Chapter 165 Turning a New Page

In the next two days, "Wulin Biography" and "Legend of the Condor Heroes" played really anxiously.

The ratings of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are steadily rising, but the range is not large, basically 0.5%, 1% ratings are increasing.

"Wulin Biography" has never fallen below the limit of 50%, but its ratings are still firmly falling by 0.5% and 1%.

Shao Yifu, who originally had great confidence in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", felt a deep sigh when he saw this situation.

If "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can't soar into the sky a few days ago, it is unlikely that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will break the monopoly of "Wulin Biography" in one fell swoop.

After all, the cleaning group of "Wulin Biography" has always been very stable, and such a unique chapter series is also highly respected by young people.

Although "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has received a lot of praise, but in the past two or three months, "Wulin Biography" is still too strong. This kind of inertia makes people reluctant to give up it and throw themselves into the embrace of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

What's more, there are already many Jiashi newspapers and public opinion, and they are starting to criticize "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in various aspects.

The first thing to be criticized was Zhou Runfa's appearance in ancient costumes. Many people felt that he was not suitable for acting in ancient costumes. Zhou Runfa didn't learn Guo Jing's dullness. His temperament was always that kind of majestic and wise. Good for playing dumb.

Then there is Chen Yulian, although countless people are more and more fond of Chen Yulian's ancient costumes, but the critics said that Chen Yulian lacks a bit of wit and wit.

Last but not least, wireless is stingy.

Many scenes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" were completed in the set shed as before.

Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" focuses on a majestic atmosphere, whether it is Temujin's Inner Meng prairie at the beginning, or the Jiangnan area of ​​the Central Plains where Guo Jing arrived, or the prosperous capital of Dajin, it is all impressive. I am fascinated after reading it, and it is definitely not a substitute for the scene where a random street can be used as an ancient capital.

Of course, this would have been considered nothing in the past, but now that the audience has gone through the shooting of "Chu Liuxiang" in real places in the east and west of Guangdong and Guangdong in the Mainland, they immediately feel that the setting is too weak and fake, and they are very uncomfortable.

These various shortcomings helped Shao Yifu see clearly his current weaknesses, and decided that the next few TV series, in addition to being allocated to the elites to produce, must spend a little more money to shoot, so as to further regain his own ratings rate share.

For the drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Shao Yifu was not disappointed at all.

Now with the impact of Yin Jun's three consecutive dramas, Shao Yifu already knows that TVB is not as powerful as he imagined.

But Shao Yifu was not afraid at all.

He not only has the best screenwriters, producers and other behind-the-scenes staff of Xiangjiang; he also has the most outstanding stars of Xiangjiang, as well as countless stars from the artist training class, and many stars of Shaw Brothers movies. These resources can be shared with each other, and they are still much stronger than Lidi and Jiashi.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is just the beginning of regaining the throne. TVB will definitely show the enthusiasm it had when it was founded, and let everyone see who is the king of Xiangjiang.

So, for the first time, Shao Yifu invited the crew members of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" with a high profile to have a dinner in a nearby restaurant, and at the same time distributed red envelopes wantonly, which caused reporters to besiege and report.

Especially when the slightly drunk Zhou Runfa and Chen Yulian walked out of the restaurant holding hands, the atmosphere reached a climax. Countless flashing lights surrounded them, almost blinding their eyes.

And this scene, of course, became the headline of all the entertainment news the next day.

Inspired by this scandal, in the next few days, the ratings of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" rose again, pulling the ratings to 45% in one breath, while "Wulin Biography" was also pulled down to 51%. fell below 50%.

A reporter was asking Liang Shuyi, the general manager of Jiashi, for his opinion.

"Our Ah Jun said that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is a novel he likes very much. If "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can surpass "Wulin Biography" in the ratings, he will be happy instead. Because this means that Xiangjiang's TV industry is flourishing! An invincible life is always lonely, right?"

When Liang Shuyi conveyed Yin Jun's words in this way, people couldn't help laughing, especially the last sentence, that kind of proud demeanor was already vivid on the paper.

The crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" took a deep breath and wanted to hit Yin Jun's arrogant attitude, but what they didn't expect was that at this moment, whether it was Zhou Runfa or Chen Yulian, they suddenly fell into a state of depression. When I fell down, I couldn't concentrate at all when shooting, but seemed to be preoccupied.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" also had a few episodes. Wang Tianlin saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly asked the two of them what was going on, but they didn't say anything, which made him very anxious.

