Zou Wenhuai's main contribution

It was after graduating from St. John's University in Shanghai (where he met Wu) that he became the head of the US Information Office in Hong Kong. At that time, Shaw had just arrived in Hong Kong from Southeast Asia and established Shaw Brothers Film Production Company. Xiang Xiao asked his old friend Wu for help, but Wu resolutely refused to recommend him as the Minister of Propaganda Department. One of the conditions of Zou Wenhuai's appointment is that his subordinates must be appointed by himself. After Xiao's promise, Zou Wenhuai also recommended his friend, Director He, as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department. In addition, Cai Yongchang and Liang Feng occupy important positions and also control the power of Shaw Company. (This also paved the way for Zou Wenhuai to escape with He Guanchang, Cai Yongchang, Liang Feng and others. The establishment of Golden Harvest rose rapidly, because this period was the stage of the take-off of Hong Kong films, and they had ten years of close cooperation.

Zou Wenhuai's two most successful things during his stay in Shaw, one is to help Shaw buy a large clearing in Qingshui Bay and set up a studio (then He Guanchang set a standard to win the abandoned hangar at Kai Tak Airport and set up four studios), and the other is to hire director Zhang Che (at that time, Zhang Che mainly wrote film reviews and scripts, and promised his friend Song Qi to work in Dianmo for one year before joining Shaw Company). Although Zou Wenhuai's position in Shore Company is not high, his power is only below Shore's, and he almost always passes through Zou Wenhuai. Shaw Company basically implements a vertically integrated business model, and Shaw is also used to operating by himself (there is only an employment relationship between him and his subordinates, and there is no joint venture relationship). Subsequently, General Manager Zhou Duwen resigned and left. Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run.

1in April, 970, Zou Wenhuai officially broke away from Shaw Company, established Jiahe Production Company with HK$ 400,000, and took away his subordinates He Guanchang, Cai Yongchang, Liang Feng and Chen Ziqiang. At the same time, Jiahe also obtained the management right of Cathay Pacific Film Company in Yonghua Film Factory, Fushan Road, Niuchiwan, which enhanced the strength of filming and tried to compete with Shaw. But in fact, Jiahe Company initially continued the management and production management mode of Shaw Company. At that time, Wang Yu was invited to co-produce "One-armed Knife vs. Blind Man" with a Japanese company, which was sued by Run Run Run Shaw, who adopted the strategy of dragging down Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai supervised several of the most important films in Bruce Lee's life, including "Big Brother in Tangshan", "Jingwumen", "The Raptors Crossing the River" and "The Game of Death", which successfully helped Bruce Lee enter the international film market. Later, Xu Guanwen brothers were invited to join in and produced local comedies such as Ghost Horse, Two Stars, Half a catty and Crazy Money, which broke the box office record of Hong Kong films. Later, he discovered Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, and made action films such as Lin Shirong, Ghost, Brother Out, Dragon Master and Plan A. ..

Zou Wenhuai was also the first Hong Kong distributor to co-produce western films with foreign companies, including Make a scene in Heaven starring wyndell dichinson and Jackie Chan, Cannonball Ride, Death Hunt and Little Turtle, which is very popular in the United States.

