The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 432 Nothing is difficult in this world! (Seeking monthly votes)

In the end, it all comes down to self-interest!
Despite the righteous indignation of the celebrities present, they immediately became like brothers and sisters as long as the other party's interests were met.

In fact, the salaries of Hong Kong stars are about to skyrocket.

The people behind the scenes are those who launder money.

Of all the celebrities present, except for Cheng Shilong, whose net worth was earned through his own hard work, the rest of the celebrities all happily accepted it.
In normal times, the rapid decline of Hong Kong cinema was also largely due to the excessively high salaries and fees of its stars.

Just like a career path, you can only rise and never fall.

With Li Xin around, the atmosphere was always a little awkward.

The celebrities present were also unable to fully engage in the discussion.

Seeing this, Yanfang decided to end the gathering early.

Li Xin and Wen Bixia left together, only separating when they reached Mong Kok.

"Wow, these celebrities are really daring!"

Back at his lodgings, Li Xin made a phone call and recounted his experience at Yanfang's house in detail.

"It's actually good that they're making a fuss!"

Wu Feng's voice was calm and even: "You have to go through it all to know that there are some things that they shouldn't interfere with!"

"So, boss, should we keep a close eye on this from now on?"

Li Xin, confident in his abilities, asked curiously, "I'd like to see how things unfold and how they differ from your prediction, Boss!"

"what ever!"

Wu Feng chuckled and hung up the phone, not taking the matter of the entertainment industry to heart at all.

In fact, there were more important things that he needed to pay attention to.

For example, the massive floods in East China!
This marks the first time that mainland China has sought assistance from abroad.

However, it's unclear what the mainland was thinking when they were promoting it.

The report makes no mention of the donations raised from abroad, most of which came from overseas Chinese and people of Chinese descent. As for the support from the United States, which some people have high hopes for, and other developed countries, it can only be described as barely worthless.

This was misrepresented in the publicity, and the situation was not clearly explained at all, making it seem as if the main donors were from developed countries such as Europe, America, and Japan.

It wasn't until the internet became widely available that Wu Feng learned the details.

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The celebrities in Hong Kong are quite efficient.

A few days later, they organized a street parade.

Whether they listened to the advice or not, their slogans mainly focused on severely punishing illegal and criminal activities and urging the police to strengthen social order, rather than directly slapping the Hong Kong British government in the face.

But once this happens, how it unfolds is beyond the control of these celebrities.

In short, television and newspapers around the world reported extensively on the issue, mocking and ridiculing the Hong Kong British government, turning it into a major international scandal.

"How could this happen?"

When Anita Mui and other celebrities saw the reports in newspapers from various countries, they were all dumbfounded.

"Let's immediately establish an actors' association and show through our actions that this march is not deliberately targeting the Hong Kong British government!" Wen Bixia, as the leading lady of Fengrui Film and Television, participated in the march, and now she naturally had to find a way to cover up the loopholes.

Fortunately, with the company as a backer, an idea was quickly devised.

Including Cheng Shilong, the other celebrities who got involved were a little flustered and hurriedly submitted an application to the relevant departments of the Hong Kong British government to establish an Actors Association.

The purpose is clearly stated in the application: to protect the interests of all actors in Hong Kong Island and to ensure their personal safety and legal income!
Subsequently, television programs and newspapers reported extensively on the issue, which diluted the intensity of some international media's criticism of the Hong Kong British government.

After the Actors Guild was established, the first thing it did was to negotiate with a certain film company to demand that they protect the various rights and interests of the star actors, the most important of which was, of course, their legal income.

This time, Lee Sin, the head of the Hung Hing Sai Kung branch, personally came forward to act as a witness and guarantor.

This is the best example of what it means to use power to intimidate others.

Originally, he was just the owner of a shell film company. How could he sit still when faced with a powerful figure like Li Xin?

They immediately stated that everything would be handled in accordance with the contract!

Even if you gave him ten times the courage of a bear and a leopard, he wouldn't dare joke about Li Xin's guarantee; it could easily lead to someone's death.

For a mere hundred thousand or so in film remuneration, plus a small share of the profits from filming, to live a miserable life on the run around the world, only a fool would do such a thing.

Li Xin won't even need to personally intervene; the boss will definitely kill him immediately, as he wouldn't dare give Hung Hing an excuse to start a war and expand their territory.

What was originally a rather tricky matter for the celebrities was resolved so easily and neatly.

It's enough as long as a female celebrity's rights are protected and she ultimately receives her full payment.

As for the rest, Li Xin, the guarantor, didn't want to interfere too much.

"We won't take a cut this time; consider it a celebration of the Actors Guild's founding!"

Li Xin did not attend the banquet hosted by the celebrities, but made it quite clear: "Of course, I will definitely not easily show up for such things in the future, the amount is just too small!"

After all, he was the head of a well-known promotion company in Hong Kong's game industry. If it weren't for the big boss behind him demanding it, he wouldn't have shown up at all.

The celebrities were naturally very grateful and saw him off. At the same time, they had their own ideas. Li Xin had set a good example for them!

In the future, if they encounter similar situations again, they can simply invite well-known Hong Kong triad bosses to act as guarantors. At most, they can take a portion of their film fees as guarantee fees.

Li Xin looked down on it because his own legitimate business was very successful.

With so many triad bosses in Hong Kong, there are bound to be some with considerable power who are worth considering. This can be considered a fairly reliable and legitimate way to make money.

In fact, this was also the way out that Wu Feng pointed out to them.

As the entertainment industry becomes increasingly popular, it attracts more and more funds, making it impossible to prevent triads from infiltrating.

Even Wu Feng doesn't have that ability!
However, he felt that given the current state of the Hong Kong film industry, the infiltration of triads was not necessarily all bad.

Because of the rapid development of the gaming industry in Hong Kong, there are now certain barriers to entry for joining the ranks of mainstream film companies.

Most of the film companies run by triads are shell companies; even if they want to make money by producing erotic films, it's not an easy task.

It would be better to just let them act as middlemen, since their main purpose in making movies is to launder money for their financial backers.

At the same time, as long as there is a strong person to vouch for the Hong Kong Island triads, things are unlikely to get out of control, unless the behind-the-scenes financiers no longer want to be involved in Hong Kong and Macau. It's that simple.

In this way, the conflict between the film industry and the infiltration forces of triads was suddenly less intense.

(End of this chapter)