Reborn Tycoon Rise

The rise of the nonsensical comedy martial arts film style was a turning point in the entire Hong Kong film history. Since Li Xiaolong became famous, the fighting style of martial arts movies has been tough and serious.

Li Xiaolong created a myth and was a dazzling star in the dull film market at that time. But after he died, the sun was no longer in the sky, leaving only a sky full of stars - all kinds of plagiarism spread throughout the market.

When people got tired of action movies, some paranoid directors turned to themes of bloody violence, which aroused a lot of public outrage. Many overseas regions have made a one-size-fits-all decision and no longer import Hong Kong action films. This has also led to a downturn in action movies.

If Xu Zhi hadn't intervened, in a few months, independent producer Wu Siyuan would have invited Chen Long to start filming Hong Kong's first action comedy film - Snake-Shaped Trickster.

This movie was released before Drunken Master, with a box office of 2.7 million Hong Kong dollars. At that time, when a million dollars was a blockbuster movie, it was basically among the top ten of the year.

Drunken Master was a movie that several great directors only remembered to make after they got drunk at the celebration party of Snake-shaped Trickster. Of course, after that I just made some outline plans and started shooting!

The box office of Drunken Master in Hong Kong exceeds 6.7 million Hong Kong dollars, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. In RB alone, the box office exceeds 1.9 billion yen. The total global box office adds up to almost 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and the video terminal sales are as high as more than 2,000 yen. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. Even if all kinds of deductions are taken into account, the return to investors is a hundredfold.

More importantly, Chen Long formed his own style by relying on drunken fist and his previous snake-shaped tricks, and became a popular superstar in Asia.

Of course, because of Luo Wei's short-sightedness, in the end, the superstar took advantage of Jiahe.

However, in order to recreate the peak of Drunken Master again, Xu Zhi handed over the play to the original director Yuan Heping, who was also the world's number one action director in later generations. Even though Yuan is not yet capable of making movies as a director, in his previous life, Drunken Master was only his second film. And the time is only one year apart, and the plot is already set, so if he is asked to shoot it now, he should be able to make it almost as close as possible. Even if it is not as good as the 6.7 million in later generations, having four to five million is actually a good start.

Yuan Heping has been working in the film and television industry for decades and has a huge network of contacts, allowing him to come forward to summon cameramen, lighting, prop masters, etc., and the other parties have also cooperated with Jiahe on many occasions. Before they separated, Xu Zhi had given him a manuscript by Zou Wenhuai.

The manuscript is a handwritten letter that allows Xu Zhi to do things cheaply within the Golden Harvest studio and within the company. If Xu Zhi, a stranger, uses this to find some senior executives at the Golden Harvest studio, he will probably be ignored. Even if he does help, he probably won't be willing to pay much. force.

But Yuan Heping brought the manuscript and he knew this business, so both of them were able to work together, and the effect would be even better.

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Yuan Heping has been put in charge of the film. He will first be responsible for forming the entire team. He, Chen Long and others will then re-discuss Xu Zhi's script. If some modifications are agreed, it will be handed over to Xu Zhi.

On the other hand, Jiahe Daily has all started to prepare for production, and the OEM printing factory has already printed 20,000 newspapers at one time.

Newspapers themselves are advertising carriers, but when a new newspaper appears, it also needs advertising. However, other newspapers in Xiangjiang were surprisingly cooperative, and none of them were willing to accept the advertising fee. Lin Wenzhou was so angry that after asking for instructions, he spent HK$50,000 to advertise for half a minute in prime time on TVB, Li's and Jiayi TV stations for a week.

Monday, June 20

Xu Zhi sat boredly in his small office and wrote some stories. He had experienced the process of writing a novel once, and his hand had almost recovered, but he really didn't want to write another one.

The word count of Kunlun is only a little over one million, while several other classic novels are easily 3 million words long. If he were to write it in a short time, he would probably have to completely lose his hands.

