Facing Run Run Shaw's almost stammering tone, Wang Xiaohu did not nod directly as before and said: "Okay, okay, don't worry, it must be so!" ”

Instead, he muttered for a while and said three words: "I will do my best"

Run Run Shaw's face suddenly became much more ugly, this is the first time that Wang Xiaohu has said such seemingly perfunctory words since he has known him for so many years. [Full text reading]

Of course, Wang Xiaohu saw the unhappiness in Run Run Shaw's heart, and immediately sighed and explained: "Old Dou, you should know the current situation on the mainland, right?" ”

Shaw nodded and shook his head, which meant a little understanding, but not very clear.

"In terms of films, a number of positive content is selected, which is not too violent, involves politics, and martial arts orthodoxy and profound artistic conception can still be distributed in the mainland!"

Wang Xiaohu said: "After all, the mainland still maintains a certain tolerance for our Hong Kong films, I think Hu Jinquan's several films shot in the past few years can be played in the mainland, but the mainland's review is more complicated, and the number of films released every year is relatively limited, only 20, except for the fixed share of Concord, Phoenix, Xinlian, and the Great Wall, the works of several other film companies can only rely on competition if they want to be released in the mainland, and I can help Lao Dou a little in this regard. But the TV series is too difficult! ”

Run Run Shaw frowned and slowly digested the meaning of Wang Xiaohu's words, it is obvious that his development of mainland films in the past few years has been retained before the Cultural Revolution, this is the first time he has heard that mainland films have such an enlightened situation, from Wang Xiaohu's words he smelled business opportunities, and he thanked Wang Xiaohu from the bottom of his heart for thinking about himself.

"Why is TV so hard?" Run Run Shaw asked busily.

Wang Xiaohu smiled bitterly and said: "It's very simple, just like Hong Kong more than ten years ago, the mainland's TV market is still in its infancy, and only a few cities close to the coast such as Guangdong, Shanghai, and Zhejiang have a bit of a mature TV market, and other places are like a rarity, and many people don't know what a TV set is." ”

"In addition, the mainland has relatively strict control over the number of TV sets, which does not mean that you can buy TV sets if you have money." Wang Xiaohu took out a ticket from the drawer of the study and handed it over and said, "See, you have to have this thing to buy a TV, hehe!" ”

Run Run Shaw looked at the receipt in his hand over and over again, and said in surprise: "It's really strange, why does the mainland control the number of TV sets?" ”

"I don't know the specifics." Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile: "However, the mainland's TVs are basically imported, and China may have to build Chinese productions, of course, this is just a guess on my part, mainly because the price of TVs is too expensive, and the TV market is still relatively lacking." ”

"Hey!" Run Run Shaw returned the ticket to Wang Xiaohu and said: "Xiaohu, the water on the mainland is too deep, I won't mix it anymore, you have opened the route, and I will follow you to eat and drink in the future." ”

"Haha!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Look at what you said so pessimistic, I believe that with the gradual opening of the mainland market, the Shaw brothers will have a second spring!" ”

"It's hard!" Shaw did not continue on this topic, but said: "Are you just leaving it alone in Taiwan?" I heard that "Myth" is selling well in Taiwan, and now it seems that he has gained 30 million Taiwan dollars, and I knew that Shen Zhong would have sold him 20 million Taiwan dollars! ”

"Don't you see that I've broken the company and restructured it now?" Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "After all, Xiehe has five satellite companies, and they can't always follow me to be affected, so that after I dismantle them, they will be free to combine by themselves, and they will also get rid of the mark of Xiehe, and Xu Guanwen and Huang Baiming They did not participate in the filming of the mainland, and Taiwan will not embarrass them." ”

"Taiwan is still dominated by literary films! "Mythology" is a special case! Run Run Shaw was a little worried: "Did you let Xu's company or Xinyicheng shoot a literary film?" ”

"What's wrong with literary films?" Wang Xiaohu said: "I have never discriminated against literary films, you may not know, Huang Baiming handed me a good book in the past two days, he said that he wrote it in two days, I read the script is good, and I plan to let them start filming immediately." ”

Run Run Shaw frowned depressedly, and after a while, he said, "Xiaohu, can you tell me if there is anything else you don't shoot?"

