Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 1032: Real-life Shakespeare Play
Indiana Jones was a project that Chu Xiangqian personally decided to invest in and film, and Universal had given the green light from the moment the project was approved.

The shooting period lasted for five months, plus the preliminary preparation, editing and dubbing, it took a total of eight months.

This is also because one-third of the crew behind the scenes are Hong Kong filmmakers.

Otherwise, given Hollywood's slow efficiency, the film might not be completed in less than a year.

This efficiency has also allowed Universal's shareholders to gradually accept more behind-the-scenes staff from Hong Kong Island.

Hong Kong filmmakers can be brought to Hollywood by Zou Wenhuai and earn salaries that are two to three times higher than those in Hong Kong, with the settlement currency still in US dollars.

They are naturally elites.

Even if some of his abilities are average, he is still a veteran who has been in the industry for many years.

The salary denominated in US dollars is more than ten or twenty times higher than that in Hong Kong Island.

Some people can buy a house in Hong Kong Island after working for a year.

Her enthusiasm and serious attitude towards work almost made her colleagues at Magnesium University vomit blood.

Several unions have protested against Universal's hiring of foreign workers.

But for capitalists, for the same position, the salary of Hong Kong Island employees is only 40% to 50% of that of Magnesium Women employees, while their attitude and work efficiency are higher than those of Magnesium Women employees.

Any fool knows how to choose.

As a result, several major Hollywood film studios other than Universal Pictures have not only poached Universal's employees in the past few years, but have also gone to Hong Kong Island to hire behind-the-scenes staff.

As for the employees of film companies other than Chu’s, they are of mixed quality.

In the end, Hollywood simply focused on poaching Hong Kong Island employees from Universal Studios.

This also forced Zou Wenhuai to train more talents in Hong Kong Island.

To a certain extent, this situation not only did not destroy the Hong Kong film industry, but instead cultivated more practitioners and talents.

In order to earn US dollars, practitioners in Hong Kong have an upward channel.

It will naturally attract more talents to enter this industry, making it more prosperous.

Moreover, the films produced by Chu Films can be released in China through Universal Studios.

If the box office performance is good, Universal will also act as the distributor and release the film to South America.

Chu itself has long-term cooperative relationships with film producers in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, India and Europe.

It is almost equivalent to having the ability to distribute globally.

So as long as a movie performs well, it will really make money.

The market is huge, so it will naturally be more prosperous and developed.

To the extent that at this time, there were many ordinary people in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia who were fans of Hong Kong stars.

Chu Xiangqian would write a few movie scripts every now and then that were expected to have good box office results in Japan and South Korea, and would give them to Chu's Film Group to shoot.

Some movies that are specifically targeted at Japan and South Korea always perform extremely well in the local area.

While making money, it also slowed down the development of the Japanese and Korean film industries.

However, along with the prosperity, there are also many problems.

Chu Xiangqian didn't have the energy to take care of it, so he could only leave it to Zhou Wenhuai and Zheng Shufen.

Fortunately, the two of them are indeed very capable and have been trained over the years, so they can barely maintain superficial stability and prosperity.

As for change, Chu Xiangqian himself didn't have the mind or determination to do so.

Sometimes, the problems of big companies cannot be eliminated just because you say you want to reform them.

Who knows, if you really do it, you might end up killing yourself.

So Chu Xiangqian has been just patching things up and focusing on finances.

Then, a reward and punishment system is always implemented. If the box office is good, you get in. If the box office is not good, then you get out.

There is no humanity or reason to speak of.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian can write good scripts himself, and Chu Films can produce movies with excellent box office performance. This is also the main reason why Chu Films has never collapsed and has good market profits.

Chu Xiangqian appeared in person at Universal Studios, outside a screening room, and greeted the Japanese people who got out of five Rolls-Royces.

The Japanese negotiation team was also extremely respectful to him.

As soon as they got off the car, they bowed deeply to him.

There was even some humility when he spoke.

As a Chinese, Chu Xiangqian understands the psychology of East Asians too well.

So after sending an invitation to the consortium in Japan.

Just let your private plane fly to Tokyo to pick people up.

When we arrived in Los Angeles, five Rolls-Royces took everyone to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Los Angeles.

This hotel was founded in London in 62, and its first hotel, which is also its headquarters, is located in Knightsbridge.

It is only fifteen minutes' walk from Buckingham Palace and is located in the commercial center.

