Chapter 154: Bargaining
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After hearing Li Mingbao's words, the sixth uncle frowned and said, "Why is the decoration so good?" Can it be used? Hong Kong's cinema chain, who is not like that now? If you want me to say, decoration and everything is secondary, and if you can use it, you can continue to use it, and the theater line is fundamental. If there is no theater, where can you decorate even if you are decorating?
The fundamental thing is the most important, so the price of the theater chain must not be too low. It's too low, I might as well push the theater out and build a house to play. ”
"Sixth uncle, are you joking? With the current housing prices in Hong Kong, it is not easy for you to recoup the cost of building a house. I've heard that the British side is now discussing the Hong Kong issue, and something may happen. When there is a problem, who will be willing to buy a house? If you do this, when will the money be recovered? Although there is a connection between the film industry and the real estate industry, it is really a bit unreasonable to play that as an old man, Uncle Six. The matter of building a house, you still hand it over to Boss Li, he is the professional. Li Mingbao said jokingly.
Li Mingbao said that Boss Li is naturally Li Jiacheng, although no one has called others yet, but his career is now a big one in Hong Kong, and this big guy is an expert in repairing houses.
If it is a year and a half later, building a house may be more profitable than building a cinema chain, at least in terms of the location of several movie theaters in the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, no matter how you build a house, you will not lose money. But now, the whole society in Hong Kong is in a state of restlessness, what kind of price can a house be sold for?
"Anyway, Shaw Brothers Cinemas won't sell cheaply, and if you want to sell it, you have to sell it at a good price, otherwise I won't make a move." The sixth uncle began to cheat.
"Then what is your psychological base price, Uncle Six? It's good for me to refer to it when I say it. Li Mingbao smiled indifferently.
"500 million Hong Kong dollars, I won't sell it if it is less than 500 million Hong Kong dollars." The sixth uncle said with a straight face.
Hearing Uncle Six's offer, Li Mingbao smiled angrily: "Uncle Six, do you really treat me as a wronged boss?" 500 million Hong Kong dollars? You think I'm so good at money, don't you? Since Uncle Six, your psychological price is so high, that's good, this Shaw Brothers Cinema will be left to Uncle Six to, I really don't want it. 500 million Hong Kong dollars, I take the money out, which part of Hong Kong I can't buy a good one? Even if the house is demolished and a theater is rebuilt, 500 million Hong Kong dollars is enough.
In that case, I still get a brand new movie theater, so why do I need those old Shaw Brothers houses? Since Uncle Sixth is so insincere, forget about this matter today, just because I didn't say it, you didn't ask. Shaw Brothers Cinemas, it's better to put it in your hands Uncle Six. ”
I knew that Uncle Six was not a fuel-efficient lamp, but I didn't expect Uncle Six to be so open-mouthed at this time. Although Li Mingbao can get 500 million Hong Kong dollars, he needs 22 movie theaters, most of which are still small, and there are only four leading theaters, including Li Stage.
The sixth uncle dared to offer 500 million yuan for such a thing, and he really thought that Li Mingbao was a fool.
Seeing Li Mingbao's expression, the sixth uncle was also indifferent: "500 million Hong Kong dollars, it's really not much." The reputation of Shaw Brothers Cinemas for decades is an intangible asset, and you also know how well-known a big theater like Lee Stage is in Hong Kong. As long as you take over the theater chain, you will be able to make a profit immediately, and you won't have to do publicity or anything.
How much time will you save compared to building a new movie theater? As long as you do the math, you will know that the price of Uncle Sixth is absolutely not falsely reported. That is, Ah Bao, I will give this price, if it is someone else, I will not offer the price at all, Uncle Six, I will only rent out the theater, although the money is less, but the theater is ultimately Uncle Six's own. ”
When Uncle Sixth talked about the reputation of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Li Mingbao smiled even more. What reputation can Shaw Brothers Cinemas have now? If it weren't for the fact that several of his movies were screened in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, then the Shaw Brothers Cinemas would already be bad movie theaters in the eyes of Hong Kong people. You don't want to see any good movies when you go in.
What kind of reputation does such a theater chain pay attention to? He is not Pan Disheng, he won the theater chain and bought the film company, all for other purposes. He really wants to make this thing his own industry. The sixth uncle used these unobtrusive things to fool Li Mingbao, how could he fool him?
Li Mingbao was in a bad mood at this time, the sixth uncle was difficult, and Li Mingbao knew it. But he didn't expect a chicken rib in the hands of the sixth uncle, but he still wanted to sell the price of the bear's paw, Li Mingbao is a knowledgeable person, so the sixth uncle still wants to make a lot of money, and it is really worthy of dying to ask for money.
"Sixth uncle, let's put it this way, I can't accept your price. I don't play with you Uncle Six. Shaw Cinemas, I have the idea of acquisition, and my attitude is also very firm. But in terms of price, I will only give you 200 million Hong Kong dollars at most, not a penny more, if you want to Uncle Six, then you can sign a contract. If you don't want to, then you will break up.
