Chapter 1100 Poaching? Split?

"Goodboy" got off to a better start in Treasure Island than anyone could have imagined.

Even Yin Jun knew that "Good Boy" broke Baodao's movie viewing record and set off a "Good Boy" whirlwind across Asia, but he never expected that in just two days, Baodao's box office would be as high as Broken 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

With such a ferocious start from Baodao, and the fact that "October Siege", which was fighting for great reputation in Hong Kong, was not far behind, "Good Boys" was very successful in being distributed and released throughout Asia.

Nowadays, Yu Zheng no longer accepts the buyout method. He has long-term cooperation with outside theater operators and everyone shares the profits.

But there are so many people who buy it, which makes Yu Zheng's choice more troublesome every time. This can be regarded as a happy trouble.

In contrast, the overseas release of "October Siege" was not so smooth.

Not that no one is interested.

With so many years of experience, these theaters and distributors certainly know what makes a good movie.

Not to mention that they had already seen it and praised it full of praises. Just because this movie was written by Yin Jun, they knew they should buy it.

Over the years, which of Yin Jun's scripts has failed overseas?

No!

not a single one! !

But, who doesn’t like money?

They saw that Yongsheng Film Company was a newly established company, so they thought of lowering the price.

Although the Xiang brothers are backed by Yongan Company, there are still people behind us, not to mention that we are not in Xiangjiang at all.

Of course, their price reduction is not random. After all, you have to have principles in doing business, and if you lower the price and others don't lower the price, the movie will be taken away by others, and it will be too late for you to be angry.

They, the theater operators and distributors, unanimously rejected Yongsheng Film Company's request for a share, and instead chose the full buyout price.

This made the Xiang brothers, who were ambitious and wanted to directly make a name for themselves with "October Siege", a little disappointed.

But the two brothers are not discouraged. This is just their first movie. If they make several good movies in a row, they will definitely be able to negotiate a share of the cooperation like Qilin Movies in the future.

Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng are both thoughtful people. They conducted in-depth research before entering the film industry.

It is impossible to make a movie without relying on Yin Jun, so the two brothers bought the script of "October Siege" for 8 million, but they did not plan to rely on Yin Jun like Hong Jinbao and Wu Siyuan, but prepared to be like Jiahe , try to build your own team and personnel, and then rely on your own people to conquer the world.

But it is easy to say, but too difficult to do.

The name of Yongan Company is so loud that filmmakers are a little scared.

If Yin Jun hadn't come forward to invite people this time, half of the lineup for "October Siege" wouldn't have been assembled.

Then, for a while, they couldn't find a good screenwriter, a good script, or a good enough actor.

Without these things, Yongsheng Film Company would not be able to develop at all.

At any rate, after having such a "October Siege", Yong'an Company has enough reputation and gimmicks to attract some talents.

A company that Yin Jun is willing to write scripts for and help the crew set up cannot be too bad.

After all, since Yin Jun started writing scripts, many film companies, big and small, wanted his scripts, but Yin Jun still carefully chose some people to cooperate with. Even for a company as big as Shaw Brothers, Yin Jun couldn't write a script for him. Not given?

From a certain perspective, the fact that the Xiang brothers asked Yin Jun to write the script also felt like taking advantage of the situation.

Of course Yin Jun knew this, but he knew that the two brothers really wanted to make movies, so he gave them a push and was happy to see them succeed.

In Yin Jun's view, the more companies like Yongsheng Films, the better.

It is said that there are seven major film groups in Hollywood, but there are actually dozens of film companies, large and small, in Hollywood, including hundreds of companies.

It is the combination of them that forms the strong force of Hollywood as a whole, developing outward, not just the seven major entertainment groups.

Although Xiangjiang is a small place, there is the mainland behind it, and there are markets throughout Asia that have been influenced by Chinese culture for thousands of years!

Therefore, if there are more than ten good film companies in Hong Kong, they are not afraid of not having enough food to eat.

However, if you feel that you are sure of victory and have no rivals in this place, and choose to degenerate yourself and not focus on making movies, then no amount of money will be enough to squander it.

In the previous life, Xiangjiang was reduced to the dust of history in just five or six years, and could not even get up.

Even if it is caused by the oppression of Hollywood, the most important thing is that I don't live up to my expectations. I make it up all day long and plagiarism is common. It's strange that such a movie can be successful - don't treat others as fools, right? ?

Yongsheng also has its limitations and shortcomings, but in Yin Jun's opinion, it is much better than the conservative Shaw Brothers, and much better than Xinyi City, which has many people but is not united.

We can cultivate Yongsheng and let it serve as the second-class film group in Hong Kong together with Jiahe and Xinyi City. The top is Yin Jun's Qilin Film Company, and the bottom is the small production companies of Hong Jinbao and Wu Siyuan. These are three levels of film companies. If we work together, Hong Kong movies will develop better and better.

Perhaps it's because "October Siege" was so successful in terms of word-of-mouth and box office success, so the news these days is full of news about Yongsheng Film Company.

"Shocking news: Xiang Huaqiang has a secret meeting with great director Chu Yuan. Will master and apprentice work together again?"

