The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 510

Shi Nansheng returned to Siyuan Film Company with Xu Guanwu's reply. As soon as he entered, he was dragged into the office by Wu Siyuan and Xu Ke.

"How?" Wu Siyuan asked Shi Nansheng with red eyes.Xu Ke on the side also looked at her nervously.

"It's a good luck." Shi Nansheng smiled and told the two of Xu Guanwu's conditions.

After Wu Siyuan and Xu Xu finished listening, they looked at each other, and they both saw surprised expressions in each other's eyes.

To be honest, the conditions Xu Guanwu gave were not unreasonable.

800 million Hong Kong dollars, which was a huge sum of money at the end of the 70s.Wu Siyuan has been filming for several years, but it is only because of this company worth tens of millions.

Xu Ke is also very interested in the A-level director qualification that Xu Guanwu promised, and he also knows that the A-level directors in Xu's family are already considered top-notch.Xu Guanwen, Zhang Jian, Mai Jia, Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long, etc. are all at this level. They can do whatever they want when making movies, and the funds are much higher than other level directors.

Of course, if there is a fiasco at the box office after it is released, then the qualification of an A-level director may be in danger of being revoked.

Xu Ke has always been worried that after he voted for Xu, he would be bound by the seven-member team and the production system.Now it seems that if you become an A-level director, you can avoid these constraints, which makes Xu Ke very satisfied.

"Mr. Wu, what do you think of this condition? If possible, I would like to reply to Xu's as soon as possible." Shi Nansheng asked.

"The conditions offered by Xu's company are indeed good, but I wonder if we can still use the same as our cooperation with Golden Harvest. Xu's company will pay a sum of money, or just use my 800 million Hong Kong dollars to form a new film company, and then cooperate with us Xu's cooperation?" Wu Siyuan said after a moment of pondering.

Although Xu's production department manager has a high position and great power, he still works for others. For Wu Siyuan, who is used to being a boss, this is really not easy to accept.

"This... I'll talk to Xu later." Shi Nansheng thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wu, do you insist on starting your own company? Is this already your bottom line?"

"Probably." Wu Siyuan thought for a while, and replied uncertainly, "Miss Shi, you also know the difference between being your own boss and working for others."

"Mr. Wu, I will help you talk to them again, but if they don't agree, then we need to find another way." Shi Nansheng thought for a while and said.

"I don't think Mr. Wu's proposal is too much. Why are you worried about Mrs. Xu's objection?" Xu Ke couldn't help asking in doubt when she heard her say that.

Shi Nansheng and Wu Siyuan looked at each other, and they couldn't help but shook their heads with a wry smile, "What if the Xu family likes dictatorship as much as Jiahe?"

"No way, didn't you say that Mr. Xu treats his employees very well?" Xu Ke asked strangely after hearing this.

"Treating employees well doesn't mean you're not authoritarian." Shi Nansheng smiled and said, "Do you think the actors in Xu's Film Industry started their own film company independently?"

"That's not true, but those independent production companies that he cooperates with, I haven't seen which one he wants to buy?" Xu Ke shook his head and said.

"It's true that he didn't want to invest in any one, because those film companies are too bad to be in his eyes." Wu Siyuan smiled and said, "Actually, Hong Jingbao, Mai Jia and others have enough strength to start a company. But Mrs. Xu never let her go, so I know Mrs. Xu's idea is the same as Jiahe's. Give me money, I'll share your money, everything is easy to talk about. If you want to be the boss on an equal footing with me, don't talk about it."

"Then speaking of it, it's not good to go to Xu's." Xu Ke frowned and said, "Isn't it possible to leave the wolf's den and enter the tiger's den?"

"This is the tragedy of the Hong Kong film industry. Without the support of theater chains, they can only rely on the big film companies in the end." Wu Siyuan sighed.

"Hey, it would be great if there was one more cinema in Hong Kong." Xu Ke couldn't help but said.

"It costs a lot of money to build a theater chain. I dare not say much. At least the annual rent is 4000 to [-] million. How can ordinary film companies afford it?" Wu Siyuan couldn't help sighing, "Now the whole Hong Kong The theater chains of the movie are all in the hands of the three major film companies, and it is impossible not to bow their heads."

"In that case, Mr. Wu, what are you going to do?" Xu Ke couldn't help feeling depressed after hearing Wu Siyuan's words, and asked with a frown.

"Let's take it one step at a time, maybe Mrs. Xu will agree to my conditions." Wu Siyuan thought for a while and said.

"Mr. Wu, I think it's better to make two preparations." Shi Nansheng suddenly smiled and said, "We might as well release the news that we are going to the Xu family first, so that Jiahe can understand that we are not fish on the chopping board, how they want to cut it It doesn't matter. If Jiahe seems to keep us, he will definitely suspend the offensive to persecute us. And if Jiahe shows that he wants to keep us, then Xu's side will naturally be more attentive, and we can have both sides."

"It's not in line with the morality of Jianghu to do so." Wu Siyuan said after a moment of thought, "Let's see Mrs. Xu's reply first. If it doesn't work, we'll decide how to proceed."

"Okay then." Shi Nansheng could only nod his head when he heard what Wu Siyuan said.

……

Liang Shuyi's worry was indeed correct. The next day, Shi Nansheng brought back Wu Siyuan's answer.

Hearing that he insisted on starting his own company, Xu Guanwu refused without thinking.

Start a satellite subsidiary, and the Xu family will immediately fall apart.Because he is not as cruel as Jiahe, Jiahe can withhold the dividends promised by Jiahe, but it is impossible for Xu Guanwu not to give it.

