Chapter 151 Corporate crisis (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Chu Huan's crazy acquisition behavior still caused a chain reaction.

  When Shanhai Cinemas became the fourth largest theater company in Xiangjiang, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest realized that their previous evaluation of black and white images was completely wrong.

  Before this, the two film companies believed that if they wanted to clean up the black-and-white images, they only needed to complete the sniping on the films shot by the film companies, which was enough to complete the attack on the black-and-white images.

   But things are different now.

  Chu Huan actually put the main direction of development on the acquisition of theaters.

   Before they could react, Chu Huan had already completed the expansion of the theater chain with lightning speed.

  The current situation has changed drastically from a month ago.

  A month ago, Chu Huan only had five movie theaters in his hands, four of which were rented out. With such a scale, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest would not have too much defense against him.

  As for the dissatisfaction of the two companies with Chu Huan, it was not because they felt that black and white images would have great promise in the future, but because Chu Huan's behavior at that time made them very unhappy.

  But now a film company with twelve theaters in its hands, as long as its black and white images can develop normally, it will definitely become a force that cannot be ignored in the Hong Kong film industry in the future.

  There are only so many shares in the Xiangjiang film industry. Chu Huan's sudden emergence will definitely take away the resources of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

   At this time, the two companies' views on Chu Huan have risen from purely personal grievances to commercial competition.

  At this time, the two companies will naturally take some measures to prevent the development of black and white images.

  The grievance between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest is much greater than the competition between Black and White Image and Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, so it is impossible for them to communicate with each other, but at the same time make the same decision.

"Just this morning, the film companies we have cooperated with called one after another, expressing their intention to cancel the cooperation. I inquired about it, and found out that both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers seemed to have discussed it. The film companies put pressure on them.

   said that if their movie is shown in our theaters, they will lose the opportunity to be shown in Shaw Brothers theaters and Jiahe theaters, and their distribution outside the city will also be blocked! "

  Fang Jianhui stood at the door of the ward, looking at Chu Huan worriedly.

   This is the biggest crisis he has encountered since he became the general manager of Black and White Image, and it is actually the first crisis. The development of Black and White Image was so smooth before that Fang Jianhui thought that the shopping mall was nothing more than that.

   But now Shao Shi, Jiahe just made a move, it made him feel like he was facing an abyss.

   Chu Huan spent nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars to buy and decorate these theaters. Now Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have just made a move, and Shanhai Cinemas is facing the dilemma of having no movies to show.

If Shanhai Cinemas had no film source, then the consumption in one month would be hundreds of thousands. For Shanhai Cinemas, a new theater company, there was no way to bear such a loss, unless Chu Huan continued to inject funds.

   But Fang Jianhui doesn't know how much money Chu Huan has now. He only knows that Chu Huan used loans to buy these theaters. By the way, the bank interest has not been calculated yet.

   Standing there, Chu Huan also frowned. Although he had already guessed that Shaw Brothers and Jiahe would make a move, he didn't expect the other party to come so fast and so swiftly.

   "At first, I thought that such a thing would not happen until after the release of "The Great Warlord", but I didn't expect them to take action now!"

  After Chu Huan finished speaking, he looked at Fang Jianhui and asked.

   "In addition to using their own theaters and distribution channels to deter those film companies, do the two companies have any other means?"

  Fang Jianhui said helplessly: "This is enough, especially the distribution channels in other cities. Now these two companies have distribution channels in other cities in Xiangjiang. Once this ban comes out, these film companies have already been persuaded."

   "Fortunately, they still underestimate black and white images after all." Chu Huan breathed a sigh of relief, and things did not develop in the worst direction.

   "Okay?" Seeing that Chu Huan said it was okay, Fang Jianhui couldn't help complaining: "Brother Huan, the fire is already imminent. Besides this, what else can they do?"

  Chu Huan said: "It's very simple. As long as the two companies order their own actors not to participate in the filming of the film companies that cooperate with our Shanhai Cinemas, what do you think will happen to those film companies?"

Although the incident did not happen, after hearing what Chu Huan said, Fang Jianhui's face changed instantly, and he even said in horror: "If this is the case, those film companies will be more resolute in implementing the ban they issued. At the same time, even our Companies have to face the situation that no one is available.”

Chu Huan nodded slightly and said: "That's right, that was the biggest blow to the company, but obviously, both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest think that the current ban is enough to deal with our company, so they didn't launch the final trick .”

