Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 218 The Golden Princess Is Here

"Lei Juekun is going to open a new theater?"

Lin Daoqiu was taken aback when he heard the news.

Because he remembered that the Golden Princess would not be established until next year, but he didn't expect that it would be a year earlier because of his relationship.

"Boss Lei thinks that the current film world is very good. He already has four theaters in his hand, and plans to acquire several to form Xiangjiang's third theater chain."

Lei Juekun never expected that Lin Daoqiu knew the whole situation from Zeng Zhiwei in the afternoon just after he finished talking about it in the morning.

If this matter is leaked out, it will definitely not be a good thing for Lei Juekun.

If Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw knew about it earlier, he would probably face a lot of trouble.

However, Lin Daoqiu is not interested in leaking Lei Juekun's affairs, because in his opinion, the subsidy system is a chronic disease of Xiangjiang Films.

It was Lei Juekun's appearance that eliminated this system, and Lin Daoqiu was happy to see it succeed.

If there are not a lot of bad movies, how can it reflect how good the movies he made are, after all, you have to compare good movies and bad movies to know.

"So you plan to join Lei Juekun's new theater?"

Although Lin Daoqiu asked this way, in fact, he already knew that Zeng Zhiwei would definitely join.

"Besides me, there are Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ​​Teddy Robin and Huang Baiming. Boss Lei paid us to set up a production company, and promised four or six dividends."

Zeng Zhiwei did not hide this from Lin Daoqiu, and he even leaked the names of the other four people to Lin Daoqiu.

Don't think how loyal Zeng Zhiwei is to Lin Daoqiu. In fact, he came to Lin Daoqiu to talk about this, just to leave a way out for himself.

After all, it is still unknown whether the new theater chain can last until the end. If Lei Juekun fails at that time, will they still have a way out?

So Zeng Zhiwei had to leave a way for himself, and he felt that Lin Daoqiu was the only one who could keep him.

Lin Daoqiu nodded, but Zeng Zhiwei found that after he finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu frowned slightly.

The reason why Lin Daoqiu frowned was because there were two missing people, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng.

Compared with Tsui Hark, Shi Nansheng's effect on New Art City is more significant.

It is unimaginable that Shi Nansheng is the only person responsible for a series of "big housekeeper" tasks such as daily administration, production, distribution, and publicity.

When Huang Baiming invited her to join New Art City, he was talking about hype.

But Shi Nansheng asked, "What is your company's annual turnover?"

Huang Baiming thought for a long time: "...What do you think?"

"Then how many movies do you make a year, how much business, and how much budget?"

"At the moment we don't have any."

"What scale do you plan to have, and how large?"

"……What do you think?"

Afterwards, Huang Baiming told the truth, because everyone had no idea about these things, so he wanted to find someone to take care of them.

It wasn't until Shi Nansheng joined that New Art City began to regulate.

"As soon as the new theater chain comes out, it will definitely be killed by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. How does Lei Juekun plan to solve this problem?"

In fact, Lin Daoqiu already knew what Lei Juekun would do, he just asked this question on purpose.

"Boss Lei plans to abolish the subsidy system, and no subsidy fee will be charged for movies that come to the new theater."

"I didn't expect Boss Lei to be really generous. It can be said that the cancellation of the basic fee is a great joy for Xiangjiang's movies."

Although Lin Daoqiu knew the result, he still pretended to be horrified.

After sending Zeng Zhiwei away, Lin Daoqiu did not intend to tell Zou Wenhuai or Run Run Shaw the news.

He even held a happy attitude towards the establishment of the Golden Princess.

If Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are allowed to have such a monopoly, it will not be a good thing for the development of the film.

The effect of dual screenings has been demonstrated before, and a good movie can obviously reach a higher box office.

But because of the hostile relationship between the two, the box office has no way to improve, and the appearance of the golden princess is a sharp weapon to break this phenomenon.

Lin Daoqiu even planned to help Princess Jin hit the box office and make Jiahe and Shaw Brothers nervous.

But he will not do it himself, but will find an agent, after all, he will still cooperate with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers in the future.

………………

Although Lei Juekun is still in the preparation stage, rumors of his acquisition of the theater have already spread quietly.

Zou Wenhuai received the news immediately.

Although he found it strange, Lei Juekun had rented his theater to Jiahe before, so Zou Wenhuai didn't take it too seriously.

As for Run Run Shaw, he didn't care much about this matter. There were so many things about TVB and Shaw Brothers every day, and they had nothing to do with other people's affairs.

After a full month, under Lei Juekun's money offensive, he bought a total of ten theaters.

Add the original four, and then recruit Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong to join the new theater chain.

It wasn't until Lei Juekun took back the four theaters leased to Golden Harvest that Zou Wenhuai realized that Lei Juekun was planning to do something big.

"This Lei Juekun doesn't even know what to think. He even bought ten theaters, and even recruited Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong to set up a new theater chain."

Zou Wenhuai was very annoyed by this matter, after all Lei Juekun did this, it was tantamount to stepping into his territory to compete with him for food.

"According to the information I received, Lei Juekun has found Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ​​Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin and Zeng Zhiwei to set up a production company to provide films for his new cinema."

He Guanchang only inquired about this matter not long ago, even if he wanted to stop it, it was already too late.

Zou Wenhuai didn't say a word after listening to it. From his angry expression, he knew that Zou Wenhuai was in a very bad mood at the moment.

"Hmph, these people are quite courageous. Since they dare to be pawns, don't blame me for being merciless. Movies related to them will not be shown in Golden Harvest in the future."

Once Zou Wenhuai opened his mouth, there would be no room for relaxation in this matter. It can be said that these five people have been blacklisted by Golden Harvest.

"I'm not worried about these five people, but I heard that Lei Juekun has prepared a trump card."

He Guanchang still doesn't know that Lei Juekun plans to cancel the basic fee, because in their view, this is an important income for the theater.

When He Guanchang heard that Lei Juekun had prepared a trump card, he immediately thought of someone.

Even Zou Wenhuai reacted immediately, and he immediately looked at He Guanchang with shocked eyes.

"Could it be that Lin Daoqiu intends to cooperate with Lei Juekun?"

It can be said that this was the last thing Zou Wenhuai wanted to happen. If this was the case, even if Jiahe tried his best to block him, Lei Juekun might not be able to do anything about it.

"I don't know the specific situation yet, but since Lei Juekun dared to set up a theater chain, he must have guessed that we would respond, so he must have left behind."

After all, Maijia and the others hadn't displayed their strength yet, so Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang didn't pay attention to the five of them.

Compared with those five people, Lin Daoqiu was the one they feared the most. If he was really drawn over by Lei Juekun, then something serious might happen to him.

(End of this chapter)