Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Fang Yihua, who was enjoying the spray, suddenly fell silent.

It has to be said that Fang Yihua is more concerned about making his own stars famous than box office revenue.

Golden Harvest already has Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, and with the addition of the Xu brothers, Shaw Brothers have been so overwhelmed that they can't even lift their heads in recent years.

It is even foreseeable that if there are no influential stars, Golden Harvest will definitely surpass Shaw Brothers in the future.

For Run Run Shaw, movies are his favorite. When Run Run Shaw went to the United States to buy equipment for making a movie, his boat hit a rock and sank midway. He fell into the water holding a wooden sampan and drifted for a night before he was lucky to be rescued.

If ordinary people encountered this kind of thing, they would have given up on the film industry long ago and turned to do something else, but Run Run Shaw continued on the film path.

So for him, movies are his career, and TVB can only be regarded as a tool for him to make money.

From the fact that he retains four leading theaters and only rents them but does not sell them, it can be seen that Run Run Shaw will never be able to leave the film industry in his life.

As his woman, Fang Yihua knows better than anyone else Run Run Shaw's love for movies. If there is really any way to strengthen Shaw Brothers, it doesn't matter if TVB's interests are slightly lost.

"Ask him to come over tomorrow. I want to talk to him."

If it was just money, Fang Yihua wouldn't particularly care. What she valued was Lin Daoqiu's ability to flatter others.

Shi Wenyan knew as soon as she heard this that Fang Yihua was already attracted. As long as Lin Daoqiu gave in a little bit on the share ratio, Liu Songren would immediately become Li's man.

The next morning, Lin Daoqiu arrived as promised. This time he did not need to disguise his thoughts, nor did he need to be as cautious as yesterday.

"I can basically agree to the last two conditions, but you have to share half of the box office proceeds, which I can't bear to accept."

Fang Yihua expressed her opinion first. She had to let Lin Daoqiu understand that if she wanted to talk, she couldn't do everything he wanted, otherwise what would happen to her.

Lin Daoqiu was not surprised by this, because Shi Wenyan told him on the phone yesterday that Fang Yihua's bottom line was 30%.

"Well, to give Miss Fang some face, I only want 20% of the box office revenue."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly stretched out two fingers towards the other party, which scared Fang Yihua.

Lin Daoqiu had clearly requested 50% before, but now it was suddenly reduced to only 20%. This made her really unable to understand that just one night could bring about such a big change in Lin Daoqiu?

"Mr. Lin should have something to say, right?"

As for Lin Daoqiu, Fang Yihua still knew a little bit about him. She didn't believe that the other party would give up 30% of the profits to her for no reason? Thinking about it, she knew it was impossible.

Lin Daoqiu nodded and continued: "I will share 40% of the overseas box office revenue."

If a 50% share of the local box office in Hong Kong is something that Fang Yihua cannot accept, then if she wants to share a 40% share of the overseas box office, then she is even less likely to agree.

Even Shi Wenyan next to her couldn't help but shook her head inwardly when she heard what Lin Daoqiu had said. She originally thought Lin Daoqiu had figured it out, but now it seemed that she was overthinking it.

"Mr. Lin, I still have a lot of work to deal with, and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you here."

Fang Yihua shook his head, not even interested in bargaining with the other party.

If Lin Daoqiu's movie can sell well in Hong Kong, the box office in overseas overseas ports will definitely be very good, and it will definitely be no problem to get tens of millions.

Just by doing this calculation, we know that Fang Yihua would rather leave all the box office profits in Hong Kong to Lin Daoqiu than let him participate in the share of overseas box office profits.

"The final price is that I will give you 30% of the revenue from the local box office in Xiangjiang and 10% from the overseas box office. If you agree, you can take Liu Songren away today."

Basically this is Fang Yihua's bottom line, and this is what Shi Wenyan told him on the phone yesterday.

"Miss Fang, do you think I will agree?" Lin Daoqiu looked at Fang Yihua and asked with a smile.

"It depends on what Mr. Lin wants. I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous. If you are willing to cooperate, of course it is best. If you are not willing, I can't force you."

Fang Yihua probably never expected that she had fallen into the trap set by Lin Daoqiu.

In fact, Fang Yihua didn't think much about it at the beginning. She just felt that it was impossible to give up Liu Songren to Lin Daoqiu.

But then Lin Daoqiu started with movies, slowly building up a sense of expectation for Fang Yihua, and then gave her two big cakes, one was a huge box office profit, and the other was a star who could make Shaw Brothers popular.

Once she has a sense of expectation, Fang Yihua naturally believes that those things will come true immediately. After all, she has Liu Songren in her hands who Lin Daoqiu wants very much.

"If that's the case, forget it. It'll only take about two years. Then I'll sign a contract with Brother Ren."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he suddenly stood up and shrugged towards Fang Yihua. It seemed that he was not going to agree to Fang Yihua's conditions.

At first, Fang Yihua felt that she had the upper hand. She relied on Lin Daoqiu's obsession with Liu Songren, but if the other party gave up this idea, Fang Yihua could say that she had no chance of winning.

It doesn't matter if Li's doesn't sign Liu Songren, they have other people they can use, and for TVB, it doesn't hurt to keep Liu Songren, he is a popular niche player anyway.

However, for Shaw Brothers, if they miss such a great opportunity, it will be very difficult for them to encounter it again in the future.

What makes Fang Yihua even more nervous is that if Lin Daoqiu refuses to cooperate with Shaw Brothers, then the only partner he can cooperate with is Jiahe.

Those two rebels already have so many popular movie stars. If Lin Daoqiu joins them, they don't need more. Just two movies are enough to overwhelm Shaw Brothers.

What worries Fang Yihua even more is the overseas market. Once Golden Harvest breaks through the blockade of Shaw Brothers and becomes famous in Southeast Asia, Shaw Brothers will be closer and closer to going out of business.

"Is this how Mr. Lin should discuss business?" Fang Yihua said to Lin Daoqiu before he left.

Lin Daoqiu turned back to Fang Yihua and smiled and said, "I wonder what Miss Fang thinks business talks should be like?"

Seeing the smile on Lin Daoqiu's face, Fang Yihua was very angry, but she couldn't do anything to him. If she pushed him too hard, Lin Daoqiu might directly switch to Jiahe.

Tapping the table with her index finger, Fang Yihua seemed to be thinking about something very important. She looked at Lin Daoqiu without saying anything, as if she could not make a final decision for a while.