Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 147 The Professor is Arrested
A beautiful day has been ruined just like that; the righteous path and the straight path bring bad luck.

He never made any progress, so he slacked off at work, picked up money on the side, and spent time with Le Huizhen. These were his three main hobbies.

He ruined his hobby; that professor is a real bastard!
Left with no other choice, Wang Dao reluctantly returned to Qiankun Film and Television Company.

"Ado, what have you done?"

"Binny actually called to thank me?"

Liang Kun was very curious. Han Bin was a very arrogant guy who rarely expressed his emotions to others.

This time, the gratitude was surprisingly sincere, which is quite rare.

Wang Dao shrugged:

"What else could it be?"

"Isn't this just what you told me to do?"

Wang Dao recounted the events.

Liang Kun suddenly realized:
"I see."

"You've really boosted Han Bin's prestige in the martial arts world."

Think about it, if it weren't for Han Bin's reminder, the Hong Kong arms dealers might have suffered losses.

How could we dare to let our underlings handle such a big business?

I did most of it myself.

That would be terrible!
The goods are most likely lost, and forget about the money.

Even if they escaped the police station's pursuit, they would be severely weakened upon their return.

Han Bin's actions were tantamount to saving a life.

Wang Dao shook his head:
"Not really."

Liang Kun pointed vaguely at the kingly way:
"This doesn't count?"

Wang Dao shook his head:
"real!"

"Have you forgotten what Chen Guozhong told me?"

"If I'm not mistaken, he must have said this to other people as well."

"To give an example, he's practically shouting into the world with a megaphone."

Handsome Kun frowned and said:
"Won't Chen Guozhong be in trouble?"

Wang Dao said softly:
"Brother Kun, would Chen Guozhong have told me so bluntly without the boss's approval?"

Handsome Kun sighed:

"The martial arts world is indeed everywhere."

"By the way, why are you back?"

Wang Dao sarcastically remarked:
"Ah Zhen has work and needs to work overtime, what else would I do if I didn't come back?"

Handsome Kun laughed and scolded:
"Don't forget, you also have a stake in this company."

Wang Dao nodded:
"I know, I know!"

"But isn't the company running quite smoothly?"

Handsome Kun sighed:

"At least put some effort into it."

Wang Dao was delighted:
"I've got our company's plans all figured out, but the problem is we don't have the capability to implement them right now."

Leung Kwan's spirits lifted:
"planning?"

"tell me the story?"

Wang Dao composed himself and said seriously:

"We are now a film and television production company. If a movie grosses tens of millions at the box office, we can only get about 40 to 45 yuan. It's too much of a loss for us."

"The cinemas took the lion's share."

Handsome Kun shook his head:
"The routine maintenance of cinemas is very troublesome."

Wang Dao clapped his hands and said:
"Brother Kun, movie theaters are great for you!"

"It must be easy for a movie theater to support forty or fifty people, right?"

"Ten movie theaters can support four or five hundred people."

"A good club these days is one that can reliably provide its members with a monthly allowance."

"If we want to expand our influence, we must recruit more followers."

"It's useless to just recruit underlings and not care about their work."

"Give your underlings a job and let them collect firewood and water regularly. That's a great way to expand your influence!"

"Internally, it naturally means expanding our territory."

"For external purposes, this is a good measure to ensure employment."

"Think about it carefully?"

Handsome Kun was immediately interested!

Wang Dao continued his analysis:
"For a movie that grosses 10 million yuan, the theater can get 40% to 52% of the revenue."

"That means you'll get at the very least four million."

"But Brother Kun, theater chains and film production companies are different."

"For film production companies like ours, we can only get paid once the films we make are released."

"But for cinemas, as long as there are movies showing, they can make money continuously."

"Uncle Six's movies haven't been doing well lately, but he hasn't sold the theater chains he owns."

"Why is it that the cinemas have already recouped their investments and are now generating a steady stream of returns for him?"

Handsome Kun frowned and said:
"Then where will our movie theater chain come from?"

Wang Dao casually remarked:
“There are two methods. One is to buy an existing one. Nowadays, there are two cinema chains in Hong Kong. One is owned by Uncle Six, and the other is owned by Mr. Zou.”

