Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 229 The Theater Opens
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Zou Wenhuai from Golden Harvest is here."

While Lin Baicheng was chatting with Shao Yifu, secretary Qin Lan came over.

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Shao Yifu, who was still smiling while chatting with Lin Baicheng, suddenly changed color, and he said to Lin Baicheng: "Lin Sheng, let me go into the screening room first, and I will disappear for this traitor."

"Manager Wu, please entertain Sir Shao."

Lin Baicheng immediately said to Wu Siyuan upon hearing the words.

"Sir Shao, Miss Fang, this way please."

Wu Siyuan nodded to express his understanding, and led Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua into the screening room.

Lin Baicheng knew about the grievances between Yifu Shao and Wenhuai Zou. It was nothing more than that Wenhuai Zou came out of TVB before, and later competed with his old club for business, which harmed the interests of Shaw Films.

During this period, Shao Yifu should have suppressed Zou Wenhuai, but he failed to suppress Zou Wenhuai, and Zou Wenhuai made a big difference, so the grievances between the two ended like this.

Shao Yifu was not happy seeing Zou Wenhuai, and similarly, Zou Wenhuai must also have opinions on Shao Yifu.

Before Lin Baicheng went out, Zou Wenhuai came in.He didn't come alone, He Guanchang from Golden Harvest Company also came.

"Mr. Zou and Mr. He, welcome to the opening of Star Cinema today."

The grievances between Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai had nothing to do with Lin Baicheng, so Lin Baicheng welcomed them with a smile and shook hands with Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

"Lin Sheng, this is the first time we have met. Seeing you, I have to admit that we are already old."

Zou Wenhuai expressed emotion. Lin Baicheng was about the same age as his children, but his achievements were even greater than him. In other words, he and Lin Baicheng were simply incomparable, and their wealth and social status were simply not the same. a grade.

Lin Baicheng owns almost half of the shares of Hutchison Whampoa. This asset alone is worth more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is more than the entire net worth of Chow Wenhuai.As for other industries, there is no need to say.

As for social status, just as the actual controller of Hutchison Whampoa, Lin Baicheng's influence is quite large. Not many people in Xiangjiang can match him, not to mention Lin Baicheng also has industries such as Asian TV.

"Mr. Zou was joking, you are only in your early fifties now, and you are in your prime."

Lin Baicheng smiled, and he was very clear about one thing, that is, his age was very conspicuous among all the tycoons in Xiangjiang.

"Uncle Zou, Uncle He." "Mr. Zou, Mr. He."

Hong Jinbao and Xu Guangwen walked over to say hello to Zou Wenhuai and the others.

Although they abandoned Golden Harvest and chose to cooperate with Star Films, but the Xiangjiang film circle said it was not big, and with their previous friendship, they certainly couldn't turn a blind eye to Zou Wenhuai's arrival, so they came over to say hello.

"Ok!"

Looking at the two of them, Zou Wenhuai just nodded slightly.He didn't come here today to find fault, so of course it's not good to attack them. What he did was not to give Lin Baicheng face, he came here specifically to slap his face, and made multiple enemies for no reason.But it was impossible for him to give them a good face, so nodding was regarded as a greeting.

Hung Jinbao and Xu Guangwen knew that they had offended Golden Harvest by choosing to cooperate with Star Films, so they were not surprised by Zou Wenhuai's attitude, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with it, as long as they could save face.

After a while, Zuo Xiangqing walked in, and almost all the filmmakers with some status in the industry came if they were invited. Naturally, he, the general manager of the theater chain, didn't need to greet guests outside.

As the time for the film screening approached, Lin Baicheng and others went to the screening hall, and the cinema officially began to sell tickets to the outside world.The only movie released today is "The Serpentine Hand", so all theaters and all auditoriums are showing it at the same time.

Except for a screening hall here in Central which was used by Lin Baicheng and others to watch movies, the other screening halls sold tickets to the outside world.

Nowadays, the average price of a Hong Kong movie ticket is 6 Hong Kong dollars. The reason for the average price is that other movie theaters can watch hundreds of people at a time, so the location is inevitably good and bad, and the ticket price is also different. .

For example, the best super seat is 10 Hong Kong dollars per ticket; the special class seat is 8 Hong Kong dollars per ticket; the normal seat is 6 Hong Kong dollars per ticket; the poorer rear seat is 5 Hong Kong dollars per ticket.After such an average, one vote is equivalent to about 6 Hong Kong dollars.

The movie theater of Star Cinema is different from other movie theaters in Hong Kong. Although the seats here are good and bad, the difference is not big, so the ticket price is the same. The ticket price of 6 Hong Kong dollars is the same as the average ticket price of other movie theaters. Price a price.

However, the Star Cinema just opened today, so the movie tickets for the first three days only need half price, that is, 3 Hong Kong dollars to buy a movie ticket.

"The Snake-shaped Hand" started to be promoted on TV stations and newspapers a week ago, so this movie premiered at Star Cinema today, not to mention that it is a household name, and Hong Kong people know about it.

The film was advertised, the ticket price was not high, and today is Saturday, so naturally many people bought tickets to watch the premiere, and it seemed very popular.However, whether this kind of scene can be sustained depends on the quality of the film. After all, the quality of the film is not good, no matter how much it is promoted, no matter how cheap the ticket price is, it is useless.

Lin Baicheng watched the film with the guests in a projection hall. Although he was not interested in the old-fashioned films of this era, the company belonged to him. He could never look drowsy and could only pretend to be very involved.

"That's what this movie is about."

After watching the movie for a while, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help thinking to himself.However, although the movie wasn't very good, it wasn't bad, and what made him even more concerned was that the leading actor, Cheng Long, was really good and had the potential to succeed Bruce Lee.

"I don't know if Cheng Long can be dug over."

Zou Wenhuai couldn't help thinking that Star Films had poached Hong Jinbao and Xu's Films. If there was a chance, Zou Wenhuai would do it if he didn't mind. This is normal commercial competition and there is nothing to worry about.

After the film screening, the guests bid farewell and left one by one. Lin Baicheng also left the cinema after seeing off Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai respectively.

Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin also left at the same time as Lin Baicheng. Lin Baicheng invited them to dinner. Because of Zhilin's relationship, Lin Qingxia did not refuse.If it's just her and Lin Baicheng, it looks like they are dating, and she who is deeply involved in emotional entanglements must have concerns.

Lin Baicheng had different ideas about Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin, but he still invited them to have dinner together.No one knows what will happen in the future, it is a pleasure to be able to dine with two beauties now.

After dinner, Lin Baicheng sent Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin back home respectively.

(End of this chapter)