"Mr. Zou?! Hello, please come in! Xu Guanwen was discussing the renovation of the theater with his younger brothers, and when he heard that Mr. Zou had arrived, he couldn't help but come out in a panic.

Although he now controls a cinema line in his hands and has the ability to sit on an equal footing with Zou Wenhuai, but now facing this former benefactor, Xu Guanwen still lacks confidence.

"Mike, I haven't been here for a while, and your company is thriving." After Mr. Zou Wenhuai entered the company, he looked around and said loudly.

"Where, where. It's far worse than you, Mr. Zou. Xu Guanwen smiled and let Zou Wenhuai to the reception room.

Xu Guanwu, Xu Guanying, and Xu Guanjie looked at each other, and they didn't know what Mr. Zou's intentions were here.

There is a way that the one who comes is not good, and the good one does not come, could it be that he is here to make trouble today?!

The three of them cautiously followed together to the conference room, and the air in the room was suddenly a little dull.

"Mr. Zou, I don't know what ...... you are here today" After being silent for a while, Xu Guanwen asked boldly.

"I'm here today to congratulate you," Zou Wenhuai said with a smile, "I didn't expect that in less than a year, Mike, you will grow to a height that can compete with me, it's really terrifying!" ”

"Mr. Zou has won the award, where can I compare to you." Seeing Zou Wenhuai say this, Xu Guanwen hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Mike, why be too humble, I know your ability, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen to invest in you in the first place," Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and said, "But your growth rate is still much beyond my expectations, in my original opinion, it will take you at least three years to compete with me." But I didn't expect you to use it for less than a year. ”

"Mr. Zou, I have no intention of competing with you, I just want to eat." Xu Guanwen laughed a little panickedly.

Now although the Xu Brothers Company has built a cinema line, it has a shallow foundation and cannot compete with film giants such as Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in a short period of time.

Therefore, he would rather bend down to accompany a few smiling faces than be regarded as the object of suppression by the two giant crocodiles.

"Mike, in fact, everyone does this because they just want to eat." Mr. Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and said, "But this meal depends on how to eat it, don't fail to eat it, but overturn the pot." ”

"What Mr. Zou means ......" Xu Guanwen heard what Zou Wenhuai said, but he couldn't fully understand it, so he had to ask.

"Mike, you should remember the competition between Denmao and Shaw Brothers." Zou Wenhuai said lightly.

"That's, I naturally know that Mr. Zou means ......" As soon as Xu Guanwen heard Dian Mao and Shaw Brothers, he somewhat understood what Zou Wenhuai meant.

In the fifties and sixties, in order to compete for the box office, Denmao and Shaw Brothers launched a vicious competition that can be called bloody, which caused the film market to be bloody, and both sides also suffered heavy casualties.

"After all, you and I have cooperated before, so I don't want to completely tear the skin and cheapen Boss Shao, who is watching the game from the sidelines, for nothing." Zou Wenhuai said seriously, "Therefore, I want to make a gentleman's covenant with you, and you and I will not engage in vicious competition in the future." I won't spend money poaching your artists, and you won't spend money poaching our employees; All the films that are released and the films with large investment are staggered......"

Xu Guanwen couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Zou Wenhuai's words.

He looked around suspiciously, and saw that the three younger brothers also looked surprised, and they all couldn't believe what Mr. Zou Wenhuai said.

Because this gentleman's covenant is obviously conducive to the growth of their new company.

Because it has been four years since Golden Harvest was founded in 70, if you count the thoughts of Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others, it will be as long as decades, and there is the support of Nanyang Cathay Cinema Line behind it. On the network, on the foundation, on the background of the Xu brothers company.

If Golden Harvest insists on vicious competition, such as poaching at high prices, slandering and insulting newspapers and magazines, and banning independent production companies from showing films in the theaters of Hsu Brothers, then it is very likely that Hsu Brothers will be ousted.

After all, everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, and it is difficult to support the entire theater line by relying only on the Liliang of the four Xu brothers.

But now, Zou Wenhuai actually offered to let go of Yima, which had to surprise Xu Guanwen.

"Mr. Zou, this ......" Xu Guanwen didn't know what to say.

"Mike, don't think I'm plotting. To tell the truth, although there is a saying that peers are enemies, there is also a saying that water is good for boating. Hong Kong films are just newborn babies now, and there is still a lot of room for development. This cake is not something that I can make big with my liliang alone, nor can I swallow it with my appetite alone. Mr. Zou Wenhuai said sincerely.

Xu Guanwen was so moved that he didn't know what to say.

"Mike, the Hong Kong film market is still too small, and there are not enough people engaged in the film industry. Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, Plus You, and other independent production companies produce only seventy or eighty films a year, which is only enough to support two theater chains. If one more theater line is added, it is bound to increase the production of forty more films. However, the quality of Hong Kong's film practitioners is now high, and most of the 40 extra films must be shoddy. Zou Wenhuai said with a smile.

"In the past, these shoddy and bad films had no chance to be released without a schedule, which also made filmmakers try their best to make good films and make good films, which is a virtuous circle." Zou Wenhuai said again, "Mike, I don't want you to agree to the release of those shoddy bad movies in order to fill the blank schedule in theaters." ”

"This ......" Xu Guanwen was slightly stunned, and he understood what Mr. Zou meant.

Adding a theater line will indeed require a large number of films to fill the blank schedule, which gives those shoddy films a chance to be released.

Xu Guanwen naturally hates those bad movies, but if there are no bad movies, what if there are not enough films filmed?

That cinema line is not for nothing, and you have to pay a lot of rent every month.

"Mike, bad pieces are like rotten fruits, if you eat them in a cake, you will have indigestion and diarrhea." Zou Wenhuai said meaningfully.

"Mr. Zou, don't worry, we'd rather leave the theater empty than show bad movies." Xu Guanwu rushed to the side and said.

"Okay, with your words, I didn't come in vain today." Zou Wenhuai said happily, "Mike, then you guys will be busy first, and I'll leave." ”

With that, Zou Wenhuai stood up and walked out, leaving the four Xu brothers to look at each other.

"Big brother, why is Mr. Zou so good at talking today, is there really some conspiracy in the middle?" Xu Guanjie asked suspiciously.

"I'm like I'm stuck in a fog now, and I can't see anything clearly. Mr. Zou's move is really incredible. Xu Guanwen shook his head, and the second monk was also confused.

"I think she's probably worried that the snipe and the clam will fight each other and the fisherman will profit. Instead of fighting with us and letting the Shaw Brothers on the side pick up the cheap, it is better to make a gentleman's agreement with us. Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "Anyway, Golden Harvest has now attracted a group of independent production companies, and it is not worrying about not having a film source." On the contrary, we also have to actively prepare to avoid the theater line being vacant. ”