The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 665 Intercepting the Deal! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Wu Aiguo was in a good mood because his subordinates performed well.

As for the ruthless methods, he didn't care at all.

In this era, anyone who can make a name for themselves in Hong Kong's triads is no good; they would have long since met the standard for execution.

However, a suggestion from the second brother, Wu Ai Dang, piqued his interest.

This guy has clearly matured a lot.

Instead of sending him a private telegram, they used the communication channels of the commercial base to send the information to Wu Aiguo together.

He felt that the film market in Hong Kong Island had good prospects and wanted the Commercial Base to get involved, since the Commercial Base currently had a large amount of capital.

I don't know if Wu Ai Dang genuinely feels this way, or if it's just because he enjoys watching movies.

His reasons were very convincing!
The film "Young and Dangerous" grossed over eight million at the box office in Hong Kong, plus copyright revenue in East and Southeast Asia, making it incredibly profitable.

According to Wu Ai Dang's inquiries, the total cost of filming this movie by Huo Daheng's men did not exceed HK$300,000!
If the base were to enter the film industry, wouldn't it be easy to make money with the talent pool of the Northwest branch?

Putting aside other things, the documentaries produced by the Northwest Branch are quite compelling.

Otherwise, how could it attract so many ambitious young people?

In addition, by using "Young and Dangerous" to help Huo Daheng promote the pager model, the base could produce some films that would benefit the Northwest branch after it acquired a film company.

That's a good idea!
Wu Aiguo's thoughts were much deeper than those of his second brother, Wu Aidang.

Next year will be the time for the Northwest Branch to launch a major offensive.

If everything goes smoothly, they might even be able to take over the entire country of Myanmar.

Even if the progress isn't so smooth, taking over most of the Myanmar-China region and gaining a sea outlet along the way shouldn't be difficult.

Now is the time to launch a public relations campaign.

At the very least, the outside world needs to understand that the alliance's takeover of Myanmar was justified and not a so-called rebellion.

Wu Aiguo convened an emergency meeting with the branch company's senior management to discuss the idea of ​​opening a film and television company in Hong Kong.

By the way, I'll also make my thoughts clear!
For the Northwest Branch, this was not a troublesome matter, and naturally everyone raised their hands to approve it.

On the contrary, the other senior officials had considerable doubts about Wu Aiguo's proposal on public opinion propaganda.

All I can say is that they're not thick-skinned enough!

Wu Aiguo waved his hand and made the decision on the spot.

Next, the Northwest Branch made a strange request to the domestic authorities.

After learning about the situation, the domestic side quickly agreed to the request from the Northwest branch.

As a result, the Hong Kong Island business base quickly received orders that they could rent the complete equipment and cinemas of those leftist film companies, and even borrow their personnel.

If the property rights weren't still held by a left-wing film company, they probably could have easily taken over the project.

In fact, this is a huge boon for those left-wing film companies that have been severely impacted and have even stopped filming and production.

They immediately began organizing the filming of a military action movie with a script brief provided by Wu Aiguo.

Hong Kong films of this era were still mainly in Mandarin.

The main audience members are mostly Mandarin speakers.

There hasn't been a so-called local Cantonese film industry yet, and there aren't many different types.

Otherwise, how could Wu Aiguo's previous suggestions to Huo Daheng have been so effective?

The person in charge of the Hong Kong Island commercial base was quite interesting; seeing Wu Aidang's enthusiasm for the film and television company, he simply put Wu Aidang in charge of the whole operation. At this point, Wu Aidang started to panic.

It wasn't that I was worried about messing things up, but rather that I was afraid of ruining my brother's plans.

Upon learning this, Wu Aiguo immediately sent a telegram containing only four words: "Focus on your work!"

Then, the left-wing cinemas, which had stopped producing and screening films, suddenly started operating normally again.

His first film was a thriller that combined military action with action.

Through intense battle scenes, the story of the founding of Myanmar is told.

The film is filled with conspiracies, betrayals, and a series of subsequent chases, leaving Hong Kong audiences stunned.

Not only did it achieve a box office of over four million, but it also successfully made the film a hit, attracting the attention of cinema operators in Southeast Asia and East Asia.

As for the film's script, well, Wu Aiguo provided a brief outline, and the rest was to be refined by the screenwriters.

At the same time, after experiencing the benefits of pagers, Huo Daheng became quite interested in the advanced technology of the United States.

When the person in charge of the business base took the initiative to approach him again to seek cooperation, he agreed without hesitation.

Then, through Chinese Americans, they successfully obtained the sales rights and production licenses for electronic calculators and function calculators.

"How big is the market for this thing?"

When Huo Daheng received the actual item, he felt it was incredible.

"At least every store should buy one!"

The business base manager said uncertainly, "Whether it's hand calculation or mental calculation, nothing is more reliable than a calculator?"

"That's right!"

Huo Daheng nodded in understanding; at least one of his shops needed a calculator.

"And for the company's finance department, one machine probably won't be enough!"

"So, besides students, probably no one will buy this function calculator, right?"

"Hehe, this thing has a market in mainland China, Russia, and all of Eastern Europe. Every research institution needs it!"

The head of the business base said excitedly, "There should also be some demand from small businesses, the United States, Malaysia, and the Philippines!"

"It's a pity we can't get involved in the US and Western Europe, otherwise we could probably become billionaires just by selling this stuff!"

"In addition, the calculator manufacturing factory can also be opened!"

With the help of tycoon Fok, things went very smoothly, and nothing bad happened at all, at least not when opening the factory on Hong Kong Island.

In fact, Wu Aiguo, under the name of the Northwest Branch, directly cooperated with certain domestic institutions to jointly establish a joint venture factory for electronic calculators and function calculators in Yunnan Province.

As the head of the Hong Kong Island Business Base said, the market prospects for this thing are quite broad.

Furthermore, Wu Aiguo instructed the head of the Hong Kong Island business base to send people to Switzerland to purchase a patent and production license for a certain electronic watch.

Wu Aiguo's idea is very simple!
In normal times, people have taken advantage of these three things to fleece countless people from China.

Especially the function calculator, which costs hundreds of dollars each, is practically blatant robbery.

And then there are digital watches. When these things swept the country, the lion's share of the profits went to Xiao Rizi.

(End of this chapter)