Movie tycoon

Chapter 163 Preparations (Part [-])
1983 3 Month 29 Day.

In the New Territories Development Zone of Xiangjiang, palace-like mansions are hidden among the green trees. The blue sea water pats on the reefs and rolls up white waves. Under the golden sunlight, seagulls land lightly on the shore in twos and threes. People who are not afraid of fishing at the seaside at all.
However, not everyone is qualified to enjoy this beautiful and peaceful natural environment. The price of every inch of land discourages most self-confessed rich people. The most common residential area generally covers an area of ​​more than 5000 square meters. , The yard is equipped with all kinds of sports equipment, and various exotic flowers and plants are planted, and the lowest price is more than [-] yuan.Although it is a pleasing and honorable thing to live next to those familiar faces in TV magazines, sometimes, this thing of glory is directly proportional to the thickness of the banknotes at home.
At this time, at ten o'clock in the morning, inside a mansion.

In Shao Daheng's bedroom, Shao Daheng was lying on the bed and reading the newspaper when Fang Yihua came in with a cup of ginseng tea. "Take a rest, don't work too hard, after all, you are no longer a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old." Fang Yihua said with concern, looking at the busy sixth uncle who got up early in the morning.

Shao Daheng folded the newspaper, put it on the bedside table, took a sip of the ginseng tea and said, "It tastes very good, did you cook this tea? The craftsmanship has improved a lot, but I said Yihua, you always remind others that you should also pay attention to your own body, you can just let the servants do such heavy work, you don't have to do it yourself."

"I'm not afraid that you won't be used to drinking tea made by others. It's been decades. I know your taste, but they may not. Sometimes it's better to have people around you do something. And knowing."

"Hehe, when did you learn to speak so convolutedly? What do you mean by 'knowing the roots and knowing the bottom line'? Are you talking about yourself?" Shao Daheng smiled and put the ginseng tea aside, "It seems that your cup of tea is beyond imagination. It's so delicious."

"You also know that I've helped you take care of wireless work for so many years, but you just refuse to let me take charge of the overall situation. Do you know what others are saying about me behind my back? Fake tiger!"

"Who dares to tell you, I will be the first to spare him! As for not handing over the work of the TV station to you, I am afraid that you will be too tired! After all, you are a woman, and you have been with me for so long, so you should enjoy it, right? ?"

"Hmph, I know what you're thinking—" Fang Yihua said angrily, "None of your sons is willing to take over your TV kingdom. Did they change their minds?!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Shao Daheng seemed a little annoyed, "I said, don't mention those villains again in front of me!"

It turns out that the relationship between Shao Daheng and his four children has not been very good, and the reason is the appearance of Fang Yihua.

In 1952, on that night, as usual, Shao Daheng came to the nightclub upstairs of the Shaw Theater to listen to songs.Just as he was about to leave, the host said: "Next, I would like to invite Miss Fang Yihua, a popular female singer in Nanyang, to sing "Flower and Moon Festival." After hearing the word "Fang Yihua", Shao Daheng felt quite familiar, and he waved to call for a waiter. Asked: "Where does this Miss Fang seem to have heard of it?"

The waiter said: "Miss Fang is a singer who has become popular in Nanyang recently, and her mother is Fang Wenxia, ​​the "Red Star of Dance Country" in Shanghai 20 years ago." Shao Daheng suddenly realized, and immediately asked the waiter to deliver a large bouquet of flowers.

After a while, Fang Yihua came to Daheng Shao with a smile, and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Shao, I watched your movies when I was in Shanghai, and I also heard many stories about you from the elders."

After the concert, Fang Yihua was invited by Shao Daheng to put on a simple and elegant cheongsam, and the two came to a restaurant with a quiet environment, chatting while eating supper.During that long talk, Shao Daheng was pleasantly surprised to find that Fang Yihua was not only beautiful and a good singer, but also knew a lot about business management, so he strongly invited her to join Shaw's company.

