The black Mercedes-Benz drove out of the gate of Clear Water Bay Golf Course. Outside the car window was Tseung Kwan O, which was undergoing extensive construction work. There were many buildings and cranes everywhere. Lin Chaoyang sat in the back seat with a calm expression. Although his eyes were looking out the window, there was something in his mind.
Thinking back to the conditions reached with Luo Bin.
The films of Lam Pictures are still unable to be screened in Bay Island, but the Liberty Federation will no longer interfere with the normal operations of Lam Pictures. Externally, in order to ease the wave of public opinion, the Liberty Federation shook hands with Xu Guanwen and made peace with the public.
An explanation.
However, the fact that actors who collaborate with Lin are banned will not change, but it is not indefinite. The ban will be automatically lifted in two years. This can be regarded as maintaining the face of the Liberty Federation in the film industry, and it also provides an explanation to the above.
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It seems that Lin's negotiation this time will not be beneficial.
But in fact, solving the interference of the Liberty Association is already a very important achievement.
The most important thing is that Lin Chaoyang and Luo Bin have reached a tacit understanding that Liberty will turn a blind eye to Lin's future delivery of his own films to the WD market through gloves.
This matter should be said to be the biggest benefit of Lin Chaoyang's negotiation.
Lin Chaoyang sighed helplessly in his heart. If he hadn't found a few "good big brothers" this time, and if Liberty General made a mistake, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. After this incident, Lin finally
Temporarily freed from the constraints of the Liberty Association, we can go into battle lightly.
It’s not easy to work outside without the support of parents! Sooner or later, he will have to settle the debt with the Liberty Association.
The day after Lin Chaoyang and Luo Bin met, Xu Guanwen was interviewed by reporters and said that he had met with relevant personnel of the Liberty Federation and reached an understanding. Two days ago, reporters photographed him entering and exiting ZX Luo Bin of the Liberty Federation.
Luxury houses and the media have long expected this situation.
Since there is private communication, there will definitely be reconciliation.
After all, Xu Guanwen was just an actor, and it was impossible for him to fight a behemoth like the Liberty Association to the end. As soon as the news came out, the people who were originally filled with indignation felt sorry for him.
Is this all?
They originally regarded Xu Guanwen as a hero who was not afraid of power, but only two days later they reconciled with the Liberty Federation?
Some angry people were immediately ready to vent their anger on Xu Guanwen, scolding him as a villain who was trying to gain fame and reputation. At this time, several media outlets such as Ta Kung Pao and Ming Pao came forward to speak out.
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It is commendable that Xu Guanwen speaks on behalf of Hong Kong Film, but his personal power is limited after all.
The root cause of this incident lies in the fact that the Hong Kong film industry is fragmented and fragmented, without any sense of the overall situation, and is left to anyone's discretion.
One newspaper said it was nothing, and several newspapers said the same thing. Soon the public's focus was diverted from Xu Guanwen to Golden Harvest, New Art City and other leading Hong Kong film companies that had close ties with WD.
Faced with the rapid turn of public opinion and the fact that Jiahe was shot, Xinyi City felt that he had been wronged.
But the people don't care about this. They just need an outlet to vent. Now that they have an outlet, venting is over.
A public opinion storm caused by the blockade lasted for nearly half a month, which is extremely rare in a fast-paced city like Xiangjiang.
However, no matter how popular the news is, it will always be outdated, not because it itself is outdated, but because there is more popular news in the media. On October 16, the US Dow Jones Index fell sharply by 108 points.
On Monday, the 19th, the Hong Kong stock market opened. Affected by the rapid decline of the Dow Jones Index, the Hang Seng Index plummeted 402.81 points, from the closing price of 3783.20 points last weekend to 3362.39 points.
The decline is so severe that it is very rare.
At first, not many people cared about this situation. The current world situation is stable, there are no major economic disasters in various countries, and Hong Kong's economy is also thriving.
Xiangjiang's local GDP has grown rapidly at an annual growth rate of over 15% in the past two years. The stock market has been rising for more than a year, and there has not been any fever or bubble like the 1973 stock market crash.
