Monday, April 30, 1979.

Feng Xiaobo stood in front of a newsstand near the company building, yawning while flipping through various magazines, preparing to buy one to pass the time - it was boring to go to work, especially when the business was light.

He has a very mixed taste. He only looks at the cover when buying a magazine. Either there are beauties on it or the titles he is interested in.

After reading a few books, he turned his attention to Ming Pao Weekly.

The cover is a man and a woman, one sitting and one standing, a standard double cover photo, nothing special. Although the woman looks good in shape, she is not very beautiful, and her breasts and thighs are exposed. Feng Xiaobo is not interested in her. What he is interested in is the title on the cover - "20 years old, 3 months old, the youngest millionaire in Hong Kong has made a fortune!"

Pick up the magazine and turn to the cover character interview column.

"Chen Chong, male, 20 years old, chairman of Matrix Technology Investment Co., Ltd., a dropout from the University of Hong Kong, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, made tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in just three months, setting the fastest money-making record in Hong Kong's history, and being the youngest millionaire in Hong Kong."

"Li Kaiyuan, female, 24 years old, founder and partner of Matrix Technology Investment Co., Ltd., and the youngest female rich man in Hong Kong."

Feng Xiaobo's eyelids are twitching. He is 20 years old, 3 months, and worth tens of millions of dollars? Are he daydreaming?

"Boss, have you read this issue of Ming Pao Weekly?"

"Look." The owner of the newsstand put down a stack of newspapers in his hand, with a proud expression, and said, "Don't believe it. I have seen the two people on the cover of this issue of Ming Pao Weekly. Just before the Spring Festival, they came to me to sell the Rubik's Cubes. I begged for a long time. I saw that they were very pitiful, so I helped collect a box. Unexpectedly, they had made tens of millions in just two or three months."

"Really or not?" Feng Xiaobo looked at him with his eyes slanted and looked down on him: "Are you bragging?"

"It's true!" Seeing that he didn't believe it, the owner of the newsstand took out a small cardboard box from the back of the newsstand, pointed to the handwriting on it and said, "Look, this is the box that was carrying the Rubik's Cube at that time, and there is also a signature here. Li Kaiyuan, did you see it? It was the woman on the cover of Ming Pao Weekly. She wrote it by herself when she came to collect the money."

Feng Xiaobo leaned over and looked at it. There was indeed a signature. He touched it with his hands and asked, "Boss, why are you keeping this cardboard box?"

"I've long seen that they are not mortals." The owner of the newsstand boasted proudly: "So keep this box and get rich, and earn tens of millions in two or three months. Maybe it's the reincarnation of the Prodigy of Wealth."

"Tsk!" Feng Xiaobo waved his hand, despised the boss of the newsstand, then raised the magazine in his hand and said, "Buy one."

When he walked into the company building, while waiting for the elevator, a guy in a suit and tie glanced at the magazine in Feng Xiaobo's hand and called out: "The youngest millionaire, ah ha?"

"Have you seen it?"

The man nodded and said, "It's even more amazing than making movies. In one Spring Festival, he sold more than 100,000 Rubik's Cubes. Within two months, he entered the North American market, with sales exceeding 5 million US dollars. Haha, our company has been open for seven or eight years, and the sales of last year were only more than 4 million US dollars, which is not as good as others in one month."

"Did you say this is true?"

"Ming Pao Weekly should not report false news, and the Rubik's Cube is really popular." The man pointed to the ceiling and said, "In this building, a bunch of them can be found in every office."

"That's right." Feng Xiaobo nodded. If others didn't say it, he had two of them. There was a mirrored cube on the table for decoration, and an ordinary cube in the drawer, which was used to pass the time when he was bored.

One morning, the manager was wandering around nearby, and Feng Xiaobo had no chance to travel to read magazines. So at noon, when he went to a nearby teahouse with a few colleagues for lunch, he took the magazines and planned to read them while eating.

"Oh, Xiaobo, you also bought this issue of "Ming Pao Weekly"." A male colleague saw the magazine in his hand and said, "If I had known you had bought it, I would not have bought it."

"The manager was crazy in the morning and kept wandering beside me, but he didn't even have the chance to watch it." Feng Xiaobo asked, "Have you seen it?"

"We've all seen it." A female colleague pressed the downward elevator button and exclaimed: "Chen Chong is very handsome and can make money again. That Li Kaiyuan is so lucky. He has climbed such a man and will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life."

Feng Xiaobo has been in love with this female colleague for a long time. He was very upset when he heard this. He spread out the magazine, pointed to the cover, and asked in a sarcastic tone: "Do you think he is handsome?"

"Why aren't it handsome?" the girl glanced at him and said, "Look at you, each with big temples, and it looks sloppy. Look at them, short hair, and so energetic. Look at them, how refreshing the plaid shirts they wear. Then look at you, black suits and white shirts, like playing cards."

