Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Lei Juekun is going to open a new theater chain?"

Lin Daoqiu was surprised when he heard the news.

Because he remembered that Golden Princess would not be established until next year, but he did not expect that it would be a year earlier because of his relationship.

"Boss Lei feels that the current movie world is very good. He originally owned four theaters and planned to acquire a few more to form a third theater chain in Hong Kong."

Lei Juekun never expected that just after he finished talking about this matter in the morning, Lin Daoqiu learned the whole situation from Zeng Zhiwei in the afternoon.

If this matter is leaked, it will definitely not be a good thing for Lei Juekun.

If Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw knew about it earlier, I'm afraid he would have faced a lot of trouble.

However, Lin Daoqiu was not interested in leaking the story of Lei Juekun, because in his opinion, the guarantee system is a chronic disease of Hong Kong movies.

It was the emergence of Lei Juekun that eliminated this system, and Lin Daoqiu was happy to see this happen.

If there aren't a lot of bad movies, how can we show how good the movies he makes are? After all, good movies and bad movies can only be known by comparing them.

"So you plan to join Lei Juekun's new theater chain?"

Although Lin Daoqiu asked this, he actually knew that Zeng Zhiwei would definitely join.

"In addition to me, there are also Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ​​Teddy Robin and Huang Baiming. Boss Lei provided us with money to set up a production company and promised 40-60% dividends."

Zeng Zhiwei did not hide this from Lin Daoqiu, and he even leaked the names of the other four people to Lin Daoqiu.

Don't think that Zeng Zhiwei is very loyal to Lin Daoqiu. In fact, he came to Lin Daoqiu to tell him this, just to leave a way out for himself.

After all, it is still unclear whether the new theater chain can last until the end. If Lei Juekun fails by then, will they still have a way to survive?

Therefore, Zeng Zhiwei had to leave a way for himself, and he felt that the only one who could protect himself was Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu nodded, but Zeng Zhiwei found that after he finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu suddenly frowned slightly.

The reason why Lin Daoqiu frowned was because there were two missing people, Xu Hark and Shi Nansheng.

Compared to Tsui Hark, Shi Nansheng's role in New Art City is more significant.

It is unimaginable that the person who is responsible for a series of "big housekeeper" tasks such as daily administration, production, distribution, publicity, etc. is actually Shi Nansheng.

When Huang Baiming went to invite her to join Xinyi City, it was all very exciting.

But Shi Nansheng asked: "What is your company's annual turnover?"

Huang Baiming thought for a long time: "...What do you think?"

"How many movies do you make a year, how much business do you have, and what is your budget?"

"Currently we don't have that."

"What scale do you plan to have and how big will it be?"

"...What do you think?"

Huang Baiming later told the truth. It was because no one had any idea about this, so he wanted to find someone to take care of it.

It was not until Shi Nansheng joined that Xinyi City began to become standardized.

"As soon as the new theater line comes out, it will definitely be attacked by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. How does Lei Juekun plan to solve this matter?"

In fact, Lin Daoqiu already knew what Lei Juekun would do, he just asked it deliberately.

"Boss Lei plans to abolish the guarantee system and all movies released in new theaters will not charge a guarantee fee."

"I didn't expect Boss Lei to be so generous. The elimination of the base fee can be said to be a great blessing for Hong Kong's movies."

Although Lin Daoqiu knew this result, he still cooperated and pretended to be horrified.

After seeing off Eric Tsang, Lin Daoqiu had no intention of telling Chow Wenhuai or Run Run Shaw the news.

He even had an attitude of being happy to see the establishment of Golden Princess.

If Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers continue to have such a monopoly, it will not be a good thing for the development of movies.

The effect of double screening has been demonstrated before, and a good movie can obviously achieve higher box office.

However, due to the hostile relationship between the two families, the box office has been unable to increase, and the appearance of Princess Jin is a powerful tool to break this phenomenon.

Lin Daoqiu even planned to help Princess Jin to charge the box office and make Jiahe and Shaw Brothers nervous.

But he will not do it himself, but will find an agent. After all, he will still have to cooperate with Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in the future.

………………

Although Lei Juekun is still in the preparation stage, his acquisition of the theater has quietly spread.

Zou Wenhuai received the news immediately.

Although he found it strange, Lei Juekun had rented his theater to Jiahe before, so Zou Wenhuai didn't take it too seriously.

As for Run Run Shaw, they are even less concerned about this matter. TVB and Shaw Brothers have so many things going on every day, and they have nothing to do with other people's affairs.

A full month later, under Lei Juekun's money offensive, he purchased a total of ten theaters.

In addition to the original four, they also roped in Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong to join the new theater chain.

It wasn't until Lei Juekun took back the four theaters rented to Golden Harvest that Zou Wenhuai realized that Lei Juekun was planning to do something big.

"I don't know what Lei Juekun was thinking. He actually bought ten theaters and even roped in Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong to establish a new theater chain."

Zou Wenhuai was very angry about this matter. After all, by doing this, Lei Juekun was stepping into his territory to compete with him for food.

"According to the news I have received, Lei Juekun has found Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ​​Huang Baiming, Teddy Robin and Eric Tsang to set up a production company to provide films for his new theater chain."

He Guanchang only found out about this matter not long ago, and now it is too late to stop it.

Zou Wenhuai didn't say a word after hearing this. Looking at the angry expression on his face, you could tell that Zou Wenhuai was in a very bad mood at this moment.

"Hmph, these people are quite courageous. Since they dare to be pawns, don't blame me for being ruthless. Movies related to them will not be allowed to be released in Jiahe in the future."

Once Zou Wenhuai opened his mouth, there would be no room for relaxation in this matter. It can be said that these five people have been blacklisted by Jiahe.

"I'm not worried about these five people, but I heard that Lei Juekun has prepared a trump card."

He Guanchang still doesn't know that Lei Juekun plans to cancel the base fee, because in their view, this is an important income for the theater.

When He Guanchang heard that Lei Juekun had prepared a trump card, he immediately thought of one person.

Even Zou Wenhuai reacted immediately. He immediately looked at He Guanchang with shocked eyes.

"Could it be that Lin Daoqiu plans to cooperate with Lei Juekun?"

It can be said that this is the last thing Zou Wenhuai wants to happen. If this is the case, then even if Jiahe tries its best to block it, Lei Juekun may not be able to do anything.

"I don't know the specific situation yet, but since Lei Juekun dared to start a theater chain, he must have guessed that we would react, so he must have a back-up plan."

After all, the strength of Mai Jia and others had not yet been fully demonstrated at this time, so neither Zou Wenhuai nor He Guanchang took the five of them seriously.

Compared with those five people, the one they feared the most was Lin Daoqiu. If he was really attracted by Lei Juekun, something big would really happen.