The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 744 Strike when the iron is hot! (Seeking monthly votes)

Looking at the HK$50,000 in the red envelope, Wu Aiguo's face showed a satisfied smile, and he was in a very good mood.

The film, which he wrote as the lead screenwriter and exposed how some art-house directors in the Hong Kong film industry defrauded investors and made profits, has been successfully pulled from theaters.

The box office reached over 13 million!
Clearly, audiences are still very interested in things happening in the entertainment industry.

Of course, when the movie was released, it secretly borrowed the money from the boss, Dehua.
The popularity of the brand is one of the main reasons why it was able to achieve such high box office returns.

In fact, audiences are quite curious about how Andy Lau started his film company and accumulated a debt of more than 40 million in just a few years.

I imagine that even many people in the industry are curious about this.

Before the movie was released, rumors circulated that one of the main reasons for Dehua's debt was mentioned in the film, which initially attracted many viewers.

This time, the movie ran for four weeks and only just finished its run yesterday.

The boss, Dehua, was very happy and distributed red envelopes again at the celebration banquet.

As the screenwriter and assistant director, Wu Aiguo received a red envelope containing 50,000 yuan.

All I can say is that the boss, Dehua, is quite generous.

With two films succeeding in a row, the company's employees were all in high spirits.

At the celebration banquet, they started planning to work on a third film.

It's still a low-budget crime film!

At this time, the relationship between the Hong Kong film industry and Taiwanese film businessmen was very strained!
In Southeast Asian countries, Hong Kong films are starting to compete with Hollywood blockbusters.

Unfortunately, the salaries of Hong Kong movie stars change almost every year, with the top stars seeing exorbitant increases.

Take Andy Lau for example; at that time, he did not yet have a strong box office appeal in other regions.

How many films can afford to hire such actors if they rely solely on Hong Kong Island's box office revenue?
"Since the audience is curious about certain unfamiliar professions, let's make films of that type. At least we'll have something new to offer!"

Wu Aiguo's words at this moment carried considerable weight.

"Let's make a film about antique thieves. The movie 'Once a Thief' from a few years ago is a perfect target!"

Now that he had spoken, the rest of the company's colleagues immediately became more animated.

As before, Wu Aiguo only wrote the outline, while his colleagues were responsible for filling in the content.

Of course, this time the content was something that even my colleagues didn't know much about, so I still needed to conduct targeted interviews when filling in the information.

Hong Kong Island is a place where all sorts of strange and monstrous things can be found.

Through certain channels, the company found a professional team.

When they arrived, the professional team was being blocked at the door.

They were all dressed in black suits, and each of them was tall and imposing, looking like they were not to be trifled with.

The one leading them was a refined-looking man with glasses.

"You are……"

They were quite surprised to see Wu Aiguo and his party.

"We are employees of Sky Films, and our boss is Dehua!"

"The reason I came here is that I want to film a movie about cultural relics, and I wanted to consult with some professionals!"

"This matter is probably going to be difficult to handle!"

The bespectacled man, with his refined demeanor, looked rather unwell.

He opened his mouth to speak, but the core members of the main body's professional team dared not utter a word.

"May I ask who you are...?" "Hehe, I won't introduce myself. It wouldn't be good for you to know!"

The middle-aged man with glasses, exuding a refined air, said coldly with a smile on his lips, "The professional you're looking for is currently unavailable!"

"We only need one person for this!"

A colleague pleaded, "It won't affect the other members' work, please..."

boom!
At this moment, a tall, burly man in a black suit suddenly rushed forward from beside the refined-looking middle-aged man with glasses, slammed his hand hard on the table, and said angrily, "If you don't want to get beaten up, get the hell out of here!"

He was met with a swift and sharp kick from Wu Aiguo.

Its body, estimated to weigh no less than 160 pounds, flew backward like a sandbag, crashing directly into the wall before falling to the ground.

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events.

Before anyone could react, Wu Aiguo darted forward, grabbed the bespectacled, refined-looking middle-aged man by the neck with one hand, and said slowly, "Now, can we talk properly?"

At this moment, the men in black suits guarding the door became anxious, but dared not make any rash moves.

His colleagues, who came with him, were also taken aback by his bold move and instinctively stood in front of the door, looking uneasy.

Wu Aicai doesn't care!
After six months of investigation, he had a fairly good understanding of the situation in Hong Kong at that time.

Especially when it comes to the ways of the martial arts world, even if you don't know them inside and out, you at least understand their rules of operation.

Might makes right!

Because of their extraordinary martial prowess, there are naturally many exceptionally skilled individuals who exist, but ordinary people generally cannot come into contact with them.

However, clues can be gleaned from newspapers and television news from time to time.

Members of certain wicked gangs usually don't stay arrogant for long; they usually die a tragic and mysterious death.

That's what the newspapers and television say, but the actual situation is quite different.

The martial arts schools on Hong Kong Island are an insurmountable hurdle for any triad.

There are also other similar figures, such as Black Knight.

As a result, the arrogance of Hong Kong's triads was not actually as rampant as it would be in normal times.

Wu Aiguo knew exactly what was going on!
As long as you show enough strength at the right time, it will not only not be a big hindrance, but you can also reap many benefits.

Putting aside other things, if some unruly gang members want to charge double the "landing fee" when they go out to film in the future, they'll have to think twice about the consequences.

As long as Wu Aiguo displays sufficient strength, even the higher-ups of the triad behind him wouldn't dare to act rashly.

Oh, I forgot to mention, based on the information collected by Wu Aiguo...

In the early 1970s, several triad bosses in Hong Kong were purged by a mysterious powerful figure. More than a dozen triad leaders, armed and surrounded by bodyguards, were all brutally murdered in their homes.

It is said that the reason they had such an encounter was that they had inadvertently offended the family of a mysterious and powerful figure who had recently arrived in Hong Kong.

Such a tragedy not only greatly shocked numerous triads in Hong Kong, but also alarmed the British Hong Kong government.

Wu Aiguo's move at this time was clearly premeditated.

Because of the high level of extraordinary power, there are significant changes in the subtle aspects of the world line.

Without much capital, the prophetic advantage of a time traveler is largely rendered useless.

To make money, in addition to utilizing broader knowledge and more complex information, you need to put in more effort.

Given Boss Dehua's personality, if the movie does well at the box office but the amount of the red envelope doesn't exceed 100,000, then it's his problem.

(End of this chapter)