Chapter 145: The Hundred-legged Worm
Quadruple ......
Naturally, it is not a small workshop such as Wulian Pork Farm and Sanlian Electric City.
It is a consortium.
After the defeat of Neon in 1945, Wanwan's film industry experienced a lot of chaos.
At first, because Wanwan had just gotten rid of colonial rule, many older people had not yet adapted to it, so the distributor also saw that it was profitable to buy a bunch of neon cheap films to play.
But as the saying goes, it's good – cheap is not good.
These films were either bloody and violent, or they promoted 'East Asian co-prosperity', and within a few months, people of insight on the island were published one after another.
So the Bay House directly banned Japanese films.
At this time, Chinese films produced in the mainland also entered Wanwan in a big way, but most of them were old films from the thirties.
However, because these films have never been screened in Wanwan, people are still fresh at the beginning, and the box office is very popular, making Chinese films live a good life for a few days.
But not long after, with the signing of the "Sino-US Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation", Hollywood films invaded on a large scale, and the advancement of photography and technology made domestic films fall to the ground.
The situation has been described above, so I will not mention it again.
In view of the plight of Chinese films in Wanwan, in addition to the actions of Wanwan, there were also a series of actions in the Chinese film center at that time, the magic capital.
One of them is that the 'CLP', which has an official background, took the lead, and jointly established the 'Silian Office' with Wenhua, Kunlun and the famous Changchun factory in later generations to jointly operate the export of mainland films to Taiwan.
If you want to say that the background is large, it is indeed easy to do things, and Silian once sent a large number of good movies to Wanwan.
For example, "A River Flows Eastward", "Long Live the Wife" and "On the Songhua River" and so on......
However, by the end of the fourth or eighth year, the Blue Army was losing and retreating on the frontal battlefield, and Lao Jiang also began to gather the power in his hands and prepare for the party, government and army to grasp it with one hand.
As the saying goes, 'the Jiang family is the Chen family party in the world', and the two brothers of the Chen family became the first target of Lao Jiang......
Fortunately, the elder brother suddenly fell seriously ill at this time, and the younger brother also knew the current affairs and handed over some of the rights in his hands.
However, it doesn't matter if they hand over power, but the Chen family used to be in charge of the country's education and cultural undertakings.
This film is naturally also a part of culture.
All the things related to movies in the country, they can manage it, and this Silian Office is so important and conspicuous, can there be no people from their Chen family.
As a result, in this tide of rectification, the 'Silian Office' was directly reorganized into the 'China Film Joint Venture Office'.
Of course, in the process of this reorganization, a group of former staff members were naturally swept away.
However, later, the 'China Film Joint Venture Office' did not end well, and before it could play its role after the reorganization, the magic capital was liberated, and the joint venture office was directly gone......
These staff members who were swept away due to reorganization also fled all the way to Wanwan with the Blue Army, some went to fend for themselves, and some relied on Boss Chen to go to the agricultural education production company to earn a living.
At this time, Boss Chen was still holding the position of chairman of agricultural education.
The full name of 'Nongjiao' is Agricultural Education Film Company, which was founded in 1946 by the boss of the Chen family. The name of this company sounds like CCTV-7, which often shoots "Nongguang Tiandi", but it is not.
Agricultural education is a discipline film, but more of it is a political propaganda film and a feature film.
In fact, it is also a political propaganda machine.
As a result, these people went to the 'agricultural education' and did not get a good deal, and by last year, that is, in the second half of 1950, the situation in Wanwan gradually stabilized, and the power in Lao Chiang's hands was also stabilized.
Then, the work of eradicating evil began.
The younger brother of the Chen family was directly driven to the United States, and the positions of the boss of the Chen family were also removed one after another.
Then the 'agricultural education' was reorganized again.
The position of chairman of the board of directors of agricultural education was directly taken by Xiao Jiang.
At this time, the group of people who had been wiped out in the previous 'Silian', plus those who had been eliminated in the 'agricultural education', saw that the official road could not be passed, so they began to unite and start the business road according to the relationship they had established before.
The hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen!
Minghua Pictures was born from this.
After figuring out who Uncle Yuan was, Yang Qiu's heart became much brighter, and he asked tentatively: "What ......does Boss Yuan mean by looking for me?"
"We, Minghua, want to act as an agent for the distribution of Director Yang's films. Yuan Shunbo said unabashedly and directly.
"This ......" Yang Qiu hesitated a little and explained: "My company used to cooperate with 'Taiwan Film', and suddenly changed the cooperation ......"
"Boss Yang, do you really know about these official institutions?" Yuan Shunbo suddenly interrupted Yang Qiu's words and asked.
"What do you mean?"
"For example, 'Taiwan Film', this company can't even compare to the 'Taiwan system', and other people's 'Taiwan system' can also take US aid and have foreign exchange, but 'Taiwan Film' has to rely on itself completely, Boss Yang, take the liberty of asking, how long did you receive the box office share last time you cooperated with 'Taiwan Film'?"
"Well, last time, I haven't received it yet. ”
“…… What about last time?"
"50,000 Hong Kong dollars, more than three months. ”
"More than three months, it's fast. Yuan Cisplatin was a little surprised, and said very unexpectedly: "But I think if Director Yang's "Tianxian Pei" is released to Taiwan, I'm afraid that the fraction of the share will be more than 50,000, how long do you think it will take to get the share?"
“……”
"Director Yang, now there is a shortage of foreign exchange in Wanwan, and it is basically under control. If 'Taiying' wants to pay you the shares, you have to report to use US dollars and foreign exchange. ”
Yuan Shunbo thought for a while, and continued with a smile: "Except for the loose style of the bureaucracy, coupled with the huge amount of money, from the release of the film to the time you get the share, it will take you at least five months, which is too time-consuming. ”
"Oh?" Yang Qiu was noncommittal to Yuan Shunbo's analysis, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does Mr. Yuan mean, your company can let us get a share faster?"
"Yes, but we can use the U.S. company to pay in advance. You will receive your share of the film up to a month after the release at the latest. Yuan Shun Bo looked as a matter of course.
“……”
Groove! Sure enough, it's his hundred-legged worm! The routines are all one ring at a time.
"Boss Yang doesn't believe in our strength?" Looking at Yang Qiu who was silent for a while, Yuan Shunbo smiled and picked up his briefcase and said: "The first time I do business with Boss Yang, in order to express our Minghua's integrity ......"
Yuan Shunbo suddenly opened his briefcase, took out a stack of checks from it, wrote a few strokes and handed it over.
Looking at the series of zeros behind the 'one', Yang Qiu was surprised: "Ten thousand dollars?"
"Yes, you can take it as a deposit for us to release "Tianxian Pei" in the future. Yuan Shunbo said calmly.
"This ......"
"Boss Yang, in fact, you don't have to think about it so much. Yuan Shunbo put down his briefcase again and said eloquently: "Frankly speaking, before I came to you, I had already run through Shaw Brothers, Yonghua, Far East, and even Mount Tai. ”
"Oh, how did it turn out?"
"Not bad. Yuan Shunbo said with some complacency: "We have successfully won the agency of Shaw Brothers and Taishan. ”
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