At the urging of Huo Qigang, as soon as the finale dinner of "Iron Man" ended, Chen Fei flew to Hong Kong Island non-stop.

Riding to the bottom of Jiahe Tower, looking at the towering high-rise buildings, he couldn't help but have some memories in his mind.

Founded in 1970 and listed in Hong Kong in 1994, Golden Harvest was one of the most influential film distribution companies in Hong Kong's film boom.

This company has single-handedly cultivated film superstars with international influence such as Li Xiaolong, Chen Long, and Zhang Manyu, and has written a brilliant chapter for Hong Kong films!

To date, the company has financed and produced more than 600 films, making Chinese kung fu films famous all over the world, as well as creating both Hong Kong comedy and action-comedy films.

Huo Qigang drove the car into the garage and chattered,

"This kind of old film company is a cow, its various departments are running perfectly, the distribution at all levels is very reasonable, as long as the capital is injected, it can be operated..."

Chen Fei interrupted him, "How is the plan I gave you being implemented now?" ”

"It's perfect, and when it comes to cinemas and cinemas, I've hired a team of professionals to take care of the acquisitions and investments."

After getting off the bus, the two took the elevator to the top floor of the company.

After entering the office, Huo Qigang walked quickly to a safe embedded in the wall, took out a few documents from it, and handed them to Chen Fei.

While Chen Fei was flipping through the pages, he was babbling on the side:

In addition to distributing Chinese-language films, Golden Harvest is also actively acquiring high-quality independent film rights for distribution in Asia (including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Mainland China and Singapore) through its Pan Asia Pictures subsidiary or in the form of joint ventures.

As of 1 October, Golden Harvest's Asian cinema network comprises 33 cinemas with a total of 260 cinemas, and the Group has expanded its cinema business to the Mainland and Taiwan.

With the gradual opening up of the mainland film distribution and cinema operating market, Golden Harvest opened the mainland's first flagship cinema in Shenzhen last year.

The first phase of the cinema has 7 cinemas, with unique design, advanced equipment and luxurious decoration, and is the first to implement mobile phone SMS and Internet booking services in China, creating a new milestone in the design and management of modern cinemas.

Since its opening, the cinema has performed well, and in terms of box office revenue, the cinema has won the first place in the country and accounts for 35% of SZ's market share.

The group will strengthen the development of Shenzhen base in the future, and will continue to add two cinemas in 07, mainly IMAX and CGS giant screen halls.

In addition, a digital cinema advertising network will be set up in Shenzhen, which will cover about 80% of the theaters in Shenzhen with box office revenue.

In early February, Golden Harvest successfully acquired Taiwan's largest Warner Way Show Cinema Company, which has 8 cinemas and a total of 79 theaters, accounting for about 30% of the market share.

In early September, Golden Harvest Singapore's flagship cinema, GV VivoCity, officially opened, covering an area of 90,000 square feet with 15 cinemas with a total of 2,173 seats and an annual attendance rate of one million.

At the same time, Golden Harvest also has 9 cinemas in Singapore, with a total of 73 cinemas, which is expected to account for 50% of the market share.

At present, there are 5 cinemas in Hong Kong, with a total of 24 cinemas, and a cinema chain in Malaysia, with 10 cinemas and 77 cinemas......"

It took nearly half an hour for Huo Qigang to finally give Chen Fei a thorough understanding of Golden Harvest's current operation strategy and its development plan.

Cinemas, cinemas......

This is the main content of Huo Qigang's work in the past year, and it is also the reason why he has been unable to start the filming plan of "October Siege".

After a little contemplation, Chen Fei said: "Acquisitions and mergers and acquisitions must continue, and the main development targets will be placed in the mainland, and the number of IMAX and CGS giant screen halls can continue to expand."

To expand the area by point, starting from the Shenzhen market to expand outwards in a network shape, the real estate must be controlled in hand, and it is better to develop slowly than to expand in the form of leasing. ”

"Okay." Huo Qigang nodded slightly, but suddenly hesitated, "Are you so optimistic about the future development of mainland films?" The investment in IMAX and CGS giant screen hall is very large, and only doing a good job in the Shenzhen market has consumed more than half of our invested funds, which is still under the premise that banks provide loans.

