Chapter 82: Potential Competitors
Seeing Lin Youlun rectifying the video hall in a big way, Zhou Bingde felt that it was no longer interesting for him to continue to stay here, so he packed up his things and called his wife to prepare to leave.
"Uncle De, what are your plans for the future?" Lin Youlun sent Zhou Bingde to the door and asked casually.
Zhou Bingde sighed, his eyes were full of confusion, he was like this, he could only go to his relatives first, and then think of other ways out.
"Did Uncle De ever think about staying?"
Lin Youlun's expression was very serious when he said this, but Zhou Bingde thought he was joking.
"Lu Bo is an old man here, and he knows everything in the video hall. With him to help you, and then take care of the relationship between the head and the road, running this video hall is actually very simple. ”
"Uncle Lu is old, it's okay to look at the door, count on him to help me take care of this video hall......" Lin Youlun shook his head as he said.
"You just need to be like me, find a reliable person to be the conductor, and come over regularly to check the accounts." Thinking that he was no longer the boss here, Zhou Bingde unconsciously felt a little more melancholy in his words, "Actually, it's very easy to be the boss." ”
"I'm going to talk to several major theater companies, and take their movies to us to continue to be released for a while, the ticket price will not be very expensive, and those who want to watch a movie and feel that the movie ticket is too expensive can have one more choice in the future." Lin Youlun briefly talked about his thoughts with Zhou Bingde. Now that he has taken over this video hall, there will be no more films like that in the future.
Zhou Bingde also thinks that Lin Youlun's idea is good, if he can really negotiate with the theater chain, it will indeed be more promising than showing pornographic videos. The only drawback is that Lin Youlun can't be a shopkeeper like Zhou Bingde used to, Lu Bo can help a small favor, but he can't be counted on anything for big things, and he has to rely on Lin Youlun himself.
Of course, Lin Youlun will not ignore the problems that Zhou Bingde can think of, and he has already thought of an idea.
"I would like to ask Uncle De to stay and be the manager of the video hall. I don't pay you a salary, I only give you dividends, how about it? ”
The manager and the boss do the same thing, but the meaning is very different, what really makes Zhou Bingde excited is Lin Youlun's dividend plan.
Zhou Bingde didn't reply in a hurry, Lin Youlun saw that the heat was almost over, and then said: "After I leave, the position of the conductor will be vacant, if my aunt is not idle, she can come to take over this idle job, I have a lot of salary, and I will pay her as usual." ”
"Isn't that good?" Zhou Bingde asked tentatively, and when he saw Lin Youlun insisting, he half-pushed and half-agreed to his wife's work.
"There are still empty rooms in the video hall, Uncle De, you two can only be wronged here first, and when the conditions improve in the future, we will rent a room for you outside."
Lin Youlun confirmed Zhou Bingde's appointment as manager in a few words, and returned the TV won by Zhou Bingde playing mahjong to the couple, but the intention was to beat Zhou Bingde, and don't gamble and make mistakes in the future.
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"You said you would just leave, what is there to be nostalgic for in the broken video hall, and you actually bought it for 500,000 yuan?" Wang Jing dipped his chopsticks in tea and calculated an account for Lin Youlun, even if the major theaters are willing to transfer those movies that are ready to be released to the video hall to continue to be screened, the money that can be made in the last day will not be too much, and the cost recovery will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey.
Lin Youlun's idea is diametrically opposed to Wang Jing, he realizes that Hong Kong's low-class citizens also have a strong desire to consume movies, and Hong Kong movies are also willing to show the lives of low-level citizens, coupled with the attraction of low ticket prices, it should be very marketable. He plans to experiment with this video hall in his hand first, and then slowly acquire other video halls of the same scale and grade to expand the scale, so that it can fully cover the low-end consumer groups in Hong Kong at the very least. …,
Wang Jing is not optimistic about the consumption power of Hong Kong's low-level citizens, and he came to Lin Youlun because of some strange actions of Shaw Brothers recently, "I can clearly feel that Shaw Brothers has begun to reduce film production, and it seems that Uncle Six is really ready to give up film and specialize in TV as you said last year." ”
gathered the original team, and with Lin Youlun's script as a guarantee, the filming speed of "Baby Zhiduoxing 2" made Golden Harvest very satisfied, and the edited sample was sent to Golden Harvest, Wang Jing took Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda non-stop to prepare for Shaw Brothers' new film "The Saint of Gambling". Shaw Brothers went against the norm this time, gave the green light, and gave Wang Jing the greatest support, Fang Yihua also personally came forward to discuss the filming of the film with Wang Jing, and the news of Shaw Brothers' production cut leaked out of her mouth.
"You're not the only one staring at Shaw Brothers Cinemas now, Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun's Debao Company was acquired by a big boss named Pan Disheng this year, and it is said that this Boss Pan is also very interested in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and has been in contact with Shaw Brothers, and the price is not low." Wang Jing lowered his voice and told Lin Youlun a bombshell news.
Lin Youlun is no stranger to Pan Disheng, a well-known "famous brand king" in Hong Kong, who started in the jewelry and watch business, and was the first businessman in Hong Kong to put forward the concept of "famous brand consumption". During the Sino-British negotiations on the Hong Kong issue, there was a "wave of immigration" in Hong Kong, and there were signs of economic recession, but Pan Disheng got inspiration from the Great Depression in the thirties and the great development of the film industry.
Lin Youlun didn't expect that Pan Disheng's investment in movies was still inspired by him.
Through the successful application of advertising placement in "God of Gamblers", it has not only attracted great attention from the advertising industry, but even advertising scientists in the United States and the United Kingdom have compiled it into their own teaching cases, and the evaluation is very high. The Taiwanese businessman who paid to sponsor the filming of the film made a lot of money selling chocolate, which became an interesting story in the business world.
Pan Disheng heard a friend talk about this incident at a party, and felt very inspired, he wanted to use the clothes of the stars in the movie to integrate and promote the world's famous brands represented by his company, and play an indirect role in advertising and promotion.
With such a win-win business, Pan Disheng is naturally willing to spend a lot of money, and he is now asking the "cold-faced smiler" Xu Guanwen to shoot three movies for the company with 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and has hired a number of famous actors with high salaries, which has greatly increased the strength of Debao Company.
Previously, the films produced by Debao had been scheduled to be released in Golden Harvest Cinemas, but after many prime times and screenings were squeezed out by "authentic Golden Harvest Productions", Pan Disheng finally decided to establish his own cinema business. As soon as the wind came out from the Shaw Brothers' side, Pan Disheng leaned over like a shark smelling blood.
Wang Jing is also counting on Lin Youlun to take over the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, and if he establishes a film company in the future, he will not be choked when it is released in theaters. At this time, Pan Disheng intervened sideways, but Wang Jingsheng was very vigilant, and told Lin Youlun the news as soon as possible.
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