However, the Hang Seng Index unexpectedly fell for three days in a row. On October 21, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange suddenly announced a four-day suspension of trading. The original intention of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was to use the suspension to relieve investors' worries.
Panic mentality, stop the violent leakage of Hang Seng Index
But what the Stock Exchange didn't expect was that the four-day suspension of trading not only failed to calm people's minds, but actually aggravated market panic. When the Stock Exchange resumed trading on October 26, sell orders that had been accumulated for several days swarmed into the market, forming a
Herding effect.
Investors and investment institutions trampled on each other, and the Hang Seng Index plummeted 1,120.70 points in one day, a daily drop of 33.33%, setting the largest tragedy in the history of the Hang Seng Index. The stock market in Xiangjiang was highly linked to the industry, and the Hang Seng Index caused an unprecedented tragedy.
The society was suddenly filled with grief
For a week in a row, the front page headlines of almost all media outlets were devoted to the Hong Kong stock market. "What a tragedy! What a tragedy! What a tragedy! My 500,000!"
On the Jiahe studio, after filming, Maggie Cheung had just finished making a phone call while hugging her eldest brother. She looked miserable and almost cried. "What's all the fuss about?"
Wan Ziliang, with his slicked back hair, had just finished his scene with Andy Lau. Seeing Maggie Cheung's expression of despair, he asked nonchalantly: The stock price of the stock I bought has fallen again, and now I don't even have 200,000 of my 500,000.
Maggie Cheung said with a bitter look on her face.
Wan Ziliang smoked a cigarette and said, "What do I think it's about? It's only 500,000. I'll pay more than 800,000 for 2 million. It doesn't matter. It's just a drama for you." "Brother Wan Zi, don't be kidding. This is all I have."
Some have reached 500,000."
"Hey, pretty girl, are you serious? You film a movie for hundreds of thousands, and you told me you only have 500,000?" "No way, the expenses are too high, I can't save any money."
"You still have so little money left to trade in stocks?" "How can you make money without trading in stocks?"
Wan Ziliang was impressed by Maggie Cheung's powerful logic and couldn't argue for a moment. "Then have you sold your stocks?"
"No, the stockbroker was trying to persuade me just now."
"What are you waiting for if you don't want to sell? Let's cut the meat and run. This stock market crash, how many stocks have fallen into penny stocks!"
"Xian" in penny stocks is the transliteration of the English "cent", which refers to stocks whose price has been lower than 1 yuan, so it can only be priced in cents. "But someone told me that Cathay Pacific can make money if it holds it." Maggie Cheung hesitated.
Let's talk.
"Silly girl, could that person have expected that there would be a stock market crash? Just be careful and you won't even lose 200,000 yuan in a few days!" Wan Ziliang's advice made Maggie Cheung hesitate. After thinking about it, she still didn't make a decision. "Maggie, come and follow me.
Acting opposite Andy Lau."
Not far away, the tall, thin director in sunglasses was calling Maggie Cheung.
"Here we come!" Maggie Cheung responded, having no time to think about stocks anymore.
At around eight o'clock in the evening, the crew finally finished work, and Maggie Cheung drove to Jiahui Garden in the middle of the mountain. "It's so late, why did you come here?"
Tao Yumo asked a little surprised when he saw Maggie Cheung.
Maggie Cheung whispered a few words to her, and Tao Yumo led her to Lin Chaoyang with a strange expression. "Brother-in-law, have you bought any stocks recently?"
If you don’t buy it, why should you buy it when the Hang Seng Index has dropped like this?”
"The Hang Seng Index has plummeted, and Maggie's stock has fallen sharply in the past few days."
Lin Chaoyang handed the toy ball in his hand to Dongdong, turned to look at Maggie Cheung, "What? You want to sell stocks?"
Maggie Cheung said with a frown on her face: "Brother-in-law, you said you can make money by buying Cathay City...
"Wrong, don't talk nonsense! I'm talking about long-term holding."
