Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 87 [Brother-in-law]

end of June.

The establishment of Modern Media Group was officially completed, and the group headquarters moved into the Universal Building on Des Voeux Road, a three-storey office building. Although the Universal Building is a property of Evergrande Real Estate, the rent cannot be less than a cent.The three-storey office building has a total of 2.7 square feet, 2.3 Hong Kong dollars per square foot per month, and the monthly rent is 6.2 Hong Kong dollars. The annual rent is about 72 Hong Kong dollars.

The rent of office buildings in Central has risen too fast. According to history, Grade A office buildings in Central were only 1969 Hong Kong dollars per square foot per month at the beginning of 1.25; but by 1973, it required 4.8 Hong Kong dollars per square foot per month per square foot. , a full liter of water 3 times.

The appreciation of rent naturally also led to the appreciation of buildings. Take the two buildings purchased by Evergrande Real Estate in August as an example. The total amount at that time was 8 million Hong Kong dollars. After only 3200 months, if the two buildings were quoted at 5 million Hong Kong dollars In 4500, the two buildings were worth a full 1973 million Hong Kong dollars, and only when the real estate market was not very good after the stock market disaster, others would sell them.

It is only now that Lin Rongheng realizes the joy of Chen Songqing's speculation in the Kinmen Building in his previous life. The Kinmen Building has risen from HKD 10 billion to HKD 16 billion in half a year. Hong Kong people are convinced that everything is possible when the speculation is hot.

In the three-story office building of Modern Media Group, Hyundai Newspaper occupies one and a half floors, Hyundai Publishing House occupies half of the floor, and Universal Productions (offices) and Universal Cinemas (offices) occupy another floor.

Lin Rongheng came to Hyundai Media Group and deliberately went around the offices. He found that everyone was very busy. Most of the staff chose to ignore Lin Rongheng and speeded up Lin Rongheng.

This kind of attitude made Lin Rongheng very satisfied. No matter how much he flattered, he didn't give himself the comfort of making good money.

At the end of the month, everyone is really busy. Needless to say, Modern Daily News is in a period of rapid development, and the daily sales are showing a trend of substantial growth; at the same time, Modern News is still preparing for the Economic Daily " and "Modern Weekly", even more busy.

When he came to the Modern Publishing House, Zhang Cheng greeted him and said, "Boss, we have already advertised in the newspaper about the book sale event of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". It will definitely become hot. Speaking of which, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Notes on Tomb Raiders" have a large number of readers, but many readers are bound to miss out because of the number of newspaper issues. I will definitely not miss this opportunity this time. ."

Lin Rongheng said with a smile, "Wen Yan said so? The quality of the book sales has something to do with his titular author. He must be allowed to cooperate with the publicity!"

Zhang Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "I promised five signings. He said he was preparing a new book. I think he was eager to prove himself!"

Lin Rongheng frowned and said calmly: "Although Wen Yan's writing is good, his talent and imagination may not be good, and his new book may not be brilliant. You have to persuade him to participate in the interaction with readers, which can improve his reputation. Find good things there! As long as he is famous, his new book will have more readers!"

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "What the boss said! I'll go and persuade him again!"

Then, Lin Rongheng was concerned about the preparations for the comics department. Zhang Cheng said, "He hired a few chief writers with high salaries, and also recruited some young apprentices. As for Shangguan Xiaobao, he has promised to come to the company to report next month. So , as long as "Tangshan Big Brother" is released, the comics department can create "Bruce Bruce", and the preparation of comics weekly is also closely arranged."

Lin Rongheng patted Zhang Cheng's shoulder happily and said, "I'm very satisfied with the progress, let's work together!"

Just as Lin Rongheng was leaving here, he found that his brother-in-law, An Jie, was looking for Zhang Cheng, and Lin Rongheng stopped.

"Boss, president!" An Jie shouted respectfully.

After half a year of working in the workplace, An Jie has lost some stubbornness and has adapted to the working life. This performance makes An's father and An-mother very satisfied, and Lin Rongheng is also very satisfied; since he is his brother-in-law, he can calm down and do things again. Occupation is naturally out of the question.

In the beginning, Lin Rongheng arranged An Jie in the distribution department of Hyundai Newspaper, and had daily relationships with those kiosk bosses; after the establishment of Hyundai Publishing House, he promoted Anjie to become the regional manager of the distribution department, specializing in Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon.

This kind of promotion is irrelevant. After all, An Jie has a director of the distribution department on his head. He can't make big mistakes and can train people.

