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

Chapter 214 Unifying the audio-visual market! (Seeking monthly tickets)

"what happened!"

Four policemen walked in with grim looks on their faces.

The law enforcer, while enforcing the law, was stopped outside by a guy who was obviously not a good person...

He should have exercised restraint by not arresting everyone on the spot.

Of course, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Hong Kong. Maybe we are used to it...

The leading police captain looked around the room. He saw the imposing young man sitting in the boss chair, the security guards standing on both sides in black combat uniforms, the secretary in a suit holding a briefcase, and the man with glasses who had wet pants, was covered in sweat and looked extremely weak.

A middle-aged factory owner was forced to sell his factory because of the arrogant and domineering young man.

"Sir, do you need any help?" The sheriff walked up to Liu Qixuan and asked loudly, "If you have any questions, please tell us. Our police will not let any bad guy go!"

"They used electric batons to shock me." Liu Qixuan said weakly, "Officer, save me."

"Intentional injury!" The sheriff glared, "Take both of them away."

Shaze and his men immediately stood in front of the four policemen, batons in their hands, looking like they would attack them immediately if they dared to arrest them.

The four of them felt their hearts tighten and they all grabbed their gun holsters.

"Oh, why did I electrocute you, Mr. Inventor Liu?" Wang Yaotang's voice came over lightly, "If we can't explain this well, we'll be in big trouble."

"You, you...I..." Liu Qixuan stuttered, his mind racing. If he went to court, would he be able to win?
Then his expression turned fierce, he gritted his teeth and said loudly: "You have no evidence!"

Ok?
The four policemen slowly turned their heads to look at Liu Qixuan who was sitting on the ground. Who would say "You have no evidence"?

I didn't expect that you, the one lying on the ground and peeing your pants, were the one with the problem!
"What a joke! Who am I? What evidence do I need? I just need to know the truth." Wang Yaotang stood up with a cold face. "Let's go to the sea and talk later to avoid being interrupted."

"Wait, you can't leave." The sheriff shouted subconsciously.

"What are you shouting about? I did it with the electric shock. Catch me. Get out of here." A security guard walked up and pointed at his own nose and shouted loudly.

"Wait, Brother Yao, I won't call the police." Liu Qixuan shouted loudly.

Everyone stopped and looked over.

"There was no electric shock. I don't know who called the police. There's nothing wrong here. You're disturbing me while I'm talking. Get out!" Liu Qixuan said, pointing at the four policemen.

The police chief's mouth twitched. He was treating the police like toilet paper. He glared at Liu Qixuan hatefully, then turned and left.

"Boy, you're smart." Shaze sneered.

"Tell me what you think. I'm curious." Wang Yaotang sat back down.

"I, I, I thought you wouldn't register a patent and don't care about this." Liu Qixuan said in a low voice.

Ok?
Wang Yaotang blinked and looked at Wei Tao, "What does he mean? Is he saying that I don't know what a patent is? Does he think I'm a brainless dwarf mule?"

Wei Tao's face turned red, coughing, coughing—

It's so funny. The boss always boasts of being knowledgeable and smart, but he is actually looked down upon...

"Throw him into the sea to feed the sharks!" Wang Yaotang was so angry.

Shaze and the others immediately pounced on him. Liu Qixuan struggled frantically, "No, Brother Yao, I know I was wrong. I will compensate you and transfer all the patents to you."

"That fucking thing was originally mine!"

"I'll give you money, I'll give you money!"

"How much?"

"10, no, 50!"

"You have not only insulted my intelligence, but also my personality." Wang Yaotang gritted his teeth, "Give him an electric shock."

"Fuck-"

"Fuck-"

After a long while, Liu Qixuan finally recovered and said, "Brother Yao, Brother Yao, I'll do whatever you say."

"The patent will be transferred to the company, and I want 60% of the shares of this factory."

"No, no, it's too uh—"

"Fuck-"

Wei Tao couldn't bear it any longer, "You don't have a brain, do you? With Brother Yao standing behind you, the factory will have a wide range of sales in the future, and you won't be in any trouble."

Liu Qixuan's brain was stunned, his eyes were dazed, and it took him a long time to recover, drooling, "Okay, okay, okay."

Wang Yaotang stood up and left. Shaze stayed behind and threatened Liu Qixuan, "Let someone come to sign the contract with you tomorrow. Don't play tricks, or I'll kill your whole family."

On the way back, Wang Yaotang suddenly asked, "Do you think I went too far?"

"It's not too much. With patents and connections as investment, 60% is not much. He is taking advantage." Wei Tao shook his head. "It's just that this guy is not very clear-headed. I don't think the company will be able to grow under his leadership."

Wang Yaotang nodded and said nothing more.

We’ll talk about it later. You can change people at any time.

"Brother Yao, where are we going now?"

"Let's go to the restaurant and meet Zhang Rongyao." Wang Yaotang said, "There should be a result on the music distribution chain."

"Zhang Yaorong, right? The entertainment tycoon?" Wei Tao asked curiously.

