Hong Kong Compilation begins with a serious case of anger

Chapter 157 153, Wang Bao

"What? Five people died? Didn't you say don't kill anyone?"

Zhou Wenhuai frowned and said, although he is not afraid of trouble, trouble is trouble after all, and trouble comes when someone dies.

"It's not their side, it's the association's side that died five times." He Guanchang responded.

"Oh, club, since it's Young and Dangerous, it's fine."

Young and Dangerous, the lives of bad boys are worthless, and they are not taxpayers. Apart from collecting protection fees and causing disasters on Hong Kong Island, there is no benefit at all. No matter how many deaths there are, the police will not pursue them. Associations are robbing land, and the police wait for them to finish hacking before going in to clean up the mess.

"However, I heard from some friends that the boss of Times Cinemas donated a large sum of money to the police, and now the police on the entire Hong Kong Island are ready to escort Times Cinemas at any time."

Zhou Wenhuai frowned and asked, "A large sum? How big is it?"

He Guanchang smiled wryly, "1000 million dollars"

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Good boy, really dare to spend 1000 million US dollars, it seems that the society can't deal with him, Zhou Wenhuai heard this number, opened his mouth, I don't know what to say, Nima, my annual film income of Jiahe, maybe less than 1000 million dollars
Of course, this is only Hong Kong Island, because Hong Kong Island is just a city with such a large population, and of course there is an upper limit to the box office contribution each year, so Golden Harvest will actively develop overseas business. The Southeast Asian market and the American market have repeatedly fought and failed repeatedly. war--

"It seems that the boss of Times Cinemas has a lot of money. Sometimes money can solve [-]% of the troubles. Let's find someone to lick and block this young boy~"

"Well, but today, the police are sweeping Dongxing's venue all the way. I don't think any associations will dare to touch his theater in less than a month."

"It doesn't matter, I've already had tea with Shao Lao Liu, and no one will bring a movie to him in the cinema of the young boy, even if he can make some movies by himself, and there will be no overseas businessmen." Go buy his copyright to see how long he can last, if the income and expenditure are not balanced every month, that is a loss of money, hehe."

Zhou Wenhuai chuckled, "The younger generation has made some money, and if he becomes an upstart, he doesn't know the sky is high and the earth is thick. If there is no film source for this opening theater, the daily expenses will be almost the same as burning money. With assets of several hundred million, you want to play a money-burning war." , it's still a little tender."

Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, at the moment, have an annual profit of more than [-] million yuan, and the company's stock market price is as high as several billion. Of course, the stock market must be a bit inflated, but it also proves their energy, especially Shaw Brothers, is still operating The TV station, the annual profit of the TV station also exceeds hundreds of millions.

As for the purchase of copyrights by overseas businessmen that Zhou Wenhuai said, it is because Hong Kong Island cannot recover the cost of the big investment in movies at this time. Only by adding overseas box office and selling copyrights can it make a profit.

The overseas mentioned here refers to the Southeast Asian region. Because of the different customs and cultures, Europe and the United States have always been unimpressed with Hong Kong Island movies. Therefore, apart from Southeast Asia, Golden Harvest is still actively developing in Hollywood. Unfortunately, it has not yet found the threshold.

Once Liu Jizu's overseas copyrights cannot be sold, and he does not have his own theater chain in Southeast Asia, the overseas market will be insulated from him, and his income will undoubtedly drop sharply. Hong Kong Island cannot afford to support some large-scale film productions. .

However, it is impossible to produce a movie with a small investment, and it is impossible to have a blockbuster like Happy Ghost every time.

If Liu Jizu was an outside force, then what greeted him would be day and night clubs buying for zero yuan, and then no one came to the police after calling the police. Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, as local tyrants, can completely make the police come later every time. .

But now, Liu Jizu has paid a large amount of protection fees to the police on Hong Kong Island, so their idea of ​​borrowing Bai Dao's power will be invalidated.

"Besides, Times Cinemas also made a move."

"Oh~" Zhou Wenhuai said in surprise, "What trick did they use?"

"All the movies that go to them, the box office is [-]% or [-]%"

"Sanqi? Could it be the three of them?"

He Guanchang smiled wryly and nodded, "That's right, [-]% of the theater chain, they want to give up [-]% of the box office profits to the producers, and some people are already eager to try it."

