During the test film of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover", Zou Wenhuai was taken to the brothers Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng to watch it in person.
After only looking at the name of the production staff at the opening, Zou Wenhuai's face became a little unnatural because the lineup of the production team was too irritating.
First of all, Wang Jing, the director of "Hardcover Chasing Girls", is a Shaw Brothers person. One of the stars, Chen Baixiang, is a contracted actor of TVB, and the other starring Feng Suifan is not only an actor of TVB, but even became a director five months ago to make a movie for Shaw Brothers.
Secondly, the male and female protagonists are Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan from Oriental DreamWorks, and the production manager of DreamWorks Eric Tsang is also one of the leading actors.
There is even more damn thing, that is, the screenwriter of this movie is actually Kang Jianfei!
During the filming, the crew photographer, lighting artist, prop artist, etc. were invited by Xiang Huaqiang from Jiahe, while the artists, clothing and other personnel borrowed from Oriental Dream Factory.
The editing and soundtracks in the post-production were from Jiahe and Lishi respectively, and the action guide was from Sammo Hung’s Hong family class members.
I have to say that Xiang Huaqiang's connections are really wide, and the creative team of this movie can't be handled by other producers.
Zou Wenhuai really wanted to ask Kang Jianfei if he had any investment in this movie, but fortunately, after watching this movie, he did not see the words "Oriental Dream Factory".
Good shot.Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, but he did not directly agree to arrange when the drama will be released.
In fact, the reason why Zou Wenhuai agreed to help Xiang Huaqiang film was mainly to give Xiang Huaqiang a favor.
Jackie Chan was the actor who signed in Luo Wei's hands. He Guanchang persuaded Luo Wei's ex-wife and son to be insiders and poach Jackie Chan into Jiahe Film.
Luo Wei hated Ah in his heart. Not only did Jackie Chan snatch the money tree by Jiahe, but his wife and son also helped outsiders poach him.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he was, Luo Wei sent a ruthless gift and spent a huge amount of money to contact the people in the club, threatening to give Jackie Chan and Zou Wenhuai a good look.
After being threatened and in trouble continuously, Zou Wenhuai was so scared that he almost sent Jackie Chan abroad to avoid the limelight.
In the end, Zou Wenhuai asked someone to find Xiang Huaqiang's brother Xiang Huayan, and Xiang Huayan spoke in person to settle the matter.
So some time ago, Xiang Huaqiang said he wanted to make a movie and wanted to film in Jiahe Theater. Zou Wenhuai agreed without thinking much.In addition to returning favors, why didn’t Zou Wenhuai have the intention to make friends with Xin Yian?
Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said: I also think this movie is well made. Mr. Zou, what do you think is the screening on New Year’s Day?
Zou Wenhuai did not refuse directly, but said: I have to check the screening situation in theaters first, and I will try my best to adjust it.
Xiang Huaqiang heard Zou Wen Huaiyan’s insincere meaning, and was dissatisfied and could not express it directly, so he could only nod and said: OK, I will go back and wait for Mr. Zou’s good news first.
Zou Wenhuai kept sending Xiang Huaqiang brothers out of the building, and then he found the general manager of Jiahe Cinemas to ask about the screening schedule in the new year. He found that Jiahe had no heavy weight videos that could be shown.
This situation is caused by Zou Wenhuai's investment decision-making route. In the past two years, Jiahe Pictures has invested in 19 movies in Hollywood. Some of these movies have made some losses, but overall it has made a lot of money.
But when making movies in Hollywood, the investments are all US dollars, and the funds are recovered slowly. Although "Sky" was sold well in North America during the summer season, the box office that Jiahe received was only three months ago.
Because of the success of "Sky" in the United States, Zou Wenhuai took advantage of the victory and invested in two Hollywood films, which made Jiahe not have much money to shoot blockbusters in Hong Kong and could only produce some small-cost productions.
He Guanchang, who was in charge of Jiahe's production business, strongly opposed Zou Wenhuai's decision, but Zou Wenhuai finally convinced He Guanchang.