"Yes, yes, yes, I always pronounce it wrong. He found Ji Bao from Xinji to be the middleman." Wang Yaotang snorted.

Zhang Yaorong's two Chinese nightclubs are both located in large shopping malls. One of the two shopping malls is backed by the Bao family, and the other is backed by the Li family. They don't need a so-called security guard, but they still took out half of the money and hired Xinji Ji Bao.

Later, Zhang Yaorong's son Zhang Yongxin co-opened the "Fudu", "Fucheng" and other "Fu series" nightclubs.

'Chinese Style' Zhang Rongyao, 'Rich' Ji Bao, 'Big Rich' Luo Zhuo and 'Chinatown' Deng Chongguang are collectively known as the 'Four Tycoons of Hong Kong Nightclubs'.

Various four major...

On another road, Zhang Yaorong and Ji Bao were sitting in the same car and chatting.

"The God of Wealth Yao also has a nickname called 'The Evil Star'. It is said that he is full of evil spirit and anyone who negotiates with him will surely die if he does not have enough luck." Ji Bao said with a smile.

"Oh, why is there such a saying?" Zhang Yaorong asked curiously.

"He had a dispute with Tong Xinhe before, and Jin Yacheng negotiated with him in a teahouse. When the negotiation ended and he was leaving, Jin Yacheng was shot and killed." Ji Bao shook his head and laughed, "Later, Tiao Li De Zi Dui Tie Ren Dong negotiated with him. That night, this guy led several people to drive several cars into Tie Ren Dong's place, killing and injuring many people. After Tie Ren Dong was disabled, he was beheaded one day. Afterwards, De Zi Dui's leader Xi Yan Xiong asked Da Di to find him in the ring to fight to the death."

"As a result, the boxing champion Peng was beaten to death on the spot, and Xiyan Xiong was forced to abdicate and died tragically afterwards."

"Later, Haojiang Mo Dingping negotiated with him in a teahouse and was shot and killed again when he left." "You know what happened this time. The final exact number was 97 deaths and more than 120 injuries."

When Ji Bao said this, Zhang Yaorong understood what he meant.

I took a huge risk by helping you negotiate with him and saving your life.

"Did he arrange for gunmen to kill those two people?" Zhang Yaorong asked solemnly.

This time, he got involved in the music store in order to serve his Chinese restaurant and nightclub, and he wanted to expand his influence among singers through record distribution.

He worked in construction and opened a restaurant and nightclub, so had a lot of contacts with gangs. He used to be a member of the "Dong" gang, but later he left the gang. However, he still had a lot of connections with that gang, so he got involved when he knew about the news.

However, being accustomed to business competition, he never expected that this time the fight would become so brutal.

He was indeed afraid, but he was unwilling to give up the opportunity to further his career, so he invited Ji Bao to come out, trying to use Xinji's reputation to preserve his existing achievements.

Of course, the price was high. The music store gave 3% of its shares to Ji Bao, and half of the dividend rights of the two major Chinese restaurants were directly converted into shares.

"It shouldn't be, at least not what I know." Ji Bao said with a smile, "It's because it's not that everyone thinks it's weird."

"That's really weird." Zhang Yaorong nodded, "I'll take care of it in a moment."

"I'll try my best." Ji Bao smiled but did not agree immediately.

As they were talking, they arrived at Yaode Seafood Restaurant. When they got off the car, they did not see Wang Yaotang waiting to greet them at the door. Ji Bao curled his lips slightly, but Zhang Yaorong did not say anything.

Shaze took the person to the upstairs private room and pushed the door open, "Brother Yao, the guests are here."

Wang Yaotang stood up with a smile, "The leader of the four tigers of Xinji, Brother Ji Bao, haha, welcome, welcome."

"Brother Yao is sitting on the Diaoyutai, I don't think he welcomes us." Ji Bao smiled and shook hands with Wang Yaotang.

"Okay, I admit, I'm not welcome." Wang Yaotang let go, walked to the main seat and sat down. "Before I became famous, I fought to the death on the stage for you to see. Now that I have become famous, I still have to put on a smiling face while suppressing my dissatisfaction. Then I have been working for nothing."

"Sit down, what do you want to say?"

Ji Bao and Zhang Yaorong looked at each other, and they pulled out chairs and sat down. "You didn't even serve a cup of tea, Brother Yao, this is not the way to entertain guests."

"You can serve tea or wine. Since you two are here together, should we follow the rules of the underworld or the business world?"

Ji Bao leaned back in his chair and said nothing. Zhang Yaorong said in a deep voice, "Mr. Wang, what about the rules of the underworld? What about the rules of the business world?"

"The rules of the underworld are that if we can't reach an agreement through negotiation, then we'll just fight. As for the rules of the business world..." Wang Yaotang suddenly laughed, "I took the risk and tried my best to open up the situation, but Mr. Zhang took advantage of the situation without saying a word. Compared to Prince Rong, haha, I have been very abiding by the rules of the business world with Mr. Zhang."

