Chapter 397 Hypocrisy (7K chapters, please subscribe~)

   "Want to hold a film award belonging to Xiangjiang?"

  In the Tseung Kwan O studio, in the main building with black and white images, Fang Jianhui looked at Chu Huan sitting on the sofa in surprise, and then Fang Jianhui understood that Chu Huan knew what happened to Miao Kexiu at the Golden Donkey Awards.

  My woman was bullied at the Golden Donkey Award, and then Chu Huan created a Xiangjiang Golden Statue Award to fight against the Golden Donkey Award, which is very in line with Chu Huan's work style.

   "It's no problem to hold a film award belonging to Xiangjiang. Just tell Shaw Brothers that the award can basically be established, but the most important thing is how to increase the influence of this award outside Xiangjiang!"

  Fang Jianhui naturally understood Chu Huan's thoughts, and naturally began to think about how to increase the influence of this award.

  Fang Jianhui is not worried about the influence of this award in Xiangjiang.

  The current structure of the Hong Kong film industry is that black and white images are the king of the Hong Kong film industry, and Shaw Brothers can barely be regarded as the little king. As for other film companies, they can't even be counted as four or two.

  Combined with the black and white media behind the black and white images, TVB, newspapers, and magazines will jointly publicize this film award, which will instantly become the most influential film award in Xiangjiang.

  However, Fang Jianhui knew Chu Huan well. Since Chu Huan wanted to suppress Taiwan's Golden Donkey Award, the influence of the Hong Kong Film Awards must at least be passed on to Taiwan.

   But it is very difficult to break the influence of the Golden Donkey Award in Taiwan.

  Because the current Taiwan Golden Donkey Awards are film awards under the official background.

In 1957, when Taiwanese films were booming, the Credit Information Service held the first "Exhibition of Taiwanese Films and Films", referred to as the Taiwanese Film Festival. The awards ceremony was held on November 30 at the Taipei International School. The president of Xin News Agency presided over the competition. At that time, 32 films participated in the competition. The film festival followed the model of the North American Academy Awards, and the award presenters handed over the awards to the recipients.

The award categories can be divided into: 11 "Golden Donkey Awards" selected by professional judges, 10 "Silver Star Awards" voted by the audience, and 1 "Honor Award" and 10 "Audience Voted Excellence Awards". This is the first time the name of the "Golden Donkey Award" has been used on a formal occasion, but the Taiwanese film festival was closed after only one session.

  In 1962, in order to promote the development of Taiwan's film industry and encourage excellent Mandarin films and outstanding film workers, the Taiwan Government Information Bureau held the Golden Donkey Award.

  After 1968 (the fifth session), the Golden Donkey Award was once sponsored by the Cultural Bureau of the Ministry of Education of Taiwan Island. In 1984, it was again sponsored by the Information Bureau and co-organized by folk film groups in turn. Until 1990 (the twenty-seventh session), in order to comply with the government's policy of "privatizing public enterprises", the Information Bureau announced the decision to hand over all the Golden Donkey Awards, Golden Bell Awards, and Golden Melody Awards from the government to non-government organizations.

  That's why it is said that the Golden Donkey Award is now an award with government background.

Chu Huan is now holding film awards in Xiangjiang, which is obviously against Taiwan’s Golden Donkey Award, so don’t say that he wants to let Xiangjiang’s film awards enter Taiwan, increase his influence, and even cause the Taiwan authorities to criticize black and white. Suppression of video movies!

  After listening to Fang Jianhui's worries, Chu Huan sat on the sofa and didn't seem to care.

   "Fighting against HSBC during this time, let me understand a truth!"

  Fang Jianhui naturally knew that Chu Huan must have some conflicts with HSBC because of the matter of the richest man in Xiangjiang. Now that Chu Huan said it himself, Fang Jianhui asked curiously.

   "What's the point?"

Chu Huan adjusted his sitting posture, and then said awe-inspiringly: "That is to give in blindly. It will not let the other party let you go, but will make the other party feel that you are easy to bully. You can only show your strength at the right time." Muscle, so that the other party can understand that we are not easy to bully!"

Fang Jianhui thought for a while, and said: "I understand the truth, it's just Brother Huan, now Xiangjiang's movie box office profits in Taiwan account for more than half, if our company is really targeted by the Taiwan authorities, then our company's At least one-third of the profit must be subtracted!"

Chu Huan said relaxedly: "Now Shanhai Cinemas owns two-thirds of the theaters in Xiangjiang, and is the well-deserved No. 1 theater company in Xiangjiang. If any film wants to enter the film market of Xiangjiang, it must cooperate with us." .

