Not long after the film adaptation plan of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" was released, Lin Qi suddenly wanted to dig into the wall. Because, most of Jin Yong's copyrights are martial arts themes, which one is stronger in Hong Kong to shoot martial arts? There is no doubt that Tsui Hark is the strongest.

In the next ten years, martial arts, mythology and other themes with ancient Chinese backgrounds, Tsui Hark can be said to be the most skilled among Chinese directors. In the past, Hong Kong's martial arts films were only martial arts, but in Tsui Hark's generation, from the mid-80s to the 90s, continuous innovation, it gradually formed the martial arts that the audience was familiar with flying around, elegant and chic, and with classical Chinese charm. If you are used to watching this kind of martial arts, and then watch the films before the 80s, you will feel that the soil is scum!

In fact, it's not about digging into the wall, Tsui Hark is only a cooperative relationship with Princess Jin and Xinyicheng now, not a subordinate relationship like in the past.

At the beginning of 87, the new art city, although it was in full swing in box office data. But the hidden danger of division has long been buried. Originally, the three giants of the New Art City, Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, and Shi Tian, who began to cooperate with Struggle Film Company, were all incompatible. Because, Mai Jia made the most contributions in the early days and is also the oldest senior, so it occupies the most equity. Now, Huang Baiming, who contributes the most to the company, only accounts for 9% of the equity. Another founder, Shi Tian, owns 19% of the shares. Mai Jia and Golden Princess Entertainment Company hold 72% of the equity of Xinyicheng Company through a special holding company. In addition, between Golden Princess Entertainment Company and Mai Jia, they respectively own 51% and 49% of the equity of the holding company.

Because Lei Juekun, the boss of Golden Princess Entertainment Company, gave power to Mai Jia, Mai Jia became more and more talkative, and in terms of his contribution to Xinyicheng, Mai Jia became more and more sorry for the equity he occupied. Take Huang Baiming as an example, his contribution is not lower than that of Mai Jia, but the interests and voice he enjoys in the company are only a fraction of Mai Jia, how can he be satisfied?

At the same time, Mai Jia also pretended to be confused and has been reluctant to make an equity incentive plan so that its talents can share the returns of New Arts City.

As a result, the backbone of Xinyicheng and Golden Princess, who have no equity at all, feel that they have less and less status. Therefore, genius directors like Tsui Hark also have the intention of leaving the New Art City to work alone.

Of course, because Lei Juekun cherished his talent and agreed to invest in Tsui Hark's films, Tsui Hark agreed with Lei Juekun that the films he produced would still be distributed in the name of Xinyicheng, and he would continue to go through the channel of the Golden Princess. However, Tsui Hark Studio is only nominally affiliated with Xinyicheng, in fact, it is only a cooperative relationship with Golden Princess Cinemas, and there is no affiliation.

At the same time, it was also an accident that Tsui Hark's film studio was able to exist for a long time. In fact, Tsui Hark originally just wanted to create one or two movies in the name of the studio to repay Boss Lei's kindness. After the off-season, the studio is disbanded. Anyway, each film needs to be financed separately, and whether there is a studio or not is about the same.

However, after the establishment of Tsui Hark Studio, several movies were basically both popular and profitable, and gradually formed a very appealing brand reputation. At the same time, a stable studio is conducive to the formation of a stable behind-the-scenes creative team. Therefore, Tsui Hark and his wife Shi Nansheng decided to run the studio for a long time.

But Tsui Hark has always prided himself on his creative talent, not his studio. Even if he leaves the studio, Tsui Hark relies on his own reputation and influence to make movies with a budget of less than 10 million, and there is no difficulty!

At this time, Tsui Hark was hesitating about two contracts, one of which had nothing to say, the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu" was originally only for the reputation of Jin Yong's original work, it was worth a shot, not to mention that the new start-up film and television company has a deep pocket, with a budget of 200 million yuan. Even if the labor salary of Tsui Hark Film Studio is converted into an investment of 30 million yuan, this part of the money cannot be paid a penny now, and it can account for 15% of the dividend rights in the masterpiece with an investment of 200 million yuan, even if the film loses money, it is estimated that it can get a large amount of dividends. Therefore, Tsui Hark naturally has no objection to this contract.

