Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 190 Recruiting film talents (Part 1)

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

In a luxurious box, eight of them, Mika, 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, and were obviously still waiting.

People come.

They all work in the entertainment industry, and most of them work in the film industry. Xiangjiang's circle is only so big, so even if they haven't met each other, they know each other's works to some extent.

A few familiar people started chatting in low voices.

When everyone came over one after another, they had communicated with each other, so they knew that the person who invited them was the same person.

"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

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

"Waiter, the food is ready to be served."

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

"Mr. Lin!"

All eight people stood up and nodded to Lin Baicheng.

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

Lin Baicheng motioned for everyone to sit down, and he also found a seat to sit down.

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

Lin Baicheng did not introduce other companies because there was no need. For the eight people working in the entertainment industry here, they should be more familiar with these two companies. Needless to say, Asia Television is one of the only three TV stations in Hong Kong and is involved in the entertainment industry.

There is no one who doesn’t know about it; as for Hutchison Whampoa, this company has appeared frequently in the news recently. Anyone who reads newspapers and TV news will know about it.

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

Lin Baicheng introduced the two people who were following him. Among them, Wu Siyuan was well-known in the film industry. He started directing movies in 1971, and even made a movie that set a box office record in 1972. Lin Baicheng wanted to find the right movie.

He asked people who were familiar with the industry and knew management to manage Star Pictures, which he founded, and finally he chose Wu Siyuan.

Wu Siyuan had his own film company, but it was only a small company and was directly merged into Star Pictures. For this, Lin Baicheng paid 1 million Hong Kong dollars plus 2% of the shares of Star Pictures.

Zuo Xiangqing was hired by Lin Baicheng from Shaw Brothers Pictures. He used to work in Shaw Brothers Cinemas and was familiar with the cinema market in Southeast Asia, so he was responsible for managing the cinema chain company.

However, Zuo Xiangqing does not have any shares in Xingchen Cinema. Xingchen Cinema and Xingchen Pictures are different. Cinema chains are asset-heavy. Lin Baicheng will invest heavily. The real estate of the theater chain belongs to the theater chain company, so he cannot give it in vain.

Zuo Xiangqing's salary is quite high.

Wu Siyuan's treatment, most of the 1 million Hong Kong dollars was used to buy his company. Although the shares were only 2%, Lin Baicheng said at the beginning that he would only inject 20 million Hong Kong dollars into the company. If he injects more funds in the future, he must

Provide corresponding funds, otherwise the shares will be diluted.

The reason why Wu Siyuan agreed to join Star Pictures was because he knew that a film company could only truly stand firm and develop its ambitions if it had a theater chain, and his Siyuan Film Company could not have its own theater chain.

Star Pictures is different. The boss Lin Baicheng is rich. Not only did he invest 20 million Hong Kong dollars from the beginning, but he also built his own theater chain. He didn't have to worry about having no place to show the movie after it was made. As for promotion, there is also Asia Television.

It's totally a strong alliance.

Although the food and drinks have not yet been served, Lin Baicheng still said: "I think you may be wondering why I invited you here today. Let me just say it straight here. I want to invite you to join my Star Pictures and work together.

develop."

"As for the theater chain, I have now asked Manager Zuo Xiangqing to establish it. Although the number of theaters is still small, it only takes a few months to initially cover Xiangjiang. It will definitely cover the entire Xiangjiang market within the year."

"So, after you join Star Pictures, you don't have to worry about the films you make having no place to show them, or being suppressed by the current overlords in the film industry, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. You don't have to worry about this."

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

Lin Baicheng looked at Hong Jinbao and the others and said: "I also know that you all have a place to belong to now. Like Hong Jinbao and you, you have joined Jiahe Company, but I can guarantee that the treatment I will give you will definitely be better than what you get in Jiahe."

high."

"Mr. Xu."

Wu Siyuan also spoke out. He said to Xu Guangwen, the eldest of the three Xu brothers: "I know that you three brothers are under the name of Xu Films established by you. Now you are not joining Jiahe Company, but working with Jiahe

Is it right to cooperate with the company, invest together with Jiahe, and then release the movie in Jiahe’s theaters?”

Xu Guangwen nodded and admitted: "Yes, Mr. Wu is also an old man in the industry. This cannot be hidden from Mr. Wu."

Wu Siyuan said: "So, if the information I heard is correct, Jiahe usually takes more than a year or even longer to give you the income from your investment, right?"

"That's true."

Xu Guangwen did not deny it, because it is a fact. Every time he gets a movie released by Jiahe Cinema, whether it is an exclusive investment or a joint venture, he cannot get all the box office shares at the first time, and it takes two or three months to recover the cost.

When the time comes, the profitable part will take longer.

However, despite this, profits are not unavailable, so Xu Guangwen and others can only endure it. There is no other way to eliminate the leftist theater chains. Now there are only two theater chains in Xiangjiang, one is Jiahe's and the other is Shaw's.

They only show their 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 made an agreement before coming, so Wu Siyuan immediately said: "As long as the movie is released in Xingchen Cinema, regardless of whether our Xingchen Pictures participates in the investment, we will definitely share the local box office share after the movie is released.

The settlement will be completed within half a month and the box office share will be handed over to the film company."

"Is this true?"

When Xu Guangwen heard this, he was immediately moved. Being able to get all the income immediately would greatly improve his capital utilization and allow him to make more money. There was no reason why he should not be moved.

Anyway, Xu's Pictures and Jiahe only have a cooperative relationship, and Jiahe doesn't treat them well. It's not a betrayal to choose someone else, so Xu Guangwen has no shame at all and immediately wants to agree.

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(End of chapter)