After the Hong Kong film industry experienced the popularity of the Spring Festival, the next February, March and April were relatively calm, and the only sensational effect was the release of Shaw Brothers' "Hong Kong Strange Case" in Golden Harvest Cinemas.

Shaw Brothers pursues a large-scale studio system and has always produced and sold itself. Moreover, Golden Harvest was established by the Shaw Brothers' rebel generals, and it was inseparable from the Shaw Brothers in the past few years.

Now the movies produced by Shaw Brothers have appeared in Golden Harvest theaters, which has shattered the glasses of Hong Kong filmmakers.

"Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have joined forces, could it be that they are coming against us?" Xu Guanwu was taken aback, although he had long known that the Shaw Brothers and Jiahe would unite one day, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have joined forces to complement each other's advantages, with Shaw Brothers having a stable source of films, and Golden Harvest having cinema chains all over Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Although most of the theaters are simple, they are widely distributed, even on outlying islands and in the New Territories, which is quite like the feeling that the countryside surrounds the city.

"I thought that without Xu Guanwen and Cheng Long, Jiahe would be silent for a while. I didn't expect Zou Wenhuai to be so ruthless, and he was willing to bow to Boss Shao. Xu Guanwu thought silently.

In the previous life, the rise of Golden Harvest mainly relied on three people, Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, and Cheng Long.

Now, Bruce Lee has passed away, and Xu Guanwen, Cheng Long and even Seven Little Fortunes are all in Xu's.

Xu Guanwu thought that Jiahe had no possibility of rising, but he didn't expect Zou Wenhuai to be willing to lie down and taste his courage, and use the source of Shaw Brothers to survive.

"As long as he lasts until the 80s, even if there is no Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao, he will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to rise." Xu Guanwu couldn't help but think.

In the 70s, Hong Kong films gradually transformed from a large-scale studio system to an independent production system.

In the large-scale studio system, a powerful production company decides everything, and a word can determine life and death; The independent production system gives the power to the producer, and everything is based on the box office results. Stars with box office appeal have skyrocketed in value because of this.

At the end of the 70s, a large number of talents, from overseas, from television stations, entered the film industry, injecting new vitality into Hong Kong films. They have new ideas, new jishu, colliding together and inspiring countless sparks.

It was an era of a hundred flowers, and even the brilliance of superstars such as Cheng Long and Xu Guanwen was overshadowed by other stars.

"Do you want to annex Jiahe before the ** tide?" Xu Guanwu thought silently.

There are mainly two people that Golden Harvest can rely on now, one is Yuan Heping, his Yuan family class made two kung fu comedies last year, both of which achieved good box office; The other person is Wu Siyuan, who is an excellent director and a discerning producer.

"If Yuan Heping and Wu Siyuan can be brought over, it will be difficult for Jiahe to support it." Xu Guanwu thought.

Allowing Shaw Brothers' films to be released in Golden Harvest Cinemas can temporarily alleviate the shortage of film sources, but it will also produce sequelae of dependence. If one of its current two pillars is pried away, then Jiahe will really put his life and death in the palm of someone else's hands.

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"The Strange Case of Hong Kong" was released at the same time in the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest theaters, and the box office reached an astonishing 700,000 on the first day, setting a box office record for Hong Kong films on the first day.

This film is co-produced by Cheng Gang, He Menghua, and Hua Shan, and tells the story of three strange cases: "The Case of Hiding the Body at the Bottom of the Stove", "Blood Splattered Neck Ridge" and "Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Case".

These three strange cases were all sensational tragedies of the year, and they were also the first time that Hong Kong adapted a real case and put it on the screen, which attracted widespread attention from Hong Kong citizens.

Coincidentally, during the filming of the movie, another case of hiding a corpse under a stove occurred in Hong Kong, and for a while, people were panicked, and newspapers and magazines rushed to report it, trying their best to exaggerate the terrifying atmosphere, which indirectly made the movie "Hong Kong Strange Case" known to the streets, saving a lot of advertising costs.

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In February, March and April, there were not too many good films released in the brilliant cinema line, and the only thing that caught the eye was "Tiger Field Chicken" directed by Mai Jia, although the storyline was absurd, but it was extremely funny.

Mai Jiaqi won the victory, and his confidence suddenly increased, and he immediately applied to start filming the second movie, "Salted Fish Reborn", which was also to cooperate with Hong Jingbao.

Maybe it's a compatibility, Hong Jingbao, a native of Hong Kong, has the same habits as Mai Jia, a person who is used to drinking foreign ink, and it is really strange that they hate each other as brothers.

Xu Guanwu quickly approved the play "Salted Fish Reborn", and let Mai Jia and Hong Jingbao toss.

Zeng Zhiwei saw that everyone was busy and couldn't bear the itching of his hands, so he wrote a book "Li Sanjiao's Shock Hell Gate" and handed it to Xu Guanwu for approval.

Xu Guanwu took it and took a look, and couldn't help but be amazed, his sister was really amazing.

This story tells that after Bruce Lee's death, he founded the "Jingwu Gate" in hell, made friends with the one-armed sword king, accepted the "Popeye" as an apprentice, fascinated the Chinese and foreign beauties led by Yang Guifei and Ai Manniu, defeated the troublemakers 007 Bond, Red Dead Redemption, and Blind Zatoichi, and fought Hades, Zhong Kui, mummies, vampires, and zombies...... Zuihou returns to the world!

What an awesome idea this is, and later generations of online novels have not been so obscene.

This is simply the originator of nonsense, the pioneer of spoof films, what is Zeng Zhiwei's head filled with?

"Mr. Xu, what do you think of my script?" Zeng Zhiwei asked cautiously.

Since creating "Fat Dragon Across the River" and achieving a good box office, Zeng Zhiwei has had an experience in spoofing classic characters. This "Li Sanjiao Shocks the Gate of Hell" has brought the spoof classic characters to the limit.

Regardless of China, Japan, Britain and the United States, all classic characters must be spoofed and give full play to this essence.

"Good! This script is very creative, I appreciate your idea, just go for it, go for it, go for it! Xu Guanwu strongly supported.

Zeng Zhiwei was pleasantly surprised, he was still a little worried in his heart, worried that this script was too nonsense and would not be passed by Xu Guanwu, but he didn't expect him to be so supportive.

"Mr. Xu, I will definitely shoot well." Zeng Zhiwei hurriedly stood up and said.

"Who are you going to find to be the director of this play?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"I ...... Mr. Xu, I recommended myself, and I will be the director. Zeng Zhiwei plucked up the courage to say, "When I was in the crew, I went to study when I had time, and when Brother Sanmao directed, I stood by and watched." I've got experience, I'll do it, Mr. Xu. ”

"Since you have confidence in yourself, then you go and give it a try. But if this film is not done well, then it will be difficult for you to make another film in the future. Xu Guanwu instructed.

"Well, I must work hard to learn." Zeng Zhiwei said.

Xu Guanwu knows that Zeng Zhiwei is a very self-motivated person, from knowing nothing about movies to being an expert in the all-round development of a writer and director, he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Therefore, I am willing to let him give it a try, in case it doesn't work, just treat his "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" as if it didn't make money.