"But now there is a stock market crash. Cathay City's stock price has fallen by more than half. Even if it can rise back in the future, when will it be?" Maggie Cheung's tone was a little anxious. She thought she could make money this time, but it happened again in the stock market crash.
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Lin Chaoyang's expression was calm and calm, "In the stock market, isn't it normal to have ups and downs? If you can't bear it, you can cut off your flesh now." Maggie Cheung said anxiously: "Then I have to pay hundreds of thousands more!
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Lin Chaoyang really wanted to say that the compensation was more than one million anyway, not less than these hundreds of thousands, but when he thought about it, it felt a bit cruel.
Still comforted: "It doesn't matter, you are not the only one who is falling now, and the stock price will slowly come back in the future. If you really feel impatient, you can cut off the meat first, and then use the money to buy the bottom."
Maggie Cheung thought it was a pretty good idea, but then she thought about it, what if she copied the bottom halfway up the mountain? Or what if she copied an even worse stock?
She expressed her doubts, and Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "So, holding it is the safest way. Behind the national city is the Century City, which has good development potential. After the stock market crash, everyone fell. Wait until this wave passes.
Well, high-quality companies must be the first to make efforts.”
Maggie Cheung thought about it and felt that what Lin Chaoyang said made sense, and it would be safer to continue to hold Cathay City's stocks. After this counseling, she felt a lot more at ease.
Lin Chaoyang teased her, "It's only 500,000, which is not much for you. Why don't you come back after taking on a movie?" Maggie Cheung firmly shook her head, "Brother-in-law, you don't understand. Taking on a movie is a part-time job, and stocks are investments.
"Lin Chaoyang looked at her funny, "I didn't expect you to have the heart to be a financial giant."
"I don't want to be a financial giant, I just want to make enough money to retire as soon as possible."
Her words seemed to trigger some kind of restraint, and Tao Yushu suddenly appeared, "Maggie, you are only in your twenties, which is the age when you are working hard for your career..."
Maggie Cheung finally got rid of Tao Yushu's "Tang Monk Chanting Sutra", but she still had lingering fears. From now on, she would never dare to talk about lying down and retiring in front of Sister Yu. Then she approached Lin Chaoyang again and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law"
, why haven’t you bought stocks recently!”
"Nonsense, the stock market crash!"
"I mean before, before the stock market crash."
Maggie Cheung is very curious now. Lin Chaoyang is obviously a writer, and he has only been in Hong Kong for two years. Why does he have such a thorough understanding of the Hong Kong stock market? Of course, Lin Chaoyang cannot say that he is cheating. "I didn't think about what to buy, so I just went to pick one."
Feng, stock trading is also about experiencing life."
He forgot about Maggie Cheung, "By the way, you seem to be trading in stocks just to write a novel." "You are so lucky!" She couldn't help but muttered again.
She originally only envied Lin Chaoyang for catching the monster stock of Cathay City, but now she is even more jealous that he escaped unscathed from the stock market crash.
She was involved in the film industry and was somewhat superstitious. She felt that Lin Chaoyang might be the kind of person that masters say has good luck. Otherwise, why would he escape because he could make a lot of money by writing novels and trading stocks?
"Brother-in-law, why don't you lead me in stock trading from now on!" Maggie Cheung said with a greedy look on her face. "Whatever you buy will go down. We all have no grievances, so don't hurt me!"
Maggie Cheung's eyes suddenly widened, and her face was full of sorrow and anger, "How can you hurt others with your words? I'm just unlucky!" Lin Chaoyang said: "It's OK to lie to others, but don't lie to yourself. Everyone is trading in stocks, but you are the only one.
Bad luck?"
His words completely broke Maggie Cheung's guard, "I regard you as a relative, and you said this to me..." Okay, okay, the child is sleeping, why are you arguing?"
Tao Yushu walked out and separated the two people.
Maggie Cheung immediately hugged Tao Yushu's arm and said, "Sister Yushu, brother-in-law, he looks down on me!"
He looked very much like Ah Ju, who was cursing and complaining.
