The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 256

Shu Qi couldn't help being excited when she heard that after winning the best picture, the takeaway copyright could increase by 2000 million US dollars.

2000 million US dollars, more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars, was an astronomical figure for him at the time.

"Then I want to pray for you, Mr. Xu, I hope you can win the Best Picture Award." Shu Qi said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling, and his affection for him increased a lot, "Thank you."

"Mr. Xu, last year's "Rocky" was also shortlisted for many awards, but none of them won in the end." Seeing that Xu Guanwu was in a happy mood, Shu Qi quickly seized the opportunity to ask, "Some Hong Kong filmmakers think that Hollywood discriminates against Chinese investment. What is your opinion as a party involved?"

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being taken aback, and then thought for a while, "The movie "Rocky" is indeed a very good movie, which can be seen from its box office of more than 2 million US dollars. But as a commercial film, it is very perfect, But in terms of artistry, there is no denying that it is still a little bit lacking. Compared with the classic Hollywood masterpiece "The Godfather" series, it is still a little bit lacking."

"As for Hollywood's discrimination against Chinese, I didn't realize it. I made many good friends in Hollywood, such as Sylvester Stallone, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Brown , Richard Zanuk, Summer Redstone, etc." Xu Guanwu said again, "And I think as long as it is a good film, no one will worry about it. Even if it may not win the Academy Award , but being loved by the audience is the greatest reward for our film investors."

"Mr. Xu, what you said is really good." Shu Qi applauded, "I know Mr. Xu, you have always had a good eye for investing in movies, and you have also invested in filming such as "The Queen of Temple Street" and "A Ming". Movies with niche themes. However, "Queen of Temple Street" has a dismal box office, breaking your golden signboard that investment will never lose money. Will you continue to invest in making niche movies in the future?"

"Of course I will. Niche-themed movies don't lack audiences. You can see that the box office of the Art and Beauty Theaters is also doing well, so you know that the Hong Kong audience's viewing level is actually very high." Xu Guanwu smiled, "It's just us Hong Kong filmmakers. I shot too many commercial films before, and I don’t have enough experience in how to shoot niche movies, and the audience didn’t have much habit of watching niche movies before, so "The Queen of Temple Street" was originally a good movie, but it still suffered a disastrous failure at the box office .”

"However, I think that since the establishment of Yimei Cinemas for more than a year, it has accumulated a considerable number of audiences by screening foreign niche films. So I think the upcoming "Amin" should have a good box office result." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and added, "As for continuing to support niche films, our company is obliged. In fact, niche films have many themes that can be transformed into popular films, and can also train excellent film talents to contribute to Hong Kong Hollywood. .”

"What Mr. Xu said is really great." Shu Qi clapped her hands, "Okay, thank you, Mr. Xu, for agreeing to accept our interview for "Big Close-up". Thank you so much."

"You're welcome." Xu Guanwu smiled, "By the way, how is the business situation of your magazine now?"

Shu Qi scratched her head, with an embarrassed look on her face, "It's okay, I'm just helping to write manuscripts as a guest, running around for interviews, and I really don't know much about the operation of the magazine."

Xu Guanwu nodded, knowing that Shu Qi hadn't told the whole truth, but maybe he had something to hide. "You tell Ms. Tang Shuxuan, if there is a need for me, I will definitely define it. After all, there are not many pure film workers like her in Hong Kong."

Shu Qi grimaced, nodded, and left with the manuscript.

……

On March NO.15, two invitation cards traveled across the ocean and were sent to Xu Guanwu's office from the other side of the ocean.

Looking at the words "Oscar Awards Organizing Committee sincerely invites you to participate in the No.40 Eighth Academy Awards Ceremony" on the invitation card, Xu Guanwu couldn't help sneering, the time for revenge finally came.

There are still almost two weeks before the Academy Awards, so I still need to make some preparations in advance.A suit and dress for the event is a must, and there are things at hand that need to be dealt with first, so as not to delay a week or two in the United States, and there will be some mistakes here.

Guanqi Western Clothing is still the clothing sponsor this time. With Xu Guanwu as a big client, their business has improved a lot. Now it seems to be the top ten clothing company in Hong Kong.

Under the influence of Xu Guanwu's example, almost all the employees under Xu's company buy foreign clothes from Guanqi Western Clothing, and most of the props and costumes used in filming are also purchased from Guanqi Western Clothing.

Every year Xu participates in the investment and production of more than 40 films, and tens of thousands of suits will be used every year. This is a big business that is difficult for Hong Kong's suit companies to give up.

In fact, this is because most of the films currently filmed are Kung Fu films in the early Republic of China. If you wait until the 90s, when most of the urban action films are shot, the number of foreign clothes used will be even greater.

Because of the experience of participating in the Oscars last year, this time, no matter whether it is the production of costumes by Guanqi Western Clothes, or Zhao Yazhi's preparation of jewelry, she will not be so at a loss like the first time.

Because of the unpleasantness with Zheng Yutong last year, Xu Guanwu did not go to Chow Tai Fook again to buy jewelry this time, but chose Chow Sang Sang jewelry which is not inferior to it.

Chow Sang Sang is also a time-honored brand in Hong Kong. The old store was originally located in Guangzhou, but it was moved to Hong Kong in [-].Although the history is not as long as Zheng Yutong's Chow Tai Fook, it is also very impressive in Hong Kong's jewelry industry.

