Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 537 [Big Brother Crossover]

"One Piece" serialized by "Manke SHOW" this year has once again achieved great success in Hong Kong. Currently, the sales volume of "Manke Show" through formal channels has exceeded 30 copies. In addition to informal channels, the sales volume of each issue has reached 45. Book.

The so-called informal channel means that Xiangjiang Magazine is sold in the three southeastern provinces of the mainland, especially in Guangdong Province, and another informal channel is Taiwan Island Province.

However, the sales volume of the genuine "Manke SHOW" is limited by the population base of Xiangjiang, so the sales volume is not high; therefore, this part of the income alone cannot support the comics department of Wanhui Media.

What really makes money is to authorize the overseas distribution of booklets, animations, and comic peripheral systems created by Wanhui Comics.

However, Lin Zuhui soon discovered that the fake products of Wanhui Comics were rampant in Asia, which had seriously restricted the profit growth of Wanhui Comics.

For example, "Manke Show", a pirated magazine from Taiwan Island, will appear on the market one month after the Hong Kong genuine magazine is published. The sales of a certain pirated "Manke Show" are as high as 30 copies Xiangjiang's formal sales channels are slightly higher, which is heartbreaking.

There are also pirated magazines of "Manke SHOW" in Xiangjiang. They are not sold in Xiangjiang, but are sold in the mainland.

Magazine piracy is serious, and single volumes are also unavoidable. The whole of Asia is full of piracy.

These are not the hardest hit areas, but the piracy around the comics, which is the most serious.The price of genuine figures, dolls, T-shirts, etc. is high after all, because he has copyright fees in it.However, the surrounding area of ​​the cottage is different. It almost appeared on the market at the factory price plus a small profit.

Although Wanhui Media has a dedicated team in these areas, it is still inevitable that about 7% of the market is occupied by pirated copies.

You must know that Wanhui Comics has produced four classic IP masterpieces from previous lives, and the annual income is only more than 6 million yuan (excluding the income of Hong Kong comics).

What is the concept of the four IP masterpieces? Lin Zuhui remembers that the IP values ​​of "One Piece" and "Pokémon" in previous lives were tens of billions of dollars.

Wanhui Comics didn't even make a fraction of it!

Lin Zuhui has also read a lot of Japanese comics. Compared with Wanhui comics, the quality is not much different; for example, Lin Zuhui gave a lot of references for the plot concept of "One Piece", and it is also the first time to use an element of Japanese comics—— Sensuality, joining One Piece, there are many beauties with big waves.The portrait of the protagonist Luffy is almost [-]% similar to that of the previous life.

Quality is definitely not a problem.

It’s just that the market is not as big as Japan’s. Otherwise, no matter how big the piracy overseas is, it won’t make so much money.

This is because Wanhui Comics has almost no "trial and error", otherwise if a project fails, the loss will be [-] to [-] million.For example, if "One Piece" does not buy it in Xiangjiang and overseas, Wanhui Media may lose hundreds of millions of project fees.

It is true that the income is too little, but it is helpless. Lin Zuhui can use the Legislative Council and the Executive Council of Xiangjiang to get the government to strengthen the crackdown on "cultural product" piracy, but Taiwan Island and Southeast Asia are completely powerless.

On the contrary, it is the Japanese market that gives Wanhui Comics the greatest support; but there are not many pirated copies there, but there are some serious traces of imitation; but anyway, there is a huge market there.

In fact, the piracy market in Xiangjiang is even more serious, because there are too many counterfeit factories here, even if the Hong Kong government strengthens the rectification in this area, the effect is still mediocre.After all, they are about to withdraw from Xiangjiang, so after the law is passed, they will not crack down hard.

Many factories in Xiangjiang are family workshops, and they are not afraid of being caught at all. After all, the consequences they need to bear are limited. At most, they will be fined.

You know, the peripheral products of Wanhui Comics are too popular, and there are too many people who take risks.

Lin Zuhui thought about it, how to deal with this matter?

In the previous life, there were a lot of pirated copies in the mainland, and they all learned from Xiangjiang and Taiwan Island. These two regions are the ancestors. Xiangjiang originally developed in the 60s and [-]s with copycat factories.

Lin Zuhui felt that if he wanted to change this situation, he and Mr. Dong proposed a comprehensive and systematic layout of "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong" during the financial crisis in 1998 and severely cracked down on piracy.

