On February 26, the Chinese New Year stalls came to an end.

Golden Harvest's "Rich Train" topped the list with a box office of 28 million, once again winning the box office champion of the Lunar New Year; "The Best Partner Saves the Poor Woman" followed with a box office of 27 million, which made a good start for the new art city this year, and also made people see the confidence and domineering of the new art city to rise again.

Although the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" is only 22 million, as the only literary film, it can still achieve such a box office under the attack of two major commercial films, and no one thinks that Dark Horse International has lost the Chinese New Year. On the contrary, more and more people are optimistic about Chen Ping'an and Dark Horse International to take over the banner of literary films from Shaw Brothers.

Especially after the painting of "Sword and Horse" was completed, Shaw Brothers held a special press conference to release the major event that shook the Asian film industry - Shaw Brothers decided to liquidate!

Although the rumors of Shaw Brothers' liquidation have long been reported, when it really happened, it was still difficult for many people to accept.

Founded in 1958, Shaw Brothers has produced thousands of films to the world. Shaw Brothers costume martial arts films, kung fu films, palace films, and literary films have accompanied the growth of generation after generation, becoming popular one after another stars and directors, and one by one old opponents have been defeated or even closed. And now, it's finally your turn.

Nostalgia for the past is inevitable, but what the world is most concerned about is the changes caused by the closure of Shaw Brothers in the Hong Kong film industry.

Shaw Brothers has been established for many years, and there are many outstanding film talents under its umbrella, where will these people go? What actions will Golden Harvest, New Arts City, and Dark Horse International take to strengthen themselves from the collapsed Shaw Clan? Is the cinema line to be established by Dark Horse International the cinema line of the original Shaw Brothers? Did Chen Ping'an already know the news? Does this mean that Shaw Brothers employees are going to join Dark Horse International?

In the end, people were surprised to find that the problem finally fell on Dark Horse International, and Chen Ping'an and his Dark Horse International seemed to have become the biggest beneficiary of Shaw Brothers' liquidation!

So a new question arises, according to the principle of the biggest beneficiary suspicion, could it be that Dark Horse International is behind the liquidation of Shaw Brothers?

The reporters went crazy to interview Shaw Brothers Shaw Yifu, interview Fang Yihua, interview Shaw Brothers executives, and interview Shaw Brothers directors, trying to find out what role Dark Horse International played in the liquidation of Shaw Brothers. But the Shaw Brothers people kept silent about this, and Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua only said that this was the company's decision and had nothing to do with others, but how could the reporter be willing to stop there?

It's one thing to believe it or not, it's another thing for this news to be valuable!

The Shaw Brothers couldn't get valuable news, and reporters rushed to Dark Horse International to interview Chen Ping'an. At that time, Chen Ping'an was in Taiwan, enjoying the happy time of the two with Lin Yixia; Shi Nansheng, the vice president of the company, was angry that Chen Ping'an shook his hands too thoroughly, and pushed everything on Chen Ping'an, saying that he didn't know anything and had nothing to say.

Fortunately, Chen Ping'an's trip to Taiwan and his return to Hong Kong were carried out quietly, and the paparazzi in the 80s were not as fierce as later generations, so outsiders rarely knew where he was in this month, otherwise his relationship with Lin Yixiao would definitely be dug up by reporters.

When he was in Taiwan, he immediately heard about the liquidation of Shaw Brothers from Shi Nansheng's phone. At that time, Shi Nansheng also thought that this matter was related to him, and asked him if he had a follow-up plan and what the company needed to do to cooperate with his plan.

I've got a fart plan! In Chen Ping'an's imagination, Shaw Brothers will not finish until the middle of the year, and at that time, most of the box office of "Ghost Love" will arrive, and he can easily spread out his stall and wait to accept most of the unemployed Shaw Brothers employees. Otherwise, why did he stipulate that the balance of the cinema sales contract he signed with Shaw Brothers should be paid before May?

It can be said that Shaw's sudden announcement of liquidation caught him off guard!

It can't be Fang Yihua's intention! Chen Ping'an was skeptical. But at this point, it is useless to say anything, and the urgent thing to delay now is to grab valuable wealth from the collapsed Shaw Clan. No Hong Kong film company will miss this feast, like dozens of sharks that smell blood, all of them pounce on Shaw Brothers. The large number of film talents that Shaw Brothers has cultivated and hoarded over the decades are very valuable for any film company, and a large number of equipment and props from Shaw Brothers Pictures can also be purchased at a low price.

He instructed Shi Nansheng to spare no effort to grab talents from Shaw Brothers, and with his own memory, he deliberately named out some people, so that Shi Nansheng must grab it, and the equipment sold by Shaw Brothers at a low price can be bought as much as you can use it.

Chen Ping'an, who had just returned to Hong Kong, did not show up in a hurry, and even contacted Fang Yihua because it was unnecessary. The Shaw Brothers suddenly announced the liquidation, Fang Yihua didn't even say hello, his attitude was already very clear, he could not rely on the cooperative relationship with the Shaw Brothers to take the lead in this gluttonous feast, he could only rely on himself to grab it, and rely on his own strength to speak.

