Island Tycoon

Chapter 40 Find a way out
On Hong Kong Island in the 80s, there were five companies with independent theater chains. In addition to the leading Shaw Brothers Films, there were also Golden Harvest, Anle, Shuangnan, and the Golden Princess who was undergoing renovation.

First of all, let’s talk about Shuangnan Cinemas. This cinema currently only screens domestic films and Hong Kong films from Zuo Pai. Moreover, the review of films is not at all difficult, so Ye Jingcheng took the lead in rejecting them.

In addition, the Broadway theater chain under Anle Cinema is the worst of the five major theater chains in terms of the size and number of theaters, and it is dedicated to showing western movies, which is also not for Ye Jingcheng.

Currently, there are only two theaters for Ye Jingcheng to choose from.One is run by Kwan Wenhuai, a theater chain under Golden Harvest.One is the newly established Golden Princess Theater Line by Lei Juekun, which is mainly based on Lisheng Cinema.

"Golden Harvest is notorious for defaulting on dividends, and its reputation is really bad. Lei Juekun is too domineering, he doesn't know much about movies and likes to meddle indiscriminately."

Thinking of this, Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but have a headache. Today's Jiahe also has a big family and a big business, and he is destined to be bullied when he comes to the door.

Although Lei Juekun's Golden Princess theater chain has just been established, he himself is a tiger who eats people and does not spit out bones. I am afraid that a series of problems will appear within a few months.

Ye Jingcheng couldn't help sighing, none of the tycoons who could come from the era of the four major detectives was a fuel-efficient lamp.Shao Yifu's tyranny, Zou Wenhuai's repudiation, and Lei Juekun's overbearing.

"He is Thunder Tiger, and I am not a three-legged cat."

In the end, Ye Jingcheng still chose the Golden Princess Cinemas. After all, Golden Harvest's arrears of dividends was too serious, which meant that he would be choked by someone all the time.Although Lei Juekun is difficult to discuss, it is his personality that disdains such things as defaulting in dividends.

The next day, Kowloon Bus Company.

Ye Jingcheng came here alone to see if he and Lei Juekun could meet first, to see if there was any chance of cooperation.

Ye Jingcheng tapped lightly on the front desk, asked the clerk in charge of reception, and said, "Beautiful girl, is Lei Sheng in the company?"

"Lei Sheng will be back later, may I ask who is looking for him?" The clerk looked at Ye Jingcheng, and Ye Jingcheng's clothes were decent.

"That's right. I am engaged in film production, and my previous works were screened at Shaw Brothers. I heard that Lei Sheng is going to reorganize the theaters recently, so I want to see if there is any possibility of cooperation." Ye Jingcheng gave a reason.

"Ah?" The clerk was a little overwhelmed. He really didn't expect that the other party was so powerful that he had the capital to discuss cooperation with Lei Sheng.He lowered his posture and asked, "This...what's your name, please?"

"Ye Jingcheng." Ye Jingcheng replied flatly.With decent clothes and a calm attitude, no one would think that he came here for nothing.

Afterwards, the clerk flipped through his appointment notes, and there was no such person as Ye Jingcheng on it.But she was afraid that she would make an own mistake, not to mention that the other party was so handsome, it seemed that it would be okay to help him.So he said politely: "Mr. Ye, it seems that your name is not listed on the appointment. Otherwise, please sit down first, and I will ask for you when Mr. Lei comes over."

"Okay, thank you." After finishing speaking, he motioned to the clerk to shake his hand. During the process, he discharged and scratched his palm, and asked, "Yes, what's your name? If Lei Sheng and I reach a cooperation, we will meet in court in the future." We met last night."

"My name is Guo Xiaoling." The clerk blushed.

When Ye Jingcheng was waiting on the sofa beside him, the little girl shyly brought him a cup of coffee, and she didn't even dare to look directly at him.

Looking at Guo Xiaoling's back, Ye Jingcheng smiled and sighed: "Being handsome is an advantage, at least there are tricks for using beauty tricks."

Then I started to taste the coffee in my hand and waited for up to two hours.

……

"Xiao Ling, what are you looking at?" Lei Juekun, who had just returned to the company from the staff passageway, found his secretary poking his head, not knowing what attracted his attention.

"Ah!" Hearing the boss's call, Guo Xiaoling immediately reacted.Greeting: "Hi Lei Sheng."

"En." Lei Juekun nodded, looked at the watch on his hand, and asked, "Have the youngsters from Struggle Company come?"

"They have already arrived and have been waiting for you in the meeting room for more than two hours." Guo Xiaoling said.

"Okay, let's make a few cups of coffee later."

Lei Juekun was about to go to the conference room when Guo Xiaoling suddenly remembered something and reported, "By the way, Lei Sheng. There is someone who wants to see you."

"Huh?" Lei Juekun frowned deeply. Although this secretary hasn't been with him for a long time, he should know that he doesn't meet everyone. Could it be that the person who wants to see him has some background?
"It's a young man named Ye Jingcheng. I heard that he has his own film company." Guo Xiaoling was worried that she would be blamed by her boss, so she sped up her speech and said, "His previous films were released in Shaw Brothers. I heard that Lei Sheng, you plan to reorganize the theater chain, so I came here to discuss cooperation with you."

