"Brother Degeng just handed over the theater like this, does he not want to do movies anymore?" After Shao Yifu sighed, he suddenly asked.

"Haha, I can't afford to play when I'm old!" Qiu Degeng smiled and replied, "I've been old all these years, and several children are big and small, and they have their own studies and careers, and now I and Dacheng are tired of running a TV station, not to mention the theater, it's better to send it out." ”

"Courageous!" Shao Yifu nodded in approval.

Qiu Degeng waved his hand and replied: "It's just a helpless move, presumably the sixth brother will definitely be more courageous than me at that time." ”

"Uh......" Shao Yifu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed: "Haha, yes, it seems that I still don't want to laugh at fifty steps and laugh at a hundred steps, it will only add to the joke." ”

The decline of Shaw Brothers is reflected not only at the box office, but also in the number of films produced.

Last year, the Shaw Brothers produced 28 films, and basically two and a half films were released a month. But this year, Shaw Brothers' filming plan has been reduced to 17 films. In particular, the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, which rarely releases foreign films, has also begun to accept films from some wholly-owned film companies since this year.

But the films of these wholly-owned film companies are destined to be unscheduled, so Shaw Brothers Pictures has not made any improvement.

So it may not be long before Shaw Brothers will give away the theater in his hand like Qiu Degeng.

In later generations, many Hong Kong entertainment novels wrote that when the protagonist established a theater chain, they would ask Shum Jianxun, a famous ugly man in Hong Kong, to manage the theater.

Indeed, although this man is ugly, his administrative skills are very good, and he once served as the editor-in-chief of the famous Hong Kong magazine "Outside". And he also has a wide range of contacts, and knows many New Wave directors, such as Xu Ke and Wu Yusen. Even wireless and ATV have a relationship with him, and he often runs to the show.

This Cen Jianxun is really a jack-of-all-trades person.

Shun Kin-fun, a well-known thorny leftist in Hong Kong, not only openly opposed capitalism, but as early as 1978, when the reform and opening up was just proposed on the other side of the road, he vigorously praised and supported the old chief in the newspapers, and stood in line with a clear banner.

However, he just stood in line, but from time to time he opposed and even insulted some of the reform policies of Dalu.

For such a maverick person, the Taiwan side naturally couldn't laugh or cry, and it didn't matter whether he was left or right, so they didn't attack him. But the mainland side is not so good-tempered, he is still crossing the river by feeling the stones, but Cen Jianxun stood on the river bank and scolded from 1978 to 1989, but later he was also annoyed by the other side, and he was directly banned from entering the country.

Later, Debao's boss Pan Disheng saw that the situation was not right, and directly kicked Cen Jianxun out of Debao Pictures, but within two years, Debao closed down.

Of course, Cen Jianxun has not been so mixed at this time.

But now he is not very peaceful, after the reform and opening up of the mainland in the past two years, there are more and more connections between the two sides, and this film industry is naturally one of the directions of exchange. Therefore, since 1978, Shun Kin-hoon has participated in the Hong Kong film delegation and held many talks with the mainland on film.

However, with little success!

Such a maverick and hot-tempered guy naturally knows what he writes in the newspapers. Li Xuan doesn't like politics, but he can't avoid politics, so the theater manager he wants to find can be a panacea, but it must not be a political bomb, and it will be blown up wherever he goes.

Obviously, with this, Cen Jianxun was excluded.

In 1978, after Liang Shuyi, the general manager of TVB, handed in a resignation, she hurriedly said goodbye to the TV station she had fought for for a long time, because Fang Yihua's ** rule had increasingly threatened her position.

Fang Yihua, who had just been transferred from Shaw Brothers, agreed to this resignation.

Later, Liang Shuyi entered Jiayi TV, which was already in a slight decline, and launched a huge TV station rescue campaign. It's a pity that although Liang Shuyi's campaign has worked well, it is spending a lot of money to make money, so Jiayi's board of directors finally blocked her plan.

The subsequent Jiayi TV station came to an end after a period of hustle and bustle.

Of course, we're not here to say anything about Liang Shuyi. She is now a councilor of the City Council and the Legislative Council, and the chairman of an independent production company, so the ghost came to Li Xuan to help him.

