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He stared coldly at Fang Menglan, then looked at Shao Renling.

Shao Renling sighed and waved his hand at Fang Menglan, saying, "You can go out now!"

"Sixth brother?"

"go out!"

Fang Menglan was stunned for a moment, but dared not resist, and turned away in surprise.

With only the two of them remaining in the room, Shao Renling slowly began to speak: "Based on my understanding of Raymond, he will join forces with me against you, ensuring that even if you have a movie, it won't be shown in theaters. Even if we manage to secure a theater chain, we'll block your film distribution, preventing your movies from being released..."

These words shouldn't have been spoken to Xiao Shan, but who told Fang Menglan to say the wrong thing?

They had no choice but to take the initiative to show goodwill and give Xiaoshan a way out.

Xiao Shan's current status gives him the right to engage in dialogue with him on an equal footing.

Shao Renling could use his seniority to reprimand Xiao Shan, but Fang Menglan did not have that right.

Who is she?

How could a concubine, who wasn't even a wife, dare to berate a newspaper tycoon?

If Xiaoshan doesn't get his revenge, how can he still have a place in Hong Kong?

It's true that the two sides are business rivals, but if Shao Renling doesn't give an explanation, then prepare for a fight to the death!

Having anticipated this, Xiao Shan took out a document and handed it to Shao Renling: "Please take a look at this report before making a decision."

"Ok?"

Shao Renling didn't want to look at this information, but his strong curiosity compelled him to open it.

The contents clearly recorded above made his eyes bulge: "You, you..."

Shao Renling was old, and pointing at Xiao Shan's nose, he stammered for a long time but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Finally, after calming down, Shao Renling yelled at Xiao Shan, "You're canceling the minimum guarantee system for theaters? Do you know that's like flipping the table and leaving everyone unable to eat?"

Chapter 603, Buying Shaw Brothers Cinemas! (Please subscribe!)

After countless lessons learned, Hong Kong cinemas have become wiser and less willing to accept unconditional theatrical releases.

Because if movie tickets don't sell, the worst that can happen is that the film company loses a portion of the production cost.

But cinemas are completely different.

If movie tickets don't sell, the company will suffer heavy losses that day, and it might even damage its reputation.

If several films released at the same time all flop, the cinema chain risks going out of business.

Therefore, to ensure stability, each cinema chain implements a minimum guarantee system.

No matter how well the box office performs, the cinemas will not lose money.

Now that Xiaoshan doesn't even have a single cinema chain, it's already preparing to cancel the minimum guarantee system.

While solving his predicament of having no movies to watch, he smashed the table and bowls!

Once this system is implemented, who, apart from producers who are extremely confident in their films, would still release their movies in theaters like Golden Harvest?

However, this has nothing to do with the Shaw Brothers.

Shaw Brothers Studio produced and released films in Shaw Brothers theaters, always producing and distributing them independently, without any connection to anyone else.

However, upon seeing the second document, Shao Renling pointed directly at Xiao Shan and cursed, "You bastard! You son of a bitch!"

If the first document was like flipping the table, then the second document was like digging up ancestral graves.

They even managed to dig up the foundation of the Shaw Brothers!

"You're getting old, don't get angry! It hasn't been implemented yet, let's sit down and talk it over!" Xiao Shan said with a light laugh when he saw Shao Renling about to overturn the table.

Looking at Xiao Shan's smiling face, if Shao Renling were young and hot-blooded, he would definitely punch him to vent his anger.

"Sixth Brother!" The office door was pushed open, and Fang Menglan rushed over to help Shao Renling catch his breath, while angrily shouting at Xiao Shan, "Get out of here!"

"Shut up!" Shao Renling slammed the two documents shut and pointed to the door, scolding, "Who let you in? Get out!"

"Me?" Fang Menglan could hardly believe that she had been kicked out twice by Shao Renling in one day.

Moreover, even though Shao Renling was so angry, he still had to continue talking to the culprit.

