Dreams of the Fragrant River

After the news of Shao Yifu's announcement that Shaw Brothers would stop production, Hong Kong newspapers, whether left or right, carried a lot of nostalgic reports on it. [;Starting]

"When it comes to Hong Kong films, Shaw Brothers is a topic that can never be avoided. He once represented a glorious era of Hong Kong films and has the reputation of Eastern Hollywood. Now Sir Yifu Shaw has ended the 24 years of Shaw Brothers film production. Business, which marks the end of a movie era, and the name Shaw Brothers will forever remain in the memory of movie fans..."

This is a very high evaluation of Shaw Brothers, and it is also the general view of Shaw Brothers in many eulogy.

With the publication of these eulogy, Ye Zhiming, a business genius, found Shao Yifu, selected dozens of classic Shaw Brothers old movies and made videotapes, and printed the words "out of print collection" on the cover. More than 800,000 boxes of horror were sold in three months.

In addition to regret and nostalgia, there are also newspapers analyzing the reasons for the decline of Shaw Brothers, such as interviewing an old Shaw Brothers employee. The old employee used to be a middle-level manager of Shaw Brothers. Now that Shaw Brothers has stopped production and plans to retire, he is not polite at all, and directly calls Fang Yihua the sinner of Shaw Brothers bankruptcy:

"What is a movie? Movies are a commodity for entertainment.

No one will buy a bad record, and no one will watch a bad movie. Movies are just like records and dramas. If you want your own movie to sell well, you must make the movie well, so that the audience will buy your account.

I joined Shaw Brothers in 1962. At that time, Shaw Brothers made movies with excellence. The reason why it became popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nanyang was because Shaw Brothers was willing to spend money at that time, and it cost 70,000 to 80,000 yuan to build the library where Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai read. The seven or eighty thousand dollars at that time are now tens of millions. Do you think such a sincere work can be good?

On the other hand, in the past ten years of Shaw Brothers movies, there are not many films that have invested more than one million. Don't talk about huge sums of money to set up scenes, and even the costumes of the actors can be saved.

When did this phenomenon start?

Since Fang Yihua took over the power of Shaw Brothers.

When Mr. Zou Wenhuai was in charge of Shaw Brothers production, Shaw Brothers had no film budget at all, although the salaries for the staff were low. But he was willing to spend money on film production. After Ms. Fang Yihua took control of Shaw Brothers, the first thing to do was to set up a budget mechanism. The director said that a street scene needs 200 extras, but Ms. Fang said no, the budget is only enough for 100 extras. The director said that this drama needs to design costumes, Ms. Fang said no, there are many costumes in Shaw Brothers, you can choose a few.

Some dramas require two or three sets of important costumes, one for the actors, one for the stand-ins, and one for use when sweating or getting dirty. The one I remember best. Because the budget given by Ms. Fang is too low. Actors and doubles had to share a costume. The final result was horrible.

Of course, Shaw Brothers was the most profitable at that time, because the film sold well at the box office and at the same time the cost was very low.

But audiences are not fools. When companies such as Golden Harvest, DreamWorks, Xinyicheng, etc. rise up, and all the movies are made better, who will watch inferior Shaw Brothers movies?

I have worked for Shaw Brothers for more than 20 years. It can be said that I have watched Shaw Brothers grow and decline step by step. With my conscience, I dare to say that Ms. Fang has an unshirkable responsibility for Shaw Brothers' shutdown! "

"Bastard!" Fang Yihua slammed the newspaper aside, his old face turned green with anger.

"Okay, there's no need to be angry about a report, just develop a wireless station with peace of mind." Shao Yifu leaned on crutches. He bent down and picked up the newspaper on the ground.

How could Fang Yihua not be angry? After this report came out, many old Shaw Brothers employees scolded her to death behind their backs, saying she was the culprit behind the collapse of Shaw Brothers.

Shao Yifu slowly put the newspaper back in place, and then asked, "I heard that the pressure was terrible?"

It is a fashion drama starring Liang Chaowei, Lan Jieying, Lu Liangwei and Zheng Yuling. The main purpose is to continue to support Liang Chaowei by taking advantage of the boom that has just passed, and then use veteran stars such as Lu Liangwei and Zheng Yuling to support the newcomer Lan Jieying.

When this TV series was just aired, the audience's feedback was very good, and Lan Jieying even won the title of "Beautiful Wutai Mountain".

But less than a week after the start of the broadcast, the Phoenix Channel suddenly offered this trump card, and the audience rating dropped to more than 20 points in an instant.

The series is the treasure of Phoenix TV. It is not like the original time and space for a sequel. In the end, the plot collapsed and it was impossible to watch. Phoenix TV planned to release a sequel at a rate of one a year, and during the production, a screenwriter team from DreamWorks spent half a year writing the script. The second and third parts are much better than the original time and space.

Fang Yihua nodded, expressing that she was really crushed. She said, "This drama is so famous that the audience was taken away as soon as the third part aired. Now it's useless to shoot anything on TVB, so I can only temporarily give in and plan. Good for the next play."

