Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

After the failed sniping of "Blade Runner", major Hollywood studios all know that "Alien E·T" is unstoppable, and the power of the lion is unstoppable.

The film companies that are still lucky can only delay the release of the recently released flagship films.

Their choice is extremely beneficial to MGM. In the absence of good movies in the same period, audiences will naturally choose to watch the movie "Alien E.T".

In addition, MGM Studios has once again cooperated with some positive theaters, and the number of theaters in North America alone has reached more than 1,250.

This made "Alien E·T" a new high in the global box office in the second week after it produced the weekend box office champion and refreshed the box office height.

It reached $84.69 million!

The two-week box office total has reached $158.23 million.

Because the announcements are made by themselves, the cost is lower and the box office share is higher.

Not to mention that Universal Cinemas is the largest exhibitor, and its profit is left-handed and right-handed.

So in fact, the cost of investing in filming and the cost of publicity and distribution have already been earned back, and a certain profit has been obtained.

The box office in the back is completely pure profit!

Historically, the total North American box office of the film "Alien E·T" is 360 million US dollars, and the global total box office is more than 792 million US dollars.

However, the production cost of "Alien E.T" in this life is 20 million US dollars higher, and the publicity force is stronger.

So going beyond the original trajectory is definitely not a problem, breaking through $800 million is a breeze.

This means that in the future, "Alien E·T" will be able to earn more than 450 million US dollars in net profits for Xia Yu at the box office.

In addition to the value of various copyrights, it is absolutely no problem to create a value of 600 million US dollars!

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In the following days, "Alien E T" continued to be released hotly, while in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers Film Company became the laughing stock, because after the box office crash of "Blade Runner", it really couldn't get up.

As for the loss of Shaw Brothers, many media have roughly estimated that, not to mention the hidden reputation and future losses, the loss of more than 130 million Hong Kong dollars in cash alone.

It is equivalent to losing the net profit of a top 100 listed company in Hong Kong for one year!

Not long after, the news broke again that the Shao family was ready to completely admit defeat, quit the film industry, and plan to sell the Shaw Brothers Film Company and the Shaw Cinemas.

This news is really exciting, and many people can't believe it. The former overlord of the Hong Kong film industry, the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which has made outstanding contributions to the Hong Kong film industry, is about to disappear?

Who will go to the huge assets of Shaw Brothers Film Company and Shaw Cinemas?

What will the landscape of the Hong Kong film market look like?

For a time, discussions on these issues became very heated.

In this case, Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang came to Xia Yu's office together again.

Xia Yu reads the newspaper every day, so of course he knows about the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Looking at Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang sitting in front of him, Xia Yu asked with a smile, "What? Do you have any thoughts on Shaw Brothers Film Company and Shaw Brothers Cinema?"

Wu Siyuan and Jiang Zhiqiang looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

Wu Siyuan gently patted Xia Yu's flattery and said, "Chairman is wise, we really can't hide anything from you!"

Xia Yu laughed dumbly, and scolded with a smile: "Don't give me all these stupid things, talk about something."

"Are you 100% sure that the Shao family is ready to quit?"

Wu Siyuan looked at Jiang Zhiqiang, he did the inquiring about the news, and he knew better.

Jiang Zhiqiang nodded and said, "Chairman, the news can be confirmed. This is the news released by Shao Yifu's son, Shao Weiming. I asked others to call and ask, and Shao Weiming also admitted it on the phone."

"It is impossible for Shao Weiming to joke about this kind of thing, and no one from the Shao family has come forward to refute the rumor.

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"And the quality of the films produced by the Shaw Brothers Film Company in the past two years is indeed not high, and the probability of other film companies producing excellent films is not high. Therefore, the Shaw Brothers cinema chain is basically operating on a guaranteed basis."

"This time, the Shaw Brothers Film Company lost more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and the Shao family continued to increase their shareholding in TVB. There was not much leftover money to invest in the film company, and the bank might not dare to lend to them. "

"I think the Shao family is going to retreat to TVB and prepare to concentrate resources to compete with President Huang in the TV field."

