Reborn A Trillion-Dollar Real Estate Tycoon, Boss Yang Called Dad

Shen Fei finally decided to meet Han Sanping.

But before that, he still found someone to inquire about the recent movements of Huayi Brothers.

as expected.

Really let Shen Fei inquire about something.

"Historical?"

Shen Fei frowned, a little surprised hearing the name.

"Yes."

Li Wei said to Shen Fei: "It seems that recently China Film, Huayi Brothers and Gemstone Films have cooperated with each other."

"Gem Films?"

Shen Fei's complexion suddenly became ugly.

In his impression, he really knew the name of this company.

In 2002, Zhang Guorong planned to direct his first movie.

The story is set in Qingcheng in the 1950s, the love between a woman and two men.

For this "Stealing Heart", he set up a company with his lover, and asked He Yiping, the screenwriter of "New Dragon Inn", to go to the local area to collect folk songs and perfect the story.

Relying on the contacts accumulated in the Hong Kong circle, Zhang Guorong found Ou Dingping, Zhang Shuping, Wada Keiko and many other big names.

Later, the media speculated that Director Zhang was ambitious and wanted to make a shocking film.

Because the story takes place in Qingcheng, it is best to speak Mandarin, and the heroine of the movie is set for Tranquility.

The leading actor is Hu Jun who previously starred in "Lan Yu".

The director of "Lan Yu" is Guan Jinpeng, who introduced Hu Jun to Zhang Guorong.

At that time, after Hu Jun finished his performance in "Lan Yu", he once became a male god in the gay circle, and his brother admired him very much.

After meeting with Ning Jing, Zhang Guorong also had a drink with Jiang Wen and asked for some tips on how to make a movie.

Originally wanted to invite Zhang Jinzhan, the executive director of "Farewell My Concubine", to help, but unfortunately Zhang Jinzhan wanted to hang out with Quentin Tarantino in Hollywood, so he had to make an appointment again.

In addition, Song Chengxian also looked for him and wanted him to play another man, but he failed to cooperate.

For more than two consecutive months, Zhang Guorong went back and forth between Yanjing and Hong Kong Island, and the script changed several times, and the team gradually formed.

Originally, the company planned to prepare in a low-key manner, but unexpectedly, it was still targeted by the media and followed all the way.

On March 8th of that year, the Hong Kong media suddenly exposed the script of "Stealing Heart", and also announced the process of Zhang Guorong's trip to Shandong to see the scene.

The crew had no choice but to take back all the finalized scripts, and the scene selection plan was temporarily cancelled.

After deceiving the media, he secretly went to Shandong.

After watching the scene, Zhang Guorong felt that there was a distance from the imagined story, so he made up his mind to rewrite the script.

That month was the release date of "Different Space". Facing the sluggish Hong Kong film market, Zhang Guorong went around to stand up and cheer up, hoping to inject some vitality into Hong Kong films.

Unexpectedly, he himself lost his anger.

Shortly thereafter, Zhang Guorong had nightmares again and again, coupled with chronic gastrointestinal illnesses, his spirit was deteriorating, he even had auditory hallucinations, and his temper became more irritable.

At the beginning, the media said that he had an accident while filming "Different Space", but later it was speculated that he was most likely suffering from depression.

Even so, he is still traveling between Yanjing and Hong Kong Island, preparing for "Stealing Heart".

During those six months, Zhang Guorong lived in extreme torment, had mental breakdowns several times, and it was rumored that he tried to commit suicide in November.

On April Fool's Day the following year, Zhang Guorong jumped and became a legend. The movie "Stealing Heart" was naturally not made.

It was only later that people realized that even if he hadn't suffered from depression, the movie would have suffered a lot.

If it is done today, it might even be hacked.

At that time, Hong Kong Island movies were sunset, Zhang Guorong found investment from Yanjing Gem Films.

The project was submitted to the Cultural Administration Bureau for approval, but the approval document has not been obtained for a long time.

A few years later, Gem Films suddenly disappeared, and no registration information related to it could be found.

It turns out that this company is laundering money from film and television dramas!

That's right!

As far as Shen Fei knew, what Gem Pictures did was money laundering.

Anyone who has watched "Breaking Bad" knows that money is a tiring job.

