The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 169
"Congratulations, Brother Sanmao!" Zeng Zhiwei hurriedly toasted and said, "This way you can become popular in Hollywood."

"It's too early to say that now," Hong Jingbao hurriedly stopped and said with a smile, "Without Mr. Xu's promotion, how could we be where we are today. How about I suggest everyone to offer a toast to Mr. Xu?"

"You are determined to get me drunk, aren't you?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile. He had already drank three or two drinks just now, and his stomach was already churning, and he would definitely spit it out after drinking another bowl.

"Then let's do it, Mr. Xu, you can do whatever you want." Hong Jingbao saw Xu Guanwu's face was flushed and tears were shining in his eyes, so he knew that he really couldn't drink any more, so he hurriedly looked for a way out.

Xu Guanwu smiled, "Forget it, don't spoil everyone's fun, I will toast with everyone!"

He said filling a glass of wine, "Everyone, cheers!"

"Cheers!" everyone shouted together.

"Ouch!" Just after drinking a glass of wine, Xu Guanwu felt drunk, covered his mouth quickly, and ran into the bathroom quickly.

Seeing this, Hong Jingbao hurriedly followed, and saw Xu Guanwu hugging the toilet, vomiting happily.

"Mr. Xu, I'm really sorry. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have asked everyone to toast." Hong Jingbao said with self-blame while helping to pat his back.

"Forget it, I'm not doing your business. It's because I can't drink too much." After Xu Guanwu vomited, he felt better in his stomach.

Hong Jingbao hastily handed over water and paper towels, and asked Xu Guanwu to rinse his mouth.

"Sanmao, let's go outside to get some air?" Xu Guanwu smiled.

Hong Jingbao nodded and followed Xu Guanwu to the outside.

Seeing the sky full of stars and breathing fresh air made me feel much more refreshed.

"How's it going? I haven't been to the set for a while." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"It's still the same. The filming of "Salted Fish Reborn" is almost finished, and I want to take a rest." Hong Jingbao looked up at the sky and said.

"Why, feel tired?" Hearing what he said, Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"One thing, these few movies are starring, martial arts instructor and producer. I feel a lot of pressure on my shoulders. So I want to lighten the burden." Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "Besides, I always play the leading role, and it takes a long time. Yes, the subordinates will also have opinions. So I want to promote one or two to play the leading role."

"It's a good idea, so who are you going to push?" Xu Guanwu smiled.

"Yuan Hua recently followed Zeng Zhiwei to shoot "Li Sanjiao Megatron Hell Gate". Cheng Long doesn't need me to praise him anymore. I want to praise Yuan Biao. He is flexible and has a sense of aura. If there is a good film, it should be It can be praised." Hong Jingbao said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, feeling that he did not believe in the wrong person, Hong Jingbao was indeed a kind and righteous man.

It is good not only to eat alone, but also to be able to promote others.In the snobbish and red-topped entertainment industry, people with such a warm heart are rare.

"Okay, just tell me if you have an idea, and I will support you." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu." Hong Jingbao was also very happy.

"Okay, let's go up, otherwise they should be worried." Xu Guanwu said again.

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The news that "Serpentine" broke through $500 million at the box office was spread through "Daily Daily".

All filmmakers in Hong Kong are envious of the Xu Brothers' success.

500 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, which was an astronomical figure at the time.

At that time, Hong Kong movies broke one million, and they were already blockbusters.

More than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to ten blockbuster films, which is almost the total annual income of the production company.

The news spread to Shao Brothers and Jiahe, which also attracted their attention.

Previously, in Hong Kong, only Shaw Brothers had the ability to distribute movies to Europe and the United States. Later, Golden Harvest successfully entered the United States with the help of Bruce Lee, a kung fu superstar.

But now that the Xu Brothers Company has achieved the great cause of entering the United States without making any noise, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have to be vigilant.

As we all know, the European and American film markets are the largest and most complete film markets in the world. If the films shown there are hits, they will earn tens of millions of dollars in box office revenue.

In comparison, the highest box office revenue in Hong Kong is only a few million Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to more than 100 million US dollars, which is not enough for the cost of a Hollywood film.

