Chapter 456 Half-Step Boss (Part 1)

Of course Huang Baiming is a big shot in Hong Kong!

The seven monsters in Xinyi City each have their own abilities.

What was the Hong Kong film industry like before?

In a small circle, with a big market and few talents, all advantageous resources are concentrated in the hands of the most concentrated group of people. To ensure profits, the best resources can only be put into the hands of even fewer people with the greatest market value. superior.

At that time, the normal working time from receiving the film to finalizing was 60 days, and the maximum time from release to release could only be 100 days. This was the film preparation time at that time!

Any creator who can establish a foothold in the market and develop a complete style should be respected!

Huang Baiming is different from the other six in the Seven Monsters. He is a screenwriter - "The Wrong Ride", he wrote it all night long, and his talent is unmatched!

As for the actor, he became famous as a comedy actor and a B-movie star.

Later, he became famous in the film industry with "Happy Ghost"...

What he is best at is probably his calculation and good at seizing opportunities. After becoming a big boss, he recognized the festival consciousness of Hong Kong people and aimed at the Spring Festival market to cash in on the family carnival theme with an all-star cast.

For a businessman, this kind of movie does not matter about the script at all. As long as there are stars and jokes, everyone is happy. Photography, art, and lighting are not important, so it is no problem for him to direct it himself.

To be honest, his directing skills are...slightly equal to none!

But the vision is really good, and it is shameless. "Ip Man" was originally called "The Grandmaster: Ip Man". Wang Jiawei started to prepare it in 2002, and then... Huang Baiming shot it first, and it was also called "The Grandmaster: Ip Man" at the beginning. Being ridiculed by Wang Jiawei's Zedong Film and Television, "Healthy competition is good. The same subject matter is shot with different techniques and the effect is different, but if the title of the movie is the same, this behavior is so despicable!" ’, and then changed the name to "Ip Man"...

Shen Xudong came to Hong Kong mainly for "Ip Man".

Of course, his first choice is Jiahe!

He is also shameless.

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Huang Bin is the business person arranged by the company, and Shen Xudong just controls the general direction...

Huang Bin knew more about many details than he did.

Last year, Golden Harvest proved its distribution and production capabilities with "Cruel Streets," and this year it made three movies, "The Tailor," "Taken" and "The New World"...

All are works written by Shen Xudong.

Among them, "New World" was co-produced by Emperor, with Shen Xudong as the lead - Emperor also produced "Manslaughter"...

Why not find Media Asia?

Media Asia and Golden Harvest had conflicts. In 1998, Golden Harvest bid for the land in Tseung Kwan O Cinemas specially approved by the government, but it was won by Run Run Shaw and six other film companies including China Star. Among the six companies, Media Asia...

Shen Xudong did not participate in normal business exchanges. He mainly chatted with Wrinkle Huai.

"I have always felt that the greatest contribution of Hong Kong films is the word kung fu. Looking at the global film industry, the only Chinese-language action films that are most recognized around the world are blockbusters. Of course, blockbusters are good, but action films are my foundation!"

Wrinkle Huai nodded: "Whether it is investment scale or subject selection, Hollywood is far better than us. There are only action movies... But now, there are no good ones!"

"...Wu Jing, Zhang Jing, Wu Yue, Shi Xiaolong and Xie Miao are all good young actors in action movies..."

"...I only know one Wu Jing..."

"Xie Miao...oh, when he cooperated with Li Lianlian, Li Lianlian had already left Jiahe!"

In the 1990s, Li Lianlian was packaged to act with Jiahe Company, but after the contract expired, Jiahe Company failed to fulfill the agreement in accordance with the contract.

Due to improper arrangements, Li Lianjie did not film enough four works in two years, and Jiahe Company was unwilling to let him go.

Later, with the help of his agent Cai Ziming, he left Jiahe, and then Cai Ziming was shot...

Hong Kong entertainment back then was really lawless!

But this has nothing to do with Shen Xudong. He continued: "Action movies must be innovated. We are tired of watching them. What about looking at the whole world? There are so many fighting types in the world that can be filmed!"

"Then what do you think the direction of development is?"

