Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Luo Wei dragged Jackie Chan, who had just become popular, into the water again with a bad movie "Ghost Horse Tianshi Recruits Ghosts".

The box office of that movie was really bad. The production cost was 650,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the box office was less than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars. Such poor grades directly cost Luo Wei his money.

His financial situation was already bad, and now his house is leaking and it rains overnight, making him even more stretched. Therefore, when Xiang Nan proposed to borrow Jackie Chan again, he did not refuse, but directly agreed.

Jackie Chan is grateful to Xiang Nan. The box office of "Ghost Horse Tianshi Recruiting Accumulated Ghosts" was too bad, which made him lose his temper as soon as he became popular, which made him very depressed.

In fact, when he was making this movie, he already felt that the movie was bad.

Because this movie is a copy of Hollywood's best-selling movie "The Exorcist", but Luo Wei is reluctant to spend a lot of money on special effects, and he doesn't care about creating a suspenseful and horror atmosphere. Instead, he adds a lot of vulgar and funny plots. Not only isn't it funny, it's disgusting.

Jackie Chan made suggestions because of this, hoping that Luo Wei could make changes, but he insisted on going his own way and insisting on himself. As a result, the film was neither good nor foreign, neither scary nor funny, nor wonderful nor good-looking.

After it was released, there were a lot of bad reviews. Not only did it fail to get a high box office, but it also dragged Jackie Chan into the water, which naturally made him extremely depressed.

It can be said that if the next movie does not improve, the hat of "Box Office Poison" will be worn on him again. Jackie Chan was naturally worried.

And now that Xiang Nan asked him to make a film, he undoubtedly rescued him from the flames.

"Mr. Ning, thank you very much." He said sincerely.

"Don't say that, I'll use you only if you are good enough." Xiang Nan smiled, "Work hard, don't let my trust down."

"Definitely." Jackie Chan nodded.

...

"Tiger Shaking Teeth" was then ready to start, and Xiang Nan also asked Jackie Chan to act as the director and Wu Zhi concurrently, giving him as much room to play as possible.

In fact, Jackie Chan is a very talented person. Although he didn't go to school much, he was sent to drama school before finishing elementary school. But he himself is very smart and good at thinking, and many action shooting skills are figured out by him. This is introduced in detail in the documentary "Jackie Chan's Stunts".

And many of his movies are written, directed and acted by him, such as "Laughing Boxing Strange Trick", "Junior and Brother", "Project A", "Police Story", "Who Am I", "Flying Eagle Project" Wait, he even took over the martial arts guidance of all the movies.

Therefore, unlike Li Lianjie, Zhen Zidan, Michelle Yeoh and other pure action actors, Jackie Chan is actually a versatile and comprehensive film talent. The more room for him to play, the more surprises he can bring.

Jackie Chan was also very moved to see Xiang Nan handing over all the power to himself and trusting him so much.

When he was filming at Lo Wei Films, Lo Wei didn't respect his opinion, he was stubborn and self-righteous, which made him feel constrained and uncomfortable.

But in Real Kung Fu Films, he can give full play to his talents and shoot whatever he wants, which is really enjoyable. This also strengthened his idea of ​​leaving Rowe Films.

...

At the same time, after returning to Golden Harvest, He Guanchang also told Zou Wenhuai what Xiang Nan meant.

"If we can't show enough sincerity, I think Ning Wei must leave." He said worriedly.

"Can he leave? Can we sue him?" Cai Yongchang frowned.

"There is no problem for him to leave. He is also a major shareholder of Real Kung Fu Films and enjoys the same rights as us." Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and said, "I think he should have made preparations before, so he deliberately didn't sign with us. "

Xiang Nan only signed a contract with Real Kung Fu Films, and he himself is the major shareholder of Real Kung Fu, holding 50% of the shares and having quite a high degree of autonomy. Golden Harvest does not prevent him from cooperating with other companies.

"He is determined to leave, who can stop him? Don't forget, his skill is so high, if you really push him, he will jump over the wall in a hurry." He Guanchang also reminded.

Zou Wenhuai suffered a lot. If Xiang Nan had given him a knife instead of a slap that night, Zou Wenhuai would have died in vain, and the police would not be able to find out the murderer.

"Since it's not good to be tough, then we'll be soft." Cai Yongchang pondered, "What benefits can we offer him? A higher salary, a higher box office share, or more autonomy?"

"These are not enough. What we can give, Lei Juekun can also give." Zou Wenhuai waved his hands and said, "He intends to enter the film industry now, so he must be willing to spend a lot of money."

Lei Juekun is the top tycoon in Hong Kong. He owns Kowloon Bus, Kowloon Real Estate, and a Golden Princess theater chain. His strength is not weaker than Golden Harvest.

Therefore, Lei Juekun could also offer these three conditions that Golden Harvest offered, and even higher conditions.

After all, burning money to grab the market is something every new company will do. Golden Harvest was able to invite Wang Yi, Bruce Lee, and Xu Guanwen back then because it was more willing to spend money than Shaw Brothers.

"Then what advantage do we have?" Cai Yongchang said depressingly, "People who we give can also give. Besides, we have had conflicts with Ning Wei, and our relationship is not as close as that of him. It doesn't work if we try to play the favor card."

"We have one more thing, Lei Juekun can't give it." He Guanchang said suddenly.

"What?!" Cai Yongchang and Zou Wenhuai looked at him together.

...

Peninsula Hotel.

Xiang Nan was discussing the lawsuit with a lawyer in the United States on the phone.

He wanted to sue Warner Bros. for infringing the copyright of his script and demanded damages.

"I don't think about out-of-court settlement, nor about selling the script, you just file a lawsuit for me, I can afford it." Xiang Nan told the lawyer.

Warner used to ignore him, but now he makes Warner unable to climb high.

As a result of the lawyer's letter he issued, the "Longwei Boy" project is now a mess.

Because the script is not copyrighted, the project is now dead. Continue to shoot, it is no longer possible to shoot. There is no way to release it after the filming is completed, and it is a waste of money.

But stopping there is not a problem. After all, the director, actors, and staff are all in place, and if they don't start work, they will lose money. If it was changed to the Xiangjiang film industry, this movie could not be made, and the original crew could be used to make another one.

But not in Hollywood. This movie was signed in the contract, so it was the movie that was to be shot, and no random changes were allowed.

If Warner unilaterally breaches the contract, the liquidated damages alone will be a lot of money. Therefore, Warner really wants to settle this matter through an out-of-court settlement, or directly buy Xiangnan's script.

However, Xiang Nan is not short of tens of thousands of dollars for selling scripts, nor is he short of hundreds of thousands of dollars for out-of-court settlements.

"Who told you to despise me back then." Xiang Nan snorted coldly, he is such a character who will be revenged.

"Okay." The lawyer nodded.

He was doing things for a fee, since Xiang Nan wanted him to fight to the end, then he would fight to the end.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.