Chapter 312: A Film Company Full of Beasts
The New Year is coming soon, and those police chiefs and gang members all want to come and wish Wang Yuanchao a happy new year. After all, in the past, they would also wish Lu Lok a happy new year.
He Wenzhao and Zeng Qirong came to ask Wang Yuanchao for advice. The New Year was approaching, so what kind of rules should they make?
It just so happens that Wang Yuanchao wants to talk to them about how to launder money, so let's get together first.
After the gathering, he told everyone to set up film companies and investment companies, and use the black money to make and watch movies. This not only prospered the film market, allowing Starlight Pictures and its younger brothers to have a meal, but also allowing Starlight Cinemas and Cathay Cinemas to have a meal. It also allowed the police chiefs and community groups to spend the money on hand openly without worrying about being liquidated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in the future. The price they paid was just a part of the tax.
The money they gave to Wang Yuanchao as a gift was all the real money that Wang Yuanchao earned through his film career!
No matter how bad the films made by Wang Yuanchao's film company were, as long as the films were shown in their own theaters, the gang members would book the theaters all night long! This stabilized the box office at a position that was greatly increased but not particularly prominent.
No one can control whether members of social groups like to watch these movies and are willing to pay for tickets, right?
But no one can control whether people buy tickets or not, right?
This money made up the box office revenue. After paying taxes, this legal income was divided among Wang Yuanchao's film company and theaters. In any case, it all went into Wang Yuanchao's pocket.
Although these were all gifts from members of social organizations, who dares to say that Wang Yuanchao accepted black money from them?
All the money is earned through my own ability!
How do the sheriffs make money? Of course, they invest in theaters and get a share of the box office revenue!
Wang Yuanchao's Starlight Cinema will certainly continue to expand, and he will bring these police chiefs and police officers to invest and give them shares. Of course, they don't have to pay. The money they should pay has been collected in advance by Wang Yuanchao's film company and cinema chain, and then how much each person should get is calculated in proportion.
In a word, they are just waiting to get their share of the money, which is no different from before.
It perfectly interprets the true meaning of shares.
As for stock dividends, can the ICAC still not allow people to invest early?
Of course, if anyone disobeys, the organization has ten thousand ways to make your shares legal and legitimate.
The police officers may not see the benefit of this method now, but once the Independent Commission Against Corruption is established, they will be more obedient.
Normally they accepted bribes from gang members and spent them lavishly, but Wang Yuanchao didn't care. He only cared about what he should give to everyone and made sure to distribute the investment income reasonably and legally to everyone.
They themselves are not afraid of being liquidated in the future. He is not their father, so why does he care so much?
What about the socialites?
Of course the society will set up a company and invest in making movies! They can invest 100,000 or 200,000 yuan to make a movie, and if the box office sells 500,000 or 800,000 yuan, anyway, in the current market, as long as it doesn't break 1 million, it won't be a big problem. If they are lucky enough to make a good movie and it's a big hit at the box office, there's no need to mention how much water can be added!
Although they can only get a quarter or even less of the profits, this is all box office revenue, money after tax!
Some people may feel sad, but those with a long-term vision certainly won’t.
If someone doesn't want to go through all this trouble, then they can just invest in a blockbuster movie for Wang Yuanchao's production company, and then the production company will produce a shoddy movie that can't even be shown in theaters. Anyway, the investment will be absorbed by Wang Yuanchao's production company. How to verify the cost? The props worth a lot of money have all been burned!
Wang Yuanchao received not a penny less than he deserved, and they showed filial piety not a penny less than they should.
There is so much room for maneuver here.
Wang Yuanchao is also willing to guide those who are willing to actively join and be obedient, so that they can make money together.
Once this Pandora's box is opened, I don't know if the society will kidnap actors to film, but the actors and directors under Wang Yuanchao probably don't dare to touch it.
No matter which society touches him, let alone the abolition of the death penalty in Hong Kong, Wang Yuanchao will definitely have them physically destroyed. John's government will not care, but he will.
The sheriffs were easy to explain. They all received money. It was just that they used to receive cash directly, but now it has been converted into stock dividends. It was just a matter of signing a few more signatures and going through an extra procedure, and it would not affect the follow-up.
The police officers were easier to deal with. They made only a few tens or hundreds of dollars a month, and they just paid in cash. If someone performed well and needed a reward, they could just give him a small lottery ticket. It was easy.
The club is giving money, which is more troublesome. I think the sirs are just taking off their pants to fart, which is unnecessary. Isn't it better to just give cash? It's hard to understand why they have to go around and divide the money and pay taxes to the foreigners.
What a bunch of brainless idiots. Wang Yuanchao found that he had overestimated them.
There was no other choice but to set up various film companies on behalf of various associations.
Such as Tiger Pictures, Overlord Pictures, Blue Dragon Pictures, Fat Cat Pictures, Flying Sky Pictures, Green Sheep Pictures...they mainly focus on one thing: a complete range of livestock.
When they came to pay the money, Zeng Qirong would ask them to sign an investment agreement. The association knew the amount, so it was just an extra signature procedure.
