The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Zou Wenhuai found Bruce Lee and said: "Bruce, the company has decided that you will write, direct and star in your third movie. Director Luo Wei is not involved in any public official duties. At the same time, if you are willing to give up the rights to the third movie, Salary can be converted into a dividend model for production profits.”

Bruce Lee is wearing fashionable jeans. He is enjoying the happiness of "the peak of his life" recently. His fans are everywhere wherever he goes, so he is very energetic.

At the same time, he also hopes to finish filming the third movie as soon as possible and then become a free agent. By then, he can use his influence to split the Jiahe Films' shares 50-50.

I just didn't expect that Golden Harvest Films would show goodwill so quickly. Bruce Lee immediately said uncertainly: "Going to the dividend model?"

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "We at Jiahe Films hope to continue to cooperate with you, so we are willing to make concessions for the third film, and the investment can be larger, such as filming in Western countries, and we fully trust your ability to write, direct and act. .How about it, sincerity is not enough?”

A larger investment means a higher risk. If you go abroad to shoot, the investment may be one million Hong Kong dollars or even more.

Bruce Lee said: "Golden Harvest Films is so sincere, I will not let your investment go to waste. In the future, I will only cooperate with you in the Hong Kong film company. Even if I enter Hollywood, I will do it through cooperation with you."

Once you enter Hollywood, you won't be able to make Hollywood movies, you will only make movies written by yourself. In this way, it will certainly be more beneficial for Jiahe to participate in the cooperation. Bruce Lee was not stupid and knew the importance of cooperation.

"Haha, happy working together!"

“A pleasure to work with”

Zou Wenhuai not only lamented that the boss gave up part of the profits, but received Bruce Lee's long-term cooperation commitment. Calculated this way, Golden Harvest Films did not suffer at all. Bruce Lee originally wanted to sign two films, but the boss insisted that he would rather add more conditions and hope to sign three films.

In other words, the third part was originally ‘picked up’, but now it just happens to be a favor.

Of course, the dividend for the third movie cannot be split 50-50. It only goes to the director, screenwriter, and starring actors, and it will not exceed 20%.

As for the fourth movie, Bruce Lee will almost certainly want a 50-50 split.

afternoon.

"Raymon, Bruce Lee's third movie has excluded me. Is this true?" Luo Wei walked into Zou Wenhuai's office angrily and said dissatisfied.

It was he who made Bruce Lee famous, otherwise Bruce Lee would just be a martial artist and a Hollywood walk-on. Without him, Luo Wei, Bruce Lee's achievements would never have been so high.

Zou Wenhuai frowned, and then said seriously: "Since your relationship is so tense, the company has decided to separate you."

Luo Wei immediately said: "This is a wrong decision! Without me, Bruce Lee's movie will never be as successful as the first two."

The screenwriter of the two movies is also Ni Kuang, but screenwriters are not very important in this era. Many directors and actors work part-time as screenwriters.

Zou Wenhuai explained patiently: "Bruce's director and screenwriter skills are very good. The company believes in his skills, and the investment in the third film will be larger."

"Well, Raymond, are you trying to burn bridges? It's okay if you don't get my share of the profits from the two movies. Now I'm not participating in the third movie. It's a shame that I still trust you and take my wife to change jobs to hang out with you. You Now that you are on your feet, you actually turned your back and refused to recognize anyone. No wonder Uncle Six scolded you, you deserve it!"

At the end of the day, Luo Wei didn't care about anything else and directly exposed Zou Wenhuai's shortcomings.

Zou Wenhuai immediately said angrily: "You earn much more than Shaw Brothers, and you even got bonuses last year, all of which I fought for for you. Now it's you and Bruce who have a bad relationship, causing media jokes, and you still blame me for burning bridges." .Since you said so, please do whatever you want."

Evict people?

Luo Wei's face suddenly turned red, as if he was humiliated.

"You're cruel! I'm going to leave Jiahe!"

Zou Wenhuai didn't want to kill everyone, and then said: "Luo Wei, if you think you can't stay at Jiahe Films, you can find Wang Yu to cooperate. In the future, if you want to become the boss of the film company, our Jiahe Cinema Line will also support you. But between you and Bruce I just made the choice from the perspective of the company, I'm sorry!"