When Liang Shuyi left Wireless back then, she took away a large number of capable generals in her hands. Later, after Jiayi went bankrupt, these capable generals did not go to other TV stations, but scattered all over the place and went to make a living alone.

Among them, there is a man named Xian Qilu.

Sin is a director, but graduated from the University of Chinese Hong Kong in sociology. However, as early as when he was in college, he had a good personal relationship with Zhong Jinghui, the deputy general manager of Lishi. After graduating from university, he went directly to TVB and became a director as soon as he entered the TV station.

However, as Liang Shuyi's right-hand man, he has significantly more time to do administrative work than to be a director.

During this period, he got acquainted with a large number of people who had a behind-the-scenes influence on the future of Hong Kong films, such as Wang Jin, Gan Guojiao, Tan Jiaming, Xu Anhua, Du Qifeng, Xu Ke, etc......

Later, Liang Shuyi jumped to Jiayi, and he, as a veteran of the former dynasty, naturally followed. However, after Jiayi went bankrupt, everyone went their separate ways, and Xian Qilu had to fend for himself.

He did not return to the TV station to continue as a TV director, but went outside to work as an independent film director.

It's a pity that independent film directors are not so good, and now it has been almost five years since Jiayi went out of business, and Xian Qilu has only made three small-budget films outside, and the film has no impact. Although he also became a New Wave director, he now has to make a living by writing scripts for large companies and theater companies.

is such a director with a wide range of friends, but his administrative ability has made Wang Tianlin and Xu Anhua praise, and Li Xuan naturally wants to see it.

"Mr. Xian, welcome!" In his office, Li Xuan met Xian Qilu.

Although Xian Qilu is only nearly thirty years old, perhaps it is the unsatisfactory life in the past two years that makes him look much more mature. His hair was neatly combed, and he wore a white shirt on the top and a pair of gray slacks on the bottom, looking relaxed and not dignified.

"Hello, Mr. Li." Xian Qilu shook his hand gently, and then asked curiously, "I heard that you have a job here that suits me?" ”

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Not bad, but before giving you this job, I still want to know if you can do this job." ”

"Oh? Don't know what the job is? Xian Qilu smiled and said: "I don't think Mr. Li invited me to make a movie, you have a lot of good directors." ”

Li Xuan smiled and replied, "That's not it, Mr. Li, what would you do if I handed over ten theaters to you to take care of?" ”

"Ten theaters?" Xian Qilu's eyes lit up, and then asked, "Is Mr. Li ready to organize a theater by himself?" ”

Li Xuan didn't answer, but said, "Mr. Xian, you haven't answered my question yet. ”

"Ha, Mr. Li, you think too much about running a theater." Xian Qilu leaned back in the chair and said slowly: "This is just a simple overall arrangement of administrative personnel, I believe that no matter which manager of ATV or Wireless pulls it out, he can be competent for this job." If you want to run a cinema chain well, the most important thing is ......"

Looking at Xian Qilu, who suddenly hesitated, Li Xuan asked, "What is the most important thing?" ”

"Film source, good film source!"

At this time, Li Xuan finally felt that this Xian Qilu was good, and asked, "Then how can there be a good film source?" ”

"I think Mr. Li himself should know this question better than me." Xian Qilu shrugged his shoulders and continued: "And isn't Mr. Li really doing the same now, what is the most popular among Hong Kong people now?" Middle class! These people pursue a quality of life in addition to their ordinary living needs. Then we make movies to meet their expectations, use middle-class culture to create films, and make up a beautiful dream for them. I think as long as we capture the appetite of most of these people, the problem of film source is not a problem, and the operation of the theater chain is not a problem. ”

"Bang Bang Bang-"

Li Xuan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "What Mr. Xian said is indeed very good, but I still have two last questions. ”

"Excuse me."

Li Xuan clenched his right hand into a fist and stretched out his index finger and asked, "First, since Mr. Xian understands these truths, why are the few movies he made have no influence?" ”

"Hah-"

Xian Qilu laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Mr. Li, no one said that a good manager must also be a good director, right?" ”

"Well, it's true that no one has said it, the second question ......" Li Xuan stretched out his middle finger and asked slowly, "Is Mr. Xian willing to take care of a little more?" For example, being an executive director of a company. ”

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