Chapter Seventy-Six: Qiu Degen's Ambition
"Qiu Sheng, have you really thought about it?"
"I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I don't want to miss it again. Sixth brother, you know I've always wanted to engage in film and television, I'm sorry this time. ”
"There's nothing to be sorry about, everyone has their own ambitions." Shao Yifu sighed. "It's just that after your shares are sold, it's hard to get them back later."
Shao Tycoon's time is really unfavorable. Blade Runner, which spent 100 million Hong Kong coins to shoot in Hollywood, suffered Waterloo, and he couldn't even get back half of his capital, and Shaw Brothers movies were powerless to be squeezed out by Golden Harvest and the newly rising Golden Princess in Hong Kong. Thinking of this, Uncle Shao couldn't help but secretly regret what happened last year.
Last year, a domestic film company came to Shaw Brothers to cooperate in the filming of Shaolin Temple, and Uncle Shao Liu not only wanted to take the opportunity to have a relationship with the country, but also was afraid of offending Taiwan, so he was in a dilemma. In the end, the opportunity was given to the leftist film company Zhongyuan Film and Television in Xiangjiang. Of course, in order to prevent domestic ideas, Uncle Six also pulled the big names of the Shaw Brothers into it to take on various roles. The cast list of Shaolin Temple is almost an all-star lineup of Shaw Brothers, but it is a pity that it is dominated by a hairy boy from the mainland.
The fire in Shaolin Temple caught Uncle Six by surprise, not to mention Xiangjiang, and it was even more of a fire overseas. A large number of overseas Chinese pinned their thoughts on their motherland and hometown into a 90-minute movie, watched the movie over and over again, and brushed the box office of this movie, which seemed old at the time, to a height beyond the reach of later generations.
Now the old friend is going to withdraw his shares and go to Li's.
Li's two years have been overwhelmed by wireless, and the Australian consortium that controls the majority of shares has begun to retreat. Seeing that the opponent was about to fall, Shao Yifu was secretly happy. I never thought that the Australian consortium hadn't withdrawn yet, and the one who wanted to take over came, or my old friend for many years, how could I be entangled.
"I've thought about it, but I can't wait any longer." Qiu Degen was silent for a while, then lowered his head and said.
Shao Yifu sighed, this is an unsolvable problem. Unless he comes down by himself, Qiu Degen's chance is only Li's. He has no intention of letting go, although he is in his seventies, Shao Laoliu is still enthusiastic about film and television. Shaw Brothers is about to die, wireless is his last straw, there is nothing to put away, and it is time to retire.
After talking for an hour, seeing that Qiu Degen had made up his mind, Shao Yifu reluctantly agreed to take over Qiu Degen's 10% shares. Now Shao Yifu's position in wireless is more stable, and no one can shake it. Qiu Degen freed up the funds to buy Li, which was valued at less than half of the wireless price.
Walking out of the screening hall, Qiu Degen's mood was a little relaxed and reluctant. is more than ten years younger than Brother Shao, and it is normally a good choice to wait for the seventy-year-old Sixth Uncle to retire before taking over the wireless. is more than seventy, it is said that it is time to retire and recuperate, but the sixth brother is still enthusiastic back then, which makes Qiu Degen envious and helpless.
It's better to grasp the opportunity in your own hands, and no matter how good the wireless is, it's not your own. Thinking like this, Qiu Degen shook off the last trace of distraction and left.
"Old Qiu?" Li Xuechu, who came out of Huaxing, happened to meet Qiu Degen.
"Chuzai?" Qiu Degen looked back in surprise. "What a coincidence, I just came out and ran into it again. How was it and how did you feel after visiting Wireless? ”
"It's okay, I can't imagine that running a TV station costs so much money, has so many personnel and equipment, and it's really a lot bigger than a film company." Li Xuechu shook his head and sighed.
"There's no comparison between TV and movies." Qiu Degen smiled: "The investment is large, the return is low, but it is better to be stable, as long as you don't mess around, it is still easy to make money." Of course, compared to the film industry, this profit margin is far behind. ”
"Yes, but TV has the advantages of TV, so I would like to participate if I have the chance."
"You want to buy a TV station?" Qiu Degen's brows furrowed imperceptibly, this was not good news for him. Although the other party is young, the capital is not thin, if he fights with himself, Nali's stock price will rise again.
"It's just a matter of taking a stake and getting a seat on the board. It's too much trouble to really run it yourself. Li Xuechu turned his head and smiled: "Old Qiu, if you have the opportunity to cooperate, don't forget to call me." ”
"Hehe, it must be." Qiu Degen casually agreed.
Li Xuechu smiled and stopped talking. It is false to say that I am not interested in TV stations, although I have a lot of money, I have few fixed assets, and my foundation is unstable. Liu, who specializes in stock market speculation, has bought Chinese real estate to become a base camp, and he should also consider converting part of his wealth into fixed assets, which is the foundation. TV stations don't make much money, but they have strong assets and strong social effects. Compared with real estate companies, I am more interested in TV stations.
