Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1425 Be the Protagonist for the Last Time

"Director Li is not joking, is he? This year's share will be reduced by [-]% starting from the second half of the year?"

After visiting Dibao, Li Maowen came to Golden Harvest Company.

In Zou Wenhuai's office, Li Maowen told them the 'bad news' with a smile.

"The specific situation is like this for the time being, but the final result will not come out until after the party tomorrow night. Of course, this needs to be discussed with those film producers from other places."

He Guanchang looked at Li Maowen unkindly, he felt that this guy must have been sent by Lin Daoqiu to find fault with Jiahe.

Originally, Jiahe's current situation is not good. If the income from selling ports is reduced by [-]%, it will have a big impact on them.

"Golden Harvest will never agree to this matter, and I believe other film companies will do the same."

He Guanchang said almost the same thing as Cen Jianxun.

Li Maowen just smiled slightly at this, he naturally knew what Jiahe's attitude was.

"Actually, this is not bad news for Golden Harvest."

As soon as Li Maowen said this, the hearts of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang who were present at the scene suddenly thumped.

The share will be reduced by [-]%. This is not bad news. Is there anything worse than this?
"According to the reports of those film producers, the quality of Golden Harvest's movies in the past year or so was not high. Except for a few that made money, most of them were losing money."

After Li Maowen finished speaking, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang didn't know what to say.

Since the loss of Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying and others, the quality of Golden Harvest movies has indeed been declining.

In the past year, there were several high-profile blockbuster films, but now Golden Harvest can't even find a decent star.

"In view of this, those film studios are considering not to buy Golden Harvest's films from the second half of the year."

As soon as Li Maowen said this, He Guanchang stood up directly from his chair. No wonder he said before that a [-]% reduction in the share is not bad news.

Now people who buy movies will not buy your movies directly, and even cut off the way to sell them. This is to kill Jiahe.

"Of course, these are their intentions. I'm just responsible for conveying them. The specific situation will not be known until tomorrow night's party."

The two news that Li Maowen brought today were more scary than the other, which was no less than a catastrophe for Golden Harvest.

"Director Li, if the Film Overseas Distribution Department of the Electric Power Management Bureau cannot serve Golden Harvest, we don't mind distributing films through our own channels."

Golden Harvest had its own channels before, but it was only after the integration that the agency rights were handed over to the Overseas Distribution Department of the Electricity Regulatory Bureau.

If the film overseas distribution department can't help them sell the film, Jiahe doesn't mind doing it by itself.

"I don't know if Mr. He's decision is Golden Harvest's final decision."

Li Maowen looked very calm, he seemed to have guessed that He Guanchang would say this.

He Guanchang nodded directly.

"If the film overseas distribution department can play a role, Golden Harvest will not choose this path."

After He Guanchang finished speaking, Li Maowen smiled slightly, and then stood up directly from the chair.

"If that's the case, then Jiahe doesn't have to attend the party tomorrow night. As the director of the film overseas distribution department, I wish Jiahe every success and leave."

After Li Maowen finished speaking, he turned around and was about to walk towards the door.

But at this moment, Zou Wenhuai suddenly spoke.

"Director Li stays behind, Guan Chang is just talking casually, Jiahe will not make such a bad move until the last step."

Although he didn't know what the consequences of falling out with the Electric Power Management Bureau would be, Zou Wenhuai felt that if he really did this, Jiahe's future road would be even more difficult.

If it is really so easy to bypass the overseas distribution department and do it yourself, wouldn't the department set up by the Electricity Regulatory Bureau be useless, and it would be better to disband it directly.

"Mr. Zou, I'm just here to tell the two of you what happened this time. As for the final result, I can't decide. If you two have anything to say, please leave it until tomorrow. Excuse me."

Li Maowen opened the door and walked out without waiting for what Zou Wenhuai was saying.

After Li Maowen left, He Guanchang sat down angrily.

"I shouldn't have let Lin Daoqiu's people sit in this position in the first place, and now it's too late to regret it."

He Guanchang dared to bet that what Li Maowen said just now must have Lin Daoqiu's shadow in it.

"It's not like you didn't see it in that meeting back then. Sixth Uncle and Lin Daoqiu teamed up and the Hong Kong government also agreed. How can we object?"

Thinking of this, He Guanchang couldn't help but sighed, he could only blame Run Run Shaw for switching sides, if not for his crucial vote, whether Li Maowen could take this position in the end is up to two to decide.

"When the stream cloud rises, the sun sinks into the pavilion, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind fills the building..."

Zou Wenhuai whispered these two lines of poetry.

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"Mr. Lin's prediction was correct. After hearing what I said, Golden Harvest planned to take back the distribution rights and do it himself, but Mr. Zou seemed to sense something, and he backed up the words."

After visiting Jiahe and Dibao, Li Maowen came to Lin Daoqiu's office again.

"Originally this time, they wanted to take the Golden Harvest Festival Flag. Even if they took the agency back, it would be a dead end. It doesn't make any difference."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head while talking, he felt that He Guanchang hadn't seen the seriousness of the problem clearly until now.

If just changing an agent can solve the problem, then why should I let Li Maowen do these things.

The quality of Golden Harvest movies has indeed declined significantly in the past few years. In the final analysis, there are still only a handful of stars who can support the show.

The only one who can be named now is Xu Guanwen, and he is the kind of person who only releases a movie every year or two.

As for Jet Li, he has made a good start this year, but if he wants to gain a firm foothold in Xiangjiang's film market, it is definitely not enough to rely on the few people in the Liu family class.

The current situation is very simple, it depends on whether Lin Daoqiu wants to beat Jiahe to death completely.

As long as Lin Daoqiu thinks about it, even if they take back the agency rights, no studio will buy their movies.

After all, compared with New Oriental, Golden Harvest is simply incomparable in terms of film quality and output.

In order to curry favor with a film company that is in the sunset, and to offend the future overlord of Xiangjiang Films, if someone really does this, it can only be said that his brain is probably flooded.

"Tomorrow night, we will do as we discussed before, and then let Jiahe be the protagonist of Xiangjiang movie for the last time."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu said this, Li Maowen and others nodded repeatedly, and at the same time they recited the eulogy to Jiahe in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)