Hong Kong Island: From a small stall to a global supplier

Chapter 135 Return to Hong Kong to plan a big project with profits exceeding million!

The next morning, Wang Yaotang returned to Hong Kong Island. There were some things that his subordinates really couldn't handle.

The sexy clothing advertisement was filmed, but when Lao Song approached TVB, he was rejected outright.

"They won't broadcast it. TVB has never broadcast any underwear commercials before. They say the scale is too large and they are afraid of causing criticism from the audience." Lao Song said on the phone.

Advertising, Wang Yaotang must do it!

The speed of information transmission is too slow these days. Although sexy clothing is almost known to everyone in Hong Kong Island, it is only worn in entertainment venues such as casinos and nightclubs in Macau. Other places don't know about it yet.

If you want to promote your product, you must rely on advertising.

We got off the boat at the pier and drove straight to Mount Wutai. TVB didn’t move to Clearwater Bay Television City until 1988.

"Mr. Liang." Wang Yaotang smiled and extended his hand.

"Mr. Wang, nice to meet you." Liang Naipeng walked up with a smile on his face.

Liang Naipeng, born in Shanghai in 40, is currently the advertising manager of TVB.

"I hope my visit does not disturb Mr. Liang's work?"

"No, you're welcome, Mr. Wang. Come in."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two walked towards the elevator.

People were coming and going in the lobby on the first floor. When they saw Liang Naipeng, they all made way and looked at Wang Yaotang in a suit with curiosity. Who was this man? He was young and looked to be in his early 20s. Why did Mr. Liang come to greet him in person?
Which rich man's son?

On the other side, Chen Huimin, who was chatting and laughing with a few people, paused, frowned, and suddenly felt his heart beating faster. Why did he seem to see the evil star, the God of Wealth Yao?

Turn around, I'm lost!
"Let's go, let's go." Chen Huimin pulled Chen Xinjian and walked back. The others had a puzzled look on their faces but could only follow.

"What's wrong?" Chen Xinjian turned sideways and looked back, and saw Wang Yaotang walking into the elevator with Liang Naipeng. "Don't pull, don't pull, they're in the elevator, who is it?"

Chan Kin-san also came from the police force, two years later than Chan Wai-man, but he was admitted through examination and started as a trainee inspector. When he retired from the police force in 76 because he liked making movies, he was already a superintendent.

Although they are both in the entertainment industry, Chen Jianxin and Chen Huimin have never been harassed by gangs...

"The evil star Tan Lang. If you are entangled by him, you will be surrounded by evil spirits and die young!" Chen Huimin's face did not look good.

"The Greedy Wolf? He is the God of Wealth?" Chen Jianxin was a little bit unbelievable, "No way, I thought he was some young master."

Wu Ma, Ng Man-tat, Sham Kin-fung, and Chow Yun-fat, who were around him, also looked surprised.

Is that the evil star Tan Lang that has been rumored recently?

Not really.

"Beidou Tianshu Tanlang Xingjun, Wei Ran, Cao Cao, Yang Jian, Guo Ziyi, which one of them is not handsome? Could it be that they look like Wu Ma and Juanmao?" Chen Huimin said unhappily: "Besides, he easily killed Daoba Peng."

Wu Ma and Cen Jianxun twitched their lips. What's wrong with us? Do we look very apologetic?

"That's right." Chen Jianxin nodded.

Wu Ma, Cen Jianxun: "..."

"Is he really as evil as you say?"

Zhou Runfa wanted to interrupt several times, but he didn't have the chance. Being famous or not doesn't mean one has a high status.

"Would you like me to introduce it to you and experience it yourself?"

"No need!" Chen Jianxin raised his hand quickly, "What is he doing at TVB?"

"Who knows? I don't want to ask. I just want to stay away from him!"

"What do you think about filming with him?"

"He's worth tens of millions, and he's filming with you?"

"You are also worth tens of millions, I am still a superintendent of police, and Prince Rong is still the leader of the group, what's the problem?"

"Yeah...that's right." A few people walked out of the TVB building while chatting.

Upstairs, in the office, Liang Naipeng asked the secretary to pour tea. He exchanged a few pleasantries with Wang Yaotang before getting down to business. "Mr. Wang, you are here because of the advertising, right?"

"Call me Ah Yao, Mr. Wang or something like that. I'm only 22 years old, and it sounds old to me." Wang Yaotang said with a smile, "Yes, if a clothing company wants to promote itself, TVB is the best platform."

"I'm not trying to be difficult, but we've never been in an underwear advertisement." Liang Naipeng looked embarrassed.

"I have been in Macau a lot recently. I talked to the gambling king a few days ago. I plan to develop the entertainment industry in Macau and will also get involved in some movies. I owe Mr. Liang a favor. If you need me in the future, just ask. I will never refuse."

