As expected, there was a sample issue of "Scientific American" in the package and another royalty notice. Martin Gardner wrote the content of the Rubik's Cube in this column and listed Shen Chong as co-author.

The amount of manuscripts in "Scientific American" was beyond the expectation of Chen Chong, which gave him some inspiration for searching magazines.

Drinking the rice porridge brought by Li Kaiyuan, Chen Chong quickly read the column article and then felt relieved. Mr. Martin not only wrote the Rubik's Cube interestingly, but also added a sentence at the end, "In order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, I will not tell you how to buy it. I can only tell you that in the far east, there is a place called Hong Kong, which is very popular with this interesting toy."

Chen Chong turned the magazine to the cover page and looked at the publication date. It is estimated that this issue of "Scientific American" has been delivered to the household and its influence will soon spread to Hong Kong.

“Have foreign orders increased recently?”

"There have been a lot more calls in the past two days." Li Kaiyuan shook his head and said, "But there are not many people who come to the door to order, Japanese and Korean, all of which are small orders of thousands."

"Americans will come soon." Chen Chong drank all the porridge in one breath and asked, "Just sign a contract with them at the price we set."

"Will it sell too expensive?" Li Kaiyuan said with some concern, "What if they scare them away?"

"No." Chen Chong smiled and said, "If Americans are so brave, they will not be policemen in the world. Don't worry, we are asking for a conscience price, and their hearts are dark."

Shen Chong Plan Normal Unpacked Rubik's Cube $8 per, $15 with a box, $20 with a silver mirrored Rubik's Cube, and $25 with a golden color.

Absolutely conscientious price... When the ordinary unpacked Rubik's Cube was first launched in the United States, it was $19.9 per person. In 1979, the average income of the United States was about $2,800. I bought a toy of $20, which is a small matter. (Note 1)

If it weren't for the lack of talents and channels, Chen Chong really wanted to open an agency in the United States himself.

"By the way, how are the sales in Hong Kong recently?"

"It's a few hundred every day, there are too many pirated copies."

"It's good, you can focus on overseas business." Chen Chong packed up his things and said, "Let's go, I'll go to the company to take charge today."

"Come on, you don't see anyone every day." Li Kaiyuan glanced at him and said, "Are you busy making movies to hook up with celebrities?"

"I'm jealous now." Chen Chong hugged her slender waist without any fat, kissed her cheek, and said, "I'm still thinking about finding a few celebrities to sleep with each other."

"I have never seen you a shameless thief." Li Kaiyuan punched him without hesitation, "Stay away from me!"

...

When he arrived at Wanfu Building, Chen Chong first went to the office of the film production company and ordered Zeng Lizhen to go to the crew alone today - Chen Chong bought another car in the name of the company, but he couldn't drive it. Zeng Lizhen also needed to work as a driver part-time and came to the office to wait for him every day.

At the toy company, Shen Chong's previous office had been given to a newly recruited manager. When he passed by, he saw the manager talking to a bald old man in his forties.

In the second office, Huang Xin was teaching Ah Chong a lesson. Seeing Ah Chong's silly smile, he probably caused something to happen again.

"Who is that young man?" Chen Chong walked into Li Kaiyuan's office, sat on the sofa invisibly, and asked, "It's the one sitting in my previous office."

"Oh, you talk about him." Li Kaiyuan said with a strange expression: "He is the sales director of the company I used to work, and Xinxin went to dig it up."

"Why, Sister Xin has an ambiguous relationship with him?"

"How is that possible?" Li Kaiyuan held a pen and turned around in his hand, saying with a smile: "In the past, when Xinxin and I were working there, this guy always looked for trouble, so he deliberately dug him over, be our subordinates, and deal with him well!"

It's terrible to offend a woman...

"How capable is he?"

"Don't worry, Xinxin and I are not children, we know the importance of it." Li Kaiyuan explained: "He grew up in the United States and is very familiar with the market there. Although we hated him very much in the past, we were still very convinced of his work ability."

