Chu Huan felt that he had been very lucky recently.
When he was in Taiwan, he originally thought that his trip to Taiwan would end in failure. Gu Long unexpectedly found Shangguan Tao for him and solved the problem of black and white video distribution channels in Taiwan.
When I returned to Xiangjiang, I was worried that although I had obtained the copyright of Gu Long's novel, the director and starring role of the remake of the movie had not been found yet.
The male protagonists in Gu Long's novels are all very handsome and dashing. Among the existing actors in the black and white film, there are no roles suitable for the male protagonists in Gu Long's movies.
Chu Huan thought of Cheng Long, and for a moment, even Chu Huan thought that it was actually a very wise choice for Gu Long not to let Cheng Long play the leading role in his movie.
How can Cheng Long's costume appearance be compared with that of Di Long?
It is estimated that Cheng Long himself was unconvinced, so later, Cheng Long snatched the male lead of the movie "Myth" from Jin Chengwu, just to prove his ability to act in ancient costumes.
But when Chu Huan watched this movie, he couldn't understand how the princess from Goguryeo could smile like that from the bottom of her heart when she saw Cheng Long in costume.
It's okay now. Shao Yifu was still obsessed with his Shanhai Academy, and he actually took the initiative to send people from his company to his door. Chu Huan liked this kind of good deed very much.
However, I still can't be too happy.
I just borrowed it, not signed a contract. If the black and white video really used Gu Long's movie to make Ti Lung blush, wouldn't he be making a wedding dress for Shaw Brothers?
This matter still needs to be considered in the long run!
After hearing what Chu Huan said, Shao Yifu took a deep look at Chu Huan, and then said: "No problem, I agree!"
Chu Huan calmed down and said with a smile: "Then Uncle Six, we have made a gentleman's agreement!"
Shao Yifu laughed and said: "Yes, we have made a gentleman's agreement!"
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Before the release of Jiahe's "The World", Chu Huan also did another thing, which was to arrange for her sister-in-law to meet Cao Wenjin and his wife.
The two parties booked a private room at Yongji and had a meal. Although they did not say anything specific, the relationship between Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang was now officially settled.
Next, according to the wishes of the two families, Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang will choose a time to hold an engagement ceremony.
"Ahuan, what do you think?"
After sending his sister-in-law home, Chu Huan came to Cao's house again. Cao Wenjin asked Chu Huandao about the engagement ceremony.
Cao Wenjin also understood that Chu Huan's sister-in-law actually had little influence on Chu Huan. It was more of an identity.
Therefore, the matters between Chu Huan and Cao Yunshang should still be based on Chu Huan's thoughts.
Chu Huan said: "Uncle, I think it's better to book it until March next year!"
Cao Wenjin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is it March?"
Because next March will be the day for the decisive battle between Chu Huan and Chu Tianxiao. By that time, Chu Huan should have defeated Chu Tianxiao and regained Jiahu Textile.
At that time, it was a double happiness for Chu Huan.
But for this reason, Chu Huan definitely couldn't tell Cao Wenjin, so Chu Huan said: "Because it was the death anniversary of my parents at that time, and I wanted to tell them the good news at that time."
For this reason, Cao Wenjin no longer had any objections.
After finalizing this matter, the midnight screening of Jiahe's movie "The World" also started in Hong Kong.
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Mongkok Grand Cinema!
This is the leading theater of the Jiahe Cinema Line. As Wang Yu is second only to Li Xiaolong in Jiahe, it is natural that when his new movie is released, a midnight screening will be held at the leading theater.
As the movie of Jiahe, one of his most important rivals now, and it was a movie that they specially produced with black and white images, Chu Huan naturally wanted to watch it.
The movie "The World" was released only one week earlier than the movie "Warlords".
Judging from this release time, Golden Harvest actually has its own little calculations. Anyone in the film industry knows that the box office of a movie in the first week is very important.
Golden Harvest did not choose "The World" to be released on the same day as the black-and-white version of "Warlords" because it did not want to give up this week's box office.
On the contrary, Shaw Brothers chose hard steel with the black and white image of "Warlord" in this war!
Thinking further, this is actually a manifestation of the power of these two film companies. If Golden Harvest releases Li Xiaolong's movie during this period, then they will definitely choose to release it on the same day as "Warlord" because they have this
confidence.
But Wang Yu is a bit worse.
Shaw Brothers was different. After the black-and-white film confirmed the release date of "Warlords," they could immediately mobilize their company's ace directors to take on the challenge.