These were all prepared in advance by Starlight Cinemas. Shi Zhen can be responsible for this kind of thing. Forget about Zou Wenhuai's Starlight Pictures. Wang Yuanchao intends to put some real effort into this film company. Starlight Pictures can arrange for directors, screenwriters and actors to take on projects and earn salaries. As for the source of funds and box office results, they don't need to worry about it. It has nothing to do with them.
According to Wang Yuanchao's original intention, he did not want to have too much involvement with these low-level black and white characters.
But they are low-level black and white people, and they care a lot about their dignity and face.
Li Chaoren had a very good relationship with Lui Lok in the past. It was normal for Wang Yuanchao to have some friends in the police force and social groups.
He has so many friends!
He is still just a billionaire now, not even comparable to Li Chaoren, let alone those Hong Kong tycoons.
Friends have to get together, and the backbones of each company have to get together, right? To make money and conquer the world, we still have to rely on these people. From the twelfth month to the first month of the lunar year, there are all kinds of New Year's greetings and dinners. Even a physical fanatic like Wang Yuanchao feels mentally exhausted.
Socializing is too tiring; it’s far less enjoyable than spending time with your woman.
"Every time you come here you are drunk and my son doesn't want to get close to you!"
Lou Xiao'e said as she massaged Wang Yuanchao's head.
Wang Yuanchao didn't even raise his eyelids:
"I'll work hard for another two years, and then we can all live together. If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. If I want to enjoy the happiness of having a wife, I have to work hard, right?"
Lou Xiao'e snorted and stopped talking.
She had met Wang Yuanchao's real girlfriend. She was very beautiful and smart.
Unlike her, her family paid for her to go to Hong Kong University, but she got in on her own.
Moreover, their parents were still helping Wang Yuanchao and had great social influence. She asked herself that if she had not known Wang Yuanchao since childhood and had not had a son, Wang Xiao, she really would not have the ambition to enter the Wang family.
Marry a virtuous wife and take a concubine who is not as pretty as the first wife!
She had no choice but to show her virtuous character, and also try to have another child to help the Wang family expand - this was the suggestion that her eldest brother and second brother came up with together.
No matter what happens, I will have food to eat in the future thanks to my son.
Lou Xiao'e felt a little sad, but she couldn't bear to leave Wang Yuanchao.
He not only gave her the happiness of being a mother, but also gave her the happiness of being a woman.
Her father Lou Zhenhua's ex-wife was actually the principal wife. So what? She followed her elder brother to Hong Kong early, and lived apart from her husband, and still lived with her son.
So what if her sister-in-law is with her eldest brother? Didn’t her eldest brother still have two concubines?
On the other hand, although her mother was also a concubine, she listened to her husband in everything. She and her second brother were filial and lived no worse than the first wife.
So he said:
"Wang Xiao is two years old now. He sometimes asks for a brother or sister. Should we give him another child?"
Wang Yuanchao thought: How old am I? It’s only been a few months since I turned 19, and my son is already two years old…
Yes, Wang Xiao’s birthday is February 67, 2, which is the 28th day of the first lunar month. He just celebrated his second birthday last week.
It was a grand occasion. Except for Lou Zhenhua's ex-wife, all other members of the Lou family, including Lou Zhenhua himself, came out to celebrate their grandson's birthday.
His own father can borrow tens of millions from HSBC. Who else has this ability?
Lou Zhenhua was known as Lou half of the city back then, and the steel mill and other industries only had a fortune of over 10 million! He kept plucking hair, skinning, pulling tendons and breaking bones, and finally ran to Hong Kong with a few million.
Fortunately, the eldest brother worked hard and earned several million dollars.
But compared to his grandson's biological father, there is no comparison.
As for marrying someone as a concubine, well, the child was originally born by the concubine, so Lou Zhenhua had no psychological burden at all and even asked Tan Yali to comfort her daughter.
Tan Yali also felt that her daughter would not be able to find a better family, and that even if her son-in-law left some property in the future, it would be enough for her son, grandson, daughter, and grandson-in-law to live on for several lifetimes.
It was almost impossible for Wang Yuanchao to quietly accompany his son to play, as the Lou family almost always accompanied Wang Xiao. Even if he wanted to see Lou Xiao'e, the two could only meet secretly.
Therefore, he wanted to live with his family even more, so that he could see his son when he wanted to and play with him when he wanted to, and no one would bother him.
However, he and Liu Qijin haven't married yet. If he has another child, won't it be unstable for the first wife in the future? He thinks the arrangement of the Huo family is very good. There is harmony among the several branches. He really wants to learn from them.
So he said:
"I'm worried that this will affect your studies. If you don't study hard, how can you help me in the future?"
Lou Xiao'e was stunned by this sentence. The character that the Lou family gave her was a good wife and a good helper. How could she be a good wife if she didn't study hard?
"That's what I said. It's like having a baby is like planting crops. You sow in spring and harvest in autumn!" Lou Xiao'e explained stubbornly.
Wang Yuanchao said:
"Let's talk about it when you graduate soon. Use this time to think carefully about how to decorate your room!"
Wang Yuanchao took her to see the luxury house he had just bought, which was much higher class than Lou Mansion.
However, Lou Xiao'e was able to live in a courtyard house, so when she saw the current mansion, she felt that there was nothing to change, which was good. She just said gently:
"As long as I can be with you, it's good."
(End of this chapter)