Because from the books, investing in Hollywood movies is indeed more profitable than making movies in Hong Kong.
Since "The Dragon Master", Jackie Chan has not appeared in movies again, but has spent his time running his own Quanwei Film Company. This New Year's Quanwei Film Company also has a film released, which is "Rat Street" written by Huang Bingyao and directed by Feng Ke'an.
Sammo Hung's "Beware of Little Hands" is still in the late stage at this time. The movie is also written by Huang Bingyao and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.
After watching Jiahe Cinema's New Year schedule, Zou Wenhuai drew circles on two small production movies and said to Chen Zhiqi, general manager of Jiahe Cinema: These two movies are postponed to be released, and their theaters are given to "Hardcover Chasing Girls".This is Xiang Huaqiang's phone call. You will contact him after you have arranged it.
Chen Zhiqi took Xiang Huaqiang's business card and said: OK, Mr. Zou, I'll make arrangements right away.
After Chen Zhiqi left, Zou Wenhuai rubbed his temples with a headache.
After the big sale of "Sky" Zou Wenhuai invested in two more Hollywood films, one of which was released some time ago, but the box office was extremely different. With an investment of more than 5 million US dollars, the final box office in the United States was only more than 6 million, which was almost out of the outer space.
After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Zou Wenhuai invited his old partner He Guanchang in and sighed: Achang, it seems that I was wrong this time. Hollywood movies are really not something that Hong Kong companies can do.
He Guanchang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zou Wenhuai's words. He comforted: Don't think too much. Calculate the Western films he has made in the past two years, but we actually have not lost money.
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: Although he did not lose money, Jiahe's share in the Hong Kong box office market has been reduced by half, making Oriental Dream Factory and New Art City bigger.Although "Sky Speed" sold for $70 million in the United States, we can only get a 18% box office share, which can barely recover the production cost.If you want to make money, you have to rely on the box office in Canada, Europe and Japan. This will have to wait for at least half a year. The funds are recovering too slowly, let alone those failed investments.Alas, I have decided not to touch Hollywood movies within five years, and after all the funds are recovered, I will feel at ease in the Asian market.
He Guanchang took the opportunity to say: I decided to let Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung work together to make a movie after the beginning of the year.
Zou Wenhuai asked: Are there any specific plans?
Aaron and Deng Jingsheng are already screenwriting, and this time they are not the kind of old-style kung fu movie.He Guanchang explained.
Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement. He still trusted He Guanchang and Deng Jingsheng's abilities very much.
After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai suddenly asked: Is there still no news about Kang Jianfei?
He Guanchang was also puzzled: It was Ah, it seemed that the world suddenly evaporated, there was no news at all.New Year's Day is coming soon, and his new film will definitely not be released on the New Year's Day. If there is no promotional news for his new film within half a month, Kang Jianfei will probably give up this year's New Year's Day.
When Zou Wenhuai heard that Kang Jianfei gave up this year's New Year's schedule, he felt relaxed and asked with a smile: Where did you think Kang Jianfei has been hiding in the past two months?
He Guanchang also smiled and said: How do I know?After all, this young man is only 20 years old, and it is worth enjoying more when he becomes rich. He can't say that he will go abroad for vacation with any confidante.
Zou Wenhuai lit the cigar and said: It would be better that he can play abroad for a year or two.
……
This year's Christmas season in Hong Kong is not lively. Shaw Brothers can no longer produce any good movies, and Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung have not made much appearances on Jiahe.
"Rat Street", which Jackie Chan, had a mediocre box office after its release, which greatly hit his confidence in being the boss of a film company.
On the contrary, on the side of Princess Jin Cinema, "The Little Scary" produced by DreamWorks is the only one that achieved good box office before Christmas. In the end, it took advantage of the good time of Christmas to win more than 14.6 million yuan in one fell swoop.
This movie is a small-cost comedy. Even if you invite a big singer like Alan Tam to star in it, the cost is only more than 2 million yuan, which can be said to be a big profit.