Harrods department store, the pedestrian street and the Victoria and Albert Museum are also nearby.

It is backed by Hyde Park, perfect for both shopping and leisure.

After so many years of development, the number has increased from the original one to 4.

In London, Los Angeles, Paris and Venice.

The hotel in Venice has better annual profits than the other three.

This made Margaret, Philip, Mountbatten and the Cavendish father and son, who had been hesitant about whether to open a branch in Venice, once again admire Chu Xiangqian.

On the contrary, Norton has been blindly trusting and praising his master Chu Xiangqian over the years.

Although Chu Xiangqian holds a 30% stake, the hotel's affairs have always been handled by Margaret, who holds a 10% stake.

In addition, Philips holds a 15% stake, Mountbatten 17.5% and Norton 5%.

Together with the Cavendish father and son, one owns 17.5% and the other owns 5%.

It can be said that as long as Margaret does not act recklessly, no shareholders will cause trouble for her.

The Cultural Oriental Hotel in Los Angeles was invested and built in 71 and has been open for more than 8 years.

It is extremely luxurious and has the largest investment among the four hotels.

Many suites even copy the layout and furnishings of some royal suites.

As soon as this marketing strategy came out, just as Chu Xiangqian had expected, not only women were extremely curious and sought after it.

Many celebrities and politicians live here.

Rich people and executives who come to Hollywood for travel or business also like to stay in this hotel.

In addition, the royal menu, which has been maintained and improved over the years, has also attracted many diners to dine.

The name of the restaurant, like the main store in Knightsbridge, is still "Tudor Princess Restaurant".

And hanging there is a huge oil painting of Margaret's portrait.

Speaking of portrait oil paintings, many people have always doubted that the four paintings could not have been painted over the past decade according to Margaret's different ages.

When European and American women are over 30, their appearance and body shape will change dramatically.

After 40, the signs of aging become obvious.

But in these four oil paintings of Margaret, it seems that more than ten years have passed, but only three to five years have passed on her face.

That's why some people suspect that these oil paintings may have been painted in advance.

Or maybe the author deliberately made Margaret look a few years younger. When Margaret heard about this, she was still very proud and happy for a long time.

It was discovered that women like Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng, Feifei, Linda, Alyssa, Jinzhi, Jinxiu, and Zheng Shufen also looked much younger than their actual age.

Margaret then realized that it was probably Chu Xiangqian's fault.

This alone means that even if the women in the family are dissatisfied with Chu Xiangqian for some reason, they will not quarrel with him.
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When Japanese people stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Los Angeles, they not only enjoy service standards that are comparable to those of the royal family.

Each person was also assigned a beautiful actress hired by Universal Studios to accompany them and serve as a tour guide.

As for what the two will do after the negotiations and visiting the tourist attractions during the interval.

Global Times and Chu Xiangqian don’t care.

In addition, the hotel provides Rolls-Royces for them to drive when they go out, and the hotel will also pay for normal expenses for these Japanese people.

Finally, just give the bill to Chu Xiangqian.

This kind of treatment immediately made the twenty or so Japanese people extremely satisfied.

When they arrived at the screening room in Universal Studios, they saw Chu Xiangqian and a woman coming to greet them.

The Japanese people's attitude suddenly became respectful.

I learned that Maria Tucker is the Los Angeles District Attorney and has been friends with Chu Xiangqian for 20 years.

The leader of the delegation, Yuutarou Ueda, immediately realized that Maria was not only Chu Xiangqian's lover, but also the witness he had pushed to the Los Angeles District Attorney's bench.

Thinking about the other information obtained from the investigation, we know that Chu Xiangqian has very close relationships with several bigwigs in the Guohui.

I heard that there is also a lot of cooperation with several military-industrial interest groups.

Yuutarou Ueda and his companions looked at Chu Xiangqian with more admiration, even respect.

The Japanese have been lobbying and bribing powerful women and the media industry since the 60s.

The purpose was naturally to whitewash themselves, but the Japanese economy started in the 1960s and 1970s, and veterans of World War II, especially those who participated in the Pacific battlefield, were still the main labor force in the family.

So the Japanese spend a lot of money on various whitewashing methods, but the results are not good.

This made the Japanese very unwilling and hesitant.

To a certain extent, the willingness of the Neon consortium to discuss shipping business with Chu Xiangqian is also related to Chu Xiangqian's considerable influence in Magnesium.

