My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 734 Who isn't a salesperson at heart?

Wei Dong never considered joining a gang or becoming a hoodlum!

I'm running a perfectly good business. Even if I go to Hong Kong, I'll just be supporting a basketball sport, following the path of some Olympic Committee president.

How could I possibly ruin my reputation by taking the dark path?

But getting rid of Xin'an, this piece of trash who actually obeys the Kuomintang, is precisely the goal he had mentioned to Liang Jiahui before.

Later netizens heard that Hong Kong films were deeply infiltrated by gangs and involved many scandals.

If we can use the film as a springboard to curb the survival of the Xin'an Group in Hong Kong, it might contribute to the stability of the past decade.

Moreover, Hesheng is known as one of the three major gangs, and I heard that they used to sell drugs. It's better to have a legitimate business to do than to do those immoral things.

Turning his head: "What suggestions do you have?"

Du Hongyi still came to the mainland and saw Rang Weidong's "background and strength", and also met so many Hong Kong tycoons as his peers.

A gang leader who moves to another place might be tempted to commit crimes and decide to make a quick buck.

Hong Kong's gangs, however, are a distorted shadow that permeates all levels of society: "We can provide funding to film companies for production and share the profits."

Wei Dong refused without hesitation: "Thank you, but I don't need the money. I certainly wouldn't give the film company any leverage that the Triad investigation team could use against me. If you insist on cooperating, what you should be thinking about is... distribution? Is that what you call it, or screening? For example, isn't there some kind of blacklist for Leung Ka-fai? If I make a movie using his name, can it still be released?"

Du Hongyi clearly didn't know much either, but he readily agreed: "Then we'll take care of the screening."

Accepting gang funding to make movies is considered organized crime, but allowing those innocent films to be shown and released is a perfectly acceptable business practice. Even the renowned anti-gang task force is powerless to stop it.

Wei Dong certainly wouldn't want to see Liang Jia Hui spending so much time and effort on basketball commentary.

The so-called ban is actually an intimidation tactic to prevent all industry professionals from working with him on films. He can simply find mainland productions to film on his own, which will also boost mainland productions... He already has people like Wang Zhiwen.

Pingjing Sales Company and Advertising Company already have a considerable number of film school staff.

At this moment, Jackie Chan is at the height of his popularity in the Hong Kong film market, while Chow Yun-fat has just become a top star. The most popular era of Hong Kong films has just begun.

Before the mainland film market underwent reform, Jin Zhuoqun was already a rising star in the television industry.

They are far behind in both filming quality and market operation, which may mean that some actors still have some acting skills.

Maybe it can even help reform the backward system of mainland films. Liang Jiahui mentioned the huge contrast between the times that Grandma Qing had, which Wei Dong didn't quite understand, but was greatly shocked by.

"Have you heard that the 17K boss in Makan wants Qin Zhiming's film company?"

Du Hongyi nodded: "That's why I wanted to go to the basketball court to see you back then. If Qin Zhiming were still in charge, I might have chosen to fight 17K for it. When will it be Ma Kan's turn to ask for help?"

Let Wei Dong ask in more detail: "Do you do business in docks and containers?"

Du Hongyi nodded helplessly: "The dock near the basketball court used to be Hesheng's main branch. We were definitely going to take over the new dock as well, but who would have thought that the container terminal would need fewer and fewer workers, and many of them would be technicians operating machinery, so we were squeezed out..."

Wei Dong almost burst out laughing.

Do gangsters also experience the sense of loss of being left behind by the changing times?

But thinking about it this way, with Xin'an focusing on film production and 17K's main operations centered around the casinos, Hesheng is indeed struggling to survive, which is why they are so focused on this basic protection fee business.

When Hong Kong films reached their peak in the 1990s, all sorts of gangs and factions would definitely get involved.

Now Du Hongyi is actively seeking business: "You guys should start making music videos, and I'll help you sell them. I have underlings everywhere waiting to do things for you!"

Wei Dong was starting to lose his composure. After all, the salt guilds and caravans of ancient times were all like this, working and forming associations. So, when he came to Hong Kong, he actually came into contact with a sales team in this way?

They're willing to fight and kill, so why wouldn't they be willing to risk their lives to be in sales?

As the top salesman in mainland China, Wei Dong certainly wouldn't want to miss out on such a helpful partner.

Let's start by trying out the container business: "I'll collect scrapped containers from Hong Kong, as well as parts and technical drawings for refrigerated containers."

Du Hongyi confidently stated that there was absolutely no problem.

So, while keeping his eyes on the "fierce battle" on the field, he was also discussing business with the host of Hesheng Restaurant amidst the lively commentary.

As a result, some information flashed through Wei Dong's already limited mental capacity and was quickly forgotten.

Especially when she noticed that Cheng Lang was sitting upright behind her, she felt a bit uneasy and wary.

As expected, Chow Yun-fat passed the test again that evening, and cheers rose in waves on the aircraft carrier deck, where thousands of people were present.

This basketball team, formed in Pengzhen city, was probably a group of amateur enthusiasts with professional skills from various companies across the country that had moved south. They easily won the final championship.

The two internationally renowned sports brand agents happily presented bonuses and sportswear prizes.

At this point, Wei Dong began to understand why there was such a large difference in wages and benefits between the film crew in the domestic and international locations.

For example, the final prize of 10,000 yuan clearly scared the Pengzhen amateur football team.

The total, even including substitutes, is only a little over a thousand dollars, which isn't even considered a white-collar monthly salary in Hong Kong. It only seems generous because there were no bonuses at the baseball field before.

