"Director Hu Jinquan's "The Storm of Yingchun Pavilion" has a box office of more than one million, and has won many awards at international film festivals, and he is one of the bodhisattvas of Jiahe's town temple, and Weishenme will be assigned to the frontier at this time?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it because of the "Loyal Martyr's Picture" released this month, the box office is only 1.07 million Hong Kong dollars, which makes Golden Harvest very dissatisfied." Xu Guanjie explained.

"Having a million box office is already good, what else does Zou Tycoon want?" Xu Guanwu asked inexplicably.

"The key movie has been filmed for two years, and it only has a box office of one million, and it can't even recover the cost, so it's no wonder that Zou Tycoon is angry." Xu Guanjie added.

"No wonder." Xu Guanwu suddenly realized.

Hong Kong films have always paid attention to short, flat and fast, short investment time, stable investment themes, and fast investment returns, basically a film from planning to shooting to completion, it only takes one or two months to get it done, and then it is released and sold, and all the investment will be recovered within half a year.

You can invest in three to four films a year, which is one of the reasons why Hong Kong can produce more than 300 films a year.

Director Hu Jinquan's filming of a film was stopped, and it took two years to finish, and the funds equivalent to four films have been backlogged. If it can earn back more than four million box office, Golden Harvest will not suffer too much.

But the result was only one million box office, which is equivalent to an average of 250,000 for the four movies, which is simply a loss to grandma's family. It is no wonder that Zou Wenhuai lost his temper and sent Hu Jinquan to the frontier in a fit of anger.

In the movie "Hejing Blood", Golden Harvest invested tens of millions of dollars before and after, and originally wanted to repeat the box office miracle of "Enter the Dragon". But it should never be released on the same day as "Jaws".

The movie "Jaws" is a phenomenal film. Since its release. The fact that U.S. vacation beaches are closed shows how far-reaching it is.

To be honest, whether it is the storyline, chase scenes, or explosion scenes, it is somewhat similar to the 007 series of movies, and it is possible to earn one or two million dollars at the box office if the distribution work is done well.

But by mistake, "Hejing Blood" chose to be released on the same day as "Jaws". Under the schedule crash, "Hejing Blood" was easily killed by "Jaws", and there was not even a splash.

Zou Wenhuai, who had all hopes for this movie, collapsed suddenly, and heard that he was rushed to the hospital for a week before recovering.

Under the anger, director Hu Jinquan naturally became the target of venting.

can't bring back rich returns to investors, even if he is a famous director, he can only be relegated to the frontier helplessly.

……

Thinking that director Hu Jinquan would have to suffer for a few more years in Taiwan, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but want him to hire him back, so he immediately called Wu Dun and asked him to help contact him.

Wu Dun regarded Xu Guanwu as the god of wealth of the Bamboo Union Gang. Naturally, he took his request to heart and hurriedly set up in Taiwan. But then it was discovered that although Hu Jinquan was filming in Taiwan, the film company he invested in was in Hong Kong.

Although the Bamboo Union Gang is quite powerful in Taiwan, its hand cannot reach as far as Hong Kong, so it is powerless to respond to Xu Guanwu's request, and Wu Dun still feels quite embarrassed about this.

Xu Guanwu smiled and didn't mean to blame, but he was a little relieved to know that director Hu Jinquan was filming for a Hong Kong film company.

Compared with Taiwan's current chaotic filmmaking, Hong Kong still abides by some rules, and there is no need to worry about director Hu Da's accidents.

"In that case, let's wait another two years." Xu Guanwu thought for a while.

……

Xu Guanwu didn't dig up Director Hu Jinquan here, but a big hole was dug in the corner of his house.

Gui Zhihong, who caused an accident during filming before, was ordered by him to reflect at home, somehow got involved with Golden Harvest, and secretly helped Golden Harvest shoot a "Murder in Hong Kong" behind the company's back.

The film was not discovered by the company until it was released, but it was too late to prevent it from being released, so it had to watch it sweep away 1.8 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

Xu Guanwu was half angry, he couldn't imagine that Gui Zhihong would be so bold and quietly break into such a catastrophe.

"Why is no one staring at him? Helping Golden Harvest make a film, even if it is filmed quickly, it will take a few weeks, right? Why didn't you find out until it was released? Xu Guanwu harshly criticized the superstar manager company's manager.

"Mr. Xu, this is really an oversight on our part." The manager surnamed Zhan wiped the fine sweat on his forehead in fear and said, "Director Gui Zhihong lives in isolation, the house he rents in the New Territories Housing Village, he has a very strange temper, and he rarely interacts with other people in the company, plus he has been reflecting at home for the past two months, so we haven't paid too much attention to him." ”

Xu Guanwu also knew that Gui Zhihong's temper was very stubborn, and he had offended many people in the Shaw Brothers before, but he didn't expect it to be like this in the Xu Brothers Company.

I originally asked him to go home to reflect, but also to let him change his temper so that he could enter the Hollywood film market in the future. Who would have thought that he was unwilling to be lonely and secretly helped Jiahe direct this film, which really disappointed Xu Guanwu.

"In addition to Gui Zhihong, does Jiahe have any other actions?" Xu Guanwu asked worriedly.