"Stop talking about him. You'd better stop speculating in stocks in the future. Even if you don't invest the money you make, you can just put it in the bank! Why put it all in the stock market and lose it?"
Maggie Cheung's reaction to Tao Yushu's persuasion was completely different. She shook Tao Yushu's arm and said, "It's just money in the bank. Sister Yushu, when will your company go public? Let me buy your company's stocks and make a lot of money."
Ten million or so."
"Stop thinking about good things and just relax and film."
After chatting for a while, Maggie Cheung was about to say goodbye. Before leaving, she saw a copy of "The Great Era" lying on the coffee table. She put the book into her bag. Everyone was a stock investor, and she had only entered the industry a year earlier.
If it wasn't that Lin Chaoyang was very lucky, then it must be that he had something special about stocks. She had to study this book carefully. It was already 11 o'clock in the evening when she drove back to the New World Apartment in Tsim Sha Tsui.
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Maggie Cheung changed clothes, removed makeup, and took care of her skin again. She worked hard until 12 o'clock. Thinking that she would have to get up early to film a movie tomorrow, she threw herself on the bed. As soon as she closed her eyes, she opened them again.
I dug out the book "The Great Era" that I brought back from Jiahui Garden.
I want to see what your secret is? She muttered and opened the novel. "Ding Xie, you bastard!"
"Little Jew, save your sister, so cute!"...
Early the next morning, Jiahe studio.
"A-Cheng, what's going on with Maggie? Did you call?"
Assistant director Jiang Yuecheng responded: "I called, but no one picked up. It's probably because of the traffic jam. Director, why don't we shoot the scene between Andy and Jacky first." "The scene between Andy and Jacky hasn't been written yet. Forget it.
Just wait for her."
The director wore sunglasses no matter day or night, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry.
Jiang Yuecheng couldn't help complaining. It was really bad luck to join this crew. Even if the heroine is unreliable, the director is even less reliable.
He has also filmed a lot of movies. "Flying paper" is very common in today's Xiangjiang film crews, but anyway, they are all written while filming. The content of the script is all released before filming. But this crew is different. Flying paper depends on the director's mood.
, sometimes after the previous scenes have been filmed, the director has not thought of the subsequent plot.
It doesn’t matter if there is no content at this time. Just shoot first. As you shoot, won’t you get inspiration?
Jiang Yuecheng felt that if he were an investor in this drama, he would probably be angry with the director because of the cerebral congestion. All the money spent was real money!
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! There's a traffic jam on the road, I'm sorry, Director Wang!"
Just when he was thinking wildly, the late heroine Maggie Cheung finally arrived, and she apologized apologetically when she arrived.
Then she spent another thousand yuan to treat the crew to drink milk tea, which not only dispelled the resentment of the crew, but also gained a wave of goodwill. The morning scene took more than an hour to shoot, and the crew stopped again. It is said that
The director was not satisfied with the scene just now and wanted to change it. He was changing the scene. Everyone suddenly became idle. The staff were chatting in twos and threes. In addition to entertainment gossip, the topics were horses, real estate, and stocks. The Hang Seng Index has plummeted recently. Everyone
The most talked about topics are stocks.
Wan Ziliang is not here today, Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung are sitting together chatting
Maggie Cheung, uncharacteristically, sat there quietly reading a book, completely different from her usual state during breaks. Andy Lau has been filming for several years, but he has never seen any star in Hong Kong read a book while filming.
This is too pretentious!
Could it be some new packaging method created by the agent?
The more they chatted, the more curious they became. Finally, they couldn't help but ran over and asked, "Maggie, what are you reading?"
Maggie Cheung was engrossed in reading a book, gritting her teeth for some reason, when two people suddenly appeared, and she immediately closed the book in a panic. "Nothing, I'm reading a novel."
"What novel is so mysterious?"
Maggie Cheung had already relaxed and just read a book at this time, but she was still very depressed when she thought about the content she just read. Why hadn't she read this novel earlier?
Although she was depressed, she still replied: "The new novel is about stock trading." When they heard the word "stock trading", Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung showed curiosity.
