Chapter 271 Hong Kong Celebrities Gathered

The next day, Hong Kong was as prosperous and peaceful as usual.

Ordinary citizens should go to work as they should, and work as they should.

Middle-class people continue to climb up for a better life.

Even the most ordinary wealthy people are working tirelessly to climb higher.

Only the top wealthy people and their families know who came to Hong Kong last night.

It can be said that everyone stretched their necks at this time, looking eagerly at the garden road.

I hope there will be some news from the American Consulate.

Unfortunately, it remained quiet until noon the next day.

No news.

"Maybe I'm suffering from jet lag."

Repulse Bay, in the Zeng family’s mansion.

Zeng Xianzi spoke softly to Huo Yidong who was sitting opposite him.

Repulse Bay is located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island and is one of the most upscale residential areas.

Hong Kong's upper class either likes mountains or beaches.

Therefore, most houses are located in these two places.

Several nice bays in Hong Kong have developed villa complexes.

Among them, Repulse Bay has the longest history.

All the prominent upper-class people in Hong Kong, including the Li family, the Bao family, the Zeng family, the Huo family, etc., all have their own villas here.

Huo Yidong, a short man in high spirits, replied softly, "He came from Neon. There is no time difference between Neon and us."

Zeng Xianzi thought so too.

"But it's already noon. Why haven't the Americans made any move yet?" Zeng Xianzi said, "Could it be that they are really just here for the IPO reception and have no other purpose?"

"It's hard to say." This is another old man next to him, Zhuang Siping, saying, "Do you think it's normal for Americans to come to Hong Kong and not cause trouble?"

This one sentence made Zeng Xianzi and Huo Yidong silent.

The old men thought about it carefully and found that it was indeed the case every time a big shot from the American side came to Hong Kong.

Then Hong Kong will definitely not be peaceful for some time to come.

Rockefeller and the aircraft carrier visited that year, and the President of the United States passed by in the following years.

Every time, these northern representatives have to endure the arduous post-processing work.

So if possible, none of the old men present wanted Milo Blackburn to come to Hong Kong.

It made them all worried.

"Come to think of it." Huo Yidong, who was the shortest but actually the leader of the group, said, "Is the Internet company he founded, called Yahoo, really that valuable? I saw in the newspapers that once the company goes public, its market value will reach 200 billion. I'm going to throw it away, and it's still US dollars. Converted into more than 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars?!"

"I'd throw away a company worth more than one trillion. Even if it's a money printing factory that runs a gold mine, it wouldn't be this outrageous, right?"

"I've read about it in the newspapers, too." Zeng Xianzi said, "It's said to be some high-tech thing. It can turn the whole world into a village, and everyone can communicate through this thing. China is also working on it, but it's at least a dozen years behind."

Zhuang Siping: "I don't believe that the Americans are so trustworthy. If this Yahoo company is really that important, would they promote it all over the world? Or would the world's richest man promote it himself? There must be something wrong here!"

"Ah..." Huo Yidong sighed and said, "It's a pity that Lao Bao is gone. He is the most familiar with the situation of the foreigners. The head of the American White House has taken a photo with him. If he were still here, he might be able to see what the Americans are doing."

Huo Yidong said this.

Upon hearing this, the other people fell silent.

"Grandpa, uncles!"

At this time, Huo Yidong's grandson Huo Gangzi suddenly ran into the garden sunroom where the old people were staying.

Huo Gangzi first greeted the elders, then said, "My dad asked me to tell him something is going on with the Americans!"

Huo Gangzi's words immediately brought everyone back to normal from the atmosphere of commemoration of Bao Yugang's death.

"Oh, Gangzi, tell me quickly. What did the Americans do?" Zeng Xianzi said immediately.

Seeing the big guys staring at him, Huo Gangzi, a young man who was in charge of running errands, swallowed his saliva.

"Yes, Daddy asked me to come in and tell all the grandpas and uncles."

"The Americans said they're going to have a big party here in Repulse Bay tonight."

Snap——

Zhuang Siping slapped his thigh and said, "See? I knew the Americans had bad intentions. They only arrived at midnight last night. They can't wait any longer today!"

Due to the influence of London, Hong Kong also likes to hold various cocktail parties.

It even directly imitates the party culture in London and New York.

For example, local celebrities and noble ladies love to compete with each other at various cocktail parties and scramble for the title of so-called "ball king".

