Hong Kong Island's wealthy era

Chapter 16 Spring is here
It is impossible for Shao Daheng to regret. Even Bruce Lee's later achievements were not enough to make Shao Daheng regret, let alone Xu Guanwen, who only had one successful movie.

For Shao Daheng, the more troublesome thing is whether Lei Liquan has any ideas about the television media industry.This issue must be taken seriously because Lijia is the major shareholder of TVB.Although we must find an opportunity to communicate with Li Jia about this matter.

Street boy, why is your life so good?

In fact, Lei Liquan does have an idea, but the time has not yet come.

Now Lei Liquan has the rising star Xu Guanwen and Wu Siyuan who helps him at the helm. In addition, he also owns his own theater chain.

As the reputation of "Ghost Horses" has fermented, its box office has also been soaring.Lei Liquan's film strategy has already gotten off to a good start.

The rise of Thunder East has been unstoppable.

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"The Dark Side" once again triggered a movie-going frenzy in Hong Kong after Bruce Lee. By the second week, there was almost a long queue in front of the theater.

In this movie, the dense jokes and the atmosphere of urban life in the movie gave the audience a great sense of immersion.Word of mouth spread among the crowd, and some even watched it over and over again.

At this time, Jiahe's "Jing Wu Huo Yuanjia" was canceled less than ten days after its release. The total box office was less than 20. Not only was it losing money, it was also humiliating.

Shaw Brothers' "The Grudge" was also released two weeks later, but the results were already very good, with a box office of 124 million when it was released.

At this time, Xiangjiang movies were considered successful if they grossed over 100 million at the box office, and they usually ranked among the top ten of the year.

However, with the presence of "Double Star", Shao Daheng really couldn't be happy. The only thing that made him a little happy was the box office battle, which made Zou Huaiwen disgraced.

Excellent films in Hong Kong usually take one month to film.

On August 30th, "Double Star" was also officially released, with a box office of 535 million, and it was said to have a box office of 700 million.

As the painting of "Double Stars" ended, the audience's enthusiasm also dissipated.

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In Xiangjiang, Lei Liquan can rely on his financial ability to build a film company and theater chain that can compete with Shaw Brothers Golden Harvest, but in Waifu, Lei Liquan is a bit blind.

But just when Lei Liquan was scratching his head and wanted to ask Wu Siyuan to come over to discuss it, Wu Siyuan came over first.

With the success of the film "The Ghost Horse" at the box office in Hong Kong, as the general manager of Lei Ji Oriental Pictures, Wu Siyuan, he has been very high-spirited recently and walked with wind.

As soon as he knocked on the door and came in, Wu Siyuan said with a joyful face: "Lei Sheng, Cathay Pacific Agency came to discuss with us the distribution of "Double Star" in Southeast Asia."

Lei Liquan was very happy. Cathay Pacific was not a small company. In the 60s, it was not only competing with Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong, but also in Southeast Asia.

After Lu Yuntao died on a plane, Cathay Pacific lost its source of high-quality films in Hong Kong, and was once suppressed by Shaw Brothers in Southeast Asia.

Zou Huaiwen left Shaw Brothers to found Golden Harvest, which also received strong support from Cathay Pacific.Not only will the Yonghua Studio in Xiangjiang be sold to Golden Harvest at a cabbage price, but the studio on Ax Mountain Road will also be rented to Golden Harvest.Jiahe is equivalent to what Cathay Pacific supported.It is equivalent to what HSBC did to Li Jiacheng in later generations.

Of course, Cathay Pacific has indeed received generous returns. Golden Harvest has produced many good movies one after another, which has also stopped Cathay Pacific's decline in Southeast Asia.

However, due to Bruce Lee's unexpected death, the good times did not last long, and Golden Harvest seemed to have a lack of background, and there have been no outstanding films recently.

