Chapter 400 Shaw Brothers’ Request for Cooperation
Not long after, more detailed information about Sioux City’s intention to acquire China Electric Power Company appeared in the pages of Lawrence Kadoorie and Michael Kadoorie Reason in front of father and son.
Looking at the news above that Tianyuan Investment Company had acquired 20.7% of the shares of China Electric Power Company, the faces of both father and son turned dark.
It has been announced that it is 20.7%, but no one knows how much it actually is.
China Power was passed through the hands of the Kadoorie family through grandfather Eli Kadoorie, father Lawrence Kadoorie and son Michael Kadoorie.
In the past few decades, the Kadoorie family has experienced too much with China Electric Power. For the Kadoorie family, everything can be lost, but not China Power.
So, even when faced with a strong enemy like Sioux City, neither father Lorenz Kadoorie nor son Michael Kadoorie refused to give up.
What's more, the advantage is now in their hands. They hold 40% of the shares. No matter how much money Su Cheng spends, it is impossible to increase the shareholding to more than 40% of the shares in a short time.
“With the current situation, it is very difficult for us to hold 50% of the stock. If Sioux City is really keeping an eye on it, when will we have an economic crisis? As the second largest Sioux City, the shareholder, will definitely take the opportunity to annex China Electric Power. As long as he is here, we may be annexed at any time. After all, what we are facing now is a person with much more assets than us. Business war is not that simple. , since Su Cheng has set his sights on us and made this matter public, it means that he already has a comprehensive approach!" Rowlands Kadoorie sighed.
Since Sioux City has announced this matter, it means that he is really confident about taking down China Electric Power. In the opinion of Lawrence Kadoorie, if they use the strength of their Kadoorie family to deal with Sioux City, Even if you win in a short time, you will easily lose after a long time.
Moreover, as Sioux City makes its intention to acquire China Electric Power public, the stocks on the stock market will definitely rise sharply. If they want to buy stocks from the stock market, the price will be very high.
Purchasing from other shareholders is even more difficult than acquiring on the stock market. After all, no one is a fool.
Which of the listed companies that Sioux City has participated in before has not experienced a substantial increase in price?
What's more, even if Sioux City does not surpass the Kadoorie family in the end, it will still be the second largest shareholder. After entering the market, Kadoorie's control of China Power will not be able to continue to have such smooth sailing. At that time, their practice of secretly accumulating assets as they did in the past may also stop.
"Father, you have rich experience, it is up to you to decide what to do!" Michael Kadoorie looked at his father and said seriously.
If it were not for Rowlands Kadoorie, China Electric Power would have ceased to exist after World War II.
It was Rowlands Kadoorie who rebuilt the bombed power plant after World War II and gave rise to today's glorious China Electric Power Company.
"First, immediately reply to Mr. Su Cheng that there is no possibility of selling China Power;
Second, find a way to continue to expand our shareholding ratio. For every additional point, the other party will It will be even more difficult to annex China Power;
Third, I will go to Mr. Mailihao immediately and ask him to come forward to stop Mr. Su Cheng's actions!
During the time when I was looking for Mr. Mailihao, you continued to take charge of the overall situation in the company! "
Rolands Kadoorie arranged the task very decisively.
"Good father! "Michael Kadoorie agreed.
Later, Rowlands Kadoorie hurried to the Hong Kong Governor's House in Central.
Michael Kadoorie began to The company arranges work to deal with possible risks
...At this time, Su Cheng, who was far away in the villa area of Barker Road, was calmly waiting for news from China Electric Power at home.
On the TV, the movie advertisement of "Junior Brother Goes Out" is playing.
As Jiayi’s first official movie, Jiayi TV Station naturally worked hard to promote it.
Therefore, the promotional video of "Junior Brother Goes Out" has appeared every day in the advertising time of Jiayi TV Station as early as the beginning of this month.
For Su Cheng, the initiative is now in his hands, and it depends on how the Kadoorie family responds.
So, now he does not need to care much about China Electric Power.
Today is already the 18th of December.
As for the movie "Junior Brother", since its release, its reputation has become better and better. From the day it was released, it has become the box office champion every day, and the gap with the second place has become wider and wider. The bigger.
From its release on December 7th to yesterday, the 17th, in only 11 days, the box office of "Junior" in Hong Kong has reached 4.28 million Hong Kong dollars, and there is no statistics on the Southeast Asian market.
According to the normal trend of history, if "Junior Brother" had not appeared in advance, "The Affair" directed and starred by Xu Guanwen would have become the 1978 Hong Kong movie box office champion, with the Hong Kong box office reaching 7.82 million Hong Kong dollars.
Now "Junior Brother" appears in advance. Although it was released in the last month of 1978 and was not released on the 1st, in just 11 days, the box office has exceeded that of "The Pledge of Allegiance" More than half, and this year, there are still 12 days left.
In other words, if "Junior Brother" maintains this trend, there is a high probability that it will surpass "The Contract" at the box office before December 30.
Whether it is Golden Harvest Cinemas or Shaw Brothers Cinemas, business has been much slower because of the movie "Junior Brother".
However, because of this, Jiayi Film Company reported good news to Su City: Shaw Brothers Cinemas hopes to obtain the broadcast authorization for "Junior Brother" and release it in Shaw Brothers Cinemas. A movie shot by Jiayi Film Company.
Originally, the movie "The Pledge of Allegiance" was basically determined to be this year's box office champion, and Golden Harvest Film Company had been promoting it early.
As an opponent, Shaw Brothers Film Company naturally couldn't stand their behavior.
Now, at the end of the year, there is a movie that has a great chance of surpassing "The Pledge of Allegiance". Shaw Brothers Film Company is naturally happy to watch the movie from the sidelines, and also plans to rub the wounds of Golden Harvest Film Company Salt, help Jiayi Film Company to make "Junior Brother" successfully surpass "The Pledge of Allegiance".
So, there is the matter that Shaw Brothers Cinemas hopes to cooperate with "Junior Brother".
In this regard, Su Cheng naturally very much agrees with this cooperation. After all, it can expand the broadcast channels of "Junior Brother". Maybe the box office this time will be higher than that of "Junior Brother" in Su Cheng's previous life.
Sioux City itself has 22 cinemas, and 13 small and medium-sized cinemas have also applied to Jiayi Film Company for film screenings.
Today, coupled with the 16 theaters of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, that is to say, in Hong Kong alone, the number of theaters showing the movie "Junior Brother" will reach 51!
In this case, it is basically impossible that the movie box office of "The Contract" cannot be surpassed in the remaining 12 days of this year!
(End of this chapter)