As Lin Xiaozhi expected, whether it was ATV or Wibless, the answer to Xinya's desire to acquire the record companies under their respective names was only one word: "impossible"

ATV's attitude is better, Lin Jianming, who is now actively competing for the position of CEO of ATV, heard the news, and personally called Lin Xiaozhi to his office and explained the importance of the matter to him, as he expected before, it was impossible for Li's record to be sold to him. In comparison, the attitude of the wireless side is much worse, and the president Chen Shuoxiu told Zhu Zhishan, who personally led the team, that it was impossible, and he didn't even listen to the conditions they proposed, and then left under the pretext that he had something to do, and directly snubbed the group of people from the Xinya faction for half an hour, and then let him leave.

On the side of Xinyibao Records, he asked Gao Zhisen for a phone call to Mecca, and Lin Xiaozhi immediately dialed the phone number of Mecca, the president of Xinyicheng, and mentioned the matter to him. This hot-tempered bald guy unexpectedly listened to his words for face, but the most rebellious reply was similar to that of the wireless side, directly for Yibao, after hanging the non-sale label, he chatted a few words and hung up the phone. Lin Xiaozhi's plan to acquire Xinyibao has been temporarily frustrated, and there are not many options left for him.

This is the first time Lin Xiaozhi has met the real boss of Debao, who has a value of billions and is known as the "Hong Kong famous brand king".

"Sit, Lin Sheng is much younger than I thought"

The slightly thin Pan Disheng sat quietly in the corner of this French restaurant that Lin Xiaozhi was no stranger to, wearing a brand-name suit, a brand-name tie, a brand-name leather shoes, and a brand-name belt.

Pan Disheng is worthy of his nickname of the king of famous brands, not only endorsing a number of famous brand clothes in the world, but even himself is a famous brand.

"Boss Pan, because I don't have your contact information, I entrust Mr. Cen to help me send you an invitation, thank you for your face today"

Lin Xiaozhi was not polite to him, in terms of wealth, he is indeed not as good as Pan Disheng now. Pan Disheng, who is only five years older than him, now has a net worth of two or three billion yuan less, and he is also a legendary existence in the entire Hong Kong rich circle. But Lin Xiaozhi is not afraid of him, no matter how good Pan Disheng is, after all, there are limitations, Debao has a good hand of cards in the early years, Hong Jinbao, Hong Jiaban, Cen Jianxun, Zhou Yanfa, Xu Guanwen, Lin Zixiang, Chen Baiqiang, etc., almost all of them used to be Debao's high-level or signed artists, speaking of which when Debao was just born, the foundation was a little stronger than the new art city.

However, Lao Pan engaged in a film company only to promote his own brand, but after a few years, Hong Jinbao took his Hong family class and Jiahe to get closer and closer to toss his Baohe, Cen Jianxun was driven to Debao Cinema, Zhou Yan sent to Xu Ke's studio, Xu Guanwen returned to Xu's Pictures to continue tossing occasional guest hosts, Lin Zishen has not made movies for many years, and concentrates on his singing. It was Chen Baiqiang, the king of the music world, who was offended by Pan Disheng at an astonishingly high price, but not only did he not carefully package Chen Baiqiang in the past few years, but he didn't even give him Zhang Luo's concerts many times. It is the decline of the past few years that makes Chen Baiqiang's influence in the music world worse and worse than that of Principal Tan and Zhang Guorong in the same period, and the failure of his career is also the reason why he is depressed and finally enters the tragedy.

Pulled out the bench and sat down directly opposite Pan Disheng, facing Pan Disheng's gaze, he also calmly let the other party look at him, without the slightest discomfort. Debao had a strong family background back then, and he was not surprised that he was able to enter the ranks of the Big Four before the Shaw Brothers fell. But it was even stronger than the new art city back then, but it finally fell to the end of the big three, but was surpassed by the new art city whose background was far inferior to it, and the initiator was he Pan Disheng.

