Chapter 235 Recruitment (24) (Happy New Year, I Wish You All Richness)

"House of Flying Daggers" can be regarded as the bottom of the list of Ah Mou's films.

In the 2015 "Rating List of Mainland Directors' Works", Ah Mou's debut film "Red Sorghum" scored more than 8 points on Douban and Time.com, and the highest-rated "Alive" reached 9 points.

"House of Flying Daggers" and "Three Guns", the ratings of both films did not exceed 5.5...

After time, "House of Flying Daggers" has risen to 6.4 points, still ranking at the bottom...

A gorgeous piece of shit!

Of course, Ah Mou doesn't care about this now. The closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics is enough to make him worried...

There is also a good thing, "Hero" is about to be released on a large scale in North America...

The large scale here refers to entering mainstream theaters, at least 2000+ canvases!

Well, Miramax bought the rights for 15 million US dollars and has hid them until now...

In fact, it’s not Xue Zang. With Miramax breaking up with Disney and all kinds of quarrels, Harvey has no time to pay attention to a Chinese movie.

I heard that it was Quentin's strong recommendation, and he even gave "Heroes" his name as a producer...

In addition, it's not that Feng Xiaogang or Shen Xudong want to compare with "House of Flying Daggers", it's the media who always compare the two films...

What's the comparison between riding a horse?

The overseas copyright of "House of Flying Daggers" was sold for nearly 40 million U.S. dollars, and the Japanese box office was close to 22 million U.S. dollars...

On the other hand, "Lost Orphan"'s overseas box office is negligible...

Feng Xiaogang is not Amou, let alone overseas, he is not well-known in Hong Kong and Taiwan...

After the unpleasantness with Colombia, there is almost no need to talk about overseas markets!

Of course, the draw result of 67 million is enough to split the account!

The specific division of accounts has nothing to do with Shen Xudong, and he does not have a share of the box office or anything...

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2004 was a year of great strides for the Huayi brothers. They invested in Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" and won Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu". By the way, they also connected with Zhang Jizhong and confirmed to become an investor in "The Condor". …

But Huang Zhongjun was always uneasy because Feng Xiaogang left!

Feng Xiaogang is regarded as Huayi's cash cow. Starting from "Endless", the two parties have collaborated on five films, "Endless", "See You or Be Parted", "Chicken Feathers", "Big Shot", and "Mobile Phone", each of which has Some make money!

In today's movie environment, it is even harder for some people to earn three characters than to reach the sky!

But Feng Xiaogang did it...

Of course, the two parties still maintain close ties. Huayi is a co-producer of "Lost Orphan", "Party A and Party B 2", and "A World Without Thieves", accounting for 40% of the investment...

Huang Zhongjun is not very optimistic about "Lost Orphan".

This subject matter, plus there is no star cast - even Ge You didn't appear in it!

It is estimated that the box office will be just over 10 million at most...

This prediction is very scientific. After all, there was "House of Flying Daggers" in the past and Hollywood blockbusters in the future. The living space is only 15 days...

Of course, Huang Zhongjun still fully supported the release of "Lost Orphan"...

After all, you still have to show your strength!

I never expected that "Lost Orphan" would become a huge hit...

What is the concept of 67 million box office?

It surpassed "Mobile Phone" and set a new record in Feng Xiaogang's film career...

This result really exceeded everyone's expectations, because Feng Xiaogang is known as the king of the Lunar New Year festival, and everyone thought that he would not do anything big in the summer festival...

As the first drama after leaving Huayi, it was a good fight.

Huang Zhongjun was both happy and a little frustrated...

Fortunately, as an investor in "Orphans", the box office success means that Huayi can recover its costs and make a lot of money;

Frustrated... After leaving Huayi, Feng Xiaogang's movies are still making money!

As the saying goes, winning is not scary, but if someone is missing, it will be embarrassing. Huayi tried it out in one go!

