In addition to changing some of the company's structure, there are also some specific things that Xu Guanwu also wants to complete before he leaves. For example, Xu's filming plan for this year, Xu Guanwu wanted to finalize it before leaving.

Xu Guanwu has always wanted to implement the film planning system, and at the beginning of each year, the filming plan for the whole year is determined. Carefully divide the number of films of each genre, the arrangement of actors' schedules, and the time of release, etc.

The reason why we want to implement this system is to avoid vicious competition, and our own company will fight our own company. And this can also avoid the waste of talents, so that there will be no situation where busy people are busy to death, and idle people are idle to death.

For example, a popular superstar like Xu Guanjie, if the time for filming the movie is determined early, then in other time periods, you can rest assured that you can boldly release albums, hold concerts, and so on. Don't worry about missing out on the movie.

Last year, because the Xu brothers were waiting to make a big brother's movie, they originally planned to make a Nanyang concert tour that didn't happen. It's a lot of money and money to start a tour, and it takes at least two months.

During this period, whether Xu Guanwen wants to accommodate his younger brother, the movie to be filmed will be postponed; or the younger brother stopped the concert in the middle of the concert in order to accommodate the elder brother, which is a very huge waste. And if the plan for filming is determined in advance, then it will be different.

Xu Guanwu had always wanted to implement this system, but every time he was opposed by everyone. They all believe that this system is too ideal, and there is no room for implementation in reality. Moreover, to implement this kind of system, it is not possible for only Xu's company to participate. At least the two film and television companies of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest should unite.

Because Hui's, Shaw Brothers, and Golden Harvest control the three cinema chains with the largest audience in Hong Kong. Films from other film companies will be released in these three theaters. And the cinema alliance composed of three major companies. can fundamentally solve the chronic problem of following the trend of filming.

A very simple way is that films made with the trend are not allowed to be released. You can block at least half of the movie. And even if other films are shown in rural cinemas, underground cinemas, or community cinemas for a few days, and then sell the rights of Nanyang, they will basically not gain much. As long as they don't make much money, naturally no one will be willing to make bad movies anymore.

However, now the three companies of Xu's, Shaw's and Golden Harvest are enemies of each other, and Shaw's and Golden Harvest can occasionally unite, but Xu's and these two companies have absolutely no possibility of joining forces. In addition to the fact that the competition between the two parties is too fierce and has seriously hurt the feelings between each other, there is also the most important point. If an alliance is really formed and such a system is implemented, then Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest will not escape the fate of bankruptcy.

The implementation of the film planning system and the three-line alliance to put an end to bad movies, although it can avoid vicious competition and allow every company to benefit, but in fact, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker.

Xu's has successfully opened up the North American market, so every film he produces can obtain several times or even dozens of times the profit compared with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. And Xu's other channels of profit. It is also incomparable to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. Not to mention his perfect propaganda channels and huge treasure trove of human resources. and a complete media industry chain.

For example, a star can develop from Xu's through the packaging of film and television songs, while Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can only develop in the direction of the film industry. The income created by celebrities has been reduced by at least half, and film and television songs help each other, which can make celebrities gain a steady stream of popularity. The loss of one party can be quickly made up for by the other two, so that the star will always maintain a high level of exposure, which can ensure that he will never be outdated.

The broad market and ultra-high profits have made Xu's investment in the film more and more generous, from only hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars before, and now it has soared to one million Hong Kong dollars, Cheng Long's "Young Master Long" and Zhang Jian's "Bad Life", the production cost is more than two million.

In comparison, the investment of Golden Harvest is only more than 800,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the Shaw Brothers' movies are even more unbearable, only about 500,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Although there are often dark horses in the film market, the phenomenon of small soldiers making great achievements often occurs. But on the whole, you still get what you pay for, and movies with large investments are still more popular. So although kung fu comedies in the early Republic of China are no longer popular, Xu's movies can still achieve a box office of more than two million. Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers can only achieve a box office of more than one million, a difference of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

But if Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers also invest as heavily as Xu's, then it is estimated that they will not be far from bankruptcy. Hui's has the U.S. market backing it, while Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers don't. The box office in Nanyang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other places basically can't support big-budget Hong Kong films.

Another Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest because of the lack of publicity channels, they also lack male stars with box office appeal. The previous popular movie stars of Shaw Brothers, such as Di Long, Jiang Dawei, Yue Hua, Wang Yu, etc., are slowly collapsing because of the lack of blockbuster movies to support.

And emerging stars such as Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao, Er Dongsheng, Lu Liangwei, etc., because of the continuous release of high-quality films, coupled with multi-channel and high-density publicity, have gradually surpassed these predecessors and become popular movie stars in East Asia.

The investment cost is not high, the film market is narrow, the popularity of movie stars is declining, and the lack of publicity channels makes it difficult for Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers to compete with Hui. What's more, if a three-tier alliance is formed and they race together under one rule, then Jiahe and Shaw Brothers will inevitably not be able to outrun the young, physically strong, well-equipped and strong Xu Clan. And the only fate of falling behind and going out is to be swallowed up by Xu's family.

