After listening to Chu Xiang Xiang’s box office forecast for Ah San, the three of them couldn’t help but feel that Chu Xiang Xiang had done some research.
Then he silently thought about his understanding of Asan's side, and soon discovered that Chu Xiangqian's estimate seemed to be a bit underestimated.
Even a serious underestimate.
In this era, Ah San’s movies were not only banned from the movies, but also some movies related to people’s livelihood were not allowed to be released.
But the autonomy of each state is very large. If Mountbatten hadn't lobbied a large number of princely states seven or eight years ago, it would have been possible to divide it into hundreds of small countries.
As long as you spend some money, bribe the local leaders, and play some romantic movies, no one will care.
The three of them even thought that as long as they found a high-caste woman with fair skin as the protagonist, the box office would definitely be a hit.
After Chu Xiangqian finished speaking, he paid attention to the expressions of the three of them. When he saw the guy named Hahn's eyes shining brightly, he knew that he was very optimistic about the market for landscape films in Asan.
But he did underestimate Asan’s market.
"Gentlemen, if I authorize a landscape film that is popular in South Korea, the island country and the local area for 10,000 Hong Kong dollars to be distributed by Asan, can I get it in exchange for you not to care about tonight's affairs?" "Chu, in principle, since we have become partners, we will naturally favor you, but the question is, how many landscape films can you make every year?
And among these movies, how many can you guarantee will be popular?"
Chu Qianqian thought for a while and said, "For a popular scenery movie, I think it should be no problem to earn 200,000 Hong Kong dollars from Ah San, right Superintendent Hahn?"
Hahn was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the excitement in his heart just now, and Chu Qianqian saw it.
Assistant Director Blair glared at Hahn and interrupted before he could speak, "Chu, how about five movies a year?
If it’s not enough, then rely on quantity to reach the 1 million Hong Kong dollar mark.
If you still can't reach it, you have to authorize us to show the movie in other Europe."
"In principle, there is no problem, but if it is sent to Europe, it will cost 100,000 yuan per movie."
Chu Xiangqian didn't ask for a high price, because in addition to Southeast Asia, South Korea and island countries, and possibly the United States in the future, he couldn't take the European market into consideration at all.
There is also a high probability that there will be no channel to distribute it to Europe.
Even if he doesn't agree, Blair and others can secretly sell it.
Even if it is found, the other party can still say that it was someone from Ah San who bought the film and printed it privately.
So it is better to rely on style films to open up the market. In the future, the kung fu films produced by ourselves can also be distributed to Commonwealth countries by these ghost guys.
Chu stood up forward, extended his hand to Blair and said with a smile, "Happy cooperation."
Blair held Chu Qianqian's hand and said, "It's a pleasure to cooperate."
After reaching an agreement, the atmosphere quickly became more harmonious.
Half an hour later, Chu Xiangqian, accompanied by the three Blairs, appeared again in the plainclothes office on the second floor.
Charles clapped his hands and said to Lei Luo and others, "We have appointed Mr. Chu as the investigation consultant for this case. During the investigation of the case, Mr. Chu has the right to supervise.
Moreover, if there are clues and any progress, he will report to me and Assistant Director Blair, do you understand?"
Lei Luo and others were stunned. Doesn't this mean that the murderer is the referee?
Secretly, Chu Xiangqian must have given some great benefits to the ghost guys.
But then I thought about it, Lai Hao died and his wife died, so his territory became vacant.
Anyone who wants to rise to the top must spend money to bribe everyone up and down. In the past, this money was only given to Lei Luo, but with Chu Qianqian watching over him, Gui Lao's share will be indispensable.
Even Chu Xiangqian had to give one copy to prevent him from snitching behind his back.
Moreover, family property and other wealth have become ownerless items.
Whoever gets it first can find someone to help register it, and it will be changed to their own name.
If you calculate carefully, the lame man has accumulated quite a lot of assets in the past few years.
Lei Luo and others hurriedly saluted, and the three Blairs smiled, stretched out their hands to shake hands with Chu, "Chu, I'll trouble you."
Chu Xiangqian laughed, "It should be."
After seeing off the three ghost guys, Chu Qianqian pulled Lei Luo to the window in the office and lit a thin cigar for him.
He smiled and said, "Brother Luo, you can see that Gui Lao only cares about profit. But don't worry, I don't care how the specific actions and the assets vacated by Lai Hao are divided, as long as Gui Lao's share is not lost.
That’s it.