It turns out that Feng Xiaogang can achieve success on his own after leaving Huayi.

This is embarrassing...

But...no matter how embarrassing it is, I still have to pick him up at the airport.

I made a mistake, it wasn’t a pick-up, it was a rendezvous, a small internal celebration party...

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There are about five waves of investors in "Lost Orphans". Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang's Taihe People invested 30%, Forbidden City Pictures invested 15%, Huayi Brothers invested 40%, and the remaining 25%, China Film Group invested 10%, and Xinying Film Group invested 10%. Gao Jun of United Cinemas and Wu Hehu of Shanghai United Cinemas shared the remaining 15%...

There must be theater support!

Nowadays, the box office is a hit. Logically speaking, we should have a whole celebration party to celebrate. Isn't this a special theme of "Orphans"...

Therefore, we can only celebrate it privately.

All relevant personnel are here...

If you add one piece, there will be nearly thirty people!

Shen Xudong knew most of them, except for those in charge of the theaters. Feng Xiaogang led him to meet Gao Jun specially.

Gao Jun really watched the birth of "Party A and Party B" and has always supported Feng Xiaogang...

"This boss Gao is my benefactor!"

Shen Xudong decisively changed his words: "...Uncle Gao..."

"You wrote "The Lost Orphan," right? It's so well written!"

"...Thank you...the main director is capable..."

"Then there has to be a story behind it!"

After chatting for a while, Wu Hehu also joined in...

Gao Jun, Wu Hehu and Zhao Jun, general manager of China Film Southern Film Shinkansen, are currently major distributors, codenamed the Three Musketeers of China Film Distribution...

Wu Hehu is the general manager of Shanghai United Cinemas…

"I have read the scripts of "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" and "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter"... I can responsibly say that these two films can recover their costs in Shanghai!"

"Really? Thanks to Uncle Wu for his support..."

Gao Jun asked: "What is "Mountain Village Fox Wife"..."

"He wrote two folklore stories for Tang Ren, with some horror elements. When they are released, the New Film Alliance will also support them!"

"…horror movie?"

"The script is very brilliant, you will know it after reading it!"

Wu Hehu has no doubt that "Village Fox Wife" will be a hit...

"What horror movie?"

Huang Zhonglei came over with a cup and naturally joined the conversation.

Wu Hehu originally wanted to explain, but he couldn't remember the script, so he simply pointed at Shen Xudong: "Ask him, he wrote the script!"

"...Xiao Shen? You also wrote a horror movie?"

Zhang Guoli saw Huang Zhonglei walking over and hurried to follow. When he heard this, he immediately interrupted: "This guy is very powerful. He analyzed the box office records of film history and came to the conclusion that comedies and horror films are most likely to make big gains with small gains..."

Huang Zhonglei immediately asked: "Then why not do comedy?"

"Comedy needs the support of comedians..."

"Can't you do that Ge You?"

"...The scripts I write are suitable for comedians who don't care about their image...and I don't have any pure comedy scripts for the time being..."

"If there is a book, we Huayi will take it!"

Zhang Guoli chuckled: "If you have a notebook... I want it too!"

This is a bit specific...

It's normal. "Lost Orphan" made at least 20 million, and "Party A and Party B 2" didn't have much of a profit problem...

It can be said that after "The Lost Orphan", Shen Xudong has become a popular screenwriter!

"Uncles, wait a moment, I have an idea..."

"what idea?"

"...It's a period film. I discovered it when I looked through the history of the Tang Dynasty. The iron-blooded Anxi Army defended the Western Regions for forty years...went through countless battles. I plan to call it "Glory of the Tang Dynasty"..."

"How do you plan to write it?"

"The story begins with a group of veterans delivering military funds from Kucha City to Xizhou... They were robbed by horse bandits on the way, and only an old man was left in the team... A refugee passed by the robbery scene and wanted to pick something useful from the corpse... "