"I don't think you know yet." Shao Yifu quietly said an inexplicable word and then disappeared, and watched the movie seriously.

Depend on! This old man, will he die if he finishes his words once?

Li Xuan felt a toothache, but continued to ask, "What do you know?" ”

"Could it be that I invited Zhuo Han just so that this movie could be released in Taiwan at the same time?" Shao Yifu smiled slightly, leaned back in the chair and said slowly: "Our Shaw Brothers don't have no theaters in Taiwan, so why bother asking for trouble." ”

Only then did Li Xuan suddenly come to his senses, yes! Shaw Brothers doesn't have no theaters in Taiwan, so why bother inviting Huang Zhuohan to come over for a test film?

When it comes to Hong Kong's three strongest cinema chains, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, their ability to distribute movies in Taiwan is also uneven.

Golden Princess Cinemas was the first to go out, and their overseas distribution capabilities have always been a shortcoming. It also does not have any wholly-owned or joint-venture theaters in Taiwan, and can only ensure the release channel of movies through cooperation with local theater companies in Taiwan.

In Taiwan, Shaw Brothers has four wholly-owned cinemas and seven joint venture cinemas, and although there are not many cinemas in eleven theaters, it is also a complete cinema chain, which basically guarantees the release demand of Shaw Brothers movies.

However, among the three major cinema chains, the most powerful is Golden Harvest. It has five wholly-owned theaters and 11 theaters in Taiwan, which are either joint ventures or franchises, five more than Shaw Brothers. And Golden Harvest grew up at the beginning by receiving the legacy of Hong Kong Cathay Cinemas, so the relationship between Golden Harvest and Cathay Cinemas has always been very good. Although Cathay Cinemas has withdrawn from the Hong Kong market at this time, it has always had its cinema chains in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, and when necessary, the two cinema chains in Taiwan can instantly unite to form a super cinema chain.

So during the Spring Festival last year, Zou Wenhuai said that "Mr. Zombie" could only be so light when it was ready to be released in Taiwan. In addition to political reasons, it is also because Zou Wenhuai has this confidence!

Zou Wenhuai? Golden Harvest? Cathay Pacific?

Li Xuan only felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, and the opponents who could make Shaw Brothers and First Pictures unite against in Taiwan could only be Golden Harvest and Cathay Pacific. However, in Taiwan, in addition to Golden Harvest and Cathay Pacific, there are cinema chains that are stronger than the Shaw Brothers and First Pictures combined, in fact, there are four state-run cinema chains of the Taiwan authorities.

However, unless Shao Yifu is stupid, he will go to confront the Taiwan authorities.

Guessing a vague fact, Li Xuan immediately asked in a low voice: "Sixth uncle, is it that Jiahe will make any big moves in the New Year?" ”

"Hah, you finally guessed it." Shao Yifu teased Li Xuan slightly, and then sighed and said, "Hey, this ginger is still tender and ruthless." Compared to Zou Wenhuai, I am indeed old. ”

The old man began to deviate from the topic again, and Li Xuan had to laugh and say haha: "Haha, the sixth uncle is not old, you are still young." ”

"It's old and old, and it's not okay to be old." Shao Yifu waved his right hand and said, "This New Year's file, Zou Wenhuai has made a lot of money." Xu Xiwen's new movie is preparing for a joint screening in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and in Hong Kong alone, Golden Harvest has prepared its entire cinema chain plus five luxury theaters to screen this movie together. Tsk, such a big stroke, the whole of Hong Kong is unheard of and unseen! ”

“……”

Hearing this news, Li Xuan was also speechless for a while. Zou Wenhuai's big plan this time was to make "Modern Bodyguard" co-screen with Hong Kong and Taiwan, but it was to make "Smiling Proud Jianghu" lose a move before it was released. Moreover, Golden Harvest has more theaters in Hong Kong than Shaw Brothers, and this time five luxury theaters were added to screen together, but "Smiling Proud Jianghu" lost another half move!

This Zou Wenhuai is really spicy!

Li Xuan thought about what Zou Wenhuai had told him before that he wanted "Black Man" to be released in Europe and the United States, but then there was no follow-up, so he had to admire the scheming of these theater oligarchs.

"Hey—"

Li Xuan sighed, rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "Sixth uncle, isn't Golden Harvest ready to let the movie be co-screened in Southeast Asia?" ”

"Southeast Asia together?" Shao Yifu said with a smile: "Zou Wenhuai wants to do that, but unfortunately Cathay Cinema doesn't have that ability, which allowed me to win a little bit." He did his Hong Kong and Taiwan co-screening, and I made my three-place release. Who's going to die this time, I, an old man, have to fight for it. ”

Shao Yifu said this extremely domineeringly, and he had a momentum of looking down on the world. And after hearing that Shao Yifu really planned to co-screen "Smiling Proud Jianghu" in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia at the same time, Li Xuan's heart also beat wildly. The hand played by the Shaw Brothers was of great benefit to Li Xuan. He can say without hesitation now that even if this "Smiling Proud Jianghu" hits the streets, the name Li Xuan can be recorded in the history of Hong Kong films.

