Huo Yaowen was also speechless for a while after listening to Uncle Shao's words, when "The Orangutan King" sold a lot of money at the film festival, he reminded Uncle Shao Liu, don't think that a low-budget film can continue if it sells a lot of dollars.

I thought that Uncle Shao Liu listened to it, but a year later, Shaw Brothers is almost still shooting martial arts films and Fengyue films, without any big moves, but I never thought that he would quietly hook up with Warner, and invested 10 million US dollars to co-produce a sci-fi blockbuster "Galaxy Showdown"!

"Sixth uncle, I can't do anything. ”

Huo Yaowen thought for a while and said: "Several of my big movies are also in cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox in the United States, and they have distribution channels in North America and Europe. If this movie is going to be released in Hong Kong, I will try my best to ask the cinemas of Golden Harvest and Huanyu to help arrange more schedules. ”

"Well, I know that, it's not a theater thing for me to ask you for. ”

Since Uncle Shao has cooperated with Warner, he must have understood the American film market, and he also knows that Huanyu's branch in the United States can only be regarded as a production company.

"What do you mean, Uncle Six?"

"I want to fight again!"

"Fight again?"

"Yes, I can't afford to lose 10 million US dollars, but I'm just unwilling, why can that anti-bone boy succeed in making American movies, but I can't!" Uncle Shao's words were very firm, with a hint of unyielding defeat.

After Huo Yaowen heard this, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it seems that Uncle Shao's hatred for Zou Wenhuai has not changed for so many years!

"Yaowen, you are a very talented person, I believe in your ability! I don't want to make a blockbuster movie like "Jurassic Park" or "1999", as long as you don't lose money, I will invest as much money as you want!"

"This ......" Huo Yaowen touched his chin and leaned back in his chair, considering Uncle Shao's request for cooperation.

In fact, he doesn't mind cooperating with Uncle Shao Liu, after all, investing in movies is always risky, don't look at the two blockbuster films that have been filmed now, and the themes have also been tested in the last time and space, but in the final analysis, it is still blessed by the charm of the original book, otherwise, with the number of global screens today, it is difficult to drive a film of more than one billion dollars.

Only those hardcore book lovers will go to the theater several times one after another, so that the box office will be raised.

is like "1999" and "Jurassic Park", three years apart, the former took almost ten months to sell 800 million, and the latter took more than six months to sell 1 billion.

Among them, there are naturally factors such as the expansion of the theater, the blessing of the blockbuster "1999" in the front seat, the fame of Huo Yaowen's science fiction master, and the support of many book fans.

"Don't worry Yaowen, I don't ask for "1999" or "Jurassic Park", as long as it is a script written by you, I will invest money!"

Uncle Shao said very sincerely, it seems that it is not for making money, but for the resentment that has accumulated in his heart for many years.

Since Bruce Lee joined Golden Harvest, he has created a number of blockbuster movies in a row, and even cooperated with Hollywood to shoot "Enter the Dragon", a kung fu film that made tens of millions of dollars.

In addition, when Zou Wenhuai left the Shaw Brothers in his early years, he poached a lot of people from the Shaw Brothers, and there were new and old hatreds together, it is not difficult to see how much Uncle Shao dislikes Zou Wenhuai.

Hearing that the sixth uncle was so sincere, Huo Yaowen hesitated for a few seconds, and still said: "I have been backlogged a script, because the investment is relatively large, and I am not sure if it can be sold abroad, so I have not filmed it." ”

"What kind of script is it?" Uncle Shao hesitated when he heard this, he wanted to talk about investment in a big way, but after thinking about it, people themselves said that they were not sure of the overseas box office, and in the end they still didn't open this mouth.

Huo Yaowen said: "The ghost blows the lamp, I don't know if you have seen the sixth uncle?"

"I've seen it, but there doesn't seem to be a foreigner in this movie, right? ”

Ghosts blow out the lamp, Uncle Shao Liu has naturally seen it, there are some gods and ghosts such as Qimen Dunjia and Touching Jin Xiaowei, foreigners may not understand it at all, right?

