The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 55
After hearing what his second brother said, Xu Guanwen nodded in agreement.

Since when the company was first established, it was decided not to accept Jiahe's shareholding.So regarding the release of the film, it should not be completely dependent on Golden Harvest.

"It's time to leave Golden Harvest's shelter and let us stand up for ourselves." After Xu Guanwen put down the phone, he said to Xu Guanjie earnestly.

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"Fat Qian Han" was released in a hurry within 400 days of its release, and the box office only sold for 500 million Hong Kong dollars.But it was already the highest box office in Hong Kong in the first half of [-]. If the painting hadn't been rushed, it might have sold for [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

Regarding the sudden withdrawal of "Fat Qian Han", Golden Harvest explained that the attendance rate was too low, and continuing to show would mean a loss.

But this kind of explanation can't deceive the audience. There are still a large number of people queuing up to buy tickets, so how could the attendance rate be too low?Moreover, "Seven Provinces Boxing Champion", which was released at the same time as "Fat Qian Han", is still in theaters at this moment, and the box office has not yet exceeded one million.

The films that did not sell well continued to be released, but the films that sold well were hurriedly released, and there was something strange about it.

"Sing Tao Daily" soon published an article, "The Xu Brothers and Jiahe are at odds, "Fat Qian Han" is drawn in a hurry!"

The article introduced in detail the whole history of the Xu Brothers company's entrepreneurship, and even dug up the old news that Sir Shao Yifu missed "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars" because he was stingy.

The article pointed out that at the beginning of the establishment of the Xu Brothers Company, Golden Harvest intended to invest millions in shares, but was politely rejected by Xu Guanwen, which made the tycoon Zou Wenhuai feel dissatisfied.

After "Ghost Horse Twin Stars" became a hit, Zou Wenhuai once again offered to buy a share, but was declined by Xu Guanwen again, further deepening the rift between the two.

What ignited the feud between the two was the distribution rights of "Serpentine" and "Fat Qian Han" in Taiwan.

Once the report was published, it immediately caused a sensation.

Although the Xu Brothers company has just been established, there are only three films in production, "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", "Snake-shaped Hands" and "Fat Qian Han", but these three films have all sold well at the box office and have repeatedly created miracles in sales.

The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie, and Xu Guanying, together with Hong Jingbao, Cheng Long and other seven little blessings, took advantage of Bruce Lee's death and the bleak vacuum period of the stars to quickly rise to power.

In a short period of time, he became a popular film and television star sought after by everyone, surpassing all the stars of the same period.

The so-called popular right and wrong, good things do not go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.

In an instant, it seemed that the entire Southeast Asia knew that the Xu Brothers Company had fallen out with Golden Harvest Cinemas.

There are those who are curious for a while, those who are pleasantly surprised, those who sigh, and those who fall into trouble...

When Zou Wenhuai saw the report published in "Sing Tao Daily", he smiled coldly, and also talked eloquently in the interview with the reporter, stating that the hasty painting of "Fa Qian Han" was definitely not suppressed.Xu Brothers Company is an independent production company. It is his freedom to distribute the works he creates, and he will never turn his face because of this reason.

Sir Shao Yifu saw this report, although he was very happy in his heart, he still put on a regretful face when facing the reporters.

"Xu Guanwen is a very talented actor, but his business vision is not high enough and he chose the wrong partner. Whether he can be accepted back is a question. I appreciate Xu Guanwen's talent. If he wants to come back, I will naturally Raise your hands to welcome. But Shaw Brothers also has Shaw Brothers’ system, and I hope he can abide by it.”

Inside the Xu Brothers Company, dark clouds were shrouded, and the situation was jittery.

Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie have been busy contacting Nanyang film producers in recent days. When interviewed by reporters, they also denied falling out with Jiahe. I have the right to make decisions about the release and release of the film, and it is not convenient for me to comment.

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Golden Harvest and the Xu Brothers Company are very conservative in their statements to the outside world, trying their best to save the face of both parties and maintain the last sympathy.

But journalists who don't get explosive news are naturally unwilling to let it go. Since neither of you is willing to speak ill of the other, then I can only "hold justice" for you.

As a result, various reports emerged.

For example, the boss of Golden Harvest sold the distribution rights privately, and the money was collected but nothing was done, which made the Taiwanese filmmakers angry and scolded;The elite of the Bamboo Union gang smuggled into Hong Kong, and they have been lurking in the port to go ashore at any time; Jiahe Zou Wenhuai is in the flowers when he is old, and he falls in love with the chief female artist of Xu Brothers Company.However, the artist Bingqing Yujie swears to die, which arouses strong dissatisfaction from Daheng Zou...

Rumors were flying all over the sky, and those reporters were as if they had been pumped with chicken blood. Any little sign of trouble would make them excited.

Just when the newspapers and media were rushing to report that the Xu Brothers were fighting against Jiahe, one of the parties, the Xu Brothers, had already contacted the Nanyang film studio.

The Cathay Pacific branches in Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore all agreed to release "The Snake" and "Fat Money Cold", but the prices were kept very low, half the price of "The Ghost and the Horse".

Although Xu Guanwen also knew that they were greedy, he never expected that they would be so ruthless.

Although "Snake-shaped Diao Shou" and "Fat Qian Han" are not as popular as "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", the combined box office of the two films has already surpassed the box office of "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars".

Today, the combined copies of these two films are only half of that of "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", causing Xu Guanwen to lose more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

"We showed your two films to offend Golden Harvest. So you have to compensate us." The manager of the Cathay Pacific branch said brazenly.

Xu Guanwen hated it so much that he wanted to print his size 38 leather shoes on his size 48 face.

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After the meeting ended, Xu Guanjie frowned and said, "Brother, they lowered the price too low. The two films only sold for 200 million Hong Kong dollars. We can't make any money at all."

"Hmph! I will never sell it at this price." Xu Guanwen also said angrily, "I promised them this time, will I get it later?"

"It seems that we are too anxious, so they are confident." Xu Guanjie said, "How about we ask Uncle Six?"

"Uncle Six will not agree to let his theaters show our movies." Xu Guanwen thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Besides, Shaw Brothers' movies are still scheduled to be released, how can we give us a chance?"

"If you don't try it, how will you know if it will work?" Xu Guanjie said, "Several Shaw Brothers films this year are not very popular, but their own production and sales are rotten in the pot. At least they can maintain it. Our two films must To make money, I don't think he will push the money out."

"Let's have a look first, in case those people from Cathay Pacific lower their prices." Xu Guanwen hesitated.

As a traitor of the Shaw Brothers, after falling out with Jiahe, Xu Guanwen felt that his face was hot and uncomfortable when he went back to see the face of the Shao Brothers.

(End of this chapter)