Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 375 Taking Advantage of Someone's Kindness (5600+ words)

This reminded Li Song of another conflict decades later, in which a certain country, with the support of the West, continuously sacrificed its own people, while its high-ranking officials shared the so-called aid with the West.

This movie grossed over one million dollars at the Wow! Box Office in a short period of time.

That's roughly four or five million Hong Kong dollars.

Li Song did not receive any money for this film in the country.

According to reports, the cinemas were packed to capacity, and the ticket price was one cent.

Li Song knew, of course, that the main problem in China right now was the lack of entertainment facilities.

It's fair to say that watching movies has become their only form of entertainment.

Because television is not yet widespread in China.

Domestic demand for home appliances is very strong, but it has been affected by the planned economy!

It is affected by both factory capacity and material availability.

Unlike decades from now, when the world's factory can easily buy a lot of materials.

Many materials are now produced under a planned economy, even those used to manufacture glass bottles.

Of course, even in a market economy decades from now, if you want to purchase certain raw materials in large quantities, you still need to make reservations in advance.

When Zhu Ling returned home that evening, the two of them cooked dinner together.

The script for Water Margin is almost finished; all that's left is to train the actors.

Because there are many battle scenes in Water Margin.

They're still using the same city walls and water fortresses from the Three Kingdoms Film and Television City.

They are currently expanding the street scenes needed for filming Water Margin, and also customizing costumes and props.

The specific casting has not yet been finalized; it will be done after the costume and props are finalized and the makeup is done.

However, Zhu Ling felt a lot of pressure because there were already few actresses in Water Margin, and now there are not only actresses from Hong Kong, but also actresses from Frog.

Of course, a woman can also dress up as a man.

Li Song had no choice but to accept that both parties were equally important, and he decided to leave the professional work to the professionals.

After spending two days in Shanghai, Li Song set off to return to Hong Kong Island on June 16.

Today is the premiere of Jurassic Park. The North American premiere of Jurassic Park is on June 15th.

At that time, Hong Kong Island had already passed the 15th.

Li Song saw promotional photos of Jurassic Park in the newspaper.

Reporters were also waiting at the airport this time, but the bodyguards made a feint and drove away in two cars first to lure the reporters away before Li Song left.

Li Song will be attending the premiere at the Golden Harbour Ocean Theatre this afternoon.

Ah Long and others are promoting the movie National Treasure around the world because its box office performance remains strong even after half a month in theaters.

When Li Song returned to his residence, he found a pager from Zhao Niangzi.

So Li Song called downstairs directly!
Zhao Niangzi happened to be downstairs, and she was home alone. According to Zhao Niangzi, she went home to spend the weekend with her children, and she didn't go to Shanghai today because she was going to see Jurassic Park.

Li Song went straight downstairs. Zhao Niangzi's temperament was just beginning to emerge. She had a certain human (seven) aura about her, and this aura became more and more obvious as time went on.

Zhao Niangzi wore a low-cut halter dress, revealing her two long, white legs and her long, white neck, with her hair pulled up high.

We're all adults, so there's no need for much conversation when we meet. Let's just get down to business.

Moreover, Lady Zhao was clearly wearing a cleaver's robe.

"Thank you!" Zhao Niangzi said softly during the halftime break.

"Huh?" Li Song was a little confused as to why the other party was thanking him.

"Manager Liu has already spoken to me. He said the TV station is preparing a new film, and I'm the female lead," Zhao Niangzi said.
Zhao Niangzi thought it was two people, and that Li Song had been taking special care of her since they had been intimate last time.

Zhao Niangzi came back on Sunday because she knew Li Song was coming back to attend the premiere of Jurassic Park.

This was specifically to wait for Li Song to further strengthen the relationship between the two.

After paged Li Song, I waited for his message, and to my surprise, I actually received it.

Because by following a wealthy man like Li Song, one will no longer have to depend on others.

They are not afraid of being retaliated against by TV station executives.

Just hold on tight to this leg and that's enough.

"Yes, I wrote this script especially for you!" Li Song immediately understood what was going on.

"I'll have someone give you the key to a villa later; it's still a bit too crowded and noisy here," Li Song said again.

