"Sir Shao, 50 million can't be more," Zhang Moren leaned over, looking a little bowed to Shao Yifu, but his tone was very unpolite, "You also know that the third round of negotiations between the G Industry Party and the United Kingdom has begun, but there is no sign of solving the Hong Kong issue at all." In case of a fight when the time comes, wouldn't Mr. Kang buy so many movie theaters for nothing? ”

Shao Yifu is almost 80 years old, but he is very energetic, he slowly shook his head and smiled: "Your boss Mr. Kang secretly bought land and houses in Hong Kong, and also built a studio in Tseung Kwan O, these things are no secret, how can he be afraid of the People's Liberation Army coming?" ”

"That's what I said, but that's the situation in Hong Kong now," Zhang Moren finally raised his head and said, "Back then, there were so many movie theaters in Hong Kong and Nanyang, and when the Japanese came over, they weren't all gone, who knows if the Ludao People's Liberation Army would be like the Japanese?" ”

Zhang Moren is telling the truth, the Shaw family had already laid a huge foundation in Hong Kong and Nanyang before World War II, but unfortunately everything was destroyed by the Japanese. The current Shaw family business was basically rebuilt by the Shaw brothers after the war.

But can the Japanese compare with the PLA?

Zhang Moren was simply messing around, and Shao Yifu didn't bother to argue with him anymore, so he only said: "150 million." ”

Zhang Moren said with a smile: "Of course 150 million is fine, but it must include the four leading theaters of the Shaw Brothers." ”

Shao Yifu shook his head and said: "Shaw Brothers' leading theater is only rented and not sold. ”

Zhang Moren asked, "What is the price of rent?" ”

Shao Yifu said: "The rent of the four theaters is 50 million for three years. ”

"Sir Shao, are you kidding? Based on the current land price and housing prices in Hong Kong, I rented land in a prime location to build four large theaters, and it was far from spending 50 million. Zhang Moren asked with a smile.

Shao Yifu said indifferently: "I rarely joke. ”

The price difference between the two sides is too great, and the words are naturally broken up without speculation.

After Zhang Moren left, Shao Yifu couldn't help but sigh.

Since the news came out that Shaw Brothers Cinemas was going to be sold. Many people have talked to Shao Yifu, but these buyers want to take the opportunity to reduce the price, and none of them can negotiate.

To be honest, Shaw Brothers and Shaw Brothers Cinemas are almost unable to hold on, and their box office is crushed by Shaw Brothers, DreamWorks and New Arts City every time.

In the parallel space, Shaw Brothers released a total of two movies in this year's Christmas file, namely "Yang Guo and the Little Dragon Girl" directed by Hua Shan and "The Day Tribulation" directed by Chu Yuan. But the leading actors of these two movies, Zhang Guorong, Zhong Chuhong and Er Dongsheng, are now artists under Kang Jianfei, and they have nothing to do with Shaw Brothers at all.

"Yang Guo and the Little Dragon Girl" was filmed, but Yang Guo's actor was changed from Zhang Guorong to Liu Dehua. And the movie "Sun Tribulation" disappeared out of thin air, and was replaced by "Blue Blood Sword", which was adapted from Jin Yong's famous book.

"Yang Guo and the Little Dragon Girl" starring Liu Dehua has been painted, and the box office in this port is only 1.68 million, which is a very ugly data in the summer file. Shaw Brothers Pictures may be able to make a lot of money at the overseas box office, but Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Cinemas is really losing money.

As for "Blood Sword", which collided with "Deadly Express". It was only screened for three days and then it was dropped, and there was very little attendance if it continued to be screened. Shaw Brothers Cinemas will only lose more.

Shao Yifu's psychology is very conflicted now. He not only wanted to sell the theater chain as soon as possible to reduce his losses, but he was also reluctant to sell the theater chain that he had worked hard to others.

Fortunately, there is also TVB, although TVB's ratings have been suppressed by Phoenix for three consecutive months, but it is actually not too badly lost, and it still has the upper hand in variety shows.

Shao Yifu has a lot of assets under his name, and he has his own movie theaters in Southeast Asian countries. It also owns properties and playgrounds in Singapore and Malaysia. Even if Shaw Brothers Pictures and the theater chain lose everything, Shao Yifu's personal assets are several times that of Kang Jianfei, and the family assets can't catch up with Kang Jianfei.