"That's right, everyone thinks they are Elvis and the Beatles, but they are actually ugly."

"I hate men who have long hair, but they don't know how to take care of them, and their dandruff flies, so they are so disgusting."

Several female colleagues who were traveling with him took turns to condemn him, and Feng Xiaobo and his male colleague touched their big temples at the same time.

As they squeezed into the elevator, several girls were still chattering and discussing.

"I think that trench coat from Kaiyuan Li is good, I don't know where it is sold?"

"You are stupid. It's summer soon. Why buy windbreakers?"

"Oh, by the way, Chen Chong said he invested in a movie and it will be released soon. Will you go and watch it then?"

"Go, of course." Another girl said, "I wonder if he has participated in the show?"

"You are crazy!" Feng Xiaobo disdained. As a famous movie editor in the company, he felt obliged to give some girls science and popularize common sense in movies. "Who is the boss, which boss will go to play movies in person? Has Run Run Shaw ever played movies? Has Zou Wenhuai ever played movies?"

"Shaw Shaw is seventy and eighty years old, who will watch his movies?" A girl retorted: "Shen Chong is young and handsome, why can't he act in a movie himself?"

Feng Xiaobo opened his mouth and wanted to refute it, but after thinking about it, he still calmed down. Gu Long said that quarreling with a woman is the stupidest thing in the world.

"I heard that the movie he invested in was adapted from the Longhushan murder case. Wouldn't it be scary?"

"Probably not."

"Hey, Xiaobo, what is the murder case in Longhushan?"

"It seems to be a double-corpse murder case, which is quite sensational. It happened many years ago. I was still in middle school at that time and I can't remember it."

...

Fred also bought a book called Ming Pao Weekly. He was very knowledgeable about Chinese, but he didn't know anything about Chinese characters. He bought this magazine because he knew Chen Chong, one of the cover characters.

That day, the secretary went to buy the Rubik's Cube, but it took him three blocks to buy it. After playing for a while, he keenly realized that this gadget had huge market prospects.

Despite this, Feliton, a senior investment advisor to HSBC, did not pay special attention to Rubik's Cube, because in the eyes of a giant like HSBC, Rubik's Cube and the company behind it are like fluff on an ant's legs.

It was not until one day that he was on the phone with his family far away in London that his seven or eight-year-old son reported to him that he had participated in the Rubik's Cube competition at school. At this time, he suddenly realized that in just over two months, the Rubik's Cube had actually crossed the ocean and swept the world.

Such a rapid spreading speed surprised Feliton and his interest in the matrix technology company behind the Rubik's Cube has increased greatly. It just so happened that the company's finances were handled by HSBC, so he specially made an appointment with Shen Chong when he came to handle the business.

Although I didn't talk for long, Chen Chong's youthful and young face, his vivid and novel ideas, and his foresight for the future all left a deep impression on Feliton.

So when he saw the magazine with the cover of the sunken cover, he bought one casually.

When he walked into the office, he took off his coat, took off his hat, and handed it to his secretary Ellie. After she had packed it up, he asked, "Eli, can you read Chinese characters?"

"Sir, I have worked here for 18 years and have dealt with countless Chinese people. Their language and writing are no different from English to me."

"It's very good. Do me a favor and translate this article." Feliton opened Ming Pao Weekly, turned to Chen Chong's interview page, and said: "No need to translate word by word, just tell me the general meaning."

Ellie took the magazine and read it casually while translating it into English.

At the beginning of the interview, he spent a lot of time talking about Chen Chong's life experience and Rubik's Cube marketing. After listening to it for a while, Feliton felt a little disappointed. They were all conventional stories and business methods. He felt that the level of this interview was too low, and listening to it would be a waste of time, so he planned to ask Ellie to stop translating.

At this moment, Feliton heard the word "knowledge economy". His novel view made him feel energetic and began to sound seriously. Unfortunately, the magazine only briefly discussed it and soon disappeared. The following content was topics such as film innovation, and Feliton had no interest in it.

"Eli, stop." Feliton raised his hand, interrupted Ellie's translation, and asked, "In the content just now, knowledge economy, Knowledge-Based-Economy, isn't this the word?"

"Yes, sir."

"Can you translate the content about this word into words?" Feliton said: "Serious and accurate translation."

"Yes." Ellie looked at the magazine and said, "It's only a very short paragraph, not much content, and it can be translated at most ten minutes."

"Then go and do it now."

"So, do I need to continue to translate the contents of this interview?"

"No need, I have no interest in movies, especially Chinese movies."

...

Clear Water Bay, Shaw Brothers set.

"Old Cai, you are so leisurely. You enjoy it while enjoying the tea while reading."

Chu Yuan walked into Cai Lan's office, lay on the sofa, sighed and complained, "I'm so tired."

