Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

After three drinks, the atmosphere at the dinner table was very lively. The few people Hua Fei found were very good at stirring up the atmosphere at the banquet. They seemed to be professionals in this business.

After eating and drinking, those people left the table one after another. Hua Fei already had a premonition that Lin Daoqiu would start talking about things next.

But what he didn't expect was that the person who spoke this time was not Lin Daoqiu but Lin Jianming.

"Mr. Lin, I don't know how you are thinking about what I told you yesterday. You don't know that the film business in Malaysia has been really difficult in recent years. I almost can't run it anymore. Okay. It is said that I am running a miserable business now, and if this continues, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on for too long.”

When Hua Fei acted miserable in front of Lin Daoqiu, Lin Jianming next to Lin Daoqiu suddenly spoke.

"It seems that what Mr. Hua said is not true."

Hua Fei didn't expect that Lin Jianming would take his words. He looked at Lin Daoqiu again and saw that he was sitting there drinking tea and seemed to have no intention of talking to him.

Seeing this, Hua Fei realized that the person he wanted to talk to today was not Lin Daoqiu but the Lin Jianming in front of him.

"Why would Mr. Lin say this? You are not in Malaysia. How do you know whether my business is doing well or not? Do you think I am deceiving Mr. Lin by saying this?"

Hua Fei looked very unhappy. He felt that Lin Jianming had ruined his affairs by standing up to help Lin Daoqiu smooth things over.

As for Hua Fei's dissatisfied look, Lin Jianming didn't look at it at all, and even if he did, he wouldn't take it seriously, because he knew very well that Lin Daoqiu had made up his mind to let Hua Fei get his share of the deal. Bring it up, so what he has to do now is to get Hua Fei to agree personally.

“The Malaysian film market has developed rapidly in recent years, and box office revenue has increased year by year. In particular, the box office performance of Hong Kong movies has increased by 30% every year. Most of the movies here are provided by Hong Kong Cinemas and New Oriental. Provided, I wonder how Mr. Hua explains it?"

Regarding Lin Jianming's problem, Hua Fei seemed to have had trouble dealing with it for a long time. If he couldn't handle Lin Jianming's problem, then he wouldn't be able to solve Lin Daoqiu's problem.

"Young Master Lin is right. Malaysian movie box office revenue has indeed increased steadily in recent years, but the corresponding expenditures have also increased, especially rent, employee salaries and theater maintenance. These are big money, so Even if the box office revenue increases, if it is added or subtracted, there will not be much left in my hands. Even in the off-season of the movie, it is in a state of loss. I wonder if Mr. Lin knows this?"

A person who knows nothing about the film industry wants to convince himself that if Lin Jianming is the helper hired by Lin Daoqiu, then Hua Fei will definitely laugh to death, because this guy knows nothing and only relies on those public information. The data just wants to convince itself, is this possible? Hearing Hua Fei's answer, Lin Jianming didn't seem surprised at all. He had even guessed that the other party would say this.

"Mr. Hua, the revenue of Dahua Pictures has been rising steadily in recent years. Although the expenses are also rising, it only increases by 5% every year, which is not proportional to the revenue at all. As for the off-season you mentioned The income of the theater is at a loss, which is obviously not true, because in addition to the box office income of the movie, the sales of peripherals are also a lot of income. More than half of your theaters make a lot of money by selling soda, snacks, etc. , these are not included in the movie’s box office.”

Hua Fei didn't expect that Lin Jianming knew this. He originally wanted to use the income from the movie to deceive the other party, but he didn't expect that Lin Jianyue even knew this. This was a bit troublesome.

Turning his head to look at Lin Daoqiu, Hua Fei suddenly realized how could Lin Daoqiu not know things that others didn't know, and many of these things were learned by Hua Fei from Lin Daoqiu.

"Indeed, there is, but I still have to share the income with others. I also said that I don't have much. You can't just look at my income and not look at the overall situation. In the past few years, the film market has It’s indeed good, but what about next year? What about the year after? People always have to plan ahead, unless you can guarantee that the film market will grow at such a rate every year. If that’s the case, then of course I have nothing to say.”

At this time, the phone bill was simply cheating. Since he couldn't speak with data, he took the topic further and muddied the water. Now he wanted to see what Lin Jianyue would say. If he dared to pat his chest and promise, then Hua Fei dared to make a contract with him in front of him to see who would be the winner in the end.

"What you said seems a bit shameless. Who can predict the trend of the film market in a few years? We are talking about now, and in my opinion, the film market will continue to grow in the future, and it will still grow significantly. "

"If Mr. Lin says this, then do you dare to sign a contract with me and take a gamble? If within five years, the film market has an increase of more than 30%, then I will lose, but if it cannot be achieved, then you will lose. , if I lose, I am willing to add half of the quota unconditionally, but if you lose, the share of the success will be reduced."

Since there was no way to persuade the other party to stop, Hua Fei simply waited for a change. If the Malaysian film market could still grow by more than 30% in the next five years, in that case he would give up the half of it. It doesn't matter if you go up, but if not, then Lin Daoqiu will naturally have to drop half a percent.

"I don't have time to wait that long. I just want to ask you the last thing. Do you want to add the half of it? If you want to add it, we can discuss it. But if you don't add it, New Oriental will no longer be with you from next year." If we cooperate, you won’t be able to buy any blockbuster movies from Hong Kong, that’s what I’m saying.”

"Mr. Lin, no... I didn't mean that. If we have something to talk about, you don't need to do this."

Hua Fei was anxious, and Lin Daoqiu pushed him into a desperate situation as soon as he opened his mouth. If he didn't have movies provided by New Oriental in the future, then his theaters would probably only attract mosquitoes. This was by no means the result he wanted to see.

"I've said all the good things to say. If you don't listen, it's your own fault. I've helped you make a lot of money over the years. In order to cooperate before, I should have given you some profits, but you don't You should take my profit concession as a matter of course. I want to take back my profit concession now. If you don't agree, just say something. I will never force you to do anything you don't want to do. This is what I, Lin Daoqiu, said. Listen clearly. ?"