The person Chen Yangzheng said, Yi Qing only needs to think about it to know who it is, the ruler of the Shaw Brothers, the real film and television tycoon in Xiangjiang, Shao Yifu.

Yi Qing is naturally no stranger to Shao Yifu, in fact, at least pay a little attention to the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang, and even watch a few Hong Kong entertainment, there is always a name that can't be bypassed, that is Shao Yifu.

This is a real legend, and his life experience is enough for a group of directors and writers.

Shaw Yifu, who was born in a family of pigments, ranked sixth in the family, and was later called "Sixth Uncle", which is the origin of the Shaw brothers The Shaw brothers stepped into the film industry in the 20s, and went through ups and downs along the way, and finally built the Shaw Brothers Film Kingdom into an "Oriental Hollywood", which was in the limelight for a while.

It's just that no matter how brilliant it is, there will eventually be a day when it will leave, and since entering the 80s, the once glorious Shaw Brothers will inevitably begin to decline.

If it weren't for Yi Qing's magical experience, I'm afraid I wouldn't have believed that the former giant would have a day when it would not be supported, you must know that the Shaw Brothers Film Company back then dared to play the eight big characters of "Shaw Brothers production, it must be a good film", and the LOGO was flying all over the sky. The status of the rivers and lakes and the glorious state are not an exaggeration to say that they are the center of Asian film culture.

But no matter how good the cow is, it still can't help the feng shui in turns, and the Shaw Brothers, who are always said to be "too fatty", have been at the end of their rope after decades of development, and can even be said to be dying.

However, even if the hero is late and the glory is not there, but the infinite scenery of Shaw Brothers back then was still enough for a large number of filmmakers to look forward to, Shaw Brothers can rise strongly in the land of projectiles with a small cost company, and once occupied more than half of the market share of Chinese film and television, which is really amazing, but you can see from a careful study that this is abnormal in itself.

The success of Hong Kong films and Shaw Brothers is said to have very accidental factors, mainly due to the changes in the world, Chinese films, in fact, have been very prosperous long before the rise of Hong Kong films, and Shanghai in the Republic of China era was once known as the film capital of Asia.

However, the subsequent political changes, just as during the German civil strife, a large number of European artists fled to North America, which caused a Hollywood explosion, and too many excellent filmmakers were also displaced to Hong Kong.

The talent, scale, production, form, style, and capital of Heung Kong Film and even Shaw Brothers have actually inherited the mantle of the old Shanghai film industry to a large extent.

Coupled with the fact that the market has been relatively free for a long time, and it is a social environment in which capital has the right to speak, the film industry in Xiangjiang will inevitably rise.

At that time, the Shaw Brothers, especially Shao Yifu, were young, rich, daring, sharp-minded, extremely dedicated, and a business genius, and they were born to mix in this industry.

It is said that Shao Yifu himself is a movie maniac, when he was young, he had to watch more than a dozen movies a day, no matter whether it was a good movie or a bad movie, no matter which country it came out, he had to watch a copy of it, and this habit was even maintained until he was over old age.

In the entire Xiangjiang, no industry boss will do it to his level, so Shao Yifu is the best at grasping the trend of the film market, to put it bluntly, he is most familiar with what the audience likes to watch.

It doesn't make sense for someone like him not to take the lead and become big.

The so-called Shaw Brothers, in fact, have long since lost their "brothers", and Shao Yifu is completely in charge alone, from beginning to end, Shao Yifu is almost the only spiritual leader of the huge Shaw Brothers company, saying nothing else.

However, the problem also came out, as he entered old age, his energy, state, judgment and other aspects declined, and Shaw Brothers was too easy to follow the decline. From this point of view, Shaw Yifu is naturally extremely successful, but from the perspective of corporate governance, Shaw Brothers may not be very powerful.

So, since the mid-80s, Shaw Brothers has been showing signs of decline, and many decisions have fallen into great mistakes, citing a lot of problems within Shaw Brothers themselves.

During the Shaw Brothers' most glorious period, from the late 1950s to the late 1970s, for nearly 20 years, Chinese films dominated and claimed to be the only force in the world that could compete with Hollywood. More than 1,000 films have been made, which have taken Southeast Asia by storm and even exported to the West, and even international superstars such as Quentin Tarantino have been fans of Shaw Brothers martial arts films.

However, the problem of Shaw Brothers is also too obvious, once a competitor appears, or the external environment changes, it is easy to slump and fall into the mud of self-bondage.

For example, the Shaw Brothers' on-set system is too strict with the restrictions on actors, and the overall style is too routine and similar, and it is rare to shoot works outside the system.

For the sake of commercial interests, I know that crazy filming, the bottom line is infinitely lower, and the quality is uneven. Noisy, pretending to be ghosts, fighting and killing, these materials have been these materials for decades, and the audience's aesthetics will also be fatigued.

In the old days, the audience did not have high requirements for visual arts, and the monopoly could still be maintained. However, as soon as there is a competitor, the disadvantages are immediately apparent.

