Chapter 294: BP Machine and Club Membership
He planned to open a paging station and sell call machines with He Zuozhi.

A few months ago, a Hasbro inspection team came over and he spotted this little gadget at first sight!
It was a small iron box, like a small radio. If Wang Yuanchao hadn't been sharp-eyed, he would have recognized the "MOTOROLA" trademark at first sight.

At that time, Hasbro Vice President DePriest saw that Wang Yuanchao seemed to know this thing, and asked if Hong Kong could also use "pageboy"?
Wang Yuanchao was stunned for a moment. "The bride's best man"? What the hell?

The Chinese meaning of pageboy is the bride's male companion.

Seeing Wang Yuanchao's confusion, Depriest quickly explained:

This is Pageboy, which was launched by Motorola in 64. If someone wants to find someone who is outside, not in the office or at home, they can call the paging station and report the number of the Pageboy. The paging station will send a signal to the Pageboy, and the Pageboy will make a beeping sound, and then you will know that someone is looking for you.

It doesn’t have an LCD screen and it’s not made of plastic, but no matter what, it doesn’t change the fact that this is a pager!

DePriest said that in the United States, this thing is a must-have for high-end business people. You may not need it all the time, but at the critical moment, having this thing or not can make a huge difference.

Wang Yuanchao played with it for a while. There are graphic instructions on the back of this little guy, which can let customers know the specific call matters, such as whether to call the company or home. Only if it is none of the above situations, do they need to call the paging station back, which greatly reduces the occurrence of the "middle link" of calling the paging station.

After chatting for a while, they found out that the United States had invented this thing 20 years ago. In 62, Bell demonstrated a mature personal paging system at the Seattle World Expo, so this thing was not rare in the United States.

A signal tower can cover a radius of about 40 kilometers.

Hong Kong is such a small area that it is easy to cover it.

This business is worth a try!

So he thought of He Zuozhi. He should not be too closely tied to one family, and all his eggs should not be put in one basket.

Moreover, He Zuozhi's ambition is much stronger than Zhou Qibang's.

For this purpose, He Zuozhi even flew to the United States for inspection, and Hasbro helped arrange the local reception.

So, after He Zuozhi came back from his inspection, a new company, Xiangjiang Communications, was established.

He Zuozhi 40%, Wang Yuanchao 30%, and Deng Zhaojian 30%.

Deng Zhaojian is a director of Hong Kong Commercial Radio and is also the chairman of Kowloon Motor Bus. Kowloon Motor Bus is huge in scale, with assets worth hundreds of millions. Its profit margin has been restricted by the Hong Kong authorities on the grounds that it is a public utility. It is burdened with various shackles and is not allowed to engage in diversified operations. Therefore, Deng Zhaojian also intends to expand some other businesses.

Make money, not shabby.

He Zuozhi was worried that if he only cooperated with Wang Yuanchao, he might not be able to suppress Wang Yuanchao in the future. After all, he had experienced Wang Yuanchao's methods. So he intended to bring Deng Zhaojian, a great man, into the partnership. Directors with shares and directors without shares have different levels of concern.

Anyway, He Zuozhi is still the major shareholder.

Wang Yuanchao didn't care about it.

Firstly, he also valued Deng Zhaojian's social connections. Although he was not the largest shareholder of Kowloon Motor Bus (the largest shareholder was the Lei family, which held more than 20% of the shares), he was the founder and chairman of the board of directors, and his influence was unparalleled.

Secondly, because this thing requires a lot of government procedures, he is too lazy to bother. Lao He doesn't even know how he laid the mine for others in the first place. Forget it, let Lao He take the blame.

He casually assigned Deep Blue another topic, which was to study calling machines.

This thing is also a money grab. When his calling machine comes out, won't Lao He strongly support the second largest shareholder's business? Isn't it appropriate to transform into mobile phones in the future?

……

There were a variety of people present, some showed up for the opening, most stayed in a fixed area, but there were also some people who were interested and walked around, which was a rare opportunity.

Executive Council member Luo Wenhui and his wife were communicating with Chu Guoliang of Cathay Films, and they all sighed as they recalled the former boss of Dianmao, Luk Wan-to.

Because the senior management of Dianmao disappeared along with the boss, Zhu Guoliang eventually took over. However, he was not in this line of work and had no help, so he managed to hold on with great difficulty.

Zhu Guoliang came here this time because he wanted to have a good chat with Wang Yuanchao, as the other party seemed to have a lot of ideas about movies.

Previously, Lydia Lo's "Long Live the Madam" had a box office of nearly 90, but the subsequent movies, whether it was Cathay Pacific's "Duel at Tiger Ridge" or Golden Eagle's own "The Wind and Dust" and "Tai Chi Gate", the box office were very average. They did not lose money, but they did not make money either. They also promoted it in newspapers and radio stations, but the effect was not good.

In August, King Hu's Dragon Inn grossed 8 million in just three weeks, setting a record for the highest box office of Chinese and foreign films since Hong Kong was founded. One-Armed Swordsman only grossed half of that!

