Sun Dahai is not very interested in investing in the sequel of "A Better Tomorrow". This kind of sequel has no sentiment and no gimmicks, that is, it just follows the trend and makes money.
Shi Nansheng's budget was HK$5 million, and the final investment may be between HK$6 million and HK$7 million. Sun Dahai remembers that the box office of the sequel was over HK$20 million, even if the final net profit was HK$2,500.
One million Hong Kong dollars doesn't mean much to Sun Dahai.
However, when Sun Dahai saw the apologetic looks on Tsui Hark's and his wife's faces, he made a temporary decision to squeeze more benefits from them.
"How much share do they want?" Sun Dahai asked in a deep voice.
"Twenty percent...or thirty percent." After Shi Nansheng finished speaking, he even felt embarrassed.
According to the investment return rate of "A Better Tomorrow", even if there is some discount, it means that for every 10% reduction in investment, millions of Hong Kong dollars in income will be lost.
Sun Dahai had no expression on his face and tapped the tabletop gently with his fingers. But he was thinking in his heart, what is the benefit of ordering it? A gentleman bullies someone and brings a blackmail to the door. If it doesn't make a bang, how can it be done? God will do it.
Incredible!
"Dahai, we owe you a favor this time. From now on, as long as I am the producer or director of a film, I will give you a guarantee of three films, and you can ask for investment, and the investment amount for each film will not be less than 30%.
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Tsui Hark gritted his teeth and made the biggest promise within his capabilities.
The Hong Kong film and television industry has its own rules. Even though Wu Yusen is already a big director who can get box office commissions, he does not have the right to invest or appoint investors unless it is a project that no one is optimistic about.
Fortunately, Tsui Hark is a couple, and Shi Nansheng is also a well-known producer in the industry. Many producers are willing to bring both of them into the crew at the same time, with one as a producer and the other as a director or producer, so that the effect will be better
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It was only after he became famous in the past few years that Tsui Hark dared to make such a promise, and he also benefited from Sun Dahai's character. If one day he has a hot project, and Sun Dahai insists on him fulfilling his promise, it is estimated that
Tsui Hark will also vomit blood.
He wanted to put forward some simple conditions, but he had to ask Sun Dahai to agree.
Although he is both a director and a producer, he has great power over the crew and actors, but it is not that easy to give Sun Dahai any benefits.
Even if Tsui Hark is the director or producer, he may not have the final say in choosing the protagonist of each movie. The supporting role is not a big problem, but he cannot guarantee it.
Only the flower vase role is the easiest to handle, and Tsui Hark had no problem giving Sun Dahai a quota of ten movies.
But Sun Dahai didn't want to use this method to win over his son. If Tsui Hark really brought it up, he would probably make the generous people laugh.
Tsui Hark had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to Sun Dahai's three investment qualifications. It would not be easy for Tsui Hark to obtain such qualifications, and he would have to talk to other investors.
Well, the investment for the three films is no less than 30%. This condition is possible, and Sun Dahai is really tempted.
Tsui Hark is known as "Old Monster Tsui", and his films are wild and imaginative.
During the golden age of Hong Kong movies, many classic films were produced by him, such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Once Upon a Time" series, "New Dragon Inn", "Swordsman" series, etc.
However, many of these films were not well-received when they were first proposed, and there will be many opportunities for them to be missed. Sun Dahai needs to think carefully about how to use Tsui Hark's three promises in the most appropriate place.
There are many Tsui Hark's classic works, but not all of them performed well at the box office.
A classic movie like "A Chinese Ghost Story" had an investment of 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars, but the box office result was only 18 million. It only ranked 15th at the box office of Hong Kong movies that year. It can only be said that it did not lose money.
That's all.
Sun Dahai reluctantly accepted the gift from Tsui Hark, discussed it with Shi Nansheng, and decided to invest in "A Better Tomorrow 2".
Sun Dahai habitually raised the investment amount in the budget to six million Hong Kong dollars, Tsui Hark Studio 40%, and the Lei family's daughter and Sun Dahai both 30%.
Sun Dahai's film and television investment company has not yet been registered, so use his name instead and change it later.
Tsui Hark and his wife were relatively speechless. We, as a couple, had been working hard in the Hong Kong film industry for so many years, and we had just established a studio with the support of our boss.
This is Sun Dahai's investment movie, which is just like playing with tickets, but he has already left the company?
Not to mention the MMP in the hearts of these two couples, Sun Dahai left after talking about the investment in "A Better Tomorrow 2".
It's getting late. Zheng Ziwei will come back to see Sun Dahai tonight, so Sun Dahai has to rush back before dinner.
Zheng Ziwei has not paid much attention to the affairs of Zheng Ji Printing Factory in recent years. It is enough to read the reports every month and go to Luohu to visit the factory when he is happy.
The professional manager Dela Pena performed very well and kept Zhengji Printing Factory in order.
Due to the area limitation of the old factory in the special zone, the economic benefits of the branch factory in Daocheng have exceeded that of the old factory in the special zone.
The main product there, the laser anti-counterfeiting mark, has long been in short supply. Now, on the basis of the four first-generation product production lines, two second-generation product production lines have been introduced, and the production scale has been expanded again.
Zheng Ziwei often travels to and from the Special Administrative Region recently, and he purchased two villas there off-plan. The villas were prepared by the Special Administrative Region government for foreign businessmen to stay in, and the price is very cheap. As one of the star enterprises in the Special Administrative Region, Zheng Ji Printing Factory is naturally qualified to purchase.
Zheng Ziwei purchased two sets at once, one of which was given to Dela Pena as a reward for his contribution to Zhengji Printing Factory.
The villa area has just begun to carry out the infrastructure construction of three connections and one level. He must seize the time to select the style he is satisfied with among the several architectural drawings provided by the builder.
Dela Pena needed to run both ways, and he was in the island city these days to supervise the installation and commissioning of the new production line. So Zheng Ziwei went to the Special Economic Zone and lived in the factory temporarily, studying the layout of his villa while keeping an eye on the situation of the factory.
Sun Dahai arrived in Xiangjiang yesterday, and Zheng Ziwei ran back today. The old man has not seen Sun Dahai in almost three years, so he wanted to see what he looks like now.
When Sun Dahai returned to Bafu Garden, many people were already in the room of relatives and friends. Uncle Ren and Aunt Ren were also there, drinking tea with Zheng Ziwei.
When Sun Dahai came back, there was naturally a lot of excitement. Amidst the commotion, the food was put out and everyone started eating.
What we had today was a seafood hotpot. There were two stoves on the table, with spicy and non-spicy pot bases. There was a table of various seafood and seasonal vegetables. If you want to eat, you can eat it. If you don’t have enough, you can go outside and help yourself.
Anyway, now here are either family members or very familiar friends, so there is not so much emphasis.