Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 842 New Movie Helmsman

After Zheng Baoyi's parents divorced when she was 5 years old, the little girl seemed cheerful and lively, but in fact she was sensitive and had low self-esteem.

Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian appeared and took over the role of father and bought two houses for Zheng Shufen.

One set is for the mother and daughter to live in, and the other set is for Zheng Shufen's parents to live in, so that Zheng Shufen no longer has to hold her head up in front of her parents.

Furthermore, the two old grandparents treated Zheng Baoyi better than before.

So although Zheng Baoyi looks young, she knew very early on that it was because of Chu Xiangqian that she and her daughter had such a stable and affluent life.

Just now, in order to help me become a member of the Jockey Club, I asked Bridge and the directors of the Jockey Club to make preparations in advance.

Let the little one feel full of security.

I am also grateful to Chu Xiangqian from the bottom of my heart.

She looked up at Chu Xiangqian and said firmly, "Uncle, I will definitely be filial to you in the future, and help you and Aunt Xue take good care of little Rongrong."

Chu Xiangqian burst into laughter after hearing this.

There is still a long way to go before being filial or not.

It will take the little girl more than ten years to grow up, and it will take several decades for me to become old.

So at this time, Chu Xiangqian certainly cared more about Zheng Baoyi's promise to help take care of Chu Jingrong.

Just then, Chu Jingrong heard Zheng Baoyi talking about him, and he opened his arms, wanting Zheng Baoyi to hug him.

Chu Xiangqian simply handed the little guy to Zheng Baoyi's arms, and then said with a smile, "From now on, this little thing will be taken care of by you as the elder sister.

If he doesn't obey, you can beat him up. Or you can complain to me and your Aunt Lanlan."

Zheng Baoyi nodded with a chuckle, hugged the ignorant Chu Jingrong in her arms, and kissed the little guy on the face with a smile.

Chu Jingrong originally liked this beautiful sister. Not only did he let her hold him obediently, he also muttered that he was hungry.

Seeing this, Bridge and others naturally stopped trying to stop them.

He didn't even have time to eat lunch after sending Chu Xiangqian and his two sons out of the auction site. He began to actively contact Ge Bai and the others.

Discussing how to maximize benefits.

During lunch, Zheng Baoyi completely entered into the role of the older sister.

When he was eating, he saw that Chu Jingrong was not very flexible in using the spoon, so he simply took the spoon and fed the little guy directly.

Xue Jinglan, Gangsheng, Feifei, Aiyuan and others who were dining together praised Baoyi from time to time.

Zheng Shufen naturally wished that her daughter could get as close to Chu Jingrong as possible.

Zheng Shufen even secretly felt sorry that Baoyi was born too early. Otherwise, if the age difference was only two or three years, and they grew up together in the future, maybe she would really become the daughter-in-law of the Chu family.

But when she saw Chu Xiangqian smilingly picking up food for Baoyi and telling her to eat her own food first, Zheng Shufen felt that as long as her man liked Baoyi, it didn't matter whether she could become the daughter-in-law of the Chu family.

At worst, she could ask her man and Xue Jinglan for help in the future, and when Baoyi gets married, she could marry him off as an adopted girl of the Chu family.

As for the dowry, Zheng Shufen now has the confidence to say that she will save up a generous dowry for Baoyi in the future.

I can also leave a considerable fortune to my future grandchildren.

Because Chu Xiangqian had given one million Hong Kong dollars to each woman before, Zheng Shufen did not buy a storefront like Feifei, Aiyuan and Gangsheng.

Instead, he used the money to buy two poorly performing theaters in Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok.

After some renovation, it became a cinema.

I thought that if the theater was converted into a cinema, there would be a lot fewer audiences.

Unexpectedly, after opening, the business of these two cinemas was unexpectedly good.

Afterwards I did some research and found out that there are indeed quite a lot of cinemas in Hong Kong Island these days.

The fact that there are many people listening to opera means that many people, especially young people, have already gotten tired of it.

Moreover, the ticket prices of these two new cinemas are about 10% to 15% cheaper than those of Chu's Cinema Line.

In addition, the number of immigrants in Yau Ma Tei increases year by year, which is why the business of the two cinemas is so good.

Moreover, there are only three cinemas in the whole of Yau Ma Tei, one of its own, one from Chu’s Cinemas Chain, and the other one from Cathay Cinemas Chain.

The competition isn't really that big.

Cathay Pacific's actual manager in Hong Kong Island, Lu Guohua, has had a very good relationship with Chu Xiangqian in recent years.

Not only does it have business dealings in Hong Kong Island, it also has cinema business cooperation in Southeast Asia.

