Chapter 340: One Hundred Million
"What, Ah Xing, are you nervous?" In the narrow backstage of the entertainment theater, Li Xuan looked at Zhou Xingchi, who was sweating profusely in front of him, and smiled.
The weather in Hong Kong has become very hot in July, and walking two steps outside is like just being fished out of the sea. Although the backstage is indoors, it is narrow and stuffy, and people feel less comfortable than standing outside.
At the very least, there's a natural breeze outside.
Zhou Xingchi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a dry smile: "How can you not be nervous, I used to feel very relaxed when I saw others standing on it, but now I know how difficult it is when it is my turn." β
"Haha-"
Li Xuan laughed, causing the surrounding staff to look sideways, only to see him pat Zhou Xingchi on the shoulder and say, "Get used to it first, when you become one of the top stars in Hong Kong in the future, you won't be nervous." β
"Hehe, I can't think of it, I'm satisfied to be the leading actor." Zhou Xingchi said.
Li Xuan felt a little hated that iron could not be made of steel, and looked at the kid in front of him and said angrily: "You can't be a little ......"
"Mr. Liβ!"
A high shout interrupted Li Xuan's words, Ye Weixin ran in from the backstage door, and continued to shout as he ran: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, Sir Shao is here, and he is at the door now." β
"Oh-" Li Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and no matter what Zhou Xingchi's ambitions were far from great, he waved his hand to Ye Weixin as he walked towards the door: "Let's go, take me to meet Mr. Shao." β
Poor Ye Weixin, who was out of breath, was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't say that he accompanied Li Xuan out with the stuffiness.
"Haha, Liquan, it's terrifying to take care of such a cinema chain in a thriving way." At the gate of the entertainment theater, the cameras of reporters from all walks of life flashed non-stop, quickly capturing the scene in front of them, but it was Shao Yifu and Wang Liquan talking freely.
This is definitely a big news today, and it is more interesting and discussed than the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling".
Many film critics and entertainment reporters also muttered in their hearts that it has been a long time since two theater bigwigs in Hong Kong have appeared at the premiere of the same movie. Not to mention Shao Yifu, who doesn't like to move. In connection with the rumors that Shaw Brothers is going to sell the theater chain in Hong Kong in the past six months, many media people suddenly feel that their eyes are bright, and they seem to have guessed something.
Shao Yifu came to attend Li Xuan's movie premiere today, is he going to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas to Li Xuan, a new movie tycoon?
As soon as this specious conclusion came out, the cameras in the hands of the reporters kept "clicking", and they couldn't wait to break through the restrictions of the security guards and run to Shao Yifu to ask for clarification first.
"Sir Shao has won the award, Wang is ashamed to be ashamed." Wang Liquan said hypocritically modestly.
"Ha, what's so shameful about this." Shao Yifu waved his hand and said, "I want to think about when you were doing things with Boss Qiu back then." I think you're an administrator. If it weren't for selling him Boss Qiu, he would have a little face. I would have poached you a long time ago. How about it, Liquan, are you interested in coming to us to do things wirelessly? β
"Uncle Six, this is your mistake!" Just when Shao Yifu pretended to dig people. Li Xuan finally came out, and said with a smile as he walked: "The people who poached me in my base camp, how can you say it, Sixth Uncle, you are not kind." β
Shao Yifu immediately smiled and said: "I am talking about business, and I am not talking about kindness in the business field." β
"Then it seems that in order to retain talents, I have to immediately increase the labor of Brother Liquan." Li Xuan teased a little, and then waved his hand and said: "It is really our honor for the sixth uncle to come to the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling", don't talk much. Sixth uncle, please inside! β
"Please!"
Shao Yifu also raised his hand and said a word of invitation, and then a group of people went to the entertainment theater one after another, leaving only the 'click' sound outside the theater.
"I didn't expect it, just one year. Ah Xuan, your business has already done so much. As soon as everyone entered the screening hall, Shao Yifu looked at the bustling crowd inside and sighed.
"Big?" Li Xuan said with a smile: "Where does this come from, we are still very different from Jiahe and Princess Jin." β
"Hey, you kid!" Shao Yifu joked and scolded with a smile: "Jiahe has been established for more than ten years, although Princess Jin is not as good as them, she can be regarded as old, and there is the full support of Tycoon Lei behind her." You, a self-made theater chain, want to compete with them after only a year? β
Li Xuan responded: "It's always a comparison, not a comparison of where the motivation comes from." β
"yes, it's always a comparison in the end, no matter who wins or loses." Shao Yifu sighed inexplicably.
