Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

After Zhang Jialiang and Xu Xiaoming arrived at the TVB office building, they were quickly taken to Shao Yifu's office.

At this time, Fang Yihua and Shao Yifu had already received the notice and were waiting for Zhang Jialiang and Xu Xiaoming to arrive.

After entering the door, Xu Xiaoming began to introduce both parties.

"Mr. Zhang, this is Uncle Six, and this is Miss Fang.

Uncle Six, Miss Fang, this is Mr. Zhang Jialiang, the chairman of our company. "

Zhang Jialiang:

"Hello, Miss Fang, hello, Uncle Six. I have admired you two for a long time. Uncle Six is ​​a legend in the Hong Kong film industry. It is a great honor to meet you in person."

Shao Yifu was relatively polite to Zhang Jialiang. He now knew that Zhang Jialiang was not worth a lot and had several hundred million in funds. Although it was less than his, he was still considered a wealthy man, so naturally he had an equal status with him.

"I am two years older than you. You call me Sixth Uncle, so I won't be polite and will call you Aliang."

Zhang Jialiang:

"As I should. Uncle Six, you are the elder, so it's only appropriate for you to call me A-Liang."

Shao Yifu nodded and suddenly started talking about Zhang Jialiang's movie making.

"Aliang, I heard that your company is about to start filming a movie?"

Zhang Jialiang:

"Yes, Uncle Six, the movie is based on the previous A Better Tomorrow, the movie directed by Long a few years ago."

Run Run Shaw is a living fossil of the Hong Kong film industry, and he certainly knows the movie "A Better Tomorrow".

"I heard that the investment in this movie was not small?"

Zhang Jialiang:

“Yes, the investment is about 600 million, of which 450 million is production cost and 150 million is publicity and promotion cost.

Uncle Six, are you interested in investing?

We still feel a little lonely as a company. If Uncle Six wants to invest, I can give you half of the shares. "

There is no need to lie to Run Run Shaw. The rumor that the movie "A Better Tomorrow" was made public is that the investment was 900 million.

This is false. No one in film investment will tell the outside world the real investment cost. Exaggerating some investments is a normal operation, but there is no need for people in the industry to hide it.

Run Run Shaw has been badly hurt by the movies in recent years. His Shaw Brothers Film Company made many films over the years, but most of them did not make money, and many even suffered losses. How could he have the mood to invest in other people's movies?

"No need. I won't hide it from you. I've been very sad making movies in the past two years. It's too embarrassing to be suppressed by younger generations like Golden Harvest and Cinema City. I'm not in the mood to think about investing in movies anymore."

Zhang Jialiang knew that he would definitely not invest, even though "A Better Tomorrow" would surely be very popular and would have a huge box office. If Run Run Shaw really wanted to invest, even though he would suffer some losses, he would not refuse.

It is beneficial to have a closer relationship with Run Run Shaw. Although Shaw's films are not doing well now, he still has TVB and a large number of excellent actors and other professional staff under him, all of which Zhang Jialiang is very envious of.

If he could establish a good relationship with Run Run Shaw, he would have a chance to get a part of these things. The huge Shaw Brothers Film Company is about to collapse, and there are many benefits in it. He still has great hope of getting a piece of the pie.

"Uncle Six, I just started a film company. I have little experience and lack of ability. I hope you can take care of me."

Shaw Yi-fu:

"Well, that's what I should do."

Zhang Jialiang followed up decisively. In front of Shao Yifu, he was a junior and did not need to care so much about his face.

"Uncle Six, can you give me a discount on the promotion fee for my movie on TVB?"

When Shao Yifu heard that Zhang Jialiang asked for a discount on the advertising expenses on TVB, he was somewhat reluctant.

"Okay, okay, you can discuss it with Miss Fang when the time comes.

Let’s talk about cinemas.

To be honest, I have been working in the film industry for decades and have feelings for the film company. I feel a little reluctant to let go now.

Cinemas are the foundation of a film company, and I am not happy with just pushing it out like this."

Zhang Jialiang was helpless about Shao Yifu's change of subject, but thinking about Shao Yifu's character, he soon felt relieved, and then he gave Xu Xiaoming a wink.

When it comes to acquiring the cinema chain, it's time to get serious. He doesn't want to say words that will offend people. If he has subordinates to use, of course he wants them to be the bad guys.

After seeing this, Xu Xiaoming quickly understood that it was time for him to step forward.

"Uncle Six, Miss Fang, some of these words may sound unpleasant, but they are the facts.

Shaw Brothers Films have been struggling in recent years and the situation is getting worse and worse, especially with the big rival Golden Harvest. Coupled with the sudden rise of Cinema City, there have been very few Shaw Brothers films on the box office charts in the past two years.

Shaw Brothers Films is no longer your support, but has become a burden. Meanwhile, TVB is thriving under the management of the two of you. TVB should be the focus of both of you now.

It is in the best interests of both of you to let go when it is time to let go and sell Shaw Cinemas and concentrate your funds on TVB.

Besides, our company’s offer is not low, HK$1 million is definitely worthy of Uncle Six.”

Fang Yihua shook his head.

"1 million Hong Kong dollars, this price is too low, this is impossible!

Shaw Cinemas is definitely worth 200 million. It not only covers the whole of Hong Kong, but also can project to the whole of Southeast Asia.

Having this complete cinema chain will be a great boost to your film company and is the capital for your survival, so you have to be willing to spend money on it."

Fang Yihua is indeed in favor of selling the cinema chain. What she said now did not mention whether to sell or not, but that she was not satisfied with the price.

Xu Xiaoming:

"Ms. Fang, the price you mentioned is too outrageous!

At this price, the deal would be impossible.

Mr. Zhang and I applied for it, and he agreed. The price can be increased by 1,000 million, so let’s just call it 1.1 million Hong Kong dollars.

This price should be very high. I think no other family in Hong Kong would offer such a high price except us. "

Fang Yihua wanted to say something else, but Shao Yifu interrupted her with a wave of his hand.

"I'll think about the cinema issue again. Give me some more time."

Seeing Shao Yifu's firm attitude, Zhang Jialiang estimated that he really hadn't decided whether to sell the cinema chain or not.

"Okay, today we'll just visit Uncle Six and Miss Fang, and we'll discuss the cinema chain in detail later.

Sorry for disturbing you today, I'll take my leave now, see you another day!"

After returning to the company, Zhang Jialiang received a call from Wang Fayi from the United States.

"Mr. Zhang, I found the Cisco company you asked me to look for, and I've also met Leonard Bosack and Santi Lerner and his wife."

Zhang Jialiang:

"That's good. Thank you for your hard work. What's the current situation of their company?"

Wang Fayi:

"Their company was indeed established not long ago, in December last year.

Now that their original funds have been almost used up, they happily accepted our angel investment proposal, and after negotiation, they agreed to invest US$20, which represents a 33% stake.

I think this is the bottom price according to their attitude, and the price won't go down much further.

Mr. Zhang, do you agree to accept this price? "

Zhang Jialiang.

"Okay, let's do it this way. Come back as soon as you're done. I'll have other things for you to do by then."

Wang Fayi.

"Okay, Zhang Sheng!"

Cisco was a phenomenal company, and by 2000 it would grow to a $5,550 billion company, making it the most valuable technology network company in the world at the time.

If you can invest now at an early stage, the future returns will be a huge fortune.

There will be many more unicorn companies like this in the future. As long as we wait patiently and look carefully, there will be plenty of opportunities.

Zhang Jialiang was very happy.