"Dad, Galaxy Pictures invested in a Hollywood blockbuster, and also sent Chinese actors from Hong Kong in, the gimmick is very full, and wait until next year's film called "Alien E· When the movie "T" is released, if we can't come up with a film of the same heavyweight, it is likely to lose ugly. ”

"So my idea is that we're also going to work with the Hollywood giants to make a blockbuster against Galaxy Pictures. ”

"As long as we defeat Galaxy Films at that time, then the banner of our Shaw Brothers Films can not only be re-erected, but also erected higher!"

Speaking of this, Shao Weiming couldn't help but clench his fists, and he was a little emotional.

He has had enough of the oppression of Galaxy Pictures and Universal Cinemas, no matter how he resists, he will lose, the difference is only that he loses ugly or not, which is a huge blow to a middle-aged man like him.

The Shao family has laid a foundation with movies, although now his career is no longer limited to the film industry, and even the film industry is no longer the only pillar in the entire Shaw family, but he still wants to keep this banner.

He could fight a few more!

Shao Yifu's brows furrowed, he felt his son's emotions.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

After quickly tapping his fingers on the table and thinking for a moment, Shao Yifu asked a key question: "It's not impossible to invest in Hollywood blockbusters, the key is that you can find the right investment objects and channels?"

Anyway, he is also a person who has been in Hollywood a few times, and he has also witnessed a few wrinkles in Hollywood, but except for Li Xiaolong's time, the rest are without exception, and the money is not less, and the bubble has never bubbled.

Shao Yifu knows very well that it is not so easy to break into Hollywood, and it is not useful to have money.

A good project has long been wiped out by the Hollywood giants, where can it be his turn?

Unexpectedly, Shao Weiming said confidently: "Dad, I really have a goal, and the prospects are good." ”

Shao Yifu's heart moved, and he became interested: "What project?"

Shao Weiming said: "It is a film that Warner Bros. is responsible for investing and distributing. T", and it has been scheduled to officially start filming on September 1, the name of this film is "BladeRunner", which is a science fiction film, based on a well-known American "Robot Dreams of Electric Sheep" ......"

"Originally, we didn't have a chance, but the original main investor, Filmways, withdrew because of problems with their own company's operation, which led to the disrupted plan, and the producer of this film, Michael Deeley, is my friend, who knows the situation of our family, and also knows about the competition between our family and Galaxy Films, so he contacted me and asked me if I was interested in investing, and in addition to our family, he told me that he also contacted two other people......"

Listening to his son's detailed explanation, Shao Yifu's face became more and more solemn, and he suddenly realized that this could really be an excellent opportunity.

In his perception, Warner Bros. is much stronger than MGM Pictures.

Since this "BladeRunner" is used to compete with "Alien E· T", then it will definitely not be bad, otherwise Warner Bros.'s money will also be lost, and the company's reputation will be damaged.

On the other hand, the film is backed by Warner Bros., and with their strong distribution capabilities, the box office of "BladeRunner" should be about the same.

If we take this opportunity to let Shaw Brothers and Warner Bros. go online, then Shaw Brothers Cinemas can fully cooperate with Warner Bros., and the competition with Galaxy Pictures and Universal Cinemas will have greater confidence and strength......

Thinking of this series of benefits, Shao Yifu became more and more excited.

However, he also heard what his son just said, the investment gap is very large, at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars of investment.

With the current situation of the Shao family, this amount of money is not a small amount, he will not invest it as soon as his mind is hot, at least he has to see it with his own eyes and make a judgment.

"Weiming, you contact that friend of yours to see if you can meet with me, if he can convince me, I will invest in this project. ”

Shao Weiming perked up and nodded immediately: "Dad, Michael Dilly arrived in Xiangjiang yesterday, and he hasn't left yet, so I can contact him now." ”

"Okay, you can arrange for me to meet with him. Shao Yifu clapped.

A week later, on the afternoon of August 1......

Xia Yu was inspecting Jiuding Newspaper Company, but got an unexpected news.

Thinking that he hadn't paid attention to the situation in the film and television industry for a long time, Xia Yu ordered someone to notify Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Siyuan to come to his office.

"Siyuan, Xeon, just sit down. ”

"Thank you, Chairman!"

After the two sat down, Xia Yu first asked Jiang Zhiqiang about the situation of Universal Cinemas.

"Xeon, come first, how many theaters are there in the theater chain now?"

