While Joly was leisurely strolling around, Liao Hui, who was at the police station, was not so comfortable. He had been caught last night and had been beaten up countless times. He even knew that it would be difficult for him to walk out of here.
First of all, the Liang family would not let him off. After all, they were a wealthy family. How could they let him off easily after such an embarrassing thing happened? Interestingly, many tabloids turned this into a love story.
As for the two parties involved, they had become a pair of bitter mandarin ducks. Because of the huge difference in their backgrounds, they were separated back then. Not long after, Liang Shuyi married into a family, and Liao Hui went overseas. What happened yesterday was only because the two of them had rekindled their old feelings after they met by chance.
Many people actually believed such a melodramatic story. Coincidentally, a TV series that was currently being broadcasted on TVR was in such a situation. It really fulfilled the saying," Life is like a drama."
The one who was really unlucky was not the two parties involved, but Liang Shuyi's husband. Recently, he had been in a good mood and had been splashed with dirty water. As a public figure, he had to pretend to be magnanimous for his future.
Just thinking about it, how could he be magnanimous? She couldn't say how much she hated him, but she had no choice. This was reality. She could smash tables and chairs behind her back, but in front of others, she had to maintain her composure.
At this time, Liang Shuyi naturally wouldn't come out and show her face. Instead, she hid in a private hospital to recuperate. Just by looking at the torn newspapers on the ground, she knew how she was feeling.
On the day she smeared Jolly, she would never have thought that she would become the main character. During those few days, she would always collect all the newspapers and read them carefully. She would even compare them in private to see which newspaper company smeared Jolly ruthlessly.
He didn't expect that it would be his turn today. He was clearly the victim, but no one sympathized with him. There were some who made sarcastic remarks, and there were some who just watched the show and didn't meddle in other people's business. However, no one spoke up for him.
If Joly was here, he would definitely enlighten her. Unfortunately, Joly couldn't come. At this moment, Joly was lying on his desk reading a script.
On the sofa across from him, Zeng Ziwei was a little nervous, but also a little expectant. It was obvious that he was the one who had brought this script over. This was interesting. Two days ago, Zeng Ziwei had helped a friend to play a cameo role. After that, he had bragged about it a little while drinking.
This was human nature. He didn't expect his friend to want to shoot a movie, but he couldn't get any investors. Zeng Ziwei was also drunk, so he agreed. Now that he had found Joly, he wanted to ask him if he could invest some money.
"Zi Wei Ge, did you write this script yourself?”
"Of course not. It was written by a friend. I was just helping out! How was it? It should be pretty good, right?"
"It's indeed not bad. You showed it to me. I wanted to invest in it, right?”
"Hehe, you can even tell?”
"Alright, we're not outsiders anyway. Your friend is also my friend. Tell me, how much do you need?”
Zeng Ziwei didn't say anything, but gestured with his hands. Obviously, he wasn't sure if he would be chased out by Jolly if he said it. After all, the investment in Hong Kong movies was usually less than a million.
"Two million?"
Two million yuan was indeed a little too much. In this era, the average box office of a movie was only a few million yuan. The highest box office last year was only 7.7 million yuan? Excluding the cinema's share and taxes, he had less than 3 million.
"A little less is fine.”Zeng Ziwei didn't want Joli to pay for everything. They had some money too. If it really didn't work, they would just pack it up a little. Everyone had been through this.
"Forget it, I don't understand your rules. I'll invest this 2 million yuan. I want 30% of the box office earnings.”
It wasn't that Joly didn't know the rules at all. It was just that the hierarchy in this era was very troublesome and wasn't as standardized as in the later era. Joly couldn't be bothered to care so much and just treated it as making friends.
Of course, this was also because Joly had some impression of this movie. It was directed and acted by Hong Jinbao. Joly couldn't remember how much the box office was. It was still the same sentence. Just treat it as making friends. So what if you lose money?
"Hahaha, thank you, President Qiao. I thank you on behalf of my Brother Sanmao.”
"You're welcome. You know that I like comedies. In the future, if you have such a film, feel free to show it to me. As long as the script is not too bad, it's fine if it's expensive. Why didn't Jiahe vote for you?"
"Sigh, Brother San Mao is considered an old man in Jiahe. It's just that they don't want San Mao to be a director. Last year, they didn't make any money filming the Three Virtues Monk, so they won't invest in it this year.”
"Ha, it's a movie. Isn't there a profit and a loss? If every film made money, they wouldn't have had the chance to do it.”
"Yeah, that's why Brother San Mao wants to start his own company recently.”
Joly had known about Hong Jinbao starting his own company in his previous life, but he didn't know about it that year. He didn't expect it to be this year. Since he had made it, of course, he had to participate.