At that time, Fang Yihua's singing career was in full swing, but she still quit the music scene despite everything.Sure enough, Fang Yihua did not disappoint Shao Daheng.Since entering Shaw's company, she has earnestly studied management knowledge and devoted herself to her work, and soon became Shao Daheng's think tank and most capable assistant in his career.

Although there are many outstanding beauties in the kingdom that Shao Daheng sits on, Fang Yihua is the only one who can really make Shao Daheng confess his public and private affairs with confidence.Under Fang Yihua's painstaking management, Shaw Brothers Films has come out of the trough time and time again.Fang Yihua is solely responsible for many of Shao Daheng's decisions, which makes people have to look at her as a "boss lady".

Once, Fang Yihua participated in an auction of famous paintings on behalf of Shao Daheng.During the meeting, "Night Banquet" by American-based painter Chen Yifei was the most popular work at the auction. The bidding price started from HK$400 million. There were 6 contestants, including Fang Yihua.In the end, only Fang Yihua and a Taiwanese businessman were left to bid, and the other party called out HK$160 million. At this time, Fang Yihua was about to continue to bid, but the people in the company advised her to give up, thinking that the boss Shao Daheng would be unhappy if he spent so much money on such a painting. , but Fang Yihua decisively bid 180 million Hong Kong dollars and made a deal.

Sure enough, Shao Daheng was very happy when he held the "Night Banquet" in his hand, and praised Fang Yihua's unique vision and strong handling ability, and then hung the painting in the most eye-catching place in the office.

When Shaw Brothers was in its prime, film was challenged and threatened by television.At this time, Fang Yihua had a unique insight and suggested that Shao Daheng spent a large sum of money to bid for the management rights of TVB, and the result was a huge success in one fell swoop.

Also because of Fang Yihua's "valuation" and "trust" of Shao tycoon Fang Yihua, in 1981, the eldest son Shao Weiming who originally helped his father take care of the business because Fang Yihua entered the Shao family and gradually replaced the status of the Shao family's children. Brother Shao Weizhong resigned from the board of directors.After the two sons moved to Singapore, the father and son have not been in contact with each other since then.

Although Shao Daheng didn't say anything on the surface, Fang Yihua knew in his heart that the reason why the sixth uncle didn't let go of power was that he hoped that one day his own son would change his mind. After all, this is Shao's foundation and passed on to his children That's right.

"If you don't want me to mention it, I won't mention it, but I just want to say, it's been two years, and they don't even come to visit you during the Chinese New Year. Are there such unfilial children in the world? I'm the only one who takes care of you by your side-" ——" Fang Yihua said, and handed Shao Daheng a square scarf.

Shao Daheng took it and wiped his lips lightly, sighed and said: "Maybe you are right. They have not been by my side since I was a child, and the family relationship between us is dim. Sometimes I really can't figure it out, how can God Treat me this way. Let me sit in the entertainment kingdom, let me get many confidante, money, fame and fortune, and women, everything is not lacking; only I can't enjoy family happiness! Alas, if I can go back to the past, I I will definitely not weaken the relationship between father and son because of work."

"Do you regret it? Do you also regret letting me follow you?" Fang Yihua said, biting his lip.

Shao Daheng shook his head, got up and walked to the oil painting "Night Banquet", looked at it, and said, "You are a smart woman, as you can see from the fact that you bought this painting, you are very good at understanding people's minds, especially My mind—however, I have already decided some things, so you don't have to play tricks behind your back."

"What did I do? Didn't I just shoot a movie?" Fang Yihua asked rhetorically. "I used to invest in movies with you, don't you even believe that I have such ability?"

"It's not that I don't believe in you. I just hope that you can see farther when you do things, and don't just focus on what is in front of you." After Shao Daheng finished speaking, he said: "How about this, you will be in charge of the preparations for the carnival charity party the day after tomorrow. As for the TV station Don't get involved in other matters."

After hearing what Shao Daheng said, Fang Yihua was both happy and worried.The reason for the joy is that the scale of the charity gala is huge, and Uncle Liu asked him to prepare because he believed in himself.What worries me is that I have to temporarily delegate power to other wireless affairs...

