Chapter 91: Theater Changes
"Sixth uncle, I know that you have long had the idea of ending the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, I wonder if you have any plans to sell the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line?" Mo Xuan saw Shao Yifu's lonely look and knew that the opportunity was rare, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Ah Xuan, how did you know that I intended to end the Shaw Brothers. Shao Yifu asked curiously, but he was not angry in his heart. Although it is a fact that the Shaw Brothers have fallen, if someone else dares to say in front of Shao Yifu that he wants to end the Shaw Brothers, he will blast people out. However, Mo Xuan was very close to him, and he had gradually regarded Mo Xuan as his son and nephew.
Since the establishment of New Arts City in the early 80s, Shaw Brothers has become more and more unbearable. At the beginning of the establishment of Xinyicheng, in order to defeat Xinyicheng, he united with Jiahe, founded by Zou Huaiwen, a traitor of the Shaw Brothers. But who knows that the new art city has not weakened because of this, but has become more and more prosperous day by day.
But he suffered a big loss, he and Golden Harvest agreed that each family would select some films and then screen them in two theaters, but because Shaw Brothers implemented a large studio system, most of the films produced were of poor quality, and Golden Harvest because of the box office guarantee of Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, etc., so even if it was defeated by Xinyicheng, it was not too bad.
The continuous screening system allowed Golden Harvest to make money on the basis of not losing money, but Shaw Brothers failed at both ends, neither making money, nor defeating Xinyicheng.
In addition, overseas blockbusters such as "Interstellar Blunt Tire", which was heavily invested and filmed, seriously hit the streets, and dealt a fatal blow to the already precarious Shaw Brothers.
Shaw Brothers has also suffered serious losses recently, investing in a movie will hit the street, and the only way to make money may be Fengyue films, which has led to Shaw Brothers constantly reducing production and laying off employees. Thinking that the Shaw Brothers, who once represented the entire Xiangjiang film industry, did not know when they had fallen to such a point, and they had to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to maintain the maintenance of theater equipment, and continue to operate, just to increase expenses, Shao Yifu couldn't help but be a little disheartened.
In addition, the TV industry in Hong Kong is now unprecedentedly developed, and the ratings of TVB are rising, which also makes Run Run Shaw even more timeless. Fang Yihua often persuaded him by his side to end Shaw Brothers and shift the focus of his work to TVB, so Shao Yifu also had the idea of letting Shaw Brothers Pictures close, and the reason why he insisted until now was that he was reluctant, and on the other hand, he also wanted to find a suitable talent to inherit it.
"Sixth uncle, you are testing me, the current situation of the Shaw family is well known, I think you should know better than me. Besides, you're reducing production year by year, isn't the layoff just to prepare for the end of Shaw Brothers?" Mo Xuan said with a confident smile. It is precisely because he understands that Shaw Brothers is now operating at a loss, and the former leader of the Xiangjiang film industry has fallen to such a point that he dares to rely on his personal relationship with Shao Yifu to talk to Shao Yifu about the cinema chain at this time.
"What's the matter? You kid has already made up for the idea of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line?" Looking at Mo Xuan's expression, Shao Yifu suddenly thought of something, and stared at Mo Xuan intently, as if he wanted to see him through.
"I really can't hide anything from the sixth uncle's sharp eyes. Seeing that Shao Yifu had already understood his thoughts, Mo Xuan generously admitted it. Anyway, since Shao Yifu has made up his mind, he doesn't have much to worry about, and he flatly denies it and falls behind.
"Okay, you kid don't have to flatter me in front of me, if you don't really have the ability yourself, where will Shaw Brothers Cinemas get your turn. Shao Yifu waved his hand. Over the years, with the continuous losses of Shaw Brothers and the reduction of production year by year, he has not moved the idea of closing the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, nor has no one come to talk to him about the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, but he still has his feelings for the movie, so he waited until today.
"Hehe, that kid is grateful to Uncle Six. Mo Xuan said with a smile, for him, it was a complete surprise to be able to talk about Shao Yifu today.
"Ah Xuan, Uncle Sixth can hand over the cinema to you, but there are a few conditions. Shao Yifu was silent for a while and said.
"Sixth uncle, you said. If I can do it, I will do it. Mo Xuan was overjoyed when he heard Shao Yifu's words.
"First, in recent years, Shaw has reduced production year by year, and has laid off many employees, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Originally, my plan was to slowly reduce the number of films and place them properly. But now that you're going to lease a theater from me, then Shaw Brothers must close early. If so many people are laid off at once, I am afraid that they will be resentful, after all, many of them are long-time employees of Shaw Brothers. ”
Although Shao Yifu's words were not finished, Mo Xuan had already understood what he meant, Shao Yifu was planning to throw the pot of Shaw Brothers to him and let him solve the problem of Shaw Brothers' employees.
You must know that in his memory, Shao Yifu is not the kind of person who treats employees well and misses the old, even many old courtiers who follow him to fight the world say that they will be cut, otherwise how could Fang Yihua make waves in the Shaw Brothers, and kill Mo Xuan I don't believe that without Shao Yifu's acquiescence, Fang Yihua dares to make his own opinion.
Shao Yifu looked at Mo Xuan's appearance, in fact, he didn't want to embarrass Mo Xuan, but in business, shopping malls don't talk about personal feelings, but who knew that he just fell into Mo Xuan's arms.
"Sixth Uncle, I already understand what you mean. I promise you, I will deal with those old Shaw employees at my discretion, and if I am willing to stay, I will arrange them to my company. If you don't want to, I will also give a severance pay, anyway, the current Xiangjiang film industry is unprecedentedly developed, and Xiangjiang films are selling well in Southeast Asia, so I don't have to worry about no film companies to go to. ”
Mo Xuan agreed without thinking, anyway, now Zongheng Pictures is in urgent need of expansion and recruitment, after all, if his company wants to become bigger, it also needs a lot of talents, and although the Shaw Brothers is already declining, it is also the overlord of the Xiangjiang film industry, and there are still a lot of talents in it, compared to the cost of it, it is really a valuable wealth.
"Second, Shaw Brothers Cinemas only rents and does not sell. Shao Yifu said his second condition. Shao Yifu had the idea of ending Shaw Brothers, but he didn't plan to sell the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line as well, but just rented it out.
Shao Yifu is a smart businessman, otherwise he would not have achieved such a big career today. Since the failure of British Prime Minister Mrs. Sancher's visit to China, all walks of life in Hong Kong have fallen into a downturn, and the recent negotiations have entered a deadlock, and the real estate industry has continued to decline.
"No problem. He was not surprised that Shao Yifu made this request, as far as he knew, in his previous life, Shao Yifu only rented the theater to Pan Disheng of Debao. Now that the real estate industry in Xiangjiang is in a downturn, he doesn't think that with his personal relationship with Shao Yifu, he can make a loss-making transaction.
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