"I think the fighting skills in "The Bourne Supremacy" are pretty good..."

"...I heard them say that the fighting scenes in "Taken" were based on "The Bourne Supremacy"?"

"right!"

"...Are you sure?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "It's not a big problem."

"...Then you're coming this time?"

"I want to make "Ip Man"!"

"Bruce Lee's master?"

"right…"

Why not "The Legend of Bruce Lee"?

Planning for "The Legend of Bruce Lee" began in 2004, with Li Xiangning, Bruce Lee's daughter, as the producer, and CCTV funded the production...

Shen Xudong couldn't get involved at all.

"I have no objection...Who are you going to find for the leading role?"

"...Donnie Yen... I want Brother Sanbao to be the director!"

"Sanmao...Okay, I'll go tell you!"

Sanmao is Sammo Hung, and Sammo Hung was Liu Jialiang who relied on Wing Chun to fight against him back then!

Liu Jialiang's creative route is very clear. His first work was "The God of Fighting", followed by "Lu Atai and Huang Feihong" and "Hong Xiguan". It is obvious that his purpose is to trace back the entire history of Hongquan. Sammo Hung first took charge of the director and chose " The Three Virtues Monk and the Sixth Crushed Rice...

This is actually very shameless, because Monk Sande and Chuang Miliu are also Hongquan masters. According to Liu Jialiang's shooting plan, Huang Feihong, Lu Acai, Hong Xiguan, Dong Qianjin, and Chuang Miliu are all descendants of Hongquan, especially Monk Sande. …

"Monk Santoku and Chungmi Liu" failed miserably. Although it only lost less than 800,000 at the box office, its reputation and influence were crushed!

Sammo Hung took a different approach and started filming the Wing Chun kung fu film "Mr. Chan and Mr. Chan and Mr. Chan". Mr. Chan is Liang Zan, and Chan is Chan Wah-Shun. Yes, Ip Man's master - and he is a closed disciple!

Including "The Prodigal Son", which later made Sammo Hung completely famous, it was actually Wing Chun because the male protagonist was Liang Zan!

Therefore, to film "Ip Man", Sammo Hung is the best candidate.

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"The old man doesn't care about things now, but his vision is still there..."

The talks are almost over, and the remaining matters are fund raising and profit distribution. This specific negotiation may require Gao Fenfen to make a special trip to Hong Kong...

Shen Xudong and Huang Bin ate rice rolls together and chatted while eating...

"I have been making movies my whole life."

Huang Bin had a different opinion: "It's a pity that Jiahe can only rely on the label to earn a living. The person who contacted me can't even speak Mandarin well!"

At that time, after Ho Guanchang died and Jackie Chan left, Golden Harvest Production was unable to continue for a while... Later, Gu Dezhao became the creative director of Golden Harvest. He only made one New Year's film every year, and successively produced "Marry a Rich Man" and "Lucky Man". ", and after the honorary production of "Golden Rooster", he sadly stopped the production business.

Now the director of the production business is Wrinkle, who is pregnant with her daughter...

Wrinkles, who is pregnant with her daughter, cannot be said to know anything about movies, but she can also be said to have little ability...

"It's good to have a label...at least Wrinkle Huai is still there, and the influence is still there."

"...By the way, Mr. Shen, the promotion of "The Detective of the Republic of China"...you should put more effort into it after you go back!"

"I will!"

Shen Xudong nodded...

After all, this is the first movie co-operated with a movie channel.

The movie channel does not have a publicity department. The promotion of "The Detective of the Republic of China" relies entirely on Tianmei Media. The company also invested 6 million in the movie starring Huang Bo and Chen Hao. The company must attach great importance to it.

The cost of 12 million needs to be recovered through theater channels, so the publicity must be done well!

Generally speaking, the minimum cost of large-scale publicity is 10 million - you need to lay out posters, put up some light boards, advertise in theaters...

So many cities across the country…

In addition, various press conferences are held.

Therefore, many poor projects are basically not publicized.

In other words, including publicity costs, "Republic of China Detective" must have a box office of at least 40 million to ensure that it does not lose money - TV copyrights and audio-visual copyrights accounted for 4 million...