Chapter 83: Procrastination
The relationship between Wang Jing and the Shaw family is extraordinary, and Fang Yihua even told him the bottom line of Shao Yifu's attitude.
"Only rent, not sell, this is the bottom limit of the sixth uncle."
"It's to say anything about heavy feelings and nostalgia, in the final analysis, Uncle Shao still doesn't give up." Lin Youlun pouted, and later Shaw Brothers leased the theater to Debao Film Company, and then announced the suspension of production, at that time, many people felt that Shaw Brothers' film career had come to an end, but only a year later, Shaw Brothers cooperated with Shaw Yifu to establish "Metropolis" under the control of Shaw Brothers, which was actually the rebirth of Shaw Brothers through the backdoor.
"Metropolis" was just a small fight at first, and when it entered the 90s, the new art city disintegrated, Debao was discontinued, and only Golden Harvest was dominant in the Hong Kong film industry, "Metropolis" finally began to show its strengths, first looking for Wang Jing to shoot "Las Vegas Tycoon" with a strong star lineup, and then invited the comedy king Zhou Xingchi to film, which was in the limelight for a while.
In the mid-90s, Hong Kong films fell into recession, and Shaw Yifu re-branded the banner of "Shaw Brothers Film Company" and remade many classic old films, hoping to swim against the current and fight a bloody way in the cold market.
Shao Yifu only monopolized the TV industry as his main direction, but he never gave up the idea of making a comeback in the film market.
This is good news for Lin Youlun, he doesn't have that much money in his hand to swallow the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line at once, and it is a good idea to rent it for use first. If Lin Youlun hadn't invested 30 million in the filming of "Legend of the Night", plus the remaining 10 million in the bank, and promised Shaw Brothers some more conditions, he would not necessarily lose to the wealthy Pan Disheng.
Now that the 30 million is gone, Wang Jing is of course starting to be anxious. He and Lin Youlun have been planning for so long, and if the peaches are picked by Pan Disheng in the end, not only will the bamboo basket be empty, but he will feel depressed when he thinks about it.
Lin Youlun needs time the most now, and the most lacking is time, "Legend of the Night" will not be released until next year at the earliest, as long as the film can successfully enter the European and American markets, Lin Youlun can earn at least $30 million in dividends, and then borrow "that thing" to make a profit, and it is not difficult to eat the entire Shaw Brothers Cinema Line.
According to the memory of Lin Youlun's later generations, the Shaw Brothers will lease the theater to Debao next year, but due to the influence of Lin Youlun's butterfly, Pan Disheng became interested in the theater in advance, and the time left for Lin Youlun was very urgent.
"Now there is only one way, and that is to drag!" Lin Youlun clasped his hands and pondered for a moment, and then looked at Wang Jing with his eyes: "This matter has to fall on you." ”
Wang Jing felt that Lin Youlun really looked up to himself this time, but he didn't come to listen to Lin Youlun selling Guanzi, so he urged Lin Youlun to hurry up and say a specific way.
"Didn't the box office of "God of Gamblers" exceed 40 million? When you go back, tell Miss Fang that the number of "The Gambler" is also this number, and it may even be higher, it is difficult to say that it will become a new box office record since the opening of Hong Kong, and I hope that Shaw Brothers will give full support. ”
After Lin Youlun finished speaking, Wang Jing nodded as if he didn't understand, "You mean to draw a big cake and hang their appetite first?" ”
At this moment, Lin Youlun was very relieved, even moved, Wang Jing finally had time to open up, "Painting cakes to satisfy hunger is just an expedient measure, to hold off the Shaw Brothers, you must come up with something real, such as the box office of the movie." "The Gambler" is filmed, I can't guarantee anything else, it is still very promising to surpass "God of Gamblers". The better the box office of the movie and the more enthusiastic the market response, the more hesitant Uncle Six will be, and the Shaw Brothers Cinemas will not rent out so easily. ”
"That's not a good idea." Wang Jing shook his head and said: "We stumbled on our opponents, and at the same time increased the difficulty of our own success, the sixth uncle saw that the movie market was so good, so he changed his mind, and the theater was no longer rented, and at that time we would cry with Pan Disheng with our heads?" ”…,
"There is a saying that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." Lin Youlun already had a plan in his heart, "The problem of Shaw Brothers cannot be solved by the big sales of one or two movies, and it is still a matter of time before Shaw Brothers stops production if the big studio system continues, all we have to do is to delay this process a little, so that we can have more time to prepare." ”
Wang Jing was confused by Lin Youlun, ""The Saint of Gambling" is about to start filming, according to you, should I shoot slowly to delay time, or finish filming quickly and release it directly?" ”
"You guy is a famous knife player, do you think everyone else is a fool?" Lin Youlun just felt that Wang Jing's brain was a little enlightened, why was it blocked again now. "Just shoot at your normal speed, don't worry about anything else, and when the box office comes out, Uncle Six will naturally have a plan in his heart."
"Anyway, we don't have to do anything, what's the idea?" Wang Jing was depressed.
"If I had said at the beginning that I would wait and see what was going on and not analyze the truth from you, would you have agreed?" Lin Youlun shrugged his shoulders with a helpless expression.
"Okay, okay, you have a point in saying anything." Wang Jing licked the skin of his hair, "I can't talk about you, then you will do what you say, right?" ”
Lin Youlun changed the topic and chatted with Wang Jing about "Kunlun", which was about to start filming. Lin Youlun started with the actor Wu Zhenyu, and mentioned Zhou Comin and Wang Guxian in the middle, and also talked about Zhang Weijian's shaved head to play a monk, and Qiu Shuzhen was the last.
"How exactly are you going to get along with her?" When I think of the ambiguity at Qiu Shuzhen's house that night. Lin Youlun felt that it would be better to ask about this matter as soon as possible, so as to avoid a bigger misunderstanding in the future.
"She's just friends." Wang Jing felt a headache when he mentioned this, he and Qiu Shuzhen had nothing at all, but now it was really as if the two of them had a leg. Wang Tianlin heard from Du Qifeng that Wang Jing stuffed a woman into the crew through Lin Youlun's relationship, and specially called Wang Jing to reprimand him, warning him not to do anything sorry for his wife and children.
Wang Jing was not even interested in explaining this now, so he asked Lin Youlun if he believed it.
Lin Youlun nodded, Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief, patted Lin Youlun on the shoulder and said, "If anyone asks about this in the future, I will push it all on you!" Anyway, your old man is a master who has not touched a leaf in the thousands of flowers, and it is not a big deal to have one more scandal object, so I should do my brother a favor, and I will always remember this favor. ”
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