The Most Powerful Tycoon Reborn In Xiangjiang

Chu Huan's crazy acquisition behavior still caused a chain reaction.

When Shanhai Cinemas became the fourth largest theater company in Xiangjiang, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest realized that their previous evaluation of black and white images was completely wrong.

Prior to this, the two film companies believed that if they wanted to clean up the black and white images, they only needed to complete the sniping on the films shot by the film companies, which was enough to complete the attack on the black and white images.

But things are different now.

Chu Huan actually put the main direction of development on the acquisition of theaters.

Before they could react, Chu Huan had already completed the expansion of the theater chain with lightning speed.

The current situation has changed drastically from a month ago.

A month ago, Chu Huan only had five movie theaters in his hands, four of which were rented out. With such a scale, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest would not be too wary of him.

As for the two companies' dissatisfaction with Chu Huan, it was not because they felt that black and white images would have a bright future, but because Chu Huan's behavior at that time made them very unhappy.

But now a film company with twelve theaters in its hands, as long as its black and white images can develop normally, it will definitely become a force that cannot be ignored in the Hong Kong film industry in the future.

There are only so many shares in the Xiangjiang film industry. Chu Huan's sudden emergence will definitely take away the resources of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

At this time, the two companies' views on Chu Huan have risen from purely personal grievances to commercial competition.

At this time, the two companies will naturally take some measures to prevent the development of black and white images.

The grievances between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are much greater than the competition between Black and White Image and Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, so it is impossible for them to communicate with each other, but at the same time make the same decision.

"Just this morning, the film companies we have cooperated with called one after another, expressing their intention to cancel the cooperation. I inquired about it, and found out that both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers seemed to have discussed it. The film companies put pressure on them.

Said that if their movies are shown in our theaters, they will lose the opportunity to be shown in Shaw Brothers theaters and Jiahe theaters, and their distribution in other cities will also be blocked! "

Fang Jianhui stood at the door of the ward, looking at Chu Huan worriedly.

This is the biggest crisis he has encountered since he became the general manager of Black and White Image, and it is actually the first crisis. The development of Black and White Image was so smooth that Fang Jianhui thought that the shopping mall was nothing more than that.

But now Shaw Brothers, as soon as Jiahe made a move, he felt as if he was facing an abyss.

Chu Huan spent nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars to buy and decorate these theaters. Now that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have just made a move, Shanhai Cinemas is facing the dilemma of having no movies to show.

If Shanhai Cinemas had no film source, then the consumption in one month would be hundreds of thousands. For Shanhai Cinemas, a new theater company, there was no way to bear such a loss, unless Chu Huan continued to inject funds.

But Fang Jianhui doesn't know how much money Chu Huan has now. He only knows that Chu Huan used loans to buy these theaters. By the way, the bank interest has not been calculated yet.

Standing there, Chu Huan also frowned. Although he had already guessed that Shaw Brothers and Jiahe would make a move, he did not expect that the other party would come so fast and so swiftly.

"I originally thought that such a thing would not happen until after the release of "The Great Warlord", but I didn't expect them to make a move now!"

After Chu Huan finished speaking, he looked at Fang Jianhui and asked.

"In addition to using their own theaters and distribution channels to deter those film companies, do the two companies have any other means?"

Fang Jianhui said helplessly: "This is enough, especially the distribution channels in other cities. Now there are only these two companies in Xiangjiang who have distribution channels in other cities. Once this ban comes out, these film companies have already been persuaded."

"Fortunately, they still underestimate black and white images after all." Chu Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and things didn't go in the worst direction.

"It's okay?" Fang Jianhui saw that Chu Huan said it was okay, and couldn't help complaining: "Brother Huan, the fire is already imminent. Apart from this, what else can they do?"

Chu Huan said: "It's very simple. As long as the two companies order their own actors not to participate in the filming of the film companies that cooperate with our Shanhai Cinemas, what do you think will happen to those film companies?"

Although the incident did not happen, after hearing what Chu Huan said, Fang Jianhui's face changed instantly, and he even said in horror: "If this is the case, those film companies will be more resolute in implementing the ban they issued. At the same time, even our Companies have to face the situation that no one is available.”

Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "That's right, that was the biggest blow to the company, but obviously, both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest think that the current ban is enough to deal with our company, so they didn't launch the final trick .”

