Soon, Cao Weidong’s words appeared on the front pages of major newspapers and publications.
This sentence once again pushed Jiahe to the forefront.
However, although Cao Weidong's tone is crazy, it is an indisputable fact.
Statistics from Hong Kong City’s authoritative organization.
All twelve Golden Harvest films set new box office records in Hong Kong film history.
Among them, the highest-grossing movie was undoubtedly Jingwu Heroes, with a box office of more than 5 million yuan, which directly brought Chen Wu, a new actor, to the altar.
It can be said that Jiahe handed over an answer that surprised everyone.
Funny movies represented by Ghost Horse Twin Stars and Hong Kong Martial Universe series of films represented by Jingwu Heroes have become two golden signatures of Golden Harvest.
Only the "One-Armed Sword" series of movies are slightly bleak.
But because this film was a Sino-Japanese co-production and was based on previous films, it ultimately earned more than 1.3 million at the box office.
It is worth mentioning that Shaw Brothers also released five movies of relatively good quality during the same period, but with Jiahe Zhuyu in front, these movies looked lackluster, and the highest box office among them was only over 800,000. p>
It is said that Mr. Shao got angry in the office, fell seriously ill the next day, and was sent to the hospital by his cronies.
After recovering from his illness, the first thing he did was to fire several senior executives in the company.
For a time, people inside Shaw Brothers Pictures became panicked.
Everyone is cautious.
I'm afraid of following in the footsteps of those unlucky guys.
.......
Golden Harvest Film Building.
In the conference room on the top floor.
Cao Weidong, Zou Wenhuai, and other senior executives of Jiahe and satellite company managers gathered together and were having a meeting.
On the one hand, these people are planning for the company's next development.
On the other hand, the dividend mechanism also needs to be reworked.
The income from this movie production has increased many times more than expected. The previous dividend mechanism seems a bit crude at this time, so a contract needs to be re-discussed and drafted.
After a war of words, everyone within the company finally reached an agreement and formed a system that satisfied all parties.
When the meeting was about to move on to the next topic, news came that Mr. Shaw had fired the senior executives of Shaw Brothers.
Cao Weidong lamented that Mr. Liu was a little too generous.
However, the person in charge of the Publicity Department had a strange expression when he saw the list of dismissed personnel.
After being silent for a long time, he still stood up hesitantly.
"Mr. Cao, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not."
Cao Weidong gently motioned for him to continue.
The person in charge of the Publicity and Development Department said.
"Actually, during the movie promotion process, I vaguely felt that there was a force behind us helping us, so the movie promotion event went very smoothly."
"Isn't success a good thing?" Someone next to me answered.
The person in charge said seriously.
"No, you don't understand the pressure we are facing. Shaw Brothers Pictures is the only one in Hong Kong. It is actually very difficult to open up the market here."
"Before I took this job, I expected many bad consequences...such as threats from social groups, lack of cooperation from theaters, troublemaking from official forces, etc."
"However, during the actual announcement process, we did not encounter any obstacles, as if someone was deliberately taking care of us. Don't you find it strange?"
After his analysis, others also noticed the abnormality.
The person in charge of the Publicity and Development Department continued.
"And you see, most of these people who have been fired are responsible for publicity and promotion work, so I have a bold guess that these people are helping us."
Cao Weidong was a little confused.
"But...but why do they want to help me?"
"I have to ask Mr. Zou. Maybe these are the internal agents you installed in Shaw Brothers?"
The person in charge looked at Zou Wenhuai with awe.
Zou Wenhuai: "???"
Did I really set up a spy?
But why don’t I know?
Of course they won't know.
Due to excessive speculation by several subordinates, Shaw Brothers suffered a complete defeat in the duel with Jiahe.
Mr. Shao just fired these people, which is considered merciful.
Cao Weidong waved his hand and said.
"Forget it, there is no need to discuss this kind of thing, we have more important work to do."
In fact, for Cao Weidong, it doesn't matter whether these twelve movies make more or less.
Cao Weidong's ultimate goal is to promote the development of film industrialization.
The results are quite gratifying.
Everyone present witnessed with their own eyes the success of film craftsmanship.
It can be said that this is a revolutionary reform.
Using this method, there is no guarantee of a quality movie.
But at least it can be guaranteed that the quality of every movie produced will not be too bad.
This is enough.
Cao Weidong is not stingy either.
He openly disclosed all his experiences in making movies and let Jiahe's internal satellite companies learn from them.
Then Cao Weidong suggested.
Plans to establish Jiahe Film Training Academy.
We will refine the learning positions according to the standards of film industrialization, recruit students who are interested and inspiring in the film industry from society, and absorb them as our own.
The teachers at the college are staff from Jiahe.
The college's system adopts an adult night school system, and classes are held in the evening. As long as the compensation is in place, it will not increase the pressure on the internal staff of Golden Harvest Films.
This proposal was approved by everyone present.
Especially Zou Wenhuai expressed high support.
Once everyone reached a consensus, they took action immediately.
It only took one month to complete the entire process from site selection to opening the school.
Golden Harvest Film Training Academy is located in a six-storey low building near the outskirts of Hong Kong City. It is far away from Shaw Brothers in Kowloon, implying that it is on an equal footing with Shaw Brothers.
After simple decoration, this six-story short building officially began to recruit students.
As the saying goes, no one asked anyone under the window for ten years, and it became famous all over the world in one fell swoop. As the twelve sons of Jiahe created a film and television miracle, the entire Hong Kong city knew about Jiahe Pictures.
Moreover, this era is the golden age of Hong Kong movies.
Many people saw opportunities and signed up one after another.
After several rounds of screening, a total of more than 300 people successfully joined the training school and became the first batch of students of Jiahe Film Training Academy.
However, everything here is developing for the better, but there is an undercurrent surging behind the scenes.
.......
This day.
A letter from the court was sent to Golden Harvest Films through a special channel.
After Zou Wenhuai opened it, his expression immediately changed, and he quickly ordered someone to invite Cao Weidong.
"What can we do? Now Shaw Brothers is accusing us of stealing the copyright of the One-Armed Knife and formally suing us in court and asking us to compensate for the losses."
Cao Weidong signaled Zou Wenhuai to calm down first.
In fact, in the original history, the Zou family did sue Jiahe, and the two parties went to court, and Bole became an enemy, which was extremely unpleasant.