As a fresh and timeless romantic literary film, the shooting cost of 4 million Hong Kong dollars is enough to kill all films of the same type in an instant.
This is not the result of Fa Ge and Hong Gu randomly asking for remuneration. On the contrary, in order to participate in this literary film, they both lowered their remuneration and then discounted it in half. What they got was definitely a cost price that was in line with their conscience.
The fact that such a large shooting cost appears in a modern urban movie with almost no special effects only shows that director Zhang Wanting has handled every shot of this film to the best of its ability.
In the previous life, the investment for this film was only HKD 3 million, and the filming work was stumbling on location in New York.
Director Zhang had no money to promote before the release. He only relied on the film's reputation after fermentation and the box office appeal of Fa Ge and Hong Gu to complete the local box office of more than 2,500 Hong Kong dollars, surpassing "A Better Tomorrow".
2" and Fatty Wang's "Fantasy Girl", which ranked fifth at the box office in Hong Kong in 1987 and became the highest-grossing literary film in Hong Kong's film history.
As for "A Chinese Ghost Story", produced by Tsui Hark and starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wang, it was well received but not a box office hit. It didn't even make it into the top ten at the box office this year.
However, in this life, with the participation of Sun Dahai, "Autumn Fairy Tale" achieved even more dazzling results than in its previous life.
Due to sufficient filming funds, Director Zhang's version of the final film, although it still has the same story, is one or two quality levels higher than the previous version in terms of the overall image, coherence, and the way each shot is processed.
What's more, "An Autumn Fairy Tale" is wearing a yellow robe. Not only did it become an entry in the main competition of the Venice International Film Festival, it also won two Best Film (Golden Lion Awards) and Best Director (Silver Lion Awards) in the final review.
Grand prize.
In fact, when the film won the award, its release in Xiangjiang had come to an end. Because this film is a literary film, the release time can be extended by one cycle.
Therefore, Youlian only increased its publicity funds a little after the film won the award, and cooperated with Xiangjiang Media's publicity campaign that "Autumn Fairy Tale" won two awards, one gold and one silver at the Venice Film Festival, and easily started the second round of box office harvesting.
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At the end of last month, "An Autumn Fairy Tale" was completely offline. After a release period of more than two months, this version of the movie earned an astonishing box office of 35 million Hong Kong dollars.
At present, "Autumn Fairy Tale" only lags behind Jackie Chan's "Brothers of Dragons and Mouse" with less than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, temporarily ranking second in the annual box office list.
I have to say that "Autumn Fairy Tale" really created a miracle for Hong Kong literary films.
With two films like this, Youlian can really stand out from all the film investment companies after Shaw Brothers ceased production, including the whole of Hong Kong, except for Golden Harvest, Debao and New Art City.
Currently, in addition to "The Last Emperor" to be released next week and "A Better Tomorrow 2" to be released at the end of the year, Youlian has also jointly invested in the New Year comedy "Eight Star Announcement" with New Art City, which is about to start filming next month.
Fatty Wang has been here several times. He has already completed the script for "God of Gamblers" and revised it several times at the request of the film review team. Now it can basically pass the review team's review.
Fatty Wang plans to adjust his schedule after the script passes the review, aiming to start filming in the middle of next year and release it around October.
According to Liu Zhenwei, the review team currently has two scripts that have passed the preliminary review and are contacting the screenwriters for revision. Whether the project can be approved depends on the company's wishes. The review organization is only responsible for providing qualified scripts.
It is enough for Sun Dahai to hear these things. There are dedicated people responsible for the specific work. Unless he encounters something that Sun Dahai is particularly interested in, it is better not to affect the normal operation of the company.
After meeting with the middle and senior management of Youlian Brokerage Company, Sun Dahai went back to Bafu Garden. He went home for a meal every other day, which was Sun Dahai's promise to Chef Cao.
Fang Lin is also at home today, but he is planning to return to the capital the day after tomorrow. He has been in Xiangjiang for a week, and I am afraid he has accumulated a lot of official business at home.
Cao Yue will wait until the end of November before returning to the capital. By then, the capital has started to heat up, so Xiao Yuqing can adapt quickly when she returns.
The whole family had a light meal together, and Sun Dahai chatted with everyone until after ten o'clock. He was going to stay at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel today.
The living conditions in the trading group are actually quite good. But as the boss, Sun Dahai lives there once in a while to experience life. If he lives there often, it may affect everyone's life and make people uncomfortable.
Nothing happened on the 15th. Both the US market and the Japanese market seemed calm.
Xing Wenyan led her team members to open a thousand short positions in Hang Seng Index futures today, using the funds in the trading team's own account.
At noon, Sun Dahai was invited to a banquet. The guest was Wei Xinyu from UBS Xiangjiang Branch.
President Wei invited Sun Dahai to dinner, naturally not to cheat on the betting matter. She hoped to bring the relationship between the two parties closer and create a business gap for UBS in building a future department.
Wei Xinyu has worked at UBS for ten years and was just transferred from the headquarters in the middle of the year to replace the retired president. She is not yet 40 years old and is determined to push UBS's business in Hong Kong to a new level.
Due to historical issues, UBS has not developed smoothly in Hong Kong. Enterprises in Hong Kong trust or are accustomed to banks with a Britten background. Even Citibank and ABN AMRO are more popular than UBS.
There was no way around it. Although UBS's status as a neutral country during World War II allowed UBS to make a lot of profits, it would naturally also lose a lot of customers.
President Wei is a thoughtful person. During the meal, she specifically pointed out that she was willing to conduct business exchanges with other banks to improve service quality.
Sun Dahai naturally understood that she had already learned about the plan to acquire Skoll Bank in the future, and now she took the initiative to extend an olive branch in order to open up the situation in Xiangjiang and establish a business network that truly belonged to her.
This is a good thing and will be a win-win result. However, Sun Dahai is unwilling to overstep his authority. He has made it clear that he welcomes in-depth cooperation with UBS. He will leave full authority to Davide of Skoll Bank to handle specific matters.
The meal was very satisfying to both the host and the guest. Sun Dahai liked Wei Xinyu's method of making preparations in advance and seeking mutual benefit for both parties.
In the afternoon, Sun Dahai continued to deal with the documents that seemed to be endless in his office. Gao Yi and Hu Cheng were also helping him deal with them. The three of them slowly formed a tacit understanding, and their work efficiency was greatly improved.
There is strength in numbers, so the three of them started working together, and the tall pile of documents was visibly lowered. When the lights first came on, the three of them finished their work. At this time, there were still ten minutes before the end of get off work.
