221 Company Expansion
After Golden Harvest tasted the sweetness of "Raptors Crossing the River" filmed abroad, he immediately used Luo Wei and Wang Yu to go to Yue Ben to produce a piece of "Cold Tiger", Luo Wei is also one of the big directors in Hong Kong, he is very smart to learn Wang Xiaohu's successful experience, and has a good improvement in the film's martial arts action, and has also polished the script, and added Wang Yu's acting style, it took two and a half months to return to Hong Kong, this is Luo Wei's most satisfactory work in his current directorial career, I wanted to make a beautiful comeback with this film and reinvigorate my position as the pillar of Golden Harvest, but I didn't know that Wang Xiaohu suddenly jumped ship and flew solo at this time, and slapped himself hard with "Ip Man"!
This slap made Luo Wei dizzy, the box office of "Cold-faced Tiger" of 3.3 million is like a babbling child in front of the 10.21 million of "Ip Man", it is so naïve and ridiculous. 【Reading.com】
"3.3 million box office, excluding the cost of 1 million, you and Wang Yu's dividends, the company finally benefited 1.8 million, hey!" Zou Wenhuai was lying on the sofa desolately, with a hint of unwillingness and helplessness in his tone, he was very guilty about the terrible consequences caused by his mistakes, and all the remorse and painful inner struggles appeared on his face, and they all fell in the eyes of Luo Wei and Wang Yu and others.
"Wen Huai!" Yuan Xihua couldn't bear to go to Zou Wenhuai's side, grabbed his hand and said: "Don't be angry about these things, Wang Xiaohu and Bruce Lee will leave, our Jiahe's foundation is still there, we still have Luo Dao and Wang Yu, we have more choices." ”
Luo Wei seemed to be able to understand the sadness and struggle in Zou Wenhuai's heart, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Wenhuai, Jiahe is currently in a difficult period, so my share of dividends will be put in the company first." After that, he quietly gave Wang Yu a look.
Wang Yu's brows couldn't help frowning, it seems that since Shaw Brothers jumped ship, his star career has been somewhat lost, and there are some signs of unstable foothold in the Hong Kong film and television industry, the pattern of Hong Kong films has changed its original appearance with the rise of Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu, the competition between peers has become more intense, and the audience's appetite has also been raised to a certain level by the dragon and tiger, and now Golden Harvest is even worse, working hard here is not a long-term solution after all, it seems that he has to find a way out.
Wang Yu sighed in his heart, and after thinking for a while, he said: "My share of dividends is also in the company, anyway, I am also a part of Golden Harvest." Although there was some reluctance in the words, there was no way to do it.
Zou Wenhuai didn't believe his ears, he raised his head to look at Luo Wei and Wang Yu, as if he wanted to express something similar to gratitude, but he didn't know how to speak.
However, Yuan Xihua understood her husband's mood, and squeezed out a smile in her sad face and said to the two: "I have written down the kindness of the two of them today, and I will definitely meet them."
"Mrs. Zou, don't say such an outward thing." Wang Yu interrupted Yuan Xihua's words with a smile and said: "What we have to do now is not to regret it, but to immediately come up with countermeasures to make up for the vacancy left by the dragon and tiger, so that the company's losses can be minimized!" ”
"Ah Yu is right, we have to discuss a countermeasure, we can't watch the two of them continue to get away." Luo Wei hurriedly agreed: "Wen Huai, I have a plan"
"Speak quickly!" Zou Wenhuai's mind was already a mess at this time, and when he heard Luo Wei's words, he suddenly felt like a lifesaver and grabbed his hand and said, "What plan?" ”
"It's actually very simple, right now "Ip Man" has become a hot mess, isn't Wang Xiaohu filming Wing Chun, let's follow the trend to shoot a Wing Chun." Luo Wei sneered and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said: "Wen Huai, don't sigh first, I know what you have to say, although following the trend will have a bad reputation, but it can save the current difficult situation of Golden Harvest Company, and with the influence and appeal of "Ip Man", we can completely reap a lot of box office." ”
Luo Wei is the originator of Hong Kong's follower master, Zou Wenhuai's pioneering work from Shaw Brothers was "One-Armed Knife vs. Blind Man", for which he also fought a lawsuit with Shaw Brothers for several years, following the trend? It's not that he Zou Wenhuai hasn't done it, but Golden Harvest has made such brilliant achievements under his leadership, Golden Harvest is already the second largest film and television company in Hong Kong, wouldn't he be ridiculed by his peers if he followed the trend?
