Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 193 [Hairy Crabs]

In May, Universal Pictures.

Lin Rongheng looked at the financial statements of Universal Pictures, and couldn't help but be shocked by Bruce Lee's appeal at the global box office. "Enter the Dragon" released in Japan in April has already won a box office of 1000 million US dollars; this is not the end, and some Japanese theaters have proposed The introduction of cooperation, according to Lin Rongheng's prediction, "Enter the Dragon" can win a box office of 50 billion yen in Japan, a total of 2000 million US dollars.

According to the share calculation, Japanese theaters share 5% of the box office, distribution, and taxes, and the producer can get 2.5%; the remaining 2.5% is shared by Universal Pictures, Warner Pictures, and Concord Pictures. The share ratio is [-]: [-]: [-].

The global box office of "Enter the Dragon" in 1973 reached 1 million US dollars, and the profit belonging to Universal Pictures was as high as 2000 million US dollars, while the investment of Universal Pictures was only 200 million US dollars; business can earn enough for Universal Studios' investment.

No wonder, in the previous life, Jiahe made a lot of money after getting Bruce Lee.Then the Xu Brothers' "Half a Catty Eight Two" cost as much as 500 million Hong Kong dollars in promotional fees in Japan alone, which shows that Golden Harvest was already financially strong at that time.

Today, Bruce Lee has shot five movies, and the sixth movie is currently being shot in the United States. It is still jointly invested by Universal Pictures, Warner Pictures, and Concord Pictures. It is still a Hollywood blockbuster style, with a total investment of 400 million US dollars. A huge investment.

Now that the sixth movie is about to be completed, as for the ending of Bruce Lee, Lin Rongheng did not dare to guarantee it; Under the dark wound.

If he survives July, Lin Rongheng doesn't plan to rush to cooperate, and let Bruce Lee himself decide on the next movie plan; I believe that Bruce Lee himself has earned tens of millions of dollars, and it's time to enjoy life.

Except for "Enter the Dragon", Bruce Lee's other four films were released overseas one after another, and the box office was also very high, and the profit was several times that of Hong Kong; there were also Hui Guanwen's films and other films, which all achieved good box office overseas.

It was only at this time that Lin Rongheng realized the joy of making money. No wonder some Hong Kong movies made so much money. It wasn't just Hong Kong's box office that made profits, but overseas also made a lot of profits.

In this era, Hong Kong movies are known as Eastern Hollywood, and Hong Kong movies are very popular in Japan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia; Bruce Lee's movies have been popular in the Philippines for a year, so that the Philippine government has to restrict the import of movies to protect the country. Movies; even Japan, a country with a large population and a large economy, cannot escape the law of true fragrance.

The net profits of the movie box office are so huge, except for the production, most of them are invested in Universal Studios; as for the investment in theaters, Universal Pictures has raised a full 1 million Hong Kong dollars in the stock market, except for 5000 million Hong Kong dollars for Except for the acquisition of Cathay Pacific in Singapore, the rest are investing in the construction of their own theaters, with the focus of investment in Hong Kong.

After a while, Zou Wenhuai came to Lin Rongheng's office. Now Zou Wenhuai is 1 convinced of Lin Rongheng; after all, Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, etc. were all discovered by the original Universal Pictures. Enjoy the benefits of seniors.

Not only that, on the eve of the stock market crash, Lin Rongheng also mentioned a few words to Zou Wenhuai, asking him if he would like to cash out some shares at a higher price to improve his life; Nearly 6.82 million Hong Kong dollars; and Zou Wenhuai himself holds 300 million shares, worth more than 7000 million Hong Kong dollars.

Zou Wenhuai asked Lin Rongheng what he meant at that time. After all, Lin Rongheng is a master of capital, Lin Rongheng suggested that he cash out half of the shares to improve his life; if the stock rises and falls, he can increase his holdings.

Naturally, Lin Rongheng was not worried about Zou Wenhuai usurping the throne. After all, he had little money, and the two cooperated tacitly. Lin Rongheng was good at general direction, and Zou Wenhuai was good at execution.

"Boss, the Hang Seng Index has fallen to more than 700 points, and the stock of Universal Pictures has also fallen to 11.5 Hong Kong dollars per share. Do you think I should increase my holdings?" Zou Wenhuai asked seriously.

The reason why he took the initiative to ask Lin Rongheng for advice was not only to increase his shareholding, but also to prevent Lin Rongheng from misunderstood that he was secretly increasing his shareholding in the company and had other ideas.

Of course, in Universal Pictures, Lin Rongheng's prestige is higher than that of Zou Wenhuai, even if Zou Wenhuai's ability is outstanding.

In order to win over Zou Wenhuai, Lin Rongheng explained in detail: "During the sharp drop in the Xiangjiang stock market, some stockholders rushed to 'buy at the low price', but later they were 'trapped backhand', and they were called 'hairy crabs'.

Industry insiders divide these hairy crabs into four grades: those bought at 1700 points of the Hang Seng Index are called first-class hairy crabs; those bought at 1200 points of the Hang Seng Index are called second-class hairy crabs; When it fell below 1000 points, many people thought that buying was safe and worry-free, but they were also trapped, and they were called the third-level hairy crabs; when they fell below 800 points, they believed that it was an opportunity to "hold the level goods" and bought without hesitation. It is the fourth grade hairy crab.

In short, this decline can be said to be endless. Even if there is a short-term rebound, I believe it will continue to fall again; this round of stock market disaster not only caused investors to lose a lot of money, but also lost confidence. Once there is a rebound, some big investors Will ship without hesitation.Therefore, I personally suggest that you increase your holdings below 600 points to the original level; increase your holdings below 400 points to the level of your ability.

I will not hide it from you, my shareholding is only more than 30 points, and I will increase my holdings to more than 50% in the later period. "

Lin Rongheng is not worried that Zou Wenhuai will take the lead, because he has a lot of shares, he can retreat or attack, and with his financial resources, no one can take away his company.

Zou Wenhuai did not expect Lin Rongheng to plan for himself in such detail, and was greatly moved. It also increased his sense of belonging to Universal Pictures and the idea of ​​seeing Lin Rongheng as his lifelong boss.

This time, Zou Wenhuai cashed out more than 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. After spending some wealth to improve his life, he was able to use 1500 million Hong Kong dollars to increase his shareholding. He only wanted to increase his shareholding to 7% at the beginning.

"Thank you boss for your advice! Don't worry, boss, I won't focus on stocks, I will be responsible for the entire company!"

"That's good! I am really worried that you are too entangled in the shares, so I express my point of view."

Next, the two had some discussions about the work. Lin Rongheng generally interfered in the filming of the film, and only ordered the company's investment.

"The construction period for the film studios, administrative buildings, post-production center, etc. of Universal Studios is almost over, and now it's time to prepare for the reproduction of Han and Tang palaces, Ming and Qing palaces, city towers and other antique buildings. This requires a lot of information. , and then ask the designer to issue a blueprint. Therefore, we must be cautious and worship the Chinese culture to build these buildings, and we cannot cope with it."

In fact, these buildings can only be reproduced in miniature by Universal Studios. After all, the entire Universal Studios covers an area of ​​more than 70 square feet, half of which is spent on studios, administrative buildings and other buildings.

Zou Wenhuai nodded, and said seriously: "Well, the real estate talents responsible for the construction of Universal Studios are all from Evergrande Real Estate, and I will personally participate in it, and I will definitely make Universal Studios a more magnificent existence than Shaw Brothers Studios , At that time, it will attract a large number of tourists to come to travel.”

(End of this chapter)