What's more, Xu Zhi currently doesn't care about the little profit from writing novels. If he hadn't lured Zou Wenhuai with the newspaper and sought this cooperation, I'm afraid Kunlun could only earn one or two hundred thousand at most. It's a small amount, but it takes a long time to get it. There are no cooperation plans or interests tied up. Who will give you hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars just from the beginning?

The stories I write now are just the main plots of some popular novels or TV series, including various character relationships, power rankings, storylines, etc. These are intertwined to form the outline of a story.

Whether a novel is good or not depends on the level of description of the supporting characters. What Xu Zhi values ​​​​most is the relationship and personality comparison of various supporting characters. Even if he remembers all the previous plots, describing all the stories in segments is another matter.

However, this has the advantage that it is not like copying a novel, where you have to copy it desperately with your eyes closed. Instead, you can think about it and write it from time to time, and it will not cause so much damage to your hands.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door, but before Xu Zhi could respond, Lin Wenzhou opened the door with a smile and said, "Xu Sheng, our sales on the first day have exceeded 20,000."

Xu Zhi looked at the sky, found his phone out of habit, and immediately looked at his watch. It was already 5:30. But it was still early and the sun was still high in the sky.

Xu Zhi asked: "What's the reaction from readers?"

This is the issue that Xu Zhi is most concerned about. It has been some time since the serialization of Iron-Blooded Genius ended. Novels sound very interesting and fascinating, but in fact, if you don’t read them for a few days, you will get used to them.

The quality of Kunlun is okay, but if it starts to encounter such problems, it will not be a good sign for his cooperation with Zou Wenhuai.

Lin Wenzhou smiled and said: "We did a random survey and found that Kunlun is still very popular. Moreover, we have been advertising on several major TV stations in the past few days. Basically, everyone in Xiangjiang should know about our newspaper, otherwise there would not be 20,000 people today. People are coming to buy newspapers.”

Xu Zhidao: "Well, it's okay now, but I'm worried that Liang Wenjing's death will cause some trouble. I don't know if Jim Yong's dragon-riding incident will happen again."

Lin Wenzhou smiled and shook his head: "I would be so happy if it happened again. A temporary bad reputation is actually a kind of fame. Besides, the protagonist of your book has basically been decided. As long as it takes a while, everyone will get used to it. . Jim Yong’s story is completely different!”

The plot of "The Divine Condor" was about defying the world's disapproval. From ancient times to the present, the times have changed people's interest in novels, from the earliest martial arts to the later generations of "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom", but one of the eternal laws is that the female protagonist must be the male protagonist. .

When dealing with the male protagonist, you can temper him, break a few bones, fall off a cliff, be poisoned, or be trapped in prison. These are actually small problems that readers can tolerate and look forward to the follow-up.

It is said that Mingpao was splashed with red paint at that time. People in later generations have basically become accustomed to all this. That is because we have already been exposed to such plots when we were young and unknown, so we are all used to it, even when we don’t know it. Just accepted it.

In Kunlun, only the protagonist in the prequel dies, and the impact is expected to be some, but it shouldn't be too big.

"By the way, when did you install a phone here so that all the people looking for you call my landline?" Lin Wenzhou complained with a smile.

Xu Zhi did not answer directly, but asked: "Who is looking for me? What happened?"

Xu Zhi didn't install a phone because it was too expensive. The initial installation fee for a phone cost several thousand yuan. With this money, he might as well use Jiahe Daily's phone, since he was a small shareholder anyway.

Lin Wenzhou said: "It's your little secretary. She said that your film team has been organized and asked you to go there tomorrow morning."

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "Okay, I understand."

The film team is finally complete!

After negotiating with Yuan Heping before, and having nothing to do here, he sent Lin Siqi over to help.

One lets her understand the whole process and learn more now. Secondly, even if it is someone who monitors Yuan Heping, no one can be trusted absolutely. Although Lin Siqi is a rookie, some ideas will always be suppressed if there is someone who does not belong to him by his side.

The establishment of the crew also marks that "Drunken Master" can finally start filming