novelaction Chapter 169 Prepare to trick him!
Chapter 169 Prepare to trick him!
"Uh... Dad, you..."
After returning to the hotel from the teahouse, when Tang Xionghua and Tang Yichen talked about investing in the film company, Tang Yichen didn't know what to say.
"Haha, isn't this considering your future?
I heard from Mr. Ou that the social circles in Hong Kong are a bit chaotic. I was thinking about the two little girls you know. If they become my daughters-in-law in the future, they must be well protected. I might as well buy a film company for you.
If you grow up and can use it to sign them to make your own movies, there won’t be so much trouble! ”
"..."
Tang Yichen was speechless.
"Dad, you think too much. I'm only seven!"
"Ha ha!"
Tang Xionghua laughed out loud.
As for his smile, Tang Yichen turned his head aside helplessly and continued watching TV.
To be honest, Tang Yichen actually quite likes Tang Xionghua's idea.
It seems like it would be a good idea to set up a film company and then make my own movies.
He knew a lot of stars and movies that became popular later on, and he made a lot of money by investing in them.
Think about it another way, if you don't make money from this, you can also make some good movies! In the next 20 to 30 years, Hong Kong films basically declined. When young actors and capital were in power, those things you made really didn't care whether the audience accepted them or whether they were good or not.
They only care about traffic and making money from the fans of young idols.
People who watch all kinds of bad movies have their heads enlarged.
It can be said that in later generations, many movies are like forcing shit into the mouths of normal audiences and sticking needles in their eyes.
In this case, if I shoot the film myself and focus on my acting skills and the story of the script, I can leave some room for visual enjoyment for the general public!
Good!
Well, as for what my dad said about the two little female stars he knew, who could be his daughters-in-law.
That's a bit far-fetched.
At least Tang Yichen hasn't thought about this yet.
On the 22nd, another film company contacted us, and it was Lao Li’s first company.
Jiahe.
On the phone, they also agreed to come to Shenzhen and arrived that night.
However, the person who came was not the boss, but a vice president. Tang Xionghua didn't care about him.
Meet them directly at the teahouse and negotiate the price.
I have to say, the price they asked for was really steep.
The first thing he did was to get the authorization for five million per film.
Do you really think Tang Xionghua is a stupid and rich guy?
Of course, after some bargaining, Tang Xionghua lowered the price to 100,000 per unit.
The main reason is that the other party does not value the mainland market. They would rather make their films abroad, such as to the Japanese and Korean countries, and do not make too many in China.
After all, these days, movie theaters charge too much, and mainland Chinese people really can’t afford it, so it’s a dispensable market.
As for the DVD players and even VCRs that they know about, they actually haven't authorized them, but there are people in mainland China making them too.
The problem is that they still can't do anything about some mainland companies that do this.
So I could only hold my nose and admit it.
Originally, they also wanted to ask for a sky-high price from Tang Xionghua to recover some of their losses, but Tang Xionghua told them directly that if he paid any more for the copyright, he might lose money. One hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars for a film cannot be higher.
DVD players, after all, there are not many users in mainland China now, and the number of customers who can consume genuine discs is also small. Moreover, you have a lot of Golden Harvest movies, and the price is too high, so there is no way to negotiate this voice.
After some bargaining, the deal was settled at RMB 150,000 per unit.
Wanhua purchased 58 films starring stars including Bruce Lee, Jacky Cheung, Hong Jinbao, and Jet Li.
Of course, they didn’t act in all of the fifty-eight films, but the other films were also Golden Harvest’s best-selling films.
All in all, Tang Xionghua made a lot of money from this deal, but he also tricked Golden Harvest into not knowing about VCDs, as the negotiations were only about the rights to distribute the discs.
Make the other party think it is an LD DVD.
So when Tang Xionghua lowered the price to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, he only added 10,000 RMB in the end.
After all, Hong Kong dollars are more valuable than RMB these days, and the exchange rate is 1 to 1.4.
After the negotiation, Tang Xionghua called a lawyer to sign a contract for both parties.
Of course, the contract had to be taken back to Hong Kong by the other party and signed by their company's general manager. He, as a vice president, could not sign it.
But this is not a big problem. As long as the VCD is not exposed and they know about it, even if it is only more than 8 million RMB now, they will be happy to sign the contract happily and send it back as soon as possible.
In fact, the contract was returned by the other party the next day, on the afternoon of the 23rd.
Tang Xionghua accompanied the other party to the bank to make the payment in RMB. As for converting it into Hong Kong dollars, they did it themselves.
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"Once our VCDs are released, they'll definitely know they've been ripped off. Who knows, they'll curse us out then. Besides, they're not very ruthless. Just look at the former boss of Fuyi!"
In the hotel, Tang Yichen was smiling as he flipped through the contract.
Although they said it was very serious, in fact, neither Tang Yichen nor Tang Xionghua took them seriously at all.
Is it a big deal to have a background in underworld forces?
Why don't you try coming to the mainland?
As for Hong Kong, it’s okay for me not to go there now.
In the future, when Hong Kong returns to China, Tang Xionghua will no longer be the Tang Xionghua of today.
By then, even if I let go of this hatred, what can you do to me?
Doing business!
All businessmen are dishonest. The reason I can take advantage of you is that you are not capable enough. If you want to do something, do it if you are capable. If you are not capable, just hold back!
On the 24th, Fuyi sorted out the film sources and brought them to Tang Xionghua,
There are actually not many good movies under their names. Jet Li only has three movies under his name, and one of them, New Dragon Inn, was filmed when his brother was shot to death.
Because of this, after filming this movie, Lao Li shivered in the Xiangjiang Hotel for nine months and didn't dare to go out or take any more roles. It was not until KFC contacted them this year that he rejoined his current employer and relied on the other party's influence to recover.
Two days later, Yongsheng also responded.
Moreover, the other party responded that on the same day, Tang Xionghua contacted the other party's boss, and they met in a teahouse within two hours.
Because Yongsheng now has a film studio in Shenzhen.
Xiang Qiang is right here.
It’s just that people don’t know how much Tang Xionghua is worth.
"Oh? License the film rights?
Mr. Tang, are you also making movies?"
Xiang Qiang looked at Tang Xionghua and asked with a smile.
Tang Xionghua smiled and said, "I didn't make movies, but I did run a DVD player company, so I wanted to find some film sources!"
"Haha, that's easy. Our company has a lot of high-quality films. But buying them out isn't a good idea. How about we take a cut?"
Otherwise, the price would be too high, and Mr. Tang would lose money, and we would feel guilty.”
Xiang Qiang smiled and said, "After all, the current mainland DVD player market... hehe!"
On the other hand, Tang Yichen, who asked Tang Xionghua to bring him along today, was secretly sizing up Long Wu, who he was familiar with from the God of Gamblers in later generations.
I don't know whether this person is smart or just being polite to Tang Xionghua, but he actually made such a request.