Chapter 191: The Shaw Clan's Predicament
"Mr. Shao, Miss Fang."
Zhou Yunfa and Chen Yulian, who were standing opposite Qiao Feng, saw the person who spoke first, and then greeted them very respectfully.
Qiao Feng also smiled and turned his head to say hello.
"Does Mr. Qiao have a new project looking for Ah Fa?" Fang Yihua asked casually.
"Yes, Miss Fang is right, not only Brother Fa, but Sister Lian is also in my plan, so, Miss Fang, you have to open the door for convenience, Sister Lian's schedule hopes to help coordinate more." Qiao Feng didn't hide it and nodded directly in acknowledgement, and by the way, he also asked Fang Yihua to do a small favor.
"Okay, I will definitely help Mr. Qiao, but Mr. Qiao, I don't know who you want to cooperate with for this new project, is it Golden Harvest or our Shaw Brothers?" Fang Yihua raised his eyebrows and asked.
"No, this is not the case, my film is mainly aimed at the North American market, so I am responsible for the investment and production of DreamWorks Films in the United States." Qiao Feng Dao.
"Mainly for the North American market." Fang Yihua's expression was shocked, and then he was happy.
"That's okay, although we don't have a branch in the United States, we still have some connections in the United States, and I think if we participate in the investment, the production of Mr. Qiao's new film will be smoother." Shao Yifu also said with a smile.
"Mr. Shao wants to invest in my film?" Qiao Feng asked with a hesitant frown.
"Yes, the old man wants Shaw Brothers to participate in Mr. Qiao's new film investment, but I don't know if Mr. Qiao is willing to let us join in and drink soup while eating meat?" Shao Yifu squinted slightly and asked with a smile.
"Huh." Qiao Feng chuckled lightly and didn't answer, but changed the topic and asked: "Some time ago, Shaw Brothers cut employees, I don't know why, could it be that Mr. Shao is preparing to end the business of Shaw Brothers and will no longer make films in the future?"
"Why, is Mr. Qiao interested in the people we laid off from Shaw Brothers? I heard that Mr. Qiao came into contact with many employees who were laid off by us at that time, and many of them were moved by Mr. Qiao's sincerity to join Mr. Qiao's company." Shao Yifu didn't answer directly, but asked Qiao Feng with a smile.
"Of course, I'm very interested in talent, but I'm more interested in Shaw Brothers Cinemas than talent." Qiao Feng stared at Shao Yifu with a smile and said.
"Oh." Shaw Yifu's eyelids trembled, then he calmed down, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "Why did Mr. Qiao say this? Some time ago, our Shaw Brothers just made a simple internal personnel adjustment and laid off some bloated personnel, so how can we end the film production? Don't say Mr. Qiao, you are interested in our Shaw Brothers Cinemas, that is, which of these movie companies in Hong Kong is not interested in our Shaw Brothers Cinemas, but, I'm sorry, our Shaw Brothers in the cinema chain still keeps our own films to show our films."
"Haha." Qiao Feng chuckled again, shook his head and laughed at exposing Shao Yifu's lies: "Mr. Shao wants to cooperate with Zaixia to make a lot of money in the United States, and the most important thing about this cooperation is integrity, but what Mr. Shao said just now is not true at all.
You and I are very aware of the large number of layoffs at Shaw Brothers, and it is obvious that the Shaw Brothers big studio system can no longer support it, except for the films I have collaborated with Shaw Brothers in recent years, as well as a few films by a few other directors, the vast majority of Shaw Brothers' films have been made to lose money.
The huge Shaw Brothers completely demolished the east wall to make up the west wall, and invested the money earned from the only few films into the hands of the theater chain and other directors who did not make money, but the projects of the theater chain and the directors who did not make money were completely bottomless, even if the Shaw Brothers' skinny camel was bigger than the horse, even if Mr. Shao's family was big and rich, but he couldn't bear the money that had been making ends meet for many years.
That's why Mr. Shao will lay off employees, the previous layoffs are just a prelude, and there will be more layoffs in the future, and in the end, the Shaw Brothers Film Company will definitely close down.
Qiao Feng's words were unceremoniously, and he completely ripped off the fig leaf of the Shaw Brothers, saying it so bluntly, Shao Yifu's face suddenly became ugly, because Qiao Feng was right, if he wanted to dominate the Xiangjiang film industry back then, and the Shaw Brothers, who had stood side by side with Golden Harvest in the past ten years, had reached such a point that he was about to close down, shame, as the head of the Shaw Brothers, as the pioneer who brought the Shaw Brothers from scratch to the peak step by step, the real legend of the Hong Kong film industry, Shao Yifu's old face couldn't help but feel that it was inevitable that he would be embarrassed and ugly.
"Mr. Qiao seems to know our Shaw Brothers quite well." Shao Yifu's figure was a little hoarse and said.
"I don't know the profound point, Mr. Shao didn't just say it, I'm not the only one who is interested in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, everyone is interested, so whoever finds the opportunity and seizes the opportunity will be able to enjoy the opportunity, and naturally want to be the first person to find and seize the opportunity." Qiao Feng nodded with a smile, indicating that he had coveted Shaw Brothers Cinemas for a long, long time.
"Yes, Mr. Qiao is right, I do have plans to reduce the business of Shaw Brothers, and I do plan to end the theater business, but I have only thought about all this many times, especially the idea of ending the theater business has never been mentioned to others, Mr. Qiao can guess the old man's mind from the clues, I have to say that Mr. Qiao's mind is too meticulous and too clear."
Shao Yifu praised Qiao Feng with a sigh, and then his eyes narrowed and he said: "It's just Mr. Qiao, have you ever thought that finding an opportunity does not mean that you can seize the opportunity, just like me, the Shaw Brothers Cinema, you also said that there are many people who are interested, why should I hand it over to you?"
"That's right, that's right." Qiao Feng nodded with a smile, then shook his head and said: "It's just that Mr. Shao, you and I both know that being interested does not mean that you can eat it.
And then it's me and Pan Disheng, the famous brand Pan is really rich, whether it is him or his father is rich, but Mr. Shao, let me ask, no matter how rich Pan Disheng is, the money he pays for the theater is only about the same as mine, in addition, can he bring you other benefits? I don't think I can't, but he can't, I can. Just like my new film, you Shaw Brothers can make a lot of money by participating in it, and I'm afraid that a movie will make more money than you can make by selling or leasing theaters."
"However, it is also very risky to make such a film to enter the North American market." Fang Yihua interjected.
"Hehe, what Miss Fang said is right, but how can there be a sure thing in the world that makes money without losing money? There is at least a chance to cooperate with me, Pan Disheng is a hammer deal.