The Contract (Mai shen qi) (1978)

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"A hopeless man Chi Man under contract to MTV Studios (not that MTV!) is given a chance to become a TV host for a rival company but his current boss refuses to cancel his 8 year contract. The only way therefore to leave MTV is to find the contract and destroy it; but with the contract gathering dust in the guarded MTV safe, Chi Man’s bid is made all the more difficult. Now is the time to call on his inventor brother and a TV magician to get past the boss' ogre-like thugs and get back his artist"