Chapter 442 It's obviously relying on my father to rise, where did the struggle come from?
In an old tenement building in Wan Chai, Wu Yusen was drinking at home when he heard a knock on the door. When he went to open the door in a daze, he saw Wei Zai standing outside the door.
Old Wu turned around calmly and said, "Come in and sit wherever you want."
Liang Chaowei quickly walked in with a bunch of wine and food and closed the door, "Director Wu, (Blood on the Street) box office hit the streets, non-war crimes, all caused by piracy, you have to cheer up."
"I also read the ATV report before that the 45-building Watsons supermarket jointly built by Li Sheng's Changshi Group and Aimego's fan Liu was fined 500 million for tax evasion."
"And Watsons Cinemas over there is already the largest source of piracy in the Asian film industry and is destroying our market."
"This is all Bai Xiang's fault. Who knew the employees there have such bad ethics and are so shameless?"
Wu Yusen's eyes lit up, "Is there such news?"
While he was talking, he decisively turned on the TV. Well, after checking several channels, he found that there was no news about Wei Zai. He also knew that the news had finished...
Lao Wu quickly said, "Is there any relevant news in the print media? I've invested a total of 90 million Hong Kong dollars, but I just won more than 7 million at the box office on Hong Kong Island. Can you blame me?"
"ATV still has a conscience, it's all a piracy attack!"
The reason is this. The VCD discs that later entered the video studio or the homes of wealthy citizens did not bring much profit to the Li family because piracy was rampant.
If there are too many pirated copies, it will naturally be difficult to make money from genuine ones.
But that's all because Akai took the initiative to send it to Baixiang, so that the unscrupulous practitioners on Baixiang's side could cause big troubles.
Can you blame him? It's all Akai's fault.
The problem is that after the big hit, for people who only look at investment and box office data, they think that Lao Wu is incompetent and will not cooperate with him anymore.
He can't find the money to talk about making a new movie.
At this stage, Wu Yusen has no blackout period, nor is it said that the ten-year employment contract held by Xiang Laoshi can only be used to make movies for Yongsheng. The last 10 million buyout contract was immediately voided.
The new contract means that he needs to make ten movies for Li Jiakai within ten years, but in addition, he is also free to accept movie scripts from outside. Even if he makes a movie for Li Jiakai, he will still get the director's salary, and the salary will also increase accordingly.
Market prices rise.
It is a very serious business cooperation contract.
But last year's summer show (The Bloody Two) was so exaggerated that you could say it was a crime of non-war. Normal investors would not play with him again, and that's as it should be.
Ah Wei put down the food and wine and took the initiative to pour wine for Lao Wu, "Director Wu, you have to cheer up. There are no companies outside looking for you. This is temporary. When the Li family takes the blame, it was originally their fault.
disaster."
"Someday the outside world will understand and understand you."
Ah Wei has always been relatively introverted and doesn't like to flatter anyone. At this stage, he really hopes that Lao Wu will continue to take care of him.
There is no way, after so many years, the film industry has tested the waters again and again, that is, Wu Yusen's "The Bloody Heroes" gave him an opportunity to act. Although he was very good at acting in the movie, he was greatly suppressed by Zhang Xueyou.
awful.
But the local box office of Hong Kong Island is more than 7 million, which is also the highest-grossing work of his ever since he started acting... In the television industry? He is still a well-deserved pillar of TVB and the most popular niche actor, but he only earns thousands of dollars from TVB.
Monthly salary.
I have become familiar with Lao Wu, so naturally I still want to follow Lao Wu to continue to eat and make a fortune.
While the two were drinking, eating, and communicating, there was a knock on the door again. When Wei Zai quickly went to open the door, he found two strange men and women standing outside the door. Old Wu looked at it with drunken eyes and asked curiously.
,"who are you?"
The middle-aged man outside the door bowed quickly and said, "Good morning, Director Wu. I am Yamazaki. I belong to the Japanese film and television industry. This is Iijima Xiaoai. Xiaoai, please say hello to Director Wu."
“Excuse me, who is this??”
The man who calls himself Yamazaki speaks a slightly awkward Cantonese, but communication is no problem.
