Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 147 [Winning]

Lin Rongheng called the senior management of Universal Films, Universal Cinemas, and Universal Studios to hold a meeting.

At the meeting, Lin Rongheng asked a digression, which surprised everyone.

"What is the current situation of Golden Harvest Films?"

Chen Hansheng thought for a while, and asked and answered: "Not too optimistic! Golden Harvest has no theaters, no funds, and no studio. It all relies on the contacts of several senior film professionals from Zou Wenhuai. They need to attract investment for their film production. There is no problem, but in the past year since its establishment, the box office of the few films it has shot has not been good, and it has not made much money, and it is not so bright to raise funds gradually! What's more, Shaw Films is chasing Golden Harvest fiercely, Shao The sixth child adopts the strategy of dragging down Zou Wenhuai, and he will avenge his hatred!"

Strictly speaking, Zou Wenhuai was fired by Shao Laoliu!
Of course, the reason is: Shao Laoliu realized that Zou Wenhuai and others had the intention of rebellion, so he cut off the founding team of Jiahe.

Since the establishment of Golden Harvest, Shao Lao Liu's strategy of dragging down Zou Wenhuai is not news;
After all, it was obvious that a barrister was invited from the UK to sue Golden Harvest.

Lin Rongheng smiled and said: "Golden Harvest's mud can't support the wall, it seems that there is no future! By the way, we must be stricter when we release Golden Harvest movies in theaters. Don't let inferior movies occupy our resources; if the performance is not good, If it is good, we must go offline in time to avoid wasting our resources.”

From time to time, the current Universal Cinemas no longer has to worry about high-quality movies, not to mention the improvement of their own company's production capabilities, but many independent film companies want to come to Universal Cinemas for release.

At this time, it is naturally the turn of Universal Cinemas to choose.

Of course, Lin Rongheng also intends to add fire to Shao Laoliu, so that Golden Harvest will face difficulties as soon as possible and be on the verge of bankruptcy.

At that time, Golden Harvest will be acquired again to increase the company's talent base.

If nothing else, Golden Harvest Films should be in big trouble in the second half of this year; after all, in the original history, Bruce Lee's first movie "Big Brother Tangshan" saved Golden Harvest.Moreover, in the original history, "Big Brother Tangshan" was invested by Thai capital, which shows that Golden Harvest's financial situation is not good.

In the previous life, Golden Harvest’s signs included: Bruce Lee, the Xu Brothers, and Seven Little Fortunes; now, Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen have all belonged to Huanyu, and as for Seven Little Fortunes, it’s just a matter of Lin Rongheng’s words; therefore, Golden Harvest Film Company will never rise up.

For a long time, the reason why the three companies of Huanyu have not been managed as one company is because there is no strong management figure; if a strong management figure is not enough, one must be a veteran in the industry.

Chen Hansheng was only the director of a studio before, and he still lacked a little ability in all aspects.

Lin Rongheng naturally likes Zou Wenhuai the most. After all, he used to be the CEO of Shaw Brothers. He has a comprehensive experience in business such as production, distribution, theaters, and movie theaters; especially assisting Shao Laoliu in establishing Shao Movie City, this experience is worth investing in yourself.

Moreover, Lin Rongheng planned to merge the three Huanyu companies in 1972 and list them; using the listing to increase the strength of the company can also allow Lin Rongheng to cash out at a high point.

So at this time, Lin Rongheng planned to quietly give Jiahe a cold knife.

Of course, I also have reasons, your movie attendance rate is not high, of course Universal Cinemas can't waste the schedule.

Seeing that Lin Rongheng intends to dismount Jiahe, the high-level executives were not surprised, after all, they were their opponents in the first place.

Bruce Lee's second film "Fist of Fury" was released on July 7th at Universal Cinemas. The theaters were sold out on the day of the screening, and once again set off a wave of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee in Xiangjiang.

"Fist of Fury" tells the story of Huo Yuanjia being poisoned to death by the Japanese at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. Chen Zhen, Huo Yuanjia's personal disciple, rushed to Shanghai to pay homage to his master. When Chen Zhen found out that the Japanese had murdered his master, he broke into Japan alone. The gymnasium competed with a group of Japanese masters, and in the end Chen Zhen killed his enemies and regained the dignity of the country and the nation.