At that time, due to the great economic crisis in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong government must attach great importance to the healthy development of this industry and will definitely work hard.

It's like after the financial crisis in the previous life, Mr. Dong went to the doctor in a hurry, and the "cyberport" and "Chinese medicine port" were all created in the crisis to create a new economic impetus for Hong Kong.

In this life, by 1998, Lin Zuhui's "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong" system had been in full swing, and as long as the Hong Kong government and the mainland supported it, it would be able to make great achievements. (In the previous life, in order to support Xiangjiang through the economic crisis, the mainland also took great pains to open the Xiangjiang Free Tour, which brought a great impetus to the economic development of Xiangjiang. From this point of view, the mainland attaches great importance to the economic development of Xiangjiang)

Soon, Lin Zuhui decided that he didn't need to worry about the current piracy problem, because he couldn't change too much after all.

The advantage of ATV Group and Wanhui Media is that there is no need for trial and error, which greatly reduces the cost of success; because both companies use the classic works of the previous life, and then develop new works, which guarantees success , without worrying about failure.

Therefore, even if the current environment is not good (too many piracy and insufficient government attention), Lin Zuhui's "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong" can still develop very well.

"Boss" Long Jingchang's respectful voice brought Lin Zuhui back to reality.

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said: "I thought about it, the company's legal department still has some problems. When fighting piracy, don't always make the target and scope too big, which will be inefficient and ineffective."

Long Jingchang quickly understood Lin Zuhui's meaning, and said, "The boss means to kill chickens and monkeys, and we focus on those large-scale companies."

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "That's right, that's it. If you concentrate on getting them done, those family workshops will be restrained. Large-scale ones can also be brought in and incorporated, so that the work will be much easier."

Long Jingchang's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "I understand. Focus on suing those who don't listen to us. Authorize some more, in the form of entrustment, so that they can earn money without us having to lose a lot."

Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "That's the reason, so the company recruited some people from the legal department, and then contacted local lawyers to carry out a unified action. For example, in Taiwan, we can authorize local people to act as agents and let local people join in. "

Although the profit has been distributed, at least it is not a waste of money.

In Lin Zuhui's view, it doesn't matter if he can't make a lot of money now, the value of IP is getting bigger and bigger, and society is also improving, and the future will be the best harvest season.

A movie of "Detective Conan" can have a box office of hundreds of millions; the game copyright of "Pokémon" may be hundreds of kinds, and the total IP value is as high as 850 billion US dollars; the copyright of "One Piece" is also It's worth a fortune, worth $200 billion.

The value of these works has not even begun at all.

How severe the current piracy is, how much will be gained in the future.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Long Jingchang said confidently.

In fact, none of the people in Wanhui Media would have thought that Wanhui Comics would make so much money, especially the four classic works, it was like being dug up a treasure by Wanhui Media.

However, careful people will find that it is not Wanhui Media who has found the treasure, but Wanhui Comics has found the treasure in preparation.

To put it simply, at the beginning of the creation of these four works, the company has already formed a team. This team has Japanese chief writers and screenwriters, and they are all hired with high salaries (annual salary of more than 500 million Hong Kong dollars). Tens of millions of dollars have been invested.

Obviously, if the company is not confident, how can it invest so much.

What's more, Wanhui Comics has been cultivating local cartoonists, and has achieved great results so far. After the Japanese lead writer was sacked, the comic works will not be greatly affected.

After Long Jingchang left, Lin Zuhui looked pensive.

Do you want to talk to Fei Peng about "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong"?

If you take the "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong" plan he planned, go to Fei Peng.I believe that by virtue of Lin Zuhui's influence and the British Hong Kong government can make a fortune from it, there will be no problem with writing this plan into the government's policy report.

However, Lin Zuhui still felt that the time was not ripe!

It's not that he has any prejudice against the current Hong Kong government. After all, he has never participated in ZZ's opinions.

When is the time to be considered ripe?

First, the Asian financial crisis is considered the most important; only in a crisis, the government will pay attention to some issues; for example, South Korea in the previous life formulated a national policy after the financial crisis-cultural country; for example, Mr. Dong in the previous life was During the financial crisis, "Cyberport" and "Chinese Medicine Port" were launched.

