Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 525 Dissolution of the Shaw Brothers
Although the sixth uncle gave three days to think about it, for Lin Daoqiu, these three days were simply superfluous.

Because compared with Shaw Cinemas, ATV has a more important position in Lin Daoqiu's heart.

Next is the golden decade of TV development. If you can’t accumulate enough users during this time, you will have to spend more time and effort if you want to catch up with wireless.

So from the very beginning, Lin Daoqiu didn't even have to think about it, he would definitely choose ATV.

Although it is a pity that Xiangjiang Cinemas cannot continue to be maintained, for Lin Daoqiu, he has tried his best.

After three days, uncle Liu couldn't wait for Lin Daoqiu's call, and he felt disappointed from the bottom of his heart.

Because selling Shaw Cinemas to Bao Shaogang is definitely not a good choice for Xiangjiang Films, but now he has no better way.

Soon, Uncle Liu spread the news of the sale of Shaw Cinemas all over Xiangjiang.

"Ming Pao" specially used "The End of a Generation" as the headline on the front page of the next day.

In the news, "Ming Pao" used several pages to describe Uncle Liu's life at length, and then praised him for his contribution to Xiangjiang Films.

Other newspapers immediately followed suit. After all, for Xiangjiang, Sixth Uncle has always been regarded as Xiangjiang's movie tycoon.

Even though Shaw Brothers has been in decline for the past few years, this has not changed Liu Shu's status in everyone's hearts.

As the news of the sale of Shaw Brothers Theaters spread, the Shaw Brothers film company was in chaos.

You must know that there are still many artists under Shaw Brothers, and now that the theater chain has been sold, there are only two paths in front of them.

Either change careers to become a TV actor, or leave Shaw Brothers, transfer to another film company, or even start their own company.

Ti Lung, David Chiang, Fu Sheng, Lau Ka Fai, and many female stars under Shaw Brothers are all facing embarrassing choices.

They were not used to being in TVB dramas. After all, everyone was used to making movies before. If possible, they still hope to continue making movies.

Moreover, many of them are not too young. If they go to film TV, their income will be much lower than before. Moreover, they are not well-known in the TV circle. Together, it is equivalent to starting again.

"I know that everyone has a lot of concerns, and the company will definitely try its best to help you. If you want to leave, the company will give you a severance package. If you want to stay, TVB will try to help you arrange it."

The actors below, after listening to Fang Yihua's words, lowered their heads and began to think seriously.

"What did Mr. Bao say? Is he unwilling to take over Shaw Brothers?"

Some of them couldn't help asking Fang Yihua, if Bao Shaogang was willing to take over Shaw Brothers, then they wouldn't have to face this kind of choice.

But it's a pity that when selling the theater chain, Uncle Liu asked the other party's opinion, and even if Bao Shaogang was willing to take over the Shaw Brothers Company, he could give the other party a discount in terms of price.

But it is a pity that Bao Shaogang is not interested in taking over Shaw Brothers at all. All he wants is Shaw Brothers theaters. As for other things, he has no interest at all.

Originally, Bao Shaogang even wanted to buy the Clear Water Bay studio, but unfortunately, Uncle Six had no plans to sell the studio at all.

Because even without the Shaw Brothers, TVB still needs the Clear Water Bay studio for filming, so it is impossible for Sixth Uncle to sell the Clear Water Bay studio to Bao Shaogang.

After all, Uncle Six doesn't want to see that if the TV station wants to start a drama at that time, it has to go and apply for this application with others, what is that like.

"Uncle Six has mentioned this matter to Mr. Bao before, but it is a pity that he has no idea of ​​taking over Shaw Brothers."

When everyone heard this, they realized that the disbandment of Shaw Brothers was inevitable, and no one would take over.

After the meeting, a group of actors got together, and everyone started to discuss heatedly. Now they can only choose two paths, transfer to TVB, or go outside and join other companies.

Compared with others, Fu Sheng's situation is obviously much better. He is only 27 years old this year, and he is currently filming "The Bad Luck Gambler" with Xie Xian.

It can be said that he is not worried about his future at all. Even if there is no film to film, he can still choose to go home and inherit the family business.

The situation of Ti Lung and David Jiang is obviously a bit embarrassing. They are 34 and the other 35, and they are at the same age.

In addition, I have been shooting mostly martial arts films before, so if I leave Shaw Brothers, I really can't find a suitable place to go.

But Lau Ka Fai didn't think too much about it, he has been filming with Lau Ka Leung all the time, so even without Shaw Brothers, they still have other places to go.

"Shengzi, haven't you been filming with Wang Jing recently? If you have a chance to meet Mr. Lin, why don't you ask if we can transfer to New Oriental?"

Originally, Xiangjiang had three big film companies, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and New Oriental.

Now that Shaw Brothers is gone, only Jiahe and New Oriental are left.

Among these two, Lin Daoqiu of New Oriental is obviously more powerful than Jiahe. If he is willing to take over Shaw Brothers, then they will have nowhere to go.

"I haven't seen Mr. Lin on the set recently. If I see him, I will definitely ask everyone."

Fu Sheng didn't think too much about it, he had stayed in Shaw for so long, everyone and him were siblings, so it was nothing to him to ask a few words.

"Miss Guo, Miss Fang, please go over."

At this time, Shi Wenyan suddenly opened the door of the conference room and called Guo Youhua.

When Guo Youhua heard them talking about Lin Daoqiu before, he always pretended not to care.

When she heard Shi Wenyan calling her, she seemed to be taken aback, then stood up quickly, and left the meeting room with Shi Wenyan.

And when Guo Youhua left, David Jiang suddenly looked at the door thoughtfully.

When filming "Mission Impossible", David Jiang once saw that Guo Youhua and Lin Daoqiu seemed to have an unusual relationship.

And he remembered that Guo Youhua was invited by Lin Daoqiu to film "Young Master Qian", which made her a hot star of Shaw Brothers.

Thinking of this, David Jiang felt that they shouldn't have asked Fu Sheng just now.

"What are you thinking?"

Di Long found David Jiang with his head down and didn't know what he was thinking, and he didn't respond to calling him just now.

"Oh...it's nothing, I suddenly thought of something, I'll talk about it later."

David Jiang didn't dare to tell everyone about Guo Youhua and Lin Daoqiu in front of everyone. He planned to talk to Ti Lung and the others in private.

Otherwise, if Lin Daoqiu finds out that he is chewing his tongue, it will be bad.

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