"Actually, their paths are quite similar. They both started by handling the entire process of filming, production, release, and distribution."

"However, in order to save costs, since Sixth Uncle established a large-scale filming base, the scenes have become monotonous, and even the costumes and props are almost the same."

"The movie's box office performance is not good."

"Most importantly, Uncle Six also has TVB Jade Channel to distract him."

"Now that TVB Jade's revenue far exceeds that of movies, he has become even less attentive to it."

“Zou Daheng is completely different.”

"He's obsessed with movies."

"There are no TV stations to distract you, nor are there huge movie theaters to distract you."

"Once the film and television city is built, it must be put into operation in order to recoup the initial construction costs. If it is to continue operating, a considerable amount of funds must also be invested in maintenance."

"Otherwise, it will easily fall into ruin."

“Zou Daheng doesn’t have that kind of advantage; he can more easily scout locations around the world.”

"It's a pity Bruce left too early..."

"Otherwise, Hong Kong's kung fu movies would definitely have reached a golden age."

"Later, Longwei wanted to imitate Bruce, but he was not the same person after all."

Liang Kun nodded slightly:

"According to you, neither Uncle Liu nor Zou Daheng will sell their cinema chains?"

Wang Dao shook his head:
“Zou Daheng definitely won’t sell, but Uncle Liu…maybe not.”

Leung Kwan is in high spirits:

"Sixth Uncle will sell?!"

Wang Dao casually remarked:
He will sell it for under 200 million.

Liang Kun immediately deflated and complained:

"If I had two hundred million, why would I buy a movie theater instead of something else?"

Wang Dao smiled and shook his finger:
"If you want it, I'll sell it."

"When Uncle Liu was choosing the location, he picked some really good spots."

"Even if the film and television industry declines in the future, we won't lose money by selling the land!"

"Furthermore, a movie theater is equivalent to a large venue."

"Brother Kun wanted to make his mark in the underworld, and before he knew it, he had acquired many territory, all of which belonged to him!"

Handsome Kun's eyes are even brighter!
He immediately lost his spirit.

"Two hundred million! When the hell can you earn that much?"

"Our organization's profits don't even reach 200 million!"

"No, it's not even tens of millions!"

Wang Dao smiled mysteriously:
"Maybe soon!"

Liang Kun pouted:
"Come on, according to you, you're just making empty promises to me!"

"I'm your boss!"

Wang Dao stood up and said:
"Okay, boss, I'm going to my office to sleep!"

Liang Kun exclaimed in astonishment:
Is slacking off really that legitimate?

Wang Dao spread his hands and was about to leave when Liang Kun quickly called him back.
"What's wrong with you, always leaving things unsaid?"

"Besides acquisitions?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"That rule is even less applicable now."

Liang Kun disagreed:

"How can you know you're not comfortable if you don't say it?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"The other one is simple; we'll build it ourselves."

"It consumes more financial resources."

Liang Kun looked at him suspiciously:
"I don't think you would come up with such a simple idea."

Wang Dao laughed loudly:

"Brother Kun, you understand me best."

"That's right,"

"In my opinion, we should just build one cinema that we control, and then seek other people to join us."

Liang Kun said in astonishment:
"Franchise?!"

Wang Dao casually remarked:
“Building it yourself would require too much investment; it would be a different story if we sought franchisees.”

"Many people will choose to join."

"Of course, in my opinion, it would be best to do this internally."

Handsome Kun laughed loudly:

"I knew you had a way. Tell me in detail!"

Wang Dao returned and sat down, lit a Marlboro, and then slowly said:

"My idea is that when your influence reaches a certain level..."

“When not only the Hung Hing triad members are giving you face, but people from other triads are giving you face, then you should get this thing going.”

“Let’s take Hung Hing as an example. If you want to set up a chain of cinemas, Brother Lung will respond, the three brothers Binni will respond, but it will be difficult for others.”

“But if we tell Hong An about this, they will definitely respond.”

"Look, these are the six movie theaters."

"What if its influence expands further?"

"Any twenty-six companies could be involved."

