Chapter 523 Rich and powerful, Twelve Satellite Company
"It turned out to be Wang Yu..."
Mr. Shao frowned.
He was very dissatisfied and his tone was unusually serious.
"He burned more than a hundred of my contracts a few days ago. It was only because of Zhang Che's plea and the friendship over the years of cooperation that I let him go... I didn't expect this guy to run away.
I went to Zou Wenhuai's place to film a movie, and I still didn't know him well."
No wonder Mr. Shao is so angry.
Because Wang Yu is so special.
In the entire Hong Kong film and television industry, Wang Yu's status is unquestionable.
He is the first millionaire actor in Hong Kong.
Someone in later generations once commented like this.
It is said that Hong Kong martial arts movies have three peaks.
They are the era of Wang Yu, the era of Bruce Lee, and finally the era of Jackie Chan.
Wang Yu came to Hong Kong with his family when he was seventeen years old. He learned karate and Tai Chi, and was tainted by gangsterism. Later he joined an international gang organization in Hong Kong and has been closely connected with gangs ever since.
After that, Wang Yu was selected by Shaw Brothers Pictures due to his personal image and temperament, and started his legendary film and television journey.
Since Wang Yu can speak Shanghainese, Mandarin, and understand Cantonese, the company regards him as a priority to train.
After several years of preparation, Zhang Che's "One-Armed Sword" was released. Wang Yu played the leading role in this film, fully demonstrating personal heroism and revenge for a broken arm, tragic and tragic.
"The One-Armed Sword" achieved unprecedented success after its release, earning millions at the box office and creating history.
From then on, the new era of fierce martial arts in Hong Kong City officially started.
Wang Yu also became famous for his role as the one-armed warrior, and was named the "Martial Arts Emperor" by the media.
Before the rise of Bruce Lee, Wang Yu was the most popular martial arts superstar in the city. Directors such as Tsui Hark and Peter Chan, Ti Lung, David Chiang, and even stars such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan were all influenced by Wang Yu.
After Zou Wenhuai left Shaw Brothers, he established Jiahe Company with Cao Weidong. Since then, he has been in contact with Wang Yu and encouraged him to switch to Jiahe.
Because Shaw Brothers was bullying customers and paying actors extremely low wages, Wang Yu had long been dissatisfied and decided to leave Shaw Brothers.
It's just that he broke the contract with Shaw Brothers without permission. If he was sued, he would not be able to pay for the breach of contract.
So Wang Yu felt cruel, sneaked into the secretariat, stole more than 100 artist contracts, and set them on fire together.
Shaw Brothers was afraid that its employees would leave en masse, so it made concessions, letting Wang Yu leave and recalling other employees to renew their contracts.
Because of this incident, Mr. Shao was already suffocating in his heart. Now that he heard that Wang Yu was going to rival Jiahe to make a movie again, the unknown fire in his heart became even stronger.
Subordinates are always good at observing words and emotions and speak immediately.
"Mr. Shao, please don't worry. I have organized people to collect evidence and prepare to prosecute Wang Yu. Even if he leaves our Shaw Brothers, he will not be able to make movies in Jiahe."
Mr. Shao sneered and stopped his subordinate.
"Wait a minute, you collect evidence first, but don't stop Wang Yu from filming."
The subordinate was stunned.
Mr. Shao said fiercely.
"When they make the movie, we will sue together with Jiahe. Not only Wang Yu, I will make it impossible for Jiahe to stay in this port city."
The subordinate understood instantly, he extended his thumb and said with a smile.
"High, really high..."
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After the World No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament, Golden Harvest Pictures was officially established.
Influenced by Hollywood, Golden Harvest launched an "independent producer system".
The so-called "independent producer system" simply means supporting directors and actors to establish satellite companies, and then Jiahe can invest and jointly produce movies.
This system has greatly improved the enthusiasm of actors, directors and producers, prompting all parties to form a virtuous circle.
After the system was officially launched, Zou Wenhuai got his wish and finally took Wang Yu under his wing. With his support, he established a satellite company of Wang Yu Pictures for Wang Yu to jointly prepare for the Sino-Japanese film and television masterpiece "One-Armed Sword Fighting the Blind".
"Xia".
At the same time, Zou Wenhuai also brought Xu Guanwen into his camp and established Xu's Film Satellite Company to prepare the film "The Ghost Horse".
Cao Weidong was a little dumbfounded. After a long pause, he said:
"Mr. Xu Guanwen, I didn't expect you to leave Shaw Brothers."
Xu Guanwen smiled bitterly.
"Mr. Shao is a good person and has given me many opportunities, but he is a bit too stingy and makes people feel uncomfortable."
Xu Guanwen is the veritable king of comedy in Hong Kong.
He is known as the "cold-faced comedian" and has single-handedly raised the status of Hong Kong comedy.
In the original history, it was not until three years later that Xu Guanwen had the opportunity to play the leading actor Pang Hu in director Li Hanxiang's movie "The Warlord".
After the movie "Warlord" was released, Xu Guanwen's exaggerated and funny appearance made countless viewers laugh.
Especially the scene in the play where the protagonist, Pang Pang Hu, angrily talks about the Dragon King when his prayer for rain fails.
It has become a classic in Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television.
After that, Xu Guanwen successively starred in excellent works such as "Gossip" and "Sexy Dogs and Horses", and his reputation gradually grew.
At this point, Xu Guanwen is not willing to be a small actor.
So he retreated for three months and wrote a script painstakingly. Then he handed the script to Shaw Brothers and proposed the idea of sharing the profits equally.
However, Run Run Shaw felt that Xu Guanwen was just a small actor, how could he share the profits equally with him?
So Mr. Zou refused without hesitation on the grounds that the script was too poor.
After being rejected, Xu Guanwen did not give up and found Shaw Brothers' rival Jiahe.
After learning about the situation, Zou Wenhuai not only agreed to Xu Guanwen's request for dividends, but also took the initiative to help Xu Guanwen establish the Xu Brothers Film Company.
It was this move by Zou Wenhuai that allowed Jiahe to get out of the trough of losing Bruce Lee and start a new legend!
Unexpectedly, Zou Wenhuai would come into contact with Xu Guanwen at this time and even recruit Xu Guanwen.
Maybe this is the butterfly effect.
Zou Wenhuai thought Cao Weidong disagreed. After all, he was a partner and financial backer, so his opinion should be taken seriously.
So Zou Wenhuai smiled and chatted.
"Weidong, don't forget that Guanjie has never made any movies, but he is extremely talented. I have read the script he wrote. It is very interesting. It is completely different from the popular movie genres now. It is a new attempt and challenge.
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"So I invited Guanjie over to film "The Ghost Horse" for them."
How could Cao Weidong disagree?
He nodded and said enthusiastically: "I believe in Mr. Zou's vision. I hope we can have a happy cooperation in the future and produce more excellent works."
This was said with great skill, and both Zou Wenhuai and Xu Guanjie were very happy.
Unlike Zou Wenhuai's caution, Cao Weidong's approach is much more generous.
He established a satellite company for each of the top ten players in the Tenkaichi Budokai and prepared to sponsor them in filming movies.
"Twelve...Twelve satellite companies? How much does this cost?"
Zou Wenhuai was speechless.
Starting a company is no simple matter.
The human, financial and material resources invested are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
What's more, twelve satellite companies were established in one go!
In Zou Wenhuai's view, Cao Weidong is simply crazy.
Cao Weidong smiled lightly.
"Don't worry, I will bear all the costs of establishing twelve satellite companies by myself."