Treasure Island 1992, starting from the Four Little Heavenly Kings

Chapter 292 Acquiring Theaters (Two Chapters In One)

The MV shooting for "Dream It Possible" started on the second day.

The story is very simple. It tells the story of a child in an ordinary family who loves table tennis since childhood, and bravely pursues his dream with the encouragement of his parents.

After sowing countless beads of sweat, he was selected by the national team, became a member of the national team, and began to win glory for the country.

Chen Qiming is not the protagonist of the MV.

He appeared in the MV as a spectator singer.

In addition to filming the MV, Chen Qiming also cooperated with the organizers of the World Championships to attend several TV interviews.

On April [-], Tianjin Satellite TV launched an exclusive interview, "World Championship Promotion Ambassador Chen Qiming - Stick to your dreams and be the best version of yourself."

In the exclusive interview, Chen Qiming was neither arrogant nor impetuous, and he did not have the arrogance and complacency of superstars in Asia and even the world. Instead, he was like an ordinary boy, which further deepened the audience's impression of him across the country.

At the same time, Chen Qiming also used his spare time to hold several fan meetings in Tianjin to help promote the World Championships.

Chen Qiming stayed in Tianjin for a total of six days, a few days longer than expected.

In six days, he not only cooperated with the organizer to finish filming the MV, but also shot a large number of promotional posters, which were spread across the country under the arrangement of the organizer.

On April [-], Chen Qiming took off from Tianjin and landed in Hong Kong.

The reason why I didn’t fly directly to Treasure Island.

In addition to coming to Hong Kong to inspect the work of Qiming Film and Television's new film "The Calamity of the Python".

Another reason is that Chen Qiming got the news that Luo Jiechen of Yonggao Cinemas planned to sell Yonggao Cinemas.

The original name of Yonggao Cinemas is actually Debao Cinemas, and the original name of Debao is Shaw Brothers.

That year, after the closure of Shaw Brothers, Debao was established with the cooperation of Sammo Hung, Sam Shum, and Dickson Poon, and rented Shaw Brothers theaters from Shaw Brothers.

In 93, Debao lost too much money, and the lease expired, and he didn't want to renew the lease, so the theater was taken over by Huang Baiming and Luo Jiechen.

However, these two didn't last long.

In the second half of 93, Huang Baiming broke up with Luo Jiechen and founded the Oriental Cinema Line on his own.

The remaining Luo Jiechen managed well in the early stage.

But as time passed, his amateurish shortcomings gradually emerged.

In addition, in the past two years, Hong Kong movies have gradually become less popular than in previous years, and many people who invested in the film industry have begun to withdraw.

This makes it more difficult for Yonggao Cinemas.

So, finally, recently, Luo Jiechen planned to withdraw from the film and television industry.

Hong Kong movies are going to die.

This is the unanimous agreement of many discerning people.

Therefore, even if Luo Jiechen lowered his bid for Yonggao Cinema to the lowest level, no one wanted to take over.

In the end, with the idea of ​​treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, this guy called Chen Qiming and asked him if he was willing to take over the Yonggao Cinema Line.

Originally, Chen Qiming had no interest.

Throughout Hong Kong, a large number of theaters are now closing down due to the decline of the film industry.

He didn't really want to go into this muddy water.

But after thinking about it for a while, he felt that maybe he could try it.

Hong Kong movies are indeed going downhill.

This is the consensus that everyone knows.

But this does not mean that it will decline immediately. There will definitely be time in between.

And Chen Qiming has his own film company, and will definitely continue to produce films in the next few years.

If you take over the theater chain and build a theater-type film company that integrates production, distribution, and release, there are still benefits.

Therefore, Chen Qiming finally decided to come to Hong Kong to talk to Luo Jiechen.

If the price is within the affordable range, then he will take over the Yonggao Cinema Line.

In a high-end restaurant in Kowloon, Chen Qiming met Luo Jiechen.

He is not tall, in his 30s, and looks like Liming.

He is still very famous in Hong Kong and Macau. He is a famous entrepreneur in Macau and the chairman of the Hong Kong Nanhua football team. Last year, under his leadership, Nanhua became the first team to advance to the Asian Cup in the two seasons from 1992 to 1994. Although the Hong Kong team in the Champions League final of the tournament lost 2-6 to the Saudi Arabian team al-Kadisah, the defeat was a glorious one, which made him very famous in Hong Kong.

