As soon as Zhao Donghuai and Cheng Long exchanged some polite words, Hong Yinbao came over with Yuan Biao, greeted Guan Jiahui, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Director Zhao? I heard that Brother Shan is following you to work and have dinner recently?"
After shaking hands, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "Nothing to mention, Guan Sheng's acting skills are more than enough for him to start work wherever he goes."
Hong Qinbao laughed, "To be able to get Shao Daheng's 5 million investment, call Du Qifeng and Cheng Xiaodong to assist, Director Zhao is really young and promising, awesome!"
"When I saw him today, he turned out to be a hero!"
Zhao Donghuai was speechless... This was really the reason, but he thought the 5 million was wholly owned by Shao Daheng?
Let's put it this way, in the whole year of 1983, until the end of the year, leaving aside the butterfly effect of Zhao Donghuai, there were only 9 movies in Hong Kong with a box office of over 10 million.
What is the concept? Take a box office of 10 million as an example. After deducting more than ten percent of the entertainment tax and paying it to the Hong Kong government, and then deducting some publicity and distribution fees, the rest is shared by theater chains and producers, that is, film companies. For ordinary film companies, the producer gets 40%, and the theater chain gets 60%.
For a movie with a box office of 10 million yuan, the movie company usually only pockets 3 million yuan.
Under such a ratio, you say... how common is it for a movie with an investment of 5 million in 1983? If Zhao Donghuai's New World only took 10 million at the box office on Hong Kong Island, and relied solely on the Hong Kong Island box office, it would lose 100
More than ten thousand.
Of course, the entire movie process is not that simple. In addition to the box office in Hong Kong, you can also sell it to Wanwan, island countries, South Korea and various parts of Southeast Asia. You can also make income, and you can also sell video tapes, etc.
However, the box office of nine movies in Hong Kong exceeded 10 million this year, which still explains a lot.
When he was relieved, Cheng Long and Yuan Biao were also surprised. They looked at Director Zhao incredulously, as if Zhang Guorong had to wait for another 8 years. Cheng Long entered the industry in 1971 and started to stand out in 1978.
Hong Xinbao also endured for a long time, Yuan Biao? It was because of the support of Hong Xinbao and Cheng Long that his departure was relatively smooth.
Director Zhao smiled politely again, "I don't dare to take it seriously..."
Everyone can say polite words, and Director Zhao also has a good temper. After being polite for a while, Yuan Biao introduced him to Zhenbao Seafood Restaurant, where he looked at a large number of guests coming and going.
After Director Zhao took his seat, his eyes lit up after a few glances, and he said to Guan Jiahui, "Jiahui, I'm going to meet someone."
Guan Jiahui's eyes widened, "Brother Huai, who do you want to meet?"
Zhao Donghuai smiled and pointed with his finger not far away, where a young man with an old face was greeting a group of familiar and unfamiliar faces.
Those are not the members of the protagonist group of the Five Lucky Stars. The protagonists are Big Brother Hong, Feng Suifan, Qin Xianglin, Wu Yaohan, and Cen Jianxun.
Zhong Jihong has now begun her journey to fame.
But these are not Director Zhao's goals. What he is eyeing is Lin Zhengying. If he hands over the original version of Infernal Affairs to Johnnie To, the ideal protagonist for his next new film will be Uncle Ying.
Don’t get me wrong, Zhao Donghuai doesn’t want to make Mr. Zombie and make Uncle Ying the most secure man in horror movies from now on, nor does he want to guide him to become a mentor for newcomers in the world.
The next film he wants to make is hurricane rescue!
This movie relies on a rough old man to break through various social groups, relying on punches to the flesh, quick transitions of offense and defense and fierce storms of counterattacks, and uses ultra-fast editing and hand-held photography to create a sense of oppression and compactness, opening up another kind of Kung Fu film.
A performance of style.
While he was steadily filming in the New World, didn't he think about making other films, such as the lone agent in the simulator that left him paralyzed for more than half a year? But the protagonist of the lone agent was too young.
As far as stars are concerned, neither Hong Qinbao nor Cheng Long are suitable for that style.
Jet Li...hasn't come to Hong Kong Island yet.