Second, ATV Group and Wanhui Media, the two companies have a mature system of "Cultural Establishment in Hong Kong", so that after formulating a general policy, they can lead Hong Kong in one fell swoop, quickly attack overseas cultural markets, and export "Hong Kong culture" .

So before 1998, laying the foundation was the most important thing.

In fact, with Lin Zuhui's identity, it is far more than just affecting the company, but the entire industry of Xiangjiang, and even the infrastructure.

In terms of infrastructure:

For example, in the universities and colleges in Xiangjiang, Lin Zuhui has a large amount of donations, so they will cater to Lin Zuhui's mind, open new subjects or strengthen the teaching quality of a certain subject.

For example, Wanhui Media and ATV Group have a large number of training courses, providing a steady stream of talent models.

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In mid-April, "Economic Daily", "Daily Daily" and other media published an article by Lin Zuhui "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong", which aroused extensive discussions in Xiangjiang.

In the article, Lin Zuhui also made a comparison between Singapore and Xiangjiang. After ten years of bold analysis, Singapore’s per capita GDP will exceed that of Xiangjiang. Transferred and will gradually disappear Tae Jin.

Of course, this part of the content is just a brief analysis. The point is that Lin Zuhui once again completed the comprehensive field of "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong".

This time he added the fields of games and software, and asserted based on the "Information Superhighway" formulated by the United States last year that the future will be dominated by the Internet.

He pointed out in the article, what can Xiangjiang do?

And 'Cultural Ligang' is the best way with the least cost.

In terms of games, the 80s may have been dominated by arcade, handheld, and console games, but after the mid-90s, it will gradually become the world of computer games.

The article also touches on movies, pointing out that last year "Jurassic Park" became the No. [-] box office in Hong Kong. Its release is not only for Hong Kong, but also the beginning of the fall of the Asian market. It also marks the beginning of American Hollywood blockbusters dominating the world.

He pointed out that Hong Kong is limited by the small market, and it is impossible to replicate the success of Hollywood, but if there are better ideas, perhaps Hong Kong films will not disappear in ten years.

The news is out.

Xiangjiang's public opinion immediately exploded, and the society was full of discussions.

After all, Lin Zuhui's own success is full of legends. The 20-year-old chairman of a listed company is the world's richest man under the age of 30; therefore, his words and deeds have attracted much attention, not only Xiangjiang, but also the world's richest man. Everyone is paying attention.

Xiangjiang University of Science and Technology immediately invited Lin Zuhui to give a speech at the school, and Lin Zuhui agreed.He himself is an honorary doctor of Hongkong University of Science and Technology, a school director, and the largest donor of the university, with a cumulative donation of 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

And this university is also the hope of Xiangjiang Internet talents. Lin Zuhui seems to remember that in his previous life, Bill Gates came to this school to give a speech in 1995, before stepping into the mainland.

Just in time, Lin Zuhui planned to give a speech on the theme of 'Internet'.

It can be said that if he starts an Internet business, not to mention being greater than Bill Gates, at least he can be on an equal footing.For example, if he immigrates to the United States, he can do search engines, Internet shopping, and social software, which is simply beating other entrepreneurs.Of course he doesn't understand technology, but Microsoft is no longer Bill Gates writing code. Microsoft now has thousands of programmers.

Of course, it is impossible for him to immigrate. He has separated his eggs into several baskets.

Lin Zuhui believes that in another ten years, he will still be said to be great because he is a big shot in the Internet.

……

"Resident Evil" crew.

The arrival of Lin Zuhui almost made Yuan Liangliang cry bitterly. She felt that she was fooled by this man. It was too hard to shoot an action movie, and it was a horror sci-fi movie like zombies, which affected her life even more recently.

But Lin Zuhui really didn't fool her, not only gave her a luxury house in Diligendege, worth nearly 2000 million; but also spared time every month to fight her and send her to heaven.

Lin Zuhui smiled and greeted director Wu Yusen and action director Yuan Heping. Wu Yusen was invited back from the United States by him. He had established a firm foothold in Hollywood the year before last, but DreamWorks trained him, so the relationship is still there.

"Director Wu, do you think our movie can be released in Hollywood?" Lin Zuhui asked.

Wu Yusen nodded without hesitation, and said, "I think it's okay. The investment and subject matter are quite suitable for Hollywood."

