Chapter Seventy-One: This Old Man Is a Treasure
Time has passed day by day, Guo Yongren has been paying attention to the changes in the Hong Kong stock index, it is still early, it is still a little bit earlier, it is still not time, it seems that we can only wait until next year to do it.
In the blink of an eye, the time has entered December, and the atmosphere of Christmas here in Hong Kong is still very heavy, after more than 100 years of colonial rule, there are many people who celebrate foreign festivals.
Guo Yongren began to prepare early, everyone he knew, he sent a gift, and also held a drinking party, used to contact feelings, the drinking party was not big, there were not many people, there were only a dozen people, but they were all lively, and the relationship was further strengthened.
It took two months, and [Lifting and Releasing Little Hands] was completely completed, Guo Yongren and a group of high-level executives watched it in the screening hall, yes, Guo Yongren was equivalent to revisiting it.
"Zhengyang, what is the plan of your distribution department" Guo Yongren asked, Guo Zhengyang has been doing distribution work for many years, and he has a deep connection with the theater chain.
"Chairman, it is impossible for Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest and Golden Princess to be a year old, they all have their own films scheduled, our film needs to be after the year, I contacted more than a dozen other individual theaters, and they will cooperate to screen together at that time, and the time is within a month after the year," Guo Zhengyang reported.
Guo Yongren nodded, it's the New Year, there is no other entertainment this year, basically they will go to see movies or something, and it's strange that the three major theaters don't show their own films.
"Okay, let's put it until the end of the year," Guo Yongren said, able to understand Guo Zhengyang's difficulties.
Golden Harvest doesn't have many films this year, not to mention the spoiler of Golden Princess Cinemas, which completely tossed away the charter system, so that all film companies have benefited a lot, at least the cost is much less.
Shaw Brothers is old-fashioned self-produced and self-sold, I don't care, Golden Harvest has insisted on a period and canceled the charter system, there is no way, the company produces not enough films, and you can't keep showing old films.
Golden Harvest hated the Golden Princess to death, the two companies fought fiercely, and in the end there was no way, Golden Harvest could only cancel the charter system, which can be said to be a lot of losses, and acquiesced to the existence of the Golden Princess.
The Hong Kong film market has entered the stage of triwizard competition, and the new city represented by Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, the golden age of film development has officially kicked off.
After watching the film, Guo Yongren returned to his office, but Hong Jinbao and Chen Xinqi came together, and it seemed that they had something to tell Guo Yongren.
Guo Yongren looked at them, took out his cigarette and threw it on the table, "If you have something to say, when did you become so reserved."
The two of them smiled, Hong Jinbao took out a cigarette and handed it to Guo Yongren, then helped Guo Yongren light it, and then gave Chen Xinqi one for himself, all of which were ignited by himself.
"Chairman, what we came here today means is to introduce a director to the chairman" Hong Jinbao said directly, the three of them started to smoke, and Hong Jinbao and Chen Xinqi let go.
"Oh, what director" Guo Yongren became interested, and it must not be easy to make the two of them lobbyists.
"Chairman, let me tell you directly, it's one of my seniors, called He Pan, he usually shoots some Fengyue movies, and recently fell out with Shaw Brothers, knowing that I work here, so he asked me to ask, will the company make this type of film" Chen Xinqi finished talking in one breath.
Guo Yongren was stunned for a moment, and then He Pan's information appeared in his mind, this old man is a treasure, how can he let it go.
He Pan is the first director of a two-plus first-class film with a box office of more than 10 million, and naturally the most watched by the audience is a batch of Fengyue films and **** he shot in the late eighties and early nineties, such as "Zuben (Jade) Futon", "Night (Passion) Love", "Three Temptations", "I am Crazy for Qing", "Four Temptations", ...... Wait.
In the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, He Pan won more than 280 awards in different photography competitions around the world.
From 1958 to 1965, he won eight consecutive titles of the Ten Masters of World Photography organized by the Photographic Society of America.
He Pan's photographic works are not on par with Lang Jingshan. In 1958, he won the Ten Masterpieces Championship, and he used a new school of photography to break the traditional rules.
After recalling, he said directly, "Shoot, why don't you shoot, as long as the law allows us to make money, we will shoot" Guo Yongren is the final word, this type of film is basically profitable, why not shoot.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, with Guo Yongren, the two of them would be relieved today, originally the two of them were worried about Guo Yongren's wealthy background and looked down on the people who made these films, but now they are not worried.
"I'll tell the two of you, in the future, if you meet a good director or editor, you will dig hard for me, the company wants to develop, just the two of you, you must develop and grow, how to grow, of course, it is talent, the company is now too few talents" Guo Yongren said with a serious face to the two.
The two of them nodded, and took this to heart, but in the future, they didn't dig into the corners of other companies, and the new city was completely hollowed out by these two people.
"By the way, digging people is digging people, the contract must be clear, if you don't understand this, just ask lawyer Guan" Guo Yongren told again, and he was relieved to check the degree.
"Okay, look, when will I invite Director He over," Chen Xinqi asked
Guo Yongren thought for a while, "Did you tell him about the treatment?" and asked directly, the treatment of the umbrella can be described as unique, which is different from that of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Xinyicheng, which is more flexible and realistic.
"Already said," Hong said
"I've told Director He about the company's director rating system, and the old man has no opinion," Hong Jinbao said seriously.
Umbrella Pictures adopts a director classification system, with two levels of scope, one is ordinary, the other is shared, and those who just come are treated ordinarily, only filming commissions.
The second is to divide it, of course, this is a net profit share, which is divided into two levels according to different proportions, and it can also be said that the director of the umbrella is three levels, which is very fair and reasonable, and everything depends on the results.
"That's easy to do, it's almost noon now, you can contact us, let's have a meal together at noon" Guo Yongren directly decided, Guo Yongren still has to study in the afternoon, there must be no time.
"Okay, I'll contact him now, where are we going to eat at noon" Chen Xinqi asked, this matter still needs Guo Yongren to make an idea.
After thinking about it for a while, the old Xiao Ji who went last time was not bad, several signature dishes tasted good, where to go this time, "It's still Lao Xiao Ji, after you notify Lao He, just call Xiao Ji and book a private room."