But Shao Yifu misunderstood, and said with wide eyes angrily. "Boy! I worked so hard to create TVB, and it's hard to get to where I am now, but you want to kick me away, no way! I still own at least 30% of the shares, I am the second largest shareholder, I don't want to quit, and you have no right to drive me away!" Xu Jinyang patiently said to Shao Yifu: "Uncle Six, for the sake of your charity, I have always respected you, so I want to give you a decent way to quit. I will let you be the honorary director of TVB, and I will reserve a seat for you on the board of directors, and you can even continue to retain this share. But I hope you and your confidante Fang Yihua can quit the management!" Shao Yifu looked at Xu Jinyang angrily: "Why? What did we do wrong?" Xu Jinyang said lightly: "Because you are too stingy and don't pay attention to talents, many talents have left. There are a series of outstanding film and television talents such as Wrinkle Huai, Li Xiaolong, Hu Guanwen, etc., all because of the stinginess of your husband and wife. , causing them to become your competitors, I don't want this to happen again." In Shao Yifu's concept, all employees and actors must revolve around the "Shaw Brothers", which undoubtedly greatly limits the creativity of the film and the display of individual talents. In 1970, Zou Wenhuai, the veteran of "Shaw Brothers", who had worked for the company for 11 years, decided to leave "Shaw Brothers" and set up his own company. The reason for leaving was simple--low income, the dignified second-in-command, but the salary was so low , no dividends yet.
Unexpectedly, Shao Yifu let him go. Zou Wenhuai is a high-achieving student who graduated from the Department of Journalism. He has a very flexible mind. When he first joined "Shaw Brothers", he served as the director of the propaganda department. With his superb marketing methods, he made the "Shaw Brothers" films a big hit. At the same time, His status also skyrocketed, and by the second half of the 60th century, he had become the second in command of the "Shaw Brothers". In addition to knowing clever marketing methods, Zou Wenhuai also recruited a large number of capable people and mastered a lot of resources, which gave him the capital to stand on his own. Therefore, this year, Zou Wenhuai broke away from the "Shaw Brothers" and established the "Golden Harvest" film company with a group of cronies, and released the first "The One-Armed Sword Fighting the Blind Man", which was a great success. After "Jiahe" became famous in one fell swoop, Shao Yifu came to his senses and began to suppress this rising competitor. He first violated "The One-armed Sword" produced by "Shaw Brothers" with "One-armed Sword Fighting the Blind Man" On the grounds of copyright, he filed an appeal, and then used the huge theater resources to block the release of Jiahe movies. These two heavy punches made Zou Wenhuai helpless. Fortunately, there is no unparalleled road. At the critical moment, he found Lu Yuntao's family as a backer, and he also found a person to break through the film and television predicament. This person is Li Xiaolong. In 1970, Li Xiaolong returned to Xiangjiang and expressed his willingness to make a movie. He also made several requirements: a personal salary of 10,000 US dollars, and a production budget of no less than 600,000 US dollars. These numbers seem inconspicuous now, but they were astronomical figures at the time. You must know that the start-up capital of "Hejiahe" was only 400,000 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, these two requirements scared off most of the film companies. In fact, Li Xiaolong's first favorite was the "Shaw Brothers", the leader of Xiangjiang Films. Li Xiaolong's "throwing in his arms and giving him a hug", he didn't catch a cold. He stubbornly believes that if Li Xiaolong wants to enter "Shaw Brothers", he must sign a long-term contract and pay a fixed salary. After Zou Wenhuai learned about it, he made a move immediately, expressing his willingness to meet Li Xiaolong's conditions, and in this way, Xiaolong joined "Golden Harvest" (Li Dezhao) Unlike his former boss Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai started the film box office dividend distribution system in Xiangjiang, so it is quite attractive to movie stars. After that, "Golden Harvest" rose rapidly with the cooperation of "Big Brother Tangshan", "Fist of Fury", "Way of the Dragon" and other movies with Li Xiaolong. On the other hand, "Shaw Brothers" is constantly losing talent and box office because of the old concept. For a smart person, one can learn a lot of wisdom, but the famous Shao Yifu made mistakes one after another in this respect. In 1970, he missed Li Xiaolong, and three years later, he missed Hu Guanwen. .