Chapter 399 Missing Jiahe
Two hours later, the two left Jiahe.
His face was full of solemnity when he entered, and his face was obviously happy when he came out.
After Zou Wenhuai expressed his stance, the subsequent negotiations went much smoother. Zou Zhongheng had no interest in movies. The reason for running Jiahe was more because of Zou Wenhuai. If she could, she would have wanted to get away, but her father was reluctant to let go.
It was rare that his father did not object to this acquisition, so of course he had to move forward quickly.
Dong Jianqiang glanced at Zhang Chen and sighed, "I'm afraid you will become a capitalist soon~"
Zhang Chen chuckled and said, "Isn't that the case now?
You don’t need sour grapes. The two acquisitions of Jiahe failed in history. If you add Wu Kebo this time, it will be three times. Maybe I failed too~"
Dong Jianqiang curled his lips and said, "Forget it. It failed before because Zou Wenhuai interfered with it. Now Zou Wenhuai is eager to sell you quickly. Why don't you stop saying such things here?"
Historically, Golden Harvest experienced an acquisition in 2002 and was its Australian shareholder, which almost succeeded.
Later, it was Li Chaoren who became the white knight and was able to survive the crisis. Of course, the outcome was that the Australian shareholders were kicked out.
Another time it was Lin Jianyue.
Before Lin Jianyue acquired Media Asia, he actually wanted to acquire Golden Harvest. Later, Taiwan's Acer Electronics took action, and Lin Jianyue finally gave up the acquisition.
"To be honest, I actually admire Zou Wenhuai~"
"What do you admire about him?"
"Personal achievements and contribution to Hong Kong films~"
Zhang Chen nodded. Indeed, when talking about Hong Kong movies, Chow Wenhuai cannot be avoided.
The 1980s and 1990s were a time when Hong Kong's economy was taking off, but it was also a time of chaos.
That's why it happened that the underworld entered the entertainment industry.
Chow Yun-fat had to be brothers with Xiang Shisan in order to protect himself. Liang Jiahui and Cheng Long were forced to film at gunpoint, and things like grabbing copies could happen...
In that chaotic era, being able to gain a foothold in the entertainment industry and build such a large business shows Zou Wenhuai's ability.
He caught up with the good times and the bad times. If it had been twenty years later, he might not have been able to become famous in the mainland.
"What Zou Zhongheng said just now is still fresh in my memory~"
“You say that our Star Entertainment is very much like the New Art City in Mainland China?”
"Yes~"
"Like New Art City, it was born out of nowhere, and it was as blockbuster as New Art City~
Really similar.
Xinyi City has only existed for 11 years, but it has been glorious for ten years.
At its most glorious time, he was a film company, but he was able to force Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, who were mortal enemies of each other, to join forces to deal with him, and yet they failed.
Every film it produces is a box office hit, and it often releases groundbreaking works.
Isn't this exactly the same as Star Entertainment?
But his shortcoming is also obvious, that is, his extreme reliance on creativity.
The seven weirdos of Xinyi City are all talents.
It is precisely because of the strong creativity of these seven people that New Art City has created so many classic movies.
But it fell apart because of these seven people.
The contribution of the seven people was about the same, but the distribution was uneven. The final result was that some of the seven monsters kept leaving, and the Xinyi City Company eventually died. ”
At this point, Dong Jianqiang glanced at Zhang Chen, "The company is so strong now, all because of you. In other words, if one day, your creative power declines, the company will lose its competitiveness~"
Zhang Chen didn't take it seriously: "That's why I advocate the promotion of screenwriting groups. We have recruited the best screenwriters, so we are not afraid of running out of creative power. There is also the movie universe that I advocate. If a movie becomes a hit, it can drive the profits of the entire universe. This spreads the cost of failure~"
The two stood at the door waiting for the car while chatting. After a while, the assistant drove over, and the two got in the car and left.
But he didn't notice that in the alley diagonally opposite, a paparazzi was holding a camera excitedly and pressing the shutter quickly.
In the car, the topic continued
"Zou Wenhuai promised to sell you a total of 24.78% of Jiahe shares in his and his daughter's names. How long do you think it will take?"
"I don't know, but since Zou Zhongheng said he would do it as soon as possible, it shouldn't take too long~"
Zhang Chen is not a shareholder of Jiahe. If he wants to acquire Zou Wenhuai's shares, he must obtain the permission of the board of directors.
But he didn’t need to worry about this, Zou Zhongheng said they would take care of it.
Not only that, Zou Zhongheng also promised that if Zhang Chen wanted to obtain absolute controlling rights, they could also help lobby.
The largest individual shareholder of Jiahe is Zou Wenhuai, the second is Chen Guoqiang, and the third is Li Chaoren.
The combined shares of the three people can reach absolute control.
Of course Zhang Chen wants to get absolute control. He doesn't want to make wedding clothes for others, let alone overestimate the character of these capitalists.
"Oh, it seems I have to work hard to make money~"
Zhang Chen can afford the money to acquire Jiahe, but when it comes to acquiring the shares from Chen Guoqiang and Li Chaoren, it will definitely be at a premium.