  The two film companies, in addition to having natural advantages in theaters and distribution channels, a more important advantage is actually talent.

  In Xiangjiang, most of the film companies are actually shell companies, even a certain director or actor feels that he can produce independently, so he established a film company.

  Now that Black & White Image has completed the preliminary company structure, I still feel that there are not enough directors and actors, let alone those small companies.

  When they make a film, people need to borrow from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the studio needs to be rented from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the film needs to be released in theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and the distribution needs to be channeled by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

  That's why I said that they are living under the sniff of the two major film companies.

On the set, even if Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest don’t borrow them, they can still make modern films. Movies, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest’s theaters are not released, they can also contact those independent movie theaters for distribution. Not every film company cares about other cities. box office.

  Only in terms of people, they really cannot do without Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

  Especially Shaw Brothers, most of Xiangjiang's film talents can be said to be in Shaw Brothers.

  If you want to start a movie, you must have actors and directors. Without these people, what is the movie going to be about?

   "Brother Huan, what should we do now? Do you want to go to Feng Jingxi again, let him be a peacemaker again, and talk to Shao Yifu?"

  Fang Jianhui preached in a panic.

  Before Chu Huan asked Feng Jingxi to be a peacemaker to settle Li Hanxiang's affairs, Fang Jianhui knew about it.

Chu Huan waved his hand and said, "It's useless to find Feng Jingxi for this matter. Don't forget that Feng Jingxi is also a shareholder of Shaw Brothers. What we are doing now is actually grabbing Shaw Brothers' market share. Plunder Feng Jingxi's wealth.

  Before, the reason why Feng Jingxi would help was because we had no stake in anything, but now it is different.

   Moreover, now that Shaw Brothers has not terminated our rental contract for the Qingshuiwan studio, there is Feng Jingxi's face in it.

   When doing business, you can't always think of relying on the help of others to overcome difficulties. In this case, even your enemies will not think highly of you! "

  Fang Jianhui showed a slumped expression, and said: "Then what should we do, now we have no power to fight back?"

Chu Huan chuckled, and said, "Don't worry, since I already guessed that they would attack, I naturally thought about countermeasures. This time, I will show you how Zhang Wuji solved the problem of Guangmingding being besieged by the six factions. !"

  Fang Jianhui saw that Chu Huan was so confident, he immediately looked hopeful: "What way?"

  Chu Huan did not directly answer Fang Jianhui's question, but ordered: "You call the bosses of those film companies now, and tell them that I will hold a banquet at Yung Kee tonight, and ask them to appreciate it."

  Fang Jianhui knew that Chu Huan was going to make a move, so he said excitedly: "Okay, I will notify them now."

   After finishing speaking, Fang Jianhui had no time to ask Chu Huan what kind of tricks he had prepared, so he left the hospital in a hurry.

  Chu Huan returned to the ward.

  Miao Kexiu, who was lying on the hospital bed, also had a worried expression on her face when she saw Chu Huan come back.

   "Brother Huan, Manager Fang came here in a hurry, is there something wrong?"

   "The company has some small problems, but the problem is not big, and it is easy to solve!"

  Chu Huan sat next to Miao Kexiu again, and preached lightly and gently.

  Miao Kexiu hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, Brother Huan, you should go to the company to have a look. I don't have anything to do here."

  Chu Huan took an orange to help Miao Kexiu peel it, and said with a smile, "I can't solve it even if I go to the company, but I'm going out for a while tonight, so I might not be able to have dinner with you."

  Miao Kexiu propped up her body with her hands, leaned on the hospital bed, and said, "Brother Huan, actually I have nothing to do here. I can be discharged from the hospital today. I just need to come to the hospital when the stitches are removed."

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "Don't worry about being discharged from the hospital. You have to observe for a day anyway. The matter on my side is easy to solve, so you don't have to worry."

   After finishing speaking, Chu Huan put the peeled orange into Miao Kexiu's mouth, "Unless you don't want me to stay here with you."

   "Of course not"

   Miao Kexiu muttered loudly with an orange in her mouth.

  Chu Huan laughed when he saw this, and Miao Kexiu instantly flew into her temples.

   "The film industry is not so easy to mess with!"

  Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai's office.

  Zou Wenhuai, wearing black-rimmed glasses, sat there with a slender cigar in his hand, with a smug smile on his face.

