"Shocking news: Earthquake-level transaction, Black and White Image acquires Golden Harvest Pictures!" -- "True Report"!
"An acquisition that changed the industry structure, Black and White Image acquired Golden Harvest Pictures!" -- "Oriental Daily"
"Chu Huan, the number one person in the Hong Kong film industry!" - "Sing Tao Daily"!
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When the news of Black and White's acquisition of Golden Harvest Pictures came out, it immediately became the headlines of major media newspapers in Hong Kong.
"You can't accept it. Chu Huan has been silent for more than half a year, and now he takes action again and buys Jiahe Pictures?"
"How much did Chu Huan spend to acquire Golden Harvest Pictures? The newspaper didn't mention the specific amount. I'm so worried!"
"It's worth more than 100 million to say less, right? That's Jiahe!"
"Where did Chu Huan get so much money? Didn't I say that it's almost time for Hang Lung Properties to pay the final payment of the Golden Gate Tower to Land?"
"Didn't you read in the newspaper that youth toys are selling like crazy? Chu Huan must be making crazy money this time too!"
"Then do you know how much youth toys are sold for?"
"Then who knows, youth toys are not on the market yet, who knows how much they can sell for!"
Regarding this kind of discussion, people are talking about it in every crowded place in Xiangjiang, and the topic of their discussion has gradually changed from the acquisition of Jiahe Pictures by Black and White Image to how much money Chu Huan has.
Something happened.
In addition, some people related to Chu Huan are also discussing this matter.
Feng's Building, Chairman's Office!
Feng Hanzhu, Feng Muying, Feng Guojing, and Feng Guolun were sitting together, also discussing this matter.
"Do you know how much money Chu Huan spent to acquire Jiahe Pictures?" Feng Hanzhu asked with a neither sad nor happy expression.
Feng Guojing shook his head and said: "Except for their clients, the only people who know the inside price are the lawyers, and they have not inquired about it.
But according to estimates, it should be more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars!"
"One hundred million Hong Kong dollars!" Feng Hanzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly. When they were still feeling happy and doubtful about the order of 100 million Hong Kong dollars, Chu Huan had already spent 100 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire Golden Harvest Pictures.
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"What about Land and Hang Lung? Have the balance payments between the two parties been settled?"
Feng Hanzhu couldn't help but ask.
Feng Guojing said: "I have talked with Michael Keswick about this. They have previously sent a notice to Hang Lung Real Estate, and Hang Lung Real Estate has also responded, saying that it will settle the balance of both parties on the 15th, which is tomorrow.
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Feng Muying exclaimed: "This is 230 million Hong Kong dollars. If you add more than 100 million from Jiahe, then it will be almost more than 400 million. Where did Chu Huan get so much money?"
Although Li & Fung Toys and Chu Huan's youth toys have been fighting openly and covertly, what Li & Fung Toys knows is only the sales of youth toys in Hong Kong. It has only heard about the sales of youth toys in other places and has no specific information.
data.
Let alone the 1970s, even in the era when Chu Huan was reborn, as long as such a company was not listed on the market, no one would know their specific sales situation.
Feng Guolun said: "But this incident also proves another thing, that is, Chu Huan is indeed what we all thought, and he had a huge amount of money in his hands before that we didn't know!"
Feng Guojing said: "No matter how huge it is, it should be counted. With a one-time expenditure of more than 300 million in cash, I don't think Chu Huan will have much cash in his hands!"
Feng Guojing's words made the other three people at the scene agree and feel slightly relieved. Before this, they had been worried that Chu Huan would snipe at their Li & Fung Group through stories, but now looking at the situation, Chu Huan has no such possibility.
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"If Chu Huan still has the ability to attack our Li & Fung Group after taking out more than 300 million in cash, then I will simply give the Li & Fung Group to him!"
Feng Hanzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
Then he looked at Feng Guolun and asked: "How is the investigation about that company in Europe?"
Feng Guolun said: "Our people have arrived in England and learned that it is a newly established company. There were no orders before. The order with our company is the first big business. As for what kind of background they have, what is their background?
There is no clear investigation!”
Feng Hanzhu fell into silence. What's going on with Chu Huan? There's no need to worry about it for the time being. What Feng Hanzhu is most concerned about is the batch of garment orders.
"New company?" Feng Hanzhu pondered for a moment and then said worriedly: "How much advance payment is the other party prepared to pay?"
Feng Guolun said: "50 million, which exceeds the 30% advance payment required by the industry, is very sincere."
"The more sincere I am, the more worried I am. This amount of money is not a small amount. If something goes wrong, even our company will not be able to handle it!"
