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Chapter 512

"What is it?" Tang Wanru asked curiously.

Su Chen thought for a while: "I don't think about it for now, I really forgot something, but I just didn't remember it for a while."

"Then let's talk about it when I think about it." Tang Wanru said.

The two went upstairs together.

Tang Wanru had never seen Su Chen like this before, and Su Chen's state was also very wrong these two days.

Probably because of that incident with Miss Joan.

"Are you okay?" Tang Wanru asked worriedly.

Su Chen shook his head: "It's okay, do you think it's appropriate for me to go to Arjun's birthday party tonight?"

"You should show up. Tonight, there will definitely be many bigwigs in the industry coming to congratulate you." Tang Wanru said, "For the daughter of the He family's birthday, half of the rich businessmen in Hong Kong should show up, and if you don't show up, you can't wait." Not suitable."

Su Chen thought for a while: "Okay, then let's go there earlier, it's not appropriate to wear this kind of clothes, we have to go back and change first."

When they came to the door of the office, the bodyguard reported that the office had been carefully checked and confirmed that there was no problem.

Fortunately, this office used to be an entire floor. If there was only a small room, someone might have broken into it long ago.

Although this floor is called an office, strictly speaking, it should be regarded as Su Chen's comprehensive work and rest area.

You can work here as well as rest here.

Tang Wanru also had her own work to do, so Su Chen didn't bother her, came to his office, took out a pen and paper and began to write something.

When Microsoft Office software was not officially popularized, it was still convenient to write by hand, and the playability of the current computer is not high.

Su Chen also thought about the shares of Microsoft. It is inevitable for this company to go public. Once it goes public, theoretically, a person or an organization can buy up all the shares of a listed company, but in reality, it is impossible for such a situation to happen.

The initial issue price of Microsoft stock was $21 per share, and then soared all the way to $6000.

Therefore, when Su Chen still wants to go to the United States, talk to Dave Marquardt to see if he can buy the shares in his hand.

Regardless of Shengshi, or Qualcomm, which was founded in the United States, Su Chen used the incentive mechanism of shares to join forces with those people. However, whether it is a co-founder or an investor, equal share sharing is a big taboo, and it is not conducive to maintaining the founder's control .

Except for Qualcomm, Su Chen has complete and absolute control.

Other subsidiaries are given 5.00%, which does not affect anything.

After writing the word "Microsoft" on the paper, Su Chen thought about it carefully. He seemed to have forgotten something, but he couldn't remember what it was.

Simply stop thinking about it.

"Metropolis Morning Post" announced what happened to Su Chen last night early in the morning, because "Metropolis Morning Post" belongs to the prosperous world.

It can be said to be exclusive news.

Therefore, almost half of the people in Hong Kong know what the president of Shengshi Media announced.

The title is eye-catching: [Promoting the development of Hong Kong films is the mission of Prosperous Times]

"Last night, that is, the night of the 25th, in the mansion No. 4 in Repulse Bay, Mr. Su Chen, the owner of Glory Media, announced a few things..."

"In order to promote the development of Hong Kong film as a whole, various associations have been established to enable every staff member in the film industry to have their own group. Or the industry that has reached an agreement with Shengshi enjoys a discount..."

The first edition used almost a page to talk about what Su Chen said last night.

These few things are really tempting, especially for those who have been working in the film industry, they feel that Shengshi is like a bright light.

Today, everyone's topic basically revolved around this matter, and the other thing Su Chen mentioned a few days ago is "If you don't have a dream to be a man", many people even want to go to Shengshi to interview actors.

Speaking of He's side, today is Ms. Qiong's birthday, so early in the morning, Mr. He arranged for someone to come and decorate the scene. In fact, he was preparing for it a few days ago.

In the past, Ms. Qiong would also participate in the decoration for birthdays, but she was in a bad mood these two days and kept the door closed.

And the invitations were sent out very early.

Although she was in a bad mood, Miss Qiong still cheered up and got up early in the morning.

"Sister, today is your birthday, you should be happy." Miss Xiong said, "Have you notified Mary and Mr. Su next door?"

"It was notified very early, but Shengshi is very busy with things now, and it is estimated that he will not come here until evening." Ms. Qiong said: "Besides, there is still a whole day for the banquet, so it is impossible for people to come so early."

