Hong Kong Entertainment's Life Simulator

Chapter 387 Wuyue Group Unveils a New Era of Internet
In an old tenement building in Wanchai, Wu Yusen was drinking at home when he heard a knock on the door, and when he went to open the door in a daze, he saw Wei Tsai standing outside the door.

Old Wu turned around gracefully, "Come in, sit down by yourself."

Liang Chaowei quickly entered the door with a bunch of food and wine, and closed the door, "Director Wu, (Blood Street) hit the street at the box office. It's a non-war crime. It's all caused by piracy. You have to cheer up."

"I also read ATV's report before, Li Sheng's Changshi Group and Amergo's fan Da Liu jointly built 45 Watsons supermarkets, and were fined 5 million for tax evasion."

"And the Watsons theaters over there are already the biggest source of piracy in the Asian film industry, and they are destroying our market."

"All of this is Bai Xiang's fault. Who knew that the practitioners over there were so unscrupulous and shameless?"

Wu Yusen's eyes lit up, "Is there such news?"

While speaking, he decisively turned on the TV, well, after tuning several channels, he found that there was no news about Wei Zi, and he also knew that the news was over...

Lao Wu quickly said, "Is there any news about the paper media? Go to the street, a total investment of 9000 million Hong Kong dollars, I only won more than 700 million 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 went into the video hall or in the homes of wealthy citizens (Blood Heroes) did not bring much profit to the Li family, because of the rampant piracy.

Naturally, it is not easy to make money from genuine copies if there are more pirated copies.

But that was all because Akai rushed to the street and sent Baixiang to let the unscrupulous practitioners over there do big things.

Can this be his fault?It's all Akai's fault.

The problem is that after Dapu Street, for those who only look at investment and box office data, they just think that Old Wu is incompetent, incompetent, and will not cooperate with him.

He also can't change the money to talk about making a new movie.

At this stage, Wu Yusen has no blackout period, nor has he said that the ten-year employment contract held by Xiang Laoshi can only be used to make movies for Yongsheng. The last 1000 million buyout contract was immediately voided.

The new contract means that he needs to make ten films for the Li family Akai within ten years, but besides that, he is also free to accept outside film scripts.Even if you make a movie for the Li family Akai, you still have the director's salary, and the salary will increase with the market.

It is a serious commercial cooperation contract.

But last summer (Blood Heroes) was so exaggerated, you can say that it is a crime other than war, and normal investors will not look for him to play, and it should be.

After putting away the food and drinks, Ah Wei took the initiative to pour wine for Lao Wu, "Director Wu, you have to cheer up, there is no company outside looking for you for the time being, it is temporary, and when the Li family gets rid of the scapegoat, it was originally their fault." disaster."

"The outside world will understand and understand you one day."

Ah Wei, who has always been relatively introverted and doesn't like flattering others, is really counting on Lao Wu to continue to guide him at this stage.

There is no way, after so many years of mixing, the film industry has tested the water again and again, that is, Wu Yusen's (Blood Heroes) gave him a chance to make a comeback. Although the acting skills in the movie are so good, he was suppressed by Zhang Xueyou. awful.

But Hong Kong Island's domestic box office of more than 700 million is also his highest-grossing work since he started filming. There is no one... TV circle?He is still a well-deserved pillar of TVB, the most popular niche, but the monthly salary in TVB is several thousand yuan.

Already getting to know Lao Wu well, naturally I still want to continue to eat with Lao Wu and make a fortune.

Just as the two were drinking, eating, and communicating, there was another knock on the door. When Wei Zai went to open the door quickly, he found two strange men and women standing outside the door. Old Wu stared at him with drunken eyes, and said curiously. ,"who are you?"

The middle-aged man outside the door quickly bowed and bent down, "Good morning, Director Wu. I am Yamazaki, and I belong to the island country film and television industry. This is Xiao Ai Iijima, Xiao Ai. Say hello to Director Wu."

"Excuse me, who is this?"

The man who called himself Yamazaki spoke a slightly awkward Cantonese, but communication was no problem.