In history, Qiu Degen's acquisition of Li encountered many twists and turns, and it made a knock on the Australian consortium. As soon as I handed over these words, the other party didn't think about it now, and it might have an effect at that time.
Take a look, you can do it, and if you can't, forget it.
"When I first came to Hong Kong, I did movies." After being silent for a while, Qiu Degen said slowly: "It's the same thing more than 30 years ago, when I just came to Xiangjiang from Shanghai, and I couldn't even speak the local dialect. ”
"Qiu Lao is from Shanghai?" It seems that there are quite a lot of rich people from the magic capital in Xiangjiang.
"I was born in Shanghai, but my hometown is in Suzhou Province."
The topic was interrupted for a moment, but Qiu Degen seemed to be talking in a good mood and did not care. The conversation with Shao Lao Liu seemed to bring out some old things in his heart. "Life was difficult at that time, but fortunately, I used to run a theater and put on slides, and I barely managed to gain a firm foothold in Xiangjiang."
At that time, I was frugal, and I slowly saved a sum of money and opened a small theater. At that time, I had a small capital and couldn't afford to rent new films, but fortunately, there were no big theater companies at that time, and the market was blank. Cinema attendance is very high, and in the past ten years, we have opened 14 cinemas, becoming the rising 'cinema king' in the New Territories. ”
"Later, I saw that it was not easy for the villagers to save and borrow money, and the bankers had their eyes on the rich and the middle class. I think that although the villagers have little money, they have a large number of people, and the market prospect should be very broad. So I established the Far Eastern Bank, put the main business in the countryside, groped for management, relied on credibility and long-term painstaking management, the villagers slowly recognized my bank, and gradually grew stronger, and later changed the bank into a bank. ”
"It's just that in six or five years, there was a run on Xiangjiang, and in order to keep the bank, I stopped all other businesses, and sold and sold them, and passed this difficulty. It's a pity that the film industry in the early years couldn't survive. ”
"After this hurdle, the prestige of the Far Eastern Bank has been greatly enhanced, and the citizens are willing to deposit their money in our bank. The banking business grew and branches were established in Yuen Long and Kowloon, Hong Kong Island. Later, he invested in hotels and amusement parks, and he also made a lot of money. Three years ago, the Far East went public, and I was a success in Xiangjiang. Now is a good opportunity to re-enter the film and television industry. ”
Li Xuechu listened quietly, in awe. They don't have any golden fingers, nor are they professional high-achieving students, and they don't have much financial knowledge, so they rely on the simple concept of traditional Chinese, adhere to integrity and hard work, and start from scratch step by step to get to where they are today. Compared with other people's experiences, my so-called 'success' is really nothing.
"Old Qiu, why do you have to do film and television? Although the film industry is highly profitable, it still can't be compared with financial real estate, right? Li Xuechu was a little puzzled about this.
Qiu Degen was silent for a moment: "This is the dream of me and my ex-wife, who passed away more than ten years ago. If she's still around, I'll be happy to know that I'm going to buy a TV station. ”
is another rich man who entered the film and television industry with feelings.
Feelings are such a thing as an understandable but distant thing for Li Xuechu, who was influenced by pragmatism and money theory in later generations, and the young people in Xiangjiang today are similar to themselves. The generation of reform and opening up with the dream of becoming an industrial power cannot be said to be no, but compared with the generation born and raised in the Republic of China, it is indeed far behind.
Many people of that generation burned their dreams into their spirits, but unfortunately their luck was not good.
"Old Qiu, I heard that Li's Aussie wants to quit?"
"Hehe, this rumor has spread all over the world during this time." Qiu Degen was secretly vigilant.
"If Qiu Lao is in trouble if he wants to buy Li's, he might as well consider me." Li Xuechu said with a smile. "I don't ask for much, just have a 10% share."
Qiu Degen stopped and looked at the teenage boy in silence, as if he wanted to see something in his eyes.
Li Xuechu also looked at him calmly.
"I'll think about it, but maybe the result will disappoint you, Li Sheng."
"That's nothing, I'm just doing things for convenience. I'm not going to sign too many artists, it's a win-win situation to work with a TV station. Li Xuechu said.
It turned out to be this calculation, Qiu Degen breathed a sigh of relief: "This is easy to do, even if Li Sheng, you don't have shares, it doesn't mean that you can't cooperate." Well, I'll prioritize you if possible. ”
"Then I'll thank you first."
The two shook hands and laughed.
A gentleman does not take away people's favor, and after listening to what he said, Li Xuechu really took care of the TV station. But there will be opportunities in the future, and his dream is not his son's.
Feelings may be dispersed as a generation grows older after a few decades.
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