There were endless commercial frauds, and Feng Hanzhu had to think more about it, especially when the other party was a European company. Even filing a lawsuit in the end would be a very troublesome matter.
Feng Guolun said: "Dad, I still think this business can be done. If we look forward and backward every time we do business, then there really will be no need to do any business."
Feng Hanzhu said: "We must do it, but we can't do it without preparation. We must not only consider the company in Europe, but also consider the garment manufacturing company here in Hong Kong. They can take over this business."
An order?”
You must know that if this order cannot be completed, they will have to pay three times the liquidated damages. If this is really the case, Li & Fung Group will be finished!
At this time, the market value of the entire Li & Fung Group is only HK$350 million!
Feng Guolun said: "I have already contacted some garment factories in Xiangjiang. According to the scale of garment production in Xiangjiang, an order of 100 million is not a problem!"
Feng Hanzhu still can't completely believe this order. An order of 100 million cannot be taken by one garment factory in Xiangjiang. Instead, it needs to be completed by many garment factories in Xiangjiang. He can
The garment factories in Xiangjiang would definitely not be able to accept a three-fold liquidated damages agreement.
So if something goes wrong with this order in the end, it will still be Li & Fung Group that suffers.
Seeing that Feng Hanzhu still couldn't decide, Feng Guolun couldn't help but said: "Dad, Chu Huan can't have any more cash in his hands now. This is the best time for us to develop. If we miss it, we will only lose money."
Let our other competitors benefit, and then our Li & Fung Group's situation will be even more dangerous."
Feng Hanzhu pondered for a while and said: "Let's formally start contract negotiations with the other party's representatives!"
After hearing what Feng Hanzhu said, Feng Guolun finally smiled and said: "I understand!"
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Shaw Brothers, Clear Water Bay Studio, inside Shaw Yifu's office!
"You actually lasted just one day?"
Shao Yifu had already thought that Jiahe would lose, but he never thought that Jiahe would lose so quickly.
Fang Yihua analyzed: "This is Zou Wenhuai and the others looking for death. A bad movie made them famous. During the midnight show, some fans hit Longgang. As a result, Jiahe spent so much money yesterday.
If you brag about the movie "Two Dragons" with all your strength, you are not courting death!"
Shao Yifu chuckled, looked at Fang Yihua, and asked aloud: "Do you think the content in the newspaper at noon yesterday was ordered by Zou Wenhuai and the others? Then you are too underestimated by Zou Wenhuai. The content in the morning newspaper is okay
It is said to be normal movie promotion, but the content at noon is obviously to praise the movie "Two Dragons Go to the Sea", Zou Wenhuai will not be unaware of the consequences."
Fang Yihua was stunned, "If it's not Jiahe, who is it?"
Shao Yifu smiled: "Whoever benefits the most from this matter is naturally who?"
"Brother Six, do you mean Chu Huan?" Fang Yihua couldn't believe it, and finally couldn't help but said: "If that's the case, isn't Chu Huan too bad?"
"Business has always been a battlefield of life and death!" Shao Yifu said nonchalantly: "If it were me, and I had such a chance to win Jiahe, I would do the same, and I now suspect that not only those in the newspaper
The content is that those who caused trouble in Jiahe Cinema were all arranged by Chu Huan!"
Fang Yihua didn't know what to say. In the end, she could only sigh: "I should have told Zou Wenhuai about this earlier. In that case, Zou Wenhuai would not be able to sell Jiahe to Chu Huan!"
Shao Yifu glanced at Fang Yihua with some disappointment, and said calmly: "Do you think Zou Wenhuai doesn't know about this?"
Fang Yihua did not notice Shao Yifu's disappointment, but continued to ask in confusion: "If he knew, why would he sell Jiahe to Chu Huan?"
Because if it is not sold to Chu Huan, no one will be able to take over Jiahe. No matter what time it is now, there will be that rich man in Xiangjiang who has nothing to do and spends more than 100 million in cash to buy Jiahe?
If trading stocks for stocks is not what Zou Wenhuai wants, he just wants to take the cash and go to Hollywood for development.
As for splitting and selling, there is no need to think about it. There are indeed some film companies in Xiangjiang that can buy some of Jiahe's assets, but this is bound to be a long process and is not acceptable to Jiahe. The most important thing is that now all
Everyone in the film industry knows that Chu Huan is bound to acquire Jiahe. Who would be bold enough to offend Chu Huan and acquire Jiahe at this time?
After the spin-off, Jiahe no longer had the capital to compete with Chu Huan's black and white images.
