1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 301 Expanding the CD Market
High profile!

This is the most eye-catching label on Zhai Yuan this year.

I'm already on the Forbes rich list, do I have to keep living like I did in the past two years?

Do you know what Forbes is?

If you don’t agree, I’ll tear you apart!
Zhai Yuan spent money lavishly.

Before he was elected, he promised to build schools, recruit more workers, and prepare to build a recreation center for the elderly in Yuen Long...

Xu Jiaqiang felt happy!
As long as Boss Zhai starts construction, the project will definitely be contracted to Xinji, which will also solve the employment problem of Xinji's bad guys in the next two to three years.

The low-level thugs go to the construction team, the middle-level brothers go to look after the place, and the senior leaders use the dividends to invest in discos and nightclubs, and then recruit new blood to polish up the signboard.

Backed by a large water pipe, the operation of the society forms a perfect closed loop.

4 month 6 number.

District Councillor Election Ballot Counting Day.

32 out of 31 candidates showed up, but there was no sign of Zhai Yuan.

"Boss, they are electing a village chief, is it appropriate for you not to be there?"

In the pickup truck, Wei Xing stared at the road without looking away and asked Zhai Yuan in the back seat a question.

"The one who is older than the village head is not called the township head, but a councillor, you country bumpkin!"

Zhai Yuan said this unhappily, and then said, "Let Lao He come up to the stage to accept the award on my behalf. I'm going to meet the city's leaders."

"You want to see the mayor? Oh no, you call him the Governor."

"I can't meet the Governor yet. Someone from the Education Department asked me to talk about CD-ROM teaching materials."

Satellite nodded as if he understood, and said with a smile: "It's better if you don't go to the scene. It would be embarrassing if you don't get selected."

Zhai Yuan sighed: "I can't talk to you."

Can’t be selected?
Zhou Chaoxian only spent 60 million in political donations to elect a legislator, which was worthless New Taiwan dollars.

If I elect a lousy congressman, the pie I draw will be no smaller than his.

Zhai Yuan thought again and felt that something was wrong. Zhou Chaoxian gave the money directly to the leader, while I gave the money to the people, so I still don’t have an advantage!

I just kept thinking about it.

From the plot of the movie "Black Gold", Zhai Yuan thought of Zhou Renshen, the prototype of Zhou Chaoxian, and further thought of the chaos in Taiwan after the "One Cleanup and Two Cleanups" project...

The car slowed down.

Slowly stopped at Wu Chung House on Queen's Road East.

The satellite shut down and announced: "We have arrived at the Education Department."

The building in front of you was formerly a Buddhist temple that enshrined a statue of Jigong. In the 70s, the scholar king Hu Zhong invested in real estate and converted the temple into an office building, named it after himself, and sold some floors to the Hong Kong government for 1.5 million to be used as offices of statutory agencies.

A few years ago, when the Education Department was reorganized into two functional departments, the Department and the Bureau, the office of the Education Bureau was set up in the building.

Zhai Yuan got out of the car.

Across the street, Xu Qi put out his cigarette and trotted over to say hello.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"I rushed here after receiving your call, Mr. Zhai. I didn't wait too long."

Xu Qi said as he handed the briefcase to Zhai Yuan: "This is the sample you wanted, Mr. Zhai."

Zhai Yuan opened the briefcase and took a look, and saw several CDs inside.

……

In the lobby on the first floor of Hu Zhong Building.

A neatly dressed woman with short hair was sitting on a bench waiting.

Zhai Yuan pushed the door open with a briefcase under his arm.

The woman looked up and saw him, a smile appeared on her face, and she stood up to greet him.

"Hello Mr. Zhai, I am Director Wong Wan-yee from the Quality Assurance Division of the Education Department."

Miss Huang reached out her hand to shake hands with Zhai Yuan, then leaned closer and said, "My old classmate He Zilang called me in advance to congratulate Mr. Zhai on his upcoming election as a Yuen Long District Councillor."

One sentence first shows that she is one of their own.

Huang Yunyi went on to say: "Our Education Department will definitely fully support Mr. Zhai and ask the local departments in Yuen Long to cooperate with Qvod and 91 Entertainment in their leisure and cultural affairs."

He Zilang's work as a broker for the past six months has not been in vain, as Director Huang in front of him is the person he has expanded his network of contacts.

The old father holds a sinecure in Zhai Yuan's company and receives a pension, and when she retires in the future, she will go directly to QVOD to continue working as a department manager.

"Actually, I have no interest in politics. The key is to speak for the people and build my hometown."

Zhai Yuan patted his briefcase and said, "This time I brought some teaching materials on CDs burned by Qvod. I hope I can contribute to the charity education cause in Hong Kong."

Huang Yunyi smiled and nodded frequently: "The director is waiting upstairs, Mr. Zhai, please follow me."

In the elevator, Huang Yunyi introduced the current director of the Education Bureau to Zhai Yuan.