She is the most eye-catching, best-positioned, and most outstanding party queen and king at the party.

Therefore, the wealthy people in Hong Kong are really no strangers to various cocktail receptions and parties.

They also know it very well.

Most of what Westerners do is done at various parties and cocktail parties.

"Then there's nothing to be afraid of. Let's all go and deal with it as it comes, right?" Zeng Xianzi said with a smile.

Huo Yidong nodded, but Huo Gangzi was his grandson after all.

Seeing his grandson hesitant to speak, Huo Yidong immediately said, "Gangzi, is there anything else you haven't finished talking about?"

Huo Gangzi smiled bitterly. He really hadn't finished what he was saying just now.

These grandfathers are just too impatient.

Now he doesn't know whether to speak or not.

But since his grandfather asked him to speak, Huo Gangzi still said: "Yes, yes. It's about the cocktail party that the Americans are holding tonight."

"What else could it be?" Zeng Xianzi said indifferently.

"Um..." Huo Gangzi spoke immediately after the old man finished speaking, "The news my dad sent back is that the Americans are going to host a party tonight, and they are mainly inviting famous people from the Hong Kong film and entertainment industry to participate..."

"And said that the reason for this was because the party was initiated by Milo Blackburn."

"And Mr. Blackburn, his most prominent identity in the United States is a media tycoon and Hollywood mogul."

"He also said that he had long admired Hong Kong's reputation as the 'Hollywood of the East' and wanted to see what's going on here."

“No more.”

Huo Gangzi finally looked at the old people who were looking at each other and shook his head. "That's all the words my father asked me to pass on. That's all."

The old men were silent for a few seconds.

Zhuang Siping: "Everyone, I really don't understand now. He is such a wealthy man, but he came to Hong Kong, and the first people he invited were those actors?"

"What does he want to do?" Zeng Xianzi also said.

"call……"

Huo Yidong let out a sigh: "As the saying goes, if an enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. Anyway, we will go there at night!"

The others then nodded.

And it is obvious that people like these old people think so.

There are definitely more than just a few of them in Hong Kong.

But a lot of...

Soon, time passed.

The earth's rotation causes the sun to disappear in the west, night falls, and the lights come on.

The bustling Hong Kong began its nightlife.

As night falls.

A brightly lit entrance to a Repulse Bay villa covering thousands of square feet.

Luxury cars kept coming in and out, if anyone could make out the license plate numbers.

You will be surprised to find that almost all the well-known tycoons in Hong Kong have come.

Although they usually have contacts with each other, what kind of party can make these big shots attend with such fanfare?

"I'm old, too old. Now I have handed over the film company and TV station to other people." The shriveled old man with almost no hair and wearing a pair of large glasses said so with a sigh.

"You can't say that, Mr. Shaw. You are much more energetic than all the old people of the same age I have ever met. You are a world-renowned philanthropist. San Francisco has designated September 8th of each year as Shaw Day. God will definitely bless you. As the saying goes, a martyr is still ambitious in his old age. It's not too late to talk about retirement after you are a hundred years old." A white man who looked to be about twenty years old said with a smile beside him.

This is a somewhat strange scene.

The bald, wizened old man was speaking English.

The white man spoke Chinese - standard Mandarin rather than Cantonese.

But the people around him all looked as if it was a matter of course.

"Yes, Uncle Six, it's still a long time for you to retire. TVB can't do without you." A man in his thirties on the other side laughed and said, followed by a chorus of agreement from all around.

The old man laughed and thought to himself, I believe in Buddhism.

If you want to bless me, it is Buddha who blesses me. Your God will only bless you.

But the old man was also surprised that this world media tycoon, the world's richest man, could speak Chinese so fluently.

This guy had been to the north a few months ago and had said that he could speak Chinese.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

And very fluent.

Shao Yifu originally thought that the news coming from the north was false.

Thinking of this, Shao Yifu couldn't help but look at several corners in the distance.

He could see that all the tycoons in the city, any one of whom had a higher status than him, were looking at this side eagerly.

But no one dared to come.

[Tuluo Lou, I didn't expect that I have worked in the film and television industry for my whole life, but I didn't make as much money as you guys. But in the end, in front of the richest foreigner in the world, I was more valued]

Thinking of this, Shao Yifu felt very happy.

Huo, Li, Zheng, Wu and even Dong all seemed to want to come over but were afraid to.