"snort"

Luo Wei just snorted coldly, but did not continue to make trouble. He understood that this was leaving a way out for himself. He had already offended Shaw Brothers Films and could no longer offend Golden Harvest Films.

Just after Luo Wei left, Zou Wenhuai called someone to the office. It was Luo Wei's wife Liu Lianghua.

Liu Lianghua was a popular actress in Shaw Brothers and later married Luo Wei, but she actually had a very good relationship with Zou Wenhuai. After joining Golden Harvest, she stopped acting and became a producer.

".That's what happened. It was absolutely a fair decision for the company to choose Bruce Lee instead of him. Luo Wei was too self-motivated and left Golden Harvest Films, with a bleak future. So, I hope you will stay in Golden Harvest."

At this time, Liu Lianghua and Luo Wei had not divorced, but they maintained a "confidante" relationship with Zou Wenhuai.

When Liu Lianghua heard that Luo Wei was so reckless and had a bleak future, the relationship between husband and wife, which was not a good relationship in the first place, suddenly collapsed.

"I want to divorce him, do you support it?" she said decisively.

After all, Zou Wenhuai has a family, but he really likes Liu Lianghua, so he said: "My support can only be your future work and status in Jiahe Films. After all, you and your wife are divorced, and I am still an outsider."

Liu Lianghua immediately said: "I understand, these words from you are enough. I also like working at Jiahe Films."

She originally liked Zou Wenhuai more, and Zou Wenhuai used his status to make her important in Jiahe, so she prepared to divorce without hesitation and become Zou Wenhuai's confidante in the future.

Even if Lin Zhichao knew about these things, he wouldn't care so much.

If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Golden Harvest Films relies heavily on Zou Wenhuai, so as long as it is not a matter of principle, Lin Zhichao doesn't bother to care.

It’s spring again (1971).

In the office of Cheung Kong Holdings, Lin Zhichao was having a meeting with several core executives.

"There is nothing wrong with the drawings of the Victoria Harbor Center. When can construction start and what is the construction period?" Lin Zhichao asked while sitting around the conference table.

Behind him is Victoria Harbor, which can be seen through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the Global Tower. Meeting in this environment makes you feel more relaxed.

Huang Changhong said: "The ground can be broken in June, and then it is expected to be topped out in 18 months. It will be ready for leasing in the first half of 1973 and put into use in the second half of the year."

Beforehand, the boss had already said that we should pursue efficiency, so everyone had already made preparations from the moment we secured the land.

Lin Zhichao said with satisfaction: "The efficiency of roofing in 18 months is very good. Is there no problem with Poly Construction?"

Paul Li immediately said: "No problem! We implement high-efficiency construction on this project. The engineering team works in multiple shifts, and the project management is also elite. There is absolutely no problem."

Some projects are slow or fast. For example, the Shangri-La Hotel (nicknamed Burj Al Arab) is built slowly and carefully. The construction period of the 50-storey main hotel building is 30 months, and the decoration period is 24 months, which lasts four full months. A year and a half construction period.

As for the Victoria Harbor Centre, it has a unique geographical advantage. If it is completed early, it will make a lot of money early. There is no need to delay.

Lin Zhichao continued: "Okay, everyone should do a good job in the projects in hand. The company will also have to consider 'asset restructuring' in the second half of this year. It is expected that next year will be a good time to go public. When the time comes to go public, I will give you a way to buy stocks at a low price. Opportunity, if the price increases by two or three times, everyone can cash out at a high price, which can be regarded as a benefit for your company that has been serving the company for more than ten or twenty years."

Several people couldn't help showing joy on their faces, but everyone was still polite.

Huang Changhong: "The boss is very kind to us. He gives us the highest salary among real estate executives in Hong Kong. He also takes us to develop real estate projects together."

Cheung Kong has always retained the tradition of working together to develop real estate projects. Maybe within a year, everyone will have the opportunity to participate in a real estate project; after the project is developed, the management will divide the profits earned according to the investment.

Although the capital is invested by everyone, without the platform of Yangtze River Industrial, everyone would have no chance to invest in real estate; not to mention that such projects are hand-picked and directed by the boss, which means there is no risk at all, because the boss will not allow everyone to losing profit.