  Black-and-white images need Taiwan's profits, but the films produced by Taiwan's film companies also need the market of Xiangjiang.

  And don’t forget, now we and Shaw Brothers have almost monopolized the distribution channels of all films in Southeast Asian countries except their own films.

  If the Taiwan Island authorities really want to fight us to the death, then the film companies in Taiwan Island can fall out with them! "

  Shanhai Cinemas has never stopped its own development, especially after Black and White Image acquired Golden Harvest, it has almost become the absolute leader of the Xiangjiang film industry.

   And those independent theaters suffered.

  Shanhai Cinemas General Manager Zhou Zhibin was naturally more domineering when he bought these independent theaters.

Under normal circumstances, it is just a sentence: "You choose whether you live or die. If you live, sell the theater to Shanhai Cinema, and Shanhai Cinema will give you a fair price. Use the money to do other businesses. If you die, From now on, the films of any film company in Hong Kong will be banned from being shown in your theaters."

  In such a situation that is almost stealing, those independent theaters have no other choice.

  Now there are only four theater companies left in Xiangjiang, Shanhai Cinema, Shuangnan Cinema, Shaw Brothers Cinema, and Anle Cinema!

  Due to the background of the national name, the Shuangnan Cinema Line is basically safe on both sides. The Shaw Brothers Cinema Line cooperates with the Shaw Brothers to form a country of its own, and the Anle Cinema Line has only two theaters that show western movies.

   In addition, Xiangjiang no longer has so-called independent theaters.

   It can be said that at this time Shanhai Cinemas has firmly grasped the lifeline of the Xiangjiang film industry.

  Xiangjiang film industry has almost become Chu Huan's private land. Any foreign film that wants to enter Xiangjiang's film market must cooperate with Shanhai Cinemas.

  Like the textile industry, today's black and white images have monopolized the entire Xiangjiang film industry.

  This is why Chu Huan has the confidence to hold a Xiangjiang film award to compete with Taiwan's Golden Donkey Award.

It is true that the Taiwan Island market is the largest film market in the Xiangjiang film industry, but Xiangjiang is also the largest film market in the Taiwan Island film industry. In addition, black and white images also almost monopolize the distribution channels in Southeast Asia. To be released in various parts of Southeast Asia, it is also necessary to go through this channel.

  So unless you don’t want to feel better about it, otherwise the Taiwan authorities will not really fall out with the black and white images.

   After all, there are many film companies on Taiwan Island that also have government backgrounds, and the Information Bureau may not be easy when there is trouble.

  Fang Jianhui smiled happily after hearing Chu Huan's speech: "If this is the case, then it will be much easier."

  Chu Huan said: "You organize a professional group to discuss this matter. I hope to see the film awards belonging to Xiangjiang next year."

  Now Chu Huan no longer needs to be in charge of specific matters. As long as he puts forward his own plan, the following people will naturally complete the plan!

   Sure enough, after listening to Fang Jianhui, he didn't have any opinions, and said: "Brother Huan, don't worry, there must be no problem on my side!"

  Chu Huan nodded slightly, and then asked Fang Jianhui another question, "I heard that some film critics are criticizing films with black and white images recently?"

Fang Jianhui nodded, and said with some self-blame: "Brother Huan, this incident is my fault. I saw that Director Li's Fengyue films are very popular, so in the past six months, the company has concentrated on shooting some Fengyue films. , and it is precisely for this reason that those film critics seized the opportunity to criticize us!"

  Chu Huan saw Fang Jianhui admitting his mistake, so he asked with a smile, "Then what do you think?"

  Fang Jianhui said seriously: "I have already thought about it. For the sake of the company's image, I will reduce the shooting of some romantic films in the future."

  Chu Huan continued to ask noncommittally: "Is the profit of Fengyue Pieces high?"

When Fang Jianhui heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Of course it is high. This type of film has less investment and has a fixed audience. Now there is a video tape market, which has created a small sales myth. In the past six months alone, Fengyue Films has brought nearly 50 million Hong Kong dollars in revenue to the company!"

Hearing Fang Jianhui's data, he knew that "Fortune" still had some problems in terms of statistics. According to Fortune's statistics, black and white media with black and white images as the axis will bring Chu Huan an annual income of 300 million Hong Kong dollars. The data is somewhat scarce because Fortune ignores the burgeoning videotape market!