And the Iijima-chan he introduced was a pretty and cute girl in her early 20s. She could speak a string of Japanese words when she opened her mouth.
Yamazaki then slapped his forehead, "Sorry, Xiao Ai can't speak Cantonese and Mandarin yet. She just said hello to Director Wu. By the way, I'm here on behalf of the company this time. I want to ask Director Wu to make an international movie for us."
Blockbuster..."
Upon hearing this, Lao Wu's eyes lit up, "Who is your company??"
Yamazaki walked in and quickly explained that their company is based in Tokyo and has also opened a branch next to Hollywood in North America, with the intention of going global.
Although it is far less exaggerated and aggressive than Sony's purchase of Columbia Pictures, they still want to make some modern metropolitan gun battle action movies...
Ai Iijima is one of the most promising female artists their company has collected, along with Mai Asakura, Hitomi Shiraishi and other outstanding and promising female artists.
Now their film and television group is not short of funds, nor is it short of female artists, but it is short of big directors and big stars to join.
As Yamazaki explained, Wu Yusen's eyes became brighter and brighter. Although he drank a little too much, it did not hinder his mental high. Ah Wei was a little excited after hearing this and took the initiative to pour wine for Mr. Yamazaki.
However, this aspect still depends on Xiao Ai. Although Iijima Xiao Ai does not understand Cantonese, it does not prevent her from being a competent wine pouring girl.
The few of them just drank wine and ate side dishes, and the more they chatted, the happier they became. The main reason was that Yamazaki kept supporting Lao Wu, which made him let go of the emotions that had been accumulated for many years and let out a lot.
Even Lao Wu started to beam with joy.
After drinking more, Yamazaki took out the contract for the movie. Wei Zai was not too drunk yet, so he instinctively felt that it was not appropriate to sign the contract under such circumstances? Director Wu had been tricked by Xiang Laoshi before.
once?
Before he could say anything, Ai Iijima spoke softly in a soft voice that he couldn't understand, and raised and lowered his hands, which fascinated Awei and diverted his attention.
You can't say how beautiful and charming the 21-year-old Iijima is, and Awei is not so ignorant and discerning. Isn't this...drinking? It's easy for people to get drunk after drinking.
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A few days later, Kowloon Tong is adjacent to Shek Kip Mei Park.
Zhao Donghuai took Zhou Huimin and Azhen to a newly constructed and renovated five-storey commercial building. After walking around for a while, he nodded with a smile and said, "A total of five buildings form a building complex, which is called Wuyue Group."
Bar."
"Starting from today, we can recruit professional managers to join us and gradually arrange the new group."
Amin asked curiously, "Is this the Internet era you are talking about?"
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, after several years of preparation, we chose this land to build a building. Isn't it just to start the Internet era? Taishan Building will open a Taishan Group and position itself as an Internet search engine."
“Songshan Building is designed as a portal website that integrates email, news push, and website navigation.”
"Hengshan Building opened the Hengshan Group, which sells books and music albums online."
"Let these three groups open first, and we will talk about the remaining Liangyue Building later."
It was already the end of March 1993, and Zhao Donghuai would never forget that the original track was in April 1994, that is, next year, Yang Zhiyuan and David founded Yahoo in North America. It was listed in 1996, and the total market value of the stock was more than 500 million US dollars.
Also in 1994, Jeff, a young and promising guy who had become an upstart on Wall Street before the age of 30, resigned directly to start the Amazon e-commerce group.
So Wuyue Group is positioned in the Asian Internet market? Regardless of the year it opens, the group headquarters must be built several years in advance. This batch of Wuyue buildings has been built for three years.
The five 33-storey commercial buildings targeted by Wuyue are adjacent to the Shek Kip Mei Park with a overlooking area of 120 acres. They have a good environment and are only a few minutes' walk from the Kowloon Tong MTR station...
Across the main road is the Kowloon Tong Wanjia Comprehensive Supermarket Branch, and next to Wanjia is the Ko Wo Old Street Park.
Across the road is Taoyuan Street Playground.
It can be said that it is a land surrounded by parks and amusement parks in the center of a metropolitan area. This land... was originally used by the City University of Hong Kong as a campus in 1995.
