"A Comic Book Goes to the World" sold 28.37 million at the box office, and Wang Jing was only short of more than one million box office to enter the 30 million box office club. ”

After Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen, and Jackie Chan, Wang Jing, another potential dark horse from Shaw Brothers, but left, became the pillar of the new entrepreneurial film and television company. ”

"When I was in the industry, Shaw Brothers movies were almost discontinued, and the movie set built by Shaw Brothers in the 60s has become a special venue for TVB dramas. According to Shaw Brothers executives, because in recent years, Shaw Brothers films have lost more money and made less money, and even the cinema business is far inferior to their peers, so Shaw Brothers Films may completely withdraw from the Xiangjiang film industry, and the cinema chain is negotiating to rent ......"

After the big hit of "A Comic Book to the World", because the director was Wang Jing, who was born in Shaw Brothers, it caused ridicule from the media for Shaw Brothers.

But Lin Qi was not surprised, after all, he had never regarded Shaw Brothers Film Company as an opponent.

Since the 70s, this company has been beaten by Golden Harvest Company for many years, and after the rise of New Art City, Shaw Brothers has further lost even the archway second only to Golden Harvest.

However, the Shaw Brothers' large-scale studio system itself can be called the Whampoa Military Academy for talent training in the Hong Kong film industry. Shaw Brothers picks the door, and the treatment given to directors, screenwriters and artists is very low, but in the glory days of Shaw Brothers films, the film output is also unprecedented, and there are countless talents cultivated.

Many talents in the Hong Kong film and television industry have gained enough level experience in the novice village of Shaw Brothers before they began to walk out of the novice village. In this, it is not only actors and directors who are trained, but also other photographers, lighting engineers, prop masters and makeup artists, etc., many of which have a lot of practical opportunities in Shaw Brothers Studios.

For example, the second generation of filmmakers like Wang Jing had the opportunity to contact the camera when he was a child, so he almost didn't have to learn to transform into a director later. On the set of Shaw Brothers, the foundation of mastery has been handed over to the second generation of actors who are interested in this aspect.

And after the decline of the Shaw Brothers and the news that the original theater was intended to be rented out, Lin Qi was also more excited, and sent someone to test Uncle Shao Liu, whether to sell it or not?

As a result, Uncle Shao Liu said that he would not sell, only rent!

Then, Lin Qi was not interested, renting in Hong Kong will rise sharply in the future, and renting a cinema now, even if it is well operated, it will not be able to resist the continuous growth of housing rents.

Later, all industries in Hong Kong withered, in essence, not because the business became worse than before, but because the housing prices and rents in Hong Kong were very expensive, so that even if the business was very good, the operators found that after paying the rent, they had done nothing in vain, and completely became tenant farmers who were exploited by the landlord -- you just have to work hard, and if the growth of your operating income can outperform the rent, count me as losing! That's right, quite a lot of industries can't outperform the rent growth, and the cinema chain is one of them!

At the same time, if the Shaw Brothers cinema line is acquired, the good cooperative relationship with the Golden Princess Cinema Line and the Golden Harvest Cinema Line will gradually collapse, and the new entrepreneurial film and television will no longer enjoy the advantages of cross-cinema distribution.

You must know that at present, the new start-up film and television company maintains cooperative relations with the two major film giants in Hong Kong, so that the films invested by the Golden Princess cannot be released in Golden Harvest Cinemas, and the films invested by Golden Harvest are naturally impossible to be released in Golden Princess Cinemas. However, the new start-up film and television company has done it, and it can be released in Golden Princess Cinemas and listed on Golden Harvest Cinemas.

To put it simply, the current film distribution in Hong Kong can normally be distributed in its own theaters at most, plus some scattered independent theater distribution. Basically, it's unlikely that more than 50% of the screens will be released simultaneously. However, the films invested by new start-up film and television companies can be released simultaneously in 75% of theaters.

In the end, Lin Qi still did not choose to rent Shaw Brothers Cinemas to enter the cinema market, but chose to strengthen the construction of VCD issuance channels.

Compared with the theatrical distribution market, the VCD disc market is also rising rapidly, and with the continuous abundance of VCD disc resources, many audiences with a big appetite have chosen to buy or rent a disc to watch at home, rather than necessarily watching it in the cinema.