Before these episodes where Zhou Runfa and Chen Yulian's status plummeted were aired, in the next two days, the ratings of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" gradually dropped by three percentage points, directly returning to the previous level.

Such a change made Jiashi, who was pretending to be generous, breathe a sigh of relief, and also made TVB sigh.

On this day, the news about the ratings battle between "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Wulin Biography" was suddenly overshadowed by another explosive news.

"Movie Kung Fu superstar Cheng Long announces to change his family! Golden Harvest competes with Shaw Brothers, and the young and strong Golden Harvest wins in the end!!"

Undoubtedly, since the beginning of this year, Cheng Long, who has rapidly become famous thanks to the two films "Snake-shaped Hands" and "Drunken Master", seems to be the most prosperous Kung Fu superstar in recent times.

He is not Li Xiaolong, he has walked a completely different path from Li Xiaolong, but this kind of humorous Kung Fu movie is very eye-catching. The box office of "Drunken Master" exceeded 6 million in three weeks, which is the best proof .

Especially in the out-of-town area, under the reminder of Yin Jun, Golden Harvest signed a share distribution contract with Siyuan Film Company one step ahead, and in the second week after "Drunken Master" was released, "Drunken Master" was operated to Baodao and Southeast Asia And Japan and South Korea, the box office broke through 17 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, and 12 million Hong Kong dollars in the second week. After three weeks, the total global box office exceeded 35 million, second only to "Seven Days of Love" and " "Sell. Body Deed", ranked third this year.

Considering that "Drunken Master" still has a week of release in the local area and two weeks in other cities, it is entirely possible to surpass "Sell. Body Deed" with a total box office of more than 45 million.

With just such a release alone, Golden Harvest is expected to earn 3 million yuan, and Siyuan Films will also earn more than 3 million yuan. It can be said that everyone is happy.

But Cheng Long couldn't be happy.

Because after he handed over the 200,000 dividends given by Wu Siyuan to Luo Wei, Luo Wei actually convulsed and only gave 3,000 to Cheng Long, which made Cheng Long's expression very ugly when he accepted the 3 big golden bulls.

After coming down, Chen Zhiqiang persuaded his boss, saying that Cheng Long should be given 100,000 yuan. After all, Cheng Long is the biggest hero, and Cheng Long's contract will expire next year. In order to win over Cheng Long, he should give more.

But Luo Wei is completely brainless. He actually said, "I signed a contract with him, and I gave him 3,000 yuan for a play, so I have to act according to the contract. If I earn more, it's all mine and has nothing to do with him." ! As for the new contract, I was the one who found him first-hand, how dare he be ungrateful and not sign a contract with me?"

Meeting such a person, Chen Zhiqiang was speechless.

He really wanted to say, Cheng Long is so prosperous, you still don't cherish him, give him more benefits, how can you expect him to stay and help you?

Do you really think he is stupid?

Now that Jiahe has investigated all aspects of Cheng Long, he naturally knows that Chen Zhiqiang is the person Cheng Long respects the most, so he has contacted Chen Zhiqiang a long time ago.

They promised that as long as Chen Zhiqiang persuaded Cheng Long to come to Golden Harvest, they would give Chen Zhiqiang 1 million yuan alone, and then hand over the post of deputy manager of Golden Harvest's artist management department to Chen Zhiqiang. Except for He Guanchang, who was in charge of the general direction, all the specific affairs would be handled by him. He will take care of it, and he will take care of Cheng Long's affairs.

Chen Zhiqiang is 37 years old this year, and he is no longer the rambunctious person he was when he was young. After so many years of polishing, his character has completely calmed down, and his overall view of the character has gradually taken shape.

He originally thought that if Luo Wei could cherish Cheng Long, then he would follow him to build Cheng Long well, and make Cheng Long the number one superstar in Xiangjiang. It doesn't matter if he has the resources from Jiahe or not.

But I didn't expect Luo Wei to be so arrogant and arrogant, Chen Zhiqiang could only choose to give up this side.

But Chen Zhiqiang was not jealous of the treatment Golden Harvest gave him, because Cheng Long had already told him directly that not only Golden Harvest was looking for Cheng Long, but also Shaw Brothers Films.

On the second day after Luo Wei gave Cheng Long a dividend of 3,000 yuan, He Guanchang of Golden Harvest brought a check of 5 million yuan as a signing bonus for Cheng Long.

In the future, they will develop 3 films for Cheng Long every year, with a guaranteed salary of 1 million yuan for each film, and then add 10% of Xiangjiang box office dividends, all of which can be written into the contract.