The turning point in the film history of Jiahe came from the joining of Bruce Lee, which also promoted the beginning and development of the independent filmmaker system in the Hong Kong film industry. At that time, Siwei Company, led by Lowe, went to the United States to find Cheng Peipei, who was married and retired, and wanted to make a comeback, but Cheng Peipei had no plans to make a comeback. As a result, Siwei Company inadvertently found Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee wants to cooperate with Shaw after returning to Hongkong from the United States. However, Shaw didn't agree because of the film's salary 1000 yuan, the shooting time should not exceed 60 days, and the script must be approved by Bruce Lee himself. Shaw's negligence made Bruce Lee fly into a rage. Zou Wenhuai seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and took the initiative to send someone to the United States to invite Bruce Lee to sign a contract with Bruce Lee for $7,500. Wen Huai, in order not to let Bruce Lee be poached, did not hesitate to protect himself personally, even Bruce Lee had to follow him when he went to the toilet. Jiahe Company found funds from Thailand and took Bruce Lee to shoot "Big Brother Tangshan" in Thailand. After its release in Hong Kong, it immediately made a local box office of HK$ 3.2 million, setting a new box office record in Hong Kong. 1972, Bruce Lee's other two kung fu films, Raptor Crossing the River and Jingwumen, earned HK$ 53 1 10,000 and HK$ 4.43 million respectively, which once again set their own box office records and pushed Jiahe Company to the international market. 1973, Bruce Lee died suddenly, which had a great impact on Jiahe company.

1973, Xu Guanwen started a new play with Shao Yifu with the script of Ghost Horse and Double Star. Unexpectedly, Xiao read the script and prepared to verbally promise, but Xu Guanwen proposed a "50-50 split" between the profits and Xiao, which was rejected by Xiao, and Xu Guanwen finally left Xiao for Jiahe. Zou Wenhuai not only promised to share the profits with him, but also let him set up the "Xu Film Company" to shoot. In June1974,65438+10/7, Ghost Horse and Double Stars was released, which broke the records of all films before Bruce Lee's death and Shaw's Seventy-two Tenants. Jiahe successfully retained Xu Guanwen and continued to make a sensation in the Hong Kong film market after Bruce Lee's death. In the 1970s, the films of the Xu Brothers were able to set box office records twice and topped the box office list four times, and the successful implementation of the "dividend system" and "satellite system" was undoubtedly an important contributor.

1978, Jiahe began to welcome members of "Seven Little Happiness". Sammo Hung has been a martial arts teacher and instructor in Jiahe for many years. Because of his self-directed and self-directed films, such as "Three Virtues and Six Beats of Rice" and "Mr. Zan and Looking for Hua Qian", the "Jiabao Film Company" co-founded with Mai Jia and Liu Jiarong and supported by Jiahe Cinema has produced many hit comedies. With the support of establishing a satellite company, Zou Wenhuai finally won back its nest with 1980. He has made films such as Ghost, No Mercy, Five Lucky Stars, and The Train to Get Rich, and films such as Mr. Zombie, which was produced by him, once set off a fantasy craze and became a satellite company that provided the most popular movies for Jiahe in the 1980s.

1980, Jiahe successfully poached Jackie Chan from Luowei with a huge cheque. 1985, with the support of Jiahe, Weihe Film Production Co., Ltd. was established, which started his never-say-die career. Although Peacekeeping is not as good as Baohe in terms of output and types, it can be called the satellite company with the highest investment cost such as Dragon Brother Tiger Brother, Miracle and Eagle Project, but with Jackie Chan's box office appeal in Hong Kong, Japan and Southeast Asia, Golden Harvest not only makes a profit, but also enjoys dividends with Jackie Chan over other satellite companies. In addition, Never Say Never and Rouge Kou, produced by He Wei, won the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Best Film" twice, which, to a great extent, also reflected the balanced grasp of Jiahe's "satellite system" in the commercial and artistic fields. In fact, the flexibility of Jiahe's cooperation with its satellite company lies in that it is not always based on contract terms, but emphasizes sincerity and mutual trust.

By the nineties. Jiahe won the Jet Li through Lianghua Liu, the wife of director Luo Wei, and began to cooperate with Tsui Hark's film studio for many years. With the support of Jiahe's powerful funds and cast, a generation of geek Tsui Hark has produced many films, such as Huang Feihong, Xinlongmen Inn, Two Men in Huang Feihong Should Strive for Self-improvement, The Lion King for hegemony, Wind of Kings, Iron Horse, Dragon City Warrior, Liangzhu and Knife, which are popular in the Chinese-speaking world.