In the play, Lao Bai made a lot of money by making drugs.

How much income can he earn as an ordinary teacher?

Definitely not in the bank.

You can't take cash for high-value purchases, so you have to clean up the stolen money.

The way the lawyer came up with for him was to build a donation website, and then let the hackers donate huge sums of money to the website through retail investors around the world, and the money would be laundered.

But the number of donations soon couldn't keep up with Lao Bai's huge profits from selling drugs.

He had no choice but to let Lao Baike's wife, who works in finance, come on stage and purchase a car wash.

In this way, the car wash income can be accounted for and the stolen money can be laundered into legal profits.

Anyway, with so many people washing their cars every day, it would be impossible for the police to track them down one by one.

But soon, Lao Bai's batch of products made profits of tens or even millions of dollars.

With such a large amount, the car wash can't handle it.

In the end, Lao Bai's wife had no choice but to build a warehouse and store the stolen cash in the warehouse.

The earliest operating model of "money laundering" was really similar to what Laobai's wife did.

But it's not a car wash, but the Chicago Mafia in the United States buying coin-operated washing machines, opening a laundromat, and adding the illegal income to the day's settlement.

It doesn't matter whether the washing machine room makes money or not, because it is just a shell. As long as the stolen money washed in turns white, the purpose is achieved.

Later, this shell was turned into a movie.

In 1992, among the top 15 blockbuster movies in Hong Kong, Stephen Chow occupied seven. That year was called "The Year of Stephen Chow"

Among them, "Fight Back to School 2" is the annual box office champion of Yongsheng Pictures.

After "The Gambler" and before "The God of Cookery", Sing Yeh collaborated with Yong Sheng in most of his films.

This is also the reason why he was repeatedly refused to immigrate to Canada in the future.

The lawsuit reached the highest judicial institution in Canada, and the court found that he was a "member of a criminal organization".

Shen Fei has always felt that in many cases, some things are not without reason.

Just like Zhou Xingxing, many fans later felt that he was innocent.

But is he really innocent?

As early as when Zhou Xingxing debuted, there was an unclear relationship between him and the "gangster".

In 1988, he went clubbing and met Li Xiuxian.

Director Li then asked him to star in "Pioneer of Thunderbolt".

And the benefactor who gave money to Li Xiuxian on Hong Kong Island back then was Xu Xiyuan and Xu Xidi's godfather in the future, Yang Dengkui with gang background.

In those years, Wan Wan's commercial movies pulled his hips, and a lot of hot money poured into Hong Kong Island.

People in the world suspected that Yang Dengkui was laundering money by casting movies.

Later, Boss Yang even pulled Jack Li over and gave tens of millions to establish "Zhengdong Films" and shoot five films including "Fang Shiyu" and "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".

And whether it was Li Xiuxian or Jack Lee, Mr. Yang's actions were extremely flexible.

Invest tens of millions, hey, I'm just playing!

His level of generosity puts even the present Shen Fei in shame.

After all, my goal is to make money, while others' goal seems to be to lose money.

Simply outrageous!

But at that time, he was indeed a big faucet for Hong Kong filmmakers, and he was so famous in Hong Kong that everyone knew it.

In fact, in Shen Fei's view, no matter "Yongsheng" or "Dengkui Films", all the money spent on movies is related to the changes of gangsters on Hong Kong Island.

Hong Kong Island gangsters can be traced back to the early 20th century. At that time, the British did not have so many manpower to manage Hong Kong Island, and it was not enough to get some gangsters.

The flow of people among the people is mixed, there is a lot of trade, and there are people of all kinds. After a long time, gangs are formed, and there are organizations like "Yiyongtang".

The gangsters became civil defense forces and helped manage affairs, so the British turned a blind eye.

In 1909, Hei Guren, the head of the Yiyongtang, held the first Hongmen meeting. Afterwards, the gang became more organized and structured, with ranks, prefixes, and even elections.

The most powerful among them is He Zitou, who controls almost the entire Hong Kong Island and has nearly 100,000 members.

At the end of the 1940s, Lao Jiang retreated steadily, and his men went to Hong Kong Island to prepare for trouble.

Among them, Lieutenant General Ge Zhaohuang rebuilt Neibatang in Yangcheng, fled to Hong Kong Island and founded "14K".

