At that time, Concord Film Company and TVB exchanged 18% shares with each other, forming the best strategic partnership in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and in the five-year cooperation, both sides have gained a lot of things that are helpful to themselves from each other. [Full text reading]

For example, when Wang Xiaohu was suppressed by Golden Harvest and did not have his own separate theater to release "Ip Man", Run Run Shaw stood up to support Wang Xiaohu at that time, and then the two sides cooperated to defeat Golden Harvest and go bankrupt and carve up Golden Harvest's industry.

This is the first cooperation between the two parties, and in this cooperation, Wang Xiaohu made a beautiful comeback with "Ip Man" and was able to gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film industry. And Run Run Shaw also used the momentum of Wang Xiaohu's newborn calf to bring down the old enemy Jiahe, and grew a vicious spirit that had been pressed in his heart for many years.

The two families have their own income and use each other. Since then, Wang Xiaohu has made suggestions for TVB, and filmed the TV series "Jingwumen" for it, which directly reversed the situation of being pressed by ATV, and became the leader of the Hong Kong TV industry, and regulated the chaotic advertising agency business in the station.

In the next few years, whenever there was a problem on Wang Xiaohu's side, Run Run Shaw would stand behind him first, and Wang Xiaohu also provided a lot of scripts for the Shaw brothers for free, and also helped train many dragon and tiger martial artists and martial arts instructors, so that the Shaw brothers could barely maintain the declining film dynasty.

However, even if Wang Xiaohu invested all the team of Concord Company into Shaw Brothers, he could not save the fate of Shaw Brothers' decline.

In fact, when Run Run Shaw missed Bruce Lee for the first time to let Golden Harvest survive, Shaw Brothers was already unable to do so, and then because of dissatisfaction with Run Run Shaw's dictatorship of reading talents, the Hui Guanwen brothers were also ready to change jobs, fortunately, Wang Xiaohu included the Hui brothers in time, otherwise if he was allowed to jump to Golden Harvest, the situation of Hong Kong films would be another pattern.

Wang Xiaohu can now become a well-deserved big brother of Hong Kong films, on the one hand, he is a reborn person who knows the major events of Hong Kong films well, and at the same time, he has made friends with international superstars like Bruce Lee, which paved the way for his future development.

On the other hand, he made friends with some stars who will be popular in the future, such as Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow, Wu Mengda and others, and cultivated his own director team in just a few years.

Moreover, Wang Xiaohu did not implement the system of dictatorship and reading talents, just like Xu Guanwen's brothers came to him, he did not bind the other party with a dead contract, but let it become his own satellite company Reading power development, such an enlightened model not only gives the other party room to make money and develop, but also buys people's hearts, and also allows Xu Guanwen to help him cultivate a great director like John Woo.

The salary and benefits of employees within the company are much higher than those of other companies, Wang Xiaohu attaches great importance to this aspect, the core members of the company live in the villa community purchased by the company, to ensure that the core backbone of the food, clothing, housing and transportation have no worries, all aspects have been done, and the employees will do things for the company wholeheartedly.

What's more, there is also a box office dividend system, so the employees of Concord are now all bulging in their pockets, and the bosses of satellite companies are even more so.

A few days later, Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw, witnessed by barrister Benaki, secretly signed a share transfer contract to return each other's shares in the other company.

After signing the contract, Wang Xiaohu let out a long sigh, "Lao Dou, the matter is done, and my godmother will not be involved in the intestines." ”

Run Run Shaw smiled bitterly, "Xiaohu, Lao Dou always feels sorry for you, I owe you too much over the years." ”

"Don't say that." Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "If you hadn't supported me back then, I might have been shattered by Jiahe's beating, and I wouldn't even have a scumbag left, how could I have today's achievements." ”

"But you have also done a lot of things for Shaw Brothers and TVB, didn't you beat the cinema chain in Taiwan back then?" Run Run Shaw still felt a little sorry for Wang Xiaohu: "That's it, it's just right today that the theater chain over there will be returned to you." ”

"Haha, don't make trouble, old bean." Wang Xiaohu smiled and waved his hand: "Now that the Taiwan authorities are still blocking me, what am I going to do in the theater?" It's better for you to take care of it for me, and besides, Lao Dou, do you quit the film industry immediately, after all, there are so many people who eat with you, I suggest that you reduce production year by year. ”

"Hmm. That's exactly what I thought. Run Run Shaw said: "After most people find a way out, I will transfer my cinema chain and team to you cheaply, I don't know if you have such a big appetite." ”

Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this, patted his thigh and said, "As long as you are willing, I will be determined!" ”

"Glutton, be careful if your appetite is too big and you die." Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile, and suddenly sighed with emotion: "Xiaohu, I really didn't expect you to see it so openly, when I proposed to separate the family with my brother and father, there was still a disagreement between father and son and brother, and more than 20 years have passed, and they still refuse to forgive me." ”

At the end of the 50s, because he was dissatisfied with his brother's business model, he proposed to start a separate business and established Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Film Co., Ltd., which completely broke away from the parent company, thus creating a glorious film dynasty.