Recently, the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang have been occupied by the topic of "stock market", and the media has written a lot about it. All kinds of gossipy news are emerging one after another. Maggie Cheung took out the book, and the two of them flipped through it and put it down without reading it.
Intend.
Seeing that the two of them had no interest in reading, Maggie Cheung was unwilling to give in. She aroused their interest with just one sentence. "There is something amazing in this book. The stock market crash described in it is somewhat similar to this one."
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"Really or not?"
"You'll know if you see it for yourself!"
Maggie Cheung's words made the two of them more curious, but she put the novel away and said, "I want to read it and buy it myself. I haven't finished reading this one yet!" "Tch!" Jacky Cheung curled his lips disdainfully, thinking that Maggie Cheung was making a fool of himself, and Andy Lau.
Then you will be doubtful.
After the two of them walked away, Maggie Cheung opened the book again, and the more she read, the more depressed she became.
The TV series "Big Times" tells a story in history from the 1973 stock market crash to the 1987 stock market crash and then to the "Great Miracle Day" in 1994.
It is only 1987, so Lin Chaoyang has made drastic revisions and improvements to the content of the TV series. He has perfected the story line based on the three stock market crashes of the 1973 stock market crash, the 1983 stock market crash and the 1987 Hong Kong stock market.
Among them, the 1987 stock market crash had not yet occurred when the novel was listed.
Lin Chaoyang deliberately adjusted the content of the stock market crash, which was quite different from reality.
From a reader's perspective, one can see at a glance that there are great similarities between the stock market crash in the novel and the real-life stock market crash, but they are not exactly the same. It was the stock market crash in the novel that Maggie Cheung was upset about, and the more she read, the more angry she became.
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If she had read this novel ten days earlier, she would have been aware of it and avoided such a huge loss.
This idea was of course her wishful thinking. Even if she saw the prophetic stock market crash in "The Great Era" ten days ago, she would just laugh it off before it happened and didn't take it to heart at all.
superior.
Her heart was so strongly stimulated by the regret of having entered a treasure trove and returned empty-handed that she did not even bother to read the novel, and went to find other crew members to promote the "stock market crash" depicted in "The Great Era".
She only has a simple mind, and I cannot be the only one to regret it.
News about the stock market crash was already very popular during this period. Maggie Cheung's "accurate prediction" of the stock market crash in "Big Time" immediately attracted a lot of attention from the crew.
Although everyone has not read the novel, what she said is so conclusive that many people plan to read the novel after work.
The next morning, the crew was still in a state of non-stop filming. Maggie Cheung had nothing to do to observe the crew, and she actually found that several people were reading "The Big Era". Obviously, this was all due to her recommendation.
"Maggie, the book you read yesterday was in the news! The newspaper said that the stock market crash scenes in it are surprisingly similar to this stock market crash." Andy Lau suddenly came to Maggie Cheung and said. Maggie Cheung was a little surprised when he heard this, but then calmed down.
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He could see that "The Great Times" had foreseen the stock market crash, and there was no reason why so many readers couldn't see it.
"Big Era" has been on the market for half a month, and the Hang Seng Index has been falling for more than a week, and it has only been reported in the media. Thinking about it, she feels that the media's response is a bit slow.
After the crew finished work that night, she ran to Jiahui Garden again.
He asked Lin Chaoyang for credit, saying that he recommended "The Great Era" to the crew and many people bought the novel. At this time, Tao Yumo handed over a newspaper and said, "What do you think? It has been reported in the newspapers!"
Maggie Cheung argued with reason: "The newspaper is a newspaper, and people in our crew buy novels because of my recommendation." "Okay, okay, you are awesome!" Tao Yumo's tone was full of perfunctory.
Maggie Cheung ignored her and focused her attention on Lin Chaoyang, trying to claim credit.
She has finished reading "The Great Era" in the past two days. Although her main purpose was not to read the novel at the beginning, she was still moved by the concise and profound words and wonderful stories at the end.
When the little Jew died in Fang Zhanbo's arms at the end, she even threw herself into the quilt and cried for a long time. Her eyes are still swollen to this day.
