0833 [Dominating the Film Industry]
"Got it checked, godfather!"
Hong Kong Police Headquarters, Commissioner's Office-ββ
Yan Xiong handed over a document to Du Yongxiao.
The Office of the Commissioner of Police is not just anyone who wants to come and enter, but Yan Xiong is an exception.
As Du Yongxiao's only "godson", the entire police department knows his special identity inside and out.
Even every time Yan Xiong came here, those police officers, including the ghost guy, nodded to him one after another, and occasionally called him "Yan Ye".
At this moment, Yan Xiong has successfully completed the task assigned by Du Yongxiao last time, and is handing the collected information to Du Yongxiao.
Du Yongxiao sat behind the desk, looking through the information, Yan Xiong said next to him: "Jiang Ling'er is not a British-Chinese, nor is she an international student, and the background of her parents is all fake. According to the clues, she is likely to be the female pirate of Pirate Island! β
Yan Xiong glanced at Du Yongxiao, Du Yongxiao frowned, "In addition, I also got information, the reason why she can be a neighbor with you is also because she is approaching you......"
Yan Xiong then reported all the information found to Du Yongxiao in detail.
The more Du Yongxiao listened, the higher his brows wrinkled.
"As for the last time you were drunk, it's likely that Jiang Ling'er was planning some conspiracy. I investigated and learned that there was a man named Jiang Shaolong next to her, and on the surface the two were brother and sister, but in fact, Jiang Shaolong was adopted as an orphan by Jiang Ling'er's parents and played the role of a military advisor on Pirate Island......"
Yan Xiong made everything he had investigated clear.
Who is Du Yongxiao?
He is a master of strategy, and he quickly figured out everything, but what made him wonder was why Jiang Ling'er sacrificed his hue to be bullied by himself? What is her purpose in doing this?
Since he couldn't figure it out, Du Yongxiao didn't think about it anymore.
"Godfather, if you need it, I can order someone to find Jiang Ling'er, you see -ββ" Yan Xiong said tentatively.
"No need." Du Yongxiao waved his hand and threw the information on the desk, "Even if you look for it, I guess you won't find it." She was a very shrewd woman, and she guessed right, and now she had already run away. β
"No, did she guess that we were going back to her?" Yan Xionghu said suspiciously.
Du Yongxiao stopped talking, picked up the pen and corrected the document at hand, and then said to Yan Xiong: "This time I don't plan to go to the UK to make a big move, and I don't plan to bring too many people over, you just accompany me over." β
"Ah, me?" Yan Xiong was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed. "Okay, okay, I'll prepare immediately, and accompany my godfather to the UK when the time comes!"
Yan Xiong almost jumped up with joy.
It was a great honor for him.
went to the UK to participate in the award with Du Yongxiao, and in the future, this will be a lifelong thing to brag about to children and grandchildren.
What's more, Du Yongxiao also said that he didn't bring anyone, only brought him over, what does this mean? It shows that Du Yongxiao has super trust in him.
Du Yongxiao explained Yan Xiong a few more things that needed attention, and then sent him away.
Yan Xiong walked out of the police commissioner's office, and immediately straightened his chest and belly, and his toes were high.
He was pacing in the corridor with his hands behind his back, humming a song, and a Chinese police officer saw him and immediately greeted him: "Master Yan, you look like you're in a good mood, do you want to go to Taibai Building for a few drinks tonight?" β
Yan Xiong waved his hand: "No, next time, I have something to do." β
"Hehe, Yan Ye, what is more important than drinking?" A few more police officers came over: "It's better to have a dragon tonight, go to a massage after drinking, and do a horse and kill chicken!" β
"Not really!" Yan Xiong waved his hand again, "Soon I will accompany you Director Du to the United Kingdom to receive the award from Her Majesty the Queen, and I will go back to pack my luggage today...... By the way, your Director Du is also my godfather, I can't do it without me, no one will bring it this time, but I will accompany you! β
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and immediately gave a thumbs up to Yan Xiong: "It's still Yan Ye, you are sharp!" β
"Yes, Master Yan, thank you for your hard work! Be sure to take care of our Director Du! β
"Master Yan, those who are capable work hard!"
Listening to everyone's praise, Yan Xiong's heart was so beautiful that he raised his hands again and said modestly: "Where, where!" Doing things for my godfather, even if I am tired and hard, it is my duty to do it! β
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"Ah Xiao, did you really take Yan Xiong to the UK alone?"
