The time slowly entered June, and the weather became hotter and hotter. Several major cinema chains in Hong Kong have also invested a lot of money and manpower, and each has begun to promote its own summer movies, hoping to get a good result.

Among them, the quietest is Shaw Brothers.

Shao Yifu has no intention of continuing to run the film business, and at this time all Hong Kong people have already seen it. So now, in addition to many people staring at the fat of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, the people below Shaw Brothers Pictures are also detached from morality and have begun to find their own way out.

Let's take a look at what the three most famous directors of the original Shaw Brothers are doing now.

The first is naturally Li Hanxiang, who has just gained a lot at the Academy Awards, and he formed his own New Kunlun Film Company to shoot in the north as early as the year before last, planning to shoot the five-part "The Legend of Cixi". Among them, the first two "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to Politics" that have already been released are needless to say, one has a Hong Kong box office of more than 10 million, and the other won the grand prize at the Academy Awards.

It's a pity that Li Hanxiang himself is neither spring breeze nor unhappy now, after the first two films were filmed, the co-production company changed the contract for some reason, terminated the five-part plan, and Li Hanxiang's five-year-long "The Legend of Cixi" plan was also forced to be postponed indefinitely.

Now director Li Hanxiang, who is in a hurry, is running up and down the mainland to dredge up and down, and wants to resume the filming plan of the five-part series of "The Legend of Cixi".

The second big director is Mr. Zhang Ce, who has worked with Li Xuan for a period of time. Luo Python mentioned earlier that Zhang Ce is still making movies, but everyone should pay attention, he is not making movies for Shaw Brothers at this time. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Ce had already left Shaw Brothers, and since the head of the Changhe Film Company, he began to be his own boss and earn money for himself.

However, because the old relationship between Zhang Ce and Shaw Brothers is still there, Changhe's movie is still being released in Shaw Brothers theaters. As for how popular the films made by directors like Zhang Ce, who oppose new martial arts films, everyone can know this by thinking about it a little in their hearts.

The last big director is Chu Yuan, who is known as 'Chu Million'.

Since last year's whole magic film "Day Tribulation". Chu Yuan, who felt that the future was bleak, also left Shaw Brothers and formed a film company called Ligao.

And what is surprising is that Chu Yuan, a great director of martial arts films in the seventies. Now he has broken free from the shackles of Shaw Brothers and has begun to make modern urban comedies. He directed and acted in a "Flower Heart Red Apricot". sold more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is a good performance compared to his previous results at Shaw Brothers.

Now among the three directors, it is estimated that only Chu Yuan is the most satisfactory now.

The three major directors that Shaw Brothers used to be proud of and regarded as the mainstay have now left Shaw Brothers to stand on their own. This made the situation of Shaw Brothers Pictures even worse, and it also attracted a large number of young directors who were not glamorous before to show their heads in Shaw Brothers one after another.

Although there are also outstanding directors like Zhang Jianting, more of them are newcomer directors who appear and disappear with the waves. Now Shaw Brothers is for these new directors. It is no longer the good platform for rising that was known as 'Oriental Hollywood'.

Shaw Brothers is already a sick tiger, but there are many people waiting to cramp and skin it. And among these eyeing people, Zou Wenhuai, the big boss of Golden Harvest, is obviously one of them.

As for Li Xuan, who is working on the later stage of "The Saint of Gambling", it can also be regarded as a ......

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There was a soft sound. The white golf ball was knocked out of the way, then landed on the far grass, rolled some distance before stopping, but it was still some distance from the hole.

"Good shot!"

"Bang Bang Bang-"

After a burst of praise, the scene also resounded with sparse applause. Zou Wenhuai covered his forehead with his hand and glanced at the hole in the distance. He looked sideways at the few people who were patting the sycophants and scolded with a smile: "Okay, you sycophants, you don't have to talk nonsense with your eyes open." ”

"Hey, hey—"

The two young men in the crowd were not embarrassed at all, but cheekily laughed twice. If someone from the Shaw Brothers takes a closer look here, they will find that these two young men with white sunhats are very familiar.

These two people. It is the former Wenner band drummer Chen You and the newly rising director of the Shaw Brothers - Zhang Jianting.

