The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 203 Gui Zhihong Incident

"Director Hu Jinquan's "The Storm of Yingchun Pavilion" has a box office of over one million, and has won many awards at international film festivals. He is one of the Bodhisattvas in Jiahe's temple. Why is he sent to the frontier at this time?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it because of the release of "The Picture of Loyalty" this month, the box office was only [-] million Hong Kong dollars, which made Golden Harvest very dissatisfied." Xu Guanjie explained.

"One million box office is not bad, what else does Daheng Zou want?" Xu Guanwu asked without knowing why.

"The point is that this movie took two years to shoot, and it only grossed 100 million at the box office. It couldn't even recover the cost. It's no wonder Daheng Zou got angry." Xu Guanjie added.

"No wonder." Xu Guanwu suddenly realized.

Hong Kong movies have always paid attention to short, smooth and fast, short investment time, stable investment themes, and fast investment returns. Basically, a movie can be completed in only one or two months from planning to shooting to completion, and then it will be released and sold in Hong Kong within half a year. The entire investment will be recovered within a short period of time.

It is possible to invest in three to four films a year, which is one of the reasons why Hong Kong, a small place, can produce more than [-] films a year.

Director Hu Jinquan stopped and stopped filming for a film, and it took two years to complete it, and the backlog of funds equivalent to four films has been accumulated.If it can earn more than 400 million at the box office, Golden Harvest will not be too disadvantaged.

But in the end, the box office was only 100 million yuan, which is equivalent to an average of 25 yuan for the four movies. It was a loss to grandma's house.It's no wonder that Zou Wenhuai lost his temper and sent Hu Jinquan to the frontier in a fit of anger.

Golden Harvest invested tens of millions of dollars in the movie "Blood in Holland". Originally, they wanted to repeat the box office miracle of "Enter the Dragon", but they should have chosen to release it on the same day as "Jaws".

The movie "Jaws" is a phenomenon-level film. Since its release, American holiday beaches have closed their doors, which shows its far-reaching influence.

To be honest, the film "Blood in Holland" is somewhat similar to the 007 series of movies, whether it is the storyline, the chase scenes, or the explosion scenes. Originally, if the distribution work is done well, it is possible to earn 2000 million US dollars at the box office. .

But by mistake, "Blood in Holland" chose to be released on the same day as "Jaws". Due to the collision of the schedule, "Blood in Holland" was easily killed by "Jaws" without even a splash.

Zou Wenhuai, who had all hope for this movie, suddenly collapsed. Hearing that he was rushed to the hospital for a week before recovering.

Under the rage, Director Hu Jinquan naturally became the target of venting.

If they can't bring back rich returns to investors, even the most famous directors can only be helplessly relegated to the frontier.

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Thinking that director Hu Jinquan would suffer for several years in Taiwan, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be tempted to hire him back, so he immediately called Wu Dun and asked him to contact him for help.

Wu Dun regards Xu Guanwu as the God of Wealth of the Bamboo Union Gang, so he was naturally interested in his request, and quickly started making arrangements in Taiwan, but later found out that although Hu Jinquan was filming in Taiwan, the film company he invested in was in Hong Kong.

Although the Bamboo Union Gang is quite powerful in Taiwan, it still can't reach as far as Hong Kong, so it can't do anything about Xu Guanwu's request, and Wu Dun feels quite embarrassed about this.

Xu Guanwu laughed, not intending to blame him at all, but knowing that Director Hu Jinquan was filming for a Hong Kong film company, he was a little relieved.

Compared with Taiwan's current chaotic film production, Hong Kong still abides by some rules, so there is no need to worry about director Hu's accident.

"In that case, let's wait for another two years." Xu Guanwu thought for a while.

……

Xu Guanwu wanted to poach Director Hu Jinquan but failed, but someone dug a big hole in the corner of his own house.

Gui Zhihong, who was ordered by him to do self-reflection at home due to an accident caused by filming, got involved with Jiahe for some reason, and secretly helped Jiahe film a "Hong Kong Mystery Murder" behind the company's back.

The film was not discovered by the company until it was released, but it was too late to prevent it from being released, so we had to watch it take away 180 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

Xu Guanwu was so pissed off that he didn't expect that Gui Zhihong would be so bold and cause such a catastrophe quietly.

"Why is no one staring at him? Helping Golden Harvest film a movie, even if it's fast, it will take a few weeks? Why didn't you find out until it was released?" Xu Guanwu severely criticized the manager of the superstar manager company.

"Mr. Xu, this is really our work negligence." The manager surnamed Zhan wiped the sweat from his forehead in fear and said, "Director Gui Zhihong lives alone, and he rents a house in the New Territories. He has a very weird temper. We rarely interact with other people in the company, and he has been reflecting at home for the past two months, so we didn’t pay much attention to him.”

Xu Guanwu also knew that Gui Zhihong's temper was very stubborn, and he had offended many people in Shao Brothers before, but he didn't expect it to be like this in Xu Brothers Company.

I originally wanted him to go home and reflect, but also to let him change his temper so that he could enter the Hollywood film market in the future.Who would have thought that he would not be willing to be alone, and secretly helped Jiahe direct the film, which really disappointed Xu Guanwu.