In the director's residence, my mother Li Cuilian and my father Du Dacang were sitting precariously, looking at Du Yongxiao and said: "It's not that we dislike Yan Xiong, Yan Xiong is old, his hands and feet are sluggish, and he himself said that his blood lipids are thick and blood sugar is high, so I don't want you to take care of him on the road." β
"Yes, although Yan Xiong looks very shrewd, he is sometimes very confused, especially likes to eat and drink, this kind of person is the most likely to make mistakes. The most important thing is that he is not worth his force, if something happens to you on the road, who will protect you? Why don't you bring a few more people over, and I'll find you a few good bodyguards! By the way, Hong Yihai has a few good players there! Dad Du Cannon said.
Before Du Yongxiao could speak, Yan Xiong, who was standing next to him, couldn't help coughing and said, "Sister Lian, Brother Pao, I'm standing here, you don't need to be so unceremonious to say that I'm useless, right?" β
Du Cannon got up from his seat and stepped forward to pat Yan Xiong on the shoulder: "When we talk like this, we don't treat you as an outsider." β
"Yes, it's because you know each other so well that we criticize you." Li Cuilian said.
Yan Xiong rolled his eyes.
Du Yongxiao said with a smile: "This time I went to the UK just to confer honors, not to fight, so I can't bring so many people." Yan Xiong has been with me for a long time, so I use it smoothly. Besides, now is the era of peace, how can there be so many criminals? β
Mom and Dad look at each other.
Li Cuilian said: "Since you say so, then do what you want." Originally, I wanted Ah Shun to accompany you over, but Ah Shun and the girl Chunli had a hot fight, and recently the two of them were ready to open a store to do business - you know, your little guy has a bad brain, and it is rare that there is a girl who does not want money and is sincere to him. β
Dad Du Cannon continued: "So Ah Xiao, you must come on!" I don't know if your little guy will get married first, and then you will be ashamed to be the eldest brother! β
"Yes, Ah Xiao! Although there are not so many rules in our family, if you really come in front of you, outsiders will gossip. You must work hard to make your life's work by the end of this year. Mother Li Cuilian said earnestly, "Your father and I don't ask for anything now, only to hug our grandson!" β
Du Yongxiao was speechless, and hurriedly diverted the topic and said, "Okay, I'm going upstairs to pack my things!" Yan Xiong, you set the ferry ticket, don't delay the departure time. β
"Yes, godfather!"
Watching Du Yongxiao go upstairs, Yan Xiong turned around and said to Du Cannon and Li Cuilian: "Sister Lian, Brother Cannon, don't worry!" Although I can't use force, I will definitely protect Mr. Du! In a word," Yan Xiong patted his chest, "As long as I Yan Xiong has a breath, I will protect him!" β
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Du Yongxiao is about to leave Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's black and white reactions are mixed.
For them, Du Yongxiao is simply Hong Kong's current "Dinghai Shen Needle", and as soon as he leaves, something may happen to Hong Kong.
But soon, Du Yongxiao sent a message that during the time he left, no matter who dared to cause trouble in Hong Kong, when he came back, he would definitely settle the score.
As soon as this sentence came out, Hong Kong, which was originally in turmoil, was black and white, and immediately quieted down again.
Those emerging associations originally wanted to take advantage of Du Yongxiao's departure from Hong Kong to grab territory, but now they also died down.
However, what Du Yongxiao didn't expect was that before leaving, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, the bosses of Jiahe, came to look for him.
It turned out that in the past two years, Bruce Lee left Golden Harvest to go to Hollywood for development, Du Yongxiao created a lot of opportunities for him, and Bruce Lee lived up to expectations and became a Hollywood superstar.
Golden Harvest did not have Bruce Lee's support, and the movies he shot kept fighting with the Shaw Brothers, and the Shaw Brothers carried out film reforms, whether it was a martial arts film or a horror movie, it was very good, and Golden Harvest slowly fell behind.
In addition, Baodao Capital entered Hong Kong, such as Ni Kun and He Junxiong established the "Kunxiong Film Company", Lei Juekun and Xu Sanxiong established the "Thunder Film Company", and the rest also "Debao Film Company", "Noon Film Company", "Jiayi Film Company" and so on.
These are all film companies created by Hong Kong and foreign capital, and seeing the hot Hong Kong film market, they want to get a piece of the pie.
Since then, Golden Harvest Film Company has become even tighter, and now it has suffered box office losses for three consecutive months.
In Du Yongxiao's private studyββ
"I'm sorry, Mr. Du, we have failed to live up to your expectations, and now Golden Harvest is being caught between the front and back, and it has been losing money for three consecutive months!" Zou Wenhuai sat on the sofa, lowered his head, and pleaded guilty to Du Yongxiao.
