Chapter 378 Two Troublesome Things

The "Bourne Jewelry" Company opened for business. Everyone from the Governor to the Commissioner of Police and many corporate chairmen and CEOs came together to help him cut the ribbon.

This scene shocked all Hong Kong citizens.

The next day's newspapers reported this grand event, and many people thought that such a jewelry company would definitely make money, and no one dared to mess with it.

If anyone dares to touch this jewelry company, they will definitely not be able to take 5 steps forward.

Bern Jewelry has two types of jewellery, Chinese and Western. The Chinese jewellery is made by craftsmen from Yangzhou and Suzhou, while the Western jewellery is designed by Italian designers. Hardy has shares in many luxury goods companies, and is even a major shareholder, so it is easy for him to call in a few European designers.

Those who attended the full-month banquet found that the jewellery displayed on the counter was indeed exquisite and beautiful. On the one hand, they wanted to show their support, and on the other hand, there was indeed a demand for it. On the opening day, the jewellery company sold several hundred pieces of jewellery.

VIP room.

Han Ye-jin held her son in her arms, and Hardy took the jewelry boxes handed to him by the manager, opened one of them, and revealed a crystal green bracelet inside.

"Aunt, this is a jade bracelet. It is of the finest quality and very rare. It is a gift from your grandson, Bern."

Hardy said as he handed the jade bracelet to his son. The boy had strong hands and grabbed the bracelet tightly.

Han Ye-jin took her son's hand and passed it to his mother. The little boy stared at his grandmother with wide eyes and refused to let go.

Han Ye-jin pulled down, and the little guy made hard noises.

Han's mother laughed so hard that she fell backwards.

Jade was popular during the Republic of China period and was particularly sought after. In fact, jade, like diamonds, was promoted.

As long as you fool people well, stones can become treasures.

Hardy now has a large amount of jade in his hands, and the jade producing areas are now controlled by Rabbit. Rabbit has almost no export channels. For at least a few decades, Hardy will be their largest exporter, which is equivalent to Hardy monopolizing the jade business.

All monopolies are good businesses.

Next, Hardy plans to use the resources at hand to make good use of jade and make Europeans and Americans like jade as well.

Hadi took out another piece of ancient jade and gave it to Han's father, saying, "Uncle, this is an ancient jade from the Tang Dynasty. It is said to have come from the tomb of Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. It is a gift from me to you. I will give it to you to play with."

Influenced by his own father, Mr. Han also loves antiques. He has feasted his eyes on antiques at the Hardy Museum in Hong Kong these days. He would immerse himself in research when he had nothing to do, and gladly accepted the ancient jade given to him by his grandson.

It would do Hardy no harm to please the two old men.

After all, your daughter gave birth to your child, and there are some unclear reasons. They are a wealthy family, not an ordinary family, so it is not easy for them to accept it.

I stayed in Hong Kong for more than a month.

Time enters October.

Hardy said goodbye to Han Ye-jin and returned to Japan. Now all businesses in Japan are going very well. Hardy calculated that he can earn about 200 million US dollars in Japan this year. This is a legitimate business and this profit is already remarkable.

The underworld business, black market and ice cubes should be worth more than 100 million US dollars.

Although the number of American soldiers in the red-light district has decreased because the US army has gone to war, many people have made money because of the business, and the Japanese have filled the gap, so the money made has not decreased.

Businesses are now running at full capacity because of war orders. In the entertainment industry, ABC TV has become the number one TV station in Japan, and a singing competition is in full swing.

The Peninsula in October.

The situation changed greatly. MacArthur drove straight in, Lao Jin came to plead urgently, and finally the Rabbit made the decision to send troops.

You know,

At that time, the economic gap between the rabbit and the eagle was 30 times.

Eagle is the richest country in the world, with complete industries, the strongest logistics and military power, and a town killer.

As for rabbits, they are so poor that they are reluctant to add salt even when eating carrots and cabbages.

But just like that, he sent out his troops with strong willpower.

Japan in October.

It is a good tourist season.

After reading the newspaper about the peninsula, Hardy decided to go out and relax.

Sayuri received a call from Hardy, asking her to get ready to go out for fun. Sayuri was very surprised, because during this period of time, Sayuri had been serving Hardy, and every time she came and left in a hurry, Hardy even didn't let her stay overnight.

She is like a firefly.

Even so, Sayuri was already very happy, thinking that it was Mr. Hardy, the most powerful and richest man in Japan.

It was her honor to serve such a man.

Sayuri changed into her most beautiful kimono and got into the car sent to pick her up. After that, they drove all the way to a small town at the foot of Mount Fuji.

On a wooden bridge, Sayuri saw Hardy running over in the clattering steps of his wooden clogs. Hardy, who was originally admiring the early autumn scenery, turned around when he heard the sound and saw Sayuri, who was wearing a purple kimono, walking quickly over.

In fact, Sayuri is only 21 years old.

Still a girl.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Hardy, I'm late." Sayuri ran up to him, panting slightly, bowed and apologized.

"Come with me into the mountains to see the scenery." said Hardy.

"Okay." Sayuri nodded obediently.

The two of them walked on the mountain road. As it was early autumn, the colors of the mountain were layered and very rich. The wooden clogs made a clattering sound as they touched the stone road.

At this moment,

This reminded Hardy of a movie he had seen before, "The Dancing Girl of Izu", in which Yamaguchi Momoe wore a kimono and wooden clogs and walked with Miura Tomokazu, and the clogs made a clacking sound from time to time.

"Would you like to make a movie?" Hardy asked.

“Ah~!”

Sayuri was surprised.

The two hadn't spoken a word until Mr. Hardy's first question was whether she wanted to act in a movie, which made Sayuri a little confused.

