I want to be a giant of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 438 [Reserve Gold]

Global Group made an overall profit of 6 million U.S. dollars in the first half of the year. Naturally, these funds cannot be allowed to lie in the company's account and wait for depreciation;
Therefore, in mid-August, Wu Guangyao convened the board of directors of Universal Group and directly announced the half-year dividend plan;

Take out 5 million US dollars for shareholder dividends, Wu Guangyao owns 77% of the shares, so get 3.85 million US dollars;
Not all of these funds flowed into the banks on Hong Kong Island, because next, Wu Guangyao needed to stockpile gold.

After World War II, the major western countries established the "Bretton Woods System", which pegged the U.S. dollar to gold. One ounce of gold was equal to 35 U.S. dollars. The currencies of other countries were pegged to the U.S. dollar and implemented a fixed exchange rate system;

The U.S. dollar is equivalent to gold and plays a central role in the world monetary system.

That is, the price of gold is now fixed at $1.23 per gram ($35 per ounce).

But Wu Guangyao knew that after more than two years, the price of gold would no longer be fixed, but would start to appreciate sharply!
The reason is: in the 20s, the economies of Europe and Japan rose rapidly, and the international status of currencies such as the British pound, the franc, and the Japanese yen increased. reputation has been impacted.In this context, the U.S. dollar should depreciate sharply, but due to the compulsory influence of the "Bretton Woods System", an ounce of gold is still equal to 60 U.S. dollars. This has led to the phenomenon of selling U.S. dollars and buying gold in Europe and Japan.In order to stabilize the exchange rate relationship between the US dollar and gold, the United States continued to sell gold, which led to a large outflow of US gold and reduced the treasury gold.

Later, the U.S. was unable to maintain this proportional relationship. In August 1971, U.S. President Nixon announced the abandonment of the "gold standard" system, and the U.S. dollar and gold were no longer pegged.

By 1980, the price of gold would be $650 an ounce.

In 10 years, the price of gold will increase by 16 times. The return on investment is much higher than the return on real estate investment!

A ton of gold is only 123 million US dollars, and Wu Guangyao can buy 300 tons of this dividend.

Invest 3.7 million US dollars, just wait 12 years, you can make a profit of 55 billion US dollars;
There is no such safe and high-return investment solution in the world anymore.

At the beginning of the construction of Everbright Building, Wu Guangyao had already considered that it was building the headquarters of a bank;

Therefore, Everbright Building has a large vault, and the entire underground vault is close to the size of a basketball court;

Surrounded by hard granite stones and reinforced concrete pouring, the entire treasury is divided into 32 warehouses.

Wu Guangyao took Rong Bensheng and Lei Hong to the underground vault of China Everbright Bank;

Before entering the threshold of the vault, they must first undergo a special "metal row" inspection and "hair dryer" cleaning;
In this case, not to mention carrying metal weapons, even if there is a grain of dangerous dust on the clothes, it will be blown away by the hair dryer.

After the gate is opened, you need to go through another tunnel;
Every 1 meter away in the tunnel, there will be several forks with exactly the same shape. If you go to any of the wrong forks, you will not be able to reach the vault area;

Before entering the vault, a circular stainless steel gate with a diameter of 2.6 meters needs to be opened;
This door weighs dozens of tons, and it adopts a mechanical unlocking method, which does not need to borrow electricity.

After visiting the vault of China Everbright Bank, Wu Guangyao called Rong Bensheng and Lei Hong to his office.

Wu Guangyao said, "I plan to store 100 tons of gold in the vault of China Everbright Bank."

The two were shocked when they heard the words, the boss is so generous!
Lei Hong said: "The boss means that our bank uses your deposit to purchase gold bars from Lao Fengxiang Jewelry, and then store them in our vault?"

Wu Guangyao nodded and said, "Exactly!"

Rong Bensheng said, "With so much gold, does the boss have a time limit?"

Wu Guangyao shook his head and said: "There is no time limit, but it is best to complete it within two years; and it must be operated within the scope of not affecting the normal business of Laofengxiang Jewelry. Laofengxiang Jewelry can increase gold imports."