And he spends his money in many places.
The Hollywood Cube Company is a big money maker.
Even a small-cost one costs several million US dollars, which is a lot of money when converted into U.S. dollars or Chinese coins.
Of course, the money earned is also dollars.
At this time, I felt numb.
Zhang Chen listed down the projects in his hand that can be realized quickly. Even if the movie box office is divided, it will take half a year at the earliest.
The time point Zhang Chen wants is that he wants to complete the full acquisition before 2007 and become the true owner of Jiahe.
On the other hand, selling overseas copyrights can quickly recoup some funds, so this can be considered.
There is also "Hold Your Breath", which will be released in North America soon. If the results are good, the overseas rights can be sold to the Big Six.
Anyway, Cube doesn’t have the ability to distribute overseas, so it will have to be sold sooner or later.
Then there is Jing Tian's "Crocodile". "Crocodile" is quite special. Starlight bears all the costs and gives up all the profits. These are the profits of Xingchen Entertainment.
After doing this calculation, I suddenly felt that it was not so urgent anymore~
That night, Zhang Chen left by plane and returned to China.
"Painted Skin" is almost finished.
Dong Jianqiang continues to stay in Hong Kong and other news.
The acquisition of Jiahe actually has nothing to do with Xingchen Entertainment, because Zhang Chen made the acquisition in his own name.
But Zhang Chen’s matter is Xingchen Entertainment’s matter.
Zhang Chen's acquisition of Jiahe is also of great benefit to Xingchen Entertainment.
The next day, the Hong Kong media suddenly broke the news - Zhang Chen came to Hong Kong again and had a secret meeting with Jiahe, suspected of making a big move.
Because of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Zhang Chen's popularity was high at this time, and Hong Kong media quickly followed up.
In addition, someone suspected of Zhang Chen has been photographed at the airport before. Today, the media that broke the news published a scene of Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang waiting for a bus downstairs at the Peninsula Center. The secret meeting with Jiahe is basically true.
In an instant, all media outlets were speculating on Zhang Chen's purpose of going to Jiahe.
【Zhang Chen will collaborate with Jiahe in his new movie~】
[Zhang Chen seeks Jiahe’s help to ease the relationship with Hong Kong people~]
[Now that I think about it, I bow my head. It’s too late. I suggest Jiahe not to be a 25-year-old~]
Hong Kong media never pays attention to facts when publishing news. They write whatever is conjectural. They don’t even bother to use vague words such as ‘maybe’ and ‘maybe’, and just use an affirmative tone.
There are also bottom-line media who want to visit Zou Zhongheng and seek the truth of the matter.
Logically speaking, Jiahe should not refuse this kind of thing, but this time he remained uncharacteristically silent, showing the three no attitudes: not accepting interviews, not clarifying, and not expressing his position.
The buzz lasted for two days, and people kept coming up with various analyses, but neither Jiahe nor Xingchen Entertainment seemed to have heard it.
Something is a little off.
Eagle Emperor Entertainment, in the office, Boss Yang frowned deeply while watching the reports on TV.
He was also familiar with Zhang Chen, and he knew this person's temper very well.
Zhang Chen dragged Jiahe to ease his relationship with Hong Kong filmmakers. I wonder which narcissistic guy made up this story. Zhang Chen would do this if he was crazy.
In contrast, he believed in another statement, that Xingchen Entertainment would cooperate with Jiahe.
This made him a little worried.
Currently, except for the first one of Xingchen Entertainment's works, which was distributed by Jiahe, the rest are all handled by Eagle Emperor.
The relationship between the two families is very close.
But now Zhang Chen secretly met Jiahe, and his attitude of not responding after being exposed made him feel a little worried.
The partner you finally found will not run away.
Compared to Boss Yang, Chengtian Wu Kebo’s guess is closer to the truth.
After he saw the news on the first day, he had an ominous feeling in his heart: Does Zhang Chen also want to acquire Jiahe?
He hoped that he was just overthinking it and wanted to call Zou Zhongheng to confirm.
The latest chapter of this novel was first published on 6@9书#. Please go to Liujiu Book Bar to read it!
Then he discovered that Zou Zhongheng didn't answer his call.
This time he was extremely anxious.
I can't really guess it myself.
The two parties had talked several times before and even talked about some details, but why did they suddenly stop talking about it.
After calling again, Zou Zhongheng still couldn't get through. He called Jiahe again, but couldn't find anyone. The secretary's reply was that the chairman was on a business trip.
"Then can I meet Mr. Zou Wenhuai?"
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zou has already retired to his old age and doesn't see outsiders. If Mr. Wu wants to see you, I can make an appointment for you~"
The secretary's formulaic reply was like a door, shutting him out.
While everyone was still guessing, we had no idea about the person involved, Zhang Chen, that he had caused trouble to others.
But even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care, he was too busy thinking about things.
Even when Fan Xiaopang came to deliver food and grass, he kicked him out.