After a while, the young white-faced manager in Shen Chong's mouth walked into the office and reported to Li Kaiyuan that the American agreed to the company's offer and signed an order of 10,000 ordinary Rubik's Cubes and 5,000 mirror Rubik's Cubes.

Although the quantity is not large, the profit is abundant.

Li Kaiyuan was very happy and praised the young man without hesitation.

Chen Chong is complaining in his heart.

Heroic and rich...

This guy is elegant and has the so-called aristocratic temperament in his behavior, like a peacock with open-faced hair.

After he left, Chen Chong immediately closed the office door, hugged Li Kaiyuan, and threatened viciously: " Stay away from him, do you hear it?"

Li Kaiyuan smiled and his flowers were trembling...

Then the door was pushed open, and Huang Xin stood at the door in amazement.

"Sister Xin, I'm teaching Sister Yuanyuan to write." Chen Chong was thick-skinned and said a clumsy excuse with a wry smile, "Is there anything wrong?"

"No, it's okay." Huang Xin smiled ambiguously, then closed the door gently, and said something from outside: "You guys keep writing."

After all, Li Kaiyuan was a girl. After all, he was knocked out of the affair and was so ashamed that he drove Chen Chong out of the office with three punches and two kicks.

Since the United States has opened, the greasy and floury manager looks reliable. He has no soft girls to hold, so he doesn't want to waste time in the company.

I called a taxi and went straight to Mary Hospital near Pok Fulin, Hong Kong Island - today I will take a shot of my family recognizing the body in the morgue there.

Sitting in the taxi, Chen Chong pressed the blue button of his watch, opened the light curtain in his mind, and looked at the shooting progress of "Crazy Joe".

67%

The progress was quite fast. In just a few days, nearly 70% of the shooting tasks were completed.

Digging the treasure...

Turning off the light curtain, Chen Chong touched his chin, preparing to give Zeng Lizhen a raise and promote him after the shooting was completed.

During this period, he has been busy with magazine work, and Zeng Lizhen is almost always doing the producer's work. Now that the filming is so smooth, she has made great contributions.

Being a producer is not a simple job...

The producer needs to plan the daily work in advance based on the script and shooting schedule, make an appointment for the outdoor scene, arrange actors, arrange crews, transport various props and equipment, as well as logistical support, and food and drinking water. All must be arranged by the producer, otherwise it will be messy and affect the shooting.

If an investor like Chen Chong is a producer himself, it will be simpler, because the money is in hand, the crew members will be more obedient, and they can also hire assistants to do specific matters. He only needs to talk and command.

Zeng Lizhen is just an assistant producer, without the detached identity as Shen Chong as a backer, and is also a young woman. She is indeed a rare talent to be able to clean up the crew without leaking the amount.

It was a coincidence that when Chen Chong rushed to the crew's filming venue, he happened to see Zeng Lizhen teaching a young man a lesson with a stern tone. That guy looked very mature at the age of 24 or 25, but he was blushed by Zeng Lizhen's face and could not raise his head.

"What's wrong?" Chen Chong walked over and asked.

"When the filming was just now, he was moving around in the venue and scrapped a set of shots." Zeng Lizhen explained, and then turned around and taught a lesson: "It's not the first day that you've been in the crew. You can't just break through the shooting venue. Don't you understand? Do you know that film is very expensive?"

"I know." The guy lowered his head and whispered to his mistake: "I was wrong, Sister Zhen, I won't be there next time."

"I know, you're still running around?" Zeng Lizhen took a breath and slowed down and said, "Okay, go and work, don't have another time, otherwise I'll let you leave right away!"

It's so stingy, no wonder it makes the crew obey...

"Who is this unlucky guy?" Chen Chong asked.

