Chapter 1502

Zhou Zhou Xianyong wished he could slap himself; his mouth had felt good, but the phone bill had changed from RMB to US dollars, suddenly increasing seven or eight times.

"Why don't you just go rob someone?"

"I am robbing you right now." Zhou Andong said with a straight face: "It's just that in my robbery, one is willing to pay and the other is willing to receive."

"..."

Zhou Zhou Xianyong was silent for a moment, but finally compromised: "I don't have that much cash on me; I'll owe it to you for now."

"No way!" Zhou Andong was very firm: "I don't do credit here."

Facing this shameless rascal Zhou Andong, Zhou Zhou Xianyong had absolutely no way to deal with him, especially since he was the one asking for a favor.

"Then what should I do if I don't have the money?"

Zhou Andong glanced at the watch on Zhou Zhou Xianyong's wrist: "You can use your watch as collateral."

"Use my watch as collateral?" Zhou Zhou Xianyong looked at Zhou Andong as if he had seen a ghost: "You really dare to say that; do you know how much this watch is worth?"

Zhou Andong curled his lip and shook his own wrist: "That broken watch of yours, even though it's embedded with diamonds, looks too tacky. Even if it's more expensive than mine, how much more could it be?"

"Do you know how ignorant you are?" Zhou Zhou Xianyong glanced at Zhou Andong's watch: "This is a Vacheron Constantin, and this specific model is the only one in the world.

In 1986, it was originally customized for King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, and later bought by an unknown buyer for 3.5 million US dollars. A year later, it was purchased by Pierre Rimi, the owner of the PALM BEACH jewelry firm, for 5 million US dollars.

Two years ago, this watch appeared at a New York auction, and I bought it for 7.3 million US dollars. You actually compare this watch to that piece of junk of yours."

Zhou Andong grabbed Zhou Zhou Xianyong's arm and lifted it up to compare it with his own watch.

"Aside from these embedded diamonds, how come I can't see where it's worth that much money?"

There was one more thing he didn't say: thirty years later, diamonds would be everywhere, and their prices would plummet.

"It's really no mistake to call you ignorant." Zhou Zhou Xianyong said mockingly: "The value of this watch doesn't lie in the hundred-plus strictly selected top-grade blue-white square diamonds embedded in the watch body, but in its original purchaser—King Khalid."

As soon as his voice fell, he watched in horror as Zhou Andong used his fingernail to pick at the diamonds on the watch.

"F*ck!"

Zhou Zhou Xianyong's curse was very standard, and then he forcefully pulled his wrist out of Zhou Andong's grasp.

"What are you doing?"

Zhou Andong let out a laugh: "This watch is indeed too expensive; I understand that you're reluctant to use it as collateral. So I was thinking, picking off one of the diamonds to use as collateral would also work."

"..."

Zhou Zhou Xianyong's chest heaved, his eyes wide as he glared at Zhou Andong: "I think I need to stay away from you from now on, otherwise I'll definitely die young."

"Look, look." Zhou Andong took the cigarette he had in his mouth into his hand: "Why are you so narrow-minded? You're even getting angry. Fine, I won't have you use it as collateral; let's talk about the business first."

Zhou Zhou Xianyong said with great exhaustion: "The old man at home always says I'm no good, but how come I feel like you're even less of a person than I am?"

"Your feeling is inaccurate; I am a 'Five-Good' youth of the new era." Zhou Andong took a puff of his cigarette and asked again: "Do you know what a 'Five-Good' youth means?"

"I don't want to know."

Zhou Zhou Xianyong felt that if he kept bickering with Zhou Andong, he would definitely suffer heart failure.

"I want to know about the policies for the mainland film and television industry, especially whether there are any restrictions for investors like us coming from Wanwan."

"You want to get into film and television over here?"

As soon as Zhou Andong's words fell, a gust of wind blew up, and the snow that hadn't been swept off the roof drifted down, getting into his collar. He couldn't help but shiver and looked up.

"Let's go inside to talk."

The two went inside, and Zhou Zhou Xianyong sat on the sofa: "You should know that I'm in fashion; I have my own fashion magazine, as well as women's light luxury brands, cosmetics, clothing, and the like.

Now that the mainland is undergoing reform and opening up, I'm thinking of introducing my brands to the mainland. But fashion needs to be led, and the most effective means of promotion, besides fashion magazines and newspapers, is film and television dramas.

Clothing can restore the historical background of film and television works, shape the character images and professional characteristics within them, and delineate character personalities.

The subject matter of film and television works can be drawn from the fashion industry, fashion professions, as well as biographies of fashion celebrities and masters, or from the development history of fashion brands.

The character styling in film and television works can lead trends, triggering a new round of fashion trends, and the promotional effect for clothing brands is also very significant. For example, the clothes stars wear, the cosmetics they use, and so on.

In short, all characters in film and television dramas need to be highlighted and created through clothing and styling. Therefore, I'm thinking of establishing a film and television company in the mainland to use film and television works to drive the popularity of my company's products."

Zhou Andong didn't have much research on fashion culture, but he was clear that film and television led trends.

Not to mention the distant past, just look at the recent one: the 1977 introduction of "The Man from Atlantis" made toad-eye sunglasses all the rage. Moreover, whether it was cloudy or sunny, even when going to the dance hall to disco, one had to wear toad-eye sunglasses.

Then there were the two Japanese films introduced in '78: one was "Sandakan No. 8", where the reporter played by Komaki Kurihara had a delicate face and elegant temperament, and a pair of white bell-bottoms made her figure look even more graceful.

The other was "Manhunt"; Ken Takakura and Ryoko Nakano not only became the earliest idols for young people, but the sunglasses, sideburns, long hair, and narrow-top, wide-bottom bell-bottoms of Police Inspector Yamura in the film swept through the entire 70s and 80s.

In addition, there were "Romance on Lushan Mountain" and "Fashionable Red Skirts on the Street," which, while eye-opening, also brought a strong visual impact, causing swimsuits and off-the-shoulder outfits to quickly become popular domestically.

"Given your status, the central authorities would certainly be very welcoming of your investment in the country. They would be even more enthusiastic than they are toward investors from Xiangjiang."

Zhou Andong took a final puff of his cigarette and pressed the butt into the ashtray: "But you should have also heard that this place has always regarded film and television dramas as the most important propaganda front, and private capital is not allowed to enter.

It wasn't until the year before last, when the old man took a trip to the south and gave a speech, that the film and television industry initiated a series of reform measures. In January of last year, the relevant departments issued the 'Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Film Industry Mechanism.'

It required film enterprises to change the planned unified purchasing and marketing, and the unreasonable economic distribution that came with it. It allowed private individuals to enter and invest, but it only allowed you to invest.

Let's put it this way: you can use your money to make movies and TV shows, but you must cooperate with film studios or TV stations. No matter how much money you invest, the copyright must belong to the film studio or the TV station."