Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Director Li, are you kidding me? This year's share will be reduced by 10% starting from the second half of the year?"

After visiting Dibao, Li Maowen came to Jiahe Company.

In Zou Wenhuai's office, Li Maowen smiled and told the "bad news" in front of them.

"The specific situation is like this for the time being, but the final result will not come out until after the party tomorrow night. Of course, this requires everyone to discuss it with the foreign film producers."

He Guanchang looked at Li Maowen with an unkind look. He felt that this guy must have been sent by Lin Daoqiu to cause trouble for Jiahe.

The current situation in Jiahe is not good. If the revenue from port sales is reduced by 10%, the impact on them will be considerable.

"Jiahe will never agree to this, and I believe other film companies will do the same."

He Guanchang said almost the same thing as Cen Jianxun.

Li Maowen just smiled slightly at this. He naturally knew what Jiahe's attitude was.

"Actually, this is not bad news for Jiahe."

As soon as Li Maowen said these words, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang at the scene suddenly felt their hearts skip a beat.

The profit share will be reduced by 10%. This is not bad news. Is there anything worse than this?

"According to the feedback from film producers, the quality of Golden Harvest's films over the past year or so has not been high. Except for a few that have made profits, most of the films have been losing money."

After Li Maowen said these words, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang didn't know what to say.

Since losing Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying and others, the quality of Golden Harvest movies has indeed been declining.

In the past year, there were several high-profile blockbusters, but now Golden Harvest can't even find a decent star.

"In view of this, those film studios are considering no longer purchasing Golden Harvest films starting from the second half of the year."

As soon as Li Maowen said this, He Guanchang stood up from his chair. No wonder he said before that losing 10% of his profit share was not bad news.

Now people who buy movies simply refuse to buy your movies, and you even cut off the way to sell them in the market. This is going to kill Jiahe.

"Of course, these are their intentions. I am just responsible for conveying them. The specific situation will not be known until tomorrow night's party."

The two pieces of news brought by Li Maowen today are more terrifying than the other, which is nothing short of a disaster for Jiahe.

"Director Li, if the Film Overseas Distribution Department of the Electric Power Authority cannot serve Jiahe, we don't mind distributing the film through our own channels."

Jiahe had its own channels before, but it was only after the integration that the agency rights were handed over to the Overseas Distribution Department of the Electric Power Administration.

If the overseas film distribution department can't help them sell the film, Jiahe doesn't mind doing it themselves.

"I don't know if Mr. He's decision is Jiahe's final decision."

Li Maowen looked very calm, as if he had already guessed what He Guanchang would say.

He Guanchang nodded directly.

"If the overseas film distribution department could play a role, Golden Harvest would not choose this path."

After He Guanchang finished speaking, Li Maowen smiled slightly and then stood up from the chair.

"In this case, there is no need for Jiahe to attend the party tomorrow night. As the director of the film overseas distribution department, I wish Jiahe all the best and say goodbye."

After Li Maowen finished speaking, he turned around and was about to walk towards the door.

But at this moment, Zou Wenhuai suddenly spoke.

"Director Li is staying put. Guanchang is just talking casually. Jiahe will not make such a move until the last step of the matter."

Although he didn't know what would happen if he fell out with the Electricity and Power Administration Bureau, Zou Wenhuai felt that if he did this, Jiahe's future would be even more difficult.

If it is really so easy to bypass the overseas distribution department and do it yourself, then the department established by the Electricity and Power Administration will be useless, and it would be better to disband it directly.

"Mr. Zou, I'm just here to tell you what happened. As for the final result, it's not up to me. If you two have anything to say, please leave it until tomorrow. I'm sorry."

After Li Maowen finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out without waiting for what Zou Wenhuai was saying.

After Li Maowen left, He Guanchang sat down angrily.

"Lin Daoqiu's people should not have been allowed to sit in this position in the first place. It is too late to regret now."

He Guanchang bets that what Li Maowen said just now must have the shadow of Lin Daoqiu in it.

"It's not like you didn't see it at that meeting. Uncle Liu and Lin Daoqiu joined forces and the Hong Kong government also agreed. How could we object?"

Thinking of this, He Guanchang could not help but sigh. The only one to blame was Run Run Shaw for switching sides. Without his crucial vote, whether Li Maowen would be able to take this position in the end is anyone's guess.

"The clouds are rising over the stream, the sun is sinking into the pavilion, the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is filling the building..."

Zou Wenhuai whispered these two lines of poetry.

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"Mr. Lin's prediction was correct. After Jiahe heard what I said, he planned to take back the distribution rights and do it himself. However, Mr. Zou seemed to feel something and rounded off his words."

After visiting Jiahe and Dibao, Li Maowen came to Lin Daoqiu's office.

"Originally, this time they were going to use the Jiahe Sacrifice Flag. Even if they took the agency right back, it would be a dead end. There would be no difference."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head as he spoke. He felt that He Guanchang had not understood the seriousness of the problem until now.

If the problem can be solved by just changing an agent, then why should I let Li Maowen do these things?

The quality of Jiahe's movies has indeed declined significantly in recent years. In the final analysis, there are still only a handful of stars who can support the show.

The only one who can be named now is Xu Guanwen, and he is still the kind of person who only makes one movie every year or two.

As for Jet Li, he has made a good start this year, but if he wants to establish a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film market, just a few people from Liu Jiaban will definitely not be enough.

The current situation is very simple, it just depends on whether Lin Daoqiu wants to kill Jiahe completely.

As long as Lin Daoqiu wants to, even if they take back the agency rights, no film studio will buy their movies.

After all, compared with New Oriental, Golden Harvest is simply incomparable in terms of film quality and output.

In order to please a declining film company and offend the future overlord of Hong Kong films, if someone really does this, it can only be said that his brain is probably filled with water.

"Tomorrow night we will do as we agreed before, and let Jiahe be the protagonist of a Hong Kong movie for the last time."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu said these words, Li Maowen and others nodded repeatedly, and at the same time they recited a eulogy to Jiahe in their hearts.