Chapter 219 Only About Business (Fifth Update! Please Subscribe! Please Ask for a Monthly Pass!)
Yin Jun did not expect that Shao Yifu would be so persistent.
On the next day, Shao Yifu acted as if he was fine again, and invited Yin Jun out for coffee.
After pondering for a while, Yin Jun agreed and took a taxi to the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui in the afternoon.
It's funny to say that the two of them are near the TVB headquarters and Marconi Road, but if they want to talk about things, they have to go through the whole of Kowloon to the hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Needless to say, the Peninsula Hotel is famous here. Basically, people who have been to Xiangjiang have seen this hotel—just on the only way to the Star Ferry, the hotel with a huge fountain is .
Oh, by the way, it's 78 years now, and the huge fountain hasn't been built yet.
Including the 30-storey new hotel building behind it, it had to be built in 1994. Now there is still only a short "口" character without the horizontal half-shaped building on the top, and its The logo is still on the side, and the surroundings are somewhat bare, far from the close-fitting buildings of later generations.
Speaking of the Star Ferry, the most important means of cheap transportation for Xiangjiang people, it is actually quite interesting. Now the price of the upper class is 25 cents, and the price of the lower class is 2 cents. In 1966, because they wanted to increase the price by 5 cents, Xiangjiang people broke out. held a demonstration.
In today's words, this is not a question of money or not, it is a question of habit and dignity.
The Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang opened in 1928. In fact, its parent company, Xiangjiang Shanghai Hotel Co., Ltd., first opened a hotel in Shanghai, and Xiangjiang opened later.
It's just that the British-funded group withdrew in a hurry and had no way to deal with the assets in Shanghai. In the end, they could only keep the Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang.
After the 1980s, with the continuous improvement of Xiangjiang's economy, the hotel group will continue to expand, and even return to Shanghai to build the Peninsula Hotel, returning to the place where it started its business.
However, the Peninsula Hotel has a very good tradition, that is, to maintain the tradition, except for the necessary updating and renovation of old equipment and facilities, there will be no change at all.
I went to the interior of the Peninsula Hotel in 1978 and saw what they looked like, and it is the same in 2020.
Seats, dishes, tableware, chandeliers, carpets... are all the same as they were decades ago, but they will be replaced with a new batch every once in a while.
This has a strong nostalgic atmosphere, but it doesn't make people feel shabby, but it makes people feel warm as always.
Moreover, the British style of the Peninsula Hotel is very strong, and many British people like to come here to relive the situation when they were in the motherland.
And because when Shao Yifu came to Xiangjiang in the 1950s, Xiangjiang was still very desolate, and it was rare to have such a good place as the Peninsula Hotel, so he came to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea whenever he was free.
At that time, Lu Yuntao, the boss of MP & GI and the son of the richest man in Singapore, also liked to come to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea. In this way, the bosses of the two most famous film companies in Hong Kong came. Didn’t those stars follow suit?
Therefore, over time, the coffee shop of the Peninsula Hotel has become the favorite place for Xiangjiang stars to go.
Driven by the stars, ordinary gold-collar workers feel that this place is quite high-grade, so they also want to sit here.
So after the 1980s, many people who wanted to go to the coffee shop of the Xiangjiang Peninsula Hotel had to stand in line in the corridor and wait for the people in front to leave before they could enter.
Of course, there are exceptions, that is, guests staying at the Peninsula Hotel can enter the coffee shop anytime and anywhere.
It is naturally impossible for Shao Yifu to stand there and wait, so he has a long-term private room at the Peninsula Hotel, and he will not live in it, but with this qualification, he will not wait for a seat at the coffee shop anytime.
In the future, there will be many big stars and billionaires who will do the same thing as Shao Yifu.
However, the houses in the Peninsula Hotel are not cheap. A room is at least 200 a day, a monthly subscription is 5,000, and a year is as high as 50,000. Compared with the monthly salary of Xiangjiang people who earn about 900, it is really a waste of luxury.
Yin Jun hates such waste, so the place he often goes to is Xingji Tea Restaurant, just call Xingge in advance, and a lot of food and drink are not expensive, why come here to pay attention to style?
In the past and present, it was the first time for Yin Jun to enter the Peninsula Hotel and its coffee shop.
In his previous life, because he had no money, Yin Jun lived in the Mirador Building near the Peninsula Hotel. It costs more than 200 a day. Although they are all small houses converted from apartments, they are considered complete.
In this life, Yin Jun felt that it was unnecessary.
When there is not much money, the most important thing is to use it where it should be used.
Except for some necessary expenses, Yin Jun seldom spends his money on enjoyment. This is not because Yin Jun treats himself badly, but at the age of 16, if he starts to think about enjoying himself, how can he work hard to achieve success? A career?
Those who like to enjoy themselves when they are young must not be very promising.
Yin Jun reported Shao Yifu's name, and naturally a waiter took Yin Jun to Shao Yifu's table.
Shao Yifu was drinking British black tea, reading the newspaper slowly. Apart from the black teapot, there was a plate of snacks in front of him, and there was nothing else.