"Tertiary films, horror films." Wang Xiaohu said: "As for other types, I can still accept them. ”

"Then what do you ask Huang Baiming to shoot?" Run Run Shaw asked.

"If the wine is not sold", the meaning of "is there a wine bottle for sale" in Hokkien language, is the selling language of collecting wine bottles. Wang Xiaohu suddenly said with great interest: "Huang Baiming, this kid has finally come up with a good script in the past few years, I am very satisfied, raising soldiers for a long time, these boys have finally grown up!" ”

"Poof!" Run Run Shaw almost laughed, and said with envy: "If you want to talk about the Hong Kong script industry, or your Concord program, it's just a standard assembly line, do you want Ma Zongfang to help you contact the actor problem?" ”

Run Run Shaw knows that once Wang Xiaohu has the idea of Taiwan, he will definitely try his best to dig all kinds of corners, anyway, now that Taiwan's film industry is not very prosperous, it is still more convenient to dig up a few actors than to dig Lin Qingxia and Lin Fengjiao back then!

Wang Xiaohu laughed and said: "You don't need to look for actors in Taiwan, it's too late to pick so many outstanding actors in Hong Kong, I only need a Taiwanese singer, and this can be handled by Long Yatou, after all, the Long family still has a lot of influence in the entire Southeast Asia." ”

"Why don't you use the relationship of the Long family to resolve the stalemate with Taiwan?" Shaw asked, looking up.

"This" Wang Xiaohu pouted and said, "This seems a little unusual, right?" Besides, I only have a better relationship with Long Wu, as for the old man of the Long family, Shenlong, who sees the beginning and the end, is he willing to know a little person like me? ”

"Little people?" Run Run Shaw glared and said, "Please, you are now knighted by the Queen of England, and you still treat yourself as a little person every day, and if you preach it, the Governor of Hong Kong will vomit blood in anger!" ”

Wang Xiaohu laughed dryly, no way, he never regarded himself as a jazz consciousness, and in his bones he still regarded himself as an authentic Chinese.

After a long time, he said: "Actually, I plan to start two literary films together, one is Huang Baiming's, and the other is of the same type, both of which are at the tear gas level." ”

"Crazy, what are you doing with so many literary films!" Shaw already felt a little incoherent.

"Occupy the mainland market, and at the same time resist the expansion of the same type of film in the mainland!" Wang Xiaohu suddenly became serious, he said: "You may not know that before our Hong Kong films entered the mainland, Yuben took advantage of the friendly relations between China and China to hold a Yueben Film Week, which caused a wave of Yueben films on the mainland. ”

Wang Xiaohu's information was provided through the Ministry of Culture, and when he heard it, he only sighed in his heart, and secretly sighed that he was still a step late after all, so he was very active during the filming of "Shaolin Temple", and tried to let the Chinese people see their own movies.

In 1978, the mainland held the "Yueben Film Week" event. In order to strengthen cultural exchanges between China and Syria and promote friendship between China and China, three films "Manhunt", "Wangxiang" and "The Story of the Fox" were introduced from the book. The release of the movie "Wangxiang" caused fierce debate among Chinese audiences that year.

In the early days of reform and opening up, the people's living standards were generally not high, and the entertainment methods were single, usually listening to the radio and watching model plays, and people's minds had not completely thawed. The release of "Hopeful", a sensitive film in such a historical context, is like detonating a powerful bomb in a dreary space, and the shockwave produced shocked everyone.

The ideological shackles have just been lifted, and people do not have a high level of awareness of some things, and they will not appreciate literary and artistic works from an artistic perspective, but think more about this matter with a traditional Chinese moral concept, and at the same time, there is still a lack of tolerance for foreign cultures. However, with the deepening of reform and opening up, the rapid development of the national economy, and the improvement of the material and cultural level, our people's cognitive ability to things is getting higher and higher.