This time Zhou Wenhuai couldn't sit still anymore, so he stood up and walked around twice, "Are you crazy? He's doing this, he's losing money and he needs to get the source of the film first, Sanqi, does he have money to earn?"

He Guanchang said, "Thirty to seven cents, if there are enough film sources, there will be no loss."

No, the premise is that there will be film sources released every day, and there will be no vacancy, so not to mention making money, at least it is still possible to keep capital, as long as the theaters are not vacant, they will not lose money.

Most of the films that go to Golden Harvest Ho Shaw are on June [-]th, whoever is six, of course it is the theater's six, the producer is just four, and there was a booking fee ten years ago~
Now only those well-produced movies that are sure to be a big hit at the box office can get [-]% off in theaters. This is already the biggest discount, and the producers have to pay for the promotion themselves.

That's why I say that regardless of whether Golden Harvest's movies hit the market or not, the theater chain is its lifeblood, and it will never be afraid of losing money in droughts and floods. .

Zhou Wenhuai said angrily, "Hmph, then there will be a ban on Jianghu, as long as anyone dares to take the film to Times Cinemas, they will not be allowed to show it at Golden Harvest again. I will call Shao Laoliu later. By the side, talk to him"

"If you want to be blocked by the theaters in Hong Kong Island, go to Times Cinemas to try~"

He Guanchang was worried, "Will this completely force those independent producers to the Times Cinemas?"

Zhou Wenhuai shook his head, "Impossible, the owner of Times Cinemas is just a nouveau riche, and his funds can't last that long, and he will have to go bankrupt in half a year at most, that's fine, that's it, you can find someone to help him Tim, I'll find Shao Lao Liu to drink tea and unify."

As a self-made Jiahe in the chaotic period of the 70s, no one knows how many contacts he has in this city. Yesterday was just the first step in his efforts.

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"Thirty to seven points? Then we are not a net loss?"

In the office building of DreamWorks, a meeting was in progress. Shusheng Huang came, and there was Fang Ting. Although Four Eyes Martln was the executive manager of Times Cinemas, Fang Ting was in charge of the finances, and Shusheng Huang was working part-time. There is no way, there are few people at the moment, and one person can do more than one person, and those who can do more work.

"Well, after my calculations, [-] points won't be a loss~" Four-eyed boy Martln took out a piece of paper on which he wrote some data he calculated. He graduated from a prestigious foreign financial school.

"As long as the theaters are not empty, there will be about one-third of each seat, and there will be no losses. The franchisees will not charge any franchise fees or other fees except for a unified management fee. One-third They will not lose even the attendance rate, but will make a small profit."

"Before joining, they didn't have so many film sources and attendance. Although Sanqi, they got less box office share, but as long as people watch movies every day, they won't lose money. Everyone You can rest assured."

"On the contrary, our directly-operated theaters will suffer a small loss in the rent paid, acquisition money, and daily labor expenses. Of course, the data I calculated is not so accurate. The movies released in theaters are all so popular, and they may also turn losses into profits~”

Liu Jizu waved his hand and didn't care, "Don't worry, Siyanzi, you spread the news, I believe that as long as the profit is big enough, there will definitely be independent producers coming to us, as long as there is the first one to eat crabs Yes, the people behind will come in a steady stream, and the two of them can't be blocked."

Liu Jizu remembers that the Golden Princess in another time and space was also struggling in the early stage. Except for the little film source of his own Xinyicheng, there was no other film source at all, but what about later?The two of them joined forces to screen.

It is an explosive movie that can be screened in Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest at the same time, which is absolutely impossible before the emergence of Xinyicheng.

"Continuing to send some news, we welcome all producers to come to our film schedule, Times Cinemas will adopt a fair and just film schedule system, and will never replace their own films just because they are released, everything depends on the box office, And all the money will be settled within one month after the release~"

Speaking of money, Liu Jizu suddenly remembered something, and turned to Director Huang, "By the way, Director Huang, does Golden Harvest owe us the box office of Happy Ghost 1?"

Huang Shusheng nodded, "Yes, the box office is about 1000 million to 100 million. I dragged my relationship to find an acquaintance to go to Golden Harvest to arrange the film. The 5.5 and 4.5 splits, we have 450 million, and so far only got two million or so~"

Liu Jizu nodded, "Notify Lawyer Pete and sue them. Also, overseas copyrights are not sold~"

Huang Shusheng shook his head, "No, according to industry rules, overseas copyrights are only sold after the box office comes out~"

Liu Jizu rubbed his chin, "Find some time, check out the distributors in Southeast Asia, whoever has the strength, find him to cooperate, and find a time to talk later~"

Huang Shusheng nodded, "OK~"

"Well, then you are busy first. I will go to the police station to deal with the problem. I heard that several young and Dangerous boys died last night."