Women will only affect the speed at which I draw my sword.
Zhang Chen is thinking about business. What should he do if he really gets Jiahe?
Filming is a must.
He is not bragging when he says he is confident that Golden Harvest will return to the number one position in Hong Kong. He is truly prepared to do so.
What subjects you can shoot need to be carefully considered.
What is the best thing about Hong Kong movies?
Kung fu movies and cop movies.
Don't think about it as a third party.
Kung fu movies are a signature, so this one cannot be left behind.
Cop movies are free money.
At present, Chinese-language movies in the Mainland and Mainland film and television companies simply cannot make police and gangster films,
There is really nothing to say about the Mainland and Hong Kong. As long as it is a movie with the participation of a Hong Kong team,
Maybe it would pass the censorship if it was put into a Hong Kong movie.
The most obvious one is Johnnie To's "Drug War", which was really shocking the first time I watched it...
It was because of the example of "Drug War" that a few years later "The Silence" also dared to shoot scenes of executions.
Jiahe needs a good start, and if Zou Zhongheng moves quickly enough, Zhang Chen wouldn't mind bringing "The Lonely Agent" to Jiahe.
What are the rest of the films to be filmed? If you take over Golden Harvest, you must have some action, at least three films.
What are kung fu movies about?
The first thing Zhang Chen thought of was "Ip Man".
Movies like "Ip Man" cannot be made in the mainland. The regional color is too obvious.
It turns out that the producer of "Ip Man" is Oriental Pictures, which is Huang Baiming's company.
Huang Baiming, a screenwriter, is one of the Seven Monsters of New City.
The one that impressed him most was the "Happy Ghost" series, and after that he had no particularly outstanding works.
But this person happened to make "Ip Man" and it became a big hit, and then he continued to make sequels and sequels...
Movies like "Ip Man" are, to put it bluntly, simple: they just beat foreigners.
In fact, it is a kind of emotional catharsis.
This routine has actually been used before, in "Once Upon a Time", "Huo Yuanjia" and "Chen Zhen", they are all of the same type.
Continuously superimposed, kept superimposed, and when the audience has endured enough, it will be suddenly released, allowing the male protagonist to defeat the foreigners, preferably after going through all kinds of difficulties.
Only in this way can there be enough fun.
"Ip Man" follows this routine from one to four. As soon as the movie opens, everyone actually knows what will happen next, but they just love to watch it.
First, the emotions are indeed vented, and second, the action design is indeed beautiful.
Therefore, the plot of kung fu movies is not afraid of being cliche. As long as the action design is good, people will definitely watch it.
Of course, the fact that "Ip Man" can become a classic is also related to his many detailed settings.
The first is the reason for starting a war, not just for the sake of fighting.
Wu Jing's "Spike" is actually pretty good based solely on the fighting scenes.
The reason why word-of-mouth failed in the end was because the story was too thin.
Many times it is just for the sake of fighting.
The fight looks good, but the audience can't remember it after watching it. They can't even remember why they fight. How can they remember anything else?
In addition to the reasons for starting a war, there is also the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. How to balance this inequality in strength? In fact, countless seniors have already given the answer - fight in the ring.
The arena is open and has enough influence. For this reason, the villains cannot play tricks, so everyone can only rely on hard power.
This aligns the disadvantages between the hero and the villain.
"Ip Man" is undoubtedly a good IP, otherwise it would not have been filmed all the way. One IP is enough to support a company.
The third film left, Zhang Chen plans to make it into a comedy.
There are so many choices for comedies.
Zhang Chen is preparing to film "Lucky Key" or "Extreme Career".
The former is an adaptation of the Japanese film "How to Steal the Key", and there is also a remake in the Mainland called "The Crowd".
It tells the story of a well-known killer and a down-and-out actor who exchanged their lives due to an accident.
This kind of comedy is called misplacement comedy, which relies on the misplacement of roles and identities to cause laughter.
In this movie, Xiao Yang contributed outstanding acting skills and defeated Liu Tianwang.
"Extreme Career" is a pure comedy film. It tells the story of an anti-narcotics team who took over a fried chicken restaurant that was about to close down in order to complete a covert mission. Unexpectedly, through some strange combination of circumstances, the fried chicken restaurant became a nationally famous comedy. story.
A very relaxing movie.
Comedies, kung fu movies, police and gangster movies, Zhang Chen is planning to do one of each.
It’s also a matter of looking at the market’s reaction.
While I was thinking about it, the phone suddenly rang. It was Chen Xi.
"Chen Xi always has some good news to inform me?"
After figuring out Jiahe's next filming plan, Zhang Chen felt relaxed and his tone came out naturally.
Opposite Chen Xi also had a smile on his face: "You guessed right, it is indeed good news. I have already won the film and television adaptation rights for the novel "Latent" that you asked me to pay attention to."
"Great. Let the writing team start adapting it and expand it into a 40-episode TV series."
"Insidious" is the second in his spy drama trilogy, and the third is "Cliff".
(End of chapter)