"By the way, Sixth Brother!" Fang Yihua suddenly said to Chu Shaoyifu at this time: "Just now, Black and White Video called, saying that they want to jointly ban Director Longgang!"
After hearing this, Yifu Shao immediately said: "It's good to block it. Even if they don't want to block the black and white video, I want to block it. I really thought that I had made a few blockbuster movies, but I don't know where I want to show it."
Are you so compassionate? You simply don’t know what to say!”
Yifu Shao was also talking about the filming of "Hiroshima Twenty-Eight" in Longgang.
You must know that when Shao Yifu was in Nanyang, he was captured by Japanese soldiers. If it weren't for luck, some of his employees were Japanese who helped him avoid that disaster. It's not sure whether Shao Yifu would still be in Xiangjiang now.
Already.
Therefore, Shao Yifu has no good impression of Japan, except when he is making money from the Japanese!
Fang Yihua naturally knew Shao Yifu's mood and said: "Then we will issue an announcement now!"
Shao Yifu nodded.
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If people sit at home, disaster will come from heaven!
At least that's what Longgang thinks.
Long Gang also saw the content in the newspaper this morning. At that time, Long Gang originally planned to go to Jiahe to ask about the box office situation of his movie after breakfast. As a result, before he drank the porridge, he saw what was published in the newspaper.
For the content, Jiahe was acquired by Black and White Video.
Long Gang, who had not yet recovered from the news, received a call from Golden Harvest, stating that his movie "Double Dragon Goes to the Sea" has been completely canceled at Golden Harvest Cinemas and will be screened instead of Xu Guanwen's "The Ghost Horse".
Long Gang, who received this notice, couldn't accept it, "Why? Why? What is Xu Guanwen's "Ghost Horse Double Star"? It's just a comedy with gags. How can it be compared with my movie? Xiangjiang's audience understands movies
There are still some, I believe everyone will understand the benefits of my movie!"
Why?
The Jiahe staff on the other side of the phone said calmly: "First of all, Jiahe has been fully acquired by Black and White Pictures. It is no longer up to Jiahe to decide what kind of movies Jiahe Cinemas wants to release.
In addition, according to the performance of the two movies on their premiere day yesterday, the first-day box office of "Double Dragon" was HK$1.82 million, and the box office of "Double Dragon" was HK$30,000!"
Why is the box office of "Double Dragon" so low?
Naturally, it was because of the smashing of the movie theater that happened yesterday. All the viewers who wanted to see this movie knew about it. Naturally, no one would be in the mood to watch such a movie that would make all the viewers angry and smash it.
Movies in the cinema.
Jiahe Cinema Line has been processing ticket refunds all afternoon!
Long Gang was stunned, and finally roared: "The audience doesn't understand me!"
Regarding Longgang's reaction, Jiahe's staff said nothing and hung up the phone.
Just when Long Gang was still complaining about himself and saying that the audience in Xiangjiang didn't understand him, Long Gang received a call from Xie Xian.
"Long Gang, what did you do? Why did you offend Black and White Image?"
Long Gang, who was in a bad mood, said angrily: "When did I offend the black and white image? It's obviously the black and white image that is targeting me!"
Even with the first-day box office, Long Gang still does not think that the problem is with his movie, but with the black and white image targeting him. This movie of his needs to be calmed down and slowly appreciated, which means that this movie of his is
It has great potential, but now that Black and White Video has acquired Golden Harvest, it is directly producing its own movie.
This is beating yourself up!
Xie Xian thought that Long Gang already knew what he said: "Long Gang, you'd better think of a way to remedy this matter quickly, otherwise your film career will be completely over in the future!"
Long Gang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xie Xian was saying that he was sentenced to death for the failure of a movie, so he immediately said: "Huh, don't worry, I will definitely make the black and white image regret the next movie!"
"Next movie?" Xie Xian felt that Long Gang might have misunderstood him, so he said directly: "Don't you know what I'm talking about?"
Long Gang was stunned for a moment and said, "Aren't you talking about the black and white images of our movies?"
Xie Xian said directly: "Is this still a big deal compared to yours?"
"What's wrong with me?" Long Gang asked in confusion.
Xie Xian said directly: "Just now Black and White and Shaw Brothers jointly announced that all film companies in Hong Kong are prohibited from using you to shoot any movies. If any company uses you, this company will not be allowed to use you.
The Tseung Kwan O Studios, Golden Harvest's Cathay Studios, and Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay Studios use black and white images. At the same time, this film company's films will also be released in Shanhai Cinema, Golden Harvest Cinema, and Shaw Brothers Cinemas. In addition, cooperation with other local channels has also been terminated!