And the Iijima Xiaoai he introduced is a girl in her early 20s who looks pretty and cute. This girl speaks a string of Japanese.

Yamazaki just slapped his forehead, "Sorry, Xiao Ai can't speak Cantonese and Mandarin yet, she is just saying hello to Director Wu, by the way, I am here on behalf of the company, and I want to invite Director Wu to film an international film for us. Blockbuster..."

Upon hearing this, Old Wu's eyes lit up, "What is your company?"

Yamazaki entered the door and quickly explained that their company is based in Tokyo and has opened a branch next to Hollywood in North America, intending to go global.

Although it is far less exaggerated and aggressive than Sony's purchase of Dilumbia Pictures, they also want to make some modern metropolis gunfight action blockbusters...

Ai Iijima is one of the most promising female artists collected by their company, and there are also outstanding and promising female artists such as Mai Asakura and Hitomi Shiraishi.

Now their film and television group has no shortage of funds, no shortage of female artists and the like, but a shortage of big directors and big stars to join.

With Yamazaki's explanation, Wu Yusen's eyes became brighter and brighter. Although he drank a little too much, it did not prevent him from being mentally high. Ah Wei was a little excited when he heard it, and poured wine for Mr. Yamazaki.

But it still depends on Xiao Ai in this regard. Although Iijima Xiao Ai doesn't understand Cantonese, it doesn't prevent her from being a competent drinking girl.

The few people just drank wine and ate side dishes, chatting more and more happily. The main reason is that Yamazaki has been holding Lao Wu all the time, letting him let go of his accumulated emotions for many years, and vented out a lot.

Even Old Wu began to beam with joy.

After drinking more, Yamazaki took out the contract for filming. Wei Tsai was not too drunk, so he instinctively felt that it was not appropriate to sign the contract under such circumstances?Director Wu was tricked by Xiang Laoshi once before?
Before he said anything, Iijima Xiaoai spoke in a soft voice that he didn't understand, and her hands were up and down, making Ah Wei distracted.

You can't say how beautiful and charming the 21-year-old Iijima really is, and Ah Wei is not so ignorant, isn't this...drink?Once people drink it, it is easy to get drunk.

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A few days later, Kowloon Tong was adjacent to Shek Kip Mei Park.

Zhao Donghuai took Zhou Huimin and Ah Zhen to a newly built and renovated five 33-storey commercial buildings. After wandering around for a while, he nodded with a smile, "A total of five buildings form a complex called Wuyue Group." Bar."

"Starting from today, we can recruit professional managers to join the job, and we will arrange the new group one after another."

Amin asked curiously, "Is it the Internet era you mentioned?"

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, after several years of preparation, I chose this land to build a building, isn't it just to start the Internet era, Taishan Building will open a Taishan Group, positioning it as an Internet search engine."

"Songshan Building is benchmarked against a portal website, which integrates e-mail, news push, and website navigation."

"Hengshan Building opened Hengshan Group, targeting the sale of books and music albums on the Internet."

"Let these three groups open first, and the rest of Liangyue Building will be discussed later."

It was already the end of March 1993, and Zhao Donghuai will not forget that the original track was April 3, that is, next year, when Yang Zhiyuan and David founded Yahoo in North America. It went public in 1994, and the total market value of the stock was more than US$4 million.

Also in 1994, Jeff, the young and promising guy who became an upstart on Wall Street before the age of 30, resigned directly to start the Amazon e-commerce group.

So N[-] Sacred Group is positioned in the Asian Internet market? ?No matter what year it opened, the construction of the group headquarters has to start several years in advance, and this batch of Wuyue Building has been under construction for three years.

The five 33-storey commercial buildings targeted by Wuyue are adjacent to Shek Kip Mei Park, which overlooks an area of ​​120 acres. The environment is good, and it is only a few minutes' walk from Kowloon Tong MTR station...

Opposite the main road is the Kowloon Tong Wanjia Supermarket branch, and next door to Wanjia is Songhe Old Street Park.

Across the side road is Taoyuan Street Playground.

