The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 96
"It is to discuss the matter of investing in Ms. Qiong Yao's film. This project has been delayed for a long time because of such and other things. Now the results of the market research company's research have come out. Here are some materials." Xu Guanwu said, and divided the copied materials into To three brothers.

"Second brother, are these market research reports feasible?" Xu Guanjie asked with some doubts, "The film market is quite complicated. I don't believe that a few reports like these can determine whether a certain film will be a hit or not."

"Yes, second brother! If the market research company is so effective, wouldn't it be so easy to make a movie?" Xu Guanying also muttered.

"The data given by the market research company is only for reference, and we have to decide how to operate it." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "With these data as a guide, it is like having a compass when navigating at sea. Although it is inevitable that there will be encounters." Wind and waves, but compared to other companies, at least we are sailing in the direction."

"Well, what the second brother said is also reasonable." Xu Guanwen nodded, "Then what is the conclusion given by the market research company? Is this project worth our investment?"

"The results given by the market research company are not optimistic. They think that investing in Ms. Qiong Yao's film has a high chance of losing money. Unless she can accept our suggestion." Xu Guanwu said.

The three Xu Guanwen brothers reviewed the conclusions and suggestions given by the market research company, "I think this survey report is well done, so let's contact Taiwan first. If Ms. Qiong Yao accepts our suggestion, then the investment The matter can continue to be discussed. Otherwise, forget it."

Xu Guanwu nodded, "In that case, I will immediately send someone to Taiwan to discuss with Ms. Qiong Yao."

"Well, let's do it like this. I'm still busy preparing for the filming of "Genius and Idiot", and I'll leave it to you to cooperate with Ms. Qiong Yao." Xu Guanwen nodded.

"Is the script of "Genius and Idiot" ready? When will the filming start?" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.

"Try to start the film within a week, hurry up and shoot, and I believe it will be released during the Spring Festival." Xu Guanwen said with a smile.

"That's right. By that time, I believe my new theater will be finished. I will use "Genius and Idiot" as the premiere, and I believe it will be a good start." Xu Guanwu clapped his hands and applauded.

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After the meeting, Xu Guanwu immediately sent the company's producer Chen Lihua to fly to Taipei to discuss cooperation with Ms. Qiong Yao.

Chen Lihua is a courtier of the Shaw Brothers, and has worked as an assistant director for several years, but she still lacks some talent and has no way to become a full-time director.Some time ago, the Superstar Company poached from Shaw Brothers, and she chose to defect here as she had no hope of promotion.

Xu Guanwu still has some impressions of her. He has seen "Casino Tycoon: Legend of the New Brother" and "Senior Brother Clashes a Ghost" where she was the producer.It happened that the Xu Brothers Company lacked professional producers, so Chen Lihua made a gorgeous transformation and changed her job to become a film producer.

Although Chen Lihua felt a little strange about the arrangement of the boss Xu Guanwu, she still accepted it for the high salary.

This trip to Taiwan to negotiate with Ms. Qiong Yao is the first case she has been in charge of since she worked for Xu Brothers Company, so she is determined to handle it well.

"After seeing Ms. Qiong Yao, talk to her patiently and try to get her to accept our suggestion." Xu Guanwu reminded.

"I remember, boss. If there's nothing else, I'll go back and make preparations." Chen Lihua nodded and said.

"Okay, you can go." Xu Guanwu agreed and watched Chen Lihua leave.

As soon as Producer Chen left, Director Gui Zhihong came looking for him.

"Boss!" He called out, pulled out a chair and sat down very familiarly.

"Director Gui, what do you need from me today? Seeing your happy face, let me share some good news." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"This is the script I just received. It's very good and it will definitely make money. Boss, hurry up and pay for the filming." Gui Zhihong said excitedly.

"Oh?!" Xu Guanwu was taken aback for a moment. Unexpectedly, within a month since he came to the company, he had already worked out a script. He was really a quick shooter.

"So confident, let me see what the content is." Xu Guanwu said as he opened the script, and saw the four large characters "Chengji Tea House" on the cover!
Xu Guanwu was taken aback. "Chengji Tea House" is a well-received and well-received realistic film masterpiece, which opened the prelude to a new generation of gangster films.

Later, "Peace Hotel", written and directed by Wei Jiahui and starring Chow Yun-fat, has a plot similar to "Chengji Tea House".

"Boss, I want to focus this movie on the people at the bottom of the society, and tell a story about how a person who is caught in the middle of the prostitution and the white way struggles to survive." Gui Zhihong said very excitedly, splashing Xu Guanwu's face with flying saliva .

Xu Guanwu has watched the movie "Chengji Tea House" before, so he is no stranger to the storyline.He quickly flipped through the script and found that there were some bridges in the script that did not appear in the movie.

After careful comparison, he realized that those cut and edited plots were all satirizing the incompetence of the Hong Kong police.

"Probably these plots won't pass the electronic trial, so we have to delete them." Xu Guanwu guessed.

In the 70s, Hong Kong also had a film censorship system, and some films with sensitive themes and content were also cut down or even banned from release.

Although Xu Guanwu also knew that if all of these deleted scenes could be released, it would definitely make the film more exciting, but in order to pass the review smoothly, he had to be a bad guy first.

"Director Gui, I suggest modifying these scenes, otherwise it will be very difficult to pass the electronic interrogation." Xu Guanwu circled a few sensitive scenes with a pen, and suggested cautiously.

Gui Zhihong took it over and looked at it carefully, his face darkened.

Although this person is usually sloppy and carefree, he is very serious about film art, almost paranoid.

When filming the cult movie "Gu", in order to collect maggots for filming, this person specially made a jar of stinky feces and hid it in the dressing room, making the dressing room stinky to the sky.Three months later, people realized that it was directed by Gui Da.

In order to ensure the authenticity of the expressions during the filming, he also ordered the actors to really taste the feces. It can be said that he did everything he could to make a movie.

Seeing that some of my favorite plots are going to be deleted now, how can Gui Zhi's fiery character bear it.

"Boss, these scenes are the essence of this drama. If you delete it, it's better not to shoot it. If you don't want to invest money, it's okay, just say it." Gui Zhihong said loudly.

The voice spread far away, and everyone in the company looked over in shock.

Seeing that Gui Zhihong reacted so aggressively, Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing, "It's not that I won't shoot these shots for you, but that after I shoot them, even if they are sent to the electronic interrogation office, they won't pass the test, and they have to be edited before they can be released."

"Perhaps the electronic interrogation office is easy to talk to." Gui Zhihong said in disbelief.

"Since you don't want to die until you reach the Yellow River, then I won't persuade you anymore." Xu Guanwu sighed, "Take the script and talk to the production department about investment."

"So boss, you agreed to invest?" Gui Zhihong said happily.

Xu Guanwu nodded.

Whoosh!Gui Zhihong grabbed the script and disappeared in an instant.

"It's worth spending tens of thousands of dollars to teach him a lesson!" Xu Guanwu smiled as he looked at Gui Zhihong's running back.

At this moment, the phone rang suddenly. Xu Guanwu picked up the phone and listened, but his face suddenly changed.

(End of this chapter)