Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 149 [Times have changed]

On August 8, Modern Media Group.

In the conference room, Huanyu Films and Golden Harvest Films formally signed the merger agreement. Lin Rongheng and Zou Wenhuai signed their names, and the deal officially came into effect.

Lin Rongheng stretched out his right hand and said to Zou Wenhuai, "General Manager Zou, welcome to Huanyu!"

Zou Wenhuai quickly stretched out his right hand and responded, "Thank you boss for your trust!"

One sentence, boss, shows that Zou Wenhuai has put down Jiahe and entered the Huanyu system.

Then, the management of both sides got to know each other and held a meeting.

Lin Rongheng first said: "Universal Films is the parent company of Universal Cinemas, Universal Cinemas, and Golden Harvest Films, and Universal Films is a first-tier subsidiary of Modern Media Group. This division is for the complementary resources of the brothers."

Everyone nodded. The power of modern newspapers should not be underestimated. It is a company larger than Huanyu Films, controlling the tongues of Xiangjiang and overseas.

Zou Wenhuai asked: "Does Modern Media Group have a management team?"

If there is still a management team above, I will be restrained a bit as the general manager who has finally become the general manager.

Lin Rongheng smiled and said, "I'm the only one! Huanyu Films, Modern Newspaper, and Modern Publishing House are all independent companies, and they are all responsible to me."

The reason why Modern Publishing House is independent from Modern Newspaper is that Lin Rongheng considers the influence of several Japanese manga in the future, and can establish secondary subsidiaries such as animation production company and toy company at that time.

In this way, Modern Media Group is short of one TV station. There are four first-level subsidiaries in total, and Sun Company can have more.

Zou Wenhuai nodded, indicating that he understood!
Next, Lin Rongheng discussed his ideas about the company at the meeting.

At this point, Lin Rongheng finally didn't need to worry too much about Huanyu Movies.

After the meeting, Lin Rongheng asked Zou Wenhuai and Chen Hansheng to come to his office.

After letting the two sit down, Lin Rongheng said: "After Golden Harvest merged into Huanyu, we will continue to cultivate new signature movie stars. I think Golden Harvest's Yuanlong is not bad, and he can cultivate a star; and his Seven Little Fortunes juniors , you all recruited into the company and trained them well."

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "Well, I have already told them that they will all sign contracts with Huanyu in the future, and we will re-establish the contract recently."

Before the merger, Lin Rongheng said that all the staff and contracted actors of Golden Harvest will be hired.

Lin Rongheng added: "President Zou must also know that it is not difficult to become a star, but it is difficult to retain a star; therefore, we at Huanyu welcome all stars whose contracts have expired to continue to cooperate with the company."

Lin Rongheng must reiterate this point, for people like Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, Yuan Long, Yuan Lou, which one of these people did not start a company by himself in the previous life, it is impossible for them to always get an actor's salary.

Therefore, Huanyu's producer system is a magic weapon to win over these people.

Zou Wenhuai said: "This is indeed the only option to retain these people! Shaw Brothers' films are a lesson learned from the past, but Shaw Brothers has wireless artist training classes, which is not bad!"

Lin Rongheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will have my own TV station sooner or later!"

Zou Wenhuai and Chen Hansheng were startled, this young boss is really full of energy!

However, the two also knew that the TV station would definitely not be a subsidiary of Huanyu Films, but could only be a brother company.

After chatting for a while, Zou Wenhuai left first, leaving Chen Hansheng in Lin Rongheng's office.

Lin Rongheng said: "Manager Chen, I hope you don't have any burdens and cooperate well with General Manager Zou's work. After all, he can be regarded as your senior."

Chen Hansheng stopped his waist, and immediately said: "Boss, I know! Don't worry, I know my own weight. I also admire General Manager Zou, he is more comprehensive than me."

Lin Rongheng nodded and said, "Universal Films has just started, and as your business grows bigger and bigger in the future, your salaries will naturally get higher and higher."

Chen Hansheng naturally knows how huge the future of Huanyu is, after all, he has been 'brainwashed' by Lin Rongheng long ago.

Lin Rongheng is not worried that Chen Hansheng will betray him. After all, with Zou Wenhuai looking at the film company, it doesn't matter if he leaves a talent; but thinking about working together for so long, he doesn't want to let it go, so he hopes that he will cooperate well with Zou Wenhuai's work.

Huanyu Films acquired Golden Harvest Films, causing a huge disturbance in Hong Kong and Kowloon.

A reporter with good news went to interview Shao Lao Liu, the owner of Shaw Films, but Shao Lao Liu would naturally not accept the interview, and returned to the office sullenly.

Although TVB is more important than a film company, TVB is not headed by Run Run Shaw, the chairman of the board is Li Xiaohe, and Run Run Shaw is only the director and general manager.Although Shao Laoliu has a great say in the production of programs, if it involves major issues, the Li family's say is naturally greater.

Therefore, the film company is still the focus of Shao Laoliu.

Fang Yat-wah came to Run Run Shaw's office and saw that his lover was worried, so he explained: "In the end, Bruce Lee was the only one supporting Huanyu Films. Although one of Hui Guanwen's films made 300 million Hong Kong dollars, the subsequent ones may not be successful again. And our Shaw Films has more than 20 directors alone, more than 130 contracted actors, and now there is a wireless training class to transfer talents. In terms of box office, we have already had three films with a box office of 100 million Hong Kong dollars this year. Why worry so much about the above?"

