"I thought these grandsons didn't want to come, but I didn't expect that they all came over after just one phone call!"
At the entrance of Yongji Restaurant, Chu Huan saw Fang Jianhui waiting here. After seeing Fang Jianhui, the other party complained directly to Chu Huan.
"Everything in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. To put it bluntly, these people are trying to survive in the cracks between Shaw Brothers, Jiahe, and us. Now we are facing the joint suppression of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe
, it is also a good opportunity for them.”
Chu Huan handed the doorman a 10 Hong Kong dollar tip and walked into the lobby with Fang Jianhui.
"However, these grandsons just said that they are here because of their friendship with us. However, due to the joint suppression of the Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, they can only do nothing to help us in our current situation."
Fang Jianhui reminded Chu Huandao.
Chu Huan chuckled and said, "Do we have any friendship with them?"
"No!" Fang Jianhui said immediately.
"That's right, don't worry, as long as they come, I will have a way to make them submit!" Chu Huan walked towards the private room with a determined look on his face.
At this time, the private room was also discussing Chu Huan's situation.
"Director Luo, you are the only one among us who has met Chu Huan. Tell us what kind of person Chu Huan is. We can deal with him when we meet him later!"
Nie Weihao, the boss of Pegasus Pictures, asked Luo Wei.
As mentioned before, Luo Wei also has his own film company, Luo Wei Pictures.
As for Chu Huan, the connection between the black and white image and these people was done by Fang Jianhui. It is reasonable that Chu Huan has not met them.
Luo Wei sat there with a golden sword, and chuckled: "Who can he be? He is just like us, with two ears, two eyes, one nose, and one mouth!"
"Director Luo, you are not particular about what you said. Everyone can sit here today and it is tacitly understood what they are thinking. Now we can only get more benefits by uniting together!"
Nie Weihao preached with some dissatisfaction.
The bosses of other film companies also agreed.
Seeing everyone's anxious look, Luo Wei smiled and said: "Chu Huan has some abilities, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved what he has now, but that's it. He opened a film company just to make friends with others.
Stars and theaters are just young people with a competitive spirit. How can such a person be the opponent of Mr. Shao and Mr. Zou?"
Having said this, Luo Wei looked around proudly at the bosses of more than a dozen film companies, "As everyone knows, if you want to be in the film industry in Xiangjiang, you can't do without Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Now Chu Huan has successively
These two film companies were offended.
What will happen in the future, everyone knows even if I don’t tell you.”
Nie Weihao complained: "Director Luo, everyone knows the things you said. Now everyone is concerned about how to get benefits from Chu Huan without offending Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. You have done it in both companies.
, I also have friendship with Mr. Shao and Mr. Zou, let me tell you all about it!"
Luo Wei enjoyed the expectant looks in everyone's eyes, and finally said: "Didn't we already agree that we can keep it as low as we can? As long as we can keep the bottom line fee down, then all the money will be lost."
Into his own pocket."
After the words fell, everyone heard hearty laughter and the sound of the private room door opening.
Everyone looked at the door of the private room and saw Chu Huan.
Even though everyone had seen Chu Huan's photos, when they saw Chu Huan for the first time, they were still surprised by how young and handsome he was.
"Sorry everyone, there was a bit of a traffic jam on the road, so I was delayed. I will punish myself with three drinks in a moment to apologize to everyone!"
Chu Huan walked in with a bright smile. When everyone saw Chu Huan's expression and attitude, they felt even more confident.
This is showing weakness to them!
"Boss Chu, you're welcome!"
Everyone was politely preaching.
After Chu Huan sat down, he said to Luo Wei with a smile on his face: "Director Luo, we haven't seen each other for a long time."
Luo Wei laughed dryly. Seeing the smile on Chu Huan's face, he felt very unhappy. For this person, first impression is really important.
When Luo Wei met Chu Huan for the first time at Li Xiaolong's home, she disliked Chu Huan from the bottom of her heart. During this period, she watched Chu Huan make rapid progress in the business world, and in the blink of an eye, she became someone she could only dream of. This was even more so.
.
This is Chi Guoguo’s jealousy!
"Young Master Huan, you are so polite. You are now a big boss, how can you still remember a little person like me?"
