China Entertainment special effects started in 1997

At the end of 1999, the box office of Hong Kong film industry was still very sluggish.

Among the films released during the Lunar New Year period, the best-performing "Chariots of Fire 2" only earned more than 15 million.

However, during the Spring Festival period of the following year, Liu Dehua won more than 35 million box office results with "Love and Despair".

It was also in this year that the former box office hegemons of Hong Kong film industry, "Shuang Zhou Yi Cheng", all withdrew from the Spring Festival period of Hong Kong, which seemed to foreshadow the end of an era.

Jiang Heng, on his side, naturally chose to release it during the Spring Festival period.

This version of "True Man" has good action scenes, with the popular star Wu Yizu, and Jiang Heng also has the title of producer. It is expected that the box office results of 10 or 20 million will always be achieved.

As for the mainland, it was chosen to be released during the Lunar New Year period, and it was still distributed by Bonanza Pictures.

The original film grossed 34 million yuan in the mainland in 2007. This time, with Wu Yizu, a popular star, and Jiang Heng, a big commercial film director, as the producer, Jiang Heng thinks the box office will be around 30 million yuan, considering ticket prices and inflation.

It will not be difficult to make a small profit by selling the copyright to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Taiwan.

At Bonna Company, Yu Dong looked at Jiang Heng in surprise after watching the sample film.

"This movie is good, the fighting scenes are great, especially Wu Jing. I never knew that he can play a villain with his baby face!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "It's good to begin with. What did you mean by that look just now?"

"I heard that when you went abroad, you left a storyboard script, and Sammo Hung almost followed it to shoot the movie. I thought the result was average, but I didn't expect it to be so good. You're almost as good as Zhuge Jinnang!"

Jiang Heng was speechless after listening to it, and after a while he said, "What are you talking about!"

Then he said, "No, you are well-informed. You know everything about Hong Kong. So clear!"

Yu Dong smiled, "I have been distributing Hong Kong films for so long, how can I not have a few friends in Hong Kong! Let me tell you, I have already talked to Xiang Huaqi and are ready to distribute their "Shushan Zhuan"!"

Jiang Heng was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Has it been negotiated!"

Yu Dong said proudly: "It must be!"

"Share or buy out?"

Yu Dong said regretfully: "I would like to buy out, but they don't want to sell, insisting on split distribution."

Jiang Heng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good!"

Although he is a major shareholder, he almost doesn't care about Bonanza Pictures on weekdays, and he almost neglected it.

If he spends a lot of money to buy the mainland distribution rights of "Shushan Zhuan", he will become a big sucker!

Yu Dong was puzzled when he saw this, "What's wrong with "The Legend of Zu Mountain"?"

Jiang Heng said, "That old monster Xu likes to bring his own ideas when filming. His "The Legend of Zu Mountain" has a grand concept, many characters, and he is blindly pursuing special effects...!"

Yu Dong murmured, "Grand concept, many characters, and he is blindly pursuing special effects...!"

He then looked at Jiang Heng.

"What do you think I mean?"

Jiang Heng was a little confused by his gaze, and then reacted, "You mean, "The Lion Camel Ridge" has a grand concept, many characters, and he is blindly pursuing special effects?"

Yu Dong waved his hands and said, "No, no, I didn't say that!"

Jiang Heng snorted, "Although you didn't say it, I understand what you mean!"

Yu Dong smiled helplessly and didn't explain.

Jiang Heng is naturally confident in his film. The plot is a little worse, but in terms of special effects, if it weren't for the "book production cost" limit, he could make a film with visual effects that surpass "Avatar" in minutes!

"Actually, what you think is not important at all. Do you know what the key to the problem is?"

"What is it?"

"It is to find the key problem!"

Yu Dong was a little confused. What did he say? What did I just hear? How come I can understand every single word, but I am confused when I hear it all!

Jiang Heng saw this and stopped talking about "nonsense literature".

He said directly: "The key is to pass the review!"

"Oh, it seems that the problem is not small after hearing what you said!"

"That's right! You have a wide network of contacts and you want to make the film pass the review smoothly."

Yu Dong said: "No problem, I will try it first, otherwise I will have to ask Han Sanye, he is now the 'head' of China Film, and his face is not ordinary!"

Jiang Heng nodded slightly, thinking: "As soon as I came to the mainland, I took the initiative to cooperate with Han Sanye, isn't it for this!"

If it weren't for the fact that Beijing Film Studio was about to be merged into China Film, and Han Sanping didn't want to make any mistakes, this movie might have been a joint production.

As for the moment, it can be said to be both good and bad.

The good thing is that all the profits belong to you, but the bad thing is that they may be cut into pieces.

And every cut is a box office!

"Lion Camel Ridge" is still in "post-production" and is not in a hurry to operate. "True Man" is a standard Hong Kong police and gangster action film, and there is nothing too extraordinary. After it was submitted for review, it was cut twice and modified to get the Dragon Mark. After that, Bona Pictures began to carry out large-scale publicity activities.

However, in the 1999 Chinese New Year period, there was no one who could fight.

The original Chinese New Year film director Feng Xiaogang shot "A Sigh" that he had always wanted to shoot after the trilogy was shot. It was not released until September 2000.

In 2000, there was a masterpiece "Life and Death Choice" with a box office of over 100 million yuan, a rare anti-corruption drama with a box office of 116 million yuan.

Of course, for this film to have such a high box office, it is natural that it is necessary to "book the theater" to watch it, which almost occupied the entire summer vacation.

If "Lion Camel Ridge" is released at the same time, it will definitely be affected. If things go wrong, the release date of "Lion Camel Ridge" will be moved forward!

If we talk about this year's Lunar New Year period, there is still a good movie, that is "Happy Times" directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Uncle Benshan. It is a very warm film. The blind girl played by Dong Jie is gentle and kind, which is very touching.

However, this kind of warm film generally does not have a high box office.

"Happy Times" is no exception. It only took more than 5 million box office, which has almost no impact on "True Man".

However, a week before the release of the film, Bonna Films held a premiere, and Jiang Heng led Sammo Hung and a group of creative staff to the auditorium.

After watching the film clips, the question-and-answer session began, but after Jiang Heng finished speaking, all the reporters asked about the plot of "Lion Camel Ridge".

In their opinion, "True Man" is a rather clichéd Hong Kong-produced police and gangster action film. It is hard to imagine what new ideas it can have. "Lion Camel Ridge", which has invested 50 million US dollars, is more worth looking forward to.

"Jiang Heng, can you tell me the estimated release date of Lion Camel Ridge?"

"Director Jiang, how would you rate Lion Camel Ridge? Can it surpass The Matrix and 10,000 BC?"

"Director Jiang...!"

Jiang Heng's head was buzzing with questions. He felt that if he didn't reveal a little to everyone, these people would not let it go!

So he said: "As for Lion Camel Ridge, it is tentatively scheduled to be released on May Day!"