  As the base camp of Kyushu, Xiangjiang has naturally started selling Kyushu Electronics products early. Although the sales volume cannot be compared with Japan, Europe, America and other places, at least it has opened up a market.

   Fengyue films’ video tape profits are higher than movie box office profits, and sales profits are higher than rental profits.

   As for why?

   This type of movie, everyone still likes to stay at home, whether watching it with the fifth girl or with your girlfriend, it can bring a different flavor.

  Before this, there were special theaters in Xiangjiang to show this kind of movie, but in a place with so many people, some people couldn’t let go of their hands and feet to do something that didn’t fit the atmosphere of the scene.

  But there will always be some small hotels next to this type of cinema

  Chu Huan chuckled after hearing this, and said to Fang Jianhui: "So you mean, say a few words for those irrelevant people, and then come to sacrifice the company's profits?"

  Fang Jianhui was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect Chu Huan to have such an idea.

  But then Fang Jianhui said excitedly: "Aren't I worried that these reputations will have some bad influence on the company and you, Brother Huan?"

Chu Huan said disdainfully: "Fart, believe it or not, I just need to announce to the outside world, whoever says in the newspaper that black and white images are good, will immediately invest in him to make a movie, and those film critics will be able to line up and run to the public." I'm going to call Dad!"

  Fang Jianhui couldn't help laughing when he thought of that scene, and said: "Since this is the case, then I will ignore them!"

  Chu Huan was still a little dissatisfied, "After they finished scolding us, they were happy and gained a reputation, and then you, the one who was scolded, happily acted as if nothing happened.

  Fang Jianhui, you can do it, why didn't I realize that you still have the potential to be a small subject? "

  Fang Jianhui's face darkened, the long-lost Chu Huan's poisonous tongue made him feel like a coward again!

   "Although I know what you said is a bit unreasonable, but I have no way to refute it, so I decided to take action against those people!"

Only then did Chu Huan show a satisfied smile: "Is that right? As the general manager of Xiangjiang's largest film company, if you don't even have this bit of arrogance, then I think you'd better not be the general manager of Black and White Media. "

  The establishment of Black & White Media is basically coming to an end, and Fang Jianhui has naturally become the general manager of Black & White Media and concurrently the general manager of Black & White Video.

   Originally, according to Fang Jianhui's opinion, since everyone is already a group company, they want to move the headquarters of Black and White Media to the Tseung Kwan O studio.

However, when Fang Jianhui told Chu Huan about this, he was rejected by Chu Huan. The Chinese Bank will be completed in a year and a half. At that time, all the companies under Chu Huan's name will move their headquarters to Huarenhang.

  So when the time comes, Black and White Media will also move to the Chinatown. If this is the case, it will not be worthwhile to toss this time.

  Fang Jianhui seriously told Chu Huan: "Brother Huan, I have a small plan in mind, but I need to borrow a few cartoonists from Fantasy Comic Club!"

  Chu Huan glanced at Fang Jianhui, and said, "Do you know how valuable my cartoonists are? Let them help you? It's impossible for cartoonists, and there will be no problem for cartoon apprentices then!"

With the publication of "Kunlun Comics" and "Jianghu Comics", the number of painters in Fantasy Comic Club has tripled again. Not only that, for future development, Fantasy Comics Club has also established an apprenticeship system under Kamakura Yasuo's suggestion .

   That is, to recruit some young artists into the company to be responsible for the formal artists. This kind of cartoonist apprentices are mostly young people in Xiangjiang!

  In the future, there will definitely be more than these three comics under the name of Fantasy Comics.

  Fang Jianhui said indifferently: "No problem, anyway, just draw a few four-frame comics, it's not a big problem!"

   Seeing Fang Jianhui's mean look, Chu Huan guessed that Fang Jianhui wanted to steal from him, but Chu Huan didn't care. He was the general manager of his company anyway, and he was stealing from him for the good of the company!

  Peter Li, 45 years old, used to be an assistant director of Shaw Brothers. After participating in the shooting of several films, he won the opportunity to direct a film independently.

   As a result, Li Peter made a mistake that many new directors often make. He wanted to cater to the market, but at the same time he wanted to add some of his own private goods to the audience in the movie.

   As a result, a movie with four different characteristics was produced, that is to say, a movie that was commercial but not commercial, literary and artistic but not literary.

  The box office of such a movie can be imagined, and the grandson of Pujie knocked on the door of Grandma Pujie's room, and Pujie came home!

   An angry Shao Yifu yelled at Peter Li in public, and since then he has never had the chance to direct Peter Li again.