Last year, the South China football team also became famous after defeating Yugoslavia, which was ranked [-]th in the world at the time.

It's just that he has money and ability, but in terms of personality, this guy is too confident.

He cooperated with Huang Baiming, and his first film was "Happy Events at Home", which gathered a lot of big names such as Stephen Chow and Leslie Cheung.

The movie won the annual box office champion as soon as it was released, which gave him the idea that the movie is nothing more than this.

Then, naturally, he kicked Huang Baiming away and wanted to be alone.

The result is that the few films he personally participated in the production of all lost money.

Later, I had to choose to cooperate with Chang Hong of Baodao. Chang Hong was responsible for the production and Yong Gao was responsible for the distribution.

During the period, it also reached a cooperation with Chen Qiming's Qiming Film and Television. Qiming Film and Television participated in the production of "New Love" and "The Wind and Cloud Hegemony". Both were screened in Yonggao.

If it weren't for Chen Qiming's two movies to restore his blood, I am afraid that Yonggao would not be able to persist last year.

In fact, if the film production cycle of Qiming Film and Television was shorter and the cooperation between the two parties went smoothly, Luo Jiechen would not want to withdraw.

But after all, Qiming Film and Television is just a small film company under Chen Qiming, and almost the entire process revolves around Chen Qiming.

Chen Qiming didn't have time, so the company was idle, and there were not many people to make movies.

Coupled with the previous two cooperations, Yonggao's theater chain's share was too high, which offended Chen Qiming severely.

This made Chen Qiming decide not to screen the new movie in Yonggao.

Therefore, this has led to Yonggao not having a suitable long-term partner at all.

In the end, Luo Jiechen had to choose to sell the theaters cheaply.

After Chen Qiming arrived at the scene, he chatted with Luo Jiechen for a few words, and then went directly to the topic, asking about the theater.

Luo Jiechen obviously didn't want to miss this opportunity to sell the theater chain, so he carefully talked about the theater chain with Chen Qiming.

After Luo Jiechen finished speaking, Chen Qiming was surprised.

He always thought that Yonggao Cinemas was also rented by Shaw Cinemas like Debao.

But what I didn't expect was that Luo Jiechen actually bought it.

He bought Yonggao Cinemas for 3000 million Hong Kong dollars.

He had been hesitant before, if it was rented, if it expired later and he wanted to rent it again, would Shaw Brothers, that is, TVB, ask for a higher price?

Now it seems that there is no need to worry about this at all.

Knowing that Yonggao Cinemas is really for sale instead of rent, Chen Qiming's intention to buy has increased a lot.

Next, the two sides began to negotiate the price of the theater and other issues.

The acquisition of a theater chain cannot be completed overnight.

This is a transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars, and a lot of things are at stake.

Chen Qiming himself didn't want to buy a big hole.

Therefore, in the next few days, he hired a professional team to conduct a thorough investigation of Yonggao's capital account.

The reason for checking funds.

The main reason is that Chen Qiming is worried about foreign debts.

If the foreign debt is not investigated clearly, it will definitely be a troublesome thing if the creditor comes to the door when Chen Qiming buys the theater.

Of course, Chen Qiming doesn't need to do these things himself, just leave it to the team of lawyers.

After he handed over the matter to a professional person, he flew back to Baodao to continue the production of the album.

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"Miss Madonna, welcome to your presence!"

At the gate of Qidian Records, far away, Chen Qiming saw the European and American queen who was very popular in Europe and America, and even had a high reputation in China.

He greeted him with a smile.

The song "Lonely" on the new album is a choral song.

In particular, Chen Qiming specially produced it at the request of Warner.

In order to promote Chen Qiming, Warner Records has put in a lot of effort.

They directly arranged for Madonna, the company's number one star, to come over and sing with Chen Qiming.

"Chen, nice to meet you! I was shocked when Mike told me to sing a song with you.

I was like, "Oh my God, I'm going to sing with the King of Asia!" Wow, I'm so happy to be working with you! "

Madonna was very enthusiastic and hugged Chen Qiming.

"Ah……"

Chen Qiming was a little embarrassed.

He didn't expect Madonna to be so enthusiastic.

At the first moment, he thought of some rumors he heard in the United States.

The entertainment industry is not just a man's world.

Do you think all women are good people?