Hearing the words, Shao Lao Liu knew that his lover was comforting him, but he couldn't get rid of his anger, so he scolded: "This Lin Rongheng and Zou Wenhuai are both incapable of cultivating talents by themselves, and they specialize in poaching corners. Those famous actors and directors , wishing that everyone would share with me equally, what does this sound like? When I was young, a celebrity only cost a few dozen yuan, and I started the company, so everyone should be the boss? "

Fang Yihua naturally agrees with this point of view.

Things have come to this point, everyone is filming their own scenes, so naturally they can't beat their opponents.

If it was Golden Harvest in the past, Shaw Brothers would naturally have no problem handling it. Suing copyright infringement, blockade of theaters, etc., would all make Zou Wenhuai suffer; but Huanyu Films is different. In terms of wealth, Shao Lao Liu is not as good as Lin Rongheng, so naturally he also There will be no downsides.

As for getting Shao Lao Liu to change his point of view, it is also impossible for Shaw Brothers to implement the producer system.

Shao Laoliu's point of view is: I discovered you and made you popular, without me, there would be no you; you should be grateful and obedient to serve you for a lifetime, and I will make you more popular and more beautiful, and you will have no worries about food and clothing.

But many stars and directors don’t think so. They think: You made me famous, and I brought you huge profits. No worries about food and clothing.Worrying about food and clothing is actually nothing to worry about. A lot of people in Xiangjiang have no worries about food and clothing.But what if I am old?What should I do if I fall out of favor?What if the company declines?Who in Hong Kong does not want to get rich?Why didn't we want to?
In short, this is the reason for the decline of Shaw Brothers movies!

Since the 70s, independent film companies have gradually replaced the traditional film model. No film company can dominate like Shaw Brothers films in the 60s.

Times have changed!

Modern Press.

Lin Rongheng called Zhang Cheng and asked about the progress of the company.

"Will the sales of "Little Rascal" of Yulang Books affect our "Modern Manke"?"

Zhang Cheng said seriously: "The sales volume of our "Modern Man" has reached 5.5 copies, thanks to the addition of Bruce Lee's nunchaku elements recently; and the sales volume of "Little Rascal" has also climbed to 3.5 copies, so it cannot be said Whether it has any effect, sales of both publications are on the rise.”

In the original history, Shangguan Xiaobao's "Bruce Lee" and Huang Yulang's "Little Rascal" were evenly matched in this era in the Xiangjiang comic industry.

Modern Publishing House owns 50% of the shares in Yulang Books. The increase in sales of "Little Rascal" naturally means that Modern Publishing House can make more money.

Therefore, it is a good thing that sales are rising!
Lin Rongrong asked again: "Did that Huang Yulang rob shifts and seize power in the company?"

Zhang Cheng thought for a while, and said: "At present, Huang Yulang and our rights in Yulang Books are split [-]-[-], and we can get along pretty well. Huang Yulang is also concentrating on creating "Little Rascal". The financial and administrative powers have not been directly expressed as looting."

Lin Rongheng laughed and said, "It's because he's still short of money! Sooner or later, he won't let Yulang Book Company have the power to challenge him!"

Zhang Cheng asked: "At that time, what should we do? Should we bring down Yulang Book Company directly, or?"

Lin Rongheng shook his head and said, "That's not the case. We don't need to have trouble with the money and let him go bankrupt and redeem the shares! But we must let our "Dragon Tiger Gate" be serialized before the conflict between the two parties arises."

The two laughed at the same time, no matter how talented a cartoonist is, how could he possibly beat a capitalist.

Huang Yulang has long been caught in the "conspiracy" of the modern publishing house, and he had to obediently fall into it, because he has no capital to open a publishing house.

While Modern Publishing House seems to support Huang Yulang, in fact it is just crippling the original rival Baoguang Publishing House (Huang Yulang's old club), and then transforming the market into its own.

Now, Modern Publishing House owns half of the equity of Yulang Books, and half of the profit of "Little Rascal" is naturally owned by Modern Publishing House.

As for Huang Yulang who supported him, naturally there will be "Dragon and Tiger Gate" and the excellent main writers trained to deal with him in the future.

In a restaurant, Huang Yulang was having a party with several chief writers, all of whom Huang Yulang poached from Baoguang Publishing House.

A chief writer defended Huang Yulang and said: "Huang Sheng, Yulang Books is named after you, but the company's financial and administrative powers are all in the hands of Modern Publishing House. Can you swallow this?"

Huang Yulang took a sip of white wine, and then said: "How should I put it, now I can share a profit of more than 3000 Hong Kong dollars in one session (one week). Before, I only got a salary of 600 Hong Kong dollars in one session, and my income has increased by five times. Of course, Since you trust me so much, I will tell you plainly that after another six months, my capital will be enough to open a publishing house; then I will show my cards to them, hand over all rights, and retain at most [-]% of the shares; if they don’t Agreed, at worst, we’ll start all over again.”

A chief writer said with a smile: "Yes, it should be done this way! To put it bluntly, Modern Publishing House provided tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in the initial stage for start-up capital, and paid nothing at all!"

For a while, everyone wanted to compliment Huang Yulang one after another, and Huang Yulang also said that at that time, everyone would take some shares to win over these people.

(End of this chapter)