Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 76 [Two cocks crowing]

Lin Rongheng received Li Hanxiang, who returned from Taiwan Island, at the office of Universal Studios, accompanied by Chen Hansheng.

After Lin Rongheng issued the invitation, it took Li Hanxiang a month and a half to toss and turn to escape from Taiwan Island successfully. During this period, Zhu Guoliang also used some interpersonal relationships, and even Lin Rongheng sent 1 Hong Kong dollars.

The reason why Li Hanxiang was restricted by Taiwan Island was not only for economic reasons, but also for some political entanglements.

After getting to know each other for a while, Li Hanxiang said sternly: "The 5 Hong Kong dollars sent by Boss Lin will be returned after I finish shooting the movie!"

This is the death of a famous person to save face and suffer, for fear of being in debt.

Lin Rongheng said with a smile: "That's Li Sheng's signing fee. Our Universal Films is just a new company. If we cooperate with a long-established film person like you, we will pay a signing fee. This is your legal income. I will write later. In the contract, you don't have to refuse!"

This is a fact. If it wasn't for the attention of Universal Studios, Li Hanxiang would probably have returned to Shaw Brothers again, and would not have chosen a newly established film company, although this film company offered a slightly higher salary.

Of course, Huanyu Studio is the original Yonghua Studio, and it is inextricably linked with Li Hanxiang; what's more, Li Hanxiang doesn't want Shaw Brothers to receive Shao Lao Liu's 'eyes'.

Li Hanxiang declined again, and Chen Hansheng persuaded him: "Li Sheng, this is a company benefit, not a preferential treatment for you! Our Universal Studio has many benefits. For example, in addition to the official salary, the director and starring also enjoy the box office. Profit sharing, do you have to give up, so you can accept it with peace of mind, and it will be written into the contract later anyway."

Although Chen Hansheng was trying to persuade Li Hanxiang, he also had more meaning in his words, that is, our boss is very generous.

After that, things went a lot smoother. Everyone talked about the way of cooperation. Lin Rongheng still offered to sign three movies, and he didn't ask for anything else. Even during the filming of three movies, if you had to take over work from other companies, there was no problem. As long as it does not affect the shooting of their own company's films.

After the contract was signed, Li Hanxiang asked, "Does the company have a plan and script for this first film?"

Lin Rongheng said: "I have some ideas. It depends on whether Li Sheng is not interested. If he is not interested, Li Sheng can play at will, and the company can shoot after passing the script!"

Li Hanxiang was stunned for a moment, but he did not expect that the young boss would still have the idea of ​​a movie; before he returned to Hong Kong, Li Hanxiang inquired. Although this man is a business genius, he basically does not interfere in the affairs of the film company and delegates power to the president. Manager Chen Hansheng, this is also one of the reasons why Li Hanxiang is willing to cooperate with Huanyu. Of course, this is not the main reason.

"I'd like to hear Boss Lin's high points!"

Lin Rongheng nodded and said, "Just shoot a witty and satirical comedy film about a series of jokes made by the great warlords of the Republic of China because they were illiterate.

Although Lin Rongheng didn't say much, Li Hanxiang was obviously very interested, and his eyes were already shining.

After a long time, Li Hanxiang responded: "Boss Lin's idea is really second, I have recently created the script, and then you can give some pointers!"

Lin Rongheng said with a smile: "I don't dare to give pointers, just discuss it!" There is a memory in his mind, that is, the young woman who tried to judge and the uncle's brother-in-law had some influence, and bombarded the Dragon King and so on. These stories are based on Adapted from some true stories of the warlords of the Republic of China.

The news that Li Hanxiang signed a contract with Huanyu Productions aroused great repercussions in the Hong Kong film industry. Soon, some reporters began to dig up the news of Huanyu Productions and found that this new film company had recruited a lot of Shaw Brothers people. Even the newly established Golden Harvest Films could not escape the fate of being poached.

Although Shaw Brothers is rich, the boss, Shao Laoliu, is very stingy. In addition, Shaw Brothers has a lot of talent, and Huanyu Productions recruits people who are not valued. Naturally, the impact is not very big.

As for Golden Harvest Films, Huanyu Productions did not dig many people, and the impact was not very big.

In fact, Lin Rongheng knew that in the second half of next year, Golden Harvest would not be able to escape the fate of being acquired by himself; because Golden Harvest had few people with one heart, but most of the first few films it produced had mediocre performance and bleak business.

In history, if Bruce Lee hadn't rescued Jiahe, Jiahe might not have been able to come back to life.

