At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 770 Huang Baiming

"Do you know how much I'm worth?"

Zhang Jiazhen said: "The Forbes report says 60 billion US dollars?"

Yang Shoucheng retorted: "...More than that, Tianmei's shares are 400 billion yuan, and Golden Harvest is also a major shareholder... In addition, he is also the second largest individual shareholder of Warner Brothers..."

"I read Vanity Fair some time ago, and it broke the news that you invested in Spotify, Snap and Facebook? I heard that Facebook, did you invest in 06? $1200 million for 5% of the shares?"

Shen Xudong is a bit at a loss...are you still talking about movies?
"You are amazing. Li Jiacheng invested 07 million US dollars in 4.5, and only accounted for 3%! I heard that the market value of Facebook is estimated to exceed 150 billion US dollars!"

Yang Shoucheng boasted: "...If you don't make movies, you are definitely the top investor!"

"Stop!" Shen Xudong interrupted them and looked at Jiang Zhiqiang: "...you guys know my net worth so well, you should understand that it is impossible for me to participate in illegal business!"

"...it's illegal only if you get caught!"

Zhang Jiazhen sneered: "Besides, the funding for filming has always been..."

Shen Xudong interrupted him: "Don't use your 80s habits to replace the current film production, Hong Kong has returned to China for ten years..."

Back then, Hong Kong movies prospered along with black money, but no one can tell what happened to the funds behind them...

Let's talk about a well-known, such as Hong Kong many years ago, how did the huge wealth obtained by gangsters through D trafficking become legal?

Register a film company to make a movie, don’t care how bad the movie is, just release it, and then make up a box office figure with the theater, or the theater is opened by itself, such a large amount of money is earned by making the movie.

Of course, don’t say the amount is too big, it’s unbelievable, if it’s too little, it’s not worth it, just appropriate, anyway, it’s much higher than the actual shooting cost.

The real shooting cost is kept as low as possible, which is why the underworld once threatened the stars.

Only when there are celebrities can we say that there is a high box office. If you use a celebrity, you just want to use a little money to spend it...

This set of tricks was played very smoothly in the 80s and [-]s.

Later, there was a gambling man in Macau who set up an entertainment company and made many films with Bona. Back then, when the company had an accident, the vice president of Bona suddenly jumped off the building.

Then Gu Tianlei also lost his source of funds...

So, I went down to sell "Tomorrow's War" in person...

By the way, the marketing used to say that only the sun can tan Gu Tianli, but now it seems to be Sun City...

Shen Xudong glanced at Zhang Jiazhen, and then said: "I recently learned a new word called the law of onion and garlic, let me tell you about it!"

"The law of recalculation?"

Shen Xudong smiled and said: "People who take themselves too seriously are often very good at playing tricks! Let me tell you the truth, Hong Kong movies have never been my goal. What I wanted since the acquisition of Golden Harvest was to let Chinese movies gain a foothold in Asia again." , and then talk about breaking out of Asia...Boss Yang should know that I never deliberately targeted anyone, and they all came to me on their own initiative."

"Then no matter how good my temper is, I'm also bloody. If you want to fight, I will fight..."

"...I took "The Grandmaster" to visit Hong Kong for publicity this time. You two are seniors. I originally wanted to meet each other. At least I would congratulate me for winning the Golden Lion Award. I didn't mention a word..." Said At this point, Shen Xudong shook his head: "We are not the same way, let's say goodbye!"

Getting up to leave...

Yang Shoucheng got up: "Brother Shen, I also want you to go to the boat to do something later?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, I've already made an appointment with Huang Baiming..."

……

In addition to Golden Harvest, the producer of "Ip Man" also has Huang Baiming's Oriental Pictures.

Huang Baiming is very interesting. Like Shen Xudong, he is also a screenwriter.

Many people said that he entered New Art City across industries, and the first thing he came was "Hitch the Wrong Car" with a score of 8.3 on Douban...

Actually no, he first joined a TV station and started as an actor on TVB, participating in "Folk Legend".