Half of Asia co-stars in a movie at the same time, and how many directors can do it?

"The world is out of my generation, and the years are urging when I enter the rivers and lakes; In the talk and laughter of the emperor's hegemony, it is better than a drunk in life. Ah Xuan, your bullshit poem is extremely vulgar and elegant, the more you listen to it, the more flavorful it is! ”

Li Xuan was still there, but Shao Yifu sighed again. But in the movie, Ling Hu Chong robbed Dongfang Undefeated from the ronin camp in the middle of the night, and was chanting poems to the moon while drinking, which aroused Shao Yifu's interest.

"Haha, the sixth uncle praised it falsely, but it's just a small skill of carving insects!" Li Xuan replied modestly.

Because Shao Yifu is more accustomed to listening to Chinese, and Huang Zhuohan and Shao Weiming are also foreign distributors, one home is Taiwan and the other is Singapore, so this test film is the Chinese version configured by Li Xuan. Although this poem sounds like that in Chinese, in the ears of knowledgeable people, it is a non-rhyming oil poem, and it is worthy of Shao Yifu's bullshit evaluation.

"Sister Qingxia, you are so beautiful!"

On Li Xuan's right hand, Zhong Chuhong's admiration came. In the past, when the two of them watched movies, they held hands with each other and leaned against each other to watch them. But this time, not to mention that the two were leaning together, Zhong Chuhong didn't even hold his hand, but she held hands with Lin Qingxia on the other side and leaned together.

Maybe Lin Qingxia felt that the relationship with Li Xuan during this time was quite abnormal, and this time she met Zhong Chuhong, Li Xuan's official girlfriend, and she just smiled faintly and did not answer.

If only I could sit between the two of them! In that case, isn't it left-wing......

Li Xuan shook his head and threw this dream out of his mind, looked at the two beauties and asked with a smile: "Ah Hong, is this beauty you are talking about, is it the beauty of a beautiful boy or the beauty of a beautiful girl?" ”

The two girls turned their heads to look at Li Xuan, Lin Qingxia also took Zhong Chuhong to glance at Li Xuan without checking by the way, while Zhong Chuhong chuckled and said, "This beautiful girl is both a beautiful boy and a beautiful girl." Right, Sister Qingxia? ”

"What a pretty girl, if you talk nonsense, I'll tear up your little mouth." Lin Qingxia smiled and gently pinched Zhong Chuhong's cheek with her fingers.

"Where am I talking nonsense?" Zhong Chuhong tried to refute: "You can watch it then, as soon as this movie is released, you will definitely be able to become a new generation of girl killers." ”

"Still a girl killer, I'll kill you right now."

"Don't, clear ......"

"Ahem!"

Li Xuan watched the two women get happier and happier, and quickly coughed pretendedly, there are dozens of people sitting in this test room, it's too unpleasant.

Sure enough, the two women immediately realized the problem, and their faces were slightly red and quiet.

"You two still have time to make trouble here, let's think about how to present the award for the next Golden Horse Awards." Li Xuan pretended to be serious and said.

Zhong Chuhong glanced at Li Xuan with disdain and said, "Go!" We know you've done a good job with this movie, so let's see how proud you are. ”

"Uh......" Li Xuan shrugged his shoulders helplessly and said, "I know that there may be a lot of awards, but that's not what I just asked." ”

"And what do you mean?" Not only Zhong Chuhong became curious, but even Lin Qingxia looked at him quietly, waiting for his answer.

Li Xuan touched his forehead with his right hand, and said with a smile: "What do I mean, it may be difficult to determine that there may be two awards in the next Golden Horse Awards." ”

"What awards are so hard to determine?"

This time, it was not the two women who asked, but Shao Yifu, who was silent just now. This time, the Golden Horse Award Shaw Brothers returned empty-handed, but it was hyped in the media for several days, and presumably the old man's face must have been difficult during that time. And this time, the copyright of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is in the hands of Shaw Brothers, if this movie can win the award and be ashamed, Shao Yifu will definitely be very interested.

"That's ......" Li Xuan pointed to the screen, and saw that everyone was looking at it, so he said slowly: "This Dongfang is undefeated, is it the hero?" Or the heroine? ”

(Note: "Modern Bodyguard" was indeed screened by Hong Kong and Taiwan at the same time in history, only five days before and after, and Golden Harvest did unite several luxury theaters in Hong Kong to screen it together.) (To be continued.) )