Chapter 472: Counterattack 3
At the second Wenhua meeting, Lin Xiaozhi basically achieved most of his scheduled goals.
The few people who were newly invited, except for Ma Chengkun and Yu Pinhai, who were angry with him, and Liang Qiuhao, who was unwilling to leave for a long time, all the rest agreed to join the Wenhua Club on the spot.
It's just that Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen also joined in private capacities, although they were very excited about Lin Xiaozhi's commitment to open overseas distribution channels, but after all, Golden Harvest and Princess Jin have a big family, so they are naturally unwilling to bind their group's overseas distribution to Media Asia. Sammo Hung is well aware of this, and Golden Harvest has been trying to establish a more comprehensive overseas distribution network, but unfortunately it has not been successful.
Huang Baiming is the same, he doesn't even have the idea of going back to discuss with Mecca and Lei Qizheng, that is, it is impossible for the two of them to let the Golden Princess Group be 'kidnapped' by Huanya.
Fortunately, at the beginning, Lin Xiaozhi did not expect to tie Jiahe and the Golden Princess Group to death at once, especially Jiahe, who has a big family. However, he did release some conditions that Princess Jin and Princess Jin couldn't refuse, and it was no surprise that Princess Jin and Princess Jin would probably compromise.
Except for these three people, the others hardly hesitated, and after he announced the acquisition of ATV, he was as strong as he could, and also agreed to the cooperation between Yongsheng and Media Asia. He was born as an underworld boss, and when Yongsheng entered the industry in the early days, he did a lot of things that forced artists to film, so the Xiang brothers and Yongsheng's reputation in the circle was not good, so naturally they couldn't talk about any connections.
It's usually okay to invite some second- and third-tier stars, but first-line superstars don't necessarily buy his account, and they are willing to film for Yongsheng. The harmfulness of passive sabotage, Xiang Qiang has already learned from Zhou Yanfa once, naturally he doesn't want to eat it a few more times, it can be said that cooperating with Media Asia can not only obtain stronger distribution channels and theater resources than Xinbao Cinema, but also the artist resources offered by Lin Xiaozhi also scratched his itch, so that he couldn't refuse.
Xu Guanwen and Deng Guangrong rejected his invitation last year, but they have not been able to refuse again this year. In the past year, several film companies that have cooperated with Lin Xiaozhi have made a lot of money, and it is impossible to say that the two have no regrets. Last year, they were worried that it would not be good to tie up Lin Xiaozhi, but this year, no one will have this kind of thought anymore.
Although Zeng Zhiwei had a good relationship with Jiahe and Princess Jin, he only thought about Lin Xiaozhi's invitation for a while and agreed. Nowadays, the strength of Hong Kong Media Asia is getting bigger and bigger, and the development speed of Debao Cinemas is far beyond everyone's expectations, so there are only advantages and no disadvantages to cooperating with him. And for his joining, Lin Xiaozhi is also very happy. You must know that although Zeng Zhiwei is not as good as Xu Ke's ability to run the company, but since the dissolution of the seventh group of Xinyicheng that year, he has also established a number of film companies in the past few years, although most of them are leather bag companies that have been discontinued after making one or two movies, but in the middle of this year, he invited a group of young and thoughtful filmmakers in the circle to get a company called Hong Kong Filmmaker Production Company (UFO), which made Lin Xiaozhi's eyes red with envy.
Let's take a look at who are in this UFO film company, Chen Kexin, Ke Shouliang, Zeng Zhiwei, Ma Weihao, Zhao Liangjun, Li Zhiyi, Xi Zhongwen, Zhang Zhiliang, Peng Haoxiang, Ye Jinhong, Chen Musheng, almost swept away the second generation of new wave directors in Hong Kong, several of them were still Lin Xiaozhi once wanted to win over, but unfortunately before he could make a move, he was pulled away by Zeng Zhiwei's summons.
However, Xu Ke did not directly promise that the film would only be released exclusively in Media Asia in the future, which made Lin Xiaozhi somewhat disappointed. He understood what Xu Ke meant, after all, Xu Ke's studio company was supported by Princess Jin at the beginning, so he was a little hesitant in the choice, that is, he didn't want to offend Huanya and didn't want to be scolded by Princess Jin for being ungrateful, so he had to go back and think about it, but privately told Lin Xiaozhibao that his films would be given priority to Huanya for distribution in the future.
This Wenhua meeting was undoubtedly a success, and Lin Xiaozhi was generally satisfied with the result.
"Hong Kong Fortune" is really cowardly before fighting, and in the face of the lawsuit war threatened by China Consulting Company, Chen Yi and his Jardine Wealth Company are very jealous, and have privately decided to change their name to avoid trouble.