Hurricane rescue is different. All you need is a tough guy who looks old, can fight and maintain his aura. Lin Zhengying perfectly fits these requirements. This uncle Ying is only 31 years old this year, 3 years younger than Hong Yinbao.
However, go and watch The Five Lucky Stars. In this movie, Lin Zhengying plays the butler of the counterfeit money king. Her appearance looks much bigger than that of Hong Yinbao in the movie.
In fact, Lin Zhengying is also the most capable of fighting at her age, and she is still one of the main villains in the second part of the Five Lucky Stars.
If Lin Zhengying can be invited to film Hurricane Rescue, it will have to be at least two movies, right? Once it is filmed, it will definitely be a blockbuster movie.
The original production cost 25 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office was 145 million U.S. dollars and the global box office was 226.82 million U.S. dollars.
He also brought out an action superstar.
If Zhao Donghuai makes the Hong Kong version, it is impossible to expect it to be a box office hit like the Hollywood version, but it is still possible to create a new genre of Kung Fu movies and win over other Kung Fu stars of the same era besides Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long and Jet Li.
The difference is that he wants to see if he can lure Lin Zhengying from the Hong family class to his film company. If he can't, it doesn't matter. How many more movie contracts should he sign, such as how many episodes of "Hurricane"? Cooperate if you can’t dig it out.
He has no plans to make a Mr. Zombie series, but if the cooperation is good, he can tell Lin Zhengying his idea in advance and let him think about directing after finishing the hurricane, and he can invest some money and earn some.
During the prosperity of Hong Kong films in the 1980s and 1990s, the profits from filmmaking were not much worse than those from finance and real estate.
Under his words, Guan Jiahui, "..."
Sister Guan glanced at Lin Zhengying in surprise, blinked, "Housekeeper??"
Her impression of Lin Zhengying is just that of the gray-haired housekeeper in The Game.
In my heart, Sister Guan was even more shocked. For a great director like Zhao Donghuai, a rising star in the future, it wouldn’t be a surprise for you to leave a young divorced woman like her to find Zhong Yanhong. p>
She is confident that she is more beautiful than Zhong Yanhong. At most, she will lose points if she gets divorced before she is 21 years old.
But leave her behind and go find Lin Zhengying??
After dozens of chaotic seconds, Guan Jiahui blinked her big eyes again, "Brother Huai, what are you doing? Preparing for a new film? Or do you think Director Cheng's action scenes are not very good? Do you want to change someone?"
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "If Cheng Sir listens to what you say, I will definitely beat you."
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Guan Jiahui covered her mouth and smiled sweetly, and took the initiative to hold Zhao Donghuai's arm, "That's the new movie? Brother Huai, what is your new movie? Can I act in it?"
They are already divorced, and her father takes her to meet people and go to different crews, just to pave the way for her in the future and to find a job.
But after seeing so many directors, there are no directors as young and handsome as Director Zhao. When it comes to money, there are no directors as rich as Director Zhao!
Not to mention talent!
After all, it is creative talent. The crew admires many people from TVB and Shaw Brothers, and the music production also makes Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong admire and even admire.
The most important thing is to be rich! Single! Beautiful! Tall! Strong sense of authority!
The crew who invested 5 million can leave as soon as they want without any regrets.
If we only count the box office in Hong Kong Island, even if the box office exceeds 15 million, you may still make a small profit from the money you pocketed.
But the box office in Hong Kong Island was 15 million? In the original track, there were only 5 movies in Hong Kong in 1983.
Of course, if you adopt another sharing method, such as 60% for the first week, four theaters, 50% for the second Friday, and 40% for the third week, six theaters, your film company may earn slightly more...<
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Including Wanwan, the island country, dividends from various parts of Southeast Asia, and video tapes, this will eventually make more money. But how can I say that many film companies have no distribution channels and leave it to Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers?
Half a year after the release, the box office dividends in Southeast Asia may only be tens of thousands? This is not impossible. It depends on whether and how the distributors such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest will cheat you.
Just like Hollywood movies that attract investment, lay investors are gods when it comes to making money. After the release, the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, and the video revenue was also very good.
Investors came to share their money happily, and the film and television company settled the accounts and said, boss, our project has lost money... Don't look at the box office numbers, those are just clouds, our real accounts have suffered huge losses.
How about you invest more? I will do it next time.