Chapter 56: New Life
When the whole of Hong Kong was arguing over the lawsuit between Golden Harvest and Luo Wai, "Scary", which had been filmed for 17 days, was quietly completed.
However, early that morning, Wang Jin and Li Xuan had to throw the film to the hired editor, and then the two of them quickly rushed to the Baptist Hospital on Beacon Hill.
But it was Wang Jin's daughter-in-law who was about to give birth after being pregnant in October.
"Ahh Yes! ”
There was a burst of women's screams in the delivery room.
Outside the door, there was Wang Jin, who was walking around restlessly, and Li Xuan, Zhong Chuhong and Wang Tianlin, who were sitting on the chairs next to him, all looked at him coldly.
Feeling the wetness and fright in his palms, Li Xuan tightened the small hand in his palm, turned his head and said to Zhong Chuhong: "Don't be afraid, it's a big deal that we will have a caesarean section when the time comes, so it won't be like this...... Hiss ......"
Zhong Chuhong's other small hand was retracted from Li Xuan's waist, and he didn't forget to glance at him.
"Ahem!"
It is estimated that the flirting and scolding of the young couple made Wang Tianlin, who was sitting quietly on the side, unbearable, and coughed awkwardly and asked Li Xuan: "Xuan Zai, how is your movie?" ”
"I'm done, I'm doing post-production." Li Xuan replied.
"That's good, that's good." Wang Tianlin nodded, glanced at the anxious Wang Jin and continued: "It's good to have you watching from the side, otherwise, I won't let this stunned young man toss alone." ”
Wang Jin obviously didn't hear this, and his attention was now all on the delivery room.
"Hehe, Jin Zai is still very talented as a director." Li Xuan replied with a smile: "By the way, Uncle Wang, Jin Zai's making movies has no effect on you, right?" ”
Hearing this, Wang Tianlin leaned back in the chair and replied: "What impact can it have, although Shao Lao Liu has some opinions about me, but I don't make movies anymore, and Shaw Brothers can't control me." Besides, even on TVB, he is not alone in the matter. ”
"Oh, that's good!" Li Xuan nodded comfortingly.
Unlike later generations who thought of Shaw Yifu when they mentioned TVB, the current chairman of the board of directors of TVB is not Shaw Yifu, but Lee Hsiao-wo of the Lee Hysan family.
Lee Hau-wo was born in Hong Kong in 1909. Lee Hysan's third son, a core member of the famous "Lee Hysan Family" in Hong Kong. The Lee Hysan family is one of the four oldest families in Hong Kong, alongside the Ho Tung, Fu Lao Rong, and Lo Man Kam families. In 1967, Lee Hau-wo founded Television Broadcasts Hong Kong Limited, also known as TVB, and became the first chairman of the board of directors, and has been re-elected since then.
When Li Xuan first crossed over, he often confused wireless with Shaw Brothers. However, he soon learned that the big boss of TVB was Li Xiaohe, Shao Yifu was only a shareholder of TVB, and Shaw Brothers Pictures was Shao Yifu's family property. The big bosses of the two companies are not the same, and they can't be mixed together. Even TVB wants to go to the Shaw Brothers studio to film, but like others, they have to pay rent to Shaw Brothers Pictures.
However, in recent years, Li Xiaohe has been unwell due to his advanced age and physical discomfort, and he has already planned to retire. In addition, no one in the Lee Hysan family wanted to take over the TV station, so Shao Yifu became Li Xiaohe's first choice, so many affairs of wireless have been handed over to Shao Yifu.
I don't know what impact these things will have on the future father and son of the Wang family.
"That's right, Xuan Zai." Wang Tianlin suddenly asked: "Your horror movie has been painted in other cities, right?" How's the box office? ”
"Well, that's good......" Li Xuan smiled and nodded.
Li Xuan finally understood a sentence at this time - the box office of Hong Kong movies in other cities is the biggest.
With the painting of "Cursed Grudge" in Yueben and Southeast Asia, good news also poured towards Li Xuan. The total box office revenue of the entire Southeast Asia reached more than 12 million Hong Kong dollars, although it is less than the above, but it is more than the bottom.
