Chapter 335
In the middle of 1984, the Xiang brothers officially founded Yongsheng Film Company. For a full ten years from now on, Yongsheng Company was one of the most profitable production companies in Hong Kong, and the popularity was absolutely unparalleled. This kind of arrogance and capital that looked down on the world did not gradually decline until the Xiang brothers split up in 1994.
And the most peculiar thing is that Yongsheng Company does not have theaters in its hands.
Of course, what is mentioned above is the history of later generations, and it has no connection with this time and space. The Xiang brothers in later generations founded Yongsheng Film Company as early as the late 1970s, but unfortunately they went bankrupt after only two movies. Then they were silent for five years before they were recruited to make a comeback.
So what made Li Xuan feel shocked and strange is that Yongsheng in this time and space did not go bankrupt. Instead, because he flapped his wings, the Yongsheng company was still alive. Without death, there would be no new life. Li Xuan thought that Yongsheng would continue like this, but reality quietly patted his shoulder and then told him that he had guessed wrongly.
Yongsheng, it was finally established. What happened?
Li Xuan, who was full of doubts, could not resist this curiosity after all, took the time to lead many of his generals to attend the opening ceremony of Yongsheng's establishment, which was a serious support for the Xiang brothers.
Then, Li Xuan saw Cai Songlin standing with the Xiang brothers.
"Boss Cai, you have been running to Hong Kong recently. Why are you busy making a fortune?" Li Xuan seemed to have a clue and walked to the next to the three of them and asked.
"Haha, how could I make more money than Boss Li?" Cai Songlin smiled and said, "We those who make small money, who don't run harder, don't make money."
Li Xuan raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "Mr. Cai makes a lot of theaters, so many theaters, so aren't my 20 theaters just beggars on the street?"
"Hey, this is incomparable. How can Taiwan's film market compare to Hong Kong?" Cai Songlin shook her head and sighed.
This guy is just an old fried dough stick. Li Xuan was too lazy to pull it, so he turned his head and asked at Hua Qiang: "Brother Qiang, why do you think of changing the name of the film company? Isn't this fart taking off your pants - it's just a waste of time."
"Haha, isn't this name good?" Xiang Huaqiang seemed very happy today and replied with a smile: "In the past, when Asheng and I first opened a company, we were still young men and had a low qualifications. As a result, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, so he named Yongsheng. Yongsheng Yongsheng, and always won. Now it seems that this name still looks too sharp. After filming two movies, I almost lost my capital. Now..."
Xiang Huaqiang looked around the film company and said in a flash: "Now that I am old, I know how to win forever, it is better to be more moderate. I might as well call it Yongsheng, and Yongfeng Maosheng. Axuan, what do you think of this new name?"
Not so good, it will decline in ten years! Li Xuan secretly complained in his heart, but he still gave a positive face and praised: "It's really good. As Chinese, it's better to be moderate."
"Haha, Boss Li, you are wrong. You are not mean at all." Cai Songlin interrupted and smiled.
Li Xuan bowed directly and replied in a hypocritical manner: "So Li is so inferior, hey, I'm really ashamed!"
"Ha ha--"
All three of them were laughed at by Li Xuan's words, which attracted everyone around them to look at each other. However, if they knew that several of the bosses were not easy to mess with, no one came over to talk to each other casually.
After the laughter stopped, Li Xuan asked tentatively: "Brother Qiang is busy changing the name of the company. Although it is for the sake of mean, I am afraid it is just to share 10% of Boss Cai's shares, right?"
“…”
As soon as Li Xuan said this, the other three were stunned, but then Xiang Huaqiang nodded directly and smiled: "Axuan guessed well. Boss Cai did occupy some shares, otherwise I would change the company name when I was idle."
"Tsk tsk—" Li Xuan smacked his lips and joked: "Mr. Cai, you have made such a big deal in the past few months. First, Ying Zhijie, then Yongsheng. I'm afraid I'll work for you too."
"well--"
Cai Songlin sighed and said bitterly, "This is because of helplessness. I have more and more cinemas under my command now. I need at least 200 movies every year. This requires all good movies that can be watched. If I don't support more film companies, then Taiwanese theater chains will lose money."