But I don’t hope that when I wake up tomorrow, there will still be people carrying the banner of “righteousness”.
Lei Luo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. What Chu Xiangqian meant was that he didn't want to pay for anything. Taking the money would be equivalent to buying everyone to clear out the remaining power of the lame man.
This is not difficult for Lei Luo.
Even under the current circumstances, I wish I could help Chu Xiangqian get rid of the forces with the prefix "righteousness" as soon as possible.
Lest Chu Xiangqian take the opportunity to interfere with the power within the police force, and even more afraid that he would jump out and raise the flag.
Lei Luo shuddered when he thought that Chu Xiangqian's men even had snipers, and they killed Lai Hao and his wife with two shots.
Coupled with a group of subordinates who can forcibly kill Dawei and more than a dozen people, not to mention those gang bosses, even if he, Inspector Zonghua, is ambushed by these people, the ending will definitely be the same as Dawei.
As for why they don't want to see the banner with the prefix "righteousness", it's just asking Lame Hao's subordinates to change their names or join other forces.
However, if the police force takes action directly, it will inevitably frighten other gangs.
Then we can only let people on the road grab the territory with the word "righteousness".
When the fight breaks out, the police force will have a legitimate reason to enter the situation, and it will not cause panic among the people on the road.
Lei Luo nodded and asked with a smile, "Don't worry, no one will remember Lai Hao tomorrow morning. No one will care about him anymore."
Once the two reached an agreement, the atmosphere began to relax.
A dozen plainclothes men saw the two of them talking and laughing, and lighting each other's cigarettes. While feeling relieved, they couldn't help but feel afraid of Chu Qianqian, and then they started to admire him again.
At around 7 o'clock in the morning, Lardboy walked in with a beautiful woman. Chu Qianqian knew as soon as he saw that the woman was Rose.
Lei Luo was moved in his heart and thought to himself that there was no need to kill this woman.
The one who had a grudge against her was Chu Xiangqian, not herself.
Keeping the rose can be regarded as a kind of restraint on Chu Qianqian.
She asked Chu Qianqian in a low voice, "Do you want her to talk to the person with the prefix "Yi"?
If we can come to an agreement, let her take over the Yizitou site and hand over the entrance fee of 5 million?"
Chu Xiangqian glanced at Lei Luo with some disgust, of course he knew what this guy was thinking.
As the saying goes, if you cut the grass without removing the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows.
Since Lei Luo has bad intentions, don’t blame yourself for not giving you face.
He made up his mind to kill Rose, but said, "The rule in the past was that if you wanted to join the gang, you had to submit a certificate of surrender.
If she wants to be in power, besides paying money, she also has to show her stance.
At the same time, other forces must be convinced, otherwise Brother Luo, you won’t be able to trust her when using her, right?”
Lei Luo curled his lips in his heart, he was worried about you, Chu Xiangqian. As for the petition, it was nothing more than asking Rose to clean up Lame Hao's confidants.
Speaking to the public, Rose has been with Laihao since she was a teenager. By then, this woman will not only be a young girl, but the manpower she brought back from Southeast Asia may have other thoughts.
Not only is it possible to kill her and become the boss himself, but he is definitely not willing to avenge the lame hao.
On the surface, people with the prefix "Yi" become Rose's subordinates, but secretly they won't let her control them.
Most likely, like those who came from Southeast Asia, they are looking forward to this woman dying.
Lei Luo saw Chu Xiangqian saying this, "Okay, I'll ask Lardboy to talk to the people with the prefix "Yi", and those who are disobedient will be dealt with by Rose."
At noon, Lan Gang and Fei Bo came back one after another and said that one of Hua Zai Ming and Lai Hao's gold medal thug mute Ah Qi was captured and the other was shot dead on the spot.
I heard that the mute was very brave. If Lan Gang hadn't wanted to let him live in the first place, he would have shot him as soon as he encountered him.
But even so, it still took twenty or thirty bullets to lose his mobility.
Otherwise, he might actually get hurt or kill one or two plainclothes men.
Chu Qianqian felt relieved and looked at Lei Luo, and then at Rose, who had been sitting quietly.
Lei Luo knew what Chu Xiangqian meant, so he stood up and walked to Rose, "You follow Lard Zai, kill Hua Zai Ming with your own hands, and then go talk to the guy named Yi, do you understand?"
Rose nodded expressionlessly, got up and followed Lardboy and seven or eight others out.
And Chu Xiangqian also asked Ti Que to follow him all the way.
