Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1771 Kill Another Chicken
"Mr. Li, we have known each other for so long, and we had a very pleasant cooperation before. Of course, we still hope to continue to cooperate with New Oriental if possible."

At this time, the representatives of Thailand began to ease the atmosphere on the scene. After all, if the swords were constantly tense, it was impossible for them to talk.

And in the eyes of these people, if New Oriental is willing to offer the same conditions as United Cinemas, or a little less, they will immediately agree to cooperate with New Oriental and abandon United Cinemas.

Don't look at the 78 theaters of United Cinemas in Xiangjiang, but Lin Daoqiu owns 36 theaters in Xiangjiang, and there are [-] theaters in Baodao, not to mention MGM in Hollywood.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu will launch a super masterpiece in almost two or three years, and the ability of that kind of movie to harvest the box office is simply amazing.

The few people present had made a lot of money from the movie "Godzilla" before, and they still miss the movie "Godzilla" very much.

Strangely, Li Maowen did not answer the representative of Thailand, but turned his head to the representative of Singapore.

"I would like to ask your Excellency, if the conditions offered by New Oriental are not as good as those offered by United Cinemas, how would you choose?"

Regarding the question suddenly asked by Li Maowen, the Singapore representative smiled directly.

"If that's the case, I believe the answer is already obvious. At that time, our choice will definitely be United Cinemas rather than New Oriental."

Li Maowen nodded as he listened. Judging from his facial expression, it was almost impossible to tell what he thought of the Singapore representative's answer.

For the people present, Li Maowen was only one person, but they added up to five people.

In addition, the United Cinemas is also wooing them, so they still have a choice, and they don't have to cooperate with New Oriental.

"In this case, I am here to announce that you and your company will not participate in New Oriental's Asian theater chain plan in the future."

Li Maowen's words directly pushed him out of the negotiation, leaving him no choice at all.

That guy cooperates with United Cinemas as long as he likes to cooperate, and he can continue to cooperate with the other party like this, but the door of New Oriental has been closed to them.

"Li... Mr. Li, what does this mean?"

The representative of Singapore looked at Li Maowen in shock. He didn't expect that the other party would dare to issue a ban order against him under such circumstances.

Isn't he afraid that doing so will arouse the hatred of the other four people and lead to the complete breakdown of the final negotiation?

"My words are clear enough, please go back. After all, Singapore is not big, and we still have the money to build a cinema chain."

Li Maowen didn't worry about any troubles this Singapore film company could bring him.

Before the 60s, Singapore's films were once an important film production center in Asia.

At that time, there were two large film production companies in Singapore, namely Run Run Shaw's Shaw Brothers Film Company and Cathay Pacific Film Company. These two film companies drove the development of local films.

After that, Run Run Shaw went north to Xiangjiang, and Cathay Pacific also left Singapore, which led to the complete decline of Singapore's film industry.

After that, in addition to some achievements in TV dramas, movies are a dumping ground for foreign countries in Singapore. The most popular movies here are mainly English and Chinese movies.

So for film businessmen in Singapore, the only way they can make money is to buy films abroad for release.

At this time Hong Kong and Hollywood are the two largest markets for purchasing films in Singapore. Although they can cooperate with United Cinemas in Hong Kong, Lin Daoqiu can also open local cinemas.

Comparing the two at that time, in terms of the quality of the film, Li Maowen is completely confident that he can crush the films bought by those Singaporean businessmen, and there is absolutely no problem.

"It seems that Mr. Li doesn't plan to have a serious talk with us today. If that's the case, I don't think we need to stay here any longer."

This representative of Singapore really regarded himself as a character, he thought that the other four people were his partners on the same boat, but was the fact really what he thought?
"Several people have thought about it clearly. Which one to cooperate with will affect your future. I'm not scaremongering."

Li Maowen's words made the four people who didn't want to leave at first sit more firmly on their buttocks.

Seeing that the four people who were close to him before did not move, the representative of Singapore was completely dumbfounded. He never expected such a situation to happen.

If they reach an agreement with New Oriental and kick themselves out, then the future of him and his company will be very worrying.

"Please, we still have something to talk about, it's not convenient for you to stay here."

Li Maowen made a gesture of invitation, but the other party's feet seemed to have taken root, and he did not move a step.

Originally, Li Maowen could have someone invite this guy out, but he didn't do so, as if he had been forgotten.

"I know that you have heard a lot of rumors and have a lot of worries. Here I can tell you that I am here today to talk to you and include you in the Asian theater chain plan."

New Oriental will include them in the plan of the Asian theater chain, which is indeed good news for them.

But the most fundamental problem is the share. If the share is too low, they really can't accept it.

"Of course we are happy to cooperate with New Oriental, but we want to know what kind of income we can share in this plan?"

This is what they are most concerned about, and it is also the most critical part of this negotiation.

"As long as you join the New Oriental Cinemas, after deducting all necessary expenses, you can finally share [-]% of the box office revenue."

After Li Maowen finished speaking, the four representatives at the scene frowned.

The United Cinemas gave them [-]% of the share, and it was still after deducting miscellaneous expenses, which was almost equal to [-]% or [-]%.

But even though Lin Daoqiu got [-]% of the points, he got [-]% of the points.

"Mr. Li, I believe you heard it just now. The United Cinemas gave us [-]%. Of course, we are not that greedy. Everyone is [-]% like before. I think both parties can accept it."

After all, they didn't dare to think about getting [-]% from Lin Daoqiu, but in their opinion, [-]% to [-]% is a fairer option for everyone.

"I'm sorry, [-]% is already our bottom line, and the [-]% we give is definitely more than the [-]% income you get from United Cinemas, there is no doubt about it."

Li Maowen's words are very domineering, but he can say that [-]% of New Oriental's income will be more than [-]% of the income from United Cinemas. Is this possible?

(End of this chapter)