The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 593

The Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was proposed by Xu Guanwu and approved by Sir Shao and Zou Daheng. It was established as an awards ceremony for Hong Kong filmmakers.

The Xiangjiang Film Club was proposed by Xu Guanwu, because both of them disagreed that the Golden Image Awards should be hosted by "Phantom of the East", and naturally they did not want to be hosted by each other.Therefore, Xu Guanwu proposed to gather large and small film companies in Hong Kong to form a Xiangjiang Film Club, which will be responsible for organizing the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony.

After listening to Xu Guanwu's idea, Sir Shao and Zou Daheng also felt that this proposal was not bad.If the major film companies can be brought together, it goes without saying that the three film companies Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Xu Company will be the leaders, and the other companies will become their little brothers.

There are many advantages to being a big brother, Xu Guanwu doesn't need to explain this point, Sir Shao and Daheng Zou already know it.In the past, large and small film companies were too scattered, and the number of film companies they could influence was no more than a dozen.Now there are at least a hundred film companies that will join the membership.At that time, the three major film companies will be able to use their own strengths to call the wind and rain in Xiangjiang Films. It will be a beautiful day to think about it.

Because of the establishment of Xiangjiang Film Club, Sir Shao and Zou Daheng quickly expressed their support.The next step is to discuss the rights and obligations of Xiangjiang Film Club.Without rights, it is impossible to attract people to join the club, and without obligations, there is no need for the club to exist.

Xu Guanwu proposed to set up support funds to support small and medium-sized film companies to make films; relax the restrictions on their employees so that they can work more freely; give up some high-quality schedules so that the films of small and medium-sized film companies can also be released...

Regarding the three points proposed by Xu Guanwu, Zou Wenhuai and Sir Shao both admired his arrogance.Needless to say anything else, just the fact that some high-quality schedules were given up was somewhat beyond their expectations.

However, Sir Shao and Daheng Zou agreed to his three proposals after thinking about it.

First, in terms of money, although the Shaw Brothers are declining day by day, Sir Shaw's own wealth is growing, mainly because the price of his real estate in the downtown area has been soaring.It is for this reason that Sir Shaw can still donate a large amount of money to the mainland every year despite the closure of Shaw's in later generations.Shao Yifu is also known as the king of downtown, and this title is not easy to come by.

Golden Harvest doesn't have much resistance to paying. They have recently cooperated with Hollywood's New Line Films and have sent more than a dozen films to the United States.Although the theater chain of New Line Cinema is not as good as that of National Entertainment, and the box office is not as high as the Hong Kong movies sent by Xu, but it still has a total income of 50 million yuan. Converted into Hong Kong dollars, Golden Harvest is already very happy.

The second point is about employees. To be honest, the most sought-after stars in the Hong Kong film industry are still under the Xu family. One is young, the other is popular, and the third is reasonable.Shaw's stars are mostly out of date, and there are very few new generation stars.Jiahe's own stars are not enough, after all, unlike Xu's own talent training base.Occasionally he is short of manpower for making movies, and he has to borrow people from the TV station.

If the work restrictions for employees are relaxed, they can also pay for Xu's stars to make movies, and then all the money they earn will not be in their own pockets.Besides, all the employees under his banner have signed long-term contracts, even if Xu wants to take the opportunity to poach talents, it will not be easy.This proposal is beneficial to everyone, so naturally there is no reason to refuse it.

The third point is to give up some high-quality schedules. Although this is somewhat difficult for Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, it is so-called willingness to gain.If you don't give me a little benefit, who will be obedient?And you can also use the theater schedule as a bait to attract more film companies to join you. This is actually a good deal that can make money without losing money.After all, if you want to win over other film companies, you have to provide convenience in terms of schedule.

When Xu Guanwu saw Sir Shaw, Daheng Zou couldn't help but smile when he accepted his proposal. These three proposals were made after careful consideration, after referring to the development trend of the Hong Kong film industry in recent years, the operating conditions of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, etc. Before it was proposed, it was [-]% sure that it would be passed, and now it has passed as expected.

Seeing Sir Shao and Zou Daheng's appearance of taking advantage, Xu Guanwu was also secretly amused.He could more or less guess what these two people were thinking, but he thought that the three proposals were not cost-effective, and he could take the opportunity to get even better, so he readily agreed.

But it’s not so easy to take advantage of the cheap, although Xu Guanwu will not intentionally cheat the two of them, but when the Xiangjiang Association is really established, and then the directors’ association, screenwriters’ association, actors’ association and other branches are established, it is equivalent to establishing in Hong Kong in disguise. own union.At that time, these people will naturally fight for their own interests.At that time, it will be difficult for Shaw Brothers and Jiahe to take advantage.

The prosperity of Hollywood for so many years is also inseparable from the existence of these actors' unions and directors' unions.With the protection of the trade union, these actors and directors can be protected and better able to display their abilities, instead of being just tools of the film company.And the reform and opening up have already told us what amazing achievements people will bring if they give full play to their subjective initiative.

The Hong Kong Screen Actors Union, the Directors Union, etc., were only established in the 90s. At that time, because of the rampant gangsters in the entertainment industry, actors were always facing threats to their lives, and there were unscrupulous companies that defaulted on actors' wages, so at that time Cheng Long, Zeng Zhiwei , Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwen and a group of influential filmmakers stood up and took the lead in establishing the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association.

But it is a pity that shortly after the establishment of this association, before it had time to play its role, Hong Kong films began to decline.Another reason for restricting the role of work is that most Hong Kong filmmakers also run companies and are the bosses of one company or another. Naturally, they don't want labor unions to play too much role, so as not to delay their own fortunes.Another point is that Chinese people like to talk about human relations, and they have little legal awareness. They like to ask others to discuss things first, or choose to endure it by themselves, so they don't want to get involved in lawsuits easily.This also limits the effectiveness of trade unions.

