The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 400 Winning over Mai Dangxiong

"Mr. Mai, let's talk in my office first." Xu Guanwu greeted enthusiastically, "By the way, Mr. Mai, what would you like to drink, tea, coffee, or fruit juice?"

"I just want a glass of water." Mai Dangxiong was slightly taken aback, and then said lightly.

"Okay, prepare a cup of water for Mr. Mai and a cup of tea for me." Xu Guanwu turned around and ordered, and then smiled and said to Mai Dangxiong, "Mr. Mai, this way please."

Walking into Xu Guanwu's office, Mai Dangxiong was immediately shocked. Needless to say, how magnificent it is, Xu Guanwu spent tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars just to decorate his office, and the furnishings in it cost another Nearly 3000 million Hong Kong dollars.It's all piled up with banknotes.

Just like those Hallyu stars, all of them look beautiful, pure and pleasant.Especially their clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc. are often used as models, which makes many women envious, and thus joined the group of star chasers.In fact, the reason why these celebrities are so beautiful and fashionable is because of piles of banknotes.Needless to say plastic surgery, beauty, everyone on the earth knows that Oppa is a plastic surgery Di Smecta.And their hair, clothing, makeup, etc., are also taken care of by professionals.

To be honest, even an ordinary person with an average appearance, if he puts on tailor-made fashion clothes, cuts a more suitable hairstyle, draws a more suitable makeup, and takes an artistic photo, he will still be able to reach the star general effect.If you don't believe me, just watch "America's Next Top Model". A group of ordinary people can feel like stars after being transformed.

Of course, the premise is that someone is willing to spend money for you. The little money that ordinary migrant workers earn every month, even if it is all spent on dressing and beauty, how much money can they have? !But like a star, the company spends a lot of money to create it, and the purpose is to attract money by relying on the beautiful face piled up with banknotes.They commit crimes in a group and have rich experience. If you are fighting alone or are just a fledgling, you should not be as good as others.

Xu Guanwu made his office so magnificent, not because he wanted to cheat someone out of money, but because he wanted to make himself more comfortable.The office is where he often stays, and he spends about one-third of his time here every day, so he naturally needs to dress up more comfortably so as not to lower his quality of life.

However, in McDonald's opinion, this kind of decoration is a bit too extravagant, especially the office has more than 1000 square meters, and through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, you can also see the invincible sea view of Victoria Harbour. It is simply too extravagant. !Completely wealthy!

Mai Dangxiong thinks that although he has worked in Li TV Station for many years and created countless high-quality programs, he still lives in a house of less than [-] square meters, and the office of others is bigger than his own house. He can't help feeling that rich people are OK.

……

"Mr. Mai, please sit down." Xu Guanwu greeted warmly, "I have admired you for a long time, Mr. Mai, and I also appreciate your talent very much. I wonder if you have thought about coming to our Xu family to develop. Woolen cloth?"

"Uh..." Mai Dangxiong couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, what kind of rhythm is this? !Today I came to talk about the alliance, to talk about the great cause of the alliance between Wireless and Li, why did the other party ask me to poach someone instead?Did he hear it wrong, or did he simply misunderstand? !
"Mr. Xu, although the Xu family is good, but Li's has been kind to me, I will not leave Li's and switch to Wireless." McDonald said righteously, "Besides, I'm here today because I have something important to do. I want to talk to Mr. Xu."

"Yes, but I don't mean to ask you to go to TVB, but to invite you to come to Xu's to make a movie." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

After hearing this, Mai Dangxiong couldn't help being stunned. To be honest, there is no TV director who doesn't want to be a movie director.Being a TV director is a hundred times harder than being a film director.TV dramas often have to work overtime for filming in order to meet the deadline, and it is very likely that they will not be able to rest for several days.

Film directors, on the other hand, are relatively free. According to Zhou Runfa's acceptance speech at the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, we can know that some directors in Hong Kong watch horse scriptures on the set and spend their days on stock machines and foreign exchange machines.Shaw directors like Li Hanxiang, Zhang Che, etc. are basically like emperors on the set.For example, Wu Ma was the assistant director of director Zhang Cheh before, and was responsible for being scolded by Zhang Cheh.Because it is impossible to scold celebrities, celebrities are precious possessions.And Wu Ma can still receive a special allowance every month, which is to compensate him for the loss of being scolded.

In terms of income, there is also a world of difference. TV directors only get a standard salary, which is only a few thousand Hong Kong dollars a month.But being a film director is quite different.There is no need to talk about a salary of several hundred thousand, and if the box office is a big hit, you can get dividends, and you can even set up your own film company in the future, which is more profitable than filming TV dramas.

McDonald himself also has the idea of ​​wanting to make a movie. The so-called soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers.But he really didn't have this chance.Li's TV station does not have a production department, so it is impossible to pay him to make a movie.The Shaw Brothers has so many talents that it can't use its own people, and it also won't give him a chance for an outsider.Although Golden Harvest lacks talents, his recruitment mainly depends on qualifications. Luo Wei, Wu Siyuan, Yuan Jiaban, etc., were all recruited by Golden Harvest after they made a name for themselves outside.

