Reborn Tycoon Rise

After Lin Siqi left, Xu Zhi walked to Lin Wenzhou's office. The assistant's matter has been taken care of. What is needed now is to run the newspaper well. Jiahe's money is not easy to get. If the newspaper is not run well, the movie may be released in the future. There will also be moths.

When opening a company, the most important thing is not how much capital you have, but how many orders you have. In the film industry in Hong Kong, several major theater chains have a monopoly on the market. Being able to obtain a release permit before the filming of a movie starts is a rare opportunity for many novices.

Seeing Xu Zhi come in, Lin Wenzhou asked, "How was the interview?"

Xu Zhi replied: "Well, it's done. It's rare to find someone with good conditions. You can start work tomorrow! He also has the same surname as you."

Lin Wenzhou smiled and said: "It seems destined. This is the first newspaper of the new edition. How do you think the quality is?"

Xu Zhi took it over. He had only seen the typesetting before. It was Lin Wenzhou's job to find a printing company, and he didn't have much involvement.

It's completely different as soon as you touch it. The paper quality is much better than ordinary newspapers, and the text and pictures are clear and clear. You can wipe your hand over it without any deinking.

Xu Zhi asked: "What kind of printing technology is this?"

Lin Wenzhou smiled and said: "I don't know. I went to this printing company a few days ago. I don't know the specific process, but this is German equipment. It is said to be the most cutting-edge printing equipment a few years ago. We are about to I bought the same brand, but it’s a newer generation of technology.”

Xu Zhi asked again: "How much does this newspaper cost?"

Lin Wenzhou said: "About 30 cents. Our equipment will arrive in Hong Kong in three months, so we have not signed a long-term contract. The price will naturally be much higher. If our equipment is installed in place, the cost will be reduced a lot." , but it depends on the sales volume. The higher the sales volume, the lower the cost. You know this, but including the depreciation of paper, ink and equipment, it is estimated that it will be difficult to reduce it to less than 3 cents."

At the moment, most newspapers in Xiangjiang cost about 0.3 yuan. Better ones such as some professional weeklies, English newspapers, Ta Kung Pao, etc. are relatively more expensive, about 0.5-2 yuan. Zou Wenhuai seems to be taking the high-end route directly.

Xu Zhi smiled: "Zou Wenhuai is really wealthy! How do you plan to price this newspaper?"

Lin Wenzhou said: "I asked Zou Sheng, and he meant 30 cents. Future profits must rely on advertising revenue."

Xu Zhi couldn't help but sigh. Many newspapers lose money and rely on advertising to make money, but they are mature newspapers, such as Ming Pao, Oriental Daily, etc. However, the difference is that the sales of these newspapers are huge, and the sales volume of each newspaper is huge. Equipment depreciation expenses are amortized very low, and the company has been operating for many years and has a stable customer base.

And the current Jiahe Daily was so wasteful when it started its business. Zou Wenhuai may not care about this small amount of money. After all, a movie plus overseas box office and some peripheral profits can cost tens of millions. A small newspaper's investment of millions is really not worth it. Take it seriously.

But Xu Zhi is also a small shareholder. If the company keeps losing money, he will either take money or dilute his shares if he injects more capital. And there is no reason to object, after all, they are the major shareholders and are operating normally. We can only hope that future advertising fees can support the company's operation of this model, or that Xu Zhi's own movies will be a great success.

Lin Wenzhou asked, "Would you like to go have dinner together?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "No, I have an appointment."

Lin Wenzhou stood up and said, "In the company or outside?"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Outside, let's go down together!"

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In an unknown tea restaurant in Kowloon Peninsula:

As soon as Xu Zhi walked into the restaurant, he saw Chen Long's familiar big brother face and Luo Wei waving his hands.

Luo Wei joked: "Xu Sheng, I haven't seen you for a few days, your temperament is different!"

Xu Zhidao: "Really? Luo Sheng is overly praised."