But Shao Yifu's love for the film and television industry is definitely purer than Kang Jianfei. Back then, the brothers of the Shao family sold their ancestral property to make movies, and Shao Yifu almost died of a shipwreck in order to go to the United States to buy equipment.

Shao Yifu has dominated the film industry all his life, and he is very unwilling to be forced by young people to close the film company.

To be honest, this year's Shaw Brothers movies are not without highlights. Like "The Frog Prince" directed by Wang Jing, the box office has more than 15 million, which gives Shao Yifu a little hope to continue to persevere.

A few minutes later, Huang Jiaxi, the current general manager of Shaw Brothers Pictures, came in and said, "Sixth uncle, Liu Jialiang wants to make a kung fu movie, I think it's good to listen to his thoughts......"

In other words, Huang Jiaxi, the general manager of Shaw Brothers, is also aggrieved, and now he has to ask Shao Yifu whether a drama can be filmed, because the company's funds on the books are really tight.

"What is he going to shoot? Tell me about it. Shao Yifu asked.

Huang Jiaxi said: "Liu Jialiang was ready to shoot Yang Wulang of the Northern Song Dynasty, was framed by traitors and defeated, became a monk and learned the gossip stick, and then went down the mountain to take revenge. ”

It's that set of enmity and hatred drama again!

Shao Yifu feels that the directors under him are all elm heads, why don't they learn from Jiahe, Golden Princess, and DreamWorks?

Huang Jiaxi continued: "Sixth uncle, over there in Yindu Agency, "Shaolin Kid" will be released in the New Year's file, which is starring Li Lianjie who plays "Shaolin Temple". This film will most likely sell well, and if we want to shoot "Wulang Bagua Stick", it is best to start shooting as soon as possible and release it after "Shaolin Kid" is a blockbuster. ”

Shao Yifu is still very relieved of Liu Jialiang, although Liu Jiaban's movies don't make much money, but he hasn't hit the street much so far. Now that you can borrow the east wind of "Shaolin Kid", it will definitely be no problem to get back the cost, Shao Yifu finally nodded and said: "Then shoot." ”

"However," Huang Jiaxi hesitated for a moment and continued, "Liu Jialiang wants Hui Yinghong to be the heroine. ”

Shao Yifu hates traitors the most, and he has no good impression of an actor like Hui Yinghong who jumped to DreamWorks, so he said with a displeased face: "There are no actresses in Shaw Brothers?" If Liu Jialiang can't find a suitable actor in Shaw Brothers, then let him go to the wireless station to choose! ”

Huang Jiaxi dared to say more, so he had to accept it.

In fact, with Huang Jiaxi's thoughts, if Shaw Brothers makes a film now. It's best to invite one or two popular female stars under the Oriental Entertainment Company, so that the box office will be much more impressive.

But now only one sentence of Hui Yinghong was mentioned, and it was directly vetoed by Shao Yifu, and Huang Jiaxi could only stop this idea.

The filming plan for "Wulang Gossip Stick" was approved, and Huang Jiaxi, as the producer, immediately ran to contact Ni Kuang to write the script after leaving Shao Yifu's office.

Not long after Huang Jiaxi left, Shao Yifu pushed open a book on his desk, and below it was today's newspaper, only to see the eye-catching headline on the entertainment section - "Forty-one theaters are screened in Hong Kong." Record-breaking box office on the first day".

Forty-one cinemas are showing a film at the same time, which is absolutely unprecedented in Hong Kong.

A few years ago, the predecessor of Golden Princess, Lisheng Cinema, was attached to Golden Harvest Cinemas, and combined with some other retail cinemas, the number of theaters of Golden Harvest Cinemas once reached 35. It accounted for as much as half of the first round of cinemas in Hong Kong.

Nowadays, due to the rapid prosperity of Hong Kong films, the number of cinemas in Hong Kong is also increasing. The total number reached 107. It's already on par with 1985 in parallel time and space.

What is the concept of 41 cinemas being released at the same time, that is, one-half of the first round of cinemas in Hong Kong are showing the movie "Fatal Express".