Since he submitted "Crazy Job" as the trial results, every member of the crew, including extras who are playing soy, will save information as long as he has seen it, including appearance, name, contact information, etc., but this kid just now has no records in the system.

"He was brought by Grandma Li a few days ago, saying that he was here to gain knowledge." Zeng Lizhen said: "Grandma Li is an old senior in the film industry, and she has to give her face."

"Is it the old lady who plays Grandma Zhao Yazhi?" Chen Chong opened the light curtain in his mind, saw the information saved by the system, and read out her name: "Li Zhuozhuo?"

"Yes, Mr. Chen doesn't know her?" Seeing Chen Chong shook his head, Zeng Lizhen introduced: "She is Li Minwei's niece. She has been acting in the 1930s and has been acting for fifty or sixty years."

Chen Chong was shocked. The old lady looked inconspicuous and could not have such a deep background...

Li Minwei is Sun Yat-sen's friend and one of the pioneers of Chinese films. He is known as the "father of Chinese films" and the "father of Hong Kong films". "Zhuangzi Tests Wife" filmed in 1913 is the first story movie produced in Hong Kong. His two wives are the first actress in the history of Chinese films and the other is the first female star in the history of Chinese films. His family is considered the first performing family in the Chinese film industry.

When talking about Li Minwei, Chen Chong suddenly thought of a gossip and asked: "Have Grandma Li brought a little girl to play?"

"No." Zeng Lizhen looked at Chen Chong strangely, not understanding why he asked this.

"Haha, that's because I'm overthinking." Chen Chong touched his head, smiled awkwardly, and walked away.

Will I tell you whether Li Minwei has a very beautiful granddaughter?

Because the boy got into trouble just now, he could only reshoot the scene just now. It was a scene where a group of relatives recognized the corpse under the leadership of the Inspector played by Zeng Jiang.

Watching actors performing on the filming site is a completely different feeling than seeing them on the big screen.

Chen Chong stood aside and looked for a while, he couldn't help but sigh that the old actor was the old actor.

Zeng Jiang has a very good camera feel. When he stands, it is just right. When he opens his mouth, he speaks lines, expressions, movements, postures, and tone, all of which meet the requirements of the script. Almost all of the cameras about him are done in one go.

But those passers-by were not good at all. They practiced several times in advance. Once the filming was officially started, either the expression was wrong or the movements were wrong, and NG was repeated.

Grandma Li is quite stable, sitting and standing, and her expressions and movements are very suitable. I don’t know if it’s her true performance or her excellent acting skills.

As soon as she finished filming the camera, the unlucky young man just now went up to support her and walked aside to rest.

Chen Chong thought about it and thought of an idea, so he walked over, found a chair, sat aside, and chatted with the old lady.

"Grandma Li, I'm in good health." Chen Chong greeted without any nutrition, "I'm a long life this year?"

"It's almost 75." The old lady was very smart and energetic, but she said, "I'm old, I can't do it anymore, I can't pat it anymore."

Chen Chong said a few more auspicious words, and then said, "Mother-in-law, I have run this movie magazine. Can you interview you?"

"What's the best thing for me to interview?" Grandma Li waved her hand and said, "The magazine should interview young and beautiful girls like Xiao Zhang and Xiao Zhao."

"You can't say that." Chen Chong smiled and said, "People say that there is an old man in the family, like a treasure. Your old man has been filming dramas for so many years, and his belly is full of stories, which is much more interesting than a young girl."

Grandma Li was very happy when she was talking about it. She smiled and nodded, and promised to find some time to accept an interview.

Chen Chong originally wanted to inquire about Li Minwei's granddaughter, but hesitated for a while and gave up.

Before leaving, Shen Chong looked at the young man who had been standing quietly by his side. Suddenly, he felt a strange feeling - he seemed to have seen this person's face somewhere.

If he had seen him before, it would be impossible for him to be without information in the system. Will he be a celebrity in the future and have seen photos in his previous life?

Ask.
To be continued...