Hong Kong Film Intelligence King

Chapter 362 A Big Deal Is Coming

"Welcome back, Commissioner Smith."

Wang Dao met with Smith in his office, not because he didn't want to arrange it elsewhere, but because it was Smith's request.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Wang. You're a super celebrity in a certain circle in Washington, D.C."

Smith's enthusiasm was palpable.

"Everyone is saying that you will be a legend."

"Thanks to you, someone in the investment circle has made a lot of money."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Perhaps I should ask them for consultation fees."

Smith laughed heartily:
"Don't worry, as long as you dare to ask, they will definitely give you more than you can imagine."

Wang Dao waved his hand:
"Forget it, I'd rather just stick to developing my real business."

Smith asked:

"Wang Sheng, you clearly have exceptional talent in the financial industry, why don't you continue?"

"There's no faster way to make money than by developing real industries!"

Wang Dao glanced at him:
"Is this an inquiry from Washington?"

Smith shook his head:

"No, this is just my personal curiosity."

Wang Dao smiled:
"The West and the East are still different."

"In the West, money can buy almost everything."

Smith nodded slightly:
"That's right!"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"However, it was completely different in the East. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, more than two thousand years ago, we already felt the damage that commerce caused to the country."

"Although merchants have a certain status, they have always been restricted."

Smith was taken aback:
"More than two thousand years ago, wasn't that a time before Christ was even born?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Yes, that was the time."

Smith became increasingly interested:
What is this story?

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"The Tian family has replaced the Qi dynasty!"

So he recounted how the Tian family won people's hearts.

"In the end, the emperor recognized the legitimacy of the Tian family and made them openly feudal lords."

"In addition, there are stories of rare commodities being hoarded, which have lasted for two thousand years. Merchants can use them, so we must be even more wary."

"Merchants may live a life of luxury, but any county magistrate can ruin their families, and any prefect can exterminate their entire clan."

"Businessmen who want to seize political power are dreaming."

Smith remained silent for a long time, then suddenly said:
"Fortunately, the West is not like that."

"Big capitalists have a very high status."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Well, that's the difference between us."

"When we do business, we are actually focusing on the four basic necessities of life: clothing, food, housing, and transportation."

"The starting point is people's fundamental needs."

"And finance is a service derivative."

"Of course, you can make money faster in finance, but let me ask you this: if they are both big capitalists, who has a higher status, the industrial capitalist or the financial capitalist?"

Smith frowned and said:

"They're all about the same, aren't they?"

Wang Dao looked at him with a half-smile:
"You really think so?"

Smith raised his hands and said:

"All right!"

"Industrial capitalists have a high status."

The social resources controlled by industrial capitalists are far greater than those controlled by financial capitalists.

Money is a good thing.

The tangible and intangible benefits, such as employment opportunities, combined far exceed those of financial capitalists.

Industrial capitalists of the same net worth live much more comfortably than financial capitalists.

Wang Dao bluntly stated:
"Actually, when I chose to go into manufacturing, I was wary of Chongqing."

Smith remained silent for a long time:

"You're quite frank."

Wang Dao chuckled and said:

"From top to bottom, the foggy city wants to swallow up the Chinese businessmen."

"After all, Hutchison Whampoa's financial strength has surpassed that of Jardine Matheson. If they swallow us up, they will become much stronger out of thin air."

"They haven't swallowed us up yet, they just haven't found the opportunity."

Smith sighed:
"Wang Sheng, you're really quite clear-headed."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"My business has reached this scale; if I don't stay clear-headed, I'll be swallowed up."

"I don't want my hard-earned career to be swallowed up by others, so..."

"You must stay clear-headed."

Smith nodded slowly:
"Been taught a lesson."

The Way of the King:

"Smith, you've come here on orders, haven't you?"

Smith quickly shook his head:
"not at all."

He told the truth.
"Actually, once the US dollars arrive, we don't need to monitor them."