Lin Zhichao said seriously: "I earn 10 million, and naturally I hope everyone can earn 100,000. Everyone has contributed to the development of Yangtze River Industrial Group to this day, and I will never forget you old guys. After the listing, the bonuses for the senior executives , I will plan it for everyone. When you become a senior executive of a listed group, your salary will naturally have to be huge to be decent."

For example, the senior management of Sun Hung Kai Properties may earn an annual salary of RMB 100,000.

But in Cheung Kong Holdings, the salary of core senior executives is HK$300,000 to HK$500,000 per year; of course, this is just a normal salary, because as long as the real estate market is good, Lin Zhichao will organize everyone to raise funds to purchase land and then develop real estate internally.

A small real estate project can earn millions. As long as the management is willing to invest, they will receive dividends.

As for the low-price allotment of shares before listing, it is a "big bonus" for everyone. Before the stock market crash, Changjiang Industrial had at least three times the appreciation potential. In addition, they are allocating shares at a low price, so there is no problem in making four times the profit.

Lin Zhichao treats these executives so well because they have worked hard over the years and can implement his will well and satisfy him personally, so he plans to do this.

This kind of allotment of shares is generally rare, and Lin Zhichao cannot trick everyone. He must let everyone buy the allotment before the market rises.

There are not many rules in the Hong Kong stock market in this era, and it is very simple for shareholders to cash out. There is another operating method, which is to issue new shares yourself in exchange for new shares of other listed companies. If the new shares of other companies rise to a certain level, you can cash out immediately without being restricted by time or quota.

Therefore, it is the ‘shareholders’ who suffer the consequences.

After the meeting, everyone actively engaged in work and were full of expectations for the listing in the next one or two years.

Even if Cheung Kong Industries reorganizes its assets, its assets will far exceed those of other Chinese-owned enterprises, because the entire group's assets are so rich that if they were all taken out, Land Land would be far inferior.

Of course, the development of Yangtze River Industry to this day is due to the boss's continuous flow of funds from other places to inject this enterprise. Otherwise, the capital chain would have been broken long ago, and there would be too many commercial projects.

Paul is a senior executive at the Hasbro factory, because Hasbro has cooperative relationships with many factories in Hong Kong, and even acquired a Hong Kong factory that specializes in the production of heads and other parts for Special Forces.

So he recently discovered a very creative toy, which is a 'car transforming robot'. He never imagined that a Hong Kong toy factory would have such an idea.

Taking two MSI Superboy and Diaclone toys, he immediately rushed back to the Hasbro headquarters in the United States and met with Merrill, the group’s president and founder, and Merrill’s eldest son and vice president Steve.

Hasbro is a family-owned company, with Merrill Hassenfield as the second generation and Steve Hassenfield as the third generation; this company was established thirty-one years earlier than Audrey Company, but it is older. It was listed in the evening (1968). Of course, its market value and scale are not as good as those of Audrey Company.

Hasbro's most successful products are Special Forces toys, as well as some toys and games.

However, Audrey Company’s ‘Barbie’ sold much more than its ‘Special Forces’, and Audrey Company developed the ‘arcade machine “PONG” two years ago, which shocked Silicon Valley in the United States.

"BOSS, these are two toys produced and developed by a Hong Kong toy factory - MSI Superboy, Diaclone, and comic backgrounds." Paul said in surprise.

Hassenfeld and his son, both veterans in the toy industry, fell in love with car-transforming robots at first sight.

"Made in Hong Kong? Do they have a patent?"

Paul was prepared and said: "Yes! It is also sold in the United States now, but the sales volume is not very good. After all, they do not have the marketing of American companies."

In fact, the sales volume is still very good, for a Hong Kong company.

Merrill was immediately moved and said: "Go to Hong Kong and talk to them about cooperation. We can be responsible for the marketing of this product, they provide production, and we can repackage it. It is really a very creative product!"

Having made toys for so many years, he is very optimistic about all aspects of car transformation robots.

Steve said: "Then they are really lucky! I heard that there is a toy factory in Hong Kong, 'Changjiang Toys', which makes Barbie dolls. It has always been the largest toy factory in Hong Kong, and the boss made a lot of money from it."

Paul didn't react because the 'car transforming robot' was under the Bond brand, not Yangtze Toy, so he didn't know the relationship.

"No problem! I'll get up now and go discuss specific cooperation with them!"

