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Volume 3 Chapter 4 Celebration

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    After parting ways with Wei Jingmeng, Shen Chong drove towards the Ambassador Hotel on Zhongshan North Road.  The Ambassador Hotel was built in 1964 and was the first five-star hotel in Taiwan. Shen Chong felt very good after staying there last time, so he arranged for all the cast members of "The Robbery" to attend the Golden Horse Awards ceremony.  In this hotel, as for myself, although I also booked a suite, I didn't check in at all. Instead, I shamelessly went to Zhang Aijia's house.  But tonight, he has to go to the hotel.  "Crazy" is well-produced and full of new ideas. It has won both box office and word-of-mouth success in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It has been shortlisted for seven more nominations. It is a favorite at the Golden Horse Awards and will definitely win something at the awards ceremony. Shen Chong has made a decision in advance.  The hotel's Western restaurant prepared a buffet celebration dinner.  In fact, among the seven nominations for "Crazy Heist", Shen Chong cares most about Zhang Aijia's Best Actress. As for other awards, he doesn't care much.  ¡°On the one hand, Zhang Aijia is his person, and on the other hand, it¡¯s because he is experimenting with this award.  Based on my past life memory, the 1979 Golden Horse Award for Best Actress was Lin Fengjiao, who played a mute girl in "Small Town Story".  In this era, except for a few actors such as Gui Yalei, most female stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan rely on their beauty to make a living. Hu Yinmeng once laughed at herself, saying that she only needs to carry her head to the set.  Make money.  Lin Fengjiao's acting skills are not outstanding. She was able to win the award, firstly because her role was pleasing to the eye - as we all know, it is easy for people with disabilities to win at major film festivals, and secondly because there was no competitor in 1979 - Hu Huizhong from "Happy Face"  He is a newcomer, and Xu Feng has no new ideas or breakthroughs in "Legend of the Mountain".  The registration deadline for the Golden Horse Awards is usually at the beginning of August. In the previous life, "Crazy Heist" was released in November, so I missed the 1979 Golden Horse Award. But now, under the influence of Shen Chong, "Crazy Heist" was released half a year ahead of schedule, just in time  Participated in this year's Golden Horse Awards.  After the script of "Crazy Heist" was revised, the emotional conflict was strengthened, love and friendship were intertwined, and the characters were rich. The length of the film was also increased by more than ten minutes. Zhang Aijia's role was heavy, and there was more room for performance. In the old version of the previous life,  , her performance has been highly praised by film critics, and the new version is naturally even better. According to Shen Chong, she is completely ahead of Lin Fengjiao by several blocks.  However, "Er Lin and Er Qin" has become famous in Taiwan. Lin Fengjiao is very popular, has many fans, and is widely loved. With the role of a mute girl, and the halo bonus of the tenth anniversary of Popular Film Company, the call for winning awards is very high, and Zhang Aijia is in Hong Kong and Taiwan.  Running back and forth between the two places, most of the roles I played in the past were supporting roles, not even first-line actresses, and the momentum was obviously not as good.  So starting from September, Shen Chong instructed his magazines to continuously publish review articles about "Crazy Heist", specifically promoting Zhang Aijia's acting talent, and used it to experiment with "Movie Times" and "First Film Review"  The real influence in Taiwan¡¯s film industry.  In the end, Zhang Aijia defeated Lin Fengjiao and won the Golden Horse Award, which made Shen Chong extremely satisfied - this shows that he has initially controlled the ability to influence the direction of public opinion in the film circles in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The previous hard work has not been in vain, and a lot of money has not been wasted.  .  ¡­ Back to the hotel, Shen Chong opened the suite he had reserved but not checked into, picked up the phone, and dialed the 24-hour service number provided by HSBC.  "Mr. Shen, this is Kate." The phone rang twice and was answered. A very pleasant female voice asked in English: "What service do you need?" "Kate, you are on duty today." Shen Chong relaxed.  Tie, asked: "In recent days, which famous media have reported on me?" "Please wait a moment." After a while, Kate began to report: "Mr. Shen, according to the information we collected, in the past week, "Business Weekly"  ¡±, ¡°Wall Street Journal¡±, and ¡°The Economist¡± have all published content about you. In Hong Kong, more than 20 local media have reported on you. ¡°What did they say?¡± Shen Chong returned to Hong Kong from the mainland.  After that, he was busy every day and came to Taiwan to attend the Golden Horse Awards in the past two days. He finally breathed a sigh of relief and hid in the beauty's boudoir to rest, so he didn't pay much attention to media information. He asked: "Is there anything particularly worthwhile?  "The Wall Street Journal and The Economist are both commentaries." Kate paused on the phone and then said, "The Business Weekly published the day before yesterday reported in detail your business activities.  " "All?" "Yes. Including Rubik's Cube, Apple, personal software chain company, Activision game company, and several venture investments in Silicon Valley last month, "Business Week" believes that your assets.  With more than 500 million US dollars, he is one of the 50 richest people in the world." Shen Chong suddenly realized.  No wonder so many reporters are blocking you like crazy tonight?¡­ No wonder Chiang Ching-kuo wanted to meet him¡­ When Shen Chong was interviewed by Forbes, it was during the negotiations for Apple¡¯s acquisition of VisiCalc, so he talked about the concept of ¡°knowledge economy¡± without exaggerating too much.  With regard to his net worth, readers only think that he is a lucky guy who just got a piece of pie in the sky and hit his head.  In 1979, the general public did not even understand what a personal computer was, let alone a software gadget like VisiCalc, so for many people, Shen Chong¡¯s image of wealth was illusory and unreal.  