Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 333: Be on Guard Against Others (Subscribe)

An airplane took off from Medford Mario Airlines Airport, and Zhao Mancang flew the plane away from Sam and headed straight for Hong Kong Island.

It was mid-August 1973, and he had finally finished his business with Sam, so he returned to Hong Kong Island to be with his children.

"Star Wars" was released on August 9th. After the release of this movie, the real big scene started directly.

Many people exclaimed that "Star Wars" might be able to surpass "The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring".

But the latter’s box office has exceeded 2 billion US dollars. How can "Star Wars" catch up?
In any case, it would be extremely difficult to replicate the box office miracle of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in a short period of time!
Zhao Mancang only looked at the box office of "Star Wars" in the first seven days. Fortunately, it performed relatively steadily, with an average daily box office of more than 120 million yuan. Therefore, it may be possible to catch up with the movie "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the Condor Heroes".

"Dad, you're back. We missed you so much."

At Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay, as Zhao Mancang returned, Zhao Huijun and the other little kids surrounded him enthusiastically.

The children have all grown up, and even the youngest, Zhao Siyu, is nine years old this year.

"Well, I'm back."

After happily chatting with the little kids for a while, Zhao Mancang didn't see Lin Wan. He asked curiously, but the kids smiled and said: Dad, guess what?
Soon, Zhao Mancang saw Lin Wan in the room on the second floor, who was sleeping.

It’s just sleeping, what’s there to guess?

But when Zhao Mancang took a second look, he suddenly felt strange. Lin Wan seemed to be a little sleepy.

He put his hand on her wrist, just touched it, and his expression suddenly became wonderful.

Lin Wan is actually pregnant!

I haven’t been pregnant for nine years, how come I’m pregnant again this year?

And it's been almost four months, this shouldn't happen.

Zhao Mancang was puzzled. He had clearly taken relevant contraceptive measures, so it should be impossible.

Now that she is pregnant, it could be due to a one in ten million chance, so contraception is not 100% effective.

He was in a state of confusion for a long time before finally accepting the fact.

After he walked out of the room, Zhao Huijun and the other children surrounded him again, smiling and asking him if he had discovered anything.
The children all knew that their father was an excellent doctor and had a sharp eye, so Zhao Mancang would definitely be able to quickly discover that their mother was pregnant.

"Go away, go away, go away, you're so disrespectful! Have you finished your homework? And you, Huijun, you're almost twenty years old, why are you still acting like a child? You haven't grown up yet."

To be honest, Zhao Huijun does seem like she has never grown up. She is already 19 years old, but when she is at home, she is always like her younger brothers and sisters, noisy and doesn't look like an adult.

It's a little better outside, but the improvement is very limited.

So Zhao Huijun is a bit simple, the kind of person who doesn't have many ulterior motives.

I guess he was protected too well by Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan, so he is heartless and just laughs all day long.

"I don't want to grow up. I want to stay at home every day."

"You want to be a jerk?"

"I don't rely on my parents. I have hands and feet, why should I rely on my parents? I'm just still in college now."

The girl immediately spoke up to state her position.

But in fact, Zhao Huijun had never really made any money outside. Although she was quite frugal on weekdays, she had never experienced the kind of social destruction and beatings outside, and of course she was not very clear about what society was.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be so naive as to say that she won't rely on her parents.

Zhao Mancang did not expose her. After all, if she was dependent on her parents, their family could support her, and could even afford it.

But Zhao Mancang would definitely not let his children do that.

Even if he has money, if his children are just idlers, then after he dies, his children may not be able to keep the money.

Therefore, children must learn the skills to survive in society, otherwise there will definitely be problems.

"So what do you want to do after you graduate from college?"

"Dad, I love singing. Can I become a singer?"

When asking this question, Zhao Huijun looked at her father cautiously, fearing that she would upset her father.

Little Baozi, Little Taozi, Little Shitou and the others all became quiet immediately.

The children have grown up and know when to laugh and play, and when to be quiet and listen carefully.

Moreover, the issue of their eldest sister's career direction is a very serious matter, so they certainly can't play around anymore.

Their eldest sister came to Hong Kong Island to study, and later little Baozi and the others also came here to study. This year, little Shitou also came here to study.

So their eldest sister is the warrior who rushes to the front and points out the future path and direction for their younger brothers and sisters.

