Xu Yi brought the two old men to Chu Huan's office, and Chu Huan stood up to greet them personally after seeing them.
"Liao Gong, Director Fu!"
Mr. Liao is now the director of the Liaison Office between Xiangjiang and his hometown. He can be regarded as the first person in his hometown's official position in Xiangjiang, and he later became the center of power.
As for Director Fu, his name is Fu Qi. He is now the boss of the Great Wall Film Company in Hong Kong. He was also a famous actor and director in Hong Kong before, but his reputation is not as famous in later generations. In addition, Guo Fu played Guo Fu in the version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" by Principal Gu.
That one is Director Fu’s daughter.
Previously, Mr. Liao personally called Chu Huan and said that he had something to discuss. Chu Huan invited Mr. Liao to the company, but he did not expect that Mr. Liao would bring Fu Qi with him!
"Director Chu, I will go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing this time!"
Although Mr. Liao is 71 years old, his voice is still loud and powerful.
After Chu Huan asked the two of them to sit down, he said with a smile: "Mr. Liao is here in person. If I can help, it will definitely be my duty."
Mr. Liao laughed gratefully and said: "With these words from Director Chu, I feel a lot more relieved. To be honest, I came to Director Chu this time because I really hope that I can get your support for some things, Director Chu."
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Mr. Liao, please speak."
Later, Chu Huan knew the reason why the two came to him. It turned out that the movies in Xiangjiang were becoming more and more popular, and Mr. Liao himself was a kung fu fan, so he came to Chu Huan this time in the hope of cooperating with Xiangjiang and his hometown to film.
A movie about Chinese Kung Fu.
And Liao Gong’s intention was to shoot with the theme of Shaolin Temple.
Hearing this, Chu Huan vaguely guessed that the movie Mr. Liao was talking about was probably the movie "Shaolin Temple" that made Jet Li famous all over the country!
But in Chu Huan's memory, this movie was only released in 1982. Why are preparations started now?
This involves Chu Huan's poor knowledge of the entertainment industry.
In fact, preparations for the film "Shaolin Temple" had already begun as early as 1979. However, the original cast of the film at that time was not Zhang Xinyan, and the starring role was not Jet Li, but another actor from the Great Wall Film Company. However,
After filming half of the film, the film company saw the finished film and was very dissatisfied, so they later decided to reshoot it, and Jet Li's version was created.
Although there were some doubts in his heart, Chu Huan still said: "Mr. Liao, this is not a big deal. Besides, with the help of the three film companies, Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian, it shouldn't be a big problem to make a movie!"
Although the movie "Shaolin Temple" was very successful not only in his hometown, but also in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Japan and other places, it was difficult for this kind of thing to attract Chu Huan's attention, so at this time Liao Gong led
Fu Qi came to find him, which gave Chu Huan a very strange feeling.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, it is killing a chicken with a bull's-eye.
Mr. Liao said with a smile: "The three film companies, Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian, are indeed very interested in this project, but we still hope that this film can involve black and white images. After all, black and white images have a high status in Hong Kong.
Everyone knows about it, and with the participation of black and white images, we can better negotiate with Japan's 'Japanese Shaolin Temple Boxing Alliance'."
Later, with Gong Liao's explanation, Chu Huan finally knew what happened. It was Gong Liao who initiated this movie, but in fact the initiator had another source of capital, which was the Japanese Shaolin Temple Boxing Alliance.
At this time, Chu Huan also understood what the other party meant. They said they were promoting Shaolin Temple boxing, but according to Chu Huan's guess, they actually wanted to use such a movie to enhance their own influence in Japan.
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This is similar to the fact that the two versions of "The Grandmaster" and "Ip Man" by later generations, such as Wang Sunjing and Huang Baiming, have shadows of Wing Chun successors. They all want to use the promotion of the movies to increase the influence of their own boxing techniques.
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According to Liao Gong's explanation, no matter what the other party's thoughts are, he still hopes to have the participation of black and white images. First, because of the influence of black and white images, if this film has the participation of black and white images, its significance in Hong Kong will be huge.
Completely different.
