film companies asked him to make films. With Tony Leung's popularity in the European and American markets, his Hong Kong film salary is stable at more than 12 million.
As for Zhou Yunfa, he and Wu Yusen went to the United States to film "Face/Off". It is not clear whether his salary will increase or decrease.
The salaries of other first-tier stars have basically dropped by more than 500,000 yuan. This is determined by the market. It’s useless for celebrities to complain. Haven’t you seen so many movie theaters closed?
Faced with this situation, many film production company bosses began to use their brains.
For example, Roger Cheng of Wing Ko Film Company, this boss was originally from Macau. He took over Dickson Poon's film company and theater chain two years ago and invited Huang Baiming to co-found Wing Ko Film Company and Wing Ko Cinema Chain.
After Huang Baiming left Yonggao, Luojie Cheng was basically a film amateur, and Yonggao Film Company has been losing money. By this year, Luojie Cheng had made a lot of money in the Hong Kong stock market. But in the film market, it failed miserably.
A nightclub in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Peng Qihua sat carefully on the sofa, not caring about having sex with the two accompanying girls beside him. He said awkwardly: "Mr. Luo, I really can't hire Tony Leung for 5 million, and I need at least 5 million more."
Luo Jie Cheng said impatiently: "Who is Tony Leung? For 10 million, I might as well invite Zhou Xingchi."
Peng Qihua explained helplessly: "When Tony Leung is hired to make a film, it is usually intended to be sold in Europe and the United States. After he starred in "Jurassic Park", foreigners recognized his face. I have talked to Tony Leung several times. He is willing to drop RMB 200.
With a salary of 10,000 yuan, 10 million really cannot be lower.”
Speaking of which, Tony Leung Ka Fai is in an embarrassing situation. His salary quotation in Hollywood has reached 6 million US dollars. But the quotation is just a quotation. As a Chinese actor, Tony Leung Ka Fai really has no good roles to play in Hollywood, so he can only continue to work in Hong Kong.
develop.
Six million US dollars converted into Hong Kong dollars is nearly 50 million. Hong Kong film companies naturally cannot afford so much, so they have to treat him as a top star and set his salary at more than 12 million Hong Kong dollars.
But even so, not many people hire Tony Leung Ka Fai to make movies, because the price is too high, and hiring him might as well hire Zhou Singchi - Zhou Singchi is more popular among movie fans in Chinese-speaking areas.
He is very expensive, but no one can afford him. This is the embarrassing situation that Tony Leung Ka Fai is facing now. He has even reduced his salary to 10 million, but he still has no film contracts to accept.
Luo Jie Cheng took a puff of his cigar and said, "Then invite Andy Lau. You can invite him here for 5 million."
Peng Qihua twitched the corner of his mouth and forced a smile: "Mr. Luo, I really can't do anything about this. I'm afraid I need you to ask for it."
Roger took a sip of wine and said, "No problem, the male and female protagonists have been decided, and Andy Lau and Carina Lau will play them."
Peng Qihua couldn't help but remind him: "Mr. Luo, Liu Jialing has joined Oriental Brokerage Company, so she doesn't act as randomly as before."
Luo Jiecheng frowned and cursed: "It's that fucking Kang Jianfei again! Don't worry, I'll take care of this."
"Mr. Luo, I'll take my leave first." Peng Qihua stood up and left helplessly. He was just saying this, otherwise he would be wronged if an accident happened one day.
Although Roger Cheng is a serious businessman, this guy's background is not clear. In another time and space, "Tiger of Wan Chai" based on Chen Yaoxing was filmed by Roger Cheng, who had many connections with Sun Ngee Ann.
, some people even suspected that he was a member of Macau Sun Ngee Ann.
In the past few years, Luo Jiecheng has been in constant litigation. He was accused of violently pursuing advertising fees, using bad checks, etc., and was also suspected of intimidating others. Later, he was ambushed in Tsim Sha Tsui and stabbed three times, and was imprisoned in Macau for two years.
