At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 456

Huang Baiming is of course a big shot in the Hong Kong circle!

The seven monsters of New Art City each have their own abilities.

What was the situation in the Hong Kong film industry before?
Small circle, big market, few talents, all advantageous resources are concentrated in the hands of the most concentrated small group of people. To ensure profits, the best resources can only be placed in the hands of the few people with the most market value superior.

The general working time from filming to filming was 60 days, but it could only be given up to 100 days until it was released. This was the film preparation time at that time!
Any creator who can gain a foothold in the market and form a complete style should be respected!
Huang Baiming is not the same as the other six in the Seven Monsters. He is a screenwriter - "Hit the Wrong Car", and he wrote it all night and all night, with invincible talent!

As for the actor, he became famous from the second male comedian and B-movie star.

Later, relying on "Happy Ghost" became famous in the film industry...

His most powerful thing should be that he is proficient in calculations and good at seizing opportunities. After he became a boss, he recognized the festival awareness of Hong Kong people, and aimed at the Lunar New Year market during the Spring Festival with an all-star lineup of family carnival themes.

For a businessman, the script does not matter at all for this kind of movie, as long as there are stars and jokes, everyone is happy. Photography, art, and lighting are not important, so it is no problem for him to direct it himself.

To be honest, his directing skills... are almost nothing!
But the vision is really good, and shameless enough, "Ip Man" was originally called "The Great Master: Ip Man", Wang Jiawei started preparations in 02, and then...Huang Baiming took the lead in filming, and it was also called "The Great Master: Ip Man" at the beginning, Was ridiculed by Wang Jiawei's Zedong Film and Television that "healthy competition is good, the same subject matter is filmed in different ways, and the effect is also different, but if even the title of the play is the same, this kind of behavior is so despicable!" ', and then renamed "Ip Man"...

Shen Xudong came to Hong Kong this time mainly for "Ip Man".

Of course, his first choice was Jiahe!
He is also shameless.

……

Huang Bin is a business person arranged by the company, and Shen Xudong is just controlling the general direction...

Huang Bin knows more about many details than him.

Last year, Golden Harvest proved its ability to distribute and organize games with "Cruel Streets". This year, it made three films "The Tailor", "Taken" and "New World"...

All are written by Shen Xudong.

Among them, "New World" was co-produced with the Emperor, and Shen Xudong led the line-Emperor also made "Manslaughter"...

Why not find Media Asia?
Media Asia had a conflict with Golden Harvest. In 98, Golden Harvest bid for the Tseung Kwan O Film City site specially approved by the government, but was won by six film companies including Run Run Shaw and China Star. Among the six companies, Media Asia...

Shen Xudong did not participate in the normal business communication, he mainly chatted with Wrinkle Huai.

"I have always felt that the greatest contribution of Hong Kong movies is the word kung fu. Looking at the global film industry, Chinese action movies are the most recognized in the world. Blockbuster movies are good, but action movies are my foundation!"

Wrinkle Huai nodded: "Whether it's the investment scale or the choice of themes, Hollywood is far ahead of us, only action movies... But now, there are no good seedlings!"

"...Wu Jing, Zhang Jing, Wu Yue, Shi Xiaolong and Xie Miao are all good action movie seedlings..."

"...I only know one Wu Jing..."

"Xie Miao...oh, when he cooperated with Li Lianhe, Li Lianjie had already left Golden Harvest!"

In the 90s, Li Lianlian and Golden Harvest Company acted in a package, but after the contract expired, Golden Harvest Company did not perform the agreement according to the contract.

Due to improper arrangements, Li Lianlian did not make enough 4 works in two years, and Golden Harvest was unwilling to let him go.

Later, he left Golden Harvest with the help of his agent Cai Ziming, and then Cai Ziming was shot to death...

Back then, Hong Kong entertainment was really lawless!

But this has nothing to do with Shen Xudong. He continued: "Action movies must be innovated. We are tired of watching them ourselves. How about looking at the world? There are so many fighting genres in the world, all of which can be used for filming!"

"Then what do you think the direction of development is?"

