Dreams of the Fragrant River

During the test film, Zou Wenhuai was dragged by Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng brothers to watch it in person. [;First episode] Zou Wenhuai's expression became a little unnatural just by looking at the names of the producers in the title sequence, because the lineup of the production team was too ridiculous.

First of all, the director Wang Jing belongs to Shaw Brothers, one of the leading actors Chen Baixiang is a contracted actor of TVB, and the other starring Feng Cuifan is not only a TVB actor, he even directed a movie for Shaw Brothers five months ago.

Secondly, the male and female protagonists are actually Zhou Runfa and Guan Zhilin of Oriental DreamWorks, and Zeng Zhiwei, the production manager of DreamWorks, is also one of the leading actors. What's more, the screenwriter of this movie is Kang Jianfei!

During the shooting, the crew photographer, lighting engineer, prop engineer, etc. were invited by Xiang Hua Qiang from Jiahe, while the artists, costumes and other personnel were borrowed from Oriental DreamWorks. The editing and soundtrack during the post-production were from Jiahe and Li Shi respectively, and the action director was a member of Hong Jinbao's Hong family.

I have to say that Xiang Huaqiang's "personal connections" are really wide, and the film's creative team is so complicated that it is impossible to replace it with other producers.

Zou Wenhuai wanted to ask if Kang Jianfei had invested in this movie, but fortunately, after watching the movie, he didn't see the words Oriental DreamWorks appearing.

"The filming is good." Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, but he did not directly agree to arrange when the play would be released.

In fact, the reason why Zou Wenhuai agreed to help Xiang Hua Qiang in the film was mainly to give Xiang Hua Qiang a favor. At the beginning, Cheng Long was an actor signed by Luo Wei. He Guanchang persuaded Luo Wei's ex-wife and son to be the inner responders and dug Cheng Long into Golden Harvest Pictures.

The hatred in Luo Wei's heart was not only that Cheng Long, the cash cow, was robbed by Jiahe, but even his wife and son helped outsiders dig his corners. The more he thought about it, the more unwilling Luo Wei became. He spent huge sums of money to contact the people in the club, threatening to look good on Cheng Long and Zou Wenhuai. After being continuously intimidated and looking for trouble, Zou Wenhuai was so frightened that he almost sent Cheng Long abroad to avoid the limelight. In the end, Zou Wenhuai asked someone to find Xiang Huaqiang's elder brother Xiang Huayan, and Xiang Huayan personally spoke to settle the matter.

So some time ago, Xiang Hua Qiang said that he wanted to make a movie. Wanting to screen the film at Jiahe Cinemas, Zou Wenhuai agreed without much thought. In addition to repaying the favor, why didn't Zou Wenhuai have a good relationship with Xinyi An?

Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said, "I also think this movie is well done. Mr. Zou, what do you think of the screening on New Year's Day?"

Zou Wenhuai did not directly refuse, but said, "We have to look at the arrangement of the theaters first. I will try to adjust it as much as possible."

Xiang Huaqiang heard Zou Wenhuaiyan's insincere meaning, but he couldn't express his dissatisfaction directly, so he could only nod his head and say, "Well, I'll go back and wait for Mr. Zou's good news first."

Zou Wenhuai kept sending Xiang Huaqiang brothers out of the building, and only then did he find the general manager of Jiahe Cinemas to ask about the schedule of the new year's film. It turned out that Golden Harvest didn't have any heavyweight films that it could handle.

This situation is caused by Zou Wenhuai's investment decision-making line. Over the past two years. Golden Harvest Films has made a total of 19 films in Hollywood. Some of these films made some losses, but overall they still made a lot of money. But in Hollywood, the investment is in dollars. The money back for filming is slow. Although it was a big hit in North America during the summer vacation, the box office that Golden Harvest received didn’t arrive until three months ago.

Because of the success in the United States, Zou Wenhuai took advantage of the success to cast two Hollywood films, so that Golden Harvest did not have much money to make blockbuster films in Hong Kong, and could only make some small-cost productions.

He Guanchang, who was in charge of Golden Harvest's production business, strongly opposed Zou Wenhuai's decision, but Zou Wenhuai finally persuaded He Guanchang. Because on paper, investing in Hollywood movies does make more money than making movies in Hong Kong.

ever since. Cheng Long did not appear in movies again, but spent his time running his own Quanwei Film Company. This time, the Quanwei Film Company also released a film, which was written by Huang Bingyao and directed by Feng Kean.

And Hong Jinbao's Weihe Film Company is still in the later stage at this time. The film is also written by Huang Bingyao and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

Looking at Jiahe Cinemas' New Year's schedule, Zou Wenhuai drew circles on the two small production films and said to Chen Zhiqi, General Manager of Jiahe Cinemas: "These two films will be postponed and their theaters will be given up. This is Xiang Huaqiang's phone call, you will contact him after you have arranged it."

Chen Zhiqi took Xiang Huaqiang's business card and said, "Okay, Mr. Zou, I'll arrange it right away."