"Mmm... Waaah!" Zhao Niangzi expressed her gratitude to Li Song with her actions.

It has to be said that the atmosphere on Hong Kong Island is much better; Zhu Ling just can't let loose on her side.

The two parted ways in the afternoon because Zhao Niangzi had also made plans to see Jurassic Park with other people.

However, Zhao Niangzi was clearly a bit overwhelmed, since Li Song was originally a martial artist.

Li Song invited Mr. He from Golden Harvest and Liu Jiale to watch Jurassic Park together.

Li Song arrived at the Ocean Terminal Theatre of Golden Harvest. His car had barely reached the vicinity of the theatre when he was noticed by reporters.

"Mr. Li?"

"Mr. Li?" These reporters tried to stop the car, but Jiahe was already prepared.

Jurassic Park is showing today not only at Golden Harvest Cinemas, but also at Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Princess Cinemas.

However, Li Song only came to Golden Harvest Cinema because the other two cinema chains didn't want him to go, fearing that he would be implicated and blacklisted by Wahaha.

After all, Shaw Brothers still has Shaw Brothers Studio, and Golden Princess still has Cinema City!
Jiahe's staff stopped the reporter, and Mr. He was already waiting there.

"Mr. Li!!" Boss He stayed in Hong Kong Island, while Boss Zou was not in Hong Kong Island. Instead, he took Ah Long and the film crew all over the world to promote National Treasure.

"Mr. He, we're late, sorry to have kept you waiting!" Li Song and Liu Jiale got out of the car together. Mr. He of Jiahe was already old, and this was someone else's home turf, so Li Song gave him a lot of face.

"Oh, Mr. Li, you're too kind. We'd love to have such a distinguished guest as you." Mr. He was being polite, shaking hands with Li Song and then walking into the theater together.

Reporters around took photos, and then other actors arrived.

When Li Song saw that the people who came were all actors from Phoenix TV, he and Liu Jiale stopped in their tracks.

"Mr. Li!"

"Mr. He!" When the actors from Phoenix TV saw that Li Song and Liu Jiale had not gone any further, the group quickly followed.

Zhao Niangzi and Alin were also in this group of people. The women were dressed in flamboyant attire, and the men were dressed in handsome attire.

Reporters took photos one after another.

Although Phoenix TV actors were blacklisted by Wahaha, their income actually increased because of the endorsements they received.

This made the other two television stations grit their teeth in hatred towards Phoenix TV.

The actors at both television stations were in a state of panic.

Neither of these two TV stations could find such a high endorsement fee.

Not to mention that even if these two TV stations found them, they were unwilling to share the money with the actors.

In the past, actors only earned a meager living by advertising other products, which was a few thousand yuan for each advertisement.

Nobody has an industry as sizable as Li Song's, with airplanes, motorcycles, and cars.

Moreover, for industries in Hong Kong Island, there are simply no companies that can afford to pay hundreds of thousands in endorsement fees.

Even if Phoenix TV's actors don't earn enough for endorsements, they can still frequently participate in various commercial performances, such as promotional performances for BMW motorcycles.

These people can go not only to Hong Kong Island, but also when promoting it in Southeast Asia.

Looking at Ah Lin and Zhao Niangzi, Liu Jiale couldn't help but sigh at how lucky his boss was to have so many women.

Ah Lin is now known as the number one beautiful female host in Hong Kong.

Then the group went into the theater.

Li Song is also looking forward to it, because Jurassic Park is happening earlier than in history.

This movie also used a lot of special effects. Lucas founded his own film special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic!

Moreover, it is said that Jurassic Park was the first park to use computer-generated special effects.

The main plot of the Jurassic Park movies remains unchanged.

The audience already knew the main plot and setting of the movie from the newspapers.

The entire movie theater was quiet, because such a big-budget sci-fi production always makes you want to watch it quietly.

When the dinosaurs came out of the theater, everyone in the movie theater took a long breath.

In fact, the movie Jurassic Park can also be described as a battle royale.

Many Hollywood movies revolve around the theme of battle royale.

The chase and escape were filled with thrilling and exciting scenes. Viewers were on the edge of their seats!

It must be said that this Hollywood model is very successful.

If mainland directors could learn the logic of battle royale, they could also make blockbusters.