"I, I haven't studied acting."

"In fact, the most important thing about acting is naturalness. I just ask you if you want to make a movie." Hardy asked again.

"I~"

Sayuri glanced at the man's profile.

“I have thought about it.”

Hardy nodded.

"Have you read Kawabata Yasunari's The Izu Dancer? The way you walked just now reminded me of the heroine in the film. Let's make a movie and have you play the role of the dancer."

There seems to be a big age difference, but Sayuri looks very young, and she can just ask the makeup artist to make her look younger.

Sayuri looked at the man.

Is this the way a strong man thinks? He can do whatever he wants without worrying too much.

If an ordinary person thinks of this scene, he or she would not want to turn that story into a movie.

Because it costs a lot of money to make a movie.

It is not something that most people can bear, but for Mr. Hardy, it is nothing.

Sayuri was very excited at the moment. If she could make a movie and leave her image on the screen, perhaps people would remember her forever.

There is a hot spring hotel halfway up the mountain, a house made entirely of wood.

Hardy's bodyguards had already arrived to make arrangements.

The boss bowed when he saw Hardy.

Please come in, Hardy and Sayuri.

In the room,

Sayuri's kimono was torn off layer by layer.

This scene is like a romance movie.

In the hot spring pool.

Hardy was soaking in the hot water comfortably, and Sayuri beside him was gently wiping Hardy. Sayuri was not wearing any clothes, which is a tradition of hot spring bathing in Japan.

night.

Sayuri finally slept next to Hardy.

This made her excited and nervous.

......

After two days of traveling, Hardy received two telegrams after returning to Tokyo. After reading the telegrams, his brows frowned slightly.

One was from Andy.

Andy got the news that because of the Rabbit's military deployment, Congress was considering further political isolation and economic blockade of the East.

And even more cruel than the Soviet Union.

The telegram said that Congress was even considering closing off Hong Kong and Macau because they were too close and entanglements were inevitable. The US government intended not to let a single screw fall into the hands of the rabbit.

Hadi can't do anything about closing off Taiwan, but if he closes off Hong Kong, it will definitely have a huge impact on Hong Kong's economy.

Hardy has many industries in Hong Kong, and most of the factories' raw materials come from the United States. If you don't allow exports to Hong Kong, what should I do with my factories in Hong Kong?

This is something Hardy absolutely cannot accept.

Another telegram was from the Actors Guild.

Hardy is the chairman of the Screen Actors Guild and Li Gen is the vice chairman. Although Li Gen is not very good at acting, he does a good job in government affairs. Hardy does not have time to deal with the affairs of the Screen Actors Guild, so now it is basically Li Gen who is in charge.

He would handle small matters himself, but if he encountered a major matter, he would ask Hardy for instructions. This time he encountered a major matter.

McKinseyism is cleaning up Hollywood, and has had a major impact on Hollywood's entertainment industry and its directors and actors. Now many companies are unable to operate normally, fearing that they will be labeled as collaborators and are becoming trembling with fear.

And the trend has been intensifying recently.

Hardy naturally knew who this McKinsey was. McKinsey was a U.S. state senator. In February 1951, this guy suddenly opened fire on Capitol Hill, saying that he had a list of 205 people, all of whom were suspected of collaborating with the enemy, which shocked the United States.

In fact, the background was that due to the intensification of the Cold War, some people occupied the unions and launched tens of thousands of strikes over the years.

Yes, tens of thousands of times, almost several or even dozens of times every day. This is one of the reasons why the business here is booming after the establishment of the Japanese factory. There are often strikes in the United States and workers do not produce. Excluding shipping costs, production in Japan is cheaper than in the United States, so orders continue to come in.

But not everyone has the ability of Hardy and the seven conglomerates. As the strike caused heavy losses to many companies, some people supported McKinsey behind the scenes. This group began to stand up and attack. With the instigation of some people with ulterior motives and even the help of the FBI, the anti-enemy McKinseyism began to spread.

Hollywood, as a cultural center, was naturally affected, and the investigation team began to look for evidence of actors and directors' leaks.

If anyone opposes him, he will accuse you of being an accomplice to the enemy, investigate you further, or even judge you.

He made himself the epitome of political correctness.

The most important factor was the background of the times, which also provided him with a certain soil. The intensification of the Peninsula War and the Cold War made McKinsey more and more unscrupulous.

In fact, Hardy knew this McKinsey, and also knew that he had wreaked havoc for four years in his previous life and then disappeared.

Hardy originally didn't intend to pay attention to him, after all, it had nothing to do with him, but Li Gen's last sentence made Hardy a little angry.

"The investigation team has issued a notice to the Actors' Union, planning to investigate all actors in the near future, and requires the union to cooperate."

"The list of names under investigation includes Hedy Lamarr, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and others."

"We have also received news that the investigation team is preparing to review the content of all movie companies' films and TV programs. Any suspected leaks must be removed from the shelves and the relevant personnel will be dealt with. The movie companies include HD Pictures and ABC TV."

Hardy's face turned a little gloomy.

He said to his secretary, "Send a telegram to Henry and ask him to prepare the staff. I will return to the United States immediately. I have things to do."

"Notify the crew and set off in half an hour."

Henry received Hardy's telegram. Although it didn't say anything, Henry could read a lot between the lines.

"The boss sounds a little unhappy. It seems someone has made him unhappy. Haha." Henry muttered to himself with a smile.

Henry didn't care much about who his opponent was.

He only listens to Boss Hardy.

He now has more than a thousand people under him, and there are many people who can do things. As long as they don't launch a coup, he will have no problem dealing with everything else.

Of course,

In the crappy United States, a coup is meaningless and everything can be controlled with money.