Chapter 115 The Third Theater Line
“What? The headquarters wants to help me release an English record?”
The headquarters Yang Ye is talking about is naturally PolyGram Records.
PolyGram has been trying to get Yang Ye to release records over the years, but Yang Ye is not very interested.
After releasing a Cantonese album, I finished a Chinese folk song chorus album.
As for singing, just do it for fun occasionally, there is no need to make it your main job.
Zheng Donghan smiled and said: "Yes, the song "WeWillRockYou" you sang at the concert is a classic! The other songs are also good. The headquarters wants you to write a few more songs for You release an album. If you are too lazy to write it, how about asking someone to write it for you?"
Yang Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it. Well, you know I am just affiliated with PolyGram and will leave when it expires.”
Zheng Donghan knew that Yang Ye’s film company was doing well, so he naturally had little interest in the singing career. He refused to give up and said: "How about a small disc?"
The records of this era were all bakelite records, generally divided into three types: albums, small discs and singles.
When the record was first invented, a record could only record three or four minutes of content, so most popular songs were three or four minutes in length.
Later, with the development of technology, it was possible to record for 10-20 minutes, and four or five songs could be recorded on one record. This kind of record was called an album.
In order to distinguish, the former is called SP and the latter is called EP.
Later, one record could record many songs, and albums with more than 10 songs appeared, and people called them LPs.
The big album with a few songs before was downgraded to a small album.
Before CDs and tapes became popular in the world, these three types of records were available in parallel. Since Yang Ye refused to release an album, Zheng Donghan settled for the next best thing and asked Yang Ye to release a small disc first and let him perform at an open-air concert. The few English songs I sang were published.
Yang Ye thought that if he didn't release this album, Queen might have to write the song "WeWillRockYou" by the end of the year.
In 1977, when Queen performed at the Bentley Hall in Birmingham, England, the entire audience responded positively and sang along enthusiastically. The band's guitarist Brian May was inspired to create in this atmosphere. Consider that in a packed concert venue, the audience can do little more than stomp their feet, clap their hands and sing along.
So, he wrote these clapping and stomping sound effects into the song and created the interactive "WeWillRockYou".
Later, this song was widely used in sports events. It was just an accident that Brian May was not aware of when he wrote it.
"Then record it!" Yang Ye said.
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Xia Meng was preparing dinner with the maid. Lin Baocheng came back, and the couple sat at the dining table to eat.
Xia Meng asked: "How is the investment promotion going?"
Lin Baocheng smiled: "It went very smoothly! Aye is really a genius. He combined department stores, catering industries and movie theaters Let’s get together and create this comprehensive shopping mall where shopping, eating, and watching movies can be integrated into each other. As long as you are not a fool, you can discover the business opportunities inside. Now everyone is rushing to sign up, but I have to screen the customers. , Those who have no strength will not be allowed in.”
Xia Mengdao: "Actually, shopping malls have emerged in the United States, but they have not spread to us. It's just that most shopping malls in the United States are built in suburbs."
Lin Baocheng said: "The United States is vast and sparsely populated, unlike Hong Kong. The situation is different. Hey, did you read in the newspaper that you were ranked first in the list of thanks for Aye’s acceptance speech, and he called you sister?”
Xia Meng said with a smile: “Aye’s. My family members are all dead. He calls me sister and treats me as a family member. As a brother-in-law, you can’t cheat him.”
Lin Baocheng said with a smile: “I originally boasted that I had some business skills, but now I see you. After seeing Aye's operation, I was really impressed. The commercial real estate concept he mentioned has really bright prospects. It's rare that he asked me to invest in it. I have decided to close the factory and help him with his shopping. "Business in the square."
Xia Meng said with a smile: "Isn't it true that both of our parents-in-law are working for Aye?" Lin Baocheng said: "How can we call it part-time work? We are both partners of Aye." Ah.”
“You are just kidding!”
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“Brother Wenhuai, look at this investment advertisement.”
He Guanchang held a He picked up a newspaper and hurriedly walked into Zou Wenhuai's office.
This was an investment advertisement for "Donglai Plaza". Zou Wenhuai had seen it in the newspaper a long time ago, but he didn't take it to heart.
He asked: "What's wrong?"
He Guanchang said: "We are all focused on movies. Hong Kong is so big, construction is going on everywhere, and several department stores are being built. , and no one would care. But until today, I didn’t know that the boss behind this Donglai Plaza is actually Yang Ye.”
Zou Wenhuai still didn’t understand, he said strangely: “Aye wants to do it. Department store business? "
He Guanchang said: "If he just wants to do the department store business, it has nothing to do with us, but he has built six department stores in Hong Kong in one go, and each of them has a high value. The top floors...are all theaters.”
Zou Wenhua finally understood: "This bad guy has hidden deep enough. Build six department stores? Where did he get so much money?"
He Guanchang said: "His one "Shaolin Temple" is enough. He made a profit of 100 million Hong Kong dollars, which is similar to "Fist of Heroes". With Lin Baocheng as a shareholder, it is still possible to build six department stores at the same time."
"In other words, he now owns six theaters. , as long as we win over Anle and Lisheng, we will have 14 theaters, which is enough to form a large theater chain to support the release of a movie. No wonder they used tricks to sign the contract with us. It turned out to be just delaying time. This bad guy is hiding deep enough. We were all tricked by him!”
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“This Aye is hiding deep enough!”
Run Run Shaw drank tea and read the newspaper.
Fang Yihua said in surprise: "What's wrong with him?"
Shao Yifu said: "The six Donglai Plazas built in Hong Kong in recent years are actually Yang Ye's property."
Donglai Plaza? Fang Yihua said she had never heard of it. She asked curiously: "This bad guy wants to run real estate?"
Shao Yifu said: "The top floor of these six buildings in Donglai Plaza is Yangye's Baiyang Cinema."
Fang Yihua suddenly realized: "Let me just say, this bad guy is very insidious. He was prepared for it."
"Yes, he first took advantage of Jiahe's private release of "Shaolin Temple" to cause trouble, making us think that he was He would come to our side, and then he agreed to let Ti Lung shoot his movie. Then he used us to lend him Ti Lung to threaten Jiahe, making Jiahe think that Aye would turn around and cooperate with us, so he could only compromise with Aye. I heard that because Jiahe re-released "Shaolin Temple" without Yang Ye's consent, all the money he made was given to Ah Ye, so he killed two birds with one stone!"
"However, Yang Ye only had it. Six theaters, compared to us and Jiahe, are still fewer, right?”
“Yang Ye can acquire some independent cinemas, and he can also cooperate with Anle and Lisheng. Don’t forget, he has done it before. A temporary theater chain was established. Now, the emergence of a third large-scale theater chain in Hong Kong is a foregone conclusion.
Ten years ago, Lu Yuntao's plane crashed, and Hong Kong movies became the sole responsibility of our Shaw Brothers family. Big. Unexpectedly, Zou Wenhuai suddenly rebelled and relied on Bruce Lee to gain a foothold. Now, Yang Ye has played such a trick. It seems that the future of Hong Kong film industry will become the Three Kingdoms. .
However, this matter is ultimately beneficial to us. Because we have a deep foundation, we can produce and sell our own products. Jiahe relies on satellite companies to provide film sources. Now that Aye's theater chain is established, he also needs film sources to release. Therefore, it is inevitable that the two of them will have a head-to-head confrontation. I just need to sit back and watch the tiger fight! ”
(End of this chapter)