Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 406 Planning to Monopolize Xiangjiang Cinemas
On the stage, Tang Huan said softly, "Don't completely lose your gentle oriental style", but Deng Lijun replied impatiently, "In my old profession, I am definitely better than you. Professional", and got hit a bit.

Smiling and shaking his head, Tang Huan went straight back to the audience, greeted the others, and then walked towards the VIP passage.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind, "Mr. Tang, it's really not easy to meet you alone now."

Tang Huan looked back and saw that it was Fang Yihua who was walking over quickly. He stopped and waited and said, "Maybe it's because I have been busy recently. However, if Ms. Fang has something to do, she should be able to stay at DreamWorks Solve it."

Fang Yihua, who murmured in his heart, "You don't know how difficult Hu Yinmeng is", knew that Tang Huan's time was precious, so he explained the purpose of coming straight to the point, "For some things, it is more convenient to talk to Mr. Tang directly, such as Shaw Cinemas is willing to cooperate in all aspects of the established DreamWorks Cinemas.”

"Ms. Fang, let's talk in the lounge over there." Tang Huan stepped forward again, thinking in his mind, "It seems that Run Run Shaw, who is in his 70s, is indeed old and has low energy. A TVB He was busy enough, but the possible future competition with DreamWorks Cinemas was too much to worry about, so this was the favor that came to his doorstep."

After sitting down, Tang Huan asked deeply, "In addition to self-operation, the relationship between DreamWorks theaters is alliance and franchise. Which cooperation method does Ms. Fang choose?"

"Of course it's the same as the Anle Cinemas. If we join forces, otherwise we won't even have the chance to release the first round of movies." Fang Yihua laughed.

DreamWorks Cinemas is operated as a subsidiary of DreamWorks, and its independence is relatively strong.

With Jiang Zhiqiang's integration into the DreamWorks power system, all the previous guards in the hearts of the Jiang brothers have been eliminated. The Anle Cinema Line, which the Jiang family belongs to, has joined the DreamWorks Cinema Line sincerely, and has been able to maintain its brand and characteristics, so as to focus on The operation of literary and western films.

Jiang Zhiwen was even entrusted with the important task of being in charge of the operation of DreamWorks Cinemas.

In fact, this change is the best choice under the pressure of the market situation.

The Xiangjiang No. [-] consortium's involvement in theater chains must be completely crushed in terms of capital. The end of many theaters with average strength is almost predictable, and this is the cruelty of market competition.

Jiang Zhiqiang knew that the only thing DreamWorks theaters lacked was ready-made industry experience, so he urged his brother Jiang Zhiwen to seize this opportunity quickly so that he could enjoy the shade under the big tree.

The result was just as Jiang Zhiqiang expected, Tang Huan was very generous, not only doubling the preferential treatment to Anle Cinemas, who was the first to join, but also included Jiang Zhiwen in the ranks of DreamWorks executives.

It has to be said that Tang Huan's courage not only stems from his own strong capital, but also benefits from his age of less than 30 years old.

As for Run Run Shaw, who is well versed in the rules of the market game, he decisively adopted a cooperative attitude while avoiding disadvantages. It may not be so "weak".

"I feel your sincerity, so what do you hope to get from me?" With Tang Huan's current status, he spoke so bluntly, not only did he not feel condescending, but he was honest with his business partners.

""Fang Shiyu" is so popular in Xiangjiang, with the channel that Mr. Tang has mastered, it will definitely promote Hollywood." Fang Yihua smiled and said it more implicitly.

Tang Huan pondered for a moment, and said that as expected, Hollywood is so tempting. Not only Zou Wenhuai has been trying various things, but even Run Run Shaw has always been obsessed with it. Maybe this is why the two of them deserve to be called For the movie mogul's sake.

"If Mr. Tang is willing, Shaw Cinemas is also happy to be acquired by DreamWorks Cinemas." Fang Yihua continued to add chips, and then added: "But it needs to be acquired as a whole, and DreamWorks Cinemas cannot release Shaw Brothers films. any discrimination."

"I'm interested in acquiring it, but I'm worried that Uncle Six will just take a break and completely abandon the theater business." Tang Huan laughed.

Of course he can buy Shaw Cinemas like Dickson Poon did in the original time and space, but Run Run Shaw really doesn't have to worry about it.