However, the current structure of the Hong Kong film industry is different from the previous life. In the previous life, independent film companies rose, prospered and ruined Hong Kong films, but now the three giants monopolize the theaters, and the development of independent film companies is restricted.Labor unions can play a big role in this, whether they unite with independent film companies to resist the three giants, or use the three giants to resist independent film companies, there is a lot of room for them to play a role.

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Xu Guanwu put forward three suggestions, confirming the three major rights of Hongkong Film Club members. As for the obligations, Sir Shao and Zou Daheng made suggestions.After the two discussed it, they just proposed that members need to pay 100 Hong Kong dollars as a membership fee every year.Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars is not much for a film company. Based on the calculation of more than 100 film companies in Hong Kong, the membership fee will be at least [-] million Hong Kong dollars.With this money, the normal operation of Xiangjiang Film Club can be guaranteed.

For example, there are meetings, dinners, events and so on every now and then, especially award ceremonies. Even if it is a party in a small circle, it will cost at least one hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars.This 100 million Hong Kong dollars is basically enough.

There is also a gathering in the middle of every month, and we leave when there is something to say and nothing to do.Xiangjiang Film Club is responsible for reconciling conflicts, resolving disputes, and solving difficulties. It serves all film companies in Hong Kong. I am for everyone (everyone is for me).

As for other more detailed obligations, the two of them tacitly did not mention them, as they are all things that need to be busy under the table.Xu Guanwu naturally knew what their plan was, but he didn't mention it himself.

After discussing the Hong Kong Club, everyone turned their attention to the awards ceremony.Because the three companies do not trust each other, it is naturally imperative to formulate a set of fair and impartial award rules.

Xu Guanwu took advantage of the situation and launched the directors' association, actors' association... and other organizations. Zou Wenhuai and Sir Shao thought about it and did not express any objection.After all, the three of them are now the three giants in the Hong Kong film industry, and they will naturally have an advantage in Xiangjiang.The greater the power of the Xiangjiang Society, the greater the power of the three of them, which is a good thing for them.

Seeing that they agreed to set up these branches, Xu Guanwu couldn't help being secretly happy.With these branches, Hong Kong filmmakers will naturally unite to fight for their own rights in the future. I am afraid that there will be problems that will cause Sir Shao and Zou Daheng a headache.As for the Xu family, Xu Guanwu was not very worried.After all, Xu's film company is no longer the focus of his making money. The annual income of [-] to [-] million Hong Kong dollars seems to be a lot, but compared with other income, it is obviously not ranked high.Even if he suffers a bit, Xu Guanwu thinks it's worth it as long as he can return to the prosperity and development of Hong Kong movies.

In the prosperous stage of Hong Kong movies before, all kinds of gangsters would run rampant, competing for interests, and everyone regarded others as enemies of life and death.But once Hong Kong movies collapsed and the cake fell directly to the ground, there was no need for anyone to argue, and no one could eat it.In the prosperous period of Hong Kong's film industry before, whether it was Golden Harvest, New Arts City, or Shaw Brothers, the market value was at least tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars.But when Hong Kong movies went downhill, the selling price of Golden Harvest was only more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars.There are more than 700 excellent films in the Shaw Brothers film library, and the copyrights are only sold for more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars.The decline of Hong Kong movies has caused these valuables, but now they have also greatly depreciated.

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After confirming the rules of the award ceremony, the setting of the awards, and the method of selection, the three of them unanimously mentioned the name of the award ceremony.

The so-called geese leave their voices, and people leave their names. Since it is an award ceremony, it must have a dignified name, otherwise people will think it is a grass-roots juggler.

Zou Daheng proposed to call it the Golden Cup Award, and planned to design the trophy in the shape of a wine glass.Sir Shao proposed to call it the Golden Tripod Award, because he is fond of literature, calligraphy and painting, and thinks the meaning of the tripod is really great.Xu Guanwu proposed to call it the Golden Image Award, which has the same name as the Academy Award, to highlight the ambitions of Hong Kong filmmakers.

Daheng Zou and Sir Shao looked at each other, both startled by Xu Guanwu's thoughts.Although they have always claimed that Hong Kong is the Hollywood of the East, they have already known the gap.Hollywood's annual box office totals billions of dollars, including the sales of peripheral products, videos, etc., and the entire scale is tens of billions of dollars.

The current box office in Hong Kong is only [-]-[-] million Hong Kong dollars, including peripheral products, video tape sales, port copyright sales, etc., it is only more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, the scale difference is really too big.

Now Xu Guanwu actually proposed to name the award ceremony the Golden Statue Award, which is really ambitious enough.However, Daheng Zou and Sir Shao thought about it, and they also felt that the Golden Statue Award was better than the Golden Cup Award, and the Golden Tripod Award was more reliable, so they unanimously agreed to Xu Guanwu's proposal.

As for the production of the trophy, Xu Guanwu suggested to find a professional to study it carefully.As far as he knows, I want to change the shape of the film award trophy five times, because the early film award was just a party in the small circle held by "Film Biweekly", so the design of the film award trophy was relatively random. At first It's just a simple portrait, the second one is a man holding up a planet, and the third one is a blue crystal cube.The fourth style of the Golden Statue Award is the strangest. It is a double-headed monster, which looks very ugly.Until 1990, because of everyone’s unanimous proposal, the Golden Statue Awards finally changed the shape of the trophy. Zheng Wenya, the champion of Miss Hong Kong, was selected as a model, and a trophy with beautiful women and stars was designed, which was unanimously approved by everyone.

(End of this chapter)