Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Uncle Six has been silent for so long, and suddenly wants to reopen the film company. It doesn't take much to think about it. It must be Chief Peng who gave him the motivation. But now that the overall situation of Hong Kong Film has been decided, I am very curious about what kind of plans Uncle Six has?"

Li Maowen really couldn't understand. It would have been easier in the past, but now that Xiangjiang Cinemas is in the hands of New Oriental, there is no chance that Run Run Shaw will rise again even if he reopens the film company.

In the past, they relied on theater chains to strangle New Oriental by the neck, and came up with the "Hong Kong Film Management Law". They could only choose between theater chains and film companies.

Wei Yixin repealed this law after taking office, but the problem is that now more than 70% of the theaters in Hong Kong are under the name of New Oriental. What can Uncle Liu do to make a comeback this time?

"If I guess correctly, Chief Peng and Uncle Six will probably work hard on monopoly laws."

Lin Daoqiu thought for a while, and he felt that the solution that Fei Peng and Run Run Shao could come up with had no other possibilities except antitrust laws.

If there is no way to limit the holdings of theater chains, then if Uncle Liu only opens a film company, there will be no threat to Lin Daoqiu at all.

"You mean they're going to limit the number of theaters we can control?"

After Li Maowen heard what Lin Daoqiu said, he immediately understood.

"Although I'm not 100% sure that they will do this, judging from the current situation, it is almost impossible for Uncle Liu to use other methods to defeat us except this method."

Li Maowen nodded while listening. He felt that what Lin Daoqiu said was right, but he was not worried about it. At this time, New Oriental was already very different from before.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu's identity has changed from the head of Xiangjiang Film to a world-renowned film tycoon. What's more, Lin Daoqiu also owns an MGM film company, and Neon has also formed an alliance with Toei and Shochiku.

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With Uncle Liu's current strength, it's not that Li Maowen underestimates him, but it's that he has no chance or even a chance of beating Lin Daoqiu in the film industry.

If Lin Daoqiu was more ruthless, who would dare to support Run Run Shaw and the others? He would have many ways to prevent the movies made by those who support Run Run Shaw from selling.

"There is no need to worry about this matter for the time being. I believe that Chief Peng will invite me to the Governor's Mansion for a meeting soon. By then, I believe he will make it clear what he wants to do."

Fei Peng didn't let Lin Daoqiu wait too long. Two days later, Fei Peng sent someone to New Oriental to invite Lin Daoqiu to the Governor's Mansion for a talk.

Lin Daoqiu directly agreed to the other party's invitation, and then followed the people sent by Fei Peng to the Governor's Mansion.

In the past few days, Fei Peng has been wandering around outside, showing off a very friendly attitude, drinking herbal tea and eating snacks, walking around the construction site market a few times, and then taking the subway.

It can be said that the people here in Xiangjiang feel that Fei Peng is a very people-friendly governor after his series of performances in the past few days.

Naturally, Fei Peng gained a lot of space because of this. The news and newspapers these days basically focused on his itinerary.

However, Lin Daoqiu was not interested at all in the things Fei Peng did. He knew that this guy with a hidden smile must be harboring something bad and waiting for him when he called him to the Governor's Mansion.

When Lin Daoqiu arrived at the Governor's Mansion, unlike before when he went to see Wei Yixin, this time Fei Peng stood directly at the door of the office to greet Lin Daoqiu. It can be said that his posture was very impressive.

But Fei Peng's approach of treating the virtuous corporal was of no use to Lin Daoqiu, because Lin Daoqiu looked down on Fei Peng from the bottom of his heart.

"Hello Mr. Lin, welcome."

Fei Peng stepped forward and shook hands with Lin Daoqiu, then invited him into his office.

Immediately after entering, someone served coffee.

Fei Peng's office looks very ordinary, and does not have that luxurious feel. Compared with his predecessor Wei Yixin, Fei Peng has removed a lot of things, making the room look much more streamlined.

"My predecessors' favorite thing to do was to stay in the office, so they made the office glamorous. But I am different. I like to go outside and interact with the people, so that I can hear the most authentic voices."

Lin Daoqiu just smiled at this. Lin Daoqiu knew exactly what Fei Peng wanted to do, so he had no intention of exposing Fei Peng.

"The reason I invited Mr. Lin here today is because I want to talk to you about some topics about Hong Kong film and television, especially issues in the film and television industry."

"Please tell me."

Lin Daoqiu nodded, he wanted to know what Fei Peng wanted to do.

Fei Peng knew very well that Lin Daoqiu must have already known the first person he was looking for, Run Run Shaw, and after he found Run Run Shaw, the other party immediately restarted Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Such an approach would definitely seem strange to Lin Daoqiu, and he must have realized that without his support, Run Run Shaw would never dare to restart the film company.

But for Fei Peng, Lin Daoqiu's trend made him unable to judge. The best way was to lower the risk or even let more people come to their side.

As the head of the Xiangjiang film and television industry, it would make him feel very uneasy if someone other than Fei Peng and the others sat in this seat.

Because at this time, Xiangjiang was most famous for its film and television industry. Throughout Asia, Xiangjiang movies have gradually spread throughout Asia since the 1970s, and the rise of Kung Fu movies has made Xiangjiang movies world-renowned.

However, in Fei Peng's view, his predecessor Wei Yixin made a mistake in supporting Hong Kong Films, that is, he fully supported Lin Daoqiu and drove everyone else away.

Under the situation where New Oriental was the dominant company, Lin Daoqiu did not give Yingji much support, but preferred to go to the other side. This was a situation that Fei Peng could never tolerate and was never willing to see.

Therefore, he who holds the power wants to change this situation. He wants Lin Daoqiu to stand clearly on their side. If he can't or is unwilling to do so, then Fei Peng will let the head of Xiangjiang Film

Let someone else do it.

"I think no matter what industry it is, it needs an environment where a hundred flowers can flourish. If it is too single, it will form a monopoly, which is by no means a good thing for an industry."

Lin Daoqiu was not surprised at all when he heard what Fei Peng said, because he had already guessed that Fei Peng was planning to deal with him through anti-monopoly before he came.

But Fei Peng quickly added to Lin Daoqiu.

"My words are not directed at you or New Oriental. I just hope that Xiangjiang Films can have a more open environment. At least some changes must be made compared to before."

"I wonder what changes Chief Peng refers to?"