Wu Kebo spent his early years in Japan and had a good relationship with Nec and Ai Hui's company. He was actually an entertainment comprador. The Japanese wanted to enter the mainland market through him and had financial support. Chengtian conquered the city in film and television, music, advertising, artist management, etc.
Poaching Wang Jinghua, acquiring Golden Harvest, investing in "Red Cliff" and "Investment"... let domestic entertainment experience the power of capital for the first time.
But there was no movement in just a few years.
Because it is expanding too fast, has an unstable foundation, and does not have a production team like Feng Xiaogang, it is too risky to invest in other people's works.
Ai Hui has spent more than 600 million yuan in money, and due to the impact of the financial crisis, he no longer wants to follow. Without the support of his Japanese father, Chengtian will naturally be unable to survive.
However, they laid out the theater chain early and managed to survive for several years until they sold the theater chain and disappeared completely.
"Going to have tea?"
"Yes, I can see you tomorrow if I have time. If you are sure, we can make an appointment."
"No, just give me the store address and I'll go find it directly."
"Sorry, this is illegal..."
"What a show of your sister! How can a secretary who is about to go out of business act like this? I'm talking to you about millions a minute, and you'll be unemployed tomorrow. Believe it or not? Give me your address!"
Yu Jiajia hung up the phone and tuied: "It's not fun if you don't scold me!"
She acted quickly and immediately left for Hong Kong. When she looked for Zou Wenhuai, he was not in the company, so she followed the address to a place called Ax Hill Road.
When I entered a store, there were not many people inside, and I saw a thin old man in a suit, wearing a cane, and looking out the window in a trance.
She walked straight over, sat down, and said, "Mr. Zou!"
"Who are you?"
“99 Entertainment, Yu Jiajia!”
"Oh..." A strange look flashed in Zou Wenhuai's eyes, and he smiled and slowly stretched out his hand: "Nice to meet you!"
"I didn't say hello beforehand. I just asked someone from your company to find me. Just don't think I'm presumptuous."
"I have nothing to do. You came just in time. Let's chat."
Zou Wenhuai's father was Zou Minchu, a financial tycoon in the Republic of China. He offended Chiang Kai-shek, experienced ups and downs, and later lived in Hong Kong as an apartment owner.
As for himself, he was also a fierce man when he was young and did a lot of dirty work. Now he has become kinder as he gets older. He has an "old gentleman" temperament all over his body. He is very particular about dressing up, behaving and speaking.
Yu Jiajia suddenly appeared. He didn't see any disturbance. He wanted to use this store and this place to start a chat and tell the young people about the glorious history of Jiahe...
Unexpectedly, the other party spoke first and said, "The land across the street used to be Jiahe's studio, right?"
"Miss Yu, do you understand?"
"Understand a little bit."
Yu Jiajia smiled shyly and said: "Mr. Zou left Shaw Brothers and built a studio on Ax Hill Road, where he worked for Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung... He was actually a leader in the Hong Kong film industry, especially in 1988.
With 22 films and a box office of 264 million, it is the pinnacle of life!"
Zou Wenhuai was surprised with a hint of pride. He was about to say something polite, but the other party said: "It's a pity that the good times did not last long. In 1994, Jiahe went public. Your net worth has reached 600 million, but the decline in the film market has been obvious. The cost of "Human Torch"
200 million, the local box office is only over 40 million, and the loss is nothing. He Guanchang passed away, Jackie Chan left, the Asian financial crisis, all the 300 million funds you invested in real estate speculation were lost."
"The lease of the Ax Hill Road studio expired and the government took back the land. Golden Harvest bid for a new land to build a film and television city. It was determined to win, but Run Run Shaw teamed up with six film companies to disrupt the situation. The new land of Golden Harvest was not filmed, and the old studio was gone.
Such a big film company doesn’t even have its own studio..."
Yu Jiajia ignored Zou Wenhuai's ugly face, talked a lot, and said with a smile: "I'm not here to be angry with you, I'm here to discuss business. In business, honesty is the basis, one buys, the other sells, each gets what he needs.
No matter what, no one should have a sense of superiority..."
She took a sip of tea and said, "I know that Jiahe has a glorious history. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be guilty of buying it, would I?"
Zou Wenhuai was silent and wanted to teach this young man a lesson with the dignity of his youth, but he was old and had to use a cane when going out.
And he knew clearly that the other party's intention was to kill Wei Feng - he used to kill Wei Feng for others, but now things have changed.
"When you work in Hong Kong, you must be tired of hearing comments from Hong Kong people. Do you want to know how we evaluate you?"
Yu Jiajia is the best lobbyist of 99 Company. She quickly brought up the next topic and asked and answered herself: "Mr. Zou is one of the few Chinese filmmakers with an international vision. Hong Kong movies are too studio-like, too petty, and occasionally grand."
On the one hand, almost all of it is contributed by Mr. Zou. You want to build a large company based on the local market, with Jackie Chan as the core, and spare no expense to create a truly international production to open up the North American market. Unfortunately, the risk is too high to work alone, and one company will not be able to withstand it.
The entire Hollywood industry has been consuming itself, moving too fast, and has ended up in decline."