A foreigner named Xu Yu.

"Director Xu Yu is an education official transferred from Uttar Pradesh, India. He was appointed as an official Justice of the Peace a few years ago. His term of office is about to end. He wants to gain some political achievements before leaving office and get an official honor from the British court."

Huang Yunyi pressed the button for the ninth floor, turned around and said to Zhai Yuan, "If Mr. Zhai's CD teaching materials are successfully implemented, a Justice of the Peace who is in charge of education and still in office will be of great help to your entertainment industry."

The Hong Kong Education Department was split from the Education Bureau. It not only manages educational institutions, but also coordinates and oversees various matters such as film, television, music, sports, art and publishing. Its comprehensive power is greater than that of the Film Censorship Department and the Film, Television and Entertainment Department.

The elevator door opens.

Huang Yunyi led Zhai Yuan into the director's office.

The Indian director Xu Yu came up to us warmly. He was not a black guy, but looked a bit like an older bald version of Aamir Khan.

As usual, they have to praise each other commercially first.

Xu Yu highly praised Zhai Yuan's enthusiasm in developing charitable education.

Zhai Yuan was humble and expressed his appreciation for the Indian foreigner who came all the way to Hong Kong to teach.

After the pleasantries, get straight to the point.

Zhai Yuan took out the CD brought by Xu Qi from his briefcase.

Huang Yunyi moved the VCD that had been prepared long ago and connected it to the TV.

"Director Xu, as a new generation who has just graduated from school, I think the current education model in Hong Kong is too single and not diversified enough. After consulting many well-known education experts at home and abroad, the Qvod team believes that education should start from childhood, create the concept of happy enlightenment, and establish correct values from an early age."

As Zhai Yuan spoke, he put the disc into the VCD player and played it: "Let me first show you the enlightenment teaching materials that Qvod spent two years and a lot of effort to produce specifically for children under the age of seven."

Press play.

The TV screen lights up.

The new visual effects company worked overtime to produce several cartoon characters that appeared on the screen in accordance with Zhai Yuan’s request.

A clear childish voice followed: "Baby Bus ~ Happy Enlightenment ~"…………

Zhai Yuan presents new products in the director’s office.

The Yuen Long District Councillor election is coming to an end.

Under the supervision of the election committee staff, the ballots from various polling stations were gathered and the vote counting began.

There were more than 50,000 ballots, and finally more than 40,000 valid votes were counted.

The staff of the Election Committee were a little surprised. Why was the voter turnout so high this year?

In previous years, out of the 50,000 ballots cast, at least 20,000 were invalid, as most voters were too lazy to go through the registration process at the polling stations.

There are obviously fewer invalid votes this year.

The eight seats for parliament are determined from these more than 8 votes.

The result was no surprise.

Candidate No. 16 Zhai Yuan received 10425 votes alone.

Single-handedly, he has raised the voter turnout in Yuen Long over the years.

"Mr. Zhai Yuan is focused on developing charitable education. He met with the Director of the Education Bureau early this morning and informed me in advance that if he could not be there, he would entrust me to attend the ballot opening ceremony as the candidate's agent."

Ho Tsz-long walked up to the viewing platform and faced his supporters below: "We didn't know in advance that the election result would be so unexpected. Mr. Zhai told me this morning, he said, Brother Lang, if I don't get elected this time, the series of reform measures I promised the voters to implement will probably be blocked, and I will be too embarrassed to face everyone then. Then he told me that even if we lose the election, we should not spend less money. Yuen Long is my hometown, and I, Zhai Yuan, cannot be ungrateful for the money I made."

He Zilang paused, then smiled and said, "Fortunately, we won. Mr. Zhai doesn't even know he's been elected yet. I'll call him later to tell him he lost and see how he reacts."

The supporters below laughed in a friendly manner, followed by applause.

He Zilang took a deep breath and continued, "But Mr. Zhai also asked me to prepare what I would say after I was elected. He said, Brother Lang, if everyone is willing to help me get promoted, I don't need to say too many cheesy and sentimental words. Just one sentence, this is all because of you, thank you."

He Zilang finished speaking, bowed deeply, and picked up the microphone again: "He asked me to bow for him. I can't make up any extra words that Mr. Zhai didn't say. In short, thank you all."

There was silence for a few seconds in the stands, followed by thunderous applause.

…………

"You've made up a lot of stories!"

Zhai Yuan returned to Xiawan Village from the Education Bureau and watched the election scene on the news. He Zilang's emotional performance on the screen almost gave him goosebumps.

"Mr. Zhai is a good teacher. I was inspired by your recent lecture tour."

He Zilang chuckled twice and asked, "How is Huang Yunyi doing?"

Zhai Yuan turned off the TV and picked up the district councillor's appointment and functions approval document on the table, which was stamped with a fresh Hong Kong government seal.

He flicked the document with his fingers and said, "Be respectful. Remember to add the title of congressman when addressing me from now on."

