Chapter 312 The Secret Hidden by Shaw

"Shocking news: Li Xiaohe, the head of the Li family, suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized. He is said to have passed away. Who will inherit the billion-dollar fortune?"

In the newspaper, a piece of news was exaggeratedly listed on the front page.

Li Changhe accidentally discovered the news in the newspaper after he came in.

Although there was no one in his office, the newspapers and other items in it were changed every day.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Changhe is quite satisfied with Linda's work.

And this time, he seized the opportunity.

The news media in Hong Kong Island has always been exaggerating. It is common to spread rumors that famous figures have died when they are hospitalized. The public generally just watches the news for fun.

But Li Changhe knew very well that Li Xiaohe died of a sudden heart attack in that year.

However, he didn't know the exact time. Now that he thought about it, this piece of news was very likely true.

There is no large-scale news breaking in newspapers now, perhaps just because the Li family has not announced it to the public yet.

The death of Li Ka-shing also means that the large amount of assets left behind by Li Ka-shing will be sold by his wife, Li Luk Yan-kwan.

This includes TVB's shares.

In Li Changhe's opinion, the opportunity to run a cinema chain lies in TVB's shares.

There are only three large cinema chains in Hong Kong Island today: the cinema chain under Shaw Brothers Films, the cinema chain under Raymond Chow’s Golden Harvest, and the cinema chain under Golden Princess.

The cinema chain under Golden Princess is actually the original ATV Cinema Chain, which was just bought by Golden Princess’ boss Lei Juekun last year.

Rediffusion Cinemas is an industry owned by the local Rediffusion company, which also includes Rediffusion Broadcasting, Rediffusion Television, etc.

Rediffusion Television was later known as Asia Satellite Television, ATV!
However, Li Changhe only learned about this information this year. He didn't know before that Golden Princess's cinema chain was ATV Cinemas.

If he had known, he might have snatched it up last year.

Unfortunately, there is no chance to regret now. The Golden Princess Cinemas Chain is partnered with Cinema City, and Golden Harvest Cinemas also has its own film production company.

The only one that can really operate is the Shaw Brothers Cinema Chain.

Of course, there are two cinema chains in Hong Kong Island, which are owned by the left-wingers who are close to the mainland, namely the Kowloon Cinema Chain and the Hong Kong Island Cinema Chain.

These two cinema chains together form the Shuangnan Cinema Chain, which is the base for showing leftist films.

However, Li Changhe has no intention of targeting these two cinema chains at present, because his identity is secretive, and the left-wing cinema chains are too obvious targets.

The premature contact between the two parties would not be beneficial to Li Changhe's business layout plan in Hong Kong Island.

Li Changhe also discovered a piece of gossip.

That is to say, from a standpoint, Shaw Brothers Films is definitely right-wing!
But in the earliest days, Shaw Brothers was still the distributor of Zuowei Film Company. Before Zuowei Film Company established its own theater chains, all films were distributed by Shaw Brothers.

Wang Jing's father, Wang Tianlin, also worked as a director for the left under a pseudonym and made movies.

But later, Shaw Brothers became the backbone of the right-wing film companies.

Li Changhe was not clear about what exactly happened here.

But he suddenly understood why Shao Yifu began to donate heavily to the country to support education and medical care starting in 1985.

Perhaps it was precisely because of 1989 that the ownership of Hong Kong Island was finally settled, which also meant the decline of certain forces.

So in 1985, Shaw Brothers Film Company ceased production, the cinema chain was sold to Pan Disheng, and Run Run Shaw began to donate large amounts of money to the mainland.

This discovery, in a sense, also changed Li Changhe's attitude towards Shaw Brothers and led to his decision today.

Originally he had no intention of intervening in TVB's equity dispute, but now, Li Changhe is planning to intervene.

However, it would be difficult for Li Changhe to accomplish this task alone, and he would have to rely on Bao Yugang's help.

On the other side, after leaving Li Changhe's office, Wang Jing's face was full of joy.

Unexpectedly, the surprise came so quickly. Just a few months after joining Planet Pictures, he got the opportunity to direct a film.

Seeing Wang Jing walking out with a smile on his face, Guan Jiahui stared at him curiously, but Wang Jing didn't bother to pay attention to her at the moment. Instead, he took the script and returned to his desk.

Then he took out a pen and paper and started writing and drawing on the script.

The boss valued him so much that he not only gave him a budget of 200 million, but also completely ignored the arrangements of the male and female protagonists. Wang Jing was extremely touched at this moment.

Of course, I was touched but also under pressure. It was obvious that Li Changhe's trust was as heavy as a mountain.

If he can get over it, he will have a smooth road ahead, but if he can't, his dream of becoming a director may be shattered.

So this movie must be made well.

The male lead, let’s talk about it!

Wang Jing thought about it and decided to postpone the choice of the male lead for the time being, but the female lead could be decided.

After all, the actress sitting in front of him was from his own company, and she was the only contracted actress of the company.

Good things should be kept in the family, so the heroine must have been given to Guan Jiahui.

In the plot, some elements of the heroine need to be changed.

Wang Jing had an easy time with this.

"Richard, we're ready to go!"

At this moment, Li Changhe walked out of the office and gave instructions to Richard.

"Victor"

Li Changhe was about to leave when he heard a light voice from the side. Li Changhe looked and saw it was Guan Jiahui.

"Jiahui, why are you here?"

"Shouldn't you be in school?"

Li Changhe was a little surprised to see Guan Jiahui sitting here.

This girl probably hasn't graduated yet.

"No, I'm graduating soon, so I just need to take the exam."

"The examination questions for those of us who are graduating from Form 5 are very simple, so we don't need to go to school now, we can just sit for the examination when the time comes."

"I have been working in the company for a long time!"

Guan Jiahui explained to Li Changhe speechlessly at this moment.

"Is that so? By the way, then you won't go to the acting training class?"

Li Changhe asked curiously again at this time.

"No, I won't go. Starting from the 9th term, they have to sign a contract with TVB and work full-time. It takes a whole year from morning to night."

"And I have to graduate from Form 5. I can't sign with TVB if I haven't graduated yet."

“So I won’t go!”

Guan Jiahui explained to Li Changhe with a smile.

Li Changhe nodded: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. The company is planning to make a movie anyway."

"Go find Wang Jing and ask him to assign you a role!"

Li Changhe said casually to Guan Jiahui.

What acting skills does this woman have? Her face is her greatest acting skill.

Anyway, the company is going to start shooting a movie, so let her train slowly in actual film production.

"Boss, actually, after I came out, I was thinking about letting Miss Guan be the heroine."

At this time, Wang Jing stood up decisively and praised Li Changhe.

"You decide for yourself. Just don't let her hold you back!"

"I have something else to do, let's go first!"

Li Changhe casually gave some instructions to Wang Jing, then left the film company with Richard.

This time, Guan Jiahui didn't move forward, but looked at Wang Jing instead.

(End of this chapter)