The influence of "A Chinese Ghost Story" goes far beyond the creation of more than a dozen follow-up Hong Kong films. In view of its good box office success in Hong Kong, film producers in various regions of Asia are preparing for prime time slots for "A Chinese Ghost Story".
In another time and space, it was precisely because of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" that Wang Juxian suddenly became the top actress in Japan and South Korea. Even in the beauty rankings of the 21st century, Koreans ranked Wang Juxian
Among the top few, the Japanese even gave her the title of "The most beautiful legs in Asia".
The ticket sales of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Japan and South Korea are extremely exciting.
At the same time, the third round of screenings of "Shu Mountain" has also been successfully completed in parts of East Asia and South America, and has successfully concluded in mainland China.
Although the box office performance in South American countries was unsatisfactory, the results of the third round of screenings in East Asia were extremely gratifying, earning DreamWorks millions of dollars in accumulated box office.
As a result, the global screening of "Shushan" for more than half a year has officially ended, with a total box office of US$101.38 million, equivalent to HK$790 million. Depending on the situation in various places, DreamWorks can probably get a share of 300 million, which is still
Excludes additional income from video tapes, original soundtracks, product peripherals, etc. of "Shushan".
Many film company bosses are jealous of DreamWorks' super-high profits, and many directors are envious of Xu Ke's good fortune because Kang Jianfei announced additional bonuses to the entire crew after the global screening of "Shushan".
He gave 2 million red envelopes to director Xu Ke.
Of course, there are still people who are not worth it...
Just after the Lantern Festival, a visitor came to Xu Ke's home.
Huang Baiming drank Shi Nansheng's freshly ground coffee, first relived the old relationship with Xu Ke when they worked together, and then said with emotion: "Old Xu, you did a great job this time. Only one piece of "Shu Mountain".
It has earned more than 200 million yuan in net profit for DreamWorks. However, it seems that your movie studio can only share the Hong Kong box office, and it also has shares in DreamWorks, so the money you get seems to be a bit small."
Xu Xiaoxiao said: "It's quite a lot. The studio's share, additional share, my director's salary and red envelopes add up to more than 7 million."
Huang Baiming provoked discord and said: "Compared to the global box office of nearly 800 million, more than 7 million is really pitiful."
Shi Nansheng interjected: "That's enough. Which director in Hong Kong is paid more than 1 million?"
Xu Ke answered bluntly: "If you are here to persuade me to return to Xinyi City, then there is no need to say anything more."
Huang Baiming smiled and said: "I'm not asking you to go back to Xinyi City, but someone wants to invest in starting a company with you."
"Oh, who wants to cooperate with me?" Xu Ke asked.
Huang Baiming said: "There are many people who want to cooperate with you, including Boss Lei from Princess Jin, Wang Yingxiang from Taiwan, and our New Art City."
Shi Nansheng asked: "You mean, Boss Lei, Wang Yingxiang, Xinyi City and Lao Xu will cooperate to open a company?"
Huang Baiming nodded and said: "Yes, we can discuss the distribution of shares. Being your own boss is different from working for others. If you were your own boss in "Shu Mountain", you would make more than ten seven million."
Xu Ke was not blinded by the temptation of making big money. He laughed and said: "If I were my own boss, it would be impossible to make the movie "Shu Mountain"."
Huang Baiming continued to seduce: "But it's different now. With the help of Princess Jin, New Art City and Taiwan Longxiang, you not only have the money to make a movie like "Shu Mountain", but you also don't have to worry about local and overseas distribution."
Although Xu Ke was not very eloquent, his mind worked very quickly, and it didn't take long for him to figure out what was going on.
Huang Baiming came this time on behalf of Princess Jin, New Art City and Taiwan Longxiang Pictures. Wang Yingxiang is the boss of Longxiang Pictures and one of the shareholders of New Art City Taiwan branch.
Longxiang Pictures was a partner of New Art City when it was first established, and teamed up with Princess Jin to establish a joint distribution network in Hong Kong, Taiwan and New York. Of course, at that time, it mainly distributed DreamWorks films. After DreamWorks and Princess Jin broke up,
, Longxiang Pictures has just expanded the number of film purchases from Xinyi City.
Since it also owns the Taiwan distribution rights of New Arts City and DreamWorks Films, Longxiang Pictures has developed extremely rapidly. In the second half of the year before last, the Taipei theater chain was reorganized, and Longxiang Pictures joined forces with New Voice Cinema to establish the seventh theater chain in Taiwan.
The expansion of the distribution network and theater chain made Longxiang Pictures in urgent need of more film sources. As a result, DreamWorks was blocked by the Taiwan authorities at this time, which was like a blow to Longxiang Pictures.
Without enough film sources, Long Xiang had no choice but to make Taiwanese films to fill the gaps. As a result, several films in a row were thrown into the street, and now there is no chance to make local films in Taiwan.
Last year, Wang Yingxiang, the boss of Longxiang Pictures, discovered the newly emerging Debao, so he contacted Pan Disheng privately. As a result, Longxiang only distributed one Debao movie, and its competitor Scholar Company entered into a partnership with Debao.
An alliance was formed, and Wang Yingxiang was so angry that he almost swam to Hong Kong to kill Pan Desheng.
Since last year, Taiwanese capital has entered the Hong Kong film industry in large sums, and Wang Yingxiang and his company Long Xiang are not willing to fall behind. In the second half of last year, they invested in two Hong Kong films, and the box office results were not satisfactory, although they made a small profit.
, but it is still far from Wang Yingxiang’s expectations.