If the market develops slowly, or stagnates, those theaters are completely gold-swallowing beasts, and there will be no return. ”

"The company is out of money?" Chen Fei grasped the point in his words.

"Well, there's a lot of debt to the bank."

If he hadn't been very confident in Chen Fei's ability to make money, Huo Qigang would never have followed him like this.

It has been almost two years since the two cooperated to acquire Golden Harvest, but at present, the company has no output and has been investing money to expand the cinema chain.

Fortunately, there are still movies in the theater chain that are constantly being released, and there is barely some liquidity.

But if we continue to expand uncontrollably, we will not be able to keep up with the speed of making money, and bank debts will explode......

Huo Qigang doesn't want to see the company he just acquired declare bankruptcy and go bankrupt!

"Then let's start making movies."

Chen Fei got up from the sofa and picked up the script of "October Siege" on his desk, "Notify the actors, hold auditions, and prepare to start filming!" ”

Produce and sell something oneself... The extra proceeds are used to expand the cinema chain and buy film rights, which is Chen Fei's development plan for Golden Harvest.

In order not to be controlled by others, the cinema chain must be in your own hands.

But the situation in the mainland is relatively special, and he can't openly compete with companies such as China Film, Shangying, and Wanda.

It just so happened that Jiahe was also doing the cinema business, so Chen Fei had a plan.

Why can't you use Golden Harvest to do cinema business?

The countryside surrounds the city, this is a development method that the ancestors personally confirmed, and it is completely feasible!

As long as the direction of development is correct, with the expansion of capital flow, sooner or later one day will see results.

This will be a long-term benefit.

…

The movie "October Siege" tells the story of a group of small people who escort Mr. Sun to a meeting in Hong Kong.

Through the gripping plot clues, vivid and three-dimensional characters, solid and rigorous narrative structure and thrilling action scenes, it has imperceptibly played an ideological effect of promoting patriotic feelings.

The director still chose Chen De, but in terms of actor selection, Chen Fei decided to change it slightly.

Some people with crooked buttocks are not fit to appear in this movie.

So, the day after Chen Fei arrived in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest Pictures began to appear some long-famous star artists one after another.

Wang Xueqi, Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Ren Dahao, Li Ming, Liu Dehao, Jacky Cheung, Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Jiahui, Li Jiaxin, Wang Zuxian, Guan Zhilin......

There are not many actors from the mainland, they are all old actors, and the main actors are from Hong Kong.

In the original work, Liang Chaowei, Fan Bingbin, Li Yuchun... But this time Chen Fei abandoned them and changed them to Liu Dehao, Li Jiaxin, Zhong Xintong...

The buttocks are crooked, and the acting skills are not good, all of them have been replaced by him.

Compared with those paparazzi in the mainland, Hong Kong is much more exaggerated!

Rummaging through trash cans, stalking, candid photography, fabricating scandals...

Only you can't think of it, there's nothing they can't do!

In the past few days of the audition, Chen Fei was really annoyed, so he simply opened a press conference to explain.

"The new film "October Siege" invested by Golden Harvest Pictures and written by me will start filming in the first half of next year, the director selected Mr. Chen De, and the actor is currently auditioning, tentatively starring Wang Xueqi, Donnie Yen, Liu Dehao, Li Jiaxin, Zhong Xintong, Jacky Cheung, etc.......

As Chen Fei kept saying the names of the actors one by one, the media, reporters, and paparazzi at the scene all widened their eyes.

Boy!

All-star cast!

Mention a random name, it is all old actors who have been famous for a long time in Hong Kong, and most of them are at the level of actors!

The reporter of Sina's family couldn't hold back for a while, and asked curiously: "Director Chen, so many well-known actors!" Can you give us an overview of that? What will be the investment for this film? ”

"200 million."

"Dollars?"

"Hey, you're bolder than me, of course it's RMB."

