Hong Kong Governor MacLehose's words made Wang Xiaohu obviously a little surprised, surprised why MacLehose was so cool and polite, but he soon understood. [Full text reading]

Presumably, the Governor of Hong Kong is also very concerned about the movements of the Concord Company in the past two months, how to say that the prosperity created by "Myth" in the United States is too big, not only the box office income of more than 170 million US dollars in two months, but also the cultural products bred by "Myth", as well as the world's attention to Chinese culture, such a big international influence, it is strange that the British political axe has no idea.

It's just that in Wang Xiaohu's eyes, the pimple film market in the UK has never prospered, let alone the box office results in the UK. Therefore, Hollywood gives priority to countries with relatively stable and mature film markets such as France and Italy, rather than the United Kingdom, which has never had much profit value.

During World War II, the British Parliament imposed a 75% tax on imported films, which directly scared American filmmakers away by limiting the high percentage of profits from American films.

In the early 70s, Britain passed a new film law, which increased the quota of domestic films in theaters to 30%, which virtually increased the budget of film investment companies, because the amount of funds for the British film industry in the United States became less and less, so that it was completely stopped, and the British political axe could only use its own entertainment enterprises to operate.

Coupled with the growing popularity of the television industry, the local cinema attendance in the UK continued to decline, and despite the increase in ticket prices, in 1976 it also fell to an all-time low in box office revenue, and the childhood British enacted a tax law that required 75% of the income of expatriate filmmakers worldwide to be subject to Ghanaian income tax, thus directly blocking foreign investment, and British feature film production was only a pitiful 64 films that year, and fell to 42 the following year.

To put it bluntly, although the box office distribution ratio of foreign films in Britain was not as high as that of China at that time, the tax really scared filmmakers all over the world to death, and Wang Xiaohu's "in preparation" was just a polite remark, God knows when the preparations would last.

It's just that he didn't expect the British side to act so quickly, and the Governor of Hong Kong came to him in person, and patted his chest and said very happily that the Concord film would be released in the UK in the future, and he would come to him directly!

Of course, Wang Xiaohu can't directly say to the Hong Kong Governor that the British film market is too small, and we don't see it in Concord. After pondering for a while, he said to MacLehose with a smile: "If there is Sir to help, it will naturally be great, I still understand the rules in this regard, and I will not let Sir Bai help." ”

The so-called rules are to take kickbacks, Wang Xiaohu doesn't believe that MacLehose will be so generous.

"No, no, Tiger, you may be mistaken!" MacLehose shook his head and said, "There is no secret work between us, in fact, I am just making a microphone for the queen." ”

As the governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose also learned a little about the film industry after "Police Story" caused a sensation in Asia, the United States and other countries, of course he knew about the release of "Police Story" in the UK, how to say it, the box office results were good, very good, but the number of Concord actually got was so small that it could not be less.

To put it bluntly, unless someone with a brain is sick these days, he will take his film and seek distribution in the United States, otherwise the United Kingdom is the end of your film career, where you have never-ending taxes, where you have to constantly undergo all kinds of audits.

Whoever has a film that is released in the UK loses money, and where does it come from, MacLehose resolutely does not dare to take that pitiful kickback, not to mention that this task was issued by the Queen, and it is clear that Elizabeth II is also aware of the important role of film in improving the cultural promotion of a country around the world.

"Oh!" Wang Xiaohu nodded suddenly, Nima, the fucking feelings are here to squeeze Lao Tzu again! I'll just say that the old lady is not so kind, to put it bluntly, she is using Lao Tzu's movies to make money for the UK, and Lao Tzu can't get a penny!

Wang Xiaohu was expressionless and considered the countermeasures, to be honest, if it weren't for the upper hand of reason just now, he would have hated to give MacLehose a fist, and you would be embarrassed to open your mouth for this kind of thing! Who is the pit?

But obviously, if she doesn't cooperate, the old lady in Britain will definitely let MacLehose wear small shoes for Concord, and there will be a bit of a headache at that time.