"I think the fighting skills in "The Bourne" are pretty good..."

"...I heard from them that the fighting scene in "Taken" is a reference to "The Bourne"?"

"Correct!"

"...Are you sure?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "It's not a big problem."

"...Then you're here this time?"

"I want to do "Ip Man"!"

"Bruce Lee's master?"

"right…"

Why not The Legend of Bruce Lee?
"Legend of Bruce Lee" has been planned since 04, and Li Xiangning, the son of Bruce Lee, was brought in as the producer, and CCTV funded the production...

Shen Xudong couldn't intervene at all.

"I have no objection...Who are you going to find as the lead actor?"

"... Donnie Yen... I want to find Brother Sambo as the director!"

"Sanmao... okay, I'll tell you!"

Sanmao is Sammo Hung, and Sammo Hung was Liu Jialiang who relied on Wing Chun to fight against him!

Liu Jialiang's creative line is very clear. His first work "Shen Da" followed by "Lu Ah Cai and Huang Feihong" and "Hong Xiguan". It is obvious that his purpose is to trace back the entire history of Hong Quan. Sammo Hung took the lead and chose " Monk Sande and Pounding Rice Six"...

This is actually very shameless, because Monk San De and Chong Mi Liu are also masters of Hong Quan. According to Liu Jialiang's shooting plan, Huang Feihong, Lu Acai, Hong Xiguan, Dong Qianjin, and Chong Mi Liu are all descendants of Hong Quan, especially Monk San De …

"San De Monk and Chong Mi Liu" lost miserably. Although it only lost less than 80 at the box office, its reputation and influence were crushed!
Sammo Hung took another approach and started filming the Wing Chun Kung Fu film "Mr. Zan and Changqianhua". Mr. Zan is Liang Zan, and Zhaoqianhua is Chen Huashun. That's right, Ip Man's master - and he is a closed disciple!
Including Sammo Hung's "The Prodigal Boy", which became famous after that, is actually Wing Chun, because the leading actor is Liang Zan!
Therefore, to shoot "Ip Man", Sammo Hung is the best candidate.

……

"The old man doesn't care about things now, but his vision is still there..."

The discussion is almost over, the rest is fundraising and profit distribution. This specific negotiation may require Gao Fenfen to come to Hong Kong...

Shen Xudong and Huang Bin ate rice rolls together, chatting while eating...

"He has been making movies all his life."

Huang Bin has a different opinion: "It's a pity that Golden Harvest can only rely on the label to earn a living, and the person I approached can't even speak Mandarin well!"

At that time, after He Guanchang died, Jackie Chan left, and Golden Harvest Production was unable to continue for a while... Later, Gu Dezhao became the creative director of Golden Harvest, and he only made one New Year film every year, and successively shot "Marry a Rich Man", "Lucky Superman" ", and after the honorary production of "Golden Rooster", the production business was sadly discontinued.

It is Wrinkle Pregnancy Daughter who is now the director of the production business...

Wrinkle's pregnant daughter can't say that she doesn't know anything about movies, but she can also say that she has no ability...

"It's good to have a label...at least the wrinkles are still there, and the influence is still there."

"...By the way, Mr. Shen, the promotion of "The Detective of the Republic of China"...After you go back, how troublesome you are!"

"I will!"

Shen Xudong nodded...

After all, it is the first movie to cooperate with the movie channel.

The movie channel does not have a publicity department, and the promotion of "Republic of China" depends entirely on Tianmei Media. The company also invested 600 million yuan in the movie starring Huang Bo and Chen Hao. The company must attach great importance to it.

The cost of 1200 million needs to be recovered through theater channels, so the publicity must be done well!
Generally speaking, the cost of large-scale publicity is at least 1000 million—you should put up posters, put up some light signs, and advertise in theaters...

So many cities across the country...

In addition, various press conferences are held.

Therefore, many poor projects are basically not promoted.

In other words, plus the cost of publicity, "Republic of China" needs at least 4000 million at the box office to ensure that it does not lose money - TV copyrights, audio-visual copyrights accounted for 400 million...

(End of this chapter)