But the problem is that, in Tang Huan's eyes, Run Run Shaw's influence in the film industry is still quite useful. If he is allowed to retreat so simply, it would be a waste of resources.

Fang Yihua didn't figure out the meaning of Tang Huan's words, so he didn't rush to talk, just listened to the other party continue: "It's a good thing that Chinese movies enter Hollywood. Not so easy to fool."

Tang Huan looked at Fang Yihua with a half-smile, "Ms. Fang, have you made any statistics? In the past two years, how many Shaw Brothers movies have grossed over 500 million at the Xiangjiang box office? And the newly established New Art City has "" The two films "Best Partner" and "Brothers and Brothers" have exceeded 2600 million, especially the former, which is as high as more than [-] million. Even Yongjia Films, a satellite company of DreamWorks, has a box office of "Beware tiny hand"."

Fang Yihua was quite embarrassed when Tang Huan mercilessly pointed out the decline in the production level of Shaw Films, and she was speechless.

Run Run Shaw may not be very fond of film art, he operates completely according to the thinking of a businessman, as long as he makes money.

In the original time and space, the TV series "Shanghai Beach" was even edited into two movies and released in Shaw theaters. As a result, the first movie took away more than 100 million box office from the audience, while the second movie directly dropped to More than 40 box office.

It can be said that Run Run Shaw hardly gave up any opportunity to extract surplus value.However, in this way, his path in the field of film has become narrower and narrower.

Today's movie box office is all about explosive power. A critical hit, with a box office of over [-] million, is much more cost-effective than working exhaustingly on several movies. However, this requires a keen grasp of the market, and the aging Shaw Brothers cannot keep up with the situation. .

"It is probably difficult for Americans to pay for Chinese-language movies. After all, they are on the culturally strong side, so they can only rely on novelty to attract attention. Special kung fu movies like "Fang Shiyu" are based on this as a starting point."

Tang Huan said leisurely: "I am optimistic that the cooperation between the two companies will be successful, but there are still many necessary preparations. Ms. Fang might as well go back and think about it carefully."

Fang Yihua, who was dismissed by Tang Huan, just walked out of the lounge when he saw He Guanchang standing outside.After flickering in her heart for a while, she greeted lightly, and then left.

From the struggle for power within the Shaw Brothers, to the tit-for-tat confrontation between Golden Harvest and the Shaw Brothers, the two sides have accumulated grudges for more than ten years.

Therefore, He Guanchang didn't care about Fang Yathua's indifference, he just glanced thoughtfully at Fang Yathua's back, but didn't have time to think carefully, so he hurriedly walked into the lounge.

"What a coincidence, Ms. Fang just left, and Mr. He arrived." Tang Huan joked without any scruples.

"It's quite a coincidence." He Guanchang laughed dryly, "Maybe our purpose of looking for Mr. Tang is similar."

"I would like to hear the details." Tang Huan nodded slightly.

"Golden Harvest has been developing in Hollywood for some years. To be honest, there are gains and losses, mixed joys and sorrows, but Mr. Tang is heroic. He manages a world in Hollywood while talking and laughing. It is really admirable. However, the Chinese are in Hollywood after all. Alone and lonely, Golden Harvest intends to join hands with Mr. Tang, I wonder what Mr. Tang will do?"

Compared with Fang Yihua who was almost flattering before, He Guanchang showed more confidence. This may not be a true comparison of the current development prospects of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

But Tang Huan must suppress Jiahe's self-righteousness. Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, who are in their 50s, are in the golden combination stage of career development. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are ambitious and rebellious.

"My United Artists and MGM are established in Hollywood, and they can develop smoothly without the help of outsiders. I don't know if Mr. He has asked about the box office performance of this year's summer in the United States. My two companies are the number one, far ahead " Tang Huan said lightly.

Upon hearing this, He Guanchang immediately understood that Tang Huan didn't like Jiahe's behavior of begging for help and putting on airs.

This is also true. What He Guanchang said about "working together" is based on taking advantage of Tang Huan and using his Hollywood resources. How can there be equal capital?

After muttering in his heart, "What an imposing manner", He Guanchang immediately laughed and said: "Of course I have heard of it, so in Hollywood, Golden Harvest is willing to follow the example of Mr. Tang. Mr. Tang is always better than Warner and 20th Century Fox. Caring is not."

