On Hong Kong Island in the 80s, there were five companies with independent cinema chains, in addition to the leading Shaw Brothers Pictures, there were also Golden Harvest, Anle, Shuangnan and Golden Princess, which was being renovated and reorganized.

First of all, let's talk about Shuangnan Cinema Line, this cinema line currently only screens domestic films, as well as Zuopai movies on Hong Kong Island, and the difficulty of reviewing the film is not half a star, so it was vetoed by Ye Jingcheng first.

In addition, the Broadway cinema line under Anle Cinema, whether it is the scale of the theaters or the number of theaters, can be said to be the worst of the five major theater chains, and it is specially used to show Western films, which is also not taken by Ye Jingcheng.

At present, there are only two cinemas for Ye Jingcheng to choose from. One is a cinema chain owned by Fu Wenhuai and Golden Harvest. One is Lei Juekun's newly established Golden Princess Cinema Line, which is dominated by Lisheng Cinema.

"Golden Harvest is notoriously in arrears of dividends, and its reputation is really bad. Lei Juekun is too domineering, he doesn't know much about movies and likes to meddle indiscriminately. ”

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but have a headache, today's Jiahe also has a big family, and he is destined to be bullied when he comes to the door.

Although Lei Juekun's Golden Princess Cinema has just been established, he himself is a tiger who eats people and does not spit out bones, and I am afraid that a series of problems will occur in a few months.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh, none of the tycoons who could come from the era of the four detectives were fuel-efficient lamps. Shao Yifu's specialization. system, Zou Wenhuai's debts, and Lei Juekun's domineering.

"He's a thunder tiger, and I'm not a three-legged cat."

In the end, Ye Jingcheng still chose the Golden Princess Cinema Line, after all, Golden Harvest's arrears of dividends are too serious, which is equivalent to being choked by someone at all times. Although Lei Juekun is difficult to discuss, it is his character that disdains such a thing as arrears of dividends.

The next day, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company.

Ye Jingcheng came here alone, just to see if he could meet Lei Juekun first, and if he wanted to contact each other to see if there was any opportunity to cooperate.

Ye Jingcheng knocked lightly on the front desk, asked the clerk in charge of reception, and said, "Pretty girl, is Lei Sheng in the company?" ”

"Lei Sheng, he will come back later, who is looking for him?" The clerk looked at Ye Jingcheng twice, and Ye Jingcheng's clothes were quite decent.

"That's right, I'm a filmmaker myself, and my previous works have been released at Shaw Brothers. I heard that Lei Sheng is going to reorganize the theater chain recently, so I want to see if there is any possibility of cooperation. Ye Jingcheng pinched a reason.

"Huh?" The clerk couldn't react, he really didn't expect the other party to be so big, and he had the capital to talk about cooperation with Lei Sheng. He lowered his posture and asked, "This... What's your name, please? ”

"Ye Jingcheng." Ye Jingcheng replied blandly. With decent clothing and a calm attitude, it is estimated that no one would think that he came to collide in vain.

Subsequently, the clerk flipped through his appointment notes, and there was no Ye Jingcheng on it. But she was afraid that she would make an oolong, not to mention that the other party was so handsome, it didn't seem like anything to help him. So he said politely: "Mr. Ye, it doesn't seem that your name is on the reservation." Otherwise, you can sit down for a while, and I'll ask you when Lei Sheng comes over. ”

"Okay, thank you." After speaking, he motioned to the clerk to shake hands with him, and in the process, he discharged and scratched his palm, and asked, "Yes, what is your name?" If I reach a cooperation with Lei Sheng, we will meet in the morning and evening. ”

"My name is Guo Xiaoling." The clerk blushed for a while.

When Ye Jingcheng was waiting on the sofa on the side, the little girl was embarrassed to bring a cup of coffee, and she didn't even dare to look directly at the other party.

Looking at Guo Xiaoling's back, Ye Jingcheng smiled and sighed: "To be handsome is to have an advantage, at least there are tricks to show off the beauty of men." ”

This is followed by a two-hour wait.

……

"Xiaoling, what are you looking at?" Lei Juekun, who had just returned to the company from the employee channel, found that his secretary was probing his brain, and he didn't know what attracted his attention.

"Ahh Hearing the boss's call, Guo Xiaoling immediately reacted. He greeted, "Lei Sheng is good." ”

"Hmm." Lei Juekun nodded, looked at the watch in his hand, and asked, "Are the descendants of the struggle company here?" ”

"They've arrived and have been waiting for you in the conference room for more than two hours." Guo Xiaoling said.

"Alright, wait for you to make a few cups of coffee."

Lei Juekun was about to go to the conference room, Guo Xiaoling suddenly remembered something and reported: "That's right, Lei Sheng." Someone wants to see you. ”

"Huh?" Lei Juekun frowned deeply, although this secretary has not been with him for a long time, he should also know that he does not meet everyone, can it be said that the person who wants to see him has no origin?