"You are Shaw Brothers's white jade pillar, a purple gold beam across the sea. If Director Chu is not busy, I will be unemployed." Cai Lan stood up with a smile, took a cup, made tea for him, and asked, "Has the "Two Prodigals" been filmed?" (Note 1)

"Not yet." Chu Yuan turned over and sat up, took the teacup, took a sip, and said, "I have to calm down and be lazy. If I continue to do this, not only will my body not be able to stand it, but my heart not be able to stand it either."

"You and I are really in harmony. I am so idle, you are so busy."

"You go to work every day, play with calligraphy and painting, keep seals, get salary photos, and live life photos. I don't know how comfortable it is." Chu Yuan sighed and complained: "Do you know how long it has been since I came home?"

"how long?"

"Actually, I don't know either." Chu Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Since filming "Meteor Butterfly Sword", I have been in the studio for at least 300 days a year, and I have been in the studio for more than three consecutive years. Do you think you are tired?"

"You beg for mercy with Miss Fang, ask for a leave, and go home for a few days to rest."

"Who is Miss Fang? Don't you know?" Chu Yuan lay on the sofa again, pounding his waist and said, "She wished I would stay in the studio forever. Before a movie was finished, she came to ask what to shoot for the next movie. I just had to report a name and I issued a notice the next day saying that Chu Yuan was going to make a new movie. In this situation, I couldn't even leave even if I wanted to." (Note 2)

"Who made you famous? Shaw Brothers' current movies can be without Di Long, Jing Li, but you cannot be without Chu Yuan." Cai Lan said gloatingly: "Who doesn't know Chu Qianwan's name? As long as your name is signed on the movie poster, the box office in Taiwan will definitely exceed 10 million. You are the God of Wealth, and Miss Fang will certainly have to offer you."

"I am not the God of Wealth." Chu Yuan moved his head, leaned a little bit, and said, "Have you watched the latest issue of Ming Pao Weekly? The boy on the cover is the God of Wealth. He made tens of millions in three months. I have made 15 movies in three years. I've been tiring, and I'm not as good as the one who earns a fraction of the money in a month."

"You talk about him?" Cai Lan picked up the magazine on the desk and put up the cover for Chu Yuan to show.

"It's him." Chu Yuan saw Cai Lan's expression strange, and asked, "Do you know him?"

"I only use the phone, but I haven't met you." Cai Lan put down the magazine and said, "You stay in the studio every day and turn a blind eye to the things outside the window. This kid has done a lot of trouble in the movie circle in recent months."

"What's up?"

"I can't explain it clearly in one sentence or two." Cai Lan flipped through the desk, picked out a few magazines, and tried to throw them away, saying, "You can read it yourself."

"No, no, I don't have time to read it. Ming Pao Weekly is still the show that the show was shown to me when I was having breakfast today." Chu Yuan shook his hand repeatedly, "Tell me whatever you want."

"Simply put, he predicted that a revolution was taking place in the Hong Kong film industry." Cai Lan put down the magazine and said, "Then he ran two more movie magazines, advocating new movies and new movies, which made the trend more powerful."

"It's nothing, it sounds like the Big Close-up."

"You are all old almanac. "Big Feature" was discontinued at the beginning of last year. Several editors published another "Movie Biweekly". After only two issues were released, they were acquired by Shen Chong and reprinted into a weekly and a monthly magazine." Cai Lan stood up with a thicker magazine, handed it to Chu Yuan, and said, "This is a monthly magazine he has run. Look, there is a Hong Kong film market research column, which is very valuable for reference."

Chu Yuan sat up, took the magazine, followed the catalog, turned to the column page that Cai Lan mentioned, and then took a quick look, then sat up straight and started to look carefully.

Chu Yuan has been filming movies since the 1950s, including Mandarin Cantonese, fashion and costume films, and has been filmed all of them. As long as one or two more movies are made, the number of directors will exceed 100 movies. He is an expert in the film industry and an absolute expert.

Because of his professionalism, he could see the significance of the Hong Kong film market survey at a glance. Here we provide the results obtained after thousands of valid questionnaires. The content covers the age composition of movie audiences, their identity and education, income, movie viewing habits, theater choices, and their views on Cantonese films, the most popular movie content, etc., which are classified and organized. This is something of great reference value for film companies.

After a quick browsing, Chu Yuan stood up with a magazine and said, "I thought this Shen Chong was a fantasy boy who came to the movie circle to play casually after making money, but after watching this, I felt that his heart was very big."

Cai Lan nodded and said, "I feel deeply the same."

"You're busy, I'll go to the studio." Chu Yuan rated the magazine and said, "I'll take this magazine back and take a look at it."

"Take it." Cai Lan stood up and sent Chu Yuan out. Before parting, he said with some emotion: "Chu Yuan, maybe one day, we both will work for this young man."

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Note 1: "The Two Men" was filmed roughly at this time.
Chapter completed!