Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 625
How rich is Japan now?To give an example, it controls the Asian Development Bank just like the United States controls the World Bank.

The rules of the World Bank's right to speak are simple and crude, that is, whoever owns the most shares has the final say.Of course, the United States has the largest shareholding, and the successive presidents of the World Bank are all Americans.

According to regulations, any important resolution of the World Bank must have 80.00% of the votes in favor to be passed.The United States' share has never been less than 15.00%.

In other words, the United States always has more than 15.00% of the voting power, and thus has a unique veto power.

The Asian Development Bank, established in 1966 and headquartered in Manila, Philippines, also followed the World Bank's mechanism - whoever has the money has the final say.

Who is the richest in Asia?Of course it’s Japan!Its shareholding in the Asian Development Bank increased from 1972% in 30.4 to 1981% in 41.9, and the upward trend has never stopped.

Although there are still more than two months until 1986, judging from current data, Japan's shareholding ratio in the Asian Development Bank will definitely exceed 50.00% next year.

It is precisely because of this situation that one company is absolutely dominant, it is not surprising that the previous presidents of the Asian Development Bank are all Japanese.

What are the benefits of controlling economic organizations such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank?The most obvious thing is that if you want to join our group or borrow money from us, then you have to follow our rules of the game and get closer at all levels of the country.

China is not yet a member of the Asian Development Bank, but judging from the progress of the current negotiations, it is expected to enter the club of the Asian economic circle as soon as next year, and the game in it can be imagined.

Logically speaking, no matter how many threats there are, Japan, the largest shareholder of the Asian Development Bank, has always objectively promoted the development of the Asian economy, which can be regarded as making up for the war crimes committed during World War II.

But this is not the case. Japan brought in private goods in the process and gained huge economic benefits.

The Asian Development Bank's loan targets are mainly Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, and the Philippines, all of which are important trading partners of Japan.

This selfishness can be seen from the period from 1967 to 1972 when the Asian Development Bank was first established, the above-mentioned countries received 78.48% of the total loans of the Asian Development Bank.

It can be said that the Asian Development Bank is Japan's small finance department.This is also a reliance on Japan's courage to accept the appreciation of the yen, and the Asian Development Bank can help it transfer excess domestic capital.

In addition, every Japanese who serves as the president of the Asian Development Bank is almost like a celebrity. In addition to high-profile words and deeds, they are also ambitiously trying to further expand the influence of the Asian Development Bank, so that they will naturally cooperate with the largest shareholder of the World Bank. At the same time, the United States, which is also the second largest shareholder of the Asian Development Bank, had differences in ideas, which led to constant friction.

Just at this year's annual meeting, the American father expressed strong dissatisfaction, thinking that the Japanese son who had been supported by one hand had grown stronger and dared to challenge himself.

Those who show off their wealth are always hated by others, especially if they don't know how to restrain themselves and be arrogant.Japan at the present stage is in such a delicate situation where it looks beautiful on the outside, but is actually alienated from morality.

Among those weak partners, those who get the benefits are naturally rejoicing, while those who don't get it dare not speak out. And the United States, a powerful partner, is obviously thinking about how to beat this slave who is a bit disobedient at first.

The film about Japanese orphans produced by Tang Huan is definitely a moral slap in the face, and it is still from the perspective of the Japanese—you are so rich, it’s fine if you don’t compensate outsiders, how can you be right? Are your own people so rogue?
The left-wing forces in the Japanese political arena who wanted to gain the right to speak seized this commanding height at once and fueled the flames.Even if someone wants to obstruct it, such as preventing "The Forsaken" from participating in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film on behalf of Japan, they dare not take the lead.

Although Tang Huan behaved very modestly in Dongbao, he was as clear as a mirror in his heart. Oscar was very "interested" in the movie "The Forsaken".

Under such karma, the commercial performance of "The Forgotten" in Japanese theaters is not as high-brow as literary films with profound themes. Many admiring audiences go to see this movie specifically. The name says, uncover the scars of Japan to see how ugly it is, so that we can understand the current Japan rationally.

Tang Huan privately commented on "The Forsaken" that there is no delay in making money and promoting it!

