After the news that Shaw Yifu announced that Shaw's production was suspended, Hong Kong newspapers, both left and right, made a lot of nostalgic reports on this.

"When it comes to Hong Kong films, Shaw Brothers Pictures is a topic that can never be avoided. It once represented a glorious era of Hong Kong films and has the reputation of Oriental Hollywood. Now Sir Shaw Yifu has ended Shaw Brothers Pictures' 24-year film production business, which is the end of a film era. The name Shaw Brothers will always remain in the memories of movie fans..."

This is the high evaluation of Shaw Brothers by Sing Tao Daily, and it is also the common view of Shaw Brothers by many eulogies.

With the publication of these eulogies, Ye Zhiming, a business genius, found Shao Yifu, selected dozens of classic Shaw's old movies to make videotapes, and also printed the words "out of print collection" on the cover, selling more than 800,000 boxes of horrible sales in the next three months.

In addition to regret and nostalgia, newspapers also analyzed the reasons for Shaw's decline. For example, the Oriental Daily interviewed an old employee of Shaw. The old employee was once a middle-level manager of Shaw. Now Shaw has stopped production and plans to retire. He is not polite at all and directly calls Fang Yihua the sinner of Shaw's bankruptcy:

"What is a movie? A movie is a product that makes fun of me.

No one will buy a bad record, and no one will want to watch a bad show. Movies are like records and dramas. If you want to sell your own movies, you must make the movie well so that the audience will buy your account.

I joined Shaw Brothers in 1962. At that time, Shaw Brothers made great efforts in films. Why did "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" become popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nanyang? It was because Shaw Brothers was willing to spend money at that time. Just building Liang Shanbo, Zhu Yingtai spent 70,000 to 80,000 yuan. The 70,000 to 80,000 yuan at that time, but now it has been tens of millions. Do you think such sincere works are not good?

In contrast, in the past ten years, Shaw Brothers movies have not been found for a few films that have invested more than one million yuan. Don’t talk about huge investments to play the scenes, even the actors’ costumes can be saved.

When did this phenomenon start?

Starting from Fang Yihua taking over the Shaw Brothers' power.

When Mr. Zou Wenhuai was responsible for Shaw Brothers production, Shaw Brothers had no idea of ​​a movie budget. Although the salary to the staff was low, he was willing to spend money on film production. After Ms. Fang Yihua took control of Shaw Brothers, the first thing was to set up a budget mechanism. The director said that a street scene requires 200 extras, but Ms. Fang said that it was not possible, and the budget was only enough to hire 100. The director said that this drama required design costumes, and Ms. Fang said that no, Shaw Brothers had many costume rooms, so you can choose a few of them casually.

Some important costumes require two to three sets of important costumes, one set of actors, one set of substitutes, and one set of backup when sweating or dirtying. The one I remember the clearest time, because Ms. Fang gave a budget too low, the actors and substitutes had to share a costume, and the final shot was terrible.

Of course, Shaw Brothers was the most profitable at that time because the movies sold well at the box office and the cost was very low.

But the audience is not fools. When companies such as Jiahe, DreamWorks, and New Art City emerge, all the movies are better shot, who will watch inferior Shaw Brothers movies?

I have worked at Shaw Brothers for more than 20 years. It can be said that I have watched Shaw Brothers grow and decline step by step. With my conscience, I dare to say that Ms. Fang has an unshirkable responsibility for Shaw Brothers' suspension of production!"

"Bastard!" Fang Yihua threw the newspaper aside, and his old face turned green.

"Okay, there's no need to be angry about a report. I'll be able to develop a wireless station with peace of mind in the future." Shao Yifu bent down and picked up the newspaper on the ground with a crutch.

How could Fang Yihua not be angry? After this report came out, many old Shaw employees scolded her secretly and said that she was the culprit of Shaw's bankruptcy.

Shao Yifu slowly put the newspaper back on, and then asked: "I heard that the ratings of "There is a beautiful wife in the family" were greatly overwhelmed by "The Grand Son 3"?"

"Home Wife" is a fashion drama starring Leung Choi-wei, Lan Jieying, Leung Yoo-wei and Cheng Yuling. The main purpose is to continue to promote Leung Choi-wei in the past "The Deer and the Cauldron" craze, and then use old stars such as Leung Yoo-wei and Cheng Yuling to make newcomers Leung Yoo-wei.

When this TV series was just aired, the audience reported it very well, and Lan Jieying even won the title of "Beautiful Wutai Mountain".

But less than a week after "Have a Beautiful Wife" was launched, Phoenix Channel suddenly launched the killer weapon "Have a Beautiful Wife" which instantly dropped the ratings of "Have a Beautiful Wife" to more than 20 points.

The "Senior Sister Tuo Gun" series is the treasure of Phoenix Platform. It is not like the original time and space to produce sequels, and the plot collapses and cannot be watched. Phoenix Platform has planned to produce sequels at a rate of one a year, and during the production, the screenwriter of Dreamworks spent half a year writing the script. The second and third parts of "Senior Sister Tuo Gun" are much better than the original time and space.

Fang Yihua nodded and said that "The Beautiful Wife at Home" was indeed crushed very badly. She said: "The drama "Senior Sister Tuo Gun" is so famous that the third part snatched the audience away as soon as it started. Now TVB is useless to shoot anything, so I can only give in temporarily and plan the next drama."

