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

Chapter 241 Videotape Wine Plan

Lucas, a crew member, finally returned to the port of Marseille after traveling on the cargo ship for two months. He had half a month's rest.

During the two months he was away, a new neighbor moved in next door, a beautiful young woman named Sophie. When she heard noises coming from next door, which had been empty since they moved in, she came out to check.

Generally speaking, newcomers would give small gifts to their neighbors. Sophie was going to visit the owner next door, so she went back and got the pastries she had just made.

Lucas had just finished taking a shower when he heard someone knocking on the door. He was very confused. Someone came to see him just after he came back?

Wearing only shorts, he opened the door while wiping his hair with a towel. "Who are you?"

Sophie's eyes lit up at the large chest and abdominal muscles. "Hello, I'm the neighbor who just moved in next door. I heard you're back, so I brought you some snacks that I made myself."

"Oh, thank you. Come in."

"it is good".

A woman who has been drifting on the sea for two months and watching sows become as beautiful as Diao Chan, and a single woman who is empty, lonely and cold, are like dry wood and fire, ready to explode!
50-inch large screen...

Every texture on it is clearly visible.

Olivier stared at the screen intently. This was a bar with many people around, so it was a public place. Seeing this made his heart beat faster and his breathing became heavier...

Olivier had actually seen a similar film. There were underground cinemas in Marseille, but they were very few. The cost of shooting was not high, but the cost of copying and broadcasting was too high.

Before videotape technology became popular, it was very difficult to watch.

The more he read, the more excited he became. He couldn't hold on any longer when he was halfway through the story.

but it does not matter!
After a big fight, Olivier collapsed on the sofa and let out a long breath.

As a gang boss, I play a lot of games on a daily basis, but this is the first time I have so much fun!
Signaling Ali to change the disc and continue playing, Wang Yaotang picked up a bottle of ice-cold beer and handed it to him. Olivier took it and took a big gulp.

"Is it fun to watch?"

"Cool!"

"You must have seen video recorders and videotapes before, right?"

"I've heard of it, but this is the first time I've seen it. I don't usually pay attention to these things."

"That's right. It was invented by the Japanese and has been on the market for less than two years. It's not easy to enter the European market and roll it out on a large scale. But Marseille is one of the largest ports in Europe, so it should be quite popular." Wang Yaotang said with a smile: "Do you think Europeans are willing to buy a video tape like this to watch at home?"

"Of course, why not? Any man will like it, even if he is a child or a 60-year-old man." Olivier hugged the woman in his arms and said with a smile: "After all, not everyone can find beautiful women to serve them anytime and anywhere. Even if there are, wouldn't it be nice to enjoy it while watching?"

"I think even European women would like to watch it. Young girls are also curious about sex, and those housewives, haha, they are sexually unsatisfied and I think they need to watch muscular men to help solve their problems through fantasy."

"You're right." The two men looked at each other and showed expressions that all men understand.

"The population of Greater Malaysia is 150 million, plus the people who come and go in the port every day. I think the sailors would like to bring back some conscious things. If there is a TV on the ship, it can help them solve some problems on the ship." Wang Yaotang pointed at the TV and started working on it again. "Both men and women like it. Remove the ones that are too old and too young. If we calculate based on half of the population (70), if every five people buy one videotape, that means 5 boxes."

"Is watching just one movie enough?" Wang Yaotang asked with a smile.

"Of course not. Who doesn't want to see more beautiful women stripping naked in front of them, and then imagine themselves as the men in the picture..." Olivier laughed and said, "If he meets a female character he likes, I think he will want to collect every one of his films."

"So, tell me, how much do you charge me for a tape of this?"

"$20."

Olivier squinted his eyes and did the calculation. In 81, the Mitterrand government implemented a new policy, raising the minimum wage to 20.5 francs per hour, which is about 4 US dollars when converted into US dollars. With a minimum hourly wage of 5 hours, one can afford a box of such videotapes. Oh, no, one has to take into account one's own profit. I don't know if this can be imported, but it would be best to smuggle it. So... 30 US dollars is a good number.

