Started from Hong Kong Island

Chapter 204 [Intimidation and Threats]

Li Wendi knew that the feud between Run Run Shaw, the boss of Shaw Brothers Film Company, and Raymond Chow, the boss of Golden Harvest Entertainment, had a long history. The key figure who caused the two to part ways was a woman, Mona Fong. Of course, this was not without Run Run Shaw's authorization. After suffering some humiliation, Raymond Chow, who had his power taken away, decisively left Shaw Brothers Film Company with Ho Kuan Chang and others, and started a new business, Golden Harvest Entertainment, to compete with Shaw Brothers Film Company.

However, at this time, the two sides were like a strong man and a child. Golden Harvest Entertainment could only be suppressed by Shaw Brothers Films. However, Zou Wenhuai and Ho Kuanchang were very tenacious and refused to give up. They believed that as long as they worked hard, they would definitely eliminate Shaw Brothers Films from the film industry.

Uncle Shaw (Run Run Shaw is the sixth child in the family, so he is called Uncle Six in the underworld) was notoriously stingy. When his son was kidnapped in Singapore, the kidnappers demanded several million yuan, but Uncle Shaw refused to give a penny. He even threatened to let the kidnappers kill his son since he had no money to give anyway. This shows how obsessed he was with money.

Why did Shaw Brothers fade out of the film industry in the past? One reason was that Shaw Brothers was stingy and refused to increase the salaries of the actors in the film company, which led to the departure of big names such as Wang Jie and Bruce Lee.

Uncle Shaw once said, "You can't satisfy the actors' appetites, otherwise they will ask for more." So when the actors ask for salary increase, Uncle Shaw usually just "draws pie in the sky" or directly curses them, saying in front of others, "I have trained them (the actors), they should be content and should work for him all their lives."

In fact, when has he ever been satisfied? Otherwise, he would not have continued to run Shaw Brothers Films and suppress Golden Harvest Entertainment.

Invest in Golden Harvest Entertainment or start your own film company?

Li Wendi had this idea before, but the box office at that time was very low. For example, Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" set a box office record of 72 million in 500. Moreover, he had no foundation or connections in the film industry. If he wanted to gain a foothold, he had to fight Shaw Brothers Film Company for three hundred rounds. Such a laborious industry was not as profitable as stock trading and building houses.

The leading position of Shaw Brothers Film Company in the Hong Kong film industry is not exaggerated but real. Even if Li Wendi is rich, there may not be many theaters (cinemas) willing to show movies. Li Wendi may not even be as good as Zou Wenhuai in the field of movies.

Li Wendi let He Qijun follow up on the signing of the contract with Zou Wenhuai. This was to give He Qijun an opportunity to train and build her own network of contacts, but it was also the reason why Li Wendi was unwilling to have too close contact with Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai had inherited some of Uncle Shao's bad habits: he was stingy and domineering, and he loved to take advantage of others, as could be seen from their first business confrontation.

A day in mid-June

The stock market is still falling like rain, and the Hang Seng Index has fallen to more than 800 points. However, many investors still hold out hope, thinking that the stock market will recover, like it did on May 5. Unfortunately, they were wrong.

Li Wendi has ordered Zhang Wentao, Wang Tichuan and Gao Yi to start collecting information on Hong Kong listed companies, with the requirements that the assets must be high-quality and the properties in hand must be of great value.

Now is not the best time to launch an acquisition. The stock market and the local market will continue to fall. The world economic crisis caused by oil in 74 has not yet arrived. Li Wendi's task is still to raise funds for the company and individuals.

In fact, when Capital Properties was sold to Li Jiacheng last time, Li Wendi really hoped that Li Jiacheng could pay a premium of 1000 million yuan, because under the influence of this crisis, the land price in Central would drop by at least 20%. Although there were not many opportunities to sell commercial buildings in Central, Li Wendi could buy more cheap properties in places like Tsim Sha Tsui, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay.

After all, the difference between the inflow and the outflow was as much as 8000 million yuan, which was the market value of a small real estate company at its peak in 73.

Unfortunately, Li Jiacheng didn't fall for it and even thought of making big promises for Li Wendi.

Suddenly, Li Wendi frowned, his eyes fixed on the headline of the newspaper: Wei Renwei, the leader of the Yisheng Society in Tsim Sha Tsui, had a fight with his former boss and is now wanted by the police, with a reward of 1 yuan.

Deng Songlian finally took action against Wei Renwei, the traitor. Of course, Wei Renwei was not a good person either. He interfered in Deng family affairs for profit and had killed many people.