As a result, after dealing with the affairs on the Japanese side, he left for Xiangjiang and found that there was another movie in a similar situation-Hong Jinbao took his own team and went to Funan to shoot the movie "Oriental Condor". It's showing right now.

When he saw Hong Jinbao who hadn't seen him for a long time, Tang Huan asked in great surprise: "I remember correctly, you seem to have lost a lot of weight, did you lose weight on purpose?"

There is a reason for Tang Huan's surprise. Just like in the previously released movie "Fast Truck", when Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long, who played private detectives, wanted to enter the castle, he said, "When have you ever seen a big man?" "Stupid elephants can climb trees", and its body is quite bloated.

But now, not only did Hong Jinbao look slimmer, but his face also lost a lot of weight.

"It's so troublesome." Hong Jinbao, who was teased, replied with a wry smile: "In the past few months of filming "Oriental Condor", we must not only ensure the progress, but also maintain the standard, and it is difficult to shoot scenes in the unfamiliar Funan. Sometimes I have to face the threat of sporadic wars, and I have suffered a lot. Fortunately, "Oriental Condor" has not been released for many days, but its performance is not bad."

"You have really worked hard." Tang Huan nodded appreciatively, "Xiangjiang Communications is doing the marketing promotion of the "Big Brother" brand of mobile phone business, your style is very suitable, go try it."

Obviously, this was Tang Huan's reward to Hong Jinbao, giving him a well-paid advertising endorsement.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, for taking care of me." Hong Jinbao said with a glowing face.

He just wanted to get a recognition from Tang Huan, otherwise he wouldn't have risked his life so much during the filming of "Oriental Condor".Now it seems that everything is worth the price of admission.

While continuing to chat with Hong Jinbao, Tang Huan casually flipped through the latest "Film Dealer Weekly". There were introductions to several movies including "Oriental Condor", such as "Cheng Long" which will be released soon. The "Police Story" directed by himself.

It has to be pointed out that the prosperity of the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industry, represented by the golden age of the Xiangjiang film industry, has further stimulated the activity of the Xiangjiang media, especially the various gossip reports on the entertainment page, which can be described as endless.

To some extent, Xiangjiang is a star society.Of course, this celebrity does not only refer to the focal figures in the literary and art circles, but also includes some people who are good at showing off in the political and economic fields.

But Xiangjiang is just a small place with a limited circle, and if the star's hype goes on for a long time, he will be disgusted.

Under such circumstances, the gossip media, which were already struggling to survive, began to compete for the lower limit, creating all kinds of attention-grabbing headlines.

For the entertainment circle, it is natural that gossip has become the most popular and most immediate method of reporting.Perhaps, there is also the tacit optimism of the parties concerned in order to expand their popularity, commercial interests, and other considerations.

Take Cheng Long, who was attacked by his Hollywood counterparts during the filming of the movie "The Dragon Detective", and "Police Story", which he worked hard to prove himself, staged such a farce.Cheng Long and the two beauties in the film - Lin Qingxia and Zhang Manyu, can spread a new version of gossip every day.

In contrast, a few publications such as "Ming Pao Weekly" and "Film Dealer Weekly" are still clinging to their old-fashioned and prudent reporting style, and disdain those frivolous news, hoping to please older middle-class readers .

After quickly browsing a few articles in "Film Dealer Weekly", Tang Huan roughly understood where the brilliant response of "Oriental Condor" was.

First of all, "Oriental Condor" set a precedent. The war scenes in it were magnificent and could even be described as luxurious, which greatly stimulated the audience's adrenal glands.

Secondly, the members of the "Hong Family Class" showed their wonderful skills in all aspects, which gave everyone a new understanding.

In short, the war-torn "Oriental Condor" gave Hong Kong audiences a novel enough viewing experience.

Another point I have to mention is that the Angkor Wat shown in "Oriental Condor" has aroused the interest of many people, which in turn helped Funan gain more sympathy.

In fact, in Tang Huan's opinion, as long as this movie with Funan as the background can attract as many people as possible to watch, it will be considered a success.

And according to the statistics of Heung Kong Cinemas Group, "Oriental Condor", which invested a lot of money, can not only recover the cost, but also make a fortune. Like "The Forgotten", it has achieved "no delay in making money and publicity". What else could this boss be dissatisfied with?

