Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but sigh.

The annual Hong Kong sister competition came to an end last night, and most of the news topics on the front page of the newspaper this morning are related to this, and the new Hong Kong sister Guo Keying has become the focus of heated discussion.

Of course, for Zou Wenhuai, what he is concerned about is not the result of the Miss Hong Kong competition, but Lin Youlun, who sat on the judges' seat last night.

"I heard Aaron say that last night he originally wanted to choose Mo Kexin, who has a higher education, as the champion, but Mr. Lin gave him some hints before the game, and when the champion was selected, there was almost no disagreement, and the other four judges, including Aaron, voted for her." He Guanchang sat opposite Zou Wenhuai and said with a worried face.

From Chen Miaoying's withdrawal to the current Guo Keying's election, Lin Youlun and Shao Yifu have shown a growing tacit understanding, which is not good news in He Guanchang's view.

Since the retirement of the Shaw Brothers and the disintegration of the New Arts City, Golden Harvest has been firmly sitting on the leading throne of Hong Kong film companies, although there are Yongsheng of Xiang Huaqiang and Media Asia of Lin Jianyue as rising stars, when the two companies have always lacked some in terms of heritage.

Xiang Huaqiang has indeed made a lot of money relying on Yongsheng Film Company over the years, but in the past two years, he has intended to enter the Macau gambling industry, and the development momentum of Yongsheng Film Company is no longer as rapid as before.

Lin Jianyue is determined to forge ahead, and in the past two years, he has also found the right way and made many box office movies, but they are only limited to small and medium-sized costs, and because of the disagreement with Lin Youlun, it is basically impossible for Media Asia to further expand in Hong Kong.

To say that Hong Kong can really make Golden Harvest feel jealous, except for Lin Youlun. Only Shaw Brothers was left.

Although there have been basically no commendable works from Shaw Brothers in the past two years, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff. As long as Shaw Yifu has this idea, Shaw Brothers Film Company can make a comeback at any time.

Of course, Shaw wants to rise again. Another prerequisite is to have a good relationship with Lin Youlun, and Shao Yifu has Lin Youlun's TVB in his hand, if he wants to give up the controlling stake in TVB, it will be very difficult to exchange for Lin Youlun's re-support for Shaw Brothers.

Zou Wenhuai stood up from the desk, walked to the window with his hands and stood still, looked back at He Guanchang and said: "Lin Shengzhi is buying TVB, of course he won't watch Sister Hong Kong decline like this, and it is only natural to help...... Even if Shaw Brothers reappears, it will not have much impact on Golden Harvest in a short period of time. Now I am most worried about the Tseung Kwan O land, if we can't get it, it is really unclear what variables will be in the future. ”

"The Hong Kong government has already set conditions, and there are fully qualified film companies, and we are the only one in Hong Kong, even if Shao Yifu wants to challenge us in this matter, with the film output of Shaw Brothers over the years, we can't even meet the conditions of the bidding threshold, I'm afraid it's still powerless, right?"

The 98-year lease of Golden Harvest Busan Road is about to expire. At that time, the Hong Kong government will reclaim the land, but in order not to affect the development of Hong Kong's film industry, the Hong Kong government also plans to set aside a piece of land in Tseung Kwan O to build a film and television base, in order to eliminate unrelated competitors. The Hong Kong government also listed various eligibility criteria, including how many films it has made in the past decade and how many awards it has won. It is clear that only Golden Harvest is in line.

In the eyes of many people, the land in Tseung Kwan O is the Hong Kong government's repossession of the Busan Road studio in order to compensate Golden Harvest. The newly built site specially approved for Golden Harvest, He Guanchang also holds the same view. So after hearing Zou Wenhuai express his worries about that land, he felt very puzzled.

"Don't forget, that land is an open competition, and now only Golden Harvest is eligible, which does not mean that there will only be Golden Harvest in the future." After all, Zou Wenhuai is an old man who has been fighting in the mall for a long time, and although the current situation is favorable to Golden Harvest, he still has a faint uneasiness in his heart.

He Guanchang's expression also became serious.

"What do you mean?"

"There is still more than a year before the auction of the land in Tseung Kwan O begins, and Shaw Brothers is indeed not eligible at present, but if Shaw Brothers suddenly joins several film companies to form a bidding team before the auction, it is actually very simple to obtain the bidding qualifications."

Zou Wenhuai's words made He Guanchang's face change instantly, he really didn't expect this possibility before.

Shaw Yifu has been concentrating on the development of wireless TV business over the years, and Shaw Brothers has been in the mainstream for too long, so that many people have forgotten its threat, including He Guanchang.

As Zou Wenhuai said, it is not difficult for Shaw Brothers to get involved in the competition for the land in Tseung Kwan O, but this possibility was ignored at first, not to mention anything else, as long as the film company partnered by Wang Jing and To Qifeng is recruited, Shaw Brothers can fully meet the qualifications for bidding.