Wang Xiaohu was quickly thinking about countermeasures here, and when MacLehose saw that there were signs of displeasure on his face, he sighed and patted Wang Xiaohu's shoulder and said, "Tiger, you have to understand me." ”

"Boss, I understand you, who understands me?" Wang Xiaohu said with a bitter face.

"Don't worry, the queen won't treat you badly!" MacLehose's words attracted Wang Xiaohu's contemptuous gaze.

What do you mean by that?

If Wang Xiaohu knew that he had been remembered by the British ladies for a long time, he would not have arranged for Chinese national culture films to be released in the world in the early 80s, and the miscellaneous stories would have to wait for the provisions of Hong Kong's return to China and Britain to be issued.

However, MacLehose's next sentence still made Wang Xiaohu almost beat!

"Tiger, actually, in fact, I have another thing to inform you, that is, in the future, when Concord's films are released in the UK, the tax paid will not exceed 50%! In other words, you can get back a part of your profits. ”

MacLehose had a sly smile on his face, obviously, the joke of Lord Hong Kong is not funny at all, Wang Xiaohu suddenly raised his head, frowned and looked at MacLehose for a long time, that means: What did you do earlier, leave this news until now and say, the bad man almost hit the wall, okay!

MacLehose laughed and said, "Tiger, I didn't expect you to have such no sense of humor, and I wouldn't have told you if I knew about it." ”

"If you don't tell me, maybe I'll consider changing my nationality." Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and said, frightened MacLehose: "No, don't do this, it's just a joke." ”

It's a joke for you, it's not funny for Lao Tzu at all. Wang Xiaohu now somewhat understands why the stars and directors in his previous life want to change their nationality, to put it bluntly, they are afraid of being exploited layer by layer!

It is undeniable that Wang Xiaohu is very patriotic and loves his motherland, but if the motherland plays such a trick and infringes on his personal interests, he will also consider changing his nationality to protest. After all, this kingdom of Concord was created by him and belonged to his personal inheritance.

Ay! I still have to improve my influence, if I don't occupy the leading position in the country, sooner or later I will still be kneaded by people, Wang Xiaohu is full of emotion.

talked to MacLehose for a long time without painless jokes, and it was not until the evening that MacLehose said goodbye, and Wang Xiaohu also slowly changed into the costume he wore when he participated in the premiere of "Myth".

When "Myth" was released in the United States, it could be described as an unprecedented sensation, but when it was released in Hong Kong, it had to be compared to "ten thousand empty alleys", on the one hand, the overseas fame of "Myth" has been opened, and the international side is very good, how can it be embarrassing on the main battlefield?

This time, all the cinemas in Hong Kong were released simultaneously, even if it was a small theater with only a few dozen people, Wang Xiaohu did not let go of the slightest, and directly threw the copy over, make as much money as you want, and give me half of the box office dividends.

Now the reputation of Concord has completely resounded in Xiangjiang, not to mention anything else, Wang Xiaohu's heroic spirit alone is not comparable to ordinary filmmakers.

Hong Kong people are different from Americans, Americans watch the excitement, watch visual effects, and watch Chinese kung fu, while Hong Kong people are more picky than Americans, they don't just want to see what Americans see, they also want to see the plot!

Although Hong Kong is a British colony, Hong Kong people are also Chinese after all, and their ability to understand Chinese culture is far better than that of any developed country in Europe and the United States.

For example, when Meng Yi wanted to go to get the pill in person, when he knew that this would be gone forever, when he ordered the taxi who had followed him to fight on the battlefield for many years, the old, the young, and the wife next to him would stay

They shouted out an earth-shattering and shocking sentence: "Swear to follow the general, swear to follow the general"

Many viewers watched with enthusiasm, and stood up directly from their seats to applaud, as if they themselves were like soldiers of the Meng family's army, willing to follow General Meng to throw their heads and spill blood!

This is the master, Meng Yi Meng Yi has experienced a hundred battles, he knows that there are many auspicious and unlucky, and he does not want them to follow him to death, and his subordinates are not fools, they know that they will die if they go, but they didn't say it, because it was the affection that they had galloped on the battlefield together for many years, fought side by side, shared weal and woe, and fought between life and death.

True surname love!

