new kung fu king

Chapter 622 No rules and no square

Wang Xiaohu's anger for "North and South Shaolin" not only made the director of the film shudder, but also saddened Shao Liushu. In order to make up for the huge rift caused by this incident, Shao Liushu started to act the next day.

First of all, in order to appease Wang Xiaohu's anger, Liu Jialiang held a press conference and apologized in an absolutely sincere tone for the unpleasantness that occurred during the filming of "North and South Shaolin", and read aloud his confession in front of dozens of reporters.

This incident caught the reporters present by surprise. They didn't understand what happened. Why did director Liu, who has always been pretentious in the circle, apologize publicly, and his tone was so humble.

If it wasn't for the people in the circle who were familiar with the former director Liu, they would probably think it was a farce.

It wasn't until Liu Jialiang read half of the confession that the reporters suddenly realized, oh, it turned out that Liu Jialiang played a big role when filming "North and South Shaolin", deliberately made things difficult for mainland actors in terms of salary, food and other treatment, and even made them wear small shoes, causing mainland actors to The actors resisted and a violent conflict ensued.

Gossip, big gossip!

A while ago, the gossip of Wang Xiaohu, Lin Qingxia, Qin Xianglin, and Teresa Teng could not be interviewed and publicized, mainly because the other party's backstage was hard, and these reporters dared not offend.

But Liu Jialiang is different. Judging from the current attitude of the Shaw Brothers, Shaw Daheng showed a nonchalant attitude. Could it be that the director Liu Jialiang was kicked out of the Shaw Brothers because of this matter?
"On behalf of myself, I would like to publicly apologize to all sports athletes in mainland China for the various unfair treatments that occurred during the filming of "North and South Shaolin". I hope they can forgive me. I am willing to take all responsibilities. After the press conference, I will We will immediately distribute various benefits and salaries in a timely manner to ensure that the salaries of mainland actors are the same as those of Hong Kong actors."

After Liu Jialiang's confession was published, the reporters below had been waiting anxiously for a long time. Once Liu Jialiang finished speaking, the reporters stood up first to ask questions.

"Excuse me, Director Liu, is there any factual basis for the mainland actors you mentioned in your speech to be of the same standard as our Hong Kong actors?"

"May I ask if all film companies planning to co-produce with the mainland must abide by such standards?"

"Director Liu, I heard that you were injured by an athlete from mainland China. Is it true?"

"What do you think of Mr. Run Run Shaw from your company?"

"Will Run Run Shaw and Wang Xiaohu break up because of this?"

"Director Liu, do you plan to change jobs?"

Question after question was thrown, leaving Liu Jialiang speechless, how to answer?One was sharper than the other, and one was harder to answer than the other. Seeing this, Liu Jialiang hurriedly asked the host for help.

In this situation, keeping silent is better than anything else, if the answer is incorrect, then this public apology is no longer an apology, it will directly add fuel to the fire, and the incident will escalate accordingly, failing to complete the task assigned by Run Run Shaw , How will you hang out in the circle in the future?
Seeing that the situation was not good, the host hurriedly ended the press conference with a classic "no comment".

Regardless of what the media thinks about this matter, Liu Jialiang has completed the task of apologizing.

After getting the news, Run Run Shaw felt a little more at ease, and immediately dragged Jin Yong and Shen Zhong to be peacemakers, and tried his best to ease the relationship between the two.

After Jin Yong heard about this, he complained to Run Run Shaw, "Yu Fu, I don't even know what to say about you. It's not like you don't know Xiaohu's temperament. Just look at what Xiaohu has done in the past few years. Which one is not looking for a way out for Hong Kong movies?"

"But all of you are short-sighted. Seeing that the box office in the mainland market is good, you flock to get a piece of the pie. Even if you can't do anything to promote friendly exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland, you can't ruin Xiaohu. Set the rules!"

"Liu Jialiang made such a fuss, how do you let Xiaohu face the mainland?" Jin Yong sighed at this point: "Shaw, Xiaohu is not the kind of narrow-minded person. Some people may say that what he is doing now is to please the mainland. To leave a way out for the return, if even you think this way, then you have misjudged Xiaohu!"

