1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 357 Xia Meng's Idol

Workers have already started construction on Sharp Island.

In order to build something without destruction, they first had to dismantle the sea park that Ye Zhiming had worked so hard to build. This made Island Master Ye, who had originally wanted to observe the construction site, feel annoyed, so he simply decided to turn a blind eye and return to the ship to be the captain.

The old-time Ferris wheel and barbecue stalls were quickly cleared out.

The first construction team planned according to Zhai Yuan's idea and produced a blueprint of a Pterosaur roller coaster that starts from Qiaozui Island and runs through three outlying islands, with a total length of 800 meters. After the safety officer's evaluation and approval, the next step was to lay a reinforced concrete foundation on the island.

The second construction team followed closely, marking out an area of 5 hectares on Pillow Island and began to build a "Jurassic Resort Hotel".

Of course, Zhai Yuan cannot handle the streamlined design of the entire theme park alone. Professional matters need to be done by professionals.

Therefore, we specially found a team of designers who had just retired from the Tokyo Disneyland project team two years ago.

You put forward your requirements, and the other party will then start planning and designing based on various aspects such as building structure, tourist flow, and transportation convenience.

The design team alone includes several branches including architecture, engineering and art.

Money is spent like water.

Buying the two islands is not expensive, but development is where the real money is spent.

Just to build an 800-meter roller coaster, the consulting team hired by Dongyang quoted a price of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which did not include a complete power system.

"If you think about it this way, if you want to develop all three islands, you probably won't be able to do so without a few small targets."

Zhai Yuan learned from a Japanese consultant that the Tokyo Disneyland in Chiba Prefecture cost more than 10 billion US dollars to build, and he could not afford it even if he built a copycat version.

The current situation is that we earn more than we spend.

Toshiba's three production lines have not yet made a profit and are still relying on ToKyo Hot for continued transfusions, but nearly 200 million US dollars in real money have been spent.

The film company in Hong Kong, which is centered around 1024 cinemas, brings in box office revenue in a year that barely covers the expenses of the new visual effects company in purchasing equipment and recruiting talent. It is not a loss but only a slight surplus.

However, since Qvod Technology Co., Ltd. teamed up with Toshiba to open up the markets in both Asia and Hong Kong, its copyright fees and profit-sharing income have been increasing day by day.

But in the short term, it is still not enough to cover the current major expenses.

So Zhai Yuan still had about 100 million US dollars in cash flow left in his pocket, which was now flowing out like a flood.

When encountering such a project that has just started construction and broken ground, Xu Jiaqiang is undoubtedly the most excited.

At the beginning of the new year, Xin Ji got two big projects in succession, one was the reconstruction of Chunqiu School, and the other was this dinosaur park. Especially the dinosaur park project, it made Tiao Si and He Ji envious, and made them feel that Xu Jiasheng's death was worthy.

However, Zhai Yuan also knew that this group of gangsters were wild dogs driven by interests. Once his project was suspended, it would not be surprising that the other party would turn around and bite him back in a minute.

"You still have to save some hot money for backup, otherwise if the cash flow is cut off, you will become the second Ye Zhiming."

Zhai Yuan, who is so poor that he only has a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars left, is always thinking about danger.

I have already started thinking about where to get some extra money to maintain my basic business from film and television to industry. …

"Strange, now Hong Kong's big bosses are all entering the stock market and speculating in pre-sale properties. You are already an outlier by running a fast broadcast technology company with roaring machines. And you bought a few offshore islands for development for no reason. Do you really have too much money and don't know where to spend it?"

Xia Meng took a speedboat to Qiaozui Island and was helped off the boat by Zhai Yuan. She looked around at the construction team on the island and asked with a smile, "What new tricks are they playing this time?"

At this time, Hong Kong's financial market was paved with gold bricks, and new money was constantly replacing old money.

After Zhai Yuan made a fortune by going long on the Japanese yen, everyone thought that this stock market prodigy would continue to target the market. However, his first shot of the new year was fired on the land, and on an offshore island that no one cared about. This caught many investors who regarded him as a weather vane off guard.

“I have gained some experience from ‘Hiroshima Monster’. I plan to continue to shoot special effects movies for my next film and select the location in advance.”

Zhai Yuan didn't hide much, and briefly talked about the idea of imitating Disneyland to build a dinosaur park, which made Xia Meng frown.

"I don't understand Paradise, but the monster movie produced by Japan hasn't even seen any results yet, but they're spending even more money on preparing a new movie. Aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"I'm a child prodigy~"

While chatting and laughing, Zhai Yuan took Xia Meng to a beach chair and sat down.

Not far away, workers were unloading a Velociraptor model several dozen centimeters long from a ferry at the dock.

These are props prepared for the filming of the movie. The development period of the park is very long, and we can take advantage of this time to shoot the scenes on the "Jurassic Park" island first.

Xia Meng couldn't help but stand up and lean over to look at the Velociraptor model, praising it: "This dinosaur is very lifelike. No wonder there are fewer prop masters in the film industry recently. When Yindu Films was shooting the movie "Black Sun 731", director Mou Dunfu wanted to hire someone to make props for a few corpses. All the familiar prop masters were working for you. You have to wait in line for three months before you can get a job."

"It's more than three months." Zhai Yuan said with a smile: "At present, it is not difficult to make a model of this small dinosaur, but for a big one like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the props will take at least half a year to make, and this is the progress of the entire prop master association. But I am not in a hurry to start filming. If the crew of "Black Sun 731" is in a hurry, I will send a group of prop masters to help."

Xia Meng shook her head and said, "No need. Assistant Director Chen Honghai volunteered to spend 3000 yuan to buy 12 corpses from a university hospital in Changchun. He can return them after use and get 2000 yuan back. He tries to save as much as possible."

Zhai Yuan thought it was a bit absurd after hearing it, but when he thought about the subject matter of the movie, he felt it a bit dull.

After a moment of silence, Zhai Yuan exhaled, lit a cigarette and asked with a smile: "How is it, Sister Meng? You came to see me in person today. You don't just want to visit my offshore islands, right?"

"I really wanted to come and take a look. I thought you were generous enough to buy two deserted islands for 9 million Hong Kong dollars, but I didn't expect that my vision was too narrow."

Xia Meng looked around at the construction site again. There were hundreds of workers busy on the island. She seemed to see a lot of Hong Kong paper burning and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Immediately, he retracted his gaze and smiled at Zhai Yuan, saying, "Now that we have seen how tycoons spend money lavishly, let's get down to business. I heard that you want to transform Master Fen Juhua's Spring and Autumn School into a college?"

"Yes, we plan to turn it into a performing arts academy, like the Yanjing Film Academy."

"That's no problem." Xia Meng nodded. "The Hong Kong Malaysia Exchange Office is very supportive of you doing this. I came here this time to introduce you to a senior in the education field. The school should be able to help you a lot in this regard."

Zhai Yuan asked curiously, "Which senior is this?"

Xia Meng said with a hint of admiration in her tone: "The Vice Chairman of the Urban Council, the Councillor of Kwun Tong West, is also my idol, Ms. Tu Yip Siu Yan."

(I went out to see a broken hell and came back late. I plan to write a folklore-themed book for my new book. This can be considered as field research... It's too late, so I'll post one picture first. I owe one chapter to be posted together with today's update
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