  Sitting opposite Zou Wenhuai is He Guanchang, the second in command of Golden Harvest. In fact, their looks are somewhat similar. People who don't know think they are brothers.

  He Guanchang sat there cross-legged, and preached to Zou Wenhuai: "Shao Laoliu issued the ban almost at the same time as us. It seems that he is not very satisfied with Chu Huan's behavior during this period."

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "In Li Hanxiang's body, he was put on by Chu Huan. In Feng Jingxi's face, he had to agree that the film with black and white images can borrow Shaw Brothers' Qingshuiwan studio. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. .”

  He Guanchang sighed a little: "This Chu Huan is really bold. I didn't expect his expansion speed to be so fast. In just one month, he expanded seven movie theaters!"

  He Guanchang included Yingyu Cinema.

  Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Young people tend to be impulsive, which is understandable, but after all, they are too young to go the wrong way."

  He Guanchang said: "I just got the news that Fang Jianhui, who has black and white images, has contacted the bosses of those small and medium-sized film companies, saying that Chu Huan wants to invite them to have dinner at Yung Kee tonight."

  Fang Jianhui's side had just started to act, and He Guanchang's side already knew the news. Obviously, some of the small and medium-sized film company bosses also tipped them off.

   "It's just that I can't figure it out. The matter has developed to this point. What else can Chu Huan do to restore the current situation?

   Could it be that he still wants to reduce the cost of the package? "

  He Guanchang looked at Zou Wenhuai in confusion.

   For Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang has a kind of admiration, otherwise he would not have been loyal to Zou Wenhuai for decades.

  He has never seen anything that Zou Wenhuai can't handle.

   "It should be similar to what you think, otherwise, apart from this method, I can't think of any other method." Zou Wenhuai said indifferently.

  Now they have played a dead game for Chu Huan, and they have already won. No matter how you look at it, Chu Huan has no chance of turning over.

  He Guanchang nodded, and said: "I think so too, but I have already told Luo Wei that after they finish eating with Chu Huan, they will immediately inform us what they said."

  Although Luo Wei’s contract with Golden Harvest ended after Golden Harvest finished filming "Big Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury", he formed his own film company.

  The two parties can only say that it is a cooperative relationship.

  Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "Then let's see what tricks this young talent from Xiangjiang is going to use."

  He Guanchang also laughed and said, "Then shall we wait and contact Chu Huan when he can't hold on anymore?"

  Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "Yes, people who are at the end of their means will desperately seize the opportunity, and naturally they will give more of what they are willing to give."

  Competition and suppression are just commercial means, not ends.

  The commercial purpose is to make money!

   Golden Harvest made a move on the black and white images, and everyone thought it was because Chu Huan snatched the Lisheng Theater from Golden Harvest when he founded the Shanhai Cinema.

   As everyone knows, Zou Wenhuai already has other plans in mind.

  Black and white images are actually irrelevant to Zou Wenhuai. If there is no Shanhai Cinema, Jiahe would not even bother to look at the black and white images.

  So in the eyes of Zou Wenhuai, the most important thing is the Shanhai Cinemas.

  Under the joint suppression of all the film companies in Xiangjiang, Shanhai Cinemas is bound to fall into the dilemma of having no films to show. Since Zou Wenhuai is paying attention to Chu Huan, he naturally knows how Shanhai Cinemas was established.

   Without the support of the film, Chu Huan would not be able to afford the monthly loss of Shanhai Cinemas.

  If at this time, Jiahe appears as the savior, then the conditions are not up to them.

Therefore, Zou Wenhuai's real purpose is the Shanhai Theater in the hands of Chu Huan. He is not going to acquire the Shanhai Theater, but wants to form a cooperative relationship with Chu Huan. In this cooperative relationship, Jiahe is Take advantage of this incident and take the initiative.

  If Golden Harvest can get Shanhai Cinemas in the hands of Chu Huan, then Golden Harvest will surpass Shuangnan Cinemas and Shaw Cinemas and become the largest cinema company in Xiangjiang.

   At that time, Golden Harvest's movie may reach another height in the box office of Xiangjiang.

  Thus enabling Golden Harvest to fulfill its dream of surpassing Shaw Brothers.

   It can only be said that none of the people who have achieved success in the mall are paid for nothing, and they are all foxes with a thousand years.

  He Guanchang asked with some concern: "Do you think Shao Lao Liu also has such thoughts? What if he makes a move ahead of us?"

  Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest did not discuss it, but made the same decision at the same time, which made He Guanchang worry that Shao Yifu had the same plan as Zou Wenhuai.

  Zou Wenhuai narrowed his eyes slightly, and Shao Yifu was the enemy that Zou Wenhuai identified in his heart.

  After thinking for a while, Zou Wenhuai said: "The possibility is not very high. Yifu Shao has a great desire to control, and he will not allow an independent kingdom under the Shao family.

And even if Shao Yifu had such a plan, Chu Huan would not cooperate with him. Don't forget my analysis of Chu Huan. This person is actually similar to Shao Yifu, and he also has a strong desire to control, otherwise he would not be in the In the early days of founding a film company, he got involved in theaters.

  He just wants to have enough power to speak.

  It is impossible for two people like this to come together to truly complete the cooperation.

  So in Xiangjiang, if Chu Huan wants to overcome this difficulty, he must cooperate with us! "

  He Guanchang still agrees with Zou Wenhuai's analysis. After all, it is human beings who do business, and it is impossible if human factors are not taken into consideration.

   "By the way, there is one more thing. The company's ban on black and white images made Li Xiaolong quite critical. He even told me about it before."

  Zou Wenhuai smiled wryly, now Li Xiaolong is really getting more and more difficult to control, especially after Li Xiaolong and Jiahe's two film contracts expired.

  In the dialogue with Zou Wenhuai, Li Xiaolong has more right to speak.

Different from other Xiangjiang stars who only have a certain box office appeal in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Li Xiaolong now has the box office appeal of the entire Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other regions with only two movies, and more importantly What's more, Li Xiaolong's fame has already started in Europe and America.

  Zou Wenhuai has always had a dream, which is to enter Golden Harvest Films into the European and American markets. In the past, the only company with this capability in Hong Kong was Shaw Brothers.

  But Shaw Brothers entered the European market more with literary films.

   Now with Li Xiaolong, things are different. His films are 100% commercial films. Once such films can enter the mainstream markets in Europe and America, the benefits they will bring are unimaginable.

   It is precisely because of this that in the cooperation with Li Xiaolong, Zou Wenhuai is slowly losing the right to speak.

"This Aaron is still so impulsive!" After a bitter smile, Zou Wenhuai continued: "But Aaron still needs to be appeased, after all, the company depends on him if it wants to open up the European and American markets, let's do it for a while I went to find him personally and told him about the company's situation, but he was just complaining!"

  He Guanchang smiled and said, "Only you can convince him."

   "Sixth brother, what on earth did Jiahe think, and made the same decision as us?"

  Fang Yihua brought Shao Yifu a cup of ginseng tea, then sat across from Shao Yifu, and couldn't help asking.

In fact, these things should have been done by Shao Yifu's secretary, but Fang Yihua knew Shao Yifu's personality very well. After she joined Shaw Brothers, the first thing she did was to fire Shao Yifu's female secretary and replace it with a As a male secretary, at the same time, Fang Yihua would do the work of serving tea and water by herself whenever she had the chance.

   Regarding the ban on black and white images, Shaw Brothers did not communicate with Golden Harvest, but now Golden Harvest issued the ban almost at the same time as Shaw Brothers.

   This had to make Fang Yihua start to doubt Jiahe's thoughts.

"What else can I think? It's just that I'm thinking about Chu Huan's Shanhai Theater Line!" Shao Yifu said indifferently: "It's just that both Zou Wenhuai and I have already seen it, and we can't let Chu Huan If things go on like this, if they are allowed to go on like this, black and white images will start poaching people.

   Apart from Li Xiaolong, Jiahe didn't have any notable talents, but we at Shaw Brothers are different, we can't let Chu Huan do this. "

  The reason why Shao Brothers suppressed black and white images is very simple. It is because Shao Yifu guessed Chu Huan's next plan, so he wanted to create an artificial crisis for Chu Huan. Only in this way would the development of black and white images be slow.

  According to Chu Huan's development model, this crisis is likely to drive the start-up black-and-white image and Shanhai cinema into the abyss.

   "If this is the case, then wouldn't we be helping Zou Wenhuai? If he really gets the Shanhai Cinema, then it will surpass our Shaw Cinema!"

  Fang Yihua preached worriedly.

