After Wang Xiaohu and Bruce Lee participated in the disaster relief charity performance, Shaw Brothers' attitude towards the dragon and tiger was a little ambiguous, although Run Run Shaw did not go out in person, but several hosts of the "Happy Tonight" program asked Wang Xiaohu to come out for tea and chat from time to time, in Zou Wenhuai's view, this is clearly a weasel to the chicken New Year's greetings, not well-intentioned. 【Reading.com】

Fortunately, at this time, Luo Wei, the pillar of Golden Harvest, also came back from the book with "Cold-faced Tiger", which somewhat made Zou Wenhuai feel at ease, so he immediately invited Luo Wei to his home to discuss the release of the film in the summer. After all, it has been more than two months since the filming of "Cold Faced Tiger", and this is the first time for a fast gunner like Luo Wei.

"Wen Huai, thanks to Wang Xiaohu for giving me a slap half a year ago, I deeply appreciate the importance of the quality of the film, and now although the investment in "Smiling Tiger" has exceeded the plan and the shooting cycle has been longer, I guarantee that the quality has also improved!" Luo Wei's return to Hong Kong this time was warmly welcomed by Zou Wenhuai, and he exuded this kind of joy from his body and mind, and it seems that he is full of confidence in "Cold Tiger".

Zou Wenhuai nodded when he heard this, even if he had a thousand hardships in his heart, he didn't want to confide in front of Luo Wei: "Avi, since you have said so, I will vacate the golden time of the summer file for you, and look forward to you returning to the ranks of millions of directors!" ”

"With your auspicious words, I will arrange for employees to edit and post-production." Luo Wei was in a good mood, he felt that what he had lost had finally returned, and that feeling of being lost and regained made him full of a ** called ambition.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you one thing, you'd better make a short film of the highlights of "Cold Face Tiger" first, and I will arrange personnel to carry out preliminary publicity in major theaters." Zou Wenhuai remembered the trailers of "Righteous Heroes" and "Raptors" when they were released, that kind of publicity was very effective, and this kind of publicity has gradually begun to circulate in the film industry, and many films will use trailers when they are released. After informing Luo Wei of the precautions of the trailer, he smiled and said, "Avi, you have to come on!" ”

With the box office of "Righteous Heroes" of 6 million, Wang Xiaohu has a lot of confidence to talk to Zou Wenhuai about the theater this time, but the reply he got made him very dissatisfied. "Boss Zou, do you mean that all the prime time in the summer was given to "Cold-faced Tiger"?"

Zou Wenhuai pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Yes, Xiaohu, you see that Director Luo Wei has also been preparing for more than half a year, this time he just came back from the completion of the book, and he has already started the release work, do you see if you will wait for more than ten days?" ”

"Wait for more than ten days? Hehe, this doesn't seem to be the words of an expert like Boss Zou. Wang Xiaohu was very unhappy: "It's the end of June now, and the summer file will end in more than ten days, and if it is released in ten days, the box office will definitely be affected." ”

"You have to think about the company's difficulties." Zou Wenhuai spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, looking very pitiful.

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Okay, since Boss Zou has difficulties, I, Wang Xiaohu, can still understand it." I'm going back and thinking about it. ”

"Hey, Xiaohu, don't be in a hurry to leave." Zou Wenhuai saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, go back and think about it? Can it be that simple, if you go back and think about going back to the arms of the Shaw Brothers, then wouldn't you let the tiger return to the mountain, if Wang Xiaohu joined the Shaw Brothers, it would really be a nightmare for Golden Harvest.

Wang Xiaohu turned around and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Boss Zou, do you think I can't be in a hurry, although Concord is a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, but it's not raised by the stepmother, right?" ”

"Xiaohu, what you said is too serious, Concord also has my shares, okay, I also hope that Concord's results will be prosperous." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "It's better to be like this, we are discussing the schedule." ”

What a fart! Wang Xiaohu didn't see what the hell Zou Wenhuai had to do, he just wanted to hide himself through the problem of the theater chain and force himself to postpone the release of "Ip Man". It's a fool to be taken off!

"Boss Zou, let me tell you, if you want to discuss, just give me the summer file and let the release of "Cold Tiger" be postponed!" Wang Xiaohu said unceremoniously.