"It's a young man named Ye Jingcheng, and I heard that he has his own film company." Guo Xiaoling was worried that she would be reproached by her boss, so she sped up her speech and said, "His previous movies were all released in Shaw Brothers, and I heard that Lei Sheng is planning to reorganize the theater chain, so I came here to talk to you about cooperation." ”

"Shaw?" Lei Juekun's brows loosened and asked, "Where is he now?" ”

"Because he hadn't made an appointment before, I couldn't make up my mind, so I asked him to wait in the waiting room." Guo Xiaoling's heart was full of worries, afraid that the boss would scold her for not following the rules.

"Xiaoling, you did a good job this time. You take him to my office first, and then I'll see him after my meeting. ”

After speaking, Lei Juekun took a step, but he didn't take a few steps and turned back to Guo Xiaoling and said, "Forget it, you bring him to the conference room in half an hour." ”

"Yes, Lei Sheng."

Guo Xiaoling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time was a little excited in her heart, I don't know if Ye Jingcheng will thank her when he turns around, or how to thank her?

Half an hour later, Guo Xiaoling brought Ye Jingcheng into the building as promised, and the two came to the conference room talking and laughing.

Knock and smack-

"Come in."

After getting permission, Ye Jingcheng entered the conference room alone. What attracted his attention the most was not Lei Juekun sitting in the middle, but Mecca sitting on the side with a dazzling bald head, and the other five men and one woman were also familiar.

"These people should be the Seven Monsters of the New Art City in the future." Ye Jingcheng said secretly

What Ye Jingcheng didn't know was that the effect of his little butterfly forced Lei Juekun to push to the original plan.

Lei Juekun, who originally had a comprehensive plan, was worried that Shaw Brothers Pictures would regain its prestige in the near future, so that the heroes of the Golden Princess Cinema Line would be useless. Lei Junkun had to increase the stakes and bring in Shi Tian and others from the Struggle Film Company half a year in advance.

The reason is a "Human Meat Roast Shop", which caused the resurgence of Shaw Brothers Pictures. The opening of cinemas must be at the right time, otherwise they will either be suppressed or impacted.

"Lei Sheng, hello." Ye Jingcheng shook hands with Lei Juekun, and then nodded at Shi Tian and the others.

Lei Juekun is a domineering old man in his heart, and he already looks so vicious, if he is really born from the heart, his character is not to mention.

"Sit down." Lei Juekun smoked his pipe, took this puff of cigarette and said, "I heard that you are also a filmmaker?" In that case, these people here can be regarded as your peers, so let's get to know each other. ”

"Hello, my name is Zeng Zhiwei." This little fat man with an honest face on the surface took the initiative to come over and greet Ye Jingcheng.

The reason for saying hello was not because Ye Jingcheng was a peer with him, but because Zeng Zhiwei was the bottom one among the seven monsters. Since Lei Juekun spoke up, even if Ye Jingcheng was a sweeping boy, they had to stand up and show favor to each other.

Zeng Zhiwei is a weak man in the Seven Monsters, so he is naturally responsible for this work. Don't look at him sitting here today, in fact, the shares of the new company have nothing to do with him.

Megara came over to act as a strong man, one to increase his bargaining chips with Lei Juekun, and the other to advise on the future development of the new company.

After Zeng Zhiwei, several other people introduced themselves one after another. Only Mecca, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming were motionless as if they were stuck by a chair, but they just smiled at Ye Jingcheng kindly, and they didn't even plan to reveal their names to the other party.

Maybe this is their capital, because the three of them have reached a preliminary agreement with Lei Juekun, except for Lei Juekun's share of the new company, the rest will be divided between the three.

Among them, Huang Baiming holds 9% of the shares, and Shi Tian holds 19% of the shares. The remaining 72% of the shares are shared between Lei Juekun and Mecca, and the proportion is 51% of Lei Juekun and 49% of Mecca. As for the remaining four of the Seven Monsters, at best, the company will pay a higher amount of labor.

So when they saw Ye Jingcheng who came alone, the three of them were not optimistic about this peer. A successful company cannot be run by one person alone.

There are two possibilities for Ye Jingcheng's situation, one is that he only owns a small company, or even a leather bag company.

Second, Ye Jingcheng's status in the company is not high, he belongs to the fish and shrimp in the company, and he came up to inquire about the situation for the company. Either of these two possibilities is enough to justify Mecca and others not taking him seriously.

Ye Jingcheng was not disturbed by the environment, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Lei Sheng, I came to discuss cooperation with you with sincerity this time. ”

"You want to talk to me about cooperation?"

Lei Juekun's words sounded crazy, and there was even more contempt in his tone. In fact, when he saw Ye Jingcheng for the first time, the other party's youth had disappointed him, and he already felt that Ye Jingcheng had come for nothing.

However, I still paid attention to what the secretary said before, and I didn't know whether Ye Jingcheng's background was true or false, so he said: "Since this is the case, let's briefly talk about your conditions and advantages, which is just right for several of your peers to refer to in detail." ”

"What I wanted was very simple, the film would be released in Leisheng's theaters. I don't need to pay the bottom fee, whether it is the local port or the overseas box office, you and I will split the account. Ye Jingcheng behaved very relaxed, and didn't seem to plan to switch to the other party's position to think.