The two sides have cooperated for more than six years, because of some of their own concerns and the urging of the pillow wind at home, which led to today's signing ceremony for the exchange of shares.

Wang Xiaohu behaved very calmly and understanding throughout the whole process, and did not have the blushing and thick neck that Run Run Shaw expected, and he had such forbearance at a young age, which couldn't help but impress Run Run Shaw again.

"It's good to get together and disperse." Wang Xiaohu smiled, looked at Run Run Shaw for a long time and said: "Lao Dou, if I am tired of tossing and turning in the film industry and shooting a few TV series, don't be careful not to cooperate with me." ”

"Do you see me like this? Ha ha. ”

"Sort of."

"Stinky boy begging to beat!" Shaw smiled and tapped Wang Xiaohu's calf with his cane.

The old and the young made trouble for a long time, and then Run Run Shaw put away his smiling face and said to Wang Xiaohu very seriously: "Xiaohu, you have to transfer a few of Old Man Jin's martial arts novels to me, after all, I will specialize in the TV industry in the future, and I plan to shoot a few of his TV series." ”

"In addition to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", you can take them all to shoot."

Wang Xiaohu behaved very generously, which made Run Run Shaw admire his broad-mindedness. In fact, he didn't know that the reason why Wang Xiaohu took Jin Yong's copyright was mainly for these two TV series.

As early as two years ago, Wang Xiaohu talked to Jin Yong about this matter, and he was just afraid that others would spoil it, but in fact, Wang Xiaohu's foundation was still weak at that time, and he was afraid that others would shoot the classics first.

But in recent years, Concord has reached a level comparable to international film companies, and it is not afraid of anything in terms of strength and funds.

To put it bluntly, Wang Xiaohu feels that the industry is bigger now, and he doesn't have to be overstretched and petty like he was at the beginning. What about someone else filming Jin Yong's novel? He is fully capable of shooting more exciting than the previous work, the so-called remake of the previous work, challenging the classics to show the company's comprehensive level, isn't it?

After handing over these messy things to Run Run Shaw, the Spring Festival will come in a blink of an eye.

This year's Spring Festival stalls are still fierce, the Xu brothers' "Fa Qian Han", Sammo Hung's "Sande Monk and Chung Mi Liu", Jackie Chan's "Senior Brother Out of the Horse", and Liu Jialiang's "Shaolin Thirty-six Rooms" were released in turn, making the entire Spring Festival stalls dark, and other small productions could not join the battlefield at all.

Jackie Chan relied on the super popularity accumulated by "Police Story", and led the New Year's box office list with 7.39 million Hong Kong dollars when the painting was completed. Only then did Jackie Chan believe what Wang Xiaohu said at the beginning, it was difficult to surpass "Police Story", but his mentality was very good, and it was rare for the first time to achieve such good results as a reading director.

This year's Spring Festival, Wang Xiaohu was particularly low-key, in addition to repeating the previous form of New Year's greetings, he went to Hong Kong Governor Sir MacLehose to pay a New Year's greeting accompanied by Run Run Shaw, and by the way said hello to several nobles, and then closed the door to comprehensively revise the script of "Mythology".

After the Spring Festival, Wu Siyuan's company began to use two major theaters to release "Integrity Storm", it is worth mentioning that since "Police Story" cooperated with Political Axe to achieve a good box office, Wu Siyuan was deeply inspired, and immediately negotiated with senior officials of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, planning to shoot a similar biographical documentary based on the recently dismissed superintendent Han De.

Hong Kong political axe naturally agreed to such a request, so it gave great support in the filming environment, "Integrity Storm" did well at the box office after its release at the end of the Spring Festival, and won 5.63 million Hong Kong dollars in 28 days, although it cannot be compared with the unnatural results of "Police Story", the key is that Wu Siyuan only invested less than 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, and such a big report naturally made him happy.

After tasting the sweetness, Wu Siyuan kept going, preparing to invest in the filming of "The Seven Million Yuan Robbery", and at the same time invited the choreographer Tsui Hark, who couldn't get mixed with TVB, to his subordinates, intending to let him be a martial arts instructor for the company's "South Fist and North Leg".

Wang Xiaohu was very annoyed after hearing the news, at this time last year, he also considered paying attention to Tsui Hark, but he was busy last year, and he made trouble with TVB to return his shares at the end of the year, speaking of which, he has not been to TVB for more than a year, otherwise with his understanding of Tsui Hark, he would not have grabbed such a talent!

"Hey! It's all messed up! Wang Xiaohu is not depressed, Tsui Hark is a geek, Wu Siyuan invited Tsui Hark, undoubtedly dug up a piece of precious jade, as long as Tsui Hark is given enough stage, it can make Siyuan Company grow rapidly.

But soon, Wang Xiaohu's bad mood was swept away, he shook his head and said: "You can't be too greedy, if Niucha's filmmakers are gathered under their own doors, then what's the point?" Tsui Hark is here, and the new wave is about to begin! ”

(To be continued)