Rebirth of Xiangjiang Hidden Behind the Scenes

Chapter 52 Watching a Movie

Due to Chen Shufen's reminder, Su Cheng also deliberately asked people to pay attention to the Shaw Brothers Cinemas. Sure enough, signs have appeared now, and the film "The Best Partner" with an attendance rate of about 30% has been forced to be cancelled.

The reason given was that we were acting in accordance with the contract.

This was a wake-up call for the newly established Tengyue cinema chain.

After all, it is a new theater chain, and it still needs time to attract movie fans. Shaw Brothers' withdrawal directly caused the box office to drop sharply to HK$110,000 the next day.

In desperation, Su Cheng directly announced that he would stop painting. The total box office reached 23.62 million Hong Kong dollars.

The system settlement then appeared: "Ding! The profit rate of the movie "The Best Partner" is 950%. Rating: Super! Special bonus movie "Back to the Future"."

It's actually a Hollywood film? This was something Su Cheng didn't expect.

Before he could take a closer look, Jiang Zhiqiang came over and said with joy on his face: "Boss, the publisher is here."

"Oh? Who is there?" Su Cheng was stunned and asked curiously.

Jiang Zhiqiang said: "Cao Lun, the representative of China Film Group on the Bay Island side, Oda Ichilang of Toei Club, and Yi Hong on the Cathay Pacific side."

Are the main players from all major regions here?

Smiling slightly, Su Cheng said: "Then you will be the sole representative in this matter. In Southeast Asia, I have only one request. I can earn less from other places, but it must be a buyout. Our company needs a lot of cash flow."

"Okay, boss, I know how to talk."

After Jiang Zhiqiang left, Su Chengcai carefully began to check the movie "Back to the Future" he had just obtained. After a few hours, he sighed heavily and sighed in his heart: "With this kind of picture, Xiangjiang still needs to go a long way.

Okay. A fast-food movie will never become a classic!"

He shook his head and called Wang Jing directly. The two met at the Broadway theater. Su Cheng glanced at the fat man who was full of doubts and said solemnly: "My request is very simple. Can you pass this movie after watching this movie?"

For the film, I’ll figure out the split shots myself, as long as it meets my requirements!”

"Yes, boss!" Although he didn't understand Su Cheng's intention, the fat man still nodded in agreement.

After patting his shoulder lightly, Su Chengcheng took the lead and led Liu Qing into the theater.

When I came here today, Su Cheng wanted to take Wang Jing to watch carefully the Hollywood blockbuster "Kramer" which had just won the Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.

"Couple". Let him learn the difference between other people's production and the current local production in Hong Kong.

When the movie was officially played, Wang Jing watched it attentively. However, for Su Cheng, he had seen this movie in his previous life. Why? Because this "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer" won the Oscar

It has a lot of weight in history. It was nominated for 9 awards alone. Not to mention, the film "Apocalypse Now" that won the Cannes main unit award was also nominated at the same time. This film also had 8 nominations.

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It is a pity that all the important awards were taken by "Mr. and Mrs. Kramer". It only won two minor awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound. They are commonly known as "consolation prizes".

What is such a powerful film about?

The theme revolves around the "seven-year itch in marriage." The wife Joanna couldn't stand her husband's neglect, and she didn't want to be a housewife. So she decided to "divorce" her husband Kramer. It happened to be that during this period, her husband Kramer wanted to sign a contract.

A big deal may even lead to a promotion.

The joy and confusion were at that moment.

His wife left, leaving the home and children to him alone.

Kramer began to learn to be a "good father". Gradually, he became "friends" with his children and had a "father-son love" that was deeper than the "mother-son love".

There are gains and there are losses.

Because the child was still young, Kramer would often leave the company suddenly because of him. Over time, he was dissatisfied by his boss. When the "big deal" failed to be signed, all the faults were placed on Kramer. As a result, he was dismissed.

Forced to resign.

At this moment, Joanna, who had disappeared for almost two years, came out and said she wanted to fight Kramer for custody of her child?

A lawsuit, a variety of life!

Because the child was injured once while under the care of his father, resulting in multiple stitches in the eye. And the salary of the new job was not as high as that of his ex-wife. In the end, the court ruled that the child belonged to Joanna, and Kramer only had the right to visit every week.

At this time of loss, I never thought that the heart of the child Billy was with his father.

If you win the company and lose the love between mother and son, what can you do?

After watching the whole film, there are many things discussed. On the one hand, it is the "freedom" and "feminist rights" of the female Joanna. On the other hand, it is the "family", "work" and "love" of the male Kramer.

In addition, the loss and recovery of the neighbor's marriage, Kramer's one-night stand with the company employee, all explore the details of love and marriage.

After walking out of the theater, Wang Jing became much quieter. After all, he himself had a wife and a child was about to be born, so naturally he felt a lot of emotion.

After sitting in the car, Wang Jing said: "Boss, you want me to watch this movie?"

Seeing his appearance, Su Chengcheng felt that he was thinking too much and said calmly: "I have discussed with Manager Liang that if Tengyue Entertainment Company wants to develop rapidly, it cannot always stay in Xiangjiang. Maybe you haven't noticed,

In the past two years, the box office market in the Bay Islands and island countries has been monopolized by Hollywood blockbusters. Of course, the box office market in Hong Kong is slowly improving, but the speed is too slow. Once there are other changes, it will collapse in one blow.

Therefore, our company's goal within one or two years is to shoot Hollywood blockbusters. To be more precise, films led by local artists in Hong Kong."

Although Run Run Shaw's recent actions made Su Cheng a little disappointed, after receiving the script "Back to the Future", Su Cheng still firmed up his original idea and went to Hollywood to establish a theater chain with at least 500 screens before releasing it.

Their "blockbuster starring and directed by Hong Kong artists."

Why is it so troublesome?

First of all, it is not easy to screen a film in North America. It is often necessary to use the distribution channels of other large film companies. However, in this way, the income that can be obtained is greatly reduced.

In addition, Su Cheng also has another idea, that is, once he has his own theater chain, the movies currently produced can be screened in the North American market. Not only can he make profits, but he can also promote Hong Kong artists to the world in large quantities.

In front of movie fans, why not?

No matter what, Hollywood is a world of capital. As long as it doesn't create a monopoly and unites some film companies, who would object to making more money?

Hearing Su Cheng's words, Wang Jing suddenly became excited and said weakly: "Boss, do you mean that I will be the first director promoted by the company to go to Hollywood?"

She glanced at him lightly, if it wasn't like this, who would take you to the cinema to watch? With Wang Jing's current vision and directing ability, Su Cheng is really worried. However, after all, he is the director of the company's film and television department.

If you don't give him a chance first, resentment will always appear.

Anyway, there was a detailed shot-by-shot script, so Su Cheng let him try it out.

He nodded and said seriously: "After the first Hong Kong Film Awards, the script will be given to you. However, if you want to shoot this movie, at least you have to wait until our company goes to Hollywood to open a temporary movie studio after the year.

Only the company can do that. Before that, I hope you can fully absorb the shooting concepts and lens production sense of Hollywood movies. The current level is too different."

"I know, boss! I will study hard!" Wang Jing's eyes flashed and she said solemnly.

(End of chapter)