After thinking for a while, Fang Yihua said, "Well, it's just that this party is of great significance, and I'm afraid I can't bear it alone."

"It doesn't matter, I'm going to hold a high-level reception at the Shangri-La Hotel at noon today, and I'll assign all the matters for the party the day after tomorrow; also, I will ask everyone to help you, and you can also use snacks to let everyone see if you can control the big scene ground strength."

Fang Yihua knew that since Shao Daheng had already said this, he couldn't change anything, so he smiled and said: "I will definitely do it well. I have been with you for a long time, and you know what kind of person I am. Since I want to do it, I will do it well. We will definitely do our best.”

Shao Daheng: "I hope so!" Then he smiled slightly: "Your ginseng tea is already cold, can you have another cup for me?"

Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel, Hong Kong is located on the east coast of Tsim Sha Tsui, facing the dazzling Victoria Harbour, where guests can enjoy the breathtaking scenery of Victoria Harbour.

It was approaching noon at this time, and many high-level executives of TVB, such as the great director Wang Tianlin, Xiao Sheng, Zeng Lizhen, Liang Jiashu, etc., were all invited by Shao Daheng to attend this reception.

The meaning of this dinner party is extraordinary, it is definitely not as simple as eating, drinking and drinking. Everyone knows that Shao Daheng will announce all the matters of the charity gala the day after tomorrow, so almost all the main executives of Shaw Brothers and TVB have already arrived at the hotel in advance.

The parking lot is full of high-end vehicles of various colors and styles.Dazzling.It can be seen that these middle and high-level employees of Shaw Brothers are paid very well.

The afternoon reception is almost ready.Shao Daheng is obviously an energetic workaholic type. Although he is already very old and his body is unavoidably tired, he just took a short rest and immediately notified the company's senior management to hold a meeting in the hotel to listen to all parties. In the face of the recent reports on the various work of Shaw Brothers, especially the preparations for the charity gala the day after tomorrow.

Everyone seems to be familiar with Shao Daheng's diligence in managing affairs. You must know that Shao Daheng is already seventy years old, but he still insists on working 6 hours a day. He is sitting in a black extended Lincoln. It is a luxurious car with a bar. , he converted it into a small desk, not even wasting time on the way.It can be seen that it is absolutely reasonable for him to control such a large film and television kingdom for a long time.

The meeting lasted for more than two hours, and it was almost like three o'clock in the afternoon.

The main content of the meeting was that Shaw Brothers wanted to take this TVB charity gala as an opportunity to train newcomers and seize the ratings.For this reason, before the start of the charity gala, it was necessary to carry out a large-scale advertising campaign. Not only did a series of charity fundraising activities be held in various branches, but also almost bought out the advertising space of many large media.Open any newspaper at will, and you can see the words --- Shaw's "Charity Gala" is in progress; turn on every wireless program channel, and there will be rehearsal clips of this gala. It can be seen that the Shaw Group is doing this How much momentum has been created by this activity, and how much has been bought.

After finally arranging all the matters for the charity gala the day after tomorrow, Shao Daheng said: "Everyone has worked hard, I have arranged a reception, everyone eat a little!" Then signaled the start of the buffet reception.

More than a dozen buffet tables, delicious wine and delicacies, all kinds of exquisite utensils exude dazzling light, tied with bows, and the waiters shuttle back and forth provide thoughtful service.It is rare for Shao Daheng, who has always been lonely by nature, to be so generous.Everyone also relaxed and began to enjoy this rare leisure time.

The atmosphere gradually became harmonious, and the inspiring Beethoven piano piece "Fate" was rippling in the hall.

Shao Daheng stood in the center of the banquet at the tea party, surrounded by many high-level executives of wireless gathered on both sides, holding him in the middle like stars holding the moon.

After a little leisure, the great director Xiao Sheng found a secluded place, brought two glasses of red wine to Wang Tianlin, and the two began to chat in detail.