To put it simply, you have been banned by Black and White and Shaw Brothers, and my film company has been notified!"
Before this, although Long Gang had always been a freelance director, he mostly cooperated with Xie Xian's Xie Brothers Pictures, so Xie Xian was the first to receive the notice.
Then Xie Xian told Long Gang about this matter.
This also corresponds to the sentence just mentioned, if people sit at home, disaster will come from the sky!
Long Gang sat there blankly with the phone in hand, he was blocked?
Being banned like Luo Wei!
What will you do next?
Xie Xian held the phone and didn't hear Long Gang's voice. He sighed and hung up the phone.
Deng Guangrong sat on the sofa at Xie Xian's house and asked Xie Xian, "What did Director Long say?"
Xie Xian sighed and said, "What else can I say? Let him figure it out by himself. We can't get involved in this matter!"
Deng Guangrong said indifferently: "This Chu Huan is too overbearing. He will ban anyone who is told to ban him? Even a veteran director like Long Gang is like this?"
Xie Xian's expression changed, and he hurriedly said to Deng Guangrong: "Lao Liu, don't talk nonsense, be careful of trouble coming from your mouth!"
Deng Guangrong laughed and said: "Second brother, I know, don't worry, I will tell you here, but I will definitely not say that outside!"
Xie Xian was called the fourth brother after he played the role of Long Si...
Xie Xian then breathed a sigh of relief and said: "After acquiring Jiahe's black and white images, I am afraid that from now on there will be no rivals in the Hong Kong film industry. If you and I still want to be in the Hong Kong film industry, we'd better do it."
Just don’t offend Chu Huan!”
Deng Guangrong nodded. Although he also had his own power in Xiangjiang, compared to a billionaire like Chu Huan, it was still not enough. Moreover, Deng Guangrong wanted to come to Xiangjiang for development.
Since I am in the film industry, it is naturally impossible to leave black and white images.
Now it's just a matter of complaining in front of my own people.
Externally, we still need to have a good relationship with black and white images.
"Longgang is finished this time. We will have to find other directors to collaborate with in the future!" Xie Xian said helplessly.
Deng Guangrong laughed and said: "There are so many directors in Hong Kong, isn't it easy to find a director to work with?"
Xie Xian said helplessly: "You could still say that before, but now? When the movie "Two Dragons Goes to the Sea" is released, not only Longgang will be banned, but even the two of us will be implicated!"
Although Chu Huan only blocked Longgang, "Double Dragon", a movie with a box office of only 30,000 Hong Kong dollars, was also a shame for Xie Xian and Deng Guangrong.
If the two of them want to cooperate with a big director in the future, the other party will definitely consider it, and even investors will consider it!
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Different positions have different concerns. The positions of Xie Xian and Deng Guangrong can only allow them to pay attention to the situation they are about to face after Chu Huan acquires Jiahe.
Unexpectedly, what the Feng family pays attention to.
But some people have the same concerns as the Feng family.
Cheung Kong Industries, in the office of Lijiacheng!
At this time, the three working emperors under Li Jiacheng, Huo Jianning, Gan Qinglin, and Yuan Tianfan, had not yet gathered under Li Jiacheng's command.
Huo Jianning has just graduated from St. John's University in Minnesota, North America, and he has not returned to North America yet.
Gan Qinglin is not only Li Jiacheng's general, he will actually become Li Jiacheng's brother-in-law in the future. However, compared with Huo Jianning and Yuan Tianfan, this person is more like a direct descendant of the banker of Changshi Group!
In later generations, Li Jiacheng's glory was so dazzling that people always thought that in Changshi, Li Jiacheng was the one who dominated the world. But in fact, in Changshi, the rights of his wife's people in Changshi are also very important. My sister-in-law is responsible for Changshi.
He is responsible for the legal affairs of Cheung Shi, and his brother-in-law is a senior executive of Cheung Shi.
This is also the reason why everyone knows that Li Jiacheng has a confidante, but has never married her. The influence of the banker in Changshi cannot be underestimated.
As for Yuan Tianfan, I don’t know where he is at this time...
Therefore, matters related to long-term affairs at this time are generally decided by Li Jiacheng himself.
At this time, Li Jiacheng was sitting in his office. Next to him was the freshly released "True News". The section spread out was about Black and White Image's acquisition of Jiahe.
The problem he was thinking about was the same as the problem the Feng family was thinking about.
"Jiahe has 120 million Hong Kong dollars and Golden Gate Tower has 230 million Hong Kong dollars. This is 350 million Hong Kong dollars. Where did Chu Huan get so much money? Does he still want to compete with us at the Chinese Bank?"
