The news of the cooperation between Concord Film Company and Shaw Brothers quickly spread in the industry, and at the same time, people in the industry were surprised to find that Concord Company acquired all other sporadic theaters in just one week and carried out a large-scale reorganization, such a big move made many people in the industry dumbfounded!

Isn't Concord a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, why did it suddenly jump out and go it alone, was it because Golden Harvest's excessive squeezing of Concord caused Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu to leave angrily? Or did Bruce Lee feel that his wings were stiff, forgetting Zou Wenhuai's kindness to him, and repaying virtue with resentment?

All kinds of speculations kept circulating in the streets, and the two of them didn't pay the slightest attention to these gossips, and even when the reporter came to the door, they only talked about the release and shooting of the new film, and didn't say a word about the contradictions between them and Golden Harvest. Even when a reporter asked Bruce Lee why he didn't read the kindness of Golden Harvest back then, Bruce Lee smiled and shook his head, he had been instructed by Wang Xiaohu before, this is not the best time to explain, it can only make others feel like we are how.

In fact, this approach is very correct, the media can't get an answer here in Longhu, and they rushed to Jiahe to interview Zou Wenhuai, Zou Wenhuai also talked about the release of their "Cold Tiger", and he only answered perfunctorily with no comment on the current problems between the two sides.

Zou Wenhuai knew very well that he had taken another wrong step this time, if the other party was Bruce Lee, he would probably persuade him, but the other party was Wang Xiaohu, the young man who was a dragon and tiger martial artist in his own company, and now he has been full of wings in less than a year, and has shown amazing strength, and his speech and demeanor have deeply affected Bruce Lee.

When he heard the news, Zou Wenhuai tried to communicate with Bruce Lee, but Bruce Lee was not at home, and the temporary editing room of Golden Harvest was empty. Like when Linda asked Bruce Lee's whereabouts, Linda also said that she didn't know where Xiaolong was. In desperation, Zou Wenhuai had to go to the third floor of Beacon Hill Road to pour bitter water, hoping that the other party could blow the pillow wind for Bruce Lee, but the other party also gave him a very surprising news: Since he came back, Bruce Lee has not been here once!

Zou Wenhuai returned home in a daze, and Yuan Xihua saw the loss on her husband's face and asked with some distress: "How is the situation?" What does beauty say? ”

Zou Wenhuai frowned tightly and sighed and said, "Xiaolong hasn't been to her for a month, and she still complains that I always let Xiaolong make new films."

"How is that possible!" Yuan Xihua opened his mouth wide when he heard this, the matter between Bruce Lee and Tang Meili is already an open secret in the industry, the two sides fought ** in Rome, why did they lose contact after a trip? "Didn't you ask why?"

Zou Wenhuai smiled bitterly: "No." It seems that Xiaolong is going to break with us this time! Hey, I really regret treating Wang Xiaohu like that, I wanted him to delay the release, but he didn't agree. ”

"Maybe we started with the wrong approach." Yuan Xihua pondered for a moment after seeing this: "There is no way to regret it now, I can only urge Luo Wei to release "Cold Tiger" as soon as possible, and it can be counted as a batch if it can seize a batch of box office." ”

"That's all there is to it!" Letting go of a dragon and a tiger made Zou Wenhuai regret it greatly, and after a long time, he suddenly remembered something: "I heard that they are buying some scattered small theaters?" ”

Yuan Xihua nodded and analyzed: "Well, I feel that Wang Xiaohu is not purely defecting to the arms of Shaw Brothers, what he may really want to do is to pull up a theater chain of his own to get rid of the status quo of being controlled by us." ”

Zou Wenhuai said in a somewhat flukely tone: "As long as they don't stand on the side of the Shaw Brothers to suppress us, this is a lucky thing!" ”

Wang Xiaohu's idea was also seen through by Run Run Shaw, when he heard other shareholders of the company raise such questions, he just smiled and shook his head: "If he can be formed, it would be a good thing, the fight with Wen Huai in the past two years is almost boring, it is best to have Wang Xiaohu come out to interrupt this troubled water, and now Wen Huai must have tasted betrayal!" ”

"What about Wang Xiaohu?" Someone asked.

"Wang Xiaohu is a good young man, I can see that he just doesn't want to be controlled by Zou Wenhuai all the time, and wants to make Concord Company regular, it is not easy to have such courage at a young age, we try our best to maintain friendly cooperative relations with them, you must know that Bruce Lee is not only influential in Southeast Asia, but Hollywood will have his place sooner or later!"

Shaw's eyes seemed to see a win-win situation in the future. I believe that with his popularity, his new film "Ip Man" must have achieved a lot of box office results, and the development goals of Shaw Brothers have tended to be in TV, and investment in movies has declined in recent years. If you can take the opportunity to pull the dragon and tiger into their camp to cooperate in a TV series, hehe, what a wonderful thing it will be!

