Chapter 25 The Establishment of Jiayi Cinema Line
On September 25th, Li Guangyu came to the Four Seasons Hotel early to wait for Lei Juekun's arrival, and today Li Guangyu will discuss the acquisition of the theater with Lei Juekun here. When there were still five minutes before the appointed time, Lei Juekun walked in and said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, you are so busy now, why do you still have time to ask me out for tea." ”
"Lei Sheng, you're welcome, I'm just busy working, I don't know a lot of things, and I still need a lot of help from your seniors. Li Guangyu said politely.
"Li Sheng, if there is anything, just say, I can help as much as I can. ”
"Lei Sheng, you also know that I am currently tinkering with the film and television company, and this TV station has been done, but the movie is a bit unplayable. ”
Lei Juekun heard Li Guangyu say this, and he didn't understand what Li Guangyu meant. Then he said, "Li Sheng, now you have to find Run Shaw and Wrinkle Huai in Xiangjiang movies, now it's their world, what's the use of you looking for me?"
"Lei Sheng, this film company is easy to run, and talents can dig it, but I currently lack something that can fight with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, so I want to ask you to help. ”
When Lei Juekun heard him say this, he knew that Li Guangyu had fallen in love with his theater again, and he was a little angry when he thought about it, why did Li Guangyu set his sights on this little thing in his house? So he said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, it's not that I don't want to help you, I have no plans to sell the theater now. ”
Li Guangyu knew that if he didn't take out something, Lei Juekun would not transfer the theater to Li Guangyu.
"Lei Sheng, the current development of my company is quite good, but the office locations of various companies are relatively messy, so I plan to buy a piece of land in Central and build a Guangyu Building as the office location of my company, and the construction company has not yet been determined. ”
Lei Juekun understood what Li Guangyu meant, this is to make himself give up his own theater on the condition that Kowloon Construction will build Guangyu Building. Lei Juekun thought about it, anyway, the rent of the theater is not much now, and it is more cost-effective to sell it to Li Guangyu to undertake the construction of Guangyu Building. In this way, the money from the sale of the theater was invested in Kowloon Vision, and the Lei family could hold an absolute controlling stake in Kowloon Establishment.
"Li Sheng, since you need a theater, I can't be that wicked person standing in your way. My family has four large theaters in Lisheng, Kaisheng, Lesheng, and Jinhong, as well as four medium-sized theaters, and if Li Sheng is willing, I will transfer it to you at a price of 120 million. ”
Li Guangyu immediately agreed: "No problem, Lei Sheng, I will ask Yuan Tianfan to sign a contract with you, and after our company auctions the plot, Kowloon Construction can enter the market." ”
Lee Kwang Woo knew that the acquired theater was a bit expensive at the current price, but Lee Kwang Woo could accept it. At the same time, Li Guangyu plans that the building will cost 1 billion Hong Kong dollars and be 33 floors high.
After Li Guangyu negotiated with Lei Juekun about the acquisition of the cinema, he went to Yau Ma Tei Cinema, Gem Cinema, Shin Kong Cinema and other cinemas to discuss the acquisition respectively, and finally raised the market purchase price by two floors, so that a total of eight large cinemas, 6 medium-sized cinemas, and 4 small cinemas, including 8 cinemas of Lei Juekun, formed the largest cinema in Hong Kong at present, with a total cost of nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars.
On September 30, Li Guangyu came to Jiayi Building and presided over a high-level meeting.
Li Guangyu said at the meeting: "Today, Jiayi Film and Television Group will be established with Jiayi TV Station and Jiayi Record Company, and the upcoming Jiayi Film Company, Jiayi Cinema Line, and Jiayi Artist Brokerage Company as the main body. I will serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Group, with Ms. Chow Leung Suk-yee as the Group Chief Executive Officer, Pak Kong Ting as the Chief Financial Officer, Xiong Jianhui as the Director of Human Resources, Zong Hongyan as the Administration Manager and Jiang Tao as the Security Manager. Liu Tianci served as the general manager of Jiashi, and Liang Yiwu served as the financial manager of Jiashi. ”
After announcing the appointment of the group, Li Guangyu continued: "At present, our company already has the largest cinema chain in Xiangjiang, and we will set up Jiayi Cinema Line only when the cinema company is registered and the personnel are in place. In October, our film company was formed, and at the same time, we invested in a big production to create a good start for the establishment of our cinema chain. At the same time, our group and Xiangyu Group carry out all-round cooperation to realize that the works of Xiangyu Group can be moved to our film and television. ”
Li Guangyu ended the meeting after arranging the company.
In October, the media in Xiangjiang became lively again because of Li Guangyu, and Li Guangyu's continuous registration of film companies, as well as the news of cinema companies and artist management companies, as well as the closure and renovation of many theaters, caused a huge sensation in Xiangjiang.
Oriental Daily reported: "When Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest controlled the development of the film industry in Xiangjiang, Li Guangyu, the talented young man in Xiangjiang, did not stop his pace of expansion, and now he has reached into the film industry again, and has not hesitated to buy many theaters such as Lisheng and Xinguang at great expense." In just one year, he established Heung's entertainment and media group, from newspapers and magazines, from television to the film industry. Now, when Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are competing for hegemony, will Li Sheng's entry bring greater changes to the film industry in Hong Kong? ”
A reporter from Sing Tao Daily directly blocked the wrinkles and asked, "Wrinkles, there is news that the Li consortium has entered the film industry and has invested heavily in theaters, what do you think?" ”
Wrinkled Huai wanted to scold his mother, I was finally going to kill the Shaw Brothers, at this time Li Guangyu suddenly broke in and gave him an important blow, can I say I don't want him to come?
"Nowadays, Hong Kong's film industry is booming, and I welcome any colleagues who join the film industry, and I hope that all film practitioners in Hong Kong can work together to make Hong Kong's films go beyond Asia and to the world," he replied. ”
The reporter was obviously dissatisfied with Wrinkle Huai's answer, and continued to ask: "Wrinkle Sheng, as far as we know, the Li Group's acquisition of the eight theaters under the name of Mr. Lei Juekun has stopped cooperating with Golden Harvest since this month, will this have an adverse impact on Golden Harvest?"
"At present, our Golden Harvest cinema chain is enough to support the development of the company, and the cessation of cooperation with Golden Harvest by eight theaters such as Lisheng has no impact on our Golden Harvest. ”
"Wrinkle Sheng, at present, it is rumored in Xiangjiang that the Xiangjiang film industry will usher in a three-power competition, what do you think?"
"Based on my years of experience in the film industry, I don't think it's just money that can make a film company better. ”
As soon as the reporter heard Wrinkle Huai say this, he was not ready to ask him to explain anything, and directly titled the Xiangjiang Film Industry is not something that can be played with money, and the triwizard competition is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Golden Harvest.
Shaw's mood in the past two days is mixed, Li Guangyu entered the film industry with a thunderous momentum, he is happy that Golden Harvest has an opponent, and his Shaw Brothers is no longer the target of Golden Harvest's key suppression, and he is worried that Shaw Brothers has completely declined, although he has now focused on the TV station, but Shaw still can't let go of the film industry that he has worked for half his life.
Li Guangyu didn't care about the outside reports, he was discussing the decoration of the theater with Gu Zhengsheng, the general manager of Jiayi Cinema Line. Li Guangyu told Gu Zhengsheng about the model of one courtyard and multiple halls in later generations, and asked him to decorate according to this model, so as to ensure that the Jiayi Cinema Line could be opened on January 1.