new kung fu king

Chapter 541

Wang Xiaohu was obviously a little surprised by Hong Kong Governor MacLehose's words, wondering why MacLehose was so polite, but he soon understood.

It must be that the Governor of Hong Kong is also very concerned about the movement of the Concord Company in the past two months. How can I say that "Mythology" has created a prosperous world in the United States? Not only the box office revenue of more than 1.7 million US dollars in two months, but the It is no wonder that the British government has no idea about the cultural product derived from "Mythology" and the fact that it has drawn the world's attention to Chinese culture. It has such a large international influence.

It's just that in Wang Xiaohu's eyes, the lumpy film market in the UK has never been prosperous, let alone the box office performance in the UK.Therefore, Hollywood's priority is France, Italy and other countries with relatively stable and mature film markets, rather than the United Kingdom, which has never had much profit value.

On the other hand, it has a lot to do with Britain’s restrictions on movies over the past few decades. During World War II, the British Parliament imposed a 75% tax on imported films. Ran.

In the early 70s, the United Kingdom passed a brand-new film act, which increased the allocation of domestic films in theaters to 30%, which invisibly increased the budget of film investment companies, because the amount of funds for the United States and the British film industry is increasing. So little, so that it stops completely, the British government can only use its own entertainment enterprises to operate.

Coupled with the growing popularity of the television industry, the attendance rate of local theaters in the UK has continued to decrease. Although the ticket price has increased, it has fallen to the lowest point in the history of box office revenue in 1976. The UK has enacted a tax law stipulating that foreign film producers 75% of the world's income is subject to income tax, which directly blocks foreign investment. In one year, the output of British feature films was only 64, and in the second year it dropped to 42.

To put it bluntly, at that time, although the British government’s box office allocation ratio for foreign films was not as high as that of China, the taxation did scare filmmakers all over the world to death. Wang Xiaohu’s words of “under preparation” were just polite words, and God knows when the preparations will last.

It's just that he didn't expect that the British side would act so fast, that the Lord Governor of Hong Kong would come to find him in person, and he said that he would go to him directly when Concord's film would be released in the UK in the future!

"Well." Of course, Wang Xiaohu couldn't directly tell the Governor of Hong Kong that the British film market is too small, and we, Xiehe, don't care about it.After pondering for a moment, he said to MacLehose with a smile: "It would be great if Jazz helps. I still understand the rules in this regard, and I won't let Jazz help in vain."

The so-called rules are kickbacks, Wang Xiaohu did not believe that MacLehose would be so generous.

"No, no, Tiger, you may have misunderstood!" MacLehose shook his head and said, "There is no secret operation between us. In fact, I am just a microphone for the Queen."

As the governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose only learned about the film industry after "Police Story" caused a sensation in Asia, the United States and other countries. Of course he knows the situation of "Police Story" being released in the UK. How should I put it, the box office results Yes, very good, but the actual number of Xiehe hands is so small that it cannot be less.

To put it bluntly, these days, unless someone with a brain is sick, he will take his own film to seek distribution in the United States, otherwise the UK will be the end of your film career, where you have endless taxes, where you are Constantly accept various audits.

Anyone whose film is released in the UK loses money, and where is the profit? MacLehose is determined not to take that pitiful kickback, not to mention that the task was issued by the Queen. Obviously **** *Also aware of the important role of film in enhancing a country's cultural promotion around the world.

"Oh!" Wang Xiaohu nodded in a sudden realization, damn, feelings are here to squeeze Lao Tzu again!I just said that the old lady was not so kind. To put it bluntly, she was making money for the UK with Lao Tzu's movies, and I couldn't get a penny!
Wang Xiaohu was thinking about the countermeasures with a blank face. To be honest, if reason hadn't prevailed just now, he wished he could have punched MacLehose.Who is cheating!
But obviously, if he didn't cooperate, that old lady in England would definitely let MacLehose wear small shoes for Xiehe Company, and it would be a headache at that time.

