"Yes, Mr. Xia, if you cannot distinguish and refuse them all, wouldn't it be a blow to overwhelm a boat and even a legitimate investment be rejected?" Mai Jia also asked.

Xia Tian nodded, knowing that distinguishing hot money is indeed a difficult problem.

Because whether it is hot or dirty money, they are all wolves in sheep's clothing, which is difficult to distinguish from legitimate investment.

Therefore, when attacking hot money and dirty money, it is naturally easy to throw yourself into trouble and restrain your hands and feet.

In fact, Hong Kong movies also require investment, and relying on the strength of the three of them alone is not enough.

The so-called "The sea embraces all rivers and is tolerant" is great. The reason why Hollywood has today's prosperity is because it absorbs funds from the international level and continuously strengthens itself.

For example, Australian media tycoons Murdoch, Sony, Panasonic, and Wanda Group have all spent huge sums of money to acquire Hollywood film companies. As for examples of cooperating in filming, there are countless examples.

Therefore, it is not possible to keep foreign funds out, but it is also not allowed if it is fully liberalized.

Even Hollywood, which has the most developed and freest business, does not care about foreign capital.

Sony acquired Columbia, but it caused an uproar. The Americans exclaimed, "Japan is going to buy the entire United States!"

When Wanda Group acquired Legend Pictures and AMC Cinemas, it also caused panic among Americans and asked the government to strictly review its acquisition.

Therefore, we need to establish a mechanism that can allow legitimate investment to flow in without attracting wolves into the house.

...

After thinking about it, Xia Tian suddenly had his eyes lit up, "Two, I have an idea."

"Mr. Xia, please speak." Zou Wenhuai and Mai Jia all listened to each other at the first sight.

"You two should still remember how I made a fortune in the first place." Xia Tian explained, "The three of us can set up a movie fund to absorb external investment."

After hearing what Xia Tian said, Mai Jia and Zou Wenhuai's eyes lit up.

The reason why summer was able to develop rapidly was because he used unique fundraising methods to invite film companies across Hong Kong to invest in his movies, which easily solved his financial problems.

"Our fund can be handed over to professionals, such as cooperating with banks and raising funds publicly from the public. Agree on the return rate, return time, redemption time, etc.," Xia Tian further explained, and explained the set of movie funds in previous life in detail.

Film funds originally emerged in Hollywood. With the rapid development of the mainland film market, it also attracted the attention of capital.

Later, various film funds were established one after another, absorbing public funds and investing in film and television dramas. They even scattered the main players and played capital games under the name of investing in film and television dramas.

For example, the box office fraud incident of "Ip Man 3" that broke out in 2016 was caused by investors who widely absorbed investment from society under the name of investing in movies, with a scale of up to 10 billion yuan.

Xia Tian worked hard in the mainland entertainment industry in his previous life and knew very well about the operation of the film fund. However, this was the first time Zou Wenhuai and Mai Jia heard these, and they felt that it was so fresh that they opened their eyes.

"Mr. Xia, you're really good at speaking." Zou Wenhuai nodded, feeling that Xia Tian's words were quite reasonable.

"Mr. Xia, you are simply a genius! This is really a genius idea. You can apply for the Nobel Prize in Economics." Mai Jia was much more excited than him and exclaimed loudly.

I guess even those financial experts on Wall Street might not be able to think of this thing Xia Tian said. At least he had never heard of anything like that when he was working hard in Hollywood.

Xia Tian smiled. Movie funds only emerged in Hollywood in the 1990s, and it is normal for Mai Jia to have never heard of it.

"The establishment of a film fund can not only solve our funding problems, but also prevent the influx of hot money." Xia Tian said with a smile, "If you agree, then that's it."

The purpose of hot money investment is to make high profits in a short period of time, and the return they require is very high.

The profit margin of movie funds is generally around 10%, which is not enough to attract hot money. However, for ordinary investors, this is indeed a relatively high-return investment, so there is absolutely no problem in absorbing public funds.

"Okay." Mai Jia responded immediately.

Zou Wenhuai was a little hesitant and didn't know if this would work. However, seeing that Xia Tian and Mai Jia agreed, he couldn't refuse any more, so he nodded.

"Okay, that's it." Xia Tian smiled.

...

"Okay, there are only three rules I can think of. Do you two have anything to add to?" Xia Tian said again.

"I'll mention one thing." Zou Wenhuai said, "I think we should also pay attention to the fact that we can't poach each other's company," he said.

Xia Tian was stunned and then smiled. This one was clearly for him. Didn’t he just acquire Siyuan Film and Television, which was so unyielding.