I saw Rose with my own eyes. No matter how Hua Tsai Ming begged for mercy or how he talked about their friendship back then, he would kill Hua Tsai Ming with one shot without hesitation.
Then he took people to negotiate with the people with the prefix "Yi".
Among the big guys whose names start with the prefix "righteousness", some want to be in power, while others want to buy peace.
Seeing that Mei Mei came to talk with someone, and lard boy was following him, after much thought, he finally agreed to meet at the entrance of the hall.
In addition to quarrels and threats, this process only involves the distribution of benefits.
Chu Xiangqian had already seen everything clearly through his tits. By the time the two groups had finished talking, it was already past 9pm.
As soon as Rose walked out of the hall door with great satisfaction, there was a flash of silver light, and the tit paw scratched the artery on Rose's neck.
Standing on a branch not far away, looking at the dozen or so people following Rose, he looked at Rose in surprise when he suddenly stopped.
Within a few seconds, a trace of blood mist flew out from Rose's neck, and the scene immediately became chaotic.
If it weren't for the presence of Lard Boy and seven or eight plainclothes men, a fire fight would have been unavoidable.
The next day, Chu Qianqian learned from Fei Bo that the group of men that Rose had brought from Yuenan had armed themselves with guns at three or four o'clock last night and attacked Yizitou, a big boss who had previously strongly opposed joining Rose. The two groups are now fighting fiercely.
Now, even if some outsiders suspect that Chu Xiangqian killed Rose, it is no longer important.
Moreover, the rose died inexplicably in the hall of righteousness, under the eyes of more than a dozen people, and there was no way for righteousness to escape.
Some people even suspected that it was Mei Mei's own subordinates who put the blame on Yi Zitou and Chu Xiangqian.
Not to mention, this conspiracy theory is quite popular.
Later, it was reported that Chu Xiangqian had dinner at Lei Luo's house last night and did not leave until after 10 o'clock. During this period, not only did he not go out, but he also drank and chatted with Lei Luo, Baifanyu, Lan Gang, and Fei Bo.
Didn't even make a call.
In this way, it was immediately confirmed that Rose would either die in the hands of his own men, or be killed by someone with the prefix "righteousness".
After several days of turmoil, the leaders of the two groups were either killed or captured by the police, waiting to be put in jail.
The territory with the prefix "Yi" and the territory that Rose had conquered before were also taken over by other forces.
Chu Xiangqian then called Sanjiang Shui and asked him to find the two island women from last time.
Speaking of studios on Hong Kong Island, during this period of the 1960s, there was more than just Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay studio.
In terms of scale, the Clear Water Bay studio, which has not yet been expanded, is not as big as the Diamond Head studio.
The boss of Diamond Mountain Studios is Cao Dahua, who has been active in the film industry for fifty or sixty years.
In the 1960s, this old gentleman had at least several million in cash and owned half a street of property, a palace theater, a studio and several film companies.
He also opened several import and export companies in partnership with relatives.
At his peak, his net worth definitely exceeded hundreds of millions.
According to the valuation in the new millennium, those real estate properties alone are worth at least 150 billion.
It's a pity that while his wealth was increasing rapidly, he actually got involved in gambling. In just a few years, he lost all his wealth to a gambling king in Macau.
Since Chu Xiangqian wants to enter the film industry and then join the television media industry, he will naturally not forget about this boy who brings wealth.
After Sanjiang Shui found the two island women who were used to seduce and consume the boxing champion Tornado last time.
Chu Xiangqian asked him to put down the things at the fire station and the market under construction first, and take a boat to Macau.
He paid a doorman in Lisboa and told him to call Sanjiangshui if he saw Cao Dahua entering Lisboa.
After meeting the two island women, Chu Xiangqian finally understood why the ghost guy Tornado was so obsessed with these two women.
From the aesthetic point of view of the people of the Celestial Dynasty, the appearance can only be regarded as good, but with a weak appearance, let alone European and American people, even Chu looked forward, and he felt a faint protective desire.
No wonder that ghost guy from Tornado stayed in his room for two days in a row.
After choosing the heroine of Fengyue Film, the rest is very simple.
Publish a script, spend money to find a director, crew, and actors to start filming.
But before that, Chu Xiangqian asked Bai Fanyu to meet, and the film was naturally under the name of Bai Fanyu's film company.
This old man saw that Chu Xiangqian didn't even sign his name on the script, and casually used the name of a screenwriter instead.
