Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 143

On New Year’s Eve on February 15, sister army returned to Xiangjiang from South Korea.

After arriving home, sister army lay on the bed tiredly, letting her two daughters rub her shoulders and legs, and take a good rest.

This year’s Spring Festival is relatively deserted. The entire “Yu Yuan” has only three members of Luo Junyan’s family, five guards and servants who live in “Yu Yuan”.

Sister and brother-in-law took their children to the American in-laws for the New Year. Brother Cheng plucked up the courage to go to the mainland to explore where he was born and see if his young self still exists in this world.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, sister army coaxed her daughter to sleep before she had the opportunity to have a good time with Luo Junyan in bed. Luo Junyan has been busy filming for half a year, and then the army sister frequently travels to South Korea and Japan. The couple has not been enthusiastic about sharing the same bed for a long time.

After Luo Junyan was satisfied, he put his arms around sister army’s fragrant shoulders, rubbed the smooth and delicate skin, and said, “My wife, it’s really hard for you.”

Sister Army leaned against Luo Junyan’s arms, circled his chest with her slender fingers, and said, “You are so polite to me, are you determined to develop theaters in South Korea?”

Luo Junyan glanced at sister army in surprise, and asked: “Wife, why are you like the roundworm in my stomach?”

Sister Army gave him a glance and said: “You think I can’t tell. On the surface, I agree with the plan to invest in the construction of ASC theaters. In fact, I feel distressed when I pay for the money. However, the risk of investing in the construction of theaters in South Korea this time is still unremarkable. According to the requirements of the International Monetary Fund, a large number of South Korean banks have entered bankruptcy procedures. As long as they can seize the opportunity to concentrate on liquidating non-performing assets, the cost of investment will be reduced by at least half.”

Luo Junyan suddenly realized that sister army is not just a good wife and mother, her business vision and skills are much stronger than her own. It’s just that Army sister wants to show Luo Junyan’s authority. When deciding many things, she will choose to take the initiative to avoid it.

Luo Junyan then asked: “My wife, how many movie theaters do you plan to build in South Korea?”

Sister Army replied: “I plan to lay the ASC cinema circuit in ten major cities in South Korea. The first batch of movie theaters will be about 40.”

Then the army sister raised her head and glanced at Luo Junyan, then asked: “Husband, do you want to know how much money I am going to waste?”

When Luo Junyan heard more than 40 pieces of land, he was waiting nervously for the following. When the army sister guessed it, he immediately opened his eyes and said: “Why? The money is all in vain, I I don’t care at all. Wife, you just used it to buy a yacht. I have no opinion.”

Sister Army pursed her mouth and smiled, but she stretched her hand near the base of his thigh, pinched the muscles of his thigh, and said: “Zhiqing and Zhiyuan’s yachts are sold by you, and they keep complaining to me. , I haven’t settled accounts with you yet. Luo Junyan, do you admit that you are a miser?”

Luo Junyan hurriedly held the arm of sister army, begging for mercy, and said, “I admit it, I admit it all. Baby, you let it go first, if this place becomes swollen, it won’t be able to provide you with quality service. “

Sister Army threw away his hand and resumed a serious conversation, and said: “The lowest starting price announced for the land property assets auctioned in South Korea is only 20% off the valuation. I don’t want to miss this golden opportunity. Husband, you just Don’t worry, I won’t ask you for money again.”

Luo Junyan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the army sister said, he has always believed in it. As long as there is a wife by his side, Luo Junyan feels at ease in her heart. This is a kind of subconscious dependence, and of course it has nothing to do with the so-called Oedipus plot.

Sister Army went on to say: “But I plan to build a flagship cinema in Seoul and Busan first to see how the effect is, and then adjust the design of the cinema based on the market’s response. Within five years, I am afraid that the ASC cinema will only be available in South Korea has been laid out, and other places can only be discussed later. The financial turmoil has caused the Asian film market to decline too quickly. The Hong Kong film industry may be more difficult in the future, and the company also needs a safe haven.”

Luo Junyan said sincerely: “My wife, it doesn’t matter if the ASC theater is built or not, I don’t want you to work so hard. I know you insisted on doing the theater for my development plan, but now I have figured it out and think To be comprehensive in the film industry, my abilities are definitely not enough. In the end, I will only be overwhelmed. So the big deal is to shrink the scale of the company and cut off some more business, so I just keep the production company. Anyway, I don’t want you to run around and exhaust your body.”

