"Eh, Uncle Huai?!"

Li Xuan looked at Zou Wenhuai in front of him in amazement, and then vaguely glanced at Shao Yifu who was drinking tea at the tea party in the distance. He didn't expect that he had just arrived at the Peninsula Hotel, and he unexpectedly met Zou Wenhuai at the gate.

This guy isn't a regular at The Peninsula Hotel, so what is he doing here?

"Ha, Ah Xuan, the victory of "Gambling Saint", congratulations." Zou Wenhuai greeted politely.

"Hehe, it's just a small victory, and then I don't have to watch Uncle Huai's Jiahe performance." Li Xuan complimented, and asked very curiously, "Is Uncle Huai also here for afternoon tea?" It's rare. ”

Zou Wenhuai straightened the collar of his shirt and replied: "Afternoon tea, who in Hong Kong doesn't drink it?" But afternoon tea is just one of them, and the main thing is that I made an appointment to talk about something. ”

"Oh?"

"Haha, okay, I'm done talking, so I won't delay your time, say goodbye! Oh, by the way, Ah Xuan......" Zou Wenhuai was just about to leave first, but he suddenly stopped after taking half a step, and asked with a smile: "The celebration banquet of "The Saint of Gambling", don't forget to send me a copy of the invitation." ”

Li Xuan raised his hand and replied, "It must be!" ”

"Then Ah Xuan, you're busy, I'll go first, goodbye." Zou Wenhuai glanced at Shao Yifu's teahouse in the distance, and then really said goodbye and walked out.

"Goodbye, Uncle Huai."

Looking at the back of Zou Wenhuai striding away, Li Xuan always felt that something was wrong. Thinking that he and Zou Wenhuai had been fighting openly and secretly for things in the past few months, Li Xuan frowned. Then he started walking towards Shao Yifu's special tea house.

"Ah Xuan is here, let's call it whatever you want to drink." Shao Yifu raised the black tea in his hand and nodded lightly.

"Mint tea, thank you." Li Xuan casually explained to the waiter, then looked at Shao Yifu and said with a smile: "Sixth Uncle's habit of drinking afternoon tea has lasted for decades. ”

Shao Yifu smiled and said, "It's natural to get used to it, and now I don't drink afternoon tea for a day." I don't feel comfortable all over. ”

"It's a good thing, the way to maintain health." Li Xuan praised it, and then asked, "By the way, Sixth Uncle, I just met ...... at the door."

"You said Wen Huai?" Shao Yifu rubbed his teacup and said with a smile: "Like you, he also asked me to talk about things, but obviously we just finished talking." ”

“……”

This undisguised answer made Li Xuan very stunned, what could Zou Wenhuai do if he could find Shao Yifu? Obviously, Shao Yifu, a pure businessman, showed his goods as soon as possible, which was equivalent to telling Li Xuan directly - my things are very popular. Hurry up and pay for it!

Well, Li Xuan really can't help but ask.

"What did Uncle Sixth and Uncle Huai talk about......" Li Xuan paused, and said thoughtfully: "Is it about the Shaw Brothers Cinemas?" ”

"Not bad."

Li Xuan frowned. Suddenly smiled: "I think the two of you shouldn't have reached a deal." ”

"Oh-? How do you know? Shao Yifu asked meaningfully.

"If the matter between Uncle Sixth and Uncle Huai is settled. That just now, or ...... now" Li Xuan said with a smile: "The two of them should continue to drink tea and continue to talk loudly, instead of leaving one and parting ways now." ”

Shao Yifu nodded slightly and praised: "Hehe." The analysis is good. ”

"Then, Sixth Uncle, what are the conditions for you and Uncle Huai?" Li Xuan asked directly.

Shao Yifu thought for a while and replied: "He wants to directly spend 100 million to buy the best five theaters under my hands, but just like I told you before." I've got to leave a root, so ......"

"So Uncle Six, you only rent and don't sell?" Li Xuan asked with pain.

Shao Yifu nodded. The two words that are often said today popped up: "Not bad." ”

Although Shao Yifu, who was born in a film family, has planned to give up Shaw Brothers Pictures, as he said to Li Xuan a few years ago, he still wants to leave a root for making movies.

Just like what Shaw Brothers did in the original world, not long after Shaw Brothers closed its doors, a small group of people left behind by Shaw Brothers Pictures borrowed their lives with the help of Shaw Yifu to open a film company called "Metropolis". The name of this company sounds very unfamiliar, not as loud as Xinyicheng or Yongsheng, but if you talk about Zhou Xingchi's "Judge of the Dead", "Jigong" and "Night of the Soul", I am afraid that few people don't know.