What made Li Xuan even more happy was that the box office reached 320 million yuan, which is equivalent to more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. What is the ration box office? To put it simply, the part left after the theater chain takes its share of the money is the money that the producer and the distributor of the Hong Kong version can share. According to this calculation, Li Xuan's box office dividend alone can be at least 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
No wonder some people say that at this time, it is the second largest movie box office market in the world after the North American market; It's no wonder that so many movies are made in Hong Kong every day, and although most of them lost money when they were screened in Hong Kong, they couldn't stop the enthusiasm of those filmmakers!
However, the issuance in other cities is not good at all, and it cannot be settled as quickly as in Hong Kong, and Li Xuan will have to wait at least about a month to get the dividends. But thinking that he became a multimillionaire in a month, Li Xuan's heart was still happy.
Hearing Li Xuan's statement, Wang Tianlin nodded and said casually: "Look at the situation, I'm afraid this film industry is going to become more and more lively!" ”
Getting more and more lively? Wang Tianlin had something to say, and Li Xuan hurriedly asked, "Uncle Wang, what's wrong?" Is there any inside information? ”
"Hehe......" Wang Tianlin laughed softly and said: "A few days ago, a few old friends got together, and I heard that Lei Juekun, the helmsman of the Lei family, also wanted to do this business, and in the past few days, he has been discussing the return of Lisheng Cinema from Jiahe." ”
"Huh? It's true? Li Xuan asked in surprise.
Wang Tianlin didn't speak, just nodded.
Who is Lei Juekun?
He is a well-known Hong Kong tycoon who is mainly engaged in public transport and real estate, and is currently a director of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, and also owns a major stake in Kowloon Development with a net asset value of 2 billion yuan.
Moreover, this Lisheng Cinema Line was established by the Lei family, but this small cinema line with only four cinemas has been rented out to Golden Harvest for use over the years.
However, although this Lei Juekun seems to have a big family, the troubles that come with it are not small.
Lui Kowloon Motor Company's main business is the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, but four years ago, the Hong Kong government implemented a profit control scheme that stipulated that the annual profit return of Kowloon Motor Bus should not exceed 16%. It also supported new bus companies, which increased the number of bus companies in Hong Kong from two to five. These adverse events occurred one after another, causing the share price of Kowloon Bus to fall into a long-term weak state thereafter.
As for the Lei family's holding of Kowloon Jianye, there is actually another Wu family that also has a lot of shares in it. Now the Lei family and the Wu family are fighting openly and secretly in the company, and a major earthquake may break out at any time if the Kowloon Construction Group is not good.
Lei Juekun, who was annoyed by these things, was attracted by the strong growth of the movie box office in recent years, and was interested in entering the film industry, and also contacted other retail cinemas everywhere, preparing to form a large-scale cinema chain that could compete with Golden Harvest Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas.
However, Li Xuan was surprised at this time, but he knew that Lei Juekun was the big boss of the Golden Princess Cinema in the later generations, and the driving force behind the famous Xinyicheng Film Company. is this Golden Princess Cinema, and later Jiahe and Shaw Brothers teamed up and never fought, and they lost completely.
Now this Lei Juekun is going to form a theater, isn't it the golden princess in the future!
"Ahh
Wang Jin suddenly let out a loud shout that interrupted Li Xuan's deep thought.
Looking at the fat man Wang with an anxious face, Li Xuan said, "Sit down, it's useless for you to be in a hurry." Moreover, what should you do if you scream so loudly in the delivery room and frighten your daughter-in-law? ”
"Huh? No way? Wang Fatzi finally realized that he had just made a mistake, and hurriedly sat down on the chair beside him.
Li Xuan pursed his mouth disdainfully and said, "It's nothing, you just ...... quiet."
"Ahh Suddenly, there was a loud scream in the delivery room.
Wang Jin jumped up from the chair in fright, and Li Xuan and the three of them also stared at the door of the delivery room without moving.
The whole space seemed to fall silent.
Two seconds later......
"Wow-"
A loud baby cry broke the silence.
A new life has been born!