I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

During the National Day holiday in October, Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu, accompanied by seven or eight bodyguards, came to Hong Kong Island in a low-key manner.

As soon as the group walked out of the airport passage, they saw a middle-aged man in a black suit already waiting. Two young employees, a man and a woman, stood behind him holding a pick-up sign.

Seeing Li Zhe and the others coming out, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

"Mr. Li, welcome!"

Li Zhe shook hands with the other party and said, "Hello, Manager Zhang!"

This middle-aged man is the person in charge of Qudong Group's Hong Kong branch. His name is Zhang Wenhui. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong and previously worked in operations management at a media company.

Qudong Group has developed rapidly in the past two years and has established offices or branches in Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other places.

At the beginning, there was only an office with a dozen people on Hong Kong Island.

However, this year, the office was upgraded to a branch and the scale has expanded rapidly. Currently, there are fifty or sixty employees.

The business here is mainly responsible for the promotion of online novels, games, short videos and other entertainment industries in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

The influence of culture is the most far-reaching, even greater than that of force.

If Qudong Group wants to become a world-class media group, it must not only focus on the country, but also look at the world.

Li Zhe doesn't dare to expect to enter Europe and the United States. The cultural differences and barriers between the East and the West are not easy to eliminate.

What's more, once the conflict between China and the United States intensifies, if people say they will sanction you, they will sanction you.

But the Southeast Asian market must be captured.

Southeast Asia has a total area of ​​4.57 million square kilometers, a total of 11 countries, and a population of about 600 million. Among them, there are more than 30 million Chinese and overseas Chinese, accounting for 5/6 of the total number of Chinese and overseas Chinese in the world. It is also one of the regions with the fastest population growth.

This is a huge blue ocean market.

Back then, Hong Kong films became the Hollywood of the East only after they occupied the Taiwan and Southeast markets.

The loss of markets in Taiwan and Southeast Asia directly led to the decline of Hong Kong films.

If Qudong Group can occupy the Southeast Asian market, it will be invincible.

This year, the overseas version of Qudong Literature and the overseas version of Qudong Short Video were launched overseas.

The key areas for development of the overseas version of Qudong Literature are Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

There is only one online translation website in Europe and the United States, which mainly translates some domestic classic fairy tales and fantasy novels. Currently, there are less than a hundred works online.

Regardless of what is said on the Internet in later generations, Internet literature is popular in Europe and the United States, and some people are even obsessed with Internet articles and even quit drug addiction. However, compared to comics and movies, Internet articles are actually very niche.

Qudong Literature also purchased the overseas copyrights of a large number of high-quality online articles at low prices. After translating them into Thai, Vietnamese, Malay and other languages, it licensed them to local publishing houses at almost free prices.

Not only online articles, but also the copyrights of a large number of film and television works controlled by Fun Reading Culture are also licensed to Southeast Asia at low prices after translation and dubbing.

This is only done to cultivate the cultural consumer market.

Just like Microsoft back then, it initially ignored domestic users' piracy of Windows, but once you get used to using Windows, it will attack hard and charge for rights protection.

Free things in this world are often the most expensive.

However, cultivating the market takes time.

It may take more than ten years, or even more, to truly mature the market.

Under the guidance of Zhang Wenhui, Li Zhe and his party exited the international airport and got into the car one after another.

Li Zhe and Zhou Ziyu were riding in a black Benlite.

Benlite is Bentley. The translation of luxury car brands in Hong Kong is different from that in the mainland.

Mercedes-Benz is called Benz (Pingzhi), and Porsche is called Bozi.

Wave? This is a bit unpleasant to hear.

Li Zhe looked at the scenery outside the car window, feeling a little lost.

"Husband, what are you thinking about?" Zhou Ziyu glanced at him and asked softly.

Li Zhe came back to his senses and smiled at her, and then said with some sigh: "This used to be the Hollywood of the East!"

Not only those born in the 1990s and 2000s who grew up watching Hollywood blockbusters, Li Zhe and others born in the 1980s grew up watching Hong Kong movies.

