Chapter 1391 Strike While the Iron Is Hot

Because the box office of "The Raid" was so good, after the first weekend, Hong Jinbao took the three protagonists Yuan Biao, Fu Sheng and Zhou Bili and flew to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and other places. , do some publicity.

The creative team went to the ticket warehouse city to promote it, and it was Yin Jun who came up with it first.

Now everyone has learned it, and the effect is very good.

Under normal circumstances, the promotion of box office is quite obvious, and it is also a publicity method to increase the celebrity's popularity.

Especially in several important ticket stores, their fans are used to seeing Hong Kong stars often.

By the time we get back from these places, the box office data for the second week will have been released.

With the support of strong word-of-mouth, the box office of "The Raid" not only did not drop in the second week, but also continued to increase overseas, reaching a crazy figure of 180 million Hong Kong dollars in one breath!

Although Yin Jun knew that this fighting classic, released thirty years in advance, would definitely cause a sensation, he never expected that its box office in two weeks would exceed 300 million!

If this continues, the box office of "The Raid" in Asia will probably exceed 500 million!

Seeing such strong data, coupled with the fact that the style of "The Raid" is very global, United Artists Films has urgently come over to negotiate with Jiahe and Qilin Films to discuss buying out the European and American distribution rights.

Yes.

Although United Artists Film Company is also part of the Kirin Group, their operations are separate.

Unless Yin Jun arranges for it to be released globally, United Arts Films only cares about their own performance.

As for Qilin Films, we will cooperate if we can, and the conditions that should be negotiated must be clearly discussed.

This time it is obvious that "The Raid" is a movie that will make a lot of money if it is completed, so United Artists Films does not accept a share of the box office. They are only willing to buy out and then run and release it themselves.

Faced with this, not to mention Qilin Film Company, even Qilin, Jiahe and Xinyi City, all the Xiangjiang Film Companies together, are unable to bargain with United Artists Film Company.

They have had strong distribution network capabilities for decades, which is why they are so strong.

Fortunately, because United Art Film Company is a subsidiary of the Kirin Group, it is not as harsh as before when it comes to film companies in Hong Kong, and does not pay cabbage prices to buy movie rights.

Relatively speaking, the price offered by United Artists Films is the highest among Hollywood companies.

When I sold the copyright to them, I received US dollars, which was also a huge profit.

For example, for this time's "The Raid", United Artists Film Company's initial asking price was US$12 million, which shows that they have excellent box office expectations.

Golden Harvest Company also has rich experience in cooperating with Hollywood. Especially after the second week's box office results came out, they were more confident and the asking price was US$30 million.

The two sides are currently in intense negotiations, and it is estimated that a compromise number will be a result that everyone will be satisfied with.

Thinking that profits could be increased by more than 100 million, Hung Jin-bao couldn't help but smile so hard that his face wrinkled up during the interview.

Of course, he has not forgotten who is the biggest contributor.

After arranging the company's affairs, he took Yuan Biao with him, set up a table at Fulinmen, and invited Yin Jun to have a meal to express his gratitude.

Yin Jun didn't like socializing, but Hong Jinbao and Yuan Biao were both actors he admired, so he came here to save face.

After meeting, Hong Jinbao took Yin Jun's hand and shook it for a while.

He doesn't dare to give Yin Jun a warm hug now. After all, the difference in status is too big. Although Yin Jun has never shown his value, people are valuable in knowing their interests, and he has to know how to measure it, right?

Yuan Biao also expressed his gratitude.

As soon as Yin Juncai sat down, Yuan Biao stood up, picked up a glass of liquor worth two ounces, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Master Jun, thank you for nurturing me. I will work harder in the future. Just look at my performance!" Yuan Biao said with a grateful face as he opened the bottom of the wine glass.

He really should be so grateful to Yin Jun.

Not everyone has the opportunity to appear in Yin Jun's movies many times.

In the first "Prodigal Son", Yin Jun made Yuan Biao popular.

But Yuan Biao did not seize the opportunity, and instead was repeatedly surpassed by others.

Now Yin Jun has made a movie "The Raid" specially tailored for him, which can be said to have given him a second acting life.

To say it is tailor-made is not bad at all.

"The Raid" not only highlights the characteristics of Yuan Biao's small, fast and agile kung fu, but it is also full of fighting, without complex psychological activities or complicated emotional entanglements. This is just an opportunity for Yuan Biao to use his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.

Yuan Biao likes movies like this the most.

Therefore, even though Yuan Biao was injured many times during the filming process, he was still filming with great interest.