"There are two reasons. First, the three billion US dollars was originally an investment in Wang Sheng."

"Secondly, Washington can monitor the flow of all US dollars in the United States."

Of course, this flow is a large amount of US dollars.

The global trading center for US dollars is in Washington, D.C. No matter which country you are from, if you want to use US dollars, you have to go to Washington, D.C.

The U.S. doesn't need to move around to know the flow of US dollars globally.

"As long as you don't throw your dollars at the red bear in the north, we won't interfere."

Smith shrugged and made the following judgment.

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

"Commissioner, don't be so modest. If your Ugly country really wanted to sever a certain arm, it wouldn't need to make any extra arrangements. Long-arm jurisdiction would make all companies unable to act."

"Unless that company can avoid having any direct or indirect connection with you."

"The Russian bear in the north still lacks economic strength, otherwise, why would it need to play with weapons like this!"

Smith chuckled.

"Wang Sheng sees things more clearly."

Wang Dao, with a cigar in his mouth, said:

"Capital knows no borders, and the capital of the United States has always wanted to open up the market of the Russian bear in the north."

"And as far as I know, many companies have set up factories in the northern part of the country."

"The economic structure of the Northern Bear is problematic, and the supply of light industry products is always insufficient."

"As long as we don't transport sensitive goods under the jurisdiction of Batumi, business will continue as usual."

Smith shrugged:

"After all, diodes can't start a hot war."

Wang Dao laughed heartily.

Diodes achieve a strange balance by mutually ensuring their destruction.

Under such circumstances, even if a hot war breaks out, there will always be a bottom line.

If we really wanted to fight, we should have started it decades ago when the president with his wild imagination was in power!

The Way of the King:

"So, Commissioner, what brings you here today?"

Commissioner Smith rubbed his hands together and chuckled:
"Wang Sheng, I want to ride your speedboat and make a small fortune."

Wang Dao stared at Smith in astonishment; that was certainly direct enough.

Smith bluntly stated:

“Wang Sheng, the West is not as reserved as the East. We all know that if you see a truly valuable target, you must be bold when necessary, otherwise, this thing may not belong to you.”

Wang Dao nodded slowly.

"Makes sense!"

Smith chuckled:
"I wonder if Mr. Wang could help me make a little money?"

Wang Dao waved his hand gently, and Smith was very disappointed.

"I never do business with the aim of making a small fortune."

"If you're going to do business, do it big."

Smith grinned broadly:
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, I won't hold you back."

Wang Dao seemed to be deep in thought:
"You came here today because of the blue pill, right?"

Smith was even happier:
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from Wang Sheng."

Wang Dao suddenly asked:

"Specialist, do you know which business is the most profitable?"

Smith thought for a moment and said:
"arms?"

The king's way was silent:
"I know that arms dealing is profitable, but honestly, how many countries in the world can truly master the arms trade?"

Smith paused, thought about it carefully, and then said uncertainly:

"monopoly?"

Snapped.

Wang Dao snapped his fingers:
"To be precise, it is a legal monopoly."

"As long as it is monopolized with the permission of the government, one can easily become the richest man by selling water."

"And this is our opportunity."

Smith urged:

"Mr. Wang, please explain in more detail."

Wang Dao casually pulled out a strip of small blue pills and tossed it onto the table:

"Specialist, you've already tried this product, haven't you?"

Smith nodded fiercely:
"No doubt about it, this thing is so useful."

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"For a normal person, there is no need to use this."

"Only the elderly or those with functional impairments need to use this."

"Of course, normal people can use it too."

Smith quickly said:

“Wang Sheng, as long as you can transport it to the Western world, I just guarantee that this little thing will bring us hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth.”

Wang Dao asked curiously:
"Commissioner, do you have such great influence in the Western world that you can guarantee our pharmaceutical company won't be injected with capital?"

Smith was stunned for a moment, and said awkwardly:
"Well... well... that's not possible."

The same issue remains: when you reach a certain level of wealth, you simply cannot refuse other people's investments.

