Chapter 965 Movie Grand Scene

Entering September, when the turmoil on Baodao has settled, the film industry in Xiangjiang has also made big moves.

First of all, Kirin Films, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest announced that they will start the "Police Academy 2" project in September.

The cooperation method of the three film companies is a bit the same as last time. Yin Jun used the script to buy shares in exchange for 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and then provided an additional 10 million Hong Kong dollars in cash. The other two companies each contributed 40 million Hong Kong dollars. The total cost was calculated as It is HK$120 million.

This figure is second only to "Speed", making it the second most expensive movie in Hong Kong's history.

But in fact, only the bosses of these three companies know that the real cost is not that high at all. This includes 20 million in publicity expenses.

The last investment of 90 million also included publicity expenses.

The promotional fee for "Speed" alone is 50 million U.S. dollars, and the overall cost exceeds 75 million U.S. dollars, which is really incomparable.

Of course, "Speed" now has a global box office of 260 million U.S. dollars, and it has already begun to recover its capital and make money. This kind of money-attracting ability is not comparable to "Police Academy".

It's just that the 50 million US dollars for "Speed" really means that it means to make a name for itself. It is impossible to spend so much money in ordinary times. It's just that this is a tough deal with Warner Bros., so I gritted my teeth and spent so much money. .

Now some people look back and say that if "Speed" had avoided "Superman 2" and made a box office of 70 to 80 million US dollars based on its quality, it would have been a piece of cake.

Unlike now, the best result of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is to earn around 10-20 million US dollars, which is a huge waste of its excellent strength.

At the same time, of course, "Superman 2" did not get a good deal. If their production costs were not high, and their promotion costs were not high, how could they make money? It’s good if you don’t lose money!

"Police Academy 2" will not compete head-on with anyone, and it has already proven its strength and will not encounter any strong opponents to fight head-on.

The failure of both "Speed" and "Superman 2" was enough to alert the film companies for several years.

The overall team responsible for "Police Academy 2" is the team Wang Jing formed last time. Most of them are from Shaw Brothers. Zou Wenhuai doesn't care about this. Anyway, the person in charge of this movie is Yin Jun. Shaw Brothers can no longer cause trouble.

After Yin Jun personally called Rowan Atkinson to persuade him, Rowan Atkinson finally agreed to come back and participate in the filming of the second part, but the salary increased a lot, reaching 3 million US dollars.

This is all for Yin Jun's sake. After all, the role of Instructor Harry allowed Rowan Atkinson to completely open the door to comedy films. He was very inspired during filming recently and played several important supporting roles.

He remembered the advice Yin Jun gave him on the set, and also knew that Yin Jun's current status was different from what it used to be. He controlled Disney and United Artists Films, one of the seven major Hollywood companies. If he wanted to develop more in the future, he would have to ask for more. Rely on Yin Jun.

Except for Rowan Atkinson, whose salary tripled, the rest of the cast didn't get a raise.

Eddie Murphy, who just finished filming "Beverly Hills Cop" and returned to Hong Kong, did not increase his prices.

It's not that Yin Jun is pressuring him and not allowing him to increase the price, but Eddie Murphy is very happy that he keeps getting opportunities to star in movies, and he doesn't care about the salary, at least for now.

But once "Beverly Hills Cop" is released, Qilin Film's conditional treatment of Eddie Murphy will have to go up several levels.

Yin Jun doesn't like to be taken advantage of, and he often pays millions or tens of millions in salary to invite European and American stars.

But Yin Jun won't be stingy with celebrities who can make money for him and bring huge benefits.

For example, the contract between Schwarzenegger and Stallone provides a huge share of the box office share.

When they become more famous and the box office is more guaranteed, it will naturally increase a bit, but it is up to Yin Jun to decide what the rate should be. No one can threaten Yin Jun.

Eddie Murphy is different from the two superstars above.

First of all, he is a black man. Black people currently have very little status in Hollywood. They will have to wait 30 years before they gradually get more opportunities.

Secondly, Eddie Murphy was discovered by Yin Jun. Black people are generally simple-minded and not as calculating as white people, so Yin Jun made him a star. He felt that he should repay Yin Jun, rather than doing this or that.

Besides, Eddie Murphy was a very frustrated little actor in the United States. After arriving in Hong Kong, everyone liked him and would greet him kindly when they saw him on the street. This made Eddie Murphy feel very comfortable and felt Xiangjiang is very suitable for living and working, better than the United States.

For all these reasons, Eddie Murphy has a strong sense of belonging to Qilin Movies, so he doesn't pay so much attention to it.

As for Li Xiuman and Matsuda Seiko, let alone them. When asked about the schedule, they said they would adjust the time themselves and promised not to delay.

Yin Jun believed that it was because of favors, but the reason why their agencies finally agreed was because of the huge influence of "Police Academy".

Being able to continue to star in the sequel of such a popular movie is very beneficial for any actor.

However, the filming of "Police Academy 2" is not happening right now.

Fatty Wang took Yin Jun's script and was gathering a lot of people to survey the scene and run around Xiangjiang.

