During the preview of "The Hardcover Chasing Girls", Zou Wenhuai was dragged by Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng's brothers to watch it in person. Just looking at the names of the production staff at the beginning of the film, Zou Wenhuai's face became a little unnatural because of the lineup of the production team.
It's too ridiculous.
First of all, Wang Jing, the director of "Fantasy Girl", is from Shaw Brothers. One of the leading actors, Chen Baixiang, is a contracted actor of TVB. And the other leading actor, Feng Suifan, is not only an actor of TVB, he even worked as a director for Shaw Brothers five months ago.
Made a movie.
Secondly, the male and female protagonists are actually Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan from Oriental DreamWorks, and DreamWorks' production manager Eric Tsang is also one of the leading actors. What's even more outrageous is that the screenwriter of this movie is actually Kang Jianfei!
During the filming, the crew photographer, lighting engineer, prop master, etc. were hired by Xiang Huaqiang from Jiahe, while the art, costume and other personnel were borrowed from Oriental DreamWorks. The editing and soundtrack during post-production were respectively
For Jiahe and Lishi, the action director was hired by Hong Jinbao, a member of the Hong Family Team.
It has to be said that Xiang Huaqiang's "network of connections" is really extensive. The creative team of this film is so complex that it would be impossible for another producer to handle it.
Zou Wenhuai really wanted to ask Kang Jianfei if he had any investment in this movie, but fortunately after watching the movie, he didn't see the words "Oriental DreamWorks" appear.
"The filming was good." Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, but he did not directly agree on when the film would be released.
In fact, the reason why Zou Wenhuai agreed to help Xiang Huaqiang screen the film was mainly to return a favor to Xiang Huaqiang. At first, Cheng Long was the actor signed by Luo Wei, and He Guanchang persuaded Luo Wei's ex-wife and son to act as internal agents.
Cheng Long dug into Golden Harvest Pictures.
The hatred in Luo Wei's heart was that not only was his cash cow Cheng Long robbed by Jiahe, but his wife and son also helped outsiders poach him. The more he thought about it, the more unwilling Luo Wei became. He spent a huge sum of money to contact people in the society and threatened to give him money.
Cheng Long and Zou Wenhuai were good-looking. After being threatened and troubled continuously, Zou Wenhuai was so frightened that he almost sent Cheng Long abroad to avoid the limelight. In the end, Zou Wenhuai asked someone to find Xiang Huayan, Xiang Huaqiang's brother, and Xiang Huayan personally
The matter was settled by speaking out.
So some time ago, Xiang Huaqiang told Hua Qiang that he wanted to make a movie and wanted to show it in Jiahe Cinema. Zou Wenhuai agreed without much thought. In addition to returning the favor, Zou Wenhuai didn't have any intention of becoming a good friend of Xin Ngee'an?
Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said: "I also think this movie is well made. Mr. Zou, what do you think of it being screened on New Year's Day?"
Zou Wenhuai did not refuse directly, but said: "We have to look at the film schedule of the theaters first. I will try my best to adjust."
Xiang Huaqiang heard the insincere meaning of Zou Wenhuai's words. He was dissatisfied but couldn't express it directly. He could only nod and say, "Okay, I'll go back and wait for Mr. Zou's good news."
Zou Wenhuai had been sending Brother Xiang Huaqiang out of the building before he asked the general manager of Golden Harvest Cinema to ask about the film schedule for the New Year. It turned out that Golden Harvest didn't have any heavy-hitting films that he could offer.
This situation is caused by Zou Wenhuai's investment decision-making route. In the past two years, Golden Harvest Pictures has invested in a total of 19 movies in Hollywood. Some of these movies made some profits, but overall they still made a lot of money. But
When making movies in Hollywood, all the investment is in US dollars, and the money for making movies is slow to recoup. Although "Cannonball Speed" was a hit in North America during the summer release, Golden Harvest's share of the box office was only received three months ago.
Because of the success of "Cannonball Run" in the United States, Zou Wenhuai followed up and made two more Hollywood films. As a result, Golden Harvest did not have much money to make blockbusters in Hong Kong. It could only produce some small-cost productions.
He Guanchang, who was in charge of Jiahe's production business, strongly opposed Zou Wenhuai's decision, but Zou Wenhuai finally convinced He Guanchang. From a financial point of view, investing in Hollywood films is indeed more profitable than making movies in Hong Kong.
Since "Master Dragon", Cheng Long has not appeared in movies again, but is focusing on running his own Quanwei Film Company. This time in the New Year, Quanwei Film Company also has a film released, written by Huang Bingyao and directed by Feng Ke'an
"Mouse Street".
"Beware of Little Hands" produced by Hong Jinbao's Weihe Film Company is still in the post-production stage at this time. This film is also written by Huang Bingyao and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.
After looking at Jiahe Cinema Line's New Year's film schedule, Zou Wenhuai circled two small-production movies and said to Chen Zhiqi, the general manager of Jiahe Cinema Line: "These two movies will be postponed and their theaters will be given over to
"Hardcover Chasing Girls". This is Xiang Huaqiang's phone number. You can contact him after making arrangements."
Chen Zhiqi took Xiang Huaqiang's business card and said, "Okay, Mr. Zou, I'll make arrangements right away."
