Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 300, is here, fierce competition, worries!
A few months later, January 1968 arrived as expected.

In a park in Beijing, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan came here to relax and have a date, mainly because their children have grown up and the couple no longer have their own world.

So while it's cold outside, I went out for a walk.

"Are we really not going to Hong Kong Island this winter vacation? If we don't go, I'm afraid the kids will make a scene again."

"Let them make a fuss. We can't always give in to them. The children are still very young and need education and guidance. We can't always spoil them. Your mother has spoiled them enough. We as parents can't go too far. Otherwise, it will harm the children."

Even when a couple is alone in their own world, the topic of conversation will inevitably be about their children.

While chatting, Zhao Mancang noticed some movement in front of him, so he stared straight ahead.

As a result, I saw the figure in front of me slowly sinking into the center of the lake and then to the bottom.

Lin Wan followed his gaze and saw the scene. The couple were stunned. Someone jumped into the lake to commit suicide?
"Hurry, hurry, go save them!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang rushed out quickly. He didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.

You have to know that it is the coldest time of the year and the lake is frozen. How could someone actually commit suicide by jumping into the lake?

However, the ice on the lakes in the capital is not very thick. It can be easily broken with a slight step. Once it is broken, needless to say, if you fall into the ice lake and no one rescues you, you will easily die.

"Don't mess with me, I can handle it myself!"

After turning back and giving Lin Wan some instructions, Zhao Mancang quickly walked to the surface of the lake and then flashed to the side of the person who had been submerged in water.

The freezing lake water seems to freeze people's souls. It is so cold.

The man who had fallen into the water was trembling all over and struggling weakly.

Zhao Mancang was very strong, but it took him nearly five minutes to hold the man down and drag him back to the lake.

The person was fine, just too cold, so Zhao Mancang quickly took off his wet clothes, otherwise he might have frozen.

Normally there are many people at this lake, but now it is the dead of winter and there is not a single person to be seen.

So Zhao Mancang could only ask Lin Wan to call for help, while he stayed where he was, got some dry branches from nearby, and then made a fire to roast them.

Fortunately, there were people less than two hundred meters away, and people from the police station and the street office came, so Zhao Mancang was quickly released.

Half an hour later, Zhao Mancang changed his clothes and walked out of the police station. He got into the car with Lin Wan and drove home.

On the way home, the couple sighed, but did not talk much about it.

The passage of the Siberian cold wind that began last year has led to a series of events, all of which foreshadow one thing: it will not be easy to live a good life in the future.

Zhao Mancang didn’t think too much about it. The most difficult time had just begun, and it would take another one or two years before things might get a little better.

In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival had passed and March 1968 had arrived.

Zhong Xiaodong, Lin Kewei and others have already obtained the tested satellite phones and are constantly showing off. They call Zhao Mancang one or two times almost every day.

In January, all three geostationary orbit satellites were launched into outer space, and since then, satellite phones have been fully activated.

In this case, all places in the world except the North and South Poles will be covered by satellite signals.

Being able to launch all three synchronous satellites into the sky in less than half a year is an amazing feat.

Of course, the Jiaolong Integrated Organization also put in a lot of effort to raise the money to build the three synchronous satellites.

This is also why the leaders above gave Zhao Mancang so many satellite phone shares.

In March, when spring was in full bloom, Zhao Mancang went to Hong Kong Island again to handle some matters.

Cars produced by Causeway Bay Motors Group in Hong Kong Island have already begun road testing.

The new factory in the New Territories has completely leveled the ground required for testing. As long as the car passes a series of tests, it can be put on the shelves for sale.

In the conference room, Zhao Mancang sat in the middle seat and listened to the work report of the person in charge.

"Boss, judging by the ten cars we've delivered so far, our pass rate is 100 percent. All the test items have passed."

"Next, we will launch a marketing plan and build a new 4S sales store in Central and Tsim Sha Tsui on Hong Kong Island."

"Abroad, we will take a cautious approach and establish a store in Tokyo and Osaka, Taipei on the Taiwan Strait, Seoul on the Peninsula, Manila on Mindanao, and Garden City."

After the person in charge finished speaking, Zhao Mancang asked, "What about Europe and the United States?"

According to the person in charge, cars are only sold in Southeast Asia and East Asia. Causeway Bay Motors doesn’t even dare to sell cars in other places. Isn’t this too weak?

