Chu Huan's crazy acquisition behavior still caused a chain reaction.
When Shanhai Cinemas became the fourth largest cinema chain company in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest discovered that their previous assessment of black and white images was completely wrong.
Prior to this, the two film companies believed that if they wanted to clean up the black and white images, they only needed to complete the sniping on the movies shot by the film companies, which would be enough to complete the attack on the black and white images.
But the situation is different now.
Chu Huan actually focused his development on acquiring theaters.
Before they could react, Chu Huan had already completed the theater expansion at lightning speed.
The situation now has undergone earth-shaking changes from a month ago.
A month ago, Chu Huan only had five movie theaters in his hands, four of which were rented. With such a scale, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest would not be too defensive against him.
As for the two companies' dissatisfaction with Chu Huan, it was not because they felt that black and white images would be promising in the future, but because Chu Huan's behavior at the time made them very unhappy.
But now a film company with 12 theaters, as long as its black and white images can develop normally, it will definitely become a force that cannot be ignored in the Hong Kong film industry in the future.
There is only so much share in the Xiangjiang film industry. Chu Huan's sudden rise will definitely take away the resources of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.
At this time, the two companies' views on Chu Huan had risen from a purely personal grudge to a commercial competition.
At this time, the two companies naturally had to take some measures to prevent the development of black and white images.
The grievances between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are much greater than the competition between Black and White and Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, so it is impossible for them to communicate with each other, but they made the same decision at the same time.
"Just this morning, the film companies we have cooperation with have called us one after another, saying that they want to cancel the cooperation. I inquired about it, and found out that both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers seemed to have discussed it, and almost simultaneously
The studios put pressure on them.
He said that if their film is released in our theaters, they will lose the opportunity to be screened in Shaw Theaters and Home Theaters, and their overseas distribution will also be hindered!"
Fang Jianhui stood at the door of the ward, looking at Chu Huan with worry.
This is the biggest crisis he has encountered since becoming the general manager of Black and White Image. In fact, it is also the first crisis. The development of Black and White Image before was so smooth that Fang Jianhui thought that the mall was nothing more than that.
But now, as soon as Shaw Brothers and Jiahe took action, he felt like he was facing an abyss.
Chu Huan spent nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase and renovate these theaters. Now, as soon as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest took action, Shanhai Cinemas faced the dilemma of having no films to show.
If Shanhai Cinema Line does not have film sources, then the consumption in a month will be hundreds of thousands. For Shanhai Cinema Line, a new theater chain company, there is no way to bear such a loss unless Chu Huan continues to inject it.
funds.
But Fang Jianhui doesn't know how much money Chu Huan has now. He only knows that Chu Huan used loans to buy these theaters... By the way, the bank interest has not been calculated yet.
Chu Huan stood there and frowned. Although he had already guessed that Shao and Jiahe would take action, he did not expect that the other party would come so fast and violently.
"I originally thought that such a thing would not happen until after the release of "Warlords", but I didn't expect that they would take action now!"
After Chu Huan finished speaking, he looked at Fang Jianhui and asked.
"In addition to using their own theater chains and distribution channels to deter those film companies, do the two companies have any other means?"
Fang Jianhui said helplessly: "This is enough, especially the distribution channels in other places. Nowadays, these two companies are the only ones with overseas distribution channels in Hong Kong. As soon as this ban came out, these film companies have given up."
"Fortunately, they still underestimated the black and white images after all." Chu Huan breathed a sigh of relief, things did not develop in the worst direction.
"It's okay?" When Fang Jianhui saw that Chu Huan said it was okay, he couldn't help complaining: "Brother Huan, it's urgent now. Apart from this, what else can they do?"
Chu Huandao: "It's very simple. As long as the two companies order their own actors not to participate in the filming of the film companies that cooperate with our Shanhai Cinema, what do you think will happen to those film companies then?"
Although the incident did not happen, after hearing what Chu Huan said, Fang Jianhui changed his face instantly, and even said with some horror: "If this is the case, those film companies will implement the ban they issued more resolutely, and at the same time, even us
Every company has to face a situation where no one is available.”
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it was the biggest blow to the company at that time, but it is obvious that both Shaw Brothers and Jiahe believe that the current ban is enough to deal with our company, so they did not launch the final trick
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In addition to their natural advantages in theaters and distribution channels, the two film companies have an even more important advantage: talent.