So in order to avoid this consequence, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers will definitely not ally with the Xu family, what they have to do is to open up another runway. In this runway, you can play tricks, you can dig traps, you can make stumbling blocks, and how to suit your own interests. Even if the audience is disappointed and can't stand it, at least the three companies are tied to death, and no one will be cheaper.

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As expected, the film planning system proposed by Xu Guanwu again was once again unanimously rejected by everyone. This made Xu Guanwu very disappointed in these excellent filmmakers in Hong Kong.

They may be able to make very good movies, and they may all know how to operate better than Xu Guanwu. But their vision is still a little too short-sighted. Only choose what is good for you to do. But I didn't think about what the future would hold. It is no wonder that in the future, Hollywood will be completely suppressed by the United States, and even South Korea and the originally backward mainland have begun to catch up with them by a large margin.

Although the film planning system was once again shelved, this time in the seven-person group meeting, everyone still discussed the company's future film production plan according to Xu Guanwu's requirements.

First of all, according to the survey report made by Stanley Market Research Company, urban is the most interesting movie theme for young people now; followed by kung fu comedy movies in the early Republic of China; And horror films surpass martial arts films and rank in the top three of the most interesting film genres; As for martial arts films and comedy films, they are ranked fourth or fifth; The rest such as love and love literary films. Tragic ethics films, documentaries, etc., have become the least favorite film genres for young people.

Although comedies are ranked so low, the comedies of the Xu brothers, along with urban films, are now the most anticipated films. The comedies made by other companies are not as popular as the Hui brothers. For example, Golden Harvest asked director Wu Yusen to shoot the ghost horse comedy movie, the Shaw Brothers "A Niu" series of movies, Huang Zhan's "Wenna" series of movies and so on.

Therefore, the focus of Xu's development this year is mainly focused on urban action themes, Xu's ghost horse comedy. and the three major themes of kung fu in the early Republic of China. As for martial arts films and horror films, they were tossed by director Chu Yuan and Gui Zhihong.

In terms of Hsu's ghost horse comedy. Xu Guanwen did not shoot a new film last year because his wife was pregnant and gave birth to a child, which also gave him a year to prepare a new script. This year, he is ready to make a comeback, which is bound to make Hong Kong citizens laugh. Although Xu Guanwu hasn't read the script yet, he has heard the eldest brother talk about it, which is a story about a bad real estate agent selling a house.

Hong Kong is now booming because of the economic boom and low bank interest rates. A large number of citizens have entered the property market, those who know how to do things and those who do not know how to do things, those who buy and sell houses, those who do serious business, and those who make money out of the way, and there are scammers and fools.

Xu Guanwen saw the property market disputes constantly reported in the newspapers, and his wife's investment in buying a house, so he thought of filming this subject. The theme of the film that is so close to the lives of Hong Kong citizens is indeed the consistent style of Hui's ghost horse comedy.

Xu Guanwu has always been full of confidence in his eldest brother Xu Guanwen, even if he only listens to this idea, he feels that it will definitely be a good movie. In fact, although Xu Guanwen is the king of Hong Kong's comedy, his works are actually quite few. And except for the decline in the overall quality of Hong Kong films in the later period, and a few films that are not too good, the other movies are of good quality, and they are definitely not bad movies shot with the trend.

In terms of urban themes, director Zhang Jian has recently been collecting information about the South Vietnamese gangsters and the local gangsters in Hong Kong. In this third refugee-themed work, director Zhang Jian plans to escalate the violence and scenes. It's no longer just one person against many, or one person against hundred.

This time, it will be a thousand people against a thousand people, and the scene will be even grander, and the preliminary design will have a gunfight, a car chase scene, and a favorite explosion scene. And the location has also changed from the former refugee camp and houseboat to the more lawless Kowloon Walled City.

The Kowloon Walled City is a very unique location in Hong Kong, which was originally the base of the Qing Dynasty garrison in Hong Kong. Later, after the Qing government was overthrown, the government of the Republic of China did not care about receiving it. As a result, it gradually degenerated into a three-way zone. China can't control it, Britain doesn't want to do it, and Hong Kong has no right to control it. It quickly became a hotbed of evil, with a population of 50,000 at its peak, which was full of pipes, prostitutes, casinos, and so on.

And because of its advantages of not caring about the three, it has also become a refuge for international criminals, and it is well-known in the world. And this time, Zhang Jian plans to make a movie in Kowloon Walled City, which is bound to have a lot of troubles and challenges. However, Xu Guanwu believes that with his current status in Hong Kong and his record of defeating the two black X bosses in a row, there must be no one who does not open his eyes and dares not to give him this face.

After listening to Director Zhang Jian's idea, Xu Guanwu felt that his idea was very good, and it made people feel very excited to think about it. A groundbreaking director like this should indeed be vigorously cultivated, and it is not in vain that he spent so much effort before.

And Gui Zhihong also plans to make a suspenseful horror movie, "Evil". Although the title of the movie is only one word, when Xu Guanwu saw this word, he couldn't help but feel a wind blowing, which made him can't help but shiver.

The movie "Evil" is director Gui Zhihong's famous work, although he filmed "Snake Killer", "Hong Kong Strange Case" and so on, but the real fame in one fell swoop is known to the world, it is from this "Evil". Xu Guanwu had also seen it before, and after watching it, he had nightmares for two days. (To be continued......)