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Chapter 327, Global Layout (Subscription Request)

Hong Kong Island, Kwai Chung Pier.

Recently, many cruise ships and cargo ships from Sam's side have docked here, which surprised the dock workers.

The workers don’t know what major international events have happened recently. They only know that they have been working overtime a lot recently, but they like this kind of life very much.

Because working overtime means everyone can earn more money.

However, in the past six months, prices in Hong Kong Island have also started to rise, and the increase has been quite significant.

The adverse effects of inflation have been reflected in every aspect of ordinary people's lives.

Zhao Mancang stood on the yacht, looking at the busy dock with approval in his eyes.

He also knows that prices in Hong Kong Island are rising, but wages in Hong Kong Island are also increasing.

Moreover, as one of the four Asian Tigers, Hong Kong's economy is getting better year by year. Only half a year has passed this year, but it has definitely increased by 30% compared with the same period last year.

Such economic growth, in addition to the impact of the depreciation of the US dollar, is more due to the 43 Project and Zhao Mancang's attention to Hong Kong Island.

Although the Nolinasun Group is headquartered in Australia and its largest overseas branch is in southern Africa, more than half of its workers have purchased houses in Hong Kong Island.

This has contributed a huge part to the Hong Kong economy.

There is also Causeway Bay Motors Group, which has also attracted global attention after the launch of its Zodiac luxury cars.

Before the launch, one hundred Zodiac luxury cars had already been pre-ordered.

After being put on the shelves of major car dealerships around the world, orders soared to 6,739 vehicles in just one month.

The minimum price of each luxury car is HK$2 million, and if there are other options, the top model can reach HK$5 million.

Overseas, the price may even soar.

For example, a super luxury car with a completely bulletproof design would cost at least five million US dollars.

Of course, if someone orders such a bulletproof car, the car's fuel tank must be very large, simply because the overall weight of the car will reach a relatively terrifying level, and a larger fuel tank is needed to support its smooth operation, otherwise, accidents are likely to occur.

Due to the emergence of the Twelve Zodiac luxury cars, the sales of ordinary cars were also boosted, and the performance of Causeway Bay Automobile Group began to rise rapidly.

The automobile group also provides great support to the Hong Kong economy.

Since the emergence of Causeway Bay Automobile Group, many small factories and businesses related to the upstream and downstream of the automobile industry have also emerged in Hong Kong Island.

When there are more small factories like this, it will form a relatively complete industrial chain, and the influence of the automobile industry chain on a city is of course very large.

What's more, Zhao Mancang also has many other companies. Under Zhao Mancang's instructions, they naturally play a vital role in the development of Hong Kong's economy.

If commodity prices start to rise, then we can look for new sources of goods from the mainland, or even produce and sell them ourselves in Hong Kong.

For example, daily necessities such as rice, flour, grain, and oil are directly imported from the mainland or other low-priced places and sold in Hong Kong Island.

In this regard, Wanjia Supermarket must set a good example.

And at this time, as long as Wanjia Supermarket maintains the price war, customers will come to Wanjia Supermarket.

Soft drinks, snacks, etc., all of which affect every aspect of the lives of Hong Kong Island residents and are "necessities" of their lives, so the prices of these products cannot soar.

At this time, other merchants and competitors who were forced to raise prices saw their customers gradually leaving and running to Wanjia Supermarket. Who would dare to continue raising prices?

But if we don’t raise prices, we will only lose money.

Otherwise, we have to find a way to destroy Wanjia Supermarket.

But Wanjia Supermarket is an international retail giant, how can it be defeated by a small local business in Hong Kong?

As a result, many retail companies that could not bear the pressure collapsed silently.

The prosperous economy of Hong Kong Island attracted a lot of foreign capital, and Zhao Mancang now turned his attention to the entertainment market of Hong Kong Island.

Because of Zhao Mancang's intervention, Hollywood has become more powerful than in the original time and space, causing the film market in Hong Kong to lag far behind the original time and space.

It's not just that Hollywood has poached all the talent, but also because televisions are selling so well. After all, cheap televisions from the mainland have become invincible after entering the Hong Kong market.

The film market is depressed, but the TV drama market is extremely hot.

Since TVB is the only major television station in the country and has many well-produced TV dramas, you can often see scenes of streets being deserted.

After a TV series is broadcast on TV, as long as it is of high quality, such scenes will appear.

More than 80 percent of households in Hong Kong Island have televisions, so the streets outside are much quieter between 7 and 9 p.m.