In Hong Kong, most film companies are actually just shell companies. Even a certain director or actor feels that he can produce independently, so he sets up a film company.
Now that Black and White Image has completed its preliminary company structure, it still feels that there are not enough directors and actors, let alone those small companies.
When they make a film, people need to be rented in Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the studio needs to be rented in Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the movie needs to be released in theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and the distribution needs the channels of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.
That's why we say that they are living under the influence of the two major film companies.
On the studios, even if Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest don't lend them, they can still make modern films. If the theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest don't release movies, they can also contact independent cinemas for distribution. Not every film company is thinking about other places.
Box office.
Only in terms of people, they really cannot do without Shaw Brothers and Jiahe.
Especially Shaw Brothers. It can be said that most of the film talents in Hong Kong are in Shaw Brothers.
If you want to start a film, you must have actors and directors. Without these people, there is no point in starting a film.
"Brother Huan, what should we do now? Do you want to go find Feng Jingxi again and ask him to be the peacemaker again and talk to Shao Yifu?"
Fang Jianhui preached in a panic.
Fang Jianhui knew that Chu Huan asked Feng Jingxi to be the peacemaker and settled Li Hanxiang's matter.
Chu Huan waved his hands and said: "It's useless to ask Feng Jingxi about this matter. Don't forget, Feng Jingxi is also a shareholder of Shaw Brothers. What we are doing now is actually seizing Shaw Brothers' market share. In disguise, it is also
Loot Feng Jingxi's wealth.
The reason why Feng Jingxi helped before was because we had no interest in each other, but it's different now.
Moreover, now that Shaw Brothers has not terminated our rental contract for the Clear Water Bay Studio, Feng Jingxi’s face is already there.
When doing business, you cannot always rely on the help of others to overcome difficulties. In this case, even your enemies will not look down upon you!"
Fang Jianhui looked dejected and said, "What should we do? Now we have no power to fight back?"
Chu Huan chuckled lightly and said: "Don't worry, since I have guessed that they will take action, I have naturally thought of countermeasures. This time I will let you see how Zhang Wuji solved the problem of Guangmingding being besieged by the six major factions.
!”
When Fang Jianhui saw Chu Huan being so confident, he suddenly looked hopeful: "What can I do?"
Chu Huan did not answer Fang Jianhui's question directly, but ordered: "You should call the bosses of those film companies now and tell them that I will have a banquet at Yong Kee tonight and ask them to honor me."
Fang Jianhui knew that Chu Huan was about to take action, so he said excitedly: "Okay, I'll inform them now."
After finishing speaking, Fang Jianhui left the hospital in a hurry without even having time to ask Chu Huan what kind of tricks he had prepared.
Chu Huan returned to the ward.
Miao Kexiu, who was lying on the hospital bed, had a worried expression on her face when she saw Chu Huan coming back.
"Brother Huan, Manager Fang came here in a hurry. Is there something wrong?"
"The company has some minor problems, but the problems are not major and can be easily solved!"
Chu Huan sat next to Miao Kexiu again and preached in a gentle breeze.
Miao Kexiu hurriedly said: "If that's the case, then Brother Huan, please come to the company and have a look. I don't have anything to do here."
Chu Huan took an orange and helped Miao Kexiu peel it, and said with a smile: "There is no way to solve it by going to the company, but I have to go out for a while tonight, and I may not be able to have dinner with you."
Miao Kexiu propped up her body with both hands, leaned on the hospital bed, and said: "Brother Huan, actually I have nothing to do here. I can be discharged from the hospital today. I just need to come to the hospital when the stitches are removed."
Chu Huan said with a smile: "There is no rush to leave the hospital. You have to observe it for a day anyway. Things on my side can be easily solved. You don't have to worry."
After finishing speaking, Chu Huan put the peeled orange into Miao Kexiu's mouth, "Unless you don't want me to stay here with you."
"Of course not..."
Miao Kexiu muttered loudly with an orange in her mouth.
Chu Huan burst out laughing when he saw this, and Miao Ke's hair suddenly flew away.
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"The film industry is not that easy to mess around with!"
Jiahe, in Zou Wenhuai's office.
Zou Wenhuai, wearing black-rimmed glasses, sat there with a slender cigar in his hand and a smug smile on his face.