It can be said that it is a land surrounded by parks and amusement parks in the center of the metropolis. This land... the original track was used as a campus by City University of Hong Kong Island in 1995.

Being able to be the main campus is naturally a good location and a good view.

Zhao Donghuai used it to build the headquarters of Wuyue Group in advance. It is definitely not a loss. The Dongyue Taishan Group he planned is to compete with Google and Du Niang. A search engine is a super big plate.

Songshan Group pushes e-mail 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, Jinshan anti-virus, 360 and the like?Then we still have to wait and wait for the further development of technology to establish Huashan and Hengshan new groups one after another.

Hong Kong Island Telecom Group was already taken over by him in 1988. The promotion of wired telephone, mobile, Internet, etc., also promoted by Zhao Donghuai, has already entered the level of optical fiber transmission. That pony was so happy a few years ago Addicted to the Internet, playing bbs.

Whether it is Yahoo or Amazon, they were established in 1994 and attracted countless users at every turn. It is also because the single-mode optical fiber communication system has entered the commercial stage very maturely since 1990, with a transmission efficiency of 565Mb/s.

The telecommunications group that Zhao Donghuai seized, since the 90s, has spent a lot of money spreading optical fibers all over Hong Kong, but he really does not lack that money... A leek garden as big as an island country, the largest in the world in the 90s Leek garden.

Several times the profits of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars have come to an end, and it is really not a big deal to spread optical fibers all over Hong Kong.

At this stage, Zhao Donghuai can still guarantee that the Internet speed in Hong Kong and Haowan can always keep up with the world's top-level standards. In one or two years, his laptop will be launched on the market. How big is the market and prospect?
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 Internet giants develop and plan.

It only needs to dig and recruit all kinds of skilled code farmers.

He is still waiting to buy shares in Yahoo and Amazon next year or the year after.

Right now, among the five 33-storey buildings towering like five mountains, the top two floors are still Zhao Donghuai’s own big office, as well as a home where he can rest, live and live at will...

Starting from the 31st floor downwards is where future CEOs and CFOs will work.

The next moment, Zhao Donghuai said to A Zhen with a smile, "The BBS inside our big group will be officially renamed Songshan Forum, and it will be fully open to Hong Kong Haowan."

"The server is made bigger and more, and it can support it."

In the past, Zhao's BBS was really only circulated within the various groups, including Asian theater colleges and universities. With the advent of the new era of Internet in Hong Kong, ordinary people and ordinary tourists can also use bbs if they want to.

Ah Zhen nodded, "Okay, then I will inform the bbs to let them settle in the Songshan Building first?"

Zhao Donghuai said with a smile, "Relocate slowly, don't rush."

At this moment, the big brother in the hands of Ah Zhen's female assistant rang, and waited for the connection over there, and then came to report, "It's Zhou Xingxing from 100 Years Pictures, and he said he wanted to visit the boss. help."

Zhao Donghuai, "..."

Although he was a little puzzled, he still nodded and signaled for Ah Xing to come to Wuyue Group.

After more than half an hour, Ah Xing arrived.

Although the external signboards and neon logos of each building of the Five Sacred Mountains Group are still being produced, five skyscrapers have clustered together, and there are also huge squares, the Five Sacred Mountains Stele, etc., which have already been built.

After a brief wait and see, Ah Xing smiled and cupped his hands, "Congratulations to Mr. Zhao for opening a new line of money. This line of money looks domineering."

Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "Okay, don't be too polite, what's the matter for you to come by yourself?"

Ah Xing smiled awkwardly and looked to the left and right. After being glanced at for a few times, Zhou Huimin asked curiously, "It's not convenient for us to listen? Ah Zhen, let's go to the bridge."

Five buildings of Wuyue Group have built a ring-shaped bridge on the third floor, which not only connects 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 people flashed over there, Ah Xing said awkwardly, "A while ago, Wu Yusen and Liang Chaowei were tricked by a production company in the island country. It was the Pujie Film and Television Company of Sumiyoshikai, which specializes in making special movies."

