1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 420: Transfer
During the Spring Festival, Zhai Yuan mostly stayed at home with his cousin.

I only go to Kowloon Tong or the Golden House Club occasionally.

Goodbye, Tang Lok Ling, Nishikie Michiko, Sakai Noriko, Chow Hui Man, Yip Yu Hing, Moon Lee, Ann Pak, Loletta Lee…

Call to check on Chung Chu-hung, Joey Wong, Ching-ha Lam, Manyu Cheung, Lam Ching-ying, Lee Chi, Gigi Lai...

Unfortunately, there are only twenty-four hours in a day, and Mr. Zhai is always busy during the holidays.

This suddenly reminded him of a rumor in the basketball world.

It is said that Tiger Woods dated one or two hundred girlfriends, and then went to brag about his experience in picking up girls to Jordan and Barkley, but was laughed at and despised by the two big guys. How dare he brag about such a small number?

Just like the second son of a real estate tycoon who had just returned from studying abroad, he once asked Lin Jianyue, how could he have so many celebrity girlfriends like you? Lin Jianyue replied: You just need to tell them that you are the son of Cheng Bo! Later, the second son did as he was told, and he really started to be popular, with both men and women.

Mr. Zhai suddenly felt that he was so innocent.

There was a small episode during the Spring Festival.

Zhai Yuan received a call from Xue Wanen. In addition to wishing each other a happy new year, she also told him a piece of news in the financial industry.

"The ICAC arrested several senior executives of the United Exchange, including Li Fook-shiu, whose position as vice-chairman was also replaced by someone else."

"Really? What crime?"

"It is said that during the process of reviewing the company's listing, he illegally accepted shares allocated by the newly listed company and made a profit from it."

"It seems that if you dig deep enough, you can find all kinds of information."

Zhai Yuan said with a smile on the phone, and then said: "Yihe's shares have risen sharply recently!"

After the stock market crash last year, several wealthy people led by Li Ka-shing joined forces to rescue the market. Not only did they cheat Li Fook-shiu, they also coerced a group of Chinese investors to purchase Jardine Matheson's rights shares, and forcibly raised the share price of this British company again.

What's even more incisive is that while Li Ka-shing, Li Zhaoji and Cheng Yu-tung were helping Jardine Matheson to raise its share price, they also came to the company for an open showdown, demanding to acquire its Hutchison Whampoa properties with their combined 8% stake.

The two sides went back and forth, and finally forced Simon Kaiser, chairman of Jardine Matheson, to spend nearly HK$20 billion to buy back 8% of the shares of Hutchison Whampoa from the Three Musketeers at a high price, and insisted that they promise not to purchase shares of any listed companies under Jardine Matheson within seven years. Only then did the whole thing come to an end.

On the phone, Xue Wanen said in a relaxed tone: "I also made a small profit in Jardine Matheson, at least I saved my own power plant from being acquired. Recently, I am negotiating with Tai Po Coal and Electricity for an acquisition. Hong Kong Electric and CLP Power are also raising their prices to compete, but I can still hold out for the time being."

Competing with the two largest power companies to acquire an independent power plant, it can be heard that Xue Wanen's plan this time is definitely more than just making a small profit as she said.

Thinking of this woman's gambling behavior of mortgaging her entire fortune to herself in exchange for cash, I was afraid that she had placed a heavy bet in Jardine Matheson this time. If the market fails to recover, there would be no recovery. Fortunately, I won this bet.

"When doing things, sometimes you don't have to be too emotional." Zhai Yuan paused and said with a smile: "Forget it, anyway, congratulations."

"Then is it considered emotional for you to run the September 1st Daily?" Xue Wan'en asked abruptly on the phone.

Zhai Yuan smiled and said nothing. They were all good friends who had been to Yanjing City together. This woman knew very well what she was going to do with the newspaper next.

There was silence on the phone for a moment.

"Before Li Fuzhao was arrested, he actually had the opportunity to escape, but he didn't. I heard that when the ICAC officers rushed into his house, Li Fuzhao only left two words."

Xue Wan'en spoke again: "He said, 'Everyone raises a son hoping he will be smart, but I was misled by my intelligence.' If you want to fall out with your classmate, be careful."

Everyone raises a son hoping that he will be smart, but my intelligence has ruined my life?
hang up the phone,

Zhai Yuan smiled without comment.

Li Fuzhao is probably not that smart. He has no bargaining chips in his hand and can only rely on seniority and connections to keep up the show.

Mr. Zhai is different. The box of tapes among the precious legacy left by Li Zhiying is enough to play with for a long time.

But before that, we have to deal with the trouble of Cai Ziming.

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After the Spring Festival, I returned to the company and started working again.

The backbones of various units of Jiuyi Entertainment came back from Taiwan a few years ago, and as usual, they asked a few questions about what happened there.

When celebrities go on stage, they basically go to the Daxi Mausoleum to pay their respects and perform, and they are not even qualified to carry the coffin.

