Although "Eastern Condor" with an investment of 35 million and a star-studded cast also failed at the box office, it at least exceeded 20 million at the box office. With the current performance of "A Better Tomorrow 2", it may not be able to keep even 20 million at the box office.

New Arts City & Film Studio, Tsui Hark & ​​John Woo, the original cast of "A Better Tomorrow", it can be said that it is the sequel movie created by the strongest configuration in the Hong Kong film industry today, but it turned out to be so bleak, and the film industry was devastated.

Against the background of "A Better Tomorrow 2", "God of Gamblers" is even more popular.

In addition to its popularity in Hong Kong, Metropolis Pictures is also actively expanding overseas markets.

On the third day after the release of "God of Gamblers", it was announced that it had reached a cooperation with a university company in Bay Island. "God of Gamblers" will be released in Bay Island soon. The bosses of the university company are Qiu Fusheng and Cai Songlin.

Qiu Fusheng is the boss of Era International Company, which specializes in the video tape business in Bay Island. He is the largest video tape businessman in Bay Island. Cai Songlin is the boss of Scholar Company, and owns the film arrangement rights for Bay Island's Big World, Golden Horse and other theaters.

In the days that followed, the release date of "God of Gamblers" was confirmed in many countries including New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan. At the beginning of 1988, the Hong Kong film industry was almost dominated by "God of Gamblers".

Compared with the sudden rise of Metropolis Pictures, New Art City has caught up with the split of its financial backers and suffered huge losses in its major projects. In less than half a month, this movie company, which was originally very prosperous, has become more lonely. The company seemed to be in a situation of internal and external difficulties all of a sudden.

Suddenly, external rumors spread, and the media continued to report on the internal strife in New Art City in the past few years, which made the people inside New Art City begin to feel unstable.

The internal strife is not a rumor spread by the media. In recent years, New Art City has still been able to maintain its position as a giant in Hong Kong movies under such circumstances. This is largely due to the convergence of interests. "A Better Tomorrow 2" will definitely be included in overseas profits. There will be no loss, but there is a huge gap in expectations between no loss and big profit.

With the help of the media, the internal conflicts in Xinyi City were brought to the fore in no time. On New Year's Day, Tao Yushu did not have a holiday and was still at work.

The stock market is closed on New Year's Day, which does not mean that the acquisition war has ceased. Tao Yushu and Liang Botao met with people from Zhan Jinbao Finance and Standard Chartered Bank respectively. At present, the shares of Yulang Institution held by Lin's Pictures have reached 50.6%, and they have essentially completed the transaction. equity control.

But at the beginning of the acquisition, Tao Yushu set the acquisition conditions for 67%, so Lin's Pictures is still working hard for the remaining shares.

The most intense situations in takeover wars are often when both parties are evenly matched and desperately scramble for funds. Not only will the company's stock price soar, but also small shareholders and stockholders will reap the benefits of the takeover war.

What makes Lin's Pictures' acquisition of Yulang Agency unique is that, with the help of Liang Botao, Tao Yushu took a ruthless approach and directly beat Huang Yulang to the public, ignoring one thing and losing the other.

So although it seems that Huang Yulang is still struggling, everyone who has an interest in him can see Huang Yulang's weakness and powerlessness during this period. Therefore, as Lin's hands get more and more shares, , many investors and shareholders are not as determined as they were at the beginning of the takeover war to make a big fortune.

If you can make money, run away!

But today's meeting with Zhan Jinbao Finance and Standard Chartered Bank was not smooth.

Zhan Jinbao Finance and Standard Chartered Bank collectively hold 7.4% of the shares of Yulang Institution, which is why Tao Yushu met with people from the two companies today.

After coming out of Standard Chartered Bank and sitting in the back seat of a Mercedes-Benz car, Tao Yushu asked Liang Botao next to him, "Sheng Liang, can you find out the mysterious person who was in contact with Zhan Jinbao and Standard Chartered?" "I need two days."

