In 1998, the Asian financial crisis continued to roar, but for Xiang Nan, it was a great opportunity to make money.
He took advantage of the favorable market conditions and continued to buy and sell short, thereby making a fortune.
In comparison, the lives of other societies in Xiangjiang are getting worse and worse.
Especially for Dongxing, although Chen Jianan was arrested, he was very pushy about the fake real estate and refused to admit his crime at all.
And if he refuses to admit his crime, then Situ Haonan will not be able to escape.
After all, there are hundreds of families behind the hundreds of people who were deceived, and the funds involved amounted to hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. With so many victims and such a high amount of money, the Hong Kong government has to pay attention.
Moreover, Dongxing's drug business has always been watched closely by the superiors. Now that this kind of thing happens again, the white-headed man is also very depressed. For this reason, he specially sent a message to Chen Jianan, asking him to take responsibility for the fake real estate, and he must also spit out all the stolen money.
Otherwise, even if Xiangjiang is not sentenced to death, his life will not be easy after he is imprisoned.
But unexpectedly, just two days after the news spread, Chen Jianan died suddenly.
Although the forensic examination showed that he died of acute cerebral hemorrhage due to illness, the timing of his death still aroused suspicion for Dong Xing.
What's even more troublesome is that once Chen Jianan died, the truth about the fake real estate was buried, and Situ Haonan was completely unable to escape. Ultimately, he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for commercial fraud. Dongxing's once fiercest fitter suddenly fell over.
Pulsatilla also had to use the society's funds to compensate Situ Haonan, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of other fitters. In the end, Pulsatilla was forced to resign as the leader of the Eastern Star and returned to Nanyang to spend the rest of his life.
The other Dongxing fit people were fighting each other to seize the leading position, fighting fiercely.
However, times have changed after all.
After the return, the police cracked down on associations with unprecedented force, beating almost anyone who dared to take the lead.
Hong Xing escaped the disaster because he gave up his side business and switched to a more upright career. But everyone in Dongxing still had the same old thoughts and ideas, and naturally they were hit hard by the iron fist.
Several fit people who danced happily were arrested by the police and sentenced to prison respectively, but the rest were much more honest. Don't dare to make any more waves.
I think back then, the second-ranked club in Xiangjiang fell into despair. From then on, no one had the ability or courage to compete with Hong Xing.
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In early 1998, Xiang Nan also broke up amicably with Zhong Liti, and then contacted the little beauty Zhu Yan.
Zhu Hong was admitted to the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in 1990 and was selected to star in a movie in 1992. Since then, he has emerged in the Hong Kong film and television industry.
"Play Back to School 2", "Westward Journey", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "There Are Tears in the Sky", "The Day I Love in the Entertainment Circle", and so on.
And since her debut, she has a very rich love history. Stephen Chow, Julian Cheung, Aaron Kwok, Ni Zhen... even every time they film a movie, there will be a scandal.
Xiang Nan got acquainted with her because of "Super Tricky Overlord" produced by Wang Jing and directed by Zhang Yan. This film was also invested by Duzun Pictures. Xiang Nan went to visit the team and met Zhu Yan.
After going back and forth, the two of them got tired of being together.
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In mid-1998, Da Tian Er and Da Fei's sister KK also officially got married.
"Brother Nan, I'm already married, when will you marry Little Stutter?" Da Tian Er asked curiously.
"Mind your own business." Xiang Nan smiled.
He won't marry the little stutterer for the time being.
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In mid-1998, "The Dragon" was released, and the box office in its first week was as high as HK$8 million, which was quite good. The final box office was HK$18 million, ranking fourth in the annual box office rankings.
It is a first-time film produced by Zunzun Pictures. With such good results, Xiang Nan has made a big comeback.
In August, "Tricky King" was released. Although it was a hyped work, it was still as hyped as "Tricky Expert" seven years ago. In the end, it grossed more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, ranking No. 1 in the annual box office rankings. Nineteen.
"Beast Detective" was released in September. Although it has an excellent reputation and has been hailed by the media and the industry as the most exciting police film in recent years, and ranked 14th in the annual box office rankings, it only made 800 at the box office. Millions of Hong Kong dollars.
In comparison, in 1994, the fourth place in the annual box office rankings had a box office of 37 million Hong Kong dollars; the fourteenth place in the annual box office rankings had a box office of 15 million Hong Kong dollars; annual box office rankings The 19th-placed film on the list has a box office of more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars.
It can be seen that after four years of development, the Hong Kong film market has not only failed to expand, but has shrunk significantly, falling by almost 50%. However, since production costs, actors' salaries, and venue rentals have not been reduced, the film company's income has naturally fallen sharply.
Duzun Pictures produced these three films, and although each of them ranked among the best at the box office, in the final analysis, they made almost no money.
It was a pity that Xiang Nan had not caught up with the good times. If he traveled back in time to the golden period of Hong Kong films in the 1980s, he would have made a lot of money just by making movies.
Fortunately, although he did not make any money from making movies, the frequent exposure allowed Xiang Nan to successfully transform into a movie tycoon, which greatly increased his social popularity and whitened his social image.
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At the end of 1998, Xiang Nan broke up with Zhu Yan and then dated Yang Jingru.
Christine Yang is currently starring in Duzun Pictures' new film "Chinese Heroes", which is a film adapted from Ma Wing-cheng's comic book of the same name, with an investment of over HK$50 million.
Christine Yang plays Hua Yingxiong’s wife Jieyu, which is a very important role. When Xiang Nan went to visit the class, he was attracted to her, and then the two began to date.
In early 1999, driven by Xiang Nan, Hongxing began to cooperate with the Baodao Sanlian Gang to jointly develop Baodao's real estate.
The Sanlian Gang is deeply rooted in Baodao, has great wealth and power, and has people covering the key points, so its development is much stronger than that of Hongxing.
In the past two years, Baodao's real estate market has fallen sharply due to the financial crisis. Xiang Nan just happened to take advantage of the low price. When the housing prices rise, the profit will be several times or more than ten times.
In fact, if Ding Wei had not been controlled by Xiang Nan, it would have been absolutely impossible for Hong Xing to go to Baodao to develop. Because the Sanlian Gang is much stronger than Hong Xing.
There are no more than two thousand core disciples of Hongxing. And there are tens of thousands of people in the Sanlian Gang.
Moreover, Hong Xing also needs to kneel down and lick her to seek shelter. The Sanlian Gang directly sent people to infiltrate, and they had people at all levels of management.
Therefore, the rank of the Sanlian Gang is much higher than that of Hong Xing. If it weren't for Xiang Nan's vigorous promotion, people wouldn't play with it at all.
Entering the Baodao market is a qualitative leap for Hongxing.
After all, Xiangjiang is really too small and packed with so many clubs. For a street, a bar, a parking space. It's possible to fight on any golf course.
In comparison, Treasure Island is very large, with richer resources, more business opportunities, and more abundant oil and water.
Coupled with the protection of the Sanlian Gang, Hongxing's business is safer and more secure.
With the cooperation between the Sanlian Gang and Hong Xing, Japan's Yamada Group also intends to form an alliance with Hong Xing.
