The conversation with Hader in the evening was also very smooth, but the old guy suggested that Chu Xiangqian only need to monopolize the taxi franchise on the island, so as not to take away the island and the Kowloon franchise, and the opposition from the outside world would be too great.

Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Then why don't Kowloon and Hong Kong Island only issue one taxi company's license, and I will take them all in the name of both taxi companies?"

And at this time, opening a taxi company, thinking about it, feels that it is not profitable, or even a loss-making business.

But for those of you who are in office, unifying the specifications of vehicles and services is a political achievement for you. ”

Hader is not so easy to fool, there are taxis on the market now, and there are indeed many problems.

But if Chu Xiangqian is a franchise, it won't be long before the taxi under his name will inevitably be the same as before, and a series of problems such as stealing customers, detours, and refusing to take passengers will still occur.

Fortunately, if there is unified management, it is much easier to find a taxi company than a public official or a bad guy to find those self-employed, and it is easier to solve the problem faster.

This is also the reason why Chu Xiangqian rented a part of the taxi to Dongxing Camel.

In many cases, community management is far more efficient than formal company management.

If something happens, Chu Xiangqian only needs to find a camel, then he has to solve the problem obediently.

Hader no longer grabbed Chu Xiangqian's monopoly thing, "How many years of franchise do you want?" ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, knowing that Hader agreed, "99 years? ”

"Impossible," Hader shook his head without even thinking about it, "30 years at most." ”

Chu Xiangqian immediately quit, 30 years later, it is the time when Hong Kong Island's economy is the most developed and ordinary people have the most money in their hands.

But when I think about it, it seems that that time was also the time when the British were most hesitant.

Otherwise, the society would not have become more and more rampant in the late 80s and early 90s, and it was nothing more than the British thinking that they were going to get out, and simply made a lot of money and left a lot of trouble for the Celestial Empire.

It should be easy to renew at that point.

On the contrary, after the Celestial Empire is in charge, it is more troublesome to negotiate the renewal of the license.

And he could have talked to the ghost guy about renewal in advance in the mid-to-late 80s.

But on second thought, since you could talk about renewal at the end of the 80s, there is actually no difference between talking about 30 years and 40 years now.

Anyway, when the visa was renewed, it was postponed for another 3 or 40 years, and when the deadline arrived, I was in my seventies and eighties.

Simply sell all the licenses, or give future generations a headache.

"30 years is 30 years, but I ask that after 20 years, I have the right to negotiate renewal in advance."

Hader shrugged, he would have returned to London to retire in 20 years, what was that time, and what did it have to do with him?

"Give me three bloody horses, and they must be good, and I will report to the Governor. He disagreed, and it was basically no fun. ”

"Then I want two plots of land in Hong Kong and Kowloon for the construction of a repair shop, a vehicle depot and an office building."

Hader shrugged, 3 good horses in sweaty horses, less than 300,000 pounds.

Converted to HK$4.8 million, this money is just a taxi franchise, and the asking price is indeed high.

Compensate Chu Xiangqian for two pieces of land, lest this guy feel that he has suffered a loss, and he will want to get the loss back in the future.

After thinking about it, simply give a good location.

"Tin Hau Temple Road, North Point, there is a primary school to be relocated, why don't you give you this 3 acres of land?"

Chu Xiangqian thought about it seriously and quickly determined that it should be near Saixi Lake Park.

Although it is a remote area now, there is a lot of potential for development in the future just by being close to the park.

It's only 2,000 square meters of 3 acres of land, and even if it is developed, only 2 or 3 buildings can be developed.

"Give me a few more acres, lest I not have enough in the future."

Hader glanced at Chu Qianqian, if he really had to repair the car, the fool would drag it all the way to the North Point.

It must be repaired nearby, to put it bluntly, Chu Xiangqian's desire to hoard land is making trouble.

However, compared with the local veteran families, the land in Chu Xiangqian's hands is indeed nothing.

And there is indeed a lot of vacant land around the primary school, "Let me tell you about the plan that has not yet been made public, and the Hong Kong government intends to develop the Eastern District."

Tianhou Road will definitely build a luxury residential area in the future, giving you 3 acres of land, which is already cheap for you. ”

Chu Xiangqian was unmoved, the future will be talked about in the future, since it has not been developed yet, it is a wasteland.

"3 acres is really small, I think 10 acres is about the same."

Hader glanced forward, "There are only 3 or 4 acres of vacant land next to that elementary school, but if it's all for you, I won't care about Kowloon."

Otherwise, in a year or two, someone will definitely trouble me. ”

Chu Xiangqian thought about it and nodded, first get the land and the franchise.

