1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 185 The Salty King

"Boss, even if the pretty mom doesn't want to, I do!"

When Chen Lan heard that Zhai Yuan had run into a wall with the pretty mother on Portland Street, she took the initiative to rush to Jiuyi early the next morning to inquire about the situation.

In the office, Zhai Yuan gave her a brief account of the situation.

After she understood Zhai Yuan's idea of filming, she looked at Zhai Yuan with shining eyes and asked, "Did you write the script yourself?"

Chen Lan had been in the film industry for so long, and with just a few simple explanations from Zhai Yuan, she could see the huge potential profits in the third-level film market.

It would be even more incredible if the boss took the initiative to provide the script. She knew that the movies shot by the two companies now all relied on Zhai Yuan to cross the bridge and handle it alone. If he was willing to lower his status and write a script for a third-level film with his level, it would definitely be an overwhelming blow to this industry.

"Here is the script, take a look at it first."

Zhai Yuan pulled out three scripts from the safe and threw them to Chen Lan: "I'm short of money lately, so I'd like to make some low-budget movies to earn some money."

Chen Lan took it and looked at it. There were three movie titles written on it: "Irresistible Charm", "Borrowing Seed for a Family Massacre", and "Shocking Change".

These three movies are not pure combat scenes. On the contrary, they all have complete plots and the stories are quite interesting, which are not clichéd in this era.

Fashion films are also low-cost, and the costumes and props are not as complicated as those of period films.

Chen Lan only looked at the title and looked up at Zhai Yuan, smiling and saying, "I don't need to look at the content, I know there will be a market just by looking at the name!"

Zhai Yuan said: "I plan to spend 6 million yuan on the production of these three dramas, with a maximum budget of 2 million yuan for each drama. They will be shot and released simultaneously, and the shooting period will be within one month."

Chen Lan rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "As usual, Sanhe will pay half of the money. If you really need the money, I will make up the other half for you, but the producer must use the Sanhe sign."

She is now determined to be in the same boat with Zhai Yuan. Six million is not a small amount, but she can come up with it if she grits her teeth.

"Is it the production fee that I'm short of? What I'm short of now is actors."

Zhai Yuan glanced at her and said, "Pretty girls won't take off their clothes, and those who are willing to take off their clothes are not pretty. My budget does not include the salaries of celebrities, otherwise why would it be so low?"

"It's easy to tell there's money to be made from this, these gangsters have no brains at all!"

Chen Lan didn't know that Liang Ma had been cheated before, so she volunteered, "I'll go talk to Liang Ma and give you an answer later."

"Okay, if you can handle the pretty mom, we can all make money together."

Zhai Yuan said: "If you can't handle her, I'll find a Japanese girl to shoot it. At worst, I can just change the dubbing and it can still be released in China."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lan hurriedly said, "I will definitely take care of her!"

If Zhai Yuan invited actors from Japan, her Sanhe would have no involvement at all. Chen Lan decided that even if she had to drag Xu Jiaqiang to meet the uncles of the society, she would let her mother pick out a few top performers.

Zhai Yuan didn't care which company the XXX film was registered under; the most important thing was to have the distribution rights of the videotapes and CDs in his own hands.

I discussed some details with Chen Lan and agreed that as long as she could find all the actors from Liang Ma, we could officially sign the contract.

Zhai Yuan asked: "How is the situation of the Fulong Gang going?"

Chen Lan nodded and said, "There are some clues..."

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After seeing Chen Lan off, Zhai Yuan picked up Nishixie Michiko from the set of "Wushuang" and went with her to meet Nishixie Iwano.

In addition to the local tertiary market, we also want to get involved in the Japanese adult market, and if we want to do it, we want to be the king of pornography.

In the car.

He asked Nishikie Michiko: "Your brother runs a fitness center in Toyo. Is he a big guy?"

Nishikie Michiko nodded and said, "He won the men's fitness championship. It was he who influenced me to enter the fitness industry."

Zhai Yuan suddenly felt a little guilty. He had spared no effort when he kicked Nishixie Michiko. He was afraid that when he met Nishixie Yanan later, he would give him a shocking blow before the other party asked him something.

After parking the car outside a Japanese restaurant in Central, Zhai Yuan attentively helped Nishixie Michiko open the car door, with an attitude that was rude at first but respectful later.

Michiko was flattered: "I can do it myself."

"It doesn't matter. I love you."

Zhai Yuan smiled brightly at her: "I think you are getting more and more beautiful recently, Michiko. When you finish filming these two dramas, I will make a big production and let you be the heroine, okay?"

"Thank you, boss!" Nishixie Michiko nodded excitedly, stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhai Yuan on the face.

At Zhai Yuan's signal, Michiko took his arm and walked into the restaurant together, behaving intimately like a couple.

"Ouni-san."

Michiko lifted the bamboo curtain and entered the box, calling out to a sturdy man.

This was the first time Zhai Yuan met Xixie Yannan. He was in his early thirties and not very tall. Xixie Michiko was about 1 meters tall, while Xixie Yannan looked to be just over 58 meters tall, shorter than Zhai Yuan.

But his body is nearly twice as wide as Zhai Yuan's.

While Michiko was introducing herself, Zhai Yuan looked at Xixie Yanan, and the image of another South Korean man emerged in his mind.

God-Ma Dongseok.

Xixie Yannan is a shorter and stockier version of Ma Dongseok, with broad shoulders and a thick back, and his muscles make his coat bulge out high.