Follow the same example and put the film company on a little brother.
With the addition of Baifanyu, no actor or director would dare to give face to any director Chu Xiangqiang likes.
It’s hard to say whether I’ll take the movie or not, but if I want to meet or have a meal, I’ll be there on call.
Fortunately, Chu Xiangqian is not stupid, so he will not really make a movie about men and women fighting.
In addition, I do have a lot of classic plots in my mind. I just pieced it together, and with the improvement of a few screenwriters, the script of a movie was completed.
These days, no matter whether you are a director, behind the scenes or an actor, everyone gets a fixed salary.
Faced with a reward of 1,000 yuan for 10 days, it was easy for Baifanyu to hire a well-known director at the time.
After the director's introduction, photography, lighting and other behind-the-scenes teams, it was easy to set up.
After filming started, if Chu Xiangqian hadn't made many demands, this "Futon" series of movies might have been finished in three days.
A week later, Bai Fanyu was smoking a cigar and lightly bumped Chu Qianqian beside him with his shoulder.
Facing Wallace, who was sitting in the front row with his eyes fixed on the big screen, the two ghost guys, Charles, whispered in Teochew dialect, "Ah Chu, it looks like these ghost guys also like your movie." p>
Chu Qianqian hurriedly waved his hand, "Uncle, don't talk nonsense. What does this movie have to do with me?"
"Okay, okay," Baifanyu rolled his eyes, "It's the head office of the film company under my name, right?"
Chu Xiangqian then focused his attention on the screen again and waited for a moment before saying, "If this movie is popular in Hong Kong, I think you can open a few phoenix towers and nightclubs where everyone wears kimonos.
Or just find some women from the island country, and the business should be good."
After finishing speaking, Chu Xiangqian told the story of hundreds of thousands of women who were hired by the island government in the past few years and tricked into serving the American soldiers.
There are also stories about the birth of a large number of mixed-race children.
Calculating time, the first batch of mixed-race children will reach adulthood in less than two or three years.
And the life of these people in the rigid and conservative environment of the island country will definitely not be much better.
Baifanyu was immediately interested.
Although the island nation has shown signs of economic recovery since the 1960s, life at the bottom is still very difficult.
Otherwise, there would be no island women doing business here on Hong Kong Island.
Chu Xiangqian didn't care how the white rice fish harmed the island country. He thought based on the number of people who watched the open-air movies in two remote areas of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun last night.
The popularity of this "Futon" is still very good.
Once it is rolled out in other districts, it will definitely be no problem to sell a box office of 200,000 to 300,000 Hong Kong dollars, but the cost of the movie is only a little over 60,000.
Moreover, the open-air theater does not need to pay money to the cinema, and it can be shown in one place for two or three days and then transferred to other places immediately.
It’s easy to attract ordinary people from all over the place to watch it, and the ticket price is only 7 or 8 cents, which is about one-third cheaper than the cinema.
No wonder there will be so many movies in the future that have never thought about being released in theaters from the day they started shooting.
In the future, after the rise of video tapes and DVDs, in countries like the United States, a large number of movies will be filmed and then directly packed into video tapes and sold in the market. They will also be sold to South America, Europe and other countries.
There are even some American film companies that are only engaged in the video tape business. Not only are they living well, but they also make a lot of money every year.
After the movie ended, the lights came on, and Chu Qianqian threw the thin cigar in his hand.
He stood up and asked Blair and Charles, "Gentlemen, for 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, I will hand over the entire Asan market to you. I believe that Mr. Bai and I are sincere, and you should be able to feel it.
As for the European release, once Ah San’s box office comes out, I believe you will be willing to buy out the European broadcast rights for 100,000 yuan.”
Blair smiled and secretly said that Chu Xiangqian was really a talented person. He wanted to reject the photo, but he didn't show anything.
On the contrary, this can arouse men's voyeurism and fantasy.
Just think about it and you'll know that Ah San's box office shouldn't be low.
He smiled and stretched out his hand, "Chu, I hope to see the second part as soon as possible."
Chu Qianqian shrugged, "If it were so easy to make a blockbuster movie, I believe you would set up a film company yourself."
Blair and the two felt nervous. This idea had not been discussed among their own group in the past few days.
But the result is that we first see how well Chu Xiangqian does, and then copy him, or find a screenwriter to come up with a script and make a movie to test the waters.
Now that Chu Xiangqian had revealed his thoughts, the two ghost guys couldn't help but feel embarrassed.