The automotive competition in Europe and the United States is extremely fierce. Causeway Bay Automotive Group is just a very weak competitor. How can it compete with those top giants?
Under Zhao Mancang's questioning, the person in charge carefully explained, but Zhao Mancang interrupted with dissatisfaction:
"Don't overthink it. I just want to ask you, why don't you have a marketing plan for Europe and the United States? Do it again!"

After a pause, Zhao Mancang continued:

"We have to sell our cars to Europe and the United States. Our car quality isn't bad, but our production costs are very low. Why are we not competitive?"

"Don't underestimate yourselves. Just work hard. Now that we've produced these cars, we can definitely sell them to Europe and the United States. If you're timid, then you might as well just do nothing and wait for death."

After scolding the person in charge, Zhao Mancang stood up and left the meeting room.

Hong Kong Island is a colonial city of Great Britain. Being bullied and suppressed has become the norm. It is very normal that they cannot stand up and are not tough enough.

It’s just that Zhao Mancang is very dissatisfied with these people who are not enterprising. What’s wrong with selling cars to Europe and the United States?
Is this a violation of heaven's law?
Really, if you are so weak, how can you build a car?

Zhao Mancang is rich and is not afraid of losing money at all, but he will definitely not tell this to the management.

Fortunately, he came to Hong Kong Island in person, otherwise, it would be impossible for the management to do this job just by communicating over the phone.

Cars are the pinnacle of human technological development. They were first developed in Europe and the United States, and are also the best-selling products in Europe and the United States, with fierce competition.

In the eyes of the management, the cars of Causeway Bay Motors Group are industrial waste.

They are not confident enough. They are even worried about sales in East Asia and Southeast Asia, not to mention Europe and the United States.

After leaving Causeway Bay Automobile Group angrily, Zhao Mancang went to Changda Group and paid attention to the development of real estate in Hong Kong Island.

In 1968, the real estate crisis in Hong Kong Island had already begun to show signs, and it was estimated that it would soon sweep across the entire Hong Kong Island real estate market.

Because more and more people were secretly coming to Hong Kong Island from the other side, the growth rate was very fast in a short period of time.

In addition, the existence of the Nolinasun Group has made many new immigrants in Hong Kong Island wealthy, further promoting the prosperity of the real estate market.

Banks have issued a lot of loans, especially small and medium-sized banks, which have little savings and very poor capabilities, but have issued a lot of loans.

The Hong Kong Development Bank also issued a lot of loans. In the past six or seven years alone, the Island Development Bank issued more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars in loans.

It is conceivable how prosperous the current real estate market in Hong Kong Island is.

Along the Hong Kong Island and Kowloon area, there are more than 50 new reclamation projects, which is 200% more than the same period in Hong Kong Island in the original time and space.

These reclamation projects are divided into several types according to the size and difficulty of the projects. Each project requires an investment of at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. This is just the reclamation project, and the subsequent house construction and other projects are not included.

More than fifty projects may not seem like a lot, but they are enough to show that the development of Hong Kong Island has indeed reached a crazy level.

Although there is still a lot of international capital flowing into Hong Kong Island, they are all very optimistic about the development of Hong Kong Island.

Because since the year before last, more and more mainland residents have been entering Hong Kong Island, and it is impossible to stop them.

A large number of new immigrants are the new leeks, and capital of course likes them very much.

There is still a big difference between a population of more than 34 million and a population of almost 6 million.

With a city population of nearly six million, the density has increased a lot, which is very scary.

In addition, a large number of new immigrants also went to Australia or southern Africa, but even so, the population of Hong Kong Island itself increased to nearly six million.

"Alas, the crisis will still break out!"

After just paying a little attention to the news in Hong Kong, Zhao Mancang couldn't help but sigh.

The crisis can be unraveled from the newspapers in Hong Kong. It won’t be long before a small bank is unable to withdraw money, which will inevitably cause a commotion.

It only takes a small bank to have a scene of crazy withdrawals, which is bound to cause widespread unrest, and many citizens will definitely rush to withdraw their money.

Everyone just wants to have money in their hands rather than keep it in the bank.