But after nine o'clock, the streets will become lively again because everyone comes out for a midnight snack.

Of course, with the development of the economy, especially Zhao Mancang's development of the New Territories and the promotion of Chinese cuisine in Hollywood kung fu movies, the tourism industry in Hong Kong Island also began to flourish.

If the tourism industry is booming, there will be more foreign tourists.

With more foreign tourists, local gourmet restaurants and hotel industries will also develop simultaneously.

At this time, the importance of building a new international airport in Hong Kong Island is reflected.

After all, the original Kai Tak Airport is indeed overwhelmed, and we must hurry to replace it with a new airport in order to cope with the increasing demand for flights.

After confirming the current entertainment industry model in Hong Kong, Zhao Mancang was also a little worried.

It seems that we have no choice but to find another way.

Hollywood has already snatched away the Kung Fu element, and zombie movies have also taken root in Hollywood.

Although these are part of Chinese culture, foreigners cannot take them away.

What's more, Hollywood already has nearly 20,000 stuntmen, all of whom are authentic Chinese, and they bring with them very traditional Chinese culture.

The characteristic of Chinese culture is its inclusiveness and openness to all.

So Hollywood can’t snatch it away.

But Hong Kong Island should also have its own characteristics.

So after thinking about it, Zhao Mancang decided to come up with some food-related scripts, but he absolutely could not shoot the movie based on the ultra-low-cost production method of TVB.

Otherwise, it would be too petty.

Because Zhao Mancang hopes that films shot locally in Hong Kong can also be "best-selling" overseas, even in Hollywood.

"Chef Battle" was the first movie script that Zhao Mancang came up with.

They directly invited a third-tier kung fu star from Hollywood to shoot the film, and the investment reached two million US dollars.

This amount is quite large. If the film only relies on the box office in Hong Kong Island, it will not be possible to recover the cost even if it exceeds 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

So we still have to rely on Hollywood and other overseas box office.

A movie script like "MasterChef" can be filmed very quickly because there are not too many special effects shots, so it can be completed in just one month.

Zhao Mancang watched the whole process, and he didn't go anywhere during this recent summer vacation. He stayed in Hong Kong Island and played with the little ones.

Zhao Mancang's requirements for the little kid at home are not low, but not very high either.

The most important requirement is that your three views must be correct, and you must have a red heart, not a white heart.

As for other aspects, I hope they can all do their best. It would be a failure if they are much worse than their peers even in studying.

In short, Zhao Mancang didn't believe that his genes were that bad.

In August, the movie "MasterChef" is about to be released.

After it was released in Hong Kong Island, it goes without saying that almost all Hong Kong residents knew about this movie because of the extensive coverage by TVB.

Of course, there are still too few entertainment options nowadays and Hong Kong Island is too small, so whether it is a TV series or a movie, it is easy for most residents of Hong Kong Island to know about it.

The movie was released simultaneously with Sam's, and the promotional materials all stated that it was released simultaneously around the world.

With the participation of a Hollywood 'Kung Fu superstar', many Hong Kong residents were deceived into entering the cinema.

Even so, the box office was not very ideal in the first two days of its release.

However, when the east is dark, the west is bright. In Hollywood, "MasterChef" broke through the siege and earned 10.3 million US dollars at the box office on Saturday, the third day of its release.

For a time, the whole United States was in an uproar.

This is a genuine Hong Kong movie, shot entirely by people from Hong Kong. Except for the leading actor who is a third-tier Hollywood star, a Chinese, all the others are from Hong Kong.

Wow, a movie like this actually achieved such a terrifying box office result on the third day of its release in North America.

Warner Bros. and other former Hollywood giants were all jealous: Damn, it’s bad enough that we can’t compete with the four giants like Paramount, but how come a movie produced by a little-known film company in Hong Kong has surpassed us?
This is simply impossible!

But it has already happened.

And on the second day, which was Sunday, the fourth day of the release of "MasterChef", when the box office once again earned 16.87 million US dollars, the whole United States was speechless.

The box office for the first four days of the weekend reached 37.2 million US dollars, ranking third in the box office of the week, which is terrifying.

The following week, the box office of "MasterChef" not only did not fall, but rose against the trend. In the four weekdays, that is, from Monday to Thursday, it earned a total of 79.8 million US dollars.

The box office averages almost 20 million US dollars per day, which is very popular.

