Chapter 158 The Encirclement Trend (7K chapter, please subscribe~)

  Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

  The grievances and hatreds in the rivers and lakes cannot be resolved overnight, unless you kill the other party's whole family, or the other party kills your whole family.

  Xiangjiang's entertainment industry is also a world, in this world, it is naturally impossible to kill the whole family.

  So if you want to get rid of your opponent, the best way is to defeat his company step by step, and then you will be able to be unique.

  Since Chu Huan finally chose the entertainment industry as his bright industry.

  Shaw Brothers and Jiahe are destined to be Chu Huan's opponents. In fact, there is no grievance between the two parties, but as long as they enter this circle, there will be grievances naturally.

  The last time Shaw Brothers and Jiahe acted on black and white images was an extension of this grievance.

  Both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest understand that the most important black-and-white movie this year is not "Dragon and Tiger" released this month, but Li Hanxiang's "Great Warlord".

  The foundation of black and white images is too weak, only Li Hanxiang can support the scene. If Li Hanxiang's first film in black and white images can be sold well, then it can be regarded as a complete representative of black and white images to gain a firm foothold in Xiangjiang.

   And this will also be seen by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest as a black-and-white image that has the right to formally challenge their status in the Xiangjiang film industry.

   So for this movie, both companies have their own strategy.

   "We have received news that Shaw Brothers will release a new work directed by their company Zhang Cheh at the same time as us."

  Fang Jianhui was talking to Chu Huan about Shao's situation.

"It seems that this time Yifu Shao is ready to hit our company well. I got the news that Zhang Che has recruited three of his favorite disciples for this movie, Chen Guantai, Ti Lung, and Jiang Dawei. Although it is not a well-known martial arts movie , is a campus movie, but according to the combination of Zhang Che, Chen Guantai, Ti Lung, and Jiang Dawei, the box office of this movie will definitely not be bad."

  Chen Guantai, this name may not be well-known in later generations, but in this era, his reputation even surpasses that of Di Lung and Jiang Dawei.

  Ti Lung, needless to say, one of the hottest niches in Hong Kong in the 1970s was made popular by Zhang Che, and Chu Yuan established his status in the world for him, and later became popular again with the role of Brother Hao in "The True Colors of a Hero".

  Jiang Dawei may not be as famous as Di Lung in later generations, but at this time, he is even more famous than Di Lon, and he is even Zhang Che's most proud disciple.

   Not to mention the director of this film, Zhang Che, Zhang Wanwan's name is Megatron in the Hong Kong film industry.

   is NO.1 among Shaw Brothers directors.

  Now that Chu Huan has created a black and white film, he has recruited Li Hanxiang, and the box office of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" that is currently released is also not bad, and Chu Huan has established the Shanhai Cinema Line.

   All of this forced Shao Yifu to muster up his energy to face Chu Huan.

   "Besides, I also inquired that Yifu Shao has already contacted the Department of Transport. When passing through the undersea tunnel, he will bring Chen Guantai, Ti Lung, and Jiang Dawei to the passage ceremony, so as to create momentum for the film."

   Speaking of this, Fang Jianhui inevitably showed a worried gesture.

  What is Xiangjiang most concerned about at this time?

   That's about to happen on August 2, when the undersea tunnel will be opened.

  Shao Yifu took advantage of his relationship to promote his company's film on this day, at this time, obviously to completely beat the black and white video "The Great Warlord" to the ground.

   At that time, when the whole of Hong Kong will pay attention to things, Shaw Brothers' movies will be released, and the benefits will be obvious.

   "I didn't expect that if Sir Shao got anxious, he would use propaganda methods!" Chu Huan didn't express his opinion after listening, but just thought silently in his heart.

   It has been said countless times before that few film companies in Hong Kong did any publicity when their films were released, but very few, does not mean no.

   Now Shao Yifu has come up with it, so competition will make progress.

   "By the way, what's the name of this movie?" Chu Huan asked.

  Fang Jianhui said: "It hasn't been confirmed yet, I will tell you after Shaw Brothers decides."

   "Where is Jiahe?" Chu Huan asked Fang Jianhui.

  Last time, Golden Harvest and the Shaw Brothers played a game of tacit understanding and punched at the same time. Chu Huan believed that Golden Harvest would definitely not stand idly by this time.

  Fang Jianhui obviously did enough homework. After Chu Huan asked, he immediately replied: "Golden Harvest also has their own actions. They announced that they will release the movie "Across the World" starring Wang Yu at the end of this month."

