Tao Yushu's eyes lit up when he heard about his candidates, "These two are pretty good candidates. They are somewhat famous and not expensive. They are naturally on our side." "But... even if the movie they acted in is not successful,

Our Lin's signboard, which is the brand of the leather bag company, still cannot be sold in the Wandao movie theater to make money."

Lin Chaoyang hesitated for a moment, "You can cast Yuan Biao in the film sold to Wandao, but now Golden Harvest won't let him star in Cheng Long's film. "Oriental Condor" failed miserably at the box office, and he was greatly affected."

Yuen Biao is one of the Seven Little Blessings. He followed his senior brothers Sammo Hung and Cheng Long in the limelight for several years in the early years.

After "Plan A", Jiahe was afraid that he would take away Cheng Long's superstar glory and would not let him participate in Cheng Long's movies again. Yuen Biao followed Sammo Hung to make movies. Before 1985, Sammo Hung and Cheng Long could be said to be equally matched in the Hong Kong film industry.

The Kung Fu Superstar.

Especially since Sammo Hung is his own boss, his status is even better than that of Cheng Long.

But starting in 1986, Sammo Hung gambled heavily on action blockbusters and successively filmed "Wealth Train" with an investment of 30 million Hong Kong dollars and "Oriental Condor" with an investment of 35 million Hong Kong dollars. In the current Hong Kong film market, the boss can invest more than 3,000 in a single film.

Among Wan's movies, there are and only Cheng Long's action movies.

Sammo Hung did this because he had the mentality of competing with his younger brother. Unfortunately, his big gamble did not succeed.

After the release of these two films, the local box office performance was pretty good, exceeding HK$20 million, but it was nothing compared to the huge production costs.

According to media reports, "Wealth Train" ended up losing 10 million Hong Kong dollars, while "Oriental Condor"'s loss was even more exaggerated, exceeding 15 million Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to losing a big-cast movie in the same period.

A few days ago, "Eastern Condor" was released, and Jiahe even held a special review meeting for it.

It was said to be a review, but in fact it was a criticism meeting against Sammo Hung. Zou Wenhuai compared the failure of "Oriental Condor" to the failure of "Cleopatra" in Hollywood to leave its name in history.

As a result, Sammo Hung and Zou Wenhuai almost punched each other on the spot, and the conflict between the two parties completely intensified. This period has been one of the hot news chased by the media in Hong Kong. "Hey, do you think we should take the opportunity to win over Sammo Hung?" Tao Yushu asked.

Lin Chaoyang pondered for a while and said: "It's not necessary. Although Sammo Hung has fallen out with Jiahe now, the two parties are too involved, so there is no need to anger Zou and He. Moreover, we are now being watched by the Wandao authorities, and he is gone.

Must be willing to cooperate.

Besides, his glory days seem to have passed, otherwise Boss Zou wouldn't be so disrespectful to him." Tao Yushu had always trusted Lin Chaoyang's judgment and when he heard what he said, he didn't worry about it anymore.

"Yuan Biao has a good image and acting skills. He is well-known in Japan and South Korea. Now he is not favored by Jiahe. It is also a good choice to use him to enter the Bay Island and overseas markets. Liang Xiaolong has an average image and starred in "The King of Power"

》 series would be great, but a movie of this scale cannot be released on Bay Island anyway.”

For two months, Tao Yushu wanted to make some low-budget action movies, so he poached Jiahe and recruited Lan Naicai. This guy has a very strong taste and is nicknamed "Mouse". He has made many action movies with heavy tastes before.

.

After coming to Lin's Pictures, he contributed a series of ideas, each one more bloody and violent than the last. Tao Yushu felt physically uncomfortable listening to them.

However, talents are rare, so Tao Yushu asked him to sort out all his ideas. In the end, he found that almost all of his ideas came from Japanese comics. After seeing each other, Tao Yushu decided to try out "The King of Power" first. If it works

If it’s good, I’ll take another photo.

"The King of Power" is a Category III film in Hong Kong. The current censorship system in Wan Dao is much stricter than that in Hong Kong. Films like this cannot be screened there. Moreover, films of this type are all cult films, and their box office performance is second to none.

, videotape revenue is the highest.

"As for Jet Li, he has a decent image. Let's wait until the company's few scripts are written." Seeing that Lin Chaoyang had considered it so carefully, Tao Yushu was completely relieved, "I will do as you say." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

: "Okay, the problems have been solved, is it time to get off work?"

He stretched out his hand towards Tao Yushu, who stood up with a pink smile and put her hand in his. The couple left the Prince's Building together. When the couple returned home, they saw Maggie Cheung holding Yan Yan in her arms, with a look of doting on her face.

"If you like children so much, why not get married and have one." Tao Yushu teased her.

Maggie Cheung threw Yan Yan to Tao Yumo, "Forget it, kid, just like it."

"Auntie, give me a hug!"

Yan Yan wanted to crawl on top of her, so Maggie Cheung had no choice but to pick her up again.

"Brother-in-law, I heard that you bought shares of Cathay City?" Maggie Cheung asked.

Lin Chaoyang glanced at his sister-in-law, and Tao Yumo's eyes were raised to the sky, almost whistling.

"yes."

“I see that Cathay City’s stock has fallen a bit in the past two days.

"It has been rising for several months, and it is normal for the stock price to fall back."