Wang Jing and Du Qifeng are both people from the Shaw Brothers, as long as Shao Yifu personally goes out and gives enough benefits, I believe they will easily agree to cooperate with the Shaw Brothers, which will be a great threat to Golden Harvest.

It's just that He Guanchang can't figure it out a little, what are the benefits of Shao Yifu doing this? Is it really for those old grudges with Golden Harvest?

Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said, "If Shao Yifu is just to understand the old grudge with us, then I don't worry too much...... Shao Yifu is a very rational person, just for revenge, the price of his bid for that piece of land will not be raised too high, and we are not without the strength to compete with him, I am afraid that he is not only to compete with us, but has other purposes, then the situation is a little dangerous. ”

He Guanchang immediately understood what Zou Wenhuai meant.

"You're saying that Shaw Yifu is interested in re-entering the film industry?"

Zou Wenhuai nodded, "Although this possibility is just my personal guess, it is not traceless...... Shao Yifu quit the film industry back then, because he saw that TV would be more profitable than movies, in fact, making movies really didn't make money by running a TV station, but now the situation is different, Hong Kong movies have gone to Hollywood, and the income from shooting a successful big-budget movie is basically hundreds of millions of dollars, will Shao Yifu be impressed? Shaw Brothers has only reduced production over the years, not gone out of business, and Shaw Brothers has continued to maintain its shares in Jiayi Cinema Line until now, which is the back hand left by Shaw Yifu to return to the film industry. ”

He Guanchang was silent, he admitted that what Zou Wenhuai said was very reasonable, but he was still a little reluctant to believe it in his heart, and Zou Wenhuai's next words completely shattered his only remaining illusions.

"Judging from a series of things that happened during this year's Miss Hong Kong competition, Shao Yifu has obviously decided to resell wireless to Lin Youlun, and the transaction should be completed within two years, of course, the biggest possibility is not Lin Youlun's wholly-owned acquisition, but Shao Yifu gave up the controlling stake in wireless, but continued to retain part of the equity in wireless, and the part of the equity transferred to Lin Youlun should only be part of the direct capital acquisition, and the other part is very likely to be used to replace the shares of Jiayi Cinema Line."

The reason why Lin Youlun was able to turn his hands into a cloud in the Hong Kong film industry is not only that the movies he invested in and shot continue to refresh the highest box office records in Hong Kong, but also because he controls the entire Hong Kong cinema chain.

Controlling the Hong Kong cinema chain is equivalent to controlling the lifeblood of the Hong Kong film industry, and this sentence has different meanings ten years ago and ten years later.

Since entering the blockbuster era, the box office contribution rate of the Hong Kong film market has been declining compared with overseas markets, but the Hong Kong film market has never changed as the vane of the overseas film box office market, as long as the film can be sold in Hong Kong, it can also be sold overseas, and the works that have no box office potential in Hong Kong will not do much overseas.

Over time, overseas filmmakers have become accustomed to waiting for the Hong Kong box office to come out before deciding whether to buy the overseas rights of the film, which makes the role of the Hong Kong film market rise instead of decreasing.

If Shaw Brothers wants to return to his old business, the first step must be to expand his voice on the board of directors of Jiayi, and Shaw Yifu will not refuse to accept a controlling stake in wireless in exchange.

Of course, Lin Youlun will definitely not give up the controlling stake in Jiayi Cinemas, but it is very likely that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest will have the same stake in Jiayi Cinemas, and the harder Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest fight, the more beneficial it will be for him to control Jiayi Cinemas and the entire Hong Kong film industry.

Since Wireless was sold to Lin Youlun, the Clear Water Bay Cinema is also no longer used by Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Brothers' next goal is of course to find a new place to build a cinema.

In this way, the land in Tseung Kwan O has naturally become the best choice.

"So in the competition for that piece of land in Tseung Kwan O, Lin Youlun will be pulled in by Shao Yifu after the most embarrassing?"

He Guanchang looked at Zou Wenhuai with some uneasiness.

Zou Wenhuai nodded, "This is the worst-case scenario, but if I were Lin Youlun, I wouldn't need to intervene directly, just sit on the side and watch the tiger fight!" ”

In Zou Wenhuai's view, Lin Youlun is willing to support Shaw Brothers to re-enter the film industry, just hoping that Shaw Brothers can restrain Golden Harvest, rather than hoping that Shaw Brothers will completely defeat Golden Harvest.

"Maybe we can take the lead and form a bidding team with Lin Youlun first, so that Shao Yifu has no way."

He Guanchang followed up and made a suggestion, but Zou Wenhuai shook his head after hearing it.

"I'm afraid we're already a step too late...... Maybe at this time, Shao Youfu has already sat down with Lin Youlun to discuss the conditions, as long as the wireless is still in Shao Yifu's hands, Lin Youlun will not be able to cooperate with us. ”

He Guanchang was unwilling, and continued to persuade: "If it doesn't work, you should always give it a try, maybe Lin Youlun has other considerations?" ”

Zou Wenhuai hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed to He Guanchang's suggestion, and decided to meet with Lin Youlun and talk about this issue openly. (To be continued......)