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Chapter 231 231 [Come out and make trouble again] (Please subscribe and vote)

The next morning, Zhang Wentao walked into the office with a gloomy expression and nothing in his hands.

"Boss, Shaw Brothers Film Company has breached the contract and refused to show three of their films in our theaters, saying that they are exclusive to their theater chains."

Li Wendi frowned slightly. This Uncle Shao really liked to stir up trouble, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Let's file a lawsuit in court." Li Wendi thought about it again and suspected that Uncle Shaw wanted to use the "delay tactic" to prolong the lawsuit. Even if this wastes some money, it is better than paying the theater a guarantee fee. At the same time, it can also restrain Changxin Real Estate Company from wanting to cooperate with Golden Harvest, making it difficult to achieve the goal of retaliating against Shaw Brothers Film Company.

So Li Wendi continued to explain, "Let the court cancel this contract first, so that Shaw Brothers Film Company's plan will fail. I will go to Golden Harvest Entertainment's Zou Wenhuai in a few days to test his attitude."

"Yes!" Zhang Wentao understood what Li Wendi meant. At the same time, he admired Li Wendi for being able to immediately guess the Shaw Brothers' plan. If they were dragged down by the contract, it would obviously be very disadvantageous to the theaters under Changxin Real Estate.

Uncle Shao has always made good use of these "unorthodox methods" to exploit legal loopholes, and has used this method to drag down many opponents. However, Li Wendi is a very decisive person. He knows that even if he wins the lawsuit, Uncle Shao will delay the payment of compensation, and the compensation will not be too much. After all, if it is too much, the stingy Uncle Shao would rather continue to appeal and sue. Therefore, Li Wendi would rather not have the compensation, but get out of the contract as soon as possible and take revenge on this very opportunistic Uncle Shao.

"You are bullying me because I am young, but I will let you know that 'experience can sometimes be broken'." Li Wendi crossed his fingers on the desk, with a sneer on his lips.

Zhang Wentao's ability to get things done is still okay, but his mind is not very quick.

Just within three or four days, Li Wendi's instructions were fulfilled clearly. The court accepted the lawsuit and abolished the binding nature of the contract, giving Changxin Real Estate Company freedom.

Inside a luxuriously decorated large office at Shaw Brothers Film Company

Fang Yihua was reporting the actions of Changxin Real Estate Company to Run Run Shaw, "The court has accepted their appeal. Now they are free from the shackles. Li Wendi should find Golden Harvest Entertainment soon."

Run Run Shaw's face darkened. "This young man is quite capable. He guessed our intention right away. I planned to wait for the subpoena to arrive and then prevent them from canceling the contract. I kept dragging them along, but they got the upper hand."

"Then what should we do? Should we go to Li Wendi to discuss a settlement?" Fang Yihua felt that Li Wendi had some ability and was so young. It seemed that offending him would not be good for Shaw Brothers Film Company in the future, and might even "help Golden Harvest Entertainment Company."

Run Run Shaw is an old fox and Wendi Li is a young fox. Now they have lost the trust between them. There is no other way except to make up for it with huge interests.

Run Run Shaw was a miser, so how could he be willing to give out huge benefits directly? Moreover, he believed that neither Li Wendi nor Raymond Chow could defeat him. After all, he had experienced more storms and waves than the two of them combined, and small waves could not sink the big ship of Shaw Brothers Film Company.

"Reconciliation is useless. Li Wendi will never trust us again." Run Run Shaw sneered, "I haven't exercised for a long time. It's a good opportunity to use them as an example. I am not made of clay."

Seeing that Run Run Shaw was angry, Fang Yihua didn't dare to say anything. On the surface, she was Run Run Shaw's greatest confidante, but in fact she was an executor standing in the front. To put it bluntly, she did those offensive things for Run Run Shaw and was a complete tool.

Of course, this tool man has some rights and status, which is one of the reasons why Fang Yihua is reluctant to give it up.

Li Wendi naturally couldn't sit idle, so while the news was spreading, he quickly made an appointment with Zou Wenhuai to talk about those things. He had also anticipated that Zou Wenhuai would take the opportunity to ask for more benefits.

"Mr. Li, has your contract with Shaw Brothers Film Company really been cancelled?" Zou Wenhuai laughed, as if with some mockery in his tone.

Li Wendi nodded. "The enemy of my enemy is my best friend. What do you think, Mr. Zou?"

In fact, Li Wendi didn't care about the benefits involved, but Uncle Shao's lack of respect made Li Wendi even more angry. Does getting old mean you don't have to abide by the social rules of the Chinese world?

"Of course, this is the truth. How does Mr. Li want to cooperate?" Zou Wenhuai thought he could control Li Wendi.

"Let's follow the old rules." Li Wendi said with a faint smile, making an offer first and waiting for Zou Wenhuai to bargain.

