However, although "The Love of Ghosts" has been completed, it is still half a year away from release.
The various tasks in the past six months have not been easy, because there are still many problems that need to be solved during the post-production of this film.
In the post-production of "The Love of Ghosts", in addition to the normal post-production work such as editing, dubbing, and scoring, the most difficult task was to produce several sets of special effects shots and intersperse them into the film.
These include special effects such as walking through walls, traveling through bodies, and looming bodies. These special effects can be considered relatively advanced technologies nowadays.
The production unit undertaking these special effects production is, of course, the leading film and television special effects studio that Sun Dahai separated and expanded.
Mazinhuo, the interim director of the studio, led the special effects team and began to prepare for the special effects shots needed for "The Love of Ghosts" since the studio was established at the end of 1987.
After more than a year of hard work, the studio has completed the design and preparation of these new special effects, and is now waiting for the director's final cut to be released before compositing can begin.
However, due to the application of new technologies and equipment, the studio's later work only needs to make progress through continuous exploration.
Therefore, Mazinho proposed to director Jerry that a working cycle of at least three months would be needed to ensure that these sets of special effects could be more natural and reasonably embedded in the film.
This is why the expected release date of "The Love of Ghosts" is scheduled for the Christmas season half a year later.
This project had already been approved since the end of 1987 when Kasol Film Company was successfully acquired by Frame Future, and it was not officially released until two years later. This situation is very common in Hollywood, but if it were replaced by Xiangjiang, I am afraid that the investors would have already
I won't do it anymore.
Wang Sanri lives up to his nickname of "Quick Shooter". The script of "God of Gamblers", which was only officially approved by the review panel after the Spring Festival last year, was already released in Hong Kong at the end of July, dominating the entire summer schedule.
The entire project took less than four months from project establishment to release. This was because Youlian repeatedly asked him to strive for excellence and handle every shot carefully, which held him back.
"God of Gamblers" is not the first project to be released after the reorganization of Youlian. The Lunar New Year movie "Eight Star Announcement" that Youlian participated in and invested in was released as early as last year's Spring Festival.
"Eight Star Announcement" is the work of Huang Baiming. Unfortunately, there are many internal conflicts in New Art City. This family-friendly light comedy is not well received. Maybe some people are unwilling to put company resources on Huang Baiming.
In short, the name of Youlian appears among the investors of this film, and the investment ratio is not low, reaching 30%, which is the same as New Art City's investment ratio.
According to Sister Fen's analysis, if the management of New Art City were not veterans in the film industry and knew the value of a movie copyright very well, their investment ratio might even be lower. You know, 30% is already the minimum investment for the copyright owner.
It's standard.
Although Youlian invested 30%, there was no requirement for copyright at the beginning of the period, and just dividends were enough. Xinyi City is already in chaos, and Youlian does not want to get involved.
If Huang Baiming hadn't brought Youlian in to help him stand up, I'm afraid Youlian wouldn't have gotten involved in this muddy water. With Sun Dahai here, Youlian has no shortage of investment projects that can make money, so why bother making a fuss about it.
The film and television company of the eldest daughter of the Lei family accounts for half of the remaining 40% of the investment. Her idea of choosing to invest in films is actually very simple. As long as it is a project related to her company (New Art City), unless the reputation is too bad, she will invest in it.
Two percent.
The last 20% of the investment was paid for by Huang Baiming out of his own pocket, so that the project could continue. However, the result of this was that Xinyi City became less and less like a whole.
Tsui Hark Studio was actually interested in investing. Tsui Hark looked down on this type of movie, but Shi Nansheng thought it was a good project. However, in view of the chaos in New Art City, they did not participate in the end.
The filming of this movie was completed on the spot in a chaotic situation and was successfully released.
Just like history, this film did not have much plot and relied on a large number of movie stars to participate or make cameos to attract fans to the movie. It unexpectedly grossed more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars at the local box office and became a 1988 hit.
The biggest dark horse in the Hong Kong film industry in the first half of the year.
It is a pity that Sun Dahai, a little butterfly flapping his wings randomly, moved the movie "God of Gamblers", which was historically only completed and released this year, to be released last year.
Therefore, when the box office statistics of Hong Kong movies in 1988 were made, "God of Gamblers" won the championship with a score of 40 million Hong Kong dollars, while "Eight Stars" could only be squeezed into the second place.
This has also made You Lian's reputation even more famous in the industry. After You Lian's self-produced film "A Better Tomorrow" became the box office champion in Hong Kong in 1986, You Lian made a comeback and once again won the box office champion with its self-produced film "God of Gamblers".
Moreover, the box office of these two movies in Hong Kong has exceeded 40 million Hong Kong dollars. These are also the only two movies in Hong Kong so far that have exceeded the local box office of 40 million Hong Kong dollars.
The runner-up "Eight Star Announcement" was also invested by Youlian, which makes people even more impressed by Youlian's vision.
In fact, there is a small easter egg on the 1988 Hong Kong box office rankings.
The multinational co-production film "The Last Emperor" ranked No. 1 on the box office list with a box office of 28.5 million Hong Kong dollars, putting it behind "The Last Emperor" which had a box office of nearly 28 million Hong Kong dollars.
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You know, this movie is a typical Hong Kong Kung Fu movie starring Fa Ge, Li Yuanba and Li Zhi. Gao Fei, Ti Lung, Uncle Zhan, Fei Fei and many other well-known Hong Kong showbiz figures have appeared in the film.
Among the co-producers of "The Last Emperor", those who are careful will notice that the name Youlian appears here.
In the previous life, "The Last Emperor" also performed well at the box office in Hong Kong, almost reaching 20 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking tenth in Hong Kong's 1987 box office rankings.
This time, due to the huge investment of Youlian, Xiangjiang actor Ren Kuang was recommended to be the leading actor. Therefore, a co-production movie like "The Last Emperor" can be regarded as having a strong Xiangjiang origin in the eyes of Xiangjiang people.
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"The Last Emperor" has enjoyed extraordinary screening treatment in major theaters in Hong Kong, and its box office performance has also increased significantly, with an increase of nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars compared with its previous life.
Although this is a historical biopic that is not popular in Hong Kong, it still earned nearly 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the local box office, which greatly exceeded the expectations of industry insiders.
If we include the 1987 box office runner-up "An Autumn Fairy Tale" and the sixth-place "A Better Tomorrow 2", we have to say that Youlian has grown into a force that cannot be ignored in the Hong Kong film industry.