Chapter 337 New Cinema Plan
After hearing this, Wrinkle Huai looked a little shocked and asked: "Yang Sheng, the cost of building a cinema chain in Southeast Asia is probably too high to be imagined."
"I know this, so this will be a long-term plan." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Although Hong Kong's economic development in this era is not bad, compared with other countries, the gap is far less than what it will be 20 years later. Therefore, Hong Kong's consortiums are nothing overseas. According to the current economic ratio, Even Hong Kong's top consortiums are unlikely to go overseas to develop such a large theater chain project.
But Yang Wendong knows the future. In just ten years, with the explosion of Hong Kong real estate, the wealth of Hong Kong consortiums will develop at an extremely fast speed and become even larger.
More importantly, in Southeast Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, most of them were in Hong Kong in the 1950s and 1960s. If they invested in real estate, they could also take advantage of the economic development opportunities in Southeast Asia and achieve multiple benefits with one stone.
But no matter what, the investment is huge and we have to do it step by step.
Zou Wenhuai reminded again: "Yang Sheng, investing in fixed assets in Southeast Asia in this area is not just a matter of money. Local connections are also needed. Otherwise, this kind of business of grabbing money from local consortiums will not work. It’s difficult to do;
Even the Shao family has been operating in Southeast Asia for decades to stabilize the situation.”
Yang Wendong smiled and said: “Don’t worry, I will also look for partners. Yes, I am not stupid if I invest alone. A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.”
Not to mention Hong Kong, even when the United States was at its peak, American companies were often tricked by local companies and governments when investing overseas, such as Asan.
So what if the U.S. military is awesome? No matter how awesome it is, it is impossible to stand up for so many companies. Unless it involves strategic resources such as oil and large minerals, the US government will not come forward.
In the past life, the mainland was able to become the world's industrial giant. In addition to its heavy industrial base, average population quality, infrastructure madness and other characteristics, the central government's strict prohibition on trapping foreign investment was also one of the reasons for its success.
"This is the best." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "I am too worried."
Yang Wendong continued: "I am responsible for the commercial investment, but the film industry I don’t know how to operate it, so I hope that Zou Sheng can join us, and together we can make Hong Kong film No. 1 in Asia. This is my goal.”
"No. 1 in Asia?" Zou Wenhuai fell silent after hearing this. This goal is really attractive.
Yang Wendong added: "As for remuneration, the salary I will give you here will be three times that of yours at Shaw Brothers. In addition, there will be a generous year-end bonus. If you have better results in the future, The salary will also be improved. I stand by my word. If you don’t believe me, you can also investigate the salary of the executives of Changxing Group.”
A large group has its own stable salary system, and what is the salary for each position. The salary will have a range, which will be determined according to the market and company performance. This is also to ensure the stability of the company's employees, which is the most important thing.
Although Zou Wenhuai's salary at Shaw Brothers Film Company is low, Yang Wendong will not just add a little more on this basis. Saving several thousand a month is meaningless. It is better to give him what he deserves normally. , let him stabilize and create a hundred or even a thousand times wealth for himself with peace of mind.
Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Of course I believe what Yang Sheng said."
In fact, Shaw Brothers is so weird. In a normal company of this size, his third-in-command position would basically cost HK$70,000 to 80,000 a year.
But there are very few film companies in Hong Kong, only two of which are large-scale. Cathay Pacific is personally controlled by the Lu family and cannot tolerate outsiders. Talents in the film industry such as Zou Wenhuai and Li Hanlin are trapped in Shao There is no way out unless you go out and start a business.
"Can you decide now, or do you want to go home and think about it?" Yang Wendong asked again.
"This" Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and said, "Yang Sheng, I wonder if you can lend me a phone number. I need to discuss it with my wife."
"Okay." Yang Wendong then called the assistant who had been waiting in the distance and said: "Take Zou Sheng and go to the conference room next to you to make a call."
"Okay." The assistant then said: "Zou Sheng, please come this way."
After a while, Zou Wenhuai was brought back by the assistant and said: "Yang Sheng, I have no problem here. "
"Okay, I will arrange for the head office personnel to contact you about the specific employment situation." Yang Wendong said to Zhang Zhiyuan: "You can also contact Zou Sheng about Waifu."
"Okay." Zhang Zhiyuan stood up again, shook hands with Zou Wenhuai and said, "Zou Sheng, please take care of me in the future."
"Sheng Zhang, you're welcome. I'm right." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.
Yang Wendong added: "Zou Sheng, although "Calabash Brothers" has not been removed from the shelves, the box office results are basically known, and negotiations with Waifu are about to begin;
You must resign from Shaw Brothers as soon as possible. , If time is not enough, then please give me some guidance in your spare time. The salary will be calculated the same way." "No problem," Zou Wenhuai agreed.
"That's okay." Yang Wendong smiled and said: "Later, I'll wait until you join the job before setting up a film company."
Without professional people, Yang Wendong generally won't be in a hurry to set up a film company. The company can at most try out a related business first. This time, "Calabash Brothers" can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone. It has achieved its own IP and created a good foundation for the establishment of the film company.
