Reborn Tycoon Rise

July 14, 1977, the last day before the movie was released.

Xu Zhi sat in his small office and looked at several reports handed in by Lin Siqi.

Ming Pao successfully persuaded an advertiser it often cooperated with to remove its homepage advertisement, and Drunken Master was heavily promoted as a result. But the price is HK$15,000, which is really painful.

On the other hand, Yuan Heping also got several advertisements from Jiayi TV, but they were not during prime time. One was in the morning, one at noon, and two in the middle of the night. They were free of charge.

Lin Siqi also contacted the printing factory behind it through Jiahe Daily. With the help of banknote capabilities, a large number of leaflets were printed in just a few days, and hundreds of student temporary workers were hired. They were in major shopping malls and movie theaters. Distributed in large quantities at subway stations.

With the three moves working at the same time, the reputation of Drunken Master began to spread in Hong Kong. Many people had already gone to the theater to ask about the schedule of Drunken Master.

Golden Harvest Cinemas also sent information about the 8 theaters that will be showing Drunken Master, of which 2 are on Hong Kong Island and the remaining 6 are in Kowloon.

There are about 150 theaters scattered throughout Hong Kong, but less than half of them are truly large-scale. The rest can only accommodate a hundred people, and they mainly focus on salty and violent movies.

There are more than 60 large theater chains, Golden Harvest owns 19, and Shaw Brothers has almost 20, and they are located in prime locations. If these two companies join forces, they will be able to monopolize the entire Hong Kong movie industry.

By giving 8 theaters at once, Golden Harvest's sincerity is already sufficient. Unless it is Golden Harvest's own large-scale investment movie, it will be screened continuously in Hong Kong. The subsequent arrangements will depend on performance. If the performance is good, it will be released in more theaters. On the contrary, it will be taken off the shelves within a few days.

This period of time is chosen very well. Historically, the box office champion of 1977 will not be released until early August. Drunken Master was historically expected to be popular in Asia next year. It is only one year early now. The generation gap has not yet formed. There is no reason why it should not be popular. .

But the only difference is that Chen Long is not very famous at the moment. In real history, before Drunken Master, Chen Long had already filmed another popular movie, Snake-Shaped Trickster, which has brought him a lot of fame. This is why Xu Zhi spent a lot of money to increase the reputation of Drunken Master with the help of TV newspapers and leaflets. Now Drunken Master just lacks fame. In order to replicate the true situation in history as much as possible, no matter how much publicity it is, it will be achieved.

While Xu Zhi was thinking, Lin Siqi walked in and said to Xu Zhi: "Boss, Luo Wei and Chen Long are here together."

Xu Zhi asked: "What are they here for?"

Lin Siqi shook her head and said, "I don't know, but Luo Wei seems a little angry."

"Okay, I understand, let them in!" Xu Zhi guessed a possibility.

After a while, Luo Wei hurriedly walked in with Chen Long. Before Xu Zhi could say a few polite words, he said in a face-to-face manner: "Xu Sheng is so unethical. I will lend Aaron to you to make a movie. You But secretly tricked him into signing that kind of contract."

Xu Zhi smiled, and he guessed correctly. He glanced at Chen Long again and said with a smile: "What kind of contract, Luo Sheng, the contract that Aaron and I signed was between you and me. Both parties made it very clear. No." A little bit of deception, Aaron also took my money, what kind of scam would give you 250,000."

Luo Wei snorted: "You can deceive Aaron with this kind of contract, but you can't deceive me. This agreement is too overbearing. If he doesn't cooperate with you first, he won't be able to make other films. Xu Sheng tricked Aaron into signing this contract." An agreement is too much!"

Xu Zhi laughed and said, "What's too much? I'm just an ordinary person. If I don't sign the agreement more strictly, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect my own interests. Besides, Luo Sheng should have read the conditions in my contract, whether it's for a movie." The amount of investment is still the salary given to Aaron. I would like to ask the stars in Hong Kong, apart from Li Xiaolong at the time and Xu Guanwen now, who else has such a high salary?"

Luo Wei choked up. The salary for a film is 150,000 Hong Kong dollars plus 5% of the Hong Kong box office. This kind of income is already a very top income for a star. What's more, there is an advance payment of 250,000, which is evenly divided among 5 movies, which is 50,000 Hong Kong dollars per film.

However, it is good for Chen Long, but it is different for him. He is the boss behind it, and he prefers to invest by himself. After all, as long as he makes a big profit, the profit will be millions.

Xu Zhi also knew this, and added: "Aaron has made so many movies with you, but he has never become popular. Luo Sheng must have lost a lot of money, so he might as well take my little income and go Make another film, and Aaron can continue to make the movies I prepared for him. After a few movies, it will definitely be beneficial to Aaron's reputation. Then Luo Sheng's future money path will naturally be clear. With Luo Sheng's eyesight, this should be You better understand it!”

Luo Wei snorted and said unequivocally: "Xu Sheng is also a courageous person. I really admire him for daring to invest in Aaron like this. Since you and I are optimistic about Aaron, why don't we cooperate together? Xu Sheng can come directly. When you come to me, you don’t have to do this behind your back.”

Xu Zhi said with a smile: "If Aaron suddenly becomes famous all over Hong Kong overnight, Luo Sheng may not be willing to cooperate with me again!"

This is also the case in history. After Drunken Master became popular, Wu Siyuan, who made Chen Long famous, wanted to collaborate again, but was rejected by Luo Wei. After several negotiations, he even offered a 30% to 70% condition, but Luo Wei still disagreed. He looked down on 70%. He wanted all the profits, and even refused to give Chen Long his share.

Luo Wei did not answer directly, but added: "Aaron can sign five film contracts with you, but the overlord agreement must be cancelled, and he must have enough time and freedom."

Xu Zhi refused directly: "No, the contract has been signed. Do you think it's just children's play house? If you want to change it, you can just pay compensation according to the breach of contract. The box office of Aaron's last movie should be 47 Wan, according to the contract, 5 times is 2.35 million. As long as Luo Sheng can come up with it, I will immediately tear up my contract."

Luo Wei and Chen Long suddenly looked ugly. They thought they could just change one of the conditions in the contract, and given the other's age, they could get it done with a few words of stick and carrot, but they didn't expect the other party's attitude to be so tough.

Luo Wei paused and said: "Xu Sheng's request is too much. I can return the 250,000 to you, and I can also lend Aaron to you again. I still don't want everyone to make trouble about that contract." very ugly."

"250,000?" Xu Zhi looked at Aaron again and asked, "Did you give him the money?"

Chen Long nodded quietly.

Xu Zhi shook his head with a smile and said to Luo Wei: "Luo Sheng, this world has laws. Aaron signed this contract, so it is naturally valid. If the contract can be canceled by refunding the money, then there is no need for the court to exist. ”

Seeing that Xu Zhi refused to give in, Luo Wei said with a livid face: "Xu Sheng may have overestimated the role of the court. It's better to get some benefits now, otherwise, even if he goes to court, he still doesn't know what the outcome will be. "

Xu Zhi waved his hand indifferently and said, "Then we'll see!"

Luo Wei looked at Xu Zhi angrily, then looked at Chen Long dissatisfied and said: "Let's go!"