Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Originally, Uncle Liu was not very interested in selling the Shaw Brothers theater chain, but now Lin Daoqiu and Bao Shaogang suddenly took action together, which made him feel that he might be able to take advantage of this opportunity to sell the Shaw Brothers theater chain at a high price.

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"I'll meet with Lin Daoqiu tomorrow. I want to have a talk with him."

If it were at the same price, Run Run Shaw would still prefer to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas to Lin Daoqiu, because the other party is really thinking about movies.

Although he didn't know that Bao Shaogang was suddenly interested in movies, after talking to him, Uncle Liu felt that Bao Shaogang's motives were impure.

"I heard that Lin Daoqiu and Bao Shaogang had a quarrel before. Could it be that Bao Shaogang suddenly jumped out and wanted to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas to deal with Lin Daoqiu?"

Fang Yihua had heard people mention some of the grievances between Lin Daoqiu and Bao Shaogang before. If you think about these two things together, it is easy to see who Bao Shaogang's acquisition plan is targeting this time.

"Hey... I'm already old. How they young people want to fight is their own problem, and it has nothing to do with us."

Now, like Uncle Liu, Mr. Shaw is already old. Otherwise, Uncle Liu would not easily sell his years of hard work to others with his ambition.

"Actually, it would be better to sell Shaw Brothers so that we can concentrate on running TVB. This is not necessarily a bad thing."

Fang Yihua didn't want Uncle Six to be too sad, so she could only say something nice.

In recent years, due to the popularity of television sets, TVB's status in Hong Kong can be said to be steadily improving, and Shaw Brothers Film Company is exactly the opposite.

If there was nothing else he could do, Uncle Six would not have thought of selling Shaw Brothers.

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I made an appointment with Lin Daoqiu at the cafe of the Peninsula Hotel. Uncle Six usually likes to come here to have afternoon tea.

This time, there were only two people meeting, Lin Daoqiu and Run Run Shao, and Fang Yihua was not with them.

"I think back when Shaw Brothers was founded, the Clearwater Bay studio was still a barren wilderness. Decades passed in the blink of an eye. Now that I think about it, it seems like everything happened yesterday."

Run Run Shaw recalled the scene when he first founded Shaw Brothers.

At that time, he was high-spirited and surrounded by powerful assistants like Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang, and Cai Yongchang.

It can be said that they were all very energetic at that time, and everyone devoted almost all their energy to making movies. It was an exciting era.

"Sorry, I'm getting older and always like to recall things from the past. Please don't take offense, Mr. Lin."

Uncle Liu laughed to himself, wondering how he could talk about this in front of a young man.

"It's an honor for me to have the opportunity to drink tea with Uncle Six and listen to you talk about the past. No one else has this opportunity."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Uncle Six laughed. The young man in front of him suddenly looked very pleasing to the eye.

At his age, it can be said that it is simply unbelievable that he can achieve such great achievements.

If the Shaw Brothers theater chain is handed over to Lin Daoqiu, this may not be a bad thing for him.

"Shaw Brothers is my heart and soul, but times have changed and it's time to let go."

Having said this, Uncle Six couldn't help but shook his head. He felt very uncomfortable that all his years of hard work had to be handed over to others.

"If I am lucky enough to be able to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas, I will definitely try my best to do my best."

Lin Daoqiu felt that Uncle Liu had already intended to sell Shaw Brothers Cinemas. As long as the price he offered was similar to Bao Shaogang, he believed the chances would be good.

"If Shaw Brothers Cinemas can flourish in the hands of Mr. Lin, this will be a comfort to me."

Since they were talking about business, Run Run Shaw would naturally not continue to lament.

After adjusting his mentality, Uncle Liu looked at Lin Daoqiu and asked with a smile.

"I don't know how much money Mr. Lin plans to spend to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas this time."

Originally, Run Run Shaw was thinking about selling the Shaw Brothers Film Company to Lin Daoqiu.

But if you think about it carefully, judging from New Oriental's system, Lin Daoqiu should have been very resistant to the large studio system that Shaw Brothers had previously pursued.

Therefore, it is almost impossible for him to take over the Shaw Brothers Film Company.

"Three hundred million. I am willing to pay three hundred million to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know how much Bao Shao had just paid, but 300 million to buy Shaw Brothers Cinemas was definitely a huge premium.

Even Bao Shaogang only paid 20 million more than Lin Daoqiu when he made the bid.

"Does Mr. Lin know how much money Bao Shao paid?"

Regarding the price of 300 million offered by Lin Daoqiu, Uncle Liu couldn't tell whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied on his face.

But from what he said, it seemed that the price Bao Shao just offered was more than the 300 million offered by Lin Daoqiu.

"Although I don't know how much Bao Shao paid, I guess the price must be around 300 million, and it will definitely not exceed 350 million."

The price of Shaw Cinemas, in addition to the building itself, is the value of the land.

But if the price of all the theaters plus the land is calculated at this moment, it will definitely not exceed 250 million.

Lin Daoqiu added another 50 million on this basis. It can be said that the price he gave was already very sincere.

"Mr. Lin's guess is correct. Mr. Bao indeed has 20 million more than you. If this is the case, would you consider adding more?"

Uncle Liu looked like he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, but in fact he didn't take the tens of millions too seriously, he just wanted to tease Lin Daoqiu.

"Uncle Liu, the price of 300 million is already my bottom line. If it exceeds this number, I'm afraid I will have no choice but to stop."

Uncle Liu didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to say this, but he felt that the other party might just be pretending.

Before coming, Uncle Liu had briefly investigated Lin Daoqiu's net worth.

He currently has at least 700 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, and it is simply impossible to say that he cannot withdraw the money.

"Mr. Lin, if Mr. Bao buys out Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Xiangjiang Cinemas will probably collapse by then."

Although Uncle Liu didn't know Bao Shaogang very well, since he was willing to spend 300 million to buy Shaw Brothers Cinema to deal with Lin Daoqiu, he was definitely not a good person.

"Uncle Six also knows that I spent so much effort to establish the Xiangjiang Cinema Chain just so that everyone can make money. Now that the movie world is so good, Uncle Six should not be regarded as such a villain."

Lin Daoqiu is actually worried that if Uncle Liu really sells the theater chain to Bao Shaogang, then the Xiangjiang film world may be in trouble again.

"Since I have sold the theater chain, these matters have nothing to do with me. Mr. Lin wants to use this reason to ask me to sell the theater chain to you. I'm afraid it won't work."

Uncle Liu would naturally not be easily caught by Lin Daoqiu's words.

In fact, Lin Daoqiu didn't want to increase the price. He was worried that if he increased the price, Bao Shaogang would definitely increase the price.

What originally cost 250 million yuan may eventually be sold for 400 million yuan or more. This is not the result he wants to see.

"Okay, I won't embarrass Mr. Lin. You can also want me to sell the theater chain to you, but you have to promise me one thing..."