However, mainland directors always want to add their own ideas to the movies, namely, emotions, such as love triangles, love quadrangles, and illicit relationships.

Even some famous directors make films that are completely incomprehensible to viewers.

The movie ends with a twist: there's a dinosaur egg left somewhere!
"As expected of a Hollywood production!" After the movie ended, enthusiastic applause erupted in the audience, and Mr. He exclaimed with emotion.
"Yes, although I knew this movie would be good, I didn't expect it to be this good. It's been a long time since I've watched a movie so attentively." Liu Jiale nodded in agreement!

"Hmm!" Right now, Golden Harvest is mainly promoting Ah Long, but Ah Long's style doesn't fit with Jurassic Park!

"Mr. Li, are you interested in doing such a large-scale production?" Boss He asked.

"Not for now, I've just been busy with other things lately," Li Song shook his head.

Li Song will definitely be making a big-budget film about the East, but that will have to wait until computer-generated special effects are available.

We'll build our own graphics cards and supercomputers, and then get some special effects software from secondhand platforms.

Then we'll blow Hollywood's special effects away!
Let them truly see what Eastern aesthetics are all about.

Of course, you can also make fantasy films.

Mr. He clearly understood what Li Song meant and quickly said, "If Mr. Li plans to make such a big production in the future, Golden Harvest can get a stake in it!"

“Of course, no problem, we’re old friends!” Li Song nodded.

Then Mr. He generously offered to treat everyone to a late-night snack, including actors from Phoenix TV, actors from Golden Harvest, and staff.

Mr. He was naturally very satisfied with the movie's success, because the more people watched it, the more money the theaters would make.

After finishing his late-night snack, Li Song didn't go home. Instead, he went to Zhao Niangzi's place again.

The next morning, Li Song got up and drove a small truck around Hong Kong Island by himself.

When they returned, the truck contained patent documents, technology, and manufacturing data for twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft and four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft!
Li Song instructed his bodyguards to send the technology and manufacturing data back to the mainland.

Then the patent information was handed over to Tian Jiahui.

"hey-hey!"

"You aircraft manufacturing companies are plotting against me behind my back." After instructing his bodyguards to finish, Li Song chuckled to himself, then went to Zhao Niangzi's place and took a nap before she woke up.

When Tian Jiahui saw the documents delivered by the bodyguard at Parkson Department Store, he quickly called Zhang Dehua!
After receiving the call, Zhang Dehua rushed over with his men.

The main features of a four-engine, twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft are its design drawings and appearance.

As for the specific manufacturing process, and what the designs in the design drawings are for, there is no detailed explanation.

If others want to know what the things designed in the blueprints are for, they can study the blueprints. For example, the air conditioning ducts will connect to the air conditioning system, as well as the air conditioning outlets inside the cabin.

There are also lighting circuits, etc., which require human analysis.

The transport plane that Li Song applied for last time had a lot of pipelines inside, which puzzled the relevant foreign experts because these pipelines were obviously extra.

Actually, that's only used in later electronic upgrades and modifications.

After registering the patent and signing the contract, Zhang Dehua returned to the company. Before that, he had already made an appointment with the patent application department in Hong Kong.

The patent application staff on Hong Kong Island didn't want to work overtime, but they had no choice.

On the one hand, these departments charge for patent applications, and on the other hand, Zhang Dehua also gives extra tips on his behalf.

In addition, the patents applied for by Baisheng Company are given priority.

To put it simply, other people want to know what patents Parkson has applied for.

"Twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft!"

"A four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft!"

"How could that be!" Then the heads of various relevant departments in Hong Kong knew that tonight would be another sleepless night.

Wide-body passenger aircraft are now the mainstream, and are the main models of Boeing, Airbus, and McDonnell Douglas.

In other words, these three companies are secretly preparing to target Li Song.

Unexpectedly, the other party not only did not restrain themselves, but became even more audacious.

They directly targeted the core products of these three companies.

Then the people from these three companies also received this news.

The three companies were speechless and also felt scared.

The CEOs of the three companies are now having a huge headache because Li Song and Parkson are not playing by the rules at all.

The management of these three companies felt like they were about to have a heart attack.

These surprises came too suddenly.

