"Of course, it's because we have a good relationship," Li Xu deliberately widened his eyes and made a surprised look, "Anyway, Shaw Brothers is reducing production, is it difficult to vacate some schedules?"

Shao Renmei seemed a little embarrassed, with Hong Kong's vertical operation method, Shaw Brothers' cinema chain, it must serve Shaw Brothers Studios, and if you want to release other companies' movies, you have to scrape the skin. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But now is different from the past, at the end of the 70s, Shaw Brothers' martial arts films have begun to decline a little, and after entering the 80s, it has become more and more obvious, and it has been a little unable to catch up with the old rival Golden Harvest.

Coupled with the rise of New Art City and Golden Princess this year, as well as the 17 million box office of "Modern Bodyguard", the impact of Shaw Brothers is even more shaky, otherwise Shao Renmei will not find a way to test the North American market.

But Li Xu is different, there is a way that a strong dragon does not suppress the earth-headed snake, but if this cross-river dragon is too strong, the earth-headed snake will also crawl, right?

When the crown prince's wedding two months ago was broadcast worldwide, he and Shao Liu clearly saw Li Xu standing with Diana and Earl Spencer's family from TV.

Coupled with the background of both Japan and the United States, it is very easy to do something in Hong Kong, not to mention a cynical attitude.

The Shaw brothers, after all, are old-fashioned figures, and they know the power of power and some of the vices of the Chinese, especially in a place like Hong Kong, where they are outnumbered. As long as Li Xu does not commit public anger, and even dresses up as the wronged party, there is no doubt that the Hong Kong government will stand on his side, and other Chinese capital will only watch the drama from the side

"Forget it, it's really embarrassing, I'll go find Golden Harvest. Li Xu said casually at this time, seemingly thinking about the other party, "Don't worry too much." ”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Shao Renmei, Shao Liu, who had never spoken, twitched the corners of his mouth.

"It's better than that, Mr. Li," Shao Liu said, "We at Shaw Brothers can fund the production of this movie with you, so that it can be released in our theaters." ”

"Oh?" Li Xu raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure you want to do this, Sir Shao?"

Without waiting for the other party to speak, he immediately continued: "You must know that I want all the right to speak in this movie, the male and female protagonists, props, costumes, photography, and even every shot filmed, must be decided by me, although I have already selected Wang Jing as the director." In addition, the bottom line of investment in the movie I want to make is 5 million, and there is a great possibility of losing money. ”

Although he was shocked by the amount of 5 million, Shao Liu recovered quickly and smiled slightly: "Let's just invest a little money, it can be regarded as Shaw's statement." ”

Li Xu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows again, this old guy is full of calculations.

The reason why they are embarrassed is because if Li Xu's movie is arranged to be released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, not only will it be difficult to sharpen the knife - especially the guarantee system has completely disappeared with the rise of New Art City - and a better schedule must be arranged.

If it's perfunctory, Li Xu doesn't care about it, but if he cares about it, it's a time bomb.

Especially he doesn't care about this profit, which has been fully demonstrated in the past few months, he bought a TV station, except for customizing the TV series and inviting He Zuozhi to serve as the chairman of the board of directors, he basically didn't interfere too much in the operation.

But no one is allowed to offend him, and he can even let ICAC directly arrest people without caring about the impact, which has done TVB a great favor.

Hong Kong filmmakers are indeed very united, but when they encounter this kind of thing, even if they unite to boycott it, it is just an itch. And there is an upper limit to unity after all, in front of interests, not to mention anything else, Shaw is still cooperating with him.

So Shao Liu made such a request, even if it was only 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, they could hype up that Shaw Brothers had an investment, anyway, as long as the wording was vague, the crew would just keep their mouths shut, Li Xu always had to give this face, right?

As for losing money, Shaw Brothers has also been losing money for the past two years, and it doesn't matter if another movie is released that loses money, and it doesn't really cost much.

"Then my right to speak?" Li Xu asked with a smile.

"We don't ask at all. Shao Liu immediately replied.

"Then thank you, Sir Shao. Li Xu nodded.

The old fox should obviously be still calculating something, but Li Xu couldn't guess his thoughts yet, so he didn't care, and quickly shifted the topic to other aspects.

For example, the schedule of "Officers and Gentlemen", such as the music channel recently launched by Star TV, such as "A Thousand Kings and a Thousand Tyrants" directed by Wang Jing will be released at the beginning of next month.

Although the cost of "The Officer and the Gentleman" is small, firstly, the script is not bad, and secondly, Li Xu has a stake in Paramount, and Barry Diller is also scheduled for Thanksgiving Eve. Even if it may not reach the box office of another time and space, it should be no problem to get seventy or eighty million, at least those who have watched the film think it's okay.

Li Xu is quite regretful, if it can be released earlier and give Shaw Brothers a little sweetness, they will not always want to invest in "Blade Runner", a money-losing product.