Moreover, the VCD issuance channel has relatively low requirements for stores, and there is no need for stores with a relatively large area, and stores of tens of square meters to hundreds of square meters are sufficient. In this way, the investment of each chain store is relatively low, and it can also be bought instead of renting and operating. In this way, even if the business is not good in the future and the house price rises and the property is sold, the return on investment will be very good.

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After the movie "A Comic Book Goes to the World" became a big hit, the entire crew members were extremely excited, not only because of their fame, but also because they could bring long-term benefits to themselves, even if they had a big red envelope in front of them.

Strictly speaking, the prepaid remuneration of newly entrepreneurial electronic investment films is not very high, but the remuneration is only the minimum income, and the actual income is distributed according to the box office of the movie. For example, at the beginning, Wang Jing was only given a prepaid salary of 200,000 yuan, and Stephen Chow's salary was only 150,000 yuan. However, both have a local box office dividend ratio of 3%, and the overseas box office dividend ratio is halved.

This means that after the box office of the movie exceeds 6 million Hong Kong dollars, its income far exceeds the guaranteed salary.

And now the local box office, coupled with the overseas box office, the director and starring are expected to earn more than one million. The salaries of the other crew members will far exceed expectations.

At the same time, the sales of VCD discs also take dividends similar to those issued by theatrical chains. Therefore, all the participants in the movie will receive an endless stream of shares because of the sales of VCDs in the future.

Wang Jing is still relatively calm, after all, his old bean is Wang Tianlin, Shaw Brothers and TVB are both executives, and he has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he knows the situation in the circle well.

What's more, two years ago, he had already made a movie with a box office of 10 million for Shaw Brothers Film Company, which is a rare blockbuster director in Shaw Brothers. Even if a movie with a box office of 28 million is made now, and there is hope to become the box office champion this year, even if it is not the champion, the top three should not have to run. However, now that prices in Hong Kong have risen sharply, the Hong Kong dollar is not as valuable as it was in previous years.

The box office results of "A Comic Book Goes to the World" have improved compared with "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", but it is more a proof that Wang Jing is not a flash in the pan and can continue to make blockbuster movies.

However, the income brought by "Ten Thousand Fights and Thousands of Tyrants" to Wang Jing is extremely limited, and Shaw Brothers Film Company is very picky, and gave a salary of 100,000 yuan at the beginning, including the remuneration of the director and screenwriter, although there are red envelopes in the follow-up sales, but there are not many of them.

The income brought by "A Comic Book to the World" is definitely more than that of Shaw Brothers Film Company.

Therefore, Wang Jing's father, Wang Tianlin, did not mention that he let his son continue to return to Shaw Brothers films. After all, the Shaw Brothers movie has been a "pill", and he himself is already loyal to the Shaw Brothers for a lifetime, and letting his son do it for the Shaw Brothers again is foolish loyalty.

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For Stephen Chow, this period of time is a bit like a dream.

A small person, who quickly jumped into the dragon gate, became a millionaire. That's right, the salary and long-term brokerage contract allow Stephen Chow to conservatively estimate that he can earn more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars.

But because I was poor and scared when I was a child, I haven't changed my mentality.

"Boy, stop thinking of yourself as a precarious little person. Huang Xizhao said, "You have to treat yourself as a star." ”

"Star?" Stephen Chow's expression was very exaggerated, obviously not suitable for the status quo of becoming a star from a small person.

"That's right, it's a star!" Huang Xizhao looked like a big man, "My boss can look at looks, but he doesn't look at ordinary people, only a few talented people." He has seen your face in particular, and he can see that although you are talented, you are lonely and cold, the first half of your life is frustrated, and your young adult's career is in full swing, but your feelings and friendships are all failing, except for your family, there is no stable social network, the biggest reason may be that you are too lonely and cold when you are young, and you lack a sense of security, so you seem too selfish when you cooperate with others. If you change your life, you must get rid of the shortcomings of slamming the door. To tell the truth, when the movie was filming, someone invited you to dinner, have you ever invited someone to dinner?"

"No ......" Stephen Chow seemed to realize something.

"If you have money, you can consider buying a few houses. But...... You still have a lot of money and continue to make money. So, learn to be a man!" Huang Xizhao said, "Your life will be very long in the future, and the entertainment industry will not only pay attention to talent, but also pay attention to connections and life." So, you can do better......"