"Who do you think it might be?" Tao Yushu asked.

Liang Botao pondered for a moment, "No matter who this person is, the first thing that is certain is that he is definitely not Huang Yulang's helper. His real goal should not be to hinder our acquisition, but to get something, or simply to fish in troubled waters."

"Under the current situation, it is not wise to fish in troubled waters and engage in sniping attacks.

Although we have not disclosed the amount of shares we hold to the outside world in the past few days, everyone knows that the shares we have obtained have long exceeded that of Huang Yulang. If we attack at this time, if we overturn the table, the other party will only suffer a loss.

Since he has access to James James and Standard Chartered, and also has access to Huang Yulang, he must be betting that we have not reached the relative control line."

Liang Botao's analysis was reasonable, and Tao Yushu was thankful that Lin moved quickly enough and has now obtained more than 50% of the equity of Yulang Institution.

Liang Botao added: "In any case, now that we have obtained more than 50% of the shares, we are in an invincible position. No matter how hard the other party tries, it will not change the overall situation."

Tao Yushu nodded and looked out the car window. Christmas had just passed and it was New Year's Day. The streets of Xiangjiang had a bit of a festive atmosphere. "You have been busy for so many days. Let's have a good rest today. The rest will wait for tomorrow."

Think again."

"yes."

After sending Liang Botao back to the company, the Mercedes-Benz arrived downstairs at the Peninsula Hotel.

Tao Yumo returned to Yanjing with his two children. Lin Chaoyang and his wife enjoyed a romantic world for two in Xiangjiang for the first time and planned to enjoy a candlelight dinner at the restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel.

During the meal, Tao Yushu first talked about the success of "God of Gamblers" and was in a good mood.

Then she mentioned the failure of "A Better Tomorrow 2" and the infighting in Xinyi City that was intensifying, and she felt better. "I won't talk about work today." Lin Chaoyang advised her.

Tao Yushu also realized that her topic was a bit inappropriate. She dug into the desserts on the table with a spoon, and suddenly remembered that she and Lin Chaoyang went to the United States to spend Christmas at the History Museum.

When she mentioned this matter, her eyes flashed with reminiscence of the past. "...I remember that the desserts at the History Museum were particularly sweet!"

"Yeah, it's so sweet that it's so sweet. So we don't eat less. We don't need candy stamps or pastry stamps. We can eat as much as we want." A smile appeared on Tao Yushu's lips, "Time flies so fast. Seven or eight years have passed in a flash.

Already."

Those beautiful memories will not fade over time, but will become even more shining. After the romantic dinner, the couple went to watch "God of Gamblers" again.

This movie, with an investment of more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars, took less than three months from filming to release, but it looks like the effect is much better than "The Supremes" that Wang Jing painstakingly created.

"What do you think of this movie?" Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang after coming out of the theater.

"It is a very successful commercial film, especially the scene where Chow Yun-fat appears, which makes people excited. Just because of the scheduling and soundtrack of that shot, it is not a success. Hearing him say this, Tao Yushu felt happy,"

I also think so, Ah Jing does have a good way of making commercial films."

After leaving the theater, the couple did not get in the car, but strolled on the street and felt the festive atmosphere.

The black Mercedes-Benz slowly followed them. The driver, Xu Weiguo, came from the mainland and retired last year. He had won two second-class merit awards and one third-class merit award. They walked all the way to the bottom of the mountain before the couple got in the car and went home.

After New Year's Day, Tao Yushu is still busy, and the overall acquisition of Yulang Institution has been decided.

After Liang Botao's investigation, it emerged that the mysterious person who had contact with Zhan Jinbao Finance and Standard Chartered Bank was Hu Xian, chairman of Sing Tao Newspaper Group. Knowing the identity of the mysterious person, there is no need to guess his purpose.