"New One City originally wanted to release the film 'Eight Stars Announcement' on Treasure Island, but now they don't even dare to mention it."

"On the way to the mausoleum to pay our respects, we were asked to cry all the way. What a lunatic! How could we cry without any emotion? Brother Chen Shilong was the most knowledgeable person. He gave each of us a bottle of mustard and asked us to rub it around our noses and then wipe it clean. Wow! Not to mention the tears, we couldn't even stop our snot!"

"Zeng Zhiwei is very sharp. He worked with Formosa last year to shoot the film "Big Soldier". The authorities were very satisfied after watching it. This time they praised him specially and even said that if he shoots a military education film next time, they can lend him the weapons and equipment of the "three armies" to use at will..."

Many Hong Kong filmmakers have talked about their trip to Taiwan.

Zhai Yuan called the bosses of several film companies into the conference room individually.

Sanhe, Xinyicheng, Wanneng, Film Studio...

Chen Lan, Huang Baiming, Li Xiuxian, Xu Qi and others gathered together.

"Did you catch the wind?"

Zhai Yuan looked at the bosses in front of him and asked, "Recently, there is a boss of Fuyi Film Company named Cai Ziming."

Most people present nodded their heads to show their understanding. Hong Kong is too small a place, so the establishment of a new film company would naturally attract the attention of other filmmakers.

Li Xiuxian, who has a tribal background, even said that he and Cai Ziming are old acquaintances.

Li Xiuxian: "When he opened a decoration company in Hong Kong, I was in the aluminum alloy door and window business. We often had business dealings. I never thought that this friend would also enter the film industry."

Huang Boming: "Although Fuyi was newly established, I heard that it has been recruiting a large number of people recently. They invited Shu Qi, the former assistant director of Jiahe, to be the general manager to help set up a team of filming, behind-the-scenes and screenwriters. They haven't signed many artists yet. The famous ones are Chow Yun-fat, Deanie Ip, Max Mok, Sammul Sham, Stephen Fung, and Ng Man-tat... Almost all of them are artists that 91 Entertainment did not invite, and the signing price is not high."

Shi Nansheng: "Shu Qi stepped in and visited various places during the Spring Festival to help Fuyi secure the screening schedules for Zhaoshi, Jiahe and some independent theaters outside. During this period, we also approached 1024, but we didn't have enough space to show our own movies, so Manager Qian didn't agree."

"I told Qian Maosheng that 1024 is currently only looking after its own people, except for co-screening with Jiahe."

Zhai Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Chen Lan: "Sister Lan, why don't you tell everyone about Cai Ziming."

If Taiwan had not found Xu Jiaqiang and asked him to cooperate with Cai Ziming, even Zhai Yuan would not have known that there was this dragon crossing the river in Hong Kong.

The other filmmakers present had even less understanding of the other party's methods.

"This time when we went to Taiwan, someone asked us, Sanhe, to cooperate with Cai Ziming. The specific method of cooperation is very simple..." Chen Lan quickly told the whole story.

When everyone present learned that Fuyi Film Company was planning to break the rules and get Hong Kong stars for free, there was an uproar.

Amid the discussion, Zhai Yuan knocked on the table.

"The other party has not made any moves yet, so inviting everyone to come here is just a precautionary measure."

Zhai Yuan looked at the movie company bosses present and smiled and said, "Everyone should keep an eye on their own artists. This kind of thing is hard to guard against. If there is any problem, remember to notify me immediately and don't mess around on your own... Ah Huang, Xian Ge, Zhi Wei, Ling Dong, you stay, everyone else leave first~"

Shi Nansheng, Xu Qi and others looked at each other.

Several colleagues left behind by Boss Zhai all have underworld backgrounds. If nothing unexpected happens, the film industry will be in chaos again in the next period of time.

……

More than half of the people in the conference room quickly left. All of them were good citizens, and those who stayed understood.

Among them, Huang Baiming's younger brother Huang Bainian was from the Number Gang.
Li Xiuxian is the background of Jiliao Jingyi.

The brothers Lin Lingdong and Lin Lingnan were born in Hehetu.

Zeng Zhiwei's sworn brother is Gulixiong, a veteran of Lian Gong Le.

There is no need to say much about Chen Lan.

In the entire conference room, apart from Boss Zhai who was innocent, there were talents from nearly half of the underworld societies.

Seeing this, Li Xiuxian took the initiative to speak: "Mr. Zhai, are you planning to do something? I have some friendship with Cai Ziming, why don't we use courtesy before force and go over to have a chat with him?"

"Sister Lan is sitting here, it's not even your turn, Jingyizi, Brother Xian."

The room was full of gangsters, and Huang Boming no longer acted like a serious businessman. He took off his glasses and wiped them: "Cai Ziming is from the Number Gang. I heard that he has been very close to Hu Xuyong in the past two days. I asked my younger brother to collect information."