Hong Jingbao established Baohe with the support of Golden Harvest back then, and made a series of blockbuster films, and he did not lose the slightest bit against New Art City.But Mai Jia and Ishida of New Art City have already made a fortune, but Hong Jingbao is still very poor in the 90s. He has no money to make his son a star. I am a third-line actor in TVB.

In an interview afterwards, Hong Jingbao admitted frankly that although he made countless blockbuster films, the compensation he received was quite meager.He didn't give him a cent of the box office dividend that Golden Harvest promised before. The only time he made money was "The Best Lucky Star" with Zeng Zhiwei.

In fact, all satellite companies that cooperate with Golden Harvest basically end up in trouble.Xu Guanwen helped Golden Harvest hold up half the sky in the 70s. Although Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa and others stole the limelight in the 80s, the box office is still very guaranteed.Xu's film company also released many blockbuster films, such as "Chicken and Duck Talk", "Detective Chocolate", "Family Carnival" and so on, but later also fell out with Golden Harvest because they could not receive dividends.His wife, Ms. Chen Jieying, also went to Golden Harvest Company to check the accounts, and everyone was unhappy in the end.

The memoir published by Wang Jing also mentioned that in the 90s, he made many blockbuster films under Golden Harvest, but when he finally left Golden Harvest, not only did he not get a dime of dividends, but he owed Golden Harvest nearly ten million Hong Kong dollars after accounting. .Not to mention the compensation for all of Wang Jing's film copyrights, he paid part of the money out of his own pocket.

Wang Jing was bullied, unlike Xu Guanwen and Hong Jingbao who swallowed their anger. They thought that after all, the host and guest would get along well together, and it doesn't matter if they utter bad words, but Wang Jing's little fat man is a person who must take revenge.He knew that the government wanted to take back Golden Harvest's film studio on Fushan Road, and as compensation would grant him a piece of land in Tseung Kwan O.

Of course, it is impossible for the government to directly specify that the land is for Golden Harvest, and other film companies are also allowed to bid together, but the standard set by the land is obviously set according to Golden Harvest's standards, and other film companies cannot meet it. to request.

Wang Jing firmly believes that it is not a gentleman to take revenge without revenge. Since a film company could not meet the government's requirements, he joined forces with several film companies to bid together.Golden Harvest lost the Fushan Road studio and the land in Tseung Kwan O.For a film company, it actually lost the base on which it relied for survival, which also made Golden Harvest unable to recover from a setback, and finally withdrew from the Hong Kong film industry with regret.

After many years, this incident was kicked out by Wang Jing himself. Logically speaking, it should not be nonsense.This shows that Golden Harvest's satellite company system is actually just a cover.It's just that Golden Harvest was growing in popularity in Hong Kong back then, and it was the largest film company in Hong Kong. It also cooperated with New Line Films in the United States, which was much stronger than New Art City, Yongsheng, Debao, Dongfang and so on.

The media also likes to talk about red tops and white ones, so naturally no one reports on Jiahe's mistakes.In addition, the filmmakers at the time couldn't fight it, and they still wanted to calm down, so this scandal of Jiahe was unknown.

Later, when the mainland media reported on Golden Harvest, they only remembered his glorious past, but they did not report this scandal, which made mainland movie fans think that Golden Harvest should be so good.In fact, if Golden Harvest really distributed the money to its satellite companies, with Hong Jingbao's film output in the 80s, and the ability to support two film companies by one person, would it be possible that in the 90s, his own son would not be able to make a movie when he debuted?

If Xu Guanwu wanted to establish a satellite company system, he would naturally not be as ruthless as Golden Harvest, and he would definitely pay the dividends as agreed in advance.But in this way, it is easy for these people to fatten up.

There is an old saying that raising evil people is like raising eagles, if you are hungry, you will follow them, if you are full, you will grow up. Just imagine when all the employees under the company are multi-millionaires, who else is willing to act honestly?People are selfish, if they have the ability to go out independently, no one will not want to.At that time, the person who has made a lot of money will leave the Xu family, leaving the Xu family to the point where no one can use it.

New Art City was a satellite company under the Golden Princess back then, and as a result, Mai Jia and Ishida, who made a fortune and made money, withdrew from the film industry early.On the contrary, Huang Baiming, who has never made any money, is still insisting.

Xu Guanwu knows that he is also a person with a desire to control, and likes to limit things within the scope of his control. In fact, he is the same as Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and others.It's just that his eating looks a little better, and it's not so easy for people to pick out mistakes.But if someone misunderstood because of this, thinking that Xu Guanwu was really kind and simple, harmless to humans and animals, then they could only blame them for being blind.

Shi Nansheng already knew that Xu Guanwu was not a generous and nice guy who didn't care about anything in return.It can be seen from his investments over the years that every investment has made a lot of money.If he is really a generous and generous person who doesn't care about rewards, how can he have such luck?

So Shi Nansheng was not surprised that Xu Guanwu rejected Wu Siyuan's proposal, on the contrary, she understood Xu Guanwu's approach very well.Xu's was already the largest media group in Hong Kong, with an annual profit of at least [-] million Hong Kong dollars, so they didn't care about the profits of Siyuan Film Company at all.To Xu Guanwu, Siyuan Film Company is actually like a rabbit on New Year's Eve, one piece of meat is not much, and one piece of meat is not much.

So the conditions he gave yesterday should be the final conditions. There may be some small points to talk about, but there is absolutely no possibility of talking about key issues.

"Mr. Xu, I will tell Mr. Wu your reply." Shi Nansheng nodded and said, "Although I also know that the chances may be low, I still want to ask Mr. Xu to think about it. After all, Mr. Wu is also very sincere of."

(End of this chapter)