From Friday to Sunday, the single-day box office broke new records again, earning $31.2 million, $40.8 million, and $38 million respectively, bringing the total box office to $227 million.

The Hollywood 'Kung Fu Superstar' in "MasterChef" was originally just a third-tier star, but now he has become a Hollywood 'MasterChef Superstar'.

Food movies have suddenly become Hollywood's traffic code and are anticipated by many people.

During the release of MasterChef, Sam's Chinatowns and Chinese restaurants in major cities were packed.

There was really no time to process the orders, and business had skyrocketed by over 300 percent compared to usual.

Zhao Mancang was also very surprised when he learned that the movie "Master Chef" had such a high box office. He already knew that the Federal Reserve must be continuing to print a large amount of US dollar base currency to inject money into the global economy.

Otherwise, no matter how excellent the movie "MasterChef" is, as a foreign film with an all-Chinese cast, it would not have such a high box office.

Of course, the two distribution companies, Paramount and 20th Century Fox, also put in a lot of effort. Since they also get a share of the box office revenue, they spared no effort to help promote the film, which ultimately pushed up the box office of the film.

Hong Kong Island was in a state of excitement.

They never thought that a local Hong Kong movie could get such a high box office in Sam's continent.

For a time, "Master Chef" originally had the potential to have a box office of only HK$8 to 9 million, but after about 20 days of release, the box office had exceeded HK$15 million, breaking the box office record in Hong Kong Island.

However, despite achieving such high box office results, its subsequent potential has almost been exhausted.

Most Hong Kong residents have already seen this movie, and many have watched it twice or three times, but the novelty has long worn off.

But even so, Hong Kong residents are still talking about this movie and often pay attention to its box office performance abroad.

In Hong Kong Island, more food-related film projects have been launched.

Many small film companies have started to make movies in the name of the God of Cooking to make some quick bucks.

Even Hollywood came to Hong Kong to invest some money, recruit people, and see if they could make a big profit with a small investment.

On the other hand, "MasterChef" was released in Southeast Asian regions such as Kimura and Garden City, and it was also unstoppable, sweeping the local box office rankings as a dark horse.

"MasterChef" has also been released in Europe, Australia, South America and other places.

Zhao Mancang didn't expect that he just asked a film company in Hong Kong to shoot a food movie on a whim, but he didn't expect that it would trigger such a movie-watching craze.

Immediately, without hesitation, he arranged for a movie called "Man Han Banquet" to be shown here.

But this time, unlike the previous film "God of Cooking", the film "Man Han Banquet" was kept secret throughout the process and the outside world was not informed of this matter.

At the same time, he also asked TVB to arrange the production of a related God of Cookery TV series to attract foreigners to visit Hong Kong Island and taste the local cuisine.

Hong Kong Island now has more than four million residents and is about to reach the peak of five million. It has gathered many delicacies from all over the world. It can be said that it is now a food paradise.

One of the reasons why Xiao Baozi, Xiao Taozi and others like Hong Kong Island so much is that tasting the local food is one of the reasons.

When "A Feast" was being filmed, the summer vacation was about to end.

"Go back to Beijing!"

When they heard that they had to return to the capital, the three children, Xiao Shitou, Xiao Pangdun and Zhao Siyu, immediately looked very unhappy with their faces downcast.

Then before getting on the bus, the three children suddenly burst into tears, rolled on the ground, and didn't want to leave.

"If you cry again, I will lock you up in the dark room."

Swish!
The three children looked at their father in disbelief. The three words "small dark room" were like a nightmare to them.

Since they couldn't resist their father's authority, they had no choice but to cooperate.

After bringing the little kids back to the capital, Zhao Mancang personally supervised the studies of the three children.

At the same time, more important technical research and development tasks were also assigned to the Shaya laboratory area.

Video communication!

Today's computer technology has developed. Zhao Mancang only needs to ask the Shaya Laboratory area to come up with large-scale integrated circuit chips and better computers.

At the same time, relevant system software will be developed, and then relevant video communication application software will be developed.

On the other hand, we need to further improve the communication optical fiber and produce communication optical fiber that can transmit optical signals better and more efficiently. Once all of this is perfected, this goal will definitely be achieved.

"I'm allocating 500 million US dollars and 1 billion RMB to you. I don't care how you do it, but you, the Shaya Laboratory, the Longxing Research Institute, and the Tenglong Lithography Research Institute, must all produce their respective products."

From more advanced computer technology, to software applications, and finally to communication fiber optic technology, none of this is such a simple technological application.

