Chapter Seventy: Hong Xiaoqiao

  Wang Wei originally wanted to use the eighteen reforms to exchange for the suppression of the Dead Sea Gang, Wenshan Gang and other factions that surrounded and suppressed the Bamboo Curtain Gang. Unexpectedly, he unexpectedly got acquainted with the Second Prince Jiang Xiaowu, and also became a drinking buddy with the Third Prince. One of them deliberately put down his dignity to make friends, while the other was in need of such a powerful friend. As a result, after one meal, they became like old friends who had known each other for many years.

  The subsequent official suppression of the gang, as well as the favoritism towards the Bamboo Curtain Society, were all at the behest of this Second Prince. The Second Prince had three older brothers above him, two of whom were twins and shared the same mother, so they are not mentioned. Therefore, above Xiaowu there was only one older brother, Jiang Xiaowen. However, Jiang Xiaowen was often bedridden, so the Jiang family placed their hopes on this former spoiled prince, Xiaowu.

  In his early years, the second prince was almost always the last in class and often fought, the Chiang family was at a loss for what to do with the second prince. Later, Jiang Jieshi had no choice but to send the second prince to Fengshan Military Academy. However, after going to military school, the second prince still did not follow military discipline, relying on his family's power to sleep in and wake up naturally, never lining up for meals, and scolding instructors during training. He also corrupted a group of officials' children who had already been reformed. As a result, the school had no choice but to give up on educating the second prince.

  Later, the Chiang family had no choice but to send the second son to study in Germany, away from the political shelter of the Chiang family. After staying in Germany for three years, due to his older brother Chiang Xiaowen's alcohol poisoning and bedridden condition, the second son became the focus of cultivation by the Chiang family.

  After three years of tempering abroad, Jiang Xiaowu was married to his first wife Wang Changshi and became much more stable. Among the three sons of Jiang Jingguo, Jiang Xiaowu was the most interested in politics and had a special talent for intelligence work. Therefore, soon after returning to China, Jiang Xiaowu was appointed as the head of the Taipei Intelligence Bureau.

  So all the officials of the Taiwan authorities are well aware that the second prince is destined to become the third generation of the Chiang family in power, which means the future ruler of Taiwan. Therefore, no one dares to disobey the words of the second prince. As a result, under the instruction of the second prince, the relevant personnel have been cracking down on the underworld very fiercely, but with extremely strong bias.

  This time, with the help of official forces, the crisis of Bamboo Union being surrounded and annihilated was lifted, allowing Wang Wei to thoroughly establish his own prestige within the gang.

  However, Wang Wei still had an ace up his sleeve. When the Bamboo Union was expanding and restructuring, he massively planted his own trusted followers. For example, Zhang Anle, the newly expanded Wolf Hall master, was also responsible for Feng Tang and Yi Tang at the same time, while Wu Dun was in charge of Ya Tang and also responsible for Tian Tang and Zhong Tang. At the same time, Wang Wei himself directly took over Long Tang and Sha Tang. The masters of these two halls were only responsible to Wang Wei, and the power to appoint hall masters was also in Wang Wei's hands, without the need for a vote at a meeting within the gang.

  After settling the Bamboo Union matter, Wang Wei only then discovered that "Eternal Hero" had already been released for almost a month. He hastily rushed back to the company. As soon as he sat down, he was blocked in his office by Li Bin with a bitter melon face, pouring out grievances.

  "I'm telling you, boss, can't you have some professional ethics?" Li Bin said with a helpless smile.

  "Brother Bin, isn't the company being managed by you as the general manager? Whether I'm here or not doesn't make a big difference." Wang Wei said with a wave of his hand and a rogue tone.

  "But you should at least be able to find someone, after all, the company is yours, and some major decisions still need your approval." Li Bin said with a resentful expression.

  "Bin Ge, you're wrong this time. Didn't I say that once the company is on the right track, I'll give you 10% of the shares? Here, take a look at this stock ownership contract." Wang Wei said, taking out a document from his bag and handing it to Li Bin.

  "Ah Bin, isn't this too much! After all...” Li Bin took the documents from Wang Wei's hand and scanned them briefly, feeling his heart suddenly racing. As for the value of Yan Huang Company, Li Bin was clearer than anyone else. This percentage of shares was worth several million Hong Kong dollars, and with Yan Huang Company's development speed, Li Bin believed that it wouldn't take long for the value of these shares to exceed tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Thinking of this, Li Bin's hand couldn't help but tremble slightly.

  "Bin Ge, this is not too much, it's what you deserve." Wang Wei interrupted Li Bin's words and said with a determined face.