From this we can see the gap between Hollywood in Hong Kong and Hollywood in the United States.

Therefore, being able to enter the European and American markets is considered a major film company by Hong Kong filmmakers.

Although the Xu Brothers Company had a brilliant theater chain before, it was only a production company, and it was not a "big" word.

Now "Serpentine" has been successfully released in the United States, and has achieved good box office results. Xu Brothers has also become a major film company on an equal footing with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

The big film companies naturally have a detached position. In the past, the Brilliant Cinemas and Yimei Cinemas generally lacked movies, and sometimes they needed to buy copies of Taiwanese movies to fill their schedules.

The reason is that other production companies in Hong Kong, because of Shaw and Golden Harvest, dare not cooperate with Xu.

But now that the Xu Brothers Company has become a major film company, other production companies have also followed suit.This is the general trend.

"I didn't expect them to develop so fast. Could it be that I'm really getting old?" Sir Yifu Shao said while holding "Daily Daily" in his hand in Shaw Studios.

"Sixth brother, why are you old?" Fang Yihua persuaded, "It's just their shit luck."

"The first time was bad luck, so is the second time also bad luck?" Shao Yifu shook his head, "He is more courageous than me, and his strides are also big. As expected of a young man, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers."

"Brother Six, I heard that he even mortgaged the [-] office buildings in his hand." Fang Yihua said, "Young people are young people. If you stride too far, your eyes won't have time to look at the ground. Sooner or later you will step into a pit." Take a big fall."

"You don't need to curse him. If he is really good, it's useless for you to curse him; if it's really not good, why do you need to curse him again?" Shao Yifu said with a smile.

"Sixth brother, why don't you seem to be angry at all?" Fang Yihua couldn't help asking in surprise seeing that Shao Yifu didn't look angry at all.

"What's there to be angry about? This is a happy event for us." Shao Yifu laughed.

"Why do you say that, why can't I see what's good?" Fang Yihua asked suspiciously.

"At that time, Shaw Brothers' "The First Punch in the World" sold tens of millions of dollars at the box office in the United States, which is why Warner and Golden Harvest cooperated later. Now the Xu Brothers' film has become popular and attracted the attention of Hollywood in the United States. If they want to find someone to make a movie, then Shaw Brothers will have a chance." Shao Yifu explained.

"In the end, Sixth Brother thinks far and wide. I only care about what's in front of me. I really can't compare with you." Fang Yihua laughed.

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu once said, 'When misfortune comes, happiness rests on it, and when good fortune comes, misfortune rests on it'. Things always have two sides, there is a bad side, but there is also a good side. It depends on you Can you find an opportunity?" Shao Yifu passed on his experience to Fang Yihua.

As a group of veterans such as Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang left one after another, Fang Yihua gradually took control of Shaw's power.But although this woman can play tricks, she can be said to know nothing about making movies, and she made a lot of jokes.

Shao Yifu also faintly heard some old courtiers complaining, but Fang Yihua had a close relationship with him. After experiencing the defection of old courtiers such as Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, he could no longer trust outsiders.

So even if Fang Yihua has various deficiencies, he can't dismiss her, he can only teach her by precept and example from time to time, so that Fang Yihua can learn every move from him.

Sir Yifu Shao is worthy of being a living fossil in the film industry. He can see the opportunity this incident brings to Shaw Brothers, but not everyone can see it so clearly.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang of Golden Harvest were very annoyed, "How could it be so easy for him to enter Hollywood? It's so effortless. What did the eight major film companies in Hollywood do to let that outsider run amok in Hollywood? It's outrageous." He Guanchang scolded.

"I don't understand how he did it. Hollywood theater operators are so easy to talk to?" Zou Wenhuai also frowned, unable to figure it out.

In order to push Bruce Lee to enter the United States, he really went through a lot of hard work, and even though "Enter the Dragon" achieved good box office results, other Golden Harvest films still had to go through layers of exploitation if they were to be sold in the United States.

There is no need to think about the box office share, even if the copyright is bought out, it is only tens of thousands of dollars, just like sending beggars.

(End of this chapter)