Historically, because of the emergence of Hui Guanwen in Golden Harvest, and later the popularity of kung fu comedies by Jackie Hung Kam-bo, Cathay Pacific made a lot of money in Southeast Asia.Now that Xu Guanwen has joined Lei Ji Dongfang, Jiahe has lost this historical pillar, and the future is full of unknowns.

For the sake of profit, Cathay Pacific Group saw the rise of Lei Ji Dongfang and of course they would not miss it.

Originally, Lei Liquan wanted to cooperate with Shaw Brothers through Lijia and hand over the distribution of the film in Southeast Asia to Shaw Brothers.

Since there is a better choice now, Lei Liquan will certainly not go to Shao Daheng again.Because Shao Daheng is famous for being stingy, maybe he won't be too stingy with Lei Liquan for the sake of benefiting his family.But we have to be careful, don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.

Lei Liquan immediately arranged for Wu Siyuan to discuss a specific cooperation agreement with Cathay Pacific.

With the interest of both parties in Lang Youqingmei, the cooperation agreement for "Ghost Horse Double Star" was quickly signed.

Cathay Pacific didn't bargain like "cutting it from the sky to the ground", and it was even considered generous. It bought out the overseas broadcast rights of "Double Star" for 200 million, and the copyright still belongs to Oriental Pictures.

Lei Liquan was very satisfied. The investment was only one million, but the water was worth several million.Originally, Lei Liquan accepted the slightly harsher conditions. After all, Lei Ji Oriental Pictures was still a new company.

Lei Liquan still has a clear understanding. In this era of relatively single channels, Cathay Pacific Organization is the strong party.What's more, channels have become more abundant in later generations, and channel dealers are also very powerful.

After reaching an agreement, Cathay Pacific also quickly developed and printed copies. Although piracy is rare now, it does not mean that it is not available. In addition, the film is so popular in Hong Kong, and Cathay Pacific does not want to delay. After all, it is all money.

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In the Hong Kong film circle, there is a trend that is slowly surging.

In addition to Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, there are many film companies in Xiangjiang (including some societies and groups that have joined in). However, these film companies are unable to produce some good films due to lack of funds and connections.

In later generations, why Hong Kong movies were so popular in the 90s (including Beautiful Country) was because the movie had relatively high damage reports, such as changing the car logo.The high reported losses may be related to one industry: laundry.

But in the 70s and [-]s, the top ten box office films in Hong Kong every year were all dominated by films produced by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

Recently, with the establishment of Thunder Oriental Pictures and Oriental Cinemas, the first movie became a big hit and promised not only investment but also distribution.

Therefore, many other film companies began to approach Wu Siyuan and Li Zhiwen, which also made Wu Siyuan and Yang Wenkai feel happy.

But Wu Siyuan and Yang Wenkai were still sober and did not make any decisions because of this. After all, Thunder Oriental Pictures and Oriental Cinemas also need these people, otherwise it would be difficult for Thunder Oriental Pictures to provide sufficient film sources.

Regarding Thunder Oriental Pictures, Lei Liquan’s thoughts: The films produced by Thunder must be high-quality.Try to be an investor, producer and distributor, because being a distributor is no less profitable than making a film.Not to mention Xu Guanwen, who is famous for being meticulous and rigorous, and can only make one film a year.

Therefore, Lei Ji Dongfang and these people also get what they need.

Because Shaw Brothers is a large-scale studio system, it is completely self-produced and sold.

As for Golden Harvest, although it will screen movies from other companies, it is almost an assembly line operation.

In the current Hong Kong film market, Lei Ji is still planning to cultivate a group of filmmakers to fully activate the market, and then adopt a share-sharing system to become a true Oriental "Haolaiwu".

As long as the part of the profit that belongs to the producer is given to them in time, they will already be very grateful.

In a few years, when a new wave of film directors return to Hong Kong and inject new vitality into the Hong Kong film scene, it will be the real spring of the Hong Kong film industry.

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