Chapter 425 Buying Golden Harvest

The boss of Orange Sky is Wu Kebo.

Wu Kebo spent his early years in Japan and had a good relationship with NEC and Aihui. He is actually an entertainment comprador, and Japanese capital wanted to enter the mainland market through him.

With financial support, Orange Sky conquered cities in film and television, music, advertising, artist management, etc., poached Wang Jinghua, acquired Golden Harvest, invested in "Red Cliff" and "Tou Famous Certificate"... It was the first time for domestic entertainment to see the power of capital.

But there was no movement in just a few years.

Because the expansion is too fast, the foundation is unstable, and there is no production team like Feng Xiaogang, so we can only invest in other people's works, which is too risky.

Ai Hui spent more than 600 million yuan back and forth, and with the impact of the financial crisis, he didn't want to follow. Without the support of the Japanese father, Orange Sky naturally couldn't play.

However, they were early in the layout of the theater real estate, and they lasted for several years until they sold the theaters and disappeared completely.

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"Drinking tea?"

"Yes, I can see you tomorrow if I have time. If you are sure, we will make an appointment..."

"No, just give me the store address, and I'll go find it directly."

"Sorry, this is illegal..."

"Sister Sister! What's the point of a secretary who is about to go out of business? I'm talking to you with millions of dollars a minute. Believe it or not, you will be unemployed tomorrow? Give me the address!"

Yu Jiajia hung up the phone and tuied: "It's not fun if you don't scold!"

She acted quickly, and immediately set off for Hong Kong. When she was looking for Zou Wenhuai, the other party was not in the company, so she followed the address to a place called Fushan Road.

When I entered a shop, there were not many people inside, and I saw a thin old man wearing a suit and wearing a cane, looking out of the window in a daze.

She walked straight over, sat down, and said, "Mr. Zou!"

"Who are you?"

"99 Entertainment, Yu Jiajia!"

"oh……"

There was a strange flash in Zou Wenhuai's eyes, and he smiled immediately, and slowly stretched out his hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"I didn't say hello beforehand, I asked someone from your company to come here, don't think I'm taking the liberty."

"I'm fine, you came just in time, let's chat."

Zou Wenhuai's father is Zou Minchu, a bigwig in the financial circles of the Republic of China. He offended Lao Jiang and experienced ups and downs. Later, he lived in Hong Kong as an apartment.

As for himself, he was also a hero when he was young, and he did a lot of dirty work. Now he has become kind and kind when he is old, and he has an "old gentleman" temperament in his body.

Yu Jiajia suddenly appeared, he didn't fluctuate much, he wanted to use this store, this place as a starting point, to chat and tell young people about the glorious history of Golden Harvest...

Unexpectedly, the other party spoke first, and said, "The land opposite used to be Jiahe's studio, right?"

"Miss Yu understands?"

"I understand a little."

Yu Jiajia smiled shyly, and said: "Mr. Zou left Shaw Brothers and built a studio on Fushan Road. He has experienced Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, Jackie Chan, and Sammo Hung... He is indeed a leader in the Hong Kong film industry, especially in 1988. With 22 films, he won a box office of 264 million, which can be called the pinnacle of his life!"

Zou Wenhuai was surprised with a hint of pride, and just wanted to say a few words of politeness, but he didn't want the other party to say: "It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, when Golden Harvest went public in 1994, your net worth reached 600 million, but the decline in the film market has already shown.

The cost of "Thunderbolt" is 200 million, and the local box office is only more than 40 million. The loss is nothing. He Guanchang passed away, Jackie Chan ran away, and the Asian financial crisis, all your 300 million real estate speculation funds were lost.

The lease of the Fushan Road studio expired, the government took back the land, and Golden Harvest bid for a new plot to build a film and television city. The original ambition was to win, but Run Run Shaw teamed up with six film companies to disrupt the situation. Golden Harvest's new land is not filmed, the old studio is gone, and the huge film company doesn't even have its own studio..."

Regardless of Zou Wenhuai's ugly face, Yu Jiajia talked a lot and said with a smile: "I'm not here to anger you, I'm here to discuss business. Business is based on honesty, one buys, one sells, each takes what he needs Things, no one has a sense of superiority..."

She took a sip of tea, "I know Golden Harvest has a glorious history, if it wasn't for this, I wouldn't be able to buy it, would I?"

"..."

Zou Wenhuai was silent and wanted to teach this young man a lesson with his youthful prestige, but he was old and had to use a cane to go out.

And he knew that the intention of the other party's words was to kill the prestige - he used to kill others himself, but now the feng shui turns.

"When you work in Hong Kong, you must be tired of hearing the evaluations of Hong Kong people. Do you want to know how we evaluate you?"

Yu Jiajia is the most outstanding lobbyist of 99 Company. He quickly raised the next topic and asked himself: "Mr. Zou is one of the rare Chinese-language filmmakers with an international perspective. On the one hand, it was almost entirely contributed by Mr. Zou.

You want to build a big local company with Jackie Chan as the core, spare no expense to build a real international big production, and to open up the North American market, but it’s a pity that you are fighting alone, the risk is too high, and one family will not be able to match the whole of Hollywood. Instead, you will consume yourself too much. If it is too fast, it will end in decline.

