Chapter 142 Film Enmity (7K chapters!)

  No. 8 Jiashu Road, Clear Water Bay Building.

  Here lives the tycoon named Xiangjiang Film History, Shao Yifu!

At six o'clock in the morning, Yifu Shao had already woken up. As for his confidante, Fang Yihua, he lived here with his two younger sisters in a fortress near Shaw's office building on Clear Water Bay Road, which is only five minutes away by car. villa.

   "Master, breakfast is ready!"

  Seeing Shao Yifu coming downstairs, the servants in the family preached with their hands hanging down.

  Shao Yifu nodded slightly, and came to the dining table. Although he was already a billionaire, in fact, Shao Yifu's breakfast was very simple, a bowl of noodles, a few small pickles, and a glass of milk.

   At the same time, there were several newspapers on the table for Shao Yifu to read while eating.

   "According to this newspaper, the upstart in the film industry, Chu Huan, has reached an acquisition agreement with Camry Cinemas. Black and White Image Films will formally acquire Camry Films and form its own theater company."

  Seeing this news, Shao Yifu frowned slightly. The name Chu Huan has often appeared in his sight recently.

But Shao Yifu knew that Chu Huan was not in this period of time. Back then, Cao Wenjin wanted to expand his business in Southeast Asia, so he wanted to marry the Shao family. , let this matter die.

   Later in the Jockey Club, Chu Huan even won 1 million Hong Kong dollars in the hands of Shao Weiqiang.

   The million was paid by Shao Yifu in advance.

  Shao Yifu has a total of eight brothers and sisters. When he was born, he already had three older brothers and two older sisters. Shao Yifu was the sixth eldest in his family, which is why everyone called him the sixth uncle.

  According to the family tree of the Shao family, the four brothers of the Shao family belong to the "ren" generation, so the four brothers are Shao Renjie, Shao Rendi, Shao Renmei, and Shao Renleng!

  But because the four brothers all entered the entertainment circle later, they abandoned their real names and used aliases instead, so the four brothers are Shao Zuiweng, Shaocunren, Shaoshanke, and Shao Yifu

  The four brothers can be said to be brought into the entertainment circle by the boss Shao Zuiweng.

  At that time, Shao Zuiweng founded the "Tianyi Film Company" in Shengtan Beach. Shao Zuiweng was in charge of the overall development of the company, and at the same time he also worked as a director and screenwriter.

  The second eldest son from Shao Village is in charge of the company's financial and accounting work.

  The youngest Shao Shanke is in charge of the distribution of the film.

  The fourth son, Yifu Shao, is still in school, and because he is still young, he only does some chores in the company in his spare time.

   Later, Tianyi Films was besieged by other film companies in Shengtan Beach. Shao Zuiweng decided to find another way, so he sent his third son Shao Shanke to Nanyang to open up the market.

  When Yifu Shao was 19 years old, he went to Nanyang alone to join his third brother Shao Shanke, and jointly developed the business of the Shao family in Nanyang.

  During the war, Shao Zuiweng moved Tianyi Film Company, the Shao family’s film company at that time, to Hong Kong and renamed it Tianyi Port Factory, and later renamed Nanyang Film Company.

  However, because of being targeted by his peers one after another, the film warehouse was burned many times, which caused Shao Zuiweng to be physically and mentally exhausted, seriously ill, and even quit the film industry.

During the war, Yifu Shao, who was developing his business in Singapore, was even arrested by the Japanese army on the charge of showing "anti-Japanese films". Fortunately, there were Japanese employees in Yifu Shao's company before, and the employees worked for Yifu Shao, which saved his life. .

  After the war, the people of Shao village returned to Xiangjiang and changed their name to Shaw Brothers and Sons, preparing to revive the film industry.

  But there were two major film companies in Xiangjiang at that time, namely Jiang Boying's "Great China Film Company" and Li Zuyong's "Yonghua Film Company".

