Chapter 114: Wenhua on the set

Of course, the 100 million US dollars in liquidated damages is true, with Luo Wei's 100,000 liquidated damages lesson in front, Liang Jinling certainly learned a lesson, in order to prevent Cheng Xiaolong from becoming popular, he was poached and jumped ship, so he set such a high liquidated damages.

In this way, neither Golden Harvest nor Hollywood studios can poach him. You must know that the American New Line Film Company really paid 10 million US dollars to dig the city dragon to shoot the rush hour.

As for whether Cheng Xiaolong will stop acting like Zhou Xingchi made a fortune after he becomes rich, Liang Jinling probably won't, after all, Cheng Xiaolong, like Andy Lau, belongs to a serious worker, loves movies, can't fight an iron man, and cares about the reputation of the "gentleman", for the sake of labor, he is still filming desperately in his 60s, hehe.

Moreover, Cheng Xiaolong's next 20 years will be his golden growth period, increasing his annual salary by 1 million every year, and the annual salary will only be 20 million after 20 years, which is not enough for one-third of Cheng Xiaolong's worth, Cheng Xiaolong, who has become an international superstar in 1998, is worth as much as 20 million US dollars, and when he is old, he still retains about 40 million yuan when he returns to the mainland to film.

On the contrary, now Cheng Xiaolong is worried about whether DreamWorks Film Company can support him for 20 years, and if he spends money like this, Cheng Xiaolong estimates that DreamWorks Film Company will have to go out of business in a few years.

The camera returned to the chairman's office of DreamWorks Films, only to see that Liang Jinling and the bald man Mai Xiaojia were left in the office.

"Mr. Mai drinks tea." Liang Jinling poured a cup of kung fu tea for the bald guy.

"Thank you, boss." Mai Xiaojia bitterly drank all the tea in the cup, this fake foreign devil is used to drinking coffee in the United States, where can he drink kung fu tea.

"Mr. Mai, how is the renovation of the Broadway movie theater?" Liang Jinling is very concerned about the dilapidated movie theater that he has acquired, seeing that the Spring Festival is coming, the students in Hong Kong have begun to have winter vacation, and his company's action movies Drunken Boxing and Ghost Fighting have almost been filmed, and even Wu Yusen's money has been filmed.

As for the name Broadway, it has a long history in Hong Kong. Liang Jinling didn't plan to change it, and called it a Broadway movie theater directly.

"Boss, those movie theaters are already being renovated, and it is estimated that they will be renovated in another ten days." Mai Xiaojia took out a tissue and touched the sweat on his head. Now he's busy like a dog, taking care of DreamWorks Pictures and a dozen movie theaters.

"Well, don't be nervous, I'm just casually asking about the progress. By the way, how about that Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang, did you promise our theater to help? Liang Jinling picked up the boiled kung fu tea and poured another cup of tea for Mai Xiaojia.

Jiang Zhiqiang is the second son of the owner of Anle Cinema Line, and after the decline of Hong Kong films, the master single-handedly created the Chinese blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Hero", "Ambush on All Sides", "Lust and Caution", "Cold War", "Beijing Meets Seattle", "Monster Hunt", and was named "Asian Hero" by Time magazine.

From the Republic of China to the 21st century, Anle Cinema Line has been showing Western films, which are regarded as traitor cinemas by the Hong Kong media, and are jointly suppressed by Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas. However, the Anle Cinema Line in the mainland behind it is not bad for money. Under the joint oppression of the two major overlords of Hong Kong films, they are living half-dead.

Four years later, when the Jiang Zhiqiang brothers were helping to take care of their father's cinema, they found that Hong Kong had not let go of war films, so they cut some shots from dozens of war films, synthesized a movie about the Japanese invasion of China, and took it to the cinema to show it.

This patchwork Anti-Japanese War movie actually caused a sensation in Hong Kong, winning more than 9 million box office. became the runner-up at the annual box office, and since then, Anle Cinema has been involved in filming.

Liang Jinling not only valued his talent, but also valued Jiang Zhiqiang's background, Jiang Zhiqiang's grandfather raised Liao Zhongkai's son. And Liao Zhongkai's son was still the mainland's highest talker in Hong Kong 8 years ago, because Wen Dou was arrested and returned to the mainland, but soon Uncle Guo will come to power, and Liao Zhongkai's son will return to Hong Kong after 1 year.

