Chapter 321: Hurricane Yaoguang and 'The Last Emperor' start (4100+ chapters~)
What is the purpose of making money?
Of course, you spend money, you can't just watch your bank account count the change, right?
This time, Wu Jianye made a profit of more than 3.5 billion US dollars from the Plaza Agreement. With such a large sum of money, Wu Jianye can already start to expand his market throughout Southeast Asia and even Europe.
Wu Jianye and Yan Wen did not stay in New York longer, but returned directly to Xiangjiang. After returning to Xiangjiang, Wu Jianye immediately called Zhou Tao and Zhao Lei to Xiangjiang.
At the same time, Wu Jianye met Guo Henian, the most mysterious rich man in Southeast Asia, under the introduction of Zhou Tao.
Guo Henian had already settled in Xiangjiang in 1978, but until now, the outside world does not even know the specific place of residence of Guo Henian, and no reporter has interviewed Guo Henian. Does Guo Henian live in Malaysia?
Or Xiangjiang? During my stay in Xiangjiang, whether I stayed in my own hotel or a mansion on Peak Road? There are different opinions and there is no consensus!
Guo Henian is a famous hotel tycoon, and the Shangri-La Hotel is his property. Originally, Guo Henian was interested in entering the maritime industry, but now with the crisis in the maritime industry, his dream of becoming a shipping king has been shattered. Now his main business is
Run your own hotel business.
After seeing Wu Jianye, Guo Henian showed a surprised expression. He really didn't expect that Yaoguang Group, which he had been cooperating with, actually had a big boss behind the scenes.
Based on the cooperation with Guomao, the two met very happily. When Guo Henian learned about Wu Jianye's plan, he was once again amazed at Wu Jianye's generosity.
During this period, Hurricane Yaoguang suddenly blew up in Xiangjiang. This was the headline written by the media in Xiangjiang.
Fengge Entertainment, a subsidiary of Yaoguang Group, suddenly announced that it would build 10 modern cinemas in Hong Kong this year, with an investment of more than HK$500 million. At the same time, Fengge Entertainment announced that it would acquire and build theaters throughout Southeast Asia with Kerry Group, owned by Guo Henian, and
Business plan for establishing Fengge Cinema Line.
The first reason for building modern cinemas in Xiangjiang is because the late 1980s and 1990s were the golden period of Xiangjiang movies. Only by having its own theater chain in Xiangjiang can it truly be called the leader of Xiangjiang Film Company.
Including the Shaw Brothers theater chain previously leased by Fengge Entertainment, after the completion of these ten modern theaters, Fengge Entertainment will have a theater chain consisting of 26 theaters, which will be the largest theater chain in Hong Kong.
As for the construction and acquisition of theaters in the Southeast Asian market, the reason why Wu Jianye chose to cooperate with Guo Henian's Kerry Group is because of Guo Henian's influence in Southeast Asia. As for the completion of the acquisition, Kerry Group will
The shares held by were sold to Fengge Entertainment at a premium of 5% to the purchase price!
This investment alone will exceed HK$5 billion!
Even after Xiangjiang Film becomes decommissioned, the land prices of these ten theaters will increase their assets by more than ten times.
At the same time, the real estate department of Yaoguang Group also announced that it would spend HK$5 billion to officially enter the real estate industry in Hong Kong.
There will be many ways to make money in the real estate industry in Xiangjiang in the future, so there is no need to go into details here.
Not only did Hurricane Yaoguang blow in Xiangjiang, but also in China. However, the domestic wind was a bit small compared to Xiangjiang.
Tunan Technology, which was previously established in Shanghai, announced that it will split Tunan Technology into two parts. Taiwei Home Appliances will be responsible for Tunan Technology's home appliance industry. It also announced that it will fully enter the domestic home appliance market. Taiwei Home Appliances will be responsible for the giants.
We have introduced advanced production lines such as color TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators, and video recorders from abroad.
However, what is not known is that there is a mysterious R&D institution within Taiwei Home Appliances, and this R&D institution will cooperate with major universities across the country, introduce high-end talents, and independently develop its own production lines.
The most important thing is that Tunan Technology has also established a research and development department and invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars at one time to develop computers, pagers, mobile phones and other high-end technology products of this era.
However, the R&D department of Tunan Technology is even more mysterious. Apart from the company's top management, not many people know about it. At the same time, the talents recruited are also recruited from all over the world. In order to attract international talents more conveniently, the R&D department of Tunan Technology is set up in
to Xiangjiang.
However, due to the domestic development situation and Tunan Technology's current almost zero reputation in the international market, this will be a long and arduous task.