For example, Korean films began to rise, the Southeast Asian market was divided, Hollywood was aggressive, and Shaw Brothers was in a state of encirclement and suppression.

In addition, in terms of corporate governance, Shaw Brothers is too critical of the people below, resulting in newcomers not entering, high-ranking people leaving, brain drain is too serious, and it is difficult for smart women to cook without rice, which also aggravates the decline of Shaw Brothers.

Those who know Shao Yifu know that Shao Yifu is extremely shrewd in making movies, don't look at his Shaw family's big business, with countless stars, in fact, not only does he save money by making pictures, but he is also very mean to those stars, actors, and directors who are no matter how popular and beautiful they are.

Shaw's harsh profit-sharing mechanism is still feasible when it is a vertical monopoly enterprise in the industry, but once the opponent appears, a large number of talents will jump ship.

In the late 1970s, some excellent directors and actors began to leave en masse or set up their own businesses. For example, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others who were separated from each other had a major impact on the Shaw Brothers.

In addition, as Shao Yifu slowly grew old, the later Shaw Brothers lacked the backbone, the investment continued to fail, and the main business was transferred one after another, which made the company's prospects even more confused and the situation worse.

In fact, it was from this time that Run Run Shaw actually had a wrong judgment on Chinese films, believing that movies would inevitably decline, and television was king.

At that time, the local market on Hong Kong Island could no longer be supported, and the mainland market had not yet taken shape, let alone opened up, and Shao Yifu seemed to be intending to slow down. Since then, Shaw Brothers' film business has continued to shrink, and later sold all of its theaters, and two years later announced that the film would cease production.

Shaw Brothers started with films, a company with brilliant movies and labeled with movies, and easily gave up its biggest advantage, the situation can be imagined, as a result, the movies stopped, the TV was tepid, the transformation of Shaw Brothers was not successful, and after the 1980s, the glory was no more.

Then, in order to make it easier for Shaw Brothers to make money in the capital market and solve the troubles, the funds blindly turned overseas, a large amount of investment, lack of experience and other reasons, which made Shaw Brothers lose a lot of money. The negative effect of that lack of funds is completely devastating.

After all, the film and television production at that time was no longer the period when it could be started by building a shed in the early days, and the cost was rising rapidly, and the Shaw Brothers, who lacked funds, were naturally stretched.

Because of the lack of money, Shaw Brothers could not make big productions and sophisticated productions, and a large number of debt crises in turn accelerated the decline of Shaw Brothers. Shaw's days of heaven have come to an end since then.

Another point is that Shao Yifu has been in charge of the Shaw Brothers for a long time, and he did not cultivate a successor well during his lifetime, coupled with his good nature, introverted, family contradictions, and the split is ready to start, which invisibly gave the Shaw Brothers the last punch.

Run Run Shaw is arbitrary, he is famous all over the world, and the sixth uncle is romantic, which is also well-known. He is a strongman, managing the company and handling the family. These two items have not only made the company's professional management talents lack successors, but also caused a disaster within the family.

Shao Yifu and his original marriage lasted for 50 years, and he had two sons and two daughters. And his favorite confidante is Fang Yihua.

It is said that it was precisely because of Fang Yihua's efforts that he not only made the early Shao Yifu brothers disagree, but also caused the Shaw brothers to split up, and later made none of the four children willing to inherit the Shaw family, and only hoped to divide the property.

In this way, the Shaw Brothers will actually exist in name only and fall apart.

It is a pity that Mr. Shao is such a shrewd businessman, and so open-minded and discerning, he still can't help but see the prosperity of life with his own eyes in his lifetime, and he will quickly turn into loneliness and loneliness.

It's just that people like him who have "slept through the romance and watched the rise and fall of fifty years" may not matter.

Yi Qing is lamenting the loneliness after the glory of Shaw Brothers, and he is also feeling the ups and downs of Shao Yifu, a legendary figure, but that's all, if there is no such thing here, where would he have the opportunity to get involved in Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

"Manager Chen, have you met Mr. Shao?"

Chen Yangzheng shook his head and said: "Not yet, until now, the person who has been connected with me is a manager of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, but listening to his tone, it seems that the Shaw Brothers is only planning to lease, not sell, and there is also Debao Company competing with us." ”

Debao?

Pan Disheng!

Yi Qing knows this person, or because he is the ex-husband of Yang Ziqiong, the first female star of Chinese movies.

"Since they don't plan to sell, why does Mr. Shao still meet with me?

This kind of bluffing routine can be regarded as a conspiracy, after all, there are two companies competing, and the one with the highest price wins.

"The music company here will be handed over to Manager He in advance, and we will go to Xiangjiang tomorrow. ”

Being able to meet this legendary capital tycoon, Yi Qing himself is still very much looking forward to it, Uncle Shao Liu, he has only seen it in the news or on the Internet before, how is the real person, Yi Qing is really a little impatient.