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What are the examples of Shao Yifu in the period of new democracy?

Xiao's father has five men and three women. 1907, Shao Yifu was born, ranking sixth among brothers and sisters, so Hong Kong film and television circles respectfully called him "sixth uncle" and "sixth boss". When Run Run Run Shaw grew up, the Shaw family had come down, leaving only an old house in Shanghai and a Shanghai theater called "Laughter Stage". [4]

Runrun studied in Ye's hometown Zhongxing School in his early years. He was classmates with Bao Yugang, Bao Congxing and Zhao An. Later, he went to Shanghai to study at the YMCA Middle School, an English school run by Americans. He was fluent in English. Many Shao brothers did not inherit their father's business, and almost all of them entered the entertainment circle. Among the five brothers, Shao Zuiweng, the eldest brother, founded Tianyi Film Company on 1924 and began to enter the China film industry at that time. While studying in Shanghai Youth English Middle School, he joined Shanghai Tianyi Film Company led by his eldest brother Shao to help him develop overseas distribution. 1925, Shaw Brothers established "Tianyi Film Company" in Shanghai, which was also the predecessor of Shaw Brothers Film Company. [4]

1926, Shao Yifu, who just graduated from middle school, went south to Singapore at the invitation of his third brother Runme Shaw to help develop the Nanyang film market. Since then, the Shaw brothers have traveled all over the Nanyang countryside with their dilapidated silent projectors and the movie "Tianyi", and opened amusement parks and cinemas. Tianyi Film developed rapidly in the first two years, so other film companies formed Liuhe Film Company to encircle Tianyi, forcing cinemas in Shanghai and even Nanyang to stop showing Tianyi Film. [ 1]

1930, Shaw Brothers established Shaw Brothers Company in Singapore, Shaw Brothers and his third brother Runme Shaw established Shaw Brothers, and bought several cinemas successively. [5]

193 1 year, Shao Yifu went to the United States to buy audio film equipment. On the way, the ship hit a rock and sank. Fortunately, it is fatal. Run Run Shaw, who fell into the water, took a small piece of wooden sampan and drifted at sea all night. He finally survived and bought the "speech machine" he needed from Hollywood.

1932, after the September 18th Incident, due to the unstable situation in Shanghai, Tianyi Film decided to move to Hong Kong and set up Tianyi Port Factory. The release of China's first sound film "Bai Jinlong", which was produced and directed by Shao Yifu, caused a sensation and brought the audience in China into the "sound era". [6]

By 1937, on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, Tianyi Film was in Shanghai, Shaw Brothers were in Nanyang, and there were more than 1 10 cinemas and 9 amusement parks in Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Malaysia, Java, Vietnam and Borneo, and a complete film distribution network was established. They echoed north and south, working together to build the film kingdom of the Shaw family. [6]

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1938, Tianyi Film Company was officially renamed as "Nanyang Film Company". Later, World War II spread to Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong and Nanyang fell one after another, which dealt a great blow to the film career of the Shaw brothers. [6]

After the war, Shao Rendi, the second brother, returned to Hong Kong to rebuild his career, and in 1948, he renamed "Nanyang Film Industry" as "Son of Shaw". At the same time, the Shaw Brothers, Run Run Shaw and the third brother Renmei Singapore Film Company have also returned to the right track. However, the development of "father and son company" in Hong Kong was not smooth, and it was attacked by two major film companies, Electric Cat and Great Wall, so Shaw decided to take over the film business in Hong Kong. [6]

1957, Shaw returned to Hong Kong, bought the land of Clear Water Bay of "Father and Son Company" for 320,000 yuan, built Shaw Studios, established Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., and independently developed the film industry. [6]

1957 Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. was established with Runme Shaw to produce films in Hong Kong, with Run Run Run Shaw as the president. 196 1 Shaw Cinema in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon officially opened on 65438+February 6th. [7]

/kloc-During the 1970s, Shaw Brothers set foot in the rapidly developing TV industry and cooperated with wireless TV to cultivate artists. 1973, Shaw held the first Miss Hong Kong election, which became the most representative beauty pageant in Hong Kong. [7]

From 65438 to 0980, Shao Yifu became the largest shareholder of TVB and became the chairman. During the same period, Shaw's film business contracted continuously, reducing the number of films, and 1985 sold all the cinemas. By May 1987, Shaw announced that he would stop making movies. From the production of Xiao to the suspension of production, Xiao produced more than 1000 films. [8]

From 65438 to 0985, Run Run Shaw began to pay attention to Chinese mainland. In that year, he donated100000 yuan to China to protect Dunhuang Art Exhibition and Zhejiang University respectively. The relevant departments set up a monument to commemorate it. Chongguang Wang, a cultural person from, visited Dunhuang on 1996. In the depths of the desert, there is more than one similar monument, but only compatriot Shao Yifu is a descendant of the Chinese people. [8]

1997, he married Fang Yihua in Las Vegas, USA, at the age of 90.

Run Shaw and Shaw Actors (2 photos)

In 2000, Tianying Entertainment in Malaysia spent HK$ 400 million to purchase the permanent copyright of 760 Shaw movies, and HK$ 200 million for digital restoration. [8]

In 2002, Run Run Run Shaw founded the Run Run Run Shaw Award, the first of which was held in 2004. This award imitates the Nobel Prize. Every year, scientists who have made achievements in mathematics, medicine and astronomy in the world are selected and awarded a prize of one million dollars in recognition. The winner of the first mathematics prize was Chen Shengshen; The literary prize is P James E peebles; ; The life science and medicine prizes are Stanley cohen, Herbert W. Boyer, yuet wai kan and Richard Doll respectively. [7]

Shaw and Huaxing Film Company jointly invested HK$ 65,438+065,438+0 billion in the "Hong Kong Film City" in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Village, which opened in mid-2005. Cinema facilities include post-production center, administration building, photography factory, cinema and exhibition hall. [8]

In 2007, Shaw Brothers celebrated its 50th anniversary, and Shaw celebrated its100th anniversary. Shao Yifu, aged 20 10 65438+ 10/0, 1 02, announced his official resignation as the executive chairman of TVB. From 20/KOOC-0/0/KOOC-0/0/KOOC-0/,TVB, a TV kingdom with a market value of HK$/KOOC-0/64 billion, was officially taken over by Fang Yihua, a 79-year-old vice chairman and managing director. [9]

At the age of 20111231,104, Shao Yifu stepped down as the chairman, non-executive director and member of the administrative committee under the board of directors. Leung Chun-ying, then deputy executive chairman, took over as chairman for two years, while Fang Yihua, Shao Yifu's wife, still served as vice chairman and managing director. Xiao was appointed honorary chairman. [ 1]

2065438+65438 At 6: 55 on October 7, 2004/kloc-0, Shao Yifu died peacefully at home with his family at the age of 107.