Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Deep down in his heart, Shao Yifu is more willing to sell Shaw Cinemas to Debao.

But the price Pan Disheng gave was far from what Shao Yifu expected!

How about renting Shaw Cinemas to Pan Disheng?

It doesn't work either.

First of all, the rental price given by Pan Disheng is too far from what Shao Yifu expected!

Secondly, at this stage, if it were not for the support of several pro-British enterprises and groups, TVB would lose nearly ten million Hong Kong dollars every month. However, the negotiation between China and Britain has become a major trend, and Shao Yifu, who does not want to stay away from Xiangjiang, is bound to repair relations with the mainland. In this way, those pro-British enterprises and groups are bound to stop supporting TVB. Therefore, Shao Yifu must prepare enough funds for TVB to lose money before expressing his political stance.

Thirdly, due to TVB’s repeated setbacks, most of the shareholders who originally expected TVB to make a lot of money by going public lost confidence in TVB, so that Shao Yifu took over the shares of many other shareholders, which made Shao Yifu hold more TVB shares at the same time. , It also made Shao Yifu's hands tighter.

Therefore, it is impossible for Shao Yifu to rent Shaw Cinemas to Pan Disheng.

In addition, because Shao Yifu has not let go of the price of renting and selling Shaw Cinemas, and because Xu Cun has issued a ban on Debao, forcing Debao to go on the road of self-sufficiency, the most important thing is because Xu Cun and Yang Ziqiong This couple went on vacation together! So, Pan Disheng, who felt that he was cuckolded by Xu Cun, was furious and asked Cen Jianxun to buy four medium-sized theaters with good locations, and then asked Cen Jianxun to buy two pieces of land with good locations to build a multiplex cinema by himself. . In other words, Pan Disheng, who will soon have six theaters and cinemas, is not as enthusiastic about Shaw Cinemas as before.

Therefore, even though Shaw Yifu hoped that Pan Disheng would take over Shaw Cinemas in his heart, Shaw Yifu could only choose to sell Shaw Cinemas to Xu Cun in the end.

but--

Because Pan Disheng was not as enthusiastic about Shaw Brothers theaters as before, the advantages and disadvantages between DreamWorks and Shaw Brothers were immediately exchanged.

Let me talk about Shaw Brothers first.

First of all, Shaw Cinemas has been losing money every day since the beginning of last year. If it were not for Yongsheng, Debao and other small and medium-sized film companies who rented Shaw Cinemas to release their films from time to time, Shaw Cinemas would have closed their doors long ago. Good luck.

Secondly, if the Shaw Brothers cinema chain does not find a new home, Shaw Brothers Films cannot stop production for a day, and Shaw Brothers Films cannot stop production for a day. Employees who produce benefits are paid salaries (the vast majority of Shaw Brothers film industry employees are paid monthly or even annual salaries), and this part of the loss is even higher than the losses of Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

Again, Shaw Brothers Films does not stop production all day, so a business as big as Shaw Brothers Studios has to be there, and cannot create any income for Shaw Yifu.

Let alone DreamWorks.

Although the bandit model of Liberty Cinemas, which is a loose alliance where profits come and go, has great limitations, just the combination of DreamWorks Cinemas and Anle Cinemas can form a theater that is not much worse than Golden Harvest Cinemas. Wire.

In addition, DreamWorks Cinemas also has a firm ally, Shuangnan Cinemas.

Therefore, on the surface, Xu Cun is not in a hurry to buy Shaw Cinemas.

Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon.

Today, the total number of theaters and movie theaters in Xiangjiang has reached 133. Although it is nearly one-third less than the total of 180 theaters in 1969, the accounts cannot So count.

In 1969, Hong Kong's economy was not yet developed. Not to mention the New Territories, even Kowloon and Hong Kong Island had many undeveloped rural areas. Therefore, most of the so-called 180 theaters were open-air theaters, neighborhood theaters, and country theaters.

Today, among the 133 theaters in Xiangjiang, about 80 have more than 500 seats, and the newly built multiplex cinemas in recent years basically have more than 1,000 seats.

Now, the status quo of the Xiangjiang film market is that there are too many film companies, a limited audience base, and too dense distribution of movie theaters—in some better locations, there are four or five movie theaters and movie theaters on a street, and the competition for audiences is flying.

Under such circumstances, there will inevitably be a situation where the weak will prey on the strong, and the market will eliminate redundant theaters and cinemas.

Although the equipment of Shaw Cinemas is seriously aging and the decoration is seriously out of date, Shaw Cinemas is the longest existing cinema in Xiangjiang, and it is also the cinema with the best overall location. As long as Xu Cun can buy Shaw Cinemas, and then renovate Shaw Cinemas and replace equipment. With the superior geographical location of Shaw Cinemas, coupled with Shaw's accumulated reputation for decades, coupled with DreamWorks' consistently good movies, the theaters under Shaw Cinemas will not be afraid of any competition or challenge!

Besides, Shuangnan Cinemas is only an ally after all, and there is still a competitive relationship with DreamWorks in the mainland market. Not to mention Shuangnan Cinemas, even the Anle Cinemas of the Jiang brothers are only allies, and the theaters and cinemas of allies will always be It is impossible to have your own theaters and cinemas that are reliable!

The most important thing is that this year marks the beginning of the golden decade of Hong Kong films, and DreamWorks is very aggressive this year--in terms of Hong Kong, DreamWorks has invested in "Zhu Xian", "Mr. Zombie 3", "Royal Senior Sister 4" and other big films Production, and invested in small and medium-sized productions such as Gao Zhisen's "Happy Ghost 3", Wang Jing's "Frog Prince", and Yu Rendai's "Aura". In terms of Hollywood, DreamWorks has invested in super-large productions such as "Terminator", "The Little Mermaid", "Ghostbusters", "Little Monsters", and "Out of Africa". According to preliminary estimates, the total production cost of the films invested by DreamWorks this year exceeds 120 million US dollars.

Although Hong Kong's box office market is small, Hong Kong's box office is an important basis for distributors in other regions to purchase Hong Kong films.

Therefore, Xu Cun of course wants to create a DreamWorks theater chain that is firmly in his own hands and does not affect the performance of any movies!

So, on the surface, Xu Cun, who seems not in a hurry to buy Shaw Cinemas, is actually eager to include Shaw Cinemas under DreamWorks Cinemas!

One is urgent, the other is urgent, and Debao is not as enthusiastic as before. The negotiation between Xian Feiran and Fang Yihua is of course very smooth——During Xu Cun’s family vacation, Shaw Theaters The price has dropped from 340 million Hong Kong dollars to 290 million Hong Kong dollars.

At present, we only need to wait for Xu Cun to come back from vacation to meet and talk with Shao Yifu, an old enemy who has been wrestling with Xu Cun for five or six years, and then set the final price of Shaw Cinemas. It can change from Shao's to Xu's.

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