Without waiting for Zhao Mancang to answer, Lin Wan appeared behind everyone and sat down.

"Wan'er, please be careful. You are pregnant now and you can't go up and down the stairs alone." Zhao Mancang became nervous when he saw her.

Lin Wan felt warm in her heart, but she said:

"There's an elevator, so why should I be afraid?"

"You're right to listen to me. You must have someone to look after you, otherwise I won't be at ease."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Tell me quickly, if Huijun becomes a singer, do you agree?"

After hearing this, Zhao Huijun looked at her parents even more nervously.

"Why are you so nervous? Do you really like being a singer so much?"

Zhao Mancang looked at the little guy and said with a smile:

"Have you thought it through? Do you really want to be a singer that much?"

"Dad, I've thought about this a lot. I don't really like my aunt's job. I know I can make other choices, all because of you. If you don't want me to be a singer, then I'll choose another job."

Seeing her pitiful look, Zhao Mancang immediately smiled and said nothing more.

"Becoming a singer is fine if you're determined to do it, but we have three rules. You can't give up halfway. You can't bring home those bad habits from the outside world like others do. Also, you have to learn how to run a music company. Do you understand?"

"I understand. Thank you, Daddy!"

The little guy cheered immediately, and even the little bun started jumping for joy.

Seeing the happy faces of the little kids, Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan were also very happy.

During the summer vacation, Lin Guohua and Zhang Dongyue were not here. They returned to Beijing to visit their grandchildren.

Otherwise, the villa would be even more lively at this moment.

That night, Zhao Mancang had a sumptuous dinner at home with Lin Wan and the children.

Now that they live in Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay, there is a chef who cooks for them every day, so Lin Wan and the others don’t need to do it themselves.

Of course, if Lin Wan and the others can't stay, they can also go and make some delicious food that they want to eat.

After all, they are the owners of this house, and no one can control them no matter what they want.

The next morning, Zhao Huijun followed her father to TVB.

The music scene in Hong Kong is still very ordinary at this time.

There are more singers in TV dramas, but there are basically no singers who purely release records.

Although Hong Kong films did not develop, many classic TV series appeared.

So if Zhao Huijun wanted to be a singer or practice singing, she had to come to TVB.

Since the little girl has made the decision, Zhao Mancang certainly supports her very much.

He personally brought the little guy to TVB and introduced him to several leaders of TVB. He also asked the relevant person in charge of the music department to personally take the little guy to practice singing.

Seeing that it was Zhao Mancang who came in person, the leaders of the TVB came out to greet him in advance because they had received a phone call from their boss in advance.

There was no way. Zhao Mancang was a good friend of their boss. Although their boss did not come in person, he reminded them many times on the phone, and they had no choice but to take it seriously.

When the head of the music department saw the songs that Zhao Huijun took out for practice, they were all dumbfounded.

Because these songs are all from a very famous arranger and lyricist in the music industry: Zhao Wuming!
Wow, these are actually works written and composed by this master himself, and the author of a total of ten songs is Zhao Wuming, awesome!

But then he thought again, their boss called them personally and told them that they must receive the distinguished guests well, and Zhao Mancang and his group came here in the Zodiac car, so they must not be ordinary people.

Since he is not an ordinary person, it is very reasonable to invite Zhao Wuming to help write lyrics and compose music.

Not to mention the shock of the TVB executives, Zhao Huijun had already happily started practicing singing.

Zhao Mancang didn't care about these things. Whether the little girl could learn something depended entirely on herself.

Two days passed and Zhao Mancang stayed in the Deep Water Bay villa and did not go anywhere.

But the news from Sam was that the movie "Star Wars" was still very strong, with the box office on weekdays remaining at 80 to 90 million US dollars, while the box office on weekends exceeded 100 million.

All in all, if "Star Wars" continues to maintain its current strength, it is very likely to break the box office record of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Condor Heroes".

After hearing this news, Zhao Mancang wasn't particularly happy. The higher the box office performance, the more it proved that big capital like the Federal Reserve was still pushing it forward.

More and more US dollars are being printed, and it seems that in the eyes of the Federal Reserve, the market has no end and can accept more US dollar base currency without limit.

It’s simply heartbreaking!
No matter what, if the Fed does this, a bigger crisis will break out sooner or later.

As for the super dollar crisis, to be honest, it is no longer that important.

That morning, Zhao Mancang left the Deep Water Bay Villa and went to the mountaintop villa to visit Liu Baochan and others.