Looking at the staff who were arranging the stage in the distance, Li Xuan suddenly asked, "Sixth Uncle, what are your plans for the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, can you get to the bottom first." β
Shao Yifu was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "I'm very strange, you have a lot of theaters, why do you want to ask this." β
"Hey, hey!" Li Xuan smiled lightly and said, "It's not difficult to explain this, whatever idea Jiahe makes, I'll hit whatever idea." β
Now the people in Hong Kong who are most interested in Shaw Brothers Cinema are Li Xuan and Zou Wenhuai. As for Lei Juekun, the big boss of Princess Jin, because he is building a large number of buildings in Taiwan, he can't pay attention to the changes in Hong Kong. And Debao, who rented Shaw Brothers Cinemas in later generations, is now filming their films, and he has no intention of going to the whole theater chain by himself.
As for the idea of Golden Harvest, we have to start with the composition model of Golden Harvest Cinema Line.
As mentioned a long time ago in this book, Golden Harvest Cinemas is actually composed of several leading theaters in the hands of Zou Wenhuai, plus more than a dozen small theaters in the hands of Shao Weiying, plus one or two independent franchise theaters. Zou Wenhuai wanted to win Shao Yifu's theater, naturally hoping to increase the chips in his hands and better control the Golden Harvest Cinema Line.
And Li Xuan is exactly this idea.
Shao Yifu obviously knew what his old opponent Zou Wenhuai had in mind, so he nodded and said: "The Shaw Brothers' theater is only rented and not sold. β
"Rent?" Li Xuan frowned slightly, and said, "Sixth Uncle, I don't know the bottom of my heart if I rent it, can't I sell it?" Don't worry, the price will be ......."
"Ah Xuan, you are from the mainland, have you ever been to Zhejiang?" Shao Yifu suddenly asked.
Chekiang? What do you mean? Li Xuan frowned, and replied honestly: "No, did Mr. Shao go to Zhejiang this time?" β
"Yes, after all, it is my ancestral hometown, and I stopped by to take a look at the mainland this time." Shao Yifu replied slowly.
The Sino-British negotiations are gradually entering the final stage, so the exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland have suddenly increased during this time. Delegations from business circles, political circles, and celebrities have all come out of the soil in a puff of smoke.
In mid-June, Hong Kong organized a delegation of business circles to visit Beijing and went to the mainland, and Shao Yifu was one of its members. Moreover, there was no secrecy at all in this visit to Beijing, which made the Hong Kong film and television industry look sideways at Shao Yifu's accompanying group, you must know that Taiwan only banned a Liang Jiahui a few months ago.
But there is obviously a difference between people, Shao Yifu went north this time, and he didn't let out a fart on the Taiwan side.
"The mainland's reform and opening up has developed rapidly, but the education is a little worse." Shao Yifu continued to babble: "Education is the fundamental plan of the country for 10,000 years, and you must not be careless. β
Suddenly, Li Xuan remembered the Shaw Building that would be full of China in the future, and asked tentatively: "Sixth uncle, you, um, donated money?" β
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Shao Yifu paused, and then said with a smile: "Yes, I donated a little, and I plan to build a few buildings for Zhejiang University, no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education." β
"Then Uncle Sixth must have donated a lot this time?"
"No more, no less, if you build a few buildings intermittently...... Shao Yifu thought for a while and continued: "It probably costs about 100 million a year, which is not much." β
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100 million? Also every year? Li Xuan's eyes picked at the corners of his eyes, Shao Yifu really spent a lot of money this time in order to shoot the sycophants over there! And this blood capital has to go on, and then evolve into Shaw Towers all over China.
However, Shao Yifu suddenly mentioned this at this time, obviously wanting to tell Li Xuan that he was not bad for money, so don't negotiate with him whether the theater is rented or sold.
"Haha, Ah Xuan, I was invited to the movie premiere today." Shao Yifu suddenly interrupted Li Xuan's words and said with a smile: "Don't talk about this business problem now, watch the movie first, watch the movie first." As for the theater line, we'll take some free time to sit down and talk about it later. β
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Seeing Shao Yifu turning around and walking to the front row with a haha, Li Xuan was stunned and immediately followed.
This person is an old fox, and when the news of the meeting between the two of them is released today, Jiahe will definitely make some moves. Shao Yifu obviously wanted Li Xuan and Zou Wenhuai to fight first, and then he himself would be the fisherman who made the last profit. It's just that this is still a conspiracy, and Li Xuan can't come up with any good countermeasures.
Now there is only one step at a time, as for Shao Yifu's saying that he does not sell theaters, Li Xuan doesn't think it's a big problem, is there still money in Hong Kong?
Isn't it just a billion......
(Note: It was really a donation of 100 million, and when Cen Jianxun later rented Shaw Brothers Cinemas, he heard Shao Yifu say it in person.) οΌ