"Fourteen" is the birthplace of the gang, No. 14, Baohua Road, Yangcheng.

"K" is Lao Jiang's side.

There is also a major general of the military commander Xiangqian who created a new Ngee Ann.

In the early 1950s, Xiangqian was expelled by the British, so he left his position to his son Xiang Huayan.

Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng are also his sons.

The former is Long Wu in the "God of Gamblers" series of movies.

And the latter.

In "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", Mrs. Hua named Tang Bohu the "Painting Saint". What did Zhou Xingxing say?

"I can't bear that name..."

After all, this is Zhang Min's ex-boyfriend!

Before the establishment of the ICAC on Hong Kong Island, the gang members and the police were in the same boat.

They help manage affairs, do underground business to make money, and the police take money from them.

Layers of black money were collected to form huge wealth.

So there was Lai Hao, and there was Lei Luo, the inspector of 500 million.

Until Shen Fei was reborn, the fat man Wang Jing still couldn't forget the two gay friends. After filming "Chasing the Dragon", he also filmed "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon".

It is a pity that in 1974, the ICAC severely cracked down on corruption.

Lei Luo's prototype, Lu Le, ran to Wanwan upon hearing the wind.

His good friend Zeng Qirong, the police chief in uniform, was also wanted, leaving behind his son Zeng Zhiwei to work hard in Hong Jinbao's martial arts, and later became one of the "Seven Monsters of Xinyi City".

During this period, "Xin Ngee Ann" became the leading gangster.

Seeing that the government has stepped up its crackdown and the audit of illegal income has become more and more strict, the gangsters have also mixed into the film industry just like Mr. Zeng.

But it's not for martial arts, it's for investment.

Not only local gangsters throw money in, but also many gangsters with unclear backgrounds in Wanwan and Omen also throw money in.

For example, Yang Dengkui opened a singing and dancing hall in his early years, and later established Huihui No. 8 TV Station.

During the entertainment industry, Yang Dengkui was still one of the crooks, holding both black and white forces.

To some extent, these bigwigs spent money, which contributed to the golden period of Hong Kong films that began in the 1980s.

This is only for art, for people with illegal purposes, money laundering is the business.

There are many channels for gangsters to launder money, such as opening nightclubs and restaurants to inflate revenue, or holding auctions to raise sky-high prices to avoid fund tracing.

But these are either slow or expensive, and they are not as affordable as making movies.

Investing in films has two advantages: first, the tax rate is low, especially in Hong Kong Island, where the British system of taxation was used back then, and the entertainment industry was protected.

Another, is that it is difficult to trace the movement of funds.

When making a movie, there are a lot of cash transactions, props, and scenes are miscellaneous. When the filming is finished, it is withdrawn, or shooting a shootout, action movie, and bombarding "Who knows how much you spent?"

So the gang invested and played all kinds of tricks.

For example, inflating the cost, saying that you have invested several million, but in fact it is only one million or even hundreds of thousands. The cost of the actual scene is small, so how about I give the star a sky-high salary?

Another example is to set up a shell company, buy movies, sell them overseas, and use local regulatory loopholes to exaggerate the box office, so that black money becomes movie profits.

That's how the box office hit.

In addition to laundering money, you can also be a female star. If the movie is really popular and you are famous and earn money, why not do it?

So the gangsters often find big names to act in, so that the movie can have a box office guarantee.

Even if the real box office fluttered

, A false number can also fool the past.

And some gangsters really fell in love with movies later, and even turned back for it.

For example, Chen Huimin, who acted in movies while playing gangsters, was also nominated for the Academy Award for Supporting Actor.

There is also Chen Chenzhi, who worked as a film consultant for Galaxy Image.

In addition to filming bad movies to launder money, you can also do it for real.

Invite the most famous superstars to spend a lot of money on venues, scenery, costumes, and props, and spend black money for box office, and sell copyrights for profits.

When gangsters infiltrated the Hong Kong circle at its peak, many big names were filmed with guns pointed at their heads.

Many people know the heroic deeds of Cheng Long and Liu Dehua.

Don't listen to Cheng Long bragging loudly, as if no one in Hong Kong Island dared to touch him, when he was filming "Fire Island", wouldn't he be arrested and smoke scenes?

