"A generation of film dynasty is coming to an end!"

"Shaw Brothers Film Company has suffered serious losses, and sold Shaw Brothers Cinemas to make up for the shortfall!"

"Shaw Brothers Film Company resells its theater chain, and the door is about to close!"

"The five major financiers compete for the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line!"

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After the news that Tycoon Shao was going to resell the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line under Shaw Brothers Film Company, Fang Yihua personally admitted it, the media once again set off a frenzy of reports, attracting the attention of countless people.

Chen Lang is also paying attention to these reports, but the focus is on the five buyers that Fang Yihua said were willing to bid.

Fang Yihua did not explain this to Chen Lang, although he knew that this would be the case, but Chen Lang was still a little unhappy, the so-called private agreement between himself and Fang Yihua was too stupid, in the face of huge interests, it was really the six relatives who did not recognize it.

"There are four other potential contenders, which is really unexpected." Chen Lang looked at the newspaper in his hand and frowned.

"It's true that I didn't expect it, but could it be the smoke deliberately released by Fang Yihua? In fact, there are not so many buyers, although the film industry is becoming more and more popular now, but it is still very risky to spend 200 million Hong Kong dollars in the film industry at every turn. Xue Tianlan analyzed.

Chen Lang nodded secretly when he heard this, it is not impossible to do so, Fang Yihua and Shao Daheng are both old foxes, and it is not impossible to increase the pressure on Pan Disheng and himself to increase the final transaction price, but it is very likely.

"Maybe in addition to us and Pan Disheng, there are also Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, they are not here to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas, but just to disrupt the situation, raise the price to make the final winner pay more money, which can be regarded as sniping their future opponents, after all, whoever eats Shaw Brothers Cinemas will immediately become one of the top three in the film industry, and they are all their competitors." Xue Tianlan continued.

Chen Lang's eyes lit up when he heard this, the current Hong Kong film industry is a triwizard pattern, and all other film companies are only independent producers, not even independent producers, because many film companies are subsidiaries of the three cinema chains or are held by the three theater chains, and the filming is greatly affected by the three theater chains.

The three cinema chains monopolize the whole of Hong Kong, whoever becomes the helmsman of these three cinema chains will automatically become one of the three people with the most voice in the Hong Kong film industry, the three cinema chains have both competition and cooperation, in order to eliminate the possible existence of the fourth cinema chain, the three are naturally unanimously xenophobic, but now the pattern of the triwizard competition has been stabilized, and it is more competition, so it is almost certain that the other two cinemas will disrupt the situation.

If it is Princess Jin and Golden Harvest to disrupt the situation, then it will not have much impact on the final decision, at most it will increase some difficulty, as a sworn enemy, and if there are other options, Shaw Brothers will definitely not want to see Shaw Brothers Cinemas finally fall into the hands of Princess Jin or Golden Harvest.

As for the other fifth, it is likely that there are other capitals outside Hong Kong that have taken a fancy to the windfall profits of Hong Kong films and want to enter, after all, the rapid development of Hong Kong films and capital outside Hong Kong have always been in constant contact, and looking at the Hong Kong film market in the past ten years, especially in the last four years, it will definitely make any capital excited.

The annual total box office of Hong Kong films has been growing rapidly, in 1970 the annual total box office of Hong Kong films was about 29 million Hong Kong dollars, and in 1980 it increased to 180 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of more than six times, and after entering the eighties, the growth was even more rapid, in 1981 it exceeded 200 million Hong Kong dollars for the first time, and in 1982 it directly doubled to 400 million Hong Kong dollars, and last year in 1984, the year-end total box office rose to 560 million Hong Kong dollars, an increase of 36.38%.

The number of moviegoers has also increased from more than 10 million in the 70s to 20 million in 1980, and 340 million last year, and the average ticket price of the film has also increased from less than 10 yuan in the 70s to 16.17 Hong Kong dollars now.

At the same time, the current Hong Kong films have not only repeatedly broken box office records in Hong Kong, but also the box office and buyout costs in other cities are gradually increasing, and the income of a film has increased from hundreds of thousands to millions, and now it has reached the level of 10 million, which is worthy of one of the most profitable industries.

Thinking of this, Chen Lang frowned again, because Chen Lang remembered a person, Chen Rongmei.

The outside world may not be very familiar with this name, but people in the film industry should have heard of him, because he is now one of the shareholders of Golden Princess Cinemas, although he is not a major shareholder who occupies an absolute stake like Lei Juekun, but he still has a lot of say in the company's decision-making.

Why did Chen Lang think of him, because he was mentioned in countless Hong Kong entertainment novels he had read in his previous life, whether he was a villain in the book or a noble man of the protagonist, he had to be mentioned in the film industry, because he was one of the main agents of foreign capital in Hong Kong.

The popularity of Hong Kong films has brought huge returns to investors, especially the three film companies represented by Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and New Arts City.