What does it mean?
This shows that the film market is still there, but they can’t make this money!
Now Lydia Lo is preparing for Cathay Pacific's "Red Plum Court". As the boss, she also brought the famous director Wang Tianlin to take a look and ask for advice.

Seeing that Lotte was communicating with the other party, he did not deliberately ask for advice. It was their first meeting, so they just stopped talking. And Lotte was her own boss, so she must have felt the same anxiety as him.

In public, Letty could only hold back the glances in her eyes and said:
"Mr. Wang, I really want to congratulate you."

Wang Yuanchao was also very polite. He had a family, so he didn't dare to flirt casually:
"Happy together."

Letty wanted to roll her eyes, but she held back and asked with a smile:
"Where does joy come from?"

Wang Yuanchao said:

"I heard that Mr. Le's Golden Eagle also screened two movies and made a small profit." Letty wanted to say that the profit was not as much as the investment with you, so she could only say:
"It can't be compared with Dragon Inn. It's clearly following the promotional strategy of Long Live the Madam."

Wang Yuanchao couldn't help it, and he had the nerve to mention "Dragon Inn", which is a groundbreaking work!

“A groundbreaking work, you know?
You guys are still using the old tricks. Just by looking at the first part of the story, you can imagine the rest of the story. How can you just rely on selling your face?"

Letty's face changed when she was blocked. No matter who it is, it would be uncomfortable to be said like this.

But didn’t she come here to ask for advice?
He immediately adjusted his posture and said pitifully:

"Then Mr. Wang, can you give me some advice? I feel like if we continue like this, I might as well do the same as Gao Yuan and invest with you. It's much more promising than making movies."

Wang Yuanchao knows a lot of epoch-making movies and has quite a few of them on his mobile phone, but some of them are too epoch-making. Some do not conform to the current appreciation level, while some may conform to it, but it is not known whether they can be filmed.

After all, knowing that you can take a picture is one thing, but whether you can take it is another.

So he said:
“You must be bold in innovation and have the courage to make breakthroughs. If you don’t know how to innovate, just follow the latest one.”

Wang Yuanchao didn't want to be a director or a screenwriter. Apart from writing songs, everything else was too hard. He almost broke his hands from copying The Deer and the Cauldron!

At most, he would invest money, start a film and television company, and then discover good directors, good actors, and good programs.

So to Letty, these words were just correct nonsense.

In such occasions, one cannot chat too much. Someone next to him seemed to be chatting but was actually waiting to talk to Wang Yuanchao. It seemed that he had been waiting for quite a long time.

She decided to wait until everyone was honest with each other, then communication would be more appropriate.

So he clinked glasses with Wang Yuanchao and left.

The people who came over included He Wenzhao, Yan Xiong, Zeng Qirong and a group of people.

Thanks to Zeng Qirong's surrender, He Wenzhao's bravery, Yan Xiong's enterprising spirit, and Howard's support within the system, the management of the community quickly returned to normal after Lui Lok left.

Whoever dances most happily will be pulled out as an example to scare the monkeys.

14K thought that the opportunity had come, but in the end it lost a large piece of territory and shrank back into the corner whimpering like a stupid dog that had been beaten.

The "underground emperor" is gone, but there is an "underground parliament" where everyone discusses things. If they can't come to an agreement, they will be punished by Wang Yuanchao. It would be better for both sides to reconcile early.

Anyway, everyone still followed the previous rules and paid on time. The new manager didn't ask for more money, so there was nothing to worry about.

As for the money that was handed over, Wang Yuanchao was worried about how to launder it.

Horse racing tickets can only be used in a small range by core senior executives, and can only be used occasionally. They cannot be popularized.

But the contribution from the society comes in every month in a steady stream.

It can’t be whitened, how to use it?
Originally, after Wang Yuanchao took a share of Lu Le's inheritance, he didn't plan to get involved anymore and just let them have fun on their own.

But no one dared.

Zeng Qirong silently settled the account and handed it over to Wang Yuanchao.

Even a tough guy like Yan Xiong didn't dare to make some money privately, at least not this batch.

Afraid of being set as an example.

Yan Xiong has just become the chief of the police station. Is it easy?
There will be plenty of opportunities to make money in the future, so why go against the wind and commit crimes right from the start?
He can still tell the difference between one meal being full and another.

As for how to send the money, Zeng Qirong has written a plan according to past practice. Now that the societies have settled down, the tributes should continue and the money should be distributed to everyone. Many policemen are counting on this subsidy to pay off their mortgages and car loans.

Of course, Lu Le’s share in the past belonged to Wang Yuanchao.

At least that's what's happening on paper.

How could Wang Yuanchao take it directly? Wouldn't that leave evidence in Zeng Qirong's hands?
A good, law-abiding businessman like him wouldn't do this.

Damn, I still have to make movies to launder money, and also auction art. These two methods, plus investment dividends, can basically launder these black money.

The account books have been handed in, but they don’t dare to ask for how to divide the money for the time being, but if they delay for too long, problems will easily arise.

As expected, you can’t touch anything black, damn it!

(End of this chapter)