  Shao Villagers are from financial background after all, without the ability of their elder brothers, Shao and his sons have never been well-known in Xiangjiang, but Shao Villagers are doing well in the real estate industry.

   At this time, the business model of the Shaw Brothers has also changed. Their relationship is no longer a family-style 'partnership' relationship, but a 'cooperative' relationship between two companies.

  Before, the films of Shaw Brothers and Sons were provided free of charge to Nanyang Brothers, but later they were purchased.

The film was filmed by Shaw Brothers, but part of the cost was provided by Nanyang Brothers. In addition, in order to protect Xiangjiang’s Shaw Brothers, Nanyang’s Shaw Brothers cannot purchase films from other film companies, unless it is Xiangjiang’s Shao His father and son are responsible for distributing the film.

   In addition, the two parties also agreed that Shaw Brothers will charge a 20% commission regardless of whether it is 'self-produced' or 'purchased'.

  But as the business of the Shaw Brothers and his sons from Shao Village in Xiangjiang went from bad to worse, Shao Yifu decided to return to Xiangjiang alone to revive the Shaw Films.

  After returning to Xiangjiang, the first thing Shao Yifu did was to buy the land at No. 220, Clear Water Bay, from his second brother at a price of HK$0.45 per square foot.

  It is also the famous Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay Studio.

  Since then, Yifu Shaw has developed Shaw Brothers Films in Xiangjiang drastically. It took more than ten years to make Shaw Brothers the number one film company in Hong Kong and even in Southeast Asia!

   At this time, TVB is still under the control of Li Xiaohe, and Shao Yifu's energy is still focused on the film industry.

   After seeing the news in the newspaper, Shao Yifu, who had been through the wind and rain, was silent for a while and continued to eat.

  After breakfast, Yifu Shao performed a set of Tai Chi as usual, then washed up, got on his silver Rolls-Royce, and headed to Shaw Studios.

  As for the No. 6 license plate, which is well-known to later generations, Yifu Shao has not yet photographed it at this time.

  Even though it took less than ten minutes by car from his residence to Shaw Brothers, Yifu Shao still took out the script handed over by the company yesterday and read it seriously.

   Came to the company, Shao Yifu did not go to his office immediately, but came to the test room next to the office.

  In the right corner of the last row of the test room, there is a comfortable and soft sofa with a wooden shelf beside the sofa, and a small table and a lamp on the left corner.

  Shao Yifu would watch films here every day, no matter whether it was his own company or other companies, he would watch carefully, and at the same time analyze the market situation and the audience's preferences.

  He spends more time here than in his office every day.

  Today is no exception, but today, there is one more person here, and this person is the current number one director of Shaw Brothers, Zhang Che!

  If Li Hanxiang is the founding hero of the Shaw Brothers, then Zhang Che is the minister of the Shaw Brothers who expanded the territory. Before Zhang Che, the Shaw Brothers were mostly known as actresses, and the Shaw Brothers were even known as the country of daughters.

  At that time, Zhang Che, who was still a film critic, criticized Shaw Brothers' films in the name of He Guan, saying that there was more than femininity and not enough masculinity.

After reading the article, Yifu Shao not only did not get annoyed with Zhang Che, but asked Zou Wenhuai to invite him to the company for a long talk. I don't want Zhang Cheh to have signed with MP & GI at that time.

  However, Zhang Che lamented the importance Shao Yifu attached to him, so when the contract with MP & GI expired a year later, he immediately switched to Shaw Brothers.

   Filmed Xiangjiang's first movie "The One-Armed Swordsman", which surpassed a million box office.

  Although Shao Yifu watched the movie on the big screen, he was focused on chatting with Zhang Che.

   "Our negotiation with Li Hanxiang is almost done. Do you think it is appropriate for us to sign a contract with him?"

   Zhang Che was not surprised by this question, because Shao Yifu had told him about Li Hanxiang two months ago.

