Chapter 46 Joint Production

With the passage of time, the plots of Golden Harvest's "New Shushan Swordsman" and Xinyicheng's "Taking the Wrong Car" have been complained about by the audience who have watched them, and the reputation of the film has also been declining, resulting in a big plunge in the box office day by day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

One after the other, but "Happy Ghost" began to spread by word of mouth because everyone who watched it said it was good, and people flocked to the cinema to watch "Happy Ghost".

The box office on the first day was more than 600,000, the second day was more than 700,000, the third day was more than 900,000, and by the sixth day it had reached 1.2 million, and almost all the theaters of the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line were full.

By the time the film was drawn, the total box office of the movie "Happy Ghost" had reached 21 million Hong Kong dollars, surpassing the 15 million of Golden Harvest's "Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" and 11 million of New Art City.

As a result, Zongheng Pictures became the box office champion of the 1983 Heung Kong Film Summer Season, and it was also the first time since the 80s that the box office champion was taken by companies other than Golden Harvest and New Art City, and Zongheng Pictures began to become famous in the Xiangjiang film circle.

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"Sixth uncle, are you looking for me?" Mo Xuan received a call from Shao Yifu early in the morning and invited him to go to TVB.

"Ah Xuan, you're here. Come, sit. Shao Yifu said with a smile after seeing Mo Xuan.

"Thank you, Uncle Six. Mo Xuan was not polite, anyway, he had known Shao Yifu for a day or two, so he sat down opposite Shao Yifu.

"I don't know what you're looking for me today, Sixth Uncle?" Mo Xuan said as he looked at Shao Yifu and pretended to be curious. In fact, he knew in his heart what Shao Yifu was looking for him.

Zongheng Pictures' "Happy Ghost" has such a high box office this summer that it has even beaten the well-prepared blockbusters of Golden Harvest and New Art City, and its foreign distribution has not yet landed.

"Ah Xuan, you are really young and promising, the first novel "Xun Qin" was popular, and now the first movie of the film company is a big hit, and you have defeated Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng, good, good. ”

The more Shao Yifu talked, the happier he became, after getting along for so long, he had already regarded Mo Xuan as his nephew, otherwise he would not have agreed to the release of Zongheng Pictures' movies in his Shaw Brothers theaters, you must know that his Shaw Brothers production of films has not yet been released.

Who doesn't want to watch their children and nephews have a big future, not to mention that Mo Xuan's "Happy Ghost" released in Shaw Brothers Theaters defeated Golden Harvest, which also indirectly breathed a sigh of relief for him.

No one can imagine how deep Shao Yifu's hatred for Zou Huaiwen is, Shao Yifu has always thought that if it weren't for Zou Huaiwen, a shameful traitor, who took the backbone of the Shaw Brothers to establish Golden Harvest Pictures, where would today's Shaw Brothers decline to such a point.

"Luck, luck, when it comes to the big sale of "Happy Ghost", there is also the credit of the sixth uncle. Mo Xuan said modestly.

"Haha, you little slippery head, when did you learn to pat on the back. Shao Yifu scolded with a smile. He became more and more satisfied with Mo Xuan, he thought that Mo Xuan only knew how to do things, and he didn't know how to behave in the world, but he didn't expect...

"Ah Xuan, Uncle Sixth doesn't want to hide it from you, isn't the overseas release of "Happy Ghost" still undecided. In that case, then leave it to Uncle Six, and let us Shaw Brothers help you distribute it. Shao Yifu finally said his purpose for looking for Mo Xuan this time.

In recent years, Shaw Brothers Pictures has not had a few films that can be handled, which makes Shaw Brothers Pictures' distribution channels in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other places quite dissatisfied.

"No problem, Uncle Six. As soon as Mo Xuan heard Shao Yifu's request, he agreed. Anyway, Zongheng Pictures does not have its own distribution channels, and it always has to find someone to help distribute it, and the Shaw family where Shao Yifu is located has a great influence in Southeast Asian countries, as well as Shaw Brothers theaters distributed all over the country.

Shao Yifu was even more satisfied when he saw Mo Xuan's agreement without hesitation, which showed that Mo Xuan still had him in his heart and really respected him.

"But..."When Shao Yifu was thinking about Mo Xuan's goodness in his heart, Mo Xuan suddenly spit out these two words, and the smile on Shao Yifu's face suddenly retracted.

He knew that Mo Xuan would not agree so easily, friendship is friendship, business is business, in his impression, Mo Xuan has always been the master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles.

There can't be such a good thing in the world, so Shao Yifu pretended to be angry and said: "You kid, just say something, don't push and vomit." ”

"Sixth uncle, you know, we don't have any other theaters in Zongheng Pictures to release our company's movies, and this time it offended Golden Harvest and Xinyi City, you see...."Mo Xuan looked bitter, exaggerated, and said in a slurred manner.

In fact, now Golden Harvest and Princess Jin may wish that Mo Xuan would go to them to release a movie, so as to slowly trap Mo Xuan until the goal of controlling Zongheng Pictures is achieved.

But Mo Xuan wouldn't do that, he finally got along with Shao Yifu, but he couldn't turn his back on Shao Yifu for this little profit.

Shao Yifu fell silent when he heard Mo Xuan's words, he understood the meaning of Mo Xuan's words, he wanted to put Zongheng Pictures in the Shaw Brothers cinema in the future, but Shaw Brothers still has its own film to be released, if the work is not started, what should the employees of Shaw Brothers do.

Mo Xuan had been carefully observing Shao Yifu's expression, seeing that Shao Yifu was silent, but he did not immediately refuse to be happy in his heart, which showed that there was still room for negotiation in this matter.

"Uncle Six, I know what you're worried about, otherwise, in the future, the movie produced by Zongheng Pictures Shaw Brothers can be partially invested, how about it, the two of us will work together to film. Mo Xuan pretended to be generous and said.

That's right, Mo Xuan said it for so long before, all for the sake of cooperating with Shaw Brothers to make a film later, which is his ultimate goal.

The reason why Mo Xuan is so generous is because Zongheng Pictures does not have its own theater chain until now, and it still needs to rely on Shao Yifu's Shaw Brothers Cinema for the time being.

In addition, Mo Xuan has a little Jiujiu in his heart. Mo Xuan treats his employees quite well, and if he treats his employees well, then the employees will work harder, and the company can create greater benefits, which is the experience that Mo Xuan has gained in later generations.

In his previous life, Mo Xuan stayed in many companies, and many of the company's bosses were desperately exploiting employees, making many employees dissatisfied, passive and slacking off, and the company's efficiency was not good.

According to Mo Xuan's understanding, Shao Yifu is notoriously stingy with his employees. If the two families work together to film at that time, when the employees of Shaw Brothers see the working treatment of the staff of Zongheng Pictures, they will compare their own...

Hehe, Mo Xuan believes that countless Shaw Brothers employees will choose to leave Shaw Brothers and join Zongheng Pictures. This can not only increase the talent pool of Zongheng Pictures, but also unconsciously hollow out the Shaw Brothers and accelerate the demise of the Shaw Brothers.