Chapter 770 Huang Baiming

"Do you know how much I'm worth?"

Zhang Jiazhen said: "Forbes reported 6 billion US dollars?"

Yang Shoucheng retorted: "...Not only that, Tianmei's shares are worth 40 billion yuan, Jiahe is also the major shareholder... In addition, he is also the second largest individual shareholder of Warner Brothers..."

"I read Vanity Fair some time ago and it was revealed that you invested in Spotify, Snap and Facebook? I heard that you invested in Facebook in 2006? US$12 million accounting for 5% of the shares?"

Shen Xudong was a little confused...are you still talking about movies?

"You are really amazing. Li Jiacheng invested US$450 million in 2007, only accounting for 3%! I heard that Facebook's market value is estimated to exceed US$15 billion!"

Yang Shoucheng praised: "...if you didn't make movies, you would definitely be the top investor!"

"Stop!" Shen Xudong interrupted them and looked at Jiang Zhiqiang: "...You know my net worth so clearly, you should understand that it is impossible for me to participate in illegal business!"

“…It’s only illegal if you’re caught!”

Zhang Jiazhen sneered: "Besides, the funding for film shooting has always been..."

Shen Xudong interrupted him: "Don't use your habits from the 1980s into today's film production. It's been ten years since Hong Kong returned..."

Back then, Hong Kong movies prospered along with black money. No one could tell what the funds behind them were...

Let’s talk about a well-known thing. For example, in Hong Kong many years ago, how did the huge wealth obtained by the underworld through drug trafficking become legal?

Register a film company to make a movie. It doesn't matter how bad the movie is, just release it, and then make up a box office number with the theater, or the theater opens it yourself, and you can make such a large amount of money just by making the movie.

Of course, don’t overestimate the amount of money. That would be unbelievable. If it’s too little, it’s not worth it. Just be moderate. Anyway, it’s much higher than the actual shooting cost.

Real filming costs are kept as low as possible, which is why the underworld once threatened celebrities.

Only with stars can you say you have high box office, but with stars you just want to use a little money to pass the time...

This trick was already played very smoothly in the 1970s and 1980s.

Later, there was a gambling man in Macau who set up an entertainment company, and he and Bona made many films together - when something happened to this company, the vice president of Bona suddenly jumped off the building.

Then Gu Tianzhu also lost his source of funds...

Therefore, I personally went out to sell "Tomorrow's War"...

By the way, marketing people used to say that only the sun can make you tan, but now it seems that they are talking about Sun City...

Shen Xudong glanced at Zhang Jiazhen, and then said: "I recently learned a new word called the onion and garlic law, let me tell you about it!"

"The law of recalculation?"

Shen Xudong smiled and said: "People who take themselves too seriously are often very good at pretending! I will tell the truth, Hong Kong movies have never been my goal. What I wanted from the time I acquired Golden Harvest was to make Chinese-language movies gain a foothold in Asia again. , and then let’s talk about breaking out of Asia...Boss Yang should know that I have never deliberately targeted anyone, it’s always people who come to me.”

"Then no matter how good-tempered I am, I am still bloody. If you want to fight, I will fight..."

"...This time I brought "The Grandmaster" to Hong Kong for promotion. You two are seniors. I originally thought that if we met, I would congratulate me on winning the Golden Lion Award, but I didn't mention a word..." said At this point, Shen Xudong shook his head: "We are not from the same group, farewell!"

Get up and prepare to leave...

Yang Shoucheng stood up and said, "Brother Shen, I want you to go to the boat to do something later, too?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, I have already made an appointment with Huang Baiming..."

…

In addition to Golden Harvest, "Ip Man" is also produced by Huang Baiming's Oriental Pictures.

Huang Baiming is a very interesting person. Like Shen Xudong, he is also a screenwriter.

Many people say that he entered Xinyi City across industries, and his first film was "The Wrong Ride" with a score of 8.3 on Douban...

Actually no, he was the first to join the TV station and first worked as an actor on TVB, participating in "Folk Legend".

