Chapter 208: The sad Gui Zhihong
Liang Shuyi returned to the company with Shao Yifu's proposal and told Xu Guanwu about the meeting.
"Boss Shao is worthy of being a tycoon-level figure who has worked hard in the film industry for many years, and he is really an old fox." Xu Guanwu clapped his hands and laughed.
"Yes, he conceived it so well, he lent Chu Yuan to us for filming, and the loss was our own, and he could call people back after earning it. Left and right, he doesn't suffer. Liang Shuyi said angrily.
No wonder it is always said that Boss Shao has a good handicap, and today he finally saw it with his own eyes.
"What he thinks is very beautiful, but unfortunately, people borrow it, but they may not be able to call it back." Xu Guanwu sneered.
He is not afraid that Boss Shao will put forward conditions, as long as he puts forward the conditions, he will have to talk, but he is afraid that he will categorically refuse and scatter, and no one will be able to benefit from Zuihou.
"You mean, Chu Yuan may not be willing to return to the Shaw Clan when he sees the benefits on our side?" Liang Shuyi asked with a smile.
Xu Guanwu nodded and said with a smile. "You'll talk to him later, would you like to lend us even the actors? There are so many actors in Shaw Brothers, just send a few over, and it won't hurt the foundation of their company. β
"Haode, I'll talk to Boss Shao later." Liang Shuyi nodded.
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Just as Liang Shuyi continued to negotiate with Boss Shao, the court had officially pronounced a verdict on the case of the superstar manager company accusing Gui Zhihong of breach of contract.
Without the permission of the company, the defendant made films for other film companies without permission, and was sentenced to compensate the company for the loss of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was exactly twice his directorial fee.
Gui Zhihong is a poor ghost, and all his wages are sent to his wife in the United States to do business. I only had 2,000 pieces left on my body. Or the salary that the company paid him this month. Where did the 200,000 Hong Kong dollars come from and return it to the company?
If you file for bankruptcy, it will be at least two years before the contract with the superstar manager company is terminated, and then you can come out to make a film again.
In the film industry, half a generation has changed in two years, and it has been silent for so long, and when the time comes, it is still unknown whether anyone will be willing to use him.
Gui Zhihong was so sad that he couldn't do anything. Came to Xu Guanwu hard.
As soon as he entered the company, Gui Zhihong felt that all the employees were staring at him with murderous eyes. Although Gui Zhihong is used to doing what he is used to, he still bows his head weakly at the moment, and walks quickly to the door of Xu Guanwu's office.
"What is this traitor doing when he comes back?"
"Who knows, maybe it's because he has no money, and he wants Boss Xu to let him go."
"Let him go?! How good the boss is to him, as soon as he comes to the company, he will be a director, who knows that he is ungrateful, and he has to make a film for Golden Harvest. It's really an immature wolf cub. β
"That's it, if you have a little bit of face. Hurry up and return the 200,000 to the company. β
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Hearing the discussion of the staff in the office, Gui Zhihong's cheeks couldn't help but burn, and he walked to the door of Xu Guanwu's office and stopped again.
Enter? Or not? Gui Zhihong thought about it for a while.
"Are you here to find Mr. Xu? Do you want me to give you a briefing? The secretary asked, frowning.
Gui Zhihong had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, and after listening to everyone's words, he didn't want to go in anymore. But if he didn't go in, 200,000 Hong Kong dollars would definitely make him bankrupt, and after hesitating for a long time, he nodded with difficulty.
The secretary snorted disdainfully, and dialed Xu Guanwu's phone number for Gui Zhihong.
Hearing that Gui Zhihong was coming to see him, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be stunned, and was about to let people blow him away, but when the words came to his lips, he thought about it and asked the secretary to let him in.
Xu Guanwu thought that he was good to Gui Zhihong, he did not miss him a penny, and he promoted him many times. Even if there was an accident, he tried his best to cover it up for him, but he didn't expect that he was really unfamiliar, so he secretly made a film for Jiahe.
Golden Harvest, that's a competitor of Xu's Brothers, even if it makes a film for an independent production company like Golden Dragon Pictures, it doesn't matter, but Weishenme is making a film for Golden Harvest? Don't you know that he is our rival company?
Xu Guanwu was angry here, he didn't want to see this villain, lest he make himself angry when he saw him. But after thinking about it, I was still a little unwilling, so I wanted to hear him say with my own ears that Weishenme was going to betray the company.
Gui Zhihong couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the secretary say that Xu Guanwu promised to see him, and then pushed the door and walked in, "Mr. Xu!" β
Xu Guanwu Tie blushed, stared at him, and spit out a word coldly, "Sit." β
Gui Zhihong sat on the chair at a loss, lowering his head and not daring to look at Xu Guanwu's face.
Xu Guanwu looked at Gui Zhihong coldly, this director he once had high hopes for, thinking that his cult temperament is unique in the Hong Kong film industry, and he is a very talented director. I also once thought of taking him to Hollywood to develop and make those bloody CULT films to make Yankee money.
But it is such a director who takes great care of himself, who stabbed himself in the back, and it still hurts faintly when he thinks about it.
"Director Gui, what is the matter with me today?" Xu Guanwu asked coldly, "If you have something, just say it, I still have a lot of things to deal with." β
"Mr. Xu, I'...... I am...... I'm here to ask you daoqian. Gui Zhihong hesitated and stammered.
βdaoqianοΌ What apologies? Xu Guanwu said with a sneer.
"I ...... I shouldn't have made a film for Golden Harvest, I was wrong. Gui Zhihong whispered.