In addition to the natural advantages of the two film companies in theaters and distribution channels, a more important advantage is actually talent.

In Xiangjiang, most of the film companies are actually shell companies, and even a certain director or actor feels that he can produce independently, so he established a film company.

Now that Black and White Image has completed the preliminary company structure, I still feel that there are not enough directors and actors, let alone those small companies.

When they make a film, people need to borrow from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the studio needs to be rented from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the film needs to be released in theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and distribution needs to be channeled by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

That's why it is said that they are living under the nose of the two major film companies.

On the set, even if Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest don’t borrow them, they can still make modern films. Movies, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest’s theaters are not released, they can also contact those independent movie theaters for distribution. Not every film company cares about other cities. box office.

Only in terms of people, they really cannot do without Shaw Brothers and Jiahe.

Especially the Shaw Brothers. Most of the film talents in Xiangjiang can be said to be in the Shaw Brothers.

If you want to start a movie, you must have actors and directors. Without these people, what is the movie going to be about.

"Brother Huan, what should we do now? Do you want to go find Feng Jingxi again, let him be a peacemaker again, and talk to Shao Yifu?"

Fang Jianhui preached in a panic.

Before Chu Huan asked Feng Jingxi to be a peacemaker, Fang Jianhui knew about Li Hanxiang's affairs.

Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "It's useless to find Feng Jingxi for this matter. Don't forget that Feng Jingxi is also a shareholder of Shaw Brothers. What we are doing now is actually grabbing Shaw Brothers' market share. Plunder Feng Jingxi's wealth.

The reason why Feng Jingxi would help before was because we had no stake in anything, but it's different now.

Moreover, now that Shaw Brothers has not stopped our rental contract for the Qingshuiwan studio, there is Feng Jingxi's face in it.

When doing business, you can't always think of relying on the help of others to overcome difficulties. In this case, even your enemies will not think highly of you! "

Fang Jianhui showed a slumped expression, and said: "Then what should we do, now we have no power to fight back?"

Chu Huan chuckled, and said, "Don't worry, since I already guessed that they would attack, I naturally thought about countermeasures. This time, I will show you how Zhang Wuji solved the problem of Guangmingding being besieged by the six factions. !"

Seeing how confident Chu Huan was, Fang Jianhui immediately looked hopeful: "What can I do?"

Chu Huan did not directly answer Fang Jianhui's question, but ordered: "You call the bosses of those film companies right now and tell them that I will hold a banquet at Yung Kee tonight, and I ask them to appreciate it."

Fang Jianhui knew that Chu Huan was about to make a move, so he said excitedly, "Okay, I'll notify them now."

After speaking, Fang Jianhui didn't have time to ask Chu Huan what kind of tricks he had prepared, so he left the hospital in a hurry.

Chu Huan returned to the ward again.

Miao Kexiu, who was lying on the hospital bed, also had a worried expression on her face when she saw Chu Huan come back.

"Brother Huan, Manager Fang came here in a hurry, is there something wrong?"

"There are some small problems in the company, but the problem is not big, and it is easy to solve!"

Chu Huan sat next to Miao Kexiu again, and preached lightly and lightly.

Miao Kexiu hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, Brother Huan, you should go to the company to have a look. I don't have anything to do here."

Chu Huan took an orange to help Miao Kexiu peel it, and said with a smile: "There is no way to solve it even if I go to the company, but I will go out for a while tonight, so I may not be able to have dinner with you."

Miao Kexiu propped herself up with both hands, leaned on the hospital bed, and said, "Brother Huan, actually I have nothing to do here, I can be discharged from the hospital today, as long as I come to the hospital when the stitches are removed."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Don't worry about leaving the hospital. You have to observe for a day anyway. The matter on my side is easy to solve. You don't have to worry."

After finishing speaking, Chu Huan put the peeled orange into Miao Kexiu's mouth, "Unless you don't want me to stay here with you."

"Of course not"

With an orange in her mouth, Miao Kexiu muttered loudly.

Seeing this, Chu Huan laughed, and Miao Ke showed off her temples instantly.

"The film industry is not so easy to mess with!"

Jiahe, in Zou Wenhuai's office.

Zou Wenhuai, wearing black-rimmed glasses, sat there with a slender cigar in his hand, with a contented smile on his face.