This is like a player holding tens of millions of virtual game coins. In the eyes of people who don¡¯t play games, they are nothing.  ¡°However, Rubik¡¯s cubes, chain stores, and video games are all things that ordinary people can understand. The exposure of ¡°Business Weekly¡± and the label of $500 million immediately caused a sensation. ?? 500 million U.S. dollars, in later generations, is just a fraction of the net worth of the bosses of major high-tech companies, but in 1979, it was really incredible.  500 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 2.3 billion Hong Kong dollars. In 1978, all the revenue from land sales by the Hong Kong government was only 2.9 billion (Note 1) In Hong Kong and Taiwan, a medium-sized listed company has a market value of  Just a few hundred million.  Whether Shen Chong really has a net worth of US$500 million, he doesn't know, and he doesn't care. Even though "Business Weekly" is a world-class authoritative financial magazine, if it says it is worth US$500 million, is it really worth US$500 million?  Besides, when money reaches a certain level, it¡¯s just a number on the books and doesn¡¯t mean much Loosening his tie again, Shen Chong asked again: "What reports did the Hong Kong media have?" "There were a lot of exclamations." Kate answered concisely and concisely  , which made Shen Chong smile. After laughing, he asked: "Do you have the results of the market research report on video recorders?" "Yes, AC Nielsen sent the results this afternoon."  Kate is very familiar with the business, and she immediately reported: "As of October 1979, the sales volume of video recorders in the United States was less than 600,000 units, and the number of households with video recorders accounted for less than 2% of the total households in the United States." (Note 2) "  "What about the desire to buy?" "More than 40% of consumers don't know that there is such a product as a home video recorder, and more than 70% of consumers think that the video recorder is too expensive." "Okay, I understand, thank you, Kate."  , Shen Chong touched his chin, sat on the bedside, and was in a daze for a while. Then he felt that the time was almost up, then he stood up, left the room, and walked towards the restaurant. ???¡­????????????????????????????????????????????????? In addition to "Crazy", there were also the crew of "Legend of the Mountain" - although "Legend of the Mountain" was not produced by Oriental Charm, Hu Jinquan is now one of his own.  Shen Chong reached an agreement with Hu Jinquan in Beijing. At the cost of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, "Jin Quan Film Company" was reorganized into "Jin Quan Film Studio" and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oriental Charm.  "Legend of the Mountain" won five awards at the Golden Horse Awards: Best Director, Best Art Design, Best Cinematography, Best Soundtrack, and Best Sound Recording. It was even more popular than "Crazy Heist".  People are in high spirits during happy events. Hu Jinquan took the trophy and walked into the restaurant at the lead. When he saw Shen Chong, he immediately waved and said: "A Chong, come here, I will introduce you to a few people." "Teacher Hu, no need.  Introduce." Shen Chong saw the tall, thick black figure behind him and immediately stepped forward, smiled and shook hands, saying, "Do you know Director Li Hanxiang?" Li Hanxiang has a fat head, a tall figure, and an extraordinary bearing.  He shook hands with Shen Chong and said, "Jin Quan and I haven't seen each other for a long time, so I came uninvited today. Please forgive me, Mr. Shen." "It's my honor to be honored by Director Li." Shen Chong spread his hands.  , said: "Please come in." Li Hanxiang was the leader of the four major directors in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a high seniority and a great reputation. His disciples were all over the world. He came to attend the celebration banquet, which was something Shen Chong wanted very much.  "But after getting to know Hu Jinquan, Li Hanxiang will get to know him sooner or later - these two are sworn brothers and sworn friends.  After Li Hanxiang, there was a tall and thin middle-aged man, whom Shen Chong also knew. He smiled and welcomed: "Hello, Boss Huang."  The boss of the company, the investor and publisher of "Legend of the Mountain", shook hands with Shen Chong and said, "Mr. Shen, let's celebrate at your place tonight, and then go to my place tomorrow." "Okay, okay." Shen Chong  He replied with a smile.  First Pictures is the fourth largest film distribution organization in Hong Kong and Taiwan after Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Taiwan China Film. Shen Chong is eager to deal with him more, and he is interested in acquiring "The Mountain".Copyright of "Legend".  After the music composer Wu Dajiang, photographer Chen Junjie and sound engineer Zhou Shaolong of "Legend of the Mountain", Shen Chong finally saw the person he was looking forward to.  "Hello, Miss Xu Feng." "Hello, Mr. Shen." Xu Feng was shortlisted for Best Actress this time, but failed. However, looking at her expression, she was not disappointed at all. She introduced the people around her with a smile.  Meet Shen Chong: "This is my fianc¨¦, Tang Junnian." "Hello, Mr. Tang." Shen Chong is a shoddy business wizard who started his career with gold fingers, but Tang Junnian is a real business wizard.  At the age of 22, he founded Taiwan by himself. He started by selling curtains. He made sales of 500 million in one year and then built the Tomson Group with assets of tens of billions.  Xu Feng worked as an actress and won two Golden Horse Awards and one Asian Film Festival Best Actress. After she retired from acting, she worked as a producer and invested in the production of classic movies such as "Farewell My Concubine". After her husband passed away, she ran the Tomson Group.  Control this commercial aircraft carrier and develop steadily.  Being an actor, a producer, and a businessman, Xu Feng is a legend who can do his best in everything.  ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª Note 1: Figures come from ¡°Hong Kong Stock History¡± Note 2: Figures based on 1980 from ¡°Hollywood Movies: A History of the Development of the American Film Industry¡±.
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