Chapter 2267 The King of Hong Kong Commercial Films

Back in Li Shaozhi's villa, Xiao Qi found a guest.

Li Shaozhi, who was already able to wander around the house, was putting on his coat, sitting on the sofa and chatting with the guests with a smile.

Seeing Xiao Qi's return, Li Shaozhi stood up and greeted Xiao Qi sweetly, and also introduced a middle-aged short fat man standing up opposite the sofa.

"This is director Wang Jingwang. When I first debuted, his father Wang Lao took good care of me. In the past few years in TVB, Wang Lao and director Wang Jing also care about me." Li Shaozhi introduced Xiao Qi softly. , The meaning she wanted to express was also clearly stated in the words.

"Hello Qi Shao!" Wang Jing, who had thinning hair, smiled until his eyes were bent, and shook hands with Xiao Qi.

"Hi, Master Jing, I grew up watching your movies, so don't be too polite." Xiao Qi smiled, "It's a pity that all I watched were pirated CDs back then, and I didn't have a chance to support the genuine ones."

"Hehe, the movies I make are full of shit and fart. It's my honor to rarely like them!" Wang Jing said politely.

"That can't be said like that!" Xiao Qi shook his head and said, "Anything that can make the audience like it is a good movie! Although I don't like some of your movies, Mr. Jing, there are also many classics that are enough to show your talent and status. "

Wang Jing didn't expect Xiao Qi to say such a thing, and he felt a little more proud besides being refreshed.

This is a compliment from the richest man in the world!

It is definitely a rare honor to have the world's richest man, who is not even comparable to the top 100 richest people in Hong Kong, and to respect himself so much!

Seeing that they were chatting happily, Li Shaozhi heaved a sigh of relief, and said in a charming voice, "Then talk slowly, I'll go back to my room first."

"Okay, Zhizhi, take a good rest." Wang Jing greeted with a smile. He and Li Shaozhi have also made movies, and with the relationship between their father, they are relatively familiar.

Many people think that Wang Jing only makes movies. In fact, it is wrong, he often goes to TVB to direct TV dramas.

For example, the popular "Xiaobao and Kangxi" in which Zhang Weijian played Wei Xiaobao was directed by Wang Jing. "Xin Chu Liu Xiang" starring Li Shaozhi is also directed by him.

This man is truly a prolific and very talented director!

When Li Shaozhi returned to the room, Wang Jing and Xiao Qi sat down on the sofa respectively.

Xiao Qi took a sip of the tea brought by his servant, and then asked with a smile, "Master Jing is here today, is he looking for me?"

When talking about business, Wang Jing was a little cautious, "Qi Shao. I came here today to visit you. If you have time, I would also like to talk about my movie by the way."

Xiao Qi smiled, "Okay, anyway, I'm also a movie lover. But in recent years, I haven't watched your movies very much, Mr. Jing."

"Why?" Wang Jing asked a rare question.

"Because you haven't watched any of your movies these past few years." Xiao Qi shrugged, "Even if it's shit, you have to make people laugh! It's always a joke from a few years ago, ten years ago, Of course I can't laugh!"

"Qi Shao is saying that I lack new ideas?" Wang Jing nodded. "That's right. I've been making these movies for the past few years, and I'm a little annoyed. But the Hong Kong market likes this. Only my kind of movies can barely make money, and I can't do anything else. So I dare not Random change."

Hong Kong's film market has already entered the twilight period.

Apart from the fact that Hollywood blockbusters can make waves in Hong Kong, there are not many local films in Hong Kong that can make money.

Generally, it can exceed 50 million, even if it is a super-best-selling movie.

In contrast, there are dozens of movies in mainland China with more than 100 million yuan, and "If You Are the One" also has 300 million yuan. The development is very rapid, and the box office of breaking 500 million or more in the future is also in the mood. It just became two completely different contrasts with Hong Kong at sunset.

Wang Jing didn't just lament and complain, but actually expressed other meanings in his words.

Xiao Qi is no longer the nerd in his previous life. After listening to Wang Jing's words, and then contacting him about the purpose of coming here today to seek a relationship, I immediately understood.

"Master Jing, you mean that you want to enter the mainland market?" Xiao Qi asked directly.

"Yeah, who wouldn't want to own a market with a population of 1.5 billion?" Wang Jing said with a smile, "If I had such a strong backing, I wouldn't have to make so many movies a year, just like Feng Baoya, with one movie a year. How comfortable is it to earn 200 to 300 million and still take a leisurely vacation?"

"According to what I know, Hong Kong films have already been censored, right?" Xiao Qi said, "Except for films that are ordered to be banned, ordinary Hong Kong films can be screened, right?"

"Qi Shao, you only know one, not the other."

Wang Jing didn't think Xiao Qi was teasing him. After all, Xiao Qi was a businessman, not a person in the film industry, and he didn't know that the way of life inside was normal.