Anyway, the cinema chain here in Hong Kong is not only one in your hands, Uncle Six, I can buy Boss Lei's cinema, anyway, he is a businessman, and he doesn't have much affection for the film industry, as long as my price is enough, he has no reason not to sell.
And the situation on Princess Jin's side, Uncle Six, you also know that they are not the same boss, and the reason why Boss Lei became the general manager of Princess Jin is because the movie theater in his hand is the largest and strongest. As long as I take down the movie theater in Boss Lei's hands, then Princess Jin and the others will definitely not object to me becoming the master.
can also achieve the effect, the money I spent on Boss Lei will definitely not exceed 100 million Hong Kong dollars. When it comes to fame, perhaps Princess Jin's reputation is much better than the current Shaw Brothers. After all, the audience likes the new and hates the old. The glory of Shaw Brothers in the past does not add much to the present.
Since the establishment of Princess Jin, although they can't say that there are no bad movies screened at all, at least there are good movies. And what about Shaw Brothers? What other movies can I come up with besides my three films? Li Mingbao said with a sneer.
In '82, Hong Kong's cinema chain was actually still very difficult. This is not only the Shaw Brothers, but even Golden Harvest and Princess Jin cannot be said to be completely profitable. After all, in the general environment, Hong Kong films have not yet fully matured. Although there are some good films that come out and win a lot of box office, most of the time, the movies screened in Hong Kong theaters are not good films, and even at midnight, the vast majority of movie theaters are showing, and in this way, the attendance rate is not guaranteed.
If two years later, after eighty-four years, the Hong Kong film industry has made great progress under the breakthrough of several directors, then the theater chain will really be a golden doll. And now, even Boss Lei can't see hope.
To be honest, Boss Lei's vision is very good, he was able to see that Hong Kong movies might be revived in the 80s, and then resolutely made a golden princess. Li Mingbao still admires his vision.
But Boss Lei's life was not very good, although he saw the glory, he didn't really wait for the good time. Although everyone says that the 80s in Hong Kong was the most glorious time for movies, the real glory of Hong Kong movies was only for a few short years, and Boss Lei, who gradually faded out of the entertainment industry in 85 years, was actually only stained with a little glory.
The glory of Hong Kong movies is not supported by the New Arts City, a hundred flowers compete for beauty, it is a glorious moment, and the New Arts City may only be said to have opened a glorious era, but they did not enjoy much of the fruits of victory, but because of the strength of the previous few years, they offended other film companies, and made the careers of several people in Mecca become very difficult. In the end, he had to fade out of the circle, and there was no hope of a comeback.
When the Hong Kong cinema chain is really a golden doll, let alone 200 million Hong Kong dollars, even if it is the 500 million price that Uncle Sixth is now opening, it is a bit idle. But now, there are still several years before the glory time, and as a result, the sixth uncle opened his mouth with 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and he was a little weak-hearted.
Therefore, now Li Mingbao has opened a price of 200 million, which is really not very low, it can only be said that it is not high, but to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas at such a price, in fact, Uncle Six is not much at a loss, it can only be said that he did not make much money.
This is not only understood by Li Mingbao, but also by the sixth uncle. It's not that Li Mingbao doesn't want to quote a lower price. But if the price is lower, Uncle Six will never sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas. After all, Uncle Sixth is no one else, although he is short of money, it is not that there is no way to get money. With Uncle Six's reputation in Hong Kong, if he borrows money from the bank, he will definitely be able to borrow some, too much may not be possible, but hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars are no problem.
For such a big guy, if you want to take advantage of your life, you will only end up with a chicken and egg fight. That's why Li Mingbao will offer a price of 200 million, which is not too much, not too little, and has just reached the standard line of the sixth uncle.
Hearing Li Mingbao's comments, Uncle Six's face was a little unsightly. The situation of Shaw Brothers movies in the past two years is indeed very bad, otherwise he would not have the idea of making a move. But if you understand such a thing, you can forget it, so why do you have to say it generously? Doesn't this make it clear that Uncle Six will be embarrassed?
But Uncle Sixth also knew that Li Mingbao said this, it was just a normal bargaining plot, and it didn't mean to target him, so even if he was angry, he couldn't sprinkle it on Li Mingbao, but Uncle Six's anger must be vented, and when this matter is over, those directors of Shaw Brothers movies will definitely become Uncle Six's punching bag. But these things don't have much to do with Li Mingbao, so Li Mingbao doesn't have to worry too much.
"200 million Hong Kong dollars, it's really a little less. If a signboard like Shaw Brothers only sold for 200 million, it would be difficult to explain to the outside. Otherwise, Li Sheng, see if you can give a little more, 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line will be yours. It's also an old brand, and it still has a lot of advantages over new movie theaters. The sixth uncle had no choice but to pretend to be pitiful and said.