Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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Shaw Brothers' distribution capabilities in Nanyang are indeed strong - "Happy Ghost" has a cumulative box office of more than 2.9 million US dollars in Nanyang, which is more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which can be distributed to DreamWorks. More than ten thousand Hong Kong dollars. Among them, audiences in Singapore and Malaysia responded most strongly, and most of Nanyang's box office was provided by audiences in these two places, while the responses from Thailand and the Philippines were relatively mediocre.

In Taiwan, the cumulative box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 7.1 million Taiwan dollars, equivalent to more than 1.4 million Hong Kong dollars, and DreamWorks probably got more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In South Korea, the box office of "Happy Ghost" is only over 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is only over 100,000 Hong Kong dollars from DreamWorks.

In Japan, the box office of "Happy Ghost" gave Xu Cun a big surprise - "Happy Ghost" won a gratifying box office of 470 million yen in Japan, which is more than 15 million in Hong Kong dollars. More than 4.6 million were distributed to DreamWorks.

In total, the overseas box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars, and more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars were distributed to DreamWorks.

The local box office of "Happy Ghost" in Xiangjiang was 10.96 million, and DreamWorks made a profit of 7.62 million Hong Kong dollars.

Subtract the production cost of "Happy Ghost" from HK$700,000.

In total, "Happy Ghost" made a total profit of nearly 18 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.

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Look at Shaw again.

"Happy Ghost" has a total of 3.4 million Hong Kong dollars including the base fee and miscellaneous expenses in the 16 Shaw theaters. After deducting the rented theater fees and management expenses, Shaw Brothers can probably earn more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

By distributing this piece overseas, Shaw earned more than three million Hong Kong dollars just by talking about it.

In other words, a piece of "Happy Ghost" made Shaw Brothers earn more than 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars easily, and this did not include Shaw Brothers' theater income and theater income in Nanyang.

If Shaw's revenue from Nanyang theaters and theaters is included, Shaw's income from "Happy Ghost" also exceeds 10 million.

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"Happy Ghost" was a big hit, creating a win-win situation for DreamWorks and Shaw Brothers.

It stands to reason that such a good thing should make the beneficiaries very happy, but Shao Yifu, who is at the helm of Shaw Brothers, is not very happy.

"So far, only "The Thirty-Six Rooms of Shaolin" has an overseas box office of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, "Five Poisons" 6.8 million Hong Kong dollars, "The Legend of the Bat" 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and others..." Shao Yifu The secretary reported to Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua with the report.

"Okay, you go down." Shao Yifu didn't let the secretary continue to report.

When the secretary left, Fang Yihua's face showed a hint of anger, and he said bitterly: "Twenty or so movies are not as profitable as others' one movie, Shaw Brothers is dragged down by this group of incompetent people!"

Shao Yifu was silent for a while, and said, "I heard that you and Xu Cun have fixed the screening time of his "Mr. Zombie"?"

"At the end of the invitational competition, I invited that kid to enter Huaxing, but he refused. Later, I changed to buy the copyright of his songs, but he refused again. So, I threatened him with the theater. Later , he sold the copyrights of "Shanghai Beach" and "Sword Like a Dream" to me at a symbolic price of 10,000 yuan, on the condition that we sign a joint screening with our 16 Shaw Brothers theaters for 40 days before and after the Spring Festival. I agreed and asked Wang Hongbing to sign the contract with him." Fang Yihua explained.

Shao Yifu narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "He really has confidence in his "Mr. Zombie"!"

Fang Yihua curled his lips and smiled, and said: "If you are young and successful, you will inevitably be a little frivolous."

After a pause, Fang Yihua continued: "Because the time slot he wants is better, I increased his deposit fee by 20,000 per day. Moreover, if he draws in advance, he will not refund his deposit fee."

"Oh? He agreed to all these conditions?" Shao Yifu asked slightly differently.

Fang Yihua mocked, and said: "He also took the initiative to limit the liquidated damages!" Then, with a sneer on his face, Fang Yihua said: "I heard that the production cost of "Mr. The fee is 6.6 million, and the sum of these two fees alone will be 10 million. If "Mr. Zombie" can't create another box office miracle, he will have to fall into a big struggle. Young and frivolous!"

Shao Yifu smiled and said, "He still has some talent."

Fang Yihua said meaningfully: "Talented people should concentrate on creating, and should not have those unrealistic dreams of getting rich!"

Shao Yifu looked at Fang Yihua and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"When he stumbles, let's find a way to get him into Shaw Brothers and let him fight with Jiahe." Fang Yihua explained the plan he had thought up.

Shao Yifu showed a hint of disappointment, shook his head lightly, and said: "He has tasted the sweetness, his heart is wild, and he will not be willing to make films for Shao Brothers like Zhang Che and Chu Yuan. Moreover, Zou Wenhuai will definitely ask him If he throws out an olive branch, it is more likely that he will fall to Jiahe at that time."

"Sixth Brother, shall we also be flexible?" Fang Yihua asked softly.

Shao Yifu sighed lightly, then shook his head lightly, and said: "It is true that the large studio system is rigid and has many shortcomings, but the independent film production system has even greater hidden dangers. Once DreamWorks is allowed to cooperate with us as an independent film company The long-term cooperation of the Shaw Brothers will definitely break our Shaw Brothers' big studio system. At that time, the future of the Shaw Brothers will become unpredictable."

Fang Yihua hesitated for a moment, and said again: "Sixth Brother, why don't we shift our focus to Wireless?"

In fact, Fang Yihua is not keen on making movies—she always believes that the development prospects of the TV industry are even greater.

Therefore, a long time ago, Fang Yihua transferred many resources of Shaw Brothers to wireless TV stations - this is one of the reasons why Zou Wenhuai rebelled against Shaw Brothers.

The Shaw Brothers did not hesitate to sell their ancestral property in order to make movies, and were ridiculed as prodigal sons. Shao Yifu was studying in school, when his brother received a telegram, he immediately dropped out of school and returned to the film company to help.

Shao's film company experienced several ups and downs, and was completely destroyed by the Japanese army that year.

The current Shaw Brothers Film Company was re-established by Shao Yifu brick by brick, and Shao Yifu's dedication to Shaw Brothers Film Company was beyond the comprehension of Fang Yihua, a concubine—even when Shaw Brothers Film Company stopped production indefinitely later. , Shao Yifu still makes one or several movies every few years, which shows Shao Yifu's love for the film industry.

Shao Yifu didn't answer Fang Yihua's words, he was silent for a while, and said, "Wait and see, see what kind of results "Mr. Zombie" can achieve, and then decide how to deal with Xu Cun..."

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