Jiang Zhiqiang took a moment of thought and reported to Xia Yu: "Chairman, in general, the number of theaters in Hong Kong and Macao has not changed, the number of theaters in Southeast Asia has increased slightly, and the more big changes are in the United Kingdom, island countries, the United States and Canada. ”

"Not counting franchised cinemas, just the directly operated cinemas we own the property, now there are 26 cinemas in Hong Kong and Macao, 188 in Southeast Asia, 72 in island countries, 365 in the United States, 31 in the United Kingdom, and 18 in Canada. ”

"Combined, our company now has a total of 700 theaters, with a total of 1,175 screens. ”

"Now in Hong Kong, Austria and Southeast Asia, we have the largest cinema chain, in the island market, we can rank 14th in the global cinema chain, and in the US market, we have the number of theaters and screens that have jumped to the fifth place. ”

“......”

"Good results. ”

After listening to Jiang Zhiqiang's detailed report, Xia Yu immediately commented, with a satisfied smile on his face.

The scale of Universal Cinemas is the cornerstone of his film empire, and it is also the confidence of his film empire to wrestle with film giants from other countries.

And Universal Cinemas is not his real strength, after all, one of the cinema giants in France is his, but it involves the French presidential election, in order to avoid suspicion, it has been secretly controlled by the British Bright Fund and has not been transferred to Universal Cinemas.

"Continuing to work hard, the company has become larger, the difficulty of operation has also skyrocketed, and the output of a single screen should be increased as much as possible. ”

Seeing Jiang Zhiqiang's happy face, Xia Yu poured cold water on him again.

Jiang Zhiqiang restrained his smile and nodded solemnly: "Chairman, I will continue to work hard." ”

"Hmm!"

Xia Yu smiled and looked at Wu Siyuan again.

"Siyuan, what about the situation of Galaxy Films?"

Wu Siyuan reported: "Chairman, last year's annual report has been reported to you at the beginning of the year, I won't repeat it, mainly to report to you about the situation since the beginning of this year. ”

"As of yesterday, we have produced and released a total of 11 films, ranking second in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Film Company ranked third with seven, and Shaw Brothers Film Company still ranked first in output, with a total of 17 films released. ”

"It's just that in terms of total box office, we are the highest, with a total box office of HK$70.6 million in Hong Kong, and an average box office of a single film in Hong Kong of HK$6.41 million, far exceeding Golden Harvest in second place and Shaw Brothers in third place. ”

"Among the movies that have been released this year, the top five at the box office are all produced by our company, and seven of the top ten movies are produced by our company. ”

“......”

As Wu Siyuan continued to narrate, the detailed image of Galaxy Film Company as a leading film in Hong Kong and Asia emerged in Xia Yu's mind.

And because Wu Siyuan will intersperse comparisons with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers movies when he narrates, Xia Yu is also clear about the pattern of today's film market.

There is no doubt that Shao Yifu has not completely given up on the film market, as can be seen from the fact that Shaw Brothers Film Company releases more than two movies a month on average.

From this amazing output, it can also be seen that Shaw Brothers Film Company has accumulated a heritage for decades, and without enough behind-the-scenes personnel, it is impossible to support such a large output of Shaw Brothers Film Company.

It's just that output belongs to output, quality belongs to quality, although the output of Shaw Brothers films is high, the average box office of a single film is far inferior to that of Galaxy Film Company, which focuses on "Galaxy production, must be a high-quality product", and it is not as good as Jiahe Film Company, which is used on the blade of good steel.

"Shao Yifu rushed to the hospital when he was sick, too many bad movies will only smash the signboard of Shaw Brothers Film Company faster. ”

After Wu Siyuan finished speaking, Xia Yu said with a light smile.

Wu Siyuan took over and said: "Yes, I also let people deliberately guide me, and now I have created the image of Shaw Brothers Film Company that specializes in bad movies, and the Shao family must know about this situation." ”

"It's just that our film company has been producing blockbuster movies, even if Shaw Brothers Film Company has produced high-quality movies, it won't pose much of a threat to us, and the Shao family can only use this kind of trick, without this kind of trick, Shaw Brothers Film Company didn't land faster. ”

Xia Yu smiled lightly and nodded, agreeing with Wu Siyuan's statement.

If you don't do this, you will die faster, and if you do this, if there is a dark horse, you can occasionally turn the tables, so that the decline of Shaw Brothers Film Company will slow down a little and buy some time.

It's a pity that Galaxy Film Company has hardly made any mistakes all along, and Shaw Brothers Film Company has never succeeded.

