Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 122 [Black Belt]

On the morning of May 5th, Shao Laoliu picked up a copy of "Modern Daily" and read it. Although Shao Laoliu didn't like Lin Rongheng, the spoiler, he had to admit that "Modern Daily" allowed him to understand more and better. Comprehensive news.

"Da Dae Le fast food is full of customers every day, the spring of Chinese fast food?" Shao Laoliu snorted, probably because "Modern Daily" collected advertising fees, and even the news of a fast food restaurant could be included in the regular issue; he has no interest in this news , quickly glanced over.

"Breaking news! The 50 "Great Warlord" is coming!" Seeing the title, Shao Laoliu's heart skipped a beat. The news he didn't want to see came.The more I don't want to read it, the more I want to read it. Although this news is short, it is very concise. There are also comments from several famous film critics, which are undoubtedly not rave reviews!
Shao Laoliu put down the newspaper angrily, not only angry at Li Hanxiang's defection to the enemy, but also angry that Xu Guanwen, the host of TVB TV station, also defected to the enemy; I'm afraid the reputation of Xiaodujichang' will spread immediately.

In just half a year, Huanyu Films released two blockbuster films. If someone said that Huanyu Films was an outsider, they probably didn't know how to do it because they were not afraid of being scolded.

Before "Big Brother Tangshan" was released, the highest box office in Hong Kong was only 260 million Hong Kong dollars. "Big Brother Tangshan" not only broke the box office, but also fully pushed the record to 350 million Hong Kong dollars; now "The Great Warlord" is coming again. According to this The trend of 300 million Hong Kong dollars is also possible.

This is equivalent to saying that Xiangjiang's first and second movie box office records are both produced by Universal Films. Isn't this not strong enough?
Run Run Shaw is looking for a director to give a lecture: "You have been studying more recently, and we want to release a blockbuster that surpasses the world?"

The director had a bitter look on his face. He has seen "Big Brother Tangshan" and "The Great Warlord", so he knows how difficult it is?

It is not difficult to write a good book, but where to find an outstanding kung fu movie star like Bruce Lee?

Even Xu Guanwen, the lead actor in "The Great Warlord", performed well, and Shaw Brothers couldn't play this kind of role for a while?

After the editor and director left with a bitter face, Shao Laoliu cursed again in the office: Lin Rongheng is a despicable villain, he has no ability to cultivate talents, and he specializes in poaching talents;

Then, he scolded Xu Guanwen for being ungrateful, eating wireless food, and turning his arms out!

After scolding, he was puzzled, and then scolded Li Hanxiang: Why didn't he die on Taiwan Island!
At the same time as "The Warlord" was released, Bruce Lee's second film "Fist of Fury" was also officially completed, and Lin Rongheng specially participated in the finale banquet this time.

The wrap-up banquet was held in a high-end Chinese restaurant. The main creators and leading actors were invited, as well as the management of Huanyu Films. There were a total of five tables.

Chen Hansheng arranged Bruce Lee, Miao Kexiu, Tian Jun and other leading actors at Lin Rongheng's table, and even arranged the male protagonist Bruce Lee and the female protagonist Miao Kexiu at Lin Rongheng's right and left hands.

Lin Rongheng first announced a shocking news: "Mr. Li, congratulations on your selection to the Hall of Fame of the internationally authoritative martial arts magazine "Black Belt". They have already called and invited you to return to the United States for an interview?"

"Black Belt" is an authoritative magazine of martial arts recognized abroad. Bruce Lee was selected into the Hall of Fame with his self-created Jeet Kune Do, which means that he is recognized and recognized by those foreign martial arts circles.

Bruce Lee's face was obviously happy, and he suppressed his joy and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin!"

I should really thank Lin Rongheng. After "Big Brother Tangshan" was released, Lin Rongheng asked Chen Hansheng to send someone to contact the "Black Belt" magazine and handed over the Jeet Kune Do video tape; it can't be said that he was going through the back door, but he did actively promote it. , Suspected of recommendation; of course, Bruce Lee himself has been to the "Black Belt" magazine to discuss.