He Zilang smiled helplessly: "Okay, Councillor Zhai, did Huang Yunyi help you?"

"This Miss Huang performed well, but it's a pity that Chinese people are not allowed to join the senior positions of the Hong Kong government. If she were a blonde, blue-eyed girl, I would want to support her to be the next Director of Education."

Zhai Yuan said with a smile, and raised his chin towards He Zilang: "Call Guan Weiming to come over and listen to the business deal I have agreed with the Director of Education."

Both in Xiawan Village.

A few minutes later, Guan Weiming appeared in Councillor Zhai's office.

"boss……"

"Call him Councillor Zhai."

"what?"

As soon as Guan Weiming entered the door, He Zilang teased him, and there was a look of confusion on his honest face.

Zhai Yuan glanced at He Zilang, ignored him, and told Guan Weiming to sit anywhere.

"Do you still remember those discs that New Vision burned before?"

Zhai Yuan said to Guan Weiming, "I went to the Education Bureau today and negotiated a deal. Xu Qi and his team will make a new batch of samples in a while. Qvod will give priority to mass-producing these CDs related to textbooks."

In the Director's office at the time.

In addition to showing the BabyBus enlightenment CDs for children of appropriate age, Zhai Yuan also has relevant teaching CDs for primary and secondary schools. However, the content is not as sophisticated as that of the BabyBus. It is just a rough cut of a few lectures by teachers from the Diocesan School.

"I used my own poor-performing student in Sau Mau Ping as an example to tell the foreign director that Hong Kong's educational resources are seriously skewed. If we can burn the lectures of teachers from prestigious schools such as Diocesan School, Victoria School and Po Leung Kuk Affiliated School into CDs and distribute them, we can eliminate the imbalance in teaching resources."

Zhai Yuan told the two about his suggestion to the director of the Gui Lao, and continued: "The Gui Lao wanted to gain political achievements, so he did not reject this suggestion. With him in the spotlight, Kuaibo can cooperate with various famous schools in Hong Kong in the future. For bad schools like Sau Mau Ping Secondary School, the next batch of teaching materials will be accompanied by corresponding CDs. After preliminary discussions, Kuaibo will first provide 50,000 CDs containing famous teachers' lectures to various schools for free."

Guan Weiming was surprised and said, "Giving away 50,000 tickets for free? That's a huge loss!"

“This is charity.”

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "In order to show support for Kuaibo's development of charitable education, the Education Bureau will allow us to borrow his golden signboard."

Guan Weiming was not interested: "What's the use of it?"

Zhai Yuan said: "In the future, when BabyBus publishes CDs, they can add the words 'Officially recommended by the Education Bureau for children's enlightenment audio-visual products' on them."

He Zilang raised his eyebrows and said softly, "Burn the CD by order?"

Zhai Yuan smiled and nodded.

Guan Weiming also reacted: "Indirectly expanded the CD market?"

"That's right."

No matter whether it is BabyBus or primary and secondary school textbooks, as long as the CD is linked to education and is directly delivered to parents, its influence will be greater than that of dozens of blockbuster movies produced by Jiuyi Entertainment.

Zhai Yuan added: "But BabyBus is also an educational product, so the price is not as high as movie discs. To show our sincerity, we will sell each disc for two yuan."

“Although it’s cheap, there’s still some profit to be made.”

Guan Weiming nodded silently, then frowned again: "But if this happens, won't the cost price of our CDs be leaked out?"

"Qvod Technology is committed to developing charitable education and giving back to society, and voluntarily assumes the losses in the production process of the CD."

Zhai Yuan played with the BabyBus CD with cartoon characters sprayed on it and said, "As a token of encouragement, the Education Bureau has relaxed the censorship of publications that Jiuyi Entertainment will publish in the future. Category III films and plasma films are a big market..."

4 month 9 day.

The third day after Zhai Yuan was elected as a district councilor in Yuen Long.

First register a film association.

The first proposal was then submitted to the Hong Kong government.

'In order to further improve the film screening, videotape and CD distribution system, it is recommended that relevant departments implement film classification, mainly divided into three levels: I, II and III based on the age limit of the audience. The purpose of classification is to protect minors under the age of 18 from inappropriate film content. This move can also help parents choose movies for their children. For all rated movies, no matter in what form they are released, the relevant functional departments shall not interfere with them again...'

As soon as the proposal came out.

The Education Department was the first to respond.

After rounds of discussions, the Legislative Council commissioned the Film Association newly established by Zhai Yuan to draft and produce specific regulations and rules.

The Film Association, a non-governmental organization, has become famous in the entertainment industry.

Rumors quickly spread: If you don't join the Film Association, no movies with a single swear word will be allowed to be shown in the future. And there is only one condition for joining the Film Association: you need to publish a statement in the newspaper to withdraw from the Freedom Association established in Taiwan...

(End of this chapter)