Seeing that He Guanchang showed his awareness of being a younger brother, Tang Huan nodded slightly with satisfaction, and at the same time secretly laughed in his heart. It seems that Golden Harvest has suffered a lot in the process of cooperating with those old Hollywood fritters. Otherwise, He Guanchang would not be able to speak There is a kind of helplessness and complaint in it.

"In business talk business, I can share Hollywood's resources with Golden Harvest, but what about the corresponding compensation?" Tang Huan asked kindly.

"DreamWorks has always been fighting for the talent resources of Shaw Brothers and TVB. In fact, Golden Harvest is not bad in this regard." He Guanchang, who had been prepared for a long time, came up with the terms of exchange.

"Not bad, but not enough." Tang Huan said bluntly.

He Guanchang, who was not sure of Tang Huan's plan, dared to offer an offer, so he could only ask with a wry smile, "Then what does Mr. Tang want Jiahe to do?"

"Mr. He is not ignorant of the establishment of DreamWorks Cinemas, right? Do you hope that in the future, Golden Harvest Cinemas will have another DreamWorks Cinemas in addition to Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Princess Cinemas? ?” Tang Huan laughed loudly.

"Did Fang Yihua just discuss theater cooperation with Mr. Tang?" He Guanchang asked tentatively.

"That's right." Tang Huan said frankly, "The atmosphere of our discussion is very harmonious."

He Guanchang said in a joking tone: "If this is the case, if Golden Harvest also joins the cooperation circle, then Xiangjiang's theaters will almost be unified."

"What's wrong with this?" Tang Huan's eyes suddenly became sharper, "Take the Lunar New Year file at the beginning of this year as an example, if the theaters can arrange the schedules of "Best Partner" and "Master Dragon" Be more ingenious, it may not be possible to make this cake bigger."

The smile on He Guanchang's face froze. He suddenly remembered the tacit cooperation between TVB and Media Asia TV in the prime time. Seeing what Tang Huan meant, he wanted to carry forward this method to the field of movies.

If there was any difference, it would be that the former's actions were concealed, while the latter directly assumed a monopoly posture.

But to reach such a level, strong leadership is bound to be required. In other words, the rankings of the elder brother and the second younger brother are required.

Golden Harvest has already chosen to be Tang Huan's follower in Hollywood, so he can't end up like this in Xiangjiang, the headquarters. Golden Harvest, who is in full swing, can't be compared with Shaw Brothers, which is declining.

He Guanchang's thoughts changed sharply, and he couldn't help feeling dizzy.

"Mr. He must have understood what I mean, why don't you go back and discuss it with Mr. Zou." Tang Huan stood up first, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, so don't rush to worry about these mundane matters."

He Guanchang smiled in agreement, hurriedly left, and hurried to find Zou Wenhuai, he didn't have the capital to enjoy leisure like Tang Huan.

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After He Guanchang explained the content of the meeting, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but gasped, "Tang Huan's ambition is so great, Xiangjiang has a long film history, but no one has ever been able to unify the local theater chain. "

"It may not be that no one can achieve this step. It's just that the interests of the previous ones are not worth the hands of the big consortium. You know, the current Hollywood companies basically don't start from the 60s and [-]s. Into the hands of a consortium of large companies? And Tang Huan, a billionaire, obviously wants to bring this model into Xiangjiang, but the capacity here is limited, only enough for a big crocodile to cruise around.” He has been thinking for a while on the road He Guanchang sighed.

"Tang Huan is in high spirits right now. Let's observe for a while first, otherwise we will be too passive." Zou Wenhuai, who was not willing to be a younger brother in Xiangjiang, finally decided.

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Compared with He Guanchang's Yiye Zhiqiu, Fang Yihua, who is also the spokesperson, does not have such vision.

After reporting to Run Run Shaw, she asked suspiciously: "Tang Huan said, I'm afraid you will sneak away and completely let go of the theater chain. What do you mean?"

"This young man Tang Huan wants to monopolize the Xiangjiang Cinema chain, and he plans to drag me along with him." Run Run Shaw laughed, "It seems that I am still very useful in his eyes."

Fang Yihua was surprised for a while, then thought about it, Tang Huan is so rich and powerful, it is normal to have such ambition, "Then what should we do?"

"It's enough to have this basis of cooperation. Now you can concentrate on Miss Xiangjiang's campaign." Run Run Shaw patted the roster that recorded the information of all the beauties.

(End of this chapter)