Chapter 498: Jiahe is handed over to you

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In a villa in Xiangjiang, Zou Wenhuai and Zhang Ran of Golden Harvest drank tea and chatted slowly.

Zou Wenhuai is eighty years old, but he is in a good mental state, not at all like an eighty-year-old man. He took a sip of the teacup, looked at Zhang Ran's young face, and said slowly: "In recent years, I have always had a dream, in which Xiaolong asked me, Mr. Zou, how is Golden Harvest? How is our movie? I don't know how to answer, and I can't answer." Now I will hand over Jiahe to you, and I will be completely relieved. When the day really comes, when I see Xiaolong, I can also tell him that I handed over Golden Harvest to a great young man, and he will definitely sail to sea with Chinese movies!"

Among the filmmakers in Xiangjiang, Zhang Ran admires Zou Wenhuai the most, he not only pushed Cheng Long to Hollywood, but also shot a lot of English-language films, among which "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" achieved a box office of 130 million US dollars in the United States, setting a new box office record for Hollywood independent films: "Mr. Zou, take care of your health, you will see that day!"

"I also hope that I can see that day, this is the goal that I and countless colleagues have been striving for all my life, and now it's up to you young people!" Zou Wenhuai smiled and said, "Zhang Ran, do you know that Shaw Brothers teamed up with five other companies to grab the Golden Harvest set?"

Zhang Ran heard Qiu Yuanxu say that it was precisely because of the loss of the set that Jiahe completely lost its vitality. If the set is still there, Golden Harvest still has the possibility of turning over. He sighed slightly: "Mr. Zou was a hero, but he was defeated by the hands of villains, what a pity!"

Zou Wenhuai still kept a smile: "Many people think that this incident is the outbreak of many years of grievances between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, but in fact it is not, the real initiator is Wang Jin, and Shaw Brothers and several other companies were found by Wang Jin." ”

Speaking of this, Zou Wenhuai sighed: "Jiahe used to have a subsidiary system that stimulated the motivation of his subordinates, the head office invested, the subsidiaries did things, and dividends were distributed according to work, but Jiahe often defaulted on dividends, and the subsidiaries could not even receive dividends. The subsidiaries that cooperated with Golden Harvest basically ended up in trouble. Wang Jin made a lot of blockbuster movies under Golden Harvest, and when he finally left Golden Harvest, not only did he not get dividends, but after accounting, he owed Golden Harvest nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Wang Jin is a person who has revenge, so he joined forces with the Shaw Brothers to grab land. ”

Zhang Ran understood what was going on, he had always looked down on Wang Jin, he didn't expect it to be such a powerful character, but he didn't understand what Zou Wenhuai was doing when he told him this, did he want to clean up Wang Jin by himself, or what?

Zou Wenhuai saw Zhang Ran's doubts, and said with a smile: "I told you this, and I hope you can do something, but I hope you can learn from me, be kind to your subordinates, don't feel that success is brought by yourself, and take all the benefits." If Jiahe could have taken less and distributed dividends to its subsidiaries, maybe Jiahe would not have fallen!"

Zhang Ran never felt that he was a genius, and he also believed that he could not succeed by relying on himself alone, he always believed in giving and giving, and giving to get it. Therefore, he is very generous both to his subordinates and to his partners. Take the screenwriter as an example, the box office of other domestic film company films has nothing to do with the screenwriter at all, but Zhang Ran strictly follows Hollywood standards, and the screenwriter can participate in the sharing, and He Xi, the original author of "Time and Space Warrior", took a share of more than 10 million.

However, Zou Wenhuai was well-intentioned, and the elders did not dare to resign. Zhang Ran didn't explain, but bowed down and said, "Thank you Mr. Zou for your advice!"

Zou Wenhuai said with relief: "Zhang Ran, Jiahe is handed over to you!"

