After Boss Jia bought all the movie copyrights in Hong Kong, he continued to send people to Taiwan, Fusang, the United States, Europe, and other countries. He also tried to buy the permanent movie copyrights in these countries.
The United States had a little understanding of the Internet because of their advanced technology. Many movie companies were not short of money. Even if they kept the copyrights, they did not intend to sell them. Therefore, some of the old movie copyrights were not bought.
However, there were always people who were willing to sell them. Therefore, at the end of 1993, Daqian Entertainment spent nearly 100 million US dollars to buy the lifetime copyrights of more than 40,000 movies from all over the world. It accounted for 70% of the movies produced after 1950, including the lifetime CD and Internet copyrights of well-known movies such as Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and the Terminator.
That was not all. Boss Jia later found out that he had missed out on the music copyright, so he also spent about 100 million USD to buy back the electronic copyright of 90% of the world's song library. Among them, 50% of the songs were electronic copyright and CD copyright.
These were all exclusive purchases. In the future, only Daqian Entertainment would be authorized to play these movies and music on the Internet and CD.
At this time, some music companies had started to use CD as the carrier of songs. Many people realized the value of the CD copyrights. It was difficult to buy the CD copyrights at a low price. However, the Internet copyrights were still very cheap.
This large number of copyright purchases caused a small sensation in the music and film industry all over the world. Then, many people began to laugh at the company's stupidity. How could they spend 200 million US dollars on these worthless copyrights?
Fortunately, Jia Yapeng's people had been very careful. They bought the copyrights through shell companies and finally sold them to Daqian Entertainment. Therefore, except for a few people in the world, almost no one knew that the Daqian Entertainment had bought the copyrights.
Until a few years later, when the Internet era came.
Ahem, back to the topic.
Boss Jia sent all the movie copyrights in Hong Kong and copies of their master tapes to Yu Zhang. With the help of the recorder designed by Master Ni, these movies would all be transferred to digital format. Then, they would be laser engraved on CDs and sold together with the VCD.
However, Boss Jia had to stay in Hong Kong for a few more days because the transfer process of Jiulong Construction Company's shares would be completed in a few days. In addition, Boss Jia had to find Zhou Xingxing. It was almost time for the filming of "A Journey to the West". Boss Jia felt that he needed to discuss some details with Zhou Xingxing.
However, Boss Jia didn't expect that before he found Zhou Xingxing, Zhou Xingxing would call him. He apologetically told Jia Yapeng that he couldn't participate in "A Journey to the West".
Just as Boss Jia hung up the phone in confusion, the staff of Daqian Entertainment suddenly came to Boss Jia anxiously and told him that all the actors, including Wu Mengda and Zhu Yin, had broken their contracts and said that they couldn't come.
Originally, "A Journey to the West" was almost ready. Even the filming base had been set up. However, all the actors refused to participate.
"What's going on? Who the hell is messing with me? " No matter how stupid Jia Yapeng was, he knew that this wasn't a coincidence. Someone was deliberately messing with him.
Moreover, this person was very powerful. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to force many Hong Kong stars, including Zhou Xingxing, to break their contracts. Even if these people didn't lose money, their reputation and credibility would be greatly damaged.
But the question was, who on earth was this person?
Jia Yapeng asked himself that he didn't offend anyone in Hong Kong, and other people didn't want to offend Boss Jia, a billionaire. Then, who was secretly using means to mess with Boss Jia?
Jia Yapeng's face was dark and he planned to find someone to figure out the situation. The next day, an invitation was sent to Jia Yapeng. On it was the name of the chairman of China Xin Group, Xiang Huaqiang.
Boss Jia understood instantly. It turned out that he had offended this god.
Xiang Huaqiang, the chairman of China Xin Group, the production company of the God of Gamblers series. In fact, two days ago, Jia Yapeng and others had personally negotiated with China Star Group to buy the copyrights in their hands.
However, Xiang Huaqiang didn't show up because he was in Wanwan. It was the general manager of their company who received Boss Jia. The whole negotiation process was quite smooth. With a slightly higher price, they bought back all the copyrights under China Star Group.
The reason why they paid a slightly higher price was naturally that Boss Jia was a little afraid of Xiang Huaqiang, the person behind China Star Group.
In 2018, the People's Court of Haidian District in Beijing declared that the news about Xiang Huaqiang's underworld background was false and unrealistic. There was no evidence, and the company was asked to apologize to Xiang Huaqiang.
Then, Xiang Huaqiang apologized.
But it was said that when this news was released, everyone in Hong Kong laughed like crazy. There was even a court judge who judged that Xiang Huaqiang didn't have an underworld background. They laughed like crazy.
Of course, the court couldn't be blamed, because the court was a place where evidence was important. How could a media company that made groundless accusations find evidence of Xiang Huaqiang's underworld background? Even the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong couldn't find any evidence to prove Xiang Huaqiang's personal problems.
So, we have to believe that Xiang Huaqiang is innocent. He is indeed a good person.
However, Xiang Huaqiang's father is called Xiangqian. Later, he founded Sun Yee 'an. The whole Sun Yee' an implemented a hereditary system, and the Xiangs will always be the leader of Sun Yee 'an.
Anyway, Xiang Huaqiang's influence in Hong Kong's entertainment circle was huge, and his deterrence was extremely frightening. His name was like the God of Death, and any Hong Kong person who heard it would tremble.
So if Xiang Huaqiang said that all the stars, including Stephen Chow, refused to act, it was very normal. On the contrary, it was abnormal if someone dared to jump out and act.
Then the problem was, now that Xiang Huaqiang put his business card and invitation in front of Boss Jia, what should Boss Jia do?
In fact, there were two paths now. One was that Boss Jia turned around and left. As long as he returned to the mainland, even if Xiang Huaqiang had other skills, he couldn't touch Boss Jia. But in this way, Boss Jia would probably be known as a coward.
Many years later, when the later generations were writing short stories, they would add such an interesting story to it.
Xiang Huaqiang's deterrence was so terrifying that even if the richest man came to Hong Kong later, he would immediately turn around and leave after receiving an invitation from Xiang Huaqiang because he offended him.
In this way, even if Boss Jia became the richest man, there would be another joke in the future.
But if he went, wouldn't Boss Jia's life be in danger?
Jia Yapeng thought for a while and felt that it was impossible. Even if Xiang Huaqiang really wanted to hurt him, he wouldn't do it after sending him an invitation. Wasn't it obvious that he was sending the evidence to him?
Besides, even if Jia Yapeng didn't have any foundation in Hong Kong, his connections in the mainland could be considered to be very powerful now. If Xiang Huaqiang really dared to hurt Jia Yapeng, he could only escape abroad when Hong Kong returned to the mainland.
And although Xiang Huaqiang was ruthless, he actually had a sense of propriety. Sometimes he would just bully actors, but he would never act rashly when it came to real business tycoons.
So after a comprehensive consideration, Jia Yapeng decided to go to the Hongmen Banquet. But the people around him told Jia Yayue and the others to stay in the hotel. Jia Yapeng went to the banquet with a general manager of Daqian Entertainment.
The wind was blowing and the water was cold. Jia Yapeng was gone … Guess what?
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