"Since Bruce Lee went to Hollywood to develop, our Golden Harvest has lost its backbone, and those audiences no longer buy it, the most important thing is that the film market is now diversified, and many companies have started low-cost movies with better box office than ours!" He Guanchang explained.
Du Yongxiao motioned for them to drink water first, and said, "I understand what you said. Aaron went to Hollywood, it was my idea, after all, the Hong Kong market is not big, and he will have a greater future in Hollywood, but I didn't expect you to rely on him so deeply-"
"But you should also understand that a company can't rely on one person to support itself, this kind of development can't last long, what you have to do is to win with the quality of the film." Du Yongxiao analyzed.
"As you said just now, there are many film companies pouring into the market, and many low-budget films can make Golden Harvest lose and sell at the box office, haven't you studied the reasons for this?"
"Uh, this -ββ" Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang glanced at each other, "We also watched those movies, although the production is rough, the plot is very good." β
"That's right!" Du Yongxiao nodded, "That's why!" If their plot is good, it means that the script is good and the story is good! Why do they have no money, but they can write a good story and make a good plot, and Golden Harvest has a lot of money, but they can't make a good movie? β
Du Yongxiao's words directly stopped Zou Wenhuai and the others, and he didn't know how to answer.
Du Yongxiao smiled: "Many movies are good, because there is no money!" Hong Kong's good-looking movies are all low-cost and not sideways, only in recession will you use your brain, if you don't have money, you will be creative, if you don't have money, you will use your brain, and if you have money, you don't know your brain, that's it, it's that simple. β
In fact, Du Yongxiao is talking about an interesting phenomenon - there is not enough money to make up. If people want to spend less, then they will spend more. Anything money comes too easily, and if it is too fast, it will not do the hard work that drains the brain. So when a film company relies on a big star to make money in the market, don't expect it to do a good job of the script and polish the movie.
"Mr. Du, we get it!"
"Yes, Mr. Du, your words have made us feel empowered! Shame, shame, we've been ignoring the basics! β
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang said separately.
Du Yongxiao smiled, a movie or TV series, the director and actors are very important, but the script is the key.
Since Du Yongxiao wants to dominate the film and television entertainment industry, there are so many classic movies in his previous life, this world either does not exist or has not yet appeared, if he hides it all in his mind and does not take it out, he is not only stupid, but also very sorry for those classics.
So when Zou Wenhuai and them were still "ashamed", Du Yongxiao had already gotten up and walked over, opened the desk drawer, took out a few scripts from it and turned around and handed them to the two of them.
"Now, these are the outlines of the scripts that I wrote randomly in my spare time, can you see if they are useful?"
Du Yongxiao's tone is very humble, in fact, the scripts he handed out are all heavyweight classic films in the previous life, namely the "Happy Ghost" series, the "Best Partner" series, the "Infernal Affairs" series, and Hong Kong's favorite martial arts films "Huo Yuanjia", "Wong Fei Hung" and so on.
The outlines of these scripts written by Du Yongxiao were only read by Huang Ying, who was his female secretary, and she didn't feel much about it.
She has never been in contact with the film and television industry, that is, the eyes of ordinary people, and some of the scripts she has read are not interested at all, and some think they are quite interesting, but that's all, if you really say what the prospects are for filming, I can't imagine it at all.
But Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang in front of them are different.
They are filmmakers themselves, and they have a natural sensitivity to scripts.
Of course, they weren't very optimistic about the script handed over by Du Yongxiao at first, after all, interlacing is like a mountain, Du Yongxiao is good at catching thieves, and writing scripts or something may just be for fun.
But when they carefully read the outlines of those scripts, the expressions on their faces gradually changed from carelessness to horror, and finally shocked!
They have never believed that there is a genius in this world, but with these scripts, for the first time, they feel that genius is in front of them!
Although there are still many flaws in these script outlines, as they think, Du Yongxiao is not a filmmaker or a professional, but Du Yongxiao has injected all his brains into these outlines.
Looking at the outline of the script, Zou Wenhuai and the two immediately thought of the corresponding movie story, and then-
Everything fell into place.
"Genius, Mr. Du, you are really a genius!"
"Mr. Du, I am very impressed by the five-body body you admire!"
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang looked at Du Yongxiao excitedly, at this moment they had already regarded Du Yongxiao as a god in their hearts, and they couldn't wait to kneel on the ground, worship Du Yongxiao, and let Du Yongxiao accept their knees.
"Okay, you can leave - I hope that when I come back from England, Golden Harvest will be able to rely on these scripts to make a name for myself!" Du Yongxiao said with a smile.
"Don't worry, it will!"
"We won't let you down!"
At this moment, the disheartened two were in good spirits, looking at Du Yongxiao and vowing.
(End of chapter)