So, in addition to showing Chu's films, Zheng Shufen's two cinemas could also get copies of good films from Cathay Pacific.

Business will naturally be good.

On the contrary, it was Shaw Brothers Films and cinema chains that would dominate Hong Kong Island in the future, because of the sudden rise of Chu Brothers Films in recent years, they have grabbed a large part of the market share.

As a result, Shaw's development speed is far slower than in the previous life.

Not only can Cathay Pacific not beat Chu's in terms of box office revenue, but Cathay is also better than Shaw Brothers in making movies.

This in turn affected Shaw Brothers' enthusiasm for investing in building cinemas in Hong Kong Island.

From 59 to now, Shaw Brothers has only invested in building two cinemas. Not to mention Chu's, even Cathay Pacific invested in its fourth cinema last year.

And even if Chu Xiangqian had not appeared, from the 60s to the mid-70s in the previous life, Shaw Brothers could not compete with Cathay in the film industry.

Unfortunately, a plane crash caused a film company that could have become a giant to completely decline within a few years.

Now Chu Xiangqian has joined, directly snatching away at least half of the market share.

Moreover, Guo Zhenhua and Hong Sambo were the first to start filming Kung Fu movies in the Republic of China. After they became Kung Fu superstars of that era, they also helped the Chu family grab a large amount of box office revenue in Southeast Asia.

Together with Chu Xiangqian’s family fund, many donations in recent years have been related to ordinary people coming to Hong Kong from China.

This naturally makes Hong Kong's Zuo school of filmmakers willing to get close to Chu's films.

Chu Xiangqian is also well-known for his generosity in treating talented people. Not only is there no shortage of movies to play in the theaters, but there are also art films with good box office performances from time to time.

As soon as Zheng Shufen's two cinemas opened, they relied on her relationship as Chu Xiangqian's woman.

Years ago, many directors and small and medium-sized film companies tried to approach her to hand over scripts, or even approached her to raise investment to make a movie together.

When Chu Xiangqian was sleeping at Zheng Shufen's place a few days ago, he accidentally saw a dozen scripts that she brought home. He just glanced at them casually and picked out a script of "Jin Yu Nu" from them.

Chu Xiangqian thought about this kind of ancient costume movie about talented men and beautiful women, and it seemed that Hong Kong had never filmed a live-action drama movie.

There are a lot of operas, and they are very popular and have been around for a long time.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt that he could give it a try.

Even if there is a loss, it shouldn't be much. After reading the script, Chu Xiangqian silently calculated in his mind that the cost would be at most 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

Zheng Shufen had no doubt about Chu Xiangqian's ability to choose scripts.

Chu Xiangqian saw that Zheng Shufen was beginning to imitate him and wanted to get involved in everything that made money, and he immediately worried that he was really tiring her out.

But on second thought, the time he spent with Zheng Shufen was indeed not that much, so it wouldn't be a bad thing to keep her busy.

Moreover, he has been slowly disposing of the film business in the past two years. He does not ask Zheng Shufen to accept Chu's film business, but at least if she is interested in this area, he will see what she can do for the time being.

Moreover, you don’t actually lose much money from making movies. Although the Hong Kong film market is entering a period of development at this time, the number of movies made each year is also increasing year by year.

But in reality, there are only 20 to 30 profitable movies every year.

For the rest, we’ll be thankful if we can keep breaking even.

And even though Hong Kong films will be popular throughout Asia in the next 300 to years, the annual output was only films at its peak.

7% of these films never even had the chance to be released in theaters, as they were all recorded onto videotapes right after filming.

The remaining eighty or ninety films accounted for more than half of the ten-day run in theaters.

This kind of movie is obviously a money-losing product, so although the cinemas seem to be making money, in fact, when Hong Kong films were at their peak, many theaters still lacked good movies.

The real way for cinema chains to make money is from the appreciation of real estate.

But big film companies cannot do without theaters.

However, Chu Xiangqian would not follow Uncle Shao's example and let his woman run the cinema and the company, managing and operating the company with careful calculations, and finally forcing Zou Wenhuai and other management to leave.

But if I slowly fade out of the film company, Zou Wenhuai, as the general manager, will have more power and freedom, and he will definitely feel more uneasy.

After all, it’s not the 80s or 90s yet when Hong Kong films were popular in Asia.

Therefore, if Zheng Shufen really has an interest in this area, Chu Xiangqian can definitely push her into management.

Regardless of the specific filming and the company's development, he is just an agent, sitting in the company to stabilize people's hearts.

Therefore, not only was the script of "Jin Yu Nu" approved, but the investment was also sponsored by Chu Xiangqian.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian also invited Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang, and several senior managers of the film company to have dinner together.

It was clearly stated that the company will still be left to them to manage in the future.