Putting down the "Film Biweekly" in his hand, Tang Huan ordered: "I haven't watched "Oriental Condor", arrange a special show for me, and then have a celebration banquet with the crew."

Hong Jinbao slapped his thigh excitedly, "I knew Tang Sheng would reward us, so when someone proposed to hold a celebration event, I suppressed it."

"After "Oriental Condor" is released in Funan, I'll treat you to a state banquet." Tang Huan patted Hong Jinbao on the shoulder and joked, "As long as you don't worry about your figure."

……

Tang Huan specially held a celebration banquet for a film he invested in. Not to mention the first time, but it was also a very new thing, which attracted many guests, including many tycoon figures like Zou Wenhuai.

He congratulated Tang Huan with a happy face and said, "The most conservative estimate is that "Oriental Condor" will be a blockbuster with a box office of over 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. Tang Sheng's vision has always been accurate."

"I'm not being disrespectful to this compliment. After all, "Mr. Zombie", which everyone was not optimistic about before, has staged a major reversal, and it has also become one of the blockbusters with a box office of over 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. No one agrees. I just don’t know if Golden Harvest regrets letting me take a piece of the pie.” Tang Huan joked with Zou Wenhuai meaningfully.

"I'm so happy, there's no regrets." Zou Wenhuai laughed heartily.

"Mr. Zombie", which cost a total of 850 million, but the box office was only predicted to be 600 million, finally surpassed 2000 million Hong Kong dollars at the local box office alone, which really surprised Zou Wenhuai and others from Golden Harvest.

However, they take it for granted that the commercial revival of "Mr. Zombie" is mainly due to the Xiangjiang Cinema Group, which has fully entered the state, and there are ready-made examples to support such speculation.

For example, during the Lunar New Year period this year, due to the vicious competition among the three theaters, the box office of "Fu Xing Gao Zhao", which had just reached the 2000 million Hong Kong dollar standard of the top-selling film, released the sequel "Summer Lucky Star" with the same style half a year later, easily surpassing it. With 3000 million Hong Kong dollars, the producers outside of DreamWorks also tasted the wonderful feeling of standing on the cloud.

In fact, such a chain group that has concentrated the best cinema resources in Hong Kong has allowed the outside world to see its true power starting from this summer season. The most obvious examples are the "Happy Magic" series and "Happy Ghost" A series of harmonious interactions.

After Huang Boming privately founded an independent film company called Tianma Productions outside New Art City, he launched a school comedy film "Happy" starring some members of Girls' Generation with a production cost of only more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars. "Ghost", it turned out that when it was released, it happened to coincide with "Happy Magic", which was more well-produced and tailored for Girls' Generation.

However, after the ingenious arrangement and scheduling of DreamWorks Cinemas, a supernatural style and a sci-fi style coexist peacefully and complement each other in the summer, directly crushing the "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" created by a senior team that was released at the same time. "Happy Ghost" sold about 1500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the relatively high-cost "Happy Magic" sold 2500 million Hong Kong dollars.

Even though Mai Dangxiong and others and Jiahe were very unconvinced at the time, but the data was there, and they could only secretly admit that DreamWorks' business routines were superior.

This year, both "Happy Ghost" and "Happy Magic" have taken advantage of the trend to launch their respective sequels, and they are in the same line in terms of budget, actors, and plot.But one thing is different is that they rely more heavily on Girls’ Generation, which is gold-plated and popular in Japan, such as letting them arrange all movie songs, etc. As a result, the trend of success is also expanding. Japan is also very popular.

After all these, a discerning person like Zou Wenhuai naturally discovered the benefits of this kind of concentration of resources; moreover, this has been confirmed by the current personal experience.

Although many people pointed out that what Tang Huan played in Xiangjiang is just another advanced version of the big studio system, it is nothing more than using more advanced concepts and methods from the United States to achieve it.But bosses love the model.At the very least, after the box office revenue optimization of the Heung Kong Cinemas Group, many films have benefited a lot from overseas distribution with broader prospects.

Zou Wenhuai secretly lamented why he could not manage such a monopoly structure, but also stepped up the pace of supporting the existing mechanism of the Hong Kong Cinema Group, and re-evaluated the feasibility of Hong Kong films entering Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)