Yulang International acquired 70% of the equity of "Tiantian Daily" and the entire equity of Tiantian Color Printing for HK$77 million six months ago. Naturally, what Hu Xian coveted was the 70% equity of "Tiantian Daily" held by Yulang Institution

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It's a pity that Hu Xian's action was a step too late, or that Lin's Pictures moved too quickly.

On the first day after New Year's Day, Tao Yushu, who noticed Hu Xian's actions, decided to defeat her with an upright force.

January 4, 1988, the day the Hang Seng Index opened.

Lin's Pictures issued a statement announcing that Lin's Pictures has become the largest shareholder of Yulang Institution and holds more than 50% of the shares. It does not plan to increase the acquisition price and requested to convene a shareholders' meeting of Yulang Institution on the 6th.

According to the request of Lam Films, they will propose the removal of Huang Yulang as chairman of the board of directors and send five people to the board of directors of Yulang Organization. After the statement was released, the market was shocked.

The 50% shareholding is still far from the 67% share originally claimed by Lin's Pictures, but it is enough to control the Yulang organization.

Now that Lin's Pictures, as the controlling shareholder, has requested to convene a shareholders' meeting, it will inevitably bloodbath the board of directors of Yulang Institution. This can also be seen from the number of directors they have arranged.

Earlier Huang Yulang was involved in a lawsuit and had too much time to take care of himself. Many people guessed that Lin's Pictures' acquisition of Yulang Agency was likely to be successful. However, in less than half a month, Lin's Pictures gained control of Yulang Agency

Quan, it actually exceeded everyone’s expectations. Fast! Too fast!

After this battle, the decisiveness of Tao Yushu, the head of Lin's Film Industry, left a very deep impression on many business colleagues who were paying attention to this acquisition war. I don't know where the news came from, and some people began to

Tao Yushu calls it "Xiangjiang Dai Zhuoer".

Thatcher, also known as British Prime Minister Thatcher, is world-famous for her iron-fist politics.

In 1982, the Falklands War broke out between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the ownership of the Malvinas Islands. Thatcher sent a British naval fleet to Argentina to recapture the Falklands. This move set off a wave of "patriotism" in the United Kingdom and also contributed to the

She herself has gained great popularity in the Western world.

Being called such a person can be regarded as a compliment, but Tao Yushu doesn't like it. "You can tell me that I'm like a tigress!"

"In the eyes of people like Huang Yulang, aren't you just a tigress?" Lin Chaoyang joked. Tao Yushu rolled his eyes at him, and Lin Chaoyang decisively chose to shut up.

"This Huang Yulang is still struggling when he is about to die. If he is less clever, I might be able to let him go." Tao Yushu said bitterly. He seemed to be sure that the name "Xiangjiang Dai Zhuoer" came from

It came from Huang Yulang's mouth.

Tao Yushu issued a statement in advance, on the one hand because of Hu Xian's involvement, and on the other hand because Liang Botao's investigation found that Huang Yulang was engaging in small tricks recently. He was trying to sell off the Yulang Building before the company's control rights changed substantially, "Tiantian Daily"

》Equity and other assets were used to raise funds to launch a counter-takeover.

"After all, I am also the boss of the company. I will always have to struggle when I am kicked out."

Tao Yushu asked: "Then you tell me, when the shareholders' meeting is held, my attitude should be tougher? Let Huang Yulang and others understand the current affairs and hand over their shares as soon as possible?"

"You still blame people for calling you 'Dedro'!"

"It was all Liang Botao who gave me the idea!" Tao Yushu threw the blame naturally.

"He's a bad person! Bullying small shareholders always doesn't sound good. If you can negotiate, you should try your best to negotiate. If they don't agree, then use a blunt knife to pierce the flesh, and stop this year's dividends first."

Tao Yushu couldn't help but roll his eyes at him again, "You're still talking about me!"

She asked again: "How to deal with that Huang Yulang? With the things he did, he would have to stay in jail for several years at least."

Because he paid bail, Huang Yulang was temporarily free, but he still faced the risk of going to jail.
Chapter completed!