On March 25th, 1977, the Central District of Hong Kong was crowded with people. People were busy with their own lives. Long Zaitian and the other two came to the store early in the morning. The store had been decorated yesterday, and all kinds of equipment had been installed and debugged. Long Zaitian had also bought the tape from Jiahe, Shao's, and other film production and distribution companies. Now it was completely open for business. However, he planned to send out flyers around today and put up some small advertisements to promote the video store. Tomorrow, March 26th, it would officially open for business.
"Sir, do you want to see the video? Dragon Movie will open tomorrow. You can watch videos in the store or rent videos to take home and enjoy them slowly. Dragon Movie welcomes you!”Long Zai Tian smiled and said to a middle-aged man who seemed to be a white-collar worker.
"Boss, Dragon Video will be opening tomorrow. You are welcome to open videos and rent videotapes. Boss is so beautiful. Renting a videotape to go home and study human physiological activities with your girlfriend is a good choice!”Seventh Uncle said to a perverted man with an expression that all men understood.
"Handsome boy, tomorrow is the opening day of Longteng Movie and Television. You can rent a video to take home and watch with your girlfriend. It's much cheaper than watching movies.”
Long Zaitian and the others mainly distributed the flyers to young and middle-aged men, who were the potential customers of their business. The three of them were busy for half a day before they finished printing the flyers and distributed them. They returned to the shop and tidied up the shop until it was dark before going home to rest.
The next day, Long Zaitian and the other two got up early. The three of them had breakfast outside and rushed to the shop. They didn't know if it was because of their mood, but Long Zaitian felt that the sky in Hong Kong seemed to be brighter than usual. The signs and advertisements on the streets didn't look messy anymore. Instead, they could show the prosperity of Hong Kong.
Long Zaitian and the other two came to the shop with a happy mood. They opened the door and tidied up the items. Long Zaitian took a small blackboard and wrote the title of the video that was going to be shown today and the approximate time of the show. He placed it at the entrance of the shop and it was considered open. He only opened a small shop and did not need to make it too complicated.
He planned to show about seven movies a day. It was not that Long Zai Tian did not want to show more movies, but the machine also needed to rest. During the day, it would be shown from noon to around four in the afternoon. Then, it would rest for an hour or two before it was shown again in the afternoon. Every night, Jiang Ran would show one or two erotic films.
After everything was done, the three of them sat on the sofa in the reception area and waited for the first customer with anticipation. In the end, they waited for nearly an hour before they finally received a customer.
Seeing that a guest had finally arrived, Long Zai Tian hurriedly stood up and greeted,""Sir, do you want to rent or buy? We have good old movies that have been shot in the past ten years, as well as new movies that have been released.”
Seventh Uncle and Cousin were also at the side, learning how to greet the guests.
"Is there a Bruce Lee movie? How do I rent the land?" The man looked around and asked.
"Yes! Of course! Bruce Lee is the pride of our Chinese people. The movies he made are all classics. I have all of his movies here. If you want to rent them, you need to pay a deposit according to the price of the videotape. Of course, this money is mainly to prevent the videotape from being damaged. I will refund the deposit to you when you return the videotape. As for the rent of the videotape, it is four yuan per box per day.”
"Four Yuan! The deposit is so much. It's just a look and it won't damage the strap. Can it be cheaper?”The man wanted to ask for a price.
"Sir, this is already very cheap. How much do you think it costs to watch a movie in the cinema?”Long Zai Tian explained with a smile.
Seeing that she couldn't bargain, the man said directly,"Forget it, I can't be bothered to argue with you. I want to rent Bruce Lee's three movies, Jingwu Gate, Fierce Dragon Crossing the River, and Enter the Dragon. How much do you want to bet?”
"Sir, you need to deposit 80 yuan for these three movies. Do you want to rent other movies? I'll register them for you.”Long Zaitian quickly suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a faint smile on his face...
The man took out the money and said affirmatively,"When will the rent be paid?"
"I'll pay you when you pay the rent."”
After registering, he handed the three discs to the man and reminded him,""Sir, your disc. Sir, since you like Bruce Lee so much, do you need to buy a few boxes of his hardcover movies? These videotapes include Bruce Lee's signed posters and behind-the-scenes footage of each movie. I specially ordered them from Jiahe.”
The man looked at Long Zai Tian in surprise and suddenly scolded angrily,""You loser, why didn't you give it to me just now?”
Long Zaitian still smiled and explained," Sir, you misunderstood. The hardcover album is specially ordered, and it contains signed posters, so it's not for rent. You can only buy it. Moreover, each box costs 100 yuan, which is more expensive than ordinary discs."”
The man was stunned for a moment and said,"Forget it, it's too expensive."
"Alright, thank you for patronizing our store, sir. Please return the rental immediately after watching the last disc so as not to waste your rent.”
After the man left, the business in the store suddenly improved. By noon, nearly 100 discs had been rented and sold. The first movie to be released today was the movie by Chan Chan," The Junior Brother," which was very popular in Hong Kong. It was the first movie in Hong Kong to earn eight million yuan at the box office.
Long Zai Tian and the others had a separate video screening room on the second and third floors. Due to the soundproofing, the sound outside could hardly be transmitted into the recording hall once the door was closed. There were about 150 seats in the recording hall. He needed five yuan for a video. Now that the video had started to be played, only a few people were watching it, but he was not worried. The video was mainly watched at night.
However, Long Zaitian was obviously wrong. The number of people who came to start the recording at 2 o'clock had obviously increased. Since the screening had already started inside, many people were waiting outside for the second scene, making the small shop very crowded.
Fortunately, they were prepared. He stood up and clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention."Dear friends who have come to watch the recording, first of all, I would like to thank you for coming to our store. Each recording costs five yuan. You need to buy a ticket for this recording within an hour before the start of each recording. After an hour, you can enter the venue to watch the recording as long as you buy a ticket for the next recording. There is no need to buy a ticket for the first recording.”
As soon as Long Zai Tian finished speaking, more than 30 people surrounded him. He quickly took the video ticket with the name of the store, the company logo, and the ticket price. He used two seals to stamp the date and the number of screenings on the ticket and said to the ticket seller,"Don't lose your tickets. You need to check your tickets at the start of the next match.”
After Long Zai Tian's seventh uncle and cousin saw Long Zai Tian do it once, they also learned to help. Due to the help of the two, Long Zai Tian slowly became idle. When he saw Ah Qing bringing more than a dozen underlings to maintain order, he asked for four underlings from Ah Qing. Then, he gave the printed price list of various snacks to the four of them and asked them to bring some snacks to the theater to sell.
After working for about two hours, the three chefs who had escaped from the port yesterday made some food and rested for more than an hour. Business was really good in the afternoon and evening, especially at night when almost every video was full. When Long Zaitian closed at around 24:00 and sorted out today's revenue of 25,000 yuan, he couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect to open a small video hall in this era to make so much money. He took a deep breath to calm himself down and told the people present the news. He promised to give a bonus at the end of the month if they did a good job. Everyone was stunned at first, then cheered. Seventh Uncle and Cousin were finally relieved. They knew that Little Tian's first step in business had been successful!
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