Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

Shi Tian is a persistent person.

From the moment Raymond Kwan made the decision to invite John Woo, he kept this in mind.

He had some connections with John Woo when he was an actor at Golden Harvest, which is why he dared to promise Raymond Lui that he would invite John Woo to make a film.

The next day, he took action.

Shi Tian brought some gifts and arrived at John Woo's home.

John Woo was writing the script for "The Killer" and originally did not intend to meet Shek Tin, but he couldn't resist Shek Tin's persistent pestering.

Left with no other choice, John Woo welcomed Shek Tin into the room.

As soon as he entered, Shi Tian got straight to the point and stated his request: he wanted to ask John Woo to help him make a film at Cinema City.

John Woo politely declined, citing other commitments he had.

Shi Tian just smiled, put the things down, and left.

John Woo thought Shi Tian wouldn't come back, but to his surprise, Shi Tian came back the next day.

This time, John Woo didn't try to evade the question. He simply said that he needed to focus on writing the script and didn't have time to help.

Just like yesterday, Shi Tian left after putting down his things.

This puzzled John Woo. He had come for two days in a row, but they didn't discuss the script or the salary. He was just dismissed by a single sentence from him.

This is a bit strange!

With that in mind, John Woo decided that if Shi Tian came again tomorrow, he would have a good talk with him.

On the third day, Shi Tian came as usual.

This time, John Woo did not rush to refuse. He first listened to Dean Shek's explanation of the script, and then listened to Cinema City's offer.

When John Woo heard that Cinema City offered him 200,000, he was tempted. Keep in mind that he only earned 100,000 per film at Golden Harvest.

Cinema City is really rich and powerful; they doubled the price with a single move.

John Woo said with difficulty, "Tian, ​​it's not that I'm being heartless to refuse you, but Mr. Zou wants me to finish the script as soon as possible, and I don't have time to spare right now!"

Shi Tian smiled slightly; he had long known about Wu Yusen's predicament.

However, he had a solution. He immediately said, "Ah Sen, I know you're busy writing the script, but is your script in a hurry?"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Early next month, Sanmao's 'Encounters of the Spooky Kind' will be released. Golden Harvest will definitely wait for the results of this film before deciding whether to film the script you have. If 'Encounters of the Spooky Kind' becomes a hit, then you'll have no chance."

John Woo was taken aback, clearly not expecting this connection.

However, he still said, "But I'm still at Jiahe, and with Mr. Zou..."

"That's easy, you can just use an alias."

Upon hearing this, John Woo made up his mind to help Cinema City.

The main thing is that they've thought of everything they could think of, and the price isn't low either, so what reason does he have to refuse?

In just three days, Shi Tian got John Woo on his side.

......

the other side.

Li Jiangbo has shifted his focus entirely to business, with less than three months remaining before Rediffusion's UK parent company sells its shares.

He definitely wanted to secure the project without taking out a loan, leaving himself some cash flow for film scheduling and business.

That day, Li Jiangbo was doing accounting in his office. He wanted to know how much money he was still short of 1.2 million so that he could have a clear understanding of the situation.

The waste paper and waste glass business can bring in between two and three million a month.

This is a stable cash flow business; it's like picking up money off the ground.

Over at Bingfeng, one-third of the first batch of 600,000 cans and the second batch of 1 million cases have already been sold.

Li Jiangbo specifically estimated the sales time and found that selling one million units was not difficult, but it was easy to accumulate inventory.

He lamented: "The celebrities aren't famous enough; most of the buyers are young people. It would be great if we could get Jackie Chan, Hung Kam-po, Sam Hui, and others to endorse our products."

He believed that a million pieces wouldn't be enough to stop it.

On the movie side...

"A Better Tomorrow" grossed 23.74 million, "Happy Ghost 2" grossed 10.37 million, "Peking Opera Blues" grossed 9.4 million, and "Chasing Girls" grossed 9.31 million.

According to the 40/60 split with Shaw Brothers, he would take 40%.

Li Jiangbo earned 21.12 million yuan from movies alone.

This was within his expectations, as evidenced by the annual box office rankings, where four out of the top six films were produced by Time Pictures.

If he doesn't make money, who will?

In addition, Warner Bros. paid four million dollars to buy out "A Better Tomorrow", which translates to twenty million Hong Kong dollars.

In addition, the box office revenue from these films outside their home cities, added up bit by bit, amounted to several million.

Li Jiangbo did a rough calculation and came up with a number—eighty million.

I really dare not calculate it; the result is shocking.

This money is enough to buy a street of properties in Hong Kong, but it's still not enough to buy RTV.

Li Jiangbo shook his head. He still needs to work harder!

Just as he was figuring out where to get another 40 million, the phone on his desk rang.

Li Jiangbo picked up the phone.

"Feed?"

Rosamund Kwan's coquettish voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Boss, the drain in my dorm bathroom is clogged. Could you come and unclog it for me?"

Li Jiangbo smiled.

Is the drain clogged?

He suspected Rosamund Kwan was driving, but he had no proof.

Besides, if the toilet drain is clogged, why don't you call a professional, but instead call him?

Li Jiangbo saw through it but didn't expose it, nodding in agreement, "Okay, I'll go over there tonight."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Rosamund Kwan stomped her foot happily and exclaimed in a sweet voice:

"The boss is the best!"

Li Jiangbo shook his head and hung up the phone.

8 PM.

Li Jiangbo arrived at the broadcast lane on time.

When Li Jiangbo arrived at Rosamund Kwan's dormitory, he knocked on the door, but no one answered.

He turned the doorknob and found that the door was not locked.

When I pushed open the door, the room was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything inside.

Li Jiangbo stood at the door for a moment, then smiled.

This girl is quite good at creating atmosphere.

He closed the door behind him and, using the dim light filtering through the curtains, groped his way inside.

While groping around, she whispered, "Jiahui? Jiahui, where are you?"

He wasn't afraid of bad guys; with his current skills, he could definitely handle two or three people.

Besides, the upper and lower levels are where the Time Guardians live, so how could there be any danger?

Upon arriving in the living room, Li Jiangbo was somewhat bewildered.

He realized he didn't know where Rosamund Kwan's room was. He considered leaving, but then he thought, he had already promised Rosamund Kwan, and if he didn't go, would she blame him?

Thinking of this, he walked to a room, turned the doorknob, and found that the door was not closed.

He went to another room, but the door was closed and he couldn't open it.

Li Jiangbo immediately concluded that the one that wasn't closed was deliberately left by Rosamund Kwan.

After opening the door and going inside, he found a person lying on the bed, covered with a blanket, unsure whether they were asleep or...

Li Jiangbo called Guan Zhilin's name softly, and the person on the bed trembled, seemingly a little excited.

He slowly took off his clothes and shoes, lifted the blanket, and crawled inside.

The blankets were warm and had a faint scent of a young girl, but Li Jiangbo felt the scent was familiar.

Li Jiangbo reached out and hugged the person, who trembled slightly but did not pull away.

He held the person close, a slight smile playing on his lips, and tightened his embrace.

She lightly kissed the person's lips, like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The man was panting heavily, which made Li Jiangbo even more excited.

A long French kiss emptied the air from their mouths and chests.

The feeling of not being able to breathe caused the two to separate again.

After they separated, their breathing gradually became heavy, and their movements quickly escalated.

Just as Li Jiangbo was about to remove the man's last line of defense, the man let out a soft moan.

"Boss..."

Li Jiangbo abruptly stopped.

He immediately realized that the person in bed was not Rosamund Kwan.

Li Jiangbo reached out and turned on the bedside lamp, then turned to look.

He immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Zhu Lin! It's you???"