Chu Huan didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in Luo Wei's words, and said with a smile: "What a big boss, he's just making a living."
Luo Wei didn't want to deal with Chu Huan and said loudly: "Young Master Huan, let's open the skylight and speak frankly. You invited us here this time. Everyone knows what you mean, but there is no way. We want to be in Xiangjiang
In the film business, you cannot avoid the two companies Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.
Now that everyone has been banned from these two companies, there is nothing we can do.
The reason why I was able to come here tonight is actually because everyone was quite happy working with Black and White Image in the past, and they also had friendship with each other, so I came here.
As for the release of the film, we are really helpless!"
Nie Weihao also helped at this time: "Yes, Mr. Huan, you have to understand us about this matter. Unlike you, everyone has invested all their wealth in the company. If you offend Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, in the future,
Don’t even think about eating anymore.”
With Luo Wei and Nie Weihao taking the lead, the other bosses also spoke out one after another.
Fang Jianhui looked at these people besieging Chu Huan and not only showed an angry expression. In fact, Shanhai Cinemas had not officially cooperated with many of the film companies present.
After all, the Shanhai Cinema Chain has only been officially established for more than a month, so how can it possibly screen all the movies of the film companies?
But everyone has the intention to cooperate with each other.
But now that Shaw Brothers and Jiahe are getting in the way, they have immediately started to work on the sidelines. Their fundamental purpose is not to get more benefits.
Facing the crowd's siege, Chu Huan remained calm and even smiled, as if he was listening carefully to everyone's opinions.
When Nie Weihao saw that Chu Huan didn't speak, he thought that he was frightened by the aura of everyone present, and then changed the subject.
"Master Huan, in fact, there is no way to solve this matter. Can you open the door and do business? What you want is nothing more than wealth. If Master Huan can lower the base fee of Shanhai Cinema Line, you eat meat, let us
These people also drank the soup, and when the time came, even Shaw Brothers and Jiahe couldn't say anything.
After all, everyone supports you so that you can eat enough!"
After hearing what Luo Wei said, everyone else also said this.
"That's right, that's right. Mr. Huan, you are a big business person and a shareholder of a listed company. This money must be a waste in your opinion."
"That's right, Mr. Huan, don't worry, as long as your company can reduce the base fee, our company... no, all our colleagues will definitely be on your side. When the time comes, companies like us will support you, that is
Shaw Brothers and Jiahe don’t dare to underestimate us either!”
"That's the truth. Isn't it better for you, Mr. Huan, to let go of the water appropriately and let the brothers have a taste of meat and fish?"
...
More than a dozen people were chatting away in a lively manner, and the private room of the restaurant turned into a vegetable market.
Chu Huan waited for everyone to finish speaking his thoughts before coughing to indicate that he wanted to speak.
These people immediately stopped their discussion and looked at Chu Huan.
"First of all, it is impossible to reduce the guaranteed fee."
Chu Huan gave everyone a blow at the beginning.
"Sure enough, heroes come out of youth!" Luo Wei heard what Chu Huan said and stood up directly and said: "Since this is the case, then we have nothing to say. Goodbye, Mr. Fang, and we will cooperate again when we have the opportunity.
Bar!"
Luo Wei took the lead, and the rest of the people also stood up and expressed their intention to leave.
When Fang Jianhui saw this, he also showed a worried expression. In his heart, he really hoped that Chu Huan would be shocked and beat these people to death, but reason told Fang Jianhui that this was wrong. At this time, Shanhaiyuan
The film industry really needs the film sources of these film companies.
Without them, the films provided by Shaw Brothers would directly knock Shanhai Cinema's reputation to the bottom.
Just when everyone was about to leave, Chu Huan spoke up again.
"But I have another way that allows you to make more money without having to worry about the bottom line."
Chu Huan's words were so tempting, so tempting that everyone who was about to leave returned to what they were doing.
Nie Weihao even smiled brilliantly, "Young Master Huan, how do you say this?"
Chu Huan said with a smile: "We are all old people in the film industry. We must understand better than a newcomer like me. After a movie is shot, no one knows whether it will make money or lose money before it is released. Everyone makes money.
Naturally, everyone is happy.