Li Xiuxian shrugged his shoulders and said nothing.

Jingyi was a branch separated from Xinji, and it was indeed not his turn to claim credit without Chen Lan's permission.

"Although Deng Guangrong was sent to prison by Mr. Zhai, Lian Gong Le is still quite powerful. If you need me to blow your own trumpet, I'll contact the big boss for help."

"It's similar with Walnut. Mr. Zhai gave us the opportunity to film. The brothers in the society are very grateful and will not give outsiders the opportunity to do something weird."

Zeng Zhiwei and Lin Lingdong spoke one after another.

Especially the Hehetu that Lin Lingdong is leaning against. During the filming of the Fengyun trilogy, all the members used were members of his own society, and he also patted his chest to express his stance at this time.

"It can be seen that each of you possesses special skills."

After listening to what they said, Zhai Yuan smiled and shook his head, thinking to himself that the Hong Kong circle was full of monsters.

"But I'm sure everyone knows that I'm also a Yuen Long District Councillor!"

Zhai Yuan continued, "I plan to join the Municipal Council in the next election, so during this emergency, it's best not to involve me in this kind of underworld incident. I don't know anything... Sister Lan, I'll leave the rest to you."

Zhai Yuan said something to Chen Lan at last, and without staying any longer, he stood up and left the meeting room.

In the conference room,

Everyone with a gang background looked at Chen Lan.

"Sister Lan, what does Mr. Zhai mean by this?"

"Mr. Zhai is going to run for the next parliamentary election. If he takes a photo with a gangster now, he will be attacked by public opinion. How could he possibly get involved in such things? So there are some things that he is not convenient to say, so I will relay them to everyone."

Chen Lan looked around at the people present and said slowly, "Well, I will only say this once. What Mr. Zhai means is that Cai Ziming can be dealt with at any time, but the dead must also have their value. In the next period of time, if Cai Ziming makes trouble, let him do it. Of course, we will not do nothing. We will do whatever we want. Xinji will take out a part of the funds. After the whole thing ferments, Mr. Zhai will stand up in the name of the president of the Film Association and take the actors to the streets to fight against gangs. That will be around the time of his next election..."

…………

Under Zhai Yuan's order, everyone stopped trying and no one came forward to contact Cai Ziming.

Everyone is waiting to see what he can come up with.

It was not until the end of February that Fuyi Film Company announced the start of filming its first movie, "God of Gamblers 2: The Huangpu Beach Gambler".

"I never thought that the first person to change gears would be Xingzai."

When the bosses of the film companies of Jiuyi Entertainment heard the news, they all fell silent.

"It was reported in the newspaper that Fuyi offered him two million yuan to act in this movie."

Liu Zhenwei glanced at Zhai Yuan's face and spoke again: "After all, money can make people's hearts move. When has a young man ever seen such a large sum of money? It's understandable."

"He's a street thug!" Li Xiuxian slammed the table and yelled, "It doesn't matter if he takes on a private role, but he also took the script of "God of Gamblers 2"? He's just eating his bowl of noodles and turning it into a bowl of soup!"

No one thought that Zhou Xingchi would switch to another production, let alone that he would dare to take away the new script story written by Zhai Yuan and Liu Zhenwei.

After expressing their opinions,
Everyone looked at Zhai Yuan who was sitting at the desk, waiting for the big boss to speak. Whether it was to enforce family rules or something else, there had to be an explanation.

"I just wrote two more songs for High School Musical. Let's enjoy them later."

Zhai Yuan sat at his desk, writing and drawing on the manuscript paper. At last he looked up at Wu Yusen and said, "Aren't you planning to release The Silence of the Lambs in Taiwan first to raise some money for your old mentor's retirement? Why don't you go now?"

"Sister Nan, in addition to The Silence of the Lambs, shouldn't The God of Gamblers also be released in Taiwan?"

Zhai Yuan did not mention the matter of Zhou Xingchi at all, and continued to ask Shi Nansheng about the film scheduling.

Shi Nansheng was silent for a moment. He could not see any abnormality in Zhai Yuan's expression. He exhaled lightly and said, "Jiahe has helped arrange the theater chain. The theaters in Taiwan will share the profits according to the rules in Hong Kong, but they will have to pay an extra amount to the relevant departments there. This is the first time that Jiuyi's movie will be screened in Taiwan, so the commission will be higher. But as long as the performance is good, we can renegotiate the profit sharing later."

Zhai Yuan nodded when he heard this, and then asked about the box office data of "Hiroshima Monster".

After everything was settled, he looked towards the underworld bosses headed by Li Xiuxian.

"Chao Na Ma, isn't what Chen Lan told you clear enough?"

Zhai Yuan glared at them angrily and said in a displeased tone: "It's like me getting a woman pregnant. If you make this a big deal, you'll be out of luck!"

(End of this chapter)