Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1658 A blow that made things worse

Having lost the markets in Southeast Asia, Neon, Hanguo, and Baodao, Golden Harvest has been very sad in the past year.

Even though they tried their best to open up some channels, Golden Harvest couldn't make any money at all because of the low quality of the movies they produced and the weak agency relationship.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang have been trying their best to get out of the predicament.

But when Lin Daoqiu bought MGM and became the boss of one of the eight major Hollywood film companies, Golden Harvest was even more hopeless.

Those who were still on the sidelines now turned to Lin Daoqiu.

It has become more and more difficult for Golden Harvest to stand firm in Xiangjiang and expand the film to the world.

If he had known this earlier, he shouldn't have opposed Lin Daoqiu in the first place.

They first teamed up with Di Bao, and then they were dragged by Run Run Shaw to create a "Xiangjiang Film Management Act" to target Lin Daoqiu.

This made Lin Daoqiu lose control of the theaters, but it allowed Run Run Shaw to successfully control the Xiangjiang Cinemas.

In the end, Golden Harvest didn't get any benefits, and was kicked out of the port market by Lin Daoqiu, which undoubtedly made things worse for them.

Just when Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were still struggling with the matter of selling the port, Xu Guanwen came to Zou Wenhuai's office at this time.

Regarding Xu Guanwen's visit, at first Zou Wenhuai thought that the other party came to talk to him about opening a new film.

At this time, Golden Harvest and Zou Wenhuai can be said to be the biggest signs of this film company, and Jet Li, a rising star, has only a mediocre reputation in Xiangjiang.

Zou Wenhuai actually hopes that Xu Guanwen can make at least one movie a year, instead of only producing one movie in two or three years like before, because now Golden Harvest really needs Xu Guanwen's movies to boost morale.

"Michael, Golden Harvest has always been very supportive of you. I believe you should be very clear about this. Recently, Golden Harvest's situation is not very good. We really need you to stand up and help us."

Zou Wenhuai didn't realize what Xu Guanwen came to them for today, and at this moment he still hoped that Xu Guanwen could make a few movies.

Although Xu Guanwen's box office appeal is not as good as it used to be, at least his movies can still get over 2000 million or even [-] million box office when they are released.

What Golden Harvest hopes now is to be able to stabilize its position, and then slowly discover more newcomers, so that Golden Harvest can regain its former glory.

"Michael, Mr. Zou is right. Now is the critical moment for Golden Harvest. We hope you can increase the speed of filming, at least one film a year."

Just as Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang looked at Xu Guanwen hopefully, they suddenly noticed that Xu Guanwen's expression seemed a little strange.

On weekdays, Xu Guanwen is very confident. When talking with them, he is full of confidence, and his eyes are always looking directly at each other.

But at this moment, Xu Guanwen's eyes seemed to be a little evasive, and he didn't dare to look at them. This made Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang feel very strange, and they didn't understand what was wrong with Xu Guanwen.

"Mr. Zou, Mr. He, I'm actually here today... I want to talk to you about something."

When Xu Guanwen said this, Zou Wenhuai immediately felt something was wrong.

If Xu Guanwen wanted to start a show, he would definitely not speak like this. Judging from his tone and the expression on his face, what Xu Guanwen was going to say next would probably make them very embarrassed.

"Michael, we have worked together for so many years, if you have anything to say, just say it, no matter what kind of support you need, we will try our best to help you."

He Guanchang had already seen that something was wrong with Xu Guanwen, but he still wanted to try his best to make it up, because he could probably guess what Xu Guanwen was going to say, and this was probably the last thing they wanted to happen.

Before coming to see Zou Wenhuai, Xu Guanwen had been thinking about what to do.

After all, for him, he has cooperated with Golden Harvest for 13 years, and it can be said that the two parties have always cooperated very happily.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang also trusted him, which made him unable to immediately make up his mind to switch to New Oriental.

"Actually... In fact, Mr. Lin approached me before, and he hoped that I would cooperate with New Oriental."

As soon as Xu Guanwen said this, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang frowned almost at the same time, because the last thing they expected happened.

He Guanchang immediately turned his head to look at Zou Wenhuai, their top priority is to keep Xu Guanwen in Golden Harvest, and they must not let him transfer to New Oriental.

If even Xu Guanwen leaves Golden Harvest, it will almost be another heavy blow when Golden Harvest is in trouble.

Even if Xu Guanwen leaves Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest will not go bankrupt immediately, but under multiple chain effects, Golden Harvest's situation will only become more difficult.

"Michael, we have worked together for so many years, almost like a family member. You may not trust you [-]% when you come to New Oriental Lin Daoqiu. You might as well stay in Golden Harvest and work hard together. We will strongly support you."

Naturally, He Guanchang wanted to stand on Golden Harvest's side to persuade Xu Guanwen to stay. The only bargaining chip they could use against Xu Guanwen was the good relationship they had accumulated over the years.

But whether this kind of thing is useful in the face of actual interests, even He Guanchang himself has no idea.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. He, in the past few years, I have actually encountered a creative bottleneck. I have never been able to write a script that satisfies me. I want to try it in a different environment."

Xu Guanwen's attitude was not very firm, but from his words, it could be felt that his willingness to leave Golden Harvest was quite high.

"Michael, we will not treat you badly. No matter what conditions Lin Daoqiu offers you, we will never lower the price he offered."

Zou Wenhuai also thought that Xu Guanwen left Golden Harvest because of money. If that was the case, they would not mind spending more money to keep Xu Guanwen.

But Xu Guanwen shook his head with a wry smile.

"Mr. Lin actually didn't charge me a high price, he just wrote me a script."

As soon as Xu Guanwen said this, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were speechless.

If it's about money, it's easy to handle. They will pay as much as Lin Daoqiu pays, which is not difficult for them.

But the problem now is that Lin Daoqiu wrote a script for Xu Guanwen, which left Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang helpless.

No one can tell how much Lin Daoqiu's script is worth, but to ask Golden Harvest to come up with reciprocal conditions is simply to embarrass them.

If they could do it, it was impossible for Xu Guanwen to leave Golden Harvest and join New Oriental.

Zou Wenhuai, who opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, suddenly sighed secretly.

Because at this time, he had already realized that it was almost impossible to keep Xu Guanwen.

　Thanks, Song Bingshu, Depressed =, everyone's big monthly ticket!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)