After Fang Menglan went out for the second time, Shao Renling calmed down and asked, "Are you really that confident? Be careful not to take too big a step and end up smashing your own newspaper!"

According to Shao Renling, Xiaoshan must have incurred a lot of debt to have developed Taishan Newspaper Group to this extent in such a short period of time!

If one thing is handled poorly, the entire newspaper industry could collapse.

The financial backers behind Xiaoshan are unlikely to let their money go to waste.

Any crisis would require Taishan Newspaper Group to repay the loan in advance.

However, what Shao Renling didn't expect was that Xiaoshan not only didn't owe any money, but also had a lot of cash on hand!

Hearing Shao Renling's concerns, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Sixth Uncle, you don't need to worry about that. I have plenty of cash flow, which is why I'm thinking of creating another profit center in other industries..."

Changing the subject, Xiao Shan continued to advise, "There's really no need for you to get involved in the conflict between Taishan Film Industry and Golden Harvest! This isn't meant to intimidate you, but to explain the facts to you."

"If I give up my theater rights, what can you give me in return?" Shao Renling said calmly, looking at Xiao Shan.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, there's nothing that can't be given up.

Moreover, over the years, Shao Renling had already planned to give up Shaw Brothers films, but he still couldn't get over the traitor, Mr. Zou.

By giving up the continuously loss-making cinema chain, he can better devote his energy and money to TVB.

"Take down Boss Zou!" Xiao Shan said confidently.

Despite its seemingly large size, Jiahe is actually riddled with internal problems.

Xiaoshan is very confident that it can defeat it!

“Not enough…” Shao Renling shook his head.

Taking down that traitor Boss Zou was Shao Renling's wish.

Even though Xiao Shan took down Boss Zou, it was ultimately not a revenge personally taken by Shao Renling.

In Shao Renling's opinion, Boss Zou is an ingrate, and Xiao Shan is no better!

Xiao Shan knew he couldn't persuade this old fox without spending some money, so after thinking for a long time, he slowly said, "Not only can we buy the Shaw Brothers cinema chain, but we can also buy the Shaw Brothers film company, including the copyrights to all the films that Shaw Brothers has ever released. Name your price!"

"Hmm?" Xiao Shan's answer surprised Shao Renling.

Since the theater chains have already been sold, there's no point in keeping the film company.

Shao Renling originally intended to bring these people to TVB, but he never expected that Xiao Shan would want them.

Filmmaking is extremely rudimentary nowadays; it doesn't even require a professional director. A roughneck can still make a movie with just a camera.

Shao Renling probably had a pretty good idea of ​​what kind of directors, screenwriters, lighting technicians, stuntmen, and actors at Shaw Brothers Studio were like, otherwise Golden Harvest wouldn't have beaten him up like this.

Those with any real ability left long ago.

For a wireless network with a complete structure, these people are like a chicken rib; it wouldn't be a bad idea to just give them to Xiaoshan.

But why would Xiaoshan buy those Shaw Brothers movies that had already been released?

There's no point in re-releasing films that are already inferior to Golden Harvest.

Like those films that dare not pay a minimum guarantee fee, they can only be left to gather dust in a corner.

"The total cost for theaters, companies, and films is 300 million Hong Kong dollars. Is there a problem?" Shao Renling considered for a moment and gave the budget.

"Okay!" Xiao Shan nodded in agreement.

Shaw Brothers had only 16 cinemas in Hong Kong, fewer than Golden Harvest's 19, but it surpassed Golden Harvest in the number of seats and screens.

What truly holds value are Shaw Brothers' more than one hundred cinemas in Southeast Asia!

Including those in Hong Kong and the cinemas they distributed, Shaw Brothers had a total of two hundred cinemas.

That's why it can maintain its leading position in the cinema industry with its absolutely superior size.

Even though the land for these cinemas all belonged to Shaw Brothers, the assets were only worth around 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and selling them as a package would require a huge financial loss.

The Shaw Brothers film company, its employees, and the films produced over the decades are worth only around 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

Shao Renling's offer was anything but cheap.