   As I said before, there is a conflict between Li Hanxiang and Zhang Che, and their conflict is

  When Li Hanxiang was famous in Xiangjiang, Zhang Che was just an unknown person. At that time, Zhang Che submitted a script to Li Hanxiang through Zou Wenhuai. Shaw Brothers hoped that Li Hanxiang could direct it.

   But at that time, Li Hanxiang was in a bad mood. In Zou Wenhuai's office, he just glanced at Zhang Che's script briefly, then fell directly on Zou Wenhuai's desk, and shouted loudly.

   "What script is this called? It's a mess!"

  At that time, Zhang Che was in Zou Wenhuai's office, so it can be seen how much such a situation hit Zhang Che.

  Unhappy Zhang Che turned around and began to attack Li Hanxiang in the newspaper "New Life Evening News" he contributed.

  Li Hanxiang is also a master who refuses to suffer, so he also wrote an article in the newspaper and began to respond to Zhang Che's attack. As a result, the two sides criticized each other, attacking and criticizing each other.

   In the end, it was Zou Wenhuai who mediated and mediated the matter, but this also caused Zhang Che and Li Hanxiang to forge a grudge.

  The following story is like the classic quotations in online novels, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor.

  Li Hanxiang left Shaw Brothers to fight in Taiwan, but returned in a big defeat, while Zhang Che had secured the top spot of Shaw Brothers director by relying on masculine films at this time.

   Now that Yifu Shao wanted to recall Li Hanxiang, he naturally wanted to ask Zhang Che for his opinion. Do you want to reassure people?

   "Uncle Six, as long as the conditions of the two parties are close, I don't think there is anything wrong with it!" Zhang Che replied.

  Whether it was out of sincerity or something else, when Shao Yifu found himself talking about Li Hanxiang one after another, Zhang Che knew that Shao Yifu really wanted Li Hanxiang to come back.

  Since this matter cannot be stopped, let it take its course.

   Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Che's opinion, Shao Yifu immediately showed a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "However, this matter still needs to be considered carefully, so don't worry."

  Zhang Che nodded and said, "I listen to Uncle Six."

  Shao Yifu originally wanted to discuss the new movie with Zhang Che, but at this moment, Fang Yihua walked into the screening room without knocking on the door.

   Without looking at the door, Zhang Che knew that it was Fang Yihua who came in. After all, she was the only one in Shaw Brothers who had this privilege.

   "Uncle Six, there is something you may need to know now!"

   After Fang Yihua came in, he preached with a complicated expression.

  Zhang Che got up and was about to leave, but Shao Yifu showed his respect for Zhang Che, and said to Zhang Che with a smile: "You don't need to leave, there is nothing the company can't tell you."

  Hearing what Shao Yifu said, Zhang Che sat down again.

  Shao Yifu then asked Fang Yihua: "What is it?"

  Fang Yihua said: "I just got the news that Black and White Image has announced the signing of Li Hanxiang, and the salary for each film is 66,000 Hong Kong dollars!"

When Zhang Che, who was sitting there, heard the news, his heart was agitated. He didn't expect that Shao Yifu was still talking about Li Hanxiang to him just now, but the other party turned around at this moment and joined a film company called Black and White Image, and He also offered a sky-high salary of 66,000 yuan!

  Thinking of this, Zhang Che glanced at Shao Yifu indiscriminately, but what he admired was that Shao Yifu didn't change his expression at this time.

  "Black and white image? Ha ha!" Shao Yifu smiled calmly: "I just saw the news about their film company this morning. I didn't expect the other party to turn around and sign Li Hanxiang. It's really unexpected."

  Although Zhang Che is the biggest director of Shaw Brothers, Fang Yihua is the one who is familiar with Shao Yifu. Hearing what Shao Yifu said, Fang Yihua knew that Shao Yifu was angry at this time, and he was still very angry.

  Thinking about it, I can understand it. I thought that Li Hanxiang was sure of everything, but he didn't want to make a black and white image halfway and rob Shao Yifu's Hu. No one would be happy if he did it.

   "What's the background of this black and white film company? How could it get Li Hanxiang to sign?" Zhang Che asked aloud.

