Huayu: Director started with art films

Chapter 113 [Investment is not as good as real estate speculation, Popular Film Weekly]

Zhang Manyu actually has a kind of pitiful and fragile feeling, which can be seen from the heroine A'e in "Chungking Express".

In her later performances in "Sweet Honey" and "Comrades: Almost a Love Story", Zhang Manyu always gives people a sense of pity. The high-level paraplegic heroine Ma Jiaqi is played by such a weak image as Zhang Manyu, which may be more shocking.

However, Lee Yi-shu doesn't know how the filming will be done specifically. He currently has two films waiting to be released, as well as "Central Station" which he is collaborating with Qiu Fusheng.

It can be said that there are too many projects, and he has not had a good rest in the past year.

However, Lee Yi-su is also enjoying it. Because he is young and energetic, and has a lot of "creative" desire, he can devote himself to the movie wholeheartedly.

But this also ignores rest and enjoyment!
Nowadays, there are many ways to entertain people, except for the Internet. The most common ones are nightclubs, bars and other places for entertainment. The most high-end ones are playing golf, watching Marseille, and attending yacht parties...

I haven't seen Marseille yet.

Chatted for a while.

Before leaving, Zhang Manyu said, "Director Li, thank you for your help. I will experience this experience when I return."

Li Yishu said awkwardly, "Well, you don't have to experience this. If you really want to experience it, go find some young girls who are unfortunately paralyzed from the waist down due to car accidents and give them some encouragement."

"Okay, Director Li." Zhang Manyu nodded.

After seeing Zhang Manyu off, Li Yishu directly asked Huo Wenxi, "Are you free tomorrow?"

"Ah? Yes, boss." Huo Wenxi blushed. Is it finally coming?

Li Yishu said, "Accompany me to see Marseilles tomorrow, and take me around Hong Kong Island. Come to think of it, I've never had a good time in Hong Kong in the past few times."

"Good boss."

Huo Wenxi showed disappointment on her face. She thought it was finally her turn.

"correct."

Li Yishu didn't notice the disappointment on Huo Wenxi's face, but asked, "How is the research and development going on Engineer Jiang?"

Huo Wenxi said: "It is still under development. Since we bought the MPEG technology, Engineer Jiang has set up a laboratory. He said that the progress is very good. If we are optimistic, we should be able to see the effect of the first generation of products in March or April next year."

"That's it..."

Li Yishu narrowed his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Well, you can go back and buy some VCD production rights for Hong Kong and Taiwan movies in the name of the technology company."

“What types do you need to buy?”

"I buy everything, even old Shaw Brothers movies from more than a decade ago. I buy them if I can. The cheaper the better, preferably no more than HK$1. For more famous movies, the price can be higher."

"I know, boss."

After VCD was developed, the most important issue was the copyright of the movies made into discs.

In China, he can rely on cheap copyrights and technology to package and license them to VCD brands. He does not seek to make money in this regard, but aims to cultivate awareness of genuine products.

If you really want to make money, you still have to go to developed countries such as Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea. They still attach relatively great importance to copyright, especially in Europe and the United States. Under the influence of capitalists, copyright awareness is still very high. Hong Kong films have a group of audiences in Europe and the United States.

The old movies from the 1950s and 1960s in Hong Kong are basically no longer released on videotape, and are turning into ashes piled up in the warehouse. If the VCD copyrights of some well-known movies were packaged and sold for HK$10,000 each, I believe that old film companies like Shaw Brothers would be happy to do so.

Moreover, since many film companies don’t know what VCD is, they can acquire the copyright of VCD at a low price, and they will definitely make some money in the future.

Even if you don't make much money, it's good to have the copyright.

the following few days.

Li Yishu has been following Huo Wenxi around Hong Kong Island, either shopping or strolling around.

During this period, he also went to Mid-Levels, looked at the luxury houses scattered around the area, and asked Huo Wenxi, who found out that the cheapest one cost more than 3000 million.

Based on the current exchange rate of 1 US dollar: 7.8 Hong Kong dollars, it is only about 360 million US dollars.

Compared to ordinary people, it is definitely very expensive, but Li Yishu knows that this price is considered cheap. He remembers that 1997 was the peak of Hong Kong's housing prices in the millennium.

The princess spent 4800 million to buy a luxury house in Sha Tin. At that time, gossip newspapers were full of reports. Lee Yi-su was envious for a long time. You know, he was still worried about his efforts to make movies at that time.

But in the second year, the financial crisis hit and housing prices in Hong Kong Island were cut in half.

Thinking of this, Li Yishu immediately had a good financial management idea, which was to buy a house!
He had been thinking about how to invest his money. He had never done business before, and Li Yishu didn't have the energy to manage the real economy. There were not many people around him who he could use and trust.

So instead of going through the trouble of doing business, it is more fun to speculate in real estate. Just remember to sell all the houses by the end of 1996.

Wait until the 98 financial crisis, then buy a few properties at a bargain price. After that, buy houses in Yanjing and Shanghai. Then invest in Alibaba and Penguin, and you basically won’t have to worry about money.

After having the idea of ​​speculating in real estate, Li Yishu called Amy directly and asked her to bring the financial advisor mentioned last time to the company.

Art Film Company.

Financial consultant Chen Jinsheng was surprised and said, "Director Li, are you sure you want to buy so many houses? In fact, housing prices are relatively stable now. I think the best way to manage your finances is through funds. Now the Cheung Kong Group's fund..."

"No need."