"I didn't expect today's scene to be so important." Xiao Sheng said first.

Wang Tianlin took a sip of red wine and said with a smile: "Didn't you listen to what Uncle Liu said, we must use a publicity campaign to do a good job of this annual charity gala, and it is best to achieve both fame and fortune, and beat ATV and other film companies Frustrated."

Xiao Sheng: "Many people want to kill two birds with one stone, but the result is often not worth the candle."

"What do you mean, please don't let the sixth uncle hear it." Wang Tianlin joked.

Xiao Sheng smiled slightly: "It's very simple. This charity show is the largest in Hong Kong, with 600 million people and 600 million pairs of eyes in Hong Kong watching. If you are too eager for quick success, what will be the consequences? You are trying to gain fame! "

Wang Tianlin was stunned for a moment, shook the red wine in the glass and said, "We are part-time workers, so it's not our turn to worry about it, is it?"

Xiao Sheng didn't answer directly, but changed the subject and said, "Sixth Uncle is definitely a business genius. He has made a fortune in the film industry and dominated Hong Kong for several years. Now he has entered the TV industry with outstanding achievements and created his own wireless TV. Kingdom. Almost every place in HK that has entertainment has the shadow of Uncle Six."

"Old Xiao, Uncle Six isn't here, so you don't have to flatter like this, do you?" Wang Tianlin laughed.

Xiao Sheng raised his eyebrows: "Many people don't know why Uncle Six is ​​so successful, but I know that one factor is very important, and that is concentration!"

He paused for a while, "It is easy to succeed when you concentrate on doing things. At that time, Uncle Liu almost gave up all the film affairs in order to enter the TV industry, and devoted himself to the development of the TV industry. That's why he has achieved amazing achievements today. In contrast The film business of Shaw Brothers Company has been pulled down a lot. Compared with Golden Harvest, New Art City and other rising stars have slow business development and outdated management system. But Uncle Liu is a person who will not easily admit defeat, so he will be present at today's meeting I chose to rely on this "Carnival Charity Gala" to show off my glory. You must know that even the Governor of Hong Kong attaches great importance to this gala, and it was broadcast live on TV that night. At that time, the name of Shaw Brothers will resound in Xiangjiang again! But it is precisely because of the high attention, people’s expectations will be even greater. Even if you lose your face, don't talk about regaining your glory, you probably won't even cry!" After Xiao Sheng said these words, he drank the red wine in the glass in one breath.

Wang Tianlin didn't expect Xiao Sheng to analyze this issue so thoroughly, and basically agreed with his opinion in his heart, but asked a little puzzled: "Since this is the case, why didn't you raise it face to face at the meeting just now?"

Xiao Sheng wrinkled, showing a very helpless smile and said: "Old Wang, you don't have to talk such nonsense anymore, you understand much better than me, Sixth Uncle's character has always been arbitrary, since he has made a decision, he will never He won't change it easily, not to mention that he spent so much energy preparing for this event, if you raise objections, you're going to run into trouble and ask for trouble!"

Wang Tianlin said with a "haha" smile: "Old Xiao, Lao Xiao, I thought that an old man like me would be afraid of running into trouble, but I didn't expect you to be the same! Hehe, when did you become so tactful and didn't say hello to me?"

Xiao Sheng shrugged his shoulders: "I'm not being tactful, I'm being wise and protecting myself, you, the director of the creative department, let me speak without saying a word, I'm not that stupid!"

"Hehe, okay, you're smart. Speaking of which, what do you think Sixth Uncle asked Fang Yihua to host this charity gala?"

"What else can it mean? Tell everyone that he is impartial and employs people without avoiding suspicion. Let us do it well!"

"Heh, why is your tone so sour?"

"It's a sore head, wait to watch the party together, I don't know which newcomer can use this springboard to soar into the sky and dominate the wind and clouds!"

"Who else is there, your five tiger generals!"

"That might be! The entertainment industry is always a place where miracles happen!" Wang Tianlin's eyes were burning.

(End of this chapter)