Chapter 699: The Glory of the Hong Kong Film Market

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded. He also knew that in this era without the Internet, collecting information was rather cumbersome.

Three days later, Lin Youqing came to Yang Wendong's office again and handed a series of information to Yang Wendong, saying, "Mr. Yang, these are the information that the United States has urgently collected, and then arranged for someone to take the nearest flight back to Hong Kong."

For important information that is not long, it is most efficient to describe it over the phone and have the other party record it. However, if the information is too much, it must be sent back in person, which is the fastest way.

"Yeah." Yang Wendong nodded and began to read it carefully.

After a while, Yang Wendong asked, "Can we invest in Jimmy Carter?"

Lin Youqi replied: "Mr. Yang, this person is the governor of Georgia and has a high status in the Democratic Party of the United States. If we are on good terms with him, then it may not be a problem to meet him appropriately, but if we want to invest in him, it will be difficult.

Some ZKs in the United States, especially the top ones, do not accept any capital for investment. If you donate, they will accept it, but in terms of relationships, they are far inferior to those in their core circle. "

"That's right. Just because you have a little money doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." Yang Wendong smiled.
In fact, compared with the wealth of some American financial groups, their achievements in Hong Kong are still not good enough. Before the rise of electronic technology and the Internet, it was very difficult for latecomers to catch up with those top global financial groups.

There are also many large and small financial groups in the United States, but not many of them are qualified to participate in ZZ. Most of them participate in local ZZ, not at the national level.

Some powerful senators, congressmen, governors and the like have no shortage of investors around them. They will not refuse money from outsiders, but even if they have a liking for them, it is unlikely that they will really get a big return. Otherwise, so many rich people would have given them money long ago.

ZZ is actually a kind of compromise. Even some legal transactions cannot be known to everyone.

Lin Youqing added: “Yes, given the current situation of our group, it is already very good to be able to hook up with an ordinary congressman or governor;

How we will get along in the future depends on how much legal income the arcade can bring to their family. If it is enough, the relationship will improve, and perhaps we can use it as a springboard to get to know other ZZ people."

"Okay, let's try cooperating with the Gore family first." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "After cooperating for a while, they will see the benefits. Next time I go to the United States, I will find an opportunity to meet with this congressman."

The United States is not like the United Kingdom. This large group is extremely influential and has a large number of members. Thanks to the relationship between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Yang Wendong, the head of the first financial group in Hong Kong, can directly meet with powerful figures in the British government, such as Thatcher.

But in the United States, it is much more difficult. Although it cannot be said that you will never see them, if there is nothing to do, there is no need to make a fuss. Changxing Group itself did not have much business in the United States before.

If you need to invest on a large scale in the United States today, you have to appropriately participate in this world's richest game, but everything should be done in moderation, and a little connection will suffice.

First, make friends with someone who is willing to cooperate, and use this person's ability to expand the company's scale and performance in the United States. Then, whether from a business or political perspective, you will naturally be able to come into contact with more powerful people. At that time, your "prophet's golden finger" can play an accurate target role.

He knew the presidents of the late 70s and 80s. If he had the chance, he could naturally make friends with them in the future, or even sponsor them through some legal means during their election. Anyway, he had never thought about any policy returns. He just needed to ensure that his American business was normal. With his vision for the future, as long as he was not embarrassed politically, it would not be difficult for him to achieve results.

As for the Bush family, Clintons, etc. after the 90s, there is no rush to invest. It is still too early. Now I only need to prepare for the 80s, and then prepare for the 80s after the 90s.

Lin Youqi smiled and said, "Okay, then after I return to the United States this time, I will discuss the follow-up cooperation matters with the Gore family."

"Okay, in addition to ZZ Investment, we also urgently hope to have a complete channel partner in the United States. Otherwise, it would be a waste of energy for us to connect with so many bars ourselves." Yang Wendong said again.