The problem is another optional contract - HK$100 million to invest in Tsui Hark's studio in exchange for a 49% stake in Tsui Hark's film studio. At the same time, Tsui Hark himself is only allowed to produce films exclusively for Tsui Hark Film Studio in the next 10 years, and the annual box office shall not be less than 50 million Hong Kong dollars. If the box office falls below HK$50 million that year, Tsui Hark's employment with the studio will need to be extended by one year.

Dare to say that the box office has stabilized more than 50 million a year, and now Hong Kong is a blockbuster with no cost in addition to new entrepreneurship. Probably only Wang Jing, Stephen Chow, and Jackie Chan.

Wang Jing and Stephen Chow, the most profitable duo in Hong Kong now, have at least seven or eight movies a year, and rarely have a box office of less than 20 million. This is still only counting the local box office in Hong Kong, if the global cumulative box office is included, the golden combination will create a box office of 300 million Hong Kong dollars a year, and the net profit contributed to the company will not be less than 50 million!

In addition, Jackie Chan's box office in Hong Kong is not at all the opponent of Wang Jing and Stephen Chow. Moreover, Jackie Chan does not dare to say that he is highly productive in the current Hong Kong film industry. However, Jackie Chan's overseas box office is quite good, and it is not based on other factors, only on Jackie Chan's own box office appeal.

The current Tsui Hark, although he is also a blockbuster director. But in terms of money-making effect, it is not particularly good. At least, let investors choose one person between Wang Jing and Tsui Hark to invest, regardless of personal preferences, purely measured by financial investment, most investors choose Wang Jing.

However, Wang Jing's movies so far have mainly invested in a budget of one or two hundred million, which is too little and boring. No matter how much, the company has to be confident in auditing. This kind of investment is not up or down, and it is a small cost in the international community, but it is a relatively high cost in Hong Kong. is the range that Wang Jing can control at present, and if there is more, Wang Jing may be wasted meaninglessly. As for too little, the movie is also difficult to shoot carefully. Even if the movie is film, it is easy for the director to develop a so-so habit, and the shooting is over.

did not invest more budget in its money-making machine, but invested heavily in a director who has a good reputation and is not the best performer, how can this not flatter Tsui Hark. At the same time, Lin Qi personally gave another optional contract, which also made Tsui Hark feel a little hesitant.

Because this contract is very generous, but it binds Tsui Hark himself to the studio. For a long time, he had to become a senior wage earner in the studio, and it was difficult to get out of the cage of the studio without completing the contract agreement.

"Boss Lin really looks up to me, Old Monster Xu!" Tsui Hark couldn't help but smile bitterly and said.

"Mr. Tsui, among Hong Kong film directors, is a rare new director with pursuit and craftsmanship. In particular, in terms of film special effects technology, although, limited by cost and budget, Mr. Xu may not have achieved the best visual effects in the world. However, this is not Mr. Xu's problem, but the lack of funds. Nowadays, new technologies in the film industry are developing very fast. And quite a few of us filmmakers think that with the experience of the past, we can still hold an iron rice bowl in the next few decades. This kind of thinking is very wrong, and the frog-like vision at the bottom of the well. At this stage, the continuous progress of the technology industry has led to the continuous emergence of new equipment and new technologies in the film industry in the future, and imagination also needs to be constantly updated. It is necessary to have a huge imagination and cooperate with the constantly updated new technology in order to meet the audience's constantly improving aesthetics. And with the taste of the audience, they are nurture by the new special effects technology and new creative techniques, and the filmmakers who do not want to make progress will definitely become the tears of the times!" Lin Qi said with a smile, "The reason why we invited Mr. Xu to accept our capital injection is not simply because of the return on investment. A single round of returns, investing in the real estate industry, the rate of return is definitely higher and more stable than investing in movies. What's more, I personally like this feeling of being ever-changing! Movies that use more and more new technologies and new ideas make people feel like time is speeding up and historical progress is being pushed! And Mr. Xu's films are just that. Therefore, I desperately hope that Mr. Xu can accept my capital injection, and he will not be limited to advanced funds, so that he can go further in the film field, not be trapped by the narrow market of Hong Kong, but become a Chinese film giant who can truly sit on an equal footing with Hollywood directors!"