Fang Yihua knew Zhang Che's weight in Shao Yifu's heart, and explained with a smile: "This company is newly established, and the boss is a young man named Chu Huan, the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile. Snatch the Lisheng Cinemas from the hands, and set up a black and white video film company."

  It was only then that Zhang Che remembered the reports he had read. He was not keen on the financial sector, and he only found out about Chu Huan after the other party snatched away Golden Harvest's Lisheng Cinemas.

   I just didn't take it to heart, so I didn't think about the other party just now.

   "It seems that this Chu Huan intends to develop in the film industry. First he robbed Golden Harvest's theater chain, and now he robbed Li Hanxiang." Zhang Che sighed.

Fang Yihua said to Shao Yifu: "Uncle Liu, there is one more thing you may not know. Just two days ago, Hong Jinbao, who was in black and white, found the person in charge of the studio and signed a document with the other party. Hong Jinbao's New films will be borrowing our sets."

  Shao Yifu looked up at Fang Yihua.

  Fang Yihua immediately said: "I have already reprimanded the other party!"

  Shao Yifu waved his hand and said: "There is no need for this. Our studio was already on loan, not to mention that the news had not come back at that time."

  Fang Yihua nodded and said, "I will let them pay attention in the future."

  Shao Yifu nodded in satisfaction. It’s fine if he signed the contract before, but Chu Huan didn’t think that if he poached my corner, nothing would happen, right?

  Chu Huan was still drinking milk when Sixth Uncle Shao was in the Hong Kong film industry.

Zhang Che gloated a little and said, "This Chu Huan really doesn't know the heights of heaven and earth. He first offended Jiahe, and now he came to flirt with Sixth Uncle's beard. Does he really think that he can do whatever he wants with his own theater chain in Xiangjiang?" ?”

  Shao Yifu chuckled: "Young people, they always aim too high. They think that if they make some achievements, they don't know what to do. They should learn some lessons."

  Fang Yihua reminded: "Then Uncle Six, where is Li Hanxiang?"

  Shao Yifu didn't realize what he had lost at this time. After all, Zhang Che's martial arts films were still very popular at this time.

So Yifu Shao calmly smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, Li Hanxiang doesn't care about him for now, but I thought that after the visit to Taiwan Island, he would learn a lot of wisdom, but I didn't expect him to be so impulsive, just wait. "

  Seeing that Yifu Shao had already said that, Fang Yihua and Zhang Che were not going to say anything.

  After that, Yifu Shao said to Fang Yihua: "By the way, please pay attention to Li Hanxiang's new movie, when is it going to be released."

  Fang Yihua knew that this was Shao Yifu's counterattack. If Li Hanxiang's film can be successfully completed without the support of the studio, then his new film will face the Shaw Brothers' sniping.

"Understood."

  Shao Yifu said to Zhang Che again: "I have read your new script, it is very good, you can tell the producer to start shooting."

   Zhang Che also understood Shao Yifu's meaning at this time, and said, "I will not let you down, Uncle Six."

  Shao Yifu nodded in satisfaction. Since Li Hanxiang has not completely surrendered, then this time, he will completely defeat Li Hanxiang.

  This will also benefit future negotiations with Li Hanxiang.

Jingle Bell!

  At this time, the phone on the left side of the screening room rang. Fang Yihua took the initiative to go over and answer the phone. After answering and knowing the identity of the other party, he preached to Yifu Shao.

   "Uncle Six, it's Mr. Feng calling!"

   There are not many people in Hong Kong who can be called Mr. Feng by Fang Yihua, and one of them is Feng Jingxi from Sun Hung Kai Securities.

  Feng Jingxi is also one of Shaw's shareholders.

   After learning that Feng Jingxi was calling, Shao Yifu got up and came to the phone, and took the call in the other party's hand.

   "Sixth brother!" Feng Jingxi's hearty laughter came from the phone.

