Chapter 1943 Unexpected Guest

Li Hanxiang called and wanted to treat Yin Jun to dinner at Fulinmen.

He only said that he would soon go to the mainland to survey the terrain and make other preparations for the new movie, so he got together in advance to thank Yin Jun for his support.

Yin Jun does support Li Hanxiang.

The five-part "The Legend of Cixi" were all invested by Yin Jun. Without Yin Jun, Li Hanxiang's life-long dream would not have been realized.

Then after he finished filming "The Legend of Empress Dowager Cixi" and wanted to make another "Emperor of China", Yin Jun invested heavily and let him make the movie according to his own wishes.

After all, there are very few directors in this world who have the ability to make such historical blockbusters, and Li Hanxiang is the best among them.

The films he has made now, twenty or thirty years later, or even fifty or sixty years later, can become a reference for future generations to remember history and appreciate the excellent works of the older generation of artists.

What Li Hanxiang didn't know was that Yin Jun also saved his life.

At this time in his previous life, Li Hanxiang's health was already very poor, but because Yin Jun found him a master of traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate his body a few years in advance and followed him all the time, when Li Hanxiang went to film "Qin Shi Huang" last year, he was still walking as fast as flying, very fast. healthy.

Due to the long filming time of "Qin Shi Huang", it will be divided into two parts for release.

However, because the first episode is about unifying Liuhe and the next episode is about governing the world, they happen to be two time points, so it will not affect the audience's interest.

Li Hanxiang's movies are not very popular, but because of the grand scenes, historical figures worth studying, and sophisticated narrative shooting techniques, they have always been popular with older audiences.

The previous "The Legend of Cixi" has been sold to Europe and the United States. The average copyright fee per episode exceeded 5 million US dollars, and the response was very strong.

Therefore, when "Qin Shi Huang" was released in early April, Kirin Cinemas arranged 600 screens across Asia.

After one month, the box office has exceeded 150 million U.S. dollars. Japan and South Korea, which have the largest box office, are very powerful and directly contributed 90 million U.S. dollars to the box office.

There is no way, they are very interested in the history of China before the Qing Dynasty, and they especially admire it.

Japan, South Korea, and China also make historical films, but their land area is small, and the total number of extras they can dispatch is only 1,000 or 800. One or two hundred people are enough to support the sky. How can they capture the majestic feeling of history? ?

Mainland China is different. Notwithstanding its large land area, if necessary, the military can be dispatched to help with filming.

Such a thousand or ten thousand square formations are placed there, appearing on the battlefield, fighting together, how spectacular and majestic it is!

In the 1990s, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" relied on this momentum to conquer Japan and became the TV series with the most video tape releases in Japanese history - regardless of domestic and foreign countries.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient funding for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the Japanese also sponsored part of it, so they took away the Japanese copyright, and we failed to make this money.

Li Hanxiang filmed "Qin Shi Huang" together, and the production and post-production costs alone reached HK$200 million, setting a record in Hong Kong for a production cost without a star cast and no large-scale dividends.

One-third of his money was spent on the troops who came to help.

A total of 12 teams participated in the performance, involving more than 20,000 warriors.

They don’t want money, and they don’t want you to provide food and accommodation, but you can’t be ignorant, right?

Yin Jun specifically told Li Hanxiang that he must be a good person and not be stingy and ruin the reputation of Qilin Group.

When Li Hanxiang was filming "The Legend of Cixi" before, he knew what Yin Jun wanted him to do, and he did the same this time.

In addition to giving a donation to the army where you work, you also provide for their food and accommodation, and after the filming is completed, you donate to the army's logistics department and each person is given an extra set of summer clothes and winter clothes, which is a small gesture.

Today's soldiers are very poor. They usually wear one set and replace it with another. They are reluctant to throw away the clothes when they are worn out. They can be repaired and worn for several years.

So I received clothes from the crew of "Qin Shi Huang", and everyone smiled happily, and they were extremely honest.

With so many well-trained soldiers joining in, the war scenes in "Qin Shi Huang" can be said to be very professional. The camera is dizzying and the scenes are stunningly shot.

This is also an important factor in the high box office in Japan and South Korea, as well as the praise from Europe and the United States.

Once a movie is made, it doesn’t matter how much it costs, but it also makes a lot of money.

Leaving aside the box office in Asia, the copyright fee in Europe and the United States alone has reached 8 million US dollars, which is equivalent to about 63 million Hong Kong dollars.

The two parts of "Qin Shi Huang" together only cost 200 million Hong Kong dollars. Such a European and American copyright fee is almost one-third. According to the current enthusiastic response, the European and American copyright fee for the next part will be even higher. Maybe just based on This royalties will be able to recover about 80% of the original cost.