Sitting opposite Zou Wenhuai was He Guanchang, Jiahe's second-in-command. The two actually looked somewhat similar, and people who didn't know better thought they were brothers.
He Guanchang sat there cross-legged and said to Zou Wenhuai: "Shao Laoliu issued the ban almost at the same time as us. It seems that he is not very satisfied with Chu Huan's behavior during this period."
Zou Wenhuai smiled and said: "In Li Hanxiang's case, he was tricked by Chu Huan. In terms of Feng Jingxi's face, he had to agree that black and white movies can be borrowed from Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay studio. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief."
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He Guanchang sighed a little: "This Chu Huan is really bold. I didn't expect his expansion speed to be so fast. In just one month, he expanded seven cinemas!"
He Guanchang included Yingyu Cinema among them.
Zou Wenhuai smiled and said: "It's understandable that young people tend to be impulsive when doing things, but after all, they are too young and have taken the wrong path."
He Guanchang said: "I just got the news that Fang Jianhui of Black and White Film has contacted the bosses of small and medium-sized film companies and said that Chu Huan wants to invite them to dinner at Yong Kee tonight."
As soon as Fang Jianhui started taking action, He Guanchang already knew the news. It was obvious that some of the bosses of small and medium-sized film companies also tipped them off.
"It's just that I don't understand. Things have developed to this point. What else can Chu Huan do to save the current situation?
Is it possible that he still wants to lower the base fee?”
He Guanchang looked at Zou Wenhuai in confusion.
He Guanchang had a kind of admiration for Zou Wenhuai, otherwise he would not have loyally assisted Zou Wenhuai for decades.
He had never seen anything that Zou Wenhuai couldn't handle.
"It should be similar to what you think. Otherwise, besides this method, I can't think of any other method." Zou Wenhuai said nonchalantly.
Now they have played a dead game for Chu Huan. They have already defeated Chu Huan, and there is no chance of Chu Huan turning around.
He Guanchang nodded and said: "I think so too, but I have already told Luo Wei that after they finish eating with Chu Huan, they will immediately notify us of what they said."
Although Luo Wei completed filming "Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury" in Jiahe, her contract with Jiahe just expired and she formed her own film company.
The two parties can only be described as having a cooperative relationship.
Zou Wenhuai smiled and said: "Then let's see what tricks this young talent from Xiangjiang is going to use."
He Guanchang also laughed and said, "Then let's wait and wait until Chu Huan can't hold on any longer before contacting him."
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "Yes, only those who are at the end of their rope will desperately seize the opportunity, and naturally they will pay more than they are willing to give."
Competition and suppression are just commercial means, not the purpose.
The purpose of business is to make money!
Everyone thought that Jiahe took action against Black and White Video because Chu Huan snatched Lisheng Cinema from Jiahe when he founded Shanhai Cinema.
Little did he know that Zou Wenhuai already had other plans in mind at this time.
For Zou Wenhuai, black and white images were of no importance. If Shanhai Academy wasn't there, Jiahe wouldn't even bother to look up at the black and white images.
Therefore, in Zou Wenhuai's eyes, the most important thing is Shanhai Academy.
Under the joint pressure of all the film companies in Hong Kong, the Shanhai Cinema Chain will inevitably fall into the dilemma of having no films to show. Since Zou Wenhuai is paying attention to Chu Huan, he naturally knows how the Shanhai Cinema Chain was established.
Without the support of the film, Chu Huan would not be able to bear the amount of money Shanhai Cinemas loses every month.
If Jiahe appeared as a savior at this time, wouldn't it be up to them to raise any conditions?
Therefore, Zou Wenhuai's real purpose is to acquire the Shanhai Academy in Chu Huan's hands. He does not want to acquire Shanhai Academy, but wants to form a cooperative relationship with Chu Huan. In this cooperative relationship, Jiahe
Take advantage of this incident and take the initiative.
If Jiahe can get the Shanhai Cinemas chain from Chu Huan, then Jiahe will surpass Shuangnan Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas and become the largest cinema chain company in Hong Kong.
By then, Golden Harvest's movies may be able to reach another level at the box office in Hong Kong.
This enables Jiahe to complete its dream of surpassing Shaw Brothers.
It can only be said that no one who achieves success in the shopping mall does it for free, they are all foxes of thousands of years.
