Li Xiuxian frowned and looked at the check in front of him, and his brows didn't know when the road had become a piece.

"Lin Sheng, what do you mean by this......"

The string of zeros on the check made his eyelids and heart beat violently, and it took him a lot of effort to resist the desire to put it in his pocket. However, although he resisted the temptation of the check, Li Xiuxian's face turned cold. He frowned at the young man sitting across from him, his finger lightly tapped on the check, and his tone became cold.

Li Xiuxian is not a stupid person, when Lin Xiaozhi called to invite him out for dinner, Li Xiuxian guessed that he invited himself out for another purpose, and eighty percent of it was related to Zhou Xingchi who he personally signed. The young man recently relied on a movie called "The Saint of Gambling" invested by New Asia to become popular all over Hong Kong, and he was in the limelight for a while, and because of his witty performance style that is more exaggerated than Cheng Long, he has won the high opinion of many veteran filmmakers in the industry, and some people even believe that only in the rendering power of comedy, Chow Xingchi's acting skills have surpassed Cheng Long and even Hong Kong's most famous cold-faced joker - Xu Guanwen, and has become a new vane in Hong Kong.

Regarding Zhou Xingchi's sudden development, I have to say that he has mixed feelings in his heart and has a very complicated mood

On the one hand, it was he who single-handedly discovered Zhou Xingchi and brought Zhou Xingchi, who was playing tricks in H, into the film industry, and the relationship between the two is half a master-apprentice. But on the other hand, because of the salary, the two were very unhappy. Zhou Xingchi is not a person who is willing to be mediocre and can endure authority, he is rebellious and ambitious, and while he is grateful to him Li Xiuxian and his universal film company, the dissatisfaction in his heart is also becoming more and more irreconcilable with the contract signed by the two earlier, which is now becoming more and more demanding.

Lin Xiaozhi will come to him, and Li Xiuxian can see this equally ambitious young junior very clearly. He knew that Zhou Xingchi was a good piece of material, and he also guessed that Lin Xiaozhi wanted to sign him, but what he didn't expect was that Zhou Xingchi would become popular so quickly and make such a big noise.

The check on the table in front of him proves that Lin Xiaozhi is bound to him

"Ten Million ......"

His gaze couldn't help but drift over the check, and Li Xiuxian's throat swallowed slightly. He has a family background and a confidant, plus he is generous and likes to go to Macau to gamble occasionally, which leads to the fact that although he earns millions every year by making movies, the speed of spending money is not much worse than making money himself. 10 million Hong Kong dollars, in today's Hong Kong, is enough for ordinary people to have food and clothing for a lifetime.

"Brother Xian......" Lin Xiaozhi smiled, pointed to the check on the table, as if he saw the cold color on his face, still calm as usual: "Recently, the company's financial situation is good, but after a year of rapid development, Xinya still exposes a lot of problems. For example, I relied too much on my own scripts, and the newly formed screenwriting team was not yet able to provide the company with high-quality scripts. Another example is that we have too few contracted directors and artists, and lack our own professional crews and post-production companies. There is an old saying that if you don't advance, you will retreat, and we are not satisfied with the present, but want to go further ahead......"

Lighting a cigarette for himself, Lin Xiaozhi looked at him and his eyes narrowed slightly: "So, we New Asia want to invest in Magnum, and let Brother Xian, your Universal Pictures, become our New Asia's satellite film company......"

"Invest in Magnum, Lin Sheng, Magnum is not worth your 10 million"

Li Xiuxian was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and replied pretending not to care. It's just that looking at the brows that he hasn't yet relaxed, he knows that this cautious man is still thinking about what kind of medicine is sold in Lin Xiaozhi's gourd.

His Universal Pictures Company is a standard leather bag company that is inconspicuous in the Hong Kong film industry. Since its establishment in '87, it has only shot four films and helped other film companies release two films. Since all the investment funds for his film are provided by friends or several big financiers who are familiar with him, it is no exaggeration to say that in addition to the copyrights of his four films, the entire Universal Film Company is estimated to be able to sell for some money, and even the office is a small façade rented, and there are no valuable assets at all, which is definitely not worth the number of the banknote that Lin Xiaozhi put in front of him.

"Yes, it's a shareholder" Lin Xiaozhi nodded, seeing that he gradually entered his trap, although he was secretly happy in his face, he didn't show half an expression on his face, and replied seriously: "Brother Xian, you are good at making films about police and bandits, and this kind of movie is very marketable in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia." In recent years, although there have been more follow-up films, neither the quality nor the quantity can meet the needs of the audience. I am interested in investing in Brother Xian's Universal Pictures, which is to prepare for New Asia to invest a fixed part of the money every year in the future to shoot two to three small and medium-cost police and bandit-themed movies, one to enrich the film library, and the other to cultivate the company's own team of artists, screenwriters and directors...... Brother Xian, you are one of the best screen police officers in Hong Kong, and New Asia naturally hopes to keep you."

When Li Xiuxian heard this, his brows gradually relaxed, and after thinking carefully for a while, he nodded with a smile and said: "The theme of police and bandits is indeed very popular, and the audience buys it, but some viewers have also been raised in recent years, and it is definitely not good if they don't have a good book." But Lin Sheng, we are all so familiar with each other, and you also know the root of omnipotence, you should know that the omnipotence is an empty shelf. Not to mention that it's just a share, even if you buy it all, it's not worth 10 million."