Otherwise, the Japanese are not stupid and it is impossible for them not to see the crisis facing Chu Xiangqian's international shipping company.

Even his assessment of the situation was not as accurate as Chu Xiangqian's.

No one is as sure as Chu Xiangqian, who is even certain that the international shipping business will decline. In fact, the Japanese have many options for cooperation.

However, Chu Xiangqian is not without a trump card.

Not everyone feels like Chu Xiangqian and Baochuan Wang that the international shipping business is in a downturn.

The competition between the two great Greek shipping kings was like a Shakespearean play, full of drama, tragedy, intrigue and emotionality.

The two of them had a lifetime conflict, and the cause was actually because of the youngest daughter of an older generation shipping tycoon.

One of them first took a fancy to Tina, who was only 14 years old at the time. When the other one found out, he immediately ran over to steal her away.

The loser turned around and ran after Tina's biological sister.

The two shipping tycoons who had been fighting for their entire lives were actually brothers-in-law.

After that the fight became more intense.

One bought a big yacht and gave it to his wife.

The other one immediately bought a bigger yacht.

If one buys a small island to build a holiday paradise, the other will definitely buy a bigger island.

Even over something as boring as the number of lovers, the two would compete with each other.

Later, after they both divorced, he married his sister's shipping tycoon. Two years after the divorce, he married the daughter of the boss of Ford Motor Company.

The other one was even more amazing, he simply married Jacquela Kennedy.

The most unexpected thing is that Tina married John Spencer-Churchill for the second time.

Became the wife of the 11th Duke of Marlborough.

When Chu Xiangqian was in London, he also met Tina, and Margaret had a good relationship with her.

But a few years later, the shipping magnate who had failed in his pursuit of Tina saw that his arch-enemy had married Jacquela.

I immediately had a new idea.

He divorced the Ford family's daughter and began to pursue Tina madly. This caused quite a stir in the London aristocratic circle at that time.

In the end, he really caught up with me.

If Chu Xiangqian didn't take advantage of this, he would be a fool.

So while inviting the Japanese, he also invited her current husband Ajos through Tina.

That is the shipping tycoon whose love was first snatched away by someone else.

By the way, he secretly told Onads, who was married to Jacqueline, that he was inviting Ajos and Tina to Los Angeles.

Maria had told Chu Xiangqian before that Onads' private plane had landed at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday.

In name, he came to see Jacqueline, but in fact, even the newspapers knew about their relationship. One of the reasons was that he was attracted by Jacqueline's fame.

The other one is attracted by Onads' wealth. The only thing that is not there is love.

However, Jacqueline really knows how to spend money.

If I like a pair of shoes, I will buy dozens of the same pairs.

He even goes directly to the store to buy clothes, spending millions of dollars every month.

Even though Onads was a world-class shipping magnate, he could no longer afford such huge expenses.

It’s just that Chu Xiangqian disliked Onads a little. It’s not that he despised him as a person, but he was worried that this guy married Jacqueline.

At that wedding, everyone in the family was strongly opposed to it and even felt that Jacqueline had betrayed them.

So if it wasn't necessary, Chu Xiangqian really didn't want to deal with Onads.

But it is indeed a very good idea to take advantage of the conflict between him and Ajos and force the Japanese to do the opposite.

Once one of the two buys a large number of ships and shipping business from the international shipping company under Chu Xiangqian's name.

This is definitely not a good thing for Japan, a country where 7% of its trade is based on exports and a large amount of import business.

After all, half of Chu Xiangqian’s shipping company’s capacity and business in recent years have been on the Neon route.

In a short period of time, a large amount of shipping capacity has changed owners, which will most likely lead to an increase in import and export costs.

When Chu Xiangqian personally brought the Japanese people into the screening room, they soon discovered that not only Tina and Ajos were present.

That guy Onads actually came uninvited.

After saying hello to Chu Xiangqian, he ran to harass Tina.

Chu Xiangqian smiled and could clearly feel that the Japanese people's attitude had become much more positive.

But at this moment, he was not the one who should be anxious. Moreover, today was the internal screening of Indiana Jones, and there were indeed a lot of social engagements that Chu Xiangqian could not avoid.

And next to Taylor, as expected, stood this guy Charlie Weir.

However, Chu Xiangqian didn't have much time to talk to Charlie at this time.

As a senior senator, Robert Alessandro not only had time to attend the screening, but also brought his daughter Liberl, who was rescued by Chu Xiangqian.

(End of this chapter)