After pondering for a while, he said in detail: "The review by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television actually has a lot of methods. If the film in the mainland has a good relationship, then you can modify it a little bit, or you don't need to modify the film. All of them can be screened. However, our Hong Kong films are strictly inspected, and as a result, 50% of Hong Kong films cannot be screened in the mainland every year, which makes us feel very depressed.

If that's the case, it's fine. After all, the mainland has its own rules, which is the same as when we aimed at the Taiwan market. If you want to make money from others, you have to abide by their rules, which is understandable. But the problem is that the troubles we have encountered are not limited to this. Even after passing the review, it is still very troublesome for many of our Hong Kong films to be released in the mainland!

Those big and small theater chains either gave us extremely harsh conditions, or ignored us at all, and gave us very few film schedules. After the movies we worked so hard to make and edited passed the review, they ended up in the vast majority of movie theaters. There are not many cinemas showing it in the mainland market, so it ended miserably! "

"That's different!" Xiao Qi said, "Movie theaters also want to make money. If it is a high-quality film, such as "Infernal Affairs" a few years ago, then the big and small theaters will definitely give a high ranking! If It was shot inexplicably, a bad film that mainlanders can’t understand at all, how can it be blamed for not arranging the film?”

After a pause, Xiao Qi continued: "Hong Kong movies don't have any special effects. In the past, they were able to arouse a lot of repercussions in the mainland because the plots are very delicate and the various performances are very good, far exceeding the standard of the mainland.  … But after twenty years, not only have you made no progress, but you have also retreated a lot. The content, plot, and film quality are completely messed up! With such an attitude towards film production, it is no wonder that Hong Kong films can be boosted!"

Wang Jing was dumbfounded.

He didn't expect Xiao Qi to know so much about Hong Kong movies.

When it comes to the success or failure of Hong Kong films, Wang Jing is a person who has experienced them. Of course, he himself knows why Hong Kong films have fallen to where they are today.

The most important thing is to make bad movies, to cheat money and make bad movies. Everyone doesn't innovate, and as soon as there is a good type of movie, they just rush to make bad movies.

Then such a movie is crushed by Hollywood's excellent blockbusters, how can it be invincible?

Not only the Hong Kong local market has lost, but also traditional markets such as Taiwan and Southeast Asia. In the end, there is no way to break into such a large emerging market as the mainland of China. This really makes the Hong Kong film industry decadent.

"Actually, I still admire your screenwriting talent, Mr. Jing." Xiao Qi said, "Wang Boming is one of the people who can write a large number of good scripts in Hong Kong, and so are you! As long as you can calm down and write good jokes Come on, with a few good actors, are you afraid that you won't be able to re-enter the mainland market?"

"Can I?" Wang Jing asked thoughtfully.

Xiao Qi smiled, he knew that Wang Jing was pretending to be stupid at this time, but he did not hesitate to remind Wang Jing, "As long as you have a good book, find a few well-known stars in the Mainland, and I can run around to check your relationship for you." , and promise you on behalf of Kiwi Cinemas, I will definitely give you the best movie arrangement! Is this okay?"

Wang Jing's spirit lifted, and the confused and honest look disappeared from his face, replaced by a shrewd look: "Really?"

"Really." Xiao Qi nodded.

"That's right, I have a wonderful idea here, Qi Shao, can you help me see it?" Wang Jing immediately took out a stack of manuscripts from the leather bag next to him, obviously he had already prepared it.

Xiao Qi couldn't help laughing, anyway, he has nothing to do, and reading the script is equivalent to a pastime.

After receiving the script, Xiao Qi looked at it carefully, and laughed after flipping through a few pages.

Isn't this the "Macao Wind and Cloud" starring Zhou Runfa that was very popular before Xiao Qi's reincarnation?

According to some early exposure shots and clips at that time, this is equivalent to the "God of Gamblers" back then-Zhou Runfa is still the king of gambling, Xiaodao has changed from Dehua to Xiaoxie, and another supporting role has been replaced idiot guy.

Some reviews say that if Wang Jing focuses on this kind of nostalgia, coupled with the appeal of Zhou Runfa and Xiao Xie, based on the market in 2013, there should be hope that the box office will break 500 million during the Spring Festival in 2014.

"I'm going to let Zhou Runfa play the God of Gamblers, and Xiao Xie to play the number two." Wang Jing looked at Xiao Qi and said, "I haven't found an investor for this film yet. Zhi and Ms. Kexin are here to jointly invest...I guarantee that this film will definitely make money!"

He is sharing the profit.

Xiao Qi laughed, "There is no problem with the investment, but if you are willing to give up a few roles, I think the hope of success will be even greater."

Wang Jing smiled knowingly, "No problem, I just need to guarantee Zhou Runfa, and you can decide the rest!"

This guy is indeed the most speculative director of commercial films. He is really willing to spend money for "The Wind and Cloud of Macau" to get a good result! (to be continued ~^~)

PS:  Actually, I like Fatty Wang quite a bit. He shouldn’t be cheap.