Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1656 Not pretending
"Speaking of Xiangjiang comedy, I believe the first thing everyone can think of is Mr. Xu Guanwen Xu, who is called the sneer maker. I'm not just talking about it casually. This is obvious to all."

The Hui brothers' comedies have been enthusiastically sought after by everyone since their birth, and have become representatives of Hong Kong comedies in one fell swoop.

But Xu Guanwen is not self-taught, which has a lot to do with his experience before participating in the film performance.

After graduating from the Sociology Department of the United College of Hong Kong Chinese University, Xu Guanwen first went to the United States for further studies, and then returned to Hong Kong to join TVB.

Then he and his younger brother Xu Guanjie co-hosted a variety show called "Double Star Announcement".

This program changed from an irregular column to a weekly prime-time column within two months, setting the highest ratings of Xiangjiang TV that year.

Immediately, Xu Guanwen, who became a hit, received the attention of Li Hanxiang, who invited him to star in "The Great Warlord".

Although he had no film acting experience before this, but with the acting skills honed in "The Annunciation of the Two Stars" and under the direction of Li Hanxiang, "The Great Warlord" starring Xu Guanwen can be said to be a great success.

On the box office list of Xiangjiang movies in 72, "The Great Warlord" ranked third with a score of 340 million, ahead of it were "Fist of Fury" and "Big Brother Tangshan" starring Bruce Lee.

At that time, Xu Guanwen didn't have too many ideas about making movies by himself.

During the cooperation with Li Hanxiang, Xu Guanwen learned a lot of knowledge about movies from Li Hanxiang, which gradually cultivated his interest in movies.

Until 74, Xu Guanwen planned to make a movie by himself. He wrote a movie called "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", and then brought it to Shaw Film Company owner Run Run Shaw, hoping to cooperate with him in the filming. into.

For Run Run Shaw, even great directors like Li Hanxiang and Zhang Cheh did not dare to claim a share in front of him when they made blockbuster movies, and everyone paid their wages honestly.

Xu Guanwen was so audacious that he wanted to share with himself. This was simply whimsical, so Run Run Shaw rejected Xu Guanwen's request on the grounds that the script was too poor after reading the script.

In desperation, Xu Guanwen had no choice but to look for other collaborators. This time he found Golden Harvest's Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

After the other party read the script written by Xu Guanwen, the two hit it off immediately. Zou Wenhuai not only agreed to cooperate with Xu Guanwen in the filming of "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", but also assisted them in starting their own film company.

In 74, Xu Guanwen left Shaw Brothers with Xu Guanjie, and filmed their pioneering work "Ghost Horse Double Star" of Xu's film industry.

Once this movie was released, it immediately attracted widespread attention, and then the box office soared, and finally even sold a box office record of 600 million, which is a full 74 million more than the annual box office No.2 "Skynet" in 400. .

Since then, Xu's Films has been out of control, and successively released "Genius and Idiot", "Half Weight", "Broken Deed", and "Modern Bodyguard".

These five films all became the annual box office champions of the year, which shows how powerful Xu Guanwen's comedy films are.

Only in the 80s, because of the rise of Lin Daoqiu and New Art City, Xu Guanwen's comedy movies could no longer dominate Xiangjiang.

Xu Guanwen, who was born in 1942, was only 45 years old at this time. Speaking of which, this age is the golden age of creation.

If he is allowed to remain silent like this, it will be a huge loss to Xiangjiang Films, and even Chinese-language films.

So as soon as Xu Guanjie found Lin Daoqiu, he immediately agreed, and even said that he would visit the thatched cottage to invite Xu Guanwen like Liu Bei.

For Lin Daoqiu, if Xu Guanwen can be invited to New Oriental, it will definitely be a good thing for New Oriental.

But if they can't get them, it won't be a big loss to New Oriental, because at this time Xu Guanwen has already started to go downhill, and it is impossible for him to regain his former glory if he stays in Golden Harvest.

In this world, there is only one person who can help Xu Guanwen, and that is Lin Daoqiu.

For Lin Daoqiu, if he wants to make money, it is very simple, he just needs to stay in Hollywood and film.

Because not only the box office there is in US dollars, but also the population is forty times larger than that of Xiangjiang. The size of the movie market alone is many times larger than that of Xiangjiang.

And the most important thing is that in addition to the income from the movie box office, there are also rich peripheral income. Compared with Xiangjiang where piracy is rampant everywhere, it can be said that there is no comparison between heaven and earth.

So Lin Daoqiu invited Xu Guanwen, the biggest purpose was not to make money, the reason why he wanted to invite Xu Guanwen to New Oriental was just to let him make more popular and popular movies.

"The reason why I want to invite Mr. Xu to New Oriental is not purely for the box office, but I hope you can make good movies and make the audience laugh like before..."

"If I wanted to make money, I wouldn't stay in Xiangjiang. After all, compared with Xiangjiang, the value of currency, the number of viewers, and the income of surrounding areas in the United States are all several times higher than Xiangjiang."

Xu Guanwen naturally knew that there was a huge difference between the money he could get from filming in Hollywood and the money he could get from filming in Xiangjiang.

So he also knew that Lin Daoqiu was not pretending to say these things to himself, but an invitation to himself from the bottom of his heart.

"In 74, I left Shaw Brothers to set up my own film company. It has been 13 years now. I have been taken care of by Mr. Zou and Mr. He these years. Now let me leave at this time..."

Jiahe's current situation is really bad. Xu Guanwen can be said to be their last card. If even Xu Guanwen leaves, then Jiahe will definitely be very sad.

"Golden Harvest's decline is doomed. Even if Mr. Xu stays in Golden Harvest, they will not be able to change their decline. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying, and other outstanding stars have left one after another, which has already laid the groundwork for this."

If the people mentioned by Lin Daoqiu were still in Golden Harvest, then Golden Harvest's situation at this time would definitely not be as difficult as it is now.

And the most important thing is that Lin Daoqiu didn't say it, that is, Golden Harvest committed suicide, went to cooperate with Di Bao, not to mention, and even joined forces to create a "Xiangjiang Film Management Act" to deal with him.

If Lin Daoqiu would allow them to continue, wouldn't it be the same as letting them shit and pee on his head? If this is the case, he would not say it in front of Xu Guanwen.

(End of this chapter)