Sitting opposite Zou Wenhuai was Jiahe's second in command He Guanchang, the two of them actually looked a little similar, people who didn't know thought they were brothers.

He Guanchang sat there cross-legged and preached to Zou Wenhuai: "Shao Laoliu issued the ban almost at the same time as us. It seems that he is not very satisfied with Chu Huan's behavior during this period."

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "In Li Hanxiang's body, he was put on by Chu Huan. In Feng Jingxi's face, he had to agree that the film with black and white images can borrow Shaw Brothers' Qingshuiwan studio. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. .”

He Guanchang sighed a little: "This Chu Huan is really bold. I didn't expect his expansion speed to be so fast. In just one month, he expanded seven movie theaters!"

He Guanchang included Yingyu Cinema in this.

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Young people tend to be impulsive, which is understandable, but after all, they are too young and have gone the wrong way."

He Guanchang said: "I just got the news that Fang Jianhui, who is in black and white, has contacted the bosses of those small and medium-sized film companies, saying that Chu Huan wants to invite them to have dinner at Yung Kee tonight."

As soon as Fang Jianhui's side started to act, He Guanchang's side already knew the news. Obviously, some of the small and medium film company bosses also tipped them off.

"It's just that I don't understand, the matter has developed to this point, what else can Chu Huan do to restore the current situation?

Could it be that he still wants to reduce the cost of the package? "

He Guanchang looked at Zou Wenhuai in confusion.

For Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang has a kind of admiration, otherwise he would not have been loyal to assist Zou Wenhuai for decades.

He had never seen anything that Zou Wenhuai could not handle.

"It should be similar to what you think, otherwise, apart from this method, I can't think of any other way." Zou Wenhuai said nonchalantly.

Now they have played a dead game for Chu Huan, and they have already won. No matter how they look at it, Chu Huan has no chance of turning over.

He Guanchang nodded and said: "I think so too, but I have already told Luo Wei that after they finish their meal with Chu Huan, they will immediately inform us of what they said."

Although Luo Wei completed the filming of "Big Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury" after Golden Harvest, his contract with Golden Harvest ended and he formed his own film company.

The two sides can only be said to be a cooperative relationship.

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Then let's see what tricks this Xiangjiang young talent is going to use."

He Guanchang also laughed and said, "Then shall we wait and contact Chu Huan when he can't hold on anymore?"

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "Yes, people who are at the end of their means will desperately seize the opportunity, and naturally they will give more of what they are willing to give."

Competition and suppression are just commercial means, not ends.

The purpose of business is to make money!

Golden Harvest made a move on the black and white images, and everyone thought it was because Chu Huan snatched the Lisheng Theater from Golden Harvest when he founded the Shanhai Cinema.

As everyone knows, Zou Wenhuai already has other plans in his heart at this time.

To Zou Wenhuai, the black and white image is actually irrelevant. If there is no Shanhai Cinema, Jiahe would not even bother to look up the black and white image.

Therefore, in Zou Wenhuai's eyes, the most important thing is the Shanhai Cinemas.

Under the joint suppression of all the film companies in Xiangjiang, Shanhai Cinemas is bound to fall into the dilemma of having no films to show. Since Zou Wenhuai is paying attention to Chu Huan, he naturally knows how Shanhai Cinemas was established.

Without the support of the film, Chu Huan would not be able to afford the monthly loss of Shanhai Cinemas.

If Jiahe appeared as the savior at this time, wouldn't the conditions be up to them?

Therefore, Zou Wenhuai's real purpose is the Shanhai Theater in the hands of Chu Huan. He is not going to acquire the Shanhai Theater, but wants to form a cooperative relationship with Chu Huan. In this cooperative relationship, Jiahe is Take advantage of this incident and take the initiative.

If Golden Harvest can get Shanhai Cinemas in the hands of Chu Huan, then Golden Harvest will surpass Shuangnan Cinemas and Shaw Cinemas and become the largest cinema company in Xiangjiang.

At that time, Golden Harvest's movie may reach another height in the box office of Xiangjiang.

Thus enabling Golden Harvest to fulfill its dream of surpassing Shaw Brothers.

It can only be said that none of the people who have achieved success in the market are paid for nothing, and they are all foxes with a thousand years.