And if you want more land, it's a big deal to continue to exchange horses and Hader for ghosts.

Anyway, sweaty horses are not worth much to themselves.

Once an agreement is reached, the conversation that follows is much more casual.

While chatting, Hader suddenly paused for a few seconds, and then said to Chu Xiangqian with bright eyes, "Stark, I heard a friend mention that the lease of the Grand Theater of the Palace in North Point is coming soon.

But Mr. Cao said that he would renew his visa, but in fact he seemed to be deliberately dragging it out.

If you want to intervene and rent the theater and renovate it, it is perfect to use it as a leading movie theater. ”

Chu Xiangqian had long been thinking about this theater, and he also knew that Boss Cao in Hader's mouth was Cao Dahua, who was already a top rich man on Hong Kong Island.

It seems that Boss Cao should be short of money.

But why didn't Sanjiangshui report to himself that Boss Cao went to Aojiao Casino?

Either the people in Sanjiangshui are not serious about their work, or although Boss Cao is now addicted to gambling, he has not gone to Aozhen, but has lost the cash in his hand by playing cards with his friends.

Chu Xiangqian thought about it, and secretly said that it was okay to do this, Boss Cao went to Aojiao Casino, but it was not good for him to do anything.

I couldn't help but turn my mind back to the Grand Theater of the Palace.

This theater was built in 32 years, at first it was called Gongxuan Theater, and it was bought by Boss Ou in 52 years, and it reached 30,000 square feet after spending money to expand.

In front of it are a six-storey building facing the street and a huge stone-carved façade, but people in these days are used to it.

The façade building looks really good, but it is not used, not only there is no customer waiting area, but even the backstage makeup area is very small.

But there are really many seats, with 908 wooden bench back seats, which is definitely one of the best on Hong Kong Island.

If you buy a six-story building next door, the area can be expanded to 36,000 square feet, almost 3,500 square meters.

The stores and buildings on the street can be renovated into 8 stores.

There are also small screening halls with 80 to 120 seats, or offices, billiard halls, and dance halls.

Moreover, there is not a single high-rise building around the theater, and in the future, many real estate developers will build more than a dozen buildings with more than 10 floors or no more than 29 floors around the theater.

Chu Xiangqian also came back to his senses, since Hader said this to himself, he must have a purpose.

He asked with a smile, "Do you know Boss Ou of the Palace Theater?" ”

Hader nodded, really speaking, this boss Ou is also in the entertainment industry, and he has entered this industry as early as 45 years.

But like most Hong Kong Island cinema owners at this time, these people are only engaged in the entertainment industry of cinema performances.

Theater troupes, pianos and other entertainment projects are invited to perform everywhere, but unfortunately it has been brilliant for more than ten years, although listening to opera is the most common entertainment activity for locals.

But the attraction to young people is becoming more and more weak.

Then it was more and more difficult to survive by the movie.

Hader said with a smile, "Speaking of which, you and Boss Ou are still competitors. And what they hate most about these theater owners is you and Boss Shao. ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled, but he didn't care in his heart, the last thing to look at in the negotiation was the price.

At the beginning, the theater land cost 390,000 yuan, and the construction of the theater cost 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

But after more than 20 years of use, it slowly fell behind.

From the perspective of future generations, it is not even comparable to the first large-scale cinema in the future.

But as long as they buy it, people in the North Point area and Quarry Bay, and even people in Shau Kei Wan will definitely only go to the big theater to watch movies in the future.

After all, at the beginning of the design, it was used for performances, and the light, shadow and sound effects were excellent.

Spending money on renovation, and 400 upstairs 'super' seats can be rebuilt, which is equivalent to expanding from the original 908 seats to 1,200 at once.

and a screening room for 120 people.

Chu Xiangqian has thought about it, and when the renovation is completed, in the future, this theater will only show its own company's movies in the future, and when he is free, he will still invite the opera troupe to come over to perform.

Even blockbuster movies from Europe and the United States are screened.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to maintain a high occupancy rate of 1,200 seats all year round.

In the future, there will be several movie theaters on Hong Kong Island that specialize in showing Western films, and they will make a lot of money.

It can be seen that the decline of Hong Kong Island movies has little to do with Hollywood movies.

The real main reason is the loss of Wanwan and Nanyang markets.

At the end of the 80s, as long as the crew on Hong Kong Island invited a big star who was selling at the time, there would be Wanwan film dealers carrying sacks and buying films directly for millions or tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

At that time, this money was enough for the crew to film.

even once spent 30 million Hong Kong dollars to buy Zhou Xingxing's Jigong, but the bottom pants he lost were gone.

