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Text Chapter 124 The Wind Rises in Qingping

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    Shao Yifu has been very happy since "Eight Star Announcement" was released.  "Eight Star Announcement" was a hit, with the box office exceeding HK$600,000 on the first day.  After adding two more movies every day, the box office in the first week actually reached 4 million!

    Four million Hong Kong dollars!

    What concept is this?

    You should know that in the top ten box office in 1971, in addition to the "Jingwu Gate" and "Half of the Eight Two" and "Brother Tangshan", the others have just exceeded one million Hong Kong dollars.

    With a box office of one million Hong Kong dollars, it can rank among the top ten in the annual box office rankings.  And now the box office of "Eight Star Announcement" in its first week has already surpassed all those movies.  Its one-week box office even exceeded the total box office of "Tangshan Brother" in its three weeks of release!

    Shao Yifu looked at the newspaper in his hand with a smile on his face. Looking at the praising comments on it, he couldn't help but feel a little complacent.  I thought to myself: This brat Ahu is really awesome!  Every movie was a hit, and it was like a cornucopia of cash.  One of his movies sells more money than any other movie company makes in a year.  It would be great if Phantom International could be acquired by Shaw Brothers!

    Or even if you don¡¯t buy it, you can let me invest in it.  As long as I am allowed to invest in it, won't Phantom International fall into my hands as long as I use some tricks?  It's just that this kid is too slippery.  During the last premiere, I was about to propose investing in Phantom International, but before I could say anything, he changed the topic and took the opportunity to sneak away.

    "Producer Wang, what do you mean? I am the director! In order to make a good movie, I have the right to change the script and reshoot scenes! You said it will increase unnecessary budget? Who are you?! I filmed it by Zhang Che  During the movie, you still don¡¯t know where to pee and play! I will tell Uncle Six personally! I want to see if Uncle Six supports you or me! Let¡¯s go!  Tell Uncle Six to make it clear!"

    There were noisy sounds outside the door, which immediately made Shao Yifu frown.

    This Zhang Che is really getting more and more presumptuous!  How dare you do something outside my office door? Are you really not afraid of me getting angry?  Shao Yifu frowned, and the anger in his heart slowly rose.

    He threw away the newspaper in his hand angrily.  When you open your mouth, shout loudly and angrily.

    "Dong dong dong" A knock on the door interrupted Shao Yifu's angry shout.

    Shao Yifu said angrily: "Come in!"

    The door was pushed open, and there were two people standing outside the door.  One is the great director of Shaw Brothers, Zhang Che, and the other is a producer of Shaw Brothers.

    Before Shao Yifu could ask about the situation, Zhang Che said respectfully: "Uncle Six, come and give us a review and see if what I said is right."

    Shao Yifu looked at Zhang Che and then at Producer Wang, suppressing the anger in his heart, and asked coldly with a sullen face: "Tell me what is going on? What is it that makes you quarrel endlessly outside my office?"  Do you still think of me as your boss? "

    Producer Wang was intimidated by Shao Yifu's majesty.  He said tremblingly: "Uncle Six, you have to give outside criticism! Director Zhang's movie "The Bad Guest" has been completed and is in post-production. Today he suddenly came to me and told me that he wanted to reshoot the movie scenes.  But if it¡¯s just a matter of reshooting a few scenes, he¡¯s going to take the crew to the Monkey Country for reshoots! Uncle Six, do you think I can agree?¡±

    "Um?"

    Shao Yifu became furious upon hearing this.

    Stinginess is the tradition of Shaw Brothers, and it has been like this since Shaw Brothers was still Tianyi.  Tianyi was still in Shanghai at that time. At that time, Tianyi's stinginess was well known in the Shanghai film industry.  At that time, Shanghai filmmakers would not go to Tianyi Company unless they really couldn't make it.

    After arriving in Xiangjiang, Shaw's stingy nature remained unchanged.  When filming the movie, almost all of it was shot inside a studio.  There are very few outdoor scenes.  The costumes and props are not willing to be replaced no matter how worn or old they are. A rooster bowl can be used for decades and has traveled through dozens of movies and TV series.  Netizens jokingly call it "one bowl will last forever".

    This time when Zhang Che was filming "The Bad Guest", Shaw Brothers was extremely generous.  Went to Monkey Country for an outdoor scene.  Who knew that Zhang Che would now go to the Monkey Country to shoot again in order to reshoot the scenes.  This angered Shao Yifu.

    Shao Yifu waved his hand to Producer Wang with a gloomy face, and said in a low voice: "Get out!"

    After "The One-Armed Sword" in 1967, Zhang Che has been the leading top-grossing director in Hong Kong for several consecutive years.  During this period, it happened that Zhou Wenhuai left the Shaw Brothers to establish his own Jiahe. Shao Yifu was in a position to employ people, and he also had great trust in Zhang Che.  Zhang Che's status in Shaw Brothers is also inferior to others.  In the Shaw family, it is inevitable to become arrogant over time, and to act like a senior official.  The scene he just yelled at and cursed at Producer Wang outside the door was also a scene for Shao Yifu.

    ?In order to save some face for Zhang Che, Shao Yifu first kicked away Producer Wang.

    "Yi Yang, can you tell me what's going on? Why do you have to reshoot the scene when everything is already in post-production? You are not a new director who has just taken the helm. How could you make such a simple mistake?  ? Do you know how much money it would cost the crew to go to Monkey Country to reshoot? Didn¡¯t you think about it beforehand?¡±

    Zhang Che sat in front of Shao Yifu and smoked heavily, his face full of bitterness, and the thick smoke almost blurred his face.