"Boss Pan, I won't say much gossip. Presumably, Mr. Cen has already explained something to you before, because of the needs of the business, our film company is ready to acquire a record company. A month ago, I accidentally saw in the newspaper that you have a Disheng record under your name, and it seems that you have the intention of making a move, so I asked Boss Pan to come out today, I want to ask Boss Pan, is Boss Pan ready to sell Disheng Records? ”

The two called the waiter after a few pleasantries, this French restaurant is very famous in Hong Kong, he has been to Ye Yuqing many times before, and when he first contacted Ye Zilin, he was also in this restaurant, but he was also familiar with choosing a venison dish. Taking advantage of the gap when the waiter went to prepare for them, Lin Xiaozhi went straight to the point and explained his intention to Pan Disheng directly.

"Lin Sheng......" Pan Disheng put down the wine glass in his hand, picked up a napkin and wiped a little wine on the corner of his mouth, and his face was plain to see that he didn't care about that Disheng record, "The businessman cares most about time and returns, and the little thing about the record company is enough to be done by the people below, even if it is sold, it won't bring me much return, and it won't let me ask in person." The main reason why I came today is that Ah Qiong and Mr. Cen have often mentioned you and you Xinya in my ear recently, which made me have some curiosity to see what kind of magical person Lin Sheng is......"

Lin Xiaozhi raised his eyebrows slightly, anyone who is treated as a monkey may not be in a good mood, and Lin Xiaozhi is the same. It's just that he has a good culture, and he also remembers what he came to see Pan Disheng for today, and when he heard that he didn't care about selling Disheng's records, his mind suddenly became active.

Shrugging his shoulders, he whispered, "What do I have to look at, two eyes, two ears, a nose, and a mouth, exactly like an ordinary person." If you want to say magical, I think Boss Pan is even more magical."

The son of Hong Kong watch merchant Poon Kam-kei, Poon returned to Hong Kong after graduating from university in 1978 and borrowed US$1 million from his father two years later to set up a watch and jewellery store at The Landmark in Central. In 198l, it obtained the Hong Kong agency of the brand arrdauR, and in 1983, it obtained the Hong Kong agency of the PaILauu brand. In 1985, Pan Disheng acquired the listed company Shunfu Enterprise, renamed it Disheng Creation, and injected its retail business, and his assets exceeded 700 million Hong Kong dollars in this year. In 1987, he acquired the famous French brand Dupont for the production of lighters with UU US dollars, and this year he has seven own brands and more than a dozen agency brands, becoming a famous brand with assets of more than 2 billion.

Pan Disheng is proud, and he has no modesty in the compliment in Lin Xiaozhi's words, "Yes, where is there any magical person, it is Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China, with two eyes, two ears, a nose, and a mouth, just like you and me, the admiration of outsiders is just not seeing the sweat behind it." ”

In other words, he compares himself with Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China, and his words are full of confidence in himself. Lin Xiaozhi just smiled and didn't answer, and it happened that the waiter came over with a cart and sent the appetizers before the two of them ordered a good meal, but neither of them had the intention of moving.

Lin Xiaozhi saw that the time was almost up, and said again: "Boss Pan, let's talk about Disheng Records." In the past six months, the call for you to sell Debao has become louder and louder, and I have always thought that there is no wind and no waves. Now that you're ready to sell Debao, what is left of a record company that is about to have only one signed artist left, you can make a price and sell it to us Xinyade."

Pan Disheng glanced at him, with a slight smile on his face, "Good sentence no wind and no waves, Di Sheng Records, I can be the master to sell you, seven million Hong Kong dollars, as long as you Xinya are willing to accept this price, you can sign a contract in the afternoon." ”

"No way, seven million Hong Kong dollars is too much"

Although the negotiation is nothing more than asking for a price to pay back on the spot, Pan Disheng's price is too high. Lin Xiaozhi directly shook his head and refused, and said a little unhappily: "Boss Pan, I, Lin Xiaozhi, am a cheerful person and don't like to rub shoulders with others." If you don't mean to sell, let's make friends today, I'll have a meal and chat, and I'll never mention the matter of Disheng Records again. Why such an excessive price? ”

Di Sheng's shares are half of Pan Disheng's shares, half of Baidai Records, and Pan Disheng asked for 7 million for one mouth, directly raising the price of a leather bag company to 14 million. Let's not mention that even if it is the pillar of Disheng Records, Chen Baiqiang's contract will expire at the end of the year, Chen Baiqiang has been pitted by Pan Disheng for so many years, it is definitely impossible to continue to stay, even if he chooses to stay, with him and Kuang Meiyun, it is really not worth more than 14 million, and it is about 10 million to die.

