"You're saying this guy named Ye Chen has his sights set on our Qiantong Plaza business? Just because he acquired Hengda Cinemas? What kind of logic is that?"
The speaker was an elder, a man held in high esteem who had always been a staunch supporter of Wang Shaocong. His question voiced the confusion and disbelief shared by everyone present.
"First, I want to ask you all a question: Given Ye Chen’s current net worth, do you really think a mere cinema chain could satisfy his appetite? That’s the first question. Now, the second: Since he’s chosen to enter the cinema industry, he must be following the Qiantong model—the self-contained, vertically integrated cinema ecosystem. Take the movie theaters themselves, for example. He wouldn’t, and couldn’t, keep them isolated or place them inside other commercial complexes. Once you rule those out, his plan is clear: he’s copying our model, basing his theaters within his own commercial complexes!"
Chapter 477