Ha, you made money, but Hong Kong movies were disrupted. I just don’t know how many production companies Cai Songlin has built? Li Xuan quietly threw these chaotic messes out of his mind and pretended to joke: “Mr. Cai, you are in a blessing and don’t know how lucky you are. A hundred theaters are enough to dominate the world when they come to Hong Kong.”
"Ha, can Hong Kong and Taiwan compare..." Cai Songlin replied with a smile.
"Okay, okay, let's not discuss anything like Hong Kong, Taiwan or something." Xiang Huaqiang waved his hand and looked at Li Xuan and asked, "By the way, Ah Xuan, have you Xuan Yuan's movie video tape been handed over to Yihe Film and Television before?"
"Um……?"
Xiang Huaqiang's words turned his head too quickly, which made Li Xuan slightly stunned, but he quickly reacted and replied: "Yes, if you don't leave it to them, they are the only ones who do videotapes in Hong Kong now."
After hearing Li Xuan's words, Xiang Huaqiang and Cai Songlin looked at each other silently, and then Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said, "No, Axuan, there are more than one in Hong Kong now doing video tape distribution business."
"More than one?" Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiang Huaqiang, who was gloomy and asked suddenly, "Yongsheng has also made the distribution business of videotapes?"
"Yes!" Xiang Huaqiang responded heavily.
This is really a shotgun replacement. Yongsheng, who used to only produce, had a scholar, and so many things happened. Cai Songlin even used money to throw money at production companies one by one in Hong Kong. Taiwan's hot money poured into the Hong Kong film industry so quickly, urging one bad movie after another.
As for the video tape distribution business, only the leaders of the clubs like Xiang Huaqiang can feel at ease. The huge connections are also conducive to the distribution of video tapes, which is an icing on the cake for Yongsheng's film career.
Li Xuan came this time to find out the bottom line, but the four of them talked about it and finally Yongsheng had a business with Xuanyuan. Anyway, the movie video tape was handed over to Yihe Film and Television before, and it was similar to the future. Moreover, because Yongsheng was grabbing business, the profit share it gave Xuanyuan was a little higher than that of Yihe Film and Television.
Why don't Li Xuan do such a mutually beneficial thing?
Yongsheng's reorganization and name change are just a microcosm of a large amount of hot money flowing into the Hong Kong film and television industry. More and more people are making a fortune in this industry, while others are losing money. The undercurrents are surging below this colorful casino.
"Bang--"
Seeing the door in front of them gradually being closed, Liu Zhenwei and Yu Yunkang outside the door were relatively speechless and looked quite lost. This is the place they have worked for more than four years, this is the place where they dreamed of sailing, but now the door is closed.
Yes, the Five Continents Century has gone bankrupt.
Although the two movies "The Disaster" and "The Brothers" were released in March, and together they received a box office of more than 7 million yuan, the ones they received were less than 2.8 million yuan. In addition to the various costs of the movie and the labor costs that were owed for several months, they were shocked to find that they were losing money. Moreover, the movies with such a box office were so bad that there was no need to expect from the foreign market.
After settled various expenses, the remaining money of Century Company was no longer enough to make another movie. Century’s parent company could not draw out or would not draw out a lot of blood to maintain the film company.
Liu Zhenwei and Yu Yunkang, the big and second bosses of the two Century Pictures, looked at each other silently for three days in the smoky office, and finally made a decision - to close Century Pictures!
"Zhen Wei, what are you going to do in the future?" Yu Yunkang asked silently as he looked at the closed door in front of him.
"I don't know, I don't want to do movies anyway." Liu Zhenwei was cruel and gritted his teeth and said, "At the worst I can really go to sell clothes, I will definitely not starve myself to death anyway."
"Ah?" Yu Yunkang was stunned for a moment, then said, "Hey, Zhen Wei, aren't you telling it seriously?"
"Um--!"
Liu Zhenwei lit up fiercely, then picked up the cardboard box containing miscellaneous items on the ground and said, "Akang, you should continue to be your director. I will go to sell clothes. When I get rich one day, I will come back to ask you to make a movie!"
"But……"
"Okay, okay, nothing is there." Liu Zhenwei interrupted Yu Yunkang's words directly, and said while walking towards the elevator: "There is no banquet in the world, A Kang, we will have a date in the future."
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