Led by Golden Harvest and supplemented by other small film companies, the shoddy films have completely hit the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of Hong Kong citizens for movies, and everyone would rather have nothing to do at home in their leisure time, and would rather use the time to watch movies to play a few rounds of sanitary mahjong, in short, they just refuse to go into the cinema. [Full text reading]

Therefore, when Wang Xiaohu released the announcement of Concord's return to the film industry, most film companies except Shaw Brothers gloated. Zou Wenhuai was even more happy when he heard the news, and laughed and said to He Guanchang the news published in "Ming Pao": "See, this Wang Xiaohu has started to make waves again, even our Golden Harvest has no ability to save the film market, he actually arranged the release of the film at this time, I think he is purely a brain show." ”

He Guanchang took the newspaper and glanced at it and did not express his opinion directly, and after a long time, he said: "Wen Huai, we have been dealing with Wang Xiaohu for more than two years, have you studied him seriously?" ”

"What is there about him that is worth my study, isn't it just a hairy boy who was lucky to be appreciated by me and Bruce Lee, and then happened to be a little clever in the script and martial arts design, and it was only by chance that he got to the point where he is now." Zou Wenhuai snorted disdainfully: "After Bruce Lee died, his cleverness has come to an end, haven't you seen that he has no new works for more than half a year?" Now that he has made a high-profile comeback and posed as a savior, does he think he is Bruce Lee? Hum! ”

He Guanchang didn't think so, he shook his head and sighed heavily: "He's not Bruce Lee, but he may be a savior!" He added in an accentuated tone: "The savior of Hong Kong movies! ”

"Guanchang, what do you mean by that?" Zou Wenhuai heard such amazing words from an old man for many years, and he couldn't reflect it for a while, and the contradictions between Jiahe and Xiehe had intensified to the point of life and death, and he actually said good things for each other.

Zou Wenhuai couldn't accept it, the doubts and anger in his tone had been clearly revealed, He Guanchang smiled bitterly, and said unhurriedly: "I don't know if you have found a phenomenon, Wang Xiaohu has made sufficient preparations before doing everything, just like when he handed over the script of "Jingwumen", he also prepared the corresponding martial arts action design, and even took all the actors into account, and then he succeeded." ”

"Maybe he stumbled into it by mistake!" Zou Wenhuai said urgently.

He Guanchang sighed again, looking at his old buddy for many years helplessly, Zou Wenhuai still refused to face his failure, but used the reason of evasion to deduce, which made He Guanchang a little disappointed and angry: "If you say that it is a success, what about the later "Righteous Hero", "Raptors Crossing the River", and "Ip Man"! Wen Huai, let's face it, don't forget that he created a box office myth of 127 million in Hollywood, can you just rely on luck to negate his own efforts? Didn't you find him really scary? Don't you think we didn't lose at all? ”

"Guanchang, what the hell do you want to say!" Zou Wenhuai was a little out of breath when he was questioned by He Guanchang, he stared at him and tried to take a deep breath, trying to calm the shock and disappointment in his heart.

He Guanchang got up from his seat, sighed for the third time and walked to the door: "Wen Huai, if you want Jiahe to develop, now you have to put aside your prejudices and try to have a good relationship with Wang Xiaohu, just like Run Run Shaw is doing now, I find that your magnanimity has become smaller and smaller in the past year, hey!" ”

He Guanchang left, leaving some words that made Zou Wenhuai unable to calm down in his heart, he sat in the boss's chair in a daze, his eyes swept in front of various trophies and certificates in the office, after a long time, he closed his eyes tightly, gritted his teeth and said: "Golden Harvest can't be so depressed because of a Wang Xiaohu, I must cheer up, only I am the master of the Hong Kong film dynasty!" ”

The same conversation took place between Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw.

"What do you say! You want to use a lottery to attract audiences back to the theater! Run Run Shaw looked at Wang Xiaohu incredulously, he had not yet sobered up from shock.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "Yes, that's how I plan it, set up a lottery point in each theater, and the audience can get a chance to draw a lottery for free with movie tickets, and if the lucky one can draw a TV as a reward." ”

"Do you know how much a TV costs now?" Shaw asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Probably, maybe, almost, it should be about 1,500 Hong Kong dollars!" To be honest, Wang Xiaohu really doesn't know the specific price, and Zhao Yazhi is fully responsible for all the expenses in the family.

