Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 890
Cen Jianxun never expected that when Pan Disheng asked him to meet, he wanted to talk about this matter.

But at this time, nearly [-]% of Xiangjiang's theater chains are controlled by New Oriental and Golden Harvest.

The rest are leftist theaters, and there is an Anle theater.

Of these two theater chains, one of them will not be sold because it is related to the mainland.

There is also another Anle cinema chain that only shows films in Spanish, and its helm is Jiang Zhiqiang, who will be hailed as "Asia's most successful film producer" by the "Wall Street Journal" in the future.

If Pan Disheng wants to open theaters, now is definitely not a good time.

Unless he competed with Golden Harvest and bought the Kowloon Cinemas from Bao Shaogang, then things would have been much simpler.

"I was not in Xiangjiang at the time, and I didn't know about it until I came back. When I went to talk to Bao Shao, Golden Harvest had already completed the transaction."

Pan Disheng looked very regretful. If he was in Xiangjiang at that time, perhaps he would be the one who bought Kowloon Cinemas now instead of Golden Harvest.

"Mr. Pan, if you plan to open a theater chain at this time, I personally advise you to give up this idea."

No matter what Cen Jianxun thinks, now is a good time to open theaters.

The fight between New Oriental and Golden Harvest is in full swing, and Pan Disheng's joining this battle now will not benefit him at all.

"As far as I know, New Oriental and Golden Harvest have always been at odds, and after Golden Harvest bought Kowloon Cinemas, the situation on both sides became even worse."

These things are not difficult to find out, Pan Disheng will know that it is normal.

Cen Jianxun nodded and admitted, but he didn't hide it from Pan Disheng, because there was no need to hide it from him.

The fight between New Oriental and Golden Harvest is almost well-known in the movie circle, and it will be written about by reporters in newspapers and magazines from time to time.

"What does Mr. Pan mean?"

Cen Jianxun didn't understand what Pan Disheng meant.

"What I mean is very simple. I plan to buy Kowloon Cinemas from Golden Harvest, and then the three companies will reorganize Xiangjiang Cinemas. What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, Cen Jianxun immediately looked at Pan Disheng differently.

He didn't expect this businessman who has been in the watch business to have such an idea.

It was very dangerous before joining Golden Harvest and New Oriental, but if Golden Harvest really resold Kowloon Cinemas to Pan Desheng, it would be even more impossible for Lin Daoqiu to buy Kowloon Cinemas.

This forced him to consider the three alliances to reorganize Xiangjiang Cinemas.

"I don't know anything about theaters, and I hope to rely on Mr. Cen's help to buy Kowloon Cinemas in the future. I plan to ask you to be the general manager of the new theaters, in charge of all the affairs of the theaters."

Pan Disheng's sincerity has been shown, and he is also the general manager of the new theater chain in charge of everything.

If Cen Jianxun said something that didn't appeal to him, it must be a lie.

And the relationship between him and Lin Daoqiu is actually not very good, but he will be found when filming "Five Lucky Stars".

"I'm very grateful to Mr. Pan for valuing me so much. I'm really flattered, but I'm not sure I can convince Brother Hong."

The relationship between Cen Jianxun and Sammo Hung is slightly better than that between him and Lin Daoqiu.

But Cen Jianxun is really not sure about making him jump ship to a new theater.

"Do your best to obey the destiny, Mr. Cen, just do it, I will find a way to help you."

Pan Disheng looked confident, but Cen Jianxun didn't know where his confidence came from.

But since he agreed to the other party, Cen Jianxun still decided to test what Sammo Hung meant.

The next day, Cen Jianxun asked Sammo Hung out for tea.

"Curly, why are you free to ask me out for tea?"

Cen Jianxun basically seldom shows up, and the two of them don't have much interaction.

If it wasn't for filming, Cen Jianxun and Sammo Hung would not have seen each other for several months.

"I asked Brother Hong to come out today, but I was actually entrusted by someone."

Sammo Hung, who was eating pork buns, suddenly slowed down after hearing what Cen Jianxun said.

Putting down the barbecued pork bun, Sammo Hung looked at Cen Jianxun with a strange expression on his face.

"It's not that Jiahe asked you to come to me."

Sammo Hung thought that Cen Jianxun was a lobbyist hired by Golden Harvest.

But as soon as he finished asking, Cen Jianxun shook his head immediately.

"I have no contact with Jiahe, Brother Hong, don't be nervous."

Sammo Hung heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that, he didn't intend to go back to Golden Harvest, and it would be best if Cen Jianxun wasn't a lobbyist sent by Golden Harvest.

"Pan Disheng's name, I wonder if Brother Hong has heard of it?"

Hearing Cen Jianxun mention this person's name, Sammo Hung suddenly felt as if he had an impression.

After thinking for a while, Sammo Hung suddenly realized.

"Is that Pan Disheng you mentioned, the one who bought eight full pages of the South China Morning Post to promote his company?"

Sammo Hung's impression is not very specific. In fact, Pan Disheng did buy eight pages at that time, and used five to wish the citizens of Xiangjiang Merry Christmas.

The remaining three pages are used to promote the advertisements of the brand-name products that they sell.

At that time, his move attracted the attention of many people.

Cen Jianxun nodded and said.

"Mr. Pan is planning to enter the film industry. He is planning to open a theater chain. He wants to ask Brother Hong to come and help."

Sammo Hung, who had just taken a sip of tea, almost choked when he heard what Cen Jianxun said.

"Mr. Pan wants to open theaters? Are you sure you're not joking?"

Sammo Hung really couldn't understand that a guy who sells famous brands came here to open theaters, this is simply a joke.

"Brother Hong, I think Mr. Pan is very sincere, and according to my investigation, most of his current achievements come from his own hard work. He is definitely not the kind of braggart."

Before coming to see Sammo Hung, Cen Jianxun actually did a simple investigation on Disheng Pan.

After these investigations, he felt more and more that Pan Disheng was extraordinary, and that he was able to succeed in a situation that was not optimistic at the time, which showed that he was outstanding.

"Curly hair, I'm very happy in New Oriental now, I don't plan to change places, and I'll trouble you to say sorry to Mr. Pan."

Sammo Hung didn't think it would be a good choice for Pan Disheng to come to open theaters at this time.

And Sammo Hung didn't think that the other party has the ability to gain a foothold in the film industry.

"Brother Hong, I know you have a lot of concerns. I suggest you meet and talk with Mr. Pan. It doesn't matter if you succeed or not."

Before coming here, Cen Jianxun already thought that Sammo Hung would refuse, but he still wanted to give it a try.

If it really didn't work out, I would have an explanation to Pan Disheng.

(End of this chapter)