Hassenfeld and his son nodded. Paul is a senior executive of the company and is fully qualified to be responsible for this project. Of course, they don't immediately think that "Transformers" will take the entire world by storm, they just simply think that this project has a future.

After Paul left.

Merrill said: "On the weekend, there is a toy manufacturer's reception in New York. You can come with me!"

Steve asked curiously: "Will Hepburn from Audrey's company attend this reception?"

Merrill looked at his son and said, "Yes! But she is one of our biggest rivals. You don't need to admire her, but you should think about leading the company to surpass Audrey Company."

Steve blushed. With the growth of Audrey's company, Hepburn has become the most beautiful flower in the West and one of the most influential women in upper class society. Her legendary story, coupled with her appearance, has fascinated many suitors.

Unfortunately, Audrey Hepburn has never been involved in any scandals.

"Father is worrying too much, I just admire my opponent!"

"That's good!"

weekend.

Audrey Hepburn and her eldest son Lin Ruidong attended a cocktail party in New York.

Lin Ruidong is almost 17 years old and has been admitted to Harvard Business School. He is the second child of the Lin family to attend Harvard after his eldest brother Lin Ruihuan. At the same time, he is also one of the eldest among the Three Meridians, so he studied early and will go to university before he is 17 years old, only half a year later than Lin Ruihuan.

Audrey Hepburn usually does not attend cocktail parties. This time he attended the cocktail party because it was an important cocktail party in the toy industry, so he took the opportunity to take his son to see the world.

After all, my son will join Audrey Company in four years.

At the cocktail party, Lin Ruidong showed a mature style, which made the attendees secretly praise him.

"Ms. Audrey, is this yours?" Merrill also stepped forward to greet him, looking at Lin Ruidong curiously.

Lin Ruidong looks more Western, but he can still tell that he is of mixed race.

"Meryl, Steve, this is my son Ryan Hepburn. Today I am bringing him to see the world!"

"Oh my God, you and Ryan are like brother and sister!" Merrill said with a smile.

After greeting each other, Steve suddenly said: "Audrey, I heard that Barbie dolls have been produced in Hong Kong?"

Audrey said: "Yes, we have a loyal partner. As far as I know, you also produce some parts in Hong Kong."

Perhaps bewitched by the beauty of Audrey Hepburn, Steve couldn't help but said: "Not bad, and we are planning to cooperate with a Hong Kong company to develop new toy products."

Merrill was stunned, this son was really obsessed with sex.

Lin Ruidong felt very unhappy when he saw Steve's appearance. He understood what Steve was showing in front of his mother, which was a great shame.

"What a coincidence, Mr. Steve, we are also developing new toy products. I hope you don't lose too badly!"

Steve was stunned. He understood that this boy was despising him, and he suddenly felt embarrassed.

Seeing this, Merrill quickly smoothed things over for his son, saying: "Developing new products is normal for our toy company. Audrey Company is worth learning from. Barbie is the most successful toy product in the world."

Audrey also responded: "Hasbro is our predecessor and has many influential products. We should learn from each other."

The two parties briefly communicated and then dispersed.

"Mommy, that Steve just now was so rude!"

Audrey Hepburn took her son's arm and said with a smile: "You defend your father and everyone communicates normally. Your mother has many suitors, you can't always be jealous!"

She was right, there were indeed too many people pursuing her, but her man seemed to be very confident and never cared about it. Fortunately, now, my son has become sensitive.

Lin Ruidong said: "When I graduate from college, I will always protect you!"

"well!"

Audrey Hepburn is in a beautiful mood. Her son has grown up and knows how to protect himself. And I am still young, and my husband loves me, and everything is so beautiful.

A week later.

Paul sent back a message from Hong Kong that the 'car transforming robot' was owned by Bond, a brand of Hong Kong's Changjiang Toy Factory, but the other party flatly refused to cooperate.

Merrill then said to his son: "It seems that Yangtze Toy Factory has chosen to cooperate with Audrey Company!"

Steve blushed, remembering that he was slapped in the face last time.

"Does father think this product will have an impact on us?"

"Of course it has an impact! Our only hope is that their product fails."

Rushing to develop new products may lead to failure, so Hasbro is very cautious. The special forces toys were products produced after 1964, so at their peak, they did not dare to take the risk to try toy products with large investments.