In addition, in this life, Yonghua Studio was acquired by Lin Rongheng, and Lisheng Cinema was leased by Lin Rongheng. There is a possibility for Jiahe to rise; and Universal Film is not the focus of Lin Rongheng, so when Jiahe's business is bleak, Lin Rongheng might as well use 2% of the shares and the temptation of the general manager position, anyway, Lin Rongheng doesn't interfere much with the film company's affairs.

On the second day after signing the contract with Li Hanxiang, some media used "One chicken died, two chickens croak, the sixth uncle can't rest in peace" to describe the impact of Jiahe Films and Universal Films on Shaw Brothers films.

Shaw Brothers Movies.

Shao Laoliu sat gloomily in the office and was sulking, and Fang Yihua, who was next to him, persuaded him: "He Li Hanxiang is only a defeated general after all, and he may not be able to make a difference when he returns to Xiangjiang to film. !"

In fact, Shao Laoliu didn't give birth to Li Hanxiang to return to Hong Kong to film at all, will it be a success!

Instead, Shao Laoliu has been paying attention to Li Hanxiang's every move, waiting to see his jokes, and finally returned to Shaw Brothers in a disheartened manner; in this way, he can warn those who left Shaw Brothers - you see Well, he is such a powerful character as Li Hanxiang, and he is nothing without Shaw Brothers movies!

However, this kind of thinking is naturally difficult to say, even if it is the person next to the pillow, because it is because of his own low energy!
Shao Laoliu came back to his senses and sneered: "It's not good for him, Li Hanxiang, to defect to someone, but he has to defect to a hairy boy. Does the hairy boy understand movies?"

Fang Yihua followed his lover's words and said, "Because that brat doesn't understand movies, it's time for Huanyu Movies to close down in a year or two, and these people should apply to us to come back for dinner!"

Shao Laoliu's mood instantly became more relaxed, and then he asked, "How is the situation over Jiahe?"

Fang Yihua looked contemptuous and said, "Jiahe's life is not easy right now, since it doesn't have its own studio, there are only two or three small cinema chains that it leases. I think they are not even as good as the universe, and sooner or later they will have to play. It's over. So I said, you should worry less about the film company."

Shao Laoliu became more and more comfortable. The woman's words were very satisfying to him, so he said with a smile: "Indeed, TVB is more important. Recently, TVB is planning to set up an artist training class. How many people do we need in the future? Like those people who just want to dig into other people's corners."

Jiahe Films.

In Zou Wenhuai's office, several high-level executives are discussing countermeasures. Since its establishment in June this year, Golden Harvest Films has shot 2 movies in just four months. There are still too few lines; if it were to be released like this, I am afraid it would be at a loss.

Zou Wenhuai pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that Universal Cinema is supporting independent film companies and encouraging independent film companies to release their films on Universal Cinema, which not only assists in the distribution and promotion of the film, but also does not require payment from the film company. Guarantee fee. Do you think we should take our movie to their theaters for screening?”

He Guanchang immediately said: "But as far as I know, they have to take 5% of the box office for the movies released in their theaters. Not only that, but if we take the film to their theaters for release, it is also equivalent to investing in the enemy, the red their theater chain; after all, I don't believe a layman can make a good movie!"

It seems that film people in Hong Kong all feel that Lin Rongheng is going to Waterloo this time, and they are not optimistic about Universal Films; even the Golden Harvest Films that Lin Rongheng said is going to close down, they look down on Universal Films.

Zou Wenhuai said: "However, our cinema chain is seriously insufficient, and it is impossible to recover the cost even if it is full every day, and the Universal Film Company spent 300 million Hong Kong dollars a year to lease several large-scale theater chains on Hong Kong Island, we have not many choices. , Shaw Brothers is even more unlikely. So, it's better than nothing, don't you think?"

For a time, everyone found that Jiahe had no choice but to pull down his face to cooperate with the Universal Cinema.

In fact, when these people didn't know, Lin Rongheng had this idea in the first place. He spent huge sums of money to sign key theater contracts with several theater chains in a blitzkrieg. Think about it, the annual rent of 300 million Hong Kong dollars, how much the box office hit. A million-dollar movie can recoup its cost.

Therefore, what Lin Rongheng is fighting is that while Jiahe has no choice, other independent film companies have no choice.

Golden Harvest executives finally decided not to be reconciled, and sold their 'excellent' movies to the Universal Cinema Line.

(End of this chapter)