Xia Yu smiled and nodded, seemingly agreeing with Jiang Zhiqiang's analysis.

In fact, in the previous life, under the competition between Golden Harvest Film Company and Xinyicheng Film Company, Shaw Brothers Film Company could not bear it. Shao Yifu later rented the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line to Pan Disheng. Production was discontinued, but after 1985, even one movie a year could not be stabilized, and after entering the 1990s, it even stopped making movies for several years.

Although under the influence of Xia Yu in this life, Lei Juekun did not set foot in the film industry. Huang Baiming and Mecca were in Universal Satellite TV and Galaxy Film Company respectively, so Xinyicheng Film Company did not appear.

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were also included in the Galaxy Film Company, so the Debao Film Company did not appear.

However, Xia Yu's Galaxy Film Company is a giant, and the pressure on Shaw Brothers Film Company is greater than the pressure on the joint production of the former Shijiahe Film Company + Xinyicheng Film Company + Debao Film Company.

And also let Shao Yifu not see the day to come out.

Moreover, Xia Yu's Global Satellite TV has created a strong pressure on TVB in the TV field, making the Shao family's funds very tight.

Therefore, it makes sense that Shao Yifu decided to withdraw from the film market.

"So do you want to acquire Shaw Brothers Films and Shaw Cinemas separately? Or part of it?"

Xia Yu asked with a light smile.

Wu Siyuan was the first to say: "Chairman, I want to acquire Shaw Brothers Film Company in its entirety."

"Although we have Xiangjiang Culture and Media School to provide talents, it takes a long time to cultivate talents. Performing talents are better, but behind-the-scenes talents are difficult to cultivate."

"Although Shaw Brothers Film Company has been poached by us and Golden Harvest Film Company, its foundation is still very deep. If we can accept all these people, then our annual production of films will be doubled without any problem. The quality of the film There will be some improvement.”

"The Hong Kong film market is now described as a superpower and a superpower. We are the super overlords. Shaw Brothers Films and Golden Harvest Films are the first-rate powerhouses, and then the other second- and third-rate film companies."

"I think if we don't take over, if Shaw Brothers falls into Wrinkle's hands, the gap with us will be narrowed, the pressure of competition will be even greater, and our rear will be unstable. If we want to rush out of the Asian market, we will There will be some unstable constraints."

"So let's just eat it and completely stabilize our dominance."

"By the way, there is another point, that is, the Shaw Brothers Film Company has the largest film library in Hong Kong. I think this is a huge wealth, and it can be used at any time."

"These are my reasons."

Xia Yu nodded slightly.

But he did not express his position immediately, but looked at Jiang Zhiqiang with a faint smile.

"Xeon, what's your original intention to acquire Shaw's Cinema? Will Shaw's Cinema not overlap with Universal's?"

Jiang Zhiqiang answered truthfully: "Chairman, now Shaw Cinemas has 16 self-operated cinemas in Hong Kong and more than 130 self-operated cinemas in Southeast Asia. In addition to agency distribution, the distribution network is involved. With more than 200 cinemas, it is the second largest cinema after us."

"The location is definitely partially overlapping, but because the Shaw Cinemas were laid out earlier, there are many theaters in very good locations, even if we overlap with them, we are not afraid."

"The Asian film market is growing rapidly every year. The current number of theaters is sufficient for the time being, but it will not be enough in the future. According to the plan of Universal Cinemas, the future is to continue to build or acquire cinemas to expand the scale, so we are now acquiring Shao in advance. The theater chain is not bad, and it can be done in one step.”

"As for another consideration, it is the same as Mr. Wu's. As the second largest theater chain after us, if the Shaw Brothers Cinema is taken away by the Golden Harvest Film Company, then their unexpected profits in Hong Kong will skyrocket, right? It's a big hassle for us."

"Even if it was not acquired by Jiahe Film Company, it was acquired by other Renren, which is also a very unstable factor."

"It's better to be acquired by us and completely stabilize the dominance of the Asian film market!"

"Chairman, these are my reasons."

After speaking, both Jiang Zhiqiang and Wu Siyuan looked at Xia Yu with burning eyes, waiting for his order.

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