What makes it the main campus is a good location and beautiful scenery.
Being used by Zhao Donghuai to build the headquarters of Wuyue Group in advance is definitely not a loss. His planned Dongyue Taishan Group is to compete with Google and Du Niang, and a search engine is a super market.
Songshan Group promotes email and news websites, etc., and integrates the functions of portal websites such as NetEase.
Hengshan is aimed at e-commerce platforms such as Amazon.
As for Facebook, Big Penguin, Kingsoft Anti-Virus, 360, etc.? Then we still have to wait and wait for the further development of technology to establish Huashan and Hengshan new groups.
Hong Kong Telecommunications Group was taken over by him in 1988. Cable phone, mobile, Internet promotion, etc., also promoted by Zhao Donghuai, have long entered the optical fiber transmission level. That pony could only be so cheerful a few years ago.
Addicted to the Internet and hooking up with BBS.
Whether it is Yahoo or Amazon, they were established in 1994 and attracted countless users at every turn because since 1990, the single-mode optical fiber communication system has matured and entered the commercial stage, with a transmission efficiency of 565mb/s.
The telecommunications group captured by Zhao Donghuai started in the 1990s to lay optical fiber all over Hong Kong. It did spend a lot of money, but he really didn't lack that little money... A leek garden as big as an island country was used all over the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
The largest leek garden.
After several profits worth hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars ended, laying fiber optic cables all over Hong Kong is really not a big deal.
At this stage, Zhao Donghuai can still guarantee that Hong Kong Haowan's Internet speed can keep up with the world's top standards. In one or two years, his laptop will be launched on the market. What is the market and prospect then?
As for the opening of the three major groups of Taishan, Songshan and Hengshan? There is no need to directly recruit talents like Yang Zhiyuan. After all, he knows the future direction of technology and how the Internet giants develop and plan.
Then we just need to dig and recruit all kinds of skilled coders.
He is also waiting to invest in Yahoo and Amazon next year or the year after.
At present, these five 33-story buildings stand like five mountains. The top two floors are Zhao Donghuai's own large office and his home where he can rest and live freely...
Starting from the 31st floor downwards, this is where the CEOs and CFOs of the future workplace will work.
The next moment, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said to Azhen, "The BBS within our large group will officially be renamed Songshan Forum and be fully open to Hong Kong Haowan."
"The server should be made bigger and more capable to withstand it."
In the past, Zhao's BBS was really only circulated within various groups, including Yaxi University. With the advent of the new Internet era in Hong Kong, ordinary people and ordinary tourists can also browse BBS if they want.
Azhen nodded, "Okay, then I'll notify BBS and let them move into Songshan Building first?"
Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Relocate slowly, don't be too hasty."
At this moment, the mobile phone in the hand of female assistant Azhen rang loudly. She waited for the call to be connected and exchanged words before coming over to report, "It's Zhou Xingxing from 100 Years Pictures. He said he wanted to visit the boss. Yes.
I need help with something."
Zhao Donghuai, "..."
Although he was a little confused, he still nodded and asked Ah Xing to come to Wuyue Group.
More than half an hour later, Ah Xing arrived.
Although the exterior signs and neon logos of Wuyue Group's buildings are still being produced, five skyscrapers have been built in clusters, as well as huge squares, Wuyue stone monuments, etc., which have already been built.
After a brief look, Ah Xing smiled and handed over his hand, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhao for opening a new way of making money. This way of making money looks domineering."
Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "Okay, no need to be too polite. Is there anything I need you to do in person?"
Ah Xing smiled awkwardly and looked to the left and right. After being looked at for a few times, Zhou Huimin said curiously, "It's not convenient for us to listen? Ah Zhen, let's go to the overpass."
Wuyue Group's five buildings have built a circular overpass on the third floor, which not only links the five skyscrapers, but also has corresponding entrances and exits. It is also a good outdoor viewing area.
After all, this is a land surrounded by various parks, parks and playgrounds.
When someone came over, Ah Xing said awkwardly, "A while ago, Wu Yusen and Liang Chaowei were tricked by a production company in the island country. It is the Poujie Film and Television Company of Sumiyoshikai, which specializes in making special movies."