At that time, the chain reaction caused by the banks would lead to turmoil in the loan supply chain of the real estate market. The Hong Kong government must take action, otherwise the market will collapse. Although he saw the future, Zhao Mancang did not say anything, but simply asked the Hong Kong Development Bank to prepare.

To be honest, there is nothing to prepare. There is a large amount of gold stored in the vault of Hong Kong Development Bank, which is more than the gold reserves of many countries in the world.

Even so, there is still a lot of gold stored in Zhao Mancang's system space. There were more than 700 tons before, but more than 200 tons were brought from southern Africa last year. Now there are nearly 1,000 tons of gold.

Although there is a lot of gold, to Zhao Mancang now, it is just gold and he doesn’t think much of it.

After staying in Hong Kong for about a week, Zhao Mancang returned to Beijing.

Sitting in Beijing, Zhao Mancang can learn about changes in the global situation through a satellite phone.

"Mancang, why are these products you mentioned selling so well? Why do you need to produce so many?"

In May, in the office of Tenglong's third manufacturing plant, after the person in charge finished his introduction, Gu Haidong asked curiously.

"Director Gu, you can also call and ask about the current market situation at Sam's Club. It's different there."

Zhao Mancang said with a smile, but Gu Haidong shook his head when he heard it.
"I'm not that free yet, but I can't disturb the staff over there casually."

Jiaolong Foreign Trade Company and China Resources Company already have their own offices in Sam's Club. Their staff members go there to work naturally with a mission. Even if their person in charge has a satellite phone, it is impossible for him to make calls every day.

Satellite phones are very important, and the person in charge is not idle. He waits every day to call Beijing to report on his work.

As May begins, the summer season is approaching. Paramount, Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and MGM are all ready. They all want to attack this year's summer season and achieve good results.

Movie promotion is a chain of events. Box office is important, but movie peripherals are also essential.

Movies like "Chinese Boxing Gym" that have been released for several years can now be re-released and some peripheral products can be sold.

Even so, the movie "Chinese Boxing Gym" was able to earn more than 10 million US dollars at the box office, and the peripheral products of this movie sold more than 100 million yuan.

Wow, this is really profitable.

If things go on for a long time, then in the next few years, maybe the peripheral products of this movie can sell for another 100 million US dollars.

If the peripheral products of one movie are so profitable, you can imagine how much more profitable the peripheral products of other movies must be.

Seemingly inconspicuous products such as pillows, small accessories, and small toys are not expensive, ranging from a few dozen cents to three or four US dollars, which is indeed not very expensive.

But it is this kind of revenue that makes the movie peripheral market so popular.

The peripheral products in the movie "The Originals" all depend on the male and female protagonists of the movie, because the male protagonist is very handsome, the female protagonist has big headlights, is very beautiful, and is dressed very seductively.

Therefore, it is very popular among the young rebellious generation.

For example, Donald Bed, the future famous third-generation rich man in New York, was born in 1946. He is only 22 years old this year, but he has already been madly pursuing celebrity models.

The booming Hollywood film market began after mid-1964 and has lasted for four years until this summer.

Among the trailers released by the four Paramount studios this year, each one is very exciting and very attractive to buy tickets to watch.

In order to promote these films, many newspapers, such as the New York Times and the Post, even wrote articles about the ten most popular movies of the summer.

Such an article is somewhat similar to the combination of the UC Shock Department and the short essay in later generations. It introduces all ten movies and also has promotional photos for each movie.

These photos are carefully selected, and the cost of taking just one photo like this may be hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Therefore, this way of promoting movies immediately attracted a lot of movie fans to rush to advertise. Everyone is very much looking forward to it. It seems that there will be no shortage of good movies to watch this summer.

There are ten movies, and if they are all screened in the short two-month summer vacation, it would be like a fight between gods.

There are so many movies, and the peripheral products for each movie have already been produced. We just have to wait and see how the sales are after the movie is released.

Tamron's third factory mainly produces these movie-related products, and the main profit comes from this part.

The cost of a movie star poster is only one cent, but the selling price at Sam's Club is as high as fifty cents. The profit is simply crazy.

Gu Haidong knew that the profit was high, but he was worried that Sam's Club did not need so many products, which would eventually lead to these products piling up in the warehouse and getting moldy.

To be honest, Gu Haidong's concerns are not unreasonable, but they don't understand the current Sam's Club market, so they are so worried.