Shao Yifu waved his hands with a smile, and said, "Don't worry, Zou Wenhuai still doesn't know Chu Huan well enough. Don't look at Chu Huan, a young man who is only 19 years old, but his business methods are very sophisticated. If he is so easily defeated If you are a person, then you will not complete a magnificent turn around before and become the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile."

  Shao Yifu's words made Fang Yihua unable to understand. Since Shao Yifu is so optimistic about Chu Huan, why did he do it?

   Ask if you don't understand, Fang Yihua raised her own question.

   "In Xiangjiang, there can only be two kinds of film companies, one is Shaw Brothers, and the other is other film companies." Shao Yifu said domineeringly.

   Then explained: "The ban on black and white images is to let Chu Huan understand that if he wants to do a movie business in Xiangjiang, he must rely on our Shaw Brothers, and only by following our Shaw Brothers rules can he continue his own business.

  Suppressing black and white images is not our goal, our goal is Golden Harvest! "

  Although Shao Yifu said that he looked down on other film companies, in Shao Yifu's heart, Golden Harvest was always Shaw's biggest enemy in Xiangjiang.

  As for the black-and-white image, now it’s just a young man who looks fancy but lacks connotation.

  It is true that the development of black and white images has a tendency to threaten Shaw Brothers, but it is still only possible, but with Li Xiaolong's Golden Harvest, it has already threatened Shaw Brothers.

  Fang Yihua pondered for a while, and finally understood Shao Yifu's meaning, "So you mean, let the black and white images fight Jiahe?"

   "The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit. Think about it, if there are black and white images in the film market in Xiangjiang to attack Golden Harvest, and Shaw Brothers in the outer market will target Golden Harvest. In this case, even if Golden Harvest has Li Xiaolong, it will be nothing more than a castle in the air."

  Shao Yifu preached contentedly.

   "But if this is the case, why do we still have to deal with the black and white images? Just call him here and tell him clearly."

  Fang Yihua asked again: "Now it's easier for Chu Huan to move closer to Jiahe."

  "Young people are always young and energetic. Although Chu Huan was very humble in front of me that time, I can see that this person has his own ideas and will not be influenced by others at all.

   Only by letting him understand who is the one who has the right to speak in this industry can he tame this fierce horse”

  Shao Yifu preached.

  Whether it is Shaw Brothers or Jiahe, the real purpose of what they are doing now is not the black and white image of Chu Huan, but the other party.

  But at this time, the black and white image still became the bargaining chip for the confrontation between the two film companies.

   Both sides hope to control Chu Huan in their own hands and become a sharp sword to attack the other party. As for what Chu Huan, the party concerned, thinks.

   Now neither of them actually care much.

   Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest's tacit cooperation soon got the news.

   "Haha, let him expand like crazy, now it's all right, let Shao Lao Liu and Zou Wenhuai clean up at the same time!"

   It is naturally Chu Ran who is smiling so happily.

  They have been paying attention to Chu Huan, so naturally they understood Chu Huan's current situation immediately.

Chen Xiao laughed beside him and said, "Unintentionally, Chu Huan originally wanted to quickly complete his layout in the film industry, and then he could turn around and deal with us, but he didn't expect that his behavior would cause trouble between Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. Dissatisfied, now the two film companies have issued a ban on him at the same time.

  Shanhai Cinemas will become a huge burden and drag down Chu Huan's cash flow, so we can make our own plans with more peace of mind. "

   "Daddy, I think it's better to invite Shao Lao Liu and Zou Wenhuai to have a meal. These two people are doing well!" Chu Ran smiled a little forgetfully.

  Chu Tianxiao rarely reprimanded Chu Ran, and said: "Since Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have helped us set up the stage, let's add fire."

   After finishing speaking, Chu Tianxiao said to Chu Ran: "You immediately notify the major shareholders of the company, including Chu Huan, and tell them that the company will hold a board meeting tomorrow to discuss the issuance of new shares."

  The Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest suppression this time, in Chu Tianxiao's view, no matter who wins or loses, Chu Huan is bound to be affected, and this impact will bring him huge losses.

  Chu Huan has already invested a lot of cash in order to expand the Shanhai theater chain. At this time, he is selling new shares. Chu Huan is powerless to deal with it!

   "Okay!" Chu Ran said happily.

   While all parties were calculating, Chu Huan came to Yung Kee as scheduled.

   Not today, thank you everyone~

  

  

  (end of this chapter)