    He said impassionedly: "Uncle Six, I have no choice! If this movie goes according to the previous idea, there will be no need to go to the Monkey Country to reshoot scenes. But look at the current momentum of "Eight Star Announcement", it is really unstoppable  . It seems that the box office of "Eight Stars Announcement" will exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars. At this rate, I estimate that the box office of this movie will only be one million Hong Kong dollars at most when compared with "Eight Stars Announcement".  Shame on you!

    Being embarrassed is a trivial matter, but what¡¯s more important is that you didn¡¯t see the danger involved!  If every Phantom International movie is like this and whets the audience's appetite, will anyone still watch our Shaw Brothers movies after they are released?  Phantom International¡¯s movies are completely destroying our movie market!  Uncle Six, do you want to watch our Shaw Brothers movies become unwatchable in the end, and Shaw Brothers become a theater chain of Phantom International?  Uncle Six, I am not being alarmist!  "

    In fact, when he came to Shao Yifu this time, he not only wanted to ask for additional shots, but more importantly, he wanted to give Shao Yifu a warning and set a trap for Wang Ben and Phantom International.  Although Li Hanxiang had reminded him at the last premiere, saying that Shao Yifu would not let Phantom International continue to be so out of his control.

    But Zhang Che really couldn¡¯t wait for that day to come.  The reason is really simple.  Because in a while, his movie "The Bad Guest" will be released.  The schedule is scheduled after "Eight Star Announcement"!

    When the time comes, he, a millionaire director, will have a comparison with Wang Ben, a millionaire director.  Zhang Che knew what the final result would be without even thinking about it.  In contrast, his ending will be very miserable.  So it is better to find an opportunity to trick Phantom International and "Eight Star Announcement" in front of Shao Yifu, so that it can reduce the number of screenings in Shaw Brothers theaters, or reduce the number of theaters, or even have it withdrawn early.

    Zhang Che¡¯s words hit Shao Yifu¡¯s heart hard!

    He picked up the cigar, took a deep puff, and became silent.  In the diffuse smoke.  He vaguely saw Shanghai decades ago.  At that time, Tianyi's movie was also a hit in Shanghai, which eventually forced all the film companies in Shanghai to jointly ban Tianyi and drove Tianyi to Xiangjiang and Nanyang.  Only then did Shaw Brothers appear.

    But can Shaw Brothers block Phantom International now?

    Shao Yifu thought it was impossible.  He had already thought about this issue.  Phantom International¡¯s reputation has already been established.  Even if there is no support from Shaw Brothers Cinemas, there is still support from Golden Harvest. Even if Golden Harvest does not support it, there is still some support from others.  There are more than just Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest theaters in Xiangjiang.  As long as the news spreads, Shao Yifu believes that someone will contact Phantom International immediately.  Phantom International can even recruit a group of scattered movie theaters to form a theater chain of its own.

    So it is impossible to block it!

    Even now, Shaw Brothers and Phantom International have broken their contract and pulled "The Announcement" off the production line.  I'm afraid other theaters will quickly rush out to continue showing it.  But as Zhang Che said, can Shaw Brothers just watch Phantom International continue like this?  So Shao Yifu's only idea now is to capture Phantom International and Wang Ben.  But can this be done?

    Zhang Che looked at Shao Yifu thinking about his words with a troubled face, and thought that Shao Yifu was already tempted.  He immediately wanted to continue to persuade Shao Yifu.  Take the opportunity to kill Phantom International and Wang Ben.

    "Uncle Six, this is really a matter of life and death for the Shaw Brothers! I hope Uncle Six will not hesitate any longer and ban Phantom International and Wang Ben immediately!"

    Shao Yifu has already made a decision in his heart.  But now seeing Zhang Che yelling, he couldn't help but frown and said: "Yi Yang. We have a contract with Phantom International, so it is impossible to take "Eight Star Announcement" offline. I just want to know  , you have been making movies for decades. You can be said to be a master director. How can he be inferior to him? You have already seen the two movies made by Wang Ben. How can you still find him?  No reason? You have to be tough! Even if I can ban Phantom International, what¡¯s the point if you can¡¯t make any blockbuster movies?¡±

    Zhang Che lowered his head silently, as if he couldn't say a word to refute, but he was full of curses in his heart.  I said in my heart: It¡¯s not that you are stingy and unwilling to increase the shooting fee.??, making the movie look like a drama.  If you look at Phantom International's movies, almost all of them are shot in real locations, so of course the audience likes them.  Besides, you always like to take care of everything.  It¡¯s up to you to determine the subject matter of the movie, and you personally review the script; you always go to the set to talk about things, and impose your own wishes on us directors.  We can't make movies according to our own ideas. Under such circumstances, what good movies can we make?

    Shao Yifu looked at Zhang Che who was hanging his head and said nothing. He thought Zhang Che was hurt by his words, so he comforted Zhang Che and said, "Okay Yi Yang, I know what you said. I know you are thinking about it in Shaw's  . Well, I agreed to go to the Monkey Country to reshoot the scene. You should hurry up and try to release it after "Eight Star Announcement" is over. "

    Zhang Che felt a little depressed when he saw that his words had almost no effect.  He nodded and walked out of Shao Yifu's office dejectedly.

    Shao Yifu looked at Zhang Che's back. The joy in his heart because "Eight Stars Announcement" was a hit was gone, and was replaced by deep worry.  He found the contract he had signed with Wang Ben and looked through it carefully, trying to find any flaws in it.

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