Hui's Group now includes film companies, agent companies, record companies, newspapers, magazines, cinemas, television stations, art schools, video production companies, printing companies, etc., and is a media empire with a complete industrial chain that runs through the upstream and downstream.

With such a huge media empire, its influence is stronger than that of "Sing Tao Daily", "Ming Pao", Jiayi, Lidi, Commercial Radio, Radio Television Hong Kong and other media, and has unparalleled influence. Especially now, Xu Guanwu is sitting in the center, his legendary fortune experience, and his generous personality have allowed him to gather many talents for his use.

Leung Shuk-yee, Cheng Tung-han, Mak Jia, Hung Jingbao, Cheng Long, Wong Bai-ming, Wong Bing-yiu, Chung King-fai, Liu Tianci, Tang Wai-hung...... So many talents have also created an amazing source of benefits for him. So that Xu Guanwu can sit back and enjoy life with peace of mind.

Leader Xi took a fancy to Xu Guanwu's amazing influence in Hong Kong at the moment, so he wanted to win him over, and then use his influence in Hong Kong and the world to contribute to the motherland's reform and opening up.

Of course, in addition to allowing him to build a theater in the mainland, there are actually some other conditions, but that involves state secrets and cannot be said at will.

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Two days later, Chen Siyuan and Gao Lian, the deputy managers of the film company, came to visit Xu Guanwu. said that he came to visit, but in fact, the purpose is already clear to everyone.

When Xu Guanwu met with the old leaders, he promised to provide 5 million Hong Kong dollars in funds to the leftist film company, so that they could get back on track as soon as possible.

After a decade of catastrophe, the original family foundation of the leftist film company has long been lost. The company is not able to shoot new films. Originally, only war films made in the mainland were allowed to be screened. as well as revolutionary model plays and documentaries. There is basically no market for these in Hong Kong, and the box office obtained is barely enough for the cost, which can be said to be embarrassing to a certain extent.

However, the backbone of leftist film companies is still there, whether it is screenwriters, directors, props, lighting, photography, etc. They all remained in the company and did not leave. All that is lacking is start-up capital.

In Hong Kong's capitalist society, it is basically difficult to move an inch without money. If there is no money, there is no way to start the film, if there is no way to start the film, the film company will have no income, and the film company will wait to go out of business if there is no income.

Great Wall, Phoenix, Xinlian and other film companies supported by the mainland government could have applied for a sum of money from the mainland. But the key is that the mainland is also short of foreign exchange now, and there is only a little money in total, and this department also wants to look at that department, and good steel must always be used on the blade first.

Priority procurement is naturally advanced technology. advanced production lines, etc., as for the funds needed for cultural construction. Then I can only say sorry for the time being.

The Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian are also aware of the difficulties in the mainland, so in order to reduce the financial burden of the government, they have no choice but to carry forward their style and no longer disturb the government. But to carry forward the style, to carry forward the style, the things that should be solved are not solved, and everyone will still be hungry when they go back.

Fortunately, at this time, President Wang thought of Xu Guanwu, and it happened that his old leader was Comrade Xi, and it happened that he could speak in front of the old leader, and it happened that the old leader was going to go to Guangdong Province to be an official, and it happened that he also attached importance to the construction of public opinion, so he agreed to come forward to help the film company knock on Xu Guanwu's bamboo bar.

Comrade Xi didn't dare to knock more, but he just mentioned it a little during the conversation, and in his opinion, it would be good to have one or two million Hong Kong dollars. But Xu Guanwu said 10 million Hong Kong dollars in one mouth, which made the leader also startled.

The purchasing power of 10 million Hong Kong dollars at that time could buy one million live pigs of more than 100 catties, which could meet the annual supply of the citizens of Shendu; 10 million Hong Kong dollars is the military expenditure of the capital garrison for one year; It can top tens of thousands of people's annual income from large factories.

With so much money taken out, Xu Guanwu didn't frown, which made Xi leaders sigh, no wonder Deng Gong said that he wanted to build an economic demonstration zone on the edge of Hong Kong, as long as a few rich people like Xu Guanwu came out, it would be the top of the industrial output value of the gods for a year.

However, although Xu Guanwu was willing to provide so much financial assistance, Xi leaders still cut half of it at their discretion. As a big leader, his natural way is not that the more money the better, and he is insatiable enough to cause trouble, and Hong Kong is used to suffering, and 10 million Hong Kong dollars fall from the sky, and it is difficult to predict whether it is a blessing or a curse.

Moreover, Xu Guanwu's 10 million Hong Kong dollars is not taken for nothing, and he will inevitably have to pay a certain price, and it is difficult to guarantee whether the mainland can give a satisfactory return. And if he can't give a satisfactory return, he will inevitably be resentful, and when the time comes, he will not be able to play a role in attracting unity.

So for long-term consideration, Xi led them to cut five million. In fact, 5 million Hong Kong dollars was quite a lot at that time. Now the average cost of making a movie is only five or six hundred thousand. The investment cost of Golden Harvest is slightly higher, only seven or eight hundred thousand. Only Hui's film investment is in the millions, and some movies even have two or three million, which can be regarded as a blockbuster in Hong Kong movies now.

Other small film companies in Hong Kong have invested even less, most of them are two or three hundred thousand, and three or four hundred thousand yuan will start shooting. The quality of the movies made is not high, the picture is not good, and the acting skills are also exaggerated, so they cannot be released in Hong Kong and can only be exported to the Nanyang area. The natives over there are cold and cold, and they can swallow any movie.