With the relationship between Liao Zhongkai's son and his apprentice grandson, Jiang Zhiqiang's family has flourished in the mainland in later generations. Liang Jinling acquired Broadway Cinema Line, of course, he will not forget Jiang Zhiqiang, the future owner of Broadway Cinema Line. So let Mai Xiaojia ask him to pass the gear.

"Boss, that Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang is not willing to come to work on our Broadway, I have already opened the highest annual salary. He said that he couldn't take care of his family's business, and he couldn't "split" himself. Mai Xiaojia glanced at Liang Jinling embarrassedly, he couldn't do anything well.

"What, I've offered an annual salary of five million, and he doesn't want to pass the gear." Liang Jinling was very surprised that there were still people who couldn't get along with money. He is generally very generous to talents, in the era when one million can buy a villa, five million annual salary is already the value of Hong Kong's top ten workers.

"Well, he also said that they are proletarians and will not be knocked down by the sugar-coated shells of capitalism." Mak Xiaojia embarrassedly reported to Liang Jinling that Jiang Zhiqiang was contemptuous and regarded money as waste.

It was also Liang Jinling's mistake, forgetting that it is still the environment of Wendou, where did Jiang Zhiqiang dare to jump to Liang Jinling, the anti-bone boy who betrayed the motherland, and was not afraid that his family would be implicated?

"Hehe, that's so great, so how did his dad jump ship from the Broadway movie theater and start his own Anle Cinema Line to grab the Broadway movie theater business. I heard that his cinema still employs dozens of employees, so his family is not a capitalist. and their family has been putting Western films and suppressing Hong Kong films, which is not considered a traitor. Liang Jinling sneered and said a few angry words to sarcastically mock Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Forget it, if he doesn't come, will we still beg him to fail, Hong Kong has a lot of talents, you can recruit a talent again." Liang Jinling doesn't like to force others, since he doesn't come, Liang Jinling will take him to play.

"Yes, boss, I'll do my best to recruit a suitable general manager for Broadway Cinema Line." Mai Xiaojia wiped the sweat on his head again and responded timidly, he didn't want to lose this high-paying position with an annual salary of 5 million because of his poor work.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about the movie theater first, let's talk about things on the set, now Golden Harvest is wary of our company, and even the set of Axe Mountain Road restricts us, we must have our own studio, so as not to be controlled by others. Mr. Mai, do you have anything to introduce? Liang Jinling had a big headache, and he didn't expect Jiahe to start suppressing himself so quickly.

Golden Harvest is not a fool, seeing that DreamWorks has acquired Broadway and other movie theater chains, he knows that he has lost the only means to restrain DreamWorks, and he can't stop suppressing DreamWorks, so he refused DreamWorks' new drama to shoot movies on the set of Axe Hill Road.

"Boss. In the 50s and 60s, Hong Kong's land was very cheap, and hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars could be rented to buy tens of thousands of square meters of land for movie sets, so in the 50-60s in the era of Hong Kong Cantonese films. Hong Kong has once poured out more than a dozen studios such as Shaw Brothers Studios, Cathay Pacific (Golden Harvest) Axe Hill Studios, Phoenix Studios, Great Wall Studios, Youqiao Studios, and Mandarin Studios. ”

Mak pauses and continues: "In the 70s, because of Hong Kong's economic boom, many people's incomes increased dramatically, under the speculation of those real estate developers. Now that the land price in Hong Kong is rising day by day, many film bosses have sold the studios in their hands and built commercial buildings one after another, in addition to the Shaw Brothers Studios, Golden Harvest Axe Mountain Studios, Phoenix Studios, and Great Wall Studios, the only Wenhua Studios left now are also preparing to be sold. ”

"On the set of Mandarin? Isn't that the set that Cao Dahua lost overnight? Liang Jinling interrupted Mai Xiaojia's words and asked.

"Yes, it's the Mandarin studio, but it's the studio in Tsuen Wan City, New Territories. And the area is relatively small, less than 50,000 square meters, still in the urban area, the price is very expensive, and now in the hands of He Shiying, the fourth son of He Qitang. ”

"He Shiying? Macau gambling king Ho Hongshen's fifth cousin? Li Xiaolong's uncle? Liang Jinling was very surprised, he didn't know that the He family was also playing in the entertainment industry now, and thought that waiting for He Hongshen's business wizard daughter He Chaoqiong to join TVB was the prelude to the He family's mixed entertainment industry.