After the integration of Wang Xiaohu's sporadic theaters, he immediately spent money to replace the tables and chairs in the theater, projection equipment, while this work was carried out, he also began to arrange the publicity work for the release of "Ip Man", the first batch of posters were distributed to the cinemas of his own theater and some of the cinemas of the Shaw Brothers, the poster is his heroic poss standing in a ruin holding a long stick, and at the same time, according to the classification of the main actors, the posters of Zhao Yazhi, Huang Chunliang, Chow Yun-fat, Uncle Qin and others were printed, The characters in each poster are more expressive, especially the one in which Chow Yun-fat is holding Stephen Chow, the worry and depression on his face are vividly expressed, and many people are speculating about Chow Yun-fat's identity, because no one knew him before again.

The regular customers in the restaurant first discovered Chow Yun-fat's whereabouts, because they found that the waiter who had been smiling and serving them was the handsome guy on the poster, which caused many people to rush to watch Chow Yun-fat when they heard the news, which made him happy for a long time.

"Brother Tiger, thank you for giving me this opportunity!" After Chow Yun-fat gave Wang Xiaohu a cup of hot tea, he smirked innocently.

"Hehe, this is all the result of your intentions, how does it feel to be famous now?" Wang Xiaohu took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

Chow Yun-fat scratched his head and hands: "It feels good, but I don't have the freedom I used to have, I used to serve the food quickly, but now there are always some guests pestering me to ask questions, and the dishes I served a few times are cold, and Sister Mei also deducted my salary for a day." ”

"Haha! You, pay attention next time, Sister Mei has a straight face, but the six relatives don't recognize it! Wang Xiaohu almost squirted out the tea when he heard this, Yuanmei is indeed a good shopkeeper, the income from the opening of this restaurant is the best confirmation, he will never ask about how Yuanmei punishes employees, after all, if the employees are not wrong, Yuanmei will not be punished.

"Be more attentive in the restaurant these days, and when the film is released in a few days, the reporter will wear a handsome outfit, but you will have to be interviewed by media reporters!" Wang Xiaohu must have a reason for saying this, he believes that after the film is released, the role of Li Zhao played by Chow Yun-fat will definitely cause heated discussions among the public, and media reporters will inevitably keep an eye on Chow Yun-fat.

The teaser trailer of "Ip Man" finally met the audience at Concord Cinemas and Shaw Brothers Cinemas. Unlike "Rebel" and "Raptor", the trailer this time is relatively long, even as long as six minutes.

For this trailer for such a long time, Wang Xiaohu explained to Bruce Lee like this: "The theme of the film is to praise Ip Man and Wing Chun and promote Wing Chun culture, so in the first half of the trailer, I mainly introduced Wing Chun, and focused on filming and editing the Hong Kong Wing Chun Association and Wing Chun Martial Arts Hall, most of which are scenes of disciples practicing Wing Chun, including several scenes of the master performing wooden stakes, and the last two minutes are the main content of the film." ”

"How long do you plan to wait before the official trailer is announced?" Bruce Lee asked.

"Two days later!" Wang Xiaohu pointed to the newspaper and said: "Golden Harvest also plans to release "Cold Tiger" in three or three days, that is, on July 12, and we will also arrange for the release of "Ip Man" on July 12. And I'm going to have a premiere that doesn't look like a face, and I will catch them off guard! ”

"Premiere!" It was also the first time Bruce Lee had heard of this kind of propaganda, and he frowned and asked, "What is the premiere?" ”

"Brother Xiaolong, do you still remember that before the Shaw Brothers released "Ma Yongzhen", you did a promotional show in "Happy Tonight", right?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Well, of course I remember, but the box office of "Ma Yongzhen" is not like your "Righteous Hero"!"

"Yes, that kind of promotional program is a simple version of the premiere, of course, now TVB is already inserting our trailer, if you go to "Happy Tonight" to promote our film is a little tight, so I gave up this method and put the entire promotional program within two hours before the release of the film!"

"You mean that the premiere will start at 9 p.m. on July 12?"

"Yes!" Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "When the time comes, I will invite all the actors to the stage, of course, the master will also bring the disciples of Wing Chun to come over to cheer on the stage, you are the big boss of the company, you can't be absent!" I would like to take this opportunity to promote Wing Chun so that all the people of Hong Kong can know about Wing Chun and the story of the ancestors! ”

Bruce Lee swallowed his saliva vigorously when he heard this: "Little Tiger, is this a bit too big?" ”

"Haha, Brother Xiaolong, it's been big enough for us to fall out with Golden Harvest, if we don't take this opportunity to establish the company's image, I'm afraid we will suffer a lot of unfavorable comments from the outside world!"

"Maybe, maybe you're right again!"

(To be continued)