After parting with Wei Jingmeng, Chen Chong drove to the Guobin Hotel on Zhongshan North Road.

The Guobin Hotel was built in 1964 and is the first five-star hotel in Taiwan. After staying in Chen Chong last time, he felt very good, so he arranged all the members of the "Crazy Job" crew who came to attend the Golden Horse Awards ceremony in this hotel. As for himself, although he had booked a suite, he did not check in at all. Instead, he went to Zhang Aijia's house with shameless face.

But tonight, he has to go to the hotel.

"Crazy Job" is well-produced and innovative. It has won the box office and reputation in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It has been nominated for seven more nominations. It is a popular Golden Horse Awards and will definitely win at the award ceremony. Chen Chong set up the hotel's Western restaurant in advance and prepared a buffet celebration dinner.

In fact, among the seven nominations for "Crazy Joe", what Chen Chong cares most is Zhang Aijia's best actress. As for other awards, he doesn't care much.

On the one hand, Zhang Aijia is his person, and on the other hand, it is because he is winning this award for experiments.

According to memories of previous lives, Lin Fengjiao was the best actress at the Golden Horse Awards in 1979, who played a mute girl in "Small Town Story".

In this era, except for a few actors such as Gui Yalei, most of the female stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan rely on their beauty to make a living. Hu Yinmeng once joked that she only needed to go to the set with her head to make money.

Lin Fengjiao's acting skills are not outstanding. She can win awards because of her role. As we all know, it is easy to excel at major film festivals when she plays disabled. The second is because there is no competitor in 1979. Hu Huizhong in "Huangyan" is a newcomer, while Xu Feng has no new ideas or breakthroughs in "Legend of the Mountain".

The registration time for the Golden Horse Awards is usually ending in early August. The previous life "Crazy Journey" was released in November, so I missed the 1979 Golden Horse Awards. Now, under the influence of Shen Chong, "Crazy Journey" has been released six months ahead of schedule, and happened to participate in this year's Golden Horse Awards.

After the revision of the script of "Crazy Job", emotional conflicts were strengthened, love, friendship and family were intertwined, the role image was rich, and the length of the film was increased by more than ten minutes. Zhang Aijia was heavy in the role and had more space for performance. In the old version of her previous life, her performance was praised by film critics, and the new version was naturally even more outstanding. With her sunken viewing, she completely left Lin Fengjiao several streets away.

But "The Two Lin and Two Qin" are famous in Taiwan. Lin Fengjiao is very popular, with many fans and is widely loved. The role of a mute girl, coupled with the 10th anniversary bonus of the Popular Film Company, has a high reputation for winning awards. Zhang Aijia ran around in Hong Kong and Taiwan. She played mostly supporting roles in the past, not even a first-line actress, and her momentum was obviously inferior.

So since September, Chen Chong instructed his magazines to constantly publish commentary articles about "Crazy Joe", and targetedly advocated Zhang Aijia's acting talent to experiment with the real influence of "Movie Age" and "The First Movie Review" in the Taiwanese film circle.

In the end, Zhang Aijia defeated Lin Fengjiao and won the Golden Horse Award for the Best Actress, which made Chen Chong extremely satisfied - this shows that he had initially controlled the public opinion trends in the film circles of Hong Kong and Taiwan. His previous efforts were not in vain, and a lot of money was not in vain.

...

Back at the hotel, Chen Chong opened the suite he had booked but did not check in, picked up the phone, and dialed the 24-hour service number provided by HSBC Bank.

"Mr. Chen, I'm Kate." The phone rang twice and was connected. A very pleasant female voice asked in English: "What kind of service is needed?"

"Kate, you are on duty today." Chen Chong loosened his tie and asked, "What famous media have reported on me in the past few days?"

"Please wait." A moment later, Kate began to report: "Mr. Chen, based on the information we have collected, in the past week, Business Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and Economist have published content about you. In Hong Kong, more than 20 media have reported on you."

"What did you say?" After Chen Chong returned to Hong Kong from the mainland, he was busy every day. He came to Taiwan to participate in the Golden Horse Awards these two days, so he took a breath and hid in the beauty's boudoir to rest. So he didn't pay much attention to the media information. He asked, "Is there anything that is particularly worth paying attention to?"

“The Wall Street Journal and the Economist are both critical articles,” Kate paused on the phone and said, “The Business Week published the day before yesterday, covering your business activities in detail.”

“All?”

"Yes. It includes Rubik's Cube, Apple, personal software chain, Activision Games, and several venture capital investments in Silicon Valley last month. After analysis by Business Week, you believe that your assets, with more than $500 million, are one of the world's 50 richest people."

Chen Chong suddenly realized.

No wonder so many reporters were blocking each other like crazy tonight...

No wonder Chiang Ching-kuo wants to see him...

When Chen Chong was interviewed by Forbes, it was during the negotiations between Apple's acquisition of VisiCalc, so he talked about the concept of "knowledge economy" that he did not exaggerate his wealth too much, and readers only thought that he was a lucky person who fell from the sky and hit his head.

In 1979, the general public couldn't even understand what a personal computer was, and even more so, VisiCalc's difficult software thing, so for many people, Chen Chong's wealth image is illusory and unreal.

This is like a player holding tens of millions of virtual game coins. In the eyes of people who don’t play games, nothing is the same.