"It's much easier to set up such a cinema chain, and more importantly, it expands your network of friends."

Leung Kwan seemed to be deep in thought:
"Wait a minute. According to what you usually tell me, the martial arts world is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships and social interactions."

Snapped!
Wang Dao clapped his hands hard:
"Brother Kun, you've improved."

"Yes, that's it."

"This will expand your network of friends, increase your influence, and allow us to select potential allies."

What's so great about being a top boss?

"Making money is what really matters." "If something happens to the gang, the boss is in charge. Wouldn't it be better for us to keep quiet and make a fortune?"

Handsome Kun laughed heartily:

"Yes!"

He was somewhat distressed.

"It must be difficult to do that, right?"

Wang Dao rolled his eyes:
"Boss, you've only been out for less than two months."

"Look how many more friends you've made in the martial arts world!"

“The three Binney brothers, the Hong Angu family, the police officer Chen Guozhong, and even our district's two councilors, aren't they all your friends?”

"With this kind of speed at which you make friends, what else do you want to do?"

"I estimate that such a plan can be initially implemented next year."

Liang Kun rolled his eyes as well:

"next year?"

"I can't wait to do it tomorrow."

Wang Dao got up and checked the time:

"I think it won't be until next year, just a few hours later."

Handsome Kun was overjoyed:

"why?"

Wang Dao sighed:

"In just a few more hours, it'll be time to create dreams!"

Handsome Kun was speechless:

"Let's get out of here, don't annoy people!"

Wang Dao left leisurely.

The more Liang Kun pondered his words, the more flavorful they became, and then he sighed:

"Next year... that's a bit of a long time..."

"However, I always hope not?"

Wang Dao pushed open the door and ran into Jimmy:

"Jimmy, come here for a second."

Jimmy suddenly became reserved.

Wang Dao looked at him, completely bewildered.
"What's your expression?"

Jimmy said cautiously:
"Brother Dao, Ah Ren and I haven't finished what you asked us to do yet."

Wang Dao dragged him to his office and frowned, saying:
"What haven't you finished?"

"Didn't I tell you two things?"

"Is it because they didn't beat up the hot-tempered Ming? Or because they couldn't find the street sweeping article?"

Jimmy was completely bewildered:
"Street sweeping article? Didn't you tell us to find Yaowen?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Yes, I need to find him."

Back in his executive chair, he asked,
"What didn't you do well?"

Jimmy smiled wryly:
"Neither of us has time to go to Yau Ma Tei."

what? !

Wang Dao looked at him strangely:
"there is no time?"

Jimmy quickly explained:

"Didn't you want me to work with Ah Ren?"

"We've been working on a lot of reports lately, and we're so busy that we don't even have time to breathe. After get off work, we still have to go to tutoring classes."

"There are many things we don't understand about accounting and finance."

"Where would I find the time to play!"

Wang Dao was speechless for a moment.

Jimmy looked at him incredulously:

"So for the next two days, you'll just obediently go to work, come home, go to school, and leave school?"

Jimmy nodded obediently:
"Yes!"

Wang Dao laughed.

Goodness, these two really think this is a legitimate company.

Wait, something's not right!
In its own vision, Qiankun Film and Television was indeed a legitimate company.

That's fine.

Wang Dao paused for a moment before speaking:

"So you're not planning to take it out on the hot-tempered Ming?"

Jimmy hesitated for a long time before giving an answer.

Wang Dao didn't urge him, and just waited quietly.

Jimmy thought for a moment and said:

"Brother Dao, so many people bullied me before, are we going to get revenge on them one by one?"

Wang Dao asked him meaningfully:
"So what are you going to do?"

Jimmy said seriously:
"Anyway, they wouldn't dare to bully me, so let's just forget about those things."

Wang Dao smiled and said:

"You've got quite a big vision, kid."

"Alright, since you've decided this way, then let's do it your way."

"Anyway, I wasn't the one who was bullied before."

Jimmy smiled wryly:
"I just want to do business properly."

The Kingly Way, with its profound meaning, said:
"In such a society, you have to compete and fight for everything."

"If you don't fight for it, good things will never come your way."