However, those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles. Shao Renling finally relented, and Xiao Shan was willing to pay a higher price to get his hands on this piece of cake.

Taishan Film Studio's office is located in a Grade A office building in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Looking at the mountain of documents, Xiao Shan was also a bit overwhelmed.

This was after General Manager Luo Jiwang had processed it once; otherwise, even more would have been sent to Xiaoshan!

"Mr. Xiao, these are the paintings submitted for the artist interview. They were all completed within ten minutes according to your requirements. Please take a look!" Guan You placed a stack of sketches on his desk.

Under normal circumstances, Xiaoshan would never get involved in such trivial matters; Guanyou could handle it.

But since the comics department has just been established, I still need to keep an eye on things.

Chapter 604, What will our first movie be about? (Please subscribe!)

As he flipped through these simple drawings, Xiao Shan would occasionally tick or cross them, eliminating those that were merely mediocre.

After leaving the marked paintings behind, Xiao Shan instructed, "The painters will be treated the same as the ghostwriters. You can arrange the daily workload as needed."

“Okay!” Guanyou nodded.

Paintings are not novels, so you can't just fill out a word count according to an outline. Xiao Shan doesn't understand the details either, so you can't force a specific amount of work to be done.

After Guanyou left, Luo Jiwang came in.

He came in to report to Xiao Shan on the progress of acquiring Shaw Brothers Film Company.

According to Luo Jiwang's report, it will take about another week to completely acquire Shaw Brothers Studio.

Due to time and funding constraints, Xiaoshan has not yet acquired Shaw Brothers Cinemas, but has only paid a partial deposit to the film company.

There's no rush to acquire theater chains if a film hasn't been successfully made.

Moreover, this was a result that Xiao Shan and Shao Renling both tacitly agreed to.

We need to catch Boss Zou off guard.

After listening to Luo Jiwang's work report, Xiao Shan asked with a smile, "Little Luo, are you getting used to working in Hong Kong?"

"It's alright!" Luo Jiwang said with a smile. "It's just that I have too much to do right now. Boss, it would be great if you could assign me an assistant!"

Luo Jiwang's statement was also a way of expressing his loyalty to Xiaoshan.

After all, with a deputy, Taishan Film Studio would no longer have a situation where he had absolute power, and the boss could feel more at ease.

Xiao Shan naturally understood what Luo Jiwang meant.

However, he didn't understand that at all.

My business has just opened, so why would I want to create any checks and balances?

Besides, if Xiao Shan were still being bullied by ordinary people in this world, he might as well just find a block of tofu and smash his head against it!

"Hey deputy, do you know any suitable friends you can bring over to work here?" Xiao Shan said with a smile. "Don't worry, the salary here will definitely not be lower than outside!"

Hearing Xiao Shan say this, Luo Jiwang was still somewhat moved.

At least now, there aren't many bosses willing to delegate authority like Xiao Shan has!

After racking his brains for a moment, Luo Jiwang looked at Xiao Shan and said, "Boss, if you put it that way, I really remember a friend of mine. He studied 16mm filming techniques in the US and even made a movie there!"

"Oh? There's such talent?" Xiao Shan looked at Luo Jiwang with great interest and said, "Then you'll have to bring him to our company!"

Luo Jiwang nodded: "Okay, I'll give him a call later and see what he's been up to since he returned to Hong Kong!"

"Go!" Xiao Shan waved to Luo Jiwang.

Half an hour later, Luo Jiwang came to Xiao Shan's office again and said to Xiao Shan, "Boss, I just asked my friend. It seems that he has been discussing with other friends about starting a film company together. However, after hearing my invitation, he plans to come and visit our company sometime!"

"Sure!" Xiao Shan said with a smile. "When your friend comes, I'll have a good talk with him and ask him to help you out in our company!"

"Okay, boss!" Luo Jiwang said to Xiao Shan with a smile, "By the way, boss, what kind of movie do you think would be best for our company's first film?"