Since Shao Yifu plans to continue playing movies, he will not be unaware of the importance of his own cinema chain to movies, who has been making movies for decades.

A film company does not have its own theater, and a good schedule can't take its turn to make its own movies. For example, McDonald Bear, who has been very depressed now, has always been very worried about the schedule of the movie, but fortunately, Xinyicheng has been in turmoil recently, and Princess Jin has made room for him. Another example is Debao, which is about to develop, and it is estimated that it will soon start to worry about a good schedule.

And Shao Yifu chose to only rent and not sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas, obviously in order to be able to say something in the theaters in the future, leaving a way back for his movies to get some good schedules.

This back road is a good idea for Shao Yifu or other people who don't have a theater. But for people like Li Xuan and Zou Wenhuai, who are already good at their own theaters, it is obviously a choice that hurts and is both painful and weak.

No wonder Zou Wenhuai and Shao Yifu didn't talk about it, he, like Li Xuan, wanted to increase the number of theaters in order to improve his control over their respective theaters, and now he went to rent the theater line when he was full.

Only rent, not sell, Li Xuan doesn't want to spend this unjust money.

"Well, Sixth Uncle......" Li Xuan pondered for a moment and asked slowly, "Do you really want to only rent and not sell?" You must know that the income of your dozen or so cinemas is not as good as day by day, and there are not many people in Hong Kong who are willing to spend a lot of money at this time. ”

"Hehe, don't be in a hurry, shop around, anyway, the land is there, even if you don't make a movie theater at that time, you will definitely not lose money." Shao Yifu happily replied, he would not be frightened by Li Xuan's two words, he was very relieved about the future of Hong Kong just now.

Besides, how could his 100 million in Zhejiang be spent in vain?

This old fox! Li Xuan scolded secretly in his heart, and said helplessly: "Could it be that Sixth Uncle still plans to wait?" To be honest, I am also very interested in the leading theaters of the sixth uncle, if the sixth uncle is willing to sell, the price is easy to negotiate. ”

"Heh, you only plan to buy three or four theaters, and I don't have a place to go to the remaining ten or so theaters?" Shao Yifu said with a smile.

"How so!" Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders and replied: "After this stock market crash in Hong Kong, the economy will definitely get better again, and when the time comes, just like you just said, the land will definitely not be lost there." ”

"Ha, you people can find words in words." Shao Yifu stretched out his fingers and scolded with a smile.

Li Xuan looked at Shao Yifu and was in a good mood, and hurriedly asked, "Then the sixth uncle, ...... the theaters under your hands?"

"Okay, Ah Xuan, don't think that a few words can impress me, Wen Huai's mouth is much more powerful than yours." Shao Yifu directly interrupted Li Xuan's words and said: "Let's wait a little longer for the cinema line, I will think about it more, and only after shopping around can I make a decision on what to do." ”

“……”

His grandma's! The feelings themselves have been talking for a long time, and this saliva has been wasted. Li Xuan looked helplessly at the old man in front of him, who didn't eat oil and salt, and had a feeling that a dog biting a hedgehog couldn't bite it.

I don't know if this Shaw Brothers Pictures has collapsed like this, why Shao Yifu hasn't let go.

As a result, Li Xuan made a special trip to the Peninsula Hotel and had an afternoon with Shao Yifu, and poured a stomach full of tea that could not make Shao Yifu relax. This guy held on to the words of shopping around, and happily blocked all of Li Xuan's advice. It wasn't until Li Xuan drove back to the company alone that he recalled the meeting between the two in the afternoon and felt that something was wrong.

The word Shao Yifu said the most in the afternoon was not 'good', but 'shop around'!

The more Li Xuan pondered, the more strange he felt, and now there are only Li Xuan and Zou Wenhuai who are interested in Shaw Brothers on the surface, how can Shao Yifu shop around? So is this word a casual remark of Shao Yifu or a true portrayal of Shaw Brothers now? Or is there another person who secretly contacted Shao Yifu and intended to snatch this cake? If there is such a person, who is he? Lei Juekun? Or maybe it's some hidden tycoon with a huge amount of money?

A large number of inexplicable questions came to mind, making Li Xuan feel a little headache. Just when he was about to call someone to investigate secretly, an incident happened that made him put all these doubts aside for the time being and devote himself to the preparation of another work.

Just 26 days after the release of "The Saint of Gambling", the box office finally broke through 30 million!