I am familiar with Hong Kong movies and stars from the 1980s and 1990s, which carry too many memories and feelings.

I even have some affinity and affection for Hong Kong Island.

Unfortunately, Hong Kong films have completely declined, and that era is gone forever.

The motorcade drove for more than 40 minutes and arrived at the Repulse Bay villa area, stopping in front of a seaside villa.

The best villa areas on Hong Kong Island are concentrated in the coastal areas such as Victoria Peak, Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay, and Big Wave Bay in Shek O. They not only have beautiful scenery, but also have a very quiet environment. They are a gathering place for the rich on Hong Kong Island.

Mainland wealthy people who come to Hong Kong Island to purchase real estate mostly choose these locations.

Pony Ma bought a 480 million mansion in Tai Long Bay, Shek O, and set a record for the highest price of a house on Hong Kong Island at that time.

Li Zhe originally wanted to buy a villa in Dalang Bay, Shek O, and be neighbors with Pony Ma.

However, there are only 23 villas in the Shek O Dalang Bay villa area, which is not something you can buy with money. Buyers must pass the qualification review and approval of the "Shek O Owners Committee" before they can move in.

And it’s not enough to buy anonymously, you must use your real name.

Li Zhe was too lazy to follow these people's arguments, so he bought the villa in Repulse Bay.

Repulse Bay is surrounded by mountains and water, with the beach in front and green mountains in the back. The entire bay is crescent-shaped and the scenery is extremely beautiful. It is one of the most famous bays on Hong Kong Island.

Housing prices on Hong Kong Island are the highest in Asia, and housing prices in wealthy areas like Repulse Bay are even higher.

The cheapest house costs tens of millions.

A multi-million dollar mansion sounds luxurious, but it is actually only 500 feet in size, which is about 46 square meters, which is very small.

Villas cost 12,000-35,000 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, and the smallest villa in Repulse Bay is about 3,000 square feet, so a villa basically costs hundreds of millions.

The villa Li Zhe bought is located at No. 90 Repulse Bay. It has three floors above ground and one underground floor. It has a usable area of ​​5,578 square feet, 5 bedroom suites, an 870-foot platform and a 367-foot small garden.

He spent 206 million on this villa.

You must know that this is a townhouse, not a single-family house. There are a total of 11 villas in the No. 90 Repulse Bay project.

It is indeed a Hong Kong Island where every inch of land is precious!

However, the location of this villa area is excellent and cannot be compared with ordinary single-family villas.

The living room, bedrooms on the first and second floors, and the rooftop of each villa all face Repulse Bay, with unobstructed views of the vast Repulse Bay sea.

After entering the villa, Li Zhe pulled Zhou Ziyu upstairs to the rooftop.

Looking into the distance through the glass guardrail, the crescent-shaped shallow bay is right in front of you. The beach bed is wide, the water is clear, the sand is fine, the waves are calm, and the scenery is excellent.

"Xiaoyu, what do you think of the conditions here?"

"The conditions here are already very good."

Zhou Ziyu withdrew his gaze, looked back, and said with some sigh: "My life now is something I couldn't even imagine before."

"Husband, thank you for doting on me so much and giving me everything I want."

Li Zhe smiled, stretched out his hand and gently held her waist.

"I worked so hard to make money just to spend it on you."

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Zhou Ziyu's belly.

She has been pregnant for more than 5 months and is slightly pregnant.

"Then you can live here with peace of mind and raise your baby. I will leave you with a few more bodyguards. There are many clubs here, and you might meet a stupid youngster."

"Yeah." Zhou Ziyu nodded lightly.

"Husband, how many days will you stay here this time?"

"Two or three days! You have a good night's rest today, and I will accompany you around tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

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In the next two or three days, Li Zhe accompanied Zhou Ziyu around Hong Kong Island.

Watch the night view at Victoria Peak, visit Disney and Ocean Park, shop in Yau Tsim Mong and Causeway Bay, visit art museums, space museums, etc.