"What?"

"Are you kidding?"

"That's Jiahe, the same Jiahe that trained Bruce Lee!"

"Not only Bruce Lee, the Hui Brothers, the Hung Family Class, the Married Family Class, but also a large number of Hong Kong filmmakers all started to rise from Golden Harvest!"

"Has one of the symbols of Hong Kong cinema come to an end like this?"

At the press conference, there was an uproar when Dong Xi officially announced the acquisition of Jiahe shares from Zou Wenhuai.

The acquisition of Jiahe has been in the negotiation stage since the year before last. Although there was news at that time, it was later dropped.

So when this matter was really announced by Dong Xi and he signed a share transfer letter with Zou Wenhuai's daughter on the spot, it would be strange if the reporters at the scene didn't get angry.

That's Golden Harvest, the two heroes who together with Shaw Brothers movies supported the glorious era of Hong Kong films!

Although Dong Xi is currently only acquiring the shares held by Zou Wenhuai, it is obvious that it will not stop there. It is estimated that the next step will be to launch a comprehensive acquisition proposal to all shareholders.

It is only a matter of time before the entire Jiahe is annexed by Xizi.

The reporters at the scene made a lot of noise and asked questions all the time.

"Director Dong, how did you acquire the Zou family's shares?"

"Cash? Or equity exchange?"

"Director Dong, will the next step be to launch a comprehensive acquisition?"

"In the future, will Xizi Film and Television be positioned as a Hong Kong company or a mainland company?"

Amidst the chaos of questions, reporters swarmed the stage and filled the stage with water.

Cai Yinong stood blankly at the door of the room, looking out of place in the lively environment.

Compared with the calm look on her face, in fact, Tsai Yinong's heart is also stirring up turmoil. She once worked as a reporter in Hong Kong Island, and also served as the resource coordinator and actor resources director of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

At the age of 25, he planned to establish a film and television company in Hong Kong Island and served as the general manager.

It can be said that all her connections come from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and she is actually more familiar with Hong Kong circles than the mainland.

Therefore, Tsai Yinong understood the meaning of Golden Harvest to Hong Kong films, and also understood the intention of Dong Xi's operation.

He plans to go public through a backdoor listing, making Xizi Film and Television the first mainland film and television company to go public.

If this operation goes well, Dong Xi's net worth can be doubled several times in an instant.

"No, it's possible even if it is doubled dozens of times!"

Compared with Dong Xi's generosity, Tsai Yinong's Sugar Man Film and Television is like playing house.

Thinking that the conditions Xizi had prepared for her included equity rewards, the hesitation in Cai Yinong's heart instantly dissipated.

She looked at the man on the stage surrounded by everyone. Under the flashlight, he was as dazzling as a king.

She calls herself a strong woman, but who doesn't want someone to rely on?

In mid-July, the news that Dong Xi became the largest shareholder of Jiahe was wildly hyped in China, as if this old film and television company would be taken over by Dong Xi in the next second.

But there is a piece of news in the middle, Xizi's acquisition of Tangren Film and Television, but few people have noticed it.

After all, compared to Jiahe, Sugar Man is like an inconspicuous fish.

The mainland media was jubilant, while the Hong Kong media was wailing, denouncing that Hong Kong film was dead, and many people insulted the Zou family for inviting wolves into the house.

But the market doesn't lie. When news spread that Dong Xi became Jiahe's major shareholder, Jiahe's stock price skyrocketed and it became an investment hot spot.

Anyone can understand that Dong Xi's next plan is to eat Jiahe.

In this case, blind advancement is not in line with the interests, and the professional acquisition team established by the company begins to encroach step by step.

Dong Xi is not worried that someone will attack him. Jiahe has a certain strategic position for him, but to others it is just an empty shell.

If you blindly attack Dong Xi in the stock market, you will fall into a quagmire if you don't get out in time.

What Dong Xi is waiting for is for the stock market to calm down. When Jiahe's stock price returns to normal, it will be his time to enter the market and reap the rewards.

It doesn't matter whether the timing is one year or two, he is not in a hurry.