Moreover, at that time, the film companies on Hong Kong Island were overconfident, feeling that the 5 cinema chains in Wanwan would have to lose money without the support of Hong Kong films.

In the end, I will give in.

But people are not muddy, Hong Kong films don't drop prices, so I'll show Hollywood movies.

However, it is not so easy to cultivate the habit of watching Hollywood movies in the first few years.

As a last resort, these filmmakers thought of setting up their own TV stations and broadcasting past movies on movie channels, but they didn't expect to make more money than buying movies directly.

At this time, in the Hong Kong Island film industry, the salaries of stars and directors have skyrocketed several times.

Uncle Long's salary in 91 is 8 million, Fa Ge is 4 million, Brother Jie is 180 to 2 million, Zhou Xingxing is 300 to 8 million, and Andy is 3 million.

But in the second year, Uncle Long was 20 million, Fa Ge was 10 million, Brother Jie was 10 million, Zhou Xingxing was 8 million, and Andy was also 8 million.

In 93, Zhou Xingxing's salary rose to 12 million again, but unfortunately the contract between Brother Xing and Li Xiuxian did not expire at that time.

At that time, he only received hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, which can be said to be beautiful, but in fact, Xingzi is the most bitter one.

Losing the money of the Wanwan film company, relying on the funds of the Hong Kong Island Film Company alone, it is impossible to support such a high cost.

In addition, people have the psychology of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and the bosses of companies that have lost the Wanwan market are becoming more and more cautious in investing in films.

As a result, it is difficult for Hong Kong Island films to produce high-quality films, and several countries in Nanyang have formulated policies with protectionist colors.

The Nanyang market is also missing a large chunk.

At that time, the biggest wish of Hong Kong Island stars was to start work, which shows how prosperous and rampant they were at the beginning, and how humble they were when they declined.

When Jurassic was released, the advantages of Hollywood's special effects technology instantly overwhelmed the local market for Hong Kong films.

In the end, even locals don't watch Hong Kong films anymore.

But after entering the mainland market, this group of people put on a high-minded posture, and Hong Kong films will completely decline, which is to blame.

So Chu Xiangqian didn't care at all, if he introduced Western films, would anyone scold him for being an enemy.

In the final analysis, all feelings and responsibilities are fake, everyone is a businessman, and naturally they will sell whatever they make money.

Whether other film companies can survive or not is a matter of old man's business.

Anyway, what I have in my head is classic movies, and it is my goal to make money from both film companies and theaters.

provoked Lao Tzu, so he simply lobbied the Hong Kong government and took the initiative to open up the scale of the introduction of western films.

However, this idea seems a bit self-righteous.

For a long time, Hollywood movies were in Southeast Asia, let alone Hong Kong films, and even European and American films couldn't win.

In the future, Chinese people feel that the three major European film festivals are just like that, and they can't be compared with the Oscars.

But in the sixties, seventies and eighties, the three major European film festivals were the mainstream, and they were also the objects of many directors in the United States.

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Chu looked forward at Hader and said, "Do me a favor, I'll give you 4 million Hong Kong dollars, and you come forward to talk to Boss Ou." In the end, no matter what the price is, I bought the Palace Theater for 4 million Hong Kong dollars. ”

Hader was overjoyed in his heart, and he told Chu Xiangqian about this, just to make money.

But at a price of 4 million, you must earn something, but how much you can earn depends on how big your face is.

In other words, the money earned in the end actually depends on one's own rights.

Giving Chu a thumbs up to him, "Stark, it's still the same sentence, you are the person I have ever met who is the best at making money and negotiating." ”

Chu Xiangqian smiled at the corner of his mouth, if he talked about it himself, there was a high probability that he would not be able to talk about it.

After all, it was the movies released by himself and Boss Shao that became more and more popular among young people, which caused them, the theater owners, to earn less and less, and even began to lose money.

Even if you really talk to yourself, the surname Ou will inevitably have emotions in her heart.

Maybe he can buy a theater for 4 million, but he has to ask for 5 million.

Or, even if he bids higher than others, he may not necessarily sell it to himself.

It's better to ask Hader to be a white glove, how much he can earn, that's his ability.

Anyway, in my own eyes, and the accountants of law firms, the big theater is worth between 400 and 4.5 million.

However, it cost 2.39 million Hong Kong dollars to build the theater and buy the land in 32 years, even if the theater is old, the land has appreciated.

The actual value may really reach 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

And after so many years of operation, the brand of the Palace Theater is very valuable.

(End of chapter)