Chapter 46 Co-production
As time passed, the plots of Jiahe's "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Hit the Wrong Car" of Xinyi City have been criticized by viewers, and the reputation of the film has also declined, causing the box office to plummet day by day.
One has increased and the other has declined, but "Happy Ghost" began to be well-known because everyone who has watched it said it was good. Word of mouth, people flocked to the cinema to watch "Happy Ghost".
The box office on the first day was more than 600,000, the box office on the second day was more than 700,000, the box office on the third day was more than 900,000, and by the sixth day, it had reached one.2 million, and almost all the theaters on Shaw Brothers Theater were full.
By the time the film was painted, the total box office of the movie "Happy Ghost" actually reached HK$21 million, exceeding the 15 million of Jiahe's "New Shushan Swordsman" and the 11 million of Xinyi City.
Zongheng Pictures has also become the box office champion of the summer season of Xiangjiang Film in 1983. It is also the first box office champion since the 1980s that it was taken by companies other than Jiahe and Xinyi City. Zongheng Pictures has become famous in the Xiangjiang film industry.
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"Uncle Six, are you looking for me?" Mo Xuan received a call from Shao Yifu early in the morning, inviting him to go to the TVB station.
"Axuan, you are here. Come, sit down." Shao Yifu said with a smile immediately after seeing Mo Xuan.
"Thank you, Uncle Six." Mo Xuan was not polite. He had known Shao Yifu for a long time or two, so he sat down opposite Shao Yifu.
"I wonder what's wrong with you, Uncle Six, today?" Mo Xuan looked at Shao Yifu and pretended to be curious. In fact, he knew in his heart what's wrong with Shao Yifu looking for him.
Zongheng Film's "Happy Ghost" has such a high box office this summer, even defeating the carefully prepared blockbusters of Jiahe and Xinyi City, and its out-of-town distribution has not yet been settled.
"A Xuan, you are so young and promising. You have become popular when you write the first novel "The Legend of Qin". Now you have sold your first movie in the film company and defeated Jiahe and Xinyi City. OK, okay."
The more Shao Yifu said, he became happier. After so long he got along, he had already regarded Mo Xuan as his nephew, otherwise he would not have agreed to be released on his Shaw Brothers theaters. You must know that his Shaw Brothers production can't be finished.
Who doesn't want to see his nephew have a great future? What's more, Mo Xuan defeated Jiahe in "Happy Ghost" released in Shaw Brothers theaters, which indirectly gave him a breath.
No one can imagine how deep Shao Yifu hated Zou Huaiwen. Shao Yifu always believed that if it weren't for Zou Huaiwen, a shameful traitor, who led Shaw Brothers' backbones to establish Jiahe Film, wouldn't Shaw Brothers decline to this extent today.
"Lucky, luck, when it comes to the big sale of "Happy Ghost", there is also the contribution of Uncle Six." Mo Xuan said modestly.
"Haha, you little slut, have you learned to flatter me?" Shao Yifu cursed with a smile. He was becoming more and more satisfied with Mo Xuan. He thought that Mo Xuan only knew how to do things and didn't know how to deal with people, but he didn't expect...
"Ah Xuan, Uncle Liu doesn't want to hide it from you. The overseas release of "Happy Ghost" has not been decided yet. Since that's the case, let me leave it to Uncle Liu and let us Shaw Brothers help you release it." Shao Yifu finally explained his purpose of finding Mo Xuan this time.
In recent years, Shaw Pictures has not had many films that can be produced well, which has made Shaw Pictures very dissatisfied with its distribution channels in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and other places. This time, it finally had a summer box office champion, and he must win it.
"No problem, Uncle Six." Mo Xuan agreed to the request when he heard Shao Yifu's request. Anyway, Zongheng Pictures does not have its own distribution channel and always asks someone to help publish it. The Shaw Family where Shao Yifu is located has a great influence in Southeast Asian countries, and there are Shaw Cinemas distributed in various places.
Shao Yifu was even more satisfied when he saw Mo Xuan agreeing without hesitation. This shows that Mo Xuan still has his heart and really respects him.
"But..." When Shao Yifu was thinking about Mo Xuan's well-being in his heart, Mo Xuan suddenly spit out these two words, and the smile on Shao Yifu's face suddenly calmed down.
He knew that Mo Xuan would not agree so easily. Friendship is friendship, and business is business. In his impression, Mo Xuan has always been the master who never sees rabbits or eagles.
There is no such good thing in the world, so Shao Yifu pretended to be angry and said, "You kid, just say something if you have something to do, there is no need to push and swear."
"Uncle Six, you know that our Zongheng Pictures has no other theaters to release our company's movies. This time, I offended Jiahe and Xinyi City. Look..." Mo Xuan looked bitter, exaggerated and said hesitantly.
In fact, Jiahe and Princess Jin may be eager for Mo Xuan to go to their places to release the movies so that they can slowly trap Mo Xuan until they achieve the goal of controlling Zongheng Pictures.
But Mo Xuan would not do that. He finally had a good relationship with Shao Yifu, so he could not deviate from Shao Yifu for such a small profit.
When Shaw Yifu heard Mo Xuan's words, he became silent. He understood what Mo Xuan said. He wanted to release Zongheng Pictures in Shaw Brothers theaters in the future, but Shaw Brothers still have its own videos to be released. What should Shaw Brothers employees do if they don't start work?
Mo Xuan had been observing Shao Yifu's expression carefully. Seeing Shao Yifu remained silent, but he was happy immediately, which showed that there was room for negotiation on this matter.
"Uncle Six, I know what you are worried about. Otherwise, Zongheng Pictures can jointly invest in the shooting of three movies with Shaw Brothers, one of which is a big production, and the two of us work together to film the movies." Mo Xuan said pretending to be generous.
That's right, Mo Xuan said so long before, and it was all for the preparation of working with Shaw Brothers to film later. This is his ultimate goal.
The reason why Mo Xuan is so generous is that Zongheng Pictures does not have its own theater chain yet, and it needs to rely on Shaw Brothers theater chain under Shaw Yifu for the time being.
In addition, Mo Xuan has a little bit of heart. Mo Xuan treats his employees very well. If he treats his employees well, the employees will work harder and the company will create greater benefits. This is what Mo Xuan has gained in later generations.
In his previous life, Mo Xuan stayed in many companies. Many of the company's bosses tried hard to exploit employees, which made many employees dissatisfied and passive, and the company's performance was not good.
According to Mo Xuan's understanding, Shao Yifu is famously stingy in treating employees. If the two companies collaborate on filming together, when Shaw's employees see the work treatment of Zongheng Pictures, compare their own...
Haha, Mo Xuan believes that by then, countless Shaw Brothers employees will choose to resign from Shaw Brothers and join Zongheng Pictures. This will not only increase Zongheng Pictures' talent reserves, but also emptied Shaw Brothers without realizing it, and accelerate the demise of Shaw Brothers.
Chapter completed!