Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 134 Other Company Documents Arrive (First Update, Please Subscribe and Vote)

"Then thank you for your trouble, boss. We can use Tomb Raider Chronicles and Treasure Mystery for another two months," Liu Jiale said.

The first volume of the two novels that Li Song gave me last time was about 200,000 words. Each time, tens of thousands of words are published, and the word count varies because chapters are cut off.

Today is June 2nd, the second issue of the magazine has been released, and the backlog of manuscripts can last for another two months.

“Wang Jing’s side was very interested in our proposal, but Shaw Brothers had objections to us because of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series. RTV has been suppressing TVB, and TVB has had several accidents because of rushing to film the series.”

"But no matter what TV series I make, I can't achieve any success."

"Another one is the movie Treasure Hunt," Liu Jiale said.

"Then forget it. Can you help me collect some personnel lists and information from Shaw Brothers Studio, preferably those who have acted in their films?"

"Let's build our own team. Also, how's the investment negotiation with Golden Harvest going?" Li Song asked.

"Golden Harvest has invested too much in this film, so they're asking for a high price."

"We also need to select two more roles from Hollywood, making it a total of three roles. Only Ah Long Long is from Golden Harvest; the other two will be selected from Hollywood, because we want to make it more international."

"It is said that the investment exceeded HK$2000 million."

"There are also subsequent releases, etc."

"The boss of Golden Harvest and Ah Long went to Hollywood to cast actors themselves, they should be back soon," Liu Jiale said.

“A higher price is fine, but we won’t lose much. We have a guaranteed share of the box office revenue, and the novel is our own. Don’t we have confidence?” Li Song didn’t care about a larger investment because he could make it a box office hit.

“Okay, boss.” Liu Jiale wanted to argue, because in the past, when he made martial arts films, the same script could be produced with completely different reputations by different directors, but since the boss had said so, he had to say it.

"Has the magazine received any other novels?"

"There aren't any suitable ones at the moment, and as you know, boss, martial arts novels are actually outdated; they're all just old tropes."

"It's hard to become as popular as it was decades ago. There are so many forms of entertainment now: movies, television, singing, comics, various magazines, and so on."

"Go buy a newspaper now, there are tons of things you can buy."

“Unless something other than what you, boss, add to your novel, it’s hard to find a way out. So even for martial arts novels, we don’t dare to take them if they don’t have something new.” Liu Jiale shook his head.

“Yes.” Li Song certainly knew this.

Actually, there were some new martial arts novels later on. For example, Huang Yi incorporated elements of Yin and Yang, and Shenji wrote "Buddha is the Way."

However, writing these things requires some knowledge and expertise. But there's a downside: if you read too much, you might become obsessed and even go astray.

There's a reason why some things can be passed down for many years. Those who don't understand won't believe it, but once they do, they'll naturally believe it.

"Let's leave it at that for now." Li Song had no other choice.

Magazines can't capitalize on the same opportunities as online novels; the models are different.

After Liu Jiale left, Li Song launched a targeted bounty: the Treasure Mystery and the second volume of Tomb Raider Chronicles, which were ghostwritten by the same two ghostwriters as before.

It was still $400,000 per film, and the other party quickly accepted the order, delivering the manuscript within a month.

In addition, the bounty for the car also needs to be completed, and Li Song knows that this will be another large patent fee.

"Sigh, the speed at which I'm making money can't keep up with the speed at which I'm spending it." Li Song looked at the little money left on the second-hand platform and then offered a reward for a motorcycle—both a budget sports bike and a luxury sports bike—in order to open up the overseas market. Li Song tested it out; if the reward wasn't targeted at anyone, the price was 180 million, but if it was targeted at the person who took the order last time, it was only 80.

Li Song asked for 80 yuan, and the other party accepted the offer quickly.

Li Song knew this was a mechanism, meaning that if the person taking the order had done this work before, then the workload would be reduced, and the other party could also use the motorcycle data parameters from previous designs, etc.

Then Li Song continued writing, since this was now his biggest source of cash.

The next day, Li Song returned to Guangzhou with He Erge and He Sige. Tian Jiahui kept an eye on Zhang Dehua in Hong Kong and warned him to be careful.

Show the two people the procedures and formalities.

After boarding the ship, Li Song went straight to sleep because he had been writing all night.

Upon arriving in Guangzhou, only Section Chief Zhou came to pick me up this time.

Once inside the factory, Brother He the Second and Brother He the Fourth went to their assigned dormitory. They would no longer need the two brothers' protection once they returned to the mainland.

Li Songxian went to the factory to take a look. The factory was still in the trial production stage, and the two assembly lines were operating very slowly.

Sun Heping explained that they can produce 180 motorcycles a day, and after the products come off the production line and undergo quality inspection, they are sent away overnight.

Actually, if we speed up the process, we can easily produce 200 units a day, but the faster we train the staff, the higher the chance of making mistakes.

Li Song nodded: "We must strictly follow the rules and regulations."

"Okay, boss."

Parkson sent another staff member to this location for financial supervision. This staff member rotated with the Hong Kong Island branch every two months.

When you're a boss, you must keep a firm grip on the finances. Aside from the regular payments to your suppliers, any additional expenses that reach a certain amount should be approved by the boss himself.

Financial processes ensure the safety of assets.

"Mr. Li, these are your company's business licenses." Back in his office, Section Chief Zhou carried a small box out of his dormitory.

Li Song opened it and saw that it listed BMW Automobile Manufacturing Plant, BMW Marine Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, BMW Civil Aircraft Manufacturing Plant, BMW Technologies, whose business scope includes semiconductors, communications and other industries, and BMW Space Commercial Company.

After reading it, Li Song said, "Thank you, Brother Zhou."

In fact, Li Song also knew that his superiors could give him these things, but they could also revoke them at any time.

What is the most basic form of business warfare? It's politics. Look at how Wall Street had its funds confiscated and people arrested by the Indian government. What else can't they explain?

Compared to unplugging the network cable, data backtracking is child's play; it means that today's transactions are disregarded, and the data is reverted to the previous day.

Of course, later on, a certain golden retriever made his people rich with just a few words.

So the financial sector is incredibly corrupt, just like gambling. If the house loses, does that mean the casino is no longer going to operate?
There's no reason for the house to lose. If anyone else wins, that's cheating. They'll be arrested, beaten, and their assets will be confiscated and put into custody. Once they get out, their assets will be gone...

"You're too kind, you're too kind," Section Chief Zhou said.

Then Li Song looked at some factory documents that required his signature, such as the motorcycles that had been delivered. As the general manager, he had to sign them. Li Song's payment terms to suppliers were two months.

(End of this chapter)