However, Rubik's Cube, chain stores, and electronic games are all things that ordinary people can understand. The exposure of "Business Weekly" labeled another $500 million, which immediately caused a sensation.

500 million US dollars, in later generations, is just a fraction of the wealth of the bosses of major high-tech companies. However, in 1979, it was really amazing.

500 million US dollars, equivalent to Hong Kong dollars, is 2.3 billion. In 1978, all the income from the Hong Kong government selling land was only 2.9 billion... (Note 1)

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, a medium-sized listed company has a market value of only a few hundred million.

Is it really worth $500 million? Chen Chong doesn’t know, and he doesn’t care. Even if Business Weekly is a world-class authoritative financial magazine, is it really worth $500 million?

Besides, when the money reaches a certain level, it is just a number on the books and does not make much sense...

After loosening his tie again, Chen Chong asked again: "What are the reports of the Hong Kong media?"

"A scream."

Kate's concise answer made Chen Chong smile. After laughing, he asked, "Have you ever had any results in the market research report on the video recorder?"

"Well, AC Nelson sent the results this afternoon." Kate was very familiar with the business, and she immediately reported: "As of October 1979, the sales of video recorders in the United States were less than 600,000 units. Families with video recorders were less than 2% of the total number of households in the United States." (Note 2)

“Where is the desire to buy?”

"More than 40% of consumers don't know that there are products like home video recorders, and more than 70% of consumers think that video recorders are too expensive."

"Okay, I get it, thank you, Kate."

Hang off the phone, Chen Chong touched his chin, sat on the head of the bed, and was stunned for a while, then felt that the time was almost over, then stood up, left the room, and walked towards the restaurant.

...

In addition to "Crazy Calamity", there is also the crew of "Legend of the Mountain" - Although "Legend of the Mountain" was not produced by Oriental Charm, Hu Jinquan is now his own person.

Chen Chong reached an agreement with Hu Jinquan in Beijing, reorganizing "Kinquan Film Company" into "Kinquan Film Studio" at the cost of HK$800,000, and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oriental Charm.

"Legend of the Mountain" won five awards: Best Director, Best Art Design, Best Photography, Best Soundtrack and Best Recording at this Golden Horse Awards, and the popularity was even better than "Crazy Job".

When people were in a happy mood, Hu Jinquan took the trophy and walked into the restaurant first. After seeing Chen Chong, he immediately waved and said, "A Chong, come here, I will introduce you to a few people."

"Teacher Hu, there is no need to introduce it." Chen Chong saw the tall, thick and black figure behind him, immediately stepped forward, smiled and shook hands to welcome him, and said, "Can you not recognize Director Li Hanxiang?"

Li Hanxiang has a fat head and big ears, a burly figure and extraordinary demeanor. He shook hands with Shen Chong and said, "I haven't seen Jin Quan for a long time, so I came here uninvited today. Please forgive me, Mr. Chen."

"It's my honor to Director Li to appreciate his face wherever he is." Chen Chong spread his hands and said, "Please inside."

Li Hanxiang was the first of the four major directors in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1960s and 1970s. He had a high seniority and a great reputation. His disciples and old friends all over the world. When he came to attend the celebration banquet, Shen Chong was unsuccessful.

However, after making friends with Hu Jinquan, Li Hanxiang will know each other sooner or later - these two are sworn brothers and close friends.

Behind Li Hanxiang, a tall and thin middle-aged man, Chen Chong also knew him. He smiled and welcomed, "Hello, Boss Huang."

"I'm upset." The man's name is Huang Zhuohan, the boss of First Pictures, the investor and issuer of "Legend of the Mountains". He shook hands with Shen Chong and said, "Mr. Chen, celebrate your contributions tonight and go to my place tomorrow."

"Okay, okay." Chen Chong replied with a smile.

The First Film Company is Shaw Brothers, Jiahe and Taiwan China Film, the fourth largest film distribution agency in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Chen Chong is eager to deal with him more, and he is determined to acquire the copyright of "Legend of the Mountain".

After Wu Dajiang, the musician of "Legend of the Mountain", photographer Chen Junjie and recordingist Zhou Shaolong, Chen Chong finally saw the person he was looking forward to.

"Hello Miss Xu Feng."

"Hello Mr. Chen." Xu Feng was shortlisted for the Best Actress this time, but returned in a bad mood. However, looking at her expression, she was not disappointed. She smiled and introduced the people around her to Chen Chong to know: "This is my fiancé, Tang Junnian."

"Hello, Mr. Tang."

Chen Chong is a fake and shoddy business genius who started with gold fingers, while Tang Junnian is a real business genius. He created Taiwan alone at the age of 22 and started by selling curtains. He made 500 million sales in one year and then built the Tangchen Group with assets of 10 billion yuan.

Xu Feng became an actor, won two Golden Horse Film Awards, one Asian Film Festival, and became a producer after retiring from the film industry. He invested in and produced classic movies such as "Farewell My Concubine". After her husband passed away, she ran the Tongchen Group and controlled the commercial aircraft carrier to develop steadily.

Being an actor, a producer, or a businessman can do the best. Xu Feng is a legend.

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Note 1: The figure comes from "History of Hong Kong Stocks"
Chapter completed!