Maggie Cheung glanced at him unexpectedly, "You have to lose money when the stock price falls, so you're not worried at all?" "What does losing money have to do with me? I liquidated my position last week!" Lin Chaoyang said calmly. "You liquidated your position?"

Maggie Cheung's face was full of surprise.

She looked at Lin Chaoyang and then at Tao Yumo. Tao Yumo glanced at Lin Chaoyang with the same surprise. Sensing her best friend's gaze, she turned her head away guiltily. Maggie Cheung had no time to settle the score with her and asked Lin Chaoyang: "That's

Cathay Pacific City has grown sixfold in three months, and you’re just going to sell it?”

"You said it has increased sixfold in three months, and you have made enough. Why don't you run?"

Maggie Cheung opened her mouth and finally said: "You are so lucky!"

Luck? You call this luck?

Lin Chaoyang really wanted to break Maggie Cheung's vase head and see what kind of mess was inside.

"Brother-in-law, what do you think about me buying Cathay City now?" Maggie Cheung asked tentatively.

"Not great. The stock price has increased several times. What are you doing now? Are you ready to take over?"

"I think Cathay City still has potential. I heard that they will acquire a real estate company this year, and the stock price will definitely rise by then."

Maggie Cheung spoke with such certainty that Lin Chaoyang almost thought she had some inside information.

"Where did you hear that?"

"Everyone says so!

Lin Chaoyang was speechless for a moment.

Just like you, if you don’t lose money, who does?

"Do you want to consider changing your investment direction?"

"Change direction? Change to what?"

Lin Chaoyang stared at Maggie Cheung's innocent and ignorant face, "Go to the bank to make a deposit?"

Maggie Cheung felt that she had been insulted, and glared at Lin Chaoyang with an angry look. She wanted to ignore him, but when she thought that the stocks Lin Chaoyang bought had increased several times and he ran away in time, she couldn't help but feel "shameless".

After being pestered by her for a while, Lin Chaoyang said: "If it doesn't work out, you can speculate in real estate. The real estate market is on the rise now, so you can make a profit without losing money."

“How can you make money faster by speculating in real estate than by speculating in stocks?

Lin Chaoyang fell silent after hearing this, and finally gave some advice, "Save part of the money you earn in the future in the bank."

"Brother-in-law, I told you that I don't have a fixed term.

"Deposit is also fine."

Zhang Manyu tasted it for a long time before she heard the unfinished meaning in Lin Chaoyang's words, and felt very unhappy.

He muttered: "What's so great! I just know how to trade stocks. When I learn how to do it, I won't be any worse than you!"

Tao Yushu advised: "The stock market is a high-risk investment activity. Your brother-in-law is right. If you make money, buying a property is better than stock trading." The same words will have different effects when spoken by different people.

After Tao Yushu finished speaking, Maggie Cheung sighed with a sweet look on her face, "Oh! I don't have any money." "No money?" Tao Yushu was puzzled, "You make a lot of money a year, right?"

Maggie Cheung looked embarrassed, "The more you earn, the more you spend! Buy a house, a car, clothes and bags for your parents..." At this time, Tao Yumo interjected: "Stock trading, and stock trading, the biggest losses are in stock trading! "

Maggie Cheung glared at her fiercely.

"Stock trading... I lost a little bit, but in investing, there are losses and gains." Maggie Cheung said with interest. "Then which stock made a profit?" Lin Chaoyang asked, watching the excitement and not taking it too seriously.

Maggie Cheung immediately blushed, the veins on her forehead popped out, and she argued:

"How can we say whether investment... makes a profit or loses money? Stocks are securities investments. The bigger the investment, the greater the risk... Isn't the risk high? Isn't it normal to lose a little?" A series of words that are difficult to understand. , words such as "insisting on value investing" and "covering positions at low prices".

"Okay, okay, stop talking so much nonsense!" Tao Yushu interrupted her rambling and asked: "How much money do you have now?" Maggie Cheung hesitated for a long time, "500,000."

"All of it?"

"Do you want to count the money in the bank account?" "Nonsense."

"500,000."

Tao Yushu's face was full of questions, what does it mean?

Maggie Cheung explained embarrassingly: "It used to be 550,000. I bought 500,000 shares of Cathay City a few days ago, and then their stock price fell." People will laugh unconsciously when they are speechless, and Tao Yushu is like this now.

, "If you co-write, you will leave 50,000 yuan for yourself to live on?"

Maggie Cheung looked like a primary school student who had been caught by her teacher for doing something wrong. She twirled her clothes with her fingers, "Originally, it was 2.5 million." Tao Yushu looked at her in surprise, "So you lost almost 2 million in the stock market?"

Maggie Cheung nodded timidly.

"Oh my God!" Tao Yushu couldn't help but hold his forehead.

Maggie Cheung is quite famous now, so it is no problem to earn three to four million Hong Kong dollars a year, but female stars also have a lot of expenses. It is already very good to be able to save 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars a year. Losing 2 million in stock trading is equivalent to

She was in vain for two years.

"No, after all the losses are like this, haven't you ever reflected on whether you have investment talent?" Tao Yushu couldn't help but ask her. Maggie Cheung replied seriously: "I'm just unlucky to catch up with the market correction.

, there is no precise escape from the top."

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but laugh out loud. What do you call "escape from the top without precision"? Are you a taker? If he remembers correctly, the Hang Seng Index has been soaring for a year.
To be continued...