"A steak rice!" Xu Zhi said to the waiter who came to him.

"How are you preparing for Xu Sheng's movie?" Luo Wei asked.

"It's okay, but the choice of the protagonist is very important. I'm optimistic about Chen Sheng. As long as we have an agreement with Luo Sheng, the process will proceed naturally." Xu Zhi replied.

Luo Wei smiled and said: "Since Xu Sheng is willing to let Aaron be the leading actor, it is no problem. Xu Sheng probably hasn't found a suitable director yet. I have also made several movies and collaborated with Aaron many times. , if Xu Sheng’s movie is directed by me, the price will definitely be favorable.”

Xu Zhi shook his head and refused: "The style of my movie is not suitable for Luo Sheng, I'm afraid it won't work."

Luo Wei couldn't help but feel a little angry: "Xu Sheng may not know what is different about martial arts movies. I was the one who shot Li Xiaolong's first hit movie, Tangshan Brother."

"I know." Xu Zhi nodded.

At that time, Li Xiaolong was invited back by Golden Harvest with a high salary. However, Golden Harvest had financial difficulties at that time and did not invest much. The movie Tangshan Brother was not taken seriously and was regarded by Golden Harvest as a test film. All the plots were filmed in Thailand. The director was unable to continue due to poor quality at the beginning. Luo Wei came to the rescue and the result was a box office hit, with more than 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

What was the concept of HK$3.5 million in 1971? For a simple comparison, in the next year 1972, Yangtze River Industries was listed, with a total market value of HK$126 million, which means that the box office of a movie is almost 3% of the market value of Yangtze River. Of course, part of the box office will be taken away by the distributor and theaters, but subsequent overseas films will only make more money. Jiahe also relied on this movie to take the first step towards success.

After Li Xiaolong became famous, Luo Wei always regarded himself as Li Xiaolong's mentor. This naturally made their relationship bad and they almost drew swords against each other.

But one thing is that in the entire history of Chinese martial arts movies, Luo Wei's contribution is indispensable, because he successively discovered the three major kung fu superstars, Li Xiaolong, Chen Long, and Jet Li. However, he found the treasures but did not know how to use them. In recent years, for He strongly praised Chen Long and invested almost all his wealth in it.

The first drama "New Fist of Fury" failed!

Filming "Shaolin Wooden Alley" again, playing on the most popular Shaolin Kung Fu theme, failed again!

Three shots of "Sword Flower, Smoke and Rain Jiangnan", the most popular ancient dragon martial arts, still failed!

It is said that in order to obtain Gu Long's authorization, Chen Long drank three glasses of white wine in a row until his stomach bleeds. However, he still did not get permission that day - because his appearance did not match the character in Gu Long's novels.

The reason why it has always failed is because Luo Wei was too conservative in his creations. He tried to apply Li Xiaolong's rigid style to Chen Long, which of course would not succeed.

But after Chen Long later became famous for his drunken boxing, Luo Wei felt that all the hard work was rewarded. He believed that Chen Long was the one who made him famous. Even though the remuneration he gave was low, it was much better than when he was a chef before, so every month Chen Long was given a fixed amount of 3,000 yuan, but for a popular movie, he was only given a few tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

Who can agree with this act of seeking death? Chen Long saw that his income from one movie was less than that of a supporting role! Looking at the housing prices in Xiangjiang, how many years will it take for you to buy a house? Seeing celebrities who are not as famous as themselves driving famous brand sports cars, but I am calculating how much a taxi will cost?

Who can bear this kind of mentality? So in the end, Luo Wei had no choice but to let the Heshi Jade that he worked so hard to dig up be poached by Jiahe.

Seeing that Xu Zhi did not agree with him being the director, Luo Wei did not force it and said, "Then we will follow what we discussed last time, but I hope Xu Sheng can shoot faster and not waste too much time."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Okay, no problem. I brought the contract over. You two can take a look. If there is no problem, you can sign it today."