Nowadays, although the Black and White Cinema Line of Black and White Media has opened channels in Europe, for most Hong Kong filmmakers, the Taiwan market is still their largest market. Therefore, in order to appease the Taiwan market, Hong Kong film companies except Great Wall
, Phoenix, and Xinlian, other film companies are still very taboo about cooperating with filmmakers from their hometowns.
Because once they cooperate with filmmakers from their hometown, they will lose the market in Taiwan.
The only thing that can break this is movies with black and white images.
Chu Huan pondered for a moment, and suddenly had an idea in his mind. Although the movie "The Grandmaster" by Wang Sunjing in the future is based on Wing Chun Ip Man as the main line, it actually mixed other martial arts from China into it.
The most important task of black-and-white imaging nowadays is to create its own movie universe, and the Hong Kong Police and Robbers Universe has already been developed!
The opening chapter "The Best Partner" also achieved a good start, and we are preparing to launch the "Five Lucky Stars" series in this summer's summer season to take over the "Best Partner" series.
Different from another time and space, in the Hong Kong movie of another time and space, the two series "Best Partner" and "Five Lucky Stars" were used to compete against each other, but now these two series are in the hands of black and white images.
Chu Huan even more creatively created these two series into a complete universe of Hong Kong police and gangster movies.
In addition, the other movie universe that Black and White is preparing is actually the Chinese Xianxia universe. Even the characters in the first movie have been handed over to Fantasy Comics to create comics. Now they are waiting for the development of movie technology. As long as
If the development of film technology can keep up, the first film of this type will be produced to test the waters.
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Shaolin Boxing, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, Hong Quan, etc., all have their own representative figures, but the most difficult thing here is the setting of the era.
Seeing that Chu Huan had not spoken, Duke Liao thought that Chu Huan was embarrassed about this matter, so he said with a forced smile: "If there is any difficulty here, Director Chu..."
Chu Huan finally came to his senses in his thoughts and said with a smile: "It's nothing to be embarrassed about. This is a good thing. There is no problem with our black and white images, but I am no longer involved in the management of the film company."
, why don’t I call Fang Jianhui over and let him have a good discussion with Mr. Liao!"
Seeing this, Mr. Liao quickly thanked him.
Chu Huan signaled Xu Yi to call Fang Jianhui.
More than half an hour later, Fang Jianhui came to Chu Huan's office, "Chairman, what's the matter? I'm so worried..."
Fang Jianhui, who had just arrived at Chu Huan's office, was about to complain about how hard he had been during this time, when he saw Mr. Liao and Director Fu here.
"Liao Gong, Director Fu!"
Mr. Liao and Director Fu also stood up and shook hands with Fang Jianhui. Chu Huan told Fang Jianhui the reason why Mr. Liao and Director Fu came to see him.
After Fang Jianhui listened, he said: "I have heard from insiders about this matter. There is no problem with investment. I just don't know how Liao Gong plans to distribute dividends in the future. Xiangjiang, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea
There is no problem with screening in other places, and even European screening channels, we Black and White Media can arrange it, but I think Mr. Liao should know better than me about the situation in my hometown. The new policy that has just been introduced is enough to cause everyone a headache.
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Just now, that is, when August comes, my hometown has implemented a new policy on film development. It can be simply summarized in one sentence, that is, it doesn’t matter how much money you invested in the filming of the film, and it doesn’t matter how much money you invested in the post-production period.
How much did this movie sell for? As the official distribution company of my hometown, China Film Group will only give the studio a purchase fee of 900,000. In other words, after the hometown film production company completes the filming of a movie, it will sell
The fee is fixed, which is 900,000!
Now that the movie proposed by Liao Gong now has the capital of Xiangjiang, Japan and his hometown, Fang Jianhui's biggest worry is that it is easy to talk about it outside. After all, Liao Gong has just mentioned it, I hope
Except for the home market, this film will be independently distributed by China Film Group Corporation. In Hong Kong, it will be jointly distributed by Black and White Media and Shuangnan Cinemas. Outside these two places, it is hoped that the film will be independently distributed by Black and White Cinemas.
It's easy to talk about the distribution in Hong Kong and other places. According to the current situation of Black and White Cinema, the release of this film will not cause problems with Taiwan, but it is impossible for this film to be released in Taiwan.
It's easy to say where it was released, but it's hard to say where it will be released at the box office in my hometown.