When Li Yishu heard the words "Cheung Kong Industry", he lost interest and waved his hand, saying, "Advisor Chen, I'm a conservative person. I'm not interested in finance, funds, stocks, etc. Please help me focus on buying good properties."

"All right!"

Seeing Li Yishu say this, Chen Jinsheng didn't know what to say, so he nodded and said, "Our company does provide services to help you buy properties, but we charge a fee per unit."

"Money is not the problem. The main thing is whether it is a good property (building)."

"Director Li, you can rest assured. Our company has cooperation with major real estate companies and real estate agencies in Hong Kong Island. We will definitely be able to find the most suitable property for investment for Director Li."

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Chen."

After a brief chat, Li Yishu reached a verbal agreement with the other party, and Chen Jinsheng would help find a suitable building.

As long as Li Yishu is interested in a product, they will negotiate the price with the other party, and if successful, they will take a commission according to a certain percentage.

It was equivalent to paying a little agency fee, but Li Yishu didn't care. After all, professionals can find good properties suitable for investment. Amy asked in surprise: "Boss, do you really want to invest all this money in houses?"

"What's wrong?" Li Yishu looked at the other party.

Amy hesitated and said, "I heard that now that we are almost 97, many people want to immigrate, and house prices are getting lower and lower. It is not cost-effective to invest now."

Hearing this, Li Yishu couldn't help but laugh out loud: "That's a good thing. These people immigrated and left behind cheap houses, which is just right for me to invest in."

Hong Kong's housing prices are almost unique in the world.

Even in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, housing prices are not as expensive as in Hong Kong.

Li Yishu still remembers that it was revealed online that Jack Ma spent HK$17 billion to buy a luxury house in Mid-Levels.

Even if a mid-level villa that currently costs tens of millions of yuan is not sold for 17 billion yuan in the future, it can certainly be sold for to million yuan.

Taking inflation into account, it’s hard to say whether it will be ten times, but five or six times is definitely the minimum.

That was around 2015, far from the peak of housing prices.

Moreover, Li Yishu is now only engaged in short-term real estate speculation investment. As long as she can beat the bank interest within 4 years, it will be a profit for Li Yishu, not to mention that these 4 years will be the 4 years when Hong Kong Island's housing prices will reach a peak.

"All right!"

Amy nodded. As for houses, even if they lose money now, they will definitely increase in value in the future. Just like the housing prices plummeted in 83, they have not only recovered now, but have even increased a lot.

"Come to think of it, you have been employed for quite some time now."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "How about this, as long as you work hard in the next few years and work for 5 years, I will give each of you a 100 square foot mansion! (A house less than square meters)"

After that, he said to Huo Wenxi: "The same goes for you."

"real?!"

Amy and Huo Wenxi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Amy has a house, but it's only 60 square meters. Huo Wenxi is miserable and still has to rent a house.

"Haha, of course it's true."

Li Yishu smiled brightly. 1998 happened to be the year when housing prices in Hong Kong were at their lowest. Buying a thousand square feet luxury house at the bottom would probably cost only two to three million yuan, which converted into US dollars is less than three hundred thousand US dollars.

I gave it to two old employees who had worked for me for five years, and considered it as five years of benefits.

He was calculating with great speed.

In the evening of October 10th.

Li Yishu returned to Yanjing after being away for a month.

As usual, I went back to school and asked Director Situ for leave again.

Situ Zhaodun seemed to have let go of Li Yishu's request for leave.

You have to let go of it. Lee Yi-su is not only a Golden Lion Award-winning director, but also the number one box office director in Taiwan. She even made a movie in Japan that grossed 150 billion yen.

That's 150 billion yen~~ converted into US dollars, it's nearly million US dollars.

At that time, Lee Ye-su was busy filming "Farewell My Concubine" and declined media interviews, so she probably would have been visited by many people.

After coming out of the office, Li Yishu went straight to the girls' dormitory.

He did not attract anyone's attention along the way.

Although Li Yishu is very famous in Beijing Film Academy, he only appears a few times a year and has rarely appeared on TV or in magazines, so most people forget about him after seeing him.

Seeing Li Yishu, Yu Feihong was both happy and complaining: "You are willing to come back."

"Originally, I didn't want to come back to the glamorous world of capitalist society, but I can't help but have you, Yu Feihong, in school!"

Li Yishu smiled and pulled the other person home while talking.

"Where are you taking me?"

"go home!"

"What are you going home for?"

"What's the word?"

"..."

After a fierce battle between the flesh and the worm, Yu Feihong was sweating profusely. Regardless of the sudden exposure of his springtime light, he stood up and walked to the electric fan, letting the fan blow on his snow-white body.

Li Yishu was also feeling very hot, so she stood up and walked over to stand behind her.

"Stay away from me, it's so hot."

Yu Feihong turned around and rolled his eyes and said, "I'll buy an air conditioner later, otherwise I won't come with you. It's hot today, and it's even hotter when I'm next to you."

"Okay, I'll have someone do it tomorrow."

Li Yishu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He forgot that the autumn heat in October in Yanjing is still very strong.

Yu Feihong blew the fan and said, "By the way, have you told Sister Gong Li that you are back?"

Li Yishu's heart skipped a beat and his expression changed slightly. "No. I went straight to the school to find you as soon as I got back."

Hearing this, Yu Feihong felt very happy. "It's nothing. Sister Gong Li came to me a while ago and said that Popular Film Weekly wanted to see you and invite you to do an interview. I'll let you know when you come back."

"A popular movie?"

(End of this chapter)