"Reporters photographed Xiang Huasheng asking Huang Yuanshen for afternoon tea. It seemed that he was preparing for a new drama."

"A friend broke the news that up-and-coming director Wang Jing has been in contact with Yongsheng Film Company. He offered 5 million to the big boss of the family to get a three-film contract with director Wang Jing?"

"Some of the Seven Monsters of New Art City have also received invitations from Yongsheng Film Company, and the remuneration is very high!"

"Xiang Huasheng declared to the public that money is not a problem, the most important thing is that the script is good. If anyone can vote for Yongsheng a good script, 1 million is fine! Dear screenwriters, are you willing to become the second Jun Shao? ?”

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There is a lot of news here, but if you believe it all, you would be overestimating the integrity of this group of entertainment paparazzi.

But to say that there is no truth at all is also false.

At least Yin Jun knew that the Seven Monsters of New Art City were already starting to have some discord.

The reason for the discord still lies in the distribution of interests and power.

Yin Jun told Lei Juekun about the match between the abilities and shares of the Seven Monsters of Xinyi City. Lei Juekun also had some concerns. He no longer just won over Mika, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming like he did in his previous life, but chose Giving shares to all seven people has greatly weakened the shareholdings of Micah and Shi Tian.

In fact, among the seven monsters in New Art City, the most incompetent ones are Micah and Shi Tian. If any of the other five are randomly selected, their future development potential will be greater than those two.

However, when New Art City was first established, two people were the most famous, so they took the most shares in the previous life. Huang Baiming only got a small share, and the remaining four people got nothing at all.

When we first started working hard, we didn't have to worry about money, just creation. We were still very energetic and could discuss the plot all night long.

But once there are some achievements, everyone will inevitably become a little relaxed.

Of course, it's not a big deal now, because the biggest success of New Art City now comes from Yin Jun, not themselves, so the Seven Monsters of New Art City are working hard to create something comparable to "The Best" The classic "Partner" comes.

In fact, in 1981, New Arts City did not just rely on the "Best Partner" to conquer the world.

Seven Monsters of New Art City has produced a total of 8 movies, each of which is a large-scale production of more than 3 million yuan. There are profits and losses. Overall, relying on the local and foreign markets, the profit has exceeded 80 million yuan, which is absolutely incredible. Low.

The comedy film that Xu Ke used to try out, "The Ghostly Star", even exceeded the local box office of 15 million, setting a new high for a work directed by New Art City itself.

Yin Jun was surprised when he saw this data, because although "Ghostbusters" was the third box office runner-up in its previous life in 1981, it only had less than 8 million local box office. How come it suddenly doubled?

It's not just Xu Ke. Wu Yusen, who was promoted by Xu Ke, made a film called "Fat Boy" that he had never heard of. It actually took more than 8 million at the local box office, and the buyout fee in other places exceeded 9 million. , it’s really surprising.

Overall, New Art City is quite successful, at least much better than Shaw Brothers.

But as the seven ambitious people, they are still very dissatisfied and want to surpass the peak of Yin Jun's "Best Partner".

Even if the box office is less than 30 million, it would be better to make a 20 million movie first.

But on how to make movies and what kind of movies to make, the Seven Monsters of New Art City had differences.

Micah and Shi Tian think they should learn from Yin Jun and make big-budget action movies.

But Huang Baiming, Zeng Zhiwei, and Teddy Robin felt that it would be best to make a comedy film, which would be low-cost and often popular.

However, Xu Ke believes that the type of comedy and satire that he and Wu Yusen do is the future direction of development.

Since in this life in Xinyi City, Micah and Shi Tian were no longer the overwhelming majority shareholders, the three parties could not convince each other, so they finally went to Lei Juekun.

Lei Juekun simply gave each of them a budget for two productions and asked them to compare in the new year.

However, the money given by Lei Juekun was not average. For Xu Ke, who had already made very good achievements, he gave two dramas a budget of 10 million, but the two dramas of Micah and Shi Tian were clearly said to be big budgets. production, but only gave 12 million yuan, which greatly disappointed the two people.

However, Micah and Shi Tian have nothing to say, because the films they made the year before and last year can only be said to be small profits, which are not as good as Xu Ke and Wu Yusen.

In this society that relies on performance, Lei Juekun's decision is understandable, but the two of them are a little dissatisfied, and they often see some news in the newspapers.

But if we just say that the two of them are going to defect to Yongsheng, it is too early.

After all, in Xinyi City, both Micah and Shi Tian had a large number of shares, and these shares were tied to a binding agreement. Once they left within five years, Lei Juekun would automatically take them back at the original price.

They are reluctant to give these shares away after leaving.

Little did these two people know that "The Best Partner" was actually produced by them in 1982.

It was the great success of "The Best Partner" that led to Micah's stable power and expanded mentality.

But in this life, Micah's performance in "The Best Partner" only played a role, and planning and other aspects were not his credit at all.

If Micah and Shi Tian can't make good new films, I'm afraid they will be the ones who leave early in this life.