"It's great that you can think like this," Shao Yifu praised. "Ahua, you have a strong ability, but sometimes you have too much temper and are too timid tolerate it. You must change this aspect."

"I try to pay attention." Fang Yihua didn't feel relieved of Shao Yifu's words. She was considering what kind of scene to shoot to fight back at Phoenix Channel. Some time ago, she finally made a film "The Deer and the Cauldron", which suppressed the ratings of Phoenix Channel's TV series without any resistance. Unexpectedly, she was asked back by the other party in just over a month.

Shao Yifu glanced at Fang Yihua and walked slowly outside with a cane.

Shao Yifu never regrets what he has done, but this time he can't help but wonder: Is it really selling the wrong thing to Kang Jianfei?

Just yesterday's "Oriental Daily", the entertainment page headline special edition was published, with the title titled "Kang Jianfei's Entertainment Kingdom".

"Mr. Shaw Yifu's film kingdom has fallen, and a new era in the Hong Kong film industry has long arrived. Who is the one who bears the banner of the new era?

There is no doubt that the current Hong Kong film industry is Jiahe, DreamWorks and New Art City. Judging from the box office situation of this summer, DreamWorks' box office revenue is equivalent to the sum of Jiahe and New Art City.

Looking at the box office of DreamWorks in recent years, the worst movies are over 2.5 million, and more than ten movies have box offices of over 10 million. This is really amazing data and far exceeds the data of other film companies.

And what Kang Jianfei wants is obviously more than that.

Just next week, several companies under Kang Jianfei will move into Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City, which will greatly facilitate the close cooperation between Oriental DreamWorks, Oriental Entertainment, Fengxing Records and Phoenix TV. Movies, TV, records, and Oriental Entertainment, which has a large number of celebrity resources, seem to form an independent entertainment kingdom in Tseung Kwan O Film and Television City.

No one knows how far this entertainment kingdom will develop in the future, but it is undeniable that Kang Jianfei has mastered the entertainment trends and trends in Hong Kong…”

...

...

Yongjia Film Company.

Compared with Xinyi City and DreamWorks, Yongjia Film's office is really small, including the general manager's office, there are only two office rooms.

Chen Xunqi walked in with his pocket in one hand, letting the script throw it on the table, and then he fell on the chair.

"Brother Qi, the script has not been passed again?" Wang Jiawei came over and asked.

Chen Xunqi smiled bitterly and said, "The company's recent filming of "I Want a Bold Son-in-law" and "Goodbye to Yiren" are lower than the other. Boss Lei doesn't believe me anymore. In the past, he used to pay for movies without saying a word."

"Brother Qi, I'm sorry, my script is not good." Wang Jiawei said with a lot of blame, because "I Want a Bold Son-in-law" and "Goodbye to Yiren" are both scripts written by him.

Wang Jiawei is 26 years old this year. When he was in college, he worked as a part-time editor of "Movie Biweekly". Later, he signed up for the screenwriter training class of Wireless TV. After participating in the creation of a TV series script, Wang Jiawei first joined Xinyi City as a screenwriter (that is, to transform Huang Baiming's ideas into words), and later he was valued by Chen Xunqi and brought to Yongjia Film.

Wang Jiawei always regarded Chen Xunqi as his mentor. At this time, he was very anxious about him when he saw that Chen Xunqi's movie could not get any funds.

"It's not your business," Chen Xunqi comforted with a smile, "Your script is well written, but something went wrong when I was director. This year, the company may not be able to make a movie. Boss Lei is short of funds and he really has no spare money to invest in me. If I don't film, I don't have much money to pay you much salary. You should go outside to take on private jobs."

Chen Xunqi said that he is the boss of a film company, but he only has four people in the entire company, which is similar to Xu Ke and McDonald's film studio.

In the first year, Chen Xunqi made a big hit in all the movies, so he naturally had a happy life. Unfortunately, most of the profits went into Lei Juekun's pocket.

Now the box office of two consecutive movies has dropped sharply. Although it can still make some money, the company's finances have begun to be stretched because Yongjia Pictures has only made one movie this year.

I wouldn't have left DreamWorks if I had known it. Now I have to manage the company and find money to make movies. I have a headache all day long.

This is an idea that Chen Xunqi occasionally had, but he was a person who wanted to save face, and he couldn't really erase his face when he went back to DreamWorks.

Wang Jiawei was still counting on being with Chen Xunqi. Seeing that the company was not going well, he was even more anxious than Chen Xunqi and couldn't help but say, "Brother Qi, I heard that you have a good relationship with Mr. Kang?"

"On average." Chen Xunqi really didn't want to mention Kang Jianfei's name.

Wang Jiawei instigated: "It's better to close Yongjia Pictures, just like McDonald and Xu Ke, open a movie studio at DreamWorks."

Chen Xunqi's expression was a little unnatural, and he coughed and said, "I'll ask Boss Lei to invest in a few days."

Wang Jiawei picked up the "Oriental Daily" on his desk and pointed to the report "Kang Jianfei's Entertainment Kingdom" and said: "Brother Qi, Mr. Kang will be another 'film world' in the future. Now you will be fine when you go back to work with him. At least you don't have to worry about not having money to make a movie!" (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!)
Chapter completed!