This made Shao Yifu very happy.

"Thank you for your blessing, Mr. Blackburn. You speak Chinese very well. But Hong Kong is too small. You said we are the Hollywood of the East. But our Hollywood is not even one-tenth of the real Hollywood. The real Hollywood is in the United States."

Milo smiled and thought that the old man was quite self-aware.

Can Hong Kong really become the Hollywood of the East?

This in itself is an impossible thing.

The prosperity of Hong Kong films is actually due to the 1970s and 1980s.

The real Hollywood is influenced by the Russian bear, and all the elites are anti-American, and many of them have red leanings...

Coupled with the industrial transfer at that time, the economies of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia developed.

With this economic foundation, Hong Kong's film and entertainment industries were able to prosper.

But what about now?

Red Bear is dead.

America is invincible in the world. Even if the Hong Kong film and entertainment industry were a hundred times stronger, it would not be able to compete with Hollywood, which has come with the power of the country.

Hong Kong films are experiencing their final glory.

What's more, the small-mindedness of Hong Kong people means that they are unable to compete with Hollywood.

If "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park" made Hong Kong films shaky.

Then the appearance of the large ship completely defeated them.

Those magnificent movies cannot be made without the development of industrialization.

Hong Kong is just a free port, and despite technical constraints it is still able to gain a foothold by producing genre films.

But once technology has developed to the point where it can easily bring all kinds of imaginary scenes to the screen, failure is only a matter of time.

As for the mainland, it is just starting out and is still being influenced by European directors.

I thought I could be proud of myself just by winning a few film festival trophies.

They thought they had promoted their culture to the whole world.

If you can't win the market, no matter how much you show off, it will be nothing but a mirage.

No wonder the current best actor specifically asked to watch the big ship, saying that he wanted to see how others promoted it.

Unfortunately, there is not much he can do. Introducing Hollywood movies to the mainland is already the limit of what he can do at present.

Although there are still some means and actions, it will take a few years.

It can only be used after the mainland understands what commercial films and the film market are.

After all, this is not the era of Norman Bethune. It wouldn't matter if he was a Chinese or just an ordinary American director.

But my identity is so special.

If he behaves too strangely towards the mainland, both the mainland and the United States will keep an eye on him.

Milo suddenly laughed at himself again. Why bother about those things?

Anyway, he just needs to do his own thing and have a clear conscience.

Maybe it was like meeting the last elites of the golden age of Hong Kong movies at the end of 1997.

Seriously, in Milo's opinion.

The young Four Heavenly Kings and those Hong Kong-style beauties touched his emotions.

Even the feelings that the old man Run Run Shaw brought to him.

Any one of them can always surpass the old men from the so-called four major families in Hong Kong Island.

To put it bluntly, they can only dominate locally.

When they go international, apart from being suckers relying on the money they made in Hong Kong Island, they are always afraid of being treated as fat sheep.

I really didn't achieve anything.

No matter how rich he is, can he be richer than Milo Blackburn?

So he is less interested in Superman and the stock god than in Stephen Chow, Andy Liu and the Hong Kong beauties.

It's just a pity about Milo.

Too bad it was already 1997.

Hong Kong's most glorious group of beauties are getting old or getting married, and there is now a lack of young people.

Even if he wanted to play with species diversity and add some of his favorite Chinese content to his collection, it wouldn't work.

No, not at all.

At least it has just started in the mainland, so he can still collect it if he wants.

It just lacks the Hong Kong style, which is more or less a pity.

So he spent the whole night chatting and laughing with the last elite of Hong Kong films.

This made the old four major families, the new four major families, Huo, Zeng and others, as well as the tycoons of Kadoorie and the Keswick family who came specially speechless.

They couldn't understand why these actors from Hong Kong were so attractive to Milo Blackburn?

You have to know that these actors are usually very respectful in front of them.

They are the real masters of this city. Aren’t they a hundred times better than these actors?

It would be fine if Milo just wanted to chat with beautiful women.

After all, this guy is a notorious pervert.

But he seems to have only average interest in beautiful women.

I just happened to have a good chat with Big Nose Dragon and Zhou Xingxing...

It's just outrageous.

Little did he know that this was another kind of sentiment of Milo.

I was going to write something deeper, there is so much I can write about Xiangjiang. But I was forced to review the beginning of the last chapter for a day. So forget it, I will just write a little bit.

(End of this chapter)