"That's how business works. When you see an opportunity, you must act without hesitation. Victory or defeat depends on your own ability," Zhang Yaorong said in a deep voice.

He was not afraid of normal competition, as the two major Chinese nightclubs often hosted banquets by Hong Kong celebrities, through which he made many connections. What he was afraid of was that Wang Yaotang would destroy him personally.

"Okay, cut off the water and electricity, steal and rob, bribe the counter clerks to deliberately treat customers coldly, I have many ways." Wang Yaotang raised his eyebrows.

"You!" Zhang Yaorong's face was grim. "Your method is too despicable."

"Stop it, Mr. Zhang is already very old, and saying such childish things will only make people laugh at you." Wang Yaotang sneered.

"What do you want?"

"I want 30% of the shares."

"Don't even think about it!"

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, we young people don't have the patience to deal with your shopping mall game." Wang Yaotang waved his hand impatiently, "The store you acquired only occupies 2% of the market. You are holding on to it so tightly not because of a little profit, but probably because of your Chinese nightclub."

Zhang Yaorong looked Wang Yaotang up and down in surprise. He didn't expect that a gangster who hadn't even finished junior high school had such a keen business sense.

With this level of ability, why join any club?

In his opinion, even though he only owns 2% of the stores, he believes that his management skills are definitely not comparable to those of a mere gangster. As long as he develops slowly, he will eventually be able to swallow the dragon.

Now it seems that may not be the case.

"Be straightforward, okay or not."

"Mr. Wang is beyond my expectations. No wonder people call him God of Wealth Yao. There are wrong names, but there is no wrong nickname. So, why does Mr. Wang want to acquire the music store?" Zhang Yaorong asked with a smile.

After a moment's thought, there was no need to hide it now. "Technology is developing. In 1978, JVC launched the VHS home video system HR-3300. You should have heard of videotapes. They have gradually shown their advantages in the competition with Sony's Betamax system. Music stores should be renamed audio-visual stores in the future. The market prospects for videotapes far exceed those for magnetic tapes."

"I have already built a videotape duplication factory and bought the copyrights from Shaw Brothers and TVB. I need this platform when I launch it to the market."

Zhang Yaorong never thought that the reason was to open up new markets. He felt that young people really dared to think and work hard, but he was also a little depressed because he was old after all.

Ji Bao had heard about this from Lao Dong a long time ago, but he had not gone into it in depth. He came here today to see if he could get involved. "Besides the audio-visual product store, does Brother Yao have any other ideas? Have you considered the issue of piracy?"

"I don't care about piracy or genuine products. I am the only manufacturer in Hong Kong Island. I can expand production capacity at any time. I control production, copyright and sales platform. How can others win?" Wang Yaotang crossed his legs. "As for other ideas, the video hall is equivalent to a small cinema. You can watch whatever you want. 400 square feet, a TV, a VCR and 20 chairs, done."

"I know that Xin Ji has connections in Southeast Asia. Brother Ji Bao, you can imagine opening stores there to increase sales. The overall market is larger than Hong Kong Island. You just need to purchase goods from me."

"Haha, you are worthy of being the God of Wealth Yao. Brother Yao is quite sharp!" Ji Bao laughed, "Then it's settled."

"That's a deal!"

"Mr. Zhang, what's your decision?" Wang Yaotang looked over with a smile.

"Okay, I'll give you 3% of the shares for free, but I also want to invest in your chain stores. Not much, 1% will be fine, and I'll pay in cash, how about that?" Zhang Yaorong said in a deep voice.

Wang Yaotang smacked his lips. "How do you calculate the valuation? For this chain store, I fought everyone from PolyGram to Warner. Lao Dong was sent to the police station. All my places were raided for three consecutive days. Prince Rong sent 5000 people to raid me. More than 50 stores were smashed, the loss exceeded 200 million, and more than people were killed or injured. The police have been biting all the communities in Hong Kong Island like mad dogs during this period."

"What valuation do you want?" Zhang Yaorong frowned.

"1.5 million, not a cent less."

Zhang Yaorong lowered his head and quickly calculated in his mind. He also wanted to get a piece of the videotape market. Considering the price of videotapes, the market was definitely bigger than the music market. Monopoly value would help him get promoted in the future...

"Okay, I promise you!" Zhang Yaorong slammed the table.

Ji Bao was very envious. He learned the cost from Lao Dong. It was only half a month and the price had doubled!
Damn, it’s so profitable!

"Tsk tsk, you're bold. Then take Brother Zhang with you." Wang Yaotang said with a smile.

"Happy cooperation!" Zhang Yaorong stood up and extended his hand.

Wang Yaotang and Ji Bao also stood up and said, "Happy cooperation."

……

PS: Dear parents who provide you with food and clothing, it’s the end of the month!

If you have a monthly ticket, don’t keep it!

I have been writing books for many years, and the normal number of monthly votes is around 4000, but this month it is only 1600...

Have pity on the old man!
(End of this chapter)