In this way, Bruce Lee was selected into the Hall of Fame of the internationally authoritative martial arts magazine "Black Belt" as a Jeet Kune Do master one year in advance.

The reason why Huanyu Films operated is also for its Bruce Lee movies to obtain high box office in the United States and overseas.

In order to win over Bruce Lee, Lin Rongheng went on to say: "How many movies does our company have with Mr. Li?"

Chen Hansheng quickly said: "There is still a movie contract!"

Lin Rongheng nodded and became thoughtful.

If Bruce Lee didn't come, he became nervous, and the capitalists wouldn't think of any bad ideas!
For example, if you procrastinate and don't shoot a new movie, you're wasting your own time.

Lin Rongheng suddenly said: "I heard that Mr. Li has a lot of ideas on the set, and he is very hard to learn about the set, isn't it?"

Bruce Lee was in a bad mood. He didn't expect to have an unpleasant fight with Huanyu Films so soon. He said in a deep voice: "Yes, I also have some ideas. I plan to practice them myself after the contract expires!"

Contrary to Bruce Lee's expectations, Lin Rongheng was not unhappy, but said happily: "Very good! Our company strongly supports actors or directors. If they think this way, don't we still have a contract! Let's leave it to Mr. Li." Write, direct, and act on your own, practice it in advance.”

Bruce Lee's complexion changed again, and he said happily: "Thank you, Mr. Lin, I will produce the most perfect script, and direct and act with my heart!"

Lin Rongheng nodded, and then suggested: "I have a suggestion! "Brother Tangshan" is about what happened in Thailand, "Jing Fu Men" is about what happened in mainland China, and Mr. Li should also go out of Asia and go to Europe and America for "The Raptors" Jiang" has done a lot, you can find karate and other martial arts masters to compete in the same field, of course, it's just a suggestion, it depends on your own opinion!"

Bruce Lee's eyes lit up, these thoughts coincided with his own, so he said: "Well, I will seriously consider it!"

Although Bruce Lee wrote, directed and acted himself, Huanyu only spent an extra fee, which didn't cost much, but he could win him over.

And since Bruce Lee finished filming "Way of the Dragon", there was still a year and a half before his death in his previous life, which is equivalent to three more movies, which made two more movies than the original history, leaving two Department of Kui Bao.

In this way, Lin Rongheng has made a great contribution to 'Huaxia Kung Fu'!
Although the root cause of all this is Lin Rongheng's investment as a capitalist, it is also a contribution!

After Bruce Lee was selected into the Hall of Fame by the authoritative international martial arts magazine "Black Belt", his films can be prepared to be released in the United States, and then overseas one after another.

It is conservatively estimated that Bruce Lee will bring profits of 1 million Hong Kong dollars to Universal Films, and he can almost build his own Universal Cinemas.

Beautiful!
1 million Hong Kong dollars, how many years will Shaw Brothers movies earn?

In fact, the reason why Shao Lao Liu has a high net worth is not that he earns more from making movies, but that he can invest in properties; in his previous life, at the end of 1972, Hang Lung spent 1.15 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire the Shaw Building and Xinhua Theater in Mong Kok, Kowloon at a high price .

This transaction almost plunged Hang Lung into the abyss of disaster. The two properties will not be delivered until the end of 1973, but Hang Lung's bid is much higher than the price of the buildings in Mong Kok.

The consequences are very simple: Shao Laoliu will make a fortune, and Hang Lung Real Estate will fall from the five tigers of Chinese real estate to the altar.

Because the stock market and real estate plummeted later, most of Hang Lung’s funds were frozen (purchasing Shaw properties), so that it missed the good opportunity to buy a large amount of land at a low price when the real estate was at a low point from 1974 to 1975.

But when other real estate companies are hunting for bottoms, Hang Lung can only stare blankly because of funding problems!
(End of this chapter)