"I still say the same thing, this movie may have a good reputation, but it will never make money, half a step ahead is a genius, and one step ahead is a madman. When Shao Renmei was still a little unwilling to ask, Li Xu said.

"I always want to find a new target quickly, so it's better to wait for the release of "The Officer and the Gentleman" to see what my vision is and then make plans. He then added.

"You're right, I'm too much of a loser. Shao Renmei replied after thinking about it, and then let out a long sigh, it seemed that he was a little regretful, but he was also a little relieved, it seems that the crew of "Blade Runner" has to find someone else to cheat money.

Talking about the topic of "Officers and Gentlemen" was expected by Li Xu, after all, Shaw Brothers invested 1 million, and it was still in US dollars. However, Shao Liu took the initiative to talk about the opening of the music channel, which made him slightly surprised.

Since the launch of "Music Broadcast" by Star TV, with several excellent MVs, it has not only caused a violent response and attracted many audiences, but also caused many record companies to change their ways and began to shoot MVs for the title song of the singer's album.

Although TVB has launched the same program, it is difficult to compete with Star TV, which eats crabs, and has always been at a disadvantage.

Although after months of preparation and research, Star TV finally established a music channel and transplanted all music programs to the past, which caused the audience to be a little unaccustomed to it, and TVB's ratings in this area declined, but it was far from the point where it could bring them closer.

Now that Shao Liu mentioned this, and praised a few words for being creative, it was inevitable that Li Xu would be a little surprised.

Obviously, the old fox must be thinking about something, but as I said just now, I can't see anything yet, so he didn't care too much about it, and used "A Thousand Kings and a Thousand Tyrants" to pull away from this topic.

Speaking of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" is also very interesting, although Wang Jing was brought to Hollywood by him to study for a few months, and also interned with the crew of "Officers and Gentlemen" for a period of time, some things still can't be changed.

Let's not talk about the actors, since it is still produced by Shaw Brothers, it is basically the same as the original, but he still only spent more than 20 days to complete the shooting, and he is catching up with the later stage at this time, and this speed is also gone.

However, Shao Liu and the others praised Wang Jing a lot, thinking that he learned something from Hollywood, and hoped that this movie would do well.

Li Xu said that Shaw Brothers would come by himself without investment, and he had read the script before, and it did look a little tighter than the original, but he didn't read it carefully, maybe it was an illusion.

But their attitude has always been very good, and they agreed to his request just now, and they can't pour cold water on their faces, right?

I hope that this kid Wang Jing will not let himself down.

"Third uncle, sixth uncle. At that moment, a female voice came from the side, and then He Chaoqiong came to the front of the three of them.

"Yo, I haven't seen you for a few days, and Arjun has become pretty again. Shao Liu teased.

"Well, Uncle Six. He Chaoqiong was humble at first, and then went straight to the point, "Can I say a few words to Mr. Li in private?"

Shao Liu and Shao Renmei looked at each other in some surprise, Li Xu appeared in front of everyone with Diana in front of everyone and made it clear that this was his official girlfriend, but there are several Chinese upper-class people in Hong Kong who don't know that Zhao Yazhi and Deng Lijun are his confiners, but ...... When will the gambling king's daughter be done?

And looking at He Chaoqiong's frowning appearance, it was because he realized that he had an official girlfriend, so he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt?

"No problem, I just don't know......" Shao Liu immediately opened his mouth and looked at Li Xu.

"Okay, come over here. Li Xu smiled slightly, made a gesture of please, and owed a debt to the Shaw brothers, who were very educated, "The two of you are out of company." ”

With him setting such an example, He Chaoqiong, who was in a hurry, apologized to the Shaw brothers a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, third uncle, sixth uncle." ”

Then, greeting all the way, the two came to the corner by the balcony, and before Li Xu could speak, He Chaoqiong asked: "You said before, can you let me meet a real strong woman?"

"Hey, hey, Miss, I don't seem to owe you anything, right?" Li Xu raised his eyebrows.

He Chaoqiong paused, then showed a depressed look, and stomped his feet on the spot a little cramped.

"I'm sorry, I just ......," she said, shaking her hands, "I'm a little confused, I'm embarrassed." ”

"It's okay," Li Xu smiled, "at least let me know what happened, right?"

"It's just ......" He Chaoqiong blurted out, but immediately covered it with his hand again, looking even more depressed, "Anyway, because of some things at home, I don't know what to do." ”

She looked at him: "It was okay, but I almost accompanied my father to your drinking party today...... When I saw you here, I came straight over. ”

"It seems that we have met three or four times in total, right?" Li Xu smiled, "Even if you add those chance encounters, I can count them on one hand, so I am worthy of such trust?"

He Chaoqiong didn't answer, and only said after a while: "I know you want to ......"

The voice behind him was quieter, so that people couldn't hear it clearly, Li Xu was about to ask, He Chaoqiong raised his voice again: "I want to know if what you say counts." ”

"Of course," Li Xu stared at her, "If you really want to see and understand, I will go back to Japan in a few days, you can come along, but, beware of regrets." (To be continued.) )