Chapter 1016 Three Conditions (Part 1) (14)

Golden Harvest made its name with action movies and has been cultivating action stars.

Bruce Lee, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Li Lien, including Donnie Yen, have all worked with Golden Harvest.

"Actually, Jiahe's initial action director was Han Yingjie, and Han Yingjie was Yu Zhanyuan's son-in-law. Therefore, the film industry was "close to the water" for Zhanyuan's disciples...Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuan Kui, and Yuan Hua were the first to They all followed him to earn a living. In 1973, Han Yingjie followed Hu Jinquan to Taiwan to develop... Jackie Chan was spotted by Shaw Brothers director Zhu Mu and starred in three movies: "Guangzhou Little Tiger", "Northern Style Kung Fu" and "Female Policewoman". Sammo Hung continues to stay at Golden Harvest as an action director..."

Shen Xudong is very familiar with this period of history. He has done "Screening Room" and is naturally familiar with it.

Reba quickly asked: "When did Jackie Chan sign the contract with Jiahe?"

"After "Drunken Master" became popular, Golden Harvest wanted to sign Jackie Chan and offered a sky-high price of one million, but Luo Wei refused..."

"Who is Luo Wei?"

"The director of "Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury"... It's just that the relationship between Bruce Lee and Luo Wei was tense, and he left Luo Wei. Bruce Lee directed and starred in "The Way of the Dragon", which was more successful at the box office... However, Luo Wei He also accumulated some strength and established his own "Luo Wei Pictures". Jackie Chan also became the first movie star signed by Luo Wei.

With Luo Wei's support, Jackie Chan starred in "Fist of Fury", "Shaolin Alley", "Wind and Rain Meteors", "Sword Flowers and Smoke in Jiangnan", "Flying Over Yunjuan Mountain", "Snake and Crane" Eight Steps" and other works. But Luo Wei was not good at it, and the response to these works was not good. Later, Wu Siyuan asked Jackie Chan to film "Snake", which opened up Jackie Chan's popularity. The second "Drunken Master" made Jackie Chan even more famous and famous throughout Asia. …”

"Jackie Chan wanted to terminate the contract with Luo Wei, but Luo Wei refused, and even asked the underworld to intervene and besieged Jackie Chan..."

"Underworld?"

"What about Luo Wei?"

"Jiahe promised to let Jackie Chan shoot a movie in the future. Hong Kong profits will go to Luo Wei, and overseas profits will go to Jiahe... This movie is "Master Long"..."

…

After "The Loyal Yang Family", Huang Baiming suspended film investment...

He is very shrewd. Think about it. As an actor, he is the second leading actor in comedy. He became famous because of pure B-level movies like "Happy Ghost"...

It stands to reason that in a superficial society like Hong Kong, those who use this method will never reach the status of Xu Guanjie, David Jiang, and Stephen Chow. At most, they will be like Chen Baixiang and Ng Mengtat. But he is indeed powerful. After becoming a big boss, He recognized the festival awareness of Hong Kong people and aimed at the Spring Festival market with an all-star lineup of family carnival themes.

After coming to the Mainland, he found that the Mainland was a much larger market than Hong Kong, with more opportunities.

But what he first started was not to announce good news, but to high-investment genre films such as "The Fuse" and "Ip Man". However, the success of "Ip Man" made Huang Baiming underestimate the changing trends of the mainland market, so he created "Ip Man". The defeat of "Zhonglie Yang Family General"...

Shen Xudong said casually: "Times are progressing, and aesthetics are improving. Now that the Internet is so developed, there is no movie that the audience has not seen, and there are so many entertainment options to choose from. There is no need to watch movies..."

Huang Baiming sighed: "Hey, it's so hard to figure out what mainland audiences like!"

"Let's make more police and gangster movies..."

"A police movie?"

Shen Xudong said: "Yeah, shootout, speeding, stalking, fighting, mistress, social hot spot, a passable story, and by stacking actors, young models, veteran actors, and TVB's emotional blessing, generally this kind of movie can be harvested Not bad at the box office...The routine is not afraid of getting old, but it is afraid that it is not exciting enough."

Huang Baiming thought about it: "Okay, I'll go back and find a few young screenwriters to think about it together..."

"Most Hong Kong film fans have a clear understanding of the conventions and expectations of Hong Kong films. Many people continue to watch Hong Kong films for two reasons: one is feelings, and the other is seeking pleasure... They race when they get up, and they beat up when they go to jail. , don’t talk so much…”

"Just for fun?"

"Yes!" After saying this, Shen Xudong glanced at him: "There is another subject, I wonder if you dare to shoot it!"

"What subject matter?"

"Liang Jiahui sets up a street stall..."

"this…"

"What's wrong, are you still counting on the Taiwan market? Let me tell you that after the mainland market develops, even if you tremble, the profits will be greater than those in the Taiwan market!"

Huang Baiming scratched his head: "I'm not worried about the Taiwan market... I'm just worried about whether it will pass the review..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "You can rest assured...even if it fails to pass the review, PPTV will accept the order!"

"Then let me try?"

"certainly…"

…

At ten o'clock the next morning, Shen Xudong arrived at Jiahe...

Boss Huang arranged for two new generations last night.

Shen Xudong hasn't tried 1VS2 for a long time, and he spent most of the night, so he got up a little late this morning...

By the way, Reba stayed in another hotel and did not follow Shen Xudong last night.

Wen Juan and Liu Guanwei have already arrived.

Zhong Lifang was chatting with them. When they saw Shen Xudong, the two stood up to say hello. Shen Xudong smiled and said: "The two seniors came so early!"

Zhong Lifang was speechless: "It's you who are late!"

"I stayed up late last night...I'm so sorry..."

Taking the coffee brought by the staff, Shen Xudong asked: "I should know the purpose of looking for you, right?"

Wen Juan said: "...I briefly talked about it, but I also want to ask specifically..."

"Please tell me."

"Cult film...how do you define it?"

"They are B-level movies with a strong taste. For example, "Nanyang Magic" was broadcast on PPTV last year. It attracted many users and the total viewing time was close to 7 million hours... This is a very good result. Therefore, we give creative The group distributed nearly 5 million in prize money..."

"Horror movie?"

"It can be a horror movie or a plasma film... Anyway, we are targeting overseas markets, and what we want is sensory stimulation..."

"Then can I use a star?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Whatever you want, our purchase price will not exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars at most..."

"OK…"

"Well, that's good. Now let's discuss the terms!"

Wen Juan was confused: "Conditions? What conditions?"

Shen Xudong was surprised: "You don't think these things I'm talking about can only be filmed in Hong Kong, right? PPTV has branches in Thailand and South Korea!"