"This is the company registration certificate, this is the business registration certificate of the tax bureau, as well as the steel seal, signature seal, small round seal..."

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Xin."

Chen Chong took the file bag and looked carefully one by one.

That day, he found Li Tang with the drawings. He was very skillful and skilled. He made a wooden cube that night. Li Kaiyuan had no patience and threw it away after playing for a while. Tianbao had a lot of fun.

The next day, when Li Kaiyuan came home from get off work, he found that all the children from his neighbors were wandering around Tianbao, just to play with the Rubik's Cube for a while.

This surprised her greatly. Her professional sensitivity made her feel that what Chen Chong said was not false. The Rubik's Cube had great potential. Chen Chong struck while the iron was hot, and came to the door with sweet words to persuade Aunt Liu and agreed to let her resign. In this way, Li Kaiyuan was dragged into the water and worked with Chen Chong to do the Rubik's Cube business.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, especially starting a business. Li Kaiyuan is busy contacting the factory, and Shen Chong is busy registering patents, and he is very busy. Li Kaiyuan then brought his former colleague and best friend Huang Xin over and took charge of the internal affairs, becoming the company's first employee.

"Matrix Technology Co., Ltd., The-Matrix-Technology-Co-Ltd." Li Kaiyuan finished reading the name of the company's registration certificate word by word, and said dissatisfiedly: "This name is so ugly, right, Xinxin?"

"It's okay in Chinese." Huang Xin glanced at Chen Chong and replied with a strange expression: "It's a bit weird in English." (Note 1)

"Who makes English vocabulary too few... I can't blame me if there is any ambiguity." Chen Chong said with an innocent look on his face and defended him: "The Rubik's Cube is square, so it's very suitable to call it a matrix."

"The Matrix", the famous "The-Matrix"... Unfortunately, no one can understand Chen Chong's feelings in this era.

"Okay, the company has successfully registered and has taken the first step of historic significance." Packed up the documents, then clapped his hands, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Let's have a meeting below to determine the future development direction of the company."

"What's not easy to learn? I'm learning from my father's factory leaders, like a man..." Li Kaiyuan, who was lying on the sofa, disdained, sneered and mocked: "It's not good to have a meeting in someone else's house, right?"

She was still very unhappy about Shen Chong's behavior of selling the house.

The house was completed a few days ago. The buyer was more reasonable and did not ask Chen Chong to move out immediately. He could continue to live there for a few days and move out before the Spring Festival.

"Be serious, we're having a meeting!"

Chen Chong's pretended majestic expression made Li Kaiyuan laugh, and Huang Xin couldn't help laughing.

There is no way, it’s still too young and has no prestige and cannot keep the place.

After they calmed down, Chen Chong continued, "Okay, okay, be serious, talk about serious things. Sister Xin, please tell me first, how are you looking for the office location?"

"I have looked at all the nearby office buildings. Either the space is insufficient or the price is too high, it is not very suitable." Huang Xin stroked her hair, hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is a good office in Wanfu Building, which is just a bit unlucky." (Note 2)

"Why is it unlucky?"

"It seems like last year, the boss of the company who rented that office committed suicide inside. He had a lot of blood on the ground, and it was said that it was unlucky around him."

"It's that, I heard it too." Li Kaiyuan sat upright, holding a cushion, and the gossip fire burned. "I also heard that before him, the boss of the company who rented that office had a terminal illness and the company went bankrupt."

"That's right, I heard that there was a little ghost in trouble."

The woman was indeed a natural gossip animal. She knocked on the coffee table and asked again, "What's the office environment like?"

"The environment is very good, it is south-facing, with plenty of lighting, more than 2,000 feet. I have inquired about it. Because I can't rent it out, the owner is in a hurry. The rent is 30% lower than the surrounding area, and it can be rented on a monthly basis."

Hong Kong uses British unit of measurement, 10 feet is about 1 square meter, more than 2,000 feet, that is, more than 200 square meters. This area is ideal, with a certain degree of expansion, and it is better to be able to rent it per month. Now the funds are very tight, so you can occupy as little as possible and try to occupy as little as possible.

"It sounds good. We'll go and have a look tomorrow. If it's right, I'll rent it!" Chen Chong made a final decision, and the two women did not object. After all, they are both young people and they don't care much about ghosts and gods.

"Sister Yuanyuan, it's time for you. Let's talk about the situation in the factory."

"On Haiqiang's side, each Rubik's Cube is 7.9 yuan, and on Zhengda's side, it is 8.3 yuan..." Li Kaiyuan took out a notebook from his bag and threw it to Chen Chong. "The materials and workmanship of these factories are similar. You can see it yourself. I'm so tired that I don't want to talk."