"Little Tiger! You're going too far! Zou Wenhuai's face changed suddenly, he never imagined that Wang Xiaohu would be so domineering.

"Excessive? Boss Zou, please think clearly, Brother Xiaolong remembered your kindness back then, and I, Wang Xiaohu, didn't receive any kindness from you! Wang Xiaohu looked at Zou Wenhuai and said, "Boss Zou, how many times have you told me yourself?" When "Righteous Heroes" was filmed, you shirked the financial constraints, and the costumes and props sent over were all inferior products, or the props that I paid for out of my own pocket, when "Righteous Heroes" was released, you shirked the tension of the theater chain again, and this time it was the same, I really want to ask you, can you still change a clever reason? ”

Zou Wenhuai's face was very pale, and the cold sweat on his forehead also broke out frequently, Wang Xiaohu's words just hit his weakness, yes, he is currently taking a fancy to Bruce Lee's old love, and he has repeatedly dragged Bruce Lee. So every time Wang Xiaohu made a request, he either shirked the theater line, was short of funds, or used Bruce Lee's name to suppress Wang Xiaohu, and now he suddenly woke up to the fact that this method lost the slightest effect with Wang Xiaohu's words just now!

"Boss Zou, why don't you speak?" Wang Xiaohu glanced at him coldly: "Actually, I don't want to make the relationship so deadlocked, it's just that you have forced me again and again!" ”

After Wang Xiaohu said this, he shook his head and left, leaving Zou Wenhuai trembling in the living room, and Yuan Xihua, who happened to be passing by, listened to all these words, as the best partner to support her husband's career, she decided to help her husband tide over the difficulties through her own methods, she thought of Zhao Yazhi

Wang Xiaohu returned to the editing room very depressed, ignoring Bruce Lee, who was buried in sorting out the script, and sulked on the small bed. After a while, Bruce Lee took off the thick myopia glasses and asked, "Xiaohu, are you okay, your face looks very bad." ”

"It's okay, Brother Xiaolong, you don't have to worry about me!" Wang Xiaohu squeezed out a wry smile and said: "It seems that Irushandu has been in Hong Kong for five days, and if you don't finish the shooting, I'm afraid his remaining time schedule will be very tight." ”

Bruce Lee shook his head and said, "No, I feel that you have a lot of things on your mind, can you tell me to share some of them?" You've helped me in the past, and I hope I'll help you. ”

"Hehe, how can you help? Did I say that I want to leave Golden Harvest Company now, will you agree without frowning? Wang Xiaohu looked at Bruce Lee's sincere eyes and smiled bitterly.

"What? Xiaohu, what did you just say, you want to get out of Jiahe Company, damn it, what unpleasant things happened between you and Wen Huai, tell me quickly, if it is his problem, I will definitely go to negotiate with him! Bruce Lee immediately became excited when he heard this, he clenched his fists and had the posture of going to Zou Wenhuai for comment.

"Hey! It's not a matter of arranging theaters, I want Boss Zou to help me vacate the prime time for exhalation, but he didn't agree, and said that he would give up Luo Wei's "Cold Face Tiger". Wang Xiaohu told what happened without concealing anything.

Bruce Lee immediately fell into deep thought after hearing this, and after a long time he frowned and asked, "Then what should we do?" This kind of thing will also be a big headache for me. ”

"Two roads, one obeys Zou Wenhuai's arrangement, and will release "Ip Man" after the summer vacation, so that Zou Wenhuai thinks that we have no way out, and we must rely on Golden Harvest Company to survive, this is not my surname, and I believe it is not your surname, Brother Xiaolong!" Wang Xiaohu stretched out his second finger and said: "The second way is to take this opportunity to choose other partners, especially in the cinema chain, we must find the strength and conditions, so that our Concord Company can get a broader space for development and no longer be subject to Golden Harvest." ”

"Yes, you're right! I also disagree with the first point! Bruce Lee nodded and said, "But at present, apart from Golden Harvest, only Shaw Brothers' cinema chain is strong, will Run Run Shaw agree to our request?" ”

"How do you know if you don't try?" Wang Xiaohu smiled: "Do you think Xu Guanwen will invite us to drink tea and chat without purpose in the past few days?" It must have been authorized by the senior Shaw leaders to do so. ”

"But this is not very safe, after all, neither Golden Harvest nor Shaw Brothers are fuel-efficient lamps, and they will not agree to it if they don't get the benefits they want from us, especially now that we are facing such an embarrassing situation." Wang Xiaohu frowned after speaking.

