Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 228 The Theater Opens
"Crackling~~~~" "Dangdong choking~~" "Dangdang~~".
The sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums, and horns complement each other.

A long lion dance team was playing outside the Star Cinema, and besides the spectators, there were also many reporters taking pictures.

On July 1978, 7, Saturday, Yikai opened for business, and Star Cinema officially opened on this day, showing films.

This is Central, the largest movie theater in Star Cinema, which is equivalent to a flagship store.

Many movie theaters in this era were transformed from theaters, so sometimes they do other businesses when they are not showing movies.Take the well-known Lee Theater as an example. Lee Theater not only shows movies, but also serves as a stage for performances such as Cantonese opera, opera and concerts.

The Star Cinema is different. Lin Baicheng asked Zuo Xiangqing to learn from his colleagues in the United States from the very beginning, and it was only used for movie screenings and had no other functions.

Each cinema is divided into several projection halls according to different sizes, and each projection hall has 150 seats.Even the smallest cinema has four screening halls with a total of 600 seats, more seats than most cinemas in Hong Kong.

This is still the smallest movie theater. For example, the largest movie theater in Central has ten screening halls and a total of 1500 seats. It can be said to be the largest movie theater in Hong Kong.

There are many seats, so the size of the cinema is of course large, and here is Central, so the cost of this cinema alone is tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, mainly because the shops in the shopping mall are too expensive.

Lin Baicheng asked Zuo Xiangqing to directly buy the store and build a cinema, otherwise, if he rented it, he wouldn't have to spend so much money.However, this is a one-time expense, and you will not be troubled by rent in the future. It will definitely be worth it in the long run, not to mention that as time goes by, the real estate of the cinema itself will continue to appreciate.

Today, Star Cinema has a total of ten movie theaters open for business. Although it cannot cover the entire Xiangjiang River, there are movie theaters in the area with the most developed economy and the largest number of people in Xiangjiang.In addition, there are many seats in the cinema itself, so even though there are only ten cinemas, it is already a theater line that can show movies.

Lin Baicheng lives in Xiangjiang, so Star Cinema has officially opened, and the first film to be screened is "Serpentine Hands" shot by Star Pictures, of course Lin Baicheng will come to participate in the premiere.

Among the ten movie theaters, Lin Baicheng naturally went to the movie theater in Central.

As the manager of the theater company, Zuo Xiangqing greeted the guests outside the theater, while Lin Baicheng was already inside the theater.

As the first film released by Star Films, not only all the executives of the company came, but also several film companies that cooperated with Star Films also came to participate in the premiere.In addition, the company also invited some bosses, directors and actors in the circle to come.

Lin Baicheng is the center of everyone, and everyone talks and chats around him.

"Boss Lin, Mr. Shao Yifu is here."

While Lin Baicheng was chatting with Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin, Qin Lan walked over.

"It seems that Sir Shao is still saving face."

Lin Baicheng raised his eyebrows, nodded to Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin, and walked outside.

"Sir Shao, welcome!"

Seeing Shao Yifu and Zuo Xiangqing chatting, Lin Baicheng walked over with a smile.

"Lin Sheng!"

The two shook hands.

"Who is this?"

Lin Baicheng looked at the woman beside Shao Yifu suspiciously. In fact, he knew who this woman was, but he just pretended not to know.

Shao Yifu heard that he introduced Lin Baicheng, and it turned out to be Fang Yihua, who was a very famous artist more than 20 years ago. Later, he followed Shao Yifu, but the two were not legally husband and wife.

"Sir Shao, please come inside."

Lin Baicheng just greeted Fang Yihua, anyway, he was unlikely to deal with this woman in the future, so he beckoned Shao Yifu to go in.

Several people walked into the cinema.

The layout of Star Cinema is different from that of traditional cinemas in Xiangjiang. The screening halls are on the inside and upstairs, and the outside is a place to rest and wait. In addition to the place to buy tickets and a few rows of seats, there are also several arcade machines. To pass the time for the guests waiting for the movie screening.

Looking at the layout of the theater, Shao Yifu said: "Lin Sheng, your movie theater is different from other movie theaters in Xiangjiang. The area is also large enough. This movie theater alone may cost a lot of money."

"Including the money to buy the shop, the total cost is tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Baicheng didn't hide it when he heard the words, and even said: "My movie theater is from the United States. A movie theater is divided into several auditoriums, each with 150 seats, so that even the audience in the back row See the video clearly."

"Tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars are enough to buy several movie theaters in Hong Kong."

Shao Yifu was quite surprised when he heard the words. Shaw’s theaters are only worth 6000 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars. This is because the appreciation of land prices has benefited a lot. Unexpectedly, a movie theater in Star Cinema is worth one-fifth of Shaw’s theaters up.

"Today, Star Cinema has opened ten movie theaters, and the other movie theaters have spent tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, right?"

Fang Yihua was also very surprised. Although he knew that the young man in front of him was very rich, there was no need to spend it like this. A theater chain cost hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

"Not so much."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand: "This is a leading theater, so it has the largest area. In addition, it is in Central, so it spends the most money. Movie theaters in other places are much cheaper, ranging from two to three million Hong Kong dollars to four to five million Hong Kong dollars." .”

"Even so, Lin Sheng, your theater chain has spent a lot of money."

Shao Yifu sighed, looked at Lin Baicheng and said, "Lin Sheng, you have invested so much, have you ever thought about when you will be able to recover the cost? Or are you optimistic about the development of Xiangjiang's film industry, so you don't hesitate to invest a lot of money?"

Lin Baicheng nodded: "It can be said that, I believe that the total box office of the film market will continue to increase every year."

"It seems that Lin Sheng's thinking is completely opposite to mine. If the time is prolonged, I will not be optimistic about the future of Xiangjiang's film industry."

Shao Yifu shook his head. It is precisely because he is not optimistic about the development of the film industry that Shaw Brothers Films has gradually reduced the number of films it makes over the years, and he himself also wants to become a TVB TV station.

Lin Baicheng was not surprised by this, because Yifu Shao did this in his previous life, and there was no place for Shaw Brothers in the film circle of Xiangjiang Eight 90s, but TVB was developing better and better under the helm of Yifu Shao.

Lin Baicheng knew very well that the Xiangjiang film industry was about to enter a golden age, but the films of Shaw Brothers Films could no longer keep up with the times, so even if Yifu Shaw wanted to persist, it was meaningless, and he would not make much money at all. If he chose to let go, he would instead is a right decision.

(End of this chapter)