Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2170 Gathering of Ordinary Friends
I have known Matsuoka Isao for nearly ten years. When Lin Daoqiu came to Nihong for the first time, Matsuoka Isao was already the president of Toho.

Unexpectedly, Isao Matsuoka resigned from this position early because of his own relationship.

A few days after Isao Matsuoka resigned as president of Dongbao, he suddenly received a call from Lin Daoqiu inviting him to have afternoon tea.

At this time, Isao Matsuoka has become Dongbao's consultant and has no real power in the company, so it is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to find him at this time for some business.

At first, Isao Matsuoka was very sad and angry. After all, being forced to resign from the position of president by those people was a huge humiliation for him.

But in the past few days, Isao Matsuoka gradually calmed down, and he gradually realized that he was actually just a superfluous role in Dongbao.

In the cafe of the Neon Empire Hotel, Isao Matsuoka met Lin Daoqiu who was already waiting for him inside.

"Mr. Lin, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

This meeting with Isao Matsuoka was quite different from the feeling when I met Lin Daoqiu before, because this time the meeting between the two did not involve any interests, but just a gathering between ordinary friends.

When Isao Matsuoka met Lin Daoqiu for the first time, it was almost ten years ago. Looking back now, it feels as if everything happened yesterday.

"Speaking of which, it's their loss that Dongbao didn't allow you to continue as the president."

I don't know if Lin Daoqiu's words are praising Matsuoka or belittling him, but for Matsuoka, these are not important now.

He shook his hand, with a smile on his face at this moment.

"Actually, at the meeting that day, I originally planned to put forward some suggestions to fight against Mr. Lin and your Asian theater chain, but they couldn't wait to pull me down, and my prepared plan could only come to an abrupt end."

Although Isao Matsuoka felt a little regretful, since things didn't work out, he didn't have anything to complain about. After all, he is just a consultant in Dongbao now, and in the final analysis, he is a idle job for the elderly.

"It seems that I am quite lucky. If Mr. Matsuoka promotes these plans, then I am afraid that I will encounter a lot of trouble at that time."

Although Lin Daoqiu said so, he didn't think that Dongbao could play any fancy tricks. It was nothing more than relying on their influence in Neon to suppress himself, Shochiku and Toei.

It is not difficult for Dongbao to suppress himself, but Shochiku and Toei are not the masters who will be caught without a fight, and they will not be able to lift their heads under the pressure of Dongbao in Nihong.

If they compete with legitimate methods, even if they lose in the end, the two companies will naturally not have any more complaints. After all, it is their own skills that are not as good as others, and Dongbao can't blame it.

But if Dongbao used other despicable means to deal with them, then Shochiku and Toei would not just let it go, they would definitely make Dongbao unable to eat.

"Mr. Lin was joking. I just had no choice at the time, and I didn't think my ideas would have any impact on New Oriental. In the end, I'm afraid they still had no effect."

Based on Matsuoka Kou's understanding of Lin Daoqiu, it is impossible for the other party to take Dongbao seriously. It might have been okay if it was seven or eight years ago, but now Lin Daoqiu has no fewer resources than Dongbao.

Dongbao is only based on neon, but Lin Daoqiu looks at the whole world, so it is impossible for both sides to be of the same size.

At that time, once Lin Daoqiu's Asian theater strategy is completed, Dongbao will either join or be completely excluded, and will eventually be reduced to a third-rate film company of Neon.

But as far as Isao Matsuoka knows, Dongbao does not plan to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu internally. Resistance is certain, but it depends on how high the degree of confrontation is.

Now Dongbao’s biggest disadvantage is special effects technology. Lin Daoqiu’s magic studio is one of the world’s top special effects technology production companies, but Dongbao has to hire special effects teams from abroad to make special effects movies.

Special effects technology is the trend of future movies. In the past few years, it has become the consensus of all filmmakers. Whoever can control special effects technology will become the master of the movie world.

"Actually, for me, Mr. Matsuoka rejected the cooperation I proposed, and it was difficult for us to continue to be friends, but it is different now. You are no longer the president of Toho, so our friendship can continue."

Lin Daoqiu didn't have many friends, and Matsuoka Kou had helped him more or less at the beginning, and he would not seek his own affairs if he was not in his position. Now that Matsuoka Kou has retired, he will not pose any threat to himself, so Lin Daoqiu Qiu hopes to make friends with him.

Isao Matsuoka did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would be willing to make friends with him even though he was no longer the president of Dongbao, which was far beyond his expectations.

"It's my honor to be Mr. Lin's friend. It seems that although I lost the position of president, I got a good friend. I don't lose out if I count it, haha..."

Isao Matsuoka laughed, although he didn't know if it was his truth, but Lin Daoqiu felt that the other party didn't need to lie in front of him now.

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A week after Isao Matsuoka resigned as president of Toho, Naoue Matsui succeeded him as president of Toho.

He was 20 years younger than Isao Matsuoka, and Naogami Matsui was only in his early forties at this time. The reason why he was able to take this position was naturally the result of compromises and exchanges in various aspects.

"Special effects movies will be the mainstream in the future. This has become a consensus among everyone in the past few years. Asian theaters have Magic Studio as their backer, but we still have no special effects, so I decided to invest [-] million U.S. dollars to use in the development of special effects technology.”

As soon as Matsui took office, he directly announced that he would spend [-] million US dollars to develop special effects technology. It seems that he is very ambitious.

Moreover, Naogami Matsui has already contacted the people on Neon, and asked them to contact Hollywood on their behalf, hoping to develop and research special effects technology together. Of course, Tohora will be responsible for the cost.

Judging from the little brother Nihong making such a request to Dagege, it is impossible for the other party to refuse. After all, this is not a big deal. At least for now, the special effects technology of the movie is not important at all, let alone Little Nihong all asked Dagege for help, and the other party would naturally not refuse this request.

So the news that Dongbao will invest in the construction of a special effects studio with the special effects technical team in Hollywood gradually spread out, and it was later published in newspapers, media, TV news and other media. It seems that Dongbao is It's time to spend a lot of money to compete with Lin Daoqiu.

(End of this chapter)