"Well, this question needs to be carefully considered!" Bruce Lee sighed and said, "I didn't expect Wen Huai to treat you like this, really, Xiaohu, I feel very guilty, I can't do anything when you encounter a problem." ”

"Hehe, Brother Xiaolong, don't blame yourself!" Wang Xiaohu patted him on the shoulder with some emotion and said, "We still have a third way to go!" ”

"Tell me quickly, are you going to kill me in a hurry?"

Wang Xiaohu sat next to Bruce Lee, supported his chin with his hand and said: "Actually, I have thought about it before, but I will not choose this route unless it is absolutely necessary, it seems that I must try it today, Brother Xiaolong, I want to buy those retail cinemas in Hong Kong." ”

"Retail cinemas?" Bruce Lee narrowed his eyes, vaguely seemed to understand the meaning of Wang Xiaohu's words, and asked with some uncertainty: "Do you want to integrate and merge those retail cinema chains to confront Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers?" ”

"That's right!" Wang Xiaohu laughed and said, "That's how I think about it!" It's better to ask for others than for yourself, to put it bluntly, we currently have the ability to read and produce films, with you and me, the two major box office appeals, and the cast provided by the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union, we can be on an equal footing with Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest, if we break away from Golden Harvest, Shaw will not be happy! ”

"Brother, you know what, you shouldn't be a director, you should be a speaker, what you just said makes me sound excited, I want to say, I'm moved by what you said!" Bruce Lee said excitedly: "We'll do this, what are you waiting for?" ”

Wang Xiaohu is most worried about Bruce Lee's nostalgia, after all, in his previous life, Bruce Lee had to consult Zou Wenhuai about everything in terms of filming movies, and even before he died, he was still discussing the script of "Game of Death" with Zou Wenhuai, considering how the plot was arranged and how to arrange martial arts to be more beneficial. Zou Wenhuai accurately pinched Bruce Lee's seven inches, forcing him to be unable to leave his arms, and used the so-called morality of dripping grace to achieve his goal.

But now things seem to have changed a lot, Bruce Lee not only didn't consider Zou Wenhuai's matter, but even agreed with Wang Xiaohu's point of view, which surprised him a little. "Could it be that what I did after being reborn subtly changed Bruce Lee's concept?"

In fact, think about the things he did after he was reborn, whether it was helping him write scripts, arranging martial arts movements, or telling about MMA and martial arts designs seen in some future movies when he was usually practicing, these have enriched Bruce Lee's knowledge, and his own behavior has also indirectly affected Bruce Lee, which is a good phenomenon.

"But it seems like it takes a lot of money to buy a theater chain, doesn't it?" Bruce Lee suddenly thought of this question after being excited: "Although you and I can make up a few million, the price of the theater chain seems to be very high now, right?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Don't worry about these things!" It's a big deal, I'm going to Macau to play a few black market boxing fights to earn some back! Wang Xiaohu was joking, he had been trying to test Bruce Lee's reaction to the black market boxing, and sure enough, Bruce Lee immediately squinted his eyes after hearing the black market boxing, and the murderous thing he had seen a few days ago began to fill the air again.

"Maybe that's a good idea!" Bruce Lee said.

This frightened Wang Xiaohu: "Hey, Brother Xiaolong, I'm just talking casually, I'll go prepare cash now, damn, I have to pull those dozens of small theaters into my own hands!" ”

Wang Xiaohu went out immediately after speaking, he was trembling all over his body now, yes, he was excited about his crazy idea, he didn't lack money at all, even if the establishment of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union cost him no less than two million, he still had 38 million left to squander, and these dozens of mini theaters may not exceed the sky-high price no matter how valuable they are, right?

Wang Xiaohu is very grateful to Zou Wenhuai for stimulating him today, if it weren't for Zou Wenhuai to let him eat a turtle, he wouldn't have been excited to pull Bruce Lee to jump ship, and Bruce Lee's reaction also made him full of confidence, damn, don't think that the cinema is only you Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, Lao Tzu has been provoked by you, this time I will definitely make a cinema to fight against you, this, you forced me!

(To be continued)