Yin Jun didn't care, he poured himself a cup of tea, sat down and ate two pieces of snacks, and then asked Shao Yifu: "Mr. Help you spread the word, how calm and unhurried you are in the face of crisis?"
"Where is my crisis?" Shao Yifu put away the newspaper, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, my "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Gala" just became a big hit, and many record companies called overnight, saying that they would cooperate with Wireless. Give us more singer resources, let us use it, I am very happy!"
"You're so happy, I thought there was an awards show every day." Yin Jun said seriously.
"Speaking of which, why are you so stingy?" Shao Yifu shrugged and said, "Let me tell you the truth, I really want a good variety show, and I can't afford the price. Can 1 million be okay?"
Yin Jun looked at him contemptuously, "TV Asahi gave "Millionaire" 10 million in the first year, do you think 1 million is a lot for you?"
"1 million won't work, 2 million or 3 million will do!" Shao Yifu didn't care about Yin Jun's words, "Maybe we just get a share?"
"Forget it, I don't want you to overwhelm my "Millionaire" in variety shows." Yin Jun said, "Mr. Shao, tell me quickly, what do you want to do when you come to me today?"
Yin Jun didn't believe that such a smart person as Shao Yifu would continue to chatter when he had already categorically refused.
Looking for himself today, he must have other demands.
Seeing what Yin Jun said, Shao Yifu sighed, "Junzi, you are too young, why are you so impetuous? Well, my old man will not waste your young time, I will come to find you today You, there are two things. First, we Shaw Films want to make a "Chu Liuxiang", what is the price?"
Yin Jun frowned, "Have you invited Qiu Guan?"
"Not bad." Shao Yifu is not surprised that Yin Jun is so smart, "When he comes back from England, we can start this movie. The only thing missing now is your authorization."
While speaking, Shao Yifu couldn't hide his appreciation for Yin Jun.
This young man is really too old-fashioned in doing things. He not only bought the adaptation copyright of "Chu Liuxiang", but also directly bought the copyright of Xiangjiang Film and Television of "Chu Liuxiang". It is also very far-reaching, knowing what is called a chain reaction.
In the past, some people laughed that Yin Jun had money but no place to spend it. He bought "Chu Liuxiang", "Peerless Twins", "Little Li Feidao" and Lu Xiaofeng's 5-year film and television adaptation rights in Xiangjiang area for 1 million yuan, and Gu Long's novel adaptation Copyright, can it be so expensive?
But now no one can laugh.
One "Chu Liuxiang" made Yin Jun earn close to 6 million yuan, and the rest of the copyright was useless, and he made so much money. Except for Yin Jun, there is really no other person who can do it.
Now because of the popularity of "Chu Liuxiang", Shao Yifu came to him again. If he wanted to make a movie of "Chu Liuxiang", he could only ask Yin Jun to buy the copyright.
You said that if those small film companies, they don't need to buy the copyright for Yin Jun, anyway, after the filming starts and the release, they will break up directly, and Yin Jun has no choice but to find someone to settle the score.
Theater bosses don't care whether your movie is authorized or not, anyway, they collect money for the shows.
Shaw Films did not dare to do this. Their family has a big business. If they do this, how will they gain a foothold in the industry in the future?
So even someone as stingy as Shao Yifu would directly ask Yin Jun to buy a license.
He is also very confident that Yin Jun will agree.
Because even though Yin Jun is very wary of TVB TVB, but this time he is making a movie, the movie market is different from the TV drama market, they are not next to each other at all.
Zheng Shaoqiu's side is easy to handle.
After the filming of "Chu Liuxiang", the sequel will not start until the second half of this year. Zheng Shaoqiu has been very busy for the past two years. He thinks it is quite good to have such a rare half-year rest, so he went to the UK with Feifei before the Spring Festival. Now Neither came back.
Anyway, Zheng Shaoqiu still has a high basic salary in the past six months, and he still has a lot of advertising and endorsement business to do, so he won't be so idle.
Shao Yifu asked him to make a movie, and Zheng Shaoqiu naturally had nothing wrong with it. Who would not want to earn more than 100,000 yuan after a month of hard work?
Yin Jun pondered for a while.
After the TV series "Chu Liuxiang" became popular in the previous life, Shaw Films did ask Zheng Shaoqiu to make a movie version of "Chu Liuxiang", but the box office was not that outstanding.
But in the Nanyang area, this movie sold very well, countless fans of Chu Xiangshuai were looking forward to it, and contributed a lot to Shao Yifu at the box office, making the movie "Chu Liuxiang" earn tens of millions many.
"I sell scripts and licenses now, and I use the base price plus dividends." Yin Jundao, "If Mr. Shao wants to buy licenses, I hope it will be 1 million and 10% profit dividends."
"Can you be more open-minded?" Shao Yifu was dumbfounded, "This is not your script! This is just for you to authorize me. The script and personnel are all provided by my Shao Brothers. You don't need to come out. Do your best!"
"But the fact is like this, without my authorization, you can't take advantage of this shareholder wind to make money." Yin Jun said innocently, "Mr. Shao, if you eat meat, let me drink some soup too!"