Big Hero!

Whip to fight, real men too!

The corners of the eyes of many viewers were slightly hot and red, just like Meng Yi played by Wang Xiaohu on the screen.

The applause was thunderous, the whistles were flying, and the audience in the theater was moved by the bloody scene of Meng Yi and the soldiers of the Meng family army at this moment.

The situation can really be described as "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold", and the ending also responds to the sentence "The strong man is gone"!

With the development of the plot, after experiencing the tense and exciting plot of the treasure hunting adventure, the audience saw that after waiting for two thousand years, the princess finally waited for the appearance of Meng Yi, who had the same scar, and many people were moved to tears.

The fluttering soulful music seems to be reciting this ageless love, and they are flying freely in the air, like lovers of butterflies.

The thousands of reincarnations in the world are just a foil for thousands of years of waiting, even if the ancient people and things have returned to dust, and the earth has returned to the earth, love has not been lost in time and space.

Even if Wang Xiaohu watched it several times in the United States, even if Zhao Yazhi watched it more than ten times after the sample came out, when he saw this scene in the theater, the ten fingers of the two were still tightly interlocked, and they were moved by each other in their hearts.

After the film was screened, more than 1,000 audiences in the theater stood up and shouted the names of Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi, and warmly applauded and walked in an orderly manner in the front row, the voice became louder and louder, Wang Xiaohu smiled and hugged his wife and greeted everyone warmly.

Seeing the respectful eyes on the faces of the audience, Wang Xiaohu's heart was also warm, it was not easy, at the beginning of the creation of the script of "Mythology", he had a headache for the plot, after all, Hong Kong is his main battlefield, if Hollywood's progress is blocked, he still has Hong Kong, if the plot is not recognized by the Hong Kong audience, then he will really hit the wall.

"I'm going to seal a big red envelope for Li Bihua when I go back!" Wang Xiaohu said to Zhao Yazhi with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu is very self-aware, he knows that if Li Bihua does not polish the emotional line of "Myth", this movie is very likely to have a situation of four dissimilarities, just like many blockbusters in his previous life were reprimanded by domestic audiences for how bad the plot was and how rubbish the emotional line was.

Wang Xiaohu tried his best to finally hand over a large volume that satisfied him on the basis of his predecessors, so it was no wonder that he was not excited

Unlike Hollywood, which often grosses millions of dollars at the box office, films released in Hong Kong will surely occupy the top spot in the annual box office list as long as they exceed more than 5 million in a single week.

Since the opening of Hong Kong, only the "Police Story" of that year can reach this data, and now this data is quickly refreshed by "Myth", due to the comprehensive publicity work and far-reaching overseas influence, the box office performance of "Myth" in the first week reached 5.12 million Hong Kong dollars, which burned the eyes of peers.

Especially the Siyuan Film Company, which scolded the most fierce earlier, Wu Siyuan simply took a holiday this time, and no longer said half a word of praise or sarcasm for "Myth", but devoted all his thoughts to the post-production process of the company's two films.

As a result, the media and newspapers throughout Hong Kong have maintained a uniform praise, who has made Hollywood have good news after success, and now "Myth" has been the No. 1 box office in North America for eight consecutive weeks?

At this time, no one will get along with Wang Xiaohu and Sir Wang!

The media are well-behaved, and they are really well-behaved from then on, because they saw that Hong Kong Governor MacLehose also attended the premiere of "Myth", and they remembered that Wang Xiaohu has another layer of identity, if Wang Xiaohu was careful, their newspapers would have closed down a long time ago.

Hong Kong's box office results are very good, and the box office in the entire Southeast Asia region is also good, Wang Xiaohu has scattered theaters in Southeast Asia, but these scattered theaters are also popular with many Hong Kong filmmakers, so the distribution in Southeast Asia mainly began to rely on agents from various countries.

Good news continues to come from all over Southeast Asia, and the doors of cinemas in Hong Kong and Macau are about to be crowded, in early August, 14K Shen Zhong received a special guest at his home - the representative of the Tian Group controlled by Taiwan's Bamboo Union Gang: Tian Jianren.

(To be continued)