245 Meetings(1)
The beverage industry belongs to the traditional industry, in this era, the giants have basically been formed, any capital wants to enter is very simple, but if you want to grow, it is basically impossible to develop alone, but Red Bull is a special case, before the birth of Red Bull, there is no concept of functional drinks on the market, which is a good way to cut into the beverage market.
Even if we don't know the ingredients of these drinks in the future, as long as we cultivate a huge R&D team now, in the future, as long as the direction is correct, not to talk about all, at least some of the drinks can occupy a large part of the domestic market, and at least let their beverage companies compete with Liangle in the mainland market.
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In the underground parking lot of the Cultural Oriental Hotel, a Rolls-Royce stopped slowly, and Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang walked out of the car elegantly.
"Old Zou. He Guanchang touched Zou Wenhuai's arm and reminded him.
Zou Wenhuai followed the direction pointed by He Guanchang and saw another Rolls-Royce also stopped at the elevator door, only 5 meters away from them.
The Cultural Oriental Hotel is one of the most luxurious hotels in Xiangjiang, and the rich people in Xiangjiang are especially fond of Rolls-Royce, and it is not surprising to meet Rolls-Royce here, but Zou Wenhuai still saw at a glance that this is the car of the old club and the current old rival Shao Yifu.
Shao Yifu got out of the car and saw the two of them, and immediately lost his good face, but quickly disappeared.
Zou Wenhuai didn't mind at all, and said, "Shao Sheng, I can't imagine such a coincidence?"
"Qiao!" Shao Yifu smiled mysteriously: "Yes, it's not like there's going to be any party here, how can it be so coincidental?"
Zou Wenhuai is also a smart person, so he immediately understood and said, "It seems that I am not the only one who has been invited?"
Shao Yifu smiled: "Since you have met, let's go up together!"
"Please!" Zou Wenhuai didn't bother talking to this old opponent, but thought about today's events.
Two days ago, Golden Harvest Company suddenly received a call from Xu Zhi's assistant, inviting Zou Wenhuai to meet at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel two days later, he and He Guanchang have been discussing what Xu Zhi asked him to do since they got the news, although there has been a certain amount of relationship before, but it has been a few years, if there is a problem, it will not wait until now.
However, judging from Shao Yifu's words, the other party asked both of them at the same time, and there may even be other people he didn't know, and Shao Yifu obviously knew the details of this party.
Among the Chinese community, the food culture has a long history, and even in modern times, business at the wine table is the best way to cooperate, and Xu Zhi has already settled on the most luxurious suite at the Mandarin Oriental.
The elevator soon reached the top floor, and under the guidance of the waiter, several people came to the most luxurious "Yazhu Hall" in the hotel.
"Zou Sheng, He Sheng, we haven't seen each other for a few years!" Xu Zhi first smiled and shook hands and said.
"Three years!" Zou Wenhuai replied: "A few of us just have a few more gray hairs, but Xu Sheng is already an entrepreneurial hero of our Chinese." ”
"There's no point in being a hero or anything, I'm just doing it for myself. Xu Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Everyone, please take a seat, the Cantonese food here is still very good." ”
Shao Yifu smiled beside him: "Zou Sheng, I heard that Golden Harvest's new movie was not released well in the United States, today is a rare opportunity, you can ask Xu Sheng, his movie has broken many records in Hollywood!"
Zou Wenhuai's face immediately changed when he heard this, Chen Long has shot several nonsensical comedy martial arts movies in a row since joining Golden Harvest, and has also repeatedly broken the box office record of Xiangjiang, and with the increase of fame, Chen Long's movies are even more popular overseas, and in two years, Golden Harvest has made a net profit of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
However, when I heard the news that Xu Zhi's "Home Alone" made a profit of more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, it accelerated the decision to enter Hollywood as soon as possible and complete the dream set in the era of Li Xiaolong.
However, the dream is beautiful, the reality is cruel, Golden Harvest invested 10 million US dollars to cooperate with Hollywood giants, but the result was a loss, and it became a joke in the Hong Kong film industry.
"In fact, if you can have the ambition to rush to Hollywood, you have surpassed all other film companies in terms of pattern!" Xu Zhi commented pertinently: "But the pattern belongs to the pattern, many things are not what you do will definitely pay off, if you want to increase the probability of success, you must be the most perfect preparation." ”
Golden Harvest's investment failure has caused a lot of trouble in Xiangjiang, although he doesn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, but he has also heard about it.
"What kind of preparation is needed?" asked Zou Wenhuai.
Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Zou Sheng, I'll be direct, the biggest mistake you made was to want to play Li Xiaolong's experience on Chen Long again, in fact, you made the same mistake as Luo Wei back then." ”
Zou Wenhuai frowned and said: "How come, now Chen Long's acting style is completely different from Li Xiaolong's. ”
"Yes, it's different, Li Xiaolong takes a strong route, and Chen Long takes a comedy style. Xu Zhi took a sip of tea, and explained: "But Jiahe's biggest problem is that he wants to force this style to European and American audiences, Chen Long's comedy is very good in Xiangjiang and even many Asian countries, but it may not be suitable for Europe and the United States, Li Xiaolong's success back then was actually accidental, he brought the American audience a tough guy-like sense of excitement, Americans prefer all kinds of sports, and worship individual heroes, Li Xiaolong's own achievements in martial arts are very high, he has broken many world records, so his movies can be popular."
And Chen Long's style is not that it is impossible to succeed, but that he can no longer follow the route of Li Xiaolong, and if he wants to be famous, he has to be like an ordinary Hollywood superstar, slowly cultivate, and cultivate an audience suitable for him in Europe and the United States. ”
"So, Golden Harvest's mistake was to expect Long Chen to become famous with a movie?" Zou Wenhuai asked after a pause.
Xu Zhi nodded and said: "It can be said that even in the entire Hollywood, there are a few actors who can become famous with a movie, and the road is step by step." ”
"Understood!" Zou Wenhuai nodded, and asked again, "Then what good ideas does Xu Sheng have?"
Xu Zhidao: "The idea is not good, Zou Sheng can appropriately add European and American plots to the current Xiangjiang films, and then find partners in the United States, and slowly spread these films to the United States, which has both advantages and disadvantages."
The advantage is that subtly, the United States can cultivate a group of loyal customers, don't think that Europeans and Americans will not accept foreign movies, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, but this process is very difficult.
The disadvantage is that Jiahe is a company that undertakes this kind of plan, and the investment is bound to be very large, and it is easy for others to pick peaches.
So how to do it, whether to do it or not, Zou Sheng himself has to consider the benefits and losses of this. ”
Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and said: "Xu Sheng, you have also made a few movies, and "Home Alone" was popular in the United States, and now you have very sufficient funds, why don't you and I join forces to break into this Hollywood together?"