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Chapter 26

Two days later, on a passenger plane from the United States to Hong Kong, Li Te, who had just woken up, asked the flight attendant for a cup of coffee, opened a newspaper and read it.

The successful operation of "The Matrix" made AMG's brokerage company famous overnight. The biggest concern about this is the major brokerage companies in Hollywood, because their old rival Michael Orwitz is back.

Of course, this does not include CAA, because Orwitz promised in an interview with the media that he would not poach CAA's customers. Of course, if CAA cannot retain customers and the other party comes to him, AMG will not refuse.

This actually leaves a backdoor for AMG to take action against CAA in the future, but the outside world generally believes that Ovitz made such a statement, in fact, hoped that AMG could live in peace with CAA. After all, the strength of the two companies is too different. It is really unnecessary to establish a strong enemy for himself from the beginning. Besides, there is still such a connection between Orvitz and CAA. Even if he is ambitious and hopes to turn AMG into the next CAA, Hollywood has enough space to accommodate two brokerage companies.

Other brokerage companies are not that easy. Although AMG is not rich, Orwitz is an absolute tiger. If the meat in his bowl is targeted by him, it will definitely be a very dangerous thing.

Driven by this sense of urgency, all brokerage companies except CAA did the same thing after learning that Orwitz came back - Yan Gui's agents were wary of any possible contact between customers and AMG.

But after all the defenses, the poaching incident still happened, and the victim was the third-ranked ICM in Hollywood brokerage.

A broker of the company took his client to AMG on the day after Universal announced his bid for the Matrix. As soon as the news was exposed, it caused a sensation in Hollywood.

Although ICM issued a statement on the same day, saying that the agent who changed jobs only had one actress who had acted in two low-cost films, AMG's poaching did not cause any substantial losses to ICM.

Correspondingly, AMG also issued a statement claiming that the broker who changed jobs acquired 4% of the company's shares.

Putting the two statements together, no one would think that ICM is lying, and no one would think that AMG did something stupid this time. Just imagine that even a rookie agent can get 4% of the shares when joining AMG. If those big-name agents change jobs, what kind of generous treatment can they enjoy? This trick "buy horse bones with a thousand gold coins" fully demonstrated Orwitz's determination and courage to recruit talents. At least after hearing about this, many agents were moved.

For a moment, almost everyone focused their attention on Orwitz, and Lite, who really directed this matter, was not paid attention to it at all. Of course, judging from the current situation, this is not a completely bad thing. After all, AMG is just a newly established company and has weak power. Now that Orwitz is attracting firepower in front, Lite, who "hiding" behind the scenes, is easier to use his skills.

The fuselage suddenly tilted, almost shaking the coffee in Li Te's hand, and also shifted his attention from the newspaper to the outside of the plane. Although Li Te knew that Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport was one of the safest airports in the world and that there were very few aviation accidents in history, looking at the scenery passing through the right window of the cabin still made people feel terrified.

Kai Tak Airport only has a runway that extends into Victoria Harbour. There is a narrow waterway between the runway and Kwun Tong to the east. At the end of the runway are mountains and houses. When the pilot landed, he saw the giant square on the checkered mountain and had to turn the plane. Due to the limitations of the geographical environment, it is quite challenging to land in Kai Tak.

Although Li Te had been to Hong Kong in his previous life, Kai Tak Airport had long been abandoned at that time, so he had seen similar descriptions in some books about the past of Hong Kong, but his personal experience was the first time.

At this moment, the plane was like flying in the wrong channel. You could even feel that the plane was getting closer and closer to the ground. The crowded streets on the ground, multi-story buildings and pedestrians were clearly visible, but there was still no trace of the runway ahead.

Although he told himself that it would be fine, seeing the buildings on both sides seem to be about to hit the wings, and even the color of clothes drying on the rooftop of the house could be clearly seen, Li Te's heart couldn't help but lift it up. After a few seconds, the landing gear touched the land and brought a slight shock to the fuselage. The plane landed on the runway in the middle of the harbor without any danger.

This thrilling landing left Li Te still feeling scared after getting off the plane. When he stuffed the gift box into the taxi trunk, he still felt a little weak.

When he got into the car, Li Te said to the driver in front in Mandarin.

“Peninsula Hotel.”

The taxi driver regarded Li Te as a guest from mainland China, and started chatting with him while speaking half-baked Mandarin on the way.

Li Te was originally talking about Hong Kong customs and culture with a taxi driver, but the other party kept asking him about various situations in the mainland, including whether the reform and opening up was real, whether the rich would be regarded as capitalists to confiscate their property, etc., which made Li Te speechless.

"Sir, sorry, I came from the United States."

This really works, the taxi driver stopped asking immediately.

Li Te looked at the scenery outside the car for a while and suddenly felt a little boring, and then he started chatting with the taxi driver again.

"I have been to the mainland and have been there for a long time. I know that you Hong Kong people are worried that after returning soon, will Hong Kong change a system immediately? In fact, you really think too much, bet on horseback and dance on dance. The old man in mainland China must be counted. Moreover, the economic reforms in the mainland over the years are obvious to all. Many of you Hong Kong people invest there. You should have heard of what the situation is like in the mainland. There is no need to be so nervous, right?"

Li Te said this, which made the taxi driver feel a little embarrassed and did not continue to mention similar topics.

The two of them talked aimlessly for a few words, and then Li Te suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, are there many people watching movies in Hong Kong now?"

"Don't mention, it's almost gone. Directors like John Woo and Jackie Chan, who are skilled directors, have basically gone to the United States to develop. The rest are either going north to film films, or they switch to business and real estate speculation. In short, few people really put their minds on this."

The taxi driver sighed helplessly. Hong Kong people of his age have basically experienced the most glorious period of Hong Kong films, so they were particularly touched when talking about this topic.

In his previous life, Li Te grew up watching Hong Kong movies, and then witnessed the decline of Hong Kong movies personally. At this moment, this memory was evoked and his emotions suddenly became much lower.

Originally, he was planning to stroll around when he came to Hong Kong this time, but now he suddenly didn't want to do so.

Some things are worse than nostalgia. The feelings for Hong Kong films are worse than leaving a good memory for their memories than to see things.

After arriving at the Peninsula Hotel, Li Te paid the fare without saying a word and walked into the hotel with his suitcase.

[When I was writing this chapter, why did I suddenly miss Mr. Lin a little? Well, I recommend my Hong Kong entertainment book [bookid=2574291, bookname="Drunk Pillow Xiangjiang"]. Friends who like Hong Kong entertainment can read it, it should not disappoint you.]
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