On the morning of November 19, Golden Harvest and Century Summit held a press conference. At the press conference, Zhang Ran, on behalf of Century Peak, announced that he had purchased 24.78% of the shares of Golden Harvest held by Zou Wenhuai, becoming the largest single shareholder of Golden Harvest. At the same time, Century Summit has held more than 30% of Golden Harvest shares and will launch a tender offer.

Golden Harvest has been suspended on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since November 9, and Hong Kong media are speculating that Golden Harvest may have major changes. Because of major events such as major shareholder changes, trading will be suspended. It's just that Golden Harvest has been doing a good job of secrecy, and Xiangjiang Media doesn't know what the changes will be.

Now hearing that Zhang Ran's company has acquired Zou Wenhuai's shares and become the largest shareholder of Golden Harvest, the Xiangjiang media at the scene are in an uproar.

In the following interview, in the face of reporters' questions, Zou Wenhuai said with emotion: "I have been making movies for 50 years, and my brain and eyesight have declined, and I can't always occupy a seat. My biggest regret now is that the opening up of mainland films is too late, if I had been 20 years earlier, I would have had the opportunity to experience the day when Chinese films were booming. ”

Zhang Ran nodded slightly, the most fatal thing about Xiangjiang movies is that the local market is too small, and it is difficult to support the huge film industry with a population of 7 million in Xiangjiang, so it must rely on the foreign market, and when the foreign market is lost, Xiangjiang will not be able to support it, so it will naturally cross.

In recent years, Korean films have developed rapidly, but Korean films are facing the same problem, the market is too small, and the market size determines that it is difficult for Korean films to make super blockbusters like Hollywood.

The only one who really has hope of carrying the banner of fighting Hollywood is China!

When asked by a reporter whether Zou Wenhuai felt reluctant to sell Golden Harvest's equity, he did not respond positively: "Everything will come to an end, the most important thing is to find a satisfactory person to cooperate, the concept of the peak of the century is very advanced, there is a complete plan, and my film operation concept coincides with him." I am very relieved to hand over Golden Harvest to the peak of the century!"

When talking about why he chose Golden Harvest, Zhang Ran said sincerely: "When I was a child, when I watched the video, as soon as I saw the four squares appear, and as soon as I heard the music of 'dang, dang, dang, dang', I knew that the film must be very good." Golden Harvest is a great film company, and I am honored to be able to take over Golden Harvest. We are holding this press conference today to tell you that Golden Harvest is back, and it is back to make movies!"

A reporter asked Zhang Ran: "Can the acquisition of Golden Harvest be regarded as an official entry into the Hong Kong film market?"

Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "The center of the future film market is the mainland, and it must be Xiangjiang Films moving closer to the mainland." However, there are cultural differences between Hong Kong and the mainland, and it is not easy to cooperate, so the acquisition of Golden Harvest is a bridge to better cooperate with the excellent filmmakers and directors of Hong Kong. We plan to make five films next year, two of which have already been confirmed, including "Crazy Travel" co-directed by Ning Hao and Zhou Xingchi, and we hope that the number of films made by Golden Harvest will reach ten within five years!"

Hearing that Golden Harvest's new film actually had a movie about Zhou Xingchi, the reporters present were in a commotion again, and they were able to get Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Ran really has a hand!

Zou Wenhuai added: "Many people in Hong Kong are used to using the term Chinese film, but I think it is more accurate to say that Chinese films, the boundary between the mainland and Hong Kong is becoming more and more blurred, and it will not be long before Hong Kong and mainland films will merge, because after all, they are the same culture and the same language." Although Hollywood movies are still the hottest, many people still like to watch movies of their own culture, so I think Chinese films are the only ones that have a chance to compete with Hollywood. ”

After the news of Zhang Ran's Century Peak's acquisition of Golden Harvest was transmitted back to the mainland, both the media and netizens were crazy about it.

Jiahe, this is Jiahe! Zhang Ran actually acquired Jiahe!

In 1970, Zou Wenhuai left Shaw Brothers and founded Golden Harvest Company with He Guanchang and Liang Feng, which began a glorious history. With the three films "Brother Tangshan", "Jingwumen" and "Raptors Across the River" starring Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest broke the box office record in Hong Kong for three consecutive years and quickly became the overlord of Hong Kong films.

