When Kang Jianfei first came to Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers released a "evil" series of horror films, with very funny names, called "Evil", "Evil Fighting Evil", and "Evil Again".

Such a series of movies appeared again during this year's Spring Festival, last year Gao Zhisen directed a "Rich and Powerful" and sold well, so he immediately made a "Rich and Powerful Again", and the film released by Debao during the Spring Festival this year is called "Rich and Repeatedly Compelling".

However, due to the conflict between Gao Zhisen and Cen Jianxun at the end of last year, Gao Zhisen ran out to help Xu's Pictures make a film, and this "Rich and Rich" was directed by Xian Jiran.

Although it is not as popular as the first two films, the attendance rate of "Rich and Repeated" is not bad, and there should be no problem with selling 15 million at the box office.

As for director Gao Zhisen, this guy finally broke away from Debao Film Company, and with the support of Xinbao Cinema Line, he founded a Gao Zhisen Film Company.

This is the case in Hong Kong, screenwriters and actors become directors when they get ahead, and directors open film companies when they become famous. Everyone is willing to make more money, and it is always better to open their own company and be the boss than to work for others.

From the moment when a large amount of overseas hot money poured in and several Hong Kong cinemas stood side by side, it was destined that big directors would no longer be cash cows for big companies. For example, Chu Yuan made 11 movies for Shaw Brothers a year, and these films were big sellers, but Chu Yuan could only get a fixed salary and a small amount of bonuses, and eat and live in the studio and editing room for most of the year, which is no longer possible.

Compared with Gao Zhisen being co-opted by Xinbao Cinema Line, the cooperation between Hong Jinbao and Xinbao Cinema Line is more eye-catching.

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao have been the pillars of Golden Harvest Pictures since the late 70s. However, at the end of last year. Hung Jinbao finally agreed to accept the support of Xinbao's funds and established a company called Baoxiang Pictures, whose opening work "Dragons and Phoenixes" was during this year's Spring Festival. It was released at the same time as Kang Jianfei's "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance".

Of course, Hong Jinbao did not completely break with Zou Wenhuai, and the Baohe Pictures he cooperated with Golden Harvest still existed, but the company did not make much films since then.

As for the reasons why Hong Jinbao stepped on two boats and preferred to cooperate with Xinbao, there are two main reasons: one is that Hong Jinbao's identity as a big brother is shaky, and the box office has been poor since "Oriental Condor". On the contrary, the box office of Cheng Long's movies is rising, and the brilliance of Hong Jinbao's senior brother is completely suppressed by Cheng Long; The second reason is more realistic and direct, that is, Xinbao Cinema Line has better conditions for Hong Jinbao. The box office share, schedule and cinema publicity resources are far more than those given by Golden Harvest.

The entire Spring Festival file is basically the world of DreamWorks' "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", Baoxiang's "Dragons and Phoenixes" and Debao's "Wealth and Prosperity".

To be precise, it is "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" that dominates the Spring Festival stalls, and "Dragons and Phoenixes" and "Rich and Powerful" are the accompaniment.

As for Golden Harvest Pictures. Because there is no movie support scene of Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long. The "Peacock Prince" starring Yuan Biao and Ye Yunyi was a little reluctant to break 10 million at the box office. However, this film will make the heroine Ye Yunyi enter the Japanese film market a few months later, and win the "Best Newcomer" and "Second Most Popular Foreign Actress" at the 17th Japanese Film Awards next year.

For Golden Harvest, it is enough for its heroine to successfully break into the Japanese market, which means that a large amount of yen has been summoned ahead.

And Ye Yunyi, who is only 16 years old, has been developing in the music industry for two years, and now she is acting in movies and becoming popular. Under the hype of the media, she is as famous as Zhou Huimin, the head of the jade girl, and has become another shining jade star in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Besides. Yindu Institution, which has a mainland background, is not willing to be lonely, and actually invited Zeng Zhiwei, who has joined Vientiane Pictures, to direct and act in a "Lucky Star". As soon as I heard the name of this movie, it was in the copycat Fuxing series, starring in addition to Zeng Zhiwei, there are also Jacky Cheung, Liu Jialing, Wu Junru and others.

However, the box office potential of the Fuxing series of movies has been exhausted, and the box office of this movie is only a few million, which just makes Yindu make a small profit.