A "Wangxiang" has such a big influence, not to mention the later "Pursuit", and according to the memory of Wang Xiaohu's previous life, CCTV will broadcast a TV series "Ashin's Story" in the mid-80s. When the show was broadcast in the mainland, it almost reached the level of 10,000 empty alleys, with an audience rating of 80%.

If you don't shoot the same type of tear gas movies and TV series before this time, it will be a terrible conscience.

As we all know, whether it is "The Wrong Car" or "Mom Loves Me Again" are classics of Taiwanese literary films, what Wang Xiaohu has to do now is to shoot the movie version first, release it all in the mainland, and then shoot the TV series of the same name.

These two movies are classic memories of Wang Xiaohu's childhood, how can he be worthy of this great opportunity for his rebirth if he doesn't make them.

Run Run Shaw didn't know what to say to describe Wang Xiaohu's inflated ambition at this time, this kid seemed to have a grudge against him, and after a long sigh, he was ready to get up and say goodbye.

"Hey, Lao Dou, don't be in a hurry to leave, there are still business to discuss!" Wang Xiaohu hurriedly pressed Run Shaw back onto the sofa and said, "I want to set up our own Hong Kong Academy Awards." ”

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After listening to Wang Xiaohu's crazy words for a long time, now Run Run Shaw has become numb to a certain extent, so he just nodded and said: "Well, good, good idea, Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards have been issued several times, although our Hong Kong films have been shortlisted, few of them can get good results, hey!" ”

"I have to contact a few major guilds when I go back, Lao Dou, you have to come up with some funds for an old qualification like you." Wang Xiaohu said again.

Now Run Run Shaw couldn't hold his breath: "Xiaohu, I'm about to leave the film industry, isn't it too difficult for me to invest money." ”

Wang Xiaohu was speechless, and said, "Okay! Since you don't agree, then the award ceremony of the Academy Awards will only be broadcast live on my movie channel, so don't regret it when the time comes! ”

"Okay! I'll pay! "Run Run Shaw was almost stimulated by Wang Xiaohu to the point of going crazy, although he was not very willing, but with his intuitive reaction, everything this kid does will definitely not lose money, "Myth" and "Shaolin Temple" are willing to open the door to Hong Kong films, and Concord can get a small number of distribution places is ironclad proof.

And through today's communication with Wang Xiaohu, he is also very greedy for the mainland market, the facts are in front of him, Shao Liushu can no longer use common sense to infer what Wang Xiaohu will do next, because the scope of this cheap contract boy's thinking jump in the recent period is too broad, it is simply beyond the scope of his understanding.

As soon as he heard the words live broadcast of the awards ceremony, Run Run Shaw instinctively agreed, if nothing else, the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant can increase the ratings of TVB several times, and it has become one of the programs that the audience looks forward to every year!

"When are you going to set up the Academy Awards?" After Run Run Shaw calmed down, he looked at Wang Xiaohu and asked, "We all need those trade unions to participate, and I will see if I can give full play to my interpersonal relationships and let the award be promoted as soon as possible." ”

Wang Xiaohu thought about it, after all, he didn't know that the Academy Awards were composed of those institutions, he probably sorted out his thoughts, and according to the Oscar model, he told the existing several trade unions in the Hong Kong film industry.

"The Board of Directors is made up of 10 professional film associations in Hong Kong, including the Film Fortnightly, the Film Industry Association, the Film Directors Guild, the Hong Kong Cinematographers Association, the Professional Cinematographers Society, the Dragon and Tiger Warriors Union, the Film Writers Guild, the Performing Artists Guild, the Film Art Society and the Film Editors Guild."

"That's all for the time being, I don't know the specifics, anyway, just pull those people over for a meeting to agree on specific matters."

Wang Xiaohu said his thoughts, after all, the Academy Awards are of great significance to the Hong Kong film industry, and he plans to have "Film Fortnightly" take the lead, and he will participate in it as the chairman of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, as for the Film Playwrights Association, it seems that Li Shaonan of his company is serving as the chairman.