At this juncture, the announcement of becoming the majority shareholder of Golden Harvest actually has two purposes. One is to stimulate the box office of "One Thirteen".

The effect was very good. One month after the movie was released, the box office officially exceeded 300 million.

It became the second mainland movie to have a box office of over 300 million yuan after Big Boat, and the daily box office is still around 5 million yuan.

At this rate, it won't be a problem to become number one in mainland film history.

However, at this time, the summer season has also begun, and other new movies have been released one after another. The film schedule and box office of "Thirteen" have been affected.

Hollywood blockbusters and Hong Kong films have taken effective measures to launch a comprehensive blockade in order to prevent "13" from reaching the top spot.

The first contestant to appear is the Hong Kong comedy "My Girlfriend", starring E-kin Cheng and "Voldemort".

It followed the routine of a Hong Kong-style light comedy and romance film. Because "Voldemort" was banned by Dong Xi, he had no choice but to go to Hong Kong Island to film the movie.

This time I collided head-on with "One Thirteen", and I was ready to take revenge!

But it's a pity that this old-fashioned Hong Kong film, with an investment of more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, only made about 5 million at the box office.

Not even a fraction of "One Thirteen".

"Voldemort" did not break through the "crazy image" of "Little Swallow" in the movie, and its tickling comedy could not amuse the movie audience.

Even after watching the film, she felt that her appearance was disgusting, so she refused to attend the celebration party after the premiere.

Next up was "Purple Butterfly," a film that was first released abroad after Cannes and then domestically.

The audience has forgotten this movie, and Zhang Ziyi's large-scale passionate scenes did not cause any splash.

It was released in a hurry after only a week of release, and the national box office barely exceeded 2 million.

In the past, this performance could actually continue to be shown, but due to the epidemic, all movies were squeezed into the second half of the year, so if the box office was not ideal, we had to say goodbye.

The failure of two consecutive films to meet expectations has poured cold water on the enthusiastic hearts of all filmmakers.

However, some people don't believe in evil. Director Wang Jing teamed up with Cecilia Cheung and the popular "Little Jay" Ren Xianqi to bring the romantic comedy "Extinct Man".

It was an unexpected success at the box office in Hong Kong and Guangdong.

This movie still uses Wang Jing's old formula of "money + scam + true love".

In "The Love Story", the poor Li Tianwang pretended to be a rich man to pursue Cecilia Cheung. In "The Lover", the rich Tony Leung Chiu-wai pretended to be poor to test Shu Qi. This time in "The Greatest Man", Cecilia Cheung approaches Yam Xianqi for money.

But the success of "Jue" is that the comedy elements are evenly distributed, the plot is reasonable, and there are no fatal flaws.

What's even more commendable is that this time Wang Jing abandoned the vulgar jokes that Hong Kong people dubbed "poop and piss". For this reason, "The Good Man" was called "Wong Jing's return to innocence" by film critics.

However, when "Extinct Man" began to be released nationwide, Xizi Film and Television's counterattack also began!

This brings us to the second reason for acquiring Golden Harvest, which has been operating in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia for many years, with a total of 26 cinemas and more than 180 theaters.

It has been fully integrated by Xizi Cinema, and after the merger of the two parties, it was officially named - Xizi-Jiahe Cinema.

And "One Thirteen" also officially relies on this channel to enter Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

To put it simply, Xizi Film and Television has established a firm foothold in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia from now on, without having to look at other people's eyes to act.

Faced with the fierce coming of "One Thirteen", although it has been released in the mainland for more than a month, the Hong Kong box office has continued to break records.

The impact of the epidemic has been much worse for movie theaters on Hong Kong Island than on the mainland.

The Battle of Hong Kong Island in "One Thirteen" went extremely smoothly. Hong Kong people seemed to have no resistance to this kind of big-budget war movie.

The Hong Kong filmmakers started to doubt their life after being beaten, so they could only hastily let the local "blockbuster" "Two Heroes" come on stage to meet the enemy.

This police film, which is said to be on par with "Infernal Affairs", grossed 2.5 million at the box office on its first day, while "13", which was released for more than a month, can still take in 3.8 million...
Chapter completed!