"Obediently... 200 million yuan!! ”

The reporters who rushed over from the mainland could barely keep their composure, after all, Chen Fei's last film "Source Code" invested as much as 160 million yuan, and "Mulan" was as high as 70 million US dollars, that is, more than 500 million yuan.

But the media in Hong Kong were a little frightened!

In the past year, the film with the most investment in Hong Kong is Chen Long's "Baby Project", with an investment of 130 million yuan.

And this is still a co-production between the mainland and Hong Kong, and most of the investment shares are from Huayi.

As for those pure Hong Kong films, there has been no one-step investment of more than 50 million yuan in the past two years.

But now that Chen Fei opened his mouth, it was 200 million, and it was directly an all-star lineup, so he was going to prepare for heaven, right?

The day after the press conference, the entire Hong Kong Island entertainment industry was completely destroyed!

Those actors and agencies who were lucky enough to participate in the audition were all happy, and those actors who didn't have the opportunity were all envious.

An investment of 200 million!

How much pomp does this have to be?

A reporter interviewed the heads of several film brokerage companies such as Emperor, Media Asia, Shaw Brothers, Xinghui, and Yongsheng, and asked them what they thought about Golden Harvest's big investment.

But what they never expected was that this interview unexpectedly revealed a "shocking secret"!

The heads of Emperor, Media, Shaw Brothers, and Xinghui have all made it clear that they have heard of Golden Harvest's film investment for a long time, and they all have investment shares in it.

Only the Yongsheng family said they didn't know...

As soon as the news came out, all kinds of rumors and scandals suddenly began to fly all over the sky!

Chen Fei and Yongsheng's "old hatred" was pulled out and swiped again, and there was even news that the two sides had already become mortal enemies!

…

At the audition scene, looking at those media reports, Huo Qigang and Liu Dehao stared at Chen Fei from left to right.

"You did it on purpose, didn't you?"

Chen Fei looked at the audition list and said casually: "Yes, it's deliberate, since he is not convinced, let's try it." ”

The auditions during this period were not very smooth, and some pre-scheduled actors suddenly called not long after leaving Golden Harvest, saying that they could not participate in the follow-up shooting plan due to some personal reasons.

Chen Fei didn't think much about it at first, just forget it if he didn't want to come, it was a big deal to change people.

But as the number of actors who quit gradually increased, he faintly sensed that something was wrong.

There seems to be something greasy in this?

Or Liu Dehao specially came over to reveal the news to him, and the Xiang family issued a message in the circle, saying that if anyone on Hong Kong Island dares to participate in the filming of this movie, it will be against Yongsheng!

Those big-name actors are naturally not afraid of threats, but some middle-level young actors can't bear it and choose to quit one after another.

In fact, this doesn't have much impact on Chen Fei's filming, it's a big deal to call some actors from the mainland to fill the vacancy.

But what Yongsheng did over there made him feel very angry!

Labor and management make a movie, what's in the way of you, beep and beep every day, jumping up and down like a monkey.

Chen Fei will not take the initiative to cause trouble, after all, he has always adhered to the principle of "harmony is precious, win-win cooperation".

But that doesn't mean he's scared!

Since you want to play, let's come.

Do you threaten actors?

Then I'll isolate you from the roots!

Let's play slowly, the rusty blunt knife is the most interesting.

Huo Qigang showed a very gossipy expression on his face, "I heard news from the mainland that you have greeted all film and television brokerage companies and want to boycott Yongsheng?" ”

"You can't talk nonsense." Chen Fei casually pulled out a list and corrected his sentence by the way, "I just told other film and television agencies about the situation I was facing, and asked them to be on guard, there are bad people in the masses!" ”

Huo Qigang "tsk" twice and silently gave him a thumbs up.

He thought Yongsheng was ruthless enough, but he didn't expect Chen Fei to be even more ruthless!

Liu Dehao let out a long sigh on the side, secretly regretting He Yunshi.

It's not as simple as kicking the iron plate!

The two were falling into deep thought, when they heard Chen Fei's voice suddenly come: "Can this actor named Wu Jing be contacted?" There's a role that suits him well, so call him to give it a try. ”

Wu Jing?

Huo Qigang frowned and began to search his memory bank.

