Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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"Successful cooperation?" Xu Cun asked in amazement.

"When you cooperated with that traitor Zou Wenhuai, you helped him film "Fuxing Gaozhao", which made him a lot of money. Now that we have cooperated again, do you have to express it?" Shao Yifu said .

"Sixth Uncle, I am naturally stupid, can you tell me what you think?" Xu Cun pretended to be stupid.

"We, Shaw Brothers, are going to make a large-scale sci-fi comedy. How about you come to be the director and let us cooperate, and then use this movie to hit Hollywood?" Shao Yifu looked at Xu Cun and explained.

Hearing Shao Yifu say the words "large-scale sci-fi comedy", Xu Cun immediately thought that the movie Shao Yifu was talking about was one of the biggest pitfalls in the history of Hong Kong film - "Interstellar Blur".

Then, 10,000 mud horses suddenly floated in Xu Cun's mind!

"Fuck! This old guy actually wants me to take over the huge pit of "Interstellar Blunt Tire"!" Xu Cun cursed inwardly.

After calming down, Xu Cuncai said: "Uncle Six, you keep digging Zhang Guoming away from me, isn't it just to make this movie? Why do you want me to take over now?"

Xiangjiang is too small, and Xiangjiang's movie circle is even smaller. Even if Xu Cun is not a reborn person, as long as he inquires a little, he can know that Zhang Guoming went to Shaw Brothers to make this so-called large-scale sci-fi comedy. Therefore, Shao Yifu was not surprised that Xu Cun knew about it. He smiled and said, "That kid is a bit talented, but his strength and fame are far from yours. Moreover, if you come to make this alien movie, it will definitely be a hit in North America."

Xu Cun knew what Shao Yifu was up to—Shao ​​Yifu just wanted to use Xu Cun's name and the popularity of "ET" to make a follow-up movie, and then use this follow-up movie to make money.

Xu Cun did not despise Shao Yifu's behavior, on the contrary, he admired Shao Yifu's vision - from the perspective of making money, this is definitely a good idea! Moreover, the feasibility is very high.

But Xu Cun's stomach is limited, and he really can't make another good movie that is even half as good as "ET". Therefore, Xu Cun can't earn this money, let alone ruin the tall image he has built up so hard for this little money.

Therefore, Xu Cun said: "Uncle Six, you should have heard about the fact that I sold the copyright of "ET", right?"

Of course Shao Yifu heard about this, and it was precisely because he heard that Xu Cun sold the copyright of "ET" that he earned 65 million US dollars that Shao Yifu made up his mind to let Shaw Brothers and DreamWorks merge.

Although it is not clear what purpose Xu Cun has for bringing this up at this time, Shao Yifu still said with admiration: "A Cun, your hand is so beautiful, it has greatly increased the prestige of our G people!"

Xu Cunxian said modestly: "I'm just a blind cat who met a dead mouse." Then he said: "Alan Ryder Jr., the general manager of Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, told me that as long as I shoot for Twentieth Century Fox Film Company For the sequel to "ET", he raised the copyright fee to US$75 million."

With Shao Yifu’s old ways, he naturally knew that Xu Cun mentioned this matter at this time not to show off to him, but to tell him Shao Yifu that as long as Xu Cun is willing to shoot the sequel of "ET", someone will pay 10 million US dollars.

Regarding this, Shao Yifu smiled dryly, and said: "A Cun, your salary has risen to 10 million US dollars per movie now? For a movie, there will be 40 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars in the account, I see you Don’t be the boss of a movie company, just become a full-time director, it’s safe and you can make a lot of money, how nice it is!”

"The sequel to "ET" is a special case. Except for Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, which film company can give me such a high salary? The film studios in Hollywood who ask me to make the most movies only offer me three It’s just a movie worth a million dollars plus 1% of the box office.” Xu Cun said with a smile.

After listening to Xu Cun's self-report, Shao Yifu calculated in his heart: "Three million US dollars is 14-5 million Hong Kong dollars, plus the box office revenue must be at least 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which is enough for Shaw Brothers Made twenty films..."

