As one of TVB's major shareholders, Wang Xiaohu is certainly aware of the grievances between TVB and Li. [Full text reading]

In 1957, Lai Sing Hong Kong established "Lai Sing Sound" and officially launched its television service, which was the first television station in Hong Kong and the Far East, opening a page in the history of Hong Kong television broadcasting. At that time, "Li's" provided services on a fee-based basis, charging a monthly fee of HK$25 per user in the early days of its establishment, which was quite expensive at the level at that time, and it was difficult for the general public to afford, so "TV" was a luxury item for the upper class in Hong Kong at that time.

In 1967, TVB was launched, and because the service was free and the program met the audience's taste, Li's Yingsheng customers continued to lose. It wasn't until last year that it was rumored that Wang Xiaohu became the permanent major shareholder of TVB, and "Li's TV" was forced to switch to providing free TV broadcasting services to prevent TVB from becoming big, after all, Wang Xiaohu is like a big man in the Hong Kong film industry, and Li's senior management has also quietly changed in the process.

However, due to the fact that it took a month for Li's Yingsheng to switch from wired reception to wireless reception at that time, during the one-month transition period, Li's original audience switched to watching wireless.

What Run Run Shaw is most eager to do at this time is to continue to maintain this victory, if Wang Xiaohu, the Oscar-winning director, directed "Jingwumen" is broadcast at this time, it will be very helpful to increase TVB's ratings, and the originally weak gap between the two will also widen.

"Anyway, you don't ride a Yanma in Hollywood, instead of wasting time and youth, it is better to simply finish "Jingwumen", toss for more than a year, and if you don't broadcast it, there will be some rumors from the outside world." Run Run Shaw said bitterly.

"Uncle Six, who said that if you don't ride a Yanpo, you have nothing to do?" Wang Xiaohu was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this, and complained: "I still have a film where the actors have not been finalized." ”

"You're going to make a new film in Hollywood again?" Shaw's clear inhalation voice came from the other side of the phone: "Boy, you are getting more and more difficult, in this way, don't be in a hurry to go back to Hong Kong, do public relations over there, and do work for Shaw Brothers to enter Hollywood in the future." ”

If it weren't for Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu's films that diluted the Shaw Brothers market in the United States, then Shaw Brothers is likely to become the only company in Hong Kong that keeps in touch with Hollywood, but two years ago, Golden Harvest coerced Bruce Lee to successfully open the European and American markets, thereby replacing Shaw Brothers, and now, Wang Xiaohu skillfully used a serial scheme to make Golden Harvest a big injury, and used his foresight to make Stallone popular, and used four films to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, The four-seat Oscar statuette made the halo above his head dazzling, and it was strange that Run Run Shaw didn't take the opportunity to hug Wang Xiaohu's thigh!

Run Run Shaw's strong monopoly at this time made Wang Xiaohu greatly surprised, and said with a slight smile: "Sixth uncle, you are really old-hearted, while suppressing the sound of TV peers, you also want to enter Hollywood, beware of flashing your waist!" ”

"you. You kid just don't want Uncle Six to open up the situation overseas! Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile.

"Sixth uncle, you have to speak with your conscience, but the Concord Company has 15% of your shares, who are we with, isn't mine yours!"

"Don't, don't, you're a big Hollywood director now, and I, a little Hong Kong shrimp, don't dare to get close to you." Run Run Shaw said in his mouth, but he was depressed in his heart, although you kid is getting better and better in Hollywood, but that family business is always not as solid as Shaw Brothers, I don't want to talk to you about what is yours is mine, mine is yours, that's too much for Shaw Brothers!

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Okay, okay." I will go back to Hong Kong after I get the actors here, but when I return to Hong Kong, I will not shoot "Jingwumen", but shoot my "A Tiger"! ”

"Stinky boy, wait until you come back to see how I clean you up!"

Wang Xiaohu won the best director at the age of 20, which aroused people's enthusiasm for all young directors for a while, and he was admired, doubted, and hated by his peers. Spielberg, who was working together on a new film, gathered in front of the Concord branch every day, hoping to sell himself.

After Wang Xiaohu heard Winterdur's report, Suo no longer went to work at the branch, but called Spielberg, who was preparing "Jaws": "Steven, it's been two months, and I want to know how our big guy is doing." ”

The big guy was referring to three mechanical sharks, and now Spielberg has arranged for someone to weld them.

"Boss, things are more complicated than we expected, I'd better go to your home to report to work in person."