"you……"
Shao Yifu finally resisted the urge to curse, "I'll give you 500,000, and you get nothing from the box office dividend!"
"That won't work." Yin Jun blinked and looked at him very gently: "Mr. Shao, let's talk about the next one!"
"600,000!" Shao Yifu took a deep breath and quoted the second price.
"Let's talk about it later."
"1 million!" Shao Yifu glared at Yin Jun and said, "But you have to promise me one condition. Except for me, within half a year, there will be no second authorization for the movie "Chu Liuxiang"."
"Deal!" Yin Jun nodded neatly, "Now let's talk about the second business!"
Seeing his straightforwardness, Shao Yifu could only take a sip of tea to relieve the anger in his heart a little before he was in the mood to talk about the second business.
Thinking of Yin Jun being so difficult, Shao Yifu really had a headache.
It had been a long time since he had tasted the feeling of being controlled by others. The traitor Li Hanxiang was so powerful back then, didn't he come back in despair in three to five years?
Although Golden Harvest is powerful, but after Li Xiaolong passed away, they were supported by the Xu Brothers. In terms of overall strength, how could they compare to the Shaw Brothers?
In the past few years, Shao Yifu has been going smoothly, but he has been sluggish in Yin Jun's hands, and he can't do anything to him, and now he has to find him to do business and send him money. You say Shao Yifu is not tired of it ?
"The second one is also about the authorization of Gu Long's novel." Shao Yifu said, "We are going to make a TV series "Peerless Twins". What do you think of the authorization fee of 100,000?"
"good!"
"If it's inappropriate..." Shao Yifu stopped abruptly, and looked at Yin Jun in surprise: "Aren't you going to raise the price?"
"You don't want me to write the script, why do I want so much money?" Yin Jun spread his hands and said, "Mr. Shao, I have always been very kind in business, and we are also friends. The price of 100,000 yuan is equivalent to my support for wireless TV. Already!"
Ghosts are friends with you!
Shao Yifu gritted his teeth in his heart.
And do you dare to say that you are kind?
It's like a pig is about to laugh!
Who doesn't know that you, Yin Jun, are notoriously greedy for money?
A TV series dares to share millions in dividends. How can such a person be called kind?
His face was cloudy for a while, and Shao Yifu suddenly asked: "Junzi, you agreed so directly, do you think that the TV series produced by us can't beat your TV series, so you licensed TVB's cheaply?" ?”
"That's not the case." Yin Jun laughed, "Whether you believe it or not, Mr. Shao, I hope Wireless can become stronger so that it can compete better with Jiashi. Otherwise, it will take two or three years if this continues. After that, Wireless will no longer be No. 1 in Xiangjiang, so how lonely Invincible must be!"
Shao Yifu laughed, "You are really blind and arrogant. Do you think that Jiashi and Wireless can continue to fight together? The longer the time drags on, the more your advantages will be offset. Wireless' strong foundation will definitely make it possible for the latecomers to come out on top. , defeat yours!"
"Unfortunately, I plan to give Jiashi another 3 to 5 scripts this year, which should be enough for them." Yin Jun said in a harmonious voice, "It will be the same next year, and the year after. JiaTV competes for ratings, otherwise, can TVB still maintain its current morale?"
"Junzi, I don't understand, why do you stick to Jiashi?" Shao Yifu sighed, "What Jiashi can give you, Wireless will definitely give you, and I can give you more, why don't you consider it?" Let’s talk about TVB? TVB’s actors and producers are not only superior to Jiashi’s! Don’t you want better TV series to be produced?”
"I believe that when you have enemies, Mr. Shao, you are very thirsty for talents." Yin Jun nodded, "But after seeing your attitude towards Shaw Brothers stars after the collapse of MP & GI, I believe that once you are in the TV industry. You must be able to do things like killing your opponent and cooking like a dead dog. For the sake of my future, I think Jiashi is more suitable for me."
Being slapped face to face, Shao Yifu felt very bad.
But he has nothing to say to Yin Jun's words, because he has such a character.
If Jiashi and Li's go bankrupt, a genius like Yin Jun is nothing, either stay with a reduced salary, or get out!
But what Shao Yifu didn't expect was that Yin Jun was not moved by the immediate interests at all, and only thought about three to five years later. This was not done by a young man.
Back then, he poached so many big stars, all of which relied on high prices to get them first, and then after the opponent was finished, he immediately squeezed the value of the stars by a large margin, desperately trying to earn back the previous money.
Superstars such as Lin Dai chose to commit suicide, which must be related to Shao Yifu's high pressure.
If it weren't for such a high-intensity work, these stars would not be mentally ill to the point of being irreparable.
But, to be honest, at that time, those superstars were all moved by Shao Yifu's money, and never thought about what would happen in the future.
It can't be said that they are too stupid, it can only be said that compared with them, Yin Jun now is too smart and knows how to be prepared for danger in times of peace.
With such an opponent, Shao Yifu was vaguely worried.
But the next moment, Shao Yifu became firm.
Hmph, Shaw Brothers and TVB are all built by me. Such a powerful film company and TV station, can't they help a newcomer like you?
Wait!
When I defeat all my opponents, I will see how arrogant you are then! !