CH 156 CH 0155 [Movie Tycoon]

Shaw Films.

Office of the General Manager of Production Department.

When Zou Wenhuai learned that the box office of "The One-Armed Swordsman" broke one million, he was not surprised, but frightened, and secretly said: "Not good!"

At the same time, Ding Lingling, the phone on his desk rang, and when he answered the phone, there was only one sentence said, "Is it Wen Huai? Come to my place for lunch at noon!"

The caller was Sixth Uncle Shao Yifu. As a film tycoon of the generation, he rarely took the initiative to call others, especially to make dinner appointments with his subordinates. If it were someone else, he would be overjoyed. Only Zou Wenhuai knew that this Meals are going to be tough.

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The Shao family's garden villa was built in the mid-level area of ​​Hong Kong Island, covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square feet. Even if it is calculated by square meter, it is 2,000 square meters.

Nowadays, like Shi Zhijian, it costs 200,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy a five-storey tenement house in the prosperous area of ​​Causeway Bay, but the garden villa of Shaw Brothers has already reached 2 million!

Even Detective Lei Luo's small villa in Repulse Bay is nothing compared to this garden villa.

This villa was bought by the Shao family in the 1930s. At that time, the Shao family was still developing in Nanyang, Xinmatai and other places. Both father and son worked hard in Nanyang, and returned to Hong Kong to start the film business after seeing the right time.

The neighbors next to Shaw's are one of the most important people in Hong Kong, including the chairman of the Hong Kong Real Estate Association, Li Zhaotian, who is also the head of the Li family. There is also Zheng Yutong, chairman of the Hong Kong Jewelry Association, who is also the head of Chow Tai Fook. Dong Daheng, Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipping Joint Association, Bao Daheng and so on.

It can be said that this half-mountain luxury residential area includes more than half of Hong Kong tycoons and rich people. Their businesses include movies, shipping, jewelry, finance, etc., which has virtually become a very special circle. Not to mention that many Chinese elites want to squeeze in. Even Many British aristocratic ghosts also flocked to it.

Near noon that day, Zou Wenhuai bought a bag of "white coffee", a local specialty of Malaysia, at a nearby foreign company.

This is Yifu Shao's favorite coffee. When he started his business in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, he often drank this coffee to refresh himself.

After buying coffee, Zou Wenhuai drove to Shao Yifu's home.

When I came to Shao's garden villa, I saw Shao's servants waiting outside. When they saw Zou Wenhuai, they hurriedly took his clothes and brought over slippers for him.

Zou Wenhuai changed his slippers and walked straight to the restaurant.

"Mr. Shao, hello!"

When Zou Wenhuai walked into the restaurant, Yifu Shao was wearing a casual Tang suit, sitting at the dining table and reading a newspaper with old black-rimmed glasses. At this time, there was another person sitting at the dining table, but it was Zou Wenhuai’s old rival in Shaw Brothers Zhou Duwen.

Zhou Duwen is one of Shao Daheng's right-hand men. He is in charge of publicity work in Shaw Brothers, but he has always wanted to get involved in the production business, and Zou Wenhuai is a strong man of his generation. The position of manager of the production department is not let go, which makes him helpless.

When Zhou Duwen saw Zou Wenhuai coming in, he showed a meaningful smile.

"Well, you're here! Sit down quickly and start eating later!" Shao Yifu said casually, but he didn't even lift his head, his eyes still stayed on the newspaper.

"This is the white coffee I bought. It can be brewed and drunk when I work at night."

"I have a heart." Just then Shao Yifu raised his head and folded the newspaper in his hand.

The servant next to him hurriedly stepped forward to help put away the white coffee.

After waiting for Zou Wenhuai to sit down, Shao Yifu handed over the folded newspaper: "Have you read today's newspaper?"

Zou Wenhuai took the newspaper, glanced at it, looked at Shao Yifu and said, "The box office of "The One-Armed Swordsman" broke one million! I have read the news!"

"I don't know how Brother Zou thinks about it?" It was Zhou Duwen who was sitting opposite him who said this.

Yifu Shao didn't stop him, but took off his glasses and wiped them with a soft cloth.

Of course Zou Wenhuai understood what Zhou Duwen meant, so he remained silent.