He Guanchang asked with some concern: "Do you think Shao Lao Liu also has such thoughts? What if he makes a move ahead of us?"

Shaw Brothers and Jiahe did not discuss it, but made the same decision at the same time, which made He Guanchang worry that Shao Yifu had the same plan as Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai narrowed his eyes slightly, and Shao Yifu was the enemy that Zou Wenhuai believed in for life.

After thinking for a while, Zou Wenhuai said: "The possibility is not very high, Yifu Shao has a great desire to control, and he will not allow an independent kingdom under the Shao family.

And even if Shao Yifu had such a plan, Chu Huan would not cooperate with him. Don't forget my analysis of Chu Huan. This person is actually similar to Shao Yifu, and he also has a strong desire to control, otherwise he would not be in the In the early days of founding a film company, he got involved in theaters.

He just wants to have enough power to speak.

It is impossible for such two people to come together to truly complete the cooperation.

So in Xiangjiang, if Chu Huan wants to overcome this difficulty, he must cooperate with us! "

He Guanchang still agrees with Zou Wenhuai's analysis. After all, it is human beings who do business, and it is impossible if human factors are not taken into consideration.

"By the way, there is one more thing. The company's ban on black and white images made Li Xiaolong quite critical. He even told me about it before."

Zou Wenhuai smiled wryly, now Li Xiaolong is really getting more and more difficult to control, especially after Li Xiaolong's contract with Golden Harvest expired.

In the dialogue with Zou Wenhuai, Li Xiaolong has more right to speak.

Different from other Xiangjiang stars who only have a certain box office appeal in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Li Xiaolong now has the box office appeal of the entire Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other regions with only two movies, and more importantly What's more, Li Xiaolong's fame has already started in Europe and America.

Zou Wenhuai has always had a dream, which is to enter Golden Harvest Films into the European and American markets. In the past, only Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong had this ability.

But Shaw Brothers entered the European market more with literary films.

Things are different now with Li Xiaolong. His films are 100% commercial films. Once such films can enter the mainstream markets in Europe and America, the benefits they will bring are unimaginable.

It is precisely because of this that in the cooperation with Li Xiaolong, Zou Wenhuai is slowly losing the right to speak.

"This Aaron is still so impulsive!" After a bitter smile, Zou Wenhuai continued: "But Aaron still needs to be appeased, after all, the company depends on him if it wants to open up the European and American markets, let's do it for a while I went to find him personally and told him about the company's situation, but he was just complaining!"

He Guanchang smiled and said, "Only you can convince him."

"Brother Six, what on earth did Jiahe think, and they actually made the same decision as us?"

Fang Yihua brought Shao Yifu a cup of ginseng tea, then sat across from Shao Yifu, and couldn't help asking.

In fact, these things should have been done by Shao Yifu's secretary, but Fang Yihua knew Shao Yifu's personality very well. After she joined Shaw Brothers, the first thing she did was to fire Shao Yifu's female secretary and replace it with a As a male secretary, at the same time, Fang Yihua would do the work of serving tea and water by herself whenever she had the chance.

Regarding the ban on black and white images, Shaw Brothers did not communicate with Golden Harvest, but now Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers issued the ban almost at the same time.

This had to make Fang Yihua start to doubt Jiahe's thoughts.

"What else can I think? It's just that I'm thinking about Chu Huan's Shanhai Theater Line!" Shao Yifu said indifferently: "It's just that both Zou Wenhuai and I have already seen it, and we can't let Chu Huan If things go on like this, if they are allowed to go on like this, black and white images will start poaching people.

Apart from Li Xiaolong, Jiahe didn't have any notable talents, but our Shaw Brothers is different, we can't let Chu Huan do this. "

The reason why Shao Brothers suppressed the black and white images is very simple. It is because Shao Yifu guessed Chu Huan's next plan, so he wanted to create an artificial crisis for Chu Huan. Only in this way would the development of the black and white images be slow.

According to Chu Huan's development model, this crisis is likely to drive the start-up black-and-white image and Shanhai cinema into the abyss.

"If that's the case, then wouldn't we be helping Zou Wenhuai? If he really gets the Shanhai Cinema, then it will surpass our Shaw Cinema!"

Fang Yihua preached worriedly.

