The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 370 Planning
In addition to changing some of the company's structure, there are also some specific things that Xu Guanwu also wants to complete before he leaves.For example, Xu Guanwu wanted to finalize Xu's filming plan for this year before leaving.

Xu Guanwu has always wanted to implement a film planning system, and at the beginning of each year, the filming plan for the whole year is determined.Carefully divide the number of films for each theme, the schedule of actors, and the time of release, etc.

The reason why this system is implemented is to avoid vicious competition, and one's own company beats one's own company.And doing so can also avoid the waste of talents, so that there will be no situation where busy people are too busy to die, but idle people are too idle to die.

For example, for a popular superstar like Xu Guanjie, if the filming time is determined early, then in other time periods, they can release albums, hold concerts, etc. with confidence.Don't worry about missing the movie's schedule.

Last year, it was because the Xu Brothers were waiting to make a movie with Big Brother, so the Nanyang concert tour that was originally planned to be held failed.Because it takes a lot of money, manpower and material resources to start a tour, and it will take at least two months.

During this period, whether Xu Guanwen wanted to accommodate his younger brother and postponed the movie he was about to shoot, or his younger brother stopped the concert midway in order to accommodate his elder brother, it was a huge waste.And if the filming plan is determined in advance, it will be different.

Xu Guanwu has always wanted to implement this system before, but every time he encountered everyone's opposition.They all think that this system is too ideal, and there is no room for implementation in reality.Moreover, in order to implement this kind of system, it is impossible for only Xu's company to participate.At least the Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest film and television companies must unite.

Because Xu, Shaw, and Golden Harvest control the three theater lines with the largest audience in Hong Kong, the films of other film companies must be shown in these three theater lines.The theater alliance formed by the three major companies can fundamentally solve the chronic problem of following the trend of filmmaking.

A very simple method is to block the films made by following the trend and not allow them to be released, which can block at least half of the films.As for other films, even if they are shown in rural cinemas, underground cinemas, or community theaters for a few days, and then the copyrights of Nanyang are sold out, basically there will be little gain.As long as they don't make much money, naturally no one will make bad movies.

But now Xu's, Shaw's, and Jiahe are enemies of each other. Shaw's and Jiahe can occasionally unite, but Xu's and these two companies have no possibility of joining forces.In addition to the fact that the competition between the two parties is too fierce, which has seriously hurt each other's feelings, the most important point is that if an alliance is really formed and such a system is implemented, it will be difficult for Shaw Brothers and Jiahe Fate of bankruptcy.

The implementation of the film planning system and the three-tier alliance to eliminate bad films, although vicious competition can be avoided and every company can benefit, but in fact, the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.

Xu successfully opened up the North American market, so every film he produces can earn several times or even dozens of times the profit compared to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.Moreover, Xu's profit from other channels is incomparable to Shaw's and Golden Harvest.Not to mention his perfect publicity channels, huge human resources treasure trove, and complete media industry chain.

For example, a star from Xu's can develop through the packaging of film and television songs, but Shaw and Jiahe can only develop in the direction of the film industry.The income created by stars is at least halved, and the film and television songs help each other, allowing stars to gain a steady stream of popularity.The loss of one party can be quickly made up by the other two parties, so that the star will always maintain a high-intensity exposure, which can ensure that he will never be out of date.

The vast market and super high profits have made Xu's investment in films more and more generous. From hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars before, it has soared to millions of Hong Kong dollars. Cheng Long's "Master Dragon" and Zhang Jian's "Bad Dragon" "One Life", the production cost is more than 200 million.

In comparison, Golden Harvest’s film investment is only over 80 Hong Kong dollars, while Shaw Brothers’ films are even worse, only about 50 Hong Kong dollars.

Although there are often dark horses in the film market, the phenomenon of sawing big trees with sharp knives and small soldiers making great achievements also often occurs.But on the whole, you still get what you pay for, and movies with large investments are still more popular.So even though kung fu comedies were no longer popular in the early Republic of China, Xu's films still earned more than 200 million box office.Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers can only get more than 100 million box office, a difference of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

But if Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers invest as much as Xu's, then it is estimated that they will not be far from bankruptcy.Xu's has the backing of the US market, while Golden Harvest and Shaw's do not.The box office of Nanyang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other places basically cannot support large-scale Hong Kong films.

Another reason is that due to the lack of publicity channels between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, they also lack male stars with box office appeal.Previous Shaw Brothers popular movie stars such as Ti Lung, Jiang Dawei, Yue Hua, Wang Yu, etc., are slowly losing their popularity due to the lack of blockbuster movies to support them.

Emerging stars such as Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao, Er Dongsheng, Lu Liangwei, etc., have gradually surpassed these predecessors due to the continuous release of high-quality films, coupled with multi-channel and high-density publicity, and have gradually surpassed these predecessors and become the current East Asian stars. popular movie star.

The investment cost is not high, the film market is small, the popularity of movie stars is declining, and the lack of publicity channels makes it difficult for Golden Harvest and Shaw to compete with Xu.What's more, if they formed a third-tier alliance and raced together under the same rules, then Golden Harvest and Shaw would definitely not be able to outrun the young, physically fit and well-equipped Xu.And the only end of falling behind and being out of the game is to be annexed by the Xu family.