And you don’t have to worry about the bottom-line costs, but if the movie box office fails, everyone will not only have to lose their previous investment, but also bear additional bottom-line costs. This is a double loss, isn’t it!?”
These words immediately resonated with all film company bosses.
They are not like companies like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, which have a big business and lose money on just one or two movies. Most of the people who make movies put their own money and lives at risk, and of course they are worried about losing money.
And because of the existence of the guarantee system, no matter whether the film company loses money or makes money, the theater company will definitely make money.
So this is the fundamental contradiction between film companies and theater chains.
It doesn't matter if we all make money together, but if we lose money, why should our family bear it?
Although it doesn't make sense in theory, this is what these people at the film company think.
It can be said that these people hate this guarantee system to death.
"What do you mean, Mr. Huan?" Nie Weihao looked at Chu Huan tentatively, but he didn't know that his breathing had begun to get louder.
Chu Huan took out a document from the bag he brought with him and said: "In response to this situation, our company has made a new decision, that is, from now on, Shanhai Cinema will cancel the guaranteed system and change it to
Share-sharing system!”
"To give a simple example, if Boss Nie's Pegasus Pictures wants to release its own movie in our Shanhai Cinemas in the future, our company will charge a certain percentage of the box office share according to the box office share, and the rest will be Boss Nie's.
"
The private room that was extremely noisy just now can now be heard.
Every boss of the film company looked at Chu Huan in shock. No one thought that Chu Huan would come up with such a genius idea.
Fang Jianhui heard about Chu Huan's plan for the first time, and looked at Chu Huan with admiration in his eyes.
In fact, Fang Jianhui can already imagine what will happen next, that is, the bosses of the film companies present today will go to Black and White Pictures with their company's movies tomorrow and beg them to release their company's movies.
As for whether to offend Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, it is no longer within the concern of those small and medium-sized film companies, because the visible benefits are right in front of them.
If this is the case, it will increase the risks of Shanhai Cinema. After all, no one knows whether a movie will be a hit or a flop.
Thinking of this, Fang Jianhui looked at Chu Huan with some worry.
Sensing Fang Jianhui's eyes, Chu Huan gave him a calm look. Naturally, Chu Huan had already thought of these things and had his own way of dealing with them.
"Young Master Huan, is what you said true?"
Nie Weihao couldn't help but stood up at this time, looking at Chu Huan with bright eyes.
"It's written in black and white, so it can't be faked. If you still have any questions, you can bring your company's movie over tomorrow. Then you won't be given this, but a formal contract."
Chu Huan preached confidently.
And the bosses of the film companies he faced were also smiling at a speed that was visible to the naked eye.
"Everyone, I want to pour some cold water on everyone!" Luo Wei had to speak out at this time, otherwise, these people would really join Chu Huan.
Everyone looked at Luo Wei.
Fang Jianhui wanted to stop him loudly, but Chu Huan stopped him with his eyes.
Luo Wei said: "Don't forget the existence of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. If everyone agrees with Chu Huan's suggestion, in the future, will your film company's films need actors, directors, and overseas distribution?
"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was temporarily unable to make a decision.
Since they couldn't make a choice, they naturally set their sights on Chu Huan. At this time, they all wanted to see how Chu Huan could help them solve this problem.
Chu Huan said with a smile: "Actually, it's very simple. Boss Luo has just provided us with a way. As long as we unite, neither Jiahe nor Shaw Brothers can ignore this power.
Unity, only by uniting can we defeat the evil dragon. Over the years, I think you have been frustrated in front of these two companies, especially Shaw Brothers, which makes me cry bitterly.
Now that we have this opportunity, why don't we unite together? By then, the Hong Kong film industry will no longer be decided by the two companies.
They can no longer block any movie company they want, and whoever they want to close must close down.
Everyone, the situation at that time was that my fate was up to me and not God!"
What he said in the end was a bit off the mark, but Chu Huan still managed to ignite the fire in these people's hearts.
This has always been the case in the business world, the big fish eats the small fish, and the small fish eats the shrimp. When these people negotiated with Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, they didn't pretend to be like the third grandson.
Now Chu Huan's words made them all boil.
I dare not say that I will be able to have a grandson as a grandfather in the future. At least I won’t have to be the third grandson anymore. The eldest grandson... son... is wrong. Anyway, the identity must have changed. This is really a change.
