Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 136 Real-world earnings in May (Third update, please subscribe and vote)

"Don't rush, tell me slowly." Li Song knew that marine propellers had gone through several stages of development, and that there were some differences between seawater and freshwater propellers.

In addition, the material of the propeller also varies, and the propellers of ships used for different purposes are also different.

The propeller is the most crucial component on the ship, Tian Jiahui explained in detail. The person from Yamaha was of a very high rank; he was the head of the marine outboard motor division.

Yamaha makes a lot of things, and each category is a business unit.

"Regardless of rank, do you know how much money we spent researching this?"

“It’s worth at least tens of millions of US dollars. The propeller is the most crucial component, so how could it be priced so low? Let our company’s people get in touch with it first, accumulate more experience in dealing with large companies, and there will be many more opportunities to do so in the future,” Li Song added.

“Okay, boss, these are the coordinates Uncle Hao gave me,” Tian Jiahui said.

"Okay, please double-check and give me definite news tomorrow. I'll be quick on my end." Li Song looked at the coordinates; it was at sea near an island in the South Pacific.

"it is good!"

"Tell Zhang Dehua to hurry up. I have an even bigger deal to make. If he can't handle it, I'll find someone else," Li Song continued.

"Okay!" Tian Jiahui then left.

Li Song drove to pick up Alin, and then ran into Alin's father at school. Alin and her father exchanged a few words and then started arguing.

Li Song shrugged at the uncle and then left with Arlene.

"Brother Song, do all you men like other women?" Arlene asked from the passenger seat.

"Of course not, I'm very loyal." Li Song lied without batting an eye.

"Hmph!" Arlene didn't know exactly what Li Song did, but with so much money, there would definitely be other women throwing themselves at him.

However, Arlene felt she couldn't control it. She wanted to get married but was afraid of being implicated. But she was still young, so she decided to leave it at that for now.

Of course, at night, Arlene felt that it wasn't so bad that Li Song had other women outside, at least he wasn't tormenting her like before.

Uncle Hao was almost itching to go to Southeast Asia when he received a call from his younger brother, so he changed the location and time.

The time is set for tomorrow night from 9 pm to 11 pm, and I will wait there.

Uncle Hao discovered that in Southeast Asia, as long as you have enough money, it's easier to get rich than in Hong Kong, and the government officials here are much more corrupt than those in Hong Kong.

The next day, Li Song came to the magazine office again to give Amin guidance on writing the novel. They didn't talk about anything else, but Amin was very curious about Beipai Sanshu.

Arlene returned home in the afternoon to write, and continued to enjoy her afternoon tea.

On Monday morning, June 9, 1980, Li Song rented a small van and went to the handover location to hand over the technical drawings of the marine outboard motor. Two different people came to meet him.

After the handover, Li Song returned the car to the rental company and then went home.

As soon as I got home, I called Tian Jiahui, and he rushed over from the company.

"Boss, this is the time on Uncle Hao's end," Tian Jiahui said, taking out a piece of paper.

"Ah."

Then Tian Jiahui left, and Li Song bought some 1980 rockets, light machine guns, AK assault rifles, hand grenades, and walkie-talkies on a second-hand platform.

Li Song originally wanted to buy some printed counterfeit US dollars, but he was afraid that Uncle Hao's side would be discovered by Amei, since Uncle Hao had just gained a foothold.

Li Song had another plan in mind: if America ever caused him trouble, he would print counterfeit US dollars all over the world, especially in South America, the Middle East, and Africa.

It's free; we'll see who has more trouble later.

Tian Jiahui went back to work, and Li Song called Liu Jiale again.

"Boss, as of yesterday, we've distributed 120 million copies of the magazine this month. Of those, 30 are distributed in Taiwan, and 60 in several Southeast Asian countries. We still need to restock 30 in Taiwan, and an estimated 20 in Southeast Asia." "Our magazine has high costs. After deducting printing costs and the fees paid to the boss for articles, the magazine's profit is only about 20%. However, our latest issue's advertising revenue reached HK$150 million."

"So our magazine's revenue for the past two months has approached HK$1000 million," Liu Jiale said.

The copyrights to Li Song's Tomb Raider Chronicles, Treasure Mystery, Ghost Blows Out the Light, and Interstellar Mercenaries comics are subject to separate contracts between the magazine publisher and Li Song, and he will be paid separately for those rights.

The payment for "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and "Treasure Mystery" is HK$150 per thousand words, which is too high and their greed is too blatant. Furthermore, the comic book rights are only 12% of magazine sales.
"From April 28th to the end of May, your revenue, boss, was as follows: last month, including our export magazines, we sold a total of 1.6 million copies, each priced at HK$18. Your comic book copyright revenue was HK$345.6 million, the buyout price for the two novels (200,000 words) was HK$60,000, and the magazine publisher owes you HK$351.6 million in royalties."

“The Hong Kong Island TV series costs 14 HKD per day, and it will last for 33 days, totaling 462 million HKD.”

"The second single edition generated HK$130 million in reprint revenue."

"The TV series exported to several Southeast Asian countries cost 390 million."

"The revenue from the three novels published in the Xinwanbao newspaper is 7 yuan."

"Boss, your income in May was 13.4 million."

"The summary for June next month," Liu Jiale continued.

Li Song breathed a sigh of relief; he was short of money.

Last time, Li Song's income was 2195 million. He transferred 10 million Hong Kong dollars to the mainland, and then spent about 100,000 on miscellaneous items. The biggest expense was 3.2 million for a marine engine (with 500,000 remaining unpaid), 600,000 for a villa, 300,000 for renovations, and 4.6 million for home appliances (with 600,000 remaining unpaid).

Adding the remaining 170 million, there is still a little over 2930 million in the account.

In addition, the magazine will not distribute profits for the time being, because the magazine will continue to invest in movies or other projects.

In addition, the motorcycle factories in mainland China have started to get on track, so I don't need money for the time being.

When it came time to apply for the aircraft patent next month, the bulk of June's income came again: royalties from the third standalone novel.

"Thank you for your hard work. I have an idea for the TV station, take a look." Li Song pulled out the script for the Voice of China variety show.

This was written by Li Song himself; it's an educational program, so be it.

Over the next decade, Hong Kong Island developed rapidly, with property prices increasing 13 times from 84 to the early 90s.

Many singers and hit songs have emerged from this area. Li Song doesn't write music; instead, he makes singers write songs for him like slaves. That's even better.

Singers and songwriters only earn a few.

"Boss, this idea..."

"This is amazing! I feel like this variety show could support a TV station. It feels much fairer than those other competitions." Li Song added telephone voting to the voting process, and also included a prize draw for the voters.

This is mainly for earning advertising revenue.

"Well, almost."

"Keep this idea a secret for now, and apply for international copyright later."

“If you can get the TV station up and running, I’ll give you another 2% of the magazine’s shares,” Li Song added.

"Thank you, boss. I will do my best." Liu Jiale was extremely excited when he heard this. The magazine's annual revenue was tens of millions, and he would get 2%, which would be at least more than a million. His salary was just a small part of it.

Liu Jiale hurriedly left with the promises Li Song had made.

Meanwhile, Uncle Hao in Southeast Asia was extremely anxious. These stinking locals were demanding money for everything and wouldn't do anything after receiving payment.

If he had any skills, he would never have suffered such humiliation. Before nine o'clock at night, Uncle Hao and his men were already waiting.

(End of this chapter)