To be honest, He Hongshen is really awkward, the He family's private life is very chaotic, and those cousins are younger than him. As for He Qitang, he is He Hongshen's third uncle, the third brother of He Dong, the richest man in Hong Kong during the Republic of China, and Li Xiaolong's mother is the mixed-race adopted daughter of He Qitang and the white Russian beauty "Love" woman on the beach, so He Qitang is Li Xiaolong's grandfather. And gambling king He Hongshen can also be regarded as Li Xiaolong's brother-in-law.

"Yes, it was precisely because He Shiying's nephew Li Xiaolong became an international superstar that He Shiying wanted to get involved in the film industry and bought the Wenhua studio. But before he could mix in the entertainment industry, Li Xiaolong died suddenly, and now the Wenhua set has become a hot sweet potato for the He family. However, I heard that Chinachem Group is preparing to buy the Mandarin studio to build a building. Mai Xiaojia broke the news to Liang Jinling.

Chinachem Group? Britney, the richest Asian woman with braids? As soon as he heard about Chinachem Group, Liang Jinling's mind remembered this pair of low-key invisible rich people, Wang Dehui and Gong Ruxin, who were born in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang business gangs.

Husband Wang Dehui was kidnapped many times, and then was torn up and disappeared, his wife Gong Ruxin couldn't keep the widow, Li Xiaoming and Ding Li Lu Liangwei, who raised the Four Heavenly Kings in "Bao", but Li Xiaoming denied being raised by "Bao", but Lu Liangwei admitted that Gong Ruxin's tens of billions of family property cases in later generations have attracted the attention of the world, and even Gong Ruxin's feng shui guy "Love" husband Chen Zhencong has run out to fight for family property, and the lawsuit has been fought for more than ten years, and there is no conclusion.

"Where is that piece of land in Tsuen Wan?" Liang Jinling asked anxiously.

"At 8 Yeung Uk Road, Tsuen Wan."

"8 Yeung Uk Road?" Liang Jinling remembered this familiar address, isn't this the later Nina Plaza? At that time, Nina Plaza was designed as the world's tallest skyscraper with a height of more than 520 meters and a total of 108 storeys, taller than the International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, the tallest in Hong Kong, and Taipei 101, the second tallest in the world.

However, it was blocked by competitors Sino Group and Sun Hung Kai Properties, and was fined HK$560 million for affecting the airspace over Tsuen Wan at the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok as the main channel for aircraft.

"Go and tell Mr. He Shiying of the He family and ask him to come out to talk, just say that our DreamWorks is very interested in the Wenhua set, and we can accept any amount of money." Liang Jinling remembered the more than 4 billion Hong Kong dollars exchanged with Shen Bi, in addition to the 300 million yuan for the acquisition of theaters and Liang Jinling's big money on famous cars and villas, there were still 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars left unspent.

Liang Jinling decided to take advantage of the recession of European and American companies in the 70s to buy land and foreign companies, after all, there was no such store in this village, and European and American companies began to revive in the 80s.

The Mandarin studio is too small, and Leung thinks that it will be used first and then build a new studio, but it is in the same urban area as the Axe Hill Road set, and Leung can change its use to building real estate to build skyscrapers. Golden Harvest just lost the set of Axe Mountain Road and declined.

"Okay, boss, I'll make an appointment with Mr. He Shiying of the He family now." Rich is a cow, hearing Liang Jinling's ambition and arrogance, Mai Xiaojia couldn't help but be secretly glad that he was with the right boss.

"Well, let's talk about this today, I'll go to the set to see how the orphans complain about how their filming is going." The adoptive father played by Liang Jinling in the orphan grudge had already been knocked out by his adopted daughter Guan Zhilin.

"Boss, there are a lot of your fans blocking the door now, so it's better for you to go through the back door." Mai Xiaojia is very envious of Liang Jinling's popularity, this boss is not only handsome, but also talented and money, and he is also a big star and diamond king.

"Alas, being popular is trouble." Liang Jinling secretly patted his forehead, very annoyed by the ugly monsters blocking the door at the door, and he didn't know that the media broke the news, saying that DreamWorks Film Company was opened by Liang Jinling, Liang Jinling often went to work in DreamWorks, and the female students who had nothing to do during the winter vacation came to the door of DreamWorks every day to block the door.

Mai Xiaojia secretly despised him, and he was cheap and behaved. (To be continued.) )