Zou Wenhuai shook his head. "It's a different time now! Mr. Li should have heard this saying. Our cooperation needs to be re-divided."

Li Wendi calmly put down the cup and said with a smile, "Changxin Real Estate Company is strong. It is okay to not cooperate with Zou Sheng and start a new business. It's just that Changxin Real Estate Company wants to focus on the development of the real estate industry. If forced, it is not impossible to deal with Run Run Shaw alone. I am also optimistic about the abilities of Zou Sheng and He Sheng, that's all."

Zou Wenhuai didn't know whether what Li Wendi said was true or not, but Changxin Real Estate Company did have the ability to do so, and it was not worried about not being able to find suitable talents to do this, but he was still unwilling to give up.

"Mr. Li, to be honest, I originally wanted to have in-depth cooperation with Changxin Real Estate. Unfortunately, Mr. Li, you signed a contract with Run Run Shaw and others, and Run Run Shaw attacked Golden Harvest Entertainment many times during this period, causing a lot of losses." Zou Wenhuai wanted to recover the losses from the cooperation.

"Mr. Zou, do you mean to take back these losses from me?" Li Wendi sneered. "In that case, there is nothing to discuss between us. It is more in the best interests of Changxin Real Estate to start a new business."

"Then we should be enemies next time we meet, Mr. Zou!"

Anyone can intimidate!
Li Wendi is stronger and should be the one initiating the intimidation rather than the one being intimidated.

Zou Wenhuai is a man who is used to big scenes. The aura exuded by Li Wendi cannot scare Zou Wenhuai. However, Li Wendi is still a young man, and it seems that he is willing to give up his interests to save face. If Golden Harvest Entertainment and Changxin Real Estate compete with each other, the only one who will be proud is Uncle Shao Liu, and this is not what Zou Wenhuai wants to see.

In fact, Golden Harvest Entertainment does not just belong to Raymond Chow. It should be an alliance formed by those who are dissatisfied with Run Run Shaw. Under the current circumstances, Golden Harvest Entertainment still has to focus on dealing with Uncle Run Run Shaw, otherwise the alliance will be at risk of disbanding.

After all, Uncle Shao is no pushover. When he sees the crack on the egg, he will come over and do something with it.

In the end, Zou Wenhuai still failed to gain greater benefits. Even though he had explained it with reason and appealed to his emotions, Li Wendi remained unmoved.

"Mr. Zou, please take a look at this document first. We will talk about other cooperation later." Li Wendi took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai took it with full of doubts, and as he read on, his expression became more and more surprised.

"Mr. Li, where did you get this script from?" Zou Wenhuai asked excitedly.

"It fell from the sky!" Li Wendi smiled and pointed at the ceiling. "Mr. Zou, don't worry about where it came from. Just tell me if you can give Run Run Shaw a surprise."

"It's hard for a script to cause great damage to Shaw Brothers Film Company, but it may be able to harm Run Run Shaw." Zou Wenhuai said pessimistically.

Li Wendi didn't quite understand all this. Since Zou Wenhuai had said so, it should have limited effect. However, Li Wendi did not plan to come up with other scripts. Bringing down Run Run Shaw was not something that could be done overnight, but a long-term goal.

"Let's teach Uncle Shao a lesson first. Let's talk about cooperation on this script first." Li Wendi continued, "I don't know much about movies and don't want to get involved. I plan to sell this script to Golden Harvest Entertainment for 35. At the same time, the movie must be released in my theaters. How about it?" "Mr. Li, this is too expensive! The most expensive script in the industry is only 3 or 5. You've increased the price tenfold." Zou Wenhuai was a little surprised. Li Wendi was asking for too much.

"Mr. Zou, do you think I'm someone who needs that 3 or 5?" Li Wendi said with a smile, "Then let's try another way. I'll invest in the film, split the investment % to % and the profits % to %. How about that?"

These words made Zou Wenhuai look even uglier, as this would undoubtedly cut into Golden Harvest Entertainment's profits.

"Li Sheng."

Li Wendi waved his hand and said, "If you refuse, don't say it. At worst, I can find someone else to shoot it, or set up a film company."

Zou Wenhuai was in a dilemma. The script was a good one, but he was more afraid of Li Wendi setting up a film company. Li Wendi was a wealthy man and might become the biggest competitor of Golden Harvest Entertainment.

"Okay, 30 is 30, but Li Wendi can't sell her future scripts to Run Run Shaw, even if Golden Harvest Entertainment doesn't want them." Zou Wenhuai also put forward conditions.

"Of course. I don't want to be 'destroyed after crossing the river' by Uncle Shao Liu again." Li Wendi said with a slight smile.

"Then we will have a happy cooperation!"

The two cups hit each other, making a clanging sound.

Thursday, May 5

Due to the rapid decline in the stock market in March and April, and HSBC's announcement on that day that it would relax restrictions on stock mortgage loans, the stock market rebounded sharply again.