  Feng Jingxi was born in 23 years, and Shao Yifu was born in 2007, so it is not an exaggeration for Feng Jingxi to call Shao Yifu the sixth brother.

   "Brother Feng, you go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, why did you remember to call me today?" Shao Yifu asked with a smile.

   "It's been a while since I haven't seen you, Brother Six, how about having afternoon tea together this afternoon?"

  Feng Jingxi sent an invitation to Shao Yifu on the phone.

  Shao Yifu replied: "Well, let's meet on the peninsula in the afternoon."

  Drinking afternoon tea in the peninsula is a habit that Shao Yifu has persisted for many years, which has also led many Xiangjiang stars to go to the peninsula to drink afternoon tea, hoping to meet Shao Yifu, a tycoon in the Hong Kong film industry.

   "Okay, see you then!" Feng Jingxi hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

  Fang Yihua asked Shao Yifu from the side: "Why did Feng Jingxi think of calling you?"

  Shao Yifu shook his head and said, "I don't really know yet. I won't know until I go."

  Sun Hung Kai Securities.

   "Uncle Feng, thank you!"

  Chu Huan sat opposite Feng Jingxi, looked at Feng Jingxi who had just put down the phone, and thanked him earnestly.

One thing that Chu Huan has to admit is that in the current Hong Kong film industry, even though Chu Huan has acquired Li Hanxiang and has his own theater company, compared with Shaw Brothers, the distance between ants and elephants is still .

Fighting hard is obviously not a better way. If Chu Huan chooses to fight Shao Yifu in the stock market, first of all, it will definitely disrupt Chu Huan's already arranged plan. Secondly, Shao's cash is abundant, and there are several other With the support of the Shao family, it is difficult for Chu Huan to form an effective attack on the Shao family.

  In the end, at most, it will end up with a self-injury of one thousand and two and an enemy of eight hundred.

   Doing business is more about making money with harmony. If this matter can be resolved peacefully, Chu Huan still hopes that at this stage there will not be too much conflict with Shaw.

  So when preparing to sign Li Hanxiang, Chu Huan already thought of a way to ask Feng Jingxi for help.

  After Shaw's listing, Feng Jingxi became one of Shaw's major shareholders, and at the same time had a good friendship with Shao Yifu, it was most appropriate for Feng Jingxi to come forward.

  Of course, although Feng Jingxi appreciates Chu Huan, it is impossible for Chu Huan, a junior, to have a gap with his old friend for no reason.

  So Chu Huan still paid some practical benefits, such as letting Fengwu Securities cooperate with Sun Hung Kai Securities

"You!" Feng Jingxi looked at Chu Huan helplessly, and said, "Now Jiahu Textile must be thinking of various ways to target you. At this time, why don't you just keep some cash in your hands to deal with the other party?" , actually went to open some film company."

  Everyone knows that the matter between Chu Huan and Chu Tianxiao about Jiahu Textile is not over yet. Chu Huan's becoming the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile is at best the beginning of the confrontation between the two sides.

  Chu Huan invested a large sum of money into the film industry at this time, obviously exposing his shortcomings to the other party!

   "Even if you want to develop your second career, you should start with securities. How could you make movies?"

   Facing Feng Jingxi's exhortation from his elders, Chu Huan did not show any impatience, after all, the other party was thinking of himself.

"Uncle Feng, I don't want to either, but now Chu Tianxiao has Jiahu Textile as a monolith. Although I am the second largest shareholder of Jiahu Textile and still have two board seats, whether it is from the inside or There is no good chance of intrusion from the outside.

  Instead of doing this, it is better to develop your own business first, and wait for Chu Tianxiao to make a move, so as to adapt to all changes! "

  Feng Jingxi nodded helplessly after listening to Chu Huan's explanation, and said, "Chu Tianxiao is still very capable. It is not an easy task for you to take Jiahu Textile in his hands."

  Chu Huan smiled wryly.

   "However, Sixth Brother is also a decisive person. Even if I negotiate a peace, I can't guarantee whether Sixth Brother will agree."

