Dreams of the Fragrant River

The influence of "A Chinese Ghost Story" goes far beyond bringing more than a dozen Hong Kong films. In view of its good box office in Hong Kong, filmmakers in all regions of Asia are preparing for the golden schedule for "A Chinese Ghost Story". [This book is first published]

In another time and space, it is precisely because of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" that Wang Zuixian became the top actress in Japan and South Korea. Even in the ranking of beauties in the 21st century, the Koreans also ranked Wang Zuixian in the top few, and the Japanese even gave her the title of "Asia's most beautiful legs".

The ticket sales of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Japan and South Korea are extremely anticipated.

At the same time, the third round of screening of "Shushan" was also in parts of East Asia and South America, and it has successfully ended in mainland China.

Although the box office in South America was not satisfactory, the third round of screenings in various parts of East Asia was extremely gratifying, and it earned DreamWorks millions of dollars in cumulative box office.

As a result, the global screening of "Shushan" for more than half a year is officially over, with a total box office of 101.38 million US dollars, or 790 million Hong Kong dollars. According to different situations in different places, DreamWorks can get about 300 million shares, and this does not include additional income such as "Shushan" video tapes, original sound records, and product peripherals.

Many film company bosses are jealous of DreamWorks' super-high earnings, and many directors are envious of Xu Ke's luck, because Kang Jianfei announced that he would distribute additional bonuses to the entire crew after the global screening of "Shushan", and additional 2 million red envelopes for director Xu Ke.

Of course, there are people who think that Xu is not worth it...

Just after the Lantern Festival, a visitor came to Xu Ke's house.

Huang Baiming drank Shi Nansheng's freshly brewed coffee, first revisited his old relationship with Xu Ke, and then said with emotion: "Old Xu, you did a great job this time. Only "Shushan" is the only one, It just made more than 200 million net profits for DreamWorks. But it seems that your film studio can only share the Hong Kong box office, and there are shares of DreamWorks in it, so the money you get seems to be a bit small.”

Xu Ke said with a smile: "It's quite a lot. The studio's share, the additional share, my director's salary, and the red envelope. It adds up to more than 7 million."

Huang Baiming provoked discord and said: "More than 7 million yuan is really a pitiful little compared to the global box office of nearly 800 million."

Shi Nansheng interjected: "Enough is enough, which director in Hong Kong is paid more than 1 million?"

Xu Ke replied bluntly: "If you are here to persuade me to return to Xinyi City, then you don't need to say anything more."

Huang Baiming said with a smile: "It's not that I'm asking you to go back to Xinyi City. It's that someone wants to invest in a partnership with you to start a company."

"Oh, who wants to work with me?" Xu Ke asked.

Huang Baiming said: "There are many people who want to cooperate with you, including Boss Lei from Princess Jin, Wang Yingxiang from Taiwan, and our Xinyicheng."

Shi Nansheng asked, "What do you mean, Boss Lei, Wang Yingxiang, Xinyicheng and Lao Xu cooperated to open a company?"

Huang Baiming nodded and said, "Yes, everyone can discuss the distribution of shares. Being your own boss is not the same as giving someone a job. If you were your own boss in this "Shushan", you would earn more than ten 7 million yuan."

Xu Ke was not dazed by the temptation to make a lot of money. He smiled and said, "If I were my own boss, it would be impossible to make the movie "Shushan"."

Huang Baiming continued to tempt: "But it's different now. With the help of Princess Jin, Xinyicheng and Taiwan Longxiang, you not only have the money to make movies like "Shushan", but also don't worry about local and overseas distribution."

Although Xu Ke's eloquence is not very good, his mind turns very fast. It didn't take long to figure out what was going on.

Huang Baiming came this time on behalf of Princess Jin, Xinyicheng and Taiwan Longxiang Pictures, and Wang Yingxiang is the boss of Longxiang Pictures and one of the shareholders of Xinyicheng Taiwan Branch.

Longxiang Pictures was its partner at the beginning of the establishment of Xinyicheng, and established a joint distribution network of Hong Kong, Taiwan and new three places together with Princess Jin. Of course, at that time, the main releases were DreamWorks films. After DreamWorks and Princess Jin broke up, Longxiang Films expanded the number of films purchased by Xinyicheng.

Because it also owns the Taiwan distribution rights of Xinyicheng and DreamWorks films. The development of Longxiang Pictures has been extremely rapid. In the second half of the previous year, the Taipei theater chain was reorganized. Longxiang Pictures and Xinsheng Cinema established the seventh theater chain in Taiwan.

The expansion of the distribution network and the scale of the theater chain made Longxiang Pictures urgently need more film sources. As a result, DreamWorks was blocked by the Taiwan authorities at this time, which was like a blow to Longxiang Pictures.

There are not enough sources. Long Xiang could only make Taiwanese films to fill the hole, and as a result, several films hit the streets in a row, and now there is absolutely no chance of making Taiwanese films.

Last year, Wang Yingxiang, the boss of Longxiang Pictures, discovered the newly emerging Debao and contacted Pan Disheng privately. As a result, Long Xiang only released one Debao movie as an agent. Its competitor Scholars formed an alliance with Debao, so angry that Wang Yingxiang almost swam to Hong Kong to kill Pan Disheng.

Since last year, Taiwanese capital has entered the Hong Kong film industry in large sums, and Wang Yingxiang and his Long Xiang also do not want to be left behind. In the second half of last year, I invested in two Hong Kong films, but the box office results were not satisfactory. Although I made a small profit, it was still far from Wang Yingxiang's expectations.

