Many things, if nothing else, are the biggest surprises.
A few days after Chu Huan had dinner with Hong Jinbao and others, Hong Jinbao came to Chu Huan with a script.
"Young Master Huan, this is a script I wrote myself. Take a look!"
Sitting in the office of the general manager of Black and White Video, Chu Huan took over the script from Hong Jinbao's hand.
The script is very different from the novel, and most people may not be able to understand the script, but Chu Huan is an exception. Although he has never been in this circle, don't forget that Chu Huan has befriended a female star before.
friend's.
Chu Huan also discussed the script with her.
So Chu Huan still had no problem reading the script.
In Chu Huan's opinion, the content of the script does not have much new ideas. It is just a traditional revenge story. But for people like Hong Jinbao, the content of the script can only reflect 50% of the situation of the movie.
What's more important is their performance in the movie.
So after Chu Huan read the movie script for a while, he started asking Hung Kam-bao about his design of the movie's action.
Hong Jinbao obviously came well prepared and began to introduce to Chu Huan some of his action designs for this movie.
When talking about rising up, Hong Jinbao would also show Chu Huan some props from the office.
After finishing speaking, Hong Jinbao began to pant slightly, but still had an excited expression on his face: "Young Master Huan, what do you think?"
Chu Huan sighed in his heart. Although what Hong Jinbao just said was lively, he was still a bit reluctant to let it go. The action design was more like the current Li Xiaolong style, closer to the style of hard bridge and hard horse.
But no matter what, this is the first movie produced by Hong Jinbao. As a person who is guilty of black and white movies nowadays, Chu Huan still has to give it a certain degree of respect.
"It looks pretty good to me, but Brother Sanmao, I still feel that your action design is a bit similar to Brother Long's, but you also listened to my opinion and tried your best to design it in a funny way, but you
This idea of trying to take care of both ends, I’m worried, will backfire in the end and create a mess.”
Hearing Chu Huan's opinions, Hong Jinbao was inevitably a little disappointed. He designed this movie very seriously, but he did not expect that Chu Huan would still have opinions.
This is like an online article writer struggling to come up with an opening, thinking that his novel must be a god, and then submitting the opening to the editor, but the editor was able to pick out a lot of flaws in it, which made him feel uncomfortable.
The writer was very shocked.
"What do you mean, Master Huan?"
Hong Jinbao still suppressed his disappointment and looked at Chu Huan tentatively.
Chu Huan encouraged: "The story is still very good, and the action design is actually quite good. Well, I voted for this movie, but if the movie is released in the future and the box office is not very satisfactory, Brother Sanmao, you have to learn from the failure."
Experience, of course, if it sells well at the box office, the company will give priority to investment in your movies, Brother Sanmao, and give you greater rights!"
This is not a certain movie in his memory. Chu Huan has no way to judge whether this movie will be a hit or a flop, but if he doesn't try, it will definitely not be a hit.
It was only an investment of several hundred thousand, but Chu Huan was still willing to give Hong Jinbao and the others a chance.
After hearing Chu Huan's opinion before, Hong Jinbao thought that his movie was dead, but he didn't expect Chu Huan to change the topic and actually be willing to invest in this movie. Naturally, his mood was like a roller coaster.
An expression of joy suddenly appeared on his face, and he quickly expressed his loyalty and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Huan, I will definitely work hard to shoot this movie, and try to give the company a good start by then!"
Chu Huan raised his head slightly, and looking at Hong Jinbao's excited expression, he knew that this time he had actually succeeded.
Using this small amount of money to support Hong Jinbao is definitely worth it in Chu Huan's opinion.
"Who are you going to star in this movie?" Chu Huan asked aloud.
Hong Jinbao quickly said: "I will star with Lou Zai, and then Miao Ke will be the female lead."
Chu Huan laughed: "You have mobilized the entire company!"
Hong Jinbao sneered and said: "But Mr. Huan, we don't have to worry about the actors, but because this is a drama about the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, we may have to use the studios of Jiahe or Shaw Brothers."
When Chu Huan just read the script, he had already noticed it, but Chu Huan was not professional when it came to movies, so Chu Huan asked.
"Do you think it should be a Golden Harvest set or a Shaw Brothers set?"
In Chu Huan's view, when it comes to things that you are not familiar with, you should try not to be an outsider leading an expert. Otherwise, you may end up like the Chinese men's football team, losing even shame and talking back to others.
Hong Jinbao said: "I think Shaw Brothers is better. After all, our relationship with Golden Harvest is not that good now. Even if we want to borrow their studio, the other party may not agree!"
Lisheng Cinemas was already destined to be leased by Jiahe, but Chu Huan intervened and snatched Lisheng Cinemas over. This caused a rift between Chu Huan and Jiahe because of Li Xiaolong's presence.
The passion was completely gone.
On the other hand, Shaw Brothers will definitely be very happy to see Jiahe being defeated.
