Chapter 49 The Film Company
"I'll go see Boss Lei first!".
As soon as Chen Yongren spoke, the three of them reacted differently, although Wang Jing was both working under the tycoon, he had no sense of belonging to the Shan clan at all, so he didn't care; Cheng Yuanlong has a strong sense of belonging to Jiahe, and he is entrusted by his godfather and Guanchang, and now he is entrusted with it, but he has an extraordinary friendship with Chen Xunqi, Chen Yongren is his brother, so he is helpless and disappointed, Chen Xunqi is happy, after all, he is under Lei Jiankun, of course, he hopes to work with his brothers with outstanding talents.
Chen Yongren saw the three people's reflections in his eyes, and said with a dry cough: "Brother Xiang, Brother Long, I'm sorry for letting you run for nothing today, and please tell the two of you to tell the tycoon and Mr. Zhou that Chen Yongren can only visit another day!" ”。
Wang Jing smiled: "Since this is the case, then I will go back to my life first!" ”。
Chen Yongren smiled: "Since this is the case, then you should go back to recover your life first!" ”。
Wang Jing rolled his eyes, greeted Chen Xunqi and Cheng Yuanlong, and left first.
Cheng Yuanlong let out a long sigh, then smiled at Chen Yongren again: "Ah Ren, don't forget what you said when you first met, you have the opportunity to work together!" ”。
Chen Yongren smiled: "It must be ......." Although Zhou Wenhuai has not been promoted to the level of a tycoon so far, he is just unlucky, but his courage to do things is no worse than that of a tycoon. Chen Yongren believes that even if he does not join Golden Harvest, as long as he has the corresponding ability, Zhou Wenhuai will still take the initiative to seek cooperation with him.
Cheng Yuanlong nodded with satisfaction when he heard Chen Yongren's words, turned to Chen Xunqi and smiled: "Then I'll go back first, you don't have to send it!" ”。
An hour later, Chen Yongren and Chen Xunqi arrived at a mansion in the mid-levels of Hong Kong Island, which was several times larger than the villa that Chen Yongren had seen last Christmas, and Chen Yongren even saw a few horses on the wide grass; Although Hong Kong's economy is now in the stage of take-off, it has not yet reached the mature period after more than ten years, most of the top 100 richest people in Hong Kong are around one billion Hong Kong dollars, only a few people have billions of assets, and there are only a handful of tens of billions of net worth, Li Chaoren, who is at the top of the list, is only 30 billion Hong Kong dollars at this time, and it has not yet reached 30 billion US dollars ten years later, Lei Jiankun's net worth at this time is nearly 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking slightly lower among the richest people in Hong Kong, but the Lei family is deeply rooted in Hong Kong. The family members are not only engaged in business, but also have an extraordinary influence in Hong Kong politics, so there is little detailed information about Lei Jiankun in the future, because the Lei family is too deeply hidden, and it is by no means as simple as it seems.
Entering the villa under the leadership of the housekeeper, Chen Yongren finally saw not only the future, but also the most mysterious tycoon Lei Jiankun in the Hong Kong film industry, who is nearly sixty years old, but looks like he is forty years old, with an elegant temperament and a gentle demeanor, and he does not have the same tycoon as Wei Yifu at all.
Chen Xunqi introduced Lei Jiankun and Chen Yongren to each other, the former beckoned the two to sit down, glanced at Chen Yongren, and said with a smile: "It's hard to imagine that the famous director Chen Da at the Cannes Film Festival is really only in his early twenties!" ”。
Chen Yongren said modestly: "Mr. Lei is polite, just call me Ah Ren, as for the title of big director, I really dare not take it, luck!" ”。
Lei Jiankun smiled: "You are a little different from what the newspaper says, can you tell me the reason why you did that?" ”。
Chen Yongren said: "I just think those reporters are very annoying, so I think if I have a falling out, maybe it will be cleaner in the future!" ”。
Lei Jiankun nodded and said, "Do you have any thoughts on the future?" Follow Xun Qi to stay in Yongjia? Or I can also fund you to set up your own company, so that it will be convenient for you two brothers to cooperate and work together in the future, what do you think? ”。
Chen Yongren's heart moved, and he hesitated to look at Chen Xunqi, who understood and said with a smile: "What do you think I do?" Mr. Lei is willing to support you, and I am happy for you, and I am not comfortable to let you, a director who won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, work under me, and Mr. Lei is right, and it will not affect the cooperation between the two of us in the future! ”。
Chen Yongren knows the importance of cinemas in the Hong Kong film industry, if the film wants to get a good schedule and box office profits, the support of the cinema chain is indispensable, and in this way, it is inevitable that the cinema boss will participate in the shares of the film company, Golden Harvest's satellite company, Chen Xunqi's Yongjia, Xu Ke's film studio, etc., these are the unspoken rules of the world, 30 years later, the Chinese film market exploded, and Hollywood-produced films had to seek investment and participation from mainland entertainment giants.