"So you know! Now an ordinary TV sold by Pingba Electric costs 1,600 Hong Kong dollars, and our two theaters together have more than 70 Hong Kong dollars, which means that you have to pay 110,000 Hong Kong dollars for this! Run Run Shaw said angrily: "Stinky boy, I know you are not short of money now, but you don't need to come up with such propaganda techniques, I really can't figure out where you learned these messy things, loser, really loser!" ”

Run Run Shaw shook his head there and sighed, but Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "Sixth uncle, don't you behave like such a small family, okay, I am also doing this to save the future development of Hong Kong films, if only 110,000 can make Hong Kong citizens regain their confidence in movies, I feel it is worth it!" ”

"Worth it, worth a fart! You really think of yourself as a savior! Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile: "According to me, it's better for us to use the old method to publicize, printing posters and making trailers doesn't cost a few dollars, and it's only 50,000 or 60,000 yuan to survive, which is far more economical than you say to give 70 TVs for free!" ”

"Hehe, Uncle Six, it's different now, in the past, everyone still pinned a lot of hopes on movies, and they could find emotional catharsis from movies, but now most movies have made the audience feel bored, and even resisted, and use extraordinary means in extraordinary times, and my plan is to prepare a TV set for each small theater, two medium-sized ones, and three large-sized ones." Wang Xiaohu leaned on the sofa and said with a smile.

"Crazy, crazy! You're going crazy, you stinky boy! When Run Run Shaw heard that it was more than just a TV, he almost jumped up from the sofa: "If you kid feels that you have money to burn bags, you can lend me a few hundred million flowers first, at least I can use these hundreds of millions to expand the development of TVB, which is better than you burning money!" ”

"Haha, sixth uncle, sixth uncle, I think that only you can understand me in Hong Kong, and now I know that I am wrong, very wrong!"

"Don't use this set to provoke me, anyway, I won't fall for you, you can pay this money yourself, I don't have spare money!" Run Run Shaw kept a straight face and directly blocked the topic, don't you kid just want me to share this batch of expenses, tell you: there is no door.

"Hey, Uncle Six, you really wronged me, I am actually stimulating the consumption level of Hong Kong citizens by doing this." Wang Xiaohu pretended to be innocent and said: "You see that Lidi and TVB have been stumbling for several years, don't you want to take this opportunity to overpower Lidi and become the most influential TV station in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia?" ”

Run Run Shaw still refuses to take the bait: "Development always comes step by step, you are pure nonsense!" ”

"Well, then I'll tell you, you've got a great chance!"

"Opportunity? Just give away the TV for free, this is all an opportunity? Stinky boy, Uncle Six, I have been fighting with Lidi for two or three years, and the competition between the two sides is very fierce, not that you can solve the problem by throwing out hundreds of thousands. Run Run Shaw analyzed very seriously: "TV stations still have to compete with each other for programs, creativity, and whose family background is solid." ”

"But what if we send a TV set and give them a free month of TVB program reception? Will it increase TVB's ratings? Besides, the post-production of the first three episodes of "Jingwumen" has been perfected, and we can now completely improve the broadcast of "Jingwumen" to the agenda, and when the time comes, they will be addicted to watching "Jingwumen", and they can't wait to pay the fees" Wang Xiaohu looked at Run Run Shaw with a smile.

"Hiss~~" Run Run Shaw frowned and groaned for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Don't say it, your analysis is very reasonable, tsk, how did you think of it, in this way, not only will the public's curiosity about your two films be fully mobilized, but they will also rush to the theater to buy movie tickets and watch movies, so as to get a chance to draw a lottery, damn, the box office has come up invisibly, it seems that the early investment is too large, if the box office is booming, what is this little money!" ”

The more Run Run Shaw spoke, the more excited he became: "And, when "Jingwumen" is played, oops! Stinky boy, you are simply a marketing genius, such a method of killing three birds with one stone has been thought of, tsk, Uncle Six admires you to death, haha! ”

"Well, it looks like someone was trying to oppose it just now." Wang Xiaohu pouted and said.

"Hehe, I'm getting older, my views on some things will inevitably be a little conservative, your suggestion is very good, I decided to share this part of the cost with you equally, how about it, Uncle Six is good to you!" Run Run Shaw's old face finally changed to a smile, because the smile made the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes a little deeper, and the more he looked at Wang Xiaohu now, the more he realized that this kid was very smart!

Now that Run Run Shaw has agreed, Wang Xiaohu no longer cares about those trivial things, and soon arranged for the manager of the publicity department to promote this matter, which is not uncommon in later generations, but in Hong Kong in the 70s, this method seems a little shocking and worldly, so that many people's brains can't turn the corner for a while

(To be continued)