Wang Jing felt that this time the script was funnier and more interesting than the first episode, so he simply planned to use this basis to develop more and add a little bit of his own things to it.

One thing about Yin Jun is very good. As long as you don't change the script randomly, but make good improvements and refinements to the script, then he won't care if the director or the screenwriter team changes his script.

After all, Wang Jing is someone who has had a successful experience. He knows that as long as he doesn't play the same shit as before, Yin Jun will probably not interfere with him.

But correspondingly, Wang Jing also needs to put in more effort. In such a short time, the preparation work cannot be done well, how can it be possible to start the machine in a hurry?

His estimated shooting schedule is from October to December, which is two months, which is not too hasty.

After all, "Police Academy" is a drama film and does not have many complex special effects. It mainly focuses on the performances of the actors.

After the cooperation in the first part, and in the past year, everyone has made a lot of progress, and the filming will naturally be easier.

At the same time, September has entered, and the second film directed by Yu Yunchang, "The Fierce List", has also been released after this summer season.

This year Yu Yunchang won the Grand Prize of the Academy Awards, so he is very famous. It was even promoted in newspapers for a long time. In addition, "The Fierce List" was invested by Qilin Films. It is said that Yin Jun valued him very much and won it himself. 2 million for him to shoot a movie.

Therefore, when "The Fierce List" was released, Shaw Brothers gave it the size of 12 cinemas.

As a niche dark and violent movie, 12 movie theaters are already very preferential treatment. Before this year, it was considered good to be given to 6 movie theaters.

As a result, the box office performance of "The Evil List" was far inferior to the previous film "Mountain Dog".

Because it is not as socially targeted as "Mountain Dog", it does not have a thrilling sense of revenge, but it is all in a dark and panic environment, and there is nothing worth pondering at all.

Two weeks after its release, its four-day box office in the first weekend was still up to 2.3 million. In the second week, the box office dropped sharply to 900,000. In the third week, Shaw Theater Line directly cut off half of the theaters, and it is estimated that it can still collect about 500,000. ,very good already.

At the end of the day, the box office of "The Fierce List" is less than 4 million at best, and it will basically make a loss of 200,000 to 300,000 yuan.

Compared with the total investment of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, this kind of loss is quite significant.

Especially for movies that Yin Jun personally invested in, I’m afraid this is the only movie that has lost money so far!

After encountering such a failure, Yu Yungang thought about it and decided to follow Yin Jun's suggestion and go to Hollywood to hone his skills first.

With the script of "Saw" in hand, Yu Yungang called the producer and assistant Chen Xunqi assigned to him by Yin Jun. Before "The Bad List" was released, the two set off for the United States.

Originally, Wang Jing's "Police Academy 2" wanted to hire Chen Xunqi to do the soundtrack and sound effects, but now that there was such an opportunity to break into Hollywood, Chen Xunqi certainly wouldn't miss it, so he naturally recommended Wang Jing. Jing, all she wants is Hollywood.

The team they were going to rely on this time were all members of the American League Film Company, but they didn't feel guilty.

Because Yin Jun is the boss of United Art Film Company, and United Art Film Company is a private company and has the power of life and death over the work of its employees.

The two serve as director and producer respectively, with Yin Jun personally taking charge of the role of producer. Such a lineup, even with only three people, is enough to make any crew member obedient.

The only thing that made Yu Yunchang feel a little regretful was that Yin Jun did not arrange actors from Hong Kong for him in "Saw", but asked him to choose actors from the United States.

You don't have to be famous, just good acting skills.

Yu Yunchang graduated directly from the film department of the University of California, Los Angeles. He is more professional than many directors, and he knows more about the Hollywood landscape in the United States.

He knew how strong the xenophobia was here.

If Yin Jun hadn't directly preferred to take out loans to buy out Disney and United Artists Film Company, even if he had an absolute control of 67%, he would have encountered explicit or covert resistance and non-cooperation from many people.

Now that Yin Jun has completely made a name for himself with "Happy Hotel" and "Speed ​​of Life and Death", and has stabilized the two companies, his next step will definitely be to contact and appease the local forces.

The previous "Beverly Hills Cop" and the current "Saw" appeared against this background.

Therefore, Yin Jun could only choose to use American actors.

In fact, Yu Yunchang has long seen through Yin Jun. He is a pure Chinese person. If the pressure was not too great this time and the six major Hollywood giants joined forces to oppose him, he would definitely continue to use Chinese actors.

Even if the current "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Saw" are a bit compromising for a while, but when Yin Jun fully establishes his foothold, then outstanding Chinese actors will be recognized in the United States and even the whole country. It’s time to shine on the world stage!

As a director, as a Chinese director, Yu Yunchang feels that he must participate so that Chinese entertainment can completely become famous and no longer be a vassal of Hollywood.

He wants to follow Yin Jun and tell the world that Xiangjiang has enough film talents to make better movies!

Perhaps one day, the name of Oriental Hollywood will be completely removed from Xiangjiang's head.

Instead, "Xiangjiang Movie" is such a loud sign! !