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Chapter 201 Negotiation
"I know that!"

In Hong Kong Island, the housing prices have risen dramatically, while the prices of cement and steel bars have not increased much! I don’t know who has made so much money.

Alas, the evil capital.

And there is England hiding in the back.

Huang Ze complained in his heart and continued watching.

To be honest, cinema chains are still making money. After all, the total box office in Hong Kong this year is 1 billion, of which 500 million will go to cinema chains.

There are currently four cinema chains in Hong Kong Island, and it will not be a big problem for D&B Cinemas to generate an annual revenue of over 100 million.

Well, of course, we have to deduct the high rent, the money distributed to franchised theaters, employee salaries, taxes, renovation costs, etc., and the profit of Debao Cinemas that belongs to Dickson Pan is only about 50 million.

It looks like a lot indeed.

But compared to selling luxury goods, jewelry, watches and the like, it is really hard-earned money.

Even if you use that much money to buy buildings and store them up, the overall profit may be higher than this.

No wonder the other party wants to make a move as soon as he hooks up with a female celebrity.

"The company's operations are still quite healthy!" Huang Ze was not an expert at reading accounts, so he just took a quick look and started chatting with Pan Disheng.

"It's hard to make big money, but it's also hard to lose money." Pan Disheng smiled, "The Hong Kong movie market is getting hotter day by day. This year, the ticket price has increased by 15% compared to last year."

"Mr. Huang, if you take this, you might be able to earn more in the future."

"It's like cooking oil over a raging fire!" Huang Ze sighed.

He knew that this was just the beginning and things would get even more exaggerated after the 90s.

Ticket prices will continue to rise year by year.

I just don't know why the ticket prices have gone up, could it be because it's easier to wash something of equivalent value?
With the same number of seats, a larger amount of money can be handled.

But this has nothing to do with myself.

I am a good person and I don't do such things.

"Only when the fire is simmering can money roll in!" Pan Disheng smiled and twirled his fingers. "I am an outsider in the film industry, but I can do this."

"With your ability as a film director and your understanding of the film market, Mr. Huang, having a cinema chain will definitely be a great help."

"Xinghai Films and the cinema chain complement each other. With the addition of ATV, in time, Golden Harvest may not be your rival!"

"That's exaggerated, that's exaggerated." Huang Ze shook his head, "The film and television industry is just a small pool. No matter how big it gets, the profit in a year won't be much."

The two chatted for a long time, and Huang Ze's financial officer came over to tell Huang Ze a piece of news, "D&B has leased Shaw's four leading cinemas for seven years. Now four years have passed, and there are only three years left!"

"There is a risk that the other party will not renew the lease or ask for an exorbitant price."

"Uncle Shaw is also a businessman," Pan Disheng explained at the right time. "Why wouldn't he rent it if the price was right? His Shaw Brothers Film Company has closed down, so why would he leave the theater to rot?"

"But why would he rent it to me? Huang Ze pretended to be embarrassed and said earnestly, "Mr. Pan and I are different!"

"If I make ATV bigger and stronger, then Uncle Shao Liu will almost lose the last bit of his television career."

"He will surely resent me then, so why would he rent the theater to me?"

"Also, selling the theater and developing other industries is another option."

"These are the four flagship theaters of the D&B Cinema Chain. Without them, D&B Cinema Chain will not only lose a lot of revenue, but its influence will also be hampered."

"I want to build four new Dragon Head Theaters. They are all located in the prosperous areas of Hong Kong Island. It will cost a lot of money!"

"Boss Pan, there's a pitfall in your cinema chain!" Huang Ze took the opportunity to bargain with him. This bargaining lasted for several days.

In the end, the price was negotiated down to 480 million.

Huang Ze pooled the surplus money from the record company and ATV, which was just enough to save him from having to take out another loan.

After being audited by a third party, the acquisition entered the countdown.

A new emperor has new ministers.

Not to mention that after the acquisition, Huang Ze planned to rename it Xinghai Cinemas.

It turns out that even if the general manager of Debao Cinemas is not replaced, he has to find someone from his own background to partner with him to prevent him from going too far.

When Huang Ze thought of this position, his elder brother's face appeared in his mind.

He was originally the deputy manager of his father-in-law's theater. Later, he was transferred to Chedun Film and Television City. After working there for more than half a year, he returned to Xinghai and was responsible for dealing with the theater chain.

I haven't found any problems over the years, so it's still trustworthy.

Thinking of this, Huang Ze called his elder brother to his office.

"What's wrong?" Huang Yang walked into the office, a little confused and surprised.

The two are brothers, but their relationship is more like that of boss and employee.

So even though they have a good relationship in private, Huang Ze usually doesn't see me during work, seemingly for fear of embarrassing me. I mostly communicate with Liu Zhenwei.

Huang Ze called him this time, probably because of something more important.

This also made his expression tense and stiff.

"Brother, I'll give you a task, do you want to take it?" Huang Ze asked.

"What task?" Huang Yang raised his eyes and smiled. "It would be great if I could help you. It makes me feel that I am worthy of the salary you offer me."

"But I'm afraid I won't do a good job and cause you too much loss."

"I can definitely do it." Huang Ze smiled, "I'm going to buy the D&B Cinema Chain, and then you'll be the deputy general manager, managing the theaters. Do you have the confidence in this?"

"It's nothing more than turning one theater into 20 theaters. As long as we investigate the attendance rate in time and change the films, we won't be afraid of any major problems."

"Then I can give it a try."

"Well! I'll leave it to you then. Go and keep an eye on it for now. The acquisition will take at least half a month. I won't be in Hong Kong Island during this period. Call me after the audit is completed!"

It's been a long time since I came back. The preparatory work for Pulp Fiction has been completed. If I don't go now, it will affect the progress.

After all, movies are my main profession!

As for the cinema chain acquisition, probably all the links have been finalized, and I just need to come back for the final step.

Putting things here aside for the time being, Huang Ze flew to the United States with Liang Jiahui, who had not yet started filming "God of Gamblers".

"Well, the script, your role is very simple." Huang Zecai handed the script to Liang Jiahui after getting on the plane. "You play a talkative robber who robs customers in a restaurant with his girlfriend. As a result, there is a professional killer in the restaurant who controls the two of you. In the end, the killer gives you money to buy your lives and keeps his wallet."

"Give me the money?" Liang Jiahui blinked. "Hasn't he already controlled us?"

"That's called professionalism!" Huang Ze said, "He's a killer who decided to retire, and he loves reading the Bible the most."

"In short, just recall the feeling when you played Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and recall the state of that character."

(End of this chapter)