The conditions given by Shaw Brothers Films are not bad. The signing fee is also 5 million. After Cheng Long passes by, he will be the number one male. Big directors such as Chuck and Chu Yuan will tailor movies for him, and the salary and dividends can be paid. Talk, it is definitely one of the best in Xiangjiang.

In terms of reputation and confidence, the current Shaw Brothers films are still No. 1 in Xiangjiang, especially in terms of distribution outside of the city, it is much better than Golden Harvest.

Golden Harvest relies on Lu Family's Cathay Pacific theater chain in Southeast Asia, but Shaw Brothers Films has its own theater chain in Southeast Asia, which is a great advantage.

The same is true in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. Shaw Brothers films have been cultivated for decades, and they are already deeply entrenched. Golden Harvest is still a little bit worse.

For a kung fu star like Cheng Long, the box office in Xiangjiang is at most seven or eight million, but with the sales in Southeast Asia, Baodao, Japan and South Korea, it can at least increase by two or three times. If it is built well, it is not uncommon for the box office to be doubled by ten times.

However, Chen Zhiqiang did not look at the surface, but saw the development strategies and future prospects of the two film companies.

Chen Zhiqiang was from Cathay Cinemas before, and he has a very deep understanding of movies. From the beginning of Golden Harvest's business, he knew what Golden Harvest was like, and he also knew what Shaw Brothers was like.

Shao is a tiger, but he is very old and has no pioneering spirit at all.

Moreover, Shaw Brothers Films adheres to the system of a major studio, so even if Cheng Long is hired at a large price, he will never be very generous in terms of screenwriting, budget, etc. Help, without the support of the film company, there is definitely no way to achieve greater achievements.

Jiahe is different.

First of all, their boss Zou Wenhuai, his tolerance is definitely rare in the world.

Li Xiaolong is a genius, an out-and-out genius, but his moodiness, violent impulsiveness, and arrogant temper make all the people who have worked with him more or less dissatisfied and fall out with him Not one or two either.

Only Zou Wenhuai could hold back his temper, meet all of Li Xiaolong's demands, and give the greatest degree of support and concessions.

Only in this way did Li Xiaolong's several classic works appear, and only then did Li Xiaolong's achievement as a Kung Fu superstar.

Changing to any other boss, I am afraid there is no way to achieve this step.

Another point is that Golden Harvest likes to give a lot of freedom to its stars. Needless to say, Li Xiaolong is far away. Provide all kinds of help, which gave the two sets of people full room to develop, allowing them to make movies according to their own ideas, and thus achieved great success.

What Cheng Long needs now is exactly this kind of autonomy!

Cheng Long has already explored a path that suits him, and the rest is to keep working hard along this path.

Letting Cheng Long make movies by himself is the best help for Cheng Long!

With such comparisons and considerations, Chen Zhiqiang finally suggested Cheng Long to choose Jiahe.

Therefore, Cheng Long's transfer to Jiahe was born.

Luo Wei, who didn't know anything about it, was dumbfounded when he saw the 2 million liquidated damages brought by Golden Harvest.

He didn't react for a long time, and Cheng Long just left! ?

Just leave in disregard of his promotion?

How can this work?

He was discovered by me! !

However, Luo Wei could only be angry, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Cheng Long breached the contract, but he paid all the liquidated damages, so it has nothing to do with him in the future.

Luo Wei called Cheng Long, wanting to beg Cheng Long to come back to him and continue to help him for a few years, but he couldn't find Cheng Long, so begging would be useless.

On the contrary, the reporters who smelled it began to surround Luo Wei in various places, wanting to ask him how it felt when his cash cow was poached, which made Luo Wei more angry and unbearable, and directly fought with the reporter , In the end, he was taken to the police station, and he had to pay a large amount of medical expenses before he came out.

The photo of Luo Wei who came out of the police station was published in the magazine.

Yin Jun could clearly see that this middle-aged man had aged a lot all of a sudden, as if his spirit had disappeared.

But Yin Jun has no sympathy for Luo Wei.

How can a person like Luo Wei who has vision but no ability to retain people succeed in the society of Xiangjiang?

He didn't keep Li Xiaolong, of course he didn't keep Cheng Long, and in the end there was the kung fu star, he didn't keep either.

Of the three superstars, as long as he can tie up any one of them, he can become famous, but he has lost his chance.

This is also due to each person's personality, so you can't force it!