In fact, the first episode of "Qin Shi Huang" was also released in China, but the copyright was given to the film bureau - they sent troops, venues, etc. to help with the filming for free, at the cost of giving them the copyright.

If this part were added, the cost would actually have been recovered.

All box office profits in Asia are net profits.

It is also for this reason that Li Hanxiang is very confident about his next film "The Legend of Liu Bang".

Yin Jun's remuneration to Li Hanxiang is the same as McDonald's, Xu Ke, Wang Jing and others, which is a 15% share of box office profits.

The first episode of "Qin Shihuang" was able to get 40 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends. After giving it to a group of assistants under him, Li Hanxiang still had 20 million Hong Kong dollars left.

Coupled with his previous income from the five-part "The Legend of Cixi", Li Hanxiang has already earned hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

With this money, he bought a large number of houses last year under the persuasion of Liu Xiaoqing and others, and now it is more than enough for rent.

With money that can be used for retirement, Li Hanxiang is more careful and serious about making movies, and does not have to worry too much about box office pressure.

And Li Hanxiang also has a huge advantage.

That is, as long as he makes movies based on domestic materials, Qilin Films will provide investment, which is a treatment that no one else has.

This promise makes him feel more comfortable than Li Hanxiang has earned, which is hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. This is why he is actively preparing for his next movie.

Yin Jun thought that Li Hanxiang was looking for him to discuss the shooting details of "The Legend of Liu Bang", but when he arrived at the door of Fulinmen, he saw Liang Jiahui waiting.

"Oh, Hui Zai, you're here too!" Yin Jun smiled as he looked at it.

Why are you laughing?

Because Liang Jiahui has broken up with Li Hanxiang's second daughter, but he still acts as Li Hanxiang's nephew. He still has a good relationship with Li Hanxiang. He treats him like his father and has to move around during the New Year and holidays.

When Li Hanxiang wants to deal with anything in Xiangjiang, he will not turn to his eldest son-in-law, but to Liang Jiahui.

Thinking about it, there are probably not many people who can get along so harmoniously with their ex-girlfriend's father.

Liang Jiahui didn't know why Yin Jun was laughing. Hearing this, he said, "Yes, Uncle Xiang asked me to pick up Young Master Jun... Come on, please come inside."

The two of them followed the door to the private room on the second floor. They saw that Li Hanxiang was not the only one in the room, but there were also two men wearing very rustic suits.

Yin Jun recognized one of them at a glance. Isn't this the national master?

The young national master is still a bit cool and handsome.

The other is a bald man in his forties. At first glance, he looks a bit like Gui Jiao Qi. He has a kind smile on his face, but he always makes people think he is a traitor.

Of course, it is wrong to judge people by their appearance.

For example, the father of the famous sketch king Chen Xiaoer, who has been a super villain for many years, was almost beaten by a soldier during the tour, and was beaten not once or twice. Can you say that the old man is a traitor?

The three of them all stood up. Li Hanxiang introduced Yin Jun, "This is Zhang Moumou, the photographer you introduced to me, Mr. Jun; this is Mr. Wu Tianming, a famous film artist."

The name Wu Tianming sounded familiar to Yin Jun, but he couldn't remember where it came from.

But he didn't show any signs of neglect. He smiled and shook hands with them and sat down.

There were five people at one table, and when everyone arrived, the food began to be served, but Brother De came over to say hello as usual.

As time goes by, Brother De has completely established himself in Fulinmen. He is already one of the three top chefs, and the dishes he cooks are even more delicious.

Li Hanxiang told a few jokes about the mainland, and then turned the topic to Zhang Moumou.

"Master Jun, where did you know about Xiao Zhang? I originally thought that mainland filmmakers would have a hard time grasping the filming aspect of commercial films, but Xiao Zhang is such a genius!" Li Hanxiang said, "Wait until In July, when you watch the next episode of "Qin Shi Huang", he shot it alone... Wow, that scene is so beautiful!"

Li Hanxiang is a great director, but he is also a very serious person.

To be praised like this by him, Zhang Moumou is really awesome.

Yin Jun was not surprised at all.

Some people are born with talent.

This is the case with Zhang Maimou. He is born with an extremely keen sense of capturing the beauty of images.

All the films made by Zhang Maimou, whether it is the early "Red Sorghum", "No One Left Behind", or the later "Hero", etc., all have a beautiful visual sense.

Even "Yellow Earth", in which he served as the cameraman for Brother Kai, has a very good picture feel.

When was "Yellow Earth" filmed in the previous life?

Isn’t it 1984?

When shooting "Qin Shi Huang" at the same level as "Yellow Earth", I can't say it's more than enough, but it's definitely enough.

After all, the photographers in Xiangjiang are too small, and it is not easy to control big scenes, but Zhang Ximou's strength is different.

It is no exaggeration to say that he can handle any scene and handle it.

This is what is called genius.