Later, he started to work behind the scenes and created the TV series "Once Upon a Time in Heaven" and "The End of Time"; after that, he entered the film industry as a screenwriter.

In 1979, Huang Baiming, Mai Jia, and Shi Tian jointly founded Fendou Film Company. Then, in 1980, he was spotted by Golden Princess Entertainment, which was supported by a large real estate consortium, and jointly established New Art City Film Co., Ltd....

Later, there were series such as "The Wrong Ride", "Happy Ghost", and "Happy Events at Home"...

After New Art City disappeared, Huang Baiming formed Oriental Pictures.

After the millennium, Oriental Pictures has also produced many good movies.

Photographer Chen's first film in the film industry, "9 Girls and 1 Ghost", was produced by him.

In the original time and space, he faded out of the mainland film industry because of the disastrous failure of "The Loyal Yang Family"!

The production cost of "Loyal Yang Family General" is close to 170 million - even if there is no such figure, it is at least close to 100 million. The star salary alone is close to 30 to 40 million, plus the costume production, big scenes...

The final box office was 61 million, a huge loss!

Coming back to it, Shen Xudong liked him quite a lot.

Many people say that he is the Kirk Douglas of Hong Kong, he is very good at playing, and Wang Jing is just like a younger brother in front of him...

Shen Xudong believes this!

Because he favored Yang Tianbao and then set up a connection to get her to know Huang Xiaoming...

However, everyone is aware of the chaos in the Hong Kong film industry, so his situation doesn't matter. You know, Kirk Douglas is a well-known scumbag and rapist...

Another point is that every time Shen Xudong comes to Hong Kong in the past few years, there will be surprises!

This time is no exception…

We specially arranged for an 18-year-old mixed-race girl to accompany Shen Xudong on a night tour of Victoria Harbor. Her name was Wu Qianyu...

It's really amazing, and it accurately grasps the changes in Shen Xudong's aesthetics - he hasn't had artistic exchanges with anyone older than him for a long time!

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"Marvel is not creating a movie universe. I think the "Ip Man" series can also be... last year's "Zhang Tianzhi" was well bought, and we can extend it..."

"Zhang Tianzhi" starring Zhang Jing.

With the "Crime City" series in hand, Zhang Jing is already a front-line action actor, with box office sales of 160 million in the mainland, 29 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, nearly 7 million US dollars in Southeast Asia, and 3.8 million US dollars in North American rights...

Oh, in addition to preaching and teaching, Shen Xudong also wants to discuss business with Huang Baiming!

Shen Xudong has no interest in anything like 'happy events' or 'good news'...

These things were completely photographed by Huang Baiming and then given to the old guys for their retirement.

I can’t keep up with you for a long time!

If I had known that comedies, once the creators fall behind the times, it would be really scary...

So, Shen Xudong and Huang Baiming were talking about action movies...

"Ip Man Cinematic Universe?"

"That's right..." Shen Xudong nodded; "In the second part, we talk about Ip Man's establishment in Hong Kong, and the third part mainly discusses the issues of Wing Chun authenticity...Then the third part is about Xingyiquan and Baguazhang fighting against Wing Chun!"

"The second part has been filmed. Master Luo is good at the great sage's technique of splitting and hanging, and Master Zheng of Baguazhang..."

Shen Xudong interjected: "I have always had a problem."

"you say."

"Since these martial artists are so particular about inheritance and rules, then...when Taekwondo, Karate, and Muay Thai took root in Hong Kong, didn't anyone go to the gym?"

Huang Baiming smiled and lowered his voice: "The Hong Kong martial arts community once challenged Muay Thai, but the result was disastrous. It is said that one died and the other was seriously injured. From then on, the Muay Thai storm swept across Hong Kong, and it became popular for young and Dangerous boys to learn Muay Thai. The famous ones include Su Long and Li Yutian from Xinxian. Chen Zhiming, one of the suspects who shot Li Lianjie's agent, is said to be a master of Muay Thai and is known as the Knee King of Hong Kong..."