Until the release of "Shushan", Xu Ke entered Wang Yingxiang's vision as an internationally renowned director. Wang Yingxiang has no shortage of funds, distribution channels, and good actors. He only needs famous and good directors to make movies.

Half an hour later, Huang Baiming left from Xu Ke's house.

Shi Nansheng asked, "Why didn't you agree to him? Longxiang Pictures has strong overseas distribution capabilities and abundant funds."

Xu Ke laughed: "Lei Juekun is a businessman, and Wang Yingxiang is also a businessman, including Huang Baiming, who just left, and he has now become a film businessman. Do you think they will give me money in good faith?"

Shi Nansheng said, "Because you can give them money for making movies, what's wrong with setting up your own company to be the boss?"

Xu Ke asked back: "Did you not listen to them just now? If a company is established, in addition to me, there are three other shareholders, Princess Jin, Longxiang and Xinyicheng. How much say do you think I will have? They have the final say on what to shoot, how much budget, and when to shoot. Not every movie can earn hundreds of millions at the overseas box office. Even if I become the boss of the company and the four shareholders divide it up, how much can I get? The money? All the big heads were taken away by them. I might as well stay in DreamWorks and the film studio. At least the filming atmosphere here is more free. Don't forget, there is a sequel to "Shushan", as long as the filming is not too bad, The money I make by making a sequel is about the same as the money I make by opening a company with them.”

Xu Ke still didn't say anything, that is, if he left DreamWorks, the movie "Shushan" would have nothing to do with him at all, and most likely he would be torn apart with Kang Jianfei.

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Xu Ke is not the only choice of Longxiang Films in Hong Kong. In fact, Wang Yingxiang has already registered and established a Longtai Film Company in Hong Kong. It is a pity that the two films made in a row are not good at the box office.

Xiang Huaqiang added a spoonful of sugar to the milk tea, raised his eyes and asked Wang Yingxiang, "Do you want to invest in Yongsheng?"

"Of course not," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, "I know that Yongsheng Pictures is a gang asset of Xinyi'an. Even if Mr. Xiang agrees with me to become a shareholder, I'm afraid your elder brother will not be able to pass the level of your elder brother."

Xiang Huaqiang twitched the corners of his mouth and asked with a smile, "Who told you that Yongsheng is a gang company? Yongsheng is the personal property of my brother A Sheng and me."

"Since this is not a pleasant word, let's not talk about it," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, "I hope Longtai Pictures can cooperate with Yongsheng to make a film, and I will invest and be responsible for its distribution in Taiwan and Nanyang."

Xiang Huaqiang asked, "Then what do I need to do?"

Wang Yingxiang said: "You only need to pay for people, and terminate the cooperation with Jiahe and Xinbao, and instead form an alliance with Princess Jin, and the film and television resources in Xinyi City will be open forever."

"It seems that your relationship with the scholar Cai Songlin is really not very good," Xiang Huaqiang smiled and took a sip of tea, "It's okay to cooperate with you, but my relationship with Jiahe and Xinbao will not be broken, whoever gives the conditions Well, I'll work with whomever. What's that called? By the way, free competition."

"I think the conditions they gave are definitely not as good as mine," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, raising his teacup and saying, "Then let's make a deal!"

"Happy cooperation!" Xiang Huaqiang also raised his teacup.

Watching Wang Yingxiang leave the tea restaurant, Xiang Huaqiang had a smug smile on his face. In his heart, he was also very happy to cooperate with Longxiang Pictures, so that he didn't have to look at Jiahe's face when releasing the movie.

Compared with Scholar Films, Longxiang Films has a stronger background in Taiwan. When Wang Yingxiang and Xinsheng Theater established the seventh theater chain in Taiwan, it was just at the end of Taiwan's clearing operation. Anyone who is not stupid can guess that this person has a strong official background, and his Taiwanese The seventh theater line is made up of the gang theaters that were swept away in the Qing operation, including the theaters controlled by the Zhulian Gang, the Sihai Gang and other gangs.

Of course, these gang theaters could not be given to Wang Yingxiang, but he did swallow the fattest pieces of meat.

The New Year in 1986 has just passed, and the popularity of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has not subsided, and the Hong Kong film industry has made waves again.

Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures has made a high-profile entry into Hong Kong~www.wuxiaspot.com~ At the same time, it invested in "Magic Emerald" by Yongsheng Film Company, "People's Hero" by the director and production company, and "Best Son-in-law" by Golden Princess Entertainment.

Zhao Yazhi brought Kang Jianfei breakfast in a nightgown, but Kang Jianfei read the newspaper with relish.

On the entertainment page of "Oriental Daily", there was a review of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story" that had already been released: "After Wang Zuixian, there is no Xiaoqian, and there is no female ghost after Xiaoqian!"

The film critics spoke highly of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and Wang Zuixian, and also reported the popularity of the video and soundtrack albums of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and finally revealed the true face of its fake film review advertisement: "The Oriental TV production company will Planning to shoot the TV series "A Chinese Ghost Story", which will be broadcast on Phoenix TV and Macau TV successively."

As for Taiwan's Longxiang Films, the news that they invested in three films in Hong Kong at the same time was squeezed into a small corner.

Kang Jianfei's eyes fell on the news in that corner, and smiled: "First it was a scholar, and now it's Long Xiang. These Taiwanese local tyrants really have too much money to spend. Hong Kong is getting more and more lively."