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Shaw Brothers' distribution ability in Nanyang is indeed strong - the cumulative box office of "Happy Ghost" in Nanyang is more than 2.9 million US dollars, which is converted into more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and it can be distributed to DreamWorks about more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars. Among them, Singapore and Malaysia received the strongest response, with most of the box office in Nanyang being supplied by audiences in these two places, while Thailand and the Philippines received a more modest response.

In terms of Taiwan Bend, the cumulative box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 7.1 million Taiwan dollars, which is equivalent to more than 1.4 million Hong Kong dollars, and DreamWorks can probably get more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In South Korea, the box office of "Happy Ghost" is only more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the head of DreamWorks is only more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In Japan, the box office of "Happy Ghost" gave Xu Cun a big surprise - "Happy Ghost" actually won a gratifying box office of 470 million yen in Japan, which is converted into more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars, and more than 4.6 million yuan was distributed to DreamWorks.

In total, the overseas box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars, and more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars were distributed to DreamWorks.

The box office of "Happy Ghost" in Xiangjiang is 10.96 million, and DreamWorks makes a profit of 7.62 million Hong Kong dollars.

minus the production cost of "Happy Ghost" is 700,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In total, "Happy Ghost" made a total profit of nearly 18 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.

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Let's look at the Shaw side again.

The minimum fee plus miscellaneous expenses for "Happy Ghost" in 16 Shaw Brothers theaters is a total of 3.4 million Hong Kong dollars, excluding the fees and management costs of renting out theaters, Shaw Brothers can probably earn more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

For overseas distribution, Shaw Brothers earned more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars with his mouth.

In other words, a "Happy Ghost" made Shaw Brothers easily earn more than 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and this is not counting Shaw Brothers' cinema income and cinema income in Nanyang.

If you add Shaw Brothers' cinema income and theater income in Nanyang, Shaw Brothers' income on "Happy Ghost" also exceeds 10 million.

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"Happy Ghost" was a big hit, which made DreamWorks and Shaw Brothers a win-win situation.

It stands to reason that this kind of good thing should make the beneficiaries happy, but Shao Yifu, who is at the helm of Shaw Brothers, is not very happy.

"Up to now, only the overseas box office of "Shaolin Thirty-six Rooms" has exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars, "Five Poisons" has 6.8 million Hong Kong dollars, "Bat Legend" has 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the rest ......" Shao Yifu's secretary reported to Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua with the report.

"Alright, you go down. Shao Yifu didn't let the secretary continue to report.

Waiting for the secretary to leave, a trace of anger appeared on Fang Yihua's face, and he said hatefully: "More than 20 movies are not as profitable as one movie, and the Shaw Brothers are dragged down by this group of incompetent people!"

Shao Yifu was silent for a while and said, "I heard that you and Xu Cun have set a screening time for his "Mr. Zombie"?"

"At the end of the invitational tournament, I invited that kid to enter Huaxing, but he refused. Later, I wanted to buy the rights to his songs instead, but he refused again. So, I threatened him with the theater. Later, he sold me the copyrights of "Shanghai Tang" and "Sword Like a Dream" at a symbolic price of 10,000 one, on the condition that he signed a contract with our 16 Shaw Brothers theaters for 40 days before and after the Spring Festival. I agreed, and asked Wang Hongbing to sign a contract with him. Fang Yihua explained.

Shao Yifu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said: "He is really confident in his "Mr. Zombie"!"

Fang Yihua pouted and smiled, and said, "If you are young, you will inevitably be frivolous. ”

After a pause, Fang Yihua continued: "Since the time period he wants is better, I will increase his base fee by 20,000 yuan a day." Moreover, if he paints in advance, he will not refund his base fee. ”

"Oh, he agreed to all these conditions?" asked Shao Yifu with a slight disagreement.

Fang Yihua looked sarcastic and said: "He also took the initiative to set the liquidated damages as the upper limit!" Then, Fang Yihua sneered and said: "I heard that the production fee of "Mr. Zombie" is at least three million, and the bottom fee for forty days is six million, and the cost of these two items alone will be 10 million, if "Mr. Zombie" can't create another box office miracle, he will have to plant a big fight, and at that time, I see how young and frivolous he is!"

Shao Yifu showed a smile and said, "He still has some talent. ”

Fang Yihua said meaningfully: "Talented people should concentrate on creation, and should not have those unrealistic dreams of making a fortune!"

Shao Yifu looked at Fang Yihua and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"When he is planted, let's find a way to get him into the Shaw Brothers and let him fight with Jiahe. Fang Yihua will think of the plan and put it out.

Shao Yifu showed a hint of disappointment, shook his head gently, and said: "He has tasted the sweetness, and he is ambitious, and he will not be willing to make films for Shaw Brothers like Zhang Che and Chu Yuan." Moreover, Zou Wenhuai will definitely throw an olive branch to him, and it is more likely that he will fall to Jiahe's side at that time. ”

"Sixth brother, should we also be flexible?" Fang Yihua asked softly.

Shao Yifu sighed lightly, shook his head gently, and said: "Although the big studio system is rigid and has many shortcomings, the hidden dangers of the independent production system are even greater. Once DreamWorks cooperates with our Shaw Brothers for a long time as an independent film company, it will definitely break our Shaw Brothers' big studio system. At that point, the future of Shaw Brothers will become unpredictable. ”

Fang Yihua hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sixth brother, why don't we shift our focus to wireless?"

In fact, Fang Yihua is not keen on making movies - she has always believed that the development prospects of the television industry are greater.

Therefore, a long time ago, Fang Yihua turned many of Shaw Brothers' resources to TVB - this is one of the reasons why Zou Wenhuai defected from Shaw Brothers.

In order to make movies, the Shaw brothers did not hesitate to sell their ancestral property, and were ridiculed as losers. Shao Yifu was originally studying in the school, but a telegram from his brother came, and he immediately dropped out of school and went back to the film company to help.

The Shaojia Film Company had several ups and downs, and it was completely destroyed by the Japanese army that year.

The current Shaw Brothers Film Company was re-established by Shao Yifu brick by brick, and Shao Yifu's efforts in Shaw Brothers Film Company are not at all understandable by Fang Yihua, a concubine - even when Shaw Brothers Film Company was indefinitely suspended, Shao Yifu still made one or several movies every few years, which shows Shao Yifu's love for the film industry.

Shao Yifu didn't answer Fang Yihua's words, he was silent for a while, and said: "Wait and see, let's see what kind of results "Mr. Zombie" can achieve, and then decide how to deal with Xu Cun......"

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