Shao Yifu waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, Zou Wenhuai still doesn't know Chu Huan well enough. Don't look at Chu Huan, a young man who is only 19 years old, but his business methods are very sophisticated. If he is so easily defeated If you are a person, then you will not complete a magnificent turn around before and become the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile."

Fang Yihua couldn't understand Shao Yifu's words. Since Shao Yifu was so optimistic about Chu Huan, why did he do it?

Ask if you don't understand, Fang Yihua raised his own question.

"In Xiangjiang, there are only two kinds of film companies, one is Shaw Brothers, and the other is other film companies." Shao Yifu said domineeringly.

Then he explained: "The ban on black and white images is to let Chu Huan understand that if he wants to do film business in Xiangjiang, he must rely on our Shaw Brothers, and only by following our Shaw Brothers rules can he continue his business.

Suppressing black and white images is not our goal, our goal is Golden Harvest! "

Although Shao Yifu said he looked down on other film companies, in Shao Yifu's heart, Golden Harvest was always Shaw's biggest enemy in Xiangjiang.

As for the black-and-white image, now it is just a young man who looks fancy but lacks connotation.

It is true that the development of black and white images has a tendency to threaten Shaw Brothers, but it is still only possible, but with Li Xiaolong's Golden Harvest, it has already threatened Shaw Brothers.

Fang Yihua pondered for a while, and finally understood Shao Yifu's meaning, "So you mean to let the black and white images fight Jiahe?"

"The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. Think about it, if there are black and white images in the Xiangjiang film market that attack Golden Harvest, and Shaw Brothers targets Golden Harvest in other markets, then even if Golden Harvest has Li Xiaolong, it will be nothing but a castle in the air."

Shao Yifu preached with pride.

"But if that's the case, why do we still have to deal with the black and white images? Just call him here and tell him clearly."

Fang Yihua asked again: "Now it's easier for Chu Huan to move closer to Jiahe."

"Young people are always young and energetic. Although Chu Huan was very humble in front of me that time, I can see that this person has his own ideas and will not be influenced by others at all.

Only by letting him understand who is the one who has the right to speak in this industry can he tame this fierce horse."

Shao Yifu preached.

Whether it's Shaw Brothers or Jiahe, the real purpose of what they are doing now is not the black and white image of Chu Huan, but the other party.

But at this time, the black and white image still became the bargaining chip for the confrontation between the two film companies.

Both sides hope to control Chu Huan in their own hands and become a sharp sword to attack the other party. As for what Chu Huan, the party concerned, thinks.

Neither of them really cares much now.

Shaw's and Jiahe's tacit actions were soon caught by interested people.

"Haha, let him expand like crazy, now it's all right, let Shao Lao Liu and Zou Wenhuai clean up at the same time!"

It is naturally Chu Ran who is smiling so happily.

They had been paying attention to Chu Huan, and naturally understood Chu Huan's current situation immediately.

Chen Xiao laughed beside him and said, "Unintentionally, Chu Huan originally wanted to quickly complete his layout in the film industry, and then he could turn around and deal with us, but he didn't expect that his behavior would cause trouble between Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. Dissatisfied, now the two film companies have issued a ban on him at the same time.

The Shanhai theater chain will become a huge burden and drag down Chu Huan's cash flow, so that we can make our own plans with more peace of mind. "

"Daddy, I think it's better to invite Shao Lao Liu and Zou Wenhuai to have a meal. These two people are doing well!" Chu Ran smiled with a little forgetfulness.

Chu Tianxiao rarely reprimanded Chu Ran, and said: "Since Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have helped us set up the stage, let's add fire."

After finishing speaking, Chu Tianxiao said to Chu Ran: "You immediately notify the major shareholders of the company, including Chu Huan, and tell them that the company will hold a board meeting tomorrow to discuss the issuance of new shares."

In Chu Tianxiao's view, no matter who wins or loses, Chu Huan's side will definitely be affected by the suppression of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe this time, and this impact will bring him huge losses.

Chu Huan has already invested a lot of cash in order to expand the Shanhai theater chain. At this time, he is selling new shares. Chu Huan is powerless to deal with it!

"Okay!" Chu Ran said happily.

When all parties were planning, Chu Huan came to Yung Kee as scheduled.

Not today, thank you everyone~