Zhou Duwen refused to let him go, "Brother Zou, it's not that I want to blame you, how could you make such a big oolong? A movie worth a million dollars is just so cheap for outsiders? The box office is still in Hong Kong. Yes, if you count the proportion of the overseas market, wouldn't people share millions of them at once?"

When Zhou Duwen said this, he smiled wryly again, "To be honest, it's fine for you to cause such a big incident, but as the manager of the propaganda department, I still have to help you clean up the mess. Now many media outside are asking about this What do you want me to say about the specific news of the play? That we Shaw Brothers are too cowardly to sell this play? Help others make wedding dresses? More than half of the one million box office is someone else's?"

Seeing that what Zhou Duwen said was a little too much, Shao Yifu coughed softly.

Zhou Duwen quickly restrained himself and said, "Of course, it is also my duty and obligation to help the company finish the publicity work. I will issue a draft tomorrow and try to suppress this matter first."

Not many people knew about the signing of the agreement between Shaw Brothers and Shi Zhijian. Shaw Brothers didn't make this news public out of concern for face.

Now that "The One-Armed Swordsman" is a big hit, it has become the first Shaw Brothers movie to surpass a million at the box office. If people knew that Shaw Brothers had sold this movie at a "cheap price", it would definitely become a laughing stock.

Zou Wenhuai knew that he couldn't keep silent, he had to make a statement, so he gritted his teeth, looked at Shao Yifu and said, "Sorry, Mr. Shao, I was wrong!"

Shao Yi said: "I can't blame you for this matter, I am also responsible. At the beginning, I didn't like this drama very much, so I was taken advantage of by outsiders! So Wen Huai, you and I have to learn lessons and work hard. Sometimes you can't be too cautious, and you will suffer a lot if you are too cautious!"

"What Mr. Shao said is true!" Zou Wenhuai breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when Zou Wenhuai thought the matter was almost settled, Shao Yifu suddenly said, "Wenhuai, how long have you been on vacation?"

"Uh, Mr. Shao, what do you mean?"

Yifu Shao put the glasses back on, "I'm just concerned about you. It seems that you haven't had a good rest since joining Shaw Brothers. Why don't you take this opportunity to take a big vacation!"

"Mr. Shao, I'm fine. I still want to work hard to make up for my mistakes!"

"It's good if you have the heart!" Shao Yifu nodded, "You can't be too tense in your life and work. Only by taking a break can you serve Shao better."

"But my job..."

"I will temporarily let Du Wen take over the work of your production department. As for the work of the procurement department, Ms. Fang Yihua is also competent! Of course, these are temporary. After you come back from rest, I will assign important tasks to you!"

As soon as Zou Wenhuai heard this, he understood that the situation was irreversible. This time, the million-dollar movie slipped away from Shaw Brothers, not only the face of Shaw Brothers Film Company, but also the face of his movie tycoon, Yifu Shao!

Shao Daheng has always been arbitrary, and he is extremely arrogant in his bones, so how could he admit this failure? !

So he had to find an outlet and find a scapegoat to take all the responsibilities. Undoubtedly, Zou Wenhuai was the best choice.

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After a while, tea and meals came up.

Shao Yifu ate very lightly.

However, Zhou Duwen ate with relish, and from time to time he praised "It smells so good" and "The food is well cooked".

Only Zou Wenhuai, eating tasteless.

At this time, the distance between him and Shao Yifu was less than two meters, but there was an irreparable crack in the relationship between the two.

If there is anything worth mentioning during this long lunch, it is the first time that Yifu Shao seriously asked Shi Zhijian for his name.

After so many years in the film industry, he was defeated by a young man with a weak crown for no reason. This made Shao Yifu feel even more hurt after knowing it.

"Wen Huai, Shi Zhijian is also invited to the "One Armed Sword" celebration banquet tomorrow night, I want to see what kind of heroic boy he is?!"

"Huh?!" Zou Wenhuai was taken aback for a moment and did not make a sound.

Zhou Duwen next to him opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth.

This time "The One-Armed Swordsman" broke one million at the box office, he planned and promoted it all by himself. Apart from Shaw Film Company's film kings, actresses, and celebrities, the guests attending this event were basically all big names in Hong Kong. .

For example, the president of the Hong Kong Charity Federation, the director of the Hong Kong Water Conservancy Department, and celebrities in the business and political circles who have always had a good relationship with the Shaw Brothers. , that will steal the show.