new kung fu king

Chapter 454 Thoroughly disrupting Taiwan's domestic market
"Crazy?" Wang Xiaohu shook his head with a smile and said, "Uncle Six, I'm not crazy, on the contrary, I'm very sober now."

"Then you." Run Run Shaw really wanted to say that you are not crazy, why did you do such a thoughtless thing.

Wang Xiaohu still maintained a smile and said: "I want to decide on Lin Qingxia as an actor, and I will follow Qiong Yao's price. Isn't it 100 million, and I will give it to her!"

"Why do you care so much about an actress in a female literary film?" Run Run Shaw still didn't understand: "Besides, Lin Qingxia only thinks that there is a market in Taiwan. Three years ago, the "Outside the Window" she starred in was banned, and she had to go through the branch office. The manager contacted me to arrange the screening in Hong Kong, and the box office didn't quite understand it."

"A movie can't represent an actor's past, I believe Uncle Six knows it all too well?" Wang Xiaohu suddenly said seriously: "For example, back then you thought Brother Xiaolong would open his mouth like a lion, but Zou Wenhuai invited him over at a high price. , Golden Harvest has risen since then. Michelle, who was not able to be the first sister in TVB, is now a popular eldest sister of Jiayi. These facts show that actors develop in many ways. He may be good at funny genre films, but for the sake of The market demanded to shoot martial arts films, and after a few films, he was labeled as a martial arts actor by the audience, but one day he shot a funny comedy film, and his comedy talent was fully stimulated."

The more Wang Xiaohu talked, the more excited he became. Run Run Shaw listened carefully. He has been an entertainment tycoon for nearly 20 years. He is not ignorant of these truths, but now he listens to Wang Xiaohu again, and he finds that he can actually hear it.

"You mean, after signing Brigitte Lin, we will shoot for her in a different genre?" Run Run Shaw narrowed his eyes and asked.

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "You can say that, but you can't say that. Just like you said, she hasn't opened up the market in Hong Kong. The first thing is to let the people of Hong Kong accept her."

"Hehe, I don't understand you." Run Run Shaw sighed and shook his head and said, "You are the best at flattering people, just tell me what to do, I will fully cooperate with you."

"Tell your manager Ma Fangzong to contact Qiong Yao. If Qiong Yao still maintains the condition of 100 million, just throw it to her, buy out Lin Qingxia's contract, and tell Lin Qingxia that Shaw signed her."

Run Run Shaw nodded. Wang Xiaohu's arrangement was reasonable. After all, he was blocked by the Taiwan authorities. If Wang Xiaohu signed Brigitte Lin, it would be nothing. "Well, I don't need you to tell me about this, but if Qiong Yao repents, she might be joking after all."

"Then speed up the implementation of the original plan, completely destroy the proportion of literary films in the Taiwan market, and force those Taiwanese artists to come to Hong Kong to develop!"

This is the real plan of Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw. At that time, Tian Jianren of the Tian Group, relying on the support of the Zhulian Gang, once threatened to block Wang Xiaohu. What arrogance, Wang Xiaohu used a sentence to cooperate with Shaw Brothers to stop sending Hong Kong films to the Taiwan market. It can be seen from this that the Hong Kong film market has had a great impact on Taiwan's local film and television culture, and most Taiwanese have adapted to the cultural invasion of Hong Kong films and like Hong Kong films very much.

Wang Xiaohu went to the mainland, and Taiwan thought he had a close relationship with the mainland. At the beginning, the situation blocked all the film works of Xiehe Company, and he also took advantage of the situation to transfer the Taiwan market to Shaw Brothers Taiwan Branch, and joined hands with Shaw Brothers Beginning to squeeze Taiwan's literary film development line a little bit, these commercial methods are not on the table, and the specific operation is also done by the people of Shaw Brothers.

After all, the two companies are now strategic partners, and it is the most basic code of integrity to advance and retreat together.

Since Run Run Shaw cooperated with Wang Xiaohu, Shaw Brothers' market share in Southeast Asia has become more stable. Some of the company's films have also been released overseas in Hollywood through Wang Xiaohu's relationship, and have achieved certain results.

Among all the Taiwanese artists, Wang Xiaohu's first favorite is Lin Qingxia. On the one hand, the two are about the same age, and on the other hand, Lin Qingxia will occupy too many amazing elements in future martial arts and kung fu movies.

And even if Wang Xiaohu didn't use such "despicable" means to force Taiwanese artists to develop in Hong Kong, after a few years, the Taiwan authorities will force them to come to Hong Kong with some measures and means to restrict the development of artists.

Isn't the current Teresa Teng a good example?It should be said that in the late 70s and early 80s, the Hong Kong entertainment industry was quite good, attracting Taiwanese artists.

What Wang Xiaohu is doing now is just speeding up, letting the artists he admires bloom their stars in Hong Kong.

