The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 655

Sure enough, as Xu Guanwu said, as soon as the nominations for the Academy Awards were announced, Shaw Brothers immediately became the focus of people's ridicule.

There are a limited number of shortlisted awards, and they are all small technical awards.Important awards such as Best Movie, Best Actor and Actor were not shortlisted, and even Best Supporting Actor and Best Newcomer were not shortlisted, which can be described as extremely miserable.

In comparison, some independent film companies have performed quite well.Teddy Robin's Zhucheng Film Company was shortlisted for the Best Film Award, Best Actress Award, Best Supporting Actor Award, and Best Director Award for the film "Crazy Robbery", and the results can be described as outstanding. Quite gratifying.

As for Golden Harvest, although Xu Ke's "No Door to Hell" had a low box office and a poor reputation, it was highly rated in the industry. This time it was also shortlisted for the Best Director Award, making Wu Siyuan finally a With a sigh of relief, at least it proves that his vision is not so bad.

However, except for Xu Ke's "No Doors to Hell", which is more eye-catching, Golden Harvest's other shortlisted awards are relatively mediocre, and they don't have too much strength to impact the awards.

In addition to the three major film companies and other independent film companies, the performance of the leftist film companies is quite surprising. Although the commercial elements of the several works released successively are not too strong, but because of the long screening time, so The box office data is also quite gratifying.

In Xu's, Shaw's, and Golden Harvest's three major theater chains, the longest release time for a film is 45 days, and the shortest time is about one week. Ordinary films will not be released for more than a month.For example, "Project A" co-starred by Cheng Long, Hong Jingbao and Yuan Biao has been in theaters for [-] days, and it has achieved a pretty good box office. When it was released, it still had a [-]% attendance rate.

However, the schedules for showing films in the Leftist Shuangnan Cinemas are generally quite long. A leftist film company has limited funds and cannot start shooting several movies at the same time.Two ordinary film companies are afraid of being blocked by Taiwan, so even if there is no schedule, they will not easily cooperate with leftist theaters.The three leftist theaters implement a very strict censorship system. Even if many companies want to release their films, they often shy away because the review procedures are too complicated and the requirements are too strict.

Of course, in addition to showing films produced by local leftist film companies in Hong Kong, the leftist theaters also screen movies made in the mainland, but those movies have a strong sense of preaching. Regardless of the narrative style, actor packaging, and movie themes, they are not in line with the tastes of Hong Kong citizens. Therefore, in terms of box office It is also quite bleak, usually within a few days of the screening, it will be forced to drop the picture.

This has caused a shortage of films in leftist theaters, so it is often necessary to extend the schedule to avoid the shortage of films.No matter how low the attendance rate is, once the schedule is extended, the box office of the movie will be relatively high.Like Cheng Long's "Project A", if you put your heart into it for three months, I'm afraid it can break through the box office of 5000 million.

The leftist film company's films can have a box office of 300 to [-] million, which is actually obtained through this method.Leftist Films also has several films in the shortlist this year, drawing attention to leftist films that have been neglected.

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Entering February, because the Spring Festival is coming soon, the streets of Hong Kong become very lively, with a strong New Year flavor.

Xu Guanwu saw the red big blessing characters flashing on the street from time to time, dragon and lion dances and other performances, and felt the strong flavor of the New Year. He couldn't help but think of Deng Lijun who is far away in the United States at the moment. He originally wanted to take Deng Lijun back to Hong Kong for the New Year. By the way, her parents can also be brought over, and the family can be reunited in Hong Kong.

But Deng Lijun's latest English album is still working overtime. He wants to release it in the United States, Hong Kong, Nanyang, Taiwan, Japan and other places at the same time within a week before the Spring Festival. Therefore, there is no way to spare time. Xu Guanwu can't help but feel a little regretful .

In addition to Deng Lijun not being able to come to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year, Chung Chuhong will also spend the Spring Festival in the United States this year, but she is not lonely. Xu Guanwu specially paid a travel agency to help Chung Chuhong's family book a [-]-day trip to the United States. They can accompany Zhong Chuhong in the United States Chinese New Year over there.

Now Liu Luanxiong has not been crushed by Xu Guanwu, and he has not sent anyone to contact the Shaw Brothers, so Zhong Chuhong is still running away privately, and if he returns to Hong Kong, he will face a serious lawsuit.

Xu Guanwu on Liu Luanxiong’s side plans to close the network in the near future. Before that, he had sent Steve Wanda and Liu Luanxiong to set a contract for the production of 50 antique fans within three months. The agreement must be delivered when it expires, otherwise it will be compensated All lost.

Liu Luanxiong originally thought that with this big order, he would be able to make a steady profit without losing money, but Xu Guanwu then asked Steve Wanda to buy several of Liu Luanxiong's suppliers in Hong Kong, and the goods were supplied as usual for the first month and a half , After Liu Luanxiong invested a large amount of money into production, all major suppliers reduced the supply together, which caused the production speed of Liu Luanxiong's factory to drop rapidly.

Seeing that the progress of 50 units in the past three months could not be completed, Liu Luanxiong suddenly became anxious, and quickly sought out several suppliers to discuss countermeasures so that they could resume supply as soon as possible.

Steve Wanda remotely controlled the managers of these companies and asked them to ask Liu Luanxiong to settle the payment of the goods, so that Liu Luanxiong would be injured first.When Liu Luanxiong saw these suppliers taking advantage of the fire, he was not only quite angry, he did not give in to these suppliers, but chose to switch suppliers to supply.