Under the strong appeal of Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia, combined with the distribution capabilities of Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, as well as the influence of Kang Jianfei, a gold-absorbing director, the box office of "Deadly Express" on the first day turned out to be 4.63 million.

The box office of 4.63 million on the first day!

It is already equivalent to the local box office of most Shaw Brothers movies. This huge gap makes Shao Yifu, who has been making movies for decades, very uncomfortable.

But Shao Yifu has to admit that Kang Jianfei and Zou Wenhuai are both people who can afford to let go, obviously the films of the two companies are still competing for the box office in the first half of the year, and they can actually cooperate in the second half of the year. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

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The General Manager's Office of the Golden Princess Cinema.

Lei Juekun was silent for a long time with the box office data of "Fatal Express", and finally said to the theater manager Li Maowen: "Postpone the release time of "Best Partner", and the Christmas file will show other movies first. ”

"That's all it can be." Li Maowen said helplessly.

It is precisely because of the huge publicity of "Deadly Express" and the cooperation film of two major companies that Lei Juekun does not want to fight two and move the release time of "Best Partner 3" back by a few days.

But the box office data of "Deadly Express" is too terrifying, 41 theaters are released at the same time, and the average attendance rate is still above 90%. Although "Best Partner 3" was filmed in France, and although 007's actors were invited to make cameos, neither Lei Juekun, nor Mecca and others had the confidence to fight hard with "Deadly Express".

Li Maowen said suddenly: "At the Spring Festival Yindu Cinema Meeting, the box office of that movie should not be low." ”

"The drama of the Yindu institution, no matter how good it is, where can it be sold? "Shaolin Temple" was a big hit, but it was just a live-action shooting in the mainland. Lei Juekun didn't take "Shaolin Kid" in his eyes, and the biggest competitors in his eyes were Golden Harvest and DreamWorks.

Lei Juekun's other major industries are all listed companies, and they have lost money in the past two years, so he has to seek development in the film industry.

In 1978, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was only 383 points. However, with the reform and opening up of the mainland, Hong Kong's political and economic environment has been greatly improved, and at the same time, relying on the mainland market, Hong Kong's status as a trade port has been restored.

While Hong Kong's economy was developing rapidly, the Hang Seng Index soared from 383 points to 1,810 points in just three years. Not only that, but housing prices at that time were frighteningly high, almost two to three times as high as they are now.

However, in the summer of 1981, as banks adjusted deposit rates, the bubble in Hong Kong's property market was burst in an instant. The sharp drop in the property market has affected the stock market, and the Hang Seng Index has also fallen from 1,810 points to about 1,000 points.

At that time, Lei Juekun's two listed companies had already lost enough, and at the same time, due to the acquisition of Sun Hung Kai, Lei Juekun lost his position as the first shareholder of the bus company.

Then came the China-UK-Hong Kong negotiations, and in the first round of negotiations, the Hang Seng Index fell from 1,000 points to more than 600 points. After that, the Hang Seng Index gradually rebounded to more than 900 points, but this summer, it fell back to more than 600 points, and now it has only risen to about 800 points.

The Hong Kong stock market has such ups and downs, many shareholders have made a lot of money because of stock speculation, but many more shareholders have to jump off the building because of their losses, and even Lei Juekun, a major shareholder of a listed company, has no way to change the story caused by this general environment.

Lei Juekun is very satisfied with the performance of Xinyicheng, and even Chen Xunqi's Yongjia Pictures has been a box office hit one after another. It can be said that the entire Golden Princess and its satellite company now have a stronger ability to make money than Lei Juekun's other businesses.

But for the departure of DreamWorks and the establishment of a new era cinema chain with a group of retail investors, Lei Juekun has always been haunted by it. Lei Juekun hated Kang Jianfei a little, and regretted it a little because he forced Kang Jianfei away, but he had to admit Kang Jianfei's ability, and he had to stagger the release date with DreamWorks' films in a good schedule.

Anyway, as soon as Kang Jianfei was mentioned, Lei Juekun felt like he was stuck in his throat. (To be continued......)

PS: I accompanied my mother to buy a TV this morning, and in the afternoon it was some trivial matters, and I have to go to the city to see the house tomorrow.

But today's three more must be there, even if it is written in the middle of the night, it will be made up.