"This……"

After Yu Jingwei passed away in 80, Shaw Brothers increased its stake and became the largest shareholder. Liang Naipeng was just an employee.

If he doesn't agree, it would be for the benefit of the company and he would offend people. Considering Fang Yihua's personality and Shao Laoliu's stinginess, he can only give her a verbal praise at most.

Agree, damage the company a little, and gain a favor.

Liang Naipeng hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "I'll take a look at the commercial, and if there aren't any revealing scenes, I'll go in."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Liang. I won't say any nice words. This is my business card. If there is an emergency, call this number and tell them it's my order." Wang Yaotang took out his business card with a smile and left the command center's phone number.

"Haha, thank you very much." Liang Naipeng seemed very happy.

He has considerable abilities in the entertainment and media field, but he is not very capable outside of this field. When encountering any bad things in Hong Kong, sometimes calling the police is not as good as contacting community groups, which can solve the problems faster, better and more thoroughly.

The film of the advertisement was brought up by his subordinates, and Liang Naipeng watched it in a projection room. He was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the male lead was the person next to him.

It turns out that this underworld celebrity has the same hobby as Prince Rong. No wonder he wants to go into the entertainment industry.

A 30-second ad without any omissions should theoretically be fine.

Even if there were complaints after the broadcast, when asked, Fang Yihua would at most say that she was under pressure from the community and received a few criticisms, and it was not a big problem.

It was done. After making an appointment to entertain at Dynasty Nightclub in the evening, Wang Yaotang left. There were many things that needed to be dealt with after coming back.

……

Instead of returning to the company, he arranged for someone to take him back to his home in Kowloon Tong. He set up a hot pot in the yard, and the five brothers, along with Guan Jiahui and his sister Wang Lixuan, ate and chatted together.

"How was the catwalk show?" Wang Yaotang asked while eating mutton hotpot.

"There are a lot of people at the scene, and the effect is very hot. Every time they change their clothes, those perverts shout very loudly." Awei said with a smile.

“Have you shown the accessories?”

“It was displayed and placed around the catwalk.”

"Haha, no one's causing trouble, right?"

"I guess not."

"What counts?"

"Some ugly, fat old ladies cursed, but it didn't have any effect."

"Where are the security guards? Just chase them away."

"Our people are in uniform, so those old ladies are not afraid of us at all!" Ajie knocked on the bowl with his chopsticks. "If you chase her away, she will be more aggressive than you. She will grab, scold, and beat you. It's ugly to roll around in a rage."

"What's going on?" Wang Yaotang frowned.

"They thought we were the police, so of course they weren't afraid!" "Provoke us!" Wang Yaotang laughed angrily, "A bunch of troublemakers!"

"I asked someone to change clothes and go out, and then they were chased away." Awei said with a smile.

"You handled it right. It seems that bad guys also have their uses. Sometimes they are more useful than regular troops in maintaining order at the scene." Wang Yaotang sighed. Good guys have to be pointed at with guns.

“How are sales going?”

"Well, that thing... it didn't sell very well." Awei whispered awkwardly: "30 stores, only a few hundred were sold in total."

"Huh? That shouldn't be the case?" Wang Yaotang was stunned. "How much did you sell?"

He remembered that the domestic market for post-production post-production products was as high as 120 billion. This time, he ordered a total of 100 million pieces of goods, 7 post-production products, but he didn't expect that the sales would be so small.

"What about accessories, whips, clamps, and the like?"

"It's very little. I don't know if there will be more in the future."

"This..." Wang Yaotang touched his chin and frowned as he thought.

As the largest and only sex toy store in Hong Kong Island, there is only one reason why the store cannot be sold: the market has not been opened up.

After thinking for a while, his eyes fell on Ajie's face.

"What are you looking at me for?" When discussing "Look at me at this time", Ajie couldn't help but panic.

"Can you use those things?"

"of course not!"

"why?"

"Why should I use it!" Ajie gritted his teeth, feeling that this was an insult to himself.

I'm young and strong, and I can have sex with three women at night. Do I need this kind of thing?

"That's right!" Wang Yaotang slapped his thigh, "I forgot, blame me."

It was 1980, and Panasonic had only developed VCR technology three years earlier, and household products were only launched on the market last year.

Before videotapes were invented, people either went to the cinema or watched movies on television. Europe and the United States had underground cinemas and adult television stations after the sexual liberation movement in the 70s, but there are none in Asia today.

The adult market emerged with the invention of home video recorders and videotapes. How could the people of Hong Kong today understand this?

If you want to develop this market, you must start by shooting erotic films.

"What's wrong?" Everyone at the table looked at Wang Yaotang.

"I thought of something." Wang Yaotang's eyes swept around and finally fell on Ajie, and his smile suddenly became bright.

