Zou Wenhuai is a cheerful person, and after a simple greeting with Xu Wangqiu, he said directly: "The reason why I asked Mr. Xu to come out today is very simple, that is, to cooperate with an export company, and I hope that our Golden Harvest films will enter the mainland." ”

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "The national co-production policy is to cooperate with outstanding filmmakers in Xiangjiang, Golden Harvest is the leader of the film industry in Xiangjiang, and we are very willing to cooperate with companies like Golden Harvest." However, Hong Kong has its own rules, and the mainland has its own rules, and if you want to cooperate with us, you must abide by our rules. ”

Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "This is natural, what song to sing on what mountain." If Golden Harvest wants to enter the mainland, it will definitely abide by the rules of the mainland. But I don't know about the mainland, and I don't know what rules the mainland has. ”

Xu Wangqiu said lightly: "In fact, there are no special rules, as long as Golden Harvest's movies do not deliberately smear the mainland, and they are not anti-party and anti-socialist." Many people in Hong Kong look down on the mainland, and many movies take pleasure in smearing the mainland. We can't tolerate not being able to make money from the mainland while turning around and scolding the mainlanders. It doesn't make sense anywhere, right?"

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "This is natural." My Golden Harvest is a simple film company, and I have never been involved in politics. Although we joined the Freedom Association, we had no choice. If you can't join the Freedom Association, you can't enter the Taiwan market. ”

Xu Wangqiu knew that Shao Yifu was pro-British, while Zou Wenhuai was pro-Taiwan. After Zou Wenhuai left Shaw Brothers, a considerable part of the starting funds came from Taiwan, and Jiahe's first movie "One-Armed Knife vs. Blind Man" was also cooperated with Taiwan. However, Xu Wangqiu did not break it: "Since this is the case, then there is no problem." When the time comes, you send in the script, and after it passes the review, then the film will be listed as a co-production, and everyone will invest and shoot together. ”

Zou Wenhuai frowned and said: "But your review is too slow, and it often takes several months to get results, and Xiangjiang Films is known for its fast shooting." Take Cheng Long's movies as an example, Cheng Long's movies are very popular and are released every year in the Chinese New Year file. But if your review takes months, plus the time for filming and production, I'm afraid it's too late. I wonder if we can do that, we'll finish the film and give it to you for review. If it passes the review, then we will sell a part of the copyright to you. When the time comes, everyone will share the account, and if you can't pass the review, you don't have to buy the copyright. ”

Xu Wangqiu knew that Zou Wenhuai's words were true, and the export company's review of the script was relatively slow, especially when he was not there, it would drag on for a long time. However, he felt that Zou Wenhuai's suggestion was not really because of the slow review, but because he didn't want to give up the Taiwan market.

If Golden Harvest cooperates directly with export companies or Yindu, it will definitely be blocked by liberalism and Taiwan, and it will completely lose the Taiwan market. The Taiwan market can bring Jiahe a profit of one or two million yuan every year, and Jiahe will definitely not be willing to give up the Taiwan market directly. If Golden Harvest just sells movies to the mainland, then there will be a buffer in the matter. They can argue that we sold the film to another company, and that this company sold the copyright to the mainland, and it has nothing to do with us.

Xu Wangqiu naturally won't let Zou Wenhuai get his wish, Golden Harvest's commercial films are of a very high standard, if Golden Harvest's films are not prevented from flowing into Taiwan Bend, the Taiwan Bend Film Maker will still make money, and the Taiwan Bend Film Company will not let the government save the market, and Taiwan Bend will not let go of restrictions on Hollywood films. If Golden Harvest is on the banned list of Taiwan Bend, Golden Harvest Films cannot enter the Taiwan Bend market, and the source of films in the hands of Taiwan Bend Film Dealers will be greatly reduced, and the profits will naturally be greatly reduced. In order to make money, filmmakers can only get the government to loosen restrictions on Hollywood, so as to ensure their own interests.