Isn’t it natural to buy a box every month to reward yourself?

"Fifteen bucks, man, twenty bucks is too much."

"Isn't it free to shoot? Isn't it free to burn? Isn't it free to make the tape itself?"

After driving away all the women around him, there were only two people left in the bar hall, and a negotiation between Hong Kong and France on the "Plan to Exchange Erotic Videotapes for Red Wine" began.

Sexy costumes, including the sex toys shown in the videotape, are definitely needed, but these things need to be sold legally in a store, so formal import procedures must be followed.

Wang Yaotang told Olivier about his idea of running a video tape business in Hong Kong Island. Olivier was very envious but said he was powerless to do anything.

Most of the music stores in France are chain stores. Even if they are small chains, he cannot acquire them by force. If he makes them angry, the boss behind them may hire someone to kill him.

However, it is possible to operate a "sale and rental" model, but in this case the walls cannot be covered with pornographic videotapes, and there must be regular videotape products.

"Yes, of course." Wang Yaotang said with a smile: "Kung Fu!"

"Kung Fu!" Olivier laughed. This is also quite popular in France, especially among black people.

In addition to Hong Kong kung fu films, Wang Yaotang previously commissioned Chen Huimin to help get a lot of videotapes from Hollywood and airlift them back. Recently, he is asking the translator to add Chinese subtitles, and now he can just add a French subtitle.

Using genuine Hong Kong films as a cover, along with mostly pirated Hollywood films, Olivier would also get some videotapes from Europe and airlift them to Hong Kong Island, where they would be processed and sent over together.

When they arrived in Marseille, he arranged for people to re-label the cars according to the numbers.

"300?"

"300 million!"

"Well, this is really a magical number. I believe I will remember it forever." Olivier shook his head and sighed.

Only 165000 boxes. Once the market is really opened up, it is estimated that they will be sold out in two months at most.

As for the erotic clothing and accessories, they cost about 5-10 dollars, depending on the style, with an average price of 7.5 dollars. The average price of screaming chickens is 10 dollars, but the quantity is not large. Olivier still needs to go back and conduct market research to know the specific order amount. However, he estimated that it would not be less than 200 million dollars.

One store, half of it sells sexy clothing, and the other half is used to rent and sell videotapes. The industrial chain is perfect!

A business deal worth US$500 million is equivalent to about HK$3800 million, which is not a lot, but for a local gang like the Luke Gang, it is already a lot.

Wang Yaotang was also very happy as he saved the money for ordering red wine!

Of course, blank videotapes also have costs, so this way you can save half the money!

What's wrong with spending some money? You can earn a lot!

After the business was done, I wanted to call Olivier to go to the nightclub for a drink, but Olivier kept waving his hands.

Wang Yaotang laughed and said, "Are your legs weak?"

"Are you kidding? How is that possible? I just want to see the beautiful night view of Victoria!" Olivier said loudly, followed by some difficult to understand words like 'man of steel', 'seven times a night', 'battle between black and white', etc. The bar was filled with the smell of joy.

If Olivier doesn't go, Wang Yaotang won't go either. It's boring to go to his own house every day. It's better to find someone to have a baby with...

After sending Olivier to the Peninsula Hotel, Wang Yaotang got in the car and said, "Let's go to Deng Lijun's house."

"Okay, Brother Yao."

……

65-69 King Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, ParknShop Headquarters.

A Nissan parked in the parking lot downstairs of the company. The door opened and a man with a side-parted haircut got out of the car carrying a briefcase.

The man had just taken a few steps when a yellow-haired man suddenly rushed out from the side and bumped into his arms.

The yellow-haired man was knocked over and staggered, and his body wasn't much better. He sat down on the ground with a distorted expression of pain.