"Since you know it's wrong, do you still have to do it in the first place? Don't you know what our relationship with Golden Harvest is? Xu Guanwu asked, "Or do you think that you can hide from the world and never be known?" β
"Mr. Xu......" Gui Zhihong raised his head, "I can't help it, so I agreed to them." β
"No way?! Did you have a knife to your neck, or did you have a gun pointed at your head? Xu Guanwu slapped the table and shouted.
"It's my wife'......" Gui Zhihong sighed, "She opened a store in the United States at a loss, and even the rent was delayed for two months." If I don't pay any more, my wife will go to jail. β
"Your wife?!" Xu Guanwu frowned, "You make movies in Hong Kong." Does she set up shop in the United States? I've never heard of it. β
Gui Zhihong nodded. "My wife has a busy business in the United States. Every year I fly to the United States to see her. β
"You've had so many things happen in the past two months that she hasn't come back to see you?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.
Two months ago, Gui Zhihong hurt people by filming and was almost scolded by the people as scum; Later, he was sued by the company and got into such a big lawsuit. Xu Guanwu had never heard anyone talk about his wife, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart that Gui Zhihong made it up to deceive him.
"I didn't even tell her about it." Gui Zhihong shook his head and said.
Xu Guanwu took a closer look at Gui Zhihong's expression and found that he had a warm face when he mentioned his wife, not like he was lying, and he couldn't help muttering a little in his heart. "I can't see that he really has a wife in the United States."
"Even if your wife fails in business and is in arrears of rent, you can tell the company. Don't I have the money to lend you? Xu Guanwu then said, "Now you help Jiahe make films and help others make money." What will the rest of the company think when they find out, and if they are all acting like you, my company will collapse. β
"Mr. Xu, I really ...... I'm so sorry. After listening to Xu Guanwu's reprimand, Gui Zhihong actually cried.
Xu Guanwu didn't expect such a show. Gui Zhihong has always been a gentleman in his eyes, let alone crying. Even when he was scolded by 10,000 people, he still went his own way, and he didn't even frown.
Seeing this big man crying bitterly in front of him, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, and couldn't help but sigh, "Forget it, forget it, don't cry, the old man is crying, what does it look like." β
Gui Zhihong wiped his tears, "Mr. Xu, I really can't lose so much money." If I am fined another 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, not only will my wife's store be closed, but my two children will also be out of school. β
The more he talked, the more sad Gui Zhihong became, and he couldn't help crying again.
Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "Okay, don't cry, the company doesn't want your money at all." It's just pretending, if it doesn't scare you, what will the rest of the company do in the future? β
Gui Zhihong quickly wiped his tears when he heard this, and his eyes were bigger than a bull's eye, "Mr. Xu, really don't punish me for money?" β
"No punishment for the time being, no example, to see the after-effects." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "This is a chance for the company to give you zuihou, take advantage of it, if you still do your own thing like this, and do things regardless of the consequences, I can't keep you." β
Gui Zhihong looked awe-inspiring and nodded solemnly.
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Although Xu Guanwu promised not to fine Gui Zhihong's money, appropriate punishment is still needed, otherwise with this example, the rest of the company will follow suit in the future, and it will be completely messed up.
Xu Guanwu removed Gui Zhihong from his position as a director and sent him to the director class of Xinghui Art School to be a teacher, and it depends on his performance when he will be reinstated.
From a director with a salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars to a teacher with a monthly salary of only three or four thousand yuan, Gui Zhihong can be regarded as having learned his due lesson.
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dealt with Gui Zhihong's matter, turned his head, and Xu Guanying's debut album "Fa Qian Han" was officially put on sale.
The album "Fa Qian Han", whose name comes from the movie "Fa Qian Han" starring Xu Guanying and Wu Yaohan last year, the theme song was originally sung by Xu Guanying, but because it was a cup of Golden Harvest, the box office was not too high, but it was already a big income in comparison.
That movie was Xu Guanying's first starring role, and the results were already quite eye-catching, and later the same class filmed "Face and Heart", which also had a box office of more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and he was already a well-known funny and ugly star.
This "Fa Qian Han" album includes songs such as "Fa Qian Han", "My Aying Wife", "Shrimp Girl with You", "Clown Love Song" and other songs, all of which are ghost horse songs with light music style and slang and humorous lyrics.
Zheng Donghan also promoted this album greatly, not only requisitioning "Tiantian Daily" as a position, but also greeting TVB and Li's TV station, and letting Xu Guanying participate in the TV program and show off his singing voice.
The buildings near the water get the moon first, and the flowers and trees are easy to spring.
The "Big Heart" program hosted by Zhao Yazhi and Lu Hipeng naturally invited Xu Guanying.
Although Xu Guanying can already take the lead by herself, and several movies she has made are also very popular, she still has some inferiority complex in her heart, and she has always been a little lacking in herself.
Now that his family praises him so much, helps him release an album, and invites him to the show, the third child of the Xu family, who has always been ignored, has become much happier.
The program "Big Heart and Careful Heart" accepted Xu Guanwu's suggestion and imitated "Lucky 52" and made a revision. The reason why the "Happy Dictionary" is not used is mainly due to the current level of education in Hong Kong, where free nine-year compulsory education has just been rolled out, and a considerable number of people in Hong Kong are illiterate.
Programs like "Happy Dictionary", which require a certain level of knowledge to appreciate the fun, are not suitable for the current audience's appreciation level.
However, "Lucky 52", a lively, fun and exciting program type, is more suitable for the taste of Hong Kong audiences.
In order to ensure that Xu Guanying shows the most haode image in the show, Xu Guanwu and Zhao Yazhi specially accompanied him to buy clothes.
Xu Guanying is alone and has no girlfriend to take care of, so she doesn't pay much attention to her personal image, although she can't talk about being sloppy, she definitely can't talk about paying attention to her appearance. So rich, or jeans, T-shirts, white sneakers, looks like a factory brother. (To be continued......)