Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 166 Let Them Fight

"Have you heard? Yuen Biao's box office is not as good as expected this time, Golden Harvest is planning to promote a martial arts star, and I heard that person is Jackie Chan."

"No way, Jackie Chan's "The Serpentine Hand" only took 270 million, and he is still a member of Luo Wei, how can Golden Harvest praise him?"

"Why not? It's rumored outside that Jackie Chan's new drama "Drunken Master" will definitely beat "Kung Fu Kid" at the box office, and even Golden Harvest is very optimistic about Jackie Chan."

For Golden Harvest's Ax Mountain Road set, and Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay set, a new rumor has suddenly come out in the past few days.

Everyone is rumoring that because the box office of Yuen Biao's "Kung Fu Kid" is not as good as expected, Chow Man Huai and Ho Koon Cheong plan to promote another martial arts star.

And now the only martial arts star next to Yuen Biao is Jackie Chan, who won 270 million box office with "Serpentine Hands".

At first, neither Jiahe nor the members of Hong's family took it seriously.

But it was precisely because they ignored the rumor that it became more and more fierce as a result.

Even later, everyone thought that if Jiahe didn't come out to respond, it was tantamount to acquiescing to this matter.

"Go find some reporters to explain, and put this rumor to rest as soon as possible."

A few days later, Zou Wenhuai couldn't bear it anymore. He was worried that Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao would believe the rumor if it was passed on.

But the strange thing is that after Zou Wenhuai finished speaking, He Guanchang did not agree immediately.

"Mr. Zou, I don't think this rumor is actually a bad thing for us."

When Zou Wenhuai heard it, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the other party, because He Guanchang's words made him mistakenly think that he was the one who spread the rumor.

"Mr. Zou misunderstood. This rumor has nothing to do with me. I just want to use this rumor to see who has more potential, Yuen Biao or Jackie Chan."

In fact, He Guanchang began to pay attention to this young man after Jackie Chan's "Snake Shaped Hand" won a box office of 270 million.

It was only because of Yuen Biao's sudden birth that he gave up the idea of ​​signing Jackie Chan.

But unexpectedly, Yuen Biao's second film actually showed an obvious downward trend, which made He Guanchang turn his attention to Jackie Chan again.

"Do you think Jackie Chan is comparable to Yuen Biao?"

Zou Wenhuai found He Guanchang's idea inconceivable, because no matter how bad Yuen Biao was, he would at least get 500 million at the box office.

Jackie Chan has only one "Serpentine Hand" that can be sold, no matter how you look at it, you should continue to praise Yuen Biao, there is no reason to switch to Jackie Chan.

"Mr. Zou misunderstood me. I didn't think about giving up Yuen Biao. I just think that Jackie Chan has great potential. Why can't he be included in our Golden Harvest?"

After hearing He Guanchang's words, Zou Wenhuai showed a thoughtful expression, but he didn't object directly, it seemed that he was a little moved.

"If we only rely on Yuen Biao now, if something happens to him, then we won't even have a replacement."

It has to be said that because of Bruce Lee's sudden death, Zou Wenhuai's dream of entering Hollywood was abruptly cut off.

For him, this is the biggest regret in his life, not being able to join hands with the other party in Hollywood.

The inability to spread Xiangjiang films to the whole world has always been something that Zou Wenhuai can't let go of.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai has been looking for an actor who can replace Bruce Lee these years, but unfortunately he has not been able to find someone who can match Bruce Lee.

At this time, a Yuan Biao suddenly appeared, which made Zou Wenhuai suddenly see hope.

He originally wanted to win Yuen Biao and bring him to Hollywood to make him a martial arts superstar in the Chinese world.

However, the box office of "Kung Fu Boy" was not as good as expected, which sounded the alarm for Zou Wenhuai.

If Golden Harvest really invests all its resources in Yuen Biao, it seems like a very risky thing now.

"Then what are you going to do?"

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai wanted to hear what He Guanchang planned to do.

"It's very simple, let Yuen Biao's "Mr. Zan and Chang Qianhua" compete with Jackie Chan's "Drunken Master" and see who is more popular."

Zou Wenhuai never expected that He Guanchang would want to have the two plays face off. Doing so would definitely affect their box office revenue.

If it wasn't He Guanchang who was standing opposite, Zou Wenhuai might have thought that the other party was crazy.

"No matter how bad Yuen Biao is, he can win at least 500 million yuan. Do you think "Drunken Master" can win Yuen Biao's new film?"

Zou Wenhuai was very suspicious of this. If he didn't know that He Guanchang was very optimistic about Jackie Chan, he would even suspect that the other party wanted to use this trick to destroy Jackie Chan.

He Guanchang smiled and shook his head. Although he had confidence in Jackie Chan, it was not that kind of blind trust.

"If Jackie Chan wins, it will be more convincing to recruit him. Even if he loses, it doesn't matter. At least when poaching him, it will be easier to talk to Luo Wei."

What He Guanchang is looking at is Jackie Chan's future, so the success of Drunken Master will not have any impact on his idea of ​​recruiting Jackie Chan.

Unless "Drunken Master" only gets tens of thousands of box office, then He Guanchang will immediately dismiss the idea of ​​recruiting Jackie Chan, but this is obviously impossible.

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"What? The schedule of "Drunken Master" will be delayed by one month? Why?"

When Wu Siyuan received a call from He Guanchang, he felt baffled. He had already promised to release it in October, but why did it suddenly move to November?
"The schedule for October is really not available, please forgive me, brother Siyuan."

"Mr. He is not joking, we have clearly agreed that it will be released in October, why did you suddenly change your mind now?"

Wu Siyuan is not a newcomer, he is already a veteran in the film industry, so how could he be fooled by He Guanchang's two words.

He knew very well that He Guanchang must have a purpose in doing this, and the other party would definitely not move "Drunken Master" to November for no reason.

"Brother Siyuan, don't be angry, because there are several movies that will be released in October, if they are all together, it will affect the box office, so I changed "Drunken Master" to a good schedule, and I did this for your own good. "

Wu Siyuan didn't believe He Guanchang's nonsense, he originally planned to get to the bottom of it and find out what purpose He Guanchang and the others had in doing this.

But it is a pity that He Guanchang did not tell him the truth, but insisted repeatedly that it was for his own good. In the end, the two could only break up unhappy.

"What the hell is going on?"

After putting down the phone, Wu Siyuan still couldn't understand why He Guanchang insisted on changing "Drunken Master" to November?

He had already inquired before that Golden Harvest did not have any strong movies to be released in October, so he chose to let "Drunken Master" be released in October.

And just a few days later, Wu Siyuan, who was puzzled, finally found the real reason for the sudden shift of "Drunken Master".

"He Guanchang, that bastard, he actually wants to have "Drunken Master" and Yuen Biao's "Mr. Zan and Changqianhua" fight..."

(End of this chapter)