Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Zou Wenhuai from Jiahe and the others are here."

While Lin Baicheng and Shao Yifu were chatting, secretary Qin Lan came over.

"snort!"

Upon hearing this, Shao Yifu, who was still smiling when chatting with Lin Baicheng, suddenly changed his face. He said to Lin Baicheng: "Lin Sheng, let me go into the screening room first. This traitor will disappear."

"Manager Wu, please entertain Sir Shao."

Lin Baicheng immediately said to Wu Siyuan after hearing this.

"Sir Shao, Miss Fang, please come this way."

Wu Siyuan nodded to express his understanding and led Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua into the screening room.

Lin Baicheng knew the general grudge between Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai. It was simply that Zou Wenhuai worked for TVB before and later competed with his old employer for business, damaging the interests of Shaw Brothers Pictures.

In the meantime, Shao Yifu should have suppressed Zou Wenhuai, but he failed to suppress him. Zou Wenhuai broke into the world, so the grudge between the two was forged.

Shao Yifu was unhappy with Zou Wenhuai, and Zou Wenhuai must also have opinions about Shao Yifu.

Before Lin Baicheng could go outside, Zou Wenhuai came in. He didn't come alone, He Guanchang from Jiahe Company also came.

"Mr. Zou and Mr. He, welcome to attend the opening of Star Cinema today."

The grudge between Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai had nothing to do with Lin Baicheng, so Lin Baicheng welcomed them with a smile and shook hands with Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

"Lin Sheng, this is the first time we have met. Seeing you, I have to admit that we are old."

Zou Wenhuai sighed with emotion. Lin Baicheng was about the same age as his children, but his achievements were even greater than his. In other words, he and Lin Baicheng were simply incomparable. Their wealth and social status were simply not the same. A level.

Lin Baicheng owns almost half of Hutchison Whampoa's shares. This asset alone is worth more than HK$4 billion, which is more than Zou Wenhuai's entire net worth. As for other industries, there is no need to talk about them.

As for social status, just as the actual controller of Hutchison Whampoa, Lin Baicheng's influence is quite great. Not many people in Hong Kong can match him, not to mention Lin Baicheng also has industries such as Asia Television.

"Mr. Zou is joking, you are only in your early fifties now, and you are in your prime."

Lin Baicheng smiled. One thing he knew very well was that his age was very conspicuous among the tycoons in Hong Kong.

"Uncle Zou, Uncle He." "Mr. Zou, Mr. He."

Hong Jinbao and Xu Guangwen came over and said hello to Zou Wenhuai and the others.

Although they abandoned Jiahe and chose to cooperate with Xingchen Pictures, the Xiangjiang film industry was not big enough, and with their previous friendship, they certainly could not turn a blind eye to Zou Wenhuai's arrival, so they came over to say hello.

"Um!"

Looking at the two of them, Zou Wenhuai just nodded lightly. He was not here to cause trouble today, so of course it was not easy to attack them. What he did was not giving Lin Baicheng face, and he came here specifically to slap them in the face, making many enemies for no reason. But it was impossible for him to give them a good look, so he nodded as a greeting.

Hong Jinbao and Xu Guangwen knew that their choice to cooperate with Star Pictures had offended Golden Harvest Company, so they were not surprised by Zou Wenhuai's attitude, nor did they think there was anything wrong, as long as it was acceptable.

After a while, Zuo Xiangqing walked in. Almost all the well-established filmmakers in the industry who had been invited came. Naturally, he, the general manager of the theater chain, had no need to greet guests outside.

As the time for the film's screening approached, Lin Baicheng and others went to the screening room, and the cinema officially began selling tickets to the public. The only film released today was "Snake," so it was shown in all auditoriums of all theaters at the same time.

Except for a screening room here in Central where Lin Baicheng and others watch movies, all other screening rooms sell tickets to the public.

Nowadays, the average ticket price of a movie ticket in Xiangjiang is HKD 6. The reason why we say the average price is because other cinemas can watch hundreds of people at a time, so the locations are inevitably good and bad, and the ticket prices are also different. .

For example, the best super class seats cost 10 HKD per ticket; the special class seats cost 8 HKD per ticket; the regular seats cost 6 HKD per ticket; and the lower seats in the back row cost 5 HKD per ticket. After averaging, one vote is equivalent to about 6 Hong Kong dollars.

The cinema of Star Cinema is different from other cinemas in Hong Kong. Although the seats here are good and bad, the difference is not big, so the ticket prices are the same. The ticket price is HKD 6, which is the same as the average ticket price of other cinemas. A price point.

However, Star Cinema just opened today, so the movie tickets for the first three days are only half price, which is 3 Hong Kong dollars. You can buy a movie ticket.

"Snake" began to be promoted on TV stations and newspapers a week ago, so the film premiered at Star Cinema today. Not only is it a household name, but many Hong Kong people know about it.

The film was promoted, the ticket price was not high, and today was Saturday, so there were naturally a lot of people who bought tickets to watch the premiere, and it looked very popular. However, whether this kind of scene can be sustained depends on the quality of the film. After all, if the quality of the film is not good, no matter how much it is promoted, it will be useless no matter how cheap the ticket price is.

Lin Baicheng and the guests were watching a movie in a screening room. Although he was not interested in the old-fashioned movies of this era, the company belonged to him, so he could not look sleepy and could only pretend to be very involved.

"This movie is just like that."

After watching the movie for a while, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but thought to himself. However, although the movie is not very good, it is not bad either. What is more important to him is that the leading actor Cheng Long is really good and has the potential to succeed Bruce Lee.

"I don't know if we can dig Cheng Long over."

Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but think that Star Pictures had poached Hong Jinbao and Xu's Pictures. If there was a chance, Zou Wenhuai wouldn't mind poaching people as well. This was normal business competition and there was nothing to worry about.

After the movie screening, the guests said goodbye one by one. Lin Baicheng also left the cinema after sending Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai away respectively.

Also leaving at the same time as Lin Baicheng were Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin. Lin Baicheng invited them to dinner. Because of Zhilin's presence, Lin Qingxia did not refuse. If it were just her and Lin Baicheng, it would look like the two were dating, and she would definitely have concerns as she was deeply involved in emotional entanglements.

Lin Baicheng had other ideas about Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin, but he still invited the two of them to dine together. No one knows what will happen in the future, but it is a pleasure to be able to dine with two beauties now.

After dinner, Lin Baicheng sent Lin Qingxia and Guan Zhilin back respectively.