Lin Xiaozhi's words are reasonable, and he can't believe it. Although he was still surprised in his heart, he guessed wrong, Lin Xiaozhi and Xinya were not ready to sign Zhou Xingchi, but he didn't speak, and Li Xiuxian didn't take the initiative to ask. For the Universal Pictures he built single-handedly, he didn't mind selling. It was originally a leather bag company with nothing, except for a movie trademark, only four movie copyrights are slightly worth a little money, if you can exchange a huge amount of money into your pocket, no matter how you look at it, you will earn it yourself.

Magnum is indeed not worth 10 million, and the copyrights of the four movies he owns are working better, and they have sold up to a few million, but Lin Xiaozhi is not just interested in the almighty in front of him.

Feeling that Li Xiuxian had entered the set, the corners of Lin Xiaozhi's mouth curved, and the smile on his face became a little stronger. looked at Li Xiuxian with straight eyes, he twisted out the cigarette butt that was about to burn out in his hand, and then said: "Brother Xian, this is a joke on me, the reason why I chose Magnum is entirely because Magnum has you and your team that can be pulled up and filmed at any time, as well as Xingzai." Xingzi I have come into contact with him, he is very ambitious, and now with the popularity of "The Saint of Gambling", there are many people in Hong Kong who want to poach him at a high price to film, and once the contract expires, it may be difficult to keep it. ”

Seeing Li Xiuxian nodding slightly in silence, Lin Xiaozhi smiled in his heart.

It worked

From the very beginning, he never thought of coming up directly to talk to Li Xiuxian about digging Zhou Xingchi, and he was even trying to dig a pit to dilute him as a person. Without it, he is too familiar with Li Xiuxian, and he will definitely fall out if he wants to poach corners. Second, the impact of the fire of "The Saint of Gambling" has not yet fully spread, and there are still many voices in the film industry questioning, thinking that Zhou Xingchi's success is just accidental, and after leaving "The Saint of Gambling", Liu Zhenwei and Xinya, he Zhou Xingchi is nothing.

Even Zhou Xingchi himself, who became popular just now, now thinks that it was "The Saint of Gambling" and Liu Zhenwei who made him, not him who made "The Saint of Gambling" and Liu Zhenwei. So much so that now, in addition to Lin Xiaozhi himself, even Zhou Xingchi and Li Xiuxian have not clearly given him a position, and they still don't know what his contract means.

This is also good, and it is also convenient for him to act cheaply, and directly downplay Zhou Xingchi to negotiate with Li Xiuxian.

The acquisition of several satellite film companies has long been in the plan of Lin Xiaozhi, and the Hong Kong film industry has definitely been successful through the development and growth of Golden Harvest's 'United States system'. In the late 70s and early 80s, when a film could be shot at hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, there were at least 30 satellite film companies in Hong Kong.

This system, which was abandoned by the Hong Kong film companies in the early 90s, was picked up by Hollywood studios after the 21st century, and the five major film giants followed the example of Hong Kong in the 70s and 80s, each owning one or two or even more commercial film companies, formulating their own films to shoot a type of film, and the miracle of American small-budget films selling big movies frequently appeared.

In addition to the main reason for the deterioration of the Hong Kong film environment, the lack of professional management of satellite subsidiaries, the blind start of filming and following the trend, the reluctance to innovate with conservative concepts, and the lack of stable financial support are all reasons for its eventual disappearance, and Hung Jinbao is one of the most famous examples.

Because of the relationship between the system in the mainland, it is difficult for movies with the theme of police and bandits to pass the review, and Lin Xiaozhi has never been involved in the shooting of Hong Kong-style police and gangster films, so he is not familiar with this theme. However, he himself knows that this theme has endured for a long time, and even after a few decades, it will still have a large audience market, so he has long had the idea of buying a film company and inviting the most professional directors and teams to shoot such films. In addition, there are horror films, Hong Kong-style traditional underworld hero films, etc., all of which Lin Xiaozhi has plans to establish or acquire a commercial film company for specialized production.

The appearance of Zhou Xingchi is just one reason, although he agreed to invest in Magnum at a high price, mainly for the sake of Xingye, who can earn 500 million yuan a year for investors at the peak of the future.

"As long as Brother Xian doesn't have any knots that are not for sale, we can find a lawyer to sign the contract tomorrow. This 10 million is just the money that is almighty, and the money for making movies in the future will be calculated separately by Xinya. Next year, our goal is to shoot 15 high-quality films, and in order to achieve this goal, Magnum will not be the first film company acquired by New Asia, and there are currently three film companies in the negotiation relationship with New Asia......

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Lin Xiaozhi did not forget to urge Li Xiuxian, "10 million shares in Magnum, we only need 80% of the shares of Magnum, and you still keep 20% of Brother Xian." The boss of the company is still you, but New Asia will send a professional management team to assist you......"

accidentally sold his broken company at such a high price, where did Li Xiuxian not agree, although then Lin Xiaozhi proposed that he should stay in Magnum for at least five years and not leave the agreement, which made him frown slightly, but then he proposed that at least one movie starring him would be filmed every year, Li Xiuxian still readily agreed to accept New Asia's shares.

On the second day, the two made an appointment to formally sign the agreement under the notarization of a law firm, and the film company, which had just been established in 87, became the first satellite film company under New Asia.

That afternoon, shortly after Lin Xiaozhi returned to the Kowloon Bank Building, his mobile phone rang, and a call that had made him wait for four days finally came.

“…… It's me, Pan Disheng. Lao Cen has already told me, find a time to come out and talk......"

Pan Disheng, the famous brand king, finally hit a wall one after another after selling for half a year, and after no wronged boss was willing to be a pick-up man for him, he took the initiative to bow his head and dial Lin Xiaozhi's phone.