He Guanchang asked worriedly: "Do you think Shao Laoliu also has such thoughts? What if he takes action before we do?"
Shaw Brothers and Jiahe made the same decision at the same time without discussing it, which made He Guanchang worry that Shao Yifu had the same plan as Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai narrowed his eyes slightly, Shao Yifu was the lifelong enemy that Zou Wenhuai considered in his heart.
After thinking for a while, Zou Wenhuai said: "The possibility is not very high. Shao Yifu has a great desire for control. He will not allow an independent kingdom under the Shaw family.
And even if Shao Yifu had such a plan, Chu Huan would not cooperate with him. Don’t forget my analysis of Chu Huan. This person is actually similar to Shao Yifu. He also has a strong desire to control, otherwise he would not be here.
In the early days of setting up a film company, he got involved in theaters.
He just wants to have enough say.
It is impossible for two people like this to get together and truly cooperate.
So in Xiangjiang, if Chu Huan wants to overcome this difficulty, he must cooperate with us!"
He Guanchang still agrees with Zou Wenhuai's analysis. After all, people do business, and it is impossible if the human factor is not taken into consideration.
"By the way, there is one more thing. The company's ban on black and white images has caused some criticism from Li Xiaolong. He even told me about it before."
Zou Wenhuai smiled bitterly, Li Xiaolong is really getting harder and harder to control now, especially after the two film contracts between Li Xiaolong and Jiahe expired.
In the conversation with Zou Wenhuai, Li Xiaolong had more say.
Unlike other Hong Kong stars, who only have a certain box office appeal in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Li Xiaolong now has box office appeal throughout Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other regions with just two movies. What's more important
What's more, Li Xiaolong's fame has already spread in Europe and the United States.
Zou Wenhuai has always had a dream, which is to enter Golden Harvest movies into the European and American markets. In the past, the only company in Hong Kong with this capability was Shaw Brothers.
But Shaw Brothers has entered the European market more with literary films.
Now with Li Xiaolong, things are different. His movies are 100% commercial movies. Once such movies can enter the mainstream market in Europe and America, the benefits they will bring are unimaginable.
It is precisely because of this that Zou Wenhuai is slowly losing his right to speak in his cooperation with Li Xiaolong.
"This Aaron is still so impulsive!" After a wry smile, Zou Wenhuai continued: "But Aaron still needs to be comforted. After all, the company depends on him if it wants to open up the European and American markets. Let's do this for a while.
I went to him personally and told him about the company's situation, but I guess he just complained!"
He Guanchang smiled and said: "Only you can convince him."
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"Brother Six, what on earth were Jiahe thinking that they made the same decision as us?"
Fang Yihua brought a cup of ginseng tea to Shao Yifu, then sat across from Shao Yifu and couldn't help but ask.
In fact, these things should have been done by Shao Yifu's secretary, but Fang Yihua knew Shao Yifu's personality very well. After she entered Shaw Brothers, the first thing she did was to fire Shao Yifu's female secretary and replace it with one.
As a male secretary, Fang Yihua also does these tasks of serving tea and water by herself whenever possible.
Regarding the ban on black and white images, Shaw Brothers did not communicate with Jiahe, but now Jiahe has issued this ban almost at the same time as Shaw Brothers.
This had to make Fang Yihua start to doubt Jiahe's ideas.
"What else can I think? I'm just thinking about Chu Huan's Shanhai Academy!" Shao Yifu said nonchalantly: "It's just that both Zou Wenhuai and I have seen it, and we can't let Chu Huan do it anymore.
If things continue to develop like this, if we allow the chaos to continue like this, Black and White Image will start poaching people.
Except for Li Xiaolong, there are no talents worth noting in Jiahe, but we at Shaw Brothers are different and cannot let Chu Huan do this."
The reason why Shaw Brothers suppressed black and white images is very simple, because Shao Yifu guessed Chu Huan's next plan, so he wanted to create an artificial crisis for Chu Huan. Only in this way will the development of black and white images be slowed down.
According to Chu Huan's development model, this crisis is likely to plunge the start-up Black and White Video and Shanhai Cinema into the abyss.
"If that's the case, then aren't we helping Zou Wenhuai? If he really gets the Shanhai Cinema chain, he will surpass our Shaw Brothers Cinema chain!"
Fang Yihua preached worriedly.
