Rebirth of Xiangjiang Hidden Behind the Scenes

Chapter 148 Global Cooperation

A few days after Wang Jing returned to Hong Kong, Jiang Zhiqiang, who had just returned from the Chinese New Year, suddenly and hurriedly came to the door.

"Boss, Universal wants to deepen cooperation with us."

"Aren't we in a cooperative relationship?" Su Cheng asked doubtfully. After all, their two theaters had jointly screened the movie "On Golden Pond" produced by Universal before.

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled bitterly and said: "Boss, what Universal means is that just like Tengyue and Golden Harvest here in Hong Kong, in addition to joint theaters, film projects can also be jointly produced."

This was something Su Cheng didn't expect. Ordinary Hollywood film companies would choose to jointly invest and produce with other companies in order to share costs. But there is no need for the eight major Hollywood film companies like Universal! (Big eight: Warner Bros., Michael Kors

May, Paramount, Columbia, Universal, United Artists (only empty shells left, not yet acquired by other film companies). 20th Century Fox, Disney.)

Seeing the confusion on his boss's face, Jiang Zhiqiang explained: "In March, United Artists was acquired by MGM, and now there are only seven major Hollywood film companies left. 20th Century Fox has recently been selling off their entertainment industry.

, I’m afraid that within a year or two, there will be only six major film companies left.”

After a pause, Jiang Zhiqiang continued: "In addition, the reason why I am so anxious to come back is because the senior management of Universal revealed the news to me that Sony on the island country is acquiring Colombia through the Coca-Cola Company."

Hearing this, Su Cheng was shocked. Is Sony going to reach out to a major Hollywood movie company so early? In his memory, it may be a few years later! Maybe he is aware of their Tengyue Entertainment company.

If there is a threat, plan ahead!

Once Columbia is acquired, the future landscape will become an era of hegemony between the seven major film companies: Warner Bros., MGM, Paramount, Universal, Tencent, Sony, and Disney.

In later generations, Su Cheng knew that MGM was eventually acquired by Sony.

If this is the case, there will be six major film companies in the future.

No longer thinking about such distant things, Su Cheng asked: "What does Universal mean?"

"With the release of the movie "ET" in June, our two companies held a press conference. We solemnly declare that the details of the alliance will be discussed later. However, I want to participate in the production of another company.

In a movie, the investment share cannot exceed 3.5%," Jiang Zhiqiang said.

It seems that Universal is also guarding against their Teng Yue Entertainment! The investment is small, and they only have a share of the accounts. If you want to participate in the right to speak, it is completely impossible. Unless there is no certainty about which film is being produced, maybe

It's possible! It's too difficult to pick up leaks in Universal.

However, the box office of the upcoming movie "ET" is not low! In North America alone, it has more than 300 million U.S. dollars. I am afraid that the total box office will be more than 700 million U.S. dollars. Can it beat "Planet"?

"The Great War" has a record of being number one in the global box office list, which is hard to say for the time being.

However, with the participation of Tengyue Cinemas, this opportunity will become greater.

Thinking of this, Su Cheng's eyes flashed with light.

In addition, Universal has produced many good movies since then, such as "Scent of a Woman", "Jurassic Park", "Schindler's List", "Les Misérables", etc. I don't know, they can leapfrog

Participate in that movie. Even during this period, some videos will be distributed through system rewards.

After thinking about the pros and cons, Su Cheng said: "You can agree to this matter. If you come forward, it can be either you or Shi Nansheng. However, when talking and negotiating, it is best not to be caught. Movie

The company and the theater chain are two companies. The boss is not the same person. It can be said that they are friends or family members."

"I will pay attention to this." Jiang Zhiqiang promised.

…

The final box office of "Happy Reunion" produced by New Arts City reached HK$21.86 million. It is considered to be the best box office performance of a drama in its almost 2 years of existence.

As for Ding Sheng Pictures' "Young and Dangerous", which was released a few days late, its box office soared to HK$25.12 million.

Immediately, Xiang Huaqiang was overjoyed.

After all, this box office can earn him at least 35 million Hong Kong dollars.

This is only the first one.

If he were to shoot according to the previously discussed series, this one alone would earn at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Thinking of this, he called Su Cheng and invited him to have a feast to express his feelings.

At the same time, the movie "The Story of Hachiko", which was funded by them, was officially launched in North America, and the final box office was only 110 million U.S. dollars. Calculated this way, they can at least share more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars. And the investment

At that time, it was only 10 million Hong Kong dollars (plus publicity expenses).

What a money grab!

For the first time, he became interested in Hollywood movies.

It's just that he has just been favored by Su Cheng, allowing him to make a lot of money. At this time, if he wants to invest in someone else's new Hollywood movie, he is not so thick-skinned!

Who allowed him to get hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in cash flow in this short period of time?

Furthermore, "The Story of Hachiko" has just been released in North America and has not yet been released in other regions. Even if the box office is small, tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars can still be shared, right?

In an instant, Boss Xiang had a smile on his face.

At the same time, Zou Wenhuai from Jiahe was lamenting: Boss Su is really a God-given hand! Of all the scripts and films he has personally written, it seems that none of them has a low box office so far! At least, every time

Everyone has a profit.

It’s just a matter of more or less!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly came to He Guanchang and asked: "How is the filming over with Aaron?"

"It's more than half done. I think it will be completed by the end of May."

Nodding, Zou Wenhuai smiled and said: "Then do you think Aaron can break the previous record this time?"

"Ah!" He Guanchang was stunned at first, and then said thoughtfully: "Maybe. Although I haven't read the script, from what Aaron said, it can be seen that this film is based on the popular action movies in Hollywood.

Custom-made. Not to mention "real"

Compare it to "Lies"! At least it is much better than Aaron's previous films such as "The Killer" and "Cannonball Run". Furthermore, Boss Su can make Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat famous. His actions are sharper.

The dragon will fail without reason!"

After all, this is a real Hollywood blockbuster starring Aaron! He Guanchang thought secretly in his heart.

Hearing this analysis, Zou Wenhuai breathed a sigh of relief. After all, although it was a pleasure to cooperate with Tengyue Entertainment, which allowed Jiahe to make a lot of money in the past two years, few of the films they produced had a box office of more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

of.

He also had a headache about this.

Not to mention New Art City, which is becoming more and more mature, Dingsheng Pictures, which is gradually rising, has begun to leave Jiahe behind, which makes them feel aggrieved.

Even the three Xu brothers, who were previously known as comedy greats, have gradually disappeared. In the past two years, none of the three or four movies they produced has grossed more than HK$5 million at the box office.

It can be seen that Xu's comedy is not that popular!

(End of chapter)