If the other party can successfully build a channel covering bars across the United States, it will be a very convenient thing for Honor, especially for sales, after-sales, taxes, tariffs, internal transportation and a lot of other issues. These businesses are too cumbersome for outsiders to operate, and local capital can do better.

At the end of May, summer gradually arrived in Hong Kong and the weather became hot. Yang Wendong brought a muscular man to the gym on the 5th floor. This is a fitness venue open to employees for free, but the people who really come here are usually the company's senior executives.
"Xiaolong, the conditions here are pretty good. You can come here to practice if you have nothing to do during your time in Hong Kong." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

The person next to him was Li Xiaolong, who had recently returned from the United States. Last year, in 1972, the new movie co-produced by Li Xiaolong and Paramount once again achieved good results in the United States, which also made Li Xiaolong the most popular Hollywood star in the United States.
On the other hand, with the investment of Changxing Group Capital in the United States, many Jeet Kune Do martial arts schools have been built all over the United States. Many white, black and Chinese Americans have gone there to learn. This has made the business of martial arts schools profitable. In this way, they can use bank funds to develop positively.
Although the profit will not be very high, and the martial arts school is still a joint venture between Yang Wendong and Li Xiaolong, Yang Wendong is still very happy to see the expansion of Chinese martial arts on a global level;

Li Xiaolong is currently filming his second movie with Paramount. This one is simpler, so it was completed in a few months and is scheduled to be released in the summer. Li Xiaolong took advantage of the rest time to return to Hong Kong.

Li Xiaolong shook his head and said, "You can come and practice, but I don't think I have the time. I plan to stay in Hong Kong for a month this time, but not to rest, but to make a Hong Kong movie." "Make a Hong Kong movie?" Yang Wendong asked curiously, "The income from this is far less than that from Hollywood, right?"

Although several of Li Xiaolong's Hong Kong films were very popular in Hong Kong and Asia, their performance in the United States was far worse. This is not to say that the content of the films is different, or that one side is more concerned, but a matter of market size;

Hollywood movies, in the American market alone, can almost beat all other global markets combined and are stronger than the entire Asia. So even if the performance in the United States is average, the economic benefits are still better than the Hong Kong blockbusters. Not to mention, in addition to box office, American movies have a lot of peripheral areas to expand. In particular, the videotape market is about to explode, which is a new peripheral market that can make more money than the box office.

Li Xiaolong laughed and said, “I went back to Hong Kong to make a movie, mainly because I have been shooting with foreigners for the past two years, and now I want to make another movie with all Chinese people;

Anyway, the filming speed in Hong Kong is very fast, which is completely incomparable to Hollywood. One month is enough to shoot a Hong Kong movie. I also thought of the plot of the movie at the beginning of the year. "

"Okay, since you are ready, we can shoot." Yang Wendong could not object, so he said, "But you have been working so hard over the years, I am worried about your health. Although you are very strong, no matter who you are, you need to rest."

Originally, in history, Li Xiaolong died in July 73, which is now relatively close. Although Li Xiaolong's life has become completely different in the past few years because of his intervention, he is still a little worried;

If history repeats itself, his business plans will be in vain and he will have to start over again;
In addition, over the years, although he and Li Xiaolong were not very good friends, they were still friends, and he did not want his friend to die young.

Li Xiaolong smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm in good health. I'm following your request and getting a full body checkup every six months. I also have a Chinese medicine practitioner by my side to take care of my body at all times. There won't be any problems."

"Okay, then you should take care of yourself. Don't forget that you still have two children. Don't wait until you have health problems and then regret it." Seeing Li Xiaolong like this, Yang Wendong didn't know what to say.

There is an old saying: "Words are not as good as actions, and actions are not as good as deeds."

In his previous life, he had seen many people who, when they were healthy, worked hard to make money by overdrawing their bodies, staying up late and sitting for long periods of time, etc. No matter who advised them, they would not listen, always thinking that making money was the most important thing, until they had health problems, their mentality would change;

Some people are lucky and even if they have problems, they can still recover. But for some serious problems, such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction, there may be no chance to regret.