Seeing that Lin Rongheng didn't speak, Zhang Cheng said seriously, "Manager An, what's the matter?"

This manager is more or less worthless, similar to the sales managers of later generations!

An Jie took out a stack of documents, handed them to Zhang Cheng, and said, "The minister asked me to give you the alternative documents of several bookstores for the No. 1 book signing, so that you can decide which bookstore to choose for the event? Details of the bookstore."

Zhang Cheng took the information, but said directly: "Your department is determined!"

An Jie nodded and was about to leave, but Lin Rongheng said, "An Jie, arrange a few people to go to the scene later to set off the atmosphere!"

What if you don't have a trust, what if you get slapped in the face, besides, it can also increase sales!
An Jie then said: "To set off the atmosphere?" After speaking, he regretted it a little. This is his own boss. Even if he doesn't understand it, he should discuss it with the head of the department.

Naturally, Lin Rongheng wouldn't care, but he was an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old rookie in the workplace, and his requirements were high.

"That's it, let them pretend to be book fans at the scene to set off the atmosphere! After all, we will have reporters to report on the same day. The warmer the atmosphere, the better!"

Zhang Cheng and An Jie both lit up, Zhang Cheng immediately offered his flattery: "Boss, this move is good, and the publicity effect is very obvious!"

When An Jie heard the words, his mind suddenly thought that compared with these bosses, his reaction was too slow. It would be a bit difficult for him to flatter his brother-in-law or his boss; Get promoted.However, since you have been promoted, you must do a good job, and you must not make people feel that you have gone through the back door and have no ability!
Lin Rongheng patted An Jie on the shoulder and said before leaving: "Do it well! If you don't understand, learn from the seniors!"

As long as his brother-in-law has the ability, he will not be stingy at any position, and he can support his own business; in his previous life, Lin Rongheng found that many people said that the company's boss and relatives pushed the company, and these bosses really didn't understand already?

The boss must understand, but there is a reason why many departments of the company are relatives of the boss; at least in terms of loyalty, these relatives are much stronger; as for ability, they are not necessarily worse than those outside.

It's just that some people are envious and unbalanced!

Finally, Lin Rongheng came to the office of Universal Productions. Chen Hansheng was talking with several subordinates in the office. Seeing Lin Rongheng come in, he stopped talking and said to Lin Rongheng, "Boss, you're here!"

Lin Rongheng nodded and said, "Are you talking about the release of the movie?"

Chen Hansheng nodded, and then said, "This is the first time I've been involved in publishing, so let's learn from everyone!"

The Universal Film Company evolved from the original Yonghua Studio, and the Yonghua Studio is not responsible for the distribution of films, but Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) Company is responsible for the distribution.

Lin Rongheng said: "I have seen "Southern Fist and North Legs", and it is estimated that the box office will not be 100 million Hong Kong dollars. It is time for you to try it out. But "Tangshan Big Brother" will definitely explode at the box office, and there is no problem with 300 million Hong Kong dollars. , you must promote it well. During the promotion period, go to the modern newspaper to cooperate and ask them to do an exclusive interview with Bruce Lee. The TV station can also fight for it, wireless is not the master of Shao Lao Liu, and some talk! "

Chen Hansheng did not expect that Lin Rongheng disliked "Nanquan and Beizui" so much, and overestimated "Tangshan Big Brother" so much. Although the investment between the two was more than doubled, "Nanquan and Beizui" invested 25 Hong Kong dollars, "Tangshan". Big Brother "invested 58 Hong Kong dollars, but in Chen Hansheng's eyes, he felt that the difference in box office between the two should not exceed 60 Hong Kong dollars!

The reason why "Big Brother Tangshan" is high is that Bruce Lee's performance fee is worth 5 Hong Kong dollars. In addition, it was filmed overseas, and the boss was very generous to the crew, so the final investment was 58 Hong Kong dollars.

Regarding the boss's opinion, although Chen Hansheng disagreed a little, he still decided to heavily tilt the distribution resources towards "Big Brother Tangshan", because it was the boss's script and won the boss's attention.

As for the box office of "Nanquan and North Legs", it only needs 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a big profit; after all, if you invest 25 Hong Kong dollars, even if you exclude the cinema share, you can still have more than 20 profits.And in just three months, you can make double the profit. Isn't this a big profit?
However, in 1970, when the box office broke one million, it could be ranked in the top ten of the box office, so it is not easy.

(End of this chapter)