It's not that he doesn't know the harm of changing the name to an authoritative financial weekly such as "Hong Kong Fortune", but Jardine Matheson Fortune is afraid of China Consulting Company, and even more afraid of the American Time Warner Group behind China Consulting Company.
So when Lam Hsiao-chi proposed to Chen Yi, who had been left alone, to buy Fortune Hong Kong magazine, he only hesitated for a moment and promised to sell some shares of Jardine Wealth to him.
However, Lin Xiaozhi is not looking for his Jardine Matheson Wealth company, but the only "Hong Kong Fortune" weekly.
So when he made it clear that he wanted to buy "Hong Kong Fortune" magazine completely from him, and take over the publishing house, editorial department and its current lawsuit, Chen Yi hesitated but did not immediately refuse, he said that he would think about two days before replying to him.
In the two days after the Wenhua meeting, Lin Xiaozhi had a tense and fulfilling life.
took out a handkerchief to wipe the tea stains from the corners of his mouth, Lin Xiaozhi comfortably leaned back against the sofa in the private room and made a phone call: "...... What do you say, Lenovo just wants to spend some money and let me add a little commercial for them in the new movie? ”
More than half a month ago, the president of Tanghuang Advertising brought him good news, Lenovo, which has begun to create its own brand, intends to invest a sum of money for him to make a new movie and make some fame for his company's brand.
The advertising sponsors of Hong Kong films are far less than those of the United States, at most they are Taiwanese companies and Japanese car companies, the former is too small, generally only hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and he has never heard of more than one million. Japanese car companies are more willing to donate some cars in exchange for getting an appearance in some big-investment Hong Kong films. As for local enterprises in Hong Kong, they are even rarer, not only in terms of scale but also in terms of 'sponsorship', which makes Lin Xiaozhi, who has been committed to increasing film profits and reducing film shooting costs, very entangled.
Therefore, when Zhang Xingfeng brought him this news, he was really happy with him, so he also specially 'created' a script for Lenovo that could maximize the promotion of Lenovo.
Where did he think that Zhang Xingfeng went to talk to Lenovo a few times, and then told him that Lenovo is not poor but not rich now, and after being repeatedly persuaded by him, he is only willing to pay one million Hong Kong dollars to sponsor his new movie. And in exchange, he also had to make at least twenty or thirty seconds of advertising for the product that Lenovo was going to launch in his new movie, and Lin Xiaozhi couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
"You told us that if they were willing to sponsor 15 million Hong Kong dollars, then Media Asia would invest at least another 50 million to make a movie, and there would be a lot of publicity about their Lenovo company in the movie...... Yes, yes, you just say it's my exact words......"
Hung up the phone with Zhang Xingfeng with some disappointment, Lin Xiaozhi took another sip of the teacup, looked at Gao Sir and them standing in the door of the private room like a pillar, and waved his hand: "There is still Xiao Wang and the two of them guarding outside, you two relax, I said that someone may be unfavorable to me recently, but there is no need to be so nervous." ”
At the same time, he offended the two newspaper giants of Oriental Press and Ming Pao, especially the former's family started by selling drugs, so Lin Xiaozhi naturally couldn't be defenseless.
In fact, after the Wenhua Club came back that day, he not only doubled the security personnel for the people who went in and out of the house, but also changed from only one or two people at most to traveling by himself, to a four-person team with Gao Sir as the core, and all of them were bodyguards with gun licenses. If the other party is playing tricks, a dozen or so gangsters can't help them. As soon as the gunshots were fired, people would inevitably notice and attract the police, and he had a good calculation.
Gao Sir glanced at the time on his wrist, but took the initiative to say: "It's nothing to us to just stand like this for a while, but the boss ordered that Ah Quan and I should change the two people outside in to rest first." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, the door rang twice and then opened, and a young girl appeared in his field of vision, supporting an elderly woman in her sixties. As he looked at it, he saw two pairs of eyes looking at him with interest, Lin Xiaozhi was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted to who the other party was, and took the initiative to stand up and ask, "But Ms. Shi Huang Chufang of Baibao Group?" ”
The old woman nodded and smiled slightly, "I am Shi Huang Chufang, although Lin Sheng is the first time to see me, but for you, a business tycoon, I often hear the juniors below mention it." Why, don't you invite me in and sit? ”
There is nothing wrong with her legs and feet, but her face is a little yellow, and it seems that her body is not good, no wonder she has to be supported when she travels.
This thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Xiaozhi hurriedly made a gesture of please: "It's rude, please take a seat with two ladies." ”
Then he gave a few more bodyguards a look, and Gao Sir and the two immediately realized that they would leave the private room and close the door.