B-grade films?"

Li Hanxiang, Hu Jinshuo, Zhang Che and other veteran directors of the Shaw Brothers, when they heard Uncle Shao mention that Huo Yaowen wanted to partner with him to open a new film company in the United States, they couldn't help but feel very puzzled by the B-grade films mentioned by Uncle Liu.

Uncle Shao explained: "B-grade films are low-budget films, which is a name for low-budget films in Hollywood. ”

"There is a market for small-budget films abroad? It won't be Huo Yaowen who deceived the sixth uncle, right?" Zhang Che has never been in contact with Huo Yaowen, but in his personal opinion, if he wants to make Hollywood movies, he must have a big investment and big production, so that he can sell the box office and make a lot of money.

In the past, it was possible to make a martial arts film for 100,000 yuan, but due to economic and market reasons, it is impossible to make a martial arts film for 200,000 yuan, and this is also due to the presence of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, which has saved a lot of additional expenses.

Hearing this, Li Hanxiang frowned, and defended Huo Yaowen: "Impossible, I am very familiar with Yaowen, and he is very authentic in life and work." ”

Uncle Shao nodded and said: "This is what Hanxiang said is right, Huo Yaowen is not Zou Wenhuai, and his main business is not movies, I don't think he will lie to me for this matter, even if he deceives me, what good can he do." ”

"B-grade films? Is there really a market for small-budget films in Hollywood?" Hu Jinzhuan doesn't care whether the cooperation is sincere, but is surprised that B-grade films really have a market in Hollywood?

Uncle Shao Liu: "I've checked, among the movies released in Hollywood in recent years, there are indeed many small-budget movies, and most of them are good at the box office. In 73, there was a horror movie "The Exorcist" that you should have heard, this is a B-grade movie, the investment cost is only a few million dollars, and in the end it made 300 million. And what surprised me the most was that a few years ago, Hollywood had a kung fu movie with an investment of only 1 million, and in the end, it sold $226 million at the global box office!"

When it comes to this movie, despite reading the relevant information, Uncle Shao's face is still full of shock, $1 million in exchange for $226 million at the global box office, which in his opinion, is simply incredible!

If Huo Yaowen's first Hollywood movie sold for $800 million, he was surprised, but he really invested tens of millions of dollars, and when converted, the rate of return was only more than ten times, which is like this "kung fu movie" that has directly increased by 200 times!

"Kung fu movies?" Zhang Che was stunned, and the United States has also started to make kung fu movies? But then a movie suddenly came to mind, and he hurriedly asked: "Boss, are you talking about the movie "Rocky"?"

"It seems like yes. "Uncle Shao doesn't remember it very clearly, and it vaguely feels like this name.

Zhang Che was surprised: "I have heard of this movie, and I know that the box office is very high abroad, but I didn't expect the investment to be only one million US dollars." ”

Although one million US dollars is also an astronomical amount for Hong Kong, the consumption level is also different in different regions, and in the case of not considering the exchange rate, one million US dollars in the real sense is about the same as Hong Kong dollar 500,000, and it may be a little less, after all, Hong Kong personnel salaries are much cheaper than those in the United States.

Li Hanxiang said: "Therefore, Hollywood's movies are not necessarily big productions, and a million-dollar movie like this will be handed over to us to shoot a maximum of hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars." ”

"If we want to shoot at that time, we will definitely go to the United States to shoot, how can we still shoot in Hong Kong? And we don't seem to have made Western films, so the boss must have hired the ghost director over there to shoot it again. Zhang Che glanced at Li Hanxiang, the movie for the ghost guy must be an English film, and it must be a Western film style, which is really not suitable for many people in the company.

Uncle Shao Liu shook his head and said: "I don't need a ghost director, Huo Sheng has already told me that the shooting techniques of some low-budget B-grade films are actually similar to those in Hong Kong, Huo Sheng said that a few years ago, Menghua directed "Oil Devil" and changed the background is a standard B-grade film. ”

"Oil devil?" Li Hanxiang, Zhang Che and others frowned together, this movie is very large-scale, not naked but more bloody, different from the kind of life and death in martial arts films, it is pure that kind of blood.

If Huo Yaowen was here, he would definitely tell them that this is an American Hollywood-style plasma, violence, and thriller movie, full of a large number of B-grade elements.

In fact, Huo Yaowen invited Uncle Shao to go to the United States to cooperate in opening a film company, in addition to the main purpose of wanting to win the wireless station, he did not consider giving Shaw Brothers a way back.

As long as you know something about Shaw Brothers movies, you basically know that in addition to martial arts films and Fengyue films, some of the movies made by Shaw Brothers are very similar to American B-grade movies, with monsters, nudes, plasma, and so on full of B-grade style elements. Tertiary films such as "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun" and "Ebola Virus" that appeared later were completely inferior to some of the films made by Shaw Brothers in the early years.

Uncle Shao glanced at everyone, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "I have the idea of cooperating with Huo Sheng, so I came to you this time to ask, do you have the confidence to go to Hollywood with me and go on a rampage again?"

"This ......" Zhang Che hesitated: "Boss, it's not that we don't want to, it's just that we haven't filmed Western films, I'm afraid that we will miss your business, boss." ”

Although Li Hanxiang and Hu Jinzhuan did not speak, the expressions on their faces still revealed that they were not confident in filming Western films.