"Fuck your mother, don't you have eyes?" The yellow-haired man was pulled up by a man who ran up from behind. He pointed at Sanqifen and cursed him. He limped up and started kicking.

Sanqifen was so scared that he immediately hugged his head. Huangmao and his companions punched and kicked him, not giving Sanqifen a chance to stand up.

It was the morning rush hour, and many people saw Sanqifen being beaten. Although they knew it was a colleague, ParknShop has thousands of employees, so who the hell cares about you?

The two fought for about half a minute, and then seven or eight people came up with steel pipes in the distance. "They are catching up, let's go!" The companion pulled Huangmao, and the two turned around and ran out.

Just as Sanqifen was about to get up from the ground, the seven or eight people who had caught up with him rushed to him, "Get out of the way, you bastard!"

"Ah..." Sanqifen was a little slow to dodge, and was hit on the head with a steel pipe by someone who rushed over, and blood immediately came out.

Everyone rushed over and confirmed that it was safe before someone came up to pull Sanqifen up, "Are you okay?"

“Damn it!” Looking at the blood on his hands, Qiu Dechang’s face was extremely ugly, but he still forced a smile, “He’s not dead!”

"Do you want to see a doctor?"

"Wait, clock in first, you're going to be late."

16 years ago, Kwun Tong Tsai was admitted to the University of Hong Kong in one fell swoop, attracting everyone's attention.

He was so full of energy and ambition when he joined the British giant Hutchison Whampoa right after graduation. The next year, when he heard that polygamy would be banned, he got married early and married a pair of twin sisters from the estate, making others envious.

In 8 years, he grew from a team leader to deputy department manager and was very successful. However, suddenly there was news that Hutchison Whampoa was for sale, followed by its acquisition.

The entire group underwent major changes. Many people were investigated and many people resigned. He was also implicated and was transferred from his original position to the position of regional manager of the sales department of a subsidiary company, ParknShop.

Because of factional reasons and some previous events, I worked hard for 4 years but couldn't get a promotion. My four children were getting older and my parents were not in good health, so I had to go to the hospital frequently...

Qiu Dechang sighed. Now he would rather die at his workstation.

They hurried downstairs and were waiting for the elevator. Qiu Dechang's face, hands, and body were covered in blood. If he squeezed in, he would definitely stain other people's clothes. Despite the disgusted gazes of the crowd, he still did not force his way in.

But when he arrived at the company, he was 3 minutes late.

The company stipulates that if you are late for less than 15 minutes, it will be treated as a half-day absence, and if you are late for more than 30 minutes, it will be treated as a full-day absence.

Absenteeism does not mean taking leave...more deductions will be made.

He found the general manager of the sales department in a state of embarrassment, told him what had just happened downstairs, and asked for half a day off to bandage his wound.

"It's only half a day, go and come back quickly."

"it is good."

The deputy general manager just said a few words of concern, otherwise, would he have called the police station because of this?

Not to mention whether calling the police would be useful or not, as a vice president of ParknShop, he doesn't have much face in the police station!
……

"Brother, did I do a good job?" Huangmao and his companions nodded and bowed to the people who caught up with them.

"Not bad." Xihui handed over 500 yuan and said, "Let's go."

"Brother, what else are you doing?"

"Do not talk nonsense!"

……

clinic.

The bespectacled boy pushed the door open and walked in, looking around the crowd before walking up to them. "It's Mr. Qiu Dechang, right?"

"Yes, is there something wrong?" Qiu Dechang, who had just finished bandaging the wound and was about to leave, looked up and down at the bespectacled boy in front of him.

"I just came to your company to look for you. I heard from your colleagues that you were injured, so I thought of going to the nearby area to take a look, and I actually ran into you." The bespectacled boy smiled and stretched out his hand, "This is not a place to talk. There is a coffee shop next to it..." He glanced at Qiu Dechang's dirty appearance, "There is a sauna next to it. Let's go over and change clothes."