As for the publisher, Liu Jizu actually already has a partner. Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have been operating for many years, and they have already had their own channels in Southeast Asia. Hong Kong Island does not have a distributor of its own film sources, and Meiya seems to be a good choice, because Meiya is a very powerful one among many distributors.

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Liu Jizu rushed to the police station, on the one hand to record a statement, on the other hand, because of what happened last night, people died. Tianyangsheng killed three young and Dangerous boys, and then one died in the melee on Liu Jizu's side, and another was He was hacked to death by Hong Xing's men during the melee in other theaters.

Five people died, so of course he has to deal with it. Although it is self-defense in name, the evidence of young and Dangerous people getting together for zero yuan to buy, smash, smash and rob is convincing, but the process still has to go.

Seraphim received Liu Jizu, oh, he is retired now, and his name is Chen Guozhong. 【Note 1】

Chen Guozhong walked in front of Liu Jizu with a smile, "Here you are, last night was very impressive. I heard that Dongxing's people made trouble for you, and you were repelled. You have prepared for it~"

Liu Jizu handed over a cigarette and said with a smile, "I still have to trouble you, there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days, and these young and Dangerous boys have suffered a little bit, and they will definitely not let it go. When the theater is no longer guarded by security personnel, I guess they They will sneak up and make trouble."

Chen Guozhong took the cigarette and smiled slightly, "You are very imposing. Last night, all the police stations on Hong Kong Island were dispatched to help you clean up Dongxing's place."

Last night, after beating Young and Dangerous Boys, it was confirmed that the troublemakers were from Dongxing. Liu Jizu made a phone call, and then the police, who had been preparing for a long time, directly attacked with heavy blows, looking for Dongxing's place to sweep. The Star Five Tigers were directly arrested, and it is not known whether someone will grab Dongxing's territory tonight.

Liu Jizu accompanied him, as well as a lawyer, because he was dead, so he had to go through legal procedures. Of course, Liu Jizu brought the lawyer to pay the money, and the one who should sue must sue. Some compensation, that doesn't matter, leave it to professional lawyers to deal with.

In a word, problems that can be solved with the power of money are not problems.

"Oh, let me go"

Suddenly, there was a scream from the police station. After Liu Jizu heard it, he looked at Chen Guozhong curiously, and Chen Guozhong's expression changed, and he rushed over immediately.

Liu Jizu followed closely behind, and when he ran over, he saw a big fat man, oh no, this man should be fat on the surface, but in fact he should be strong, his burly body is full of muscles.

The silvery-white big back and the beard all over the face gave Zhang Fei the feeling, the difference is that the eyes of the other party were full of unruly and fierce glare, and this fat man was pressing down on a policeman. He pressed his hand on the iron door and crushed it vigorously.

so arrogant?

The police officer crushed by the other party's fingers on the iron gate was screaming, Chen Guozhong hurriedly told him to stop, but the fat man turned a deaf ear to it, and instead stared fiercely at the policemen outside the iron gate.

"Bring the key~" Chen Guozhong ordered his assistant, stared at him darkly and said, "After tonight, you must be finished—"

Not only was the fat man not afraid, but he stared at the policemen outside the iron gate like a hungry tiger, "I won't let you bastards get out of the police station."

Liu Jizu stood behind and rubbed his chin. He seemed to know who this fat man was, a fool who dared to threaten the police face to face.
When he came to Chen Guozhong's office, Liu Jizu asked, "That fat man was very arrogant just now, what's his name?"

Chen Guozhong nodded with a sullen face, "That bastard is Wang Bao. When he went to court three years ago, he couldn't testify because the witness died halfway. He's sitting in prison."

Liu Jizu nodded, it really was him——

"Then you don't intend to kill him directly"

Liu Jizu stretched out two fingers and a thumb, making a gun pose.
[PS, in the Seraph movie, it is called Sir Chen, but there is no name, and the police officer in Sha Po Lang is called Chen Guozhong, and they are merged together. Anyway, they are all surnamed Chen, and they are still an actor.】

(End of this chapter)