The standard of Xiangjiang films is far inferior to Hollywood, and once the restrictions on Hollywood are lifted, Xiangjiang films will soon be beaten to the ground and driven out of the market. Taiwan is the most important selling port in Xiangjiang, and the collapse of Xiangjiang movies that have lost the Taiwan market is inevitable. At that time, the export company will be able to integrate the film forces of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, realize the upgrading of the film industry, and complete the industrialization of Chinese films.

If the film of Xiangjiang and Taiwan does not collapse, then this plan will not be realized.

Xu Wangqiu naturally couldn't let Zou Wenhuai get his wish, and said lightly: "Your suggestion is good." But I can't do it, I have to react to it. He looked at Zou Wenhuai and said with a smile: "But since the film copyright has been sold to us, we are the investors of the film, then we have the right to put our factory logo on the beginning of the film, and you Xiangjiang is called the logo." ”

Zou Wenhuai sighed in his heart when he heard this, thinking that this kid is really a powerful character, as soon as I said my thoughts, he immediately guessed my intentions! It's not easy to deal with! He said quietly: "This is not necessary, whether you play the logo or not will not affect the export company's money!"

Xu Wangqiu looked at Zou Wenhuai and showed a disdainful smile: "You are wrong." The media of the Xiangjiang Youpai faction say every day that we are engaged in united front! I will say it bluntly, an important purpose of the country's establishment of export companies is the united front. If we want to cooperate, we will definitely choose to kiss us and be close to us. The world is not black and white, but when it's time to take sides, you have to take sides. At such a time, if you still want to ride the wall, it is likely that you will not be able to do well at both ends. ”

Zou Wenhuai didn't expect Xu Wangqiu to directly pick out his words, and he didn't give buffer room at all. However, he also knows that Xu Wangqiu's confidence comes from the market of one billion people in the mainland, and a "Shaolin Temple" has made Yindu earn tens of millions in the mainland, which is about to catch up with the profits of Golden Harvest in a year.

Before coming, Zou Wenhuai thought very clearly, if Xu Wangqiu agreed, it would naturally be the best, if he didn't agree, then give up part of the Taiwan market. Golden Harvest has many satellite companies, and even if Taiwan blocks Golden Harvest, it will not block these satellite companies. The movies shot by these satellite companies can enter the Taiwan market, and Golden Harvest can still make money from Taiwan.

Zou Wenhuai's idea is feasible, in the last life, in order to break through the ban of Taiwan and the Freedom Association, Yindu cooperated with Xiangjiang and Taiwan filmmakers through its subsidiary. These films not only entered the Taiwan Bend, but even won the Grand Prize at the Golden Horse Awards. For example, the movie "People in New York" starring Zhang Aijia, Maggie Cheung and Siqin Gaowa won eight awards at the Golden Horse Awards, this movie is produced by Yindu subsidiary, and the producer of the film is Bao Qijing's husband Fang Ping.

Zou Wenhuai smiled and said, "Mr. Xu misunderstood, I didn't mean not to let you play the logo." Since the export company wants to fight, we are not against it. After all, you also own the copyright of the movie, and it is your right to play the logo. ”

After a brief encounter, the two sides began to discuss the issue of cooperation in depth.

Zou Wenhuai knows that there is a huge gold mine in the mainland market, and as long as Golden Harvest's films can enter the mainland market, they will definitely be able to make a lot of money, but the number of places to enter the mainland is limited. Xu Wangqiu is the director of the art center, and whether he can get a quota depends on whether Xu Wangqiu nods or not, so getting Xu Wangqiu is the key to Golden Harvest's entry into the mainland.

In Zou Wenhuai's view, a young man in his twenties like Xu Wangqiu, who is strong in blood and has poor resistance to temptation, entered some hints to Xu Wangqiu, and the content of the hints is nothing more than two points, money and beauty. However, Zou Wenhuai didn't know much about Xu Wangqiu, and was afraid that he was an idealist like Xia Meng, so he didn't dare to say it too clearly.

