Chapter 345: Shao Tycoon's Abacus
The Peninsula Hotel.
"Uncle Six, aren't you busy at the end of this year, why do you still have time to drink tea with me?" Sitting opposite Shao Yifu, Qiao Feng asked with a smile.
Of course he was joking, even if he was busy drinking tea, there was still time to drink tea, and besides, Shao Yifu was really not very busy, Shao Tycoon still watched many movies every day, which is Shao Yifu's habit.
No matter how busy he is, he will watch a movie every day, which is a habit he has developed since he engaged in the film industry for decades. He likes to watch both good movies and bad movies, and he wants to watch good movies and how bad movies are bad.
Shao Yifu can be said to be the person who watches the most movies in Chinese, which is why Shaw Brothers can dominate the South Seas, dominate Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia for so many years.
There is such a boss who understands movies, who is proficient in any work in movies, editing, photography, makeup, scripts, directors, and all kinds of expert bosses, it is no wonder that there is such a sentence that Shaw Brothers production must be a high-quality product.
"Prison situation, Mr. Qiao has made us Shaw Brothers make a lot of money again, and the time to invite Mr. Qiao to have a cup of tea has to be squeezed out." Shao Yifu said with a smile.
"I'm really flattered by what Uncle Sixth said this, this tea must be tasted well today." Qiao Feng looked very excited, carefully picked up the teacup and took a small sip, and then closed his eyes and looked like he was enjoying it.
Seeing Qiao Feng's pretentious appearance, Shao Yifu snorted angrily, this kid is really slippery, he didn't mention anything to find him, and he didn't ask.
Qiao Feng closed his eyes and made a gesture of enjoyment, but he thought in his heart that since you didn't say what the purpose of calling me was coming, then we would consume it.
"The box office of the prison is better than I expected, I have to say that it is more profitable to cooperate with Mr. Qiao, I hope that Mr. Qiao can think of us more in the future." Shao Yifu didn't beat around the bush anymore and went straight to the point.
"Huh?" Hearing this, Qiao Feng was stunned: "Sixth Uncle, no, didn't you already decide to stop the Shaw Brothers' business, didn't this prison storm say that the business was closed?"
No wonder Qiao Feng was surprised, anyone in the film industry was surprised when they heard this, because almost everyone knew the news of Shaw Brothers' suspension of production, Shaw Brothers had almost dismissed its employees, and the rest could barely put together a crew, and the dismissal of employees began two years ago, which was earlier than the time when the theater was sold.
It's been boiling for almost three years, and it's also to the point where it's now, the whole company is almost gone, either gone, or merged to TVB, how can this situation continue, and what will be done to cooperate more in the future.
"Hehe, it was originally decided to completely end the Shaw Brothers business, after all, the scenes filmed in the first two years were basically not profitable or losing, and even lost money, and it was not interesting to continue to open, Yihua always persuaded me to put my energy into wireless, and I was ready to turn off Shaw Brothers.“ Shao Yifu's eyes were full of memories of exclamation.
Qiao Feng also nodded, he was really reluctant, after all, he had made movies for most of his life, it can be said that movies were all he had, how could he be willing to give it up in his heart.
"It's not okay if I can't do it, the structure of Shaw Brothers was too bloated before, the staff was huge, and the filming didn't make money, so it's better not to do this business, so I decided to close him and even sell the theater to Mr. Qiao." Shao Yifu looked at Qiao Feng with a smile and said.
"Speaking of which, thank you so much Uncle Sixth for selling the cinema to me, instead of renting it to Pan Disheng, who has a higher price. Qiao Feng thanked him very sincerely.
For Qiao Feng's thanks, Shao Yifu nodded secretly, he didn't see the wrong person, this is good, Qiao Feng is a person who can remember kindness, so the next words will be easy to say.
"That's business, Mr. Qiao doesn't need to thank you, the money you gave is in line with the value of the theater, so I sold it to you, there's nothing to thank you for." Shao Yifu smiled and waved his hand.
Qiao Feng smiled and nodded, Shao Yifu was also satisfied with such an attitude, if Shao Yifu looked like you were showing my affection, then Qiao Feng's heart would definitely be unhappy.
"What is the sixth uncle's plan now? Is the Shaw Brothers going to recruit people again and make new films?" Qiao Feng asked.
"No, I originally wanted to stop the Shaw Brothers business like this, but the prison situation made me realize that it would be good to continue to open the Shaw Brothers in another way. Shaw Yifu spoke his mind.
Qiao Feng understood that Shao Yifu didn't want to shut down the Shaw Brothers, but he didn't want to engage in a big studio system like before, and he didn't even want to raise a large number of staff, just like opening the Shaw Brothers on a scale that was so slimmed down to the extreme like now.
To put it bluntly, Shaw Yifu is ready to turn Shaw Brothers into a small independent production company, but this independent production company has the largest film library in Hong Kong and even in the Chinese film industry.
Shao Yifu just saw that cooperating with Qiao Feng to make a film was very profitable, and he was really reluctant to give up the movie, so he cooperated with Qiao Feng in this way, in fact, in addition to the so-called film team, Shao Yifu is equivalent to an investor, he invested in Qiao Feng's films, and then Qiao Feng used the script as an asset investment, and both sides each contributed some manpower to shoot, and finally divided the account proportionally.
I don't want Qiao Feng and Shaw Brothers to cooperate before, it has always been Qiao Feng who came out with the script, and then recommended a few actors, Qiao Feng didn't care, just wait for the release to earn a share.
If this cooperation is carried out, it is equivalent to the relationship between Qiao Feng and Shao Yifu compared to the previous cooperative relationship.
Now Shao Yifu just invests the money, and then he can leave everything else alone, just wait for the final account.
It's just that the accounts are divided into five or five, no matter how you look at it, it seems that Shao Yifu is a little loss.
Qiao Feng looked at Shao Yifu suspiciously, he didn't think that Shao Yifu would do such a seemingly loss-making deal, because it was very bad for Shao Yifu.
"If Mr. Qiao agrees to such cooperation, I hope to buy back 30% of the shares of the cinema chain as a guarantee."