You were the first to cooperate with the mainland, and "The Lion King" started to share the box office. Unfortunately, it coincides with the reform of the mainland's film industry, and there are turmoil and constraints everywhere. The mainland is doing well now, with policy development, loose cooperation, and a film market that is increasing year by year. It is a good time to enter the game, but you are getting old.

From these points of view, you were born at the wrong time..."

"To put it bluntly, the previous model is doomed to be eliminated, and future movies belong to the capital market. Hollywood is superficially industrialized, but in fact it is the capital behind it that Hollywood can go global.

How can a company, a Hong Kong, be able to resist Wall Street?

If you have a lot of money, you can make big productions and do big things. Only the mainland has this capacity.

I know that Orange Sky also wants to acquire Golden Harvest, no matter what conditions they ask, we will follow, and there is an additional gambling agreement...

You want to go to sea, as it happens, we also want to go to sea.

Within 3 years, if the acquisition is a bit exaggerated, let’s buy a share... Within 3 years, we will definitely invest in a Hollywood company with a considerable weight, and develop the market in our own way!

We promise this and hope you will entrust Golden Harvest to us. "

Hiss!

Zou Wenhuai gasped.

He suddenly had a feeling that the era was over and that he should give way. Because this is a young man who looks at himself and Jiahe from a historical perspective.

She will not worship Jiahe's brilliance, but a brand new way of thinking.

Future movies belong to the capital market!

"..."

Zou Wenhuai became more and more silent. Wearing an old-fashioned and neat suit, leaning on a cane with both hands, he turned his head and looked out the window—on the opposite side of the road, under the tall buildings rising from the ground, the former Golden Harvest studio was buried.

After a while, he finally nodded, "Okay!"

On the contrary, Yu Jiajia was surprised and said, "Don't you ask us what punishment terms we have?"

"Why bother?

I will be 82 years old in 3 years, even if you lose, I will bring Golden Harvest back, how old can I start again? To be honest, there is no difference between you and Orange Sky in my eyes, but you came and said these words, I still look forward to seeing that day. "

He looked at Yu Jiajia and said with a smile, "I'll leave Jiahe to you."

call!

Yu Jiajia also breathed a sigh of relief, living up to expectations.

The 3-year bet was naturally brought up by Yao Yuan, and she was taken aback when she said it. To invest in a big Hollywood company? How dare you think.

Not to mention Hollywood these days, the Mainland is kneeling and licking towards Hong Kong, and treating Hollywood and Oscar like a grandpa.

But she could only follow Yao Yuan's instructions, and Zou Wenhuai showed his true character when he retired, and sold it directly.

After seeing Zou Wenhuai, Yu Jiajia returned to the hotel and gulped down a large glass of water before recovering. Of course she was excited about the acquisition of Golden Harvest, so she called Yao Yuan again.

"confirmed?"

"Sure!"

"Thank you, why don't you just play for a few more days, it's a rare trip to Hong Kong."

"That's good too!"

Yu Jiajia paused, and couldn't help asking: "Hey, can we really do it?"

"Yes, when will I stop eating cakes?"

Yao Yuan made a simple conversation and understood the other party's concerns.

After all, unlike later generations, Wanda has acquired Hollywood companies wholly-owned in later generations, and also bought theaters to create a big sweet universe, which fully demonstrates the power of money.

Now, of course, it’s almost impossible to invest in shares. If Zou Wenhuai wants to make a bet, he can realize it himself.

3 years is enough, which is equivalent to 4.333 farms.

………………

After another period of time, it entered November.

The entertainment industry suddenly exploded!

"Xinli Media and Hong Kong Golden Harvest Group Chairman Mr. Zou Wenhuai have reached an agreement!"

"Xinli Media purchased 24.78% of the shares and convertible bonds held by Mr. Zou and his daughter at a price of 202,135,400 Hong Kong dollars, becoming the largest single shareholder of Golden Harvest and the first major shareholder from the Mainland among all listed film companies in Hong Kong. "

"Mr. Zou Wenhuai announced his resignation as chairman and executive director of Golden Harvest, but promised to stay as a consultant of the group. In addition, Xinli Media will appoint four executive directors and one non-executive director to join the board of directors."

"Yesterday Zou Wenhuai said in an interview: 'The newspapers had good comments on my resignation, and my wife said it was very good. Finally, someone agrees with what I have done to this circle. Xinli Media has just taken over, and I will help out as a consultant for another 3 months, and then You can hold grandchildren for joy.

I have been in this industry for almost 50 years. Hong Kong films have declined in recent years. In fact, my biggest regret is that the mainland film market was opened too late. If it was opened 20 years earlier, maybe I can still do it.

However, I firmly believe that in another 20 years, even if the development of Chinese film cannot surpass Hollywood, it will certainly be able to keep pace with it..."

The media have reviewed the history of Golden Harvest, after all, it is a representative of Hong Kong films, and the opening titles of Ding Deng Ding Deng are full of memories of two generations. The relevant people in the two places are all stunned, and the industry is even more frying pan, just like a press release wrote:

"Everything has its end. This may be a watershed in the strategic changes of Asian films from geography to creation to capital structure!"

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