And staying under the tycoon, it is indispensable to trouble others in the future, and it is also appropriate to give people a little salary, although we are in a capitalist society, we can't think about exploitation, and hiring Lei Tycoon as a bodyguard is also a very face-saving thing, thinking about it like this, Chen Yongren felt much more comfortable, he nodded and said: "Thank you Mr. Lei for your support, I plan to inject 10 million Hong Kong dollars to set up a film company, I don't know how much Mr. Lei is willing to participate in?" ”。
"Ten million Hong Kong dollars?" Lei Juekun was very surprised when he heard this. continued: "I know that after the overseas rights of "Two Smoking Guns" were sold, you got only this amount, was the company's first film the blockbuster with an investment of 15 million that you said in the newspaper? ”。
Chen Yongren nodded and said, "I definitely can't hold it alone, so I can only cooperate with Brother Qi's Yongjia to shoot; And the filming of this movie may also trouble Mr. Lei for public relations! ”。
Lei Jiankun said: "As far as I know, the investment in "Two Big Smoking Guns" is not even one million, and now it has not been released in Asia, and it has already reaped a profit of 20 million, why don't you continue this path of small investment and high returns, but try your best to make your money?" ”。
Chen Yongren shook his head and sighed: ""Two Big Smoking Guns" only aroused the interest of art-loving Europeans because it won the Cannes Film Festival, and this film was shot without inviting any stars, but recruiting a group of new actors from TVB. But this time it's a commercial movie, and it's a police movie, so a big investment is inevitable! ”。
Lei Jiankun nodded, and said with a smile: "Tell me about your film company, how much are you going to let me participate in?" ”。
Chen Yongren hesitated for a moment and asked, "Does Mr. Lei want to hear the truth or a lie?" ”。
"How's the truth? What about lies? Lei Jiankun was stunned.
Chen Yongren coughed dryly and said: "To tell the truth, the less Mr. Lei participates, the better, so that I can make more money; If it's a lie, how much Mr. Lei gives me the shares of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, I will give Mr. Lei as many shares of my own company......".
"Ah Ren, why are you making such a joke with Mr. Lei?" Chen Xunqi reprimanded Chen Yongren.
Lei Jiankun smiled inexplicably, and said musically: "Listen to the meaning of your words, it seems that you and I will definitely get rich?" ”。
"Huh...... Mr. Lei, don't mind, this kid has always been open-mouthed and speaks without brains! Chen Xunqi said with a dry smile.
Chen Yongren also smiled: "Mr. Lei said that he was joking, everyone will get rich together!" ”。
Lei Jiankun didn't seem to take this matter to heart, and said: "I'm different from the tycoon and Zhou Wenhuai, they themselves started with movies, but I don't know anything about it, so I've always been very open about this aspect of things, how much I have a net worth, the whole of Hong Kong knows, but the film only accounts for less than one percent, it doesn't matter to me how much I earn, as long as I don't lose money, it's not good to lose money, I only have four theaters under my umbrella, Lisheng, Kaisheng and Jinhong, mainly showing Western films, It wasn't until a few years ago that Hong Kong films began to prosper, and Western films had no room for survival in Hong Kong, I had a hunch that the prospects for this industry were good, so I united two friends to form the current Golden Princess Cinema Line, and because of the lack of film sources, so I supported Xinyicheng, Yongjia and Xu Ke's film studios, or that sentence, as long as you make money, you are right, it is best for everyone to make a fortune together, see that you are also a refreshing person, you see how this is, I invested 3 million Hong Kong dollars, accounting for 40% of the shares, and the theater release will give you the same treatment as Xinyicheng, Divided into four or six, I don't interfere in the company's affairs, everything is up to you, what do you think? ”。
Chen Yongren patted his thigh and said: "I think Mr. Lei is happier than me, no matter what, since Mr. Lei is willing to give three million, I will let three into five shares, and the company has a movie that loses money, I will plead guilty to Mr. Lei!" ”。
Lei Jiankun pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement, and then asked, "Have you thought of the name of the company?" ”。
"Legendary Pictures, the slogan has been thought of - 'Produced by a legend, it will become a legend!' I am not a legend, I am unparalleled, I am a legend, infinitely arrogant! The last sixteen words, Chen Yongren just added a sentence in his heart.