new kung fu king

Chapter 204 Implementing the Plan to Acquire Cinemas (seeking a monthly ticket)

After Wang Xiaohu and Bruce Lee participated in the disaster relief performance, Shaw's attitude towards Long Hu was a bit ambiguous. Although Run Run Shaw did not appear in person on the surface, the hosts of the "Happy Tonight" program did ask Wang Xiaohu from time to time Going out to drink tea and chat, in Zou Wenhuai's view, this is clearly a weasel wishing a chicken a new year, which has no good intentions.

Fortunately, at this time Golden Harvest's mainstay Luo Wei also came back from Japan with "Cold Faced Tiger", somewhat reassuring Zou Wenhuai, so he immediately invited Luo Wei to his home to discuss the film's release in the summer.After all, it has been more than two months since the filming of "Crimson Tiger", which is the first time for a quick shooter like Luo Wei.

"Wen Huai, thanks to Wang Xiaohu's slap in the face half a year ago, I deeply realized the importance of film quality. Now, although the investment in "Smiling Tiger" has exceeded the plan and the shooting cycle has been longer, I guarantee the quality. There is also improvement!" Luo Wei received Zou Wenhuai's warm hospitality when he returned to Hong Kong this time, exuding this kind of joy from his body and mind, it seems that he has full confidence in "Cold Face Tiger".

Zou Wenhuai nodded when he heard the words, even though he felt a lot of pain in his heart, he didn't want to reveal it in front of Luo Wei: "Awei, since you have said so, I will spare you the prime time of the summer vacation, and look forward to your reunion." Return to the ranks of million directors!"

"By Wenhuai's auspicious words, I will arrange staff for editing and post-production." Luo Wei is in a good mood, he feels that what he lost has finally returned, and the feeling of regaining it fills him with a kind of ambition called ambition. desire.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you one thing. You'd better make a short film of the best parts of "Cold Faced Tiger". The trailer of "The Raptor" when it was released was very effective, and this kind of promotion method has gradually begun to spread in the film industry, and many movies will use trailers when they are released.After informing Luo Wei of the precautions of the trailer, he said with a smile: "Avi, you have to work hard!"

With "The Righteous Hero" at the bottom of the box office with 600 million, this time Wang Xiaohu asked Zou Wenhuai to talk about the theater, but he was very dissatisfied with the answer he received. "Boss Zou, are you saying that all the prime time slots for the summer vacation are given to "Cold Face Tiger"?"

Zou Wenhuai pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Yeah, Xiaohu, you see, director Luo Wei has been preparing for more than half a year. This time, he just came back from the filming in Japan and has already started the work of releasing it. Do you want to wait another ten days?" ?”

"Wait more than ten days? Hehe, this doesn't seem to be what an expert like Boss Zou said." Wang Xiaohu was very upset: "It is already the end of June, and the summer vacation will end in ten days. If it is released, the box office will definitely be affected."

"You have to consider the company's difficulties." Zou Wenhuai spread his hands, with a helpless expression on his face, looking very pitiful.

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Well, since Boss Zou has difficulties, I, Wang Xiaohu, can still understand. I'm going back and thinking about it."

"Hey, Xiaohu, don't be in a hurry to leave." Zou Wenhuai saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. Go back and think about it?Could it be that simple? If he went back and thought about joining the Shao Brothers, wouldn't he let the tiger go back to the mountain? If Wang Xiaohu joined the Shao Brothers, it would really be Jiahe's nightmare.

Wang Xiaohu turned around and shrugged his shoulders and said, "Boss Zou, do you think I can take it easy? Although Xiehe is a subsidiary company of Golden Harvest, it's not raised by the stepmother, right?"

"Xiaohu, what you said is too serious, Xiehe also has my shares, well, I also hope that Xiehe's performance will flourish." Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "How about this, we are discussing the schedule. "

Discuss shit!It's not that Wang Xiaohu can't see what Zou Wenhuai's idea is, he just wants to hide himself through the problems of the theaters, forcing himself to postpone the release of "Ip Man". Looking for a way out of this delaying tactic?The young master is a fool!
"Boss Zou, I'll tell you tomorrow. If you want to discuss it, just give me the summer slot and let the release of "Cold Faced Tiger" be postponed!" Wang Xiaohu said bluntly.