Lin Chaoyang listened to Maggie Cheung describing her feelings after reading the novel in an exaggerated tone. He knew very well in his heart that Maggie Cheung was not a literary girl. There must be something fishy about her sudden attentiveness.
"Brother-in-law, I realized after watching "The Big Era" that you have such a thorough understanding of the stock market and stock trading. You are infinitely better than those stockbrokers and analysts of securities companies."
"No wonder you can make a lot of money so easily in the stock market and get away with it. Brother-in-law, you are really the modern stock god!"...
"Brother-in-law, take me with you next time you buy stocks!"
The more Maggie Cheung spoke, the more disgusting and exaggerated she became, until she finally revealed her little thoughts.
The sincerity of her words and the humility of her expression are not inconsistent with Tao Yushu. This is the first time Lin Chaoyang has enjoyed this kind of treatment. "I wish I were a stock god. I can turn my hands into clouds and turn my hands over."
Because of Yu, your sister doesn’t have to open a company anymore!” Lin Chaoyang said with a relaxed expression.
Seeing that Lin Chaoyang did not reject her as soon as he came up to her, Maggie Cheung thought that the hitchhiking thing was going to work, so she flattered her even harder.
Tao Yumo was familiar with Maggie Cheung's sad history of stock trading, and said sarcastically: "Maggie, just give up on stock trading. If you throw your hard-earned money into the stock market, you won't even hear a sound, so why bother!"
"Bah, bah, bah! Crow's mouth!" Maggie Cheung glared at Tao Yumo, "With my brother-in-law protecting me, I will definitely get my money back this time!" "You said the same thing last time when you bought Cathay City."
After saying this sentence, it was really Galen's whisper - silence and breaking the defense.
Maggie Cheung waited for a while before saying: "I'm just...unlucky."
Then she looked at Lin Chaoyang again, her eyes shining, "It's different now. With my brother-in-law here, I can make my money back just around the corner!" Seeing the loss for her children, she only dared to dream about making money back, and she was almost catching up with her parents.
Cancerous leeks.
Lin Chaoyang summed up Maggie Cheung in only four words: Cai Qi and fun-loving. Before he could strike, Tao Yushu had already spoken.
"With your personality, even if you make money in the stock market, you will spit it out sooner or later."
Maggie Cheung was filled with depression and sadness when she heard this. She seemed to feel the mood of those geniuses who were not understood by the world.
Seeing her unconvinced look, Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Okay. Stop deifying me and follow me to trade stocks. What if you lose money like this time?" Maggie Cheung said hesitantly: "It can't happen all the time.
Stock market crash, right?”
"It has nothing to do with the stock market crash. Even Li Zhaofu can't guarantee that he will make a profit without losing money in the stock market." Everyone is on good terms, but Lin Chaoyang will not do anything to promote favors or fight against enemies. If Maggie Cheung really has no money or is heavily in debt
, he will definitely help.
But if she makes hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars for a movie and accepts any endorsements, it can be enough for ordinary people in Hong Kong to earn for several years. There is absolutely no need for me to do this favor for her.
Maggie Cheung had been thinking about "getting back her money" before. After being rejected by Lin Chaoyang, she calmed down and thought about it carefully, and realized that her behavior was a bit reckless. After a while, she laughed heartlessly, joking.
Said: "I'm afraid of losing money, but I can't lose money with you anymore."
Then she changed the subject and said, "By the way, now the news has connected the stock market crash with "The Great Times". My brother-in-law's new book should be selling well, right?" "I don't know yet, the publisher hasn't done it yet.
Come and give feedback.”
Tao Yushu frowned and said: "I always feel that this is not a good thing. With such a trend of public opinion, how can any readers care about the content of the novel!" She said this because she was worried that the work Lin Chaoyang had worked hard to create would be cast in a dark light.
, but Lin Chaoyang smiled and said: "It's better to have someone reading it than no one reading it." Maggie Cheung agreed: "Yes, the stock market crash has such a big impact, maybe my brother-in-law's novel will sell out this time!"
Chapter completed!