Sister Army stroked Luo Junyan’s cheek and said, “Husband, you are always the best in my eyes. Don’t worry, I have cultivated a lot of management talents. I will gradually decentralize and stay. Stay with you and your children at home. Don’t be discouraged. No one can expect such a big environment. You have done a very good job. Don’t give up lightly.”

Luo Junyan went to hold the little white rabbit on the chest of sister army, chuckled lightly, and said, “My wife, you just mentioned the flagship studio. I just happened to be thinking about this issue recently. The company now has so many subsidiaries, which one? Is the main business? Without the flagship business, everyone has become a mess, fighting on their own. It is okay for businesses with relatively high professional thresholds, but the risks of conventional businesses are getting bigger and bigger.”

Sister Army rubbed his hand on her chest and asked, “Then what business do you plan to focus on?”

Luo Junyan said: “Liu Luanxiong has always been operating his entertainment company as a sideline. When he worked with “Yuyuan” before, he once said that only scarce resources are worth his bet. I have been thinking about movies recently. What are the scarce resources in the industry, what do you think of my wife?”

Sister Army thought about it for a while, and said: “Top stars and high-quality film sources are scarce resources, but they can only be judged after market testing. This is different from real estate, and there are no certain rules, so Liu Luanxiong is in the entertainment industry. After a brief taste, he can only say that he knows that he does not have this vision or confidence.”

Luo Junyan shook his head and said: “My wife, Uncle Six and Zou Wenhuai can’t control the top stars and high-quality film sources. I am far behind them. And I can accumulate so much wealth. It’s too much luck. Uncle Liu and Wenhuai Zou are not lucky. They are incomparable in terms of vision and ability. Since there are no scarce resources available, I plan to rely on the production business of Snowman Century Entertainment to open the way ahead and export Hong Kong movies to the Korean market. As a core business, it’s the only way to do it.”

Sister Army’s cheeks blushed when he rubbed her, and she leaned into his ear and said, “I will do everything with you.”

There was another coquettish and confused voice in the living room, and the discussion of the company’s development strategy had long been thrown aside. Sister Army’s decision on Luo Junyan has never been based on feasibility to decide whether to support or not, and Luo Junyan is not psychologically dependent on Sister Army.

When playing at home with her two daughters the next day, Luo Junyan must wear a high-necked sweater, otherwise her daughter will see the bite marks on her body, which is hard to explain.

Luo Zhiqing and Luo Zhiyuan like to play unruly nonsense with their dad, but they absolutely don’t have the courage to reach out to Luo Junyan for money to eat, drink, and play. Their mother and aunt are the source of their additional expenses.

At Luo Junyan’s request, the two daughters went to school by bus or subway since childhood. Although accompanied by guards and bodyguards, this kind of thing happened in the families of billionaires, which can be said to be an eternal anecdote.

Perhaps it is precisely because Luo Junyan has always regarded himself as a weak and weak class with no foundation.

Yongsheng can distribute a large number of video discs to the mainland, and can disregard the problems of film investment and screening. Can Luo Junyan do it? He didn’t have the innate conditions, and he didn’t want to step into the circle of rules, so the mines and freight yards couldn’t reach his hands, so he could only try his luck by building a new freight railway.

Before the Spring Festival holiday, Brother Cheng returned to Xiangjiang from the mainland, and had a drink at Luo Junyan’s house, talking some infinite drinks.

Brother Cheng really couldn’t find any traces of existence. His former home now belongs to another strange family. No one has heard that the Ye family lived there. Brother Cheng suspects that he did not travel but fell into a different time and space. . But how big a difference is there? The difference is that he only has Luo Junyan left in this world, and those antiques can’t be separated.

During the Spring Festival of 1999, Xinghui Overseas finally released its second film.

“The King of Comedy” starring Ge Xing and “Glass Bottle” starring Ge Long will be released on the same day of February 13. The Spring Festival stalls of the Xiangjiang Film Market are no longer able to stage a good show of beaconing and fighting for supremacy. Only the street competitions between Xingge and Long are left, which has been like this for three consecutive years, which is really disappointing.

However, the film industry still regards the box office of the Spring Festival stall as the weather vane of the year’s prosperity. Everyone in the circle, including Luo Junyan, hopes that this year’s two films can stand together at the 40 million box office mark. Long Ge only won the box office of more than 38 million Hong Kong dollars last year, which has already hit the morale of the Xiangjiang movie circle.

