Rebirth of the Age of Wealth

Chapter 174 Luo Jialiang’s career

The purpose of meeting the wind is naturally not to eat, but to talk.

After the conversation was over and the dinner was over, Li Weidong returned to the villa and stayed alone in the empty room. He called his family and chatted for a while.

Li Weidong's flight to Germany is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and he will stay on Hong Kong Island for a day.

Early the next morning, Li Weidong saw Luo Jialiang just after breakfast. His face was red, he must have been doing well recently, and he deserved a beating just by looking at his smiling face.

"I have become rich recently, and my smile is so bright!" Li Weidong said with a smile. Luo Jialiang often came to help him before, and he was willing to make such a friend.

Among his friends, there are far more people with different religions than serious people. I don’t know if it’s because he was too serious in his previous life, but in this life he likes to make friends with such people.

Luo Jialiang said: "Mr. Li is joking. I am not getting rich. I am just an old friend who has some tricks. We just copy some movies and records!"

Last time, I helped the owner of a movie theater to recover a stolen master disc. The key was that the injury was not serious. Naturally, the boss couldn't pretend that he was invisible. After some condolences, he became familiar with the boss.

The boss recently found a way to take care of him and let him participate in earning some money to spend. Now he is earning tens of thousands of yuan a month, which is very comfortable!

There are several more younger brothers, and they are very impressive outside.

"Piracy??" Li Weidong's tone was still very certain.

Luo Jialiang argued: "If a record sells for hundreds, who is going to buy it? This copied record can only be bought for twenty or thirty at most on Hong Kong Island. Besides, they all sound the same. Who cares whether it is genuine or pirated!"

It sounds the same, but can it be the same? Movies don’t matter. Music has no upper limit. Can audiophiles spend tens or hundreds of thousands on equipment that can play pirated records?

Piracy, especially in the Mainland, will not change this problem even in another thirty years. As long as there are movies and music, there will be piracy.

"You only sell in Hong Kong Island, not the mainland?" Li Weidong was curious. In the end, all the clubs went into this business. Has it started now?

Luo Jialiang said: "I really don't know about this, but products from inland areas often come here!"

Luo Jialiang also had some doubts when talking about this. Some key materials were sent from Hong Kong Island to the mainland, but they made them very cheaply.

Not only are they sold to Hong Kong Island, but they have sales points in many major cities in mainland China, turning this industry into a huge industrial chain.

As long as it is a newly released record movie on Hong Kong Island, you can see it in some big cities in the mainland in a few days. Some underground theaters make a living from these, and they are doing very well.

Li Weidong asked curiously: "Are there any pirated video discs from Hong Kong that come from the mainland?"

Seeing Luo Jialiang nodding, Li Weidong realized that during this period, pirated video discs in mainland China did not come from the sea at all, but were actually produced in the mainland.

In his previous life, Li Weidong would go to the theater in front of the school to watch some Hong Kong movies when he was in college. In order to make them understandable to mainlanders, they even made dubbing and subtitles.

What’s even more amazing is that the dubbing and subtitles don’t match the mouth movements. Often the picture is gone before the dubbing appears. It’s confusing to watch, but you still enjoy watching it.

Now I know that there is still such an industrial chain in Shen City. Unfortunately, he wanted to start this business when he was first reborn, and he didn't even figure out the way.

If he did it, he would probably be caught before the goods were sold. These are all goods owned by the owner, so whoever wants to do it can do it.

Li Weidong was very curious about their industry, "So where do you sell your products?"

As long as goods from the mainland are available, it will be difficult for products from other places to have a price advantage. The Chinese will teach you what high quality and low price mean, but they are all pirated. Why do you say my quality is not good?

Luo Jialiang said: "I just watched those people make these movies and records, then package them and hand them to the boss. The rest is not my responsibility!"

Luo Jialiang didn't know exactly where these things ended up.

Li Weidong took a puff of cigarette and said, "You gang commits crimes, I think you should rest. If you are caught like this, you will go to jail!"

If it's a small fight, it won't be a big deal, but this looks like a big industry chain, so it must be a big crime.

"Four or five years!" Luo Jialiang said with great momentum, and he was clear at first glance!

The laws in Hong Kong Island are quite sound, but when you think about people who are part of a mixed society, they are always testing the edges of the law, and occasionally going deeper, it is common for them to go to jail.

If a big boss has never been in prison, he will feel that his position is not secure, which means he has not made a big contribution to the society!

"How old are you? You have children. If you go in, what will happen to your wife and children? Young people must consider the consequences before doing things!" Li Weidong felt that the friendship of several months was worth his words of advice.

If you don’t listen, it doesn’t matter! There are not many people who want to know Li Weidong. With a lot of money, there are many who are willing to be friends with him!

Luo Jialiang was probably just talking, but actually he was still scared. He said uncertainly: "Mr. Li, it can't be so serious. There are many people in this industry now. As long as you are not too arrogant, who cares about you!"

The powerful societies make movies and wet films, while the less powerful ones make some money by ripping movie records.

Although Li Weidong felt that this was an illegal act and only considered the consequences of being caught, he ignored that the law is also an art of balance.

If these associations are allowed to live in peace at the expense of the interests of the rich, these Hong Kong police will turn a blind eye, unless they are at gunpoint. If they are asked to chase and escape, they do not have such a high professionalism.

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And even if he is caught, the sentence will always be much lighter than if they beat him to death. No matter how you calculate it, it is appropriate.

When VCDs became rampant, the price of a disc could be as cheap as two or three yuan, and the genuine ones had no profit at all, so we had no choice but to appeal. There were always crackdowns and piracy.

Li Weidong wondered if his courage had become weak. In the past few years, he had dared to go to Soviet Russia to be a traitor. The things he sold were not on his business license, and it was illegal to say the least.

It seems that this person's reactivity and courage are inversely proportional to his wealth!

Li Weidong said: "Who knows, but it's better to do less illegal things!"

People and clothes are different. When clothes are dirty, just wash them. Once people have stains, they will never be washed clean!

Walking on the edge of the law is your skill, breaking the law is stupid!

Li Weidong's words can only go so far. He is not a brother, so he can't speak sincerely.

"Mr. Li, I need to make money to support my family. My children are about to go to elementary school. It costs tens of thousands a year!" Luo Jialiang said pitifully. The club is not what it used to be. If you want to live a good life, you have to find ways to do something.

"How about making a movie? How about I lend you a few million and you give it a try?" Li Weidong always believes that people who are in the community should be able to make movies. Aren't these young and Dangerous guys all acting in their true colors?

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