"Dalu, go buy some clothes for Mr. Qiu Dechang."

"Okay, Brother Xiang."

Qiu Dechang looked at the bespectacled guy in front of him who was arranging his itinerary right away and wanted to refuse, but when he looked at the four bodyguards around him in black combat uniforms, he chose to keep his mouth shut.

This is Tsim Sha Tsui, and there is a teahouse nearby. The girl helped me take a bath carefully and gently, and then changed me into a set of cotton pajamas and was sent to the tea room.

"Come, sit down and have some tea." The bespectacled man said with a smile.

The tea artist poured tea for Qiu Dechang, then stood up and walked out.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" Qiu Dechang glanced at him and didn't dare to drink.

"Let me introduce myself, Guan Jiaxiang, this is my business card."

Qiu Dechang took over, "Hongdou Clothing Director", "Fenglinwan Hotel Chain Director", "Yaoyang Human Resources Company Director", "Tiansheng Entertainment Director", "Yaoxing Audiovisual Director"...

Qiu Dechang was not shocked at all by the fact that he was the director of a series of seven or eight companies. He had seen many big shots like him in Hutchison Whampoa.

Of course, he is rich, but what does it have to do with him?

"The sauna we are in belongs to Tiansheng Entertainment, which includes more than 100 entertainment venues in Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan and Yau Ma Tei. Or, to change the name, Shengyi Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan and Yau Ma Tei."

"I heard that Mr. Qiu had a conflict with some hooligans downstairs of the company." The bespectacled boy looked at his watch and said, "I'll send him to you within 20 minutes."

"Ah?" Qiu Dechang looked at Siyanzai in shock. There were scoundrels everywhere in Kowloon, how could he find him?
"What the police can do, Shengyi and we can do. What the police can't do, Shengyi and we can also do. Once you join the company, the company will assign you a bodyguard who also serves as a driver, and this kind of thing will never happen again." The bespectacled man picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"No, wait, what company? What exactly do you want to do?" Qiu Dechang felt more and more that something was wrong.

"The general manager of the company earns 30 yuan a year and is equipped with a car worth about 20 yuan. All expenses are borne by the company, and there is also an interest-free loan of 30 yuan for buying a house." Four-eyed boy smiled to himself and said, "With a car, a house, and money, what else is there to consider? It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. You have no chance to get ahead in ParknShop."

"Think about your two wives, your four children, and your parents. How can you live without money?"

"You, me, this..." Qiu Dechang became more and more frightened. More than 100 venues, isn't this the underworld?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door of the private room.

"Come in."

The door opened, and Huangmao and his companion were kicked in and fell to the ground in a mess.

"Look up, are you the ones who hit me?" the bespectacled boy said coldly.

"Brother, brother, I won't dare to do it again." The yellow-haired man and the other man kowtowed quickly.

"Mr. Qiu, how do you think we should punish them?"

Qiu Dechang shook his head.

"How about cutting off a hand?"

“Ah, no, no, no…” Qiu Dechang’s face turned pale with fright.

"Oh, I understand. Mr. Qiu still hasn't changed his mindset." The bespectacled boy smiled and said, "Break his hand."

The yellow-haired man’s eyes suddenly widened. Isn’t this acting?

Just as he was about to say something, his mouth was suddenly covered by someone from behind, his arms were pulled up, a dark shadow flashed, "bang!" "Ah——"

Amidst the shrill screams, Qiu Dechang covered his face and turned his head away, his body shaking uncontrollably.

The yellow-haired man and the other man were dragged out. Even after the door was closed, their screams could still be heard.

Breathing softly, Qiu Dechang felt more nervous than if he had been beaten, and his arms began to ache.

"Mr. Qiu, now you have gotten rid of any resentment in your heart." Four-eyed boy said with a smile.

"You, Boss, what are you going to do..."

(End of this chapter)