Yang Wendong was also aware of Li Xiaolong's condition. The Chinese medicine doctor next to him was also arranged by Yang Wendong. According to what the old Chinese medicine doctor said, he also advised Li Xiaolong to rest, but Li Xiaolong did not listen. No matter how good the medical skills are, if you encounter an uncooperative person, there is often nothing you can do and you can only try your best.

For some workaholics, some even regard their career as more important than their lives, and they would stay at their posts until the last moment even if they were terminally ill. Yang Wendong really did not understand these people, but he also respected them.

Soon, Li Xiaolong told Yang Wendong the general plot of the movie he designed. This is a traditional police and gangster story, which is a popular theme in Hong Kong and even around the world. The content is a bit old-fashioned, but as long as the fighting is exciting, it is still good.

After listening to it, Yang Wendong said: “The content is good, but there is actually a problem with this genre, which is that it over-exaggerates the fighting ability and ignores the hot weapons;
Hong Kong movies couldn’t avoid this problem before, so they chose the Republic of China period or gang fights in the early days. But now there are more and more police and gangster movies, which are all fights without hot weapons, which seems a bit too fake. Rational consumers can notice this problem. "

This is also a common problem in many martial arts films. After all, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, they can't stop a bullet, so movies and TV series deliberately ignore this problem. But as people watch more of this kind of plot, many people think of this.
Even Jin Yong's martial arts dramas ignored the role of martial arts masters. It was obvious that they could easily cut off the enemy army's logistics with martial arts, but they had to confront the army head-on, which was really a bit stupid.

After listening to this, Li Xiaolong agreed and said, "I have thought about this question a long time ago, so I am also going to add a gunfight plot to the new movie. However, at the right time, the protagonist and the enemy can get very close and then engage in close combat."

"Well, sure. You can do whatever you want. I also hope you can make more exciting Hong Kong movies." Yang Wendong added, "In fact, the Hong Kong film market has been much more popular in the past two years than it was a few years ago. After you opened up the Asian market, other Hong Kong films also gained a lot of profits from foreign theaters, and this money fed back to the Hong Kong film industry.

Not only our film company, but many other film companies have also achieved success, and many stars have become famous throughout Asia."

For movies, if you want to enter overseas markets, you often have to rely on a breakthrough. For example, in the past, before the 90s, although Hollywood had a market overseas, in Asia there were Hong Kong films, Japan had local films, and Europe also had its own domestic films. In these, Hollywood could only make a little money, and was not very strong, and was often suppressed by local films.
But the movie "Jurassic Park" completely swept the global box office market and made the concept of "blockbuster" deeply rooted in people's minds. Coupled with the advanced technology in the United States in this area and the fact that the domestic market could make a profit, American movies eventually swept the world, snatched away the market of other local film companies, caused the decline of movies in various places, and finally Hollywood dominated the world.

The same is true for Hong Kong films today. In the early years, they relied on various films that were famous in Hong Kong to be sold only to Chinese people in Southeast Asia. Until Li Xiaolong's films became popular, they carved out a new path for themselves. Not only did they conquer the natives of Southeast Asia, but they also conquered the extremely closed markets of Japan and South Korea.
It's easy after that. If one movie is successful, then other movies in these countries will become the ones that people in these countries will consider watching. Even if only a small number of people like it in the end, but based on hundreds of millions of people, even a small number of them can far exceed the total population of Hong Kong. Even if the local authorities deduct the cooperation fee and then distribute it to the Hong Kong film industry, it will be several times better than before.

The huge profits naturally attracted a large number of talents to join. Now, the Hong Kong film industry no longer needs Yang Wendong's attention. Countless talents have crowded in, creating the glory of the Hong Kong film market in advance.

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(End of this chapter)

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