Liu Baochan's children are all very well-behaved, much better than Xiao Baozi and the others. I don't know if it's because Liu Baochan educated them well that they have to behave like this in front of him, or if they are just like that.

However, these children are still young, so Zhao Mancang didn't say anything.

But Liu Baochan made a request that she also wanted to have another child.

"Can you be more reasonable? Why do you have to fight over everything?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mancang looked at Liu Baochan speechlessly.

The latter really wants to fight for everything. My goodness, do they have to fight for pregnancy too?

Moreover, Liu Baochan already had many children, and if Lin Wan had another one, it would just be equal to hers.

But Liu Baochan was not happy about it. No one knew how much she cared about Lin Wan, but she had to compete with Lin Wan.

"I don't care. I'm not your legal wife. I don't have the marriage certificate, but I have to."

The marriage certificate Liu Baochan was talking about was the one she obtained in Beijing. She actually refused to acknowledge the one she obtained in Hong Kong Island.

In Liu Baochan's opinion, only a marriage certificate from Beijing can be a real document and truly recognized by the law.

In fact, it is not like that. She just needs to fight for the attention of the first and second wives, or Zhao Mancang.

crazy!

"If you do this again, I will be angry." Zhao Mancang said with a dark face.

"Can you please stop scaring me? You know, I don't have that many tricks. I did everything you said. I just want to have more children with you."

By saying this, she appeared very humble, and once Zhao Mancang softened his heart, her goal was achieved.

Although this has left her with almost no self-esteem, she chose to be with Zhao Mancang in the first place, so how could she have any dignity to speak of?

Although her behavior actually destroyed the marriage relationship between Zhao Mancang and Lin Wan, it was obvious that she and Zhao Mancang knew each other first. Why?
Perhaps this is the main reason why she must compete with Lin Wan.

Zhao Mancang didn't care what she wanted to do. If she wanted to have one more child, then she could have one more.

Given her physical condition, there is no problem at all.

It's just a pity for Zhao Mancang. He may not be able to accompany Lin Wan well in the next period of time, and after Liu Baochan becomes pregnant, he will have to find a way to meet his physical needs on his own.

Ugh!
A few days later, in the dining room of Villa No. 66 in Deep Water Bay.

Everyone was eating and chatting when Zhao Huijun suddenly asked:
"Dad, a friend of mine came to me today and told me that she has a very pitiful friend who has been waiting for five years but has never had a chance to succeed."

"She wanted to ask me if I could lend her my songs."

"But these ten songs were all written and composed by someone you asked to help you, Dad. You worked hard to find them for me. I don't really want to..."

When Zhao Mancang heard this, he paused for a moment with his chopsticks that were about to pick up some food.

Then he picked up a piece of vegetable leaf and put it in his bowl, then said with a smile:

"Since you don't want to, then just reject the other party. What do you want to say to me by saying this?"

"Dad, I want to say that although I don't know that person, I know that the ten songs you gave me are very good and of high quality. You must have spent a lot of money on them. I am very grateful and I will remember it in my heart."

The little fellow said seriously:
"Actually, when you took me to TVB that day, someone there asked me about these ten songs. They thought I knew nothing."

"Isn't their purpose to get the songs in my hands? Humph, I won't give them to them."

Hearing this, Zhao Mancang suddenly interrupted:
"What if you reject them and they suddenly try to sabotage your song? Or even drug you? What will you do?"

what?
Lin Wan and the others immediately cried out in surprise, each of them filled with worry.

"Mancang, don't scare the child. Don't always think so badly of people."

After hearing Lin Wan's words, Zhao Mancang shook his head and said:

"Wan'er, I'm not trying to scare them. We're all here, and you kids are all grown up. It's time you heard about these things, the truth about society."

"Business competition is never about everyone being happy. It's either you die or I live. How can there be a win-win situation?"

"The entertainment industry is a blatant exchange of interests. Huijun, you also said that I got these ten songs from outside specifically for you. So you definitely don't know what I exchanged for them, right?"

"You don't need to worry about what I exchanged, but those people from TVB are playing the pity card to trick you now. What about next time?"

"If they think you're soft-hearted and easy to bully, will they escalate their tactics next time? Or even if they see that your connections aren't that strong, will they resort to other despicable tactics?"