Run Run Shaw was also very uncomfortable. What Jin Yong said was reasonable, and nothing else. The "Hong Kong Film Promotion" event held in the mainland this time not only solved the large backlog of copies of the Shaw Brothers Group's inventory, but also increased It made a lot of money, and it also opened up the name of Shaw Brothers in the mainland. At least the mainland knows that there is a film company called "Shaw Brothers" in the world, and it has been an old comrade-in-arms relationship with Xiehe Company for many years.

"Without rules, you can't make a circle." Shen Zhong said: "Lao Liu, Xiaohu has saved enough face for you this time. If it were me, I would make Liu Jialiang regret it for the rest of his life. We hate people who don't follow the rules the most. "

"Then what should I do now?" Run Run Shaw asked with a bitter face.

"Calm down!" Shen Zhong shook his head and said, "Lao Liu, I heard that Xiaohu's "Mulan" is going to be filmed in mainland China soon, and your troubles like this may disrupt his plan, and he also It will take considerable time to regain trust with the mainland."

"Oh!" Run Run Shaw slapped his thigh and said, "I really did something stupid!"

Run Run Shaw completely regretted it now. After all, he knew that it was not easy for Wang Xiaohu to maintain such a good relationship with the mainland. Not only did he throw in a lot of money for nothing, he even spent a lot of effort. Negotiations with the mainland in the name of individuals.

Just imagine that a lot of time would be wasted in matching cultural exchanges between the two countries, not to mention that Wang Xiaohu is currently alone!

At first, Run Run Shaw only thought of how to reconcile the Shaw Brothers and Xiehe as before, but he never thought that there would be such a big influence behind the incident.
Guilt, besides guilt, Run Run Shaw is more ashamed now.

Ashamed of relying on the old to sell the old, ashamed of delaying Wang Xiaohu's big event!
For a while, Run Run Shaw was in chaos and didn't know how to deal with it.

"Shaw, the matter has already happened, and it's useless to talk about anything else." Jin Yong was also very worried, and after thinking about it, he said: "Why don't I go to Xiaohu's place to find out what's going on."

"Besides, prepare money, money is indispensable for dealing with the mainland!" Shen Zhong was full of emotion.

The news of Liu Jialiang's public apology was directly published in the newspaper the next day. After reading it, many citizens were confused and couldn't analyze the value of the content in the literal sense. However, there were many small gossip attached to the apology text. These little gossips satisfy the curiosity of the citizens to some extent.

Some newspapers said that "Liu Jialiang's move was forced by Wang Xiaohu's power, because Liu Jialiang broke Wang Xiaohu's rules when he was filming in mainland China."

Rules, what rules?
The citizens wondered, and the newspaper also detailed Wang Xiaohu's rules later: If Hong Kong wants to co-produce with the mainland, both parties should be treated according to the same standard, either according to the mainland standard or according to the Hong Kong standard.

So the citizens quickly realized that this is the Overlord Treaty!Because it was clearly written in the newspaper: "According to insiders, colleagues in the circle are very disgusted with Wang Xiaohu's Overlord Treaty, and think that Wang Xiaohu's move is a monopoly."

When Run Run Shaw heard the news, he tore up the newspaper in a rage. Uncle Six was very angry, and the consequences were serious. Soon someone stood up and said: Who the hell is adding fuel to the flames, distorting the truth, the Shaw Group Complain directly to the Governor of Hong Kong, block your newspaper, and arrest you.

This move is more resolute than a verbal battle. No wonder Run Run Shaw is so angry. It seems that his consideration is too simple. If he knew that he should not apologize in Hong Kong, he should go to the mainland. Look at this matter. Noisy!

"What? Sixth Uncle is sick?" Wang Xiaohu frowned when he heard the news from the visiting Jin Yong: "Is it serious?"

"It's okay, the doctor said that the anger is too high, and it will be fine after a few days of recuperation." Jin Yong told the truth.

There was a brief silence in the living room. Wang Xiaohu sighed. He had heard the latest gossip outside. Apart from keeping silent, he didn't want to fight any lawsuits. It is definitely a fool's behavior to fight with the media at this time. .

Just as Jin Yong speculated, the accident of "North and South Shaolin" has to some extent affected the filming of "Mulan" in mainland China. If this matter is not resolved quickly, it will largely destroy Wang Xiaohu's painstaking efforts over the years operate.

He doesn't think that the Mainland side are all kind-hearted people who like to be bullied by others. The reason why they haven't taken any action so far is because he asked the Ministry of Culture to formulate co-production management documents immediately after the incident.