Later, he began to work behind the scenes, creating the TV series "Once Upon a Time" and "Crossing the Wall"; after that, he entered the film industry as a screenwriter.

In 79, Huang Baiming, Mai Jia, and Shi Tian co-founded the Struggle Film Company. Then, in 80, he was favored by Golden Princess Entertainment, which was supported by a large real estate consortium, and jointly established New Art City Films Co., Ltd....

Then came the series "Hitch the Wrong Car", "Happy Ghost", "Happy Family" series...

After New Art City was gone, Huang Baiming formed Oriental Pictures.

After the millennium, Oriental Pictures has also made many good movies.

Photographer Chen's first film "Nine Girls and One Ghost" was produced by him.

In the original time and space, he faded out of the mainland film industry because of the fiasco of "The Loyal General of the Yang Family"!

The production cost of "The Loyal General of Yang" is close to 1.7 million—even if there is no such figure, it is at least close to 4000 million, and the salary of the stars alone is close to [-] to [-] million. In addition to the production of costumes, the big scene...

The final box office was 6100 million, a blood loss!
After all, Shen Xudong really likes him.

Many people say that he is Kirk Douglas from Hong Kong, and he is very good at playing. Wang Jing is just like a younger brother in front of him...

This, Shen Xudong quite believed!
Because he praised Yang Tianbao, and then set up a line to let her know Huang Xiaoming...

However, everyone knows the chaos in the Hong Kong film industry, so it doesn't matter to him. You know, Kirk Douglas is a famous scumbag and strong female criminal...

Another point, in the past few years, every time Shen Xudong comes to Hong Kong, there will be surprises for him!

This time is no exception...

Specially arranged for an 18-year-old mixed-race girl to accompany Shen Xudong on a night tour of Victoria Harbour, what is her name Wu Qianyu...

It's really amazing, and he grasped the changes in Shen Xudong's aesthetics very accurately - he hasn't had an artistic exchange with someone older than him for a long time!

……

"Isn't Marvel doing some kind of movie universe? I think the "Ip Man" series is also good...Last year's "Zhang Tianzhi" bought well, we can extend it..."

"Zhang Tianzhi", starring Zhang Jing.

With the "Crime City" series in hand, Zhang Jing is already a first-line action actor. The mainland box office has sold 1.6 million, Hong Kong has 2900 million Hong Kong dollars, Southeast Asia has nearly 700 million US dollars, and North American copyrights have sold 380 million US dollars...

Oh, apart from preaching and giving liquids, Shen Xudong also wants to chat with Huang Baiming about business!

Shen Xudong has absolutely no interest in things like 'happy event' and 'announcement'...

These things were completely photographed by Huang Baiming, and then given to the old guys for retirement.

I can't keep up with it for a long time!
If I knew about comedy, once the creators fall behind the times, it would be really scary...

So, Shen Xudong and Huang Baiming were talking about action movies...

"Ip Man Movie Universe?"

"That's right..." Shen Xudong nodded; "In the second part, we talk about Ip Man's establishment in Hong Kong, and the third part mainly discusses the authenticity of Wing Chun...Then the third part is about Xingyiquan and Baguazhang fighting Wing Chun!"

"The second part has been filmed. Master Luo is good at the art of splitting and hanging by the Great Sage, and Master Zheng of Baguazhang..."

Shen Xudong interjected: "I always have a question."

"You said."

"Since these martial artists are so particular about inheritance and rules, then...when taekwondo, karate, and muay thai took root in Hong Kong, didn't anyone go to the gym?"

Huang Baiming smiled and lowered his voice: "The Hong Kong martial arts community once challenged Muay Thai, and the result was terrible. It is said that one died and one was seriously injured. Since then, the Muay Thai storm has swept Hong Kong, and it has become popular among young and Dangerous people to learn Muay Thai. The famous ones are Su Long and Li Yutian from Xin X'an. Chen Zhiming, one of the suspects who shot and killed Li Lianlian's manager, is also said to be a Muay Thai master, known as the Hong Kong Knee King..."

(End of this chapter)