"You're crazy to buy the cinema chain from me."
"I'm not crazy. If you want to sell it, fine. If you don't, I won't force you. This concludes our conversation today."
After saying this, Wu Changyun planned to leave without giving He Guanchang any face.
Now Wu Changyun has the box office, and his movies can bring a lot of money to the theater chain where they are shown. Previously, he was the boss of Golden Harvest. This year, Wu Changyun's two box office movies proved that quality is more important than quantity.
The combined box office revenue of Wu Changyun's two films this year is almost 14 million. What does this mean? This is a number that Golden Harvest's works have been able to reach this year. When Golden Harvest was at its peak, Qi Ji Film Company crushed this dynasty with its box office revenue.
Golden Harvest is not just one person’s Golden Harvest, but Wu Changyun is really a one-man company.
In other words, He Guanchang had to consider more than just his own interests.
"Wait, tell me, which one do you want?"
"I've been waiting for you to say that."
Wu Changyun did not choose just one cinema chain, but selected seven cinema chains along the line. This not only avoided competition between two cinema chains in the same area, but also made his own brand famous.
"Seven families?"
He Guanchang carefully considered the pros and cons and asked him to hand over seven cinema chains in exchange for the screening rights of Qi Ji Film Company.
"This is not a small business, and how can I trust that you will continue to produce good works in the future?"
"Either you and I sit on the same chariot, or we become enemies. I don't think the seven theater chains will hurt your foundation. It's not like I'm taking advantage of you for free."
Wu Changyun frowned and pretended to be distressed.
He is now taking advantage of the situation. The reason is simple. Qi Ji Film Company is currently in its heyday. If it gets out of control in the future, it is better to establish a cooperative relationship as soon as possible. At least, it can still occupy the leading position in the industry like Shaw Brothers does now.
Even if Qi Ji Film Company can no longer produce good movies in the future, it will be good news for Golden Harvest.
"Okay, I promise you." He Guanchang really had no choice. This year, his right-hand man Xu Guanwen did a good enough job and had surpassed himself, but he still fell in front of Wu Changyun.
"It's the time and the fate." He Guanchang looked carefully at the young man in front of him. It seemed like a big mistake that they didn't bring Wu Changyun under their wing back then.
Jiahe's business model is very similar to Qiji's, both of which are basic salary plus dividends. The advantage of this is that it can stabilize people's hearts and avoid poaching.
But the expenses on actors are also ridiculously high. They originally poached people from Shaw Brothers with better pay, and now they are reaping the consequences.
Wu Changyun successfully moved seven cinema chains from Golden Harvest for 5.7 million yuan, including three large cinema chains and four small cinema chains.
Large cinema chains are located in shopping malls or independent shops. For example, the Pearl River Cinema Chain is an independent shop and is very luxurious.
Some small cinema chains are located on the first floor of a shopping mall, or are converted from old office buildings. The ticket office is relatively small and the corridors are relatively narrow. They do not have a large cinema hall like the Pearl River, and are more like a slightly larger hotel.
1979 was a year of good luck for Wu Changyun. Due to the box office dominance of Qi Ji Film Company, Yuan Aijia decided to sell Zhengke Film Company to Wu Changyun.
Along with the nine cinema chains under Zhengke, the Yindu Cinema Line and the Pearl River Cinema Line were completed that year, forming the "Puqing Line" with the Puqing, Cathay, Gaosheng and other cinema chains, showing movies from Great Wall and Phoenix Film Company, and they were once very popular.
With the opening of Nanhua Cinema Line and Nanyang Cinema Line, the "Zhupu Line" was combined with them to form the "Double Nan Line" spanning seven cinemas.
Now half of the Shuangnan Line has been taken over by Wu Changyun, and Jiahe’s ten hospitals have also been dismantled by Wu Changyun to only seven.
In order to achieve this goal, Wu Changyun gathered all the funds he could raise in his own hands, which barely allowed the company to maintain normal operations.
Fortunately, everything started to get better after the cinema opened.
Zhou Huiting, wearing a short skirt, sat on a chair nearby, holding a newspaper. She looked at the photo of a two-story "compound" representing the company. Suddenly, she slammed the newspaper on the table and demanded, "Wu Changyun, when are you planning on moving the company to a new address?"
"Change? Who said we should change?"
Zhou Huiting was speechless for a moment. She pointed at the paparazzi holding cameras outside the window and said, "Our company's hardware needs to be upgraded. At the very least, we don't even have a studio for taking pictures."
"We're not a graphic design company, why would we need that? Besides, we don't even have a photographer."
"Well, we should have a living room, a stage for promoting the charity performance, a recording studio, and a dressing room, right?"
"Nonsense. The reception room is fine, but the stage for the charity performance and publicity can be outsourced. Doing it ourselves is too cost-effective. The recording studio is not often used. Outsource it, all of it."
"You, you are too stingy." Zhou Huiting was so angry that she jumped up and down. The reason why she called the meeting together was, on the one hand, because a group of people headed by Zhou Runfa kept nagging in her ears every day.
Another thing is that Zhou Huiting is a city dweller and takes the bus to Diamond Hill every day. When her family members ask her where she works, they look disappointed when they hear Diamond Hill.
Although Diamond Hill has the word "diamond" in its name, it is not really a place of wealth. It only reminds people of the uphill terrain and the old lady throwing dirty water in the middle of the road. There are no diamonds in Diamond Hill.
"Oh, if you keep doing this, Wu Changyun, you'll force me."
Zhou Huiting grabbed Wu Changyun's collar, straddled his thighs with her legs, and held him tightly.
"Hey, what are you doing? Dedicating yourself to your career?"
"If you don't agree, I'll scream molest."
Zhou Huiting didn't really know what to do; she simply impulsively climbed onto Wu Changyun's lap. Perhaps it was because she had a crush on her boss, or perhaps it was because she had been suppressing her feelings for too long without being able to express them.
But she knew clearly that there was never a shortage of good women around Wu Changyun.
"Okay, okay, stop overthinking it. We'll move to the city center by the end of this year. You can check out the location first."
"Really? Great!"
The next day, Wu Changyun was invited to be one of the organizers of a banquet, in layman's terms, the one who paid for it.
There were nine organizers in total. The person who called was Zou Wenhuai from Golden Harvest. In addition to Qi Ji, the other organizers were the bosses from Golden Harvest, Siyuan, Great Wall, Shaw Brothers, Phoenix, Lo Wei, Ka Mao, and Emperor Entertainment Group, a total of nine film companies.
Only top celebrities and media companies were able to enter the venue that day.
Wu Changyun was forced to arrive at the venue early. The host was one of TVB's leading actresses, Li Siqi, and Zhou Runfa, who has been in the spotlight this year.
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