"Then how to pay attention to it?" he asked with a smile.

"Yes, how do you pay attention?" Mai Jia also asked curiously.

"One principle is that you cannot steal people who have used it. Just like soaking a horse, you cannot steal other people's horses, and you cannot do it in front of the horses." Zou Wenhuai said with confidence.

Wu Siyuan was his "formerly horse", but unfortunately he was poached by Xia Tian. When he saw their "love and affectionate" look, he was jealous.

"This article is not very operational. For example, Zeng Zhiwei started working in your Jiahe, and later went to Xinyi City, but he filmed "Hardcover Chasing Girls" with me. Then who is the horse he says is, who is qualified to steal him?" Xia Tian waved his hand and smiled.

When Mai Jia heard this, her face turned dark.

Zeng Zhiwei was once the seven monsters in the New Art City and was highly valued, but he was also the first person to withdraw from the New Art City. He was considered a rebel general. If he had the chance, Mai Jia really wanted him to return to the New Art City and then hide him for a hundred years.

"Mr. Xia is right. Who do you think you should belong to such a 'three-class slave'?" Mai Jia also spoke.

After hearing what Mai Jia said, Zou Wenhuai was stunned and could not find a reasonable solution.

"Since you have no solution, Mr. Zou, don't join this rule that is full of mistakes and omissions." Xia Tian said then.

Zou Wenhuai trembled a few times, wanting to fight for it again. But he really couldn't explain the truth, so he gave up in the end.

"Mr. Mai, do you have anything else to add?" Xia Tian asked Mai Jia again.

Mai Jia thought about it, but finally shook her head.

"Let's decide these three points for the time being, just like the 'three rules'." Xia Tian smiled, "If you have any other opinions in the future, we will add them."

Mai Jia and Zou Wenhuai both nodded.

"Okay, since both of you agree, then we'll make the decision." Xia Tian said, "I hope we all abide by these three regulations and don't lie to you. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

After hearing what he said, Zou Wenhuai and Mai Jia couldn't help but have a cold war.

If Xia Tian really wants to deal with them, with his strength, they can't even hold on for a round.

"Okay." Both of them nodded.

...

In summer, the news of renting the four leading theaters of Shaw Brothers for HK$30 million and subleaseing them to Jiahe. The news of Xinyi City quickly spread, and glasses were shattered.

In the past year, Xia Tian and Shao Yifu have fought so cruelly, everyone has witnessed it with their own eyes. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an irreconcilable grudge.

But now, Shaw's theater has been rented to Xiatian again, and the rent is only 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which is really unpredictable.

After renting it to the theater in summer, it did not leave it for myself, but sublet it to Jiahe and Xinyi City, which made it even more confusing.

"Sir Shao took the wrong medicine? He actually rented the theater to Xiatian? And it was even lower than the rent he collected before. Did he forget how miserable they fought before?"

"In my opinion, Xia Tian is very capable, so he must have seized Sir Shao's handle, so he had to rent the theaters to him again."

"It's even more weird to do things in summer. I didn't rent it to the theater, but I rented it to Jiahe and Xinyi City. What the hell is this?"

"Can Jiahe, Xinyi City, and Tianxia Pictures join forces? If that's the case, then other film companies will be in trouble. They either close down or are annexed!"

Many Hong Kong filmmakers were talking about it, and they all smelled the strong smell of conspiracy.

When Debao, good friends and other companies that intend to rent these four theaters were all confused when they received this news.

"What's going on? Haven't we discussed with Sir Shao? Why is he now signing a contract with Xia Tian?" After hearing this news, Zeng Zhiwei couldn't believe his ears.

He made an appointment with Sir Shao to rent four theaters for HK$60 million on the spot and secretly traded for HK$45 million on the spot.

But now, the news came that Shao Yifu had signed a contract with Xia Tian, ​​and the lease lasted for ten years, which completely shattered his hope of getting the theaters.

Without the support of theaters, his good friend could only start a production company and would never become a film giant. He would never become a film tycoon like Zou Wenhuai, Lei Juekun, and Xia Tian.

What's even more unlucky is that in order to get along with Sir Shao, he spent two million Hong Kong dollars to bribe Peng Jicai, the celebrity who was beside Sir Shao.

Now that money has been spent, time has been delayed, the transaction has failed, which really makes him feel so angry that he is so angry that his teeth are itchy.

"I don't know this either." Chen Baixiang said, "I asked General Peng, but he didn't know the inside story."
Chapter completed!