"Recently, I heard that Warner Records has offered Chen Baiqiang a value of 6 million Hong Kong dollars to invite him to switch to Warner. Boss Pan can afford a higher price than this, but he may not necessarily give it. Otherwise, over the years, Disheng Records will at least become the existence of Xinyibao. And not like this...... There is only one Kwong Meiyun contract, and the entire Disheng Records plus some copyrights are worth four or five million Hong Kong dollars at most

In the past few years, with the inaction of Disheng Records, Chen Baiqiang's activities have decreased, and the ability to attract money in concerts and the popularity of fans has greatly decreased, which is not comparable to a few years ago, but Tianwang is still a king, and his contract can add millions of dollars to Disheng Records. As for Kwong Meiyun, although she is also a first-line female singer, almost all female singers in the current Hong Kong music scene are crushed to death under the halo of the queen Mei Yanfang. Kwong Meiyun rushed out from under Mei Yanfang's aura, so her contract was only worth three or four million, if she hadn't been there, Di Sheng Records would be worthless in Lin Xiaozhi's heart.

Pan Disheng listened to him quietly, with no joy or sadness on his face, and he couldn't see any change in expression. It wasn't until Lin Xiaozhi stopped talking that he put down his wine glass and said, "Lin Sheng is too anxious, why don't you wait for me to finish speaking?" ”

Lin Xiaozhi made a gesture, slightly disappointed in his heart. If he can buy Disheng Records, he is somewhat sure that he can keep Chen Baiqiang. The singer Xu Guanjie, the principal Tam Yonglin, and the elder brother Zhang Guorong, which one did not enter the film industry to gain greater influence when he was popular, New Asia is now very famous in Hong Kong, he is very confident in repackaging the king Chen Baiqiang, but the asking price of the famous brand king is so high, he thinks that this transaction is already yellow.

Pan Disheng saw that his interest was much lower, and it seemed that as he himself said, he should only invite him to a meal, and felt a little funny in his heart, and said: "Lin Sheng is right, Danny's agent did tell me that Danny is not ready to continue to renew the contract with Disheng, but our Disheng Records is not the only Miss Kwong, the entire record company still has twenty or thirty staff such as recording, debugging, composing, and lyrics, and there are still a batch of audio and recording equipment purchased by RU in the year, if you add them together, Does Lin Sheng still think that our Disheng is not worth 7 million Hong Kong dollars? I'm offering a sincere price."

If that's the case, then Tesson Records is worth the price, but it's just a package for the entire record company, not just ...... Wait a minute......

Lin Xiaozhi's heart moved, and he hurriedly raised his head to look at Pan Disheng, and his voice was a little more eager: "What does Boss Pan mean, is it the entire record company?" ”

"Not bad...... Pan Disheng cut a piece of sardine dish that had just been delivered and put it into his mouth, chewing and saying, "A few days ago, EMI Records came to bother me again, so I took down the shares of DISHENG in EMI's hand." Just make a friend, sell you 7 million Disheng records, and the contract can be signed at any time......"

Looking at his indifferent appearance, it is obvious that a record company that can only sell a few million is really nothing to him with assets of more than two billion

The acquisition of the ideal target Xinyibao was temporarily frustrated, but a meeting with Pan Disheng unintentionally bought Disheng records at a low price, and overall Lin Xiaozhi was still satisfied.

In August, after personally contacting Pan Disheng to negotiate the intention to acquire Disheng Records, the next day he entrusted the company's exclusive legal counsel Sima Jie to sign the acquisition agreement in his personal name to complete the acquisition of Disheng Records. In addition, he still did not give up his coveting of Xinyibao Records, and Zhu Zhishan had a new task, giving up continuing to contact Lidi and Huaxing Records, and making every effort to attack Xinyicheng

Lin Xiaozhi himself and personally attended, just because on this day, he, Ye Weixin, Zheng Fei and a group of nine people, after more than half a month of preparation, finally stepped on the passenger plane to the water city of Venice.

The Venice International Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals in the world once a year, is finally here.