   Speaking of this, Fang Jianhui said angrily: "I don't know if the two companies have discussed it, but now it seems that the two of them have formed a siege against us, and they want to make "The Great Warlord" hit the street."

  Li Xiaolong's success has deeply stimulated Wang Yu, who was once Xiangjiang's No.

  But the same person is not the same!

  In any case, Wang Yu is still the first male star in Xiangjiang, and his movies cannot be ignored.

   Seeing that Chu Huan had not spoken, Fang Jianhui worriedly asked Chu Huan: "Chairman, what should we do now?"

  Chu Huan did not answer Fang Jianhui's question, but asked, "Does Jiahe have any means of propaganda?"

Fang Jianhui nodded and said: "Yes, there are. During this period of time, the movie "Across the World" movie posters have been put up in theaters under Golden Harvest, and Golden Harvest also contacted Li TV to do a wave of publicity for this movie. "

  It seems that everyone is growing up slowly without knowing it.

   But if you want to talk about publicity methods, have you never seen a pig or a pig running? Chu Huan decided to educate Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai, two Xiangjiang movie tycoons.

   Let them see what real propaganda is.

   But before that, Chu Huan still needs to confirm one thing.

   "How is the independent theater I put you in touch with?"

Although there are Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest attacking back and forth, Chu Huan is not very worried. I have never heard of Shaw Brothers' movies or Golden Harvest's "Across the World". Compared with "The Great Warlord", which has been famous for decades, it is definitely not enough to watch.

   What really worries Chu Huan is that the number of theaters, the number of theaters under Shanhai Cinemas is still too small, and there is no way to compare with Shaw Cinemas.

  The lack of theaters made Chu Huan worry about whether the movie "The Great Warlord" could achieve the results of another time and space.

  Fang Jianhui immediately replied: "We are already in contact, and now we have signed contracts with four independent theaters, and two more are under negotiation. I believe we will be able to win them."

  Chu Huan nodded in satisfaction. Fang Jianhui has officially entered his position, and his ability is gradually revealed. This is a good trend.

   "Is it possible to get it from the Anle Cinemas?"

  With independent theaters, Chu Huan's heart naturally became wilder, so he missed Anle Cinemas, the smallest theater company in Hong Kong.

  Fang Jianhui was stunned for a moment, and said, "The other party has been showing western movies, hasn't he?"

  Chu Huan shook his head and said: "It has been showing, but it doesn't mean that Hong Kong movies can't be released. You didn't even talk about it. How can you know it's not successful?"

  Fang Jianhui blushed, and said, "I understand. After the two independent theaters are settled, I will go to Anle Cinema immediately."

  Sitting next to Fang Jianhui at this time, Pang Haoyang, the manager of the black and white video distribution department, said: "General manager, leave the negotiation with the independent theater to me. After all, you have almost finished the negotiation, and the only thing left is to sign the contract."

  Fang Jianhui also knew that the time was urgent, so he said, "Okay, I will do it for Anle Cinemas, and you will do the two independent theaters."

  Pang Haoyang said: "I will definitely not disappoint the chairman and general manager."

  Chu Huan and Fang Jianhui nodded at the same time.

Then Pang Haoyang asked Chu Huan another question: "Chairman, there is one more thing to do now, and that is the movie "Dragon and Tiger", which can be drawn in about ten days, but now Nanyang , Taiwan Island, and none of the Japanese publishers approached us."

  For black-and-white images, distribution outside the city is a weakness on the bright side. Like the studio, everyone knows it.

   Originally, when Chu Huan discussed with everyone in the company, he thought that since the movie "Dragon and Tiger Fight" was still a hit in Hong Kong, filmmakers from Nanyang, Taiwan, Japan and other places would definitely come to them.

  In recent years, Xiangjiang films have always been the mainstream of commercial films in these regions.

   But now it seems that this idea is a bit taken for granted, and Chu Huan also underestimated the influence of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe in these places.

  The two companies have been able to monopolize the foreign markets for so many years. If this matter can be resolved so easily, then it is impossible for them to control the distribution channels of Xiangjiang films in other places for so many years.

   To get rid of this situation, there are two ways.

   The first one is simple and simple, and it is not simple and not simple, that is, your film company can shoot a movie that truly shocked Xiangjiang.

  Only in this way, it is possible for those overseas film producers to come to discuss with you about distribution in other places, at the risk of offending Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

   But in Xiangjiang, the companies that can produce films of this level are basically Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest in turn. Other small and medium-sized film companies simply do not have this ability.