This is the gap in strength between the two sides.
Chu Huan, who had already participated in the midnight screening, was naturally not curious about the midnight screening of the movie "The World".
On the other hand, Lin Qingxia, who was next to Chu Huan, was very curious about the midnight show.
That's right, it was Lin Qingxia who accompanied Chu Huan to watch the midnight screening of the movie "The World" today, not Cao Yunshang or Miao Kexiu.
Cao Yunshang has never been interested in such activities. The last time he accompanied Chu Huan here, it was because "Dragon and Tiger Fight" was the first black and white film.
As for Miao Kexiu...the two of them really can't have any more scandals during this time.
On the contrary, Lin Qingxia is not famous in Hong Kong at present, and Chu Huan is rarely photographed by reporters unless she is on special occasions or appearing with Miao Kexiu and others.
After all, businessmen are not celebrities, and they rarely get noticed by reporters.
"So this is the midnight show in Xiangjiang!"
Sitting on the seat they had bought, Lin Qingxia showed great curiosity about everything.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "You will get used to it later."
Since Lin Qingxia has been brought to Xiangjiang, Lin Qingxia will naturally participate in movie shooting in the future. By then, Lin Qingxia will naturally not be curious about the midnight show.
I just hope she can still like this midnight show at that time!
After all, the midnight show in Xiangjiang is an existence that filmmakers both love and hate.
While Chu Huan and Lin Qingxia were chatting, there was a commotion in the cinema.
Colleagues Chu Huan and Lin Qingxia looked towards the entrance. It was Wang Yu and the crew members of "The World" who arrived at the scene.
Wang Yu wore a white shirt with a large collar underneath and a black suit outside.
When Chu Huan saw Wang Yu, he couldn't help but look at Lin Qingxia. He was still a little excited when he saw Lin Qingxia's expression.
"Wang Yu must have been your idol before, right?" Chu Huan asked with a smile.
Lin Qingxia first nodded, then shook her head and said: "I can't talk about idols, but I have watched Wang Yu's movie with Lixia before and thought it was very awesome!"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Then you may be disappointed today."
Lin Qingxia looked at Chu Huan in confusion, and then asked Chu Huan with some curiosity: "Brother Huan, do you mean that this movie will not be good to watch?"
Chu Huan asked: "Have you seen Wang Yu's movies during this time?"
Lin Qingxia shook her head and said: "Wang Yu's movies are being screened in Taiwan, but I always feel that his movies are not as attractive as before."
Chu Huan smiled: "That's right. Although Wang Yu wants to prove that he is no worse than Li Xiaolong, in fact, his movies have not improved at all in the past two years. The fighting scenes and storylines are almost the same, and the audience will always get tired of them.
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This is the tragedy of a movie actor. Why do some artists in the entertainment industry always say that they don’t want to be stuck in one type of role and want to try other types of roles when they have nothing to do?
How high do you really think they are?
The most important thing is that the audience can easily get bored with the same routine.
If the audience is tired of your performance routine, they will naturally not want to watch your movie.
There are only two people in the domestic film industry who can make the audience like the actors working hard in the same performance style and support them from the beginning to the end.
Cheng Long, Zhou Xingchi!
It can be said that the two of them have developed their genre films to the extreme. Even if you know that the ending of their movie will definitely be a happy ending and you know their routines, you still want to watch it and you still don’t get tired of it!
As for Wang Yu, he is destined to become the history of Hong Kong movies, and then he will leave Hong Kong and go to Taiwan to develop.
Even "Fire Island", which later attracted numerous big-name stars, still couldn't escape the fate of being a box office flop.
It is rumored that the movie was the one in which Andy Lau was forced to shoot at gunpoint.
"It seems like this is really the case!" Lin Qingxia thought for a moment and said: "I wonder why watching Wang Yu's movies now doesn't have the same excitement as before!"
Chu Huan did not dwell on this matter anymore, but asked Lin Qingxia: "Apart from the movie, do you have any other feelings about Wang Yu?"
This question was a bit confusing. Although Lin Qingxia didn't understand it, she still said: "Of course not."
In fact, it is no wonder that Chu Huan would ask this, because in her career as an actress, Lin Qingxia, in addition to her relationship with Er Qin, was known to everyone, and she also had a scandal with Wang Yu.
Moreover, it is rumored that Wang Yu was actively pursued by Lin Qingxia during this scandal. At that time, Lin Qingxia first entered the entertainment industry, which coincided with Wang Yu's development in Taiwan.