It was not until 2000 that things went smoothly and he became the richest man in Hong Kong.
After Peng Qihua left the private room of the nightclub, Wan Chai Tiger Chen Yaoxing came in with a bottle of XO and asked with a smile: "Brother Cheng, did you have fun? Can I call you two more girls?"
"No need." Luo Jiecheng filled Chen Yaoxing's glass and said, "Ahu, let me ask you something."
After Chen Yaoxing had a drink, he said, "Tao thing?"
Luo Jiecheng asked: "Is this Kang Jianfei very close to Mr. Xiang?"
Chen Yaoxing shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. What are you asking him to do? You don't want to attack him. You can't do this."
Chen Yaoxing is also a man who is not afraid of anything. He is not afraid of Kang Jianfei, but of the British Hong Kong government.
Hong Kong's associations are very powerful, but there is an unwritten rule, which is not to attack rich people who are doing serious business. If you kill people and collect protection fees, the police will turn a blind eye and pass by.
Once those high-ranking rich people are touched, the guns in the hands of the Royal Police are not toys.
The gangsters who really threaten and kidnap Hong Kong's richest people are, without exception, outsiders. They are either wealthy people from the mainland in the past, or Vietnamese boat people who are so poor that they only have one pair of pants.
With Kang Jianfei's current status as the richest man in Hong Kong, as long as he does not take the initiative to provoke local gangs in Hong Kong, the local gangs in Hong Kong will only collect protection fees from his companies and will not dare to do anything to him personally.
Luo Jie laughed and said, "I provoked Kang Jianfei only after I was full and full. I asked him how good he was on the road. I heard that no one dared to force actors from his company to film?"
Chen Yaoxing said: "Kang Jianfei has a good personal relationship with Mr. Xiang. I don't know the details, but I heard that Kang Jianfei is also very popular in Hezidui. You know Chen Guifang from Causeway Bay next door, right?"
"I've heard of it." Luo Jiecheng nodded. "Chen Guifang has grown up very quickly in the past two years. I heard that she has almost taken over all the territory in Causeway Bay."
Causeway Bay is next to Wan Chai. In the past few years, the most prominent people in the underground society are Chen Yiu Hing and Chen Guifang. The former monopolized Wan Chai through fierce fighting and became one of the New Ngee Ann Five Tigers; the latter relied on money to bribe and occupied Wan Chai with force.
Causeway Bay are all emerging forces that have become famous among Hong Kong societies.
Chen Yaoxing hugged a waitress, tapped his leg and said, "Chen Guifang has spent more than 10 million just to buy people in the past few years. How did he get so much money?"
The society is very profitable. Just the protection fee can make a lot of money every day, but it is also very expensive. Raising a younger brother Ma Zai and taking care of the government are both hard costs.
Even though Chen Yaoxing occupies the lucrative territory of Wan Chai, he only has a few million in living money at his disposal, and it is impossible to spend tens of millions to bribe the other party's subordinates.
Luo Jie Cheng suddenly realized: "You mean there are investors behind Chen Guifang?"
Chen Yaoxing nodded and said: "It is very likely that Kang Jianfei is behind this, and Chen Guifang's current right-hand men, Luo Dashi and Liu Jiangang, are both mainland veterans. I suspect that they are also thugs that Kang Jianfei found for Chen Guifang."
The reason why Chen Yaoxing knows so well is because his territory is close to Chen Guifang's, and the two sides have minor frictions from time to time, and each has touched the other's bottom.
Luo Jiecheng started his career in Macau. Although he also has some business in Hong Kong, he does not know much about things in Hong Kong. He asked: "If I hire actors from Kang Jianfei's company to film a movie, there should be no problem, right?"
"Don't mess around. Last year, there was an idiot who forced Zhou Xingchi to hire Zhou Xingchi for 14k. The movie hadn't even started filming yet. Someone picked a hamstring on that guy. Afterwards, we couldn't even find out who had done it." Chen Yaoxing quickly spoke up to stop Luo Jie from accepting the offer.
