The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 19 Burning down the newsstand
Early that morning, Zhang Xinjie washed up and went out to work.

When I passed by the newsstand downstairs, I couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Fu, is there any hot news today?"

"Where are all the explosive news?"

Uncle Fu rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "You're not interested in entertainment news, and you stay away from gang violence. Hong Kong Island is such a small place, how can so many things happen?"

"Even if the big circle guys rob a gold shop, it doesn't happen every day!"

Zhang Xinjie chuckled and simply stopped searching the newsstand, saying bluntly, "Look at what you're saying, as if I'm a weirdo. Huh!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a newspaper from a prominent place and asked curiously, "What is this 'Mong Kok News'? How come I've never heard of it before?"

"It's probably a new newspaper. You know how many newspapers there are in Hong Kong!"

"Why did Uncle Fu put such a new newspaper in such a prominent place?"

Zhang Xinjie spoke curiously, as the newspaper's front-page headline had already caught his attention: "Golden Finger", a financial story based on a Ponzi scheme!
As someone who has attended university, he naturally knows what a 'Ponzi scheme' is!
Thinking of the recent sensation "Jianing Case", I suddenly became interested and was quickly attracted by the exciting storyline.

"Jiezi, if you like reading this, buy a copy. Don't stand here and get in the way!"

Uncle Fu said quickly: "It's a small business, and the money earned is hard-earned!"

Zhang Xinjie was speechless. He just paid for the newspaper and left. He was too lazy to buy Ming Pao, which was his favorite newspaper. He kept cursing in his heart that he was such a miser.

Uncle Fu happily took the money and felt very happy.

He certainly wouldn't shout that "Mong Kok News" was distributed for free and the money from every copy sold was all his profit.

He was originally in a bad mood because he was forced to sell it to a few low-level thugs, but when he saw that dozens of copies of "Mong Kok News" were almost sold out, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

He subconsciously took out a copy and flipped through it. After a while, he made a clicking sound and a look of disgust appeared on his old face. He couldn't take his eyes off the beautiful woman on the color page of the newspaper.

There are many people like Zhang Xinjie and Fu Bo!

Five thousand copies of "Mong Kok News" were distributed to newsstands in Yau Tsim Mong and were easily sold out. Some newsstands didn't even get any.

This is a prosperous area in Hong Kong Island. Although it is not as prosperous as Central, there are still many white-collar workers here.

Many white-collar workers were attracted by the story in the "Mong Kok News". In their private conversations, they found that it was clearly the plot of the "Carrian Case", except that the names of the protagonists and the specific companies were different.

"The 'Jianing case' is still under trial. Publicizing by name at this time could lead to legal action. This is a good move; it avoids the risk in advance!"

An experienced person pointed out, "I don't know who wrote such a story in the newspaper. It must be someone with inside knowledge of the 'Jianing case'. Wow, they are really brave!"

For a time, "Mong Kok News" became a little famous among the white-collar community.

Not to mention, in addition to the story content of "Golden Finger", the back pages also feature a group of beautifully dressed and very attractive young ladies.

Not only do white-collar workers love to read it, but LSP groups are even more enthusiastic. Five thousand copies of "Mong Kok News" are not enough for them.

The newspaper man reacted the fastest and immediately called the "Mong Kok News" newspaper, hoping that they could send more newspapers tomorrow.

"Print more copies, print 10,000 copies tomorrow!"

Wu Feng did not expect that "Mong Kok News" would sell so well, so he waved his hand and gave orders.

He was currently in charge of the newspaper office, which consisted of two small rooms rented from a tenement building. This was the office of the Mong Kok News, and it was shockingly simple. It could only be said that Hong Kong's newspaper industry was well developed. As long as the news material was edited, everything else could be outsourced, and there was no need for a printing plant and all the necessary supporting facilities.

Of course, it is okay to do this when the newspaper is small, but if it continues to do this when the newspaper becomes large, it will actively expose its flaws to competitors.

As for the fact that the "Mong Kok News" was completely free, Wu Feng was losing money with every issue, but he didn't care.

The cost of a newspaper was only a few cents, so 5,000 copies would only cost a little over 1,000 Hong Kong dollars. Even if it was 10,000 copies, the cost would only be around 4,000, so he could still afford the loss.

The World Cup had ended at this time, but history had not changed. The Pampas Eagles still won the final victory, and Maradona also achieved the title of "King of Football" in one fell swoop.

Wu Feng made a huge profit of 1.99 million, and he still had enough cash on hand to withstand all his efforts.

There is a saying in later generations: Free is the most expensive!

In fact, he did this to imitate the plot of a novel.

Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good!

Of course there are problems, but for Wu Feng at this moment, they are nothing.

As long as he can keep the circulation of Mong Kok News stable, he will at least be the owner of a medium-sized newspaper, and his status will be different.

Not all of the 10,000 copies of Mong Kok News issued the next day were sold.

Of course, since it was free, the newspaper sellers had no intention of returning the goods.

As for how many copies were sold, it is difficult to count, but it is definitely over 5,000!
Wu Feng personally strolled around the newsstands in Mong Kok and figured out some things.

Given the sensational nature of the "Carrington Case" at the time, it should have been easy to sell 10,000 copies of the "Mong Kok News".

But the problem was that the time was too short, and the "Mong Kok News" had no reputation before, so many people who liked to read newspapers didn't even know of its existence.

In other words, many people have not seen the story of "Gold Finger"!

This is easy!

The next day, a newsstand on Shanghai Street was burned to ashes in a fire, which immediately shocked the entire Yau Tsim Mong District. Then, through newspaper and television publicity, it quickly became a sensation throughout Hong Kong.

There's no other reason, it's just that this matter is a bit bizarre!

The guy who burned the newsstand did not run away and was immediately apprehended by the police.

Then, the reason why he burned the newsstand in anger was also asked.

It's very simple. This guy invested a lot of money in Jianing stocks back then, but when Jianing ran into trouble, he lost everything and his wife and children were separated. It was so pitiful.

As a result, after reading the "Gold Finger" story in the "Mong Kok News", he thought of the "Carrian Case" and his own heavy losses, and in a moment of excitement, he burned down the newsstand.

When such a "strange" thing was publicized, it naturally caused a sensation throughout Hong Kong.

Just like a dog biting a person is not news, but a person biting a dog is definitely rare.

The most important thing is that there are many people in Hong Kong who have experienced the same thing as the arsonist!
(End of this chapter)