  How about New Art City?

How many classic movies have been made, and finally relying on the relationship of Zhang Aijia and others to gain a firm foothold in Taiwan Island, but the Nanyang market, the Japanese market, etc. are still firmly held by Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. New Art City can only slowly open up the foreign market step by step with difficulty.

   This time is too long, Chu Huan can't wait.

  The second method is even simpler, just like Chu Huan established the Shanhai Cinema Line in Xiangjiang, building his own movie theaters in these places.

   But no matter how simple it is, there are problems. The first problem is that it requires a lot of money. A film company with a deep foundation like Shaw Brothers is only following the policy of one movie theater a year.

  Chu Huan didn't have that much money.

   At the same time, you have to face the second problem, the collision with the local forces. Since you go to these places to make money, you naturally want to touch the cake of the local forces. They can let you easily complete your business plan?

   Just kidding.

  In addition to these two methods, there is actually another compromise method

Chu Huan thought for a while and said to Pang Haoyang: "I know about this matter, now it seems that it is impossible to sit on the sidelines and wait for rabbits. The movie "Dragon and Tiger Fighting" must be released in other places. As for how to release it, I will come to you." To find ways to!"

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, Pang Haoyang said: "Then trouble the chairman."

  Although Pang Haoyang has been in the film industry for many years, such resources are still out of his reach.

   Chu Huan was not dissatisfied with Pang Haoyang's rhetoric, nor was he like those incompetent bosses who could only reprimand his subordinates after encountering problems that he could not solve.

As the leader of a company, it is inevitable to learn how to employ people, but if you lose your temper indiscriminately when you know that your subordinates do not have the ability to solve this problem and you have no way to solve it, then it is really too much. Incompetent.

  So, if you want to be the leader of a company, you must not only know how to employ people, but also have the ability to surpass your subordinates, so that a company can develop better.

   "Now that the problems have been stated, let's solve them one by one."

  Chu Huan started his arrangement.

"Mr. Fang, tell Zhao Jiahao, the manager of the Propaganda Department, to contact the advertising company immediately and ask them to produce posters of "The Great Warlord" with various specifications, including banners, within ten days. Get their "Great Warlord" advertising spot seven days before its release, and contact Li TV to see if you can let Li Hanxiang and others go to the TV station to promote it."

  Fang Jianhui asked with some doubts: "I can understand contacting radio stations, TV stations, and newspaper offices, but what are you doing for making so many posters and banners?"

  Chu Huan chuckled and said, "Of course I have a solution."

Then Chu Huan began to tell Fang Jianhui and Pang Haoyang about their plans. In this regard, Chu Huan never hides his secrets. The film company is just a springboard for him to go to the sea of ​​stars. In the future, the film company will definitely let Fang Jianhui take over in all directions unless The person's allegiances have changed, or there may be an idea of ​​finding another job.

  So let him learn a little more now, also for the better development of the company.

  Fang Jianhui and Pang Haoyang slowly grew their mouths listening to Chu Huan's plan. When Chu Huan finally finished speaking, Fang Jianhui preached in amazement.

   "Chairman, you want to slap Shao Yifu in the face, and let the whole Hong Kong people know about the movie "The Great Warlord"!"

  Chu Huan smiled indifferently: "It's just a routine operation, and there is no need for personality worship."

  Pang Haoyang felt envious when he saw Chu Huan and Fang Jianhui's subconscious jokes.

   "But the initial investment cost will be too high. If the movie "The Great Warlord" fails to meet the audience's requirements when it is released, then our loss will be even greater."

   Envy is nothing but envy, but the opinions that should be raised should still be raised.

  Chu Huan's publicity plan, for Pang Haoyang, seemed to open a new door for publicity, but at the same time it was a very expensive process.

  Pang Haoyang just did a rough calculation. According to Chu Huan's publicity method, the publicity cost of the movie "The Great Warlord" would account for one-third of the filming cost.

   If the movie "The Great Warlord" is a big hit, there will be no problem, but what if it hits the street?

  The money lost will be even more.

  Chu Huan waved his hand, and said: "We are the person in charge of the company, and the company's film has not yet been released, so we want to lose money. Although this is a sense of crisis, it is also a bit conservative.

Now, for us, there is no way out. Only the success of "The Great Warlord" can truly establish the brand of black and white images in the Xiangjiang film industry. Otherwise, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest will only suppress us more and more. The more serious it is, and those small and medium-sized companies will lose confidence in us!