As for the Walkmans, tapes and other businesses that Tunan Technology has started selling now, they are still under the name of Tunan Technology.
These are all announced news, and there are some unannounced news.
For example, the Yu Zhi Investment currently controlled by Yanwen will receive an injection of HK$5 billion, which will be used to acquire stocks of Hong Kong-listed companies such as Cheung Kong, Sun Hung Kai, New World, and Henderson Land.
In order to avoid the leakage of news about the acquisition of stocks, which would cause the stock prices of these groups to rise and increase the cost of acquisitions, these actions were carried out in secret. Of course, this secret would not last long. As the number of shares acquired increased,
The Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission will disclose this news sooner or later.
But it’s nice to save some money!
Wu Jianye will then invest a huge sum of money in Yu Zhi and officially enter RB's securities market. After the Plaza Agreement, RB's Nikkei Index will soar upwards on a rocket. With such a fortune opportunity, Wu Jianye will naturally
Won't let it go.
As for the theater chains in Europe, it’s not that Wu Jianye doesn’t want to take advantage of this opportunity to win them in one fell swoop, but they can still rely on Guo Henian’s influence in the Southeast Asian market, but they don’t have such a good partner in Europe. Wu Jianye still needs to do this.
I'll have to think about it carefully before I can complete it.
As for the theater chain in the United States, Wu Jianye has also asked Linda to start contacting them. However, this will also be a long and arduous task, so we can only figure it out slowly.
At the same time, due to the entry of Wu Jianye's huge capital, the equity distribution of Yaoguang Group has also undergone considerable changes. There is no doubt that Shanhai Investment is still the largest shareholder of Yaoguang Group.
If normal equity dilution is followed, the three people's equity in Yaoguang Group will reach a level that is negligible. However, Wu Jianye also knows that he can only stand behind and strategize, and the specific operations must be completed by them, so according to
The three people's contributions were rewarded with equity ranging from 0.010.05.
However, according to Wu Jianye's cautious character, it is natural to add some terms to this equity. For example, none of the three people can sell this part of the equity to outsiders. If they want to cash out, they can only sell it to Shanhai.
Investment and so on......
I have to mention Zhou Tao here.
As Yaoguang Group was about to enter a period of rapid development, Zhou Tao already felt that his ability was not enough to maintain such rapid development.
Zhou Tao has officially proposed to Wu Jianye that he wants to study in the United States.
You can learn things while you are still young, but if it is too late, you may not be able to keep up with your brain! These are Zhou Tao's original words.
Wu Jianye naturally had no choice but to allow this.
With the Yaoguang hurricane blowing in Xiangjiang, the four major shareholders of Yaoguang Group, Wu Jianye and Zhao Lei, have returned to China. Zhou Tao flew to the United States with his wife Sun Qing, leaving Yan Wen alone in Xiangjiang.
Zhou Tao was the busiest before, but now Yan Wen is the busiest. If Yan Wen hadn't come to Hong Kong to study at the University of Hong Kong, coupled with his natural sensitivity to the stock market, he would have been stretched.
Fortunately, he now has Qian Sisi around him to help him, and the management of the entire Yaoguang Group has been improved, which greatly reduces the difficulty of his work.
Even so, when Wu Jianye left Xiangjiang, Yanwen had already hired a top economic consultant to start taking classes for himself alone.
This also caused the date when he was supposed to marry Qian Sisi to be postponed...
.......
The crew of "The Last Emperor" has been assembled and will soon enter the stage of actual shooting.
Actual shooting is the most important stage in the process of completing a movie. The preparatory work that took nearly a year was to reduce problems during the shooting and complete it more smoothly.
Wu Jianye first arrived at the Jinglun Hotel, where the entire "The Last Emperor" crew had already assembled.
Assistant directors Zhang Li, Zhang Shaolin, Hu Mei.
Photography, Zhao Fei, considering that the movie "The Last Emperor" will have a lot of big scene descriptions, one photographer is definitely not enough. Wu Jianye first asked Zhang Huijun to see if he was interested, but Zhang Huijun was even more interested.
I liked teaching at school, so I found another classmate, Mu Deyuan.
Although Mu Deyuan also stayed in the academy, he still had great ideas about being able to take pictures, so after Wu Jianye proposed it, he immediately agreed to Wu Jianye's invitation.
As for the quota of field recordkeepers, Chen Guoxing was naturally able to handle it with ease. At the same time, Wu Jianye also gave him a certain amount of power and asked him to find two helpers on his own. This also created an opportunity for him and Fang Shu.