And Mai Dangxiong himself only has the qualifications to make TV series, and how can this fall into the eyes of Golden Harvest, so Golden Harvest Film Company does not have his share.And like some other film companies, it’s not that McDonald’s looks down on them, thinking that their bag company is unprofessional if they get a ticket; Got a movie.So his so-called idea of ​​wanting to make a movie was just a fantasy in the end.

Unexpectedly, when Xu Guanwu was here today, he heard this question that made his heart flutter, "Do you want to come to Xu's to make a movie?!" Needless to say, of course he wanted to, no TV director would not want to .

At that moment, Mai Dangxiong was so excited that he almost nodded in agreement, but at the last moment he forcibly settled down, "Mr. Xu, let's talk about this matter later. In fact, I came to you today to represent Li's TV station." Mai Dangxiong said very solemnly.

"Okay," Xu Guanwu smiled. He could hear that Mai Dangxiong seemed to be tempted too. As long as he didn't categorically refuse on the spot, it meant that there would be opportunities in the future.This made Xu Guanwu very happy.Another general is about to be recruited by him, which is really an excellent thing. "Then gossip less, let's talk about serious business."

"That's right, I'm here today to represent Li's TV station, and I want to talk to Mr. Xu." Mai Dangxiong reiterated, "Our Li's TV station wants to form a strategic alliance with Mr. Xu's wireless TV station. "

"Your Li TV station wants to form an alliance with my wireless TV station?" Xu Guanwu asked dumbfounded.To be honest, regarding the purpose of Mai Dangxiong's visit today, Xu Guanwu conceived countless possibilities, but he didn't guess that there would be such a possibility, which really surprised him.

TVB, Li's TV, and later ATV have been in a life-and-death competition since the day they opened. Although there were a few times when ATV beat TVB to shame, most of the time it was TVB that beat ATV.And the closer to the new century, the more difficult it is for ATV to stand up.

TVB has 600 million viewers, firmly occupying the dominant position in Hong Kong's TV industry, and Hong Kong Cable TV has an occupancy rate of more than 100 million households. Note that it is more than 100 million households, and each household cannot be just one person. So there are at least two to three million viewers.On the other hand, ATV usually has only 300 million viewers, and only some relatively good programs will have 30 million viewers.

A TV station with wireless broadcasting and free broadcasting has not as many viewers as a cable TV station. No wonder ATV has laid off employees one after another in recent years, even disbanded its artist department, changed shareholders many times, and broke out financial crises many times.

However, ATV is stubborn, insisting that the ratings are [-]-[-]% higher than that of TVB, and the ratings are very guaranteed, but it has not been recognized by the Hong Kong people.

But now the enemy of this wireless TV station came to the door and said that he wanted to form an alliance with wireless, which was really beyond Xu Guanwu's expectations.But imagination is not impossible.

Different from Xu Guanwu's desire and desire for TVB, every year the revenue is given back to TVB.In recent years, Li's TV station has been sucked up by the parent company frequently, which made the TV station, which was not very profitable in the first place, frequently broke the news of the financial crisis.And even with Huang Xizhao supporting the overall situation, Mai Dangxiong, Tu Yongxiong, and Li Zhaoxiong are able to do things well, and TVB is humiliated by frequent excellent works, but the advertising revenue and ratings are far inferior to TVB.

The reason is that this drama managed to gain momentum and made money, and the money was immediately withdrawn by the parent company, making the next TV series unsustainable and the quality dropped drastically. Naturally, the audience that was originally attracted will also follow suit Abandoning beauty and leaving.

On the other hand, TVB TV, because the major shareholder Xu Guanwu is not short of money, so all the money earned is invested in TVB TV, so that its TV series have always been big-produced and cast, so the quality has always been stable in the middle and upper reaches. There are often high-quality TV dramas that explode, so its audience has been relatively stable.

The ratings of Li's TV station are not stable, the advertising is also not stable, and the income is also not stable, coupled with the parent company's frequent blood sucking, it also makes Li's TV station a little precarious.If it was possible to make money from takeaway TV copyrights before, but now that way has been cut off by Sir Shao's trick of combining verticals, then Li's painful loss of money may not be far from liquidation.

At this juncture of life and death, all previous grievances and enmities can be put aside, as long as they can survive, forming an alliance with the enemy is nothing.This fully reflects the saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

……

After hearing Mai Dangxiong's proposal, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but fell into deep thought.To be honest, he was a little shocked.But after figuring it out, and then thinking about forming an alliance, I don't think it's very simple.There are thousands of threads in it, and it is impossible not to talk about it.

However, Xu Guanwu still appreciates the grand strategy of forming an alliance. To be honest, he is neither afraid of Shaw Brothers' Jiayi TV Station, nor is he afraid of Li TV Station.Li's TV station has some of the most popular works in his mind now, such as "I Have a Date with a Zombie", "The Zombie Master", "Silver Fox", "Across the World", "Heroes" Huo Yuanjia" and so on, even after forming an alliance, TVB can still guarantee a stable ratings.

In addition, the advertising strategic alliance formed by "Daily Daily", "Oriental Phantom", Xu's Superstar Manager Company, and TVB also ensures that advertisers will not leave easily, which basically makes TVB disappear. Worry about the future, so even if the alliance will not damage its own interests, on the contrary, it can add obstacles to Jiayi TV Station, Xu Guanwu is naturally happy to see the success.

(End of this chapter)