"Don't worry about this, Huo Sheng's Huanyu Film Company in the United States will send someone to guide you, there are also many Chinese directors there, Lin Zhengying, who filmed "Zombie Taoist", went to the American branch to study for a period of time last year. ”

In order to get the shares of the wireless station, Huo Yaowen can be said to have thought of all the places that Uncle Shao Liu. Normally speaking, as long as it is firmly rooted in the B-grade film market in the United States, with the addition of Hong Kong local theaters and Southeast Asian channels, Shaw Brothers will basically not completely stop production after 5 years like another time and space.

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No. 16, Baijia Road, Mid-Levels.

"You don't have to move anything?" Grandma asked, looking at her grandson.

Huo Yaowen smiled and said: "You don't need to move Grandma, it's all ready over there, just let Mother Zhang and them bring the clothes over later, let's go to the new house first." ”

Not long ago, Huo Yaowen bought a new mansion in the middle of the mountain, located in the No. 1 mansion on the top of the mountain, which was originally bought by a British businessman from an official in 73 years, and it cost more than 7 million at that time, and now the British businessman can't do it in Hong Kong, so he sold it at a price of 23 million.

Don't look at the price is very high, but now the average price per square meter of better residential buildings in Kowloon has reached 9,000 yuan, and Hong Kong Island is even more expensive, generally around 10,000 yuan. The location is good, the house is good, and it is sold for fifteen thousand.

Therefore, this No. 1 mansion located on Gefu Mountain Road on the Peak of Taiping Peak, the price of 23 million is really not expensive, after all, this is the top of Taiping Peak that Hong Kong people have been looking up to, and the house number is still a special No. 1!

"Okay, then listen to Arwen. Grandma grinned, she didn't care much about living in a new house, but her grandson was able to buy a house on the top of the mountain, which was not ordinary!

When she first came to Hong Kong from the mainland, Grandma often heard people mention that Taiping Shan is an existence that Hong Kong people have always looked up to, and those who can live in the mid-levels are either rich or expensive, and those who can live on the top of the mountain are the top people in Hong Kong's political and business circles.

Now thanks to the blessing of her grandson, she can live on the top of the mountain, Grandma is naturally happy in her heart, and she is happy that her grandson has a future, which is more majestic than the Huo family when he was rich in Zhongshan, and it can be said that he will be glorious for a lifetime.

"Sir, sir......"

Huo Yaowen and Anna helped Grandma get into the car, and suddenly heard Zhang's mother shouting at her behind, and when she looked back, she only heard Zhang's mother say, "Sir, there is your phone." ”

"I'll be right here. Huo Yaowen replied and said to his father Huo Chengcai, who was standing in front: "Dad, you and your mother and grandma will sing first, and I will clean up with Anna before going over." Ming Tsai is already on it, and when the time comes, you will see what furniture you need, so you will tell Ming Tsai directly and let him go to the factory to fight. ”

"Alright, then let's go up first. Huo Chengcai was excitedly wanting to go to the top of the mountain to see the new house at this time, so he nodded and got into the driver's seat.

However, Huo's mother Li Yiping glanced at her husband, turned to her son and said, "Yaowen, you remember to bring Xiaobao's bed later, this child recognizes the bed." ”

"Got it. Huo Yaowen smiled.

"Mom, hurry up, I want to go to the top of the mountain to have a look, I used to go to the top of the mountain to play, but I didn't expect to live on the top of the mountain one day!" Huo Tingting's face was full of excitement, she heard her brother say that she had bought a mansion on the top of the mountain yesterday, and she couldn't wait to see it.

Li Yiping glared at the anxious sister: "What's the hurry, such a big person, I don't look for a boyfriend at home every day, and I will be thirty years old after my birthday, when I was as old as you, I gave birth to you and your brother." ”

"Okay, okay, Mom, I know it's wrong. As soon as she heard that she was looking for a boyfriend, Huo Tingting immediately made a bitter face, she actually wanted to fall in love, but she had a talented and handsome brother as a role model and goal, and she had not found a suitable one for so many years.

Huo Yaowen and Anna looked at each other and smiled, recently, Huo's mother rarely mentioned the issue of her younger sister's love, but she didn't expect to bring it up again today, it seems that this matter has really become a hurdle in her old man's heart.

"Anna, you go upstairs and see if there's anything to clean up, I'll take a call. ”

"Okay. ”

Seeing the car leave, Huo Yaowen and Anna entered the house, and after telling her to go upstairs to pack some things that they had brought over, they walked directly to the telephone.

Picking up the phone, he asked directly, "Hey, side?"

"Yaowen, I'm Sixth Uncle!" came the sound of Sixth Uncle Shao laughing from the opposite side.

"Why is Uncle Sixth free to call today?"

"Haha, haven't you heard that Yao Wenxin bought a hilltop mansion? I specially called to congratulate you, and by the way, I asked you about investing in Hollywood Films. ”

Hearing this, Huo Yaowen smiled at the corner of his mouth, it seems that Uncle Shao Liu is still old-hearted, and he wants to fight hard, it's no wonder, after all, he is a filmmaker who has struggled all his life, and he can't just watch the Shaw Brothers who have worked hard with one hand!

"Okay, tomorrow I'll take someone to the Shaw Brothers to find you, Sixth Uncle. ”

"Then I'll be waiting for Yaowen in the company!"

Hanging up the phone, Huo Yaowen was still thinking about cooperation, and Anna upstairs suddenly ran to the side of the stairs and shouted, "Honey, do you want to bring the manuscript of "The Da Vinci Code" on your desk?"

"Bring it all, I'm almost done. Huo Yaowen replied casually.

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