Chapter 25: Ambition

Lin Youlun and Wang Jing chatted on the balcony for a while, Wang Jing was planning to open a film company by himself, and took this opportunity to test Lin Youlun's tone.

"Open a film company?" Lin Youlun shook his head, "I don't have this plan for the time being. ”

Lin Youlun didn't say anything to death, and Wang Jing's mind became lively, "Are you worried about the theater chain or the funds?" ”

"I'm not worried, I just don't think it's interesting."

Wang Jing's eyes widened, and he was once again speechless at Lin Youlun's attitude.

"It's not fun to be your own boss, but it's fun to work for someone else?"

"First of all, you have to figure it out!" Lin Youlun turned his head and looked at Wang Jing with a serious face, "Now someone else comes to me with a check to beg me to write a script, but if I am the boss of a film company, I will take the script to beg others." The Hong Kong film market is controlled by the three cinema chains of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, you open a film company by yourself, and you don't want to see the face of the cinema chain in the end, such a boss who likes to do it, anyway, I'm not interested. ”

"Then I'll give you a deal too!" Wang Jing turned his heart sideways, "The boss of the Golden Princess, Lei Da, has come to me in private, and the new art city formed by Mai Jia and Huang Baiming is behind this person's promotion." As long as you join forces with me, with the support of Princess Jin behind you, it is definitely not difficult to surpass Xinyi City, and when we stand with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, have you ever imagined what a beautiful thing it will be? ”

"Then what if we have a disagreement with Princess Jin in the future? Lei Juekun can support us to suppress Xinyicheng, and he can also support others to suppress us, what should we do then? ”

Lin Youlun asked Wang Jing speechlessly, he has always thought about the problem too simply, just thinking that as long as the company can make money, Princess Jin will not give up supporting them, but if the film is smashed, or someone else's film can make more money than them, when the time comes, Princess Jin kicks them away, and they can't even find a place to cry.

"Baby Zhiduoxing" was born, and Shengsheng pulled down the new art city that was in the limelight, and then Lei Juekun's attitude and reaction already explained everything, and Wang Jing did not dare to guarantee that his company would not become the next new art city.

Lin Youlun sighed faintly, "So the theater is the key!" ”

Seeing Lin Youlun's lonely expression, Wang Jing suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, could it be that this guy wants to buy the theater chain by himself? Although it was not confirmed from Lin Youlun's mouth, Wang Jing couldn't help but get excited, just now Lin Youlun said that he was going to do a big thing, could it be that?

But then Wang Jing denied this idea first, because this is too whimsical, the acquisition of a cinema chain is not a joke, it will require hundreds of millions of financial support at every turn, and it is estimated that the little money in Lin Youlun's bank will not even make a splash; Besides, even if Lin Youlun has enough funds, someone must be willing to sell, now that the Hong Kong film market is just right, and the cinema chain is so important to a film company, who will eat too much and do nothing to sell the cinema chain in his hand.

Just when Wang Jingjing was ready to give up this idea, Lin Youlun admitted it himself.

"I'm really going to buy a theater, but not now."

Wang Jingyi waved his hand, "I advise you not to think about it, even if you have enough money, who will sell you the theater?" ”

Lin Youlun suddenly said, "Don't you think the Shaw Brothers can't hold on?" ”

Wang Jing shook his head decisively, the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, although the Shaw Brothers have been in a recession in the past two years and have not made any box office blockbusters, they still firmly hold the status of the Hong Kong film giant, and Run Run Shaw has put so much effort into the Shaw Brothers, how can he give up casually? …,

But Lin Youlun doesn't see it that way, entering the 80s, the only things that Shaw Brothers can get their hands on are Wang Jing's modern comedy films and Zhang Jianting's life comedy, and other filmmakers are mostly confined to low-cost small-scale productions and become inactive, even Zhang Che, Chu Yuan, and Liu Jialiang do not have the courage to repeatedly create box office myths in the past. The double-line joint screening with Golden Harvest to suppress the Golden Princess made Golden Harvest take advantage of it, and the Shaw Brothers made little profit and had no light on their faces, so it was not a long-term solution.

"Uncle Shao Liu has always been far-sighted, it is impossible not to see this, he saw that the film kingdom he had worked hard to manage was gradually declining, but he did not take measures to recover the decline, but instead focused on the development of the TV industry, what do you think this shows?"

Wang Jing didn't say anything, his feelings for the Shaw family were very complicated, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

"The sixth uncle is old, he just has the heart to reorganize the rivers and mountains, and I'm afraid he won't be able to return to the sky!" As a milestone figure in the Hong Kong film industry, Lin Youlun still respects Run Run Shaw in his heart.

But for this result, Wang Jing is still a little difficult to accept, "Do you think the Shaw Brothers are almost finished?" ”

Lin Youlun said very firmly: "That is, in this year or two, Shaw Brothers will definitely stop production, and the theater will be sold or rented, it will only be such an ending." ”

Wang Jing finally figured it out, but he still had a question: "Do you want to take over when the time comes?" ”

"I put so much effort into writing a TV script, just to get on the line with Shaw Brothers first." Lin Youlun nodded, the words had already been said for this part, and he had nothing to hide, "Happy cooperation now, and we will only have to talk about it when we sit down later." ”

Wang Jing laughed, "Sixth Uncle wants to know that you are fighting the idea of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, you have to be angry, aren't you worried that I will go to the whistleblower?" ”

"If I were a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be fed, and you and your father were the thieves who lured the wolf into the house, I was unlucky, and you father and son wouldn't do any good." Lin Youlun smiled disappreciatively, "Of course, you can't say it so ugly, if the Shaw Brothers don't fall, I just have the heart and the power; The Shaw family is about to fall, and I am just worrying about the sixth uncle and his old man. ”

"But where did you get all that money?"

Lin Youlun didn't think of any way to make money too quickly for the time being, so he had to accumulate strength step by step.

"I'll write a few more scripts this year, and if you really want to start a company, I can give you a few good books to ensure that you make sure you don't lose money, and the price is absolutely fair."

"But it's not enough for you to sell ten scripts a year." Wang Jing calculated that even if Lin Youlun's scripts can be sold for a sky-high price of 10 million yuan each, it will only be 100 million Hong Kong dollars a year, and it is not possible to acquire Shaw Brothers Cinemas with this amount of money.

"So next year I want to do a big thing, whether I can get the first pot of gold depends on whether it can be done."

"You don't want to trade stocks, do you?"

Lin Youlun smiled mysteriously, "The answer is very close, but it's not stock speculation, you will know what to do when the time comes." ”

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