Chapter 268 Go to Xiangjiang again
Despite the frequent sales success, Liu Hongmin was at ease. He set up a secretariat this year and handed over all the documents in his hands to them. They only needed to report verbally, and Liu Hongmin would sign directly for documents that were not particularly important. For important documents, Liu Hongmin would also seek the opinions of the secretariat, and then make a decision after evaluation based on future trends.
After the establishment of the secretariat, Liu Hongmin saved a lot of time, so he had time to write "Star Wars" and translate it into English.
In the extra time, Liu Hongmin began to tease Liu Guoqiang. The little guy was already two years old and could run around.
Li Lizhen hasn't been back to Hong Kong for three years. Although her parents come to stay for a while every year, she hasn't seen her younger brothers for three years.
Liu Hongmin also wanted to visit Hong Kong. After more than half a year of preparation, Source Code started filming a month ago. A few days ago, they finished the exterior scenes of the mountain city and the crew returned to Hong Kong to shoot high-rise buildings.
Because computer special effects were not well developed, it was impossible to cut out the image. Therefore, Liu Hongmin was very curious about how Maizishan did the post-production.
So, the two of them decided to take Liu Guoqiang and his secretariat and fly directly to Pengcheng, and then go to Hong Kong by land.
The Clearwater Bay Villa has not been vacant for the past three years, and was lent to Gong Li to live in. Gong Li is now the head of Tomorrow Film Company. She travels back and forth between the mainland and Hong Kong, and needs a quiet place to rest.
When Liu Hongmin and others arrived at the Qingshui Bay Villa, Gong Li was resting at home. She had developed a habit of swimming in the past two years, which was a very good way to keep in shape. Just as she heard a car entering the villa, she hurriedly went ashore, wrapped herself in a towel and went to check.
When the car approached, she realized it was Liu Hongmin who returned.
As soon as Liu Hongmin got off the car, he saw Gong Li in a swimsuit and was stunned.
I have to say, Gong Li is really talented. He quickly came to his senses and turned around.
Gong Li also realized something was wrong and immediately turned around and ran back to her room to change clothes.
When Li Lizhen saw Liu Hongmin's embarrassed look, she immediately made a playful face.
Liu Hongmin glared at her, then took his son and went into the living room. Li Lizhen followed him with a sly smile. She knew her husband too well. He had the desire but was conservative.
She was also very glad that she had found a conservative man. If Liu Hongmin was like those wealthy men in Hong Kong, even if her position as the first wife was stable, she would probably have to silently endure her husband's affairs outside.
Gong Li changed her clothes and came out, saying hello to Liu Hongmin, and immediately came to Li Lizhen. She was playing with Liu Guoqiang, and she obviously liked him very much.
Liu Hongmin didn't want to get close to the two women, so he went to Tomorrow Film Company.
When Wang Yaowei and Zou Shifang heard that Liu Hongmin had arrived, they immediately pulled him into the office.
Zou Shifang joked: "As a major shareholder, you are simply a hands-off manager!"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "The more capable you are, the more work you should do! You are so capable, so of course I have to leave you a stage to display your talents!"
Zou Shifang said to Wang Yaowei: "Look at the face of this capitalist."
Wang Yaowei smiled and said, "Hongmin, how long do you plan to stay in Hong Kong this time?"
"Not necessarily! If there is nothing urgent, I will probably stay until the New Year." After not coming for two or three years, Hong Kong needs to be rectified. Although being a hands-off manager is easy, problems will arise after being in that position for too long.
Tomorrow Films has three big names in it, and they are a bit slack. In the past two years, the box office of Tomorrow Films has dropped a lot. The highest box office of Hong Kong Films is only 3200 million, and that's Stephen Chow's movie.
The box office revenue for other people's films was less than 3000 million. Even Jet Li's films only earned 2800 million at most.
You have to know that the Hong Kong film market is in its booming period. The box office has dropped so much, there must be something wrong.
"Tell me! What happened to the company in the past two years? The box office has dropped so much that other companies have caught up with it."
Zou Shifang and Wang Yaowei looked at each other and said, "What else could it be? There are other companies competing outside, and the people inside are worried."
Liu Hongmin also looked at Wang Yaowei, and Wang Yaowei explained: "The film industry is too profitable, so film companies have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Hong Kong is such a small place, and resources are limited. Most of them are controlled by a few large companies. These newly opened film companies either cooperate with the large companies or grab resources from the large companies. Ordinary companies are fine, but some companies have cinema resources. In order to deal with us, they would rather form a small cinema chain with several companies than take a piece of meat from the large companies."
"In order to gain more profits, several cinema chains in Hong Kong belong to their own film companies. Although we have also established a cinema chain, we have a small number of cinema chains and the geographical location is not very good, so we can only cooperate with other film companies. In this way, our films will inevitably be targeted by other companies."
Liu Hongmin asked: "Aren't we in a cooperative relationship with Zhongyuan and other film companies?"
Wang Yaowei glanced at him and said, "When we were co-producing the film, we ate the whole thing."
Liu Hongmin laughed: "Do they think we can eat alone?"
The two nodded frantically. This was what the Central Plains and other film companies thought. They believed that they were also from the mainland, and they had to give them a spot in the four co-productions.
Liu Hongmin: "Did they get the co-production quota this time?"
"Yes, each family got one or two places." Zou Shifang said with a sneer, "But they are still a little indignant, thinking that three places for our family is a bit too much."
"Brother Xiaoming's quota hasn't been used yet, right? Send it to them!"
Zou Shifang's eyes lit up. "That's a good idea. Don't they want a quota? Then let's give them a quota. When they know that this quota is not a good thing, we'll see what they do."
Wang Yaowei hesitated for a moment, "Isn't this bad?"
Liu Hongmin said: "When offering the quota, tell them that this is not a good thing. If they want it, they can take it. If they don't want it, give it to other companies. Use this incident to remind them. When they suffer a loss, they will remember how to do better."
Zou Shifang raised his eyebrows, "This trick is good for winning people's hearts!"
Wang Yaowei laughed at this. He was afraid that Liu Hongmin would act on impulse. The current status of Tomorrow Film Company is inseparable from the help of Zhongyuan Film Company and other film companies. Although Zhongyuan Film Company and other film companies are not as strong as before, if they break with them, Tomorrow Film Company will also suffer a backlash.
If Zhongyuan and other film companies stand against Tomorrow Film Company, the position of Tomorrow Film Company as the leader will be in jeopardy.
(End of this chapter)
