Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 891 Two Tenths
Under Cen Jianxun's pleading, Sammo Hung had to agree to meet with Pan Disheng out of face.

This time they chose an ordinary teahouse as the place to meet.

Pan Disheng came here first and waited for Sammo Hung.

When Sammo Hung arrived, he saw that Pan Desheng had arrived, and immediately smiled and went forward to hold the other party's hand.

"I'm really sorry, let Mr. Pan wait for me here first."

"Brother Hong, you are welcome. I have long admired your name. It is my honor to meet you today. Please take a seat."

Pan Disheng invited Hong Jinbao to the main seat and sat down.

I felt that the other party was too enthusiastic, and Sammo Hung couldn't refuse, so he took the lead.

"Brother Hong, actually, the reason why I want to cooperate with you is because I don't think there is a more suitable candidate than you."

Hong Jinbao was very happy to hear Pan Disheng's words, but he would not agree to turn around just because of the other party's words.

After all, at this time, Pan Disheng didn't even have a theater in his hand, let alone a theater chain.

Sammo Hung couldn't be so stupid as to agree to him when the other party has nothing.

"Mr. Pan, you're being polite. I've heard what Curly said about it, but I don't think it's the right time to enter the film industry now."

Sammo Hung is not talking ironically, now only New Oriental is making money in the film industry.

Since Golden Harvest bought the Kowloon Cinemas, not to mention the surge in labor costs, the operating expenses of the cinemas have also more than doubled.

But the problem is that if the movies shown in theaters don't sell well, they can't make money, so in general, Golden Harvest has been losing money during this period.

Pan Disheng jumped in at this time, he has neither the experience of making movies, nor the experience of opening theaters before, so it is difficult for people to look up to him.

"I know what brother Hong is worried about, but you can rest assured that I have always followed the rules and left professional matters to professional people. Mr. Cen and you are the ones I want to find."

If Sammo Hung can be invited over, at least ten films related to him will be released within a year.

If the Xiangjiang Cinemas can be reorganized, Pan Disheng will not need to worry about film sources and income.

In fact, before coming here today, Cen Jianxun had already told Sammo Hung about Pan Disheng's thoughts.

If it weren't for this, Sammo Hung would never have come to meet the other party.

"I plan to talk to Mr. Lin about the reorganization of Xiangjiang Cinemas after I buy Kowloon Cinemas from Golden Harvest. I believe that with Mr. Lin's vision and knowledge, he will not refuse my request."

Pan Disheng seemed very confident about this, because he felt that if Lin Daoqiu refused at this time, he could turn around and cooperate with Jiahe, but this was the last step.

Pan Disheng's priority is still to be able to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, and his purpose of opening theaters is to make money.

"If Mr. Pan can buy Kowloon Cinemas from Golden Harvest, Mr. Lin may seriously consider reorganizing Xiangjiang Cinemas."

Sammo Hung did not deny that Lin Daoqiu would have such an idea, unless he was willing to wait until Pan Disheng or Golden Harvest sold the theater.

Otherwise, New Oriental has maintained such a scale, which is definitely not what Lin Daoqiu wants to see.

"Brother Hong, if you're willing to switch over, from now on, the new theater chain will be responsible for the film's shooting funds. After deducting the theater chain's expenses, the box office will be divided into half. What do you think?"

It can be said that Pan Disheng's condition is already very generous.

But if that was the case, Sammo Hung would have gone to cooperate with Golden Harvest a long time ago, and would not have come here to meet Pan Disheng.

After all, Golden Harvest paid tens of millions of signing fees in order to poach him, but Sammo Hung didn't agree to it at the time.

Seeing Sammo Hung smiled and said nothing, Pan Disheng continued.

"Of course, apart from these, I plan to give brother Hong two tenths of the shares in the new cinema."

Based on the previous sale price of Kowloon Cinemas, two-tenths of the shares are worth at least 4000 million.

If Hong Jinbao didn't care much about the previous conditions, then the condition Pan Disheng added now attracted him immediately.

"Mr. Pan is not joking, is he?"

Sammo Hung apparently did not expect that Pan Disheng would offer such a high price, and it would be a lie to say that he was not tempted.

For 4000 million, he didn't know how many movies he would have to make to earn this money.

"Brother Hong, don't worry, these things will be written in black and white in the contract at that time. If the contract is breached, I will pay ten times the compensation."

Since Pan Disheng can say it, he can do it.

But giving Sammo Hung 4000 million for nothing, Pan Disheng is obviously not such a stupid person.

If Sammo Hung agrees, then Pan Disheng will write in the contract that Sammo Hung is not allowed to sell the shares of the new cinema chain within five years.

As long as Sammo Hung helped him make films for five years, he would definitely be able to earn back the money from the box office.

And Pan Disheng didn't want to make money by opening theaters to make movies.

The reason why he suddenly ran to open theaters to make movies was entirely because Pan Disheng had his own ideas.

In Pan Disheng's view, movies are a kind of popular entertainment, and will not be affected even when the economy is in recession and consumption power is declining.

Moreover, he can also use the clothing of the stars in the film to allow his company to act as an agent for brand-name products and get a strong promotion, which plays an indirect role in advertising and sales.

The purpose of starting a film company is more to help promote their own products.

Moreover, the purchase of the theater chain may seem like a lot of money, but in fact he can still sell the theater chain in the future, and Pan Disheng can even make a fortune from it.

Based on these ideas, Pan Disheng had a whim and planned to open a theater.

"Thank you Mr. Pan for your kindness, but I need to go back and think about this matter."

Naturally, Sammo Hung would not agree to Pan Disheng right away, he had to see how far Pan Disheng could go.

If he just talked about it and then fooled himself, wouldn't he be at a big loss by then.

After Pan Disheng bought the theater, he was thinking about whether to transfer to a new theater.

"Brother Hong, don't worry, Golden Harvest will sell Kowloon Cinemas to me in a short time, and we will talk about it in detail at that time."

When Pan Disheng saw Sammo Hung's appearance, he knew that he must have some scruples.

But Pan Disheng was not in a hurry to get Hong Jinma to agree immediately, he had a lot of patience.

Because just now, when he found out that he offered to give Sammo Hung two tenths of the shares in the new theater chain, the other party's eyes were obviously bright, and he knew that Sammo Hung had already been tempted.

Now you only need to buy a new theater chain, and this matter is almost inseparable.

(End of this chapter)