"Borrowing 1 million Hong Kong dollars to make a film, are you kidding? What if I lose money if I don't sell out? Xu Guanwen was startled and almost jumped up.

Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying also looked frightened, looking at Xu Guanwu with an incredible expression.

Although Hui Guanwen is now Hong Kong's premier comedy star, because Shaw Brothers pursues a large-scale studio system, the salaries paid to employees are quite low.

Xu Guanwen's salary for filming a film is only 50,000 Hong Kong dollars.

One million Hong Kong dollars was enough to bankrupt his family.

"Big brother, don't you have confidence in yourself? Now that Hong Kong has just experienced a stock market crash, people want to watch some comedy movies to relax. And who is the most famous in Hong Kong comedy now? It's not you. If you make the decision, the box office of this movie will not be low. Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "Besides, your movie was written by you, Liu Tianci, Deng Weixiong, and other screenwriter wizards with countless efforts, and even Shao Tycoon felt that it would be a blockbuster." Why should you be presumptuous? ”

The words made Xu Guanwen, who was still a little excited, calm down suddenly.

"Yes, this movie is my brainchild, and it will definitely be a hit. If he hadn't had such confidence, how could he have gone to Shao Daheng at that time and proposed to divide the box office dividends equally? The more Xu Guanwen pondered, the more he felt that what the second brother said was reasonable.

"What's more, now that you and my brothers are young, it is time to create a career, when will you fight if you don't fight at this time? Even if this film loses money, it's a big deal that you and my brother will be worth it to Golden Harvest. Could it be that you, the number one comedian in Hong Kong's comedy industry, are not worth more than one million Hong Kong dollars? Xu Guanwu continued to agitate.

Xu Guanjie wanted to oppose it on the side, but after listening to the second brother's words, he couldn't help but fall into thinking.

"Big brother, if you think about it, one million Hong Kong dollars seems like a lot, but it's not much. We don't make a film in the future, and the next film will be a big hit, but we will divide the dividends by half, and they will only pay 1 million Hong Kong dollars, which is too cost-effective for us. Xu Guanwu continued.

When Xu Guanwen heard this, he suddenly made up his mind in his heart, "What the second brother said is right, we really don't need to be so afraid, as long as this movie is a hit, we will have our own company in the future, why bother to give people a piece of the pie." ”

Seeing that Xu Guanwen accepted his suggestion, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why he insisted on borrowing money to make movies and didn't want Golden Harvest to take fifty percent of the shares was because he knew that the Xu brothers' films would be box office hits for the next ten years and didn't want to give people a piece of the pie for nothing, but also because he knew that Xinyicheng was a bad example.

The new art city was also funded by the cinema tycoon Lei Juekun, with an initial capital of only a few million Hong Kong dollars, but it accounted for the vast majority of the shares. But after that, every movie in Xinyicheng was a big hit, but most of the dividends were given to Lei Juekun in vain, and several decision-makers of the company, such as Ishida, Huang Baiming and others, worked hard and hard, but they took a small head.

People do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, and as a result, Xinyicheng only lasted for ten years, and collapsed at the most glorious time of Hong Kong films.

Familiar with the causes and consequences of the new art city, Xu Guanwu naturally does not want his brothers to repeat the mistakes of the past.

After Xu Guanwen made up his mind, he discussed with Mr. Zou Wenhuai again a few days later.

After countless negotiations, Zou Wenhuai finally agreed to give up his stake in the Xu Brothers Company, and at the same time lent money to Mr. Xu Guanwen for filming, but the amount dropped from 1 million Hong Kong dollars to 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, but also agreed that if the box office failed miserably, Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie brothers should make ten movies for Golden Harvest at the lowest price.

Although the start-up capital has been reduced from one million to eight hundred thousand, it is already great news for the Xu brothers.

Because the opening work of the Xu Brothers company, "Ghost Horse Double Star" is actually a low-budget comedy, the main actors are played by Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie brothers, and the cost of the rest of the supporting actors is only 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. As for props, costumes, cameras, etc., they can be rented from Golden Harvest Pictures. Therefore, 800,000 yuan is more than enough to shoot "Ghost Horse Double Star".

After getting the start-up capital, Xu's Brothers Pictures Company opened in Jiji, and the open-door work "Ghost Horse Double Star" was also put on the table.

As a capitalist Hong Kong, opening a film company is actually a very simple thing, as long as you pay some money to register a company. And the company's office location is not too big, just one room, two desks, and it can be officially opened.

Xu Guanwu looked at the humble office and couldn't help frowning, "Could it be that this is the legendary leather bag company?" I have long heard that there are many leather bag companies in the Hong Kong film industry, but I didn't expect that this is the case with my own. ”

"Second brother, what are you stunned over there? Why don't you come and get ready, someone will come to say hello later. Xu Guanwen stood at the door with a smile on his face in a suit, and a big red flower was pinned to his chest.

Xu Guanying and Xu Guanjie were also smiling, directing the workers to arrange and deal with the media who came to interview.

Hui Guanwen left his old club Shaw Brothers to set up another family, which is a big news in the Hong Kong film industry. Therefore, there are a lot of media interviews today, but people pay attention to the eldest brother Xu Guanwen, the fourth brother Xu Guanjie, and even Xu Guanying has been interviewed. But no one came to ask his second brother Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu watched Xu Guanwen talk eloquently in the face of the reporter's interview, and Ah Sam also greeted his fans with a smile, feeling as if watching live TV, fresh and interesting.

With the status of the two brothers Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, many celebrities also came to congratulate them today.

Xu Guanwu watched the excitement from the sidelines, most of the people who came were stars from Golden Harvest and other independent film companies, but few of the stars of Shaw Brothers came, only some flower baskets with their names written on them were sent over.

"Presumably, Tycoon Shao has given a gag order, so these people don't dare to come." Xu Guanwu thought to himself.

Although there are many celebrities, Xu Guanwu almost doesn't recognize anyone.

After all, the actresses of the seventies are too far away from him, and he has not seen a few movies starring them.

"It would be good if I was reborn in the eighties, and then I could see Wang Zuxian, Guan Zhilin, Zhong Chuhong, and other beauties." Xu Guanwu thought secretly.

didn't see his favorite star, which made Xu Guanwu's interest fade a little, and he stood aside sullenly.

Only when Zou Daheng and He Guanchang appeared, he cheered up.

"Wow! It's Zou Tycoon who is here! There was a shout from the crowd, which suddenly woke up Xu Guanwu, who was bored on the side.

He followed the prestige, and saw a silver-white Ross Royce slowly driving up.

High-end, domineering, instantly attracted the attention of the audience.

"Ah Wu, Ah Ying, Ah Jie, come with me to meet Mr. Zou." Xu Guanwen hurriedly took the three brothers to meet him.

The car door opened, and a middle-aged man in his fifties with gray hair got out of the car first.

Xu Guanwu was stunned for a moment, he had seen the photos before and knew that this person was not Zou Daheng.

"The one who can sit in the same car as Mr. Zou should be He Guanchang." Xu Guanwu's eyes lit up, and he knew that this Mr. He Guanchang was also a figure that could not be underestimated.

Cheng Long, the eldest brother in the future Hong Kong film industry, and Mei Yanfang, the eldest sister in the music industry, both worship him as their godfather, who is Mr. Zou Wenhuai's right-hand man and one of the pillars of Golden Harvest.