The company's new office location is very important at this moment.

A few years ago, Shi Nansheng contacted the Causeway Bay Convention Center and wanted to rent two floors on the top floor as a new office location for Dark Horse International. At first, the two sides negotiated very well and prepared to sign a contract after the New Year, but after the New Year, things suddenly made waves.

After the New Year, Shi Nansheng went to the other party to sign a lease. Who would have thought that there are tenants on the top two floors whose leases are not yet fulfilled and that they need to be delayed for several months to deliver. Of course, if Dark Horse International wants to lease it immediately, it will have to bear the breach of contract of the Causeway Bay Convention Center and compensate those tenants for liquidated damages of about 6 million.

Don't you go to paralysis!

Chen Ping'an was annoyed when he heard it. It's not that he can't get six million, but why! If you had said no, I could have prepared for the re-selection of the site as soon as possible, and only said that there was a problem and that there was a problem, not deliberately looking for trouble! Now is the critical moment, only by supporting the façade of Dark Horse International can we attract more talents!

Shi Nansheng was also very annoyed, suffering from no other way, Ye Zhi has a wide range of connections, and it took only one day to find out that someone greeted a director of Hongkong Land Group and deliberately made it difficult for Dark Horse International.

Is Hongkong Land very dicked? Lao Tzu took over the Causeway Bay Convention Center!

Chen Ping'an was aroused by the real fire, asked Ye Zhiming to help contact, and the next day he took Shi Nansheng, Ye Zhiming and Zhang Ziyang to directly find Jardine Matheson and meet with the executive president of Jardine Matheson.

The Causeway Bay Convention Center is a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson, and Hongkong Land is a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson.

Jardine Matheson is also notorious in China. In the thirties of the 19th century, it was founded by two Britons of Scottish origin in Guangzhou to carry out the opium trade. During Lin Zexu's smoking ban, it was the founder of Jardine Matheson who ran back to England and personally lobbied the British government in London to start a war with the Manchus, triggering the Opium War.

After more than a century of development, Jardine Matheson has diversified its investments, in addition to trade, it has also invested in the construction of railways, dockyards, various factories and mines; Operate shipping, banking and other industries. However, with the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of Jardine Matheson's business and assets in mainland China were nationalized, and the company's headquarters was moved back to Hong Kong.

Now that the Sino-British negotiations have ended, it is determined that Hong Kong will return to 97, and the red regime has left a huge shadow on Jardine Matheson, and they have begun to seek a way out, the year before last, the company's registered location was moved from Hong Kong to Bermuda, and at the same time, it was planned to move the listing location of the company and its subsidiaries from Hong Kong to Singapore or London, and the company's focus must be shifted from Hong Kong before 97.

Of course, based on this alone, it is impossible for Jardine Matheson to sell the Causeway Bay Convention Center to Chen Ping'an, although it will definitely be sold before 97, but in the face of the rising property market, the later they sell, the more they will earn, and they can still receive a lot of rent every year.

However, Chen Ping'an made a condition that they could not refuse - to buy the Tseung Kwan O plot in the hands of Jardine Matheson.

Jardine Matheson played a pivotal role in the early development of Hong Kong, and was known as "Jardine Matheson before Hong Kong". It operates in many industries such as construction, real estate, shipping, retail, investment banking, hotels, insurance, etc., and has a close relationship with the British government in Hong Kong.

In the early 80s, in order to show its support for the British government, Jardine Matheson acquired a large plot of land in Tseung Kwan O from the British government, and the British government also promised to develop the Tseung Kwan O area in the future. Who wants to sign the "Sino-British Joint Declaration" at the end of 84, the people of Hong Kong are unstable, and the development speed of the British government in Tseung Kwan O has been greatly reduced.

Although the property market began to warm up last year and land prices rose, Tseung Kwan O was too biased, and the support of the British government in Hong Kong was weak. You can't build a cheap housing estate!

Chen Ping'an is willing to take over the Tseung Kwan O plot at the original price, which is actually beneficial to both parties, and Jardine Matheson can still be calm. But when he proposed to build a series of supporting facilities such as a film and television city, office buildings and staff dormitories on the plot, this made the CEO of Jardine Matheson unable to calm down.

Jardine Matheson has a subsidiary called Gammon Construction, which is to build buildings! Chen Ping'an is expected to complete the overall construction plan in three phases, with a total investment of about 800 million Hong Kong dollars. Counting the funds for the purchase of the Causeway Bay Convention Centre and the Tseung Kwan O plot, the total amount is definitely more than one billion!

Chen Ping'an, the CEO of Dark Horse International, is also too unreliable, how can such a big business be negotiated casually! No matter what, I have to contact my subordinates more than a dozen times, and the CEOs of both sides will meet again to finalize the final contract!

However, there is no reason to refuse the door-to-door business, especially when it involves a huge amount of money, and the attitude of the CEO of Jardine Matheson instantly became extremely enthusiastic: "Oh, it's almost noon, can Mr. Chen have a lunch together, my personal assistant is your loyal fan and admires you very much!" After speaking, he made a phone call, and two minutes later, two OLs wearing professional clothes and bulging chests walked in. RS