The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 452 Wu Siyuan

Chapter 452 Wu Siyuan
When Wu Siyuan heard that Xu Guanwu secretly went to Zhonghua Studios to meet Xu Ke, he almost fell from his seat to the floor in shock.

Xu Ke is the Maxima he discovered with great difficulty. It is time to spend a lot of money to build him, and the investment in the movie "Butterfly Change" has exceeded 120 million Hong Kong dollars. He was poached by Xu Guanwu with a lot of money, so Wu Siyuan was beaten like a chicken, and he wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Hey, how did Boss Xu see Xu Ke's talent? Could it be that he also watched that TV series?" Wu Siyuan couldn't help thinking.After thinking about it, he felt that this was very possible.

Xu Guanwu is also well-known for knowing people and making good use of them. Brothers Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, and Yuan Biao were all picked up by him.And director Chu Yuan, who was originally downhearted, Gui Zhihong, who was a cold bench at Shaw Brothers, and Zhang Jian, who has been working as an independent producer, all became famous through Xu Guan's weapons.

It can be seen that this person's vision is quite vicious, and it is very possible to see Xu Ke's director talent from a TV series.

The more Wu Siyuan thought about it, the more he felt it made sense, and he couldn't help but start to worry.He knows that Xu's treatment is generous, but it is second to none among all major film companies in Hong Kong.To be honest, if he hadn't accepted Golden Harvest's capital injection and had become a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, Wu Siyuan really wanted to join the Xu family.

Siyuan Film Company is now jointly established by Wu Siyuan and Golden Harvest. Wu Siyuan owns 50.00% of the stock and has relatively independent autonomy.All the films he made were screened in Golden Harvest Cinemas, and at the same time received high box office dividends.It can be regarded as a relatively moist life among Hong Kong film companies.

But it's just relatively nourishing. With the speed at which it only produces two or three movies a year, it is still relatively difficult to make a fortune.It's not that Wu Siyuan is not enterprising and doesn't want to make more movies and make more money.He was really choked by Golden Harvest, he was only allowed to shoot two or three movies a year, and he wanted to make more movies but lacked funds. Golden Harvest, as the major shareholder, kept boycotting him, so Wu Siyuan had no choice but to compromise in the end.

The reason why Golden Harvest did not allow Siyuan Film Company to make more films was actually because of the share distribution.Since Golden Harvest left the Xu Brothers, it urgently needed a talented filmmaker to join.And the Siyuan Film Company, which has been shining brightly among independent film companies, naturally became the goal he pursued.

However, Wu Siyuan is very confident about Golden Harvest's wooing, because many of the films he shot before have achieved high box office in Taiwan and Nanyang, which also gave him a bargaining chip when facing Golden Harvest.Although Wu Siyuan agreed to Golden Harvest's wooing, he still insisted on retaining his dominance, so he only allowed Golden Harvest to inject 40.00% of the capital.

Jiahe was really short of manpower at the time, so even though he was upset, he had no choice but to agree to his conditions.However, this also lays a hidden danger for future cooperation between the two parties.

People like Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others are people with a strong desire to control, otherwise they would not have pushed the Xu brothers away at the beginning, and the conditions agreed to Wu Siyuan were just a stopgap measure. Who made Jiahe urgently need a pillar at that time? Woolen cloth.

Later, with the expansion of Golden Harvest Film Company, outstanding film talents such as Yuan Jiaban brothers, lucky star director Luo Wei, one-armed boxing champion Wang Yu, etc. joined in one after another, and the importance of Siyuan Film Company to Golden Harvest decreased year by year.

People under Golden Harvest like Yuan Jiaban are naturally regarded by Golden Harvest as their own sons, while franchise companies like Siyuan Film Company are naturally regarded by Golden Harvest as godsons.Naturally, the treatment of pro-sons and god-sons is different.Although the box office of Yuan Jiaban's movies is not very high, Golden Harvest strongly supports them, and there are always five or six movies produced every year.However, Siyuan Film Company's films are well-received and well-received, but only two to three films are approved for investment each year.

Naturally, the purpose is to fear that Siyuan Film Company will grow stronger, and then leave Golden Harvest's wings and start a new business like Xu Brothers Film Company.

This is naturally very beneficial to Golden Harvest Company, but it is quite painful for Wu Siyuan.He himself is a young filmmaker with drive, ideals, aspirations, and desire to make a lot of money.But Jiahe's actions directly killed his dream, leaving him basically helpless.

Wu Siyuan is not like Xu Guanwu, who was an outlier like Xu Guanwu, who could not succeed in one fell swoop with the help of golden fingers like Xu Guanwu, and soon earned the first pot of gold in his career development, and developed rapidly with the help of this first pot of gold.

Wu Siyuanke doesn't have so many memories of his previous life, and he can't use such golden fingers, so he can only struggle slowly by himself.Naturally, there were setbacks, failures, and pains in the process, which made him basically incapable of getting rid of Jiahe.

There are only three commercial theater chains in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Xu’s. Among them, Xu’s is the strongest, followed by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest again.And Siyuan Film Company is now tied to Golden Harvest because of Golden Harvest's investment.It is impossible for the other two theaters to cooperate with him.

And even if he gets rid of Golden Harvest's control in the end, it will not be so easy to join the other two companies.Shaw Brothers Film Company is already overcrowded, Sir Shaw is now going to gradually transfer the Shaw Brothers team to Jiayi TV Station to share the salary pressure caused by the excessive number of Shaw Brothers employees.