A very good thing.
Thinking of this, what follows becomes easy to understand.
These people immediately agreed with Chu Huan's statement, formed an alliance, accepted Chu Huan's change of the bottom-line system into a share-based system, and had a run-in with Shaw Brothers and Jiahe!
Luo Wei sighed dejectedly. Looking at the situation in front of him, he knew that it was useless to say anything else.
Looking at Chu Huan and Luo Wei, who was sitting there receiving adulation from everyone but showing no complacency, suddenly the idea came to his mind that from now on, the Xiangjiang film industry would probably change from a two-hero divide to a chaotic war between the Three Kingdoms.
Got it!
And where should I go in the future?
Everyone ate until late at night before leaving at Yong Kee. When everyone left, they shook hands with Chu Huan affectionately, saying that after they returned, they would prepare the film to be released at Shanhai Cinema.
Chu Huan welcomes them to come over at any time.
After sending the last person away, Chu Huan rubbed his face and put away that professional smile.
Sitting in the car, Fang Jianhui couldn't help asking Chu Huan.
"Brother Huan, changing the guarantee system to a share-based system can win over these people, but for the company, the risk has also increased a lot!
After all, no one can predict whether a movie will lose money or make money, right?"
Chu Huan said with a smile: "It is naturally impossible to make a 100% prediction, but the general direction of a film can still be predicted based on the feedback from the midnight show audience. When the time comes, you can arrange some people to stay at the scene.
At the entrance of the theater, randomly selected audiences were interviewed to ask them what they thought of the movie.
In this way, we can get first-hand the real thoughts of the audience. In that case, we can also plan the film arrangement based on the audience's word-of-mouth.
In addition, we can also increase the share ratio to reduce our own losses."
Fang Jianhui thought about it for a while and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, but if you increase the share ratio, those people should have opinions."
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Did I just tell them the share ratio?"
Fang Jianhui was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a moment, and then smiled: "It seems that I really didn't say it!"
"That's it. Who knows our own share ratio? This is all feasible." Chu Huan said with a smile.
For small companies, the guarantee system is like a rope around their necks, and they will be strangled if they are not careful; canceling the guarantee fee and increasing the theater line's share will give these small companies a way to survive, even if they are
A smaller box office share would be acceptable.
"So, the joint suppression of us by Shaw Brothers and Jiahe has just come to nothing?"
Fang Jianhui preached very happily at this time.
Chu Huan would only show another side of himself when he was in front of his own people, jokingly saying: "Now you can open the car window and shout outside to celebrate."
Fang Jianhui was a little ready to make a move, but then he stopped the commotion in his heart.
"Forget it, I still want to lose face!"
Chu Huan laughed when he saw this, and then the two returned to the company. The company's senior executives were still in the company at this time. Everyone knew what kind of dilemma Black and White Image was going to face.
Although Chu Huan went to solve this matter today, in their opinion, such a matter is not so easy to solve.
It is precisely because of this predicament that even people like Li Hanxiang and Hong Jinbao are also in the company at this time.
But what surprised Chu Huan was that Tian Ni was also here.
Everyone focused all their attention on Chu Huan, but Fang Jianhui next to him grabbed the scene and said, "I have some unfortunate news for you!"
Hearing what Fang Jianhui said, everyone looked sad and the application was indeed not settled.
Li Hanxiang was about to step forward to comfort Chu Huan, but Fang Jianhui continued to smile: "Starting from tomorrow, everyone may be very busy, because tomorrow there will be countless film companies holding their movies and coming to our company to pray that we give them
Arrange for theatrical release."
Everyone: "..."
Hong Jinbao looked at Chu Huan in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice: "Young Master Huan, do you mean the matter has been resolved?"
Chu Huan maintained his dignity, nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "It's not too difficult at all."
This is considered an official announcement.
Yeah!
Cheers sounded again in the black and white image, but then everyone thought that such cheers seemed to have happened just before.
No matter what, if you don't cheer at this time, why should you cheer? The company has once again overcome the difficulties.
Tian Ni stood in the crowd, looking at Chu Huan enjoying the cheers of the crowd, and her mood became more and more shocked. She knew very well what kind of situation Chu Huan was going to face.