Fang Jianhui knew that Chu Huan had always been very optimistic about the market in his hometown, so he was also very concerned about the film market in his hometown. There had just been a new policy there, and he knew about it.
Mr. Liao also had a bit of a headache when it came to Fang Jianhui's problem. Although he very much hoped to facilitate this matter, he also knew that regarding the film environment in his hometown, this could not be explained clearly in one or two sentences!
Fang Jianhui didn't know that this movie would set a box office record when it was released in his hometown in the future. A movie sold more than 100 million in his hometown in 1982. What is the concept? Nowadays, let alone the whole of Hong Kong
There are movies with a box office of over 100 million yuan, but a movie with a box office of 40 million yuan has not yet been born.
In another time and space, the movie "The Best Partner" set a box office record in Hong Kong, with a box office of more than 26 million Hong Kong dollars. Now, with the support of Black and White Cinema, this movie has become the first movie in Hong Kong to break through 30 million Hong Kong dollars.
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In Fang Jianhui's view, this figure is already the box office ceiling for Hong Kong movies. Unless the ticket prices of Hong Kong movies increase again later, this figure will be difficult to break.
"Mr. Fang, since you know the situation in your hometown, I think you should also understand that each place has its own policies. This is something that none of us can break."
In the end, Mr. Liao could only give Fang Jianhui an ambiguous answer.
Seeing what else Fang Jianhui wanted to say, Chu Huan said at this time: "I wonder what the Japanese capital side thinks?"
There are three capital parties in the whole movie. Although Chu Huan knows the box office of the movie "Shaolin Temple" in his hometown, Chu Huan actually understands that even for this joint venture movie, his hometown is willing to pay dividends in the form of sharing. In fact, Chu Huan
It is also impossible, let alone the fact that there is no box office statistics in my hometown at present. Even if there are statistics, based on the current situation in my hometown, it does not mean that I will definitely be able to get a share of the 160 million Chinese coins.
Because in my hometown, not every movie ticket is bought and sold with cash, or even through some other cooperation. In later generations, Chu Huan saw a video, saying that in a place in his hometown, it can be bought and sold by moving bricks.
Get movie tickets.
In addition, the copies from my hometown were printed privately.
To be honest, Chu Huan has doubts about the 160 million box office of "Shaolin Temple". It is very likely that this is not the final box office at all. It is impossible for his hometown to have such clear statistics.
Of course, with the number of 160 million, Chu Huan's idea is that the real box office should be very high!
"Japan doesn't have much to say. They are willing to do this according to our situation, but they also mentioned that except for markets other than home, the box office in other markets should be divided according to their respective investment ratios.
of!"
Duke Liao replied.
Naturally, they don't care. As long as the movie is popular in Japan, it is actually a success for them.
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Chu Huan nodded and said: "Since Japan has made such a compromise, we naturally have no problem, so let's follow this procedure. As for the issuance, there is no problem!"
Chu Huan also wants to get a share of the box office from his hometown, but the current situation is basically impossible, so instead of doing the impossible, it is better to grasp what can be grasped now.
Seeing that Chu Huan had agreed, Mr. Liao finally showed a smile on his face, but the smile did not last long because Chu Huan next brought up something that made him a little embarrassed.
"Although this movie is jointly invested and produced by three of us, I still hope to get the copyright of this movie, the full copyright. For this, our company is willing to spend a certain amount of money to compensate the capital of Great Wall and Japan.
square!"
The movie "Shaolin Temple" will definitely not be used by Chu Huan as the pioneer of the Kung Fu universe, but such a movie can derive many things. The simplest ones are the rental and sale of video tapes and the broadcast on TV stations.
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Of course, this movie can be released as a remastered version in the later stages, which can actually attract a wave of sentimental funds.
It can be said that in the entire office now, except for Chu Huan, no one else knows how the movie "Shaolin Temple" was successful, so Mr. Liao was simply embarrassed and said with a smile.
"I personally have no opinion on this matter, but I still need to discuss it with my hometown and Japan!"
Chu Huan smiled and nodded: "That's natural. As for the specific price, let's discuss it!"
When things have reached this point, the subsequent operation of the film basically has nothing to do with Chu Huan, and it can be left to Fang Jianhui to manage it.
