Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 87 Total Real-World Revenue (Third Update, Seeking First Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

“Mr. Zhang, this is too much…” Inoue and the others stood up abruptly.

"Hmph, this is your punishment. You tried to bypass me, the middleman, and you were the ones who broke your promise first. If you don't want to talk, then don't talk. If you want to talk, this is the price." Zhang Dehua was furious. Going around me to talk to Li Song? Wasn't that just robbing me? How could this be allowed?
When Hojo heard Zhang Dehua's words, his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that there were other colleagues involved?
Thinking of this, Hojo harshly rebuked Inoue: "Inoue, do you even have the right to speak here?"

"Hey, I'm sorry." Inoue was a little dumbfounded, cursing inwardly: This, damn it, you think you're so great just because you're a department head? You think you're so high and mighty? The result you get from owing favors and spending money is no different from ours. I'll spread your dirty secrets throughout the company.

However, he still apologized very respectfully on the surface.

"Mr. Zhang, I apologize for this intrusion. It is my first time visiting. I hope you will take good care of me?" Hojo had no choice but to swallow his pride and extend his hand to shake hands with Zhang Dehua.

"Alright then, start the timer..." Zhang Dehua felt relieved. Some people are just shameless, but there are also some local bastards who actually help outsiders mess with him. Humph!

The three Hojo members were seething with hatred, but there was nothing they could do; headquarters was still waiting for news.

They talked for most of the day but didn't discuss anything. Hojo didn't dare to let slip anything, fearing that the patent holder would find out that things were urgent on their end.

Zhang Dehua could also see that Xiaobenzi was clearly in a hurry, but during the conversation, he kept getting entangled in trivial matters.

However, Zhang Dehua wasn't afraid. He was charging by the hour, which was still twenty times the previous rate, meaning it had doubled again this time.

Hojo and his group spent a considerable amount of time dealing with Zhang Dehua, but failed to find Zhang Dehua's bottom line. Hojo had no idea that Zhang Dehua and Li Song had no specific authorization details.

Hojo and his group left Zhang Dehua's company and returned to Hojo's office at Suzuki, an office that originally belonged to Inoue.

"idiot!"

"asshole!"

"This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"

"Li Song, you bastard!"

"Zhang Dehua, you bastard!"

"Liar!" Hojo finally unleashed his pent-up anger.

Inoue and Tashita stood to one side, heads drooping. They knew the reason for Hojo's rage: first, the result of their favor and money was the same as the first one they had found; second, Zhang Dehua had overcharged them.

Inoue quickly said, "Minister, this Li Song is a very wicked person!"

"This person is bad for not giving the minister face!"

Inoue also knew that this was another reason why Hojo was angry. They had gone to Hojo's door, but Li Song didn't give them any face at all.

"Inoue, you must take responsibility for this failure!" Hojo said, looking at Inoue.

"What?!" Inoue looked completely bewildered.

"It's because of your incompetence that things haven't progressed at all since I came here from headquarters. I will tell headquarters that you are not suitable to continue managing the company in Hong Kong. You haven't established a basic network of relationships in Hong Kong, which has caused our company's strategic goals to lag behind..." Inoue was dumbfounded. Damn it, how long did it take for headquarters to give us this task? They didn't say how urgent it was at the time, and they didn't give us any special funds. How are we supposed to do anything?

"Minister..." "Stop talking. Adults are responsible for their own actions..."

In the afternoon, Li Song was writing at home when he received a call from Tian Jiahui.

"Boss, Zhang Dehua said something very strange. Xiaobenzi was initially very anxious to go with him, but he kept getting bogged down in trivial matters and wouldn't mention anything about specific patent authorization. He suspects that Xiaobenzi is definitely hiding something," Tian Jiahui said over the phone.

"Could it be?" Li Song wondered if the motorcycle patent he was offering a reward for might be a design that someone borrowed from in 2080 and later used by someone else.

So, does that mean they stole some motorcycle patents? Maybe it's Suzuki?
Although I am asking for technology from 1979, other companies' designs have a process in place. That is, the patents I am applying for now may have started to be designed and developed several years ago.

However, Li Song did not intend to interfere. He would wait until the conditions were fully explained in the notebook before taking a look and deciding whether to authorize certain areas.

"Old Tian, ​​could you have Zhang Dehua secretly leak some information to the other motorcycle factories in Japan?" Li Song came up with a crooked idea.

"Boss, you're so smart." Tian Jiahui's eyes lit up.

"Otherwise, I could become the boss!" Li Song knew that other motorcycle factories would find out sooner or later, so he might as well take the initiative.

Moreover, more competition actually makes it easier to negotiate prices.

Tian Jiahui quickly told Zhang Dehua the news, and Zhang Dehua's eyes lit up.

On Tuesday, March 25, 1980, Liu Jiale brought documents and lunch to Li Song.

While finishing his meal, Liu Jiale reported on his work: "Boss, the two novels started serialization last December, and by last Sunday, the 23rd, you had submitted 15 million words of manuscript for the two novels, earning HK$150,000."

"As of March 23, RTV's Ghost Blows Out the Light TV series had been airing for 38 days, earning HK$3 per day, for a total revenue of HK$228 million!"

"Wanwan started airing its TV series on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with two episodes per day, each episode costing HK$40,000. It ran for 23 days, earning HK$184 million!"

"The first standalone book of Ghost Blows Out the Light has sold 180 million copies in Hong Kong. The royalty for each book is HK$180 million. The royalty in Taiwan is 14%. Taiwan has sold 150 million copies, so the total income is HK$390 million."

"The radio broadcasting rights in Taiwan, Hong Kong Island, and Southeast Asia totaled HK$1.2 million, which only covers the audio rights for the first 500,000 words."

"There are also some that haven't been counted, such as the additional editions printed in Taiwan, and the second edition that is about to be printed. We have also discovered piracy. Pirated copies have been found in Southeast Asia and sold to North America and Europe. There are also pirated copies in Taiwan."

"Boss, your total income is 937 million, and you invested 500,000 Hong Kong dollars to start the magazine," Liu Jiale gave a brief report.

“We’re still a little short of ten million.” Li Song nodded. The income from the radio station wasn’t that great; although the prices were low, it was essentially about generating traffic.

"Well, the film produced by ATV that was imported from Southeast Asia hasn't been settled yet. Once it is, it will probably be worth ten million." Liu Jiale was envious, but seeing that Li Song spent his free time writing articles at home, he knew that it was very hard work, and that he also ran a magazine.

Li Song also spent a lot of money himself, investing five million in the mainland, six hundred thousand in a house, and one million in two companies, spending a total of six million Hong Kong dollars, leaving him with 2.7 million Hong Kong dollars.

However, there will be money every day from now on. TV series will bring in HK$60,000 per day in Hong Kong and HK$80,000 per day in Taiwan. There are also TV series imported from Southeast Asia, which are conservatively estimated to bring in close to HK$200,000 per day. In addition, there is a second single volume, as well as two novels by Golden Harvest and Raymond Wong. We will not receive money from Golden Harvest for the time being because of box office revenue sharing. Raymond Wong's side will receive at least more than one million.

(End of this chapter)