Although Xu's Film Company has always been thirsty for talents, Wu Siyuan has also thought about it. The movies he is good at making are nothing more than kung fu movies and urban movies.But now Xu’s is making urban mystery films, Gui Zhihong, urban action films, Zhang Jian, and urban comedy films, Mai Jia; in terms of kung fu films, Chu Yuan is making swords and martial arts films, Hong Jingbao is making comedy kung fu films, Cheng Long, Yuan Biao and others, and the achievements of these people are no worse than Wu Siyuan.

Therefore, even if he was cast under the Xu family, Wu Siyuan thought that he might not be reused.The so-called rather be the head of a chicken than the queen of a cow.Wu Siyuan felt that he was considered a senior and became famous earlier than the Xu brothers, so naturally he couldn't bear to be overwhelmed by a group of juniors, so naturally the Xu family could not take refuge in him.

I can't go here, I can't go there, Wu Siyuan can only be trapped in this small world of Jiahe, so naturally I feel extremely aggrieved in my heart. "If Xu had just become independent and had chosen to form an alliance with him, Siyuan Film Company would have become a major film company in Hong Kong now." Wu Siyuan couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Xu Ke was discovered by Wu Siyuan, and he wanted to use it as the key to revitalize Siyuan Film Company.He believes in Xu Ke's talent and thinks that Xu Ke will create new miracles for him, so he does not hesitate to spend a lot of money to praise him.

Once Xu Ke is made popular, Siyuan Film Company will have one more general who can charge forward, and its natural strength will be greatly improved.At that time, even if Golden Harvest interferes, they will have a bargaining chip for further negotiations.

But now that Xu Guanwu actually ran to contact Xu Ke, Wu Siyuan had to be shocked.Therefore, after he heard the news, he immediately called Xu Ke to inquire about his psychological activities.

Xu Ke was not surprised when he received Wu Siyuan's call. He had known for a long time that there were Wu Siyuan's cronies in the crew who were in charge of supervising his filming work, and naturally he would report to Wu Siyuan immediately for things like today.Xu Ke has no objection to this kind of behavior. To be honest, if he is the owner of a film company and pays a large sum of money for others to make a film, he will definitely send his cronies to follow the crew to supervise at any time.

He also understood the purpose of Wu Siyuan's call, so he didn't need him to ask in circles, he made it clear, "Mr. Wu, you gave me the opportunity to be a film director, so I am very grateful for your appreciation. So Before the contract ends, I will not consider leaving Siyuan Films. And even if the contract expires, if the cooperation is happy during this period, I will consider staying in the company."

Xu Ke's statement made Wu Siyuan very happy, feeling that this person really did not know wrong, and the investment was really worthwhile.After getting a very satisfactory answer, Wu Siyuan hung up the phone in a hurry without disturbing Xu Ke's work.

Wu Siyuan did one thing very well, which made Xu Ke feel very comfortable.Even though he is also a well-known film director in Hong Kong, when Xu Ke directed "Butterfly Change", he didn't rely on his old qualifications, and he was also a film investor. He just pointed behind his back and respected Xu Ke's director very much. Work.

Xu Ke admired this very much, and felt that he was really respected, that's why he respected Wu Siyuan so much.People's feelings are mutual. If the king treats his ministers like brothers and feet, he will treat him like his heart; .

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While Xu Ke continued to work overtime to film "Butterfly Change", Xu Guanwu returned to Taipei with Lin Qingxia.

"Ah Wu, what's so great about Director Xu Ke? You insisted on traveling so far to see him during the Chinese New Year?" On the way, Lin Qingxia couldn't help but asked in doubt.

"Qingxia, don't you realize that he is a very talented director?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.

"I don't really see the talent, but his slovenly appearance is the most sloppy director I have ever seen." Lin Qingxia wrinkled her nose and said, "Did you smell that, He seems to have a strange smell."

"This is normal. Every genius has some quirks. Like Einstein, he can throw his pocket watch into the boiled eggs. Xu Ke is not good at taking care of his personal hygiene. It is also understandable. Because he puts all his energy into I don’t have the extra energy to worry about my image.” Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, “The so-called non-madness can’t survive. If he works hard like this, I believe he will produce a masterpiece.”

"Is he really that good?" Lin Qingxia couldn't help asking in surprise when Xu Guanwu praised Xu Ke so much, "I think he is a little brazen, saying that he wants to create a new situation in martial arts movies, which is really a big boast Cowhide. Who does he think he is? Even director Chang Cheh doesn't have that confidence."

"Director Zhang Cheh's glory days have passed, and now he is going downhill. In addition, he is getting old, and his creative ability has begun to decline. But Xu Ke is in the prime of life. I believe that if he is talented enough, he should be able to Open up a new situation for innovative martial arts movies." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Xu Ke has indeed created a new situation in the new style of martial arts movies, but it is not because of this "Butterfly Change", but because of the "Once Upon a Time" series co-produced by him and Li Lianjie, and the "Swordsman" and "New Dragon Inn" in the future. "Wait.

However, the upsurge of new martial arts movies initiated by him did not last too long. From the beginning of "Swordsman" to the end of "Swordsman", it took only four or five years.But in the past four or five years, masterpieces have emerged in large numbers. Li Lianjie alone has appeared in many classic movies, such as the "Fang Shiyu" series, "Huang Feihong" series, etc., and because of this new martial arts movie, he became the successor of Cheng Long. , Hong Kong's most popular kung fu superstar.

"Since you believe in his talent, then I believe in your vision." Seeing Xu Guanwu's praise of Xu Ke, Lin Qingxia also nodded and smiled.

(End of this chapter)

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