In an instant, Shao Yifu lost more than half of his interest in asking Xu Cun to direct "Interstellar Blunt".

"I burn too much money to make movies. The production cost of "ET" is nearly 120 million Hong Kong dollars... Sometimes, I can't help but think, what if "ET" fails, will I So you have nothing?" Xu Cun said leisurely.

Hearing Xu Cun say that the production cost of "ET" was 120 million Hong Kong dollars, the corner of Shao Yifu's mouth twitched unconsciously! Immediately afterwards, he basically gave up the idea of ​​asking Xu Cun to make a movie.

In order not to take over the huge pitfall of "Interstellar Blunt Tires", Xu Cun made another bold statement: ""ET" has brought my understanding of aliens to the extreme, and I am afraid that I will never be able to shoot such high-level films again Alien movie."

Xu Cun's words made Shao Yifu completely give up the idea of ​​asking Xu Cun to shoot "Interstellar Blunt", but Shao Yifu couldn't immediately swallow back what he just said. Therefore, he said with displeasure: "A Cun, if you don't want to help Shaw Brothers make a movie, just say it. Although Shaw Brothers is not comparable to the eight major Hollywood film companies, we can still afford the production fee of 100 to 200 million Hong Kong dollars." !"

"Sixth Uncle, you always calm down, listen to my thoughts first, it's never too late for you to get angry again!" Xu Cun said with a smile.

"Hollywood blockbusters are all about special effects. As long as the special effects are in place, the box office will never be too bad... I have a special effects team in Hollywood, which is the special effects team that produced "ET". This team is definitely the top special effects team in the world today. One of the team, as long as Uncle Liu needs you, I will immediately ask them to report to Shaw Brothers. In addition, I also have a director with a very good level - he is a rare all-rounder in film, and he has fought in Hollywood with me , How to use the special effects team to make movies is a hundred times better than Zhang Guoming, if you need him to work, I will ask him to report to Shaw Brothers." Xu Cun said again.

The special effects team that Xu Cun mentioned is a new digital field created by the merger of Stan Winston Studio and Digital Field—in order to win over Stan Winston Studio, Xu Cun invested five dollars in the new digital field at one time. Millions of dollars, and gave Stan Winston 30% of the shares to make him the second largest shareholder and general manager of the new digital field.

The director Xu Cun was talking about was Chen Xunqi——Ah Xunqi especially likes to be exposed to new affairs and has a strong ability to accept, so Chen Xunqi learned the most during the time he lived with Xu in Hollywood.

Xu Cun believes that if Chen Xunqi replaces the national director "Interstellar Blunt" who has never been out of Xiangjiang, and if the special effects of "Interstellar Blunt" are made by the digital field, "Interstellar Blunt" may not It can't be a blockbuster movie.

Shao Yifu was very moved by the compromise plan proposed by Xu Cun—he pondered for a while, and said, "How much will it cost to make this movie with your special effects team and the director you mentioned?"

"It depends on how much Uncle Liu wants to achieve - if you want to achieve the level of "ET", the special effects only need four to five million dollars. If you want to achieve the level of "Star Wars" At least tens of millions of dollars will be spent on special effects." Xu Cun said.

Xu Cun's words made Shao Yifu feel a pain - he felt that the movie world has become too crazy! Crazy to the point that he, who has been in the film industry all his life, feels strange! He really couldn't figure it out, how could a movie cost so much money for special effects alone?

Speaking of it, Shao Yifu is also quite interesting - with a net worth of nearly 10 billion, he can spend tens or even hundreds of millions on charity, but he is unwilling to waste even a penny on movies. His character is also one of the reasons for the decline of Shaw Brothers Films.

but--

In any case, Shao Yifu is now one of the top film tycoons in Xiangjiang, so he still has some courage——After pondering for a while, Shao Yifu made up his mind and said: "A Cun, let them come over, this time I plan to spend at least 50 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot this sci-fi comedy!"

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