"Ming Pao" interviewed Tao Yushu on the third day of the takeover battle, and the interview content was published the next day

——"Business is changing, how can women lose to men?"

Lam's Pictures launched a blitzkrieg with the intention of swallowing up Yulang Agency, the local comic overlord in Hong Kong. The repercussions were not limited to the stock and securities markets. In the first round of media reports, Tao Yushu, the leader of Lam's Pictures

She was hailed as a "heroine" by many newspapers.

The people of Xiangjiang have always liked this kind of exaggerated narrative. As the report became more fermented, Tao Yushu's reputation among the citizens of Xiangjiang increased greatly. "Ming Pao" has a good relationship with Lin Chaoyang, so naturally it will not let go of such a good opportunity.

After an exclusive interview was published, Tao Yushu's reputation grew even higher.

At this critical juncture when Lin's Pictures acquires Yulang Agency, there are actually pros and cons for her to be in such limelight, but Tao Yushu also has her own considerations why she is willing to accept an exclusive interview.

She just wants to leave the impression to the public and the market that Lin's Pictures has defeated the Yulang Organization in an upright and dignified way to build momentum.

These days, she has been thinking about the industrial development route planned by Lin Chaoyang for her, and deeply realizes that the acquisition of Yulang Agency is not only a key step in the cross-field development of Lin's Pictures, but also the solemn declaration made by Lin's Pictures in Xiangjiang Shopping Mall.

time.

Looking back on the founding and development of Lin's Pictures, it was a smooth journey, but Tao Yushu also had her moments of unhappiness. Jiahe and Xinyi City hindered her overtly and covertly, and she would always cling to her freedom.

In the past, the situation was stronger than others, so Tao Yushu could only endure it for the time being.

This time Lin's Pictures acquired Yulang Agency with a thunderous momentum. She wanted to show the people from Golden Harvest, New Art City and even the Liberty Federation that Lin's Pictures was not a soft persimmon to be manipulated.

She also wants to use this opportunity to let the business community in Hong Kong see that the strength of Lam Pictures is not just a small "movie company". As for the grievances she has suffered before, she will definitely take them back one by one.

"Sister Yu Shu, you are so awesome! I admire you so much!"

Maggie Cheung hugged Tao Yushu and rubbed her back and forth. What was on the coffee table in front of her was the copy of "Ming Pao" containing Tao Yushu's exclusive interview. "Okay, okay." Tao Yushu pushed her away helplessly.

After being pushed away, Maggie Cheung picked up the newspaper again, flipped through it, and said happily: "Sister Yu, your interview was so inspiring!" Then she asked again: "But after you acquired Yulang Agency, did you really

Want to give all employees a 10% salary increase? This shouldn’t be a small amount, right?”

Tao Yushu said patiently: "The most important thing in the cultural industry, especially in the content field, is people. If the production materials of other industries are machinery, equipment and various patents, then our production materials are these people."

After all, we are not the founders of Yulang Organization. If we want to eliminate Huang Yulang’s influence in the company, we naturally have to win over people’s hearts. How can we win over people’s hearts when we are the boss?

Give me money!

Only when the money is in place will someone be willing to work hard!"

Tao Yumo on the side asked: "Sister, Huang Yulang is the soul of the Yulang Organization. It's not that easy to eliminate his influence, right? And wasn't he the one who drew all the important comics of the Yulang Organization?

?Without him, these comics will also be affected, right?"

"How can a company as big as Yulang Organization do everything by himself? You wouldn't think that he really drew those cartoons himself, would you? He is busy trading stocks and socializing all day long, so how can he have so much time to draw cartoons?

Moreover, Huang Yulang has always been a proud man, very sharp in his conduct and work, and he did not treat his subordinates well. He basically offended all his friends. In this acquisition war, only Liu Luanxiong and Qian Guozhong were willing to lend him money.

However, these two people were just outsiders. After Liang Botao released the news that he had falsified accounts, Liu and Qian immediately shrank.

They probably know that Huang Yulang's situation is over this time. If we are successful in acquiring the company, Huang Yulang's 20% stake will be meat on the chopping block. How can Huang Yulang repay their money?"