The two siblings chattered in Japanese, and Xixie Yanan, the Yamato soul in Zhai Yuan's mind, took the initiative to extend his hand.

"Mr. Zhai, thank you for taking care of my sister in Xiangjiang."

Michiko completed the translation simultaneously.

Zhai Yuan said: "Mr. Xixie, you don't have to be polite. Michiko is my girlfriend. We may be a family in the future."

It was the first time that Nishixie Michiko heard Zhai Yuan introduce herself like this. Her eyes sparkled. She held his arm a little tighter and translated to Nishixie Yanan with a smile on her face.

Nishikie Iwano looked surprised and exchanged a few words with Michiko in Japanese.

"My eldest brother said that I am eight years older than you."

"There's an old Chinese saying that a woman three years older than you can hold a gold brick, and you can hold two and a half."

Although there was a language barrier, the atmosphere was lively thanks to Michiko Nishiwaki's simultaneous translation.

Zhai Yuan didn't have a deep understanding of Japan at that time, so through communication with Xixie Yanan, he gradually introduced the topic to Japan's adult film industry.

He thought it would be a bit awkward to talk about these things in front of someone's sister, but Nishikie Iwano and Michiko were not restrained at all, and both their translation and answers were very rational.

This may be related to the relatively open-minded attitudes over there. Although the adult film industry in Japan is not yet well developed, magazines such as Playboy have been popular in Japan since World War II. Subsequently, many men's magazines were produced locally. Schools started to provide enlightenment education in this regard earlier than in Hong Kong, and Japanese people clearly distinguish between obscenity and business.

"When Michiko first came to Hong Kong to make a movie, she encountered many setbacks. Although I am willing to support her as the leading actress now, the entire local market is still quite averse to overseas actors."

Zhai Yuan used the example of Michiko Nishixie and said, "By the same token, if I, a Chinese, want to go to Japan to film, practitioners in your country will not welcome me. So for this reason, I want to help me open a film and television company in Japan in the capacity of Mr. Nishixie. I will be responsible for all the funds, and you just need to deal with the relevant departments there."

Nishikie Iwao listened to Michiko's translation and said a few words in Japanese with a smile.

Michiko rolled her eyes at him in dissatisfaction and said to Zhai Yuan, "He asked you if you were afraid that he would run away with the money after getting it?"

"I can bear the consequences, and even if he doesn't believe me, he will believe me."

Zhai Yuan smiled and pinched Michiko's face, but thought to himself, "How can I let you take advantage of this loophole?" How can I hand over the future market worth hundreds of millions to an outsider?

He asked Michiko to translate, "If it was just a simple search for an agent, I wouldn't have to bother Mr. Nishikyo to come to Hong Kong in person, but I want to develop adult business in Japan, so I will inevitably have to deal with local gangs, and there may be conflicts of interest, so the most important thing is to solve this problem."

When talking about violent gangs, Nishixie Michiko also looked worried and translated Zhai Yuan's concerns.

Nishikie Iwao hummed and said, "At present, the domestic gangs headed by the Yamaguchi-gumi are indeed rampant. I run a fitness center, and the students are all muscular men. They don't dare to come to my door to cause trouble, but if you reach out too far and infringe on their interests, the gangs have guns and bombs, and they don't even care about the Metropolitan Police Department."

Zhai Yuan said: "So I hired another group of people to protect you. They are the Fulong Gang, which is made up of Chinese people in Japan. If a violent gang comes to you one day, they should be able to help you solve a lot of problems."

Xixie Yanan is no stranger to the Fulong Gang, a Chinese gang that frequently appears on television news because of bloody incidents with local violent groups.

He turned his head and exchanged a few words with Michiko Nishiwaki, with a hint of excitement on his face.

Michiko translated helplessly: "He is more interested in this kind of gang fighting, but I think it is dangerous."

Zhai Yuan thought that being interested was a good thing! I was just afraid that I would meet a weakling who would back down after being threatened. How could I do business then?
Zhai Yuan comforted Michiko seriously: "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to our brother."

Michiko forced a smile, still looking a little worried.

Xixie Yannan couldn't help but rub his hands, with an expression ready to do something big, and asked: "Mr. Zhai, how much money do you plan to invest in the Dongyang market?"

Zhai Yuan thought about it and realized that VCDs and optical discs had not been produced yet.

In Japan, it seems that even their own people who make Category A films will be arrested.

After bringing up this issue, Nishikyou Iwao had obviously prepared in advance, explaining: "The current situation is indeed like this. The conflict between the Metropolitan Police Department and Category A films is very deep, but it is said that the new "Customs Business Law" will be improved next year, and an ethics association will be established to regulate film companies."

Zhai Yuan nodded, estimated the prices of the two places in his mind, and said, "I will invest 3 million yen this year to let you register a company in Japan and discover directors and actors."

Almost 10 million Hong Kong dollars, this amount shocked both siblings.

But Zhai Yuan knew clearly that this investment was nothing compared to the future profits.

The adult business in Japan is recognized as an industry that is more profitable than drugs. In the future, this business will bring tens of billions of dollars in foreign exchange to the country every year. It is a real pillar industry. It is enough for Zhai Yuan to get a piece of it.

He continued, "Wait until you have established yourself there, and send the actor's information to Hong Kong. You don't need to make decisions on your own. If there are any filming plans during this period, I will personally go there to supervise. This period should not take too long."

(End of this chapter)