  So this battle can only be won, not defeated! "

  Although most of the small and medium-sized film companies in Xiangjiang have formed an alliance with black and white images, in fact, the relationship of this alliance is very fragile.

  If the black-and-white video cannot come out with a movie that shocks the performance of these small and medium-sized companies, this Chu Huan will be used to deal with Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest's wolves.

  After listening to Chu Huan's speech, Pang Haoyang understood the current situation, and said seriously: "I understand."

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "Since we have reached a consensus on this issue, let's talk about the next question, about the distribution of our film company's films outside the city."

  Fang Jianhui immediately asked excitedly: "Chairman, do you have a solution?"

  Chu Huan said: "There are two ways, but I don't know if they will succeed, but I always have to try."

"In this short period of time, you have thought of two solutions?" Fang Jianhui really wanted to get into Chu Huan's head and take a good look at how Chu Huan's head was opened, which has troubled him and the company's senior management for a long time. One question, Chu Huan actually thought of two solutions at this time.

   "What is the solution?" Fang Jianhui asked impatiently.

Chu Huan said with a smile: "Have you two forgotten where our director Li came back from? He has been in Taiwan Island for so many years and must have his own contacts. I want to use his contacts to help us connect with some people on Taiwan Island." The cinema should be fine, right?"

  The eyes of Fang Jianhui and Pang Haoyang suddenly lit up, and Fang Jianhui said angrily: "Yes, why didn't I think of this method?"

Pang Haoyang forced Fang Jianhui to show his respect: "It's not just the general manager who didn't think of it, didn't we all think of it too, it should be that we subconsciously ignored the people around us, and what's more, we thought that it was always the whole foreign city market, rather than a single market.

  That's why I didn't think of Director Li. It would be good if he could open up a certain market alone. "

  Fang Jianhui nodded, then hurriedly looked at Chu Huan and asked, "Then what is the second method you mentioned, can it open up other markets for us?"

  Chu Huan showed a wry smile and said: "This method is difficult, and I don't know if it will be successful, but I have to try it anyway, in case it succeeds."

In the end, Chu Huan didn't tell Fang Jianhui what his second solution was. It wasn't that Chu Huan slapped himself in the face to hide his secrets. them.

  But Chu Huan has also decided that no matter whether this second method will succeed or not, he will tell everyone in the end, at least it used to be a method.

  After discussing with Fang Jianhui and Pang Haoyang, Chu Huan rushed to Shaw's Qingshuiwan studio without stopping.

  The filming of "The Great Warlord" has come to an end. After finishing the filming for the past few days, Li Hanxiang will enter the intense post-production work.

"Card!"

  Following Li Hanxiang's click, everyone at the scene stopped working one after another. Xu Guanwu put away the camera and wiped it carefully. The other staff members were also busy with their work.

  As for the other actors, they also wore costumes and came to their temporary seats to rest.

  They don’t have all kinds of service staff around them, not even their own assistants. They have to unscrew the lid to drink water, and fan themselves when it’s hot.

  Tianni, who had just sat down, suddenly stood up at this time, and trotted all the way to the shooting scene with her skirt.

   "Brother, what's wrong with Miss Tian?"

  Xu Guanying, who played a role in the movie, curiously asked his elder brother, Xu Guanwen, who had shaved his head.

  Xu Guanwen glanced at the direction Tianni ran to, and said, "You are stupid, didn't you see Huan Shao coming?"

   "Young Huan will come if you come, it's not that you haven't visited the set before, as for this"

  Before finishing speaking, Xu Guanying looked at Xu Guanwen in surprise, and asked, "Brother, don't you think there is something between Huan Shao and Miss Tian?"

Xu Guanwen glared at Xu Guanying, and said: "Aying, let me tell you, the most important thing to do in this circle is to see what you should see and listen to what you should listen to. Talk less and do more. It's not bad if you don't say anything. You never know when you've offended someone."

"I know, big brother." Xu Guanying agreed first, but then said: "But didn't the newspaper say that Huan Shao was going to be engaged to Miss Cao after graduating from university? There was also the scandal with Ms. Miao before, and now there is this sweetheart again." Miss."

  Xu Guanwen felt that what he just said to Xu Guanying was for nothing.

"Brother Huan, it's been a long time since you came to see her, and she misses you." Tian Ni is as charming as ever, especially with the dress she is wearing from the Republic of China period, it is even more eye-catching Unforgettable, and Tianni also fully understands where her shortcomings are.

  So I did manual processing, padded some things, and squeezed hard. In the end, it was like the old saying, squeezing always gets a hook.

