Chapter 850: The last conscience of Hong Kong film

"I am a car repairman. This board is used for screwing. Isn't it reasonable?"
"As I said earlier, as a car repairman, it is logical to have a hammer by my side."
"Being a man without dreams, what is the difference from a salted fish?!"
In Hong Kong cinemas, "Shaolin Football" was released hotly.
It premiered on July 12, and by early August, it had exceeded 50 million box office. The momentum has slowed down, but after the reduction in the number of films, the attendance rate is still not low.
The industry predicts that it is very likely to create a record-breaking 60 million!
This record refers to the box office of Chinese-language films. The previous highest was "Police Story 4" at 57.51 million.
In the Hong Kong film market that has been sluggish for several years, "Shaolin Football" is like a shot tonic, and has been hailed as a "save the market." Zhou Xingxing's momentum has reached its peak, and it is even better than in 1992.
In 1992, his five films occupied the top 5 box office of the year.
Night, celebration feast.
Sunshine has lavishly packaged a hotel, and all the crew and the media can come.
A champagne tower was erected in the front, and Lao Song and Zhou Xingxing poured wine together in the sight of the flashlight, cheering and cheering. Zhou Xun was also there, the little man jumping around.
"Xingzai, congratulations, a great success!"
"Tongxiongxi, thank you Mr. Song for your support."
Zhou Xingxing was reserved with some kindness.
"Shaolin Football" was originally scheduled to invest 30 million yuan, and 45 million yuan was spent after the shooting. Sunshine assumed 30 million yuan, he invested in shares with film and director remuneration, and took some cash, totaling 15 million yuan.
Sunshine paid another 2 million U.S. dollars to buy out the overseas distribution rights.
This allowed Zhou Xingxing to see his strength. When Jiahe Capital gradually withdrew from the film industry, he could have such financial resources and courage, only sunshine.
Brother Long's Chinese star also has strength, but he will not invest heavily.
"Mr. Song, congratulations!"
"Thank you, Mr. Yasuda, for your personal support."
"We are now close partners, and I am optimistic about the potential of Shaolin Football."
Lao Song is now talking to Yasuda. The other party is very interested and willing to help distribute it in Japan. Historically, the Japanese box office of the film was more than 20 million US dollars.
The global box office is 42 million US dollars, and the Japanese market accounts for half.
"How about "Virus"?"
"Director Tsui Hark successfully completed and entered post-production. The special effects shots are very troublesome. It is too late at the end of the year and can be released early next year."
Yasuda is now full of confidence, and asks: "By the way, "The Legend of Shushan" directed by Tsui Hark is coming out soon?"
"Well, it's on the 9th."
"Great, I can go back after watching."
After chatting for a few words, the subordinate invited: "Mr. Song, friends from the media want to give you an interview."
"Oh okay, disaccompany."
Lao Song moved to the other side, and a few casual sofas were all newspapers with the highest circulation in Hong Kong.
"Mr. Song, what are your expectations for "Shaolin Football"?"
"Of course it is 60 million, but not 60 million. How can I be worthy of the painstaking efforts of Xingzi and me?"
"You are so confident."
"Aren't the viewers stupid, you know what a good movie is and a bad movie."
"What's the plan for the next one?"
"I don't have any plans to see who has a good script. Now that the film market is sluggish, everyone dare not pay for it. I am bold. If you have a good idea, I dare to invest.
For example, Xingzi has an idea for "The God of Cookery", adding Shaolin Kungfu to the God of Cookery. The production cost is estimated to be 60 million. No problem!
60 million I am willing, as long as I can do something for Hong Kong movies. "
Lao Song, a werewolf, was already so good at it.
"I heard that Hua Zi is also looking for you to cooperate. Is there any progress?"
"It's in preparation, and it will definitely start shooting."
"Can you reveal what type it is?"
"I can only talk about anti-traditional police and criminal films. My current idea is to turn it into a series of epics, combining the best resources on Hong Kong Island.
Now everyone talks about saving the market, how to save it?
Take action! Rescuing the market does not depend on one film or two films, but on overall investment and confidence. But I was disappointed. I couldn't see this confidence. "
"Then you dare to do it?"
"Do it, if others don't, I will do it!"
Huh!
The reporter was moved, look at this realization, the final conscience of Hong Kong movies!
...
On August 9, "The Legend of Shushan" was released.
Furious!
The box office in Hong Kong only received 11 million yuan, and the reputation was still bad.
"There is no rhythm at all, from start to finish, you can see people's optic nerves and nerves tired."
"The structure is chaotic, the narrative is unclear, and there are basically no characterizations. All the characters are flying around like walking dead."
Mr. Yasuda, who was here to admire, almost fainted, crying without tears: Nima, we are courageous! Let this kind of money-poor director make "Virus"?
But no way, the filming is over.
I can only pray that "Virus" is not so bad.
And Old Monster Xu has recently become very motivated. He has just finished a pan-Asian blockbuster and his beloved Shushan is released again, and Meizizi returns to Hong Kong as his platform.
As a result, he flees back to Japan in a desperate manner, without incident.
To be honest, the failure of "The Legend of Shu Mountain" had a huge impact on him, except for a few years of nothing to film. When he came back from "Seven Swords", he obviously felt that his standard had declined.
Although there have been great works since then, compared with the peak, it is always a breath away.
Xu Fei called to comfort him, and didn't ask too much. History has long changed. Old Monster Xu fell this year and will be able to get up next year.
Pan Asia's second play is still waiting.
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The world company.
Early in the morning, the staff in the TV drama department got busy, preparing information, and getting into the conference room one after another.
Compared with movies, TV dramas have fewer directors, but each time they are super-large productions. At the beginning of the year, "Dragon Babu" was broadcasted, and news of the shooting of eagles spread from time to time.
Xu Fei was also busy, and finally took time to convene a meeting.
It is said that Mr. Xu is basically deified in the eyes of the employees, idealism and sophistication, scornful and slanderous Fang Qiu, handsome and frail, a combination of various contradictions.
"Okay, let's have a brief meeting."
Teacher Xu sat up first and said: "The next big drama is "The Legend of the Condor Shooting Hero." Most of us first love the 83 version of Shooting the Condor. Zhu Yin's version is still relatively small.
Compared with "The Eight Dragons of the Dragon", there is an advantage in shooting sculptures, and the adaptations are far apart.
But there are also disadvantages. The 83 version is too preconceived and embarrassing for latecomers. So I first ask for a little bit, use the best resources, and do my best.
We can't satisfy everyone, we have to be relaxed.
Let me talk about the partner first, who will come first? "
One person raised his hand and said: "CCTV has the intention to continue cooperation, and the conditions are the same as last time. However, Zhejiang Satellite TV has also communicated many times and the willingness is much stronger.
My analysis is mainly because of the film and television city. The construction of the sculpture city and the Taohua Island are in Zhejiang Province, which is good for them. This time, I will either vote for the best, or pave the way for in-depth exchanges in the future. "
"What about the conditions?"
"They are willing to bear all production costs, and of course they require a bit more in terms of copyright and profits."
"Oh, no need. If you continue to communicate, the reserve price is half the copyright and half the profit."
"What about CCTV?"
"Look at attitude."
It was a simple order, but the man wrote several lines and looked very seriously.
Xu Fei shook his head secretly, this group of people have learned to learn, and they have to recruit fresh blood. Directors, producers, and management talents are all needed to maintain competitiveness.
It's all in 2001, and newcomers are about to emerge.
(For shooting and carving, the protagonist needs a supporting role!)