"You want to make money, and he wants to make money too, but not everyone has such a good background, and not everyone has such strong abilities, so it's normal for some things to happen, isn't it?"

"This is what I want to tell you today. We should not have the intention to harm others, but we must be on guard against others. While we do our job well, we also need to be on guard against some real villains."

"Of course, it's not ruled out that some people are truly pitiful, but if they are truly pitiful, then you can lend them money, or persuade them to change their careers, to become a waiter in a restaurant or something. In short, as long as they are willing to endure hardships, they will be able to survive."

After Zhao Mancang finished speaking, the little brat Zhao Siyu suddenly said:
"Dad, didn't you say that as long as you are willing to endure hardships, there will be endless suffering?"

Haha!

The whole family couldn't help but burst into laughter after being disturbed by the little guy.

At this time, Zhao Huijun had completely understood what her father said. She agreed with what her father said, so she did the same.

After this incident, Zhao Mancang didn't hear the little guy mention these things again for the next half month.

As September approached, Zhao Mancang returned to the capital with Lin Wan, Xiao Pangdun, Xiao Siyu and others.

The two elders, Lin Guohua and Zhang Dongyue, also returned to Hong Kong Island from Beijing.

Xiao Shitou has completed the entrance examination from primary school to junior high school, so he came to Hong Kong Island in September this year to attend junior high school and study in the same school as his second and third sisters.

Zhao Mancang doesn't need to take care of this matter.

The children are already in junior high school, and Zhao Huijun is also an adult. There are also the two elders, Lin Guohua and Zhang Dongyue. Therefore, Zhao Huijun and the other two can completely provide one-on-one guidance to the learning of the three little ones, Xiao Baozi, Xiao Taozi and Xiao Shitou.

After returning to the capital, Zhao Mancang first sent Lin Wan and the others back home, and then went to Lingjing Hutong to report on his work.

Several leaders were in the office. Zhao Mancang exchanged a few words with them and then got down to business.

"Our product sales at Sam's Club are currently very impressive, both for supermarket products and automotive products. Furthermore, during this summer vacation, I believe you leaders have also seen Hollywood."

Zhao Mancang focused on introducing Hollywood’s achievements over the past few months of this summer vacation.

From the movie "The Rise of Kings" at the beginning of the summer season to the movie "Mr. Vampire 3" at the end, the box office of each movie was not low.

"Mr. Vampire 3" has been released for less than a week, so Zhao Mancang is not very clear about its future box office performance. Moreover, September is almost here, and a box office crash is an inevitable result.

Therefore, the movie "Mr. Vampire 3" can be ignored.

However, the total box office of "The King's Avatar", a purely Chinese film, was actually 770 million US dollars.

The combined box office of the two films, "Jason Bourne" and "2 Fast 2 Furious," has exceeded $ million, and the script for the third sequel is already being polished.

As the last film in the series, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has grossed $2.15 billion, currently ranking first at the box office this year.

The runner-up is "Star Wars", which has already grossed 1.89 billion US dollars and is also invincible.

"Top Gun," which was initially highly anticipated, currently has a box office of only 1.75 billion U.S. dollars, and it has been taken off the screen, currently ranking third in the year.

Of course, even the third place is still very impressive in the film history box office rankings.

Therefore, the sequel to "Top Gun" will definitely get better investment and produce higher quality movie images.

We have already talked about the movie box office, but the sales of movie-related products were somewhat unexpected.

Looking at these movies, the best-selling peripheral product is not "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", but the Chinese movie "The Lord of Nations".

There are many peripheral products of the movie "The Tribute of All Nations", such as very exquisite Rubik's Cube, panda dolls, etc.

The Rubik's Cube is a point used by foreigners in the movie "The Tribute of All Nations" to make things difficult for the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and his ministers. It is indeed a very interesting classic contradiction.

If it happened in later times, such a contradiction would certainly be extremely ridiculous.

But in this era, such contradictions and conflicts are of course very classic.

Therefore, peripheral products such as the Rubik's Cube sell very well.

"Dear leaders, our products are selling very well, and Hollywood box office sales are exorbitant, but the underlying logic is the Federal Reserve's unlimited printing of US dollars."

"Even the big capitalists at the Federal Reserve are working hard to boost Hollywood box office sales in order to distract the public from facts like the increase in the dollar base currency and soaring inflation."

When the leaders heard this, their faces suddenly became extremely ugly!
(End of this chapter)