Wu Siyuan suddenly said with a solemn face: "But chairman, just now, Shaw Brothers Film Company held a press conference with great fanfare, announcing that it had reached a cooperation with Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States and would invest 150 million Hong Kong dollars to co-produce a Hollywood science fiction blockbuster, and Shaw Brothers Film Company has changed its strategy." ”

Xia Yu smiled lightly and nodded: "It's rare that Shao Yifu has such a big deal, he is preparing to target our "Alien E· T". ”

Wu Siyuan said with a solemn face: "Then chairman, do we want to talk to the United States and check more in terms of quality?"

It can be seen that in the face of Shao Yifu's big investment of 150 million Hong Kong dollars, Wu Siyuan is not calm.

Xia Yu wanted to comfort him more than he cared, after all, Xia Yu knew that "Alien E· T will sweep the world.

But when he thought about it, it was good to make Wu Siyuan worried, which could stimulate his motivation.

So he nodded lightly and agreed: "You can contact Barry Diller and Shirley Lansing more, but you don't interfere with Steven Spielberg's shooting, focus more on the Asian side." ”

As you just said, among the movies that have been released now, the films produced by our company occupy the top five at the box office, which is a good result, but why only seven of the top ten at the box office?"

"There are still five months left at the end of this year, can you sweep the entire list after these five months have passed?"

Wu Siyuan took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "Chairman, I understand what you mean, I will continue to work hard and report good news to you at the end of the year." ”

Xia Yu smiled.

......

After chatting for a while, Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang left one after another.

Xia Yu drank tea and thought of "BladeRunner" filmed by Shaw Brothers and Warner Bros., which should have been translated as "Blade Runner" in Xiangjiang in his previous life, this movie was later considered the greatest science fiction film by many science fiction fans, but it hit the street in history, and the global box office just exceeded the investment cost.

Shao Yifu invested 150 million Hong Kong dollars, but only recovered less than 40 million Hong Kong dollars, and the loss exceeded 100 million.

In this life, because of his Galaxy Film Company, Shaw Brothers Film Company is in a very difficult situation.

And because the TV field was suppressed by his Global Satellite TV, Shao Yifu did not make any money in the TV field.

Today, the strength of the Shao family has not increased much, but has shrunk a lot.

Shao Yifu can still come up with 150 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie, it will definitely not be easy, it can be said that he is desperate.

"It's good to work hard, and after planting a big heel, you can better recognize the reality......"

After thinking about it, Xia Yu chuckled, then stopped paying attention to the matter, and put his mind back on this plan.

When the market was about to close on this day, a news released by the Shi Yahuai family spread throughout the four major exchanges.

The Swire Family Foundation disclosed that it holds 16.4% of the shares of Swire Industries.

This adds the 33.7% shareholding of Swire Pacific Group in Heung Kong Holdings.

The Shi Yahuai family's equity control over Swire Industries has reached 50.1%!

More than 50% of this relative holding line!

Shi Yahuai's announcement of this news is obvious, this is to declare the sovereignty of Swire Industries, and it is also to tell everyone that it is impossible for Swire Industries to be taken away!

As soon as the news was announced, the stock market shook, and the upward momentum of Swire Industries' stock price suddenly stopped, and the stock price fluctuated violently.

Fortunately, when the time came to close, the four major exchanges officially closed, so that the share price of Swire Industrial Group was fixed at HK$29.64 per share, and the market value was fixed at more than HK$8.45 billion.

Jiuding Securities Company.

Looking at Song Bo, who was a little deflated and unwilling, Xia Yu smiled and comforted: "Mr. Song, don't worry, the victory or defeat of this war is still early!"

Song Bo thought that Xia Yu was comforting himself, he squeezed out a smile and said, "Mr. Xia, you don't have to comfort me. ”

"You have helped me increase my shareholding in Swire Industries to 44.32%, which is beyond my expectations, but I am far from the Shi Yahuai family from the beginning, which is a crime of non-war. ”

Xia Yu's smile was still the same, and his voice was soft but loud: "Mr. Song, the next one is still like that, you just pay the money, I will help you get the equity, and you can continue to watch it later." ”

"Not only Swire Industries, but also Swire Trading!"

"I'm afraid you'll regret that you didn't have enough money!"

Song Bo was stunned for a moment, looked at Xia Yu suddenly, and in a trance, he seemed to see a layer of white light shrouded in Xia Yu's body.

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