The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 699 The Black-bellied Xu Guanwu

Chapter 699 The Black-bellied Xu Guanwu
After the Academy Awards ceremony, the organizing committee imitated the Oscar Awards and prepared a banquet to comfort everyone.

As today's big winner, the Xu Group is naturally elated, and all the finalists are honored.Shaw Brothers and Jiahe were full of sour faces, all the glory was taken away by Xu Corporation, and they didn't even get a consolation prize, which is really quite depressing.Therefore, at the subsequent reception, there were not many people from Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and most of them went home after the awards ceremony.

Fang Yihua, senior executive of Shaw Brothers, Xu Feng, senior executive of Golden Harvest, etc., also did not attend the following reception, which made the organizing committee feel a little embarrassed.

At the banquet, several award-winning guests of the Xu Group, as well as the four Xu brothers, were naturally the objects of congratulations.Xu Guanwu is also very happy. It is not in vain that the Xu Group can achieve the current results.

The media reporters who were invited to attend were also allowed to interview him, and asked him many questions about this year's Golden Image Awards, and also mentioned his views on Shaw Brothers and Jiahe Granules' lack of success.

Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are still heavyweight companies in the Hong Kong film industry. Although they failed to win the Hong Kong Film Awards this time, their strength should not be underestimated. It is evident that they have been shortlisted for so many awards this time. I think they There will definitely be something to gain from the next Academy Award ceremony."

"Then why do you think the Xu family has won so many awards? Is it because the Xu family has far surpassed Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest?" the reporter asked again.

"I think the biggest feature of Xu's films is that they are full of pioneering ideas. We are not limited to existing film themes, but have been actively expanding into new fields, such as early kung fu comedies, urban action films, romantic comedies, etc. , It is probably this kind of aggressiveness that keeps Xu's films full of vitality and has always been recognized by Hong Kong citizens." Xu Guanwu thought for a while.

The reporter wanted to ask some more questions, but at this time Wu Siyuan, the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards, came to the side, "Okay, okay, let Mr. Xu take a break first, and you don't want to ask so many questions at once. "

The reporter smiled, got up and left.Wu Siyuan smiled and sat down, "Mr. Xu, don't disturb me?"

"It's okay." Xu Guanwu smiled, "Do you want to talk about the release of the movie?"

Wu Siyuan nodded, "You really have to help me this time, otherwise I really don't know what to do."

"Is the situation that bad? Didn't you make a lot of money before?" Xu Guanwu asked suspiciously.

Wu Siyuan smiled wryly, "A lot of money is earned, but also a lot of expenses. There are so many people in the company, and the monthly labor cost is 10,000+. In addition, I didn't make any money from the three movies. Now it's really a dead end."

"Well, but if I distribute the movie for you, will Golden Harvest have any doubts? Do they allow you to do this?" Xu Guanwu asked, although he wanted to help Wu Siyuan, but he didn't want to put a hot face on Golden Harvest's cold ass.

"I am the largest shareholder of Siyuan Film Company, and now Golden Harvest has lost the US market, it is the Ni Bodhisattva who can't protect himself, so how can I have the energy to meddle in my business. Besides, if "The First Dangerous" makes money, he will It's also good, why not agree." Wu Siyuan laughed.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Well, no matter what, it is right for you to tell them in advance, after all, the company is not just yours, and you also know the relationship between our Xu family and Jiahe."

Wu Siyuan nodded, and said again, "I don't know how Mr. Xu plans to release our movie?"

Xu Guanwu also helped other film companies distribute movies before, but they bought out the distribution rights in other places first, and those companies are generally small companies, so there is no room for bargaining with Xu.

Although the current Siyuan Film Company has no room for bargaining, Xu Guanwu does not want to use the method of buying out, so as not to be misunderstood by Wu Siyuan as adding insult to injury.

"That's good. Except for the share of the theater chain and the cost of publicity, we will share the rest of the profits. Your Siyuan Film Company will take [-]%, and our Xu family will only take [-]% if we suffer a little loss." Xu Guanwu thought thought about it.

Wu Siyuan thought about it, and felt that this share was reasonable.In this case, Siyuan Film Company will at least account for more than [-]% of the total box office, which has exceeded his previous estimate.

"Okay, it's settled like this." Wu Siyuan nodded, "I will say hello to Jiahe later."

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On the second day after the Golden Statue Awards ended, news about the Golden Statue Awards was published on the headlines of all newspapers in Hong Kong. Some focused on Xu's bumper harvest, some focused on Xu Guanwu's scandal, and some focused on Xu Guanwu's scandal. Focusing on the candidates for the actor and queen, no matter what, the Xu family has become the focus of attention.

Xu Guanwu was quite calm about all this. It is strange that Xu's big show at the Golden Image Awards yesterday did not make the headlines of the newspapers.

What surprised him was the report on the scandal between him and Lin Qingxia. Although the Hong Kong media focused on this matter, compared with the previous gossip attack, the current report is much softer.I don't know if it's because they are used to the news, or because they are worried that they will be sued by Xu.

In short, the media showed a lot of friendliness this time, and the accusations and abuse that they had been worried about beforehand did not appear in the newspapers. This is good news for Xu Guanwu.

While the newspapers and media reported heavily on Xu, there were also some reports on Jiahe and Shaw.It also gave an analysis of the predicament of the two film companies' lack of revenue.Most newspapers still agree with Xu Guanwu's point of view, thinking that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have been living on their laurels these years, romantic movies, martial arts movies, and kung fu movies are the third. Even if they make urban comedies, odd cases, and action movies, most of them follow suit. Xu has never known to explore new themes.

Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest also chose to remain silent in the face of accusations. Now the situation is stronger than others, and it is no longer the time for them to call the wind and rain in the 70s.Even independent production companies such as Colorful Film Company, Century Film Company, and Zhucheng Film Company have come from behind, showing different vitality and development trends.

The reason why Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest are still standing is because they still have theater chains in their hands, and they also hold the right to distribute Hong Kong films in other cities.Among them, Golden Harvest has been cultivating in Japan and Southeast Asia for many years, and its strength is indeed extraordinary.Many film companies rely on them to distribute their films, and Golden Harvest earns tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in profits every year based on this alone.

Shaw Brothers even has its own theater chain in Nanyang, and has cooperated with Japanese film companies as early as the 60s. At the same time, Shaw Brothers also has its own movie theaters in the United States and Canada. The strength of overseas film distribution should not be underestimated.Even with their theatrical chain and distribution strength, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film industry, which is difficult for ordinary production companies to match.

Facing accusations from the media, both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have taken measures to change the passive situation.Shaw Brothers announced that it would spend 1000 million Hong Kong dollars to support ten new directors to make films. These ten new directors may not be employees of Shaw Brothers, as long as they have the ability and ideas, they can come to Shaw Brothers to apply for funds.

Golden Harvest launched a policy of combining vertical and horizontal, actively attracting small film companies with seats to join the big family of Golden Harvest, and promised them discounts on distribution and screening.

The Hong Kong film industry suddenly became lively again.

Compared with the big moves launched by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers one after another, Xu's flaws are much calmer, and he still implements the established strategy as usual.It's not that Xu's arrogance, but that Shao's and Jiahe's moves are all done by Xu's before, and they are not new moves at all.

The Shaw Brothers' ten million Hong Kong dollar rookie director training plan sounds imposing, but it is actually not innovative with Xu's already established Asian new star directors many years ago.

Golden Harvest's strategy of attracting small and medium-sized film companies to join is no different from the preferential policies Xu adopted many years ago.Seeing that the two companies are still tossing about the old bridge a few years ago, Xu Guanwu can't help but look down on him.

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After the Golden Globe Awards, Xu Guanwu began to prepare to go to the United States to participate in the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars.

In March, the new film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" invested by Xu Guanwu was officially released in North America, and the cunning and black-bellied Nightmare King Freddy immediately surprised the American film world.People have watched horror movies for many years, but they have never seen such a strange ghost like Freddy.All of a sudden, it was as if they had discovered a new continent. There was a long queue at the entrance of the theater, as if it was a commercial blockbuster.

People are born with dreams, who doesn't have nightmares in their life.And Freddy, the king of nightmares, undoubtedly has a much stronger mass base than Jason in "No.13 Friday" and Michael Mills in "Moonlight Panic".After all, not everyone will go camping in Crystal Lake, and not everyone is a relative of Michael Mills.

With a strong audience base and a maverick image, Freddy quickly became popular. He is the incarnation of people's nightmares, and he is an invincible existence.

Yu Yunkang completed all the work for this film in December last year, but he did not return to Hong Kong immediately. He still stayed in the United States and waited for the film to be officially released. Seeing its box office was very good, Yu Yunkang felt that he could finally I have an explanation for Xu Guanwu.

"A Nightmare on Elm Street" began to be released in early March, and within two weeks of its release, the box office has reached 4000 million U.S. dollars, and it seems that it is very possible to go further.Compared with the million-level investment, this box office is really a big profit.

Seeing this, Xu Guanwu planned to ask Yu Yunkang to continue filming "Moonlight Panic".With the first movie still two or three years away, it's time for a sequel.This will all be finalized when he departs for the United States at the end of March.

Lin Qingxia was affirmed by the Best Actress of the Academy Awards, but she did not slack off because of this. Xu Guanwu suggested her to star in "Royal Sister: Royal Warrior", and recently Lin Qingxia is learning boxing from the Hong family class.

Although Hong Jingbao and others were astonished that Lin Qingxia, the prospective proprietress, planned to abandon literature and pursue martial arts, but thinking that Lin Qingxia would show her strength on the screen, it seemed that it should be pretty, so everyone expressed great expectations.But teaching her fists is not an easy task.

These dragon and tiger martial artists are all struggling and survived after being injured again and again. Who would dare to become a teacher without beating for a few years?But a beautiful woman like Lin Qingxia, with such status, who would dare to come up and beat her? !If she was just a beautiful woman, everyone would rush to be her training partner. Anyway, it wouldn't hurt to be beaten a few times by a beautiful woman, but on the contrary, she could take advantage of the opportunity to eat tofu.

But now that she is the wife of the big boss, whoever dares to make a fool of herself, wouldn't that be fatal?Later, after research, Yuan Qiu had to be in charge of training.According to Xu Guanwu's instructions, the training must be the hardest and the hardest, trying to scare Lin Qingxia away from making action movies.

Although Hong Jingbao felt that Xu Guanwu's idea was a bit detrimental, he had no choice but to do so according to the boss's instructions.So on the first day, he asked Yuan Qiu to help Lin Qingxia practice one-character horses.For Yuan Qiu, he has been practicing since elementary school and has never stopped practicing. It is extremely easy to do a horse.But for Lin Qingxia, being a split-horse would be her life's death. She could hear the sound of her hamstring snapping when she went down the splits. The pain was so painful that she broke out in a cold sweat.

But despite this, she did not give up, which surprised Xu Guanwu, so he had to secretly order Hong Jingbao to increase the intensity of training.

(End of this chapter)

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