Until the release of "Shu Mountain", Xu Ke entered Wang Yingxiang's vision as an internationally renowned director - Wang Yingxiang did not lack funds, distribution channels, and good actors. He only lacked famous and good directors to make movies.
Half an hour later, Huang Baiming left Xu Ke's home.
Shi Nansheng asked: "Why didn't you agree to him? Longxiang Pictures has strong overseas distribution capabilities and very abundant funds."
Xu Xiaoxiao said: "Lei Juekun is a businessman, Wang Yingxiang is also a businessman, including Huang Baiming, who just left, and he has now become a film businessman. Do you think they will give me money sincerely?"
Shi Nansheng said: "Because you can give them money by making movies, what's wrong with setting up your own company and being the boss?"
Xu Ke asked back: "Didn't you listen to what they said just now? If the company is established, in addition to me, there will be Princess Jin, Longxiang and Xinyi City's other three shareholders. How much say do you think I will have by then?
They have the final say on what to shoot, what the budget is, and when to shoot. Not every movie can earn hundreds of millions at the overseas box office. Even if I become the boss of the company, how much can I get if it is divided among the four shareholders?
All the money? They took away most of it. I might as well stay in DreamWorks and a movie studio. At least the filming atmosphere here is relatively free. Don’t forget, there is a sequel to "Shushan". As long as the filming is not too bad,
The money I make from filming a sequel is about the same as opening a company with them and splitting the accounts."
Xu Ke still has something to say, that is, if he leaves DreamWorks, the movie "Shu Mountain" will have nothing to do with him at all, and he will probably break up with Kang Jianfei.
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Xu Ke is not the only choice for Longxiang Pictures in Hong Kong. In fact, Wang Yingxiang has already registered a Longtai Film Company in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the box office of two consecutive films was mediocre.
Xiang Huaqiang added a spoonful of sugar to the milk tea, raised his eyes and asked Wang Yingxiang: "Do you want to invest in Yongsheng?"
"Of course not," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, "I know that Yongsheng Pictures is a gang asset of Xin Ngee Ann. Even if Mr. Xiang agrees to my investment, I'm afraid your eldest brother won't be able to pass the test of your eldest brother."
Xiang Huaqiang twitched the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile: "Who told you that Yongsheng is a gang company? Yongsheng is the personal property of me and my brother Asheng."
"Since this is not a pleasant thing to say, let's not talk about it," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile. "I hope Longtai Pictures can cooperate with Yongsheng to make a film, and I will invest and be responsible for its distribution in Taiwan and Nanyang."
Xiang Huaqiang asked: "Then what do I need to do?"
Wang Yingxiang said: "You only need to provide money and people, terminate the cooperation with Jiahe and Xinbao, and instead form an alliance with Princess Jin. The film and television resources of Xinyi City will always be open to the public."
"It seems that your relationship with scholar Cai Songlin is really not very good." Xiang Huaqiang smiled and took a sip of tea. "I can cooperate with you, but my relationship with Jiahe and Xinbao will not be broken. Who gave me the conditions?"
Okay, I'll cooperate with whoever. What's that called? By the way, free competition."
"I think the terms they offered are definitely not as good as mine," Wang Yingxiang laughed, raised his teacup and said, "Then, let's make a deal!"
"Happy cooperation!" Xiang Huaqiang also raised his tea cup.
Watching Wang Yingxiang leave the tea restaurant, a proud smile appeared on Xiang Huaqiang's face. In his heart, he was also very happy to cooperate with Longxiang Pictures, so that he would not have to look at Jiahe's face when releasing the movie.
Compared with Scholar Pictures, Longxiang Pictures has a stronger background in Taiwan. When Wang Yingxiang and New Voice Cinema established the seventh theater chain in Taiwan, it was the end of Taiwan's clearing operation. As long as you are not stupid,
Anyone can guess that this person has a strong official background, and his seventh theater chain in Taiwan is composed of gang theaters that were wiped out during the Qing Dynasty operation, including the Bamboo Union Gang, Sihai Gang
A gang-controlled theater.
Of course, it was impossible to give all these gang theaters to Wang Yingxiang, but he did swallow the fattest pieces.
The New Year of 1986 has just passed, and the popularity of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has not subsided, and the Hong Kong film industry is making waves again.
Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures has entered Hong Kong with a high profile, and has invested in Yongsheng Film Company's "Emerald", director and producer's "People's Heroes" and Golden Princess Entertainment Company's "The Best Son-in-Law".
Zhao Yazhi brought breakfast to Kang Jianfei in her nightgown, but Kang Jianfei read the newspaper with gusto.
The entertainment section of "Oriental Daily" published a review of "A Chinese Ghost Story" that has been released: "After Wang Zuxian, there will be no Xiaoqian, and after Xiaoqian, there will be no female ghosts!"
Film critics spoke highly of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and Wang Zuxian. They also reported on the hot sales of "A Chinese Ghost Story" video and soundtrack albums. Finally, they finally revealed their fake film reviews and real advertisements: "Oriental TV Production Company will soon
Plans are being made to film a TV series version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", which will be broadcast on Phoenix TV and Macau Satellite TV."
As for the news that Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures was investing in and shooting three movies in Hong Kong at the same time, it was squeezed into a small corner.
Kang Jianfei's eyes fell on the news in the corner, and he said with a smile: "First it was scholars, and now it is Long Xiang. These Taiwanese tycoons really have too much money and nowhere to spend it. Hong Kong is getting more and more lively." (To be continued.)
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