Although Zou Wenhuai and others still have doubts, it is better than Chu Xiangqian who has basically not cared about the film business in the past two years.

Moreover, the boss is willing to let his woman choose the script. In the future, he can pass the script to Chu Xiangqian through Zheng Shufen for selection. It will not be like the past two years, when some movies made every year made money, but most of them still lost money.

Of course, the loss mentioned here refers to the box office in Hong Kong Island, which is not enough to earn back the investment.

Including box office revenue from other places, most of the films are still profitable.

Otherwise, it would not be easy for Chu Xiangqian to be a hands-off boss.

But compared with the time when Chu Xiangqian was managing the company, when every department was making money, or even huge profits, it seems that their management has poor vision and ability.

So in general, Zou Wenhuai and others are temporarily welcoming Zheng Shufen's entry into the film industry.

As soon as the script was approved, Zheng Shufen realized how great her man's influence was in the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian film industries.

Even Guo Zhenhua brought his wife to audition.

That guy Zhang Rongfei didn't even want any pay, he just wanted a role in the movie.

All signs indicate that this movie, which just started shooting a few days ago, should have good box office results in the future.

This also made Zheng Shufen feel that she might become a big shot in the film industry in the future.

Even for a tycoon, it doesn't seem that difficult to help his daughter or grandson with his family business.

If Chu Xiangqian knew what Zheng Shufen was thinking, he would definitely laugh at her for not grasping the point.

There is a reality in the film industry that no matter how it develops, you will inevitably discover it in the end.

Movies do make money, but over the course of ten, twenty, or thirty years, many of the filmmakers and bosses who once enjoyed great success will eventually find out.

If you want to make money, you can't rely on movies, so the more powerful film company bosses will eventually turn to real estate.

Shaw Brothers, which reached its peak, Golden Harvest, which came later, and Cinema City, which made its Hong Kong counterparts ecstatic.

Even after the new millennium, the Chinese Huayi Brothers eventually turned their funds and energy to real estate.

To put it bluntly, there are many examples of people who made their fortunes from movies and became multi-millionaires or even billionaires.

But if we want to go a step further, Hong Kong films will not work.

It is no surprise that the movie company bosses who have made quick money have turned their attention to real estate.

Then, the once glorious company eventually went into decline and bankruptcy.

It was after Chu Xiangqian realized this that he gradually lost interest in movies.

After all, every industry has its ceiling, and the ceiling of the film industry is too low compared to other industries.

Ten or twenty years later, Uncle Shao Liu understood it, and Zou Wenhuai also discovered this problem.

Bald Mecca, Huang Baiming and others from Xinyicheng also switched to real estate to make quick money at the peak of their careers.

Then Cinema City declined the fastest.

But for those who are not yet wealthy but have brains, luck and strength, movies can indeed make people famous overnight and their assets will skyrocket in three to five years.

Within ten years, we will become an industry giant again.

But just like when Golden Harvest was at its peak, its market value was only a few billion, the more capable people are, the more they feel that they should not be restricted by movies.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that the Hong Kong Island market is too small.

It is also related to the limitations of the times.
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As expected, the total amount of the afternoon's special auction was lower than that in the morning.

However, the average price of 20 Arabian horses was $133 million, and the average price of 20 Arabian horses was $26, which brought the total sales of the afternoon special auction to $3120 million.

Compared with the $3360 million in the morning, the total for the day was $6480 million, which was also $5070 million higher than last year's $1310 million.

As soon as the auction ended at 3 o'clock, several major newspapers immediately began printing more newspapers.

Try to report this news before 5pm.

As expected, the people of Hong Kong Island who were leaving get off work in the afternoon were shocked by the news. They were filled with envy and jealousy.

However, Chu Xiangqian didn't have the energy to care about the outside world's comments for the time being.

At 12:3 in the afternoon, Ge Bai and his team's 12 three-year-old horses and 2 two-year-old foals entered the auction.

Chu Xiangqian not only watched the whole process on site, but also took the initiative to serve as a tour guide for one of the 1-year-old horses and one 3-year-old foal.

Even a fool could see from this action how much he values ​​these two horses.

Now, not only more people are interested, but even desert tycoons like Morgan Jr. and Ahmed have decided to buy these two horses.

This made Ge Bai and others ecstatic, and Chu Xiangqian knew for sure that the two horses had good three-dimensional attributes.

It can be considered as helping Ge Bai and the others, and it is also in Chu Xiangqian's own interests.

After all, all the Ferghana horses in Ge Bai and his men's hands came from Chu Xiangqian.

The better these horses and their offspring perform, the greater the value of the Arabian horse will be in the future.

(End of this chapter)