Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 69: Sky-high Price Movie Script (Additional updates, please collect, read, and vote)

After the introduction, Tian Jiahui, Ma Zhiwei and Li Song stayed in the hotel. Li Song still lived in the small building behind the hotel. The car was parked at the Oriental Hotel, allowing the two to rest first and have dinner together later.

"Mr. Li, our superiors are very grateful for the gift you sent us. We would like to express our sincere gratitude. If you have any requests, please feel free to ask. We will do our best to meet your needs in terms of materials and other aspects." Ma Shengli said from inside the small building.

"The people in the company are only responsible for administrative matters. In the future, we will only be responsible for finance and management of the mainland company. We will also handle more technical and production matters. We plan to cultivate mainland talent. We have our own set of production management methods, which may be slightly different from those in the mainland."

"Our management is not equal. Everyone has their own value, just like in foreign companies, some can earn tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of yuan a month, while others can only earn a few thousand."

"It's like a car. Although all parts are indispensable, some parts can be replaced, but the core engine and the like cannot be replaced."

"As for other things, we'll talk about it later. Our cooperation has just begun. The gifts we give this time are more to show our sincerity." Li Song said.

Ma Shengli and Zhang Jianshe looked at each other. It was probably partly out of sincerity, but more of it was a display of energy.

"That's no problem. We open up to introduce advanced technology and management," said Ma Shengli.

When Li Song heard this, he sighed inwardly. It sounded nice, but for many years to come, foreign-funded enterprises would have the best treatment. On the contrary, it was the mainland enterprises that would find all sorts of ways to cheat their workers.

They say they are learning, but they don’t learn anything good. Instead, they use the name of learning to benefit themselves.

But Li Song couldn't care less about so many things and just had to take care of his own business.

"Is there any problem with the technical equipment?" Li Song asked.

"We are selecting and organizing capable technical personnel to watch the video materials for study first. Mr. Li, you are very thoughtful and have provided so many video materials. These are priceless treasures." Each type of equipment has a complete set of technical instructions, and there are also videotapes that contain video materials of the installation, debugging, and maintenance of the equipment.

"Well, let's talk about the remaining investment tomorrow. We won't ask for too much. Just follow international practices." Li Song said.

"Don't worry, Mr. Li, we know how to be grateful and repay kindness." Ma Shengli said quickly.

"Business is business. After all, we want to do long-term business and won't cause any trouble for others." Li Song knew that no matter how great your achievements are, the next emperor will not recognize them.

"Cough cough!" Ma Shengli heard the hidden meaning in the words and coughed twice.

"Mr. Li, due to certain relationships, we will be the ones to receive Mr. Li from now on. If your level is too high, it will attract attention. Please forgive me, Mr. Li." Zhang Jianshe said.

"I understand." Li Song nodded.

Then Li Song took a rest, and Ma Shengli and others went back to report on their work.

After resting for more than two hours, Ma Shengli and Tian Jiahui came to the small building and had dinner here in the evening.

Li Song and Liu Qing don't drink, but Tian Jiahui, Ma Zhiwei, Ma Shengli, Zhang Jianshe, and Section Chief Zhou all drink. Of course, drinking is required at a normal banquet.

They drank Yubingshao, while Li Song and Liu Qing drank beverages.

After dinner, Li Song asked Ma Zhiwei and Tian Jiahui to stay and talk about tomorrow's investment. Anyway, everything was in accordance with international practice.

However, there are certain fluctuations in international practices. For example, licensing fees fluctuate greatly, generally between 1% and 10%, but there are also cases where the net profit can be as high as 20%.

The negotiations officially began the next morning. The first thing to do was to build a motorcycle factory. The mainland would unconditionally transfer the land, and give priority to electricity and transportation.

The mainland directly allocated a dedicated berth at Huangpu Port for the motorcycle manufacturer's use. The railway also provided a dedicated railway warehouse and a transportation plan. The investor licensed all technologies other than the motorcycle main engine to other manufacturers. The investor provided products to the main engine manufacturers free of charge, but charged a 10% copyright licensing fee for sales to other companies. A 2% sales fee was also charged for derivative technologies derived from related technologies.

After lunch, Li Song and the other two chatted privately. Ma Zhiwei sighed, "The conditions in the mainland are too good."

Tian Jiahui nodded and said nothing, thinking that his boss was acting here.

We continued the discussion in the afternoon. The motorcycle factory is a purely foreign-funded enterprise, with a first-phase investment of HK$5 million in capital and technical equipment.

Then there are discussions about recruitment, employment, salary, etc.

The only thing is that there was no such thing as five social insurances and one housing fund at that time. It seems that this only existed in the late 90s.

Li Song could only make a small suggestion.

In the evening, after dinner, Li Song talked to Ma Zhiwei: "Old Ma, the factory has started construction, but we need someone to supervise and manage it. How about you stay here? I'll give you a 20% salary increase. Also, you owe the bank over 40 yuan, how about I lend it to you privately?"

"Boss, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true. You can also bring your wife here and let her supervise and manage the logistics department in the factory. She will be paid the same salary as a management position in Hong Kong Island, and it will also be increased by 10%." Li Song said again.

"No problem, boss." Although Ma Zhiwei didn't understand the boss's investment, he and his wife were the only two people in the factory?
But the conditions in the mainland are so good that the boss even lent me money to pay off my debts and arranged a job for my wife.

Of course, Ma Zhiwei also knew what supervision meant, which was to watch others work and prevent them from messing with the boss's money.

"This is the factory structure and system. You just supervise their implementation." Li Song took out a 1980 factory management system that was offered for reward on a second-hand platform. This one was much more rigorous than those of the same period.

From procurement to logistics, production and so on.

"Okay, boss, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of the factory for you."

"I will give you certain powers to appoint and dismiss personnel at that time." Li Song knew that he had to give Ma Zhiwei some power. Without power, he would not be able to supervise others.

"thank you boss."

The negotiations went smoothly, and in Hong Kong Island, Liu Jiale was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling, but he was also anxious because the first volume of Grave Robbers' Chronicles was valued by people and they were all asking a sky-high price.

The Samgo Temple version of The Lost Tomb was valued by Golden Harvest because they felt that the script was suitable for internationalization.

After Golden Harvest signed Brother Long, they were determined to make Brother Long the second Little Dragon.

The script of Samgo Temple involves mysterious stone tablets, crystal balls, witchcraft, etc. Golden Harvest is willing to pay 100 million to buy out the script.

But Liu Jiale was definitely unwilling to do so and wanted a share of the box office revenue. Golden Harvest increased the amount to two million, but Liu Jiale still refused to give in because he could not contact Li Song and Golden Harvest thought that Liu Jiale was unwilling to sell.

Another volume of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, which is the old version written by Li Song, has also been coveted by two groups of people. One is Shaw Brothers Film Company, and the other is Wong Pak-ming, who is setting up a new film company and has a powerful financial backer. The price paid by both parties has exceeded 100 million.

Liu Jiale had a good start and was very happy, but he could only use the excuse that his uncle from the Northern School was in seclusion and he couldn't find him.

At the same time, I also hope that Li Song will come back soon. Although Li Song asked me to make the decision, I really don’t dare to do it because the money is too much.
(End of this chapter)