Wang Xiaohu was thinking of countermeasures quickly here, and seeing signs of displeasure on his face, MacLehose sighed and patted Wang Xiaohu's shoulder and said, "Tiger, you have to understand me."

"Boss, I understand you, who understands me?" Wang Xiaohu said with a bitter face.

"Don't worry, the Queen will not treat you badly!" Wang Xiaohu's contemptuous gaze was drawn to what MacLehose said.

How do you say that?

People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. If Wang Xiaohu knew that he had long been remembered by British old ladies, he would not have arranged Chinese national culture films to be released around the world in the early 80s. Miscellaneous talks would have to wait for the announcement of the return of Hong Kong between China and Britain. after the clause.

But MacLehose's next sentence still made Wang Xiaohu almost hit someone!

"Tiger, in fact, I have another thing to inform you, that is, in the future, when Concord's films are released in the UK, the tax paid will not exceed 50%! In other words, you can get back part of the profits."

There was a sly smile on MacLehose's face. It was obvious that the Governor's joke was not funny at all. Wang Xiaohu suddenly raised his head, frowned and looked at MacLehose for a long time, which meant: What did you do long ago? Let's leave this news for now, and I will almost hit a wall, okay!

MacLehose laughed and said, "Tiger, I didn't expect you to have such a sense of humor. If I knew it, I wouldn't have told you."

"If you don't tell me, maybe I will consider changing my nationality." Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and said, frightened MacLehose: "NO, don't do this, it's just a joke."

It's a joke to you, it's not funny to me.Wang Xiaohu now somewhat understands why those stars and directors in his previous life had to change their nationality. To put it bluntly, he was afraid of being exploited layer by layer!

It is undeniable that Wang Xiaohu is very patriotic and loves his motherland very much, but if the motherland uses such means to infringe his personal interests, he will also consider changing his nationality to protest.After all, the Kingdom of Concord was created by him alone, and it belongs to his personal property.

Why!I still have to improve my influence. If I don't occupy the leading position in the country, I will still be squeezed by others sooner or later. Wang Xiaohu is full of emotion.

After a long time of innocuous jokes with MacLehose, MacLehose did not leave until the evening, and Wang Xiaohu also slowly changed into the costumes he wore for the premiere of "Mythology".

When "Mythology" was released in the United States, it could be described as an unprecedented sensation, but when it was released in Hong Kong, it had to be compared with "everyone's alley". Shame on the main battlefield?

This time, all the movie theaters in Hong Kong screened it at the same time. Even if it was a small movie theater with only a few dozen people, Wang Xiaohu didn't let it go.

Now Xiehe's reputation has been completely resounding in Xiangjiang. Not to mention anything else, just Wang Xiaohu's heroic spirit is beyond the reach of ordinary filmmakers.

Hong Kong people are different from Americans. Americans watch the excitement, visual effects, and Chinese Kung Fu. Hong Kong people are more critical than Americans. They not only want to see what Americans watch, they also want to see drama!

Although Hong Kong is a British colony, Hong Kong people are Chinese after all. Their understanding of Chinese culture is far better than that of any developed country in Europe and America. Therefore, Americans cannot appreciate things, but Hong Kong people can easily understand them.

For example, when Meng Yi wants to get the pill himself, when he knows that it will never return, when he orders to follow him on the battlefield for many years, there will be old men, young men, and wives will stay behind
They shouted a shocking and shocking sentence: "Follow the general to the death, follow the general to the death"

Many spectators watched with enthusiasm, stood up from their seats and applauded, as if they themselves were like soldiers of the Meng family army, willing to throw their heads and blood with General Meng!

This is the real man, Meng Yi Meng Yi has experienced many battles, he knows that there are many dangers, and he doesn't want them to follow him to die, and his subordinates are not fools, they know that they will surely die, but they didn't say anything, because That is the friendship that they have galloped on the battlefield together for many years, fought side by side, shared weal and woe, and forged in life and death struggles.