"You were the first to cooperate with the mainland, and "The Lion King" opened the box office split. Unfortunately, it coincided with the film reform in the mainland, and the war was chaotic, and there were constraints everywhere. The mainland is doing better now, with policy development, loose cooperation, and the size of the film market is increasing year by year. It is the right time to enter the game.
It's a good time, but you are old. From these points, you were born at the wrong time..."
"To put it bluntly, the previous model is destined to be eliminated. Movies in the future belong to the capital market. Hollywood is industrialized on the surface, but in fact it is the support of capital behind it that allows Hollywood to conquer cities around the world.
How can one company, one Hong Kong, resist Wall Street?
Only when you have a lot of money can you make big productions and do big things. Only the mainland has this kind of scale."
I know that Chengtian also wants to acquire Golden Harvest. No matter what conditions they propose, we will comply with them. There is also a gambling agreement.
You want to go to sea, and coincidentally, we also want to go to sea.
Within 3 years, if you talk about buying a little exaggeration, just buy shares... Within 3 years, we will definitely invest in a significant Hollywood company and explore the market in our own way!
We promise this and hope you can hand over Golden Harvest to us. "His!
Zou Wenhuai took a deep breath.
He suddenly felt that the era was over and that he should really give up his throne. This was because this was a young man who viewed himself and Jiahe from a historical perspective.
She will not worship the glory of Jiahe, but a new way of thinking.
Future movies belong to the capital market!
Zou Wenhuai became increasingly silent, wearing an old-school neat suit, leaning on a cane with both hands, and turned to look out the window - across the road, under the tall buildings rising from the ground, was the former Golden Harvest studio.
After a while, he finally nodded, "Okay!"
Yu Jiajia was surprised and said: "Don't you ask us what punishment terms we have?"
"Why bother?"
"I will be 82 years old in three years. Even if you lose, I will take Jiahe back and start over again when I am old? To be honest, there is no difference between you and Chengtian in my eyes, but you came and said these
Anyway, I’m still looking forward to seeing that day.”
He looked at Yu Jiajia and said with a smile: "Jiahe will be left to you."
call!
Yu Jiajia also breathed a sigh of relief, living up to expectations.
The three-year bet was naturally proposed by Yao Yuan. When he said it, she was shocked. To buy a stake in a Hollywood company with a considerable weight? How dare you think about it.
Not to mention Hollywood these days, the mainland is all about Hong Kong, treating Hollywood and the Oscars like a grandfather.
But Yao Yuan told her so, so she had no choice but to do it, and Zou Wenhuailin showed his true character as a hero when he retired and sold it directly.
After meeting Zou Wenhuai, Yu Jiajia returned to the hotel. Gudugu drank a large glass of water before she calmed down. Of course she was excited about the acquisition of Jiahe, so she called Yao Yuan again.
"confirmed?"
"Sure!"
"Thank you for your hard work. Why don't you just hang out for a few more days? It's a rare trip to Hong Kong."
"That's fine!"
Yu Jiajia paused and couldn't help but ask: "Hey, can we really do it?"
"Yes, when will I stop eating the cake?"
Yao Yuan spoke briefly and understood the other party's concerns.
After all, unlike later generations, Wanda fully acquired Laiwu Company and theater chains to create the Sweet Universe, fully demonstrating the power of money.
Now, of course, Meizhan can take action on buying shares. If Zou Wenhuai wants to make a bet, he can make it happen himself.
Three years is enough, equivalent to 4.333 ninety-nine.
Some time passed and it was November.
The entertainment industry suddenly exploded!
"Xinli Media has reached an agreement with Mr. Zou Wenhuai, Chairman of Hong Kong Golden Harvest Group!"
"Xinli Media purchased all 24.78% of the stocks and convertible bonds held by Mr. Zou and his daughter at a price of HK$202,135,400, becoming the largest single shareholder of Golden Harvest and the first major shareholder from the Mainland among all listed film companies in Hong Kong.
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"Mr. Zou Wenhuai announced his resignation as chairman and executive director of Jiahe, but promised to remain as a consultant to the group. In addition, Xinli Media will appoint four executive directors and one non-executive director to join the board of directors."
"Yesterday, Zou Wenhuai said in an interview: The newspaper had a good review of my resignation. My wife said it was very good. Finally, someone recognized what I had done in this circle. MediaCorp has just taken over, and I will help as a consultant for another three months, and then I can
I am happy to have grandchildren. I have been in this business for almost 50 years. Hong Kong films have declined in recent years. In fact, my biggest regret is that the mainland film market was opened too late. If it had been opened 20 years earlier, I might still be able to do it. But I firmly believe that in another 20 years,
Even if the development of Chinese film cannot surpass that of Hollywood, it can certainly keep pace..."
The media have reviewed the history of Golden Harvest. After all, it is a representative of Hong Kong films. The title sequence of "Deng Deng Deng Deng" is full of memories of two generations. The relevant people in the two places were all dumbfounded, and the industry was even more fried, as if it was written in a press release.
As he said: "Everything has an end. This may be a watershed for strategic changes in Asian films from region to creation to capital structure!"