"It's very special, a few people can perform the whole show... I was drunk at the time, so I signed the contract without understanding it."
"The contract also stipulates liquidated damages. For each of the five dramas, the liquidated damages are not much. Directed by Wu, the liquidated damages are only one million, but Ah Weiding's liquidated damages are HKD 3 million."
"Sheng Zhao, I have money to pay for A Wei's 15 million liquidated damages for the fifth part, so that he can pay off the debt slowly. It's this kind of trap. I feel very suffocated and wronged."
Zhao Donghuai almost burst out laughing, "They are so heartless. They were tricked by Xiang Laoshi once before. They signed randomly after drinking too much. Why are they still here?"
This is indeed not a big deal, but a trivial matter. Sumiyoshi will be in dire straits at this stage. He sent a message to the Shin-Yamaguchi-gumi Murakami Gento to come out and support it, and it can be easily solved.
But Lao Wu and Ah Wei??
After thinking for a while, Zhao Donghuai said, "In this way, Wu still has a little bit of talent. It is not difficult to get rid of the evil operations of the Sumiyoshi Society, but... you can let Old Wu go to Hollywood to attract investment and make a movie (
Li Mei! Li Mei!)."
"If he can complete this project and get investment, he doesn't have to worry about the contract with Sumiyoshi-kai. If he can't get it, or if the shoot isn't good, then he'll just have to pay for it."
For Zhao Donghuai, this is a matter of one sentence, but Lao Wu has to prove that he has the talent and qualifications.
Zhou Xingxing said in astonishment, "(Li Mei! Li Mei!)? What kind of movie is this?"
Zhao Donghuai explained, "During the Anti-Japanese War, the North American Li Mei Barbecue led bombers to burn Tokyo and many other island cities in 1945, burning to death 500,000 islanders and leaving 8 million islanders homeless and displaced."
"Don't all great directors like to pursue art and anti-war themes? As long as the big event (Le Mei Barbeque) is filmed well, if he can get investment to film it, I wouldn't mind him reintegrating into the film industry."
Ah Xing, "..."
Is Li Mei’s BBQ so terrifying? Is this tantamount to avenging the Nandu Massacre?
Filming this to reveal a profound anti-war theme? It seems that there is hope that it will become a blockbuster once it is filmed.
Zhao Donghuai continued, "I don't mind how Old Wu deceives investors or plays with artistic expression. I only want one thing. At the end of the movie, a group of white ghost guys opened the Li Mei BBQ chain store in the island country. It is a little easter egg that is very popular in the island country."
"That Ah Wei will make a guest appearance as a professional CEO in the little easter egg."
The next moment, Zhao Donghuai patted Ah Xing on the shoulder and said, "That's it. Give him two years to get investment. If he can't get it, you'll have to either help Ji Hui make a movie, or you can help Ah Wei with the money."
"Wang Jiawei can trick you and Hua Zai into constantly giving him money and scraping together scripts. There is no reason why Old Wu would be so far behind. When he first formed Tai Ping Wheel, wasn't he also very passionate and high-spirited?"
"I'm not trying to make things difficult for him. At least if this big movie is finished, North Americans will be happy to watch it. It will have a promising box office, and the theme will be more in-depth, so it won't have no chance of winning awards."
Zhou Xingxing suddenly understood, and then said, "I completely understand, but can I invest in it? I feel like this movie is very exciting."
"I heard that there is a movie (Schindler's List) in Hollywood, which is also related to the anti-war in World War II. Spielberg is the director. The original work is not only a best-seller, but also won several awards."
Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "Then do you still want your Tang Dynasty ham sausage and peeing beef balls to be popular in the island country?"
Zhou Xingxing suddenly realized again, "Yes, yes, there is also product dumping. The little easter egg that Awei starred in at the end must be so ironic..."
The next moment he also smiled and said, "I'm going to find Ah Wei. In fact, Director Wu and I are not familiar with each other, and our relationship is very ordinary. It's Ah Wei... Hey, why did you sign a movie like that in a daze? This is better than a romantic movie.
There are too many pitfalls.”
This is not Fengyue, it is a sinkhole in an art valley directly next to Hollywood.
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Outside the 100 Years Film Building.