"It's very good for you to think like this," Shao Yifu applauded, "Hua, your ability is very strong, but sometimes your temper is too quick and your mind is too small to be tolerated. This aspect must be corrected."

"I'll try my best to pay attention." Fang Yihua didn't take Shao Yifu's words at ease. What she was thinking about was to shoot back and forth against Phoenix. Some time ago, I finally made a film, which suppressed the ratings of Phoenix TV's TV series without any resistance.

Shao Yifu glanced at Fang Yihua and walked slowly outside with a cane.

Shao Yifu never regretted what he had done, but this time he couldn't help thinking: Is it really a mistake to sell Shaw Brothers Cinema to Kang Jianfei?

Just yesterday, the headline of the entertainment page published an article with the title.

"Mr. Shao Yifu's film kingdom has fallen, and a new era of Hong Kong's film industry has already arrived, and who is the bearer of the new era?

There is no doubt that the current Hong Kong film industry is the three pillars of Golden Harvest, DreamWorks, and New Art City. Judging from the box office situation of this summer's file, DreamWorks' box office revenue is equivalent to the sum of Golden Harvest and New Art City.

Looking at the box office of DreamWorks' movies in recent years, the worst movies are all over 2.5 million, and there are more than ten movies that have over 10 million at the box office. The data.

And Kang Jianfei obviously wanted more than that.

Just next week, several companies under Kang Jianfei will move into Tseung Kwan O Studio City, which will greatly facilitate the close cooperation between Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Entertainment, Fengxing Records and Phoenix TV. Movies, TV, records, and Oriental Entertainment Corporation, which has a large number of star resources, seem to have formed an entertainment kingdom in Tseung Kwan O Studio City.

No one knows how far this entertainment kingdom will develop in the future, but it is undeniable that Kang Jianfei has mastered the entertainment trends and trends in Hong Kong..."

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Yongjia Film Company.

Compared with Xinyicheng and DreamWorks, Yongjia Pictures has a very small office space, including the general manager's office. There are only two office spaces.

Chen Xunqi walked in with one hand in his trouser pocket, let the script tossed on the table, and then collapsed on the chair.

"Brother Qi, did the script fail again?" Wang Jiawei leaned over and asked.

Chen Xunqi said with a wry smile: "Recently, one of the company's films has a lower box office than the other. Boss Lei doesn't believe me anymore. He used to pay for movies without saying a word."

"Brother Qi, I'm sorry, it's my script that's not good." Wang Jiawei said rather reproachfully, because they were all scripts written by him.

Wang Jiawei is 26 years old this year. He worked as a part-time editor when he was in college, and later signed up for the screenwriting training class of TVB. After participating in the creation of a TV drama script, Wang Jiawei first joined Xinyicheng as a screenwriter (that is, turning Huang Baiming's ideas into words), and was later drawn into Yongjia Films by Chen Xunqi.

Wang Jiawei has always regarded Chen Xunqi as his Bole. At this time, seeing that Chen Xunqi's film could not get funding, he was also impatient for him.

"It's none of your business," Chen Xunqi said comfortingly with a smile, "your script is well written, but something went wrong when I was directing. The company may not be able to make a movie this year. Boss Lei's side is short of funds. Invest in me with spare money. I don’t have the money to pay you much salary if you don’t film, so you should go out and pick up private work more often.”

Chen Xunqi is said to be the boss of a film company, but the whole company plus himself has only 4 people, which is similar to Xu Ke and McDonald's movie studios.

For more than a year at the beginning, a movie made by Chen Xunqi was a big hit. Naturally, he was very proud of it. Unfortunately, most of the profits went into Lei Juekun's pocket.

Now the box office of two consecutive films has been greatly reduced. Although it can still make some money, the company's finances have begun to be stretched, because Yongjia Films has only made one film this year.

If I knew it earlier, I would not leave DreamWorks~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Now I have to manage the company and find money to make a movie. I have a headache all day long.

This is an idea that occasionally pops up in Chen Xunqi's mind, but he is a person who needs face more, and he will not be able to wipe his face when he returns to DreamWorks.

Wang Jiawei also expected to mix with Chen Xunqi. Seeing that the company was not developing smoothly at this time, he was even more anxious than Chen Xunqi, and couldn't help but said, "Brother Qi, I heard that you have a good relationship with Mr. Kang?"

"General." Chen Xunqi really didn't want to mention Kang Jianfei's name.

Wang Jiawei instigated and said: "It's better to close Yongjia Films, just like McDonald's and Xu Ke, and open a film studio in DreamWorks."

Chen Xunqi's expression was a little unnatural, he coughed and said, "I'll ask Boss Lei for investment in a few days."

Wang Jiawei picked up the report on his desk and said, "Qi Ge, Mr. Kang will be another 'Shao Yifu' in the future. Now you can go back and cooperate with him, at least you don't have to worry about running out of money to make movies!"