Laofengxiang jewelry has its own gold procurement channels, and the channels are very wide;

Macau, South Africa, and Southeast Asia all have their own ways of purchasing gold. It can be said that purchasing 2 tons of gold in two years is not a big problem.

As for the remaining [-] tons of gold, Wu Guangyao planned to go directly to London and Switzerland, entrust big banks to purchase them, and then store them in the vaults of these banks.

Rong Bensheng and Lei Hong never asked Wu Guangyao why they wanted to reserve gold;

After all, the price of gold is fixed, and deposits are not as good as loans and deposits!
However, the two of them knew that Wu Guangyao's financial resources were completely unpredictable, and the profits of the Universal Group were even more unimaginable!

Therefore, the boss may be doing it to preserve value, or to hedge funds!

Oriental Film City, Oriental Film Industry, TVB TV, the headquarters of the three companies have all moved to Tseung Kwan O.

Tseung Kwan O is located in the east of Kowloon, far from the urban area;

With the arrival of Oriental Media Group, the entire Clear Water Bay in Tseung Kwan O has become prosperous.

At the same time, the accommodation, catering, and transportation here have all been completed.

In Wu Guangyao's plan, the vicinity of Clear Water Bay will be built into a 'city' by Cheung Kong in the future.

In the meeting room of Oriental Pictures headquarters, Wu Guangyao personally participated in the project establishment meeting of "Big Brother Tangshan".

In the conference room, Zou Wenhuai, the executives of Oriental Pictures, the director, Bruce Lee and others were all curious in their hearts. A movie actually alarmed the boss. This can only show that the boss had a whim.

Wu Guangyao said: "The purpose of my participation in this "Big Brother Tangshan" project meeting is to convey a signal to everyone; that is, to carry forward Chinese Kung Fu and export a kind of 'Kung Fu Revolution' to the world. A development direction of the film industry."

Everyone suddenly realized that it turned out that the boss wanted to raise a big policy, no wonder he personally participated in this kind of meeting.

Then, entered the formal project establishment meeting.

The original historical "Big Brother Tangshan" was a movie with a small investment, and the filming time was only over two months, but it won a box office of more than 300 million Hong Kong dollars;
Officially relying on the joining of Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest Films will stand out from the siege of Shaw Brothers Films.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Our investment budget this time is 35 Hong Kong dollars. Many people should know that this is the largest film that Oriental Pictures has invested so far."

Some people who are familiar with Oriental Pictures nodded their heads one after another;

The current investment amount of Hong Kong Island Films is 20 Hong Kong dollars, which is considered a large investment;
After all, a movie with a box office of over one million is considered a great movie.

It can be said that Wu Guangyao would not have entered the film industry if Oriental Media did not need a complete industrial chain and Oriental Pictures to provide star resources;
After all, Wu Guangyao didn't care about that little money at all!
It is precisely because making movies can cultivate one's own star, and Wu Guangyao also has some "bad thoughts", so Oriental Pictures still has a bit of status in Wu Guangyao's eyes.

After listening to the investment budget, Bruce Lee felt a little strange. His film salary was more than 5 Hong Kong dollars, which actually took up such a large share of the budget.

Zou Wenhuai went on to say: "The filming time for this time is 3 months, and the whole process was filmed in Thailand! At present, there are already staff working there to prepare, and the filming time is expected to be in late September."

Wu Guangyao said with a smile: "It seems that it can be dedicated to the citizens of Hong Kong Island as a 'Spring Festival file'!"

Zou Wenhuai echoed: "This shows that this movie is lucky, and it may break the box office record of Hong Kong Island again!"

Zou Wenhuai is full of confidence and encourages everyone!
At this time, the box office record on Hong Kong Island was held by Shaw Brothers Films, which was 180 million Hong Kong dollars;
It can be said that the people of Oriental Pictures dream of breaking this record.

Wu Guangyao asked, "Zhenfan, you need to hone your acting skills well before leaving for Thailand; the company will arrange a special guidance team for you, you have to study with humility!"

When Li Xiaolong heard this, he told himself that if his attitude was not serious, it would really be unreasonable.

"Don't worry, boss, I will work hard to learn acting skills!"

Wu Guangyao did not participate in the remaining topics, and even left the meeting early, Wu Guangyao was also worried that everyone would be restrained.

(End of this chapter)