"Apart from Gui Zhihong, does Jiahe have any other actions?" Xu Guanwu asked again worriedly.

What happened to Gui Zhihong has already happened, and regretting it now is useless, but it is not too late to make up for it, Xu Guanwu doesn't want his corner to be cut off by others again.

"No, Cai Changyong from Golden Harvest did have contact with people in our company before, but everyone was very happy in the company. They had jobs and salaries, so they didn't agree to go with Golden Harvest." Manager Zhan Shaking his head, he said, "There is only Gui Zhihong, who may have been bewitched by Manager Cai, so he went to Golden Harvest to shoot that film without permission, despite the disapproval of the world."

"Well, that's enough, you go back. Tell everyone, keep an eye on the people under you, and don't be poached by others. Otherwise, whoever has an accident will be responsible!" Xu Guanwu rubbed his temples and scolded with disgust.

The manager surnamed Zhan quickly withdrew as if he had received an amnesty.

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Xu Guanwu then summoned the Brilliant Seven Heroes and reported the incident to the company.

"This Gui Zhihong is too daring. Does this have any sense of law? It's a traitorous act to shoot a film for a competitor behind the back of the company!" Hong Jingbao thumped the table and shouted.

"I think this is against the spirit of the rule of law. He should be sued in court and asked to compensate the company for all losses." Mai Jia, who drinks foreign ink, suggested.

"It's useless to sue him. Gui Zhihong is a poor ghost. All his salary and director's fees have been remitted to his wife in the United States. I am still only renting a house in the housing estate. Even if I sue him for bankruptcy, it is only 2000 Hong Kong dollars. That's all." Liang Shuyi frowned and said.

"Then sue him too, otherwise the rest of the company will follow suit in the future, and the company will collapse soon? Will anyone be obedient in the future?" Hong Jingbao said loudly.

"Well, it's Gui Zhihong's eccentric nature that makes him so unreasonable." Zeng Zhiwei said, "Plus, he was kept under the radar by the company, so he chose to leave. Everyone else has a salary and a job. How could it be like that? He did that?"

"Like what you said, the company is at fault. He injured someone while filming, and the company didn't let him pay for the medical expenses. It's considered magnanimous." Hong Jingbao scolded.

"Don't be noisy, don't be noisy. Sanmao, calm down." Xu Guanwu quickly knocked on the table and said, "Big Brother, Fourth Brother, what do you think?"

"In my opinion, don't embarrass him. This matter did not cause direct losses to the company. Even if you sue him for breach of contract and make him lose money, he will not be able to pay at all. Why bother to be a villain in vain." Xu Guanjie suggested, " Let’s just get together and leave, fire him directly, and then notify the company, and strictly guard against it in the future, and we will not allow this to happen again.”

"In my opinion, we still have to sue him. Even if we can't get the money, we should give a warning to other active people in the company." Xu Guanwen thought for a while and said, "At most, after the court punishes us, we just don't charge him the fine." , but killing chickens and monkeys must still be done.”

"Since everyone's opinions are not unified, let's vote with a show of hands. Raise your hand if you agree with the accusation!" Xu Guanwu listened to the opinions of his eldest brother and fourth brother, and found that everyone's opinions were divided into two factions. attitude; the other faction is to make an example to the monkeys and pursue it to the end.

Xu Guanwu also felt that he should at least give Gui Zhihong a warning to prevent other people in the company from following suit, so he also raised his right hand when he voted.

Mai Jia, Xu Guanwen, Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwu, and Liang Shuyi all agreed to sue, and only Zeng Zhiwei and Xu Guanjie agreed to let him go.

"Okay, five to two, the majority supports suing Gui Zhihong. The company will sue Gui Zhihong to the court and ask him to compensate the company for the economic losses caused by helping Golden Harvest film without permission." Xu Guanwu nodded and said.

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After the meeting, everyone went back one after another, each busy in his own way.Xu Guanying walked slowly into Xu Guanwu's office.

"Aying, what can I do for you? Sit down!" Xu Guanwu greeted.

"Second brother... aren't you busy?" Xu Guanying sat on the chair, looking around unnaturally.

"Not busy, what's the matter, still hesitating? Two brothers, just talk about it." Seeing his preoccupied look, Xu Guanwu couldn't help asking with a smile.

"Uh... That day, Second Brother, didn't you say... that you want to help me make a record?" Xu Guanying said hesitantly.

Xu Guanwu slapped his head, it turned out that this was the case, it really happened.

Two months ago, I promised to make a record for Xu Guanying, and I also promised to write songs for him.As a result, because of being busy with going to the streets, awarding honors, and the premiere of "Jaws", this incident was forgotten. If Xu Guanying hadn't reminded him today, he would not have remembered it in time.

"Second brother, why is your memory so bad? You forgot what you promised me so soon." Xu Guanying complained in a muttering voice.

"It's my fault, it's my fault. You also know that there have been too many things recently." Xu Guanwu quickly apologized, "Second brother promises you, I will help you release an album right away, okay?"

"Well, that's right, thank you, second brother!" Xu Guanying said with a beaming smile.

(End of this chapter)