Then Lin Qingxia took the initiative to contact Wang Yu and wanted Wang Yu to teach her how to drive, and then the two fell in love.
At that time, Wang Yu had just divorced his first wife less than a year ago.
Wang Yu's first wife was actually Huang Laoxie Zengjiang's sister.
But looking at Lin Qingxia's disapproving look now, Chu Huan doesn't know whether the scandal between Wang Yu and Lin Qingxia in another time and space is true, but Chu Huan can be sure that this time, the two of them will not have such a scandal again.
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At this time, Wang Yu's face was full of joy and he was very happy to chat with his fans.
Chu Huan didn't pay attention to him for too long, but instead started to look for other people in the theater.
"Brother Huan, who are you looking for?"
Seeing Chu Huan acting like this, Lin Qingxia asked curiously.
Chu Huan smiled and said: "It is rumored that every time a Jiahe movie is shown in the cinema, He Guanchang, the general manager of Jiahe, will secretly come in to watch the movie."
Lin Qingxia thought for a moment, then suddenly covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Brother Huan, are you planning to wait for the movie to end to see Mr. He's expression?"
Chu Huanxiao asked: "How do you say this?"
Lin Qingxia said: "Since you have said it, Brother Huan, the box office of this movie may not be very good, so the audience will naturally not like it. Although I have not attended the midnight show in Xiangjiang, I have read about it in the newspaper.
I’ve heard some news about midnight shows.”
Chu Huan chuckled and said: "But the premise for this to happen is that the movie "The World" will really hit the streets!"
Lin Qingxia said: "Brother Huan, if you say you will attack the street, you will definitely attack the street!"
Chu Huan searched around but couldn't find He Guanchang. The main reason was that there were too many people in the cinema and it was really difficult to find him.
However, thinking that this movie also has the important task of sniping black and white images, Chu Huan thought that not only He Guanchang might come, but Zou Wenhuai might also find a place to observe secretly.
With the arrival of Wang Yu and others, the movie started soon.
Chu Huan was watching the movie and watching the audience's reaction.
I have to say that Chu Huan's analysis of Wang Yu is still very correct. "The World" is indeed another typical Wang Yu-style movie without any new ideas.
The most intuitive reaction was that of the audience. There was sparse applause, but there were no curses.
For today's audiences, Wang Yu's movies are slowly beginning to become useless. If you watch them, you won't feel much about them. If you don't watch them, it would be a pity.
Very contradictory thoughts.
During the ninety-minute movie, Chu Huan could not stop yawning.
After the movie ended, Wang Yu and others walked to the front of the screen and began to accept the baptism of the audience.
Chu Huan grabbed Lin Qingxia and said, "Let's go, it's not interesting."
Lin Qingxia was also a little bored, "Let's go!"
The two walked out of the Mong Kok Theater, but Chu Huan did not see Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang after all.
However, Chu Huan saw that Jiahe's staff were already asking the audience who came out of the theater first.
And one of them found Chu Huan.
"Sir, could I interrupt you for a few minutes?"
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Okay."
The other party immediately said happily: "Then, can I ask this gentleman, how did you feel about the movie "The World" you just watched?"
Chu Huan immediately smiled and said: "It's very good-looking. Wang Yu is so handsome. I like him so much. Not only the storyline of the movie is good, but the fighting is also very exciting. He is much better than Li Xiaolong."
The other party was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that an audience member he was randomly interviewing would have such a good sense of this movie.
"You like this movie so much, must you be a fan of Wang Yu's?"
Chu Huan shook his head and said: "Of course not. To be honest, I didn't like him very much before. I always felt that he was dragging me down. At that time, I thought what could be so cool about a bad actor.
But after watching this movie, I finally understood why Wang Yu was so arrogant.
They have the capital to be attractive!"
The staff of Jiahe were stunned by what Chu Huan said, and they couldn't help but recall the movie "The World". Is it really so good?
Could it be that I didn’t watch it carefully enough before and missed something?
When he came back to his senses, he found that the person he was interviewing had left.
I had no choice but to find another audience to ask.
"Giggle!" Sitting in the car, Lin Qingxia finally couldn't help laughing, "Brother Huan, you are too bad."
Chu Huan said nonchalantly: "Since we are competitors, we will naturally use some means."
Seeing that it was already one o'clock in the morning, Chu Huan asked Lin Qingxia: "Are you hungry?"
Lin Qingxia touched her belly and said pitifully: "A little."