  With no job opportunities, Li Peter could only move to other film companies after leaving Shaw Brothers, hoping to seek the opportunity to direct a film.

  But everyone knows about Li Peter, so no film company is willing to use him.

   There is no way, in order to eat, Li Peter can only start writing movie columns for newspapers, commenting on some currently released movies, to earn his own living expenses.

Because Li Peter was kicked out of the film industry, so even in middle age, Li Peter is still very angry, so when he reviews movies, he has always been known for his vicious words. Spray all over the body!

  Li Peter, who wrote the manuscript all night, put down the cigarette in his hand, wrote the last sentence, and finally finished what he thought.

  Picking up the paper in front of him, Li Peter showed a satisfied smile on his face.

  This is another article criticizing the rampant romance in today's film industry.

  In Li Peter’s opinion, this kind of film is useless except for the clothing and the camera lens. Isn’t it just relying on some revealing scenes to attract the audience into the cinema?

  The world is going downhill, people's hearts are not old!

  I thought that I could earn another manuscript fee after sending this manuscript to the newspaper office.

  Thinking of this, Li Peter turned around, and saw the woman lying naked on his bed.

  Li Peter went to bed without saying a word, which woke up the woman and caused some dissatisfaction, but soon this dissatisfaction turned into the sound of creaking bed boards rubbing against the floor.

   A few minutes later, the woman had already dressed, took out 300 Hong Kong dollars from Li Peter’s wallet on the table, put it on her lips and kissed it, and then said: “Thank you boss, remember to come back to me next time!”

   After finishing speaking, the woman left Li Peter's residence stepping on her high heels.

  Peter Li smoked a cigarette afterwards and was about to go to bed. He was so dazed that he didn't know how long he had slept, when he suddenly heard the phone beside the bed ring.

  Peter Li has already woken up in a hurry, picked up the phone excitedly, and then said loudly: "I'm ready, I can shoot new movies at any time, and Fengyue movies are also available!"

   As a result, a teasing voice came from the other side, "Peter, are you crazy for wanting to make a movie? My old Li, I want to drink afternoon tea with you!"

  Lao Li is actually not that old, not even as old as Li Peter, and he is only in his 30s this year, but no matter whether it is others or himself, he is willing to call Lao Li. As for why, there is no way to verify it.

Not only is Lao Li not as old as Li Peter, but also his working experience is not as good as Li Peter. He belongs to the kind who always wanted to enter the film industry as a director, but never got the chance. Later, he was forced by life to write in the newspaper. Movie column!

   Li Peter looked at the clock on the wall, it was past 11 o'clock, and after cursing "Fuck", he asked, "Are you treating me?"

  Lao Li chuckled and said, "I treat you, you pay for it!"

   "Fuck!" Li Peter cursed again, and then said: "Why?"

   "Don't forget you still owe me 200 yuan!"

   "Understood, wait for me at Sister Hua Tea Restaurant, go there now!"

   "Where are you going again, Sister Hua? She is over 40!"

   "Hmph, what do you know, the older you get, the stronger the taste!"

   "Well, anyway, you pay, I don't care where you go."

  Half an hour later, Li Peter appeared in Sister Hua's tea restaurant in sloppy clothes and rubbing his eyes. When he saw Sister Hua sitting at the cashier at the bar and wearing a tight-fitting T-shirt with a deep round neck, he immediately regained his spirits.

   "Sister Hua, you're still so pretty!"

   "This is the same sentence every day. It doesn't bother you to say it, but it bothers me to hear it!"

   "After I become a director, I will definitely let Sister Hua be the number one female."

   "Fart your mother, you used this reason to trick my mother into sleeping with you, and now you still use this **** reason?"

"you do not believe me?"

"Do not believe!"

  Peter Li shook his head and said that Sister Hua had no eyesight, so he went straight in and saw Lao Li who had already arrived here.

   "Just like you, you died before you made your second movie!" Lao Li joked aloud seeing Li Peter's unrepentant look.

"Fuck!" Li Peter cursed angrily, and said, "Fart, if Shao Lao Liu didn't understand how to appreciate it, and didn't take my movie to participate in the Golden Donkey Award, I would be the best director of the Golden Donkey Award now !"

  After the two murmured to each other, Sister Hua threw the lunch on the table directly, and the splashed soup spilled on the table, and the two didn't care.

   While eating lunch, he continued to complain.

   "By the way, didn't you say that you wrote a movie script that is sure to cause a sensation in Xiangjiang, and you want to hand it a black and white video? How is it now?"

   After Li Peter took a sip of silk stocking milk tea, he asked Lao Li.