In addition, in terms of the scale of the studio, Golden Harvest cannot compare with Shaw Brothers Clearwater Bay Studio.
Shaw's Clearwater Bay studio covers an area of 650,000 square feet, with 6 independent studios and 2 set streets; by 1967, the number of studios was being expanded to 12.
At that time, the Shaw Brothers Studio in Clear Water Bay occupied the entire hilltop and built more than a dozen houses. At the same time, countless streets, city walls, suspension bridges, and fortresses were built on the front and back mountains.
When costumed martial arts films were popular in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of people in front of and behind the scenes were working on the Shaw Brothers studio every day.
This is also the reason why foreign media calls Shaw Brothers Studios the Hollywood of the East.
Shaw Brothers Studios not only serves Shaw Brothers movies. In order to increase revenue and reduce expenditures, Shaw Brothers Studios also rents Shaw Brothers Studios to other film companies in Hong Kong for filming.
Simply put, just give money.
In the end, Chu Huan and Hung Kam-bao discussed and decided to rent Shaw Brothers Studios to shoot Hung Kam-bao's new movie "The Fight between Dragons and Tigers"!
Because Black and White Image does not yet have an official general manager, Chu Huan left this matter to Hong Jinbao to run it himself.
Anyway, in the black and white film industry now, he is the one with the widest connections.
Can those who are able work harder?
However, this also reminded Chu Huan that there should be no further delay in finding a general manager for Black and White Image.
Fortunately, film companies are different from other types of companies. Many film companies in Hong Kong are founded by filmmakers themselves.
During this period, there were not too many publicity and other activities, and the company's operations only needed a few clerks to handle them.
The most important thing for a film company is to be able to produce qualified films.
Of course, when the company gets on the right track, Chu Huan will definitely improve the company's structure.
Now that Black and White Video has started, Chu Huan can delegate all the rights to a movie to Hung Kam-bao, but when the company becomes bigger, this situation must be avoided.
But at that time, Chu Huan may have already funded Hong Jinbao to create a subsidiary of Black and White Image.
There is one thing that Golden Harvest has done very right, which is to give great respect to filmmakers and allow them to create their own film companies and participate in capital operations. It is precisely because of this that Golden Harvest has been able to acquire Li Xiaolong one after another.
Film industry giants like Xu Guanwen.
Later, superstars like Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long were promoted one after another.
Now that this policy has been confirmed by Jiahe, Chu Huan will naturally not let it go.
In addition, Hung Kam-bao is also a person who likes to make troubles. He left Golden Harvest many times to set up film companies with others. However, due to the lack of support from Golden Harvest, Hung Kam-bao's movies were never able to maintain a blockbuster status.
This is also one of the reasons why Hong Jinbao was slowly caught up by his junior brother Cheng Long.
Xiangjiang's work efficiency is very fast. After the discussion between Chu Huan and Hong Jinbao, Hong Jinbao immediately started his own relationship and found the person in charge of the Shaw Brothers studio.
The Shaw Brothers studio was originally on loan. After Hung Kam-bao negotiated the price with the other party, he agreed to allow Hung Kam-pao's crew to move into the Shaw Brothers studio.
The whole process took less than a day.
Hong Jinbao did it all.
The accident mentioned at the beginning also happened at this time.
However, the accident was not caused by Hung Kam-bao's set, but when Chu Huan, accompanied by Hung Kam-bao, came to visit the Shaw Brothers studio, he met an unexpected person.
The other party is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a Chinese character face, wearing a suit but with a somewhat elegant temperament.
Chu Huan didn't know the other person, but when Hong Jinbao saw the other person, he immediately smiled and even trotted all the way to the other person's side.
"Director Li, haven't you been in Taiwan all the time? When did you come back?"
When Director Li saw Hong Jinbao, he also laughed and said, "It turns out to be Sanmao. It's been a while since you came back. I heard that you have now changed to a film company and become a director yourself?"
Hong Jinbao replied: "It's just luck, the boss appreciates it."
"This is not just luck. Sanmao, you still have some ability. I believe you will become a superstar in the future!" Director Li encouraged with a smile.
Chu Huan stood aside, looking at Hong Jinbao like a little fanboy, and knew that Director Li was no ordinary person.
"I will learn more from you, Director Li, in the future!" Hong Jinbao said modestly.
Later, Hong Jinbao remembered Chu Huan who came with him and hurriedly introduced him to Chu Huan.
"Master Huan, this is Li Hanxiang, the famous director in Hong Kong. "Beauty of the Country" is the work of Director Li!"
Then Hong Jinbao introduced Chu Huandao to Li Hanxiang.
"Director Li, this is our boss of Black and White, Mr. Chu Huan."
At this time, Chu Huan finally understood why Hong Jinbao respected the other party so much. It turned out to be Li Hanxiang, one of the four major directors in Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s!