"Oh? Hahaha, it's good to do it yourself, so that you don't have to always look after Jiahe's face when filming. Tell Brother San Mao that if you need a partner, you can look for me. Don't worry, I'll only pay and not manage things.”
Zeng Ziwei naturally agreed and left happily with the check. Jolly, on the other hand, began to think. He really didn't know much about Hong Kong movies. In his previous life, he had watched many Hong Kong movies, but he had only seen them before.
It was impossible for him to write a script. Hong Kong movies were still in the early stages of development. The box office had not even passed the ten million mark. However, it should only be a matter of a few years. By the 1980s, Hong Kong movies would enter the prime time.
In the following ten years, with the economic development of Hong Kong, it skyrocketed and earned the title of Hollywood of the East. As a reborn person, Joly naturally wanted to make a fortune.
However, it was not easy to make a movie well. First of all, there were theaters. Without their own theaters, nothing could be discussed. If the film could not be released, they would just have to wait to lose money.
Currently, there were three major cinemas in Hong Kong: Shao's, Jiahe, and Lisheng. However, Lisheng was the most depressed. They were mainly a group of individual investors. Their location was average, their scale was average, and they were not systematic.
Of course, there were still many private cinemas in Hong Kong. They mainly screened some random films and were responsible for their own profits and losses. These were not what Joly wanted. Even if he gave them to Joly, Joly would not be bothered to take them.
Moreover, Joly felt that it was a little troublesome to have a cinema. It was better to build a movie theater. As long as he chose a good location and opened three to five movie theaters, it would become the largest cinema in Hong Kong in an instant.
The largest cinema chain now only had a dozen cinemas. Since he had already thought of it, Joly immediately called Li Dan over. Li Dan was also a little troubled by Joly's mysterious personality.
"Are you sure you want to buy it? Can't we just rent it?"
"That's so troublesome. If they go back on their word in the middle, they'll have to go to court. It's too troublesome. It's better to buy it directly. Anyway, the house price isn't expensive now. Even if we can't do it in the future, we can still rent it out.”
"Alright, whatever. I can't win against you anyway.”
"Eh? I'm just discussing with you. If you don't agree, I'll rent it.”
"You're just blindly generous. How many years will it take for you to earn back the money you spent on the building? Have you thought about it?"
"I've thought about it. If nothing goes wrong, I can earn it back in three to four years.”
"So fast? Isn't it a movie theater?"
"Yeah, but it's not just the cinema. Think about it, there are so many people here. They have to eat, right? We can open a small shopping mall downstairs and sell those snacks and water. There are also some posters and toys related to movies. It will definitely make a lot of money.”
"You can earn money?"
"That's for sure. Think about it. Don't you want to bring some food when you go to the movies? Don't you want to drink water after eating? And those movie fans, those posters, toys, and so on were prepared for them, and the cost wasn't much.”
"You're right. Then why don't we open one first? If it works, open a few more?"
"You don't understand. If we really make money, do you think others will wait for us to open it? "The seats have already been snatched by others. We can occupy the seats first and open one first to see the effect. If it doesn't work, we can build hotels or shopping malls elsewhere. If it's feasible, we can build a movie theater.”
"Alright, I'll do it now. It just so happens that many buildings have been completed recently.”
"There's no rush. I just wanted to tell you first. There are still so many things waiting for you to handle at the station.”
"You still have the nerve to say that? I'm so busy, but you're running around.”
"There's no one here! You should also look around more often. If there's a suitable candidate, promote him. First, settle the candidate for the marketing director. Then, you can hire a secretary yourself.”
"Speaking of the marketing director, I think there's one person who's good enough. It's Kou Qing from the investment department. She's temporarily acting as the manager of the investment department.”
"Just do as you see fit. Also, what do you think of our managers? If it didn't work, he would just change it. It just so happened that he didn't have much to do recently.”
"What about the production department? Now, there were only a few kittens left. It was not enough to promote them.”
"Ugh! I won't arrange for the production department for now. I'll pull a team over in a few days and we'll see when the time comes. I originally wanted Zeng Ziwei to be in charge, but he's still an actor, director, and host. Moreover, he has things to do and doesn't have time to manage them.”
"Then let Mi Rong do it. She has nothing to do recently. Besides, you did that to her. You have to compensate her, right?”
"Eh? Are you sure she can do it?"
"Let her do it first. Also, don't go find someone yourself. Let her do it. This can also be considered as training her. If she can really pull some people over, it can be considered as establishing her prestige and it will be easier to manage in the future.”
"Alright, then go talk to her and see what she wants.”
"Tsk! It's more appropriate for you to talk to her about this. What's the point of me talking to her?”
"Sigh! Alright then."
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