"Boy, I won't help in vain!" Run Run Shaw drank his tea with an old fox-like smile on his face.

"I know, I know!" Wang Xiaohu said, "Isn't your director Li Da right now planning "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Dream of Red Mansions?" I heard that he is worrying about the roles of Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu. .”

"Who will Brigitte Lin play?"

Run Run Shaw couldn't react to Wang Xiaohu's thoughtless words.

Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "Of course it's Jia Baoyu! Could it be Lin Daiyu? No, no, no, I recommend one of Lin Daiyu's candidates, Zhang Aijia from our company."

"." Run Run Shaw was dumbfounded, "You let two women take the lead!"

"Sixth Uncle, you should be a little more open-minded. In the film industry decades ago, weren't women playing the leading role?"

What Wang Xiaohu said is correct. He once studied the development of kung fu movies. In the martial arts movies from the 40s to the early 60s, most of the leading actors were actresses, and the male roles were also completed by women. This is definitely a history of film development. The era of "matrilineal clan communes".

Because in that era, making movies was regarded as an actor and a lowly industry, and men would not put down their dignity to make movies.

When Wang Xiaohu said it directly on his face, Daheng Shao really couldn't bear it. If the two of them were not godfather and son and the most reliable business partners, Lao Shao would really hit someone with a cane!

"Okay, okay, that brat knows he's angry with me as soon as he comes, so get the hell out of me!" Run Run Shaw said angrily, Wang Xiaohu ran away when he saw that it was not good, leaving Run Run Shaw to sit on the boss's chair and ponder for a long time, and finally he Get up from the chair, look at the old photos hanging on the wall, and mutter to yourself: "Am I really old?"

No matter how angry Shaw was with Wang Xiaohu, he finally started to operate according to the plan discussed by the two of them. Almost in the afternoon, Ma Fangzong, the head of the Shaw Company's Taiwan branch, went out in person and secretly found Yongkang Street, Brigitte Lin's home. make contact.

At the same time, Shaw Brothers’ major theater chains in Taiwan began to make efforts to open the doors of theaters with a 8% discount on tickets, and began to concentrate on showing Shaw Brothers martial arts movies from the early 70s to the present, which completely disrupted Taiwanese movies. The already tilted balance of the market made the invasion of Hong Kong film culture in Taiwan even more crazy for a while.

"This is vicious competition!"

"We should unite to check and balance Shao's improper behavior!"

Taiwan's local literary and artistic film companies began to protest. They contacted the local theater owners to ask them to stop such crazy behavior, but the theater owners would not listen to this. Who made the theater's income skyrocket these days? , now is a great time to make money, who cares about a few people from literary film companies.

So, at the end of December 76, Shaw Brothers took advantage of this action to arrange for the release of those films that should not have been very good at the box office. Pots!It made the already lingering Taiwan film industry even worse.

"Haha, the brat's bad idea is really good, and small profits but quick sales are really worth it!"

A lot of money flowed into Run Run Shaw's pocket, and Lao Shao no longer complained about Wang Xiaohu's saying that he was outdated. He couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear and hurriedly went to Qingshuiwan Shaw Film and Television City to find Wang Xiaohu.

The set of "Hong Xiguan: The New Five Ancestors of Shaolin" is in full swing at this time, to be precise, it is full of exclamations!
Because the main event is going on here, I saw Jet Li standing alone on Wang Xiaohu's right shoulder, "father and son" holding big guns and fighting Billy Zhou in full swing!
"You attack, I'll attack!" Wang Xiaohu judged calmly with his eyes: "Let's go!"

Immediately, Jet Li with a wire hanging from his waist held a big gun, kept his body at a height of 2 meters from the ground, and frequently attacked Zhou Billy's head with the big gun in his shaking hands. Zhou Billy was in a hurry.

Pan Yingzi, Yu Suqiu, Xie Xian, Qin Pei and the others were already jaw-dropping in amazement, darling, they had seen a lot of miraculous fighting styles in the past two months, but unexpectedly, the filming of this decisive battle made them even more open Vision!

This novel fighting style of martial arts in ancient costumes has never been heard of in the Hong Kong martial arts film industry, let alone seen.

If Wang Xiaohu changed his usual real fight and started to use a spear to make more realistic and chic movements with the help of wire to make them dumbfounded, then Jet Li, who plays his son, can already be described as abnormal at this time!
With the help of Wang Xiaohu, a top action director, and with Yuan Kui and Yuan De's well-designed movements, the little Jet Li already has a deep enough understanding of this movie, and he has brought into full play his advantages as a national martial arts champion. Watching Wia make a lot of amazing moves on Wang Xiaohu's shoulders.

"This father and son are a perfect match!" Run Run Shaw couldn't help saying with emotion when he rushed over to see this scene.

(End of this chapter)