This film breaks through the narrow revenge theme of previous kung fu films, elevates the film to national righteousness, and arouses widespread resonance with its strong patriotism and national spirit; especially at the peak of the Diaoyu movement, such a film is urgently needed .

On the same day, Lin Rongheng met Bruce Lee in his office, intending to win him over.

Universal Films signed a contract with Bruce Lee for three films, and the third film "Way of the Dragon" will be filmed overseas tomorrow, and the investment for the entire film is between HK$150 million and HK$180 million.

If it weren't for Bruce Lee's film's overseas box office advantage, Lin Rongheng might not be willing to part with such a large investment. After all, even if Hong Kong's box office is 500 million Hong Kong dollars, the profit is not particularly large.

Lin Rongheng handed Bruce Lee a contract and said, "This is the re-signed "Way of the Dragon" sharing contract. Since Li Sheng wrote, directed and acted himself this time, he will enjoy 20% of Xiangjiang's box office profits."

Bruce Lee was a little surprised, because this movie was still within the scope of the contract of the three movies. Although he wrote and directed himself, he could not get such a high share according to common sense; soon, he figured it out, the boss was wooing Own.

After taking the contract and reading it carefully, Bruce Lee signed the contract without any additional conditions.

After all, in his heart, he is worth the money!

Next, Lin Rongheng said: "After Li Sheng's film is finished, he should set up his own film company, right?"

coming!As Bruce Lee thought in his heart, he knew that the young boss had this idea.

However, I have already taken the initiative, so there is no need to worry about the exploitation of capitalists.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Lin Rongheng smiled and said: "Congratulations to Li Sheng! Li Sheng's film has not yet been released overseas, so the influence is not enough, so the next film, you might as well cooperate with our Universal Films, we invest, you decide the cost, and the profit Five to five points. By Li Sheng's fifth film, Li Sheng's fame will be resounding all over the world. At that time, we will find another Hollywood film production company and invest tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars to create a world-class kung fu film Li Sheng , do you think my thinking is okay?"

Bruce Lee didn't answer right away, but seriously thought about it: his first film "Brother Tangshan" will be released in the United States in September, and the investment cost of this film is not high, and its overseas influence is limited; Fist of Fury was only released in Hong Kong, and this movie most affected overseas Chinese people; it was the third movie "Enter the Dragon" that could really have a big impact overseas.

Therefore, it is indeed a bit difficult for the fourth film to directly enter Hollywood; and it involves an investment of several million Hong Kong dollars, or even tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and there is definitely no way for me.

Fortunately, the cooperation with Huanyu Films was very pleasant, and the boss proposed a [-]-[-] score, so the fourth film can still be continued.

"Mr. Lin, I can agree to cooperate with the fourth movie! But I haven't made up my mind about the fifth movie yet. Let's talk about it later, how about it?"

"It's natural! Everyone is cooperating, and there is a lot to discuss! Of course, if others give you any conditions, we can definitely give them!"

There is no reason to let this cash cow go, not to mention if Bruce Lee is let go, I don't know how he will be slandered by those Bruce Lee fans in the future!
In the previous life, Zou Wenhuai was worried that Bruce Lee would be poached, and even followed him to the toilet, which shows Bruce Lee's influence in movies; of course, Lin Rongheng was not so nervous, after all, he didn't lack that little money, he just wanted to continue his career .

Speaking of which, the 30-[-] split model is not only suitable for Bruce Lee's personal film company, but also suitable for Xu Guanwen's personal film company; The book excitedly found Shao Lao Liu, and said, "Uncle Six, this book is really good. You contributed [-] Hong Kong dollars. We co-produced this movie. How about sharing the profits equally?"

Shao Laoliu flipped through it a few times indifferently, and said, "It's too bad!" In fact, he didn't intend to examine the quality of this book at all, but felt that Xu wanted to share the money with him, and he was too deceitful.

As a result, Golden Harvest earned half of the 830 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

(End of this chapter)