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Chapter 95: Expanding the Market

On March 13, at 9 a.m. the next day after Xie Changhua returned, two guests invited by the company were waiting in the conference room early.

As soon as he appeared at the door of the company, Luo Bing greeted him: "Ahua, you are finally back. Everyone has arrived and is waiting for you to speak."

"You came so early, forget it, let's finish early. Uncle Qiu and I have important things to discuss at noon, and we have to go to Japan in the afternoon. You take time to come here today, and we'll talk about the company after we finish."

Luo Bing smiled: "Hey, you are really a busy man, no problem, I will ask the secretary to deliver the news!"

"No way, just make money!"

"Thank you!" As soon as Xie Changhua entered the door of the conference room, Sanmao and Yuan Biao stood up and shouted.

"Hey~, sit down, sit down, we are just sitting down and chatting today, relax a little." Xie Changhua said with a smile.

"I wonder why Xie Sheng called me and A Biao over today?" Sanmao was a little cautious. Facing a director who had performed quite well for two consecutive years, he did not dare to neglect, although he had already heard about it from Luo Bing.

There is some news, but he is still quite confused, because he can be said to be someone related to Jiahe, and even if he makes a movie, he will not be able to praise them.

Xie Changhua glanced at them and said: "Here's the thing, I plan to try my best to make two action movies. The first one will test the water, and the second one will go all out to enter the Japanese and Korean markets as soon as possible. Now although Nanyang and Taiwan are

Our main foreign markets are, but the more foreign markets the better, and action movies are the only universal language. Regardless of culture, people can understand them just by relying on expressions and fighting. The performance of the two of you is quite unsatisfactory.

It meets the requirements of my new play, and I plan to collaborate with you!"

"Japanese and Korean markets?" The two of them were a little shocked.

"Yes, it's the Japanese and Korean market." Xie Changhua said with a smile.

Although Hong Kong has a saying of double-digit hits, in Japan and South Korea, only Jackie Chan and Jet Li can break into it and guarantee the box office. As action movies gradually weaken, the sales in these places are getting worse and worse. Of course, South Korea is an exception.

, people have a strong atmosphere of chasing stars, and you can't make much money in this era. It will take a few years to make money, and by 1989, it was almost the same as the buyout price of Western movies in the United States.

In late March this year, New Art City will be established, but the reports about New Art City in later generations are all biased towards negative, because New Art City has broken the film pattern.

The elimination of the base fee has both good and bad aspects. On the good side, many independent filmmakers have begun to rise. On the bad side, it has lowered the threshold for movies and allowed many unqualified followers to enter the film industry. Bad movies

Time is running rampant, and in this era, every bad movie will be watched by people, which suppresses the box office of good movies.

On the other hand, since the main direction is comedy, the core of comedy is the laughter that is close to the local people. It has not made any contribution to the development of other places. Instead, it has occupied the box office of Hong Kong Island. In addition, the film producers from other places developed by Golden Harvest Shaw Brothers have come to visit.

An agreement was reached with New Art City, which put more pressure on big companies to sell overseas, and turned to low-cost comedy films.

With the development of low-cost comedies and high box office and overseas success, action films gradually declined. Many martial arts classes began to disband in the late 1980s. Most Hong Kong films turned to comedies, and the form became worse and worse.

"Sheng Xie is not joking. Do you really want us to take pictures?" Sanmao asked after swallowing his saliva.

"I won't joke about this. I only choose the right people when making movies. We who make movies must pursue perfection. If we can't let more people see it, then we might as well not make it."

"Shaw Brothers are old, and Jiahe has no vision. They didn't realize that you have very strong potential. Why don't we take over the baton and open up other markets together? But if we shoot, I want it to be as real as possible, so you have to use real guns."

If you fight with live ammunition, your life may be in danger." Xie Changhua said with a solemn expression.

When Sanmao heard what he said, he felt proud. He thought that his younger brother Jackie Chan had surpassed him now, and he couldn't go on like this. Opportunities were hard to come by. He looked at each other with Yuan Biao, without thinking too much, and used his strength

He patted his chest and said: "Since Mr. Xie has this idea, of course we will not object. As for safety, you don't have to worry. We are here to eat. If Mr. Xie is not satisfied with anything during the shooting, we will press the button immediately."

Change!"

"Okay, in that case, let's first wish us a happy cooperation. By the way, Jiahe..." Xie Changhua looked at Sanmao mid-sentence.

Sanmao understood Xie Changhua's words clearly and immediately said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xie, Jiahe has not tied us up. We can choose to join the crew we want to shoot."

"That's good, it's settled. In a few days, I will give you the script, and you can design it based on the crisp and clean martial arts moves in my first film."

Yuan Biao smiled: "That's no problem. Senior brother bought Xie Sheng's video tape and has been studying it."

Sammo Hung also smiled. As a native filmmaker, he relies on constantly learning from other people's good points to achieve future heights. He found a place with the two of them and after properly introducing the essentials of action design,

Xie Changhua signed a contract with the two of them just in case, and they will shoot four movies.

"Xie Sheng, do you really want to praise them?" Luo Bing asked after the two left.

"Apart from them, where do you want me to find someone who can fight so hard and fight so hard?" Xie Changhua said helplessly. Lao Li is still in the mainland, and Zhao Wenzhuo has not made his debut. Some people have no joy in fighting, but this one can resist

Fatty can be said to be unique in that he can beat and hit, and can also make expressions. Yuan Biao can be said to be a supplement, but the two of them cooperate well enough and have a sense of CP. The senior brother can come to save the junior brother in a few scenes.

Luo Bing shrank his neck and nodded, feeling quite embarrassed to lose such a benefit.

"Don't think about it anymore. It's settled. You can take your time in the future. By the way, I have a movie here. I need you to change the script and add a few jokes to film it as soon as possible." Xie Changhua saw his embarrassed look and started filming.

I patted him on the shoulder, found a place, and told him the script of Chasing a Girl, "Let's choose Ah Le as the lead, and find a clown as a doormat. I think Ah Jing is good, you can lure him in."

, through the embarrassing jokes in chasing girls, the audience can get pleasure from it."

"No problem, this topic is very marketable. It just so happened that a talented screenwriter came to the screenwriting team. I asked him to go deep into the masses to understand it and improve the script." Luo Bing said with a smile.

"Oh, what name makes you say that?"

"Huang Bingyao!"

Xie Changhua's eyes lit up and he said, "Oh, since you think it's okay, then train more."

"Don't worry, I will definitely train you!" Luo Bing nodded, he was quite happy with this kind of management job.
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