In mainland China, that's roughly equivalent to an annual salary!
Since the HK team won yesterday, the prize money wasn't distributed publicly on the university campus. It was distributed by Leung Ka-fai after we got on the bus.

Wei Dong felt that someone might even impeach him for this!
Some Hong Kong basketball enthusiasts who have to go to work tomorrow will be taken to the border by bus around 8:00 AM to catch the evening bus back to the city.

Du Hongyi and a few others mingled among them and returned to Hong Kong.

Wei Dong, along with Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Ka-fai, sat on the edge of a barbecue stall, feeling the night breeze on the aircraft carrier deck, discussing the possibility of revitalizing the film company:
"My purpose is certainly not to make money by making movies. Firstly, I want to see if there is an opportunity to change the situation where Hong Kong films are too closely tied to gangs. Secondly, I want to make Hong Kong films even more glorious, so that you can develop your own careers..."

Chow Yun-fat, holding a beer mug, must have been shocked: "You... no one has ever dared to think like this before. They all have gang backgrounds. Every film crew has people from the underworld who have to manage relationships on the streets and in the villages. Some of the lighting, props, and extras are also from gangs. What you're doing is very dangerous!"

Liang Jiahui, however, accurately grasped that Rang Weidong's words did not contain any of the words he had previously mentioned about planning to take over Xin'an.

Chow Yun-fat has signed many contracts with Xin'an now, and people from all sides are vying for his schedule.

Without a powerful triad, it would be impossible to suppress the powerful figures from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia who want to invite Chow Yun-fat to make films.

After all, if these people can't get the time slots or negotiate contracts, they might resort to violence to coerce others.

Wei Dong shook his head: "First of all, I won't involve you, and I won't force you to take sides. I won't even get involved publicly myself. I'll let He Sheng handle things behind the scenes. After all, it's better for them to be involved than to sell fans. I also definitely want to avoid dealing with shady funds. Let's try making a music video first. Damn it, I was the one who suggested that Qin Zhiming get the music video copyrights from various companies. Now 17K wants to get involved. HK's way of saying they respect contracts on the surface but then resorting to gangs all the time is really a double standard!"

Internet users thirty or forty years from now will not have the same biases that mainland China has towards Hong Kong and Europe and America in this era.

Even the two Hong Kong guys still have this kind of filter, and when asked about the meaning of double standards, they just chuckled.

Leung Ka-fai was still more barefoot: "Let me help you make a movie here, any kind of movie, I'm not afraid... Ah, I'm not saying you're afraid, Fat Chow, you're at the peak of your career right now, you don't need to take risks. Ah Tung's meaning is very clear: let's try to do it little by little, and try to avoid fighting and killing?"

Wei Dong understood very well: "If we really go to do it this way, fighting and killing will be inevitable. But look at these young punks and gangsters on the streets of Hong Kong. It's just that the government doesn't care. If they really installed some surveillance cameras... hehehe, I'll go back and do that business!"

The compound security guards knew that there had been a period when the social order in the mainland was also chaotic, but as long as the economic situation improved, the determination to crack down on organized crime was in place, surveillance was deployed, and the Skynet project was completed, the problem was gradually cleaned up.

Right now, the mainland doesn't have the money to install so many cameras, but Hong Kong can.

When Wei Dong was looking for information on refrigerated containers in Hong Kong, he applied for an electronics company. He also wanted to take advantage of the convenience of electronic components in Hong Kong to mass-produce surveillance cameras in the Western District Pier Industrial Park.

However, factory space is currently in short supply, and priority is given to chip factories and sound card factories, so there is no room for the production of surveillance cameras.

But you could try selling it to the Hong Kong police!
Security guards within the system are considered half-auxiliary police officers. Wei Dong watched Ding Haifeng and his team install cameras in key areas such as the most important areas where people gather and areas with high crime rates, and gradually they were seamlessly connected to form a dense surveillance network.

Chow Yun-fat and Leung Ka-fai were both a little bewildered and found it even more bizarre, saying that it sounded so simple to them.

Qin Yuye and Shen Cuiyue, along with Fa's wife, Jiang Jialing, and that quiet actress, sat at the next table, eating and chatting. Li Xuehong, as the oldest, took good care of everyone.

Perhaps having heard that Wei Dong was to return to Hong Kong the next day, Lin Wangfu and He Yuzhu rushed over from the workshop overnight, bringing a rather rough-looking circuit board and a small box that looked like a router.

Wei Dong took it with a delighted expression: "You figured it out?!"

Lin Wangfu has settled down in Shenzhen to set up a factory. There is still some distance to go before chip production is completed. Now he is determined to get the sound card into production.

And to Wei Dong's surprise, he actually created two versions.

"Only IBM series computers have standard expansion slots on their motherboards. Apple, especially Macintosh computers, do not have slots. So if you want to make your previous Apple computers make sounds, you can only use the serial and parallel ports on the back, which are the printer interfaces. Not all Macintosh computers come with a printer."

The board was very simple, similar to the old-fashioned boards that Wei Dong had seen in the old computer room. What excited Lin Wangfu was the main chip: "We will design it ourselves, manufacture it ourselves, and package it ourselves!"

Tears welled up in my eyes as I spoke.

Yes, all the components of the computer were designed and manufactured according to the patterns invented by Europeans and Americans. Only this sound card was something that he, an inconspicuous guy, came up with ingeniously.

What's even more exciting is that without Wei Dong, he would have had to search everywhere for European and American chip manufacturers to make these inconspicuous little chips, and might even have encountered the leakage of his patent ideas.

Now Wei Dong can provide everything.

Let's stake this year's overseas profits on this.

(End of this chapter)