Chapter 374 The Fang Family’s Respect Cannot Be Lost
Looking around, Fang Hexuan or DreamWorks Movies are definitely the first to pirate their own movies that are currently in theaters.

In the history of business, more companies turned a blind eye to their products being copied or pirated by others, and even secretly added fuel to the fire.

For example, in the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong film companies such as Media Asia and China Star would actively produce pirated videotapes and discs and dump them at low prices in mainland China and Southeast Asia.

For example, Microsoft condones mainland computer users to use pirated Windows systems for free.

For example, Neon Animation and the American companies Disney and Hasbro license their excellent animation works to major mainland TV stations for free or at low prices.

These business operations that seem to damage their own reputation or lose money to gain publicity actually have long-term plans and intentions behind them.

That is, during the pioneering period of a new market, the company uses free services or even loses money to cultivate users who like its products and carve out a blue ocean.

The products of Fang Hexuan's company, such as Transformers toys, have long been copied and imitated in the mainland, but the scale is not large at present.

The master tapes of many of DreamWorks' top-grossing films were authorized by Fang Hexuan to be handed over to a secret videotape recording factory in Yuen Long, which produced large quantities of low-cost, low-pixel audio and video products.

These pirated products will be smuggled in large quantities to Southeast Asia or the mainland one week after the movie is taken off the screen and the genuine videotapes are released on the market.

DreamWorks Films now dominates the Hong Kong film industry, but behind the glory there are also many troubles.

For example, basically any movie produced, distributed, or even non-leadingly invested by DreamWorks will be flooded with pirated copies in the market within a week of its release.

Since DreamWorks Movies has such a strong background, neither the legal nor the legal world dares to mess with it, so up to now there has never been a case of a cinema master tape being lost or stolen.

Therefore, the pirates also abide by the rules. Since they cannot make money when the movie is released, they should at least give everyone a taste of the benefits when the genuine videotapes are released.

The Alphabet Group negotiated with several major pirates many times and finally made these pirates know when to stop and gave the legitimate videotapes a one-week buffer period.

It's not that Fang Hexuan is incapable of clearing out these unscrupulous pirates in the market, but he also understands that these bastards have, to some extent, helped DreamWorks expand its influence in the video rental market in Asia and even the world, and they can't all be killed with one slap.

Since we cannot completely defeat them, we might as well join them, become the biggest pirate among them, regulate this gray industry, and kill two birds with one stone.

"The Lucky Stars" is a modern urban comedy film. The jokes about chasing girls may not be funny to later generations, but it was still quite hilarious in the 80s.

In addition, cars appear in multiple scenes, which makes it particularly suitable for BYD to insert a large number of advertisements.

BYD provided 200 million Hong Kong dollars in product placement fees for the film, one million more than the second-place Lamborghini.

Of course, the filming started in May, and at that time Fang Hexuan decided to use a Lamborghini sports car instead of a Ferrari.

It’s not that he thinks Lamborghini is better than Ferrari, but he has been coveting Lamborghini for a long time.

Therefore, the cars that appear in "The Lucky Stars" are Lamborghini sports cars and BYD sedans, especially EVO, which appears the most times.

Perhaps in the eyes of car fans, this movie is more of an advertising promotional film specially customized for BYD Automobile Group (including Lamborghini Automobile) than a comedy.

Fang Hexuan did a great job. Not only did he specifically thank BYD and Lamborghini in the opening credits of the film, but he also included behind-the-scenes footage of the car shots at the end of the film.

In addition, whether it is an authentic videotape or a pirated one, before the opening credits appear, there will be several promotional photos of different BYD models, including EVOs with different colors and concept drawings of mid-sized cars and mid-to-large cars that are still in the imagination stage.

Anyway, in addition to the Transformers toys that helped BYD successfully invade the minds of children, DreamWorks movies also joined the ranks of "accomplices". Fang Hexuan has already decided to sell this batch of pirated videotapes of "The Lucky Stars" in large quantities at low prices in the mainland and Southeast Asia. Even if he doesn't make any money, he is very happy.

It was October 10th, the third day after returning to Hong Kong from Italy.

Fang Hexuan and his bodyguards arrived at the Fang family ancestral home on Tai Hang Road in Mid-Levels at the east end of Causeway Bay.

From the day he entrusted the Li family to convey a message to the major families in Hong Kong, the strangling operation against the Fang family began.

He didn't need to do it himself, as his lawyers and financial team, the Sun Yee On and the brokers who were paid to do the job had already handled most of the troubles for him.

This is also the reason why Fang Hexuan sometimes feels that life is too boring. As long as he has money and connections, no matter how difficult the trouble is, it will not be a problem for him.

Although this made him less worried, it also took away the fun of fighting against the heavens and against people.

After taking over the Fang family's debts from banks and finance companies, the Sun Yee On took over part of the dirty work, which was how to deal with the three bankrupts.

My cousin Fang Jinpeng will soon be sent to Stanley Prison to serve a sentence of at least ten years on charges of "suspected" rape, personal injury, illegal detention and other crimes.

Uncle Fang Jiade, in an attempt to seize all the family property of the Fang family, conspired with his wife to frame and drive away his sister-in-law Lu Qiaoling. He then indulged his wife and younger son in repeatedly causing trouble for his sister-in-law, nephews and nieces. He was even so cruel as to frame his nephew and send him to jail. He was both the mastermind and an accomplice. It seemed that his right to speak in the family was taken away by his wife, but he got what he deserved.

He was specially selected by Fang Hexuan to be sent to the fishing village of Tai Tau Chau in Sai Kung, where he spent the rest of his life with the boat people.

In fact, it means imprisonment. These boat people who make a living by the sea accepted the 500 million Hong Kong dollars sent by the Sun Yee On. From now on, they will look after my uncle and will not allow him to leave Tai Tau Chau.

Fang Hexuan's purpose is very simple. Don't you only care about money and not family affection? I will let you live a hard life with the boat people in the wind and rain, and it will be a hard life for the rest of your life for decades with no end in sight.

He believed that even if his "good uncle" did not go crazy, he would not live long.

As for the eldest aunt Ye Meifeng, this woman is vicious and vengeful. She has been hurting Fang Hexuan's family for twenty years. The hatred that Mr. Fang has for her far exceeds that for Fang Jiade.

Ye Meifeng is 43 years old but she looks very well maintained. Some people would believe her if she said she was still in her early 30s. In this case, it would be better to make use of her and sell her to Kowloon Walled City as a prostitute. As for her future life or death, no one cares.

Ye Meifeng's family didn't dare to get angry. If they really didn't know how to live or die, Fang Hexuan wouldn't mind destroying one more small family.

After dealing with these three people, the only one left in the Fang family was the eldest son, the eldest cousin Fang Jinhong.

Fang Hexuan had checked him before. The eldest son of the Fang family was of average appearance, but his character was totally unlike his biological father and mother. He was considered to be kind and upright.

It’s just that this cousin had only been concerned with the family business and rarely asked about family affairs. It cannot be said that he was completely unaware of the evil deeds of his parents and younger brother, but he certainly did not participate in them.

If Fang Hexuan's nature were followed, even if he didn't deal with Fang Jinhong, he would drive him out of the Fang family completely.

However, Mr. Fang finally listened to some advice from his elders such as the charter king and did not go to extremes.

In the words of the shipping king - no matter how much you hate the first wife, you are still a member of the Fang family after all, and you have the obligation to maintain the dignity of the Fang family.

(End of this chapter)