Listening to his sister talk about the twists and turns in the takeover battle, Tao Yumo couldn't help but feel a little afraid of the ups and downs of the business world. Looking at his sister again, he actually felt strange.

Is this still her dear and respectable sister? "Sister Yu Shu, you are so awesome!"

Different from Tao Yumo's awe, Maggie Cheung looked at Tao Yushu with admiration for her "strategizing and decisive victory thousands of miles away". Hearing Maggie Cheung's praise, Tao Yushu was a little embarrassed and looked at Yan Yan who was playing with toys.

Lin Chaoyang looked over.

It’s not me who is great, it’s clearly my man who is great!

Maggie Cheung followed Tao Yushu's eyes and looked over. Lin Chaoyang appeared in her sight and said jokingly: "Brother-in-law, people now say that you are the man behind a successful woman." Lin Chaoyang raised his head and said, "Behind every successful woman is the man.

If you want the support of a man, why don't you also find a man, so you will be one step closer to success." Hearing this, Maggie Cheung's face turned rosy, "I don't want to find one, you men don't have any good things, that Cheng Long...

"

"Just say him, how could he knock over a boatload of people with one stick? I didn't eat your Swiss roll!" "What?"

"It's okay. I mean, don't lead Yu Mo into trouble. I found out that after she made friends with you, she didn't even have a relationship." Maggie Cheung said aggrievedly: "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air? She didn't even know me before.

I’m not even in love!”

Tao Yumo was even more unhappy, "If you want to talk, just have a good chat. Why are you mentioning me?" Fall in love?

Don’t even talk about dogs!

Is it that the game console is not fun, or is it that shopping in the street is not fun?

She can eat when she wants, play when she wants, buy when she wants, and tease her nephew when she feels lonely. How happy the niece is! "Isn't your brother-in-law doing this for you too?" Tao Yushu said.

explain.

Tao Yumo looked dissatisfied, rolled his eyes and said, "For my own good, give me more vacation. I want to go back to Yanjing!" "You can have a vacation, take these two away!" Lin Chaoyang pointed at Dongdong and Yan Yan.

Tao Yumo was furious, "Is this your child or mine?" "Aunt~"

Under Lin Chaoyang's eyes, Dongdong and Yanyan hugged her thighs.

Tao Yumo tried his best to maintain his angry state, but unfortunately his power broke within a few seconds.

She knelt down and pinched the chubby cheeks of the two little guys, "You two..." "Auntie~"

Yan Yan yelled again sweetly, completely quelling Tao Yumo's temper.

"Go back, go back, go back, let you two irresponsible parents enjoy this empty mansion in Xiangjiang!" The two little guys immediately started laughing, kissing and hugging Tao Yumo, making her face full of tears.

saliva.

Tao Yumo had a look of disgust on his face, but he didn't dodge or evade his movements. No matter how he looked at it, he looked like he was enjoying himself.

Looking at such a scene, Maggie Cheung couldn't help but join in. She grabbed Yan Yan and said, "Come and let me kiss you too!" Then she sucked on Yan Yan's delicious face.

Lin Chaoyang and his wife couldn't help but smile when they saw this scene. December 24th, Christmas.

The week before Christmas to the week after New Year's Day is one of the most important periods for the Hong Kong Film Market every year.

As early as December 17th, New Art City's annual major drama "A Better Tomorrow 2" was grandly released.

Last year, "A Better Tomorrow" swept the Hong Kong, Bay Island and East Asian markets, and this time New Art City is making a comeback.

It claims to have assembled the original cast of "A Better Tomorrow" with an investment of over HK$20 million. The promotion campaign was in full swing and it grossed HK$2.6 million at the box office on the day it was released, making it an instant hit.

Unfortunately, this sequel did not maintain the level of "A Better Tomorrow", and its reputation gradually deteriorated three days after its release.

Most of the people who can watch "A Better Tomorrow 2" are loyal viewers of "A Better Tomorrow". What they want to see is the brotherhood between Brother Hao, Brother Xiao Ma and Ajie.