In fact, it is a miracle that Stephen Chow can rise in the circle, many low-level artists need to learn from the master to find a backer, and with the rise of the backer, he gradually began to rise. In addition, during the filming process, it is inevitable to "bribe" important people in the crew, for example, what brand of cigarettes does the photographer like to smoke, but he is reluctant to buy it? Through various "life", many insiders feel that he is sensible, so he is naturally given more opportunities to perform.

People who are too good at being people, of course, Huang Xizhao also feels despised by him, after all, the kind of artist who climbs up through the drill camp squeezes out the ascending channel of really talented people.

But after observation, Huang Xizhao found that the actor that the boss wanted to praise was really bad in life, because the boss took special care of him, he inevitably helped take care of it, not to mention that Stephen Chow is an artist who is highly praised by him, and his achievements are also the achievements of new start-up film and television companies.

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"Brother Jing!"

"Brother Jing, good morning!"

"Brother Jing, can you bring your brothers in the next play, show your face to a few and say a few words. ”

"Okay, no problem. Wang Jing accepted the pomp of the stars holding the moon with high spirits.

Compared with Stephen Chow, Wang Jing is obviously more popular, because, with continuous success, the director's talent has been recognized. And a director may become popular with a large number of actors who cooperate with him, precisely because Wang Jing came to the company to report, and a group of company artists and employees who knew or did not know greeted one after another.

Not long after, Wang Jing also came to Huang Xizhao's office, saw that Stephen Chow was also there, and said with a smile: "Xingzi is also there?"

"Brother Jing!" Stephen Chow's relationship with most of the crew is average, but under the deliberate pull of Wang Fatzi, the two have established a little friendship.

After Wang Jing also arrived, Huang Xizhao said: "This is before, Wang Jing's script of "The Frog Prince", the script is good, but it still needs to be carved, and the comedy component is not enough. We let the screenwriting team do the processing, how about you take a look?"

Wang Jing's debut relied on screenwriters, writers and directors. The script of "The Frog Prince" was also written by himself. In the early days, Wang Jing was still relatively diligent, and he had to write the script seriously. This is not the same as writing a script later, even if you don't have time to read the script, you can film with your feet with your eyes closed, which can be said to be a lot more conscientious.

After getting the revised script, Wang Jing gave a thumbs up and said, "The company's screenwriter brother is very good!"

"Imitate the collective screenwriting system that New Art City did before. Huang Xizhao said, "However, we are divided into types, and different types of screenwriters form different screenwriting teams. At present, the company has more than 10 screenwriting teams, half of which are comedy screenwriters. ”

New Arts City's early emphasis on screenwriting and scriptwriting laid the foundation for its success. However, he soon forgot his original intention and valued the star more than the screenwriter. At present, collective creation exists in name only in Xinyicheng, and the major founders are doing their own things, going out to find scripts and crews by themselves, and using the company's resources to shoot their own scenes.

However, the newly established film and television entertainment company has absorbed the advantages of this system, and no longer the entire company collectively creates a script, but forms different screenwriting teams according to genres.

In particular, comedy has high requirements for scripts, and it is difficult for one person to continuously create high-quality scripts. Even Xu Guanwen, the godfather of Hong Kong ghost horse films, wrote, directed and acted by himself, no one would think that Xu Guanwen would be outdated, but ...... Because the peak of his creation has passed, it is difficult to create new jokes, so he has gradually become a superstar.

Wang Jing said with a smile: "Comedy is the most difficult script to write, especially new scenes, even if you are humorous, how can there be so many new paragraphs." ”

"Therefore, our comedy script team is all collective creation, gathering more wisdom and making up better scripts. Huang Xizhao said.

Originally, this drama was starring Zhong Zhentao, and it was invested by Shaw Brothers Film Company. But now, Wang Jing has defected to a new start-up film and television company, and the crew lineup has of course changed. The starring role was changed to Stephen Chow, and in addition, the supporting actor played by Chen Baixiang was also recommended to be replaced by Wu Mengda.

The change of cast is also to further tap Stephen Chow's talent for nonsensical comedy. It's like talking about cross talk, two people talking, one holding and one teasing, which is better than one person talking about stand-up comedy. The combination of Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda, the historical performance, proves that the two can rub a lot of comedic effects.

The original version of "The Frog Prince" is just a comedy romance, although there are funny jokes, but because the actors selected first are not good, they do not give full play to the comedy potential of the plot.

But the same scene, replaced by the combination of Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda, this is almost a nuclear bomb-level nonsensical comedian lineup.