Another half year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Since Jiahe's Twelve Sons became a blockbuster, Jiahe has continued to take major initiatives, and has successively launched Jiahe Film Training Academy, Jiahe Actor Special Training Class, and Jiahe Hong Kong Miss Beauty Contest.
Jiahe Film Training Institute cultivates film industry and fine professional talents.
Jiahe Actor Special Training Class trains professional actors.
The Jiahe Hong Kong Miss Beauty Contest is used to gain attention and select outstanding female actors.
At this point, Jiahe has completed the true closed loop from film shooting, actor selection, and actor training.
Completely established a foothold in the three places.
Especially some time ago, after more than ten days of fierce competition, the Miss Hong Kong Beauty Pageant came to a successful conclusion.
The affectionate Hong Kong ladies have become the talk of the town after dinner, completely raising public expectations.
Whether it is the wonderful appearance of the Hong Kong sister in the movie or the subsequent plot development of the Hong Kong martial arts movie, it always affects the hearts of the people.
Seeing that Jiahe's situation was improving, Cao Weidong took advantage of the situation and became the boss, handing over all the company's affairs to Zou Wenhuai and others, and turned to other things.
Zou Wenhuai is capable.
Cao Weidong was very relieved to leave Jiahe to him.
After all, in his previous life, Zou Wenhuai led Golden Harvest to fight with the domineering Shaw Brothers Pictures for more than ten years, and even once pressed Shaw Brothers to the ground and rubbed them.
.......
At this time, Cao Weidong was studying information in his office.
Zou Wenhuai opened the door and came in.
He also held Zhao Yazhi's information in his hand.
As soon as they met, Zou Wenhuai said directly.
"Where did you find Zhao Yazhi from? He is such a good prospect. All his achievements are very good. I have a hunch that he will definitely become popular. Maybe he will become a best actress."
Cao Weidong responded casually.
"Do you have a new movie you want her to film?"
Zou Wenhuai said hesitantly.
"I plan to make a sequel to The One-Armed Swordsman. There is a vacant role for the second female lead. I plan to let Zhao Yazhi try it."
Cao Weidong was stunned.
Put down the information in your hands.
Turning to look at Zou Wenhuai.
"You are going to make a sequel to One-Armed Swordsman again. How far is the lawsuit with Mr. Shao going?"
"That's it, it's been delayed without a final verdict."
Zou Wenhuai shrugged indifferently.
With Cao Weidong's support behind him, he is much better than in his previous life.
At least it wasn’t a unilateral crushing.
Instead, there was back and forth, and the two sides fought evenly.
Today your newspaper will slander me, and tomorrow my magazine will smear your company...
Today you ask someone to pinch the water and electricity of my company, and tomorrow I ask the tax to audit your company’s accounts...
In short, apart from the open confrontation in court, the secret tactics have never stopped.
However, this lawsuit has been fought so far, and both parties have sacrificed a lot. Both Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest actually have a vague intention of reconciliation.
Zou Wenhuai discussed it with Cao Weidong in private.
He planned to pay a sum of money to compensate Jiahe and purchase the copyright of the one-armed sword.
This is a hint of admitting defeat.
After all, he also knew that he did not have any advantage. He insisted on shooting the one-armed sword at that time, which was actually a dangerous move.
Now that Zou Wenhuai has mentioned filming the One-Armed Knife again, it seems that he has decided to enter into final negotiations with Shaw Brothers Pictures.
Cao Weidong guessed it right.
Zou Wenhuai said.
"Our lawsuit has been going on until now, but we can't survive it. After all, the two sides are fighting, and the only ones who will benefit will be other film companies. Don't look at the fact that Shaw Brothers is the only one now. Our Golden Harvest is in the limelight, but behind the scenes
I don’t know how many film companies are watching secretly, hoping that both of us will suffer losses.”
"I know this truth, and Mr. Shao must also know it very well."
"And after such a long time, Mr. Shao also knows that it is impossible to defeat us through the one-armed knife, so fundamentally, this lawsuit is meaningless. In addition, he is also anxious to promote TVB, so there are middlemen in private
I have been in contact..."
Cao Weidong smiled.
"That's fine, you just have to figure it out. If you need money, just withdraw it from the company's accounts."
Zou Wenhuai nodded. With Cao Weidong's words, he felt no burden at all.
At this time, he noticed that the notebook in front of Cao Weidong seemed to list some plans, so he asked curiously.
"I have two ideas that can help Jiahe become bigger and stronger."
"Oh, I wonder what you think?"
Zou Wenhuai is very interested.
Cao Weidong pointed to the notes he wrote and said in detail.
"I plan to convene a group of cartoonists to publish the stories of the Hong Kong martial arts universe in the form of comics."
"In this way, we can pave the way for our Hong Kong martial arts hero universe, and secondly, we can also attract more fans through comics."
Zou Wenhuai thought about it carefully and felt that this was really a good idea.
It can even be said to be a surprising trick to win.
After all, comics have a wider audience than novels.
And there were many excellent cartoonists and works at this time.
For example, Huang Yulang, and Shangguan Xiaobao.
In addition, the three places are deeply influenced by Japanese culture, whether it is "Astro Boy", the "Ultraman" series, the "Kamen Rider" series, and "Lupine the Third" and other works, they are all subtly influenced by Japanese culture.
It has changed the reading habits and preferences of Hong Kong people.
It is a very right choice to invest in the field of comics at this time.
Zou Wenhuai discussed with Cao Weidong and decided to establish Jiahe Comics Publishing House to publish a series of comics about the virtual Hong Kong martial arts hero universe and publish separate biographical comics for each Hong Kong martial arts hero.
And adopted Cao Weidong's opinion.
A special creative department is set up to discuss scripts, banquets with well-known cartoonists are conducted, and comics are divided into assembly line operations. Each step is handled by a different dedicated person to improve the efficiency of comic creation.
The matter was decided just like that.
As for the person in charge of the comic publishing house, Cao Weidong decided to hand it over to Xu Aiguo.
During this time, he has been helping Chen Xueru with the clothing store.
It's just that fashion design is not his favorite. Xu Aiguo has approached him several times in private. This time he had the opportunity and just arranged for Xu Aiguo to come in.
Zou Wenhuai naturally has no objection.
Then Cao Weidong expressed his second thought.
"The second idea is that I plan to acquire Li Yingsheng and build our own radio station in Jiahe."
Zou Wenhuai's face turned ugly, he stood up suddenly and said, "I don't agree."
The direct reason why he left Shaw Brothers in the first place was that Mr. Zou invested heavily in TVB and drastically reduced his film shooting.
If Jiahe also wants to open a radio station, what is the difference between this and Shaw Brothers?
Cao Weidong knew where Zou Wenhuai's heart was.
He explained.
"Wen Huai, radio stations are the future development trend. This is the reality we have to face, but this does not mean that we have to completely abandon movies."
"Why else would I put so much effort into setting up various training classes and holding the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant?"