When Zhou Xingxing got out of the car and the driver drove away, he saw Wu Yusen and Ah Wei rushing out of the building. They both looked at Ah Xing with excitement and expectation.
Ah Xing smiled and waved his hand, "Let's go and talk inside. Zhao Shengsongkou can help you settle this matter, but the condition is that it depends on your director Wu's ability to make movies and save projects."
"Did you know that Li Mei burned Tokyo? This was one of the most powerful wars that sealed the defeat of the island country during the Anti-Japanese War and World War II. It was more lethal than the two mushroom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, directly killing 500,000 people, leaving
Eight million Japanese devils are homeless."
"Director Wu, as long as you can go to Hollywood to seek help and get the funds to support you in making this movie, once the movie is made, the Sumiyoshi Club contract that you and Wei were defrauded into signing will be invalidated."
Wu Yusen was overjoyed and shocked at the same time, "Should I go to Hollywood to beg for help? This..."
Zhou Xingxing shrugged and said, "We are all adults. You can't sign randomly when you go out, especially contracts. Xiang Laoshi has taught you this once."
Then he looked at Ah Wei. After all, he and Ah Wei are good friends. Even if they have not collaborated, they have still been friends in private over the years. He doesn't like to see Ah Wei in that kind of film. "A Wei, as long as
Director Wu succeeded in begging for help, you will also appear in the role when the time comes (Li Mei! Li Mei!), and it will be solved along the way."
Ah Wei was about to cry but had no tears. He just didn’t know other great directors outside. He was so worried about Director Wu. Why did he encounter such a blood-vomiting thing?
That's not right. He knew Ah Xing, but his pride made him embarrassed to lower his head and ask Ah Xing for help.
He debuted in TVB as the second male lead, and in the second year he became the leading actor in Jin Yong's martial arts drama, playing Wei Xiaobao, with Andy Lau as Kangxi, and when he and Brother Hua formed the TVB Five Tigers, Ah Xing was still a stand-in.
of……
Now? Now he is still earning a monthly salary of several thousand Hong Kong dollars in TVB. Ah Xing is already a super tycoon of the 100-year-old film group with a market value of 40 billion, and his 8% share is also 3.2 billion Hong Kong dollars.
In total, Ah Xing is currently richer than the Li family who copied Li's family.
The Li family was fined 500 million for tax evasion in White Elephant Mumbai. Coupled with a series of reports from ATV and Kowloon Daily, the theater chain opened by the other party in White Elephant has become the largest piracy base in the Asian film industry and is destroying the glorious Asian film industry.
Industry.
The Li family's stock price plummeted, falling directly below 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Before the continuous reports, the market value of Changshi was about 20 billion, but now it has dropped below 10 billion?? I can only say that citizens and stock investors are not stupid. On the other hand, there are other reports, from seniors such as Hong Yinbao, Cheng Long, and Bingbing
, Azhi and other new generations.
Countless examples prove that becoming a star actor in the film and television industry is the easiest way for ordinary people to achieve a class jump and become a wealthy class. Which citizen does not want to get rich? Which citizen does not want their children to get rich?
It should be said that at this stage, when countless Hong Kong residents are training their next generation, enrolling in various singing and dancing performing arts training courses is the biggest trend.
If I can't, I still can't expect my children to become dragons and phoenixes? The wish of Chinese parents for their children to become dragons is passed down from generation to generation!
Countless citizens are hoping to raise good children to join the wealthy class and make a fortune.
The Li family has turned into a piracy base to destroy the prosperity of the film industry? What is this if not a super villain?
The market value of the Li family fell below 10 billion. Li Zhiren used to borrow money to acquire 10% more shares. Now he holds more than 30% of the shares of Changshi, with a total net worth of only 2 to 3 billion. Bai Xiang’s fine, plus his two sons.
Huge losses of hundreds of millions after entering the industry?
If he can't run Baixiang's comprehensive supermarkets and theaters properly and make profits quickly, he is probably not far from bankruptcy.
And here, Zhou Xingxing not only has a century-old film industry, but the Tang Dynasty Catering Group in his hands is also booming. It covers Hong Kong Haowan, Xingma, Taihe Island and South Korea, with a population of more than 200 million, and stable monthly sales of more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.