After Chen Zhiqi left, Zou Wenhuai rubbed his temples with a headache. After the success of "Cannonball Speed", Zou Wenhuai invested in two more Hollywood films, one of which had been released some time ago, but the box office was extremely poor. With an investment of more than 5 million US dollars,
The final box office in the United States was only over 6 million, which is like reaching outer space.
After closing his eyes and concentrating for a while, Zou Wenhuai invited his old partner He Guanchang in and sighed: "Ah Chang, it seems that I was wrong this time. Hollywood movies are really not something that Hong Kong companies can do well."
He Guanchang finally breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Zou Wenhuai's words. He comforted: "Don't think too much. Counting the Western films we have made in the past two years, we actually did not lose money."
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: "Although there is no loss, Golden Harvest's share of the Hong Kong box office market has been reduced by half, allowing Oriental DreamWorks and New Arts City to grow bigger. Although "Cannonball Speed" sold a box office of 70 million US dollars in the United States,
We can only get 18% of the box office share, which is barely able to recover the production costs. If we want to make money, we have to rely on the box office of Canada, Europe, and Japan.
I have to wait at least half a year. The funds are too slow to come back, not to mention the investments that were made on the street. Alas, I have decided not to touch Hollywood movies within five years. After all the funds are recovered, I will feel at ease.
Asian market development.”
He Guanchang took the opportunity and said: "I decided to let Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao and their brothers collaborate on a movie after the beginning of the new year."
Zou Wenhuai asked: "Do you have any specific plans?"
"Aaron and Deng Jingsheng are already writing the script. This time it's not an old-style kung fu movie." He Guanchang explained.
Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement. He still had great trust in the abilities of He Guanchang and Deng Jingsheng.
After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai suddenly asked: "There is still no news about Kang Jianfei?"
He Guanchang was also puzzled and said: "Yeah, it's like he suddenly disappeared from the world, and there is no news at all. New Year's Day is coming soon, and it is definitely impossible for his new film to be released on New Year's Day. If there is no news about him within half a month,
According to the news about the promotion of the new film, Kang Jianfei may have given up on this year’s New Year’s release.”
When Zou Wenhuai heard that Kang Jianfei gave up on this year's New Year's Eve, he felt relaxed and asked with a smile: "Where do you think Kang Jianfei has been hiding in the past two months?"
He Guanchang also smiled and said: "How do I know? After all, this young man is only 20 years old. It is right for a young man to enjoy more when he becomes successful. It is impossible to go on vacation abroad with any confidante."
Zou Wenhuai lit his cigar and said, "It would be best if he could play abroad for a year and a half."
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This year's Christmas season in Hong Kong is not lively. Shaw Brothers has been unable to produce any good movies. Golden Harvest's Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao did not make much appearances. "Mouse Street", which Cheng Long is the producer, received a mediocre box office after its release.
This greatly damaged his confidence in being a film company boss.
On the Golden Princess Cinemas side, DreamWorks' "Afraid" is outstanding. It achieved good box office results before Christmas. In the end, it took advantage of the good opportunity of Christmas to win more than 14.6 million at the box office. And this
The movie is a low-budget comedy. Even if a big singer like Alan Tam is invited to star, the cost is only over 2 million, which can be said to be a huge profit.
After Christmas arrives, New Art City's "Brothers in Need" will be released immediately. The cost of this movie is about the same as "Afraid of Little Life", but Tim Shek, Ng Yiu-han, George Lam, Alan Tam, Sylvia Chang, Michael Mak, Lau Kar-wing, Cao Dahua and Xu Ke are like this
The cast is really strong. As for the role of Zhong Chuhong in another time and space, she was replaced by actress Liu Lanxi from Taiwan.
Released in the first few days of Christmas and until New Year's Day, the box office of "Brothers and Brothers" quickly exceeded 10 million, and it still has great stamina. Judging from the current situation, there is no problem in the box office rising to another six to seven million.
After earning over 10 million in box office, Lei Juekun held a grand celebration party for "Brothers in Arms", and Alan Tam successfully transformed from a popular singer to a star by starring in two comedy films with box office of over 10 million in "Little Life" and "Brothers in Arms".
Blockbuster comedian.
At this time, Xiang Huaqiang Yongsheng Film Company's "Hardcover Chasing Girls" also started to be released in Jiahe Cinemas after some publicity.
When "Fantasy" was still in the promotion period, it received strong attention from the Hong Kong media because the creative lineup of this movie was so weird.
Just looking at the name of the movie, it reminds people of the New Art City movie "Chasing Girls". The screenwriter of the movie is Kang Jianfei, and the male and female protagonists are Zhou Runfa and Guan Zhilin from DreamWorks. What's even weirder is that the movie's
The director is Wang Jing of Shaw Brothers, and the other actors and behind-the-scenes staff belong to several companies.
Riding on the success of "Chasing Girls" last year, the credibility and quality of screenwriter Kang Jianfei was hyped, and it also won the support of fans of Zhou Runfa and Rosamund Kwan. Coupled with the discussion in the media, the box office response of "Chasing Girls" was no better than that of "Chasing Girls".
"Brothers in Trouble" is bad.
In less than a week after its release, the box office of "Fantasy Girl" has exceeded 5 million. Such a good start made the two bosses of Yongsheng Film Company, Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng, laugh heartily. Within a week of the film's release,
Can’t wait to hold a celebration banquet to entertain guests. (To be continued) 8
