Chapter 1774 Chapter 1776 [Don't blame me for turning my face]
Hearing Xiang Nan's question, Zou Wenhuai's face suddenly changed.
Golden Harvest does have the tradition of encroaching on partners' dividends by using people to go forward, not to go back.
Back then, in order to win over Bruce Lee, Zou Wenhuai not only gave him the mansion in Kowloon Tong, but also gave him his own Rolls-Royce. Bruce Lee also co-founded Concord Pictures with Golden Harvest, and jointly launched the blockbuster movie "Raptors Crossing the River".
But when Bruce Lee died, Golden Harvest took back the mansion and the luxury car, and even grabbed the dividends from Concord Pictures. As a result, Bruce Lee's widow, Linda, was too poor to gain a foothold in Xiangjiang, so she had to return to the United States.
The Xu Brothers cooperated with Golden Harvest in the 1970s and 1980s, and made a series of blockbuster works such as "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", "Modern Bodyguard", and "Half Weight".
Finally, Xu Guanwen ended his cooperation with Golden Harvest, and when the two sides began to settle accounts, Xu Guanwen was surprised to find that he had so many blockbuster movies, but he didn't get a few dividends, which caused him and Golden Harvest to break up.
Not to mention him, even Sammo Hung, a Golden Harvest veteran, has a lot of resentment towards Golden Harvest. In the 1980s, he made so many blockbuster films, such as "Five Lucky Stars" series, "Mr. Zombie" series, "Rich Train", "Oriental Condor", "Rich Corps" and so on...
As soon as the accounts were settled, with so many blockbusters, the box office in other places was actually zero. Sammo Hung was so angry that he scolded Golden Harvest for killing the donkey, which chilled the hearts of loyal ministers and good generals.
Xiang Nan has watched a lot of Hong Kong entertainment before, so he knows a lot about it.
"Mr. Zou, you can either give me my script back, or give me back the dividends I deserve, and we can continue to cooperate." Xiang Nan said to Zou Wenhuai, "If you play me like an idiot again, I will look for a partner again, so I'm sorry for you."
In order to cooperate with Warner, Golden Harvest did not hesitate to sacrifice his interests, and asked him to endure it blindly. He won't commit that foolishness, to suffer for himself and to benefit others.
"Ning Wei, think about it, now is not the time to be willful." Zou Wenhuai said immediately after hearing this, "Who else in Xiangjiang can cooperate with you besides Jiahe? Do you still want to go to Shaw Brothers?"
Currently, Xiangjiang has two theater lines for Hong Kong films, controlled by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers respectively. Other film companies do not have theater chains in their hands, so they can only let Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers exploit them, and they have never been able to develop and grow.
So there is basically no future for Xiang Nan to cooperate with them.
"You don't have to worry about it. In short, if you don't agree to my conditions, that's it. I'd rather be broken than broken, don't say it's unpredictable." Xiang Nan said, and then hung up the phone.
The reason why he has the courage to turn his face is because Hong Kong's third Hong Kong-produced film theater line is about to be established. It is the Golden Princess Cinemas controlled by the owner of Kowloon Bus, Lei Juekun, and the film company supported by him is New Art City, which is known as the production of New Art City, which must be a high-quality product.
The "Happy Ghost" series, "The True Colors of Heroes" series, "Best Partner" series, "Eight Star Annunciation" series, etc. are all launched by it, but they are quite popular.
Take a step back and say, even if he doesn’t make movies, Xiang Nan now has more than five million Hong Kong dollars, and he can make a lot of money by investing in stocks and doing business.
Unlike Sammo Hung, Xu Guanwen and others, their ability to make money will be greatly reduced without movies, and they can only be exploited by Golden Harvest.
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Turning around, Zou Wenhuai naturally did not agree to Xiang Nan's request.
He didn't want Xiang Nan to be too arrogant. In that case, who is the boss of Golden Harvest?
Xiang Nan was also unambiguous, directly hired a lawyer, and sent a lawyer's letter to Warner, warning its "Longwei Boy" script, without the permission of him, the copyright owner, and prohibiting it from starting to shoot.
Warner was also a little confused when he received the lawyer's letter.
It originally thought that Golden Harvest had already bought the script, so it didn't care.
This is actually normal. Xiangjiang's film and television industry has always been unprofessional. When many films are launched, there is no script at all, and the screenwriters rely on the screenwriters to write and shoot. This creative mode is also known as [Flying Paper Boy].
In addition, Xiang Nan wrote, directed and acted by himself, and all the wages were included in the salary. No one pays much attention to how much the film is paid, how much the director pays, and how much the screenwriter pays.
So Golden Harvest didn't buy the script with Xiang Nan. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan was not selected as the leading role in "The Dragon Boy", and it turned out to be embarrassing.
After Warner learned about the situation, he was also very helpless, and made a special phone call to scold Jiahe.
Knowing that Xiangjiang filmmakers are unprofessional, I didn’t expect it to be so unprofessional. It's a joke that the film has been prepared until it's about to start shooting, but it hasn't even got the copyright of the script.
You know, from the beginning of the preparation of the film to the present, Warner has invested a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, including director fees, venue fees, installation fees, and prop fees.
Now that it is said that the movie will not be made, Warner will have to lose as much as it loses.
Therefore, Warner executives ordered Golden Harvest to resolve the matter.
Zou Wenhuai had no choice but to call Xiang Nan again and offered to buy the script of "The Dragon Might Boy".
"Ning Wei, this matter has come to this point, it's too ugly. Why don't you take a step back, I'll buy the script, what do you think?" He said in an amiable tone.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to afford it." Xiang Nan laughed when he heard it.
"How much do you want?" Zou Wenhuai asked suspiciously.
"Five million US dollars, plus 3% of the box office." Xiang Nan said immediately.
"Longwei Boy" is the fifth place in the annual box office list. The production cost was only 4 million US dollars, but the box office exceeded 90 million US dollars.
For such a big-selling script, even ten million dollars is not enough.
"Ning Wei, don't open your mouth like a lion." Zou Wenhuai became angry when he heard the price.
A script worth five million dollars has never appeared in Hollywood history. Xiang Nankai's such a high price is obviously insincere.
"Now that the chips are in my hands, so what if I talk like a lion?" Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "Either agree to my conditions, or don't bother me. Also, the dividends I deserve, you have to do it as soon as possible Give it to me. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back."
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Xiang Nan then flew back to Xiangjiang alone, and invested five million Hong Kong dollars in the stock market.
Now is the bull market of Xiangjiang stock market. There was a stock market crash in Xiangjiang in 1973. After seven years of recovery, it is now in full swing.
But by 1982, the Xiangjiang stock market was about to plummet.
Because in 1982, the Hong Kong stock market and property market plummeted together, and the bear market did not come to an end until 1984.
And every rise and fall are opportunities to make money for Xiang Nan. Because the Xiangjiang stock market allows short selling, so for him, he can make money with all the ups and downs.
On the contrary, if it is a slow rise or slow fall, it will not make much money.
(end of this chapter)