new kung fu king

Chapter 206 Shao Daheng's Appreciation
The news of the cooperation between Xiehe Film Company and Shaw Brothers quickly spread in the industry. At the same time, people in the industry were also surprised to find that Xiehe Company had acquired all other sporadic theaters and carried out a large-scale reorganization in just one week. Many people in the industry are dumbfounded!
Isn't Xiehe a subsidiary company of Golden Harvest? Why did it suddenly jump out and do it alone? Did Golden Harvest squeeze too much of Xiehe and cause Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu to leave angrily?Or maybe Bruce Lee felt that his wings were hardened, and he forgot Zou Wenhuai's kindness to him, repaying virtue with grievances?
All kinds of speculations are constantly being circulated in the market, and the dragon and tiger don't pay any attention to these gossips. Even when reporters come to them, they only talk about the release and shooting of the new film. do not mention.Even when a reporter asked Bruce Lee why he didn't remember Jiahe's kindness back then, Bruce Lee shook his head with a smile and said nothing. He had been instructed by Wang Xiaohu before. This is not the best time to explain. It can only make others feel like we are so so of.

In fact, this approach is very correct. The media couldn't get an answer from Longhu, so they rushed to Golden Harvest to interview Zou Wenhuai. Zou Wenhuai also talked about the release of their "Cold Faced Tiger". Regarding the current problems between the two parties, He just replied perfunctorily with no comment.

Zou Wenhuai is very clear that he has taken another wrong step this time. If the opponent is Bruce Lee, he is likely to persuade him, but the opponent is Wang Xiaohu, the young man who was a dragon and tiger martial artist in his company back then. Full-fledged and showing staggering strength, his speech and behavior have deeply influenced Bruce Lee.

When he heard the news, Zou Wenhuai tried to communicate with Bruce Lee, but Bruce Lee was not at home, and the temporary editing room of Golden Harvest was empty.When Linda asked about Bruce Lee's whereabouts, Linda also faltered and said that he didn't know where Bruce Lee was going.In desperation, Zou Wenhuai had no choice but to go to the third floor of Beacon Hill Road to pour out his bitterness, hoping that the other party could give Bruce Lee a pillow breeze, but the other party also gave him a very surprising news: Since returning from Japan, Bruce Lee has never been here. !

Zou Wenhuai returned home in a daze, Yuan Xihua saw the disappointment on her husband's face and asked with distress: "How is the situation? What did Meili say?"

Zou Wenhuai frowned and sighed, "Xiaolong hasn't been to her place for a month, and she still blames me for making Xiaolong rush to shoot new films."

"How is that possible!" Yuan Xihua opened his mouth wide when he heard the words. The matter between Bruce Lee and Tang Meili is already an open secret in the industry. The two sides fought a fierce fire in Rome. Why did they lose contact after going to Japan? "Didn't you ask why?"

Zou Wenhuai smiled wryly: "No. It seems that Xiaolong is definitely going to break with us this time! Hey, I really regret treating Wang Xiaohu like that. I wanted him to delay the release, but he refused."

"Maybe we used the wrong method at the beginning." Yuan Xihua pondered for a moment after seeing this: "Now I have no choice but to regret it, I can only urge Luo Wei to release "Cold Faced Tiger" as soon as possible. Approve it."

"That's the only way!" Zou Wenhuai regretted letting go of a dragon and a tiger. After a long time, he suddenly remembered something: "I heard that they are buying some scattered small theaters?"

Yuan Xihua nodded and analyzed: "Well, I feel that Wang Xiaohu is not purely defecting to the embrace of Shaw Brothers. What he may really want to do is to win over his own theater chain to get rid of the status quo of being controlled by us."

Zou Wenhuai said in a lucky tone: "As long as they don't side with Shaw Brothers to suppress us, this is a lucky thing!"

This kind of thinking of Wang Xiaohu was also seen through by Run Run Shaw. When he heard such questions from other shareholders of the company, he just smiled and shook his head: "It would be a good thing if he can form it. The fight is getting boring, and it would be best to have Wang Xiaohu come out to interrupt this troubled water, and now Wen Huai must have tasted the taste of betrayal!"

"What about Wang Xiaohu?" someone asked.

"Wang Xiaohu is a good young man. I can see that he just doesn't want to be controlled by Zou Wenhuai all the time. He wants to make Xiehe Company more formal. It is not easy to have such courage at a young age. We try our best to maintain a friendly cooperative relationship with them. , You must know that Bruce Lee is not only influential in Southeast Asia, he will have a place in Hollywood sooner or later!"

Run Run Shaw's eyes seemed to see a win-win situation in the future.The June [-] disaster relief performance completely made Wang Xiaohu's popularity soar, and at the same time, TVB gained more popular support. I believe that with his popularity, his new film "Ip Man" must have achieved a good box office result. Shaw's The development goal has already turned to TV, and the investment in film has declined in recent years. It is better to cooperate with Wang Xiaohu than to waste theaters.If they can take the opportunity to pull the two of them into their own camp to cooperate in a TV series, hehe, what a wonderful thing it will be!