"Take you to a food stall." Chu Huan patted the seat in front of him, and Lin Feng drove to find a food stall.
After a while, the same car stopped downstairs in Jiahe.
Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, whom Chu Huan had just been looking for in the cinema, got out of the car and returned to the company.
At this time, there was naturally no one in their company except for the security guard. The security guard opened the door and invited the two people in.
In the office, there were only two people, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, but the expressions on their faces were not very good at this time.
Zou Wenhuai was the first to speak: "Achang, what do you think of this movie?"
He Guanchang shook his head and said: "It's hard to say. In fact, the quality of the movie is still online and maintains Wang Yu's usual standards. However, the audience's reaction at the midnight show was very different from the previous reaction."
When Wang Yu became popular a few years ago, his movies would receive thunderous applause whenever they screened at midnight, but these recent movies are not as good as before.
He Guanchang continued: "Lemon, the performance of Wang Yu's films in the first half of this year was not very good. The box office did not even exceed 1 million. Will it still be like this this time?"
Zou Wenhuai also had a headache. Although it was not the first time for him to watch "The World"... he had already watched it in advance in the screening room, but the feeling it brought was still not as strong as the midnight show.
"We can't be sure yet. After all, we haven't received the report from the staff yet."
He Guanchang smiled bitterly and said: "At this time, I actually admire Chu Huan for being able to think of this method to collect more feedback from the audience on midnight movies."
Zou Wenhuai said: "It is precisely because of this that we cannot let black and white images grow."
He Guanchang understands what Zou Wenhuai means. In fact, they themselves also understand where their weaknesses are. According to their plan, Li Xiaolong will naturally be the one at the top of the pyramid, and Wang Yu's movies are what they use to consolidate small and medium-sized departments.
The sword of the film market.
But if Wang Yu’s many movies can’t break through 1 million at the box office, then who else can they use?
The black and white video of Hung Kam-bao and Cheng Long’s first movie has already exceeded 1 million at the box office?
"What's happening over there at Chu Huan?" Zou Wenhuai thought of the black and white image, and immediately thought of Chu Huan.
He Guanchang shook his head and said: "It's not clear yet. We don't have people from Black and White Video, so it's not as fast as Shaw Brothers to respond to news. But I also heard that they have been busy recently with the release of the movie "The Great Warlord".
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Zou Wenhuai thought about it for a moment, and suppressed all his worries. He could succeed Shaw Brothers in the future, defeat New Art City, and become the number one film company in Hong Kong. If Zou Wenhuai didn't even have this ability, it would be impossible.
We've come this far.
"Let's leave this matter as it is, and we'll talk about it after we get the investigation results tomorrow!"
He Guanchang also knew that there was no better way now, so he said: "Okay!"
Then the two of them walked out of the company and went back to their homes.
Not only Chu Huan and Zou Wenhuai, but also Shao Yifu are paying attention to Wang Yu's movie "Across the World".
Regardless of whether it is for public or private purposes, Shao Yifu hopes that Wang Yu's film will be a hit.
Wang Yu has a very bad personality, he is conceited, has a bad temper, and likes to make trouble and be in the limelight.
And this man's love of fighting is even more famous in Xiangjiang.
When he was at Shaw Brothers, Shao Yifu was very optimistic about Wang Yu, so he ignored all Wang Yu's behaviors.
According to Shaw Brothers employees, once when Yifu Shao was passing by the restaurant of the Clear Water Bay studio, he happened to encounter Wang Yu who was smashing things inside. At that time, Yifu Shao's behavior was to walk past without looking sideways and turning a deaf ear.
Another time, Wang Yu wanted to be a director on a whim. Shao Yifu didn't agree at first, but Wang Yu directly threatened Shao Yifu with a strike.
Shao Yifu could only agree, but sent Zou Wenhuai, who had not yet become a traitor, to monitor Wang Yu on the set.
But Wang Yu didn't even agree to this, and actually went on strike and disappeared. In the end, Shao Yifu had no choice but to agree to Wang Yu's request and transferred Zou Wenhuai away.
Wang Yu, who was unchecked, did not just make the movie honestly. The two parties had even negotiated the conditions. When they were about to start filming, Wang Yu played another trick for Shao Yifu and disappeared.
It can be said that Shao Yifu was completely benevolent to Wang Yu, but even so, Wang Yu finally left Shaw Brothers with Zou Wenhuai and filmed the movie "The One-Armed Man vs. the Blind Man".