Vientiane Pictures' Spring Festival movies are also directed by Zeng Zhiwei, but the screenwriter is Huang Baiming and Lin Lingdong, and they are filming a romantic urban comedy similar to "My Sassy Girlfriend". The comedy part in it is written by Huang Baiming, and the literary and artistic love part is written by Lin Lingdong, and the male and female protagonists are Zhang Guorong and Li Jiaxin respectively.

The reason why Li Jiaxin was chosen as the heroine was because the movie began to be planned in October last year, when Li Jiaxin was in a mess due to scandal hype.

As a result, after the camera was turned on, Huang Baiming and Zeng Zhiwei found that Li Jiaxin was a bit of a pit, and her acting skills were simply impossible to look at, and when she stood in front of the camera, she was like a beautiful wooden stake.

Fortunately, Li Jiaxin is beautiful enough, it is enough to be a vase in the movie, and the contract has been signed, and Huang Baiming is not easy to change people halfway.

The result is obvious, if it is a vase in comedies and kung fu films, Li Jiaxin is definitely qualified. But the problem is that this time Huang Baiming and Zeng Zhiwei are filming a romantic comedy, and a large part of the scene needs to be supported by Li Jiaxin, and the effect is miserable.

Well, there are a pair of handsome men and beautiful women Zhang Guorong and Li Jiaxin to attract the audience, and Vientiane Pictures, a love comedy called "Flower Mood Saint", still sold more than 11 million box office in Hong Kong.

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Since it is the Chinese New Year, the employees of the major movies are basically on vacation, and Zou Wenhuai rarely has a few days of leisure to rest.

However, Jiahe's poor performance in the Spring Festival stalls made Zou Wenhuai worried, in fact, he was even more angry that Hong Jinbao actually ran to supply films to Xinbao Cinema.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Zou Wenhuai took a car to a villa in Kowloon, which was another family gathering day every year.

Many men like sexy women, but Zou Wenhuai only likes talented women, and this villa was given to a talented woman by Zou Wenhuai back then.

That talented woman is called Wu Shufang, when Zou Wenhuai knew her, Wu Shufang's identity was a female writer and a female reporter, and she already had a husband, and at that time Zou Wenhuai was only the production manager of Shaw Brothers.

Zou Wenhuai, who is married, wielded a hoe and dug into the foot of the wall, and finally broke up other people's families. let this talented woman be his outer room, and also gave birth to two illegitimate children, but unfortunately the talented girl died of illness when the youngest son was 4 years old.

Zou Wenhuai has a total of two sons and one daughter. Both sons were born to the talented woman and were raised by the family of the talented girl's sister.

"Uncle is here, please take a seat!" The eldest sister-in-law is also in her sixties, and she very enthusiastically helped Zou Wenhuai, who was on crutches, to sit down on the sofa.

Zou Wenhuai's eldest son, who has married in the United States and is a civil engineer, has not returned to Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year in the past two years. The youngest son, Zou Zhongjin, is a doctor, but he can often chat with Zou Wenhuai.

"Dad. Happy Chinese New Year and good health. Zou Zhongjin walked up to Zou Wenhuai and bowed.

"Okay, you sit too." Zou Wenhuai's depressed mood was much better. took out a red envelope and gave it to his 26-year-old son, as long as his son is not married, he is a child in his eyes.

The grandsons and granddaughters of the sister-in-law's family also came to pay New Year's greetings, and Zou Wenhuai scattered all the red envelopes that had been prepared. I started talking to my son.

"The work is still smooth, right?" Zou Wenhuai asked.

Zou Zhongjin nodded and said, "It's okay." ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "Okay is OK." It's okay, but it's not satisfactory. ”

Zou Zhongjin hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, I want to resign from the hospital and open a medical clinic by myself." ”

Zou Wenhuai asked, "Have you thought clearly?" ”

Zou Zhongjin said: "I have thought clearly. ”

Zou Wenhuai actually wants his son to take over his film company, but unfortunately both sons are not interested in movies, but the daughter of the original partner is studying film at Stanford University, and she will graduate with a master's degree in film next year, so she can go back to Hong Kong to help the company.