"I'll help you get in touch, the "Black Fist" produced and released by China Star Group some time ago was very popular, and he just played the male protagonist Gao Lan in it."

China Star Group?

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at Huo Qigang, "Do we still have a share of China Star Group's shares in our hands?" ”

"Well, yes, what's wrong?"

"It's all gone, and the company's stock price will fall in a few days."

"Okay, I understand."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Dehao's face next to him also changed drastically.

He also has shares in this company, perhaps in Hong Kong, almost all actors on Hong Kong Island have shares in this company!

Because this is a listed group mainly engaged in film-related business, it was established on August 10, 1992, and the founder is Xiang Haoqiang!

…

The auditions continued, and the battle continued.

Wu Jing came to Golden Harvest in the afternoon of the next day, and after the audition, both he and Chen Fei were quite satisfied.

But then he put forward another condition, "I heard that Director Chen's company also has signed actors and directors?" Do you think there is any hope for me? ”

This sentence can also be understood in another way.

I want to join your company!

I want to succeed!

Chen Fei's eyebrows raised slightly, "Do you mean Jiahe?" There is indeed a brokerage business here, and if you want to sign a contract here, you can go to the personnel side to talk. ”

"No, you misunderstood me." Wu Jing shook her head and said bluntly: "I want to go back to the mainland, I want to sign Feiyue Film and Television."

The film market on Hong Kong Island is getting smaller and smaller, and there are only so many theaters that the box office simply can't meet my expectations. ”

"Then why don't you consider Huayi's side? In terms of artist management, Huayi is the top in China. ”

Wu Jing shook her head: "It's not suitable for me over there, the competition is too big, and I have been in contact with Wang Zhonglei, that person is narrow-minded and not a suitable partner to work with." ”

Chen Fei was immediately happy, "Then you mean, I will be a good partner to work with?" ”

Wu Jing nodded heavily, "I admire your talent, your strength, and your mind, and cooperating with you will definitely make my dream come true." ”

"What's your dream?"

"Become the second strongest martial arts actor in China after you, surpassing Li Lian and Chen Long!"

Chen Fei still admires this person, at least he dares to reveal his true words, and his desire for success is deep enough.

Such a person usually has an advantage, as long as it is in the right direction, he will definitely try to climb!

As for the shortcomings, he is straightforward, does not know how to be flexible, and has low emotional intelligence......

"I'll tell the company, which company is your brokerage contract currently in? Is it almost due? ”

"At present, I am on Yongsheng's side, and the contract period will be half a month away."

Wing Sheng?

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, "How is the situation over there now?" ”

After achieving her goal, Wu Jing also relaxed a lot.

He pursed his lips and said with some disdain: "I didn't believe it before, but after joining Yongsheng, I found out that oppression is simply omnipresent, and it's no wonder that I will have trouble with Xingye."

Recently, the atmosphere of the company is very wrong, the cooperation with the mainland has been broken, and most of the original shooting plans have been cancelled.

Xiangtai has been guarding the company recently, strictly prohibiting artists from being interviewed by reporters at will, and all the paparazzi have been blasted out..."

As he spoke, Wu Jing's gaze wandered over Chen Fei's face.

This is actually no secret, Yongsheng's current situation is almost caused by Chen Fei.

There are even many people in the circle who are speculating how long will it take for Xiang Xiang Qiang to be soft?

Or does he have any other followers?

…

Chen Fei definitely can't wait here in Hong Kong, he still has a lot of schedules, how can he have time to play house games with the Xiang family?

After the casting, he directly asked Huo Qigang to send him to the airport.

Next he had to fly to South Korea, and when "New World" was finished, Xijie called him over to support the field.

In addition, ShowBox contacted him through a special channel and wanted to talk to him about a collaboration.

The price offered by the other party was very high, and the sincerity was also very high, and after checking his script library, Chen Fei agreed to the request to go to his headquarters to negotiate.

There are many eggs, but they can't be put in the same basket.

Divide a few more baskets, even if one basket is broken, the eggs in the other baskets can also fill the gap.

(End of chapter)