After Christmas, New Art City's "Brothers in Desperate" was released immediately.
The cost of this movie is similar to "The Little Scary", but the lineups of Shi Tian, Wu Yaohan, Lam Zixiang, Alan Tam, Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia, Mai Jia, Liu Jiarong, Cao Dahua and Tsui Hark are really strong. As for the role of Chu Hong in another time and space, it was replaced by Taiwanese actress Liu Lanxi.
It was released in the first few days of Christmas, and until the New Year's Day approached, the box office of "Brothers and Brothers" quickly exceeded 10 million, and it was full of momentum. Judging from the current situation, it is absolutely fine to increase the box office by another six or seven million.
After tens of millions of box office, Lei Juekun held a celebration banquet for "Brothers and Brothers", and Alan Tam successfully transformed from a popular singer to a top-notch comedian because of his consecutive starring in two comedies with a box office of over 10 million.
At this moment, Xiang Huaqiang Yongsheng Film Company's "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" also began to be released on Jiahe Theater after some promotion.
When "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" was still in its promotional period, it received strong attention from Hong Kong media because the creative lineup of this movie is too weird.
Just watching the name of the movie reminds people of the "Chasing Girls" in New Art City. The screenwriter of the film is Kang Jianfei, and the male and female protagonists are Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan from DreamWorks.
What's even more strange is that the director of this movie is Wang Jing of Shaw Brothers, and the other actors and behind-the-scenes personnel belong to several companies.
Taking advantage of the popularity of "Chasing Girls" last year, the credibility and quality of screenwriter Kang Jianfei was hyped up, and it also won the support of fans of Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan. Coupled with the media's discussion, the box office response of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" is no worse than that of "Brothers in Hard Cost".
Within a week of release, the box office of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" has exceeded 5 million.
Such a good start made the two bosses of Yongsheng Film Company, Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng, laughed happily. When the film was released for a week, they couldn't wait to hold a celebration banquet to invite guests.
After only looking at the name of the production staff at the opening, Zou Wenhuai's face became a little unnatural because the lineup of the production team was too irritating.
First of all, Wang Jing, the director of "Hardcover Chasing Girls", is a Shaw Brothers person. One of the stars, Chen Baixiang, is a contracted actor of TVB, and the other starring Feng Suifan is not only an actor of TVB, but even became a director five months ago to make a movie for Shaw Brothers.
Secondly, the male and female protagonists are Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan from Oriental DreamWorks, and the production manager of DreamWorks Eric Tsang is also one of the leading actors.
There is even more damn thing, that is, the screenwriter of this movie is actually Kang Jianfei!
During the filming, the crew photographer, lighting artist, prop artist, etc. were invited by Xiang Huaqiang from Jiahe, while the artists, clothing and other personnel borrowed from Oriental Dream Factory.
The editing and soundtracks in the post-production were from Jiahe and Lishi respectively, and the action guide was from Sammo Hung’s Hong family class members.
I have to say that Xiang Huaqiang's connections are really wide, and the creative team of this movie can't be handled by other producers.
Zou Wenhuai really wanted to ask Kang Jianfei if he had any investment in this movie, but fortunately, after watching this movie, he did not see the words "Oriental Dream Factory".
Good shot.Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, but he did not directly agree to arrange when the drama will be released.
In fact, the reason why Zou Wenhuai agreed to help Xiang Huaqiang film was mainly to give Xiang Huaqiang a favor.
Jackie Chan was the actor who signed in Luo Wei's hands. He Guanchang persuaded Luo Wei's ex-wife and son to be insiders and poach Jackie Chan into Jiahe Film.
Luo Wei hated Ah in his heart. Not only did Jackie Chan snatch the money tree by Jiahe, but his wife and son also helped outsiders poach him.
The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he was, Luo Wei sent a ruthless gift and spent a huge amount of money to contact the people in the club, threatening to give Jackie Chan and Zou Wenhuai a good look.