True temperament!

big hero!
Fighting with a whip, a real man!
The corners of the eyes of many viewers were slightly hot and red, just like Meng Yi played by Wang Xiaohu on the screen was moved.

With thunderous applause and whistles flying, the audience in the theater was moved by the passionate scene of Meng Yi and the soldiers of the Meng family army at this moment.

The emotion and scene can be described as "the wind is rustling, the water is cold", and the ending also corresponds to the phrase "the strong man is gone and never returns"!
With the development of the plot, the audience saw that after waiting for 2000 years, the princess finally waited for Meng Yi with the same scar to appear after experiencing the exciting plot of the treasure hunt. Many people were moved to tears.

The fluttering and affectionate music seems to be chanting this ageless love, and they are flying freely in the air, like lovers who have turned into butterflies.

The thousands of rotations in the world are just the backdrop of thousands of years of waiting. Even though ancient people and things have returned to ashes and dust to dust, love has not been lost in time and space.

Even though Wang Xiaohu watched it several times in the United States, even though Zhao Yazhi watched it more than ten times after the sample came out, when they saw this scene in the theater, their fingers were still tightly intertwined, and each other was moved in their hearts.

After the screening of the film was over, more than 1000 audience members stood up and shouted the names of Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi. They applauded warmly and walked forward in an orderly manner. The voices became louder and louder. Wang Xiaohu hugged his wife and everyone with a smile. Greeted warmly.

Seeing the respectful gazes on the audience's faces, Wang Xiaohu felt warm in his heart. It's not easy. At the beginning of writing the script of "Mythology", he had a headache for the plot. After all, Hong Kong is his main battlefield , if the progress of Hollywood is blocked, he still has Hong Kong. If the plot is not recognized by Hong Kong audiences, then he will really hit the wall.

"I will give Li Bihua a big red envelope later!" Wang Xiaohu said to Zhao Yazhi with a smile.

Wang Xiaohu is very self-aware. He knows that without Li Bihua's embellishment of the emotional line of "Mythology", this movie is likely to have a completely different situation, just like many blockbusters in the previous life were reprimanded by domestic audiences for their bad plots and rubbish emotional lines. .

Wang Xiaohu exhausted all his efforts, and finally handed over a large volume that satisfied him on the basis of his predecessors, so it's no wonder he wasn't excited.

Unlike Hollywood's box office, which can easily cost millions of dollars, a film released in Hong Kong, as long as it breaks through more than 500 million in a single week, has already steadily occupied the top spot in the annual box office list.

Since the opening of Hong Kong, only "Police Story" has reached this statistic, but now this statistic is quickly refreshed by "Myth". Zhou's box office reached 512 million Hong Kong dollars, which completely burned the eyes of colleagues.

Especially the Siyuan Film Company, which was the most scolded earlier, this time Wu Siyuan decided to be a man on holiday, no longer saying a word of praise or sarcasm for "Mythology", but devoting all his thoughts to the post-production of the company's two films process.

As a result, all the media and newspapers in Hong Kong maintained unanimous praise. Who let Hollywood hear good news again and again, and now "Mythology" has topped the North American box office chart for eight consecutive weeks?
At a time like this, no one would have trouble with Wang Xiaohu and Sir Wang!
The media have behaved, and since then they have really behaved, because they saw that the governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose, also attended the premiere of "Myth". The newspaper office has long been closed.

The box office in Hong Kong is very good, and the box office in Southeast Asia is also good. Wang Xiaohu has scattered theaters in Southeast Asia, but these scattered theaters are also the envy of many Hong Kong filmmakers, so the distribution in Southeast Asia is mainly relying on foreign countries. Agents, this time, the agents are making a lot of laughs. Since working with Concorde, this is the only movie that has made them so much profit.

Good news keeps coming from all over Southeast Asia, and the gates of theaters in Hong Kong and Macau are almost bursting. At the beginning of August, Shen Zhong of 8K received a special guest at home—Tian Shi, who is controlled by the Taiwan Bamboo Union Gang. Group representative: Tian Jianren.

(End of this chapter)