Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 190 Recruiting Film Talents

Mandarin Hotel is also one of the well-known hotels in Xiangjiang.

In a luxurious box, eight of them, Mecca, Huang Baiming, Hong Jinbao, Xu Guangwen, Xu Guangying, Xu Guangjie, Wu Yusen, and Zeng Zhiwei, sat around a dining table, but they did not order food, apparently still waiting People.

They are all in the entertainment industry, and most of them are in the movie industry. Xiangjiang's circle is only that big, so even if they have never met other people, they still know about each other's works.

There were a few familiar ones who even chatted in a low voice.

When everyone came here one after another, they had exchanges, so they knew that it was the same person who invited them to come.

"Sorry to keep everyone waiting for so long."

About ten minutes later, three people followed the waiter and walked in. Everyone in the box immediately recognized that the youngest young man was the leader.

"Waiter, it's time to serve."

Lin Baicheng said to the waiter, and then walked over to the dining table.

"Mr. Lin!"

All eight people stood up and nodded their greetings to Lin Baicheng.

"Sit down, everybody sit down, let's sit down and talk."

Lin Baicheng motioned for everyone to sit down, and he found a place to sit down himself.

"Although everyone should know me, I still want to introduce myself. I am Lin Baicheng, the boss of Asia TV and Hutchison Whampoa."

Lin Baicheng didn't introduce other companies because it was unnecessary. For the eight people who are in the entertainment circle here, they should be more familiar with these two companies.Needless to say, Asia TV is one of the only three TV stations in Hong Kong, and no one in the entertainment circle will know about it; as for Hutchison Whampoa, this company has frequently appeared in the news recently, as long as anyone reads newspapers and TV news, will know.

"These two are Wu Siyuan, the person in charge of Star Films, and Zuo Xiangqing, the person in charge of Star Cinema."

Lin Baicheng introduced the two people who followed him. Among them, Wu Siyuan is well-known in the film industry. He started directing films in 71 and made a box office record in 72. Lin Baicheng wanted to find the right film People who are familiar with the circle and know how to manage manage the star film industry he established for him, and finally he chose Wu Siyuan.

Wu Siyuan has his own film company, but it is only a small company, which was directly merged into Star Films. For this, Lin Baicheng paid 100 million Hong Kong dollars plus 2% of the shares in Star Films.

Zuo Xiangqing was recruited by Lin Baicheng from Shaw Brothers Films. He used to work in Shaw Brothers Cinemas and was familiar with the theater market in Southeast Asia, so he was in charge of managing the theater company.

However, Zuo Xiangqing no longer owns the shares of Star Cinema. Star Cinema is different from Star Film Industry. The theater chain is a heavy asset, and Lin Baicheng will invest a lot of money. Zuo Xiangqing shares, but the salary is not low.

For Wu Siyuan’s treatment, the vast majority of the 100 million Hong Kong dollars is the money to buy his company. Although the shares are 2%, Lin Baicheng said at the beginning that he would only inject 2000 million Hong Kong dollars into the company. out of the corresponding funds, otherwise the shares will be diluted.

The reason why Wu Siyuan agreed to join Star Films was because he knew that a film company could only gain a foothold and make a big splash if it had a theater chain, and it was impossible for his Siyuan Film Company to have its own theater chain.

Star Films is different. The owner, Lin Baicheng, is rich. Not only did he invest 2000 million Hong Kong dollars from the beginning, but he also wanted to build his own theater chain, so he didn’t have to worry about having no place to show the movie after it was shot.As for publicity, there is also Asia TV, which is completely a strong alliance.

Although the food and drinks have not yet been delivered, Lin Baicheng still said: "I think you may wonder what I invited you here today, so I'll just say it here, I want to invite you to join my Star Films, develop."

"In terms of theater chains, I have now asked Manager Zuo Xiangqing to establish one. Although the number of theaters is still small, it only takes a few more months to initially cover Xiangjiang, and it will definitely cover the entire Xiangjiang market within the year."

"So, after you join Star Films, you don't have to worry that the movies you make won't be shown anywhere, and will be suppressed by the current overlords of the film industry, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. You don't have to worry about that."

Regarding Lin Baicheng's invitation, the eight people present had guessed something, so they were not too surprised.

Lin Baicheng looked at Hong Jinbao and the others and said: "I also know that you all belong now, like Hong Jinbao, you have joined Golden Harvest Company, but I can guarantee that the treatment I give is definitely better than what you get in Golden Harvest high."

"Mr. Xu."

Wu Siyuan also spoke out, and he said to Xu Guangwen, the eldest of the three Xu brothers: "I know that the three of you brothers are under the name of Xu's Films, which you established yourself, and now you are not joining Golden Harvest, but working with Golden Harvest The company cooperates, invests with Golden Harvest and then releases the film in Golden Harvest theaters, is that right?"

Xu Guangwen nodded and admitted: "That's right, Mr. Wu is also an old man in the industry, so we can't hide this from Mr. Wu."

Wu Siyuan said: "Then, if what I heard is correct, Golden Harvest usually takes more than a year or even longer to give you the income from your investment, isn't that right?"

"Indeed it is."

Xu Guangwen did not deny it, because it was a fact.Every time I get a movie released by Golden Harvest Cinemas, whether it is an exclusive investment or a joint venture, I can't get all the box office share at the first time. It takes two to three months to receive the cost, and the profit part needs even more long time.

But even so, the profit is not impossible, so Xu Guangwen and others can only endure it.There is no way, except for the leftist theater chain, now there are only two theater chains in Xiangjiang, one is Golden Harvest and the other is Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Brothers only releases its own movies, so they have no choice.

"Then as long as you cooperate with us, this kind of thing will never happen."

Lin Baicheng had already made an agreement before coming here, so Wu Siyuan immediately said: "As long as it is a movie released in Star Cinema, regardless of whether our Star Film Industry participates in the investment, the local box office share, after the movie is released, we will definitely be there. The settlement will be completed within half a month, and the money from the box office will be handed over to the film company."

"is this real?"

Xu Guangwen was immediately moved when he heard the words. Being able to get all the income immediately can greatly improve the utilization rate of his funds and allow him to earn more money. There is no reason why he should not be moved.

Anyway, Xu's Films and Golden Harvest are just a cooperative relationship, and Golden Harvest doesn't treat them very well, so it's not a betrayal at all to vote for someone else, so Xu Guangwen didn't feel ashamed at all, and wanted to agree immediately. .

(End of this chapter)