A few days later, Fang Jianhui found Chu Huan and reported to Chu Huan the follow-up situation of the matter.
First of all, regarding the sale of full copyright, both my hometown and Japan have given a positive answer, and for this black and white impact, I have to pay a price of 4 million Hong Kong dollars.
Secondly, people from the Japanese Shaolin Temple Boxing Alliance made a request, that is, if the shooting of the movie does not meet their requirements, they have the right to ask for the movie to be re-shot!
As mentioned before, the request of the Japanese Shaolin Temple Boxing Alliance is actually to promote their alliance, not to make much profit from this movie, so they happily agreed to sell the full copyright to the black and white video.
But he demanded absolute rights to shoot the film.
Chu Huan just thought about it briefly and agreed to the request.
"Chairman, do you think we can use this movie to allow Black and White Media to enter the home market in advance?"
After discussing the situation of "Shaolin Temple", Fang Jianhui put forward his ideas to Chu Huan. He did not know that the film market in his hometown would become the second largest in the world in the future. Fang Jianhui simply saw Chu Huan's affection for his hometown.
The development was very promising, so I came up with this idea.
Chu Huan waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time. The policy on movies in my hometown remains unchanged. Even if we go in, it will be of no use. Let's wait. This matter can be done, but not now!"
Fang Jianhui could only nod his head and said: "I understand."
Chu Huan continued: "By the way, there is something I think we can do!"
Fang Jianhui looked at Chu Huan in confusion and asked, "What's going on?"
Chu Huan told Fang Jianhui the idea of a Kung Fu movie universe that he had previously thought about. After hearing this, Fang Jianhui showed an excited expression and said: "This is a good idea."
Then he explained: "Kung Fu movies are different from the Xianxia universe that we are still preparing for. What the Xianxia universe needs is the development of film technology, but the Kung Fu universe does not. The most important thing is that today's martial arts about Chinese Kung Fu
Kungfu is very popular in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and even Europe and North America, and it also has a current era background. We can put it into the warlord period, which is the best time to show these kung fu."
After hearing this, Chu Huan smiled and nodded. Fang Jianhui had already grown into a qualified film company boss. Chu Huan just made a simple suggestion, and Fang Jianhui had already thought of many of the follow-ups.
So Fang Jianhui continued: "Chairman, if this is the case, I want to restart a project!"
Chu Huan couldn't think of Fang Jianhui's thoughts at this time, so he asked: "What project?"
"In the "Fist of Fury" project, Brother Long's Chen Zhen has proven the success of this character. We can completely reopen this movie universe with this classic Hong Kong movie character."
At the end of his speech, Fang Jianhui said with some helplessness: "It is a pity that in Brother Long's version of "Fist of Fury", the character Chen Zhen has passed away. Otherwise, Brother Long would be asked to return to Xiangjiang to film the first episode of the Kung Fu Universe.
The movie will definitely arouse a huge response!"
At first, the copyright of Li Xiaolong's "Fist of Fury" belonged to Jiahe, but after Black and White Video completed the acquisition of Jiahe, Black and White Video already owned all the copyrights of "Fist of Fury".
In Chu Huan's memory, the character Chen Zhen only has a few classic images. The earliest one is of course Li Xiaolong's Chen Zhen, and then there is Chen Zhen in the ATV version of "Fearless", played by Liang Xiaolong.
Then there are Chen Zhen in Jet Li's version of "Fist of Heroes" and the TV series version of "Chen Zhen" filmed by Zhen Yuyu on ATV.
Now Li Lianjie and Zhen Yuzhou are definitely not suitable, so only Liang Xiaolong is left, but whether Liang Xiaolong will be chosen is Fang Jianhui's business.
After setting the general direction, the next details were handled by Fang Jianhui. Chu Huan did not plan to get too involved in this matter.
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Let’s see how the market performs. If possible, this project can be launched!”
Chu Huan finally gave a lecture to Fang Jianhui.
Fang Jianhui nodded and said, "I know!"
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"Aren't you in North America? When did you come back?"
On this day, Mr. Rong and Mo Youheng came to No. 12, Mount Calais Road. After Chu Huan saw them, he was also a little curious. When Mr. Rong came to Xiangjiang, he transferred the information from some textile factories of the Rong family in Xiangjiang.