"It's the kind that is very special, a few people can perform the whole scene... At that time, I was drunk and confused, and I signed the contract as soon as I was teased."

"The contract also stated liquidated damages. There are five dramas, each of which has a liquidated damages. Director Wu's is not much, that is, one million, but Ah Weiding's liquidated damages are 100 million Hong Kong dollars."

"Sheng Zhao, I have the money to pay for Awei's 1500 million liquidated damages for the five departments, so that he can continue to repay the debt slowly. It's this kind of trap, and I feel quite suffocated and wronged."

Zhao Donghuai almost burst out laughing, "They are short-sighted, they were cheated by Xiang Laoshi once before, they got drunk and signed indiscriminately, are they still here?"

It's really not a big deal, it's a trivial matter. At this stage, Sumiyoshi will be very miserable. He sent a sentence to ask the new Yamaguchi group Murakami to come out and support it. It is easy to solve.

But Old Wu and Ah Wei? ?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Donghuai said, "In this way, the surname Wu still has a little bit of talent. It is not difficult to get rid of the evil operations of the Sumiyoshi Club, but...you let Lao Wu go to Hollywood to attract investment and make a movie ( Li Mei! Li Mei!)."

"If he can accomplish this and get the investment, he doesn't have to worry about the contract with Sumiyoshikai. If he can't get it, if the filming is not good, then he will lose money himself."

To Zhao Donghuai, this is a one-sentence matter, but Lao Wu has to prove that he has that talent and qualification.

Zhou Xingxing asked in astonishment, "(Li Mei! Li Mei!)? What movie is this?"

Zhao Donghuai explained, "During the Anti-Japanese War, Li Mei barbecued in North America. In 1945, a bomber group was sent to burn Tokyo and many other island cities, killing 50 islanders and leaving 800 million islanders homeless and displaced."

"Don't great directors always like to pursue art and pursue anti-war themes? Let's shoot this big event (Li Mei's barbecue). If he can get investment to shoot it, I don't mind him reintegrating into the film industry."

Ah Xing, "..."

Is it such a scary Li Mei BBQ?Is this tantamount to avenging the Nandu Massacre?
Filming this to reveal the profound connotation of the anti-war theme?It seems that after the filming is completed, there is a certain hope that it will become a blockbuster.

Zhao Donghuai continued, "I don't mind how old Wu fools investors and plays with artistic expressions. I just want one thing. At the end of the movie, a group of white ghosts opened a Limei barbecue chain restaurant in the island country. It is a little easter egg that is very popular in the island country."

"That Ah Wei will be the professional CEO in the little easter egg."

The next moment, Zhao Donghuai patted Ah Xing on the shoulder, "That's the deal, give him two years to raise investment, if he can't get it, he will either help Zhu Jihui make a movie, or you will help Ah Wei pay the money."

"Wang Jiawei can fool you. You and Huazai keep giving him money to collect scripts. It makes no sense that Lao Wu will be too far behind. When he formed the Taiping Round, wasn't he also full of pride and high spirits?"

"I'm not trying to make things difficult for him. At least this big movie is finished, and North Americans will enjoy watching it. The box office is promising, and the theme is deeper. It's not like there's no chance to win awards."

Zhou Xingxing suddenly realized, and then said, "I understand completely, but can I invest? I think this movie is very interesting."

"I heard that there is a film (Schindler's List) in Hollywood, which is also related to the anti-war war in World War II? Spielberg is the director, and the original novel is not only very popular, but also won several awards."

Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "Then your Tang Dynasty ham sausage and peeing beef balls still want to sell well in the island country?"

Zhou Xingxing suddenly realized again, "Yes, yes, there is also product dumping. It must be too ironic for Ah Wei to play that little Easter egg at the end..."

The next moment he also smiled and said, "I'm going to find Ah Wei right now. Actually, Director Wu and I are not familiar with each other. The relationship is very ordinary. It is Ah Wei... Hey, why did he sign such a movie in a daze? This is better than Fengyue movie There are too many pits."

This is not Fengyue, it is a tiankeng in an art valley directly next door to Hollywood.