Gui Zhihong's incident has happened, and now it is useless to regret it, but it is not too late to make amends, Xu Guanwu doesn't want his corner to be cut off by others.

"No, Cai Changyong of Golden Harvest did have contact with people in our company before, but everyone was very happy in the company, and they had both jobs and salaries, so they didn't agree to go with Golden Harvest." The manager surnamed Zhan shook his head and said, "Only Gui Zhihong may have been bewitched by Manager Cai, so he risked the world's disapproval and went to Jiahe to shoot that film without permission." ”

"Well, alright, you can go back. Tell everyone to keep an eye on the people under you, and don't get dug out of the corner by others. Otherwise, whoever has an accident is responsible! Xu Guanwu rubbed his temples and scolded with a look of disgust.

The manager surnamed Zhan hurriedly retreated as if he had been amnestied.

……

Xu Guanwu then summoned the Brilliant Seven Heroes and reported the incident to the company.

"This Gui Zhihong is too bold and reckless, is there still a little legal concept in this? Filming for a competitor behind the company's back is simply a traitor! Hong Kyung-bao pounded the table and yelled.

"I think this is a violation of the law, and I should go to court to sue him and ask him to compensate the company for all its losses." Mai Jia, who drinks foreign ink, suggested.

"Even if you sue him, it's useless, Gui Zhihong is a poor ghost, and all the salary and director fees are remitted to his wife in the United States. He is still only renting a house in the housing estate, and even if he sues him for bankruptcy, it will only be one or two thousand Hong Kong dollars. Liang Shuyi said with a frown.

"Then you have to sue him, otherwise the rest of the company will follow suit in the future, and the company will collapse soon? Will anyone be obedient in the future? Hong Jingbao said loudly.

"Alas, it's Gui Zhihong's own eccentric temperament that makes him so unsophisticated." Zeng Zhiwei said, "In addition, he was hidden by the company, so he chose to leave." Everyone else has a salary and a job, how can they do it like him? ”

"Like you say, the fault is still in the company, he hit someone while filming, and the company didn't let him pay for the medical expenses, which is already magnanimous." Hong Jingbao scolded.

"Don't be noisy, don't be noisy. Sanmao, you put away the fire. Xu Guanwu hurriedly knocked on the table and said, "Big brother, fourth brother, what do you think?" ”

"In my opinion, don't be embarrassed for him, this incident has not caused direct losses to the company, even if he is accused of breach of contract and makes him lose money, he can't pay it at all, so why bother to be a villain in vain." Xu Guanjie suggested, "Just get together and disperse, fire him directly, and then notify the company, and strictly guard against it in the future, and not allow this incident to happen again." ”

"In my opinion, I still have to sue him. Even if you can't receive the money, it's a warning to the rest of the company who are active. Xu Guanwen thought for a while and said, "At most, after the court imposes a fine, we won't charge him a fine, but we must still do it to make an example." ”

"Since everyone is not in agreement, let's vote by show of hands. Raise your hand in agreement with the charge! Xu Guanwu listened to the opinions of the eldest brother and the fourth brother, and found that everyone's opinions were mainly divided into two factions, one faction was to adopt the attitude of turning big things into small things; The other faction is to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys and pursue them to the end.

Xu Guanwu also felt that he should at least give Gui Zhihong a warning to prevent the rest of the company from following suit, so he also raised his right hand when he raised his hand to vote.

Mai Jia, Xu Guanwen, Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwu, and Liang Shuyi all agreed to the accusation, and only Zeng Zhiwei and Xu Guanjie agreed to let him go.

"Well, five to two, the majority of people support the accusation against Gui Zhihong. The company will later file a lawsuit against Gui Zhihong to the court, asking him to compensate for the economic losses caused to the company by helping Golden Harvest make films without permission. Xu Guanwu nodded.

……

After the meeting, everyone went back one after another, each with their own busyness. Xu Guanying slowly walked into Xu Guanwu's office.

"A-Ying, do you have something to do with me? Sit! Xu Guanwu greeted.

"Second brother...... You're not busy, are you? Xu Guanying sat on the chair and looked around unnaturally.

"Not busy, what's the matter, still spitting? Two brothers, let's get straight to the point. Xu Guanwu couldn't help but ask with a smile when he saw that he was preoccupied.

"Uh...... That day, second brother, didn't you say ...... Do you want to help me put out a record?" Xu Guanying said hesitantly.

Xu Guanwu patted his head, it turned out that this was the case, and there was indeed such a thing.

Two months ago, he promised to release a record for Xu Guanying, and promised that he would help him write songs. As a result, because he was busy on the street, awarding honors, and the premiere of "Jaws", this matter was forgotten in the back of his mind, if it wasn't for Xu Guanying's reminder today, I wouldn't have been able to remember it in time.

"Second brother, why do you have such a bad memory? Promised to others, so soon to forget. Xu Guanying muttered and complained.

"It's me who is wrong, it's me who is not good. You know there's been a lot going on lately. Xu Guanwu hurriedly apologized, "Second brother promised you that I would help you release an album right away, okay?" ”

"Well, that's just like the words, second brother xiexie!" Xu Guanying said with a smile. (To be continued......)