After selling the shares, he jointly established an electronics factory with his cousin, and their products were sold directly to his hometown.
This can be said to be unique in Xiangjiang at this time. Even Kyushu does not have this kind of treatment now.
During this period, Mr. Rong flew to North America many times. It was obvious that he was preparing to start his own new company in North America.
So this time they both came at the same time, Chu Huan was still a little curious.
Mr. Rong smiled and said, "I came back with an order!"
Chu Huan sat on the sofa and asked, "Isn't your order related to me?"
Young Master Rong and Mo Youheng are the two people who have the closest relationship with Chu Huan among the younger generation in their hometown. Now that they suddenly came to visit, Young Master Rong said that he came back with an order, and Chu Huan thought of this.
The matter must be related to yourself!
Mr. Rong nodded and said with a smile: "It's really related to you, Ah Huan!"
Since he had already guessed it, Chu Huan was naturally not surprised and asked with a smile: "Tell me, what is the mission?"
Mr. Rong said: "It's like this. My father has been approached by his hometown, hoping that my father can take the lead in establishing a trust institution in his hometown, called Huaxin. It is easy to establish this institution, but there are some problems with funding.
My father called me specifically to ask for help from you, Ah Huan, to see if you are interested in joining!"
(Everyone should know the specific company, right?)
Huaxin?
One of the four major companies in my hometown, together with the other three, it is called a consortium covering all walks of life across the country!
Chu Huan smiled. In fact, Chu Huan was still thinking before that although he had asked Wu Shuhan, Lin Feng, Qin Peng and others to invest in his hometown, it was still private capital. It would be easy to make it big, but he would not do it in the future.
Leeks are very difficult. If you can enter these four consortiums, then Chu Huan will have an extra layer of protection.
But this kind of thing is not that easy. After all, this belongs to a consortium led by the state, and it is not easy to get into it.
But at that time, Chu Huan already had a goal, which was the soon-to-be-established CEFC. After all, when CEFC was first established, what he was looking for was the capital of Xiangjiang. In another time and space, Li Jiacheng had already become CEFC’s capital.
director.
Nowadays, Chu Huan's status in Xiangjiang is much higher than that of Lijiacheng in another time and space, and the relationship with his hometown is also better, so Chu Huan thinks that there will not be any big problem in entering Huaxin.
But he didn't expect that there was no movement on his side, and his hometown was already thinking about him.
"It is my duty to support the trust business in my hometown. I don't know how much money your father needs, and how many shares are you prepared to give us in Jiaku?"
Chu Huan put away his smile and asked calmly.
Young Master Rong was very happy when he saw Chu Huan agreeing so happily. He said with a smile: "The more funds, the better. As for the shares, you know that although my father is responsible for this company, it can be transferred to Ah
How many shares you have in Huan is not actually what my father said, so what my father means is that I hope that before this company is officially established, Ah Huan, you can go back to your hometown and have a detailed discussion with them face to face!"
Chu Huanxiao asked: "So, you are just a messenger?"
Mr. Rong smiled bitterly and nodded: "If you say that, I have no objection!"
Chu Huan called Xu Yi and asked about his schedule during this period, and then said to Mr. Rong: "Let's do this. I will take some time to go back to my hometown in the past few days to discuss it with your father.
What do you think about this matter?"
Mr. Rong smiled and nodded: "Of course it's good. Then when I go back, I will tell my father your decision phone number, Ah Huan!"
Chu Huan said: "Okay!"
After the official conversation was over, Mr. Rong took out the gift he had brought for Chu Shifeng, handed it to Chu Huan, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I was not in Xiangjiang during Ah Feng's Hundred Days Banquet. I heard people talk about that day."
It can be called a global business gathering. Ah Huan, your influence in North America is so great, how about we find a project to collaborate on?"
Mr. Rong still hopes to cooperate with Chu Huan, after all, Chu Huan's power is here at this time!
Chu Huan had no objection to the cooperation proposed by Mr. Rong, and said with a smile: "Yes, but you have to find the specific projects yourself. Our North American Jiaku has its own development plan!"
Chu Huan has no objection to cooperating with Mr. Rong. It is always possible to earn some pocket money!