Unless you want to confront one or more countries.

The blue pills are definitely high-profit products, and Wangdao never intended to own them all by himself.

In the end, it will inevitably accept investment from others.

This is also the ticket to open up other markets.

Paying protection money isn't something only gangs do.

Wang Dao was not disappointed by Smith's answer. If Smith had answered yes, then Wang Dao would have had to consider cooperating with him.

"It's normal that you don't have it. If you said you did, I wouldn't dare to cooperate with you."

Smith said awkwardly:

"Wang Sheng is joking."

Wang Dao explained earnestly:
"I'm not kidding."

"Right now, I'm barely considered someone of importance in Hong Kong, but on a global scale, I'm practically nothing more than a shrimp." "If someone like me were to venture into the ocean, I might just get swallowed up by some great white shark."

"It would be better to establish a solid foundation in Hong Kong."

Smith sighed:
"Wang Sheng, you're really clear-headed."

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"It's good to be clear-headed."

Smith sighed.
"Looks like I've come all this way for nothing."

Wang Dao was taken aback and said:
"Why did we come all this way for nothing?"

Smith bluntly stated:

“Wang Sheng, your company is not as large as those established companies now. When they ask you for a deal, you can’t refuse them.”

"We must develop steadily."

"I won't disturb your work."

Wang Dao laughed:

"The rich have their own ways of having fun, and the poor have theirs."

"This world isn't just a place where big shots have the final say."

"Western bigwigs naturally want to possess all the resources; this is an essential greed of a qualified capitalist."

"Greed has always been the driving force behind the progress of capital."

"However, this is ultimately just an ideal."

"We people naturally have our advantages, which is why we can survive in this world."

"People must understand their own position and advantages."

Smith thought about it carefully and immediately realized that it made sense.

Wang Dao also said:

"To survive in this world, you must understand one thing: you have to learn to compare yourself with everyone else."

"If you are weak in one area, you must be strong in another."

"If you have no redeeming qualities whatsoever, then you don't exist."

"In my opinion, Commissioner Smith has one great advantage."

Smith said with great joy:

"What advantages?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

“You have considerable influence in some countries in Asia.”

Smith was taken aback:
"so?"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"What I value most about you is your position."

"The supervisor of Asia."

"Can manage Okamoto and South Korean teams."

Smith smiled wryly:

"No, no, no, I can have a say there, but to say I manage them is a bit of a stretch."

"The military will not give up that huge profit."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"We don't want actual control over these two countries."

"I just wanted to do some business in that place."

Smith had a sudden inspiration and exclaimed with delight:
"You mean, they're selling blue pills in South Korea and Okamoto?!"

Wang Dao clapped his hands and said:
"Yes."

What kind of business is the easiest to do?

“A legal monopoly.”

"The business of the little blue pill is bound to be a monopoly. If it's endorsed by Commissioner Smith, then it's legal and compliant."

"Most importantly, Okamoto's men aren't very good at it, that's a consensus among everyone."

"Their country also has certain traditions."

“Since the Taisho era, women in Okamoto have had a tradition of selling themselves to support their families.”

"The little blue pills were practically made for them."

"As for South Korea..."

Wang Dao shrugged.

“When wealthy people from South Korea travel, the first place they look for is always the red-light district.”

"This shows their hunger and thirst."

Smith's eyes lit up, and he shouted:
"Mr. Wang, please leave this business to me."

"I will definitely work hard to develop this market."

Wang Dao frankly told Smith:
"The little blue pill has been developed a long time ago, but it is currently undergoing double-blind trials in my hometown."

"The pharmaceutical regulations in my hometown are quite strict, so it will take time before we can start operating there."

Smith chuckled:
"Is it illegal to sell the little blue pills in my hometown at this time?"

Wang Dao nodded slightly.

"Correct!"

Smith rubbed his hands together and said:

“I heard from James that this thing is very safe, and even Mr. Li has used it.”