"Xiaohu! It's too much for you to say that!" Zou Wenhuai's face suddenly changed. He never expected that Wang Xiaohu would be so domineering.

"Excessive? Boss Zou, please think clearly. Brother Xiaolong remembered your kindness from Bole back then. I, Wang Xiaohu, have never received any kindness from you!" Wang Xiaohu looked at Zou Wenhuai and said, "Boss Zou, tell me how many times this is When "The Righteous Hero" was filmed, you shirked the shortage of funds, and the costumes and props sent over were all inferior products, or I paid for the props. It's the same as this time, I really want to ask you, can you have another clever reason?"

Zou Wenhuai's face was pale and ugly, and cold sweat broke out frequently on his forehead. Wang Xiaohu's words just hit his weak spot. Yes, he is currently interested in Bruce Lee for the sake of nostalgia, and he repeats it repeatedly. It is necessary to hold Bruce Lee.So every time when Wang Xiaohu made a request, he either shirked the theater, was short of funds, or used Bruce Lee's name to suppress Wang Xiaohu, but now he suddenly realized that this method lost the slightest effect following what Wang Xiaohu said just now!
"Boss Zou, why are you silent?" Wang Xiaohu gave him a cold look: "Actually, I don't want to make the relationship so stalemate, it's just that you keep persecuting me!"

After Wang Xiaohu said these words, he shook his head and left, leaving Zou Wenhuai trembling with anger in the living room, and Yuan Xihua who just passed by heard all these words in his ears. As the best partner to support her husband's career, she decided to pass Her own way to help her husband tide over the difficulties, she thought of Zhao Yazhi.
Wang Xiaohu returned to the editing room very depressed, ignored Bruce Lee who was busy finishing the script, and slumped to the small bed to get sulky.After a while, Bruce Lee took off the thick pair of myopia glasses and asked, "Little Tiger, are you okay, your complexion looks terrible."

"It's okay, Brother Xiaolong, you don't have to worry about me!" Wang Xiaohu squeezed out a wry smile and said, "Ilusando seems to have stayed in Hong Kong for five days. If you don't finish the filming, I'm afraid his remaining time schedule will be very tight. .”

Bruce Lee shook his head and said: "No, I feel that you have a very serious concern. Can you tell me to share some of it? You have always helped me in the past, and I hope to help you too."

"Hehe, how can you help? Could it be that you will agree without frowning when I say that I want to leave Golden Harvest Company now?" Wang Xiaohu smiled wryly looking at Bruce Lee's sincere eyes.

"What? Xiaohu, what did you just say, you want to leave Golden Harvest Company, damn it, what unpleasant things happened between you and Wen Huai, tell me quickly, if it's his problem, I will definitely go to him to negotiate!" Bruce Lee heard Yan immediately became excited, and he clenched his fists as if he wanted to go to Zou Wenhuai for comment.

"Hey! It's not a matter of arranging theaters. I want Boss Zou to help me free up the prime time for exhalation, but he didn't agree. He said that it would be given to Luo Wei's "Cold-faced Tiger." Wang Xiaohu explained the matter. After the original statement without any concealment.

After hearing this, Bruce Lee immediately fell into deep thought. After a long time, he frowned and asked, "Then what should we do? This kind of thing would be a very headache for me."

"There are two paths, one is to obey Zou Wenhuai's arrangement, and wait for the release of "Ip Man" after the summer vacation. This will make Zou Wenhuai think that we have no way out and must rely on Golden Harvest Company to survive. This is not my character, and I believe it is not Xiaolong. Brother, your character!" Wang Xiaohu stretched out his second finger and said: "The second way is to take this opportunity to choose other partners, especially in terms of theater chains, we must look for capable and qualified ones, so that we can coordinate with each other. The company has gained a broader space for development and is no longer subject to Golden Harvest."

"Yes, you're right! I don't agree with the first point either!" Bruce Lee nodded and said, "But apart from Golden Harvest, only Shaw's cinema chain is strong, will Run Run Shaw agree to our request? "

"How do you know if you don't try?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Do you think that Xu Guanwen will invite us to drink tea and chat for no purpose these days? It must be authorized by the senior leaders of Shaw Brothers to do so."