The two were separated in the past and could only express their love for each other through letters. Naturally, the number of quarrels increased.
As for the other various art consultants, there is no need to go into details one by one, they have all been mentioned before!
In the movie "The Last Emperor", Wu Jianye will be the first to shoot the scenes of Yanjing, which are actually the scenes of the Forbidden City. The leaders above have said hello before, so naturally there will be no problem.
Wu Jianye's version of this scene is also different from Bertolucci's version. Bertolucci's version is directly the scene of Cixi's death when Puyi was a child.
Wu Jianye added a dialogue between Cixi and Zhang Zhidong, as well as a scene from Guangxu.
A lot of scenes were also added at the end of the movie, and many scenes that were inconsistent with history in Bertolucci's film version were deleted.
It can be said that Wu Jianye's version of "The Last Emperor" is no longer simply plagiarizing Bertolucci's version of "The Last Emperor". It will add a lot of Wu Jianye's understanding of this period of history.
But precisely because of this, this movie will involve more characters.
The person who plays Cixi, the candidate provided by the crew is Teacher Lu Rui. Wu Jianye knows about Teacher Lu Rui. In the future, Teacher Lu Rui once played Cixi in "Toward a Republic".
Liao Bingyan, who also played Zhang Zhidong in "Toward the Republic", was also selected by the crew to play Zhang Zhidong, and Wu Jianye was also very satisfied with this.
Yuan Datou was also played by Sun Chun, who played Yuan Datou in the later film "Toward the Republic". In the movie, when Yuan Datou appeared, he had not yet proclaimed himself emperor. He was in his forties, so he was the same as Sun Chun.
It's almost the same, and after putting on makeup, there really isn't a trace of dissonance.
Wu Jianye looked at Zhang Long, who was in charge of casting, and couldn't help but sigh, the inertia of history is really strong, and he was the director of the TV series "Toward a Republic" later.
Unexpectedly, now that he is asked to be responsible for the selection of the main supporting roles, they are all still in "Toward a Republic".
But what surprised Wu Jianye the most was the actor who played the young Puyi.
Lin Shen, who is less than five years old...
Where did you find this young actor?
Wu Jianye looked at Zhang Xi curiously. He could find the other actors because they had all participated in the filming of movies or TV shows. How did he find Lin Shen, a child who was less than five years old?
Woolen cloth?
You said Lin Shen, it was not easy to find him. In the end, it was Shao Hong who introduced him. Zhang Hong said with a smile.
After saying that, Zhang Hong called Lin Shen over.
Xiao Lin stretched out to hold the hand of his mother Li Xiaowan, not afraid of strangers, and looked at Zhang Lai in confusion.
Hello, Director Wu, I am Li Xiaowan, Lin Shen’s mother.
Lao Wu and Xiaowan almost became classmates with us... Zhang Hong introduced.
It turned out that Li Xiaowan had also applied for the acting department of Yanjing Film Academy and had been admitted. However, due to the lack of teaching staff, the film school dismissed six students, including Li Xiaowan.
I'm sorry to bother you during the filming! Wu Jianye teased Lin Shen for a while and felt that this little guy really didn't recognize life, and he even wanted Wu Jianye to hold him.
Scenes with children are generally considered difficult to shoot in movies. Lin Shen's ability to not be afraid of strangers is already half the battle.
As for Puyi in his youth, he was also an acquaintance.
Li Lianjie's younger brother, Wu Gen, who later became the box office king of domestic movies!
I found him at the Shichahai Sports School. He is also a banner man. I thought he had a good image, so I found him! Zhang Hong introduced Wu Gen.
At this time, Wu Gan was only eleven years old, thin and frail, and relatively handsome.
Director Wu, my name is Wu Gan, I am eleven years old and studying at Shichahai Sports School!
Wu Dan stood upright, just short of saluting Wu Jianye.
I heard that your martial arts school often performs abroad. Is your time available? Wu Jianye asked worriedly.
No problem, our school won’t perform abroad until July or August next year! Wu Kankang replied forcefully.
Wu Jianye nodded and said: There is no problem with the image, but the temperament needs to be changed. Puyi at this age does not have as much energy as you.
Zhang Zaipang said: There are already professional teachers tutoring him, so there should be no problem during filming!
Wu Jianye nodded and said: If it works, let him do it!
Wu Jianye then met Yang Lixin who played Guangxu, Yang Hanbin who played Zhang Xun and others.
At this time, there is no need for everyone to have a meeting to discuss the filming of the plot. It is just a simple meeting with everyone to get familiar with everyone's situation, and then you can prepare for the filming!