The crazy behavior of Chen Yiu-hing, the Tiger of Wan Chai, is also famous for his recklessness, but he is quite wary of the assassination methods of certain people, because the other party's methods are so clever that they simply come and go without a trace, and there are no clues afterward.
Hard to find.
It's very simple. This was done by a scout who has experienced war. It is not easy to deal with people in the gang.
Luo Jiecheng also heard about this, but his film company was suffering from serious losses and had no money to hire big stars to film. After careful consideration, he gave up the forced recruitment of Liu Jialing and chose Liu Dehua and Liu Dehua as the male and female protagonists.
Zhang Manyu.
…
While Roger Cheng was trying his best to play evil tricks, Mr. Kang himself was living a happy life.
The Qingshuiwan Villa Village, which has been abandoned for many years, is now very popular and almost all the villas have been sold. Kang Jianfei’s seaside villa is at the end. He bought all the nearby deserted beaches and spent a lot of time renovating them.
It has become a beautiful beach, and a green fence is built around it with trees, flowers and plants. Outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission.
The full moon hangs high in the sky, a bonfire is lit on the beach, rabbits and fresh fish are laid out golden and oily, and the smell makes people drool.
Izumi Sakai held the guitar and sang in Japanese, while Yang Caini, Xu Ruoxuan and Xie Jinyan played time and occasionally sang a few harmonies for her.
As for Kang Jianfei, he was leisurely listening to music and grilling meat, with some beer and red wine scattered around him.
"cheers!"
The five of them happily raised their glasses and clinked their glasses together. Sakai Izumi didn't have many friends, but now he had three more little sisters. They had done all those embarrassing things together. Under Kang Jianfei's deliberate guidance, the relationship between the several women was very good.
Become intimate soon.
In particular, Izumi Sakai doesn't speak Cantonese. Apart from Kang Jianfei, she doesn't even have anyone to chat with in Hong Kong. The three girls are still doing very poorly in Japan, but basic daily communication is no problem, so it's just right.
Give Sakai Spring water a companion.
"The moon is so full today!" Yang Caini finished eating half of a piece of grilled fish and rolled around on the beach holding her half-full belly.
The four women are all wearing bikinis. Among them, Xu Ruoxuan has the most perfect body proportions, while Xie Jinyan's advantage is that she has long legs and big breasts.
Xu Ruoxuan tore off a piece of golden roasted rabbit meat, came to Kang Jianfei and said, "Daddy, I'll feed you."
Kang Jianfei opened his big mouth, bit down on the rabbit meat and Xu Ruoxuan's fingers, and sucked the meat with Xu Ruoxuan's green jade fingers.
Xu Ruoxuan did not withdraw her fingers and allowed her godfather to suck and lick her, while looking at her little sister Xie Jinyan who was kneeling under her godfather's crotch.
This damn swallow knows how to please his godfather and won’t stop eating!
Xu Ruoxuan couldn't help but think of that night, when her godfather pressed down on her and penetrated her hard in front of Yang Caini, Xie Jinyan and Sakai Quanshui. The unforgettable pain and pleasure she would never forget.
The sheets stained with her virginity's blood were cut out and became her godfather's exclusive collection. They were sealed in a photo frame and displayed in a large cabinet. Xu Ruoxuan secretly counted beside her, and there were already twenty red sheets in the cabinet.
There are so many photos, godfather is really awesome.
Thinking of this, Xu Ruoxuan couldn't help but feel wet again. She crawled over and squeezed Xie Jinyan away, grabbing the delicious food from her little sister's mouth.
When Sakai Quanshui and Yang Caini returned from a swim in the sea, they heard embarrassing sounds on the shore far away. Through the bonfire and moonlight, they could faintly see Xie Jinyan and Xu Ruoxuan hugging each other, and Kang Jianfei was pressing on them, and they didn't know it.
Whose body has it entered?
"What a lecherous man!" Izumi Sakai complained, but couldn't help but walked over as he spoke. (To be continued...)u