Half an hour later, Spielberg knocked on the door of Wang Xiaohu's home in Los Angeles, and as soon as he rushed in, he asked anxiously, "Hey, where is that thing?" ”

This kind of brainless words made Wang Xiaohu stunned, and he frowned and asked, "Steven, what are you talking about, and where is the thing?" ”

"You did it on purpose, right?" Spielberg's eyes swept around the room: "The four little golden men you took from Oscar, damn it, I haven't touched them personally." ”

"Haha!" Wang Xiaohu smiled, led the lovely Spielberg into his study, pointed to the four little golden figures randomly arranged on the bookshelf and said, "Oh, they are lying on it!" ”

"OMG, this is the highest honor in world cinema, you actually put them here casually!" Spielberg showed a very regretful look, picked up the little golden figure, his eyes were as gentle as looking at his lover, gently stroked, and said in surprise: "Look, her skin reflects the soft light, it is so charming!" If I had this thing, I would have slept with her in my arms every day. ”

"I'd rather hold a pillow than this [***], cold metal." Wang Xiaohu sat down with a smile, Zhao Yazhi brought two cups of coffee at this time, and then smiled at Spielberg and left.

"Guarding a beautiful and moving fairy, I wouldn't like to hold such a thing." Spielberg said enviously. Originally, he caused a lot of sensation in the circle after filming "Rampage", and many people envied him, saying that he became a big director at a young age, but compared with Wang Xiaohu, those so-called honors immediately slipped away like the past, because Wang Xiaohu is younger than him and more dazzling than the honors he has achieved.

"Tell me, what is it that confuses you?" Wang Xiaohu sat on the sofa and asked Spielberg, who was still obsessed with the little golden man.

"It's a script problem!" Spielberg couldn't put it down, held it tightly and said, "Peter. Bencelli is very unhappy with the script you have adapted, and maybe you haven't read the Los Angeles Times today. ”

"Nope." Wang Xiaohu frowned, in fact, he rarely had the habit of reading English newspapers, "What did he say?" ”

"He complained to the Los Angeles Times that you had revised the script completely against the wishes of his original work, and that some of the things that had been useful for the storyline had been replaced, and he reminded you that you need to study the characters of the original book further, and frankly, he thinks that you are just a 20-year-old uplifter, you have no experience in real life except for the movie, and if you don't follow the way the original is filmed, this should be the greatest novel you will spoil by you!" Spielberg said cautiously while observing Wang Xiaohu's expression.

You must know that Wang Xiaohu is now the best director in Hollywood, and the weight of the Oscar statuette is undoubted, but Bencelli said such things to the newspaper at this time, which is somewhat annoying.

Wang Xiaohu did not answer directly after listening to it, but took out the novel of "Jaws" from the bookshelf, there are many annotations on this novel, after all, Wang Xiaohu only knows some rough about the story of "Jaws", so when creating the script, he borrowed from Bencelli's original book, and marked the differences between the storyline in his memory and the plot of the novel.

"I know what he's referring to." Wang Xiaohu threw the novel aside and said with a smile: "What I removed is some plots about surnames and the phenomenon of [***], after all, "Jaws" is not selling on these trivial things. ”

"And how should we respond?" Spielberg asked.

"I heard that this book has been published, how is the circulation?" When Wang Xiaohu bought the film and television adaptation rights of "Jaws" for $150,000, Peter. Bencelli saw an opportunity and immediately published a novel at his own expense, under the title "Tiger . Wang has decided to adapt the book into a movie", and I heard that it sold well at first.

"Anticlimactic! If it weren't for me and a few friends who didn't buy 100 copies, he wouldn't have been one of the bestsellers in California. Spielberg said, "There are only a thousand copies." ”

"No wonder." After listening to this, Wang Xiaohu realized the crux of the problem, he touched his nose and said: "Go back and tell Bencelli that if he wants this book to be a hit, he will obediently cooperate with us to promote the film, and I guarantee that after the broadcast of "Jaws", this novel will become one of the top ten best-selling books in the United States." ”

Isn't it true that after seeing Lao Tzu win the Oscar, I regret selling it cheaply at the beginning? Now play this kind of trick that is not in the stream, tsk, if you cooperate, it's okay to say, if you don't cooperate, we are professional in a lawsuit!

"Okay, but this guy still doesn't have confidence in whether he can always make the shark hunt and some subplots in the novel run through the script."

"Hell him, his book has a bit of "The Godfather", a bit of "Enemy of the People", and some of "Moby Dick", if it weren't for the creativity in it, Lao Tzu wouldn't have spent $15 on this kind of patchwork stuff!" Wang Xiaohu was furious: "**! ”

(To be continued)