Wang Dao smiled and nodded:

"Yes, my brother Kun has used it."

"It's not just him; nowadays, almost all the big shots in Hong Kong, including the Governor, have used it."

Smith raised an eyebrow:
"So it's absolutely safe?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"of course."

Smith clapped his hands and said:

"Isn't that okay?"

"Selling in my hometown is illegal, but can't I just not sell in my hometown?"

The Way of Kings is straightforward:
"It's not that selling in our hometown is illegal, but we can't sell in our hometown until the production license is approved."

Smith understood immediately:
"Then why not just sell in our hometown? I think Okamoto and South Korea would be fine."

After thinking for a moment, he added,
"Luzon is also good."

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

"You're absolutely right!"

"But you have to eat one bite at a time."

"Let's start with Okamoto."

Smith cheered:
"give it to me!"

Wang Dao held Smith down as he tried to get up.

"I'm a businessman, and we should stick to business."

"Commissioner Smith, if we want a long-term partnership, we need to get the unpleasant things out of the way upfront."

Smith looked at Wang Dao excitedly:

"Wang Sheng, are you trying to make me rich?"

Wang Dao shrugged:

"Commissioner, I've always believed that the more effort you put in, the more you earn."

"As long as you can open up the Okamoto and South Korean markets."

"I'll give you one percent of the annual net profit."

Smith frowned slightly:
"One percent? Isn't that a bit low?"

Wang Dao laughed and said:

"Little?"

"Two days ago, Brother Kun sold 10,000 blue pills."

Do you know how much money he acquired?

Smith shook his head.

Wang Dao said calmly:
"Ten million Hong Kong dollars!"

Smith's pupils contracted:
"One percent, that's 100,000 Hong Kong dollars!"

"That's over ten thousand dollars!"

Wang Dao smiled and said:
"That's right!"

"That's exactly what you're thinking."

"How many people can 10,000 pills last for a year?"

"No more than four hundred people."

"In Okamoto and South Korea, how many men actually want to demonstrate their masculinity?"

"There are easily over a thousand people."

Smith shouted:

"At least 100,000 people!"

Kingly Way Claps:
"Okay, let's make it 100,000 people. How much do you think that will cost?"

Smith's eyes were sparkling.

He was completely absorbed in the fantasy of those gleaming green US dollars.

Wang Dao also said:

"Whether it's Okamoto or South Korea, the ones in charge are all conglomerates."

"And the owners of chaebols are all elderly people."

"The elderly are using this as their main force again."

"This is a naturally huge market."

"They're just waiting for us to get in."

Smith chuckled:
"Those two markets are completely undefended."

"Perhaps I should go and talk to the soldiers of the Ugly Kingdom."

Wang Dao shrugged:

"It's up to you, but the share I'm giving you is fixed. If you want to win over others, you'll have to use it from your share."

Smith gritted his teeth and said:

"Wang Sheng, you really are a qualified capitalist."

Wang Dao laughed heartily:

"Thanks for the compliment!"

Smith couldn't wait:

"Wang Sheng, is there anything else you need?"

Wang Dao saw through Smith's thoughts.

“Mr. Smith, I know you want to get to Okamoto as soon as possible, but I advise you not to rush.”

Smith smiled wryly:

"Time is money."

Wang Dao shook his head:
"I suggest you meet with my brother Kun and talk about the effects of the little blue pill."

"This stuff is a miracle drug, no doubt, but it won't work on men who are as virtuous as Liu Xiahui."

"First, there must be desire before the medicine can take effect."

Smith chuckled:
"Don't worry, anyone who can afford the little blue pill is an LSP."

Kingly Way Claps:
"Okay, here's Kun's contact information. You can talk to him yourself."

Smith carefully put the note into his pocket before getting up to take his leave.

"Wang Sheng, I'll be going now."

Wang Dao watched Smith leave, then turned and instructed Xu Zhengyang:

"Zhengyang, tell Brother Kun about this."

(End of this chapter)