The gunfight did not result in any casualties, but a large number of gangsters were injured, including more than 10 seriously injured.

At a time when the situation was so tense, a large-scale gunfight broke out, which attracted the attention of the police force. In the past, they could get away with it by simply bribing the police force, but now there is an Independent Commission Against Corruption, and those police officers naturally do not want to get into trouble, so Wei Renwei is doomed.

It is naturally difficult for the Liansheng Society to get away with it, and losses are inevitable. According to Li Wendi's understanding of Deng Songlian, the scapegoat should be chosen well, otherwise the conflict will not be intensified.

In the battle of wits with old foxes like Deng Songlian, Wei Renwei was directly crushed. This is one of the reasons why Li Wendi was unwilling to be an enemy of Deng Songlian. He couldn't defeat him. Deng Songlian had been in the H world for many years and was familiar with the police force's work procedures and had good connections. Without the crushing of money and power, Li Wendi didn't dare to say that he could withstand the attacks of Deng Songlian and He Liansheng.

Wei Renwei is out of the game, but the ownership of the territory in Tsim Sha Tsui has not yet been determined. Li Wendi feels that the situation will return to the time when he was the boss, with each of them getting roughly half of the territory.

Ding-ling-ling! ! While Li Wendi was deep in thought, the phone on the desk rang, startling him.

"Hello! Who is it?"

"Wendy, there's a man named Wei Renwei at home who wants to see you. He says he needs your help with something urgent." Guo Cuiting's voice came from the other end of the line.

Li Wendi's heart skipped a beat. This loser actually dared to threaten me.

"Okay, let him sit for a while, I'll be back soon." Li Wendi suppressed his bad emotions and spoke gently, but in his heart he greeted Wei Renwei's family hundreds of times.

Notify Deng Songlian?! Or call the police?
Li Wendi immediately shook her head. The fact that Wei Renwei dared to rush into the Repulse Bay Villa to cause trouble proved that Wei Renwei was fearless. Once a stranger approached, Wei Renwei might know, and then Guo Cuiting would be dragged down as a scapegoat.

Repulse Bay Villas

Li Wendi's car slowly drove into the villa courtyard. Seeing that the villa bodyguards did not react much, Li Wendi had already planned to replace the villa bodyguards after the matter was settled.

"Haha!! Wei Ge is a rare guest. I wonder what you want to talk to me about?" Li Wendi laughed, then turned to Guo Cuiting and said, "Mom, please go back to the room first. Wei Ge and I have something to talk about."

Guo Cuiting looked at Li Wendi suspiciously, feeling that there was something strange about her son, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

Wei Renwei smiled slightly and said, "Auntie, you should go and rest first. Wendy will be enough to entertain me."

After Guo Cuiting left, Li Wendi put away his smile and said seriously, "I can probably guess why you came to me. Do you want money or do you want to help you escape?"

Li Wendi was a little afraid of a desperado like Wei Renwei. After all, it would be easy for Wei Renwei to drag her down with him.

"50! It should be a small amount for you. By the way, please arrange a boat for me. I want to go to Thailand." Wei Renwei took a sip of tea.

"Okay, cash or check?" Li Wendi asked. He certainly wanted to get rid of this disaster star as soon as possible.

"Look at me like this, do you dare to go to the bank to get money?" Wei Renwei laughed softly. He liked Li Wendi's attitude very much.

"Okay, I'll call someone and have it sent over right away." Li Wendi nodded, stood up and wanted to make a phone call.

"Wendy, don't play tricks! I'm dead now, it would be bad if I drag your whole family with me." Wei Renwei warned with a smile, but his smile was a little creepy.

"It's only 50. Wei Ge, you know that spending money to buy safety is the best way." Li Wendi's expression remained unchanged, as if he was not afraid of Wei Renwei's intimidation and warning.

"You know best." Wei Renwei said, "Go ahead and send the money as soon as possible."

Soon, the company staff brought the cash as scheduled and filled a suitcase.

Wei Renwei took the cash and reminded Li Wendi, "I will call you tonight. It would be best if you can arrange the boat by then. Otherwise, I don't mind coming to your house again."

After Wei Renwei left, Li Wendi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was really a bit scary. He was worried that just like in the movies of his previous life, Wei Renwei had a bomb tied to his body that would explode if anything went wrong.

Doesn't that mean I have to travel through time again?
Guo Cuiting couldn't help but go downstairs to ask Li Wendi. Li Wendi casually evaded the question and told Guo Cuiting not to let strangers into the villa in the future.

(End of this chapter)