After Bruce Lee's death, Golden Harvest discovered stars such as the Xu brothers, Cheng Long, and Hung Jingbao, and became the overlord of Hong Kong movies in the seventies and eighties. And it has made a name for Golden Harvest overseas, and almost everywhere there are Chinese, there are Golden Harvest movies.

"The entry of Golden Harvest at the peak of the century is the most sensational news in the Chinese film industry in 2005, for the first person to eat crabs, we always hope that he can only taste the delicious crab paste, and will not be cut by the sharp crab claws The corners of his mouth. But this is not always the case, so we also have reason to believe that there must be a painful run-in process for Century Peak to acquire Golden Harvest shares, and even to integrate the film market in Xiangjiang in the mainland. But no matter what the final result is, the real significance is that when many people in the industry generally believe that Xiangjiang Films are in decline and continue to point fingers, someone finally moves seriously. ——"Peking Daily"

"Now there are many co-productions, which seem to be prosperous, but most of them are just at the capital level, and many Xiangjiang films are just inviting a mainland actor to play a painless role, which can be regarded as a co-production. Neither the mainland nor the Hong Kong film industry has really entered the core of the other, and has not truly achieved complementary advantages. This time, the pinnacle of the century became the owner of Golden Harvest and participated in the operation, rather than entering with project capital. If you have the heart, it is relatively easy to produce results in integrating the advantages of the two places and promoting the development of Chinese films!" - "West China Metropolis Daily"

Many people who came out of Golden Harvest are a little reluctant to change owners, but they all know that this is a good thing, because Golden Harvest has not made a movie for several years, and the existing new investors have taken over, and announced that they will invest money to make movies, and they will definitely continue to use the old producers and teams, which is a good thing for everyone. When Hong Jingbao, Tang Jili, Zeng Zhiwei and others were interviewed by the media, they all had high hopes for Zhang Ran and hoped to cooperate.

Cheng Long is a well-known big mouth, first congratulated Zou Wenhuai on his retirement on the change of ownership of Golden Harvest, and then said that he admired Zhang Ran very much, and revealed that he may cooperate with Zhang Ran in a new movie next: "Zhang Ran has high requirements for the script, and he will not shoot until the script is ready, and when we announce the start of filming, everyone will be shocked!"

Of course, people like Su Qi, who are full of contempt for the mainland and hostile to Zhang Ran, are naturally very unhappy, and the mainland turtles actually bought the legendary film company in Xiangjiang, and they lamented: "This is the shame of Xiangjiang Films, and it is the beginning of the degeneration of Xiangjiang Films." Zhang Ran doesn't understand Xiangjiang movies at all, handing over Golden Harvest to him will ruin the Hong Kong flavor, and Xiangjiang movies are over!"

It's just that their lamentation can't change anything, and now the Xiangjiang filmmakers can't live happily, who cares about the bullshit Hong Kong flavor!

On November 20, the resumption of Golden Harvest shares soared more than five times to more than one piece. In the following days, Golden Harvest's stock continued to climb until it rose to more than two yuan.

A week after the summit of the century launched the tender offer, he finally signed an agreement with Li Ka-shing and took all the shares in his hands.

At the beginning, Li Ka-shing bought Golden Harvest's shares because Lin Jianyue maliciously acquired Golden Harvest, and he was invited by Zou Wenhuai to be a white knight to protect Golden Harvest. Now that Zou Wenhuai has sold his shares, it makes no sense for him to continue to stay in Golden Harvest. And Zhang Ran is willing to pay 170 million to acquire the shares of Jiahe in his hand, this price has increased more than ten times compared with the price he bought, he has made a lot of money, so naturally he will not object!

After signing the equity sale and purchase agreement with Li Ka-shing, Century Summit held about 56% of the equity of Golden Harvest and became the absolute controlling shareholder, and Zhang Ran completely controlled Golden Harvest. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.