Xu Wangqiu pretended not to hear it, and proposed to Zou Wenhuai that the export company would send staff to participate in the filming of these films. Heung Kong Film is stronger than the mainland in the field of commercial films, and has many technologies that are not available in the mainland, such as tightrope dropping and speeding technology. Golden Harvest is the best at making commercial blockbusters in Heung Kong Film Company, and their skills are also the best. Xu Wangqiu plans to arrange some people from the mainland to learn from the Xiangjiang crew, master these skills, and then improve the production level of commercial films in the mainland.

Zou Wenhuai had no objection to this, and readily agreed.

After chatting about the cooperation, Xu Wangqiu looked at Zou Wenhuai and said with a smile: "I don't know if Mr. Zou has played a cameo role in the movie?"

Zou Wenhuai laughed: "No." I wanted to try it, but no one was looking for me. Mr. Xu asked what he was doing here, could it be that Mr. Xu wanted to invite me to make a cameo?"

Xu Wangqiu said sincerely: "I really want to invite Mr. Zou to make a cameo." Mr. Zou may not know that in the past month or so, Xia Meng and Fu Qi have almost found all the actors they can find in Xiangjiang, but they haven't found the actors I want. When I met Mr. Zou just now, my eyes lit up. This is the actor I dream of, the Huang Shilang I am looking for! I know this is a reluctant invitation, but I also ask Mr. Zou to help me, this role is really important. ”

Zou Wenhuai originally thought it was a small cameo role, but now when he heard Xia Meng, they had found all the actors they could find, and they didn't find a suitable one, knowing that this was an important role, he hurriedly waved his hand: "If it's a play ticket and a small cameo role, I'll definitely have no problem, but this role is so important, I definitely can't play it." ”

Xu Wangqiu explained: "This role does not have many scenes, only a few scenes, and the requirements for acting skills are not high, but the requirements for image and temperament are relatively high. I'll just make it clear, this movie is a satirical film about reality. The character you are going to play is called Huang Shilang, and it is set up to imply Li Cucumber. The actor should be a little like Li Cucumber, and he must have the aura of a big boss. You look a bit like Li Cucumber, and you are a big boss yourself, so there is no more suitable than you. I haven't been able to find a suitable actor, so I can only ask Mr. Zou. ”

Zou Wenhuai said happily: "No problem, when you act, you can just call me." ”

After meeting with Zou Wenhuai, Xu Wangqiu went back to Beiping and reported Zou Wenhuai's proposal to the company. The export company reported the matter to the ministry, and the ministry's instructions were simple, just two words: "agree". Xu Wangqiu went home by the way, told Xu Wangchuan about Jinshan Company, asked him to get ready, and went to Xiangjiang with him after the training.

After telling Zou Wenhuai the opinions of the ministry, Xu Wangqiu threw himself into "Cold". "Cold" is essentially a literary film, and it does not involve various technologies like "Falcon" and "Hoe Rape", and the preliminary work takes a lot of time. After solving Huang Shilang's biggest obstacle, the film preparation work entered the fast lane.

The time soon came to July 12, on which the second round of negotiations between China and Britain began. Originally, the time and place of the talks were kept secret, but a large number of Xiangjiang reporters covering the Sino-British talks in Peking waited in front of the British Embassy in China early in the morning. As soon as they saw the embassy car out of the gate, they got into a taxi and chased after it. In order not to be dumped, he even did not hesitate to pay a high price for the driver to run a red light, and the meeting place was discovered by reporters. The negotiations were held at No. 3 Toutiao, Taiji Factory, Dongjiaomin Lane, Beiping, which was originally the Austro-Hungarian Embassy.

At the same time, an old house in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, was also crowded with Hong Kong reporters. The reporters who came were all reporters in charge of entertainment news, and there was only one reason why they came here, today is the day when Xu Wangqiu's movie "Cold" was launched.