When Liang Jiahui went to France to shoot "The Lover", he was suddenly forced out by two people and forced to go to the Philippines.

Or his wife, Jiang Jianian, went to meet a certain boss, and said that after he finished filming "The Lover", his net worth would increase: "Wouldn't it be more cost-effective for you to find him again?"

In short, making a movie is much more cost-effective than Lao Bai's car wash.

Recalling the Hong Kong Island movies at that time, Cai Songlin of Wanwan Scholar Films made an account: "At that time, we had more than 200 films a year, and there were more than 10 billion Taiwan dollars in Hong Kong Island for filming.

, that was the heyday and the most beautiful time. "

Referring to money laundering by gangsters, Cai also said: "Hong Kong movies have a 'Seven Days Fresh', that is, one film is made every seven days. It is very easy to make false accounts in this."

but.

There is no hundred-day red flower, no thousand-day happiness.

In 2001, at a bar in Tsim Sha Tsui, an old director celebrated his birthday and accepted seven apprentices.

Halfway through drinking, the apprentice plopped down on his knees and said, "Master, we are sorry for you, there is really no way to get along in this business.

Ye Zekun, head of the Hong Kong Island Screenwriters Association, witnessed this scene.

At that time, I felt: "Hong Kong Island movies are over."

At that time, no one invested money in Hong Kong films.

Wang Jing's later generations also said in "Round Table School" that Wan Wan's money refused to come, which caused great trauma to Hong Kong Island movies.

Unlike the filming of "The Tricky Expert" back then, he dared to start work with only the words "Andy Lau, Stephen Chow".

In fact, after the reunification, the underworld forces on Hong Kong Island hide from their appearance and do good, which is also a big reason.

Don't you see Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs", why did you go there later?

The cut of this part of the investment, coupled with the film protection policy of the pig-headed, led to a large-scale invasion by Hollywood, directly killing half of the Hong Kong film market.

Since then, the golden age has come to an end.

When "Different Space" was released, Zhang Guorong encouraged Hong Kong films and dragged his sick body around to promote it. But when he was planning to shoot "Stealing Heart", he hated that there was no investment from Hong Kong people.

"When an investor in Hong Kong Island sat down with me to talk, he gave me the feeling, 'It's just a business.' I'm not talking about a business, I want to make a good movie. My chapter

Guorong has contributed so much to the Hong Kong music and film industry, won so many honors, and won glory for Hong Kong, why don't they support me?"

These are Zhang Guorong's original words, which shows how angry he is.

And the one who supported him in the end was Gem Films in the Mainland, a man named Historian.

It's absurd to say that, if "Stealing Heart" had been filmed a few years earlier, with the pissing nature of the Hong Kong gangsters, no matter how bad it was, they would have to get involved.

Later, the gangsters did not invest in the film, but to help the historiography, the money is not a regular distribution

In Shen Fei's impression, Boss Shi's fortune has a long history.

In 1992, going to the sea was popular!.

In the United States, a company named "Huachen Daxia" first launched an overseas listing model and publicly issued shares.

The person who operated this matter was an associate professor named Xia Dingjun.

Back then, Professor Xia joined the Huaguo School of Finance and became the vice president of Qionghai Huayin Trust and Investment Co., Ltd.

In the following year, Yanjing Huayin was established to expand Yanjing's business.

Historiography was his employee.

Prior to this, Shi Xue had worked in the bank for more than ten years, and he was proficient in business and had outstanding abilities. Xia Dingjun attached great importance to him, and soon promoted him to the department manager, and all the funds and finances were under his control.

In 1992, Professor Xia was busy going to the United States to go public, and handed over Nanhua Bank to Shi Xue. Unexpectedly, historians and several colleagues engaged in corruption of 250,000 yuan. It was a fortune at the time.

However, Xia Dingjun used his connections to keep his historiography despite the huge sum of money.

In the following years, historians called him "the teacher".

However, after Huachen went public, Professor Xia failed to get the due benefits from the partner, and the other party only repaid part of the loan, which made Professor Xia very dissatisfied.

Later, Professor Xia established Hyde International, planning to bring a cement company to the United States, and had no intention of taking care of Yanjing Huayin.

As a result, the authority of historiography has gradually expanded. .