However, there are only a few companies in Hong Kong capable of producing electric motors, all of which have been secretly acquired by Xu Guanwu, but Liu Luanxiong doesn't know about it.Now he needs cash to change a house, and cash to change a house, there is no room for negotiation.And if the motor is imported from overseas, it may be too late in terms of time.

In the end, Liu Luanxiong had to choose to settle the payment in exchange for the normal supply of motors.But in this way, the company's working capital is bound to decrease a lot. Even with the deposit paid by Steve Wanda, Liu Luanxiong also paid a large amount of money accordingly.

Seeing February, there are still ten days before the delivery, Liu Luanxiong calculated that the time is just enough, at this time, the motor supplier stopped supplying again.

Hearing the news, Liu Luanxiong almost spat out blood, "Did you ask why?" he asked his wife Bao Yongqin.

"I didn't say anything about the reason, I just said that we won't deliver the goods to us." Bao Yongqin replied, "Ah Xiong, what should we do this time?"

"What to do, what to do, I know what to do? These bastards have figured it out, someone must be messing with me behind my back." Liu Luanxiong couldn't help shouting.

"There are still ten days before the delivery time. If there is no motor supply, our table fan cannot be assembled at all. Even if it is installed, it will be just an empty shell." Bao Yongqin said, "Ah Xiong, let's hurry up Get it from outside."

"Where can I buy the goods in just ten days?" Liu Luanxiong asked with his eyes wide open. Over the past month or so, due to the frequent difficulties of suppliers, Liu Luanxiong, who was still very young, has aged rapidly and his hair has turned gray. , his eyes were also bloodshot, and he looked quite tired.

"If there is no motor, our goods will not be completed. When they come to pick up the goods, we will not be able to collect enough goods to give them. According to the contract, we will not only have to accompany them twice the payment. It is tens of millions of dollars. How can we afford it? "Bao Yongqin couldn't help shouting.

"What are you shouting, I know more about this than you." Liu Luanxiong roared, "Well, first remove the motors of other fans and install them on this batch of fans."

"Ah?! This is a violation of the contract, and they will sue us." Bao Yongqin hurriedly stopped.

"Have 50 fans, can he still check them one by one?" Liu Luanxiong said gloomyly, "It's useless for him to find out when the goods are out of the company. We grit our teeth and refuse to admit it. What can they do with us? So? Even if he finds out in the end, at most he will be compensated part of the payment for the goods, at least we won’t have to pay for everything.”

"Is it possible to do this? What if someone finds out?" Bao Yongqin said timidly.

"What are you afraid of? I have everything." Liu Luanxiong roared.

……

After dismantling the east wall to make up for the west wall, Liu Luanxiong finally completed the assembly of 50 fans before the agreed date, and was waiting for Steve Wanda to pick up the goods.

On that day, Steve Wanda came as promised, and seeing Liu Luanxiong couldn't help but stepped forward and hugged him, "Dear Liu, are my batch of antique fans ready?"

Liu Luanxiong nodded, "Don't worry, everything is here, a total of 50 units, one is not a lot." He said while pointing to the mountain of cardboard boxes in the warehouse.

"Are all these electric fans produced according to our requirements?" Steve Wanda asked again with a smile.

"Of course, you can check it on the spot. If one is not correct, you can sue me for breach of contract." Liu Luanxiong said with a smile without changing his face.But Bao Yongqin, who was behind him, couldn't help but change his face slightly when he heard what he said.

"Very good, the goods still need to be inspected. Let's start with villains and then gentlemen." Steve Wanda nodded, "I just brought quality inspectors, notaries and lawyers with me today. What's the matter? We can all sort it out right now."

When Liu Luanxiong saw that Steve Wanda was so well prepared that even lawyers and notaries were invited, his eyes twitched. It seemed that Steve Wanda knew that something would happen. please come.

"Does he know that there are substandard goods in this batch of boxes?" Liu Luanxiong guessed suspiciously.

While he was muttering, Stevie Wanda had already started to pick out boxes for inspection. He seemed to be choosing among these hill-like boxes immediately, but after picking a few boxes, he suddenly walked towards C The box in the corner of the district made Bao Yongqin's face turn pale with fright.

Liu Luanxiong's palms were also sweating nervously. The goods in the box in area C were mixed with the unqualified fans.Liu Luanxiong specially piled them in the middle, thinking that the darkness under the lights would hide it, but he didn't expect that Steve Wanda didn't fall for it at all. After walking over, he quickly picked out a few boxes, which made Liu Luanxiong even want to divide his God didn't even have time.

"Ah..." Bao Yongqin panted heavily, as if he was about to suffocate.

Although Liu Luanxiong couldn't fall down, his palms were sweating frequently.

Steve Wanda saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart. He had already bought some employees of the Aimigao Electric Fan Factory. Knowing that Liu Luanxiong lacked a suitable motor, he dismantled the ordinary motor and installed it on an antique fan. .And also already knew how he placed his goods.

So today he easily hit Liu Luanxiong's fatal spot. Out of the ten fans he picked out, four were ordinary fans, at least [-] watts, much larger than the [-] watts he asked for. .

"Mr. Liu, how do you plan to explain this?" Steve Wanda said with the data given by the quality inspector.

"This... this... this..." Liu Luanxiong's upper and lower rows of teeth were chattering, but he couldn't utter a single sentence.

He originally wanted to hide it from the sky, but he didn't expect that "Heaven has eyes" didn't hide it at all. Now that there are people from the notary office, people from the quality inspection office, and a lawyer present, he has conclusive evidence of the crime.This kind of behavior has actually violated the law, not just an economic issue.

(End of this chapter)