, it may be independently listed one day.
As for Zhou Xingxing’s achievements in the film industry? How can we describe them one by one? The market value of One Hundred Years Pictures has exceeded 40 billion. It is because of the great success of Young and Dangerous Part One and Two, as well as a series of plans for follow-up sequels, that the group
It broke out again in March.
But who dares to deny the charm of Ah Xing, the King of Comedy?
These are our former friends. Now, one is high and the other is as lowly as dust and dirt. Even though Ah Wei wants to be famous and get rich, he is too embarrassed to ask Ah Xing for help, and instead burns Lao Wu's cold shoulder.
kitchen.
The result of burning the cold stove this time was really shocking to Ah Wei!
On the verge of crying, Ah Wei, although he didn't want to, still looked at Ah Xing longingly, "Brother Xing, please help me more. Isn't it difficult for Director Wu to go to Hollywood to seek help? We don't even speak English...
"
That's right, even in the original trajectory when Wu Yusen went to Hollywood, his friend Zhang Jiazhen had been his translator in the early years.
There are many projects and opportunities for Ah Zhen to rush into.
Ah Xing was dumbfounded and a little speechless, "You are all just a gangster. It's already 1993, and you still don't speak English proficiently?"
Wu Yusen continued to plead with him, "Master Xing, please help me. I'm not familiar with you, but Ah Wei is really... that kind of movie. If I direct this kind of movie, I can use a pseudonym or a fake name. Once Ah Wei stars, then
that is??"
No problem. Directors such as Zeng Miewei often use pseudonyms to make troubles. From "Crazy Coke" to various romantic movies, who knows so much behind the scenes? It is also difficult for movie fans to pay attention.
track.
As for the actor... did you play the role or was it the absolute protagonist? That's really unclear.
Ah Wei hurriedly handed Ah Xing a cigarette to light the fire. Zhou Xingxing thought for a moment speechlessly, "I'll give you a suggestion. If you are confused and have no big or brilliant achievements, you will definitely get half the result with half the effort if you go directly to Hollywood."
"But if you can get Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, Nicholas, etc., and ask them to be the leading actors, and if you can get an Oscar winner and senior godfather like Al Pacino, then it will be even easier."
"As long as you write the script of (Li Mei! Li Mei!), impress those superstars with the script, and bring favorable news about the superstars joining, then whether you are looking for investment from Murdoch or Warner, there will be a lot of opportunities.
and hope.”
"Which of those white superstars doesn't have a circle of Chinese friends? They can basically understand Mandarin and Cantonese."
Liang Chaowei was shocked, "That's right, Director Wu, use the persuasiveness you used when you called Xiang Laoshi, Deng Yurong and others to invest in (Taiping Wheel). As long as the script is done well, there is no hope."
"Director Wu, once a documentary film about the Great War is made, it may not be a great experience, and themes such as anti-war love can be incorporated into it."
Li Mei's barbecue scene was much more spectacular and powerful than the Taiping Wheel. It was not only burned down... Thinking of this, Ah Wei quickly looked at Ah Xing, "How much space did Li Mei burn down in Tokyo?"
Zhou Xingxing was stunned. If Zhao Donghuai hadn't given him some popular science, he wouldn't have been able to answer. "It burned down houses and factories covering 220,000 acres of land in Tokyo. It also burned down more than 90 cities outside of Tokyo, basically all big cities."
Ah Wei was shocked and dumbfounded, and Wu Yusen was almost the same. After being shocked, he took a long breath of cold air, "I have a picture in my mind now. The overwhelming bombers, countless incendiary bombs boiling, and millions of Japanese soldiers escaping in panic."
"Hundreds of thousands of Japanese were blown up, burned to death, smoked to death, suffocated to death...it was so spectacular!"
This scene is so spectacular and glorious that just thinking about it makes your blood boil.
Compared with that little scene in the Taiping Wheel, it is really not worth mentioning, and that was the B-29 bomb in 1945. This was in 1993. As long as you have money, you should be able to rent it.
It would probably be cheaper to spend money to rent these near Big Bear.
Wu Yusen was suddenly stimulated and felt that he really had hope of making this great movie.