The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 499 The Power of Movies! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

This matter caused quite a stir in Hong Kong.

The amount involved is not much in the stock market, only around one or two hundred million Hong Kong dollars, but the nature of the matter is quite egregious.

Damn, this is blatantly ripping off stock market investors.

In fact, this is nothing to stock market tycoons; they've done far worse things.

The problem is, now that this has been exposed, there's not much more to say.

Some things can only be kept hidden in the dark; once exposed, they're doomed.

A large number of police officers immediately stormed into the listed company's office building, only to be quickly dumbfounded.

The listed company's employees are still there, but it's a complete shell company, much like those shell companies.

This caused an uproar among the employees who were still in the office.

A perfectly good listed company went bankrupt and was liquidated after only a few days of trouble, leaving behind a mess.

Fortunately, the company did not have serious debts, otherwise the situation would have been much worse.

I thought this matter should end here.

The unlucky ones are the individual investors and small, inexperienced securities firms; no matter how loudly they complain, they can't hold out for more than a few days.

But then, things didn't go according to plan.

Several gang-related film companies jointly produced a gangster film called "The Birth of a Tycoon"!
This movie was a rare occurrence, being shown simultaneously in several cinemas on Hong Kong Island. Its content was quite shocking, instantly sparking a movie-going frenzy.

According to viewers, the movie should have been called "The Rogue Tycoon," but since TVB already has a TV series with that title, they chose a strange name to avoid having the same name.

The movie's plot is very simple: it's about the rise of a super-rich man.

The protagonist arrived in Hong Kong Island in the 1960s. Unable to find refuge with his wealthy relatives, he stole some money from them and joined a nearby triad.

He started by running a lottery stall, while also engaging in loan sharking and debt collection, quickly amassing wealth through ruthlessness and shamelessness.

Then, this guy set his sights on his wealthy relative who owned a gold shop.

First, they set traps to lure relatives and cousins ​​into developing bad habits, and then gradually drain their family's savings.

The ruthlessness and indifference towards family shown during the show made some viewers feel uncomfortable.

After acquiring the two gold shops from his relatives, around the 1980s, this guy changed his tactics again.

There's no other reason; I just feel that making money through legitimate business is too slow.

Through triad channels, he contacted the Big Circle Boys, who specialized in one-off deals, in Kowloon Walled City.

A year and a half later, with collusion from within and without, their own gold shop was easily robbed.

Then, you need to seek compensation from the insurance company.

Once the insurance company's compensation was in place, the protagonist, following the rules of the underworld, bought back the stolen gold shop goods.

With one transaction in and one transaction out, millions in profits were made.

This scene left the audience speechless: You can do that?
After several years of scheming, he amassed tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars just from ripping off insurance companies. Combined with the profits from his gold shop business, his net worth easily exceeded 100 million, making him a well-known tycoon. He was clever, and others weren't fools either!
The insurance company quickly blacklisted him and refused to insure his gold shop. The gang's influence also plummeted due to the change of leadership, and they were almost powerless.

How did this happen?
Without a way to make quick money, how can he maintain his extravagant lifestyle and preserve his status as a tycoon?

Then, he set his sights on the stock market.

This guy is so focused on going astray that he doesn't bother to understand how the stock market works; instead, he specifically looks for exposed negative examples of the stock market.

After pondering for a while, and with the information he obtained from community channels and wealthy people's circles, he finally figured it out.

By going public through a reverse takeover, they can channel all their resources into the listed company.

Then, by spreading favorable and unfavorable news, they directly manipulated the stock price of their own company, making huge profits from the price difference.

His initial net worth of 100 million yuan rapidly expanded to 1 billion yuan, creating a new billionaire who also became the behind-the-scenes financier of a certain organization.

The first part ended there, leaving a deep impression on the audience.

Most importantly, the way the protagonist rises to the next level is through underhanded and shady methods, yet they are surprisingly effective.

This left viewers deeply disturbed, feeling that the fact that such a person could gain power was a huge irony against social fairness.

That's not the most important thing. Some of the protagonist's actions and behaviors involuntarily made the audience identify with the tycoons of Hong Kong Island.

Surprisingly, the stories of how some wealthy people made their fortunes bear a striking resemblance to the protagonist's behavioral patterns.

Could it be that the way these tycoons made their fortunes, like the protagonists in the movie, involved many shady dealings?

Now it's the paparazzi's turn to be happy.

They bravely staked out the entrance, risking being beaten by bodyguards, just to interview the person involved.

If you're lucky enough to get some real information from interviews, you'll make a fortune; buying a house outright won't be a dream.

The information could be provided to the newspapers behind it, and it could also be sold to ATV, which is already broadcast on satellite TV, for a large sum of money. ATV's news programs would be interested in such explosive news, which would be a win-win-win situation.

The wealthy people who were harassed by paparazzi were unhappy. What does this mean? Are they making movies to show that their history of making money is not clean?
Damn it, do you even know the power of the rich?
Then, after making some inquiries, I discovered that the film's production companies were all top-tier triads in Hong Kong, which immediately put an end to my plans.

Even if they harbored some dissatisfaction, they would use the financial backers of these top-tier gangs to put pressure on the gang leaders. Ordinary wealthy individuals simply didn't have that kind of courage or audacity.

In fact, even the financial backers behind top-tier gangs don't understand the thoughts and ideas of these gang leaders; they only offered a few words of advice.

However, what really broke their nerves was that the content of the second movie was like a knife to their hearts.

That's right, The Birth of a Tycoon is coming out immediately after the first film's run, clearly indicating that the producers were prepared in advance.

After the audience watched it, they immediately recognized it as a reference to the previous incident of the chairman of a listed group company absconding.

The plot of the second part is not complicated either. It's just that after the protagonist in the first part found the 'wealth code', he became completely arrogant.

In short, it was all about extravagance and debauchery, revealing the true colors of a nouveau riche. But as fate would have it, things took an unexpected turn.

No matter how brilliant you are, you can be easily crushed by sudden international events, and you won't even have time to kneel down and beg for mercy.

The 1987 stock market crash caught those who wanted to fleece investors off guard, leaving them with no time to react and nearly causing them to lose everything.

(End of this chapter)