Xu Guanwu still remembers that this store also entered the mainland in the future, and the diamond jewelry of this store seems to be better than Chow Tai Fook.

When it comes to buying jewelry for his beloved woman, Xu Guanwu has always been relentless in spending money.Naturally, Zhou Shengsheng also wanted to win over this high-ranking customer, so he specially brought the treasures of the store, so that Xu Guanwu and his wife could choose as much as they wanted.

After throwing 200 million to buy a lot of jewelry, Xu Guanwu and his wife were sent out of Chow Sang Sang Jewelry Store just like sending the emperor back to the palace.

"Ah Wu, what do you do with so much jewelry, I can't wear so much by myself." Zhao Yazhi fiddled with the shiny jewelry, her eyes were shining brightly, and she looked like she was being cheap and good-looking.

"If you can't wear it alone, it would be nice to add another woman to the family." Xu Guanwu laughed.

"Looking for death, dare to bring another woman home." Zhao Yazhi poked Xu Guanwu's forehead with one finger, and instantly transformed from a little sheep into a tigress.

"I mean, when you give birth to a daughter, you can leave it for your daughter. It's fine as a family heirloom." Xu Guanwu quickly explained.

"If that's the case, I'll buy some more later." Zhao Yazhi smiled and said, "However, what should I do if these jewelry are left for another 20 years, and the shape is out of date?"

Xu Guanwu was lucky for a while, thanks to his quick reflexes, he finally managed to pass the test alive.But it seems that my wife is still very strict with me, not leaking any gaps, so what will happen to my future happy life? !
"Please, these jewelry are all designed by famous masters, how can they be outdated so easily? Besides, these jewelry are also made of diamonds. Diamonds are forever, and one piece will last forever. When have you ever seen diamonds that are worthless? Are there any stones on the side of the road?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"That's true." Zhao Yazhi smiled, and looked at her jewelry triumphantly again.

Seeing her sweet look, Xu Guanwu suddenly remembered that there is a saying in fantasy novels that women, like dragons, are naturally interested in shiny things.

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In addition to preparing the necessary outfits such as clothing and jewelry, Xu Guanwu has to deal with everything in the company.

In terms of Yisheng Records, Xu Xiaofeng's latest album will be released soon, with the classic Cantonese song "Song of a Thousand Thousand Que" as the main theme. wait wait wait.

The Winner Band will release another English album of their own, including "we will rock you", "Apologize", "take me to your heart" and so on.Although these songs have different styles, there are lyrical rock, pop music, metal rock and so on.

Such an album with such a mix of genres is very rare in the European and American music circles, but it is indeed suitable for the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets.

The reason is naturally that Hong Kong is small and there are not enough fans to support the same style of music.For example, if it is a pure rock album, only rock fans are likely to buy it.But such a small number of fans can't support a single record, and maybe only [-] to [-] copies can be sold.

Therefore, most of the albums released by Hong Kong singers are a mix of various genres, trying to attract as many people as possible to buy them.For example, in the album of the song god Xu Guanjie, there are ghost songs such as "Half a Catty Eight Liang" and "Ghost Horse Twin Stars", and there are also songs like "Double Star Love Song", "The Voice of the Prodigal Son" and "Nian Nujiao". A soft song.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but feel a sense of gloom when he thought that the Wenna band had sung many English classics in advance, so that in the future those European and American singers could only cover the works of Hong Kong singers.In my previous life, I only saw Hong Kong singers covering European, American and Japanese songs. Although it takes real skills to sing well, it is an indisputable fact that the Hong Kong music scene lags behind Japan, Europe and the United States.

In the 90s, under the star-making movement of Hong Kong movies, the Hong Kong music scene was indeed unprecedentedly prosperous. It once achieved a record sales of more than [-] million copies, stabilizing the Taiwan music scene.

Although there are more creative talents in the Taiwanese music scene, and the strength of the singers is slightly stronger, but the influence of Hong Kong movies is too great.A blockbuster movie can make a red star, as long as his singing is not tone-deaf and ugly, any album he releases will be sold platinum.

In the most prosperous era of the Hong Kong music scene, even movie stars such as Zhou Runfa and Wu Junru could release records, and the sales were quite good, with sales exceeding platinum records.

But after entering the new century, due to factors such as the rise of the Internet and the proliferation of piracy, the status of the Hong Kong music scene has plummeted, and it has been far overshadowed by the Taiwan music scene.

Rookie singers release records purely to lose money and make money. Previous singers could earn a lot of money by releasing records for a lifetime, but newcomers hardly have any income for a year after their debut. Money has to participate in the event, too miserable to be added.

Far away, Winner Band is the second group of people who are preparing to release an album, and the third group is Zhang Guorong, who Xu Guanwu puts high hopes on.But by the time he releases the record, Xu Guanwu should have already returned from the United States, so there is no need to make too much preparation in advance.

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On the Xu Brothers side, there is still a new film plan proposed. Among them, Huang Bingyao, the military adviser of the bridge king under Hong Jingbao, has saved another script called "The Miscellaneous Boy", which was thrown out by Hong Jingbao and brought to the seven-person group meeting for discussion. .

And after Mai Jia had been quiet for a year, she also reworked a script called "Crazy Big Brother". To Xu Guanwu's surprise, this script turned out to be the work of a young screenwriter named Huang Baiming.

When he saw those three words, Xu Guanwu's golden eyes were almost blinded.

(End of this chapter)