Lee Kaiyuan is worthy of being a work expert. He goes out early and returns late. In a few days, he travels to various toy factories in Hong Kong, and collects a large amount of industry information. As a half-otaku, Chen Chong admires this very much.

I picked up the notebook and was about to take a closer look when I heard the phone ringing in the bedroom.

"Hey, hello, is it Mr. Chen Chongchen?"

"I'm." Chen Chong clamped the phone with his neck and looked through the data recorded by Li Kaiyuan while talking. "Who are you?"

"I am Shu Qi, the editor-in-chief of "Movie Biweekly."

"Oh, it's Editor-in-Chief Shu, I've been longing for a long time."

Chen Chong was a little surprised. In short, Shu Qi was the first famous Hong Kong filmmaker he had contacted so far. It was not entirely polite to say that he was eager to be young.

After 30 years, if you write the word "Shu Qi", you will probably be accused of writing the wrong word, and it is Shu Qi, not Shu Qi.

In fact, the name of the sexy female star who is only two or three years old is due to this Shu Qi.

Shu Qi's real name is Lin Lihui. When she entered the entertainment industry, she gave herself the stage name "Shuqi" and changed it to Shu Qi with the homonym of her. Later, when Wang Jing brought her to Hong Kong for development, Wen Jun changed "Qi" to "Qi" to show the difference between her and her friend Shu Qi.

Shu Qi was a representative figure in the Hong Kong film industry after Zhang Cheung, who was the representative figure of "when evaluating and being excellent, being good, being good." In high school, she wrote film reviews for newspapers and magazines. Later, she was admitted to the English Department of the University of Hong Kong. She wrote some TV scripts when she was in college. After graduation, she joined Jiayi TV Station. After Jiayi TV went bankrupt, she switched to Jiahe and served as an associate director and screenwriter. During this period, she founded "Film Biweekly".

Most of the movies made by Shu Qi as a director are not well-known and have average box office, but they have artistic value. For example, "The Hudu Gate" is a fine Hong Kong film, allowing Xiao Fangfang to create glory after "The Woman Forty" and win the Best Actress at four film awards.

However, his main achievement is not in the filming of the movie itself, but in other links in the film industry chain, such as the "Movie Biweekly" he founded, which had a significant impact on Hong Kong films. Later, he was the dean of the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, the only school in Hong Kong that cultivates professional performing talents.

"Mr. Chen, please be polite." Shu Qi asked a few politely, then asked, "Have Mr. Chen received the magazine?"

"What magazine?" Chen Chong was stunned and immediately reacted, and asked quickly: "Has the first issue of "Movie Biweekly" been released?"

"Yes, it was released today." Shu Qi paused for a moment, probably a little depressed. The author and editor of each article in the first issue issued specifically notified in advance. Unexpectedly, the author with the most weight actually forgot the release date. "We mailed the sample issue in advance. Did Mr. Chen not receive it?"

"Sorry, sorry." Chen Chong apologized repeatedly, "I've been too busy recently and forgot to check my email address. It should have been delivered. I'll go down to get it later."

On the one hand, on the other hand, Shen Chong traveled through the era of emails and express delivery to the door. I long forgotten that there are still mailboxes in the world.

After a few more polite words, Shu Qi said the topic. On Saturday afternoon this weekend, there was a symposium at the Hong Kong Film and Culture Center and wanted to invite Chen Chong to attend.

Cai Jiguang, Luo Ka, Xian Qiran, Yan Hao, Fang Yuping... When he heard Shu Qi report the names of these people, Chen Chong immediately agreed with mercy and promised to attend on time - they are all players of the Hong Kong New Wave movies. How could such a grand event be missed?

After hanging up the phone, Chen Chong turned around and discussed with Li Kaiyuan again, and initially finalized two toy manufacturing companies as Rubik's Cube Manufacturers.

It was getting late, and the subway was not open to Kwun Tong at this time, Huang Xin was going to take the bus home, and Lee Kaiyuan yawned again, looking tired, Chen Chong announced that the meeting would be over and he could get off work.

When Huang Xin was sent to the bus stop, Chen Chong did not rush back, but instead walked aimlessly along the street in the sunset, pondering his future plans in his mind.

Now that the company has it and the factory has it. If you rent an office, you will have the basic shelves. With the money-making ability of the Rubik's Cube, you don't have to worry about losing money at all. Now you need to consider how to make the reputation of the Rubik's Cube as fast as possible and promote the market, so as to raise enough money in the shortest time. After all, the sinking time is not much, and the six-month task time is stuck on your head like a tight spell.