Then you are wrong.

Not to mention Europe and the United States, there are stamp collecting girls in Hong Kong and Taiwan!Although it only exists in legends, I don’t know who it is.

As for Madonna, Chen Qiming also heard a lot of rumors about her when he was in the United States.

It is said that this special man liked young boys and dated several at the same time.

Now, this person was suddenly so enthusiastic about him, he doubted...

click...

Chen Qiming was about to speak when he suddenly heard a crisp shutter sound.

He looked in the direction of the sound.

A reporter who was holding a camera was beaming. Seeing Chen Qiming looking at him, he raised his hand.

Seeing this reporter, Chen Qiming couldn't help but sigh.

It's over!In the future, Qidian Records will be a gathering place for journalists again.

After the establishment of Qidian Records, Chen Qiming did not go out of his way to publicize the company's address, so before, almost no reporters came here to stay with him.

But today, a reporter apparently discovered the company's location.

If one person finds out, he will definitely not be able to hide it from now on.

With his popularity, it won't be long before a large number of reporters will come here every day.

Not only journalists, but also fans may gather here in large numbers.

He didn't think about it, he had expected it, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

He began to beckon Madonna into the company.

"Chen, you are really popular in Japan. Your record is so popular. At my concert, some fans suggested that I sing your song..."

Under the leadership of Chen Qiming, a group of people started to go upstairs. As they walked, Madonna talked about Chen Qiming's Japanese record.

Madonna did not come directly from the United States. She recently held a concert in Japan and flew directly from Japan.

Therefore, she could intuitively feel Chen Qiming's popularity in Japan.

To be honest, even she had to admire that Chen Qiming was really popular in Japan.

During her time in Japan, she could see Chen Qiming's posters everywhere she went, and Chen Qiming's Japanese songs were crazily played on the street.

She can almost sing those Japanese songs now.

From her perception, Chen Qiming may be more popular than Michael Jackson in Japan now.

No, not just Michael, almost no one can compete with Chen Qiming in popularity in Japan.

This is how Madonna feels.

"I didn't expect this Japanese record to become so popular. At first, I thought it would just be the same as the previous records!"

Chen Qiming said with a smile.

Chen Qiming himself is very happy about the popularity of the album "Ride on the Back of the Silver Dragon" in Japan.

Although this record and that Korean record were both released by the old club.

But he also has money to take.

At the same time, the success of this record will definitely boost Chen Qiming's future development in Japan.

With this record as a base, the English record currently being released by Qidian will definitely achieve good results in Japan after its release.

This is also a great boost to the development of Qidian Records.

"I didn't expect that the record company you work for is so small!"

Going upstairs, Madonna glanced around the company and couldn't help but speak.

"This is a new company I just established. I left the original company and now I am starting my own business!"

Chen Qiming poured Madonna a cup of coffee and explained with a smile.

"My own record company!"

Hearing this, Madonna was immediately in awe.

"I admire you very much! I also thought about setting up my own company, just like Michael, but Warner didn't allow it!"

Madonna really admires Chen Qiming.

As a superstar singer, she knows better than anyone how restrictive singers like them are.

Although Chen Qiming may say that his international influence is not as good as hers.

But he is also a well-known figure, which can be seen from Warner's efforts to obtain his record distribution rights.

If a singer with appeal and sales like Chen Qiming wants to start his own business, he needs not only ability, but also courage.

You have to be prepared for pressure from your old club and other records.

"It's okay! It's everyone's face!"

Chen Qiming smiled.

Face is indeed given by someone.

But at the same time, if you don't have the ability and want to start your own business, it is very difficult.

In addition to spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy out his contract, Chen Qiming was able to become independent. Another reason was that he had accumulated a lot of contacts in the past few years.

The upper floor, the lower floor, and Chen Qiming are all managed.

He paid a lot for it.

"Do you need to take a rest? If necessary, I will arrange for someone to take you to the hotel. The recording will start again tomorrow."

After sitting and chatting for a while, Chen Qiming asked.

"No, let's record today! After I finish recording, I have to fly to Thailand, and I have a concert there the day after tomorrow!"

Hearing Chen Qiming's words, Madonna stood up.

"Okay! Then I will arrange the recording as soon as possible. Don't worry, we won't take long.

Up to three hours, the song can be recorded! "

Chen Qiming also stood up.

(End of this chapter)