For example, computer technology includes more advanced chips, storage technology, processor technology, etc., all of which require the collaboration of relevant technical talents.

"Leader, why don't we ask the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for help? They have many experts in the computer field. If we can get their help, we will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

After listening to this, Luo Jiaying immediately made a suggestion.

Zhao Mancang shook his head upon hearing this.
"The Institute of Computing Technology already has its own research projects, and they can't spare more personnel to assist us with this project. Regardless, you should start this project first and hurry up with the research and development."

"If there are no other questions, the meeting is adjourned!"

Jiaolong School was established in 1962 and is a six-year school. This means that starting from the graduation season in July 1968, it has been able to train more than 3,000 students every year.

It is now September 1973, and five years of graduates have already entered the Longxing Research Institute, Shaya Laboratory, Tenglong Factory and other units.

On the contrary, because the Jiaolong Army has too high requirements, it recruits less than ten people from the Jiaolong School every year.

After all, the Jiaolong Army not only requires a high level of knowledge reserves, but also requires very strong physical fitness, so not everyone can pass the Jiaolong Army's recruitment.

The video communication mission plan has been announced, so Zhao Mancang did not pay much attention to it.

He has already provided the technology, talent arrangements, project funds, etc. Zhao Mancang can only wait and see whether and when he can produce the product he wants.

The reason why he wanted this video communication was to be able to supervise Zhao Huijun, Xiao Baozi and the other three sisters who were far away in Hong Kong Island every day.

For example, now, I will make a phone call every night, and each call will last more than half an hour.

Lin Wanke was worried about the three sisters and had to chat with them every night.

Xiao Shitou and the others also wanted to chat with their sisters, so the whole family chatted on the phone, each person chatting for a few minutes, and half an hour passed.

Zhao Mancang, holding a phone, also learned about the situation of the Black Cross Forces remotely through a satellite phone.

In the small town of Iskushuban in the Middle East, three teams of the Black Cross Force have learned some information that something seems to be brewing in the Middle East.

Because of oil, there are small-scale conflicts in the Middle East almost every day.

The Black Cross forces did not intervene.

But when the mission came, the Black Cross troops couldn't help but take it.

Recently, the Black Cross Force has taken on a reconnaissance mission to investigate the armed forces in the small town of Tabuk in the Middle East.

The amount of this task is quite high, a full 800,000 US dollars.

Obviously, this is a very dangerous mission. Otherwise, it would not have such a high reward for a reconnaissance mission.

When the Black Cross troops entered the town of Tabuk, they immediately clashed with the local armed forces.

Fortunately, the Black Cross troops were stronger and had sufficient firepower, so they escaped unscathed.

After Zhao Mancang knew about this, he cursed speechlessly:
"Don't you know to send the D21 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to investigate? Given these tools, don't you know how to use them?"

“It’s too expensive!”

After hearing what the person in charge, Adrian O'Connor, said, Zhao Mancang was even more speechless.

In fact, in addition to the high price, O'Connor and his team also knew another reason, which was that there were too many SAM bases near Tabuk.

If the D21 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft is dispatched at this time, it is very likely that something will go wrong.

Zhao Mancang was so angry that he cursed because he couldn't communicate with this group of people.

After a while, he calmed down. As long as no one died, it was a good thing.

Of course, the feedback from the Black Cross Forces also made Zhao Mancang clear that the oil crisis was about to begin.

In the history of the original time and space, the first oil crisis occurred a year later.

This is not necessarily the case nowadays. Of course, there is a high probability that there will not be any major changes. As long as the super dollar is not discovered, a series of chain reactions will not occur.

On the other side, Zhao Mancang contacted Xiong Licheng, the person in charge of the Super Dollar Factory, via a satellite phone, asking for details about this year's Super Dollar.

Unlike last year, this year the super dollar produced 3.5 billion US dollars of currency, and all of this money flowed into the market.

It is still used in Africa, South America and other places. These super dollars are mainly used to purchase land, minerals, oil, food and other resources.

For example, in South America, a large amount of cheap land has been purchased, and these purchased lands will be used to grow food.

Cargill and other three major grain giants have been eroded by Zhao Mancang, and the global layout of these three grain giants also started from this time.

The land in South America is fertile and the price of land is very cheap now.

In addition, the mineral resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are really abundant. The gold production in southern Africa is very high and the price of gold is not expensive.

Zhao Mancang's layout is so subtle and silent.

(End of this chapter)