"Shaw?" Lei Juekun frowned and asked, "Where is he now?"

"Because he didn't make an appointment before, and I couldn't make up my mind, so I asked him to wait in the waiting room." Guo Xiaoling was full of worries, fearing that the boss would scold her for not following the rules.

"Xiao Ling, you did a good job this time. You take him to my office first, and then go to see him after I finish the meeting."

After speaking, Lei Juekun took a step forward, but after walking a few steps, he turned around and said to Guo Xiaoling, "Forget it, you can bring him to the meeting room in half an hour."

"I know, Lei Sheng."

Guo Xiaoling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she was a little excited, wondering if Ye Jingcheng would thank her later, or how to thank her?
Half an hour later, Guo Xiaoling brought Ye Jingcheng into the building as promised, and the two came to the meeting room talking and laughing.

Knock-knock--

"Come in."

After getting consent, Ye Jingcheng entered the conference room alone.The one who attracted his attention the most was not Lei Juekun, who was sitting in the middle, but Mecca, who was sitting on the side with a dazzling bald head. The other five men and a woman were also familiar.

"These people should be the seven monsters of New Art City in the future." Ye Jingcheng thought secretly

What Ye Jingcheng didn't know was that the effect of his little butterfly forced Lei Juekun to postpone the original plan.

Lei Juekun, who originally had a comprehensive plan, was worried that Shaw Brothers would regain its reputation in the near future, so that the heroes of the Golden Princess cinema would be useless.Lei Junkun had no choice but to increase his bets, bringing in Shi Tian and others from the Struggle Film Company six months in advance.

The reason is that "Human Flesh Roasting Meat Shop" caused the resurgence of Shaw Brothers Films.The opening of theaters must be at an appropriate time, otherwise they will be suppressed or impacted.

"Hello, Lei Sheng." Ye Jingcheng shook hands with Lei Juekun, then nodded to Shi Tian and the others.

He secretly thought that Lei Juekun is such a domineering old man, he already looks so vicious, if it is really born from his heart, let alone his character.

"Sit down." Lei Juekun took a puff from his pipe and said, "I heard that you are also a filmmaker? Since this is the case, the few present here can be regarded as your colleagues. Young people, let's get to know each other. "

"Hello, my name is Zeng Zhiwei." This little fat man with a simple and honest face came over to say hello to Ye Jingcheng.

The reason for saying hello was not because Ye Jingcheng was with him, but because Zeng Zhiwei was the last one among the seven monsters.Since Lei Juekun spoke up, even if Ye Jingcheng was a sweeping boy, they had to stand up and show affection to each other.

Among the Seven Monsters, Zeng Zhiwei was a humble person, so he was naturally in charge of this task.Although he can sit here today, in fact, the shares of the new company have nothing to do with him.

Megara came here just to act as a strong man, on the one hand to increase his bargaining chip with Lei Juekun, and on the other hand to provide suggestions for the future development of the new company.

After Zeng Zhiwei, several other people introduced themselves one after another.Only Mecca, Shi Tian, ​​and Huang Baiming remained motionless as if they were stuck in a chair. They just smiled kindly at Ye Jingcheng and didn't even intend to reveal their names to each other.

Perhaps this is their capital, because the three of them have reached a preliminary agreement with Lei Juekun, except for Lei Juekun's share of the new company's shares, the rest will be divided among the three.

Among them, Huang Baiming holds 9% of the shares, and Shi Tian holds 19% of the shares.The remaining 72% shares are divided between Lei Juekun and Mecca, and the proportion is 51% for Lei Juekun and 49% for Mecca.As for the remaining four of the seven monsters, at best, the company will pay a higher salary.

So seeing Ye Jingcheng who came alone, the three of them were not optimistic about this colleague.A successful company cannot be run by one person alone.

There are two possibilities for Ye Jingcheng's situation. One is that his company is only a small company, or even a leather bag company.

The second is that Ye Jingcheng's status in the company is not high, he belongs to the company's fish hair and shrimp boy, and came up to find out the situation for the company.Regardless of either of the two possibilities, it is enough to be a reason why Maijia and others do not take him seriously.

Ye Jingcheng was not disturbed by the environment, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Lei Sheng, this time I came to discuss cooperation with you with all my sincerity."

"You want to discuss cooperation with me?"

Lei Juekun's words sounded crazy, and his tone was even more contemptuous.In fact, the first time he saw Ye Jingcheng, he was already disappointed by the other party's youth, and nine times out of ten he already felt that Ye Jingcheng came for nothing.

However, I still paid attention to what the secretary said before, I don't know whether Ye Jingcheng's background is true or not, so I said: "Since this is the case, then briefly talk about your conditions and advantages, so that several of your colleagues can refer to you See details."

"What I want is very simple. The film will be shown in Lei Sheng's theaters. I don't need to pay the basic fee. Whether it's local or overseas box office, you and I will split the bill." Ye Jingcheng acted very relaxed, as if he didn't plan to switch to Think from the other side's position.

(End of this chapter)