Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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In the office of the general manager of Shaw Cinemas.

At this moment, an old man in high spirits was sitting on the chair that originally belonged to Wang Hongbing, the general manager of Shaw Cinemas.

This old man is none other than Shao Yifu, the leading figure in the Xiangjiang film industry.

Shao Yifu, formerly known as Shao Renleng, was born in Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang. He is one of the founders of the Shaw Brothers film company.

Among the eight brothers and sisters of the Shao family, Shao Yifu ranks sixth, and many people in the film and television circle respectfully call him "Sixth Uncle". Shao Yifu has shot more than a thousand Chinese-language films in his life. The Shaw family owned the largest number of theaters, reaching more than 200 at the peak, and built the largest film shooting base in Asia - Shaw Studios. Shaw Brothers films have dominated the film and television circles and business circles for eighty years. "Shaw's products must be excellent products" is well-known in Southeast Asia, and its studio property is the largest commercial TV movie theater in Asia, known as "Oriental Hollywood".

At this moment, Shao Yifu curled his hands together to support his chin, not knowing what he was thinking.

Standing beside Shao Yifu was a woman in her forties who was still charming—she was Fang Yihua, Shao Yifu's concubine.

Fang Yihua is also an amazing person - she used to be an all-powerful female singer in Nanyang, and she was willing to be a concubine for Shao Yifu to quit the music scene. With Fang Yihua's hard work and support, Shao Yifu spent a large sum of money to bid for the management rights of TVB, and achieved great success. Later, Fang Yihua took over the wireless film and television empire and became the female head of this huge empire.

Standing in front of Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua were the seemingly respectful Wang Hongbing and Zhao Zhenqiang.

"Can we make "Happy Ghost" come out?" Fang Yihua asked Wang Hongbing.

Wang Hongbing shook his head lightly, and said: "The liquidated damages indicated in the contract I signed with Xu Cun is the upper limit. If we force "Happy Ghost" to be released, according to the current box office of "Happy Ghost", we have to compensate him at least five dollars." Never."

Hearing the words, Fang Yihua frowned slightly, and blamed: "Red Soldier, you have been in the industry for more than 20 years, why don't you pay attention? After the precedent of "Happy Ghost", what should I do if others follow suit?"

"I don't blame the Red Soldier for this matter, I asked him to arrange it." Shao Yifu suddenly said in a deep voice.

Speaking of which, I really don't blame Wang Hongbing for this matter.

Shao Yifu and Lijia have been friends for many years - even Lijia, the leading theater of Shaw Cinemas, is owned by Lijia, and Lijia now owns the most shares in Wireless, and most importantly, Li Xiaohe is still the nominal chairman of Wireless.

Therefore, the youngest of the Li family found Shao Yifu and said to Shao Yifu: "I have a friend who made a movie and wanted to show it in Shaw theaters for a month." After that, Shao Yifu agreed without thinking too much.

Moreover, in order to sell Haolijia, Shao Yifu also called Wang Hongbing in front of Li Laosan to let Wang Xuebing take advantage of it.

Shao Yifu has been making movies all his life, how can he not know how difficult it is to make a good movie?

Therefore, Shao Yifu didn't believe that a fledgling boy could make a good movie, and he didn't believe that a movie could have any impact on their Shaw Brothers' big studio system.

In fact, at that time, Shao Yifu thought that it might be that a certain rich boy made a movie just for fun, and then the youngest Tory asked him for a theater.

In the end, just because of his negligence, Shao Yifu got himself into a lot of trouble...

Shao Yifu put the responsibility on him, so it was impossible for others to say more, and Fang Yihua and the three of them remained silent—they were all waiting for Shao Yifu to make a decision.

After being silent for a while, Shao Yifu looked at Zhao Zhenqiang and asked, "Xiao Zhao, are you familiar with this Xu Cun?"

"He is the author of "Shanghai Bund" and also the screenwriter of "Shanghai Bund". We have been working together for more than a month." Zhao Zhenqiang replied very cautiously.

"If I give him the treatment second only to Zhang Che and Chu Yuan, are you sure to persuade him to come to Shaw Brothers?" Shao Yifu asked Zhao Zhenqiang again.

Both Zhang Che and Chu Yuan have made brilliant achievements in the film industry. Comparing Xu Cun with Zhang Che and Chu Yuan is definitely flattering Xu Cun. However, it is another matter to let Xu Cun enjoy the treatment comparable to Zhang Che and Chu Yuan.

Although Zhang Che and Chu Yuan had great reputations, they could only earn the most basic wages under Shaw's big studio system. Taking Chu Yuan as an example, "Seventy-Two Tenants" directed by him broke the highest box office since the opening of Xiangjiang at that time, but he himself only earned a meager 50,000 yuan.

And if the box office of "Happy Ghost" can reach 10 million, after deducting all expenses, Xu Cun can earn at least 5 million in Hong Kong alone, not to mention there are more overseas box offices?

The question is, under such conditions, how could Xu Cun give up his own film company and come to Shaw Brothers as a non-profitable filming machine?

So, after listening to Shao Yifu's question, Zhao Zhenqiang shook his head gently.

Seeing Zhao Zhenqiang shaking his head, Shao Yifu sighed in his heart: "If there is no bullshit satellite system created by the traitor Zou Wenhuai, to establish cooperation with filmmakers instead of employment relationships between superiors and subordinates, and let filmmakers participate in the dividends of the film, Based on the conditions I put forward at this moment, Xu Cun will definitely come under the banner of my Shaw Brothers."

Thinking of this, Shao Yifu's hatred for Zou Wenhuai surged up again.

After a while, Shao Yifu suppressed his hatred for Zou Wenhuai, and said: "Red Soldier, go talk to Xu Cun about overseas distribution, and tell him that Shao Brothers is willing to help him in Taiwan, Southeast Asia, etc. , Japan and South Korea released his "Happy Ghost", you can talk about the distribution fee, the bottom line is that you must get the overseas distribution of "Happy Ghost"."

"Sixth brother, you can't keep tigers as a threat!" Fang Yihua persuaded.

"Hey... In the first half of this year, none of the films produced by Shaw Brothers except "Thirty-Six Rooms of Shaolin" was decent, and Golden Harvest's "The Great Evil Star and the Little Sister", "Game of Death", " Mr. Zan and Changqianhua, Lin Yazhen, The Snake-shaped Hand, and Tomato Coffee all performed well. There is also the soon-to-be-released Deed of Sale, which is the only film this year that can keep pace with "Happy Ghost" is a competitive movie. The voices of dissatisfaction from Nanyang, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea have already spread. We can't push away the box office champion we got, can we?" Shao Yifu sighed.

There are some things that Shao Yifu didn't say out loud—the two worst things he did in his life were because he pushed Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen, two film geniuses, to Zou Wenhuai's side because of being "stingy". They watched Golden Harvest grow stronger and bigger and compete with Shaw Brothers. Now, "Happy Ghost" has become a big trend. If he can't seize the overseas distribution rights of "Happy Ghost", Golden Harvest will definitely grab the overseas distribution rights of "Happy Ghost" without hesitation! Perhaps, Jiahe has already sent someone to contact Xu Cun...

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