Advertising must be done, but it needs to be done with low cost and high exposure... The cost is still too little. He and Li Kaiyuan worked together, each investing 400,000 yuan, each accounting for 50% of the company's shares. The Rubik's Cube has not yet been produced, and the preliminary expenses have been used for tens of thousands of yuan. The budget for renting an office and the deposit reserved for the toy factory are deducted. There is too little funds available for advertising.

It’s okay here in Hong Kong. I gritted my teeth and went directly to the newspaper to advertise. The cost was barely affordable, but in a small place, how much Rubik’s Cube can I consume?

Chen Chong’s ultimate goal is North America, which is the main venue for Rubik’s Cube to make money. The cost of producing Rubik’s Cubes in Hong Kong is only about one dollar. If you ship it to the United States, add a zero directly to the back, and sell it without any pressure.

How to open up the North American market?

Since drawing the Rubik's Cube design, Chen Chong has been considering this issue, but so far, he has no clue.

The sun sets and the lights are on. Chen Chong didn't expect any good idea. He was so hungry that he found a tea restaurant, ate some food randomly, and then walked home after filling his stomach.

On the way, Chen Chong passed a bookstore and walked in.

He was going to attend a symposium held by the Hong Kong Film and Culture Center on the weekend. The participants were famous filmmakers. Chen Chong didn't think of something wrong and was embarrassed. He planned to find several monographs on films to recharge. Unexpectedly, after browsing around, he was disappointed to find that there was not a single book about Hong Kong movies.

Perhaps because of the pressure recently, I was a little stressed and unstable. Chen Chong stood in front of a row of martial arts novels with fancy covers printed on them, and inexplicably felt annoyed and crazy feeling - challenging Hollywood, this task is too difficult, and it would be better to send me to the late Ming Dynasty to kill the Tartars!

Behind Hollywood is the United States, the University of Southern California, UCLA, New York University, and Columbia University... The film schools of these schools are well-known around the world and have endless talents.

What's in Hong Kong?

There is not even a professional film academy in Hong Kong, only the "wireless TV artist training class"... It is held every year, and it specializes in selecting handsome guys and beautiful girls.

Hollywood has authoritative film newspapers and magazines with different positioning and different characteristics, and publish hundreds of movie-related books every year.

What's in Hong Kong?

There are "Southern Movies" and "Jiahe Movies" in Hong Kong - an advertising album under the film company, and "Ming Pao Weekly" - focusing on gossip for a hundred years... There is not even a professional film review magazine in Hong Kong, and there are very few books about movies, so it is hard to find one.

"Movie Biweekly"? (Note 2)

It is too tender, and the first issue has just been released, and now it is just a small magazine in the form of fantasy, a product of self-entertainment by a group of enthusiastic and thoughtful film lovers. It is far from professional.

Just talking about the film talent training system and the ability to disseminate information in the surrounding areas, Hollywood has surpassed Hong Kong by 18,000 miles, not to mention the gap between economic strength and industrial level. If Hollywood is an aircraft carrier, Hong Kong is still a small sampan. If Hollywood is a plump white-headed carving, Hong Kong is currently a small chick with not even hairy hair, and a chick without the protection of hens...

After a while of daze, Chen Chong shook his head, smiled and turned around and walked out of the bookstore.

It is meaningless to blame the world and society. Things are done by man, and they will always come out of a way. Because of the difficulties in imagination, they are afraid of the head and the end, not the style of traveling through the party.

Back at my residence, in the email address downstairs, I was indeed lying on a book called "Movie Biweekly". I picked it up and touched it. It was not thick, the paper was a bit rough, and it was the cheapest newsprint, not double tape. It was probably to save costs. With the shimmer light at the stairs, Chen Chong recognized that the person on the cover photo was Cheng Yuling.

Later generations Cheng Yuling has acted in many movies, but now she is just the host of TVB. Is it related to the movies a little?

Chen Chong felt in his heart, imitating Andy Lau's habitual movements in "Infernal Affairs", slapped the outside of his thigh with a magazine, and slowly walked up to the fourth floor.

At the doorstep, Chen Chong unexpectedly saw Wen Renjie holding a bag, sitting at the entrance of the stairs, swallowing clouds and snoring, with a depressed expression on his face.

"What's wrong with Brother Jie?" Chen Chong asked with a smile while taking out the keys: "Have you been driven out of the door by his sister-in-law?"

Wen Renjie smiled awkwardly, threw away the cigarette butt, stepped on it to put out the fire, and then followed Chen Chong into the house.

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Note 1: Matrix means uterus.

Note 2: This is just a borrowed name, not really referring to Wanfu Building in Kwun Tong, so you don’t need to take it seriously.
Chapter completed!