"You're an adult now, too, now that you've made your decision. I don't want to ask more," Zou Wenhuai paused. Or ask, "Is there enough money to open an infirmary?" ”

Zou Zhongjin nodded: "In the past few years, I have also saved some money, and I have borrowed some more in the bank, which is almost enough, just open a smaller one first." ”

Zou Wenhuai said: "If the money is not enough, you can sue me." ”

Zou Zhongjin said in a low voice: "I will." ”

Zou Wenhuai didn't know what to say, his two illegitimate sons had always had a relationship with him, maybe it was related to the early death of their mother, or it could be that they were busy with work and the family of their original partner, and they lacked care for their two sons.

After lunch, Zou Wenhuai stayed at his sister-in-law's house for more than an hour, and then took the car back home.

Not long after returning home, Zou Wenhuai received a call from his daughter, saying that he needed a sum of money to make a master's degree movie. Zou Wenhuai didn't ask how much, so he asked someone to remit $500,000 to his daughter, compared with Shao Yifu's slamming, he was very generous to the people around him.

After dealing with trivial matters, Zou Wenhuai stayed alone in the study and thought about how Jiahe should develop in the future.

Hong Jinbao's departure was just the beginning, and Zou Wenhuai felt that Cheng Long, the cash cow of Golden Harvest, was about to leave. Now that the Hong Kong film market is so prosperous, with Cheng Long's box office appeal, I don't know how many people are willing to invest in him to make movies, and there is only a verbal agreement between Cheng Long and Zou Wenhuai, and he has not officially signed an economic contract, and he can leave at any time.

To tell the truth, even if Cheng Long leaves Jiahe immediately, Zou Wenhuai will not hold a grudge against him, because Cheng Long has stayed in Jiahe for so many years is righteous enough, can you still stop others from making money?

But Golden Harvest's business ideas must be changed, and a large number of film resources can no longer be pressed on Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao.

The question is, who can take over Cheng Long's burden?

Zou Wenhuai thought about it, but still set his sights on Kang Jianfei's Oriental Entertainment Company. The four heavenly kings hand-picked by Kang Jianfei, Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie and Liang Jiahui, any one of them is enough to support the scene.

However, can it really be dug up?

Among the four, Leung Ka-fai made the least films at DreamWorks, but he was quite popular with European directors, and often went to Europe to film, earning pounds and francs worth more than Hong Kong dollars.

The other three are even more constantly making appointments, and it is impossible to dig them up, so Golden Harvest can only make up his mind on the first-line actors of Oriental Entertainment Company. After all, a company has limited resources, and it is impossible to take care of everyone, as long as Jiahe is willing to bid, there are always so many who are willing to change jobs.

But the ordinary first-line actor Zou Wenhuai can't look down on him, he wants the kind of actor who has the potential to be a pillar, and such an actor is really hard to find.

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai finally figured out an indisputable fact, that is, after Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao left, if Golden Harvest wanted to shoot a big cast, he could only go to Oriental Entertainment Company to invite big-name stars like other companies, which was the most labor-saving and safest way.

"Alas......"

Zou Wenhuai let out a long sigh, this reality made him very helpless.

In fact, Golden Harvest's foundation is already deep, according to the total value of the annual movie box office, Golden Harvest and DreamWorks are competing for hegemony. Others are in the limelight, such as Debao, Vientiane and Yingzhijie, but the company's total box office every year is far worse than Golden Harvest.

Zou Wenhuai's depressed place is here, obviously he is a predator in the film industry at the level of Kang Jianfei, but he has to invite Kang Jianfei's artists to shoot big casts in the future.

As for Golden Harvest's own cultivation of big stars, Zou Wenhuai has not thought about it, but this kind of thing is not so easy, Golden Harvest's Yuan Biao, Hui Yinghong, and Zhang Manyu are all very good, but they can only stop at the ranks of first-line artists, and there is still a little distance from the company's pillars.

Zou Wenhuai picked up the phone, dialed a number and asked, "Xiao Li, how much is the box office of Kang Jianfei's new film?" ”

"It's almost 20 million." The answer came from the other end of the phone.

"So fast? "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" has only been released for 10 days. Zou Wenhuai was really taken aback.

The box office of this year's Spring Festival stalls is very evil, "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" led the way after its release, while other films released at the same time were all in the back.

Under this circumstance, the box office of "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" is likely to exceed 40 million, while the box office of other films in the same period has not exceeded 20 million. (To be continued......)