Meanwhile, Li Song was thoroughly enjoying himself, with Zhao Niangzi treating him like a master.

The master was always responsive to her requests, and she was extremely valuable to him emotionally.

When it's time to put in the effort, you should put in the effort; for example, when it's time to speak loudly, you should speak loudly.

So the next day, Li Song called Liu Jiale to ask if anyone from Phoenix TV had returned to Shanghai to work, as his private jet was about to go to Shanghai.

Liu Jiale knew exactly what was going on.

So on the evening of the 17th, Zhao Niangzi, along with some staff members and actors from Phoenix TV, took the boss's private plane back to Shanghai to start work!
Li Song rested at home that night because A Lin was hosting a program that evening.

Li Song saw a news report on Phoenix TV that Baisheng Company had applied for patents for two more models of passenger aircraft.

However, there have been no further reports as the patent has not yet been published.

However, Li Song believes that some people have probably already obtained some of the drawings in the patent application.

Li Song's prediction was correct; Boeing and Airbus did indeed acquire the twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft, as well as the exterior design drawings and overhead design drawings of the four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft.

"You idiots!"

"Pigs!" Boeing shareholders launched a tirade against management after seeing the twin-engine wide-body passenger jet!
The report submitted by management indicated that Boeing had taken notice of the market for both companies' wide-body aircraft.

However, no further action was taken.

Historically, Boeing's Boeing 777 was a twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft.

Boeing had long recognized a market gap between the 747 and the 767.

Historically, research on the wide-body passenger aircraft project between the two sides only began in 1986.

The reason Boeing's shareholders are so outraged with management is that the Boeing 757 narrow-body aircraft project was initiated in March 1979!
But it hasn't even had its maiden flight yet!
What Boeing shareholders found most intolerable was that Baison had entered the four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft market.

This is Boeing's cake!

Moreover, Boeing gave a clear signal, which was the series of actions beforehand, such as the three companies discussing and formulating new safety standards.

This is a warning from the other party!

Unexpectedly, the other party not only did not restrain themselves but also became increasingly arrogant.

Historically, the Boeing 757 first flew in 1982 and then entered service in 1983.

In other words, both of Baisheng's aircraft were launched at key development milestones for Boeing.

Boeing's management was somewhat speechless, because some major decisions required a shareholder vote.

Boeing, as the world's largest commercial airliner with the largest market share, has shareholders with significant influence in the government. As a result, these shareholders can be quite arrogant when facing certain issues.

These shareholders believe that the market is not the key to solving the problem; political means are.

Therefore, Boeing shareholders unanimously agreed to lobby the government and use political means to teach certain people a lesson.

In contrast to the fury of Boeing shareholders, Airbus seemed completely unfazed!
Because Airbus launched the twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft Airbus A300 several years ago.

However, Airbus is also somewhat frustrated. Airbus has a number of narrow-body passenger aircraft, but these aircraft only have a little over a hundred seats and a range of only five or six thousand kilometers.

In stark contrast to the CA201, which has a maximum of just over two hundred seats and a range of over eight thousand to nearly nine thousand kilometers, and given that Europe and the United States are currently experiencing a financial crisis, many airlines are optimistic about the CA201 aircraft.

This aircraft type can perform both intercontinental and short-haul flights.

In other words, the mission scope is wide and the flight cost is lower.

McDonnell Douglas made no comment, as the company was focused on developing a new generation of passenger aircraft.

Li Song also knew that things wouldn't escalate that quickly.

However, it is still hoped that these three aircraft manufacturers will show some backbone.

"I just don't know if these three companies can come up with something concrete to target us before September."

"Anyway, these three companies are bound to suffer heavy losses now, since lobbying those politicians costs money."

"I wonder if these three companies will feel like big fools after September, having thrown money away for nothing." Li Song wants to make these three companies jump around, so that Western politicians can take the opportunity to fleece them.

After September, these three companies will find that because of Fat Bear's display of muscles, all the money they spent in the early stages will be wasted!
"Looks like I need to step up my efforts!" Li Song decided to give three more companies a push.

So how do you give these three companies a push? Of course, it's by giving them interviews and making them decide that they absolutely must blacklist you.

(End of this chapter)