  Feng Jingxi preached to Chu Huan.

  Chu Huan said very modestly at this time: "It is true that I did something carelessly. When I see Uncle Six, I will seriously review it!"

  Looking at Chu Huan's appearance, Feng Jingxi laughed uncontrollably: "It's rare for you to pose like this in front of me, kid. I don't believe you didn't think about what you will face when you are doing this."

  Chu Huan chuckled and said, "Uncle Feng, I'm serious."

  The news that Chu Huan signed Li Hanxiang did not cause much disturbance in Xiangjiang. After all, Li Hanxiang is just a director, not those brilliant actors.

   Those who noticed this, except those who paid special attention to Chu Huan, were all from the film industry.

   Just like Golden Harvest's Zou Wenhuai!

When Zou Wenhuai was in the Shaw Brothers, he was said to be under one person and above ten thousand people, but it was just like this that he was suspected of being a master. 'Lunch Club', the location is the home of Zhao Yaojun in the studio dormitory.

  Zhao Yaojun is also an important person in Shaw Brothers. His title in Shaw Brothers is 'Chief Engineer', and later he also took charge of the color printing room.

  All Shaw Brothers films are produced here.

  Every noon, Zhao Yaojun would entertain the senior staff of Shaw Brothers Company for dinner at his home.

   It is precisely this way that the so-called 'lunch club' is formed.

  When Zou Wenhuai left Shaw, he took away several key members of the lunch club, including Zhao Yaojun, He Guanchang, and Liang Feng.

  At the same time, there are directors Luo Zhen, Xu Zenghong, Huang Feng, Ye Zurong, actors Wang Yu, Zhang Yi and others.

  At this moment in Zou Wenhuai's office, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were sitting together, discussing about Chu Huan.

   "Careless!"

  Zou Wenhuai put the newspaper in his hand aside, and preached with regret.

He Guanchang obviously agreed with Zou Wenhuai's statement, and said: "I promised Sanmao to leave Golden Harvest before, but I just thought that Sanmao was a martial artist, and it didn't have much effect. In addition, the company has other martial arts, but now He has only been away for a few days, and the company's Wuzhi is not enough."

  Zou Wenhuai sighed: "It's not just about this matter, it's the same with the Lisheng Theater. I didn't expect this young man to do things so quickly, and snatched the Lisheng Theater from us."

  He Guanchang glanced at the newspaper on the desk, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Fortunately, Shao Lao Liu also understands our feelings now.

  He wanted to stretch Li Hanxiang, but he didn't expect Li Hanxiang to turn around and join the black and white image. "

   "Yes, although Li Hanxiang failed in Taiwan, he has already proved that he is very familiar with Xiangjiang's film market through the two films "Strange Story of Deception" and "Grand View of Deception". What a pity!"

  Zou Wenhuai sighed again.

He Guanchang comforted: "Raymond, you don't need to worry too much. After all, Black and White Image is a newly established film company. Although it has theaters, it doesn't have a studio. Now he has offended us Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers, and Xiangjiang. There is nothing left to provide them with a set for shooting.

  In this case, the black and white image is actually digging its own grave, and it is difficult to succeed. "

  Zou Wenhuai felt a little better after hearing He Guanchang's explanation, and said, "Let's do this first, but don't take it lightly. Pay attention to what the black and white image will do next!"

  He Guanchang smiled and said: "In fact, we don't need to take action, and Shao Laoliu will definitely not swallow this breath."

  Zou Wenhuai nodded.

  It was afternoon, and Yifu Shao came to the peninsula on time. After seeing Yifu Shao, the waiter immediately said: "Mr. Shao, Mr. Feng has arrived."

  Shao Yifu gave some tips and went straight in.

  After coming to the coffee shop, Shao Yifu finally knew why Feng Jingxi asked him out, because he saw Chu Huan sitting next to Feng Jingxi.

  Although I haven't seen Chu Huan before, I still saw Chu Huan's photo in the newspaper!

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