Lao Li's expression was the same as when Li Peter complained about Shao Yifu just now, and he said: "Don't mention it, black and white images can't see gold and jade, and they returned my movie script. I think they must be trying to plagiarize me. idea."

  Li Peter showed a heartbroken expression, and said: "The current Xiangjiang film market, sooner or later, film companies such as Shaw Brothers and Black and White Video will be ruined. Look at what they shoot?

   It’s not all kinds of romantic movies, or Kung Fu movies that promote violence. There is no artistic pursuit at all, and it simply tarnishes the art of movies! "

  Lao Li said with deep empathy: "That's right, the current Xiangjiang audience is the same. It is because of these **** audiences that there are these **** film companies and **** movies."

  The two touched the teacups in their hands in a heroic way.

   "The future of Xiangjiang Film still depends on us!"

  After the two of them had a great time, Li Peter took out the film review he wrote yesterday in his bag, and handed it to Lao Li to preach.

   "This is what I thought of when I was riding the horse last night. It contains my worries about the current Hong Kong film industry and plans for future development. Please help me see!"

  After Lao Li took it, after reading it once, he slapped the table excitedly, and he didn't care about the dissatisfied eyes of the diners around him, and he preached loudly.

   "It's deafening, it's deafening. As long as such an article is published in the newspaper, I believe it will immediately attract the attention of Xiangjiang movie fans, as well as the attention of the bosses of major film companies. By then, Peter, you will be the second Chang Cheh!"

  These film critics also have idols, and their idol is Zhang Cheh. From a film critic to Xiangjiang's million-dollar box office director, every film critic hopes to become the second Zhang Cheh.

   Just like every horizontal drifter and beipiao in the later generations hopes to become the second Wang Baoqiang.

   But how many years have passed, there is still only one Zhang Che out of Xiangjiang film critics, and the same is true for later generations. More than ten years have passed, and among hundreds of thousands of ensemble performances, there is only one Wang Baoqiang!

Peter Li pretended to be reserved and said: "I also want to understand this time. If I want to have the right to speak in the film industry, I still have to follow the trend. It’s time to make art films that we ourselves want to make that truly represent our individual thoughts!”

  Lao Li nodded and said, "We are also contributing to Xiangjiang's film industry, so we bear the humiliation so hard."

   "Yes!" Li Peter nodded.

   The two clinked glasses again.

  But this time, neither of them drank, but looked at the door of the tea restaurant together.

  Under the warm sun, a girl in a white shirt, jeans, black and white sneakers, and neat long hair walked past the door of the tea restaurant.

  Peter Li and Lao Li put down the teacups in their hands almost at the same time, then got up and walked out of the tea restaurant at the same time, and came to the girl.

  When the girl saw the two of them, she shrank slightly nervously, and said in not-so-fluent Cantonese: "What are you doing?"

Li Peter thought he had a kind smile on his face, and said: "Pretty girl, don't be nervous. I'm the film director Li Peter. I just saw you pass the role that is very suitable for the lead actress in my new movie, so I want to ask you if you would like to shoot Movie?"

Maybe Li Peter's smile is too deceptive, or Li Peter took out a business card after introducing himself that is too similar. Of course, the girl also wants to find a job as soon as possible, so the girl trusts Li Peter words.

   "Hello Director Li!"

   Lao Li on the side regretted that he had spoken slowly just now, and at the same time looked down on Peter Li, who still has the director's business card!

"Hello, hello!" Li Peter said with a smile like a flower but ugly: "Beautiful girl, I really think you are very suitable for a kind of elegant and chrysanthemum temperament, and the personality of the heroine of my movie is like this. If you have nothing else to do, how about we find a place to have a good chat?"

  The girl thought for a while, finally nodded, and said, "Yes, but it has to be in a crowded place!"

  Li Peter immediately said: "It's natural, there is a coffee shop not far in front, how about we chat there?"

  The girl let go of her guard and said, "Okay."

  The three of them were preparing to go to the coffee shop together, when Sister Hua, who was standing at the bar, coughed.

  Peter Li immediately understood and said to Lao Li: "Lao Li, you go and settle the bill first, and then come to the coffee shop in front to find us!"

  Lao Li: "."

  After arriving at the coffee shop, Li Peter couldn't wait to ask the girl: "Beautiful girl, I don't know your name yet!"

  The girl smiled politely: "My name is Wu Shuhan!"

   Also, I started to repay last month’s debt, but I’m coding, when will I finish coding and upload~~

  

  

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