Chapter 11: The Shaw Brothers' Ambitions
Fang Menghua has been a little irritable recently, in addition to the increasing number of reporters around him, there are also reasons for Shao Yifu.
As Li Ping'an's net worth becomes stronger and stronger, Fang Menghua's ability is becoming more and more recognized by everyone. Shao Yifu began to want Li Ping'an to return to the Shaw family under the persuasion of his original wife and Zou Wenhuai and others, in addition to wanting this illegitimate son to inherit his entertainment kingdom in the future, he also wanted to integrate the resources of his son Li Ping'an, so that the Shaw family could go to the next level.
Shao Yifu has recently negotiated with Fang Menghua many times in private about this matter, but Fang Menghua refused. Today's Fang Menghua can already compete with Shao Yifu.
Shao Yifu was also very helpless, the agreement he signed with Fang Menghua at the beginning, whether in law or in human feelings, was like a chasm between him and his son Li Ping'an. Shao Yifu also said to Li Ping'an in private that Li Ping'an would only naively say that everything was decided by his mother Fang Menghua. Shao Yifu regretted the agreement he signed more and more, and he was even more dissatisfied with his original match.
Shao Yifu is naturally not a fool, he knows that the idea of the original partner is nothing more than the wealth that moves people's hearts, as for Zou Wenhuai, his dream has always been to be able to enter Hollywood and occupy a place. Shao Yifu also has a dream of Hollywood, but there is never a suitable way, and finally there is a Li Xiaolong who was first cut off by Fang Menghua's mother and son, and his son Li Ping'an let Shao Yifu see the hope of breaking into Europe and the United States, not to mention his son Li Ping'an's assets, that is, the adaptation rights of those works published by Li Ping'an made him covetous for a long time.
Although Fang Menghua said that she still loves Shao Yifu, her son has already been put in the first place, and now if others want to get involved in her son's career, she will resolutely stop it, even Shao Yifu.
Since the Spring Festival, Fang Menghua has not been to see Run Shaw for more than a month, and it will soon be April, Li Xiaolong's "Jingwu Hero" will also be released, and under the persuasion of her son Li Ping'an, she took advantage of this incident to negotiate with Shaw Yifu.
In the villa at Repulse Bay No. 2, Shao Yifu rarely made a cup of tea for Fang Menghua in person, Fang Menghua took the cup and took a sip of tea, and looked at Shao Yifu with a complicated expression, "Sixth brother, An Zai said that the copyright of Jin Yong and Gurung's novels he bought can be licensed to Shaw Brothers to shoot movies, his "Xiao Li Flying Knife" and "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" You can also authorize Shaw Brothers to produce films, anyway, DreamWorks doesn't produce much in a year, and Li Xiaolong, after the two of them produce two more films, we will let it go, as for how to talk about it, how you use him to open the Hollywood market, we won't ask again. ”
Shao Yifu sighed, "It's me, the father, who doesn't care enough about him and doesn't do a good job!"
Fang Menghua hurriedly comforted, "Sixth brother, don't think about it, Andy has never complained about you, he just thinks that the current technology is difficult to shoot the effect he wants, and his book has not been licensed to others! ”
Shao Yifu was suddenly a lot happier in his heart, but his tone was still sour and full of jealousy, "He wrote songs for your mother, but my father was left behind by him." ”
Fang Menghua laughed, "Sixth brother, how do you know that your son didn't write a song for your father!"
Fang Menghua got up and took out a vinyl record from his bag and put it on the projector in the living room and started to play, and a slightly childish and clear voice came out from the projector: There are not so many smiles, there are not so many hugs, you have to get up by yourself when you fall, you have to find toys by yourself, there are so many jobs, there are so many worries, and I still feel that in this world, only my mother is good. Only my father is good in the world, and when I grow up, I will know what dignity is, and what is smallness. Run, don't bother him, and give him a hug when I grow taller than him. There are not so many smiles, there are not so many hugs, you have to get up by yourself when you fall, you have to find toys by yourself, there are so many jobs, there are so many worries, and I still feel that in this world, only my mother is good. Only my father is good in the world, and when I grow up, I will know what dignity is, and what is smallness. Don't let him bother when you run slowly, wait for me to grow taller than him, and then give him a hug, only dad is good in the world, and he understands when he is sensible, teach me what to rely on, what is most important. Don't let him get old, when I grow taller than him, I will make him proud. There is only Dad in the world!
After the song, Shao Yifu showed a pleased smile, "After all, blood is thicker than water, and my son is still sensible!"
Fang Menghua twisted Shao Yifu's waist angrily, "This song An Tsai said to hand it over to you, the father, didn't Wireless just establish Huaxing Records? If you want, let Huaxing be responsible for releasing this single!"
The next morning, Shao Yifu informed Zou Wenhuai of the results of the negotiation, and Zou Wenhuai breathed a sigh of relief and was somewhat full of regret after hearing it. Being able to have the opportunity to win Li Xiaolong and Zou Wenhuai feels that it is a fulfillment of expectations, but unfortunately, as a qualified filmmaker, Zou Wenhuai knows that Li Ping'an's value is immeasurable.
Because of Shao Yifu's pressure, it didn't take a week for Li Ping'an to plagiarize the original time and space Zhao * Yingjun's "Only Dad is Good in the World" The fine disc single was filled with the shelves of Xiangjiang video store by the sales staff of Huaxing Records, Li Ping'an's popularity is flourishing, and this single has naturally been bought by the people of Xiangjiang, and Huaxing Records can be regarded as a good start.
Shao Yifu then warned the original partner and asked them not to disturb Li Ping'an's mother and daughter easily, Shao Yifu was also protecting the original partner, and he could understand Fang Menghua's determination to protect his son Li Ping'an.
Fang Menghua was somewhat dissatisfied and reluctant with his son's concessions, and finally chose to give up some interests under the persuasion of his son, and after such a long time, Fang Menghua can be said to be convinced of his son's vision.
Li Ping'an's recent momentum has completely stunned Zhao Yazhi, Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao, if it weren't for Li Ping'an's young age, Lin Fengjiao, who is scheming and determined, will definitely take a counterattack against Li Ping'an. Because she became Li Ping'an's secretary, the lives of the three daughters can be said to have undergone earth-shaking changes, especially Lin Fengjiao, who had the most difficult family, Li Ping'an not only asked people to buy a larger house for her family in Taibei, but also transferred her younger siblings to key schools in Taibei. Li Ping'an's salary for the three daughters is very generous, and more than half of the monthly remuneration of the three daughters is subsidized for the family.
Li Xiaolong himself was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Ping'an's desire to let Li Xiaolong transfer to the Shaw Brothers, and he also wanted to be closer to Li Ping'an in order to learn more martial arts. This also made Li Ping'an determined not to show his cultivation method to irrelevant people in the future.