As for the management of the film company later on, he actually doesn't care very much. He just needs to lay a good foundation. If he wants Hong Kong movies to take off, he will probably have to wait for at least the late 1960s and one person. April 15, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers Film Company.
"You want to resign?" Shao Yifu saw the resignation handed over by Zou Wenhuai and asked in surprise: "Why?"
"The money is too little. "Zou Wenhuai said directly, this reason is impeccable.
"." Shao Yifu was speechless for a while. After a while, he said: "Leymeng, everything is negotiable. Now that Shaw is developing so well, it is precisely you who need to be reused." Why should I resign because of trivial matters?”
"Of course it's a trivial matter to you, but not to me. I'll leave in a week." Zou Wenhuai was too lazy to talk further.
This was not the first time that I negotiated salary with Shao Yifu. It was not just him, but also others. Naturally, the result was nothing.
Shao Yifu asked again: "You want to start your own business? Do you have the capital?"
"You don't have to worry about it." Zou Wenhuai didn't even look back: " I will organize the information in my hand as soon as possible."
"." Shao Yifu looked at Zou Wenhuai with a gloomy expression.
Such a farewell, so sudden, must be an emergency.
On April 22, Monday, Zou Wenhuai officially joined the Changxing Group, and Yang Wendong immediately ordered him to form Changxing Film Company and The 25 theater properties owned by Changxing Real Estate have been transferred to the film company. Only the theaters in Changxing Commercial Plaza are still under the ownership of Changxing Real Estate.
Subsequently, Zou Wenhuai also immediately started the work he is good at, conducting business negotiations with overseas theaters to sell "Calabash Brothers" overseas.
On April 26, Zou Wenhuai and Zhang Zhiyuan came to Yang Wendong’s office together.
"Come, sit down." Yang Wendong also said with a smile.
"Thank you Yang Sheng." Zou Wenhuai said: "Yang Sheng, we have already negotiated prices with 4 countries in Southeast Asia and Waifu. Here is the price list."
"Oh, so fast. Yang Wendong said in surprise.
Zou Wenhuai explained: "Because the price of Waifu is basically calculated based on the box office in Hong Kong, and then different countries have certain ratios;
The other is to see We don’t have the historical performance of the film company, so we calculated it directly based on the new film’s algorithm. Zhang Sheng had been talking to them for a long time, and I made some slight corrections after I took over.”
< br>Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Zou Sheng is too humble. You took over and directly increased the price by 20% that I couldn't negotiate for half a month ago."
Zou Wenhuai said: "That is also because of Yang Sheng's contribution. They also know Yang Sheng's reputation. Now that Changxing Group has entered the film industry, they also need to consider long-term cooperation in the future, so they made concessions in some aspects."
"Okay, you all have contributed, there is no need to say more about this." Yang Wendong read the list in his hand and said: "These four countries add up to 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, so if it is a movie from Shaw Brothers or Cathay Pacific, it can be negotiated "How much?"
Zou Wenhuai said: "Based on the Hong Kong box office, it's almost 250,000-300,000. We are a new company and this is an animation movie, so we will be more conservative in buying from Waifu. Because of Changxing’s name, it might not even be sold for 200,000 yuan.”
“Okay, let’s sign with these four companies first.” Yang Wendong nodded and said, “We will wait until the results of these four companies come out. Talk to other countries. "
Waifu does not sell them all at once. There are so many Southeast Asian countries, and they all select movies. For some movies, it may take a year or two for Waifu to sell out.
In an era of slow information transmission, the time for Hollywood movies to be released in different countries will be different. Unlike previous generations, it can basically be released simultaneously in multiple countries around the world.
"Okay." Zou Wenhuai also said: "The theater chains in other countries will also wait for the next batch before purchasing Waifu."
"Well, then "Calabash Brothers" Waifu is like this first." Yang Wendong asked again: "How is Changxing Film Company preparing?"
Zou Wenhuai said: "Yang Sheng, the company has been registered, and we have also taken over Changxing Real Estate. I am also adding to the theater chain and personnel, including actors;
But there is still another problem, and that is the filming location.”
"The shooting location?" Yang Wendong nodded and said: "You mean the studio?"
Zou Wenhuai said: "Yes, nowadays movies mainly shoot ancient costumes and modern movies, so they all need new shooting locations. Shaw Brothers has a studio base in Clear Water Bay, and Cathay Films has a base in Wanwan. "What about ordinary small film companies?" Yang Wendong asked.
Zou Wenhuai said: "General film companies either rent a Shaw Brothers movie theater or find a wasteland to rent and build some simple houses. Either way, the cost will be extremely high. "
"So you want to build your own movie theater?" Yang Wendong asked.
Zou Wenhuai replied: "Yes, we want to be a large-scale film company, so we must have our own control over every aspect and cannot rely on others. Cinemas are the same as theater chains. Without them, it will be impossible for the film company to develop. "
"Okay, I agree to this." Yang Wendong nodded, and then said to his assistant: "Let Zheng Zhijie come over."
(End of this chapter)