After all, Zhao Mancang was the mastermind behind the scenes. How could he not know what was happening behind the scenes?
Of course, even if he knew very well that there were so many blockbusters released in the summer this year, if he simply relied on satellite phones to give orders, he could only get a general idea and would not be able to understand the details.

This is not a good thing for the film's release.

So, after late June, Zhao Mancang brought Lin Wan and the children to Hong Kong Island and let them stay there for the summer vacation, while he himself went to North America.

There is no other way. He has to stay on Sam's side and ensure that every movie released can get the expected box office, otherwise it will inevitably affect the surrounding products of the movie.

Currently, it is not only the Tamron factory that produces movie-related products, but many other companies are also producing them.

These movie peripherals are basically wholesaled to cinemas, Wanjia supermarkets, small shops, etc. for sale, especially small shops near school gates, which have a large flow of people, and selling these posters is very popular.

But now it is summer vacation, so small shops can’t sell any goods, and we can only rely on cinemas and Wanjia Supermarket.

On June 20th, summer vacation has not officially begun, but the summer movie season has already begun.

MGM took the lead in launching its attack on the summer season by releasing the movie "Blade Runner" on Thursday, June 20th.

The promotion of this movie is very reliable and it was ranked first on the list of ten must-see movies for the summer in the New York Times Post because it had the earliest release date.

Jack sat in the office, waiting nervously for the data.

Because last week, Warner Bros. also released a movie called "African Adventure", which did pretty well at the box office, so now we have to wait and see how the second week's movie does at the box office.

Darren Campbell and others did not want "African Journey" to be shattered by MGM's "Blade Runner" and have its box office data plummet.

Soon, the box office of the movie came out, and the attendance rate came from all over the country. "Blade Runner" was a huge hit!

Many movie theaters in towns, cities and other places are packed with 100% occupancy.

But today is Thursday. Why are so many people not going to school or work?

Haha, there are so many people skipping classes and slacking off, because everyone’s expectations were already high before May.

Trailers, short articles, etc. have all been bombarded upon the entire population in the past period of time.

There are also radios and other platforms that use songs for promotion. It can be said that they are promoting in all aspects and have taken this business to the extreme.

On the first day of its release, "Blade Runner" had already grossed 29 million US dollars, topping the box office chart that day.

On the morning of the 21st, when several newspapers including the New York Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Silicon Valley Tech, and the Wall Street Journal reported the news in bold and red headlines on the front page, the whole United States was in an uproar.

But Jack, Darren Campbell and other people from Warner Bros. Pictures were all green in the face.

Because "African Journey" has been released for more than a week, the box office is only over 10 million, the investment has not been recovered yet, and the box office was far surpassed by "Blade Runner".

Others' box office revenue in one day exceeds theirs in more than a week. Even after the movie "African Adventure" was released, it may not have grossed more than 29 million US dollars.

In other words, the total box office revenue of a movie is not as much as the box office revenue of another movie in one day. This is really ironic.

The newspapers clearly reported that the era of Hollywood blockbusters had arrived.

Nonsense, for a Hollywood movie nowadays, a box office of over 100 million is no longer big news. Only when the box office exceeds 200 million is it considered news.

If the box office breaks 300 million, it will be big news, but such box office is still not the first in film history.

Because right now, the box office champion in history is "Sadako" which is still in theaters.

It's been more than a year since it was released, but "Sadako" hasn't been taken off the screen yet, because as of now, the daily box office is still over 700,000 US dollars.

More than 700,000 US dollars a day, that’s 5 million US dollars a week, and 20 million US dollars a month, which is much better than movies like "African Adventure".

So, how could the cinema be willing to take it off the screen?
What's more, horror films like "Sadako" are best shown at night, especially in the early morning. For movie theaters, this is simply a waste of money.

As of now, the total box office of the movie "Sadako" has exceeded 600 million US dollars, reaching 720 million US dollars.

Some media even believe that if it continues to be broadcast for several years, it may really become the first movie in film history to break the billion-dollar box office.

Without mentioning "Sadako", let's just talk about the news on June 21st. Warner Bros. Pictures was collectively silent, but the three giants Disney, Columbia and United Artists were also not feeling well.

What is the reason for the MGM film company to succeed?
Didn’t we agree to fail together?
How did it suddenly rise so secretly?

So unreasonable!
(End of this chapter)