Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 78 [Testing Zou Wenhuai]

Universal Studios.

Lin Rongheng received Zou Wenhuai's visit in the office. As for why he came, Lin Rongheng had already predicted it.

Back then, when I entered the film industry with a huge investment of HK$800 million (actually HK$1000 million, and the remaining HK$200 million), I didn’t think about spending my energy on cultivating a film company, but using acquisitions and mergers to Develop Universal Cinema.

Among them, Jiahe was the target of Lin Rongheng's peeping, so Lin Rongheng immediately got Yonghua Studio and Lisheng Cinema.

Jiahe lost these two important assets, no doubt one arm was broken, and the other arm was Bruce Lee;

Therefore, Jiahe in this life has had his arms cut off.

Next, according to history, Golden Harvest was first brought to court by Shaw Brothers film, because Shaw Brothers Wang Yu had been dug up, and Wang Yu filmed "One-Armed Swordsman vs. Blind Man"; "One-Armed Swordsman" was Shao's Shao Laoliu naturally won't let Jiahe defeat his one-armed sword, so he will hire a lawyer from the UK to make Jiahe's film look good.

Although Shaw Brothers lost the lawsuit in the end, the box office of "The One-Armed Swordsman vs. the Blind Man" was also unsatisfactory.

Not only that, the box office of several films shot by Golden Harvest in the early days has been smashed; coupled with Zou Wenhuai's weak funds, it will definitely be difficult to operate after a period of time.

Originally, it was Bruce Lee who saved Jiahe.

In this life, naturally no one came to save him, and his arms were cut off.

Lin Rongheng looked at the later-generation movie tycoon who was as famous as Shao Laoliu, and said with a smile: "Boss Zou, of course, there is no problem in putting Jiahe's movie on our Universal Cinema!"

At this time, Zou Wenhuai said from his heart, not only did he not want to put Jiahe's films on other people's theaters to increase the strength of his competitors, but also from his heart, he didn't like Lin Rongheng, a layman and a hairy boy. A slice of the film industry.

However, people have to bow their heads under the roof. At this time, the number of theaters in Jiahe is too small, and even the best movies can make Jiahe lose money; therefore, it must be screened in other people's theaters.

Moreover, the only choice can only be the Universal Cinema, because the Lisheng Cinema under the Universal Cinema is very large (the annual rent is 230 million Hong Kong dollars), except for the Shaw Cinemas in Hong Kong, which can no longer be compared with the Lisheng Cinema. .

(PS: Lisheng Cinemas is the Golden Princess Cinemas of the 80s in the previous life, and Golden Princess is the parent company of New Art City.)
Seeing that Lin Rongheng agreed, Zou Wenhuai thought that Lin Rongheng knew his strength, and finally found some balance in his heart.

"Boss Lin's Universal Cinema, supporting independent film companies in Hong Kong, is really a blessing for the Hong Kong film industry!"

Lin Rongheng said with a smile: "The Shaw Brothers film will definitely not work in the West, and it must be suspected of being a monopoly; to be honest, I didn't really love it when I entered this field, but I have an aversion to monopoly companies. I personally feel that , Xiangjiang's film industry should be a hundred flowers blooming. On this point, Jiahe seems to have the same view, your producer system, our company is also considering imitating it recently!"

Of course, some people say that Zou Wenhuai's adoption of the producer system was forced by lack of financial resources, and Lin Rongheng thinks it makes some sense.

The so-called producer system is that whoever invests will enjoy the rights and interests of the film; Zou Wenhuai's method is very flexible, which can be wholly-owned or joint venture, and Jiahe will produce the contract and preside over the production.It is no longer the boss of the production company, but the money, who controls the life and death of the film;

Zou Wenhuai was stunned for a moment, and then deliberately said: "With the strength of Boss Lin, it seems that there is no need to make a joint venture with others to make a movie, right?"

In fact, Zou Wenhuai was a little scared at this time. Although this person is not a person in the film industry, he is proficient in business; as long as he has money, there will be people who will cheer for him and make a fool of himself.

In this way, Jiahe has added another strong opponent!

Lin Rongheng said seriously: "Although I am not short of money, I can't stand that everyone wants to be a boss; many directors and popular actors want to be their own bosses in the end, so this producer system can kill two birds with one stone. Boss, I can't stop it, so I might as well support them. They have talent, but no financial resources, and everyone just continues to cooperate, isn't it a good talk!"

When Zou Wenhuai heard the front, he thought that Lin Rongheng was mocking him, and his face almost didn't hang; when he heard the back, he realized the power of Lin Rongheng's business skills.

"I admire, Boss Lin is as true as the media said, a genius in the business world!"

Since he admired so much, Lin Rongheng felt that he should be 'disgusting' to Zou Wenhuai and said: "Boss Zou, our two companies have their own strengths, should we consider merging into one company? I am willing to give 3% of the shares to you. team!"

When Lin Rongheng made this suggestion, he didn't expect Zou Wenhuai to agree now, but just gave him a clear path first.

Sure enough, Zou Wenhuai didn't even think about it, and said, "Boss Xie Lin is very impressive. However, although my colleagues and I are few, we are very close. Everyone is very satisfied with the status quo!"

I would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, this is what Zou Wenhuai thinks!
And Lin Rongheng's idea is to expand his film company through mergers and acquisitions.

If, in the second half of 1971, Golden Harvest was still unwilling to accept the proposal of merger and acquisition, then Lin Rongheng had no choice but to sign the contract with Seven Little Fortunes, leaving no way out for Golden Harvest at all.

Lin Rongheng didn't bother and said with a smile, "That's a pity! But since I put it up, I also hope that the two of us can join forces to fight Shaw Brothers movies, and I hope everyone can cooperate more in the future. What do you think?"

Zou Wenhuai said: "Of course there is no problem with cooperation!"

After chatting for a while, Zou Wenhuai got up and said goodbye.

Lin Rongheng thought about it in the office. Currently, Universal Films is shooting a total of four movies, two of which Lin Rongheng has never heard of, and most likely won't make a lot of money; the other two are "Big Brother Tangshan" and "The Great Warlord". ", "Tangshan Big Brother" will be completed this month, and "The Great Warlord" is still in the script creation.

Lin Rongheng's idea is that in 1971, Universal Films will release at least four blockbuster films, including two films by Bruce Lee and two films by Xu Guanwen, and these four films are naturally provided by Lin Rongheng. An outline or an idea.

After a while, Lin Rongheng called Chen Hansheng to the office.

"Manager Chen, you go to TVB to ask about a person. This person is called Xu Guanwen. I have watched the shows he hosted before, and found that he is quite suitable for the starring role of "The Great Warlord". You go and sign him, preferably three movies. Contract. You told him that he is the protagonist, and our company wants to train him. In terms of salary, don’t be stingy.”

Chen Hansheng nodded, although he felt that the boss seemed a little too 'willful', but he was not bad for money, so there was no need to spoil the boss's interest.

Don't be stingy with the salary, I hope to have a happy cooperation, and I will use Xu's Film Company as my satellite company in the future.

(End of this chapter)