After being threatened and in trouble continuously, Zou Wenhuai was so scared that he almost sent Jackie Chan abroad to avoid the limelight.
In the end, Zou Wenhuai asked someone to find Xiang Huaqiang's brother Xiang Huayan, and Xiang Huayan spoke in person to settle the matter.
So some time ago, Xiang Huaqiang said he wanted to make a movie and wanted to film in Jiahe Theater. Zou Wenhuai agreed without thinking much.In addition to returning favors, why didn’t Zou Wenhuai have the intention to make friends with Xin Yian?
Xiang Huaqiang smiled and said: I also think this movie is well made. Mr. Zou, what do you think is the screening on New Year’s Day?
Zou Wenhuai did not refuse directly, but said: I have to check the screening situation in theaters first, and I will try my best to adjust it.
Xiang Huaqiang heard Zou Wen Huaiyan’s insincere meaning, and was dissatisfied and could not express it directly, so he could only nod and said: OK, I will go back and wait for Mr. Zou’s good news first.
Zou Wenhuai kept sending Xiang Huaqiang brothers out of the building, and then he found the general manager of Jiahe Cinemas to ask about the screening schedule in the new year. He found that Jiahe had no heavy weight videos that could be shown.
This situation is caused by Zou Wenhuai's investment decision-making route. In the past two years, Jiahe Pictures has invested in 19 movies in Hollywood. Some of these movies have made some losses, but overall it has made a lot of money.
But when making movies in Hollywood, the investments are all US dollars, and the funds are recovered slowly. Although "Sky" was sold well in North America during the summer season, the box office that Jiahe received was only three months ago.
Because of the success of "Sky" in the United States, Zou Wenhuai took advantage of the victory and invested in two Hollywood films, which made Jiahe not have much money to shoot blockbusters in Hong Kong and could only produce some small-cost productions.
He Guanchang, who was in charge of Jiahe's production business, strongly opposed Zou Wenhuai's decision, but Zou Wenhuai finally convinced He Guanchang.
Because from the books, investing in Hollywood movies is indeed more profitable than making movies in Hong Kong.
Since "The Dragon Master", Jackie Chan has not appeared in movies again, but has spent his time running his own Quanwei Film Company. This New Year's Quanwei Film Company also has a film released, which is "Rat Street" written by Huang Bingyao and directed by Feng Ke'an.
Sammo Hung's "Beware of Little Hands" is still in the late stage at this time. The movie is also written by Huang Bingyao and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.
After watching Jiahe Cinema's New Year schedule, Zou Wenhuai drew circles on two small production movies and said to Chen Zhiqi, general manager of Jiahe Cinema: These two movies are postponed to be released, and their theaters are given to "Hardcover Chasing Girls".This is Xiang Huaqiang's phone call. You will contact him after you have arranged it.
Chen Zhiqi took Xiang Huaqiang's business card and said: OK, Mr. Zou, I'll make arrangements right away.
After Chen Zhiqi left, Zou Wenhuai rubbed his temples with a headache.
After the big sale of "Sky" Zou Wenhuai invested in two more Hollywood films, one of which was released some time ago, but the box office was extremely different. With an investment of more than 5 million US dollars, the final box office in the United States was only more than 6 million, which was almost out of the outer space.
After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Zou Wenhuai invited his old partner He Guanchang in and sighed: Achang, it seems that I was wrong this time. Hollywood movies are really not something that Hong Kong companies can do.
He Guanchang finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zou Wenhuai's words. He comforted: Don't think too much. Calculate the Western films he has made in the past two years, but we actually have not lost money.
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: Although he did not lose money, Jiahe's share in the Hong Kong box office market has been reduced by half, making Oriental Dream Factory and New Art City bigger.Although "Sky Speed" sold for $70 million in the United States, we can only get a 18% box office share, which can barely recover the production cost.If you want to make money, you have to rely on the box office in Canada, Europe and Japan. This will have to wait for at least half a year. The funds are recovering too slowly, let alone those failed investments.Alas, I have decided not to touch Hollywood movies within five years, and after all the funds are recovered, I will feel at ease in the Asian market.
