The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 44 "Geniuses and Idiots"

In order to avoid Zhao Yazhi's further questioning, Xu Guanwu simply closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep, but he really fell asleep like this.

When he woke up, it was already the next morning.

"Damn!" Xu Guanwu was so depressed that he thought he wasted another night and just wanted to bang his head against the wall.

"It turns out that you are really inferior to a beast." After Zhao Yazhi woke him up, she couldn't help laughing.

"If you want me to be a beast, there is still time." How could Xu Guanwu be willing to be molested by a beautiful woman, and said hastily.

"Bah!" Zhao Yazhi spat, turned around and left.

Xu Guanwu saw that Zhao Yazhi insisted, so he had no choice but to give up, but he still got tired of it for a while before letting go.

"You know how to bully me, put on your clothes and go downstairs to eat." Zhao Yazhi struggled to stand up, flattening the wrinkled clothes.

Although he failed to take the opportunity to cook the raw rice, Xu Guanwu still made a breakthrough and successfully broke through from second base to third base. As long as he works harder, he will hit base just around the corner.

So in the morning, Xu Guanwu was like a fox who ate a chick, laughing non-stop, making the white lady flustered.

……

"Brother, I handed over the distribution rights of the next two films in Taiwan to Zhang Anle and Wu Dun of the Bamboo Union Gang." At the dinner table, Xu Guanwu told Xu Guanwen the news.

"Cough!" Xu Guanjie was drinking milk, but when he heard it, he choked immediately.

"What? They are gangsters!" Xu Guanwen was also taken aback, "Second brother, we are doing a legitimate business in making movies, and we can't have anything to do with the gangsters."

"Except for the few state-owned film and television companies in Taiwan, are there any companies that have been involved by the government? Hong Kong has recently opened a company in Xinyi'an. The money from making movies is fast and easy to launder. Those people This piece of fat will not be let go. Therefore, it is useless to blindly evade this problem." Xu Guanwu explained.

"I'm cooperating with the Bamboo Union Gang this time. If I open it, I just want to use their ability to keep our market in Taipei. This way we won't be afraid that Golden Harvest will cause us trouble." Xu Guanwu said, "And they are separated by a road after all. Hai, even if something happens, we won't be implicated, so what are you afraid of?"

"It's better to be careful." Xu Guanwen thought for a while, but there was no better way, so he nodded.

……

After staying in Taiwan for two days, Xu Guanwu returned to Hong Kong by plane again.

In the following days, he first gave Xu Guanwen the outline of the movie "Genius and Idiot".

Although the pioneering work "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" became an instant hit, Xu Guanwen was not at all proud.

After completing the publicity mission in Taipei, he immediately put down all the entertainment and dived down to prepare for the next movie.

Xu Guanwu knows that Xu Guanwen has very high requirements for movies, and if he doesn't have a high-quality script, he would rather not start the film.

People with strict requirements like him are relatively rare in the Hong Kong film industry.

Once most Hong Kong movie stars become famous, they will take the opportunity to take a few more movies.It doesn't matter whether the script is complete, whether the role is suitable, or whether there will be a breakthrough in my acting skills.All in all, as long as the pay is high.

But this is not the case for Xu Guanwen, even in his most popular 80s, he still maintained a speed of one movie a year.Therefore, the quality of Xu's movies was guaranteed, and he became the veritable king of ghost comedy in the 80s and [-]s.

Seeing that Xu Guanwen was busy collecting materials, and even dressed up and went to the slums to collect stories, Xu Guanwu hurriedly took out "Genius and Idiots" locked in the bank vault.

The story of "Genius and Idiots" tells the story of two staff members of a mental hospital who daydream about getting rich and try their best to get the whereabouts of the treasure from the patients.But his cleverness was mistaken by his cleverness, and he fell into the trap set by the liar.

Xu Guanwen was very surprised when he saw the outline of the story, "Ah Wu, how did you come up with this story? A mental hospital is used to map the whole society. Doctors and handymen think they are smart, but they are tricked by a mental patient. Who is the genius? Who's the idiot? That's a very good idea."

"I read some news reports before, so I came up with such an idea." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"It's very good. I can ask Weixiong and Tianci to adapt it, and it will become a good script." Xu Guanwen said happily.

……

While Xu Guanwen was busy adapting the script, Xu Guanjie was brought to the United States by film director Luo Wei to film "Little Heroes Havoc in Chinatown".

This movie is the sequel to last year's "Little Heroes on the Road". The box office of the last movie was 156 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking eighth on the annual movie box office list.

Luo Wei tasted the sweetness, and after seeing Xu Guanjie's performance in "Ghost Horse Twin Stars", his popularity rose sharply.Immediately organized people to rush to shoot "Little Heroes Raising Chinatown".

This time director Luo Wei moved the stage from the slums of Hong Kong to Chinatown in the United States, which can be described as a huge investment.

Xu Guanjie's salary also jumped from the previous 20 Hong Kong dollars to [-] Hong Kong dollars, achieving a triple jump.

……

Ah SAM went to the United States, Xu Guanwen was busy revising the script, Xu Guanying and Zhao Yazhi were busy filming "Fat Qian Han", leaving only Xu Guanwu bored.

"Sanmao, which group did "Snake-shaped Hands" shoot? I haven't come to see it for a long time." Xu Guanwu came to the wilderness, the shooting scene of "Snake-shaped Hands", and asked Hong Jingbao with a smile.

"To be honest, no director would like to see the producer walking around the set every day." Hong Jingbao said with a smile, "Mr. Xu, I heard that "Twin Stars" is a big hit in Taiwan. I really want to congratulate you."

"No matter how big the sale is, it's just the copyright fee." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, but he still prefers the box office share.

However, other film companies prefer to choose a one-shot deal, because it takes a long time after the box office split is wrong, and many companies are anxious to return funds, so they prefer to choose a faster payment method.

Another main reason is that I don't know if the film will be a big hit.Some films sell well in Hong Kong, but are not popular in other places; some films are ok, but are very popular abroad.

Therefore, if you choose the box office share, it is like betting on the size of the film producer. Of course everyone is happy if you win.If you lose, it is very likely that you will lose everything.

"That amount of money is enough for us to fight for more than ten years." Hong Jingbao said with a smile.

"Sanmao, work hard! If the box office of this movie is high, I promise to share your bonus." Xu Guanwu said.

"Really?! Then I have to thank Mr. Xu." Hong Jingbao's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands in thanks, and then greeted the others loudly, "Everyone, do a good job. Mr. Xu promises to give us a bonus if the box office is good."

Hong Jingbao's words made everyone cheer.

In the Hong Kong film industry at that time, because of the example set by the giant Shaw Brothers Company, actors had no other benefits except a small salary.Taiwan's film industry is even more ruthless. Actors even have to prepare their own costumes for performances.

Therefore, Xu Guanwu agreed to share the bonus, which can be said to be the first to open up the Hong Kong film industry, and immediately made everyone excited.

Xu Guanwu's move was not on a whim, but because he knew how popular these actors and dragon and tiger warriors would be after "The Snake Shaped Hand" was released.

If we don't establish a good relationship now, in the future, as long as Jiahe ascends to the top, nine out of ten of these people will leave.

(End of this chapter)