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Outside the 100 Years Film Building.

When Zhou Xingxing got out of the car, the driver just drove away when he saw Wu Yusen and Ah Wei rushing out of the building, looking at A Xing with excitement and expectation.

A Xing smiled and waved his hands, "Let's go, go inside and say, Zhao Shengsong can help you settle this matter, but the condition is that it depends on your director Wu's own ability to make movies and save projects."

"Did you know that Li Mei set fire to Tokyo? This was one of the most powerful wars that led to the defeat of the island nation during the Anti-Japanese War and World War II. It was more lethal than the two mushroom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It directly killed 50 people, leaving 800 million Island Devils are homeless."

"Director Wu, as long as you can go to Hollywood for alms and get funds to support you to make this movie, the Sumiyoshi Club contract that you and Awei were tricked into signing will be void when the movie is finished."

Wu Yusen was overjoyed and shocked at the same time, "I went to Hollywood for alms? This..."

Zhou Xingxing shrugged and said, "Everyone is an adult, you can't sign things randomly when you are out of the house, especially the contract. Xiang Laoshi taught you this principle once."

Then he looked at Awei. After all, he and Awei are good friends. Even if they haven’t worked together, they still have friendship in private these years. He doesn’t like to see Awei in that kind of film, “Awei, as long as Director Wu succeeded in begging for help, so you can also play a role (Li Mei! Li Mei!) at that time, and it will be solved by the way."

Ah Wei wanted to cry, but he didn't know any other big directors outside, so why did he encounter such a blood-spitting thing after burning Director Wu's cold stove?

No, he knew Ah Xing, but the matter of self-esteem made him embarrassed to bow his head and ask Ah Xing for help, begging for help.

When he debuted on TVB, he became the male number two, and in the second year he became the male lead in Jin Yong's martial arts drama, playing Wei Xiaobao, Liu Dehua as the supporting role of Kangxi, and when they formed the TVB Five Tigers with Brother Hua, Ah Xing was still a dead man. of……

Now?Now he still has a monthly salary of several thousand Hong Kong dollars in TVB. Ah Xing is already a super tycoon of the 400-year film industry group with a market value of 100 billion, and his 8% share is also 32 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Counting it, Ah Xing is richer than Li Chaoren's Li family at this stage.

The Li family was fined 5 million for tax evasion in Mumbai, Baixiang. In addition to a series of reports from ATV and Kowloon Daily, the theater opened by the other party in Baixiang has become the largest piracy base in the Asian film industry and is destroying the brilliant Asian film industry. Industry.

The stock price of the Li family plummeted, directly falling below 100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Before the continuous report, the market value of Changshi was about 200 billion, but now it has fallen below 100 billion? ?It can only be said that the citizens and stockholders are not stupid. On the one hand, there is another kind of report, from the old-timers such as Hong Lingbao and Cheng Long to the new generation such as Bingbing and Azhi.

Numerous examples prove that becoming a star actor in the film and television industry is the easiest way for ordinary people to achieve class transition and become a fast lane to the rich. Which citizen does not want to get rich?Which citizen doesn't want their children to get rich?
It should be said that at this stage, when countless Hong Kong residents are cultivating the next generation, they enroll in various singing and dancing training classes, which is the biggest trend.

I can't, I can't expect my children to become dragons and phoenixes?The wish of Chinese parents to have their children become a dragon is passed down from generation to generation!

Countless citizens are counting on cultivating good sons and daughters to enter the circle and make a fortune, so that they can become the wealthy class.

The Li family turned into a piracy base to destroy the prosperity and prosperity of the film industry? ?Isn't this Nima a super villain?
The market value of the Li family has fallen below 10 billion. Li Chaoren borrowed a loan to buy an additional 30% of the shares before. Now he holds more than 30% of Changshi shares, and his total net worth is only [-] billion. Quan Huo lost several hundred million?

If he can't manage the comprehensive supermarkets and theaters on Baixiang's side in the future, and can't make a quick profit, he may not be far from bankruptcy.