But Ma Ge has already received his lunch in the first part, and the most charming character in the movie is gone. In fact, making a sequel is a continuation of the story, but New Art City and the film studio are so greedy for profit that they have to bite the bullet and make it.

The quality of the result cannot be said to be too bad, but with the first film Zhuyu ahead, the audience will naturally not be satisfied no matter how they watch it.

After the initial popularity passed, the box office trend of "A Better Tomorrow 2" has continued to decline. Based on the 8.2 million box office in the first three days, the box office in the first week of release only achieved 12.46 million.

According to this box office trend, the final total box office of the film may not exceed HK$25 million.

This performance of "A Better Tomorrow 2" immediately disheartened everyone in New Art City who originally had high hopes for this film.

You must know that for this film, New Art City not only invested a huge amount of manpower and financial resources, but also went through a fierce internal struggle for the dominance of the film. Shi Tian and Mai Jia, Tsui Hark and John Woo, all because of this sequel

There was more than one quarrel during the filming.

If the movie performs well at the box office and everyone makes money, then everything will be fine. After all, if the relationship is gone, there is still money to be made. But if the relationship is gone and the money is gone, then it will be a big loss!

Just when everyone in New Art City was discouraged by the poor performance of "A Better Tomorrow 2", several entertainment newspapers reported a piece of news.

Feng Bingzhong and Chen Rongmei, one of the former shareholders of Golden Princess Cinemas, announced that they would be independent from Golden Princess Cinemas and establish their own Xinbao Cinemas, becoming the fifth largest cinema chain in Hong Kong. As soon as this news was reported, it immediately caused a violent shock in the Hong Kong film industry.

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Princess Golden is one of the leading theater chains in Hong Kong. It has also invested in a number of film companies such as New Art City and Film Studio, forming a one-stop industry of investment, production, distribution and screening.

Nowadays, the sudden split of theater chains is undoubtedly a major blow to Golden Princess itself, as well as to its production and distribution companies. Newly established theater chains usually do not have stable film sources, but Xinbao Cinema Line does

Not quite the same, a press conference was held on the day of establishment.

Feng Bingzhong publicly stated that he has reached strategic cooperation with many film companies such as Metropolis Pictures, Starlight Pictures, Classic Pictures, Sky Pictures, Yongsheng Pictures, etc. In the future, films produced by these film companies will be released on Xinbao Cinema

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And on the day of its establishment, Xinbao Cinema Line held a grand premiere ceremony for "God of Gamblers" produced by Metropolitan Pictures.

According to public information, Metropolis Pictures is a film company funded and established by Shaw Brothers Pictures. It has a profound background and has a strong cast of directors and actors in "God of Gamblers". It claims to have invested 20 million (actually 15 million).

The theater chain includes three chain theaters, Lam's, Shuang Nan and Xinbao, as well as several small theaters. There are 45 theaters in Hong Kong. As soon as it was released, it achieved a high of HK$2.37 million on the first day.

box office.

In the following days, the box office of "God of Gamblers" skyrocketed, breaking the box office records of many previous popular movies in Hong Kong.

In the first week of its release, "God of Gamblers" achieved a box office of HK$16.49 million, attracting attention from the Hong Kong film industry and making Metropolis Pictures, which invested and produced the film, famous in one fell swoop.

"A Better Tomorrow 2" had a poor reputation after its release, but "God of Gamblers" performed strongly at the box office, which directly squeezed out the survival space of this sequel movie, which had already suffered a serious decline in performance.

In the second week after its release, "A Better Tomorrow" only made HK$3.15 million at the box office, with a total box office of 15.61 million.

On the basis of the 36 million Hong Kong dollars earned by the previous film, "A Better Tomorrow 2" only had a box office of 16.61 million yuan in its two weeks of release. This result can be said to be a complete failure. The more a movie is released in the early stage, the more concentrated the box office will be.

The first-week box office of commercial films with only passing standards can only reach 1/2 of the total box office.

The quality of "A Better Tomorrow 2" cannot be said to be poor, but it deviated from the audience's expectations. Coupled with the attack of "God of Gamblers", a new and powerful rival, it almost led to the number one box office tragedy in the Hong Kong film industry in 1987.
To be continued...