Don't look at Concord controlling the three major associations at once, Wang Xiaohu himself has no intention of entering the Academy Awards, mainly to prosper the development of Hong Kong films and mobilize Hong Kong filmmakers to actively create

The half-month fire inspection has finally ended, and in order to bring the citizens back to the theater from the new, the two major cinema chains of Concord and Shaw Brothers have simultaneously introduced preferential policies for reducing the price of movie tickets.

"Modern Bodyguard" was finally re-released in more than 200 theaters in Hong Kong, but the box office in Southeast Asia was not affected in the slightest, earning as much as 17 million in a month.

At the same time, "Shanghai Tang" has also been halfway through the broadcast, and TVB stomped Li's TV station under its feet this time, raising its eyebrows and exhaling.

A few years ago, Wang Xiaohu called Huang Baiming to his home and asked him to immediately start the casting of "If the Wine Sells Nothing", according to Huang Baiming's opinion, Hong Kong actresses are not up to the level of Taiwan in terms of literary films, and it is recommended that Lin Qingxia or Lin Fengjiao play.

"Lin Qingxia will be exempted!" Wang Xiaohu pondered for a moment and said, "I'll let Ah Zhi do Lin Fengjiao's work when I go back." ”

"What about actors, it's a test of acting skills!" Huang Baiming helped his eyes on the bridge of his nose and said, "You must be an old drama bone." ”

"Zeng Jiang?" Wang Xiaohu shook his head immediately after speaking: "No, Zeng Jiang is too young!" ”

"Otherwise, if I recommend one to Master, there should be no problem." Huang Baiming frowned and said with some hesitation: "TVB's Guan Haishan." ”

"Uncle Prawn, you say?"

"That's right! That's right! Huang Baiming said excitedly: "Uncle Prawn has been quite popular with the audience in the past two years, and he has played a good supporting role in several TV series of Zheng Shaoqiu, and he is now 57 years old, so he should be able to perform that kind of taste." ”

Guan Haishan, formerly known as Guan Ning, joined the acting industry at the age of 11, and it is customary to call him "Uncle Shrimp" in the entertainment industry. In his early years, he joined the Xinsheng Theatre Troupe led by famous Cantonese opera singers Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian, and performed in many films in the 50s and 60s of the last century, and began to make TV dramas in the 70s.

He is very good at playing roles that seem to be very deep in the city, and the roles of father, big brother, rich parents and other roles are all superb, and he can be called a well-deserved model character for this type of role.

And as Huang Baiming said, Guan Haishan has been very active in the TV circle in the past two years, and he is a well-deserved veteran among the actors, except for him, there seems to be no one else who is suitable.

"It's him, you prepare the candidates for the crew, and you can start the film after the year!"

After sending Huang Baiming away, Wang Xiaohu called Long Zichen, and Long Zichen was surprised for a long time when he heard that it was Wang Xiaohu's voice.

"Hey, Ah Hu, why do you have time to hang up the phone for me today."

Listening to it, Long Zichen is in a very good mood now.

"Hehe, I'm not just giving you business. The two singles of "Shanghai Tang" will be sent to you in a few days. ”

Speaking of the theme song of "Shanghai Tang", Wang Xiaohu frowned, he really didn't expect that Xiahou Mo would put the version he recorded into the TV series, and he didn't know until he read the newspaper, so he didn't teach Xiahou Mo a lesson. Xiahou Mo pursed his lips and said aggrievedly: Brother Tiger's version is domineering.

In fact, after "Shanghai Tang" was played, "Shanghai Tang" sung by Wang Xiaohu was indeed very popular, but the matter had already been made, and he couldn't say anything more. Anyway, with the release of the single "Shanghai Tang", Ye Liyi's singing career will also reach its first peak.

In addition to sending singles to Long Zichen this time, his other purpose was to ask Long Zichen to help take down Luo Dayou and Su Rui, two Taiwanese singers

(To be continued)