"Hey, Brother Yao, please don't laugh so scary." Ajie grinned and looked over with a vigilant look.

"I built an industry for you, but you're a loser!" Wang Yaotang said.

Ajie looked at Wang Yaotang and tilted his head to think for a while, "I am a righteous person, so I will give this opportunity to Aji first, and I will be the last one."

Aji smiled faintly and said gently: "Go away!"

He just doesn't talk much, but he's not stupid. Brothers know each other well. From Wang Yaotang's expression, you can tell that it must be a bad thing.

"Four Eyes, this is a rare opportunity, I'll give it to you." Ajie quickly looked over again.

The bespectacled boy tilted his head and looked over with contempt.

"Fuck you!" Ajie threw the chopsticks over.

"Hahahaha..." Several people burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, Wang Yaotang looked at Siyanzi again and asked, "How is the plan to build a factory in the north going?"

"I went there once and had a talk with the Merchants Bureau there. The conditions were very good!" Speaking of this, Four Eyes put down his chopsticks, "Even the conditions were good, I felt... they were fake, like they were trying to cheat me out of my money!"

"Ah?" The others looked over with curiosity.

"The land is free." The bespectacled boy stretched out his hands and counted them. "Taxes are free for three years, roads are free, water is free, electricity is free, and even new factories are free!"

"Oh my god, it's so good, it's free? This must be fake!" Awei and others widened their eyes.

For many years, industrial land has rarely been sold on Hong Kong Island, or it is very expensive, almost catching up with commercial land.

Industrial land is mainly rented, and rent has to be paid every year. You have to pay for the three connections yourself, build the factory yourself, and don't even think about tax exemption.

In capitalism, everything costs money.

Several people looked at Wang Yaotang. It was he who requested to build a factory there.

"The pattern!" Wang Yaotang said with a smile, "The systems are different, how can we compare? They are sovereign states, and Hong Kong Island is a colony. The government only cares about how to make money. This little bit of effort is not even a drop in the bucket for them. They will build roads, provide electricity and water for the dozens of households in the mountains."

"Four Eyes, don't keep bargaining for the sake of saving money. It's unnecessary. Make friends with the local officials. Leaving a good impression is better than those trivial things. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I see." Four Eyes nodded. "The financial company is quite busy with settlements at the end of the year. I'll go over and settle this matter after the New Year."

"Well, it's settled. I'll go over and take a look, and see if I can get some good stuff back." Wang Yaotang said thoughtfully.

"Good stuff, are there good stuff over there?" Awei asked curiously.

In this era, people in Hong Kong do look down on people from the mainland.

"Weapons. There are artillery pieces in the village over there. I want to get some heavy firepower back." Wang Yaotang said lightly.

"What, Huopao, are you crazy?" Four Eyes and Awei were shocked.

"When they accuse you of doing something, you'd better do it!" Wang Yaotang laughed and said, "In the future, you will often travel between Hong Kong Island, Macao and the sea. It's normal for anything to happen at sea."

"Besides, we now have dozens of entertainment venues, and consume tens of millions of dollars in wine and cigarettes every year. Why should we let others make this money?"

"Also, the taxes on alcohol and tobacco are damn high. I'd rather smuggle them myself than give the money to the British Hong Kong government."

"Aren't we doing the right thing?" Aji asked in a deep voice.

"I'm talking about not getting involved in gambling or drugs. These things harm people, damage one's virtue, and make one's child have no anus. As for alcohol and cigarettes, why should one be afraid? Governments all over the world allow them to be sold. Of course, you can do anything that's not illegal!"

The bespectacled guy burst out laughing and almost confused Brother Yao. You are talking about smuggling!

"Based on our current consumption, if we use all the smuggled liquor, we can make at least 3000 million more in a year." Four Eyes said after making an estimate.

"So many?" Everyone else was shocked, including Wang Yaotang.

He just suddenly thought of engaging in smuggling, but he didn't calculate how much he could earn!
"A lot? We have 9 nightclubs, 8 KTVs, 7 bars, and 2 discos in our two places. The annual consumption of alcohol is over million. There are no other factories here, so they also consume a lot of alcohol, not to mention cigarettes. If we supply other clubs..." Four Eyes laughed, "The annual profit is easily over million!"

"I choose!" Several people looked at each other. What else could they say? "Let's do it!"

Wang Yaotang's heart was also boiling with excitement. He had been joking before, but now, "It seems that we must get some powerful weapons from the north..."

"We must do it. If the water police dare to check us, we will bomb them to death!" Ajie said viciously.

……

PS: A friend invited me to visit Xishuangbanna, saying it’s all free... I’m flying there today!

I'm so old, no one should pinch my kidneys, right?
(End of this chapter)