As a result, on March 31, when the two films were released at the same time, the final box office of “The King of Comedy” was 29.84 million Hong Kong dollars and the final box office of “Glass Bottle” was 27.54 million Hong Kong dollars.

The box office performance of the weather vane of the Spring Festival stalls fell one more level, and even the 30 million Hong Kong dollar did not stand. The situation made people in the circle extremely disappointed. Luo Junyan felt that the colonial expansion plan must be accelerated. This sense of urgency has never been felt before.

The most inexplicable thing is that AcePictures, a Japanese film production company in which Silver Snow Throne Entertainment has a stake, and its “Midnight Bell” released in Hong Kong through the Snow Knight Distribution Company, actually occupied the position of the box office champion in the Spring Festival stall.

The final box office of the horror film “Midnight Ring” was HK$31.24 million. The production cost of this film was only HK$1.2 million.

Hu Xin happened to be looking for a large-scale source of external films. Silver Snow King Entertainment recommended to her the “Midnight Bell” produced by a joint production company, and the purchase fee for the copyright of the Xiangjiang screening only cost 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The Snow Knight Distribution Company was the agent for the release of this low-cost horror film that had been released in Japan in early 1998. No one could have imagined that it would hit a big luck this time. This made Hu Xin pay more attention to the production produced by Yinxuewangzuo Entertainment’s shareholding company. The main reason is that there is a relationship and the buyout fee is very cheap.

Luo Junyan had to admire Hu Xin’s **** luck, but at the same time it also provided him with a new idea of ​​two-line delivery, and the Xiangjiang Film Market was not completely out of space for operation.

“The Ring of Midnight” included the publicity costs. The cost of the introduction was only more than 800,000 Hong Kong dollars. The box office of the Snow Knights issuing company received 14.68 million Hong Kong dollars, and the net profit after tax deduction was more than 11.50 million Hong Kong dollars.

This is about to catch up with the profitability of Snowman Century Entertainment on “Skyscrapers”, and the energy spent is completely incomparable, and the risk taken is even higher than that of the underground.

Just as Luo Junyan was thinking about a new film, he received an urgent call from Jin Zhehe.

Sister Army was shot in South Korea and is being rescued in the hospital. At present, it is impossible to predict what the result will be. After Luo Junyan heard the news, he immediately felt that the sky was spinning, and his father’s unexpected death almost made Luo Junyan depressed. If the army sister had an accident this time, Luo Junyan’s temperament might change drastically.

Luo Junyan rushes to South Korea alone, Cheng Ge, Luo Meizi and his wife will then rush to South Korea with Luo Junyan’s two daughters. When Luo Junyan was taken to the hospital, Sister Army’s operation was over and the operation was successful. Although Sister Army had not passed the dangerous period, her life was definitely saved.

All the negotiations with the South Korean police were handed over to Jin Zhehe. When Luo Junyan learned that Li Jiazhi and Zhou Shuxin, who were guarding sister army, had been killed because they had blocked guns for sister army, he felt really sad. He immediately asked Jin Zhehe to inform Zhao Yongren, Qian Shouyi, and Sun Lihui to come to Korea, and to send the two younger sisters with different surnames for the last time.

The shooting occurred at the bank’s centralized auction site of non-performing assets, just when the on-site bid was prepared. The three gunmen who were killed on the spot were all confirmed to be bankrupt owners whose assets were auctioned off at a low price. Another two accomplices committed suicide by shooting themselves, which means that they did not leave a single death.

The explanation of the South Korean police is that many South Korean people with ultra-nationalist ideas strongly oppose the South Korean government’s having to bow its head to accept the request for full openness, thinking that this is a traitorous act.

In particular, they suffered heavy losses during the financial crisis and were sold by business owners in the low-price auction industry, so it is not surprising that they planned such extreme foreign-related cases. The police asked Luo Junyan not to make the matter public. This is a result that no one wants to see, including the governments of South Korea and Western countries.

But Luo Junyan feels that things are not that simple. The gun can be said to be bought on the underground black market, but without professional training, can Li Jiazhi and Zhou Shuxin be harmed by five serviced merchants? In addition, why only the army sister and her group suffered heavy casualties, and other European and American capital representatives were only slightly injured and frightened?

But the sword has no eyes, not to mention bullets. If you say it is bad luck, you can do nothing. Luo Junyan can only pursue the investigation in private, and the South Korean police can’t count on it. If he finds out who is behind the scenes, no matter who it is, it will have to pay the price.