Li Jiacheng and Zou Wenhuai knew each other, and occasionally Li Jiacheng would invest in some Jiahe movies, so Li Jiacheng knew more than the Feng family did, such as the specific funds for Black and White Video to acquire Jiahe!
But knowing it doesn't mean anything. What Li Jiacheng wants to know more is how much money Chu Huan still has.
Now the competition between Cheung Kong and Hang Lung Properties for the Chinese Bank has risen to HK$140 million. This price is 10 million higher than the HK$130 million proposed by them before!
Although it is only 10 million, for today's Changshi, this is no longer a small sum. For people like Li Jiacheng, he has calculated every sum of money.
Spending 10 million more on this project will result in 10 million less on other projects!
Now I continue to compete with Chu Huan without knowing Chu Huan's financial reserves...
In the end, Li Jiacheng put this bad idea behind him. As mentioned before, Li Jiacheng was very optimistic about the value of the Chinese Bank. As long as he could get the Chinese Bank, the future benefits would definitely be immeasurable.
Thinking of this, Li Jiacheng directly dialed Feng Xunfen's phone number.
"We decided to increase it to HK$145 million!"
Compared with the previous increase of 1 million to 1 million after Hang Lung Properties increased the price, this time Li Jiacheng directly increased the purchase price to 145 million Hong Kong dollars!
Feng Xifen smiled happily on the phone and said, "Sheng Li is indeed helped by HSBC. It's really enviable!"
Without the support of HSBC, how could Li Jiacheng have the confidence to compete with Chu Huan now?
Li Jiacheng smiled and said: "Feng Sheng, although we at Cheung Kong and HSBC are very optimistic about China Bank, the value of China Bank is here. If the price is too high, be careful that you end up drawing water from a bamboo basket and getting nothing!"
Feng Xifen understood the two meanings in Li Jiacheng's words. By trading Chinese Bank to CK Asset, he would be able to gain the friendship of HSBC. If he did not trade Chinese Bank to CK Asset, although the two sides would not be at odds with each other, their friendship would definitely be gone.
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"Feng Sheng, 145 million is already a lot. I think even if Chu Huan raises the price, it won't be too much. I know that your company needs funds for its recent development. If this continues, your company should not be too much."
Is it easy to handle?"
Cheung Kong, HSBC, and Chu Huan can all see the value of Chinese Bank, and naturally Feng Xifen and others can also see it.
But they are different from the above three companies. First of all, they understand that compared with the current high-rise buildings in Central, the facilities of the Chinese Bank are too backward. Coupled with the current real estate market in Hong Kong, if they want to realize the real value of the Chinese Bank, they must
To demolish and rebuild, if this is the case, it will require an investment of at least 200 million, which is not acceptable to Chinese real estate developers.
Secondly, both Feng Xunfen and Li Fushu actually have their own companies. They also suffered losses in the stock market crash and needed large sums of money to cover their positions or fill their own holes.
That's why they decided to sell the Chinese Bank.
Li Jiacheng's words touched Feng Xifen's heart.
After a moment of silence, Feng Xifen said: "I need cash transactions!"
Li Jiacheng suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said with a smile: "This is natural. Feng Sheng should believe in our strength!"
Feng Xunfen nodded. If it were just Li Jiacheng, he would naturally not believe it. But if HSBC behind Li Jiacheng was added, he would believe it 100%!
"I need to think about this matter for two days, and I will give you an answer in two days!"
Li Jiacheng was a little helpless. It still took two days, but he thought that Chu Huan would have to pay 230 million Hong Kong dollars for the land tomorrow. He must not have much cash, so Li Jiacheng thought about it and said: "Okay, I hope that in two days
That would be great news!"
After finishing speaking, Li Jiacheng said meaningfully: "Feng Sheng, our transaction should not just be based on the Chinese bank!"
Feng Xunfen was slightly stunned, "What does Li Sheng mean?"
"After all, Chinese Real Estate is jointly owned by Feng Sheng and Brother Li. No matter how much money is sold, it will be distributed according to the shares. If..."
Li Jiacheng didn't say anything about what happened next, Feng Xunfen didn't ask, everything was left in silence.
Then the two hung up the phone.
After Feng Xunfen hung up the phone in Li Jiacheng, he did not discuss the matter with Li Fushu, but called the children of the Feng family to his office.
Discuss this matter.
When the other children of the Feng family learned that Li Jiacheng's offer was HK$145 million and that there were some additional conditions that could not be exposed, the people of the Feng family were tempted!
In the end, it was unanimously decided to sell Chinese Bank to Cheung Kong!