Shao Yifu smiled and waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, Zou Wenhuai still doesn't know Chu Huan well enough. Although Chu Huan is only 19 years old, his business methods are very sophisticated. If he is so easy to defeat
If you are a person, then you will not have completed the magnificent turn and become the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile."
Shao Yifu's words made Fang Yihua unable to understand. Since Shao Yifu was so optimistic about Chu Huan, why would he take action?
If you don’t understand, ask. Fang Yihua asked her question.
"In Hong Kong, there can only be two kinds of film companies, one is Shaw Brothers, and the other is other film companies." Shao Yifu said domineeringly.
Then he explained: "The ban on black and white images is to make Chu Huan understand that if he wants to do film business in Hong Kong, he must rely on us Shaw Brothers. Only by following our rules of Shaw Brothers can he continue his business."
Suppressing black and white images is not our purpose, our purpose is Jiahe!"
Although Yifu Shao said he looked down on other film companies, in Shao Yifu's heart, Golden Harvest was always Shaw Brothers' biggest enemy in Hong Kong.
As for the black and white image, now he is just a young man who looks flashy but lacks content.
It is true that the development of black and white images has a tendency to threaten Shaw Brothers, but it is still only possible, but with Li Xiaolong's Golden Harvest, it has already threatened Shaw Brothers.
Fang Yihua pondered for a moment and finally understood what Shao Yifu meant, "So what you mean is to let the black and white image fight Jiahe?"
"The snipe and the clam are competing for the fisherman's profit. Think about it, if there are black and white images in the Hong Kong film market that attack Jiahe, and we, Shaw Brothers, target Jiahe in the out-of-town market, in this case, even if Jiahe has Li Xiaolong, it will be just a castle in the air."
Shao Yifu preached contentedly.
"But if that's the case, why are we still targeting the black and white images? Just call him over and tell him clearly."
Fang Yihua asked again: "Now it will be easier for Chu Huan to move closer to Jiahe."
"Young people are always young and energetic. Although Chu Huan behaved very humbly in front of me that time, I could see that this person has his own ideas and will not be affected by other people at all.
Only by letting him understand who has the right to speak in this industry can he tame this fierce horse."
Shao Yifu preached.
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Regardless of whether it is Shaw Brothers or Jiahe, the real purpose of what they are doing now is not the black and white image of Chu Huan, but the other party.
But at this time, black and white images still became a bargaining chip in the battle between the two film companies.
Both parties hope to control Chu Huan in their own hands and become a sharp sword to attack the other party. As for what Chu Huan, the person involved, thinks.
Now neither of them actually cares very much.
The tacit cooperation between Shaw Brothers and Jiahe was quickly revealed to those who were interested.
"Haha, it made him expand like crazy. Now it's better, let Shao Laoliu and Zou Wenhuai take care of it at the same time!"
Of course it was Chu Ran who smiled so happily.
They had been paying attention to Chu Huan, and naturally understood Chu Huan's current situation immediately.
Chen Xiao laughed at the side and said: "It was unintentional. Chu Huan originally wanted to quickly complete his layout in the film industry, and then turn around and deal with us, but he didn't expect that his behavior would cause conflicts between Shaw Brothers and Jiahe
He was dissatisfied, and now two film companies have issued bans on him at the same time.
Shanhai Cinema will become a huge burden that will drag down Chu Huan's cash flow, so we can make our own plans with more peace of mind."
"Daddy, I think it's better to invite Shao Laoliu and Zou Wenhuai to have a meal. These two people did a great job!" Chu Ran said with a forgetful smile.
Chu Tianxiao rarely reprimanded Chu Ran and said: "Since Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have helped us set up this stage, let's add fire."
After finishing speaking, Chu Tianxiao said to Chu Ran: "Immediately notify the company's major shareholders, including Chu Huan, and tell them that the company will hold a board meeting tomorrow to discuss the issuance of new shares."
In Chu Tianxiao's view, no matter who loses or wins, Chu Huan will definitely be affected by the suppression of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, and this impact will also bring huge losses to him.
Chu Huan has invested a lot of cash in order to expand Shanhai Cinema. At this time, he is selling new shares. Chu Huan is powerless to deal with it!
"Okay!" Chu Ran said happily.
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Just when all parties were making plans, Chu Huan came to Yongji as promised.