  Feeling the irresistible tone in Wang Wei's words, Li Bin nodded heavily and said with red eyes: "Ah Wei, I won't say much more, just one sentence, company matters are my matters."

  Li Bin had just said that, when Wang Wei interrupted: "Good, good you Li Bin, your meaning is to say, without this 10% stake you are not concerned about the company, that is to say, you were lazy for a while."

  "A Wei, I didn't mean it that way. What I meant to say is that from now on, the company's matters... aren't mine, nor are they about the company either." Li, who was usually eloquent in front of directors and distributors, suddenly stuttered.

  "Haha, Bin Ge, just kidding with you, no need to explain, I believe you." Wang Wei has always followed the principle of trusting those who are trustworthy and being cautious with those who are not. Therefore, Wang Wei had not doubted Li Bin at all earlier, but only wanted to play a joke on him. At this time, seeing Li Bin's face turn bright red and stuttering...

  "Wang Wei hastily explained, "Bin Ge, I was just joking with you earlier. If I didn't trust you, how could I have handed the company over to you? Alright, hand over the report and let me take a look."

  Wang Wei wanted to see the report, Li Bin quickly handed over the file in his hand to Wang Wei: "Ah Wei, the box office of 'Epic Hero' on the island has already exceeded 20 million. However, according to the statistics from various cinemas, the attendance rate of 'Epic Hero' has slightly declined. But based on my estimation, 'Epic Hero' can still be screened for about another month. So I predict that before 'Epic Hero' goes offline, the box office on the island will reach 30 million Taiwan dollars without any problem."

  "Ah, how's the situation in Hong Kong?" Wang Wei wasn't surprised that the film achieved such box office numbers on the island. At this time, people all over Taiwan were feeling a mix of excitement and emptiness, plus the film's shooting method was originally very provocative, and it mobilized so many personnel and resources to restore the war scenes on a large scale. So achieving such box office numbers wasn't strange at all.

  At this time, Wang Wei was more concerned about the box office in Hong Kong. It seemed that before he went to deal with the Bamboo Union's affairs, the other side had already brought the film over. Calculating the time, it had also been more than half a month. He didn't know what the situation was like.

  When Wang Wei asked about the box office situation in Hong Kong, Li Bin gave Wang Wei a very helpless expression, and then said: "Director Wang, you just thought of Hong Kong! Here, this is the newspaper I had someone buy from Hong Kong. It's been placed in your office for a long time, but who knew you'd be so elusive!"

  Li Bin said, taking out a stack of newspapers from the cabinet on one side.

  Wang Wei opened the newspaper, and on top was the "Sing Tao Daily".

  What entered the eye was a huge title:

  A genius director trapped in a political film, is it a tragedy of the film industry or the director's own loss?

  After reading this title, Wang Wei couldn't help but curse in his heart: Damn it, what a lousy title, how does it feel like holding a memorial service for myself? The tragedy of the film and television industry.

  Wang Wei's eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  Li Bin explained on the side: "Boss, since 'Ying Lie Qian Qiu' is a political film, when it was first shown in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong press and film industry responded with a sigh of relief. So in the week before its release, the attendance rate only maintained around 50%. However, in the second week, the attendance rate rebounded to around 70%, I estimate that this week's attendance rate will still have some improvement, but it won't be as popular as in Taiwan."

  Wang Wei listened to Li Bin's words, and thought to himself: It seems that the energy of this newspaper is quite strong. Should I also set up a newspaper?

  Just as Wang Wei was pondering over the newspaper's affairs, the office phone suddenly rang.

  "Hello."

  "Chairman, there's a Miss Hong at the front desk who says she has something to see you about. Should we let her in or not?" A crisp female voice came through the phone.

  "Come on, bring him in." Wang Wei was full of doubts, Miss Hong? Who is that?

  "Boss, what's up?" Li Bin glanced at the report on the table, implying that he was waiting for further instructions.

  "You go ahead and busy yourself, if there's anything I'll come find you." Wang Wei said with a smile.

  "En." Li Bin responded with a grunt and turned to leave Wang Wei's office.

  Not long after Li Bin left, a girl with a wide-brimmed straw hat came to Wang Wei's office under the leadership of the front desk.

  "Director Wang. Do you still remember me?" The girl took off her straw hat and smiled gently.

  Everyone, I'm sorry. Today I ate some rice cakes and ate too much, feeling a bit bloated now. Can't even sit properly anymore. Forced myself to update one more chapter, just one more chapter left, please forgive me!!