"But you won't listen to any of this."

"Alright, just focus on your work and get to work properly."

"Oh, right, tell Ah Ren to look for Yao Wen later."

"You don't have to go."

Jimmy was terrified:

"Brother Dao, did I do something wrong?"

The king's way was silent:
"You're just a good boy, just do things according to your plan."

"Yau Ma Tei is a mixed bag, and it's easy to get into conflicts with people."

"If you don't want to get involved in the affairs of the martial arts world, what are you going there for?"

Jimmy was completely stunned.

Wang Dao waved his hand:
"Go do something."

Jimmy managed to back out.

Wang Dao's lips curled into a playful smile:

Should we say he's right, or he's wrong?

Jimmy's idea reflects the thoughts of a significant portion of Hong Kong people, which is why the community has so many members.

Most of them, like Jimmy, just want to live a good life—working, doing business, or something else.

Therefore, they would try to get involved with a gang or organization, so that they could have a gang or organization to rely on.

However, they forgot that rights and obligations are linked.

Enjoying conveniences without fulfilling obligations... Where do all these good things come from?

Jimmy wants to go straight, which is fine.

From now on, we will train him according to the principles of cultivating elites.

The Way of the King needs a lot of talent, and Chen Yongren and Jimmy are both considered talents; they are within the Way of the King's territory.

After sitting in the office for a long time, Wang Dao suddenly got bored.

There's nothing wrong at all, why are you sitting here?

Sleeping?
That would be even more boring.

Wang Dao couldn't hold back any longer and told Liang Kun that he was going home!
Leung Kwan was speechless with anger.

I've never seen anyone so brazenly slacking off.

But this is his own horse, what else can he do?

Just bear with it!
Wang Dao felt much better after leaving Qiankun Film and Television Company.

Sure enough, sitting in the office is unbearable.

Come back home!

I bought some food on the way and just ate a few bites.

Lok Wai-chun was about to go out for location shooting, so it wasn't convenient to call her at this time. Thinking it was almost time, I finally called:
"Honey, I just got back from sea, I have to work overtime tonight."

"But it won't be much longer, it'll still be about an hour."

Going to sea?

It seems the professor can't escape!

"Do you need me to pick you up?"

"No need, no need, I'll bring you some late-night snacks when we get back."

The right path has been decided; the professor is doomed!

Otherwise, Lok Wai-chun wouldn't have come back so quickly.

The guy might get arrested while Han Bin is on the phone.

In any case, he's finished!
Wang Dao was actually quite disappointed by the professor's capture. Just think, what a wonderful thing it would have been if this guy had taken away all the firearms in Hong Kong.
It's a pity that Interpol is all talk and no action; they want to achieve too much too quickly.

Otherwise, this would actually be a good thing for Hong Kong.

"We received the intelligence a little too late..."

Wang Dao shook his head.
"If I had known about this beforehand, it might have been able to help this guy."

"I can only wish you good luck now!"

Rescuing the professor in Hong Kong?
Unless Wang Dao has gone mad!
After confirming the matter, Wang Dao quietly waited for Le Huizhen to return home.

Le Huizhen, carrying a late-night snack, said with great interest:

"Honey, you have no idea what I've been through?"

"Inspector Chan led our film crew to the marine police boat to participate in the ambush of that big arms dealer called Professor."

"According to Inspector Chan, they may not be chasing him today. The higher-ups have a complete plan targeting the professor."

"I was a little disappointed at the time."

"Who would have thought that I would be so lucky? Just as I was starting to feel disappointed, Inspector Chen said that things had changed and that they were going to round up the professor!"

"Five naval police boats surrounded the smuggling vessel."

Wang Dao instructed:
"Don't rush forward if there is danger."

Le Huizhen nodded repeatedly:
"I definitely won't take the risk."

"However, strangely enough, the professor surrendered without any resistance whatsoever."

"Guess what we found after we went up there?"

"Beautiful knife!"

"The US dollars are all green, and they're all hundred-dollar bills!"

"It covered the entire room!"

"I heard it's a whopping twenty million!"

Wang Dao was now absolutely certain: the professor had been arrested!

(End of this chapter)