"That's true." Miss Xiong nodded, and then went to work.

After Su Chen was busy in the office for a while, he didn't remember what he forgot.

However, he seems to have never paid attention to the Tiangong Laboratory, and he does not know if Mr. Goodenough has made any progress. If he has made any progress, he must apply for a patent in time to avoid being stolen by Japan.

And it is necessary to apply for a patent before Bell Labs.

After going to the United States this time, I have to find a way to go to Japan.

Moreover, since Teresa Teng went to Japan, she has not been in touch, and she doesn't know what's going on there.

Things in Hong Kong are basically like this. He has no time to stay and find the murderer. It is estimated that this matter will remain an unsolved mystery for a long time.

He can't get involved in the real estate business, so he can only develop corner locations that the big families don't want.

As for the movie, he plans to follow the original time and space, there is no need to push the seedlings to encourage them. Now that the prosperous age is so vigorous, I don't believe it can't attract people.

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"This guy has become a thing." Mecca put down the newspaper in his hand, and touched his big bald head habitually: "It is probably difficult for us to deal with it now, we can only find a way to win from the movie."

"It is very difficult for us to deal with it now." Boss Huang shook his head: "If he really buys Universal again, then we will probably have to act according to his face."

In Jiahe's office, Boss Zou also had a sad expression on his face: "It seems that we can only passively be led by him now, and temporarily let him take the lead."

"We can only find a way to win from the movies now." Mr. He continued: "It's a good idea to play well. If something happens in the prosperous age, it will stop the development of Hong Kong movies and master public opinion. This guy is playing too much." clever."

"Let's not talk about that, we'll just pay close attention to Shengshi's next move." Boss Zou said, "It's not just us who have a headache, New Art City probably also has a headache, even TVB also has a headache."

In the face of Su Chen's gangster-like punches, several major companies could only continue, and there was no possibility of counterattacking at all.

In the United States, there is a "Paramount Act", which originated in the 40s. At that time, Hollywood studios ushered in rapid development, and Hollywood thus formed the "Big Five":
Paramount, Warner Bros., MGM, [-]th Century Fox, RKO and the "Three Smalls": the pattern of Universal, Columbia and United Artists.

Paramount Pictures was the first to achieve vertical integration and monopoly in the three links of production, distribution, and screening. Through the acquisition of theaters, Paramount took the lead in becoming a leader in the industry. The monopoly pattern of studios was formed in an instant.

Studios own their own theater chains, giving them complete dominance in negotiating with independent theaters.

If independent theaters want to get the popular films of these big studios, they must show those lesser-known small and medium-cost works in the schedule.

This model makes theaters completely lose their autonomy in film selection and scheduling. What works a theater can show is completely dominated by the studio. In the end, the theater needs to be responsible for its own profits and losses, but the studio can guarantee a steady profit through this model. No compensation.

As a result of the "Paramount Act", the major studios obeyed the judgment and sold their theaters one after another, leaving only the production and distribution companies.

But this thing is not affected in Hong Kong. Shaw Brothers has just sold the theater chain. At the same time, there is no similar bill in Hong Kong now, and those banana people can't wait for the chaos to be better.

Su Chen is now not only vertically integrating a single market, but also creating synergies through horizontal acquisitions.

The mainland is completely different, because there is no private capital entering the film market, the money for film production is allocated by the state, and the unit price for selling a film is fixed after filming, so the profit of film production is minimal.

On the one hand, a studio that wants to make a good movie will over-budget, making the movie unable to pay back and having to go into debt abroad.

Or it is that the studio only shoots enough movies for a year according to the KPI requirements of the superior, but the quality is shoddy, and they only want to save money.

It will take at least a few years for this problem to be resolved. At the beginning, Su Chen proposed to ask for a movie license, which was only issued, but it had to wait for the notice to open for business. This is the reason.

Just as Su Chen put down his pen, Tang Wanru's assistant came over suddenly: "Chairman, Director Xu is here to find you."

"Director Xu looking for me?" Su Chen then remembered what he had forgotten.

When we saw Tsui Hark last night, everyone just exchanged a few words and didn't want to have a serious chat. At first, we wanted to chat, but then there were too many people, so we forgot.

It seems that you should prepare a secretary for yourself and make a reminder at any time.

"Invite him in now."

(End of this chapter)