To everyone, this is an unsolvable problem.
Now Chu Huan has actually mastered this game of chess?
Zhou Zhibin couldn't help but ask: "Young Master Huan, how did you deal with those people?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Chu Huan curiously, but some people's eyes showed a trace of unwillingness, because in their opinion, the only way to stand up was that Chu Huan agreed to the greedy demands of those people and lowered the price.
Basic fee.
This is actually a disguised form of the company giving in to these people.
Seeing that Chu Huan didn't speak, Li Hanxiang stepped forward and comforted him: "Young Master Huan, you don't have to worry about these things. Our company is still small now, so we can only accept such compromises. When the company becomes bigger in the future, we won't have to do this anymore."
Already."
Fang Jianhui smiled happily and said: "Director Li, what are you talking about? The chairman did not compromise with those people, but those people took the initiative to get closer to the chairman."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned again.
what's the situation?
After a short silence, there were endless questions. They now wanted to know what happened.
Fang Jianhui immediately told everyone what happened with excitement.
After everyone listened, they all looked at Chu Huan with admiration. It was a genius idea. Unexpectedly, Chu Huan broke the joint suppression of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe with just one move.
Although there are some risks in the share-sharing system, if there is a hit movie, one movie can make up for all the losses.
Moreover, according to the plan mentioned by Fang Jianhui, as long as the preliminary preparations are made, the possibility of losing money is almost very small.
The look Tian Ni looked at Chu Huan at this time was radiating with heat. Under such pressure, Chu Huan was able to find such a perfect solution. This person will definitely become a movie tycoon in Hong Kong in the future!
"Okay, everyone, I came back just to share this matter with you. Now everyone knows what happened and the result. Now let's go back to our homes and have a good rest. Tomorrow will be a busy day. Who will be there?
He’s so tired, don’t say I didn’t remind him now!”
Chu Huan raised his hand, stabilized the atmosphere, and preached to everyone.
"Don't worry, Mr. Huan, we all feel full of strength now, don't you all!"
"right!"
Facing the cheers of the crowd, Chu Huan sincerely lamented that the newly established company is really like a boy of 18 or 19, always so full of passion.
Be prepared for danger in times of peace.
How long can this situation last?
Chu Huan was not sure, but the only thing he could be sure of was that he would try his best to prolong this situation as long as possible.
In the end, everyone was told to go back by Chu Huan.
Just when Chu Huan was about to drive to the hospital, Tian Ni found Chu Huan. Although she was unhappy with the last time, Tian Ni didn't feel unnatural at all when facing Chu Huan at this time. She was still so charming.
Thousands of kinds.
"Young Master Huan, you must have had a lot of drinks in Yong Kee. Why don't you go to my place for a cup of ginseng tea to sober up. I have learned massage before and can also give you some massage to relax your nerves."
This time it is no longer the previous test. Tianni sincerely invites Chu Huan to return to the apartment with her to have a friendly poker game, to thoroughly explore each other's depths, and to have a splash.
Chu Huan naturally understood the meaning of Tian Ni's words. If it were normal, Chu Huan would definitely agree to the other party.
But not today.
Chu Huan still knows very clearly which stocks can be held for the long term and which stocks can be played in the short term.
"I'm afraid I can't do it today. I still have some things to do. Another day, another day, I will definitely experience Miss Tian's techniques!"
Chu Huan smiled and refused, then got into his car.
Seeing Chu Huan's leaving figure, Tian Ni pursed her lips. The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard!
When Chu Huan returned to the hospital, it was already close to midnight. When he opened the door, he saw that the lights inside were still on and Miao Kexiu was nestled on the bed, reading a book.
Hearing the sound, Miao Kexiu looked up and saw Chu Huan, showing a worried expression: "How is the matter?"
Chu Huan smiled and said: "It's been solved!"
Hearing Chu Huan's answer, Miao Kexiu said happily: "I knew that Brother Huan, you would be able to solve all the troubles."
Chu Huan solved the trouble between Jiahe and Shao, and Shao and Jiahe also learned the news immediately.
Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai were in their own homes, sitting on the sofa in their study room, with shocked expressions on their faces.
This boy will definitely become their strong opponent in the future!