"Ah You, I remember this Shaw Brothers' summer file......" Zou Wenhuai waved the club in his hand and said with a smile: "The movie that Shaw Brothers has taken the lead in this summer file is the work of the two of you." ”

"Well, that's good." Chen You nodded in response, it was already mid-June at this time, but he was not afraid of the film leaking or something, so Chen You continued: "The "Thirty Virgins" that I collaborated with Atin is an urban comedy, which is not a good film, and it is definitely not as good as your "Cannonball Speed 2"

Although "Cannonball Speed" failed miserably at the box office in Hong Kong, it was a good harvest internationally, and it also gave Golden Harvest a taste of sweetness. So then there was "Cannonball Speed 2", and Chenglong, who played tricks in the first part, also became the protagonist in the second part.

Although it is still uncertain about the box office potential of "Cannonball Speed 2" in Hong Kong, in order to show Golden Harvest's support for Chenglong, this movie was also placed in Golden Harvest's summer file, and it is also one of Golden Harvest's main movies.

However, although Chen You boasted so much, Zou Wenhuai didn't dare to respond so aggressively, if the box office of "Cannonball Speed 2" failed miserably, then he would lose face.

So Zou Wenhuai walked towards the golf ball with everyone, and slowly replied: "That's not necessarily, movies sometimes depend on luck." If you're lucky, a movie may become a box office dark horse, but if you're unlucky, no matter how good a movie is, you will lose money. By the way, Ah has Atin ......"

Zou Wenhuai frowned, turned his head sideways and continued to ask: "There are no outsiders here, so I'll just say it, the talent of the two of you is not small, don't you plan to come out and break through by yourself?" Or are you going to wait for death with Shaw Brothers? ”

"Forehead ......"

Zhang Jianting and Chen You glanced at each other, and then Zhang Jianting thought about it and smiled: "No wonder Mr. Zou is in such a good mood today, he actually asked the two of us to come out to play golf." ”

"Haha, that's one of my hobbies." Zou Wenhuai laughed and said loudly: "This person is old, he must exercise more, otherwise he can only wait for death." ”

"Yes, wait for ...... death," Chen You sighed secretly.

Zhang Jianting was much more realistic, and asked directly: "What Mr. Zou just said is that he wants me and Ah You to enter Golden Harvest together?" ”

Chen You and Zhang Jianting have a very good relationship, both of them have been making movies at Shaw Brothers in recent years, and have collaborated on three films in a row: "Seven Days of Love", "City Lights" and "Thirty Virgins". In addition, both of them are self-written, directed, and acted characters, so there is a sense of sympathy between them.

In short, these two guys are good friends, and they are now the leaders of Shaw Brothers Pictures.

"Into Golden Harvest?" Zou Wenhuai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's okay to enter, it's okay not to enter, it's up to the two of you to do it." ”

"Forehead, ......, not entering?" Zhang Jianting was a little confused.

Zou Wenhuai smiled lightly, stopped and said: "Don't you still know the operation mode of our Golden Harvest, I said that I can't enter Golden Harvest, that is, Golden Harvest can fund the two of you to open a film company." ”

Starting a company? Open a satellite film company of Golden Harvest?

Zhang Jianting and Chen You were both overjoyed when they heard this. Although Shaw Brothers has relaxed the dividend restrictions on movies in the past two years, how can they make more money than opening their own companies, otherwise Zhang Ce and Chu Yuan will go crazy and run out to open their own film companies. Moreover, Golden Harvest's current resources and influence are much greater than those of the Shaw Brothers, and they are definitely not comparable to the Shaw Brothers who are waiting for death.

Now that there is a better platform, there is no reason for the two of them not to do it.

However, Zhang Jianting was still a little reserved, and after thinking about it for a while, he replied: "Mr. Zou, can you give us a little time to think about it?" After all, we are in Shao ......"

"Haha, no problem!" Zou Wenhuai directly interrupted Zhang Jianting's words, nodded and then turned around and walked towards the golf ball in the distance, and continued as he walked: "Both of them are talents, and they have been working in Shaw Brothers for so long, I can understand it. But thinking about the current situation of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, I am sure that the two of them can make the right choice. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zou, for your understanding!" Zhang Jianting replied with a smile.

……

While a few people were talking on the golf course, a white car slowly drove in the parking lot of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Central.

After the car stopped, Huang Yulang walked down alone with a briefcase.