On the previous day, May 5, the Hang Seng Index had fallen to 1 points, a drop of 290.14% in just 3.5 months.

After hanging up the phone, Li Wendi's smile became as bright as a chrysanthemum. This was a misunderstanding of his memory from his previous life, but he was lucky and bought stocks worth 3000 million from Hutchison Group at a low price.

Although it had an additional 6100 million yuan in funds from Li Wendi, Hutchison Group still could not escape the fate of being acquired by HSBC. The only difference was that the shareholding ratio was reduced from 22% in the previous life to 16%. It is still the largest shareholder of Hutchison Group, and the injected funds have become 1 million yuan.

Qi Dezun is having a hard time now. He is being held accountable by the board of directors alliance led by HSBC. I heard that the day for him to resign is not far away.

Li Wendi simply sighed softly about this matter. He originally thought that he could break the historical trajectory of his previous life, but in vain. In the final analysis, Li Wendi's strength was too weak.

If this continues, Li Jiacheng and Hutchison Whampoa will have another happy marriage.

What? Seize Hutchison Whampoa?

Li Wendi is still somewhat wary of HSBC's strength. Offending Shen Bi is not a good thing. Of course, this also depends on the strength accumulated in the next few years. If he can compete with Shen Bi, Li Wendi will not hesitate.

It’s too early to think about these things now, always focus on the present.

The stock market rebounded on May 5 alone, with the Hang Seng Index rising 2 points to around 10 points, making investors happy.

Of course, there are still people who think that this is a sign that the stock market crash is over and a new round of bull market is about to come, but more people hold a cautious attitude, after all, there are the lessons learned from the previous two incidents.

Li Wendi thought about it for a long time but could not find any memory of this rebound in his previous life, so he could only use some professional knowledge to study how long this stock market rebound would last.

After two days and one night of research, Li Wendi believed that the stock market rebound would last for a maximum of one month, which meant that he had to sell all 5 million shares by the end of May.

A few days later, the Hang Seng Index rose to 332.1 points. The rise was quite sharp. The share prices of many companies were rising slowly. Changxin Real Estate rose to 1.8 yuan, and China Entertainment Real Estate Company rose to 2.1 yuan.

Therefore, Li Wendi considered whether to take advantage of the opportunity to do a "buy low and sell high" play to earn some money for the company and himself.

Junfu Jewellery Company
He Qijun looked unhappy, as if she had encountered some difficulties.

"There are some grievances between the Chen Jewelry Company and me, so it is understandable that they are targeting us now. However, their greed is a bit ugly. They actually opened a jewelry store across from us." Li Wendi said thoughtfully. The Chen family has not been in the spotlight for some time. The loss of Hengyao Real Estate Company is a big loss for them, and they need time to lick their wounds.

However, Li Wendi felt that this was not the work of Chen Fenben, but more like the work of Mr. Chen.

As a veteran in the business world, Chen Fenben knows more than just these methods. He should be able to launch a series of attacks.

"Chen's Jewelry Company is stronger than Junfu Jewelry. In addition, Chen's Jewelry Company bought a large amount of gold before the price of gold increased. No matter how the price drops, it will make a profit. We don't have that much reserves. The previous batch of gold was sold to Chow Tai Fook. Now we can only get goods from the high-priced market. Once the price drops, we can't even keep our capital, let alone make a profit." There was some complaint in He Qijun's words. If Chen's Jewelry Company had that batch of 1300 million gold, it would be easy to deal with.

Li Wendi could naturally hear He Qijun's complaints, but he didn't care because he had to take care of all industries, not just Junfu Jewelry. "Let him lower the price first. Other colleagues will also have opinions about him. Maybe the industry union will come to him soon."

He Qijun rolled her eyes at Li Wendi and said unhappily, "We can't just sit there and wait for death. Others have already come to bully us. If the union was useful, then our Qi Nian Newspaper would not dare to be so arrogant."

Li Wendi thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Since we can't beat him in gold, we can think of other ways. Don't we still have the watch business? This is also one of the investment directions for Hong Kong citizens."

"Do you mean to have a joint promotion with watches?" He Qijun asked thoughtfully.

"Well, this is the only solution we have for now. It should be able to win back some business." Li Wendi said lightly.

In Li Wendi's opinion, Chen's Jewelry Company will not last long. At the same time, this is the mentality of competitors. How could competitors be willing to give up those profits?

Your Chen Jewelry Company and Junfu Jewelry just have a grudge, what does it have to do with all of us? Why do you want to drag everyone into this?

Li Wendi believed that as long as the conflicts accumulated enough, they would have a greater impact when they exploded, and it would be impossible for Chen and his son to die without paying a price.

After all, they are not Li Wendi who can get a lot of money from other places. For now, they can only stay in the jewelry industry.

(End of this chapter)