Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 392 Help Jiahe

After talking with Zou Wenhuai, as soon as Lin Daoqiu returned, he asked Li Maowen and Fang Jinsheng to collect the latest information on Jiahe and Shaw.

A few days later, Li Maowen and Fang Jinsheng put together the collected information and put it on Lin Daoqiu's desk.

"Interesting...it's really interesting."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know that Jiahe had been abused so badly by the Shaw Brothers, so it's no wonder that Zou Wenhuai suddenly came to him to resolve the previous grievances.

Unexpectedly, Golden Harvest lost more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars last year just because of the absence of the Hong family class. In addition to the local box office revenue, there was also money from selling ports.

As a result, misfortunes never come singly, Shaw Brothers added fuel to their fire, and the two-track screenings were all old-fashioned kung fu comedies, or martial arts movies and the like.

This has caused the attendance rate of Golden Harvest Cinemas to continue to decline in the past six months. But at that time, Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen both went to Hollywood to film, and there was no one who could come out to save the scene.

"Mr. Lin, if Golden Harvest continues like this, it will probably close down in a few years."

It is useless for a theater chain without attendance. After all, Golden Harvest is an independent production company and does not have its own team at all.

If it is normal, there may not be any problems, but once there is a problem, Golden Harvest will suddenly become a shell company.

"The possibility of this is too low. At most, they will lose a little money every year, but it's not enough to stop driving."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think that this little setback would close Golden Harvest's business. After all, with Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen around, it wouldn't be a big problem for them to survive for a few years.

But if a film company survives in this way, it is tantamount to walking a tightrope, and every step will be on thin ice.

There is no need to think about big investments. Maybe in the future, Golden Harvest's investment direction will shift to investing in some films with low production costs. This way, the financial pressure will not be too great, and even if it loses money, it will not feel distressed.

If it were someone else, Lin Daoqiu might think that the other party would do the same, but the man at the helm of Golden Harvest is Zou Wenhuai. This gentleman has the ambition to enter Hollywood and promote Golden Harvest to the world.

Let him only make some low-cost movies to make a little money, even if he killed Lin Daoqiu, he didn't believe that Zou Wenhuai would be willing to do this, so the only way for them to solve the predicament now is to bow their heads to themselves.

After all, Zou Wenhuai had already found Run Run Shaw to cooperate, but in the end he still couldn't eliminate himself, and instead lost the attendance of Golden Harvest Cinemas, so they had nowhere to go.

At first, Li Maowen and Fang Jinsheng didn't know why Lin Daoqiu asked them to investigate the matter of Jiahe and Shaw Brothers.

But now, after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, the two of them suddenly had a very vague concept in their minds, but they didn't dare to think in that direction, because it was simply too exaggerated.

You must know that it was something that even Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai could not do, and Lin Daoqiu was still so young, so they did not think that such a thing would happen.

"Jiahe is in a half-dead state now, and the Shaw Brothers are not much better, so they must be eager to change now, and Jiahe is probably the most urgent among them, so I plan to do them a favor."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Fang Jinsheng and Li Maowen very confused. Now that Jiahe is fighting with New Oriental, it stands to reason that Lin Daoqiu should just watch them fall into the abyss step by step. How could he help each other at this time? worry?

"Mr. Lin, I think the best way now is to wait and see what happens. In two or three years, New Oriental's position in the Hong Kong film market will become higher and higher. There is no need to help them at this time."

Li Maowen thought that Lin Daoqiu really wanted to help Jiahe through this difficulty. If Lin Daoqiu really did this, if the other party came back to breathe, it would be hard to say what would happen later.

But as soon as Li Maowen finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu raised his head and looked at the other party with puzzled eyes, as if he didn't understand what Li Maowen meant.

"Help them through the difficulties? Why would Maven think like that? Do you think I'm such a kind person? Hahaha..."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing, seeing Fang Jinsheng and Li Maowen as confused.

Lin Daoqiu just said that he wanted to do Jiahe a favor, could it be that they misunderstood the meaning of Lin Daoqiu's words?
Looking at Fang Jinsheng and Li Maowen who looked confused, Lin Daoqiu had to explain to them what he meant by what he said just now, lest these two people spend a long time guessing there.

"I think there are too many three theater chains in Xiangjiang, so I want to take advantage of this time to have a good talk with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers about forming a joint theater chain."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Fang Jinsheng and Li Maowen immediately understood what he meant.

But they understand that they understand, but they didn't expect that Lin Daoqiu's ambition was so great that he wanted to become the overlord of Xiangjiang movies.

However, judging from the current situation, neither Golden Harvest nor Shaw Brothers is New Oriental's opponent. Even if they join hands, their lives will be very miserable, so Lin Daoqiu's idea may really be realized.

"I had this idea a year ago, but when I was talking to Golden Harvest at that time, the other party's only thought was to occupy the largest share of United Cinemas, but in the end, of course, we broke up unhappy."

This was the case a year ago, but the situation is very different a year later. Even if Lin Daoqiu took the initiative to approach Golden Harvest to discuss this matter, forgive them for not daring to say that they want to become the major shareholder of United Cinemas.

As for the Shaw Brothers, let alone, if it weren't for the double-screening with Golden Harvest, I'm afraid life would only be even more bleak now, so they simply don't have the capital to negotiate with themselves.

It doesn't matter if Shaw Brothers doesn't want to join, Lin Daoqiu can have a two-line screening with Golden Harvest, and Shaw Brothers will be excluded at that time.

I believe that in less than a year, Shaw Brothers' attendance rate will drop to a horrible level. At that time, they will either join the United Cinemas, or wait to sell the theaters.

But no matter who bought Shaw Cinemas in the end, Lin Daoqiu believed that as long as the other party was not a fool, he would definitely join the United Cinemas led by New Oriental immediately.

I don't know if it's Lin Daoqiu's luck recently. He Guanchang came to New Oriental Company in person within a few days after he said these words.

But this time, it was not Lin Daoqiu who met him, but Li Maowen, general manager of New Oriental's theater chain.

Although a little unhappy, He Guanchang still showed a very happy smile when he saw Li Maowen.

　Thank you, Cao Rui, for forgetting the monthly pass!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)