How could Shao Yifu not be angry with Wang Yu?
"Is there any news from the theater?"
Shao Yifu put down the script in his hand and looked at Fang Yihua who just put down the phone and asked.
Fang Yihua nodded and said: "I've already called. Wang Yu's movie this time is not much different from the previous ones, and the box office results shouldn't be too good either!"
Shao Yifu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Traitors should end up like this."
Fang Yihua said with some worry: "But if this is the case, in another seven days, we will have to compete with the black and white images."
Shao Yifu waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "From the beginning to the end, I never thought that Wang Yu would be Li Hanxiang's opponent. If not, how could I form an alliance with Chu Huan and let Zhang Che's movie be in line with "The Great Warlord"?
” will be released together?”
Fang Yihua was stunned for a moment and then understood what Shao Yifu meant.
Black and white image, Jiahe!
These two families are enemies of Shaw Brothers. Even though Shaw Brothers is now cooperating with Black and White, enemies are enemies, and a short-term cooperation cannot really change the relationship between the two parties.
For Shaw Brothers, the most important thing is not to let the two companies cooperate, but to pull one against the other.
Compared with Jiahe, the comprehensive strength of Black and White Image is still a bit inferior. In addition, Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have a grudge, so Shaw Brothers chose to form an alliance with Black and White Image. First, they defeated Jiahe and then dealt with Black and White Image.
It's time.
"I believe Zhang Che will be able to defeat Li Hanxiang!"
Shao Yifu smiled and nodded: "This is natural. Li Hanxiang is no longer the Li Hanxiang he was before, and Zhang Che is no longer the Zhang Che he was before."
As Chu Huan said, if you don't even believe in yourself, how can you let others believe in you.
Shao Yifu now has great trust in Zhang Che.
"Brother Six, it's better to go to bed early. The company has a lot of things to do tomorrow!"
Fang Yihua advised.
Shao Yifu did not get up and leave immediately, but said to Fang Yihua: "I received news that Black and White Video is preparing to promote the movie "The Great Warlord", please keep an eye on this matter"
Already."
Fang Yihua said nonchalantly: "Publicity is just an auxiliary act before the movie is released. If the quality of the movie is not good, no matter how much publicity is in vain, it will even make the audience have a rebellious mentality. I don't think it's okay."
So worried.”
The times have limited Fang Yihua's vision.
This has nothing to do with personal ability. I think they have never seen a bad movie be promoted and get high box office.
Shao Yifu thought for a while and said: "You still can't be careless. Chu Huan doesn't play according to common sense, so you can't take it lightly."
Fang Yihua had no choice but to agree.
Shao Yifu then returned to his bedroom, while Fang Yihua drove away.
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After finishing the supper, Chu Huan drove Lin Qingxia back to the apartment. He was originally planning to leave just like that, but Chu Huan saw Tian Ni coming back from the set just after filming the night scene.
Tian Ni got off the taxi and saw Chu Huan alone. The fatigue in her expression disappeared instantly. She came directly to Chu Huan's side, wrapped her arms around Chu Huan and preached.
"Master Huan, are you waiting for me to come back?"
"No!" Chu Huan denied nonchalantly, but then said: "Of course, if you don't mind, I can go to your place for a cup of coffee!"
Tian Ni was speechless for a while about Chu Huan's attitude, but she still said: "Of course I have no objection. It's too late for me to be happy that Young Master Huan can come!"
Just like that, Chu Huan followed Tian Ni back to her apartment.
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By the next day, the media in Hong Kong had already reported on the midnight screening of the movie "The World", and there were also comments from some film critics.
But for those who watched the midnight show, what was strange was that the reports had very good reviews for "The World", which made them wonder if they had watched a fake "The World".
Zou Wenhuai looked at these reports in the company without a smile on his face, because these reports were paid by his company to write them.
He Guanchang also said helplessly: "I hope this can save some of the box office of this movie!"
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "It should be okay."
"Leimeng, Wang Yu just called me and said that he was going to hold a celebration party for this movie." He Guanchang was also speechless for a while when he talked about this matter.
Zou Wenhuai's expression changed slightly, but then he said dejectedly: "Promise him first, and say that we will host it for him when the movie box office exceeds one million!"
Although Wang Yu's new movie is going to hit the streets again, Jiahe still needs Wang Yu at this time.
While the two were talking, Zou Wenhuai's secretary walked in and spoke to Zou Wenhuai with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Boss, I discovered something strange when I came to the company this morning!"