Hong Kong

Wang Zifan came back in a timely manner, a lot of things have happened in the past few days, first of all, the Hollywood blockbuster "Blade Runner" created by the Shan family was released in North America, although the result is not known yet, but the Shan family can be said to have made a bloody investment, bought dozens of newspapers and magazines, but overwhelming publicity, and by the way, it also piggybacked on the halo of 'winning glory for Hong Kong' and 'patriotism', followed by Golden Harvest, which made a move three points bigger than the Shan family. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Tsui's film is still being released in North America, but Golden Harvest's "Cannonball Speed" is a real hit, with more than 70 million in North America, a total global box office of more than 100 million, and praise from major newspapers and magazines.

The opponent is rising, which is by no means good news for Wang Zifan, in the office, the secretary Zhou Hailin is reporting with a notebook, and first complains about the finances.

"Boss, there have been a lot of financial problems recently!"

"I know!" Wang Zifan nodded in response, since Shi Nansheng left, there has been no new director of the finance department, he personally controlled it, he was not in Hong Kong recently, and it was reasonable that something went wrong.

"Oh!" Zhou Hailin swallowed back the following words and continued: "I have made today's itinerary, you see, if there is a problem, I am changing it!"

Wang Zifan took it and swept it, it was all appointments, and instructed: "No problem, try to arrange your own people first, and it's okay to push the unimportant appointment!"

"Okay!"

"There's Miss Shi up there, call her over first!"

Zhou Hailin said: "I'll go now!"

Now Shi Nansheng is in charge of the distribution company, Wang Zifan wants to know about the recent film distribution, Shan Shi and Golden Harvest have sold the film to the United States, but DreamWorks has been unable to open the North American market for a long time, which is very revealing!

"Mr. Wang!"

"Miss Shi, sit down!"

Wang Zifan beckoned Shi Nansheng to sit down and asked, "Have you read all the recent newspapers?"

Shi Nansheng understood as soon as he heard it, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang refers to Shan Shi's "Blade Runner" and Jiahe's "Cannonball Speed"?"

""Blade Runner" is nothing, but the posts of Golden Harvest's celebration banquet have been sent to me, it is obviously a demonstration, what is your opinion on the North American market?" Wang Zifan drank a cup of ginseng tea, to say that there are many talents in DreamWorks films, but when it comes to management, he only serves Shi Nansheng, which is a rare talent.

Shi Nansheng pondered for a moment and analyzed: "It has not achieved much to open up the North American market, I think we can consolidate the Japanese market at this stage!"

Wang Zifan frowned, it is very difficult for Chinese films to be sold to Japan, the main reason is that Japan has always been a very closed society, and it is not very accepting of foreign films, and the distribution cost in Japan is relatively high, and the cost is also very large, so there is no film that can be distributed nationwide on a large scale in Japan, except for Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, no one can do it, and Chinese films can open the Japanese market thanks to Li Xiaolong, even if it is filming "Jingwumen" Fighting the Japanese, it's a mess, and it can be said that the movie is a bit exaggerated, picking up ethnic hatred to the highest place, but in Japan, it is still a big hit.

After Li Xiaolong, the second to open the Japanese market is Xu Guanwen, whose self-directed and self-starred "Ghost Horse Double Star", "Half a Pound and Eight Taels", "Deed of Sale" and other films have been released in Japan, and the box office of "Deed of Sale" in Japan is as high as 5 million US dollars, Xu Guanwen is also called "Mr. Bu" by Japanese audiences, and even Xu Guanjie's Cantonese record sales have surged in Japan, and Wang Zifan's imitation of the Xu brothers' "Modern Bodyguard" can be sold in Japan in one fell swoop also benefited from this.

The last one is Cheng Long, after passing Golden Harvest, his first film "Senior Brother Out of the Horse" thundered in Dongying, and the response of the Japanese market of "Young Master Dragon" was far better than that of Hong Kong, "Plan A" and "Police Story" were even more sensational throughout the country, plus the "Mr. Zombie" series was at its peak in Japan, and Yuan Yi won countless Japanese fans with films such as "Bo Niu" and "The Peacock Prince", and the Japanese market for Chinese films was overwhelming throughout the 80s.

Because of his understanding of these, Wang Zifan is not very concerned about the Japanese market.

Shi Nansheng said: ""Mr. Zombie" exceeded 20 million at the box office in Hong Kong, and I plan to release it in Japan!"

Wang Zifan smiled: "Yes!"

In fact, the production cost of "Mr. Zombie" is more than 6 million, which is definitely a big production in Hong Kong, but the benefits are also amazing, if he calculates well, the Japanese box office alone will have several times the return, and the release of this film can indeed consolidate the DreamWorks market in Japan, and maybe it can also praise the red Lin Zhengying.

"Boss, Mr. Hong, Mr. Lin is here!"

"Let them in!"

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, Wang Zifan signaled Shi Nansheng to be calm and not impatient, and waited for Zhou Hailin to lead Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying in.

Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying are still the same, one is smiling, fat head and big ears, and the other is old, with a tense face and a serious expression.

"Afan!"

"Mr. Wang!"

"Sanmao!"

Wang Zifan and Hong Jinbao hugged each other, and looked at Lin Zhengying with a smile: "Sit casually, I just discussed with Miss Shi about the release of "Mr. Zombie"!"

Lin Zhengying showed a concerned look, he came here to ask when the movie would be released.

Shi Nansheng said: "Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea have already negotiated, and they are all old customers!"

Hong Jinbao picked it up from his knees with both hands and said with envy: "Congratulations to you Afan, I didn't expect "Mr. Zombie" to be a real hit!"

Wang Zifan remembered Hong Jinbao's negative attitude towards this film before the start, and laughed secretly in his heart, "Mr. Zombie" was his investment, but all the Hong family members were used, it is estimated that Hong Jinbao regretted it at this time, and the field was green, if he proposed to participate in a share at that time, DreamWorks would not be able to refuse, this is the rule of the game.

"Don't talk about this, Jiahe has been very aggressive recently, I want to fight back!"

Hong Jinbao became interested and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Wang Zifan didn't mean to hide it, and Hong Jinbao still needed to contribute, so he said: "I want to make a few Hollywood blockbusters!"

Hong Jinbao and Lin Zhengying were made to cry and laugh by the sentence 'shoot a few films', Hollywood blockbusters are not said to be filmed, first of all, you have to have a set, and most of the sets are in the hands of the eight major companies, and secondly, you have to contact the distribution company, otherwise the film will not be released after it is filmed, which is also inseparable from the eight major companies.

Wang Zifan naturally understood the trick, and looked at Hong Jinbao, as if to say, now it's time for you to contribute!

Hong Jinbao pondered for a while and said: "I am very familiar with a vice chairman of Fox Company, and when it comes to cooperation, I suggest that it is still like an independent producer, and Golden Harvest does the same!"

Wang Zifan nodded, as long as he knew someone, he encouraged Hong Jinbao to continue.

Next, Hong Jinbao introduced some rules and unspoken rules of American independent filmmaking, not to mention foreign filmmakers like Wang Zifan, that is, American independent production companies do not have their own studios, and when they want to make films, many of them will use the studios of the eight major studios, and even the offices are rented at once, and there are many office buildings and independent small houses in the eight major studios that can be rented to make films, etc.

Some small studios are rented to others for filming, but there is nothing, just rent the place to you, and if you want something else, you have to pay for it, so some apartment buildings and offices that are connected together are independent companies.

Hong Jinbao concluded: "In fact, the eight major companies are also very domineering, the studio is rented to you, you have to make your script to show me, I agree that you can shoot it, I agree to pay for it, you can move in, you don't want anything when you move in, you can go in and get whatever you use, the secretary will supply, and the rest will also be supplied, but everything is money, very powerful!" After you finish filming, I want to watch the film, this film has to be moved from your office to the production studio, the same money, the rest is given to you by him, and the secretary is also given to you by him, how much money, control the progress of the film, Mr. Zou used to be in the United States, so he moved the whole system back. ”

Wang Zifan smiled coldly: "It turns out that the Jiahe system is still learned from the Yankees!"

Hong Jinbao's expression fell lonely, this kind of system was really suitable in the past, but since the rise of Princess Jin and DreamWorks and the opening of a new cooperation model, Jiahe seems backward and stiff, otherwise he would not have found Wang Zifan to co-produce "The Loser"!

In fact, Golden Harvest officially established a Western film production department not long ago, when Wang Zifan crossed to Hong Kong, Golden Harvest was in full swing, and cooperated with a number of foreign film companies to produce Western films, trying to enter the Hollywood market has the style of Hollywood-style Vietnam War films, but unfortunately the box office is all on the street, far from Li Xiaolong's momentum, until this "Cannonball Speed", which made a profit of hundreds of millions, which really made Golden Harvest raise his eyebrows.

If you want to open up the American market, you have to make kung fu movies! Shi Nansheng faintly understood why Wang Zifan valued Hong Jinbao so much.

Lin Zhengying said weakly: "Mr. Wang, there is something I don't know whether to say or not!"

Wang Zifan smiled: "You say!"

Lin Zhengying said: "Golden Harvest asked me to make a movie, which is also a zombie theme!"

Wang Zifan scolded in his heart, Zou Wenhuai is really pervasive, it seems that this old boy is hard-hearted and can't get along with me!

"What do you think?"

"This ......" Lin Zhengying hesitated, he is now a person from DreamWorks, so he should naturally refuse, but the lobbyists who came to be talkers are all old friends, so he is really embarrassed to refuse.

Wang Zifan understood Lin Zhengying's concerns, and said in a deep voice: "I remember telling you at the beginning that I want to make zombie films into a series, so let's set up a film company with my investment, and you will manage it, specialize in making zombie films, and dividends will be distributed afterwards, what do you think?"