"However, this is not very safe. After all, neither Golden Harvest nor Shaw Brothers are fuel-efficient lamps. If they don't get the benefits they want from us, they will not agree, especially we are now facing such an embarrassing situation." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he frowned.

"Well, this question needs to be carefully considered!" Bruce Lee sighed and said, "I didn't expect Wen Huai to treat you like this. Really, Xiaohu, I feel very guilty. I have no way to deal with your problems."

"Hehe, Brother Xiaolong, stop blaming yourself!" Wang Xiaohu patted him on the shoulder with some emotion and said, "We still have a third way to go!"

"Tell me quickly, are you going to kill me in a hurry?"

Wang Xiaohu sat next to Bruce Lee, propped his chin with his hand and said: "Actually, I have thought about this before, but I will not choose this route unless it is absolutely necessary. It seems that I must try it today, Brother Xiaolong, I want to buy those retail theaters in Hong Kong."

"Retail theaters?" Bruce Lee narrowed his eyes, as if he vaguely understood what Wang Xiaohu said, and asked with some uncertainty: "Do you want to integrate and merge those retail theaters so as to compete with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers?" ?”

"That's right!" Wang Xiaohu laughed and said, "That's how I think about it! It's better to ask for help than to ask for yourself. To put it bluntly, our Xiehe has already possessed the ability of independent production, and you and I have two major box office appeals. Moreover, with the cast provided by the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists Union, they can be on an equal footing with Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest, and if we leave Golden Harvest, Run Run Shaw will not be so happy!"

"Brother, do you know that you shouldn't be a director, you should be a speaker. What you just said made me sound excited. I want to say that I was moved by what you said!" Bruce Lee said excitedly: "We That's it, what are you waiting for?"

What Wang Xiaohu is most worried about is Bruce Lee's nostalgia for his old love. After all, in his previous life, Bruce Lee had to discuss everything with Zou Wenhuai in filming. It is more beneficial to arrange martial arts.Zou Wenhuai precisely pinched Bruce Lee seven inches, forcing him to be unable to leave his arms, and achieved his goal with the so-called morality of dripping water.

But now things seem to have changed a lot. Not only did Bruce Lee not consider Zou Wenhuai's matter, he even agreed with Wang Xiaohu's point of view, which surprised him a bit. "Could it be that what I did after rebirth subtly changed Bruce Lee's concept?"

In fact, think about the things I did after my rebirth, whether it was writing scripts for him, arranging martial arts moves, or talking about MMA and martial arts designs seen in some future movies when I was practicing, these have enriched Bruce Lee’s knowledge. , My own behavior also indirectly affected Bruce Lee, which is a good phenomenon.

"But buying a theater chain seems to require a lot of money, doesn't it?" Bruce Lee suddenly thought of this question after being excited: "Although you and I can make up a few million, the price of the theater chain seems to be very high now, right?"

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about these things! At worst, I'll go to Macau to fight some black market boxing and earn some money!" Wang Xiaohu was joking. Immediately after the black market fist, he narrowed his eyes, and the murderous thing he saw a few days ago began to permeate the air again.

"Maybe this is a good idea!" Bruce Lee said.

This time Wang Xiaohu was startled: "Hey, brother Xiaolong, I'm just talking casually, I'm going to raise cash now, mother, no matter what, I have to pull those dozens of small theaters into my hands inside!"

Wang Xiaohu went out immediately after speaking, he was trembling all over now, yes, he was very excited about this crazy idea of ​​his own, he was not short of money at all, even though the establishment of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union cost him no less than 200 million, He still has 800 million left to squander, and no matter how valuable these dozens of mini-theatres are, they probably won't exceed sky-high prices, right?
In his heart, Wang Xiaohu was very grateful to Zou Wenhuai for stimulating him today. If Zou Wenhuai hadn't given him a hard time, he wouldn't have excitedly pulled Bruce Lee to change jobs, and Bruce Lee's reaction had filled him with confidence, mother, don't I thought that only you, Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, had theaters, and I was already annoyed by you. This time, I decided to create a theater to fight against you. You forced me to do this!
(End of this chapter)