"Brother Biao, you're so polite!" Yin Jun gestured for him to sit down, "You also need to have that talent to bring out the best in movies. In the future, you should stay in good condition when acting, so that you can achieve greater success."

"I see."

Yuan Biao said solemnly.

In terms of character, Yuen Biao is much simpler than Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long. He has no problems with women at all and is a pretty good actor.

If he can take good care of his body and not suffer so many injuries, Yin Jun's plan to build a superstar will be successful.

After the greetings, of course they drank for three rounds, and in the middle of eating, Hong Jinbao saw that the atmosphere was harmonious enough, and coughed lightly, "Master Jun, you see the situation of "The Raid" is so good now, we will continue filming. What about its sequel, or as you mentioned before, shooting another movie for A Biao?"

“Let’s make a sequel!”

Yin Jun has already made plans, "It will be filmed this year and released next year. Then we can start working on the next movie."

In the 1980s, the intervals between movie sequel productions were not that long. Unlike future movies, it was normal for sequels to be one episode every two or three years.

Because in the 1980s, people had very little entertainment. Even if sequels were made every year, people would not get bored.

After 2000, the Internet became increasingly developed and various types of entertainment became more and more diversified, making people very tired of the same things over and over again.

Therefore, after a movie becomes popular, taking a break for two or three years before releasing a second episode will revive fans' enthusiasm for watching movies and stimulate box office potential.

Whether it's Marvel hero movies, DC hero movies, "Jurassic Park" or "Avatar", etc., these have followed the pattern of two or three years and have achieved great success.

However, now even the number of movies produced by film companies is less than one-third of what it will be in the future, so the overall box office volume can naturally accommodate more movies, and it is reasonable for sequels to be filmed in large quantities.

Didn't Xiangjiang's "Gu X Zai" shoot 4 movies in a row in a year, and all 3 movies were released within the same year?

Now Yin Jun is planning to let Yuan Biao make three movies in two years, which is not an exaggeration at all.

This was the first time Yuan Biao heard that Yin Jun actually prepared another movie for him.

In his excitement, he almost asked directly what kind of new script it was.

But when the words came to his lips, Yuan Biao still stopped.

He was not a teenager, so of course he couldn't ask so rudely.

Moreover, my senior brother is still here. If I ask so impatiently, what will my senior brother think?

Senior brother has been very kind to me over the years, and he will never forget me.

Several of the scripts that I am famous for were all requested from Master Jun with the help of my senior brother.

Taking this into consideration, Yuan Biao acted as if he hadn't heard anything and continued eating while listening to the conversation between the two.

Yin Jun had already given Hung Kam-po the script for the second part of "The Raid".

Compared with the smoothness of the first part, the second part of the original version is actually a bit messy in Yin Jun's opinion.

For example, the smart and cunning brother in the first film was restrained and buried alive as soon as he started. His character also became weak and he gave in easily, which was very abrupt.

The gang fight scene in which the protagonist enters the prison, although it looks exciting, the plot is also a bit confusing.

All in all, it doesn't look very good, and it's far less exciting and hearty than the first part.

So Yin Jun made a lot of changes, and by the way, he also revived his brother, so that the two brothers could continue to fight side by side.

The plot of the story is set three years later. The elder brother has reformed his evil ways and does not touch pornographic things, but he is targeted everywhere. His subordinates have betrayed or been killed one after another. In the end, he was seriously injured and ran away in a hurry.

The younger brother, who is a special police officer, immediately ran to save his brother after receiving the news.

After their brother recovered from his injuries, the two of them fought together towards Du Xiao's lair, until rivers of blood flowed heartily.

So here, although the plot still takes the path of a grudge drama, there are a lot of places that can be used in the fighting.

Originally, the selling point of "The Raid" was the intense fighting, and Yin Jun designed the plot in this way just to highlight the characteristics.

The success of "The Raid" lies in the fighting. Since it has been successful, the characteristics of the second part can definitely continue like this.

As long as the plot is reasonable and not too confusing, then the audience will naturally be attracted by the exciting fights, and the box office will still be high.

The most important thing in Xiangjiang is excellent martial arts instructors.

Even in 2020, there are many Hong Kong people in Hollywood’s martial arts directors for action movies.

Not to mention that in the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong martial arts and kung fu films were at their peak. The only way they could compete with Hollywood was through comedies, which were kung fu films.

Movies like "The Raid" mean that the minds of Hong Kong filmmakers have not turned to this aspect.

Once given the chance, they can design action fights to be spectacular.

For example, the first part of "The Raid", which is currently in theaters, completely proves this point.

With the experience of the first part, if everyone works together and makes some breakthroughs, it won’t be a problem at all!