Sometimes don't underestimate a sentence. If you say this sentence well after the incident, it shows that you Wang Xiaohu attaches great importance to this matter, and quickly shows his identity and position. At least his attitude is correct. He also quickly took measures.

If you didn't say this, then the following things would be more interesting. Although the good relationship established over the years did not collapse in an instant, Wang Xiaohu also left a bad impression on the mainland.

At this time, I have to talk about the cleverness of why Wang Xiaohu brought Zhao Gang to meet Run Run Shaw and Liu Jialiang.

Zhao Gang is straight-hearted, and Wang Xiaohu knows this very well. He believes that Zhao Gang will report all his actions that day to the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other high-level officials. A play, but it was an act, and he was really angry at that time.

"Where does Sixth Uncle recuperate?"

After a long silence, Wang Xiaohu asked Jin Yong.

"Little Tiger, even if you want to visit him, Shaw may not have the face to see you now." Jin Yong said with a wry smile, "He feels sorry for you, shameless."

"Hehe, since that's the case, please tell Uncle Six: I've almost settled the matter." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he secretly smiled in his heart. He couldn't see that Jin Yong's intention of visiting today was nothing more than a visit. own tone.

Sure enough, Jin Yong was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "Really?"

Wang Xiaohu nodded: "Well, but this time Liu Jialiang made too much noise, and it will not be so easy for everyone to go to mainland China to make films in the future."

"Will "Shooting the Condor" be affected?" Hearing this, Jin Yong hurriedly inquired about his family's affairs. After all, he had waited for nine years. Do not rush!
People, once it comes to their own interests, they will be in chaos.

Wang Xiaohu shook his head and sighed, and then said: "That will not be affected. I mean the review in the future. I had a telephone exchange with the Ministry of Culture of the Mainland yesterday. They think the nature of this incident is relatively bad, and they are worried about our Hong Kong film. There are scenes that slander the mainland and contain political overtones, and describe the mainland people as ignorant, barbaric, lowly, and poor, so the process of going through the review process is very complicated if you want to enter the mainland to make films in the future!"

Only then did Jin Yong feel relieved, but he still understood that Liu Jialiang's disturbance directly narrowed the original loose and good communication window a lot. In the past, this window was opened by Wang Xiaohu himself, which was as tall as a person. Now, the window is half the height of a person, that is to say, the chances of the Hong Kong movie army wanting to make a fortune through the window to the opposite side have been reduced by half!
"Hey, what a crime!" Jin Yong was heartbroken.

The two chatted for a long time before Jin Yong left. As soon as he left, Zhao Yazhi sat beside Wang Xiaohu, looking at her husband with a complicated expression.

"Ahu, why did you lie just now?"

Only Zhao Yazhi knew best that what Wang Xiaohu said to Jin Yong just now were all lies. In fact, the mainland did not mention these things. It was purely Wang Xiaohu who made the problem so serious on purpose.

"If I don't lie, these old guys will still rely on their elders to sell their elders!" Wang Xiaohu said angrily: "But I am not lying, because apart from our Concorde, the profits made by other Hong Kong film companies in the mainland will be equal to cut in half."

"25% of the box office?" Zhao Yazhi asked in surprise.

"That's right! If it weren't for our Xiehe relationship, their box office share would only be 25%. I'm not a philanthropist, so I don't have the time to wipe their butts for free." Wang Xiaohu stretched his waist, stood up and said: "Now that we have got through We have to make good use of it, otherwise we will not be able to see the superiority of our Xiehe Company."

Zhao Yazhi was right when she thought about it. The current bridge between Hong Kong movies and the mainland is created by her husband alone. Why let them take advantage of it for nothing and not fulfill their obligations.

Wang Xiaohu took the opportunity of Liu Jialiang's troubles to directly lay a foundation for the future. Later, if any movie released in the mainland wants to get good theaters and the mainland government's lenient policy treatment, it must be crowned. On the title of "Produced by Xiehe" or "Producer Wang Xiaohu", "Producer Zhao Yazhi"
　Today I have a cold, a little low-grade fever, and my head is a little groggy. Hey, people who code words can't be sick, can't have something to do, can't be interrupted, can't be an eunuch, there are too many things that can't be done, and I can't afford it!
　　
　
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