Reborn Capital Madman

Regarding Fang Yihua's question, Shao Yifu answered very simply, "Why not make money if you have it?"

"What about the account sharing ratio?" Fang Yihua carefully observed Shao Yifu's face.

She has already understood that the schedule of "Seventy-Two Tenants" in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, as well as the split ratio, are all favors given by Shao Yifu to others.

The reason why I agreed so generously in the first place must be because I underestimated "The Seventy-Two Tenants".

This time, Shao Yifu's answer was very vague, "You can figure it out."

Fang Yihua immediately understood that the other party's face was not small. Shao Yifu wanted to make money but did not want to offend the other party, so he could only pretend not to know and let the people below take the blame.

So, Fang Yihua, who was clever and quick-thinking, stood up without asking any more questions and said, "I'll let someone make arrangements right now."

"By the way..." Shao Yifu ordered again: "Please make some arrangements. I want to watch "Seventy-Two Tenants" in person."

Fang Yihua is not surprised by this. Although Shao Yifu is the supreme ruler of Shaw Brothers Film Company, he still works hard. Watching movies in person, reviewing scripts, supervising studios, etc. are all commonplace.

She nodded and agreed, "I'll have someone send a copy to the screening room right away."

On the way to the screening room, Shao Yifu specifically told Fang Yihua, "When negotiating with Gao Xian, you must be polite. This young man is not simple, and I have great use. In addition, there is also the face of my hometown friend Chen Tinghua."

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"I understand." Fang Yihua kept this important information in mind.

When "Seventy-Two Tenants" started to be screened, Shao Yifu carefully looked at the credits at the beginning of the film.

Producer: Gao Xian.

Actors (in order of appearance): Shen Dianxia...

Screenwriter: Not a woman.

Director: Chu Yuan.

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Shao Yifu asked in surprise: "Why have I never heard of this screenwriter's name?"

Fang Yihua, who was favored by Shao Yifu, of course knew that Shao Yifu had always attached great importance to scripts. He not only read them personally, but also reviewed them personally. As early as when the Shaw Brothers and D&M were competing for hegemony, they paid heavily for scripts.

Because of this, Fang Yihua had already inquired about it, but found nothing. She guessed: "Could it be one of ours who secretly wrote this script for Gao Xian under a pseudonym?"

Looking at the funny scene on the screen where Shen Dianxia appeared first and went to the faucet to fetch water, and the water flow came and went, Shao Yifu was noncommittal, as if his whole mind had been immersed in the world of the movie.

As early as the age of eighteen, Shao Yifu became a photographer and assisted his elder brother Shao Renjie in running Tianyi Film Company.

It is no exaggeration to say that Shao Yifu has been dealing with movies for most of his life.

In his career of nearly half a century, colleagues around Shao Yifu, whether they belong to the left or the right, have used movies as a stage to promote their own views.

Movies are "life textbooks" and movies are "mirrors of society". Movies should have the positive role of "correcting what is seen and heard" and "awakening the people".

Shao Yifu, on the other hand, is not interested in Zhengzhi. He is only interested in how to please the audience and achieve good box office results.

When it comes to film creation, Shao Yifu mainly summarizes the pros and cons and obtains inspiration from other people's works, just like he is watching "Seventy-Two Tenants" now.

In the end, Shao Yifu formed his own film style, which can be summarized in one sentence - "eating men and women".

In order to let his director and director follow the same example of the inspiration he discovered, when reviewing the script, Shao Yifu would often comment "add a bed scene here" and "make it more lingering"; and when supervising the filming on the set, he would often give instructions "make the clothes a little thinner"

”, “Change into a transparent silk shirt”.

At this time, Shao Yifu was using his best method of digging for inspiration, trying to find what he wanted from "Seventy-Two Tenants".

In the end, Shao Yifu found out helplessly that he couldn't learn it at all.

"Seventy-Two Tenants" is a comedy that criticizes current ills, and it caters to the current public dissatisfaction with corruption. However, Shao Yifu has no interest in political governance and naturally does not have this perspective.

After the movie ended, Shao Yifu asked: "The screenwriter of "Seventy-Two Tenants" has disappeared, but what about the director?"

Fang Yihua answered straightforwardly: "Chu was originally working as a director at Cathay Pacific, but Cathay Pacific ended its production business, so he accepted the film contract from Shanghua Culture."

"I estimate that Gao Xian will take advantage of the box office record of "Seventy-Two Tenants" to officially sign Chu Yuan to Shanghua Culture."

When it was time for Shao Yifu to give clear instructions, he was not vague at all, "Go and sign Chu Yuan."

"This..." Fang Yihua looked hesitant.

Shao Yifu glanced at Fang Yihua, "Is there any difficulty?"

"There is no difficulty." Fang Yihua quickly explained: "When the newly established Shanghua Culture was filming "Seventy-Two Tenants", everything it needed was rented. How could such shabby conditions be compared with our Shaw Brothers?

Compare?"

"What's more, Chu Yuan is raising a family, and his wife Nan Hong is also an actress. Can Shang Hua arrange it all? But for us at Shaw Brothers, it's just a matter of adding an extra pair of chopsticks."

"I am confident in signing Chu Yuan. However, this can be regarded as an open and honest robbery. Will Gao Xian become angry because of this?"

"You have already said that this is fair and aboveboard." Shao Yifu smiled slightly, "Water flows to lower places, and people go to higher places. In business, everyone competes based on their own abilities. Chu Yuan made the choice that was most beneficial to him.

Gao Xian can only treat it as a harmless joke."

"If Gao Xian doesn't even have such a broad mind and vision, then I will retract my previous idea of ​​​​valuing him."

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In just one week, the box office of "Seventy-Two Tenants" reached nearly 1.5 million, and it is setting new Hong Kong box office records every moment. It is estimated that it will eventually reach 3 million.

Although the original box office record of "Seventy-Two Tenants" was more than 5 million, it was meaningless because it could not be put into his own pocket, so Gao Xian was quite content.

As expected by Fang Yihua, Gao Xian originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to benefit Shanghua Culture and sign Chu Yuan.

Unexpectedly, on the day when Chu Yuan promised to give the results of his consideration, no one showed up. Instead, there was a sincere letter.

The general idea is: Chu Yuan is extremely grateful to Gao Xian for his support, which makes him fortunate to become the director who broke the box office record in Hong Kong. However, he has to take care of his family and consider his livelihood, so he can only live up to Gao Xian's kindness and choose to go to Shao Shao with his wife.

He made a living.

Without having to read the letter in its entirety, Gao Xian went through the twists and turns inside and made some guesses.

"Uncle Six, since you're not polite, I won't be polite either," Gao Xian couldn't help but smile on his face.

After Ma Yongda read the letter, he asked in confusion: "Brother Xian, the director you have chosen has been snatched away by Shaw Brothers so brazenly, how come you are still in the mood to laugh?"

Gao Xian smiled and said: "Originally, I felt that I couldn't get along with Shao Yifu because of the schedule of Shaw Brothers Cinemas. But now it's better, courtesy is the same, and I can contact someone openly."