  Simply speaking, Tian Ni is full of charm at this time.

As for showing such an attitude on the set, do you think that a person who dares to face the reporter and say that she doesn't mind having an affair with a married man or making romantic films during an interview will care about a mere crew discussion?

  Tianni also has a sense of urgency, okay? Ever since Chu Huan had a mutual understanding activity with Chu Huan last time, Chu Huan has never looked for her again, which makes Tianni, who is determined to improve her status, very urgent.

If she wants to replace Cao Yunshang, that's not true. She also understands that the relationship between Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang is basically unbreakable, and unrealistic ideas will only put herself in a difficult situation. .

  What she really wanted was to let Chu Huan play with her from short-term to long-term holding.

   Facing Tian Ni's amorous feelings, Chu Huan thought of his overworked waist during this time, and said with a smile: "When the movie is finished, I will celebrate it for you alone."

After understanding the meaning of Chu Huan's words, Tian Ni immediately showed a happy smile. She wanted to hold Chu Huan's arm directly, but thought that she had offended Chu Huan directly after doing this last time, so she immediately stopped her. The action followed Chu Huan to the crew.

  Lin Feng and Qin Peng followed behind Chu Huan and put the snacks that Chu Huan bought on the table.

  The rules of the rivers and lakes, when you come to the crew to visit the set, you have to give food.

  Everyone thanked Chu Huan when they saw the snacks full of food.

  Chu Huan smiled and responded to everyone, first nodded with Li Hanxiang who was resting in the studio, and then came to Xu Guanwen's side.

  The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanwu, and Xu Guanying were sitting together to rest at this time, and Xu Guanjie did not participate in the filming of this movie.

   "Huan Shao!"

   When the three of them saw Chu Huan coming, they hurriedly said.

   "How is it? Are you still used to being on the set?" Chu Huan asked with a smile.

  Xu Guanwenxiang probably wanted to show his enthusiasm, so he squeezed out a smile with a cold face, but it was a bit inconsistent no matter how you looked at it.

   "Xu Guanwen, who made you laugh, keep yourself in good shape."

   Li Hanxiang's angry reprimand came from a distance.

  Xu Guanwen looked at Chu Huan in embarrassment.

  Chu Huan said with a smile: "You better stop laughing, to be honest, I'm not used to seeing you laughing!"

   Standing beside Chu Huan, Tian Ni couldn't help laughing, Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying had to hold back their laughter in order not to embarrass their elder brother.

   "It's pretty good. It's completely different from being a host before, but I really like the life I have now. It's very fulfilling and satisfying. Thank you Huan Shao!"

  Xu Guanwen put away his smile, and still spoke in an awkward tone.

  Chu Huan said: "That's good. Don't look at Director Li being so strict with you now. In fact, he told me that your performance is very good. I believe that in the future, you will have many opportunities to cooperate."

  Hearing what Chu Huan said, the corners of Xu Guanwen's mouth twitched slightly, he was really happy, but thinking of Li Hanxiang's reprimand just now, he dared not laugh out loud.

   "Thank you Huan Shao, I will work hard." Xu Guanwen said.

  Chu Huan nodded, then looked at Xu Guanwu and said: "You just hold the camera like this, don't you worry about your master getting angry?"

  Xu Guanwen was able to star in the first movie after adding black and white images, but it is definitely impossible for Xu Guanwu to be the cameraman in the first movie.

   The movie "The Great Warlord" has its own photographer, and Xu Guanwu is the other party's apprentice.

   "It's okay, my master asked me to get familiar with the camera well, saying that only in this way can I shoot better in the future."

   "This industry is not like an actor. You still have a lot to learn. Come on, there will definitely be opportunities for you to act independently in the future."

  Chu Huan encouraged people by buying people's hearts.

   Sure enough, Xu Guanwu looked a little excited: "Thank you, Young Master Huan."

  Finally, Chu Huan looked at Xu Guanying and said, "I've contacted several film companies with filming plans for you. When the time comes, you can play a few guest roles in their films, which is also a chance to exercise yourself!"

  According to Chu Huan's current status in the small and medium-sized film companies in Xiangjiang, it is very easy for Xu Guanying to get a few unimportant side roles.

  Xu Guanying immediately said excitedly after listening: "Thank you, Young Master Huan!"

  After harvesting three waves of thanks here, Chu Huan went to talk to Li Hanxiang about business.

   Originally I just wanted to take a nap, but I woke up at this point, I’m really sorry, the remaining two chapters will be updated normally~

  

  

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