People around were in disbelief. This was the first time they heard clear news. In fact, it is not uncommon for Hong Kong movies to enter Hollywood, but that is the patent of Bruce Lee and Cheng Long.Like Zhou Runhua, he was only invited to film in Hollywood.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It cost 1500 million US dollars, and I can't even touch the threshold of Hollywood, so I won't be convinced."

Everyone laughed. The final budget of this film was 1500 million US dollars, but the actual budget was almost exceeded. It is estimated that the final investment will be 1600 million US dollars.The biggest investment is computer special effects and a team from Hollywood, which is really expensive.

In fact, the most convincing thing is the script, which made Wu Yusen, a Hollywood director, choose to come back to film without saying a word, although he has no other shooting tasks in the first half of this year.

Lin Zuhui changed some places in this movie. For example, "Red Queen" is not called a supercomputer, but "artificial intelligence", which sounds awesome.

After chatting with several leading actors for a while, Lin Zuhui was invited into the dressing room, because he was going to play a zombie and planned to play cross-border.

He was not a serious rich man in the first place, even more exaggerated than the boss of Oracle in the United States. Others are really playing with women. Lin Zuhui has three wives and four concubines with many lovers.

So, based on this alone, it is impossible for him to have the reputation of Li Chaoren, so Lin Zuhui doesn't care about it now.

Anyway, just to play!

There are also Hollywood make-up artists, and the Xiangjiang team took the opportunity to learn from them; Lin Zuhui also commented on the script, for example, the zombie dog is made up by a Doberman pinscher, and the licker and the red queen are computer special effects...

Lin Zuhui's zombie appearance made the entire crew laugh so badly. Not only did he come out with makeup on, but his movements were exactly the same as those in the zombie movies in his previous life. He tilted his neck, stretched his hands back and stretched his heels back, and he really performed. The zombies move uncontrollably.

Wu Yusen said seriously: "Why are you laughing, this is called professionalism, ready to start work!"

Inadvertently, he completed another flattery!

Lin Zuhui's scene only had a few scenes, but it was a scene with Yuan Liangliang, who was beaten to death by her.The filming went smoothly, but everyone also saw that Yuan Liangliang and Lin Zuhui seemed to know each other and had an unusual relationship.

Fortunately, no one dared to say anything more.

After a drama addiction, Lin Zuhui watched the filming scene from the sidelines, lost in thought.

He has a lot of Hollywood scripts in his mind. The difficult ones are definitely not plagiarized, but there are still many that can be plagiarized.If you give up because of a loss, it is obviously unreasonable.

Is he short of money?

If there is no shortage, why not shoot it!

Simply, in the name of private investment, a few films are made every year, just as a ticket.

The definition of success is very broad. In previous lives, Korean movies and Indian movies can also be regarded as success, and they don't necessarily have to be as successful as Hollywood.

Lin Zuhui also watched a lot of Korean movies in his previous life, such as "Han River Monster", "Snowpiercer", "Train to Busan", "Parasite"... Bangzi is so annoying, why give them a way out.

There are also some small-cost classic movies in Hollywood, which are also used for fun.

It would be a good thing to improve the overall quality of Xiangjiang's movies through this leading role.

The important thing is that he is the one who is doing the "Cultural Establishment of Hong Kong", so he must do it well in an all-round way and not miss a homework.

Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui plans to shoot another Hollywood movie this year, let's adapt "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". This movie is more suitable for the current environment.

Chapter 538 [Big Brother and Queen]

After the crew of "Resident Evil" completed the crossover, Lin Zuhui invited Yuan Liangliang to Diligendege for a party in the evening. This woman has become Lin Zuhui's source of freshness.Of course, there might be two private meetings once a month, otherwise it would be nothing new.

At this time, Lin Zuhui, Cai Shaofen, and Hong Xin had already broken up. After all, the novelty was over, and Lin Zuhui's imprint and some precious memories were left on the two women's bodies.

Although Lin Zuhui loves to play, he has never betrayed these women. It is almost impossible for any woman who gets along well with him to be the plaything of the rich again, and the worst is to get married.The reason is very simple, they have money, simply take Hong Xin as an example, Lin Zuhui gave her properties worth tens of millions, and the other gifts and cash are almost tens of millions.