The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 20 Plan ahead
"Mr. Zou, my second brother has a proposal. One week before the official release, after the show ends on Friday and Saturday nights, we can add a midnight show to show our "Ghost Horse Twin Stars"." Xu Guanwen carefully The proposal said, "One is to see the audience's reaction, so that we can edit and modify it again; the other is also a means of publicity. The so-called word of mouth can save a lot of publicity costs."

When Xu Guanwu heard that there is no midnight screening system in the Hong Kong film industry, he immediately told Xu Guanwen about the midnight screenings he had read on the Internet.

Xu Guanwen was worrying about how to promote his film, when he heard his second brother's idea, he immediately knew it was a win-win idea.Just taking this opportunity today, I mentioned it to Mr. Zou Wenhuai.

"That's a good idea. Anyway, the theater is free after the evening show. If we can add a midnight show, it can make us a lot of money." Zou Wenhuai's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile on his face, "Mike, you The second brother is a talent."

"Thank you Mr. Zou for your compliment. If that's the case, I'll make a copy." Xu Guanwen laughed.

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After sending Xu Guanwen out with a smile, He Guanchang's face immediately turned cold, "Raymond, Xu Guanwen refuses us to invest in the next new play. It seems that he already has objections in his heart. If you don't want to suppress him now , once the wings grow hard in the future, it will definitely fly away."

"Achang, don't be so anxious." Zou Wenhuai took a deep puff on his cigar, "He has just shot a movie, and when he is full of ambitions, he thinks that the movie industry is so easy to mess with. In fact, such a person, you and my brother Is there still less? Does one movie not mean the next movie? Sooner or later, he will suffer. When we come to help, do you think he can still take out the palms of you and me? If we suppress it now He, once the news gets out, who will dare to cooperate with us in the future? Be patient, the fish will always be hooked."

"Lei Meng, you are right, I was too impatient." He Guanchang nodded.

Making a movie is not that simple, so what about the great director Li Hanxiang who created the three major movie genres of Huangmei Tiao, Fengyue Films, and Qing Palace Opera?A few years ago, they marched into Taiwan with great fanfare, but after a few years, they ran back in despair, and they still had to seek refuge with their old club, Shaw Brothers, with shameful eyebrows!
It is inevitable that great directors will have times when they make movies, let alone Xu Guanwen who only made one movie? "Sooner or later, you will cry." He Guanchang said with a sneer.

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"Ah!" Xu Guanwen sneezed violently, "Who is scolding me behind my back?" He couldn't help muttering.

Just now when he declined Mr. Zou Wenhuai's investment, Xu Guanwen knew that there would be troubles from now on.

He knew that Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were both heroes. Although he was courteous to Corporal Bruce Lee and even Zou Wenhuai gave him his Rolls-Royce to sit in, while he sat in a taxi behind him, it was because Jiahe was really lacking at the time. Talent and lack of funds, so Bruce Lee was allowed to be presumptuous in front of him.

In fact, both of them like to control people, so they feel a relief about Bruce Lee's death.Because if it continues like this, they really can't bear it anymore.

Because after Bruce Lee became famous at that time, he was not under the control of Golden Harvest Company at all. When making a film, he would choose actors and directors by himself, and other people could not intervene at all.And because Bruce Lee had high requirements for filming, and often went overseas to shoot locations, which cost a lot of money, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were often exhausted.

After Bruce Lee passed away, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, who had been suppressed by him for a long time, immediately rebounded.Now that they are rich and powerful, they will never pretend to anyone.

Historically, although Golden Harvest followed the satellite company system, they sponsored Hong Jingbao, Wang Jing, Xu Guanwen and others to set up companies, invested in their films and agreed to share the box office.But in fact, apart from the box office in Hong Kong, other overseas box offices are a mess.In the future, when Xu Guanwen, Wang Jing or Hong Jingbao left Golden Harvest, they all had disputes with their old clubs.

The reason is that the overseas box office was a mess. In the end, not only did Hong Jingbao, Wang Jing, Xu Guanwen and others not earn a penny, but they owed Jiahe a large sum of money, which made them feel very annoyed.

For this reason, Wang Jing joined forces with six companies including Shaw Brothers, China Star, Media Asia, Meiya, Era, and Crystal Arts to snatch the land in Tseung Kwan O from Golden Harvest, which made Golden Harvest's plan to build a new movie theater aborted.

"It seems that we should be more careful in the future, and don't let their scheme succeed." Xu Guanwen pondered in his heart.

He could think of three things that Golden Harvest would attack the Xu Brothers Company: one was the movie box office, shortening the movie schedule, or competing with Shaw Brothers blockbusters, and the two heroes competed to lower the movie box office; the second was movie talents, Spend a lot of money to poach talent from the company.The brothers in my family naturally don’t need to worry, but Zhao Yazhi, Qi Xiaofu and others who just signed are in danger; the third is overseas distribution. Now Golden Harvest also has its own theaters in Southeast Asia. If he insists on not letting this film be released , then there is really nothing you can do.

"It seems that if you have money, you still have to build your own theater chain." Xu Guanwen planned silently. He believed that Golden Harvest would not do anything to him for the time being, because it would make them appear too domineering, and they would try to attract other people to join them in the future. It is difficult.But if you don't do it now, it doesn't mean you won't do it in the future.As his movies get better and better and sell more and more popular, Jiahe will definitely not give up his fat pork.

Rather than close your eyes and wait for death at that time, it is better to take precautions now.

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After Xu Guanwen made up his mind, he went back to the company, called all three younger brothers to the office, and told them what he was thinking.

"Build your own theater chain? It will cost a lot of money." Xu Guanying said with a bitter face.

"Yes, brother! I think you think too much, Mr. Zou Wenhuai would not be that kind of person." Xu Guanjie also shook his head, not agreeing with the elder brother's point of view.

"Second brother, what do you think?" Seeing that the third and fourth brothers didn't understand and support him, Xu Guanwen couldn't help feeling a little disheartened.

"Brother, I support you! If our company wants to grow bigger and stronger in the future, we must have our own theater chain, otherwise we will be under the control of others forever." Xu Guanwu clenched his fists and said, "Golden Harvest treats us well now, but because Bruce Lee just After passing away, they are eager to find the next successor. Once they find someone else to replace us, you think it will be difficult for us to compete with Jiahe’s own son in terms of film schedule or overseas distribution. At that time, our company will be completely controlled by others They can crush us to death with just one finger."

"What the second brother said is what I want to say. We have to think about the future. Once Mr. Zou Wenhuai proposes capital injection again and is rejected by you and me, we will definitely turn against him directly. At that time, our company will face that there will be no theaters to show the movie. situation." Xu Guanwen added.

"However, it is very expensive to run a theater circuit. The monthly rent alone is close to one million, and our company does not have so many films. How can we fill the entire theater circuit? Isn't it worth the rent? " Xu Guanjie objected.

(End of this chapter)