"I'm not talking about the sequel to Ghost Blowing, Uncle Six, you can understand it as a story that takes place in the West in the world of Ghost Blowing Lanterns. ”

Huo Yaowen paused, afraid that the sixth uncle would not understand, so he explained in simple words: "It tells the story of Yankee tomb robbery, mainly based on some foreign mysterious tombs, such as Egyptian pyramids and the like, you can understand it as an adventure-themed movie,"

The story of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was wanted to be written by Huo Yaowen a long time ago, and he had already written part of the outline before, but because he didn't have much extra time, it was delayed until now.

According to his idea, it is to create a world similar to the dark universe of the universe in the future, and spend a few years to integrate films such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "National Treasure", "Tomb Raider" and "Mummy" into a world view to form a tomb robbing universe.

Uncle Shao Liushu has been at the helm of Shaw Brothers Film Company for decades, although he doesn't know a little about this novel theme, but he can still understand the selling factors, which are nothing more than mysterious.

After thinking about it, Uncle Shao Liu asked: "In other words, if this movie is made well, it will be made into a series like "1999"?"

"Well, if the first one does well at the box office, there will be a lot of follow-up series. "Whether it's "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Tomb Raider" or "The Mummy", there are almost several series, and if they are all combined, there are at least a dozen, and one in two years is enough to shoot for twenty or thirty years.

Of course, it will definitely not be filmed for so long, but it is not that it can't be restarted? Change a batch of new actors, shoot a new version of the series, and make another profit, maybe it will become a classic.

"I'll vote! Yaowen said I would vote as much as you said. ”

"That's it, Uncle Six, I'll send Manager Wen of Huanyu to Shaw Brothers later for specific cooperation. ”

"Thank you this time, Yaowen, as long as there is a need for the sixth uncle in the future. ”

"It's good to talk about Uncle Six. ”

After a few words of greeting, Huo Yaowen hung up the phone.

He stayed in the office alone for a while before he called the secretary outside and called Wen Yingguang in.

When the others came, Wen Yingguang couldn't help frowning when he talked about the cooperation with Uncle Shao Liu: "General manager, why are you cooperating with the Shaw Brothers? They have lost so much this time, wouldn't it be more beneficial to us? Moreover, the wireless station is still the number one enemy of the general manager, your Phoenix Channel, so it would be good if we didn't make a stumbling block at this time." ”

"How could the Shaw Brothers collapse when they said they would collapse. ”

Huo Yaowen shook his head, "You don't care about this, do what I say, go to Shaw Brothers to talk about cooperation, this film needs at least 15 million US dollars, and in addition to our world, at least one Hollywood film company must be pulled, so that it can be released abroad." ”

Shaw Brothers Films has been established in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, with deep roots, and Nanyang cinema lines and channels, how could a mere 50 million Hong Kong dollars defeat Uncle Shao Liu?

You must know that Uncle Sixth donated 6 million Hong Kong dollars to build the Hong Kong Arts Center last year, and 50 million at most made Uncle Shao Liu's flesh hurt, making it more difficult for Shaw Brothers to operate, and it can't reach the point of bankruptcy.

And the most important thing is that Huo Yaowen still respects Uncle Sixth very much, not to mention the hundreds of Shaw Buildings built in the mainland with more than 3 billion yuan in 30 years, and the floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the mainland in the 90s, Uncle Shao Liu funded more than 150 disaster-stricken primary and secondary schools in one go, and such a large amount of charity is not something that ordinary rich businessmen can do.

Even the middle school that Huo Yaowen studied in his last life was donated by the sixth uncle, and the sixth uncle sincerely begged this time, so he should sell him a face.

And the competition between the two TV stations, this is a business matter, and the TV station of Waiting for Li will not be able to hold it in the future, he will make a backhand acquisition, and as soon as the two TV stations merge, sooner or later it will be a stabilized wireless station.

As for the Shaw Brothers Film Company, unless Uncle Shao is determined to carry out a major reform and forcibly revise the production system, it is possible for the old tree to sprout and call for the second spring, otherwise it is only a matter of time before the production is stopped.

Huo Yaowen didn't believe that Uncle Shao would do this anyway, not that he didn't have the courage, but once it was really reformed, I am afraid that the shutdown of Shaw Brothers would come earlier.

After all, the Shaw Brothers are bloated and difficult to return, and if they don't produce and sell themselves, it will be difficult to feed such a large group of people.

...

I still respect Uncle Shao Liu, and there is a middle school in my hometown that he donated to build.

(End of chapter)