So in order to avoid this consequence, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers will definitely not form an alliance with Xu Brothers, what they have to do is to open up another runway.On this runway, you can play tricks, dig traps, and make obstacles, and you can do whatever suits your own interests.Even if the audience is disappointed and can't stand it anymore, at least the three companies are tied to death, and no one will be cheaper.

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As expected, the film planning system proposed by Xu Guanwu was once again unanimously rejected by everyone.This made Xu Guanwu very disappointed with these outstanding filmmakers in Hong Kong.

They may be able to make very good movies, and they may all know business better than Xu Guanwu, but their vision is still too short-sighted.I only choose to do things that are beneficial to me, but I don’t think about what the future will hold. No wonder the future will be completely suppressed by Hollywood in the United States. Even South Korea and the originally backward mainland have begun to overtake them by a large margin.

Although the film planning system was put on hold again, this time the seven-member group meeting discussed the company's future film production plan according to Xu Guanwu's request.

First of all, according to the survey report made by Stanley Market Research Company, urban movies are the movie themes that young people are most interested in nowadays; followed by kung fu comedy movies in the early Republic of China; and horror movies surpassed martial arts movies and ranked as the most interesting movies The top three genres; as for martial arts films and comedy films, they rank four to five; the rest, such as romantic literary films, tragic and ethical films, and documentaries, etc., become the least favorite types of films for young people.

Even though comedies are ranked so low, the Xu Brothers' comedies rank together with urban films, and are the most anticipated films right now.The comedies produced by other companies are not as popular as the Xu Brothers.For example, Golden Harvest asked director Wu Yusen to make ghostly comedy movies, Shaw Brothers' "A Niu" series of films, Huang Zhan's "Wenner" series of films, etc.

Therefore, the focus of Xu's development this year is still mainly concentrated on urban action themes, Xu's ghost horse comedy, and Kung Fu themes in the early Republic of China.As for martial arts films and horror films, it was directed by Chu Yuan and Gui Zhihong.

In terms of Xu's ghost horse comedy, Xu Guanwen did not shoot a new film last year because his wife was pregnant and gave birth to a child. This also gave him a year to prepare a new script.This year, he is preparing to make a comeback and make a comeback, which is bound to make Hong Kong people laugh.Although Xu Guanwu hasn't read the script yet, he heard from his elder brother that it is about a story about a bad real estate agent selling a house.

Hong Kong is now booming in the property market because of its booming economy and low bank interest rates.A large number of citizens entered the real estate market, those who knew what they were doing, those who didn't know what they were doing, those who bought and sold properties, those who were engaged in serious business, and those who made money in other ways. There were liars and fools as well.

Xu Guanwen came up with the idea of ​​shooting this subject because he saw the property market disputes that were constantly reported in the newspapers, and his wife continued to invest in buying a house.The movie theme that is so close to the life of Hong Kong citizens is indeed the consistent style of Hui's ghost comedy.

Xu Guanwu has always been full of confidence in his elder brother Xu Guanwen. Even after hearing only this idea, he felt that it would be a good movie.In fact, although Xu Guanwen is the king of comedy in Hong Kong, his works are actually relatively small.Besides, apart from the overall decline in the quality of Hong Kong movies in the later stage, and a few not-so-good movies, the other movies are of good quality, and they are definitely not bad movies made after the trend.

In terms of urban themes, director Zhang Jian has recently been collecting information about the gangs in South Vietnam and the local gangs in Hong Kong.In this third refugee-themed work, director Zhang Jian intends to escalate the violence and scenes.It is no longer just one person against many people, or one person against hundreds of people.

This time, thousands of people will fight against thousands of people. The scene will be more grand, and the preliminary design will include gun battles, car chase scenes, and explosion scenes that are popular to hear.And the location has also changed from the previous refugee camp and houseboat to the more lawless Kowloon Walled City.

The Kowloon Walled City is a very unique place in Hong Kong. It was originally the garrison base of the Qing Dynasty in Hong Kong.Later, after the Qing government was overthrown, the Republic of China government couldn't care less about accepting it.As a result, it was gradually reduced to a three-way zone.China can't control it, Britain doesn't want to control it, and Hong Kong has no right to control it.It quickly became a hotbed of crime, with a population of 5 at its peak, filled with smoking pipes, prostitution, casinos, etc.

And because of its three-way advantage, it has also become a refuge for international criminals, and it is well-known internationally.But this time Zhang Jian intends to make a film in the Kowloon Walled City, and there are bound to be many troubles and challenges.However, Xu Guanwu believes that with his current status in Hong Kong and his record of defeating two gangsters in a row, there must be no one who is not open-eyed and dares not to give him this face.

After Xu Guanwu heard director Zhang Jian's idea, he felt that his idea was very good, and even thinking about it made people feel very excited.Such a groundbreaking director should indeed be vigorously cultivated, and it is worthwhile to spend so much effort before.

And Gui Zhihong also plans to make a suspense horror movie, "Evil".Although the title of the movie has only one word, when Xu Guanwu saw this word, he couldn't help but feel a gust of wind blowing, which made him shiver involuntarily.

The movie "Evil" is the famous work of director Gui Zhihong. Although he has made "Snake Killer" and "Hong Kong Strange Case" before, it is from this "Evil" that he became famous all over the world.Xu Guanwu had also watched it admiringly before, and after watching it, he had nightmares for two days.

(End of this chapter)