Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2152 The Decline of Dongbao

Although the news of Lin Daoqiu's cooperation with Shochiku Yinghua and Toei was not widely spread, it didn't take long for Toho's Matsuoka Isao to know about it.

Sitting slumped on the chair, he looked ashen, because it meant that Dongbao had lost the possibility of cooperating with Lin Daoqiu.

When Lin Daoqiu proposed to cooperate with Dongbao in theaters before, Matsuoka felt that doing so would make Dongbao lose a lot of benefits, so he used the method of dragging words to politely reject the other party's proposal.

Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu went to seek cooperation between Shochiku Yinghua and Toei, and even merged Shochiku Yinghua and Toei’s theaters to form a new theater. This was something that Matsuoka had never expected before. .

But it was too late to say anything now, because Lin Daoqiu had already negotiated with Maekawa Kiyonori and Okada Shigeru, and it was impossible for him to go back on his word.

"why why……"

Isao Matsuoka was in a very depressed mood. He felt that he shouldn't have rejected Lin Daoqiu at the beginning. If it wasn't for that, Dongbao wouldn't be in such a situation now.

"President, everyone in the conference room is waiting for you."

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and entered Isao Matsuoka's office, reminding him that he should go to Dongbao's routine meeting.

Not only Isao Matsuoka knew about Lin Daoqiu's cooperation with Shochiku Yinghua and Toei, but even the senior management inside Dongbao had already got the news.

Today's regular meeting will definitely be a very difficult meeting for Isao Matsuoka.

Nodding his head, Isao Matsuoka stood up helplessly, then tidied up his clothes, and then walked towards the meeting room with the secretary.

At this time, there was a smoky scene in the conference room, and everyone was waiting for the arrival of Isao Matsuoka.

When Isao Matsuoka pushed the door open, all the people sitting on the scene focused their eyes on him.

Ever since he became the president of Dongbao, Isao Matsuoka has not felt any anxiety or fear when facing the gazes of these people.

But today, while Isao Matsuoka was being watched by everyone, his heart was already trembling.

Deliberately turning his head to the side and not daring to meet everyone's eyes, Isao Matsuoka went to the president's seat and sat down.

"What are we going to talk about in today's regular meeting?"

Isao Matsuoka turned his head and glanced at the secretary.

Before coming, he had asked his secretary to prepare a series of agendas, and after talking about these things, Isao Matsuoka planned to leave.

It went smoothly at the beginning, and everyone was seriously discussing Dongbao's business.

After talking about these things, Isao Matsuoka is planning to announce the end of the meeting.

"Let's talk about the topic here first, I hope everyone will continue to work hard in the next few days, for Dongbao..."

Isao Matsuoka hadn't finished speaking when someone suddenly interrupted him.

"President, I am very sorry to interrupt you, but we have heard some rumors recently, so I hope you can explain them to us here."

Interrupting the president's words like this can be said to be very impolite behavior in a meeting, but it is a director of Toho who is speaking, so no matter how dissatisfied Matsuoka Isao is, he has to take the other party's words seriously.

Glancing at the speaker, Isao Matsuoka nodded with dissatisfaction.

"Since everyone has questions, I, as the president, naturally have the obligation to help you answer them, but I hope that next time you ask me questions, I hope you can respect me. After all, I am still the president of Dongbao."

Isao Matsuoka got angry and looked very angry, but this is understandable, after all, it means that the majesty of his president has begun to loosen.

If you don't act tough at this time, you will really be underestimated by those people below.

"President, please forgive me. We are also worried about Dongbao's future. We heard that Mr. Lin Daoqiu Lin has approached Shochiku Film and Toei to jointly open a new theater chain. I don't know if you know about this. .”

When Isao Matsuoka heard that the other party was really targeting him, he didn't want to bring up this topic at today's meeting, but now that the other party has brought it up, he really can't avoid it.

After thinking about it, Isao Matsuoka could only nod honestly.

"I just heard about this."

"It's good that the president knows about it, but I also heard that Mr. Lin talked to you about it before he approached Shochiku and Toei. Why didn't you agree?"

When the other party said this, it was tantamount to questioning Matsuoka, and Matsuoka was so angry that he slapped the table and stood up.

"Do you still see me as the president? What do you think when you speak like this in front of me? Is Dongbao the president of you or me?"

Isao Matsuoka wanted to use this tough aura to force the other party down, but it was a pity that today not only the director, but everyone wanted to ask him for an explanation.

"The president doesn't need to be so angry. Everyone wants to know the ins and outs of this matter for Dongbao's sake. You just need to explain the matter clearly to us. There is no need to get angry."

Another older director opened his mouth and immediately blamed Matsuoka Isao for the fault.

Isao Matsuoka glanced at the other party and could only sit back on the chair silently. It seemed that what he did just now was a mistake. He didn't expect that these people came for him today.

"The president of "1992" didn't give us an explanation. At that time, Dongbao invested [-] million yuan in this movie, but the president took the investment back on his own initiative. I want to know what the president thinks , why did this without our consent."

If there was only the matter of the new theater chain, then Isao Matsuoka could find a way to resist it for a while, but now the other party actually brings up the matter of "1992" and brought up the old matter again, which is tantamount to adding salt to his wounds.

"The global box office of "1992" is so impressive, but if you can get [-]% of it, this year's revenue will increase greatly, President, because your wrong decision has caused a huge loss in the company's revenue, shouldn't you tell us explain?"

Being bombarded indiscriminately by a group of people, Isao Matsuoka became less and less confident, and he felt that he would not be able to hold on any longer.

In the end, Isao Matsuoka didn't even know how he walked out of the meeting room. He felt his back was soaked in sweat.

Although Isao Matsuoka can still keep his position as president today, he knows very well that besides the establishment of the new theater chain, Lin Daoqiu, Shochiku Yinghua and the first blockbuster filmed by Toei will determine his fate.

Once the movies of the new theater chain are sold well, it will also indicate that his position as the president of Dongbao has come to an end.

At that time, not only will his seat be lost, but Dongbao's status in the neon film circle will also gradually decline.

(End of this chapter)