After Wang Xiaohu's sporadic theaters were integrated, he immediately spent money to replace the tables, chairs and projection equipment in the theater. While this work was in progress, he also started to arrange the publicity work for the release of "Ip Man". The first batch of posters were distributed to his own In the movie theaters of the theater chain and some Shaw Brothers theaters, on the poster is the heroic Poss standing in the ruins and holding a long stick. At the same time, according to the classification of the main actors, the characters of Zhao Yazhi, Huang Chunliang, Zhou Runfa, Qin Shu and others are printed respectively. The posters, the characters in each poster are more vivid, especially the one where Chow Yun-fat is holding Stephen Chow in his arms, the worry and depression on his face are vividly expressed. Many people are speculating on Chow Yun-fat's identity, because no one knew him before.

Regular customers in the restaurant first discovered Chow Yun-fat's whereabouts, because they found that the waiter who had been serving them with a smile was the handsome guy on the poster. Many people came to watch Chow Yun-fat after hearing the news, which made him happy for a long time.

"Brother Hu, thank you for giving me this opportunity!" Chow Yun-Fat gave Wang Xiaohu a cup of hot tea and said with a foolish smile.

"Hehe, this is all the result of your hard work. How does it feel to be famous now?" Wang Xiaohu asked with a smile after taking a sip of his tea.

Chow Yun-fat scratched his head and hands: "It feels pretty good, but I'm not as free as before. I used to serve food very quickly, but now some customers always pester me to ask questions, which made me serve cold dishes several times." Yes, Sister Mei deducted a day's salary for this."

"Haha! You, be more careful next time, Miss Mei's stern face is not recognized by her relatives!" Wang Xiaohu almost spit out his tea when he heard this. Yuan Mei is indeed a very good shopkeeper, and the income of this restaurant has been booming every day since it opened. It is the best proof that he never asks how Yuan Mei punishes the employees. After all, if the employees do not make mistakes, Yuan Mei will not punish them either.

"Be more careful in the restaurant these days. When the film is released in a few days, the reporters should dress up. You will be interviewed by media reporters!" Wang Xiaohu must have his reasons for saying these words. , the role of Li Zhao played by Chow Yun-fat will definitely arouse heated discussions among the public, and media reporters will inevitably keep an eye on Chow Yun-fat.

The first trailer of "Ip Man" finally met with the audience at Concord Cinemas and Shaw Cinemas.The difference from "Righteous Hero" and "Raptor" is that the trailer this time is relatively long, even as long as 6 minutes.

Regarding the long duration of this trailer, Wang Xiaohu explained to Bruce Lee in this way: "The theme of the film is to praise Ip Man and Wing Chun, and to promote Wing Chun culture, so in the first half of the trailer I mainly introduce Wing Chun, The Hong Kong Wing Chun Association and the Wing Chun Martial Arts Academy were mainly filmed and edited. Most of them are the scenes of the disciples practicing Wing Chun, and there are also a few scenes of the master performing the wooden dummy. The main content of the film is the last 2 minutes. "

"How long do you plan to release the official trailer?" Bruce Lee asked.

"Two days later!" Wang Xiaohu pointed to the newspaper and said, "Golden Harvest also plans to release "Cold Faced Tiger" three or three days later, that is, on July 7, and we also arrange to release "Ip Man" on July 12. And I want Hold a premiere that doesn't look at the faces, and catch them off guard!"

"Premiere!" Bruce Lee heard of this kind of publicity for the first time. He frowned and asked, "What is the premiere?"

"Brother Xiaolong, do you still remember that Shaw Brothers did a promotional program in "Happy Tonight" before it released "Ma Yongzhen?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Well, of course I remember, but the box office of "Ma Yongzhen" is not as good as your "Yi Xia"!"

"Yes, that kind of promotional program is a simple version of the premiere ceremony. Of course, TVB has already inserted our trailer. If we go to "Happy Tonight" to promote our film, the time is a bit tight, so I simply Abandoned this method and put the entire promotional program within two hours before the film's release!"

"You mean the premiere at 7pm on July 12th?"

"Yes!" Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "At that time, I will invite all the actors to the stage. Of course, the master will also bring the disciples of Wing Chun School to join in the show. You are the big boss of the company. Absent! I want to take this opportunity to publicize Wing Chun, so that the whole Hong Kong people can know Wing Chun and the story of the master!"

Li Xiaolong swallowed his saliva after hearing the words: "Little Tiger, does this make a lot of noise?"

"Haha, Brother Xiaolong, our falling out with Golden Harvest is already a big deal. If we don't take this opportunity to build up the company's image, I'm afraid we will suffer a lot of unfavorable comments from the outside world!"

"Maybe, maybe you're right again!"

(End of this chapter)