And here, Zhou Xingxing not only has a 100-year film industry, but the Tang Dynasty Catering Group in his hand is also thriving. Hong Kong Haowan, Xingmatai and Daohan have a population of more than 2 million, and their monthly sales are stable at [-] million Hong Kong dollars. Above, it may be listed independently one day.

As for Zhou Xingxing's achievements in the film industry?Does that still need to be described one by one? In 100 years, the market value of the film industry exceeded 400 billion. It was because of the great success of the first and second films of Young and Dangerous, and a series of plans for subsequent sequels, that the group exploded again in March.

But who dares to deny the charm of Ah Xing, the king of comedy?
This is the former friends. At this stage, one is high and the other is humble like dust and dirt. That's why even if Ah Wei wants to be popular and rich, he is too embarrassed to ask Ah Xing for help, so he turns to burn Lao Wu's cold kitchen.

The result of burning the cold stove this time really shocked Ah Wei too much!

Wanting to cry without tears, although Ah Wei didn't want to, he still looked at Ah Xing longingly, "Brother Xing, please help me, Director Wu is going to Hollywood for alms, is it difficult? We can't even speak English... "

That's right, even when Wu Yusen fought in Hollywood in the original track, his friend Zhang Jiazhen was always his interpreter in the early years.

Various projects and opportunities have made Ah Zhen charge forward.

Ah Xing was speechless, "You are all gangsters, it's 1993, and you still don't speak English well?"

Wu Yusen continued to intercede with a smile, "Master Xing, please help me, I don't know you well, but Ah Wei is really... that kind of movie, if I direct it, I can change my alias, fake name, once Ah Wei starred in that kind of movie... that is??"

It's no problem, as directors, like Zeng Mowei, he often makes troubles with aliases and fake names. From (Crazy Coke) to various romantic movies, who can know so many behind-the-scenes?It is also difficult for movie fans to follow and track.

As for the actors... you played the role or are you the absolute protagonist?Then it can't be cleaned.

Ah Wei hurriedly passed a cigarette to Ah Xing, Zhou Xingxing thought about it speechlessly, "Let me give you a suggestion, you don't have too big or too brilliant achievements if you are confused, and going directly to Hollywood will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

"But if you can get Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey, Nicholas, etc., invite them to be the leading actors. If you can get an Oscar winner like Al Pacino, a senior godfather, then it will be easier."

"As long as you write (Li Mei! Li Mei!) the script, use the script to impress those superstars, and then bring the good news that the superstar will join, then whether you seek investment from Murdoch or Warner, you will have 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, show your persuasiveness when you called Xiang Laoshi and Deng Haorong to invest in (Taiping Wheel). As long as the script is done well, there is no hope."

"Director Wu, that kind of documentary film about the great war, it may not be a great resume if it is finished. Themes such as anti-war love can be mixed in."

The big scene of Li Mei's barbecue is much more magnificent and mighty than the Taiping Wheel, not only burned down... Thinking of this, Ah Wei hurriedly looked at A Xing, "How much space in Tokyo did Li Mei burn?"

Zhou Xingxing was stunned. If Zhao Donghuai hadn’t given him the popular science, he would not have been able to answer, “It burned down 22 mu of houses and factories in downtown Tokyo, and burned down more than 90 cities outside of Tokyo, basically big cities.”

Ah Wei was shocked and stunned, and Wu Yusen was similar. After being shocked, he took a long breath, "Now I have a picture in my mind, the overwhelming bomber fleet, countless incendiary bombs boiling, and million-level devils escaping in embarrassment."

"Hundreds of thousands of devils were blown to death, burned to death, smoked to death, and suffocated to death...it's a spectacle!"

How spectacular and brilliant this scene is, just thinking about it makes one's blood boil.

The small scene of the Taiping Wheel is really not worth mentioning compared with that one, and that was the B-1945 bomber in 29, which was all in 1993, as long as you have money, you should be able to rent it.

It is probably cheaper to rent these near Big Bear.

Wu Yusen was suddenly stimulated, feeling that he really had hope to make this great movie well.

(End of this chapter)