After Chen Zhiqi left, Zou Wenhuai rubbed his temples with a headache. After the big sales, Zou Wenhuai invested in two more Hollywood films. One of them was released some time ago, but the box office was extremely poor. With an investment of more than 5 million US dollars, the final box office in the United States was only more than 6 million. .

After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Zou Wenhuai invited his old partner He Guanchang in and sighed, "Achang, it seems that I was wrong this time. Hollywood movies are really not something that Hong Kong companies can do well."

He Guanchang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zou Wenhuai's words. He comforted him: "Don't think too much about it. Considering the western films made in the past two years, we actually didn't lose any money."

Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said, "Although there is no loss, Golden Harvest's share of the Hong Kong box office market has been reduced by half, making Oriental DreamWorks and Art City bigger. Although we sold 70 million US dollars at the box office, we can only take To 18% of the box office share, the production cost can barely be recovered. If you want to make money, you have to rely on the box office in Canada, Europe, and Japan.

You have to wait at least half a year, and the return of funds is too slow, not to mention those investments that are on the street. Alas, I have decided not to touch Hollywood films for five years, and after all the funds have been recovered, I will feel at ease in the Asian market. "

He Guanchang took the opportunity to say, "I decided to let Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao and their apprentice brothers work together to make a movie after the new year."

Zou Wenhuai asked, "Is there a specific plan?"

"Aaron and Deng Jingsheng are already writing the script, and this time it's not that old-fashioned kung fu movie." He Guanchang explained.

Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement, he still trusted the abilities of He Guanchang and Deng Jingsheng.

After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai suddenly asked, "Is there still no news about Kang Jianfei?"

He Guanchang also wondered: "Yeah, it seems that it suddenly disappeared from the world, and there is no news at all. The New Year's Day is coming soon, and his new film will definitely not be released on New Year's Day. If there is no him within half a month. The publicity news of the new film, it is estimated that Kang Jianfei will give up this year's New Year's file."

When Zou Wenhuai heard Kang Jianfei give up this year's New Year's gear, his mood became more relaxed, and he asked with a smile, "Where did you think Kang Jianfei was hiding for the past two months?"

He Guanchang also smiled and said, "How do I know? After all, this young man is only 20 years old, and it is right to enjoy more enjoyment when he is a teenager. I can't say which confidante I went on vacation abroad with."

Zou Wenhuai lit a cigar and said, "It's best if he can play abroad for a year or a half."

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This year's Christmas stalls in Hong Kong are not very lively. Shaw Brothers has not produced any good movies, and Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao from Jiahe have not made many appearances. Cheng Long was a producer, and the box office was flat after the release, which greatly damaged his confidence as a film company boss.

On the other hand, on the Golden Princess Cinemas side, DreamWorks produced a thriving show, which achieved a good box office before Christmas, and finally took advantage of the good time of Christmas to win a box office of more than 14.6 million in one fell swoop. And this movie is a low-budget comedy. Even if a big singer like Alan Tam was invited to star in it, the cost is only more than 2 million, which can be said to be a big profit.

After Christmas, the new City of Art was also released. The cost of this movie is about the same, but the lineup of Shi Tian, ​​Wu Yaohan, Lin Zixiang, Alan Tam, Zhang Aijia, Mecca, Liu Jiarong, Cao Dahua and Xu Ke is really strong. As for the role of Zhong Chuhong in another time and space, it was from Taiwan. Instead of actress Liu Lanxi.

It was released in the first few days of Christmas, and until the New Year's Day came, the box office quickly exceeded 10 million, and it still has a lot of stamina. Judging from the current situation, it is no problem for the box office to increase by six or seven million.

After tens of millions of box office ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Lei Juekun held a celebration banquet for the big one, and Alan Tam successfully transformed from a popular singer to a blockbuster comedian because he starred in two comedy films with a box office of over 10 million in a row.

At this time, after some publicity of Xiang Hua Qiang Yongsheng Film Company, it also began to be shown in Jiahe Cinemas.

When it was still in the propaganda period, it received strong attention from the Hong Kong media, because the creative lineup of this film was too weird.

Just looking at the name of the movie reminds people of Xinyicheng, but the screenwriter of the film is Kang Jianfei, and the hero and heroine are Zhou Runfa and Guan Zhilin of DreamWorks. What's even more bizarre is that the director of the film is Shaw Brothers' Wang Jing, and the other actors and behind-the-scenes people belong to several families.

Taking advantage of last year's big sales, the reputation of Kang Jianfei's screenwriter was hyped, and it also won the support of Zhou Runfa and Guan Zhilin's fans. Coupled with the media's discussion, it was poor.

Less than a week after its release, the box office has already exceeded 5 million. With such a good start, the two bosses of Yongsheng Film Company, Xiang Hua Qiang and Xiang Hua Sheng, burst into laughter. When the film was released for a week, they couldn't wait to hold a celebration banquet to invite guests.