If you save a little money of 5 million Hong Kong dollars, it will be enough to make at least ten movies. If you shoot from the mainland and find actors, the cost will be lower. With this money, these leftist film companies can recruit again, make movies, show movies, make movies again, release movies again, and feed the war with war, and these five million can last for a long time.

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Chen Siyuan and Gao Lian also talked with Xu Guanwu about the current situation of Hong Kong films, and also talked about their plans in the future. Xu Guanwu was a little speechless after hearing this, he was surprised to find that the idea of these two people was still stuck before the start of the ten-year catastrophe, and he did not have a deep understanding of the current environment of Hong Kong films, and thought that after they got the money, they would definitely get everyone's approval if they made a movie.

Xu Guanwu appreciates that they have such an optimistic attitude. However, they do not agree with each other. The current situation of Hong Kong films has fundamentally changed from ten years ago.

Ten years ago. Hong Kong movies are still Huangmei tunes. The era of seven-day freshness. At that time, Hong Kong filmmakers were generally inexperienced. Lack of funds, lack of talent, most of the films shot are shoddy, known as seven-day movies, a movie shot for seven days is already a rare big production.

This kind of shoddy seven-day fresh film is naturally not as good as the movies produced by leftist film companies. Because leftist film companies are full of talent, and they are willing to invest in making films, and they are also willing to spend time. The Chinese films filmed are beautiful, the plot is moving, and both male and female movie stars are handsome and dashing, beautiful and charming, and full of star flavor.

The most well-known actresses, such as Xia Di, even captured the old man Jin Yong, which can really be regarded as amazingly charming. And it is said that many of the heroines in Jin Yong's martial arts masterpieces are based on Ms. Xia Di, such as Princess Xiangxiang in "Book of Swords and Enmity". Wang Yuyan in "Dragon Babu" and so on.

As a result, the films produced by leftist studios were very popular, not only at the box office in Hong Kong. Even the theaters in the Nanyang area also bought the movies of the leftist electronic music company, and it can be said that the leftist film company was really beautiful in that era. If it weren't for Chu Yuan's "Seventy-two Tenants" directed by Chu Yuan, it is estimated that there would be no Cantonese films in Hong Kong for a long time.

But the ensuing decade of catastrophe completely plunged the leftist film company into the abyss. All the employees within the company were withdrawn to the mainland to be reviewed, and the films they shot required strict political review, and the cinema chain could only show revolutionary model plays, war films and documentaries. The attendance rate is less than 10%, and if you open the door, you will lose money, and the family funds that the leftist film companies have managed to accumulate have all been consumed in a catastrophe.

It's not a problem when the funds are exhausted, isn't there such a sentence, and the problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

But the point is that leftist film companies have been out of business for too long, and they have been out of touch with the Hong Kong film market. In the past ten years that they have been out of business, Denmao, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Hsu have risen successively, martial arts films, kung fu films, ghost horse comedies, kung fu comedies, urban action movies, etc., and the popular genre films have changed for at least three generations, but these leftist filmmakers still think that the historical films, social ethics films, and family comedies they produce will be very popular, and I have to say that this idea is too naïve.

In the fifties and sixties, many Hong Kong people fled from the mainland, so they naturally have a deep affection for the country, and most of them also speak Chinese, so there is no problem watching Chinese movies.

But most of today's moviegoers are Hong Kongers who were born or raised in Hong Kong, and they also identify as Hong Kongers, rather than mainlanders like their parents, but simply flee to this place.

The change in identity and the cultural education received since childhood have made today's younger generation no longer keen on Chinese films, and now Cantonese films are well-made and stars are frequent, which is more attractive to them. Coupled with the familiar background environment, the use of market slang, the change of the theme of the movie, etc., also made them culturally identified, and naturally became more alienated from Chinese movies.

The films produced by leftist film companies in the 50s and 60s were all about guiding people to goodness, emphasizing that everyone is for me and I am for everyone. The working class is optimistic, the capitalists are ugly, the working class is invincible, and the capitalists will close their doors and close down sooner or later.

But now the theme of Hong Kong movies is hedonism and liberalism, and the protagonist is no longer so lofty, magnificent, like a saint with noble character. But he is also selfish, and he also has his own little abacus, so he sighs and enjoys it, and is no longer selfless, but cares about his own interests.

This is also a reflection of Hong Kong's transition from a rustic agrarian society to a highly competitive industrial society. In the commercial society, the spirit of selfless dedication of everyone for me and for everyone is bound to be a little too idealistic, and it is not recognized by the younger generation.

If leftist film companies were to promote this idea now, they would definitely be ridiculed. It's just that Chen Siyuan and Gao Lian don't seem to realize this, and they still believe that the movies they shoot will definitely be liked by the audience.

Regarding their innocent thoughts, Xu Guanwu kindly reminded a few words, but seeing that there was no effect, he had to stop caring about this matter. I believe that after they hit the wall again, they will have some new ideas.

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Chen Siyuan and Gao Lian then took Xu Guanwu's signing slip and went back with great interest. Seeing their elated and energetic appearances, Xu Guanwu suddenly felt that they were very cute. This is a group of filmmakers with ideals and momentum. (To be continued......)