Although the Shaw Brothers came to an end, the Shaw Brothers Film Company brought a movie kingdom and now a TV kingdom to Shao Tycoon, Golden Harvest also made Zou Wenhuai a movie tycoon, and the New Art City brought tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars to the Golden Princess in just four years, which made countless people's eyes hot.

Chen Rongmei is one of them, he is now also one of the shareholders of the Golden Princess, and he has made a lot of profits, but people are always greedy, compared to the Golden Princess's Lei Juekun, Chen Rongmei's income is undoubtedly much worse, so he has the idea of forming another theater by himself.

But this requires a huge amount of money, so he thought of a lot of well-funded capital outside Hong Kong, he wanted to set up a new cinema with these foreign capital, with the help of more and more popular Hong Kong movies to make money, although Hong Kong's cinemas are increasing every year, but there are still many films that cannot be released, and there is no worry about no films being released after the formation of a new cinema line.

These films can not only be released in Hong Kong to collect box office, but also can be released outside Hong Kong with the help of foreign capital or earn buyout fees.

In 1988, he established a Xinbao cinema line, which became the fourth largest cinema chain in Hong Kong, and later the disintegration of Xinyi City, the Golden Princess went out of business, and he also took over the Golden Princess Cinema and renamed it Jinsheng Cinema, and Xinbao became a sister cinema, which also made Chen Rongmei a popular figure in the film industry.

And although this Chen Rongmei is ambitious, he is not a fool, but he has a lot of brains and means, from the fact that he can become a foreign-funded agent, but also a person who has become a person of the two major cinema chains, you can see his means, and the Xinbao Cinema Line he established in 1988 has taken the route of a small screening hall since its establishment, which is as small and refined as the screening hall of later generations, so that the audience has more choices, and it has achieved profitability in only one year, which is admirable.

It is now 1985, 3 years before the establishment of the Xinbao Cinema Line in the previous life, Chen Rongmei should not have succeeded in convincing foreign capital to enter Hong Kong, but it is difficult to ensure that this fifth one is not from Chen Rongmei's handwriting.

"In this case, our main competitor should still be Pan Disheng, who is behind Debao." Chen Lang affirmed.

"Indeed, the real determination and courage to acquire Shaw Brothers Cinemas must be us and Pan Disheng, because we are very similar to each other, the boss you and Pan Dickson have a unique vision, both attach great importance to the profiteering and influence of the film industry, and both of us have been exploited, we handed over 10% of the profits to Shaw Brothers, and Pan Dickson's Debao has always been unable to grab the prime time of Golden Harvest, and other film companies have suffered enough of the three major theater chains." Xue Tianlan said.

Chen Lang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, other film companies will definitely be coerced by Shaw Brothers, but they may not still have to pay 10% of the profits to Shaw Brothers after sharing them proportionally, but he took it for granted that he would be able to occupy a favorable position in this competition, but in the face of cruel capital, any situation will be torn to pieces.

"Pan Disheng and we have also suffered from not having our own theaters, and our determination and courage are definitely not smaller than ours, it seems that this competition is indeed very difficult." Chen Lang diverted the topic and said, "But we must achieve the final victory, Tianlan, you and your team just do it, unless it exceeds our maximum bottom line, otherwise we can agree to any conditions." ”

"I promise to complete the task, boss, you don't have to worry too much, although Pan Disheng is bound to win like us, but I think we have a good chance of winning, because although LL Film Company is very similar to Debao, but the boss you and Pan Disheng are a little different." Xue Tianlan said.

"What's different?" Chen Lang asked suspiciously.

"That is, Pan Disheng is a pure businessman, but the boss you can't be summarized as a businessman, although Pan Disheng has a sharp vision, a good business, is an excellent businessman, but as long as he is a businessman, he has a bottom line, which can also be said to be cost control, as long as the cost exceeds a psychological bottom line, then he is likely to give up, because if he insists, he is not a qualified businessman, not to mention that he is still an outstanding businessman, but the boss you are different, your pattern is undoubtedly much larger." Xue Tianlan said with a smile.

Chen Lang looked at Xue Tianlan carefully when he heard this, he didn't expect him to say such a thing, could it be that Xue Tianlan knew the blueprint in his heart? Know that cinema is a vital part of it?

Probably not, but this kid has a really sharp eye.

"Well, I'm looking forward to hearing good news from you." Chen Lang said with a smile.

"You'll see." Xue Tianlan said confidently.

Subsequently, LL Film Company began formal contact with Shaw Brothers Film Company under the representative of Xue Tianlan, and at the same time, Debao also began acquisition negotiations with Shaw Brothers, but the first contact between the three parties was not negotiated.

LL Film Company and Debao have a very tacit understanding, and they both offered a price of 130 million, but this is obviously too big a price gap with Shao Daheng and Fang Yihua's hearts, and the first negotiation ended in failure.