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The tea restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel is still in the original position, and Xu Cun and Shao Yifu are sitting opposite each other.

"What to drink?" Shao Yifu greeted Xu Cundao.

"I'll do it myself, Uncle Six. Xu Cun said. Then, Xu Cun shouted to the waiter at the door: "Bring me a tea of milk tea, two pork chop buns, a bowl of barbecued pork rice, and half a roast goose." ”

After ordering, Xu Cun explained to Shao Yifu with a smile: "I haven't eaten dinner yet." ”

"I remember, the last time we had tea here, you didn't seem to have dinner, and you seemed to order these things. Shao Yifu said.

"I'm a nostalgic person, and once I like something, I won't change it lightly. Xu Cun said.

"People who miss the old usually hold grudges, are you also such a person?" Shao Yifu said meaningfully.

"People who miss the old are also grateful, thank you Uncle Six for the help of the release of "ET" in Asia this time. Xu Cun said in a sincere tone.

"I'm just icing on the cake. Shao Yifu said modestly.

"Ah Cun, are you interested in working together again?" Shao Yifu said again.

"How to cooperate?" Xu Cun asked quietly.

"How about merging Shaw Brothers Pictures with your Dream Factory?" said Shao Yifu in a startling voice.

Shao Yifu's words made Xu Cun's hand holding the milk tea shake unconsciously! Immediately, Xu Cun looked at Shao Yifu with wide eyes and asked, "Sixth uncle, you don't always joke with me, do you?"

"When it comes to your and me's status, especially on such an occasion, do you think I'm joking?" Shao Yifu said seriously.

Before coming, Xu Cun didn't think that Shao Yifu would re-propose to cooperate with him, and also imagined the cooperation method that Shao Yifu might propose, but he never thought that Shao Yifu would take such a big step!

Therefore, for a while, Xu Cun really didn't know how to answer Shao Yifu's words.

"In 26 years, when I had just graduated from secondary school, I was invited by my third brother to go south to Singapore to help develop the Nanyang Film Market. After that, the two brothers took a dilapidated silent projector and the "Tianyi" film to the Nanyang countryside for screening, and opened amusement parks and cinemas. Tianyi Film developed rapidly in the first two years of its establishment, and other film companies formed a "** Film Company" to encircle and suppress "Tianyi", forcing Shanghai and even Nanyang theaters to stop showing Tianyi's films.

In 31, I went to the United States to buy sound film equipment. On the way, the ship hit a reef and sank, but fortunately, I was killed, and after falling into the water, I was finally rescued after a small piece of wooden sampan drifted on the sea for a night, and bought the "walkie-talkie qì" I needed from Hollywood.

In 32, after the 918 Incident, due to the unstable situation in Shanghai, "Tianyi Pictures" decided to move to Xiangjiang for development and established the "Tianyi Port Factory". In the same year, the first sound film "Platinum Dragon" directed by me caused a sensation when it was released, bringing the audience of China G into the "sound era".

In the 37th year, on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Tianyi Pictures was in Shanghai, the Shaw Brothers were in Nanyang, and there were more than 110 cinemas and nine amusement parks in Singapore, Malaysia, Java, Vietnam, Borneo and other Southeast Asian places, and a complete film distribution network was established.

Thirty-eight years later, World War II spread to Southeast Asia, and the Xiangjiang and Nanyang regions fell one after another, and Shaw Brothers Pictures was hit hard.

After the war, it took my brothers more than a dozen years to rebuild Shaw Brothers Pictures brick by brick from the ruins. Shao Yifu reminisced and stated.

Glancing at Xu Cun, who was listening very seriously, Shao Yifu continued: "In five or seven years, I established Shaw Brothers Cinema in Clear Water Bay and established Shaw Brothers Co., Ltd., and since then, Xiangjiang has been known as Oriental Hollywood...... To this day, whenever I have time, I walk around the set and sometimes coach newcomers. ”

After a pause, Shao Yifu's tone changed, and he said: "Shaw Brothers Pictures embodies the life's work of our brothers! If it is because of money, no outsider will have the opportunity to invest in Shaw Brothers Pictures!" Then, Shao Yifu looked at Xu Cun and said, "Ah Cun, do you know why I want to merge our brother's Shaw Brothers Pictures with your dream factory?"

Although he already had a faint answer in his heart, Xu Cun didn't say it - he shook his head lightly, signaling Shao Yifu that he didn't know.

"Because our brothers love movies more than anyone else!" said Shao Yifu's eyes with a hint of fanaticism. Then, Shao Yifu said leisurely: "When I went to Hollywood to buy equipment that year, I swore that I would definitely let Shaw Brothers' movies enter the United States in this life...... Unfortunately, decades have passed, and my wish has never been fulfilled. And, as I got older and more utilitarian, I gradually forgot the vows I had made. ”

Shao Yifu stared at Xu Cun with burning eyes, and said: "Your brilliant achievements in Hollywood remind me of my wish again! Moreover, as long as I cooperate with you, I have the possibility of realizing this wish!" Shao Yifu put away his gaze and said: "I discussed it with my third brother, and he supported my idea and agreed to the merger of Shaw Brothers Pictures and your Dream Factory. So, as long as you want, Shaw Brothers Pictures, including Shaw Brothers Studios, has half of yours. ”

"Sizzle......"

Shao Yifu's words made Xu Cun gasp!

Xu Cun immediately sighed secretly: "This old guy is so big!"

Now DreamWorks has almost nothing but people and a brand.

Shaw Brothers Pictures is different – among other things, the more than one million square feet of Shaw Brothers Studios in Repulse Bay alone is worth nearly a billion Hong Kong dollars. Moreover, this is the current price, and it will have to be at least ten times higher in the 21st century. The most important thing is that you have money, and people don't sell Shaw Brothers.

It can be said that as long as Xu Cun nods now, he will immediately get 500 or 600 million Hong Kong dollars for nothing, and it will be 5 or 6 billion Hong Kong dollars in a few decades.

This temptation is extremely strong even for Xu Cun, a reborn person!

After calming down for a long time, Xu Cun said in a dry voice: "Sixth uncle, I really didn't expect that you could always look up to me so much...... Well, let me ask again, you don't have any strings attached?"

Shao Yifu showed an appreciative smile to Xu Cun and said, "It's my seventy-third birthday in a few days, and my family is ready to help me celebrate, so you can join in the fun." Our brother has more than a dozen granddaughters, most of them are extraordinary, and a few of them are not even inferior to Azhi's girl, and most of them are well-read, perhaps...... You may not be able to look at one of them. ”

After Shao Yifu's words were finished, Xu Cun subconsciously thought, "Wow grass, this old guy shouldn't want to marry me, right?"

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(To be continued.) )