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and sighed and said, "It's not proper! ”
"What's wrong with that?" Yuan Xihua very much supported Luo Wei's suggestion: "I think what Avi said is very right, since Wang Xiaohu can make a box office of 10 million, no matter how bad we are, we will always make four or five million, right?" ”
The box office income that really fell into the hands of Concord Film Company was just 7.5 million, excluding the filming costs and publicity expenses, and then dividends were distributed according to the performance of the actors, and there were more than 6 million left, which made Wang Xiaohu very satisfied. At the same time as winning the first box office myth since the opening of Hong Kong, he also completed the collection of scattered theaters, and the 10.21 million box office was placed there.
Since these things can't be done in secret, Wang Xiaohusuo put it on the bright side, what I do now is to let Concord rise, end the situation of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe domination, and play a Romance of the Three Kingdoms, what if Jiahe is unwilling, what if Shaw doesn't agree?
Wang Xiaohu knows very well what he is doing, he is currently doing what seems crazy in the eyes of others, and he has not responded to the jealousy and disdain in other people's eyes. "I'm just a few years ahead of the three hegemony of Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Xinyi City, even if I don't do this, Huang Baiming and they will do it sooner or later, instead of waiting for that time to be passive, it is better to take the opportunity to disrupt this troubled water, and it is the king to make money by growing stronger."
However, there is another thing that makes Wang Xiaohu feel a headache, that is, Concord Company is growing, and Bruce Lee belongs to the kind of existence that throws his hands off the shopkeeper, he is full of kung fu and movies, and the burden of the company's development and operation has fallen on his head invisibly, and he has to be busy, this pressure has naturally increased a lot, especially the recent entertainment is very large, many theaters and investment companies have come to the door, so that they are busy and out of breath.
"Hey, it's time to add professional and technical personnel!" Wang Xiaohu depressedly wrote this plan into his notebook, he finally understood that opening a film and television company needs to face so many things, this boss is not as glorious as others see, and he also has his own difficulties!
In fact, this kind of embarrassment is something that Wang Xiaohu didn't think about before, he just wanted to shoot a popular film at the earliest, and help Bruce Lee complete several grand wishes, who knew that after joining the film industry, he was out of control, both experience and courage grew rapidly, and he was dizzying at some speed, until this time he realized that it was not easy to start a company.
"Shaonan, go and contact several major newspapers tomorrow, Concord Company wants to recruit management talents" Wang Xiaohu leaned back on the seat after finishing the requirements, thought about it again, and added: "Did Billy Zhou find it?" ”
"Nope! Uncle Yuan has tried his best to find it. Li Shaonan replied.
"Hey, it's not a way to go on like this, so let's do it, by the way, publish the news of looking for Billy Zhou in major newspapers, it should be faster to use the media to find someone, if you don't get Billy Zhou over, Brother Xiaolong will smash people!" Wang Xiaohu sighed and grabbed the water cup and took a sip, seeing that Li Shaonan was still standing in front of him, and had no intention of leaving, so he frowned and asked, "What else is going on?" ”
Li Shaonan bit his lip and pondered for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "Master, most of the time I have been busy with you and miscellaneous work, actually"
"Actually, you want to say that you are very aggrieved, you were going to learn to write a script with me, right?" Wang Xiaohu smiled, although Li Shaonan's age is less than a few years different from himself, he is also more diligent in his work, but sometimes he is a little rigid in speaking and doing things. "You can be a temporary secretary for a few days, and when the company recruits a new secretary, you can follow me to learn the script."
"Uh-huh." Li Shaonan immediately became happy when he heard this, and ran out with the record book in his arms.
"This kid!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and shook his head, and at this moment the phone on the desk rang.
"Hey, I'm Wang Xiaohu, who are you looking for?"
"Hehe, Xiaohu, you are speaking very magnificently now, the boss's shelf is also up, my secretary asked you to come out a few times but couldn't find anyone, you say, hit an old man like me more!"
Just listening to the hearty laughter on the other side, Wang Xiaohu knew who the other party was, and who was not the tycoon Run Run Shaw of the Shaw Brothers. "Uh, Uncle Six, hehe, I've been a little busy lately, I'm busy with the formation of the company, and I have to help Brother Xiaolong prepare for a new film, it's not Xiaohu to end the shelf or anything."
"Okay, I don't need to explain, it's still good that young people are aggressive, do you have time now?" Run Run Shaw did not blame, but said with a smile: "If you have time, come out for a cup of tea, I want to hear your analysis of Hong Kong films." ”
"Of course there's time!" Wang Xiaohu gasped, in fact, he wanted to say that he was very busy, of course he didn't have time, you must know that now he is a busy person who is tens of thousands of yuan per minute, but Uncle Shao has put down the shelf and made an appointment with him in person, if he doesn't give people face, he can't say how much, so he smiled and said: "Sixth uncle, you tell me a place, I'll rush over." ”
"Hehe, you kid is interesting, if you dare to push, I will personally come to the door to arrest people." Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile.
(To be continued)