He Guanchang took the opportunity to say: I decided to let Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung work together to make a movie after the beginning of the year.
Zou Wenhuai asked: Are there any specific plans?
Aaron and Deng Jingsheng are already screenwriting, and this time they are not the kind of old-style kung fu movie.He Guanchang explained.
Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement. He still trusted He Guanchang and Deng Jingsheng's abilities very much.
After thinking about it, Zou Wenhuai suddenly asked: Is there still no news about Kang Jianfei?
He Guanchang was also puzzled: It was Ah, it seemed that the world suddenly evaporated, there was no news at all.New Year's Day is coming soon, and his new film will definitely not be released on the New Year's Day. If there is no promotional news for his new film within half a month, Kang Jianfei will probably give up this year's New Year's Day.
When Zou Wenhuai heard that Kang Jianfei gave up this year's New Year's schedule, he felt relaxed and asked with a smile: Where did you think Kang Jianfei has been hiding in the past two months?
He Guanchang also smiled and said: How do I know?After all, this young man is only 20 years old, and it is worth enjoying more when he becomes rich. He can't say that he will go abroad for vacation with any confidante.
Zou Wenhuai lit the cigar and said: It would be better that he can play abroad for a year or two.
……
This year's Christmas season in Hong Kong is not lively. Shaw Brothers can no longer produce any good movies, and Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung have not made much appearances on Jiahe.
"Rat Street", which Jackie Chan, had a mediocre box office after its release, which greatly hit his confidence in being the boss of a film company.
On the contrary, on the side of Princess Jin Cinema, "The Little Scary" produced by DreamWorks is the only one that achieved good box office before Christmas. In the end, it took advantage of the good time of Christmas to win more than 14.6 million yuan in one fell swoop.
This movie is a small-cost comedy. Even if you invite a big singer like Alan Tam to star in it, the cost is only more than 2 million yuan, which can be said to be a big profit.
After Christmas, New Art City's "Brothers in Desperate" was released immediately.
The cost of this movie is similar to "The Little Scary", but the lineups of Shi Tian, Wu Yaohan, Lam Zixiang, Alan Tam, Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia, Mai Jia, Liu Jiarong, Cao Dahua and Tsui Hark are really strong. As for the role of Chu Hong in another time and space, it was replaced by Taiwanese actress Liu Lanxi.
It was released in the first few days of Christmas, and until the New Year's Day approached, the box office of "Brothers and Brothers" quickly exceeded 10 million, and it was full of momentum. Judging from the current situation, it is absolutely fine to increase the box office by another six or seven million.
After tens of millions of box office, Lei Juekun held a celebration banquet for "Brothers and Brothers", and Alan Tam successfully transformed from a popular singer to a top-notch comedian because of his consecutive starring in two comedies with a box office of over 10 million.
At this moment, Xiang Huaqiang Yongsheng Film Company's "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" also began to be released on Jiahe Theater after some promotion.
When "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" was still in its promotional period, it received strong attention from Hong Kong media because the creative lineup of this movie is too weird.
Just watching the name of the movie reminds people of the "Chasing Girls" in New Art City. The screenwriter of the film is Kang Jianfei, and the male and female protagonists are Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan from DreamWorks.
What's even more strange is that the director of this movie is Wang Jing of Shaw Brothers, and the other actors and behind-the-scenes personnel belong to several companies.
Taking advantage of the popularity of "Chasing Girls" last year, the credibility and quality of screenwriter Kang Jianfei was hyped up, and it also won the support of fans of Chow Yun-fat and Rosamund Kwan. Coupled with the media's discussion, the box office response of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" is no worse than that of "Brothers in Hard Cost".
Within a week of release, the box office of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" has exceeded 5 million.
Such a good start made the two bosses of Yongsheng Film Company, Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng, laughed happily. When the film was released for a week, they couldn't wait to hold a celebration banquet to invite guests.