Cen Jianxun and Wu Yusen's preparation for "Tales of the Night" went very smoothly. Before the release of "Bloody Heroes", the two had already decided on all the roles except for the male and female protagonists.

There are a lot of waves in this, you must know that now this film, which claims to have invested nearly 100 million yuan, can be regarded as a piece of sweetness in the Hong Kong film industry, and many people want to stuff people into it.

So there is an endless stream of people who come to Cen Jianxun every day to intercede, and now no one else knows who the director is, so they can only come to him, the producer and producer announced to the public.

All of these people who came to him were not small, either he couldn't afford to offend, or they had old friends with him.

However, this time Cen Jianxun was regarded as a "Bao Longtu", no matter who interceded, it didn't work - he directly came to push four, five or six - and refused directly on the grounds that the director was undecided.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, and Cen Jianxun planned to live a clean life for two days, he and Wu Yusen worked together - quickly cut through the mess and directly opened the new film press conference.

Therefore, just two days after the release of "Bloody Heroes", "Legend of the Night", the first film of Su's Entertainment Media and the largest investment film in Hong Kong, held a press conference at the Peninsula Hotel.

For a time, the Peninsula Hotel gathered many media from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other parts of Asia, and even some European and American media. So the boiling 100 million yuan movie that has been rumored during this period of time has unveiled its mystery in front of everyone for the first time.

"Friends from the media, thank you for attending the launch conference of "Tales of the Night". ”

Cen Jianxun's words suddenly made the whole venue boil, and at this time everyone knew that the name of this 100 million yuan movie was "Legend of the Night".

"'Tales of the Night' is the first film of our 'Zhong Chuhong Film Studio' under Su's Entertainment Media. According to the company's decision, the initial investment of "Legend of the Night" is ......" Cen Jianxun paused deliberately, and then looked at the reporters in the audience with a smile.

A group of reporters in the audience watched this guy come to such a critical moment, and they couldn't wait to go up and beat him up.

Although the outside world has been rumoring that this film will invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars, neither Su's Media nor Zhong Chuhong Film Studio has officially reached this point.

"One hundred million. ”

When Cen Jianxun said this number, the reporters in the audience couldn't help but let out an exclamation. This number may not be so staggering for Hollywood films, but it is indeed too staggering for Asian films.

"This is a preliminary number, and we will always increase our investment on a case-by-case basis during the filming period – there is no upper limit. Shum continued: "The director of "Tales of the Night" is Mr. Wu Yusen, whom everyone likes very much. ”

At this time, the reporters in the audience all showed the same expressions that they knew this earlier, and the report of "Sing Tao Daily" was still relatively reliable - after all, it was the mouthpiece of Su's Entertainment Media.

"Let's invite our Mr. Wu Yusen at the next time. ”

Cen Jianxun made a gesture of invitation to the backstage very gentlemanly, and then Wu Yusen walked out from behind with a smile.

Wu Yusen smiled and nodded to Cen Jianxun, and then said, "Thank you, Mr. Cen." I believe that all journalists and friends must be more interested in the male and female protagonists of "Tales of the Night" than I am as a director. ”

"Let's invite our male and female lead actors to come out. ”

As Wu Yusen's words fell, Zhong Chuhong and Zhou Yanfa walked up from the backstage with a smile.

The reporters in the audience didn't have any surprised expressions, everyone knew that this movie was privately ordered for Zhong Chuhong, and as for the male lead, it was naturally easy to guess a lot.

There are only a few male stars in Hong Kong who can match Honggu's value and are heavyweights, and among them, Zhou Yunfa and Zhong Chuhong are the most suitable.

Next, Wu Yusen introduced several supporting roles one after another, although they are only supporting roles, but they are also very famous movie stars in Hong Kong. Looking at the star-studded lineup on stage, the reporters in the audience really felt the ambition of Su's Media.

Although the content of the press conference made Asian journalists feel that they had gained a lot, a small number of European and American journalists felt like they were playing soy sauce. Although the production fee of this film is unprecedented in Asia, it is only a medium-to-high investment in Hollywood, and it is not a big investment at all. And these movie stars who are famous in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and even Southeast Asia seem to these foreigners to know each other at all.

Just when these European and American reporters secretly scolded Bai for running in their hearts, Cen Jianxun's next sentence finally made them find some "urine spots".

"A lot of the special effects in Tales of the Night will be left to Mr. Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. Cen Jianxun said slowly.

Only then did the reporters in the audience understand why this movie cost so much money, and it turned out that it was all spent here.

After the people on the stage finished speaking, the reporters below began to open fire.

As a result, the reporters' questions were thrown into the stage one after another like grenades and bombs of five yuan and one hundred pounds -- of course, mainly aimed at Cen Jianxun, Wu Yusen, Zhong Chuhong, and Zhou Yanfa. Fortunately, these four people are all veterans of the entertainment industry, and they have all coped with the past very skillfully.

The next day, almost all the entertainment pages of Asian newspapers and magazines reported on "Tales of the Night", as if the entire entertainment industry was just about this one thing.

Recently, Pan Disheng has been really troubled, the original Shaw Brothers Cinema Line was cut off by others, and then his partner Cen Jianxun jumped to his opponent.

Pan Disheng sat in the boss's chair, looked at the newspaper on his desk, opened one copy about "Tales of the Night", and opened the other one about "Tales of the Night". Pan Disheng looked at Cen Jianxun with a smile on his face on the newspaper, and a raging anger of being betrayed surged from his chest.

Tearing up all the newspapers fiercely, Pan Disheng finished venting well, and then sat back in his place.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Pan Disheng's angry face, but it was obvious that this smile was cold and gloomy.

Pan Disheng's anger was naturally ignored, but there were people like Pan Sheng-Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang had a copy of "Sing Tao Daily" in front of them, and the page turned happened to be reporting "Legend of the Night".

"Ah Chang, do you think this movie can really make money with so much investment?" asked Zou Wenhuai with some uncertainty.

He Guanchang thought for a while and said: "If you rely on the box office in Hong Kong alone, it will definitely be far from enough, even if you add the box office in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, it will not make much money. Unless ......"

"Unless what?" Zou Wenhuai suddenly became anxious.

"Unless they have distribution channels in North America and Europe, the film is bound to lose money. Just like when we co-produced "Cannonball Speed" with Yankees, if there was no box office in North America, it is estimated that we would have lost even more. He Guanchang said with palpitations.

Back then, in order to send Cheng Long to Hollywood, Golden Harvest spent 20 million US dollars to cooperate with Fox to shoot this "Cannonball Speed". But the final result was very disappointing, Cheng Long, who was only a supporting role in the film, was not favored by Hollywood, and the box office of the movie was also unsatisfactory - although the newspaper said that it was extremely glamorous, but only he knew the suffering.

"Su's Media is also ignorant and fearless, and our "Cannonball Speed" was also a pure American movie, but even so, Americans don't buy it. Even if they can find a distribution company this time, the box office is expected to be miserable. Zou Wenhuai said with emotion: "The Yankees don't recognize our Chinese movies at all. It seems that this Su's media is going to make a big mistake this time, but it's good to let these capitalists know that movies are not for everyone. ”

Although He Guanchang agreed with Zou Wenhuai's words, he still had a question, so he said: "Even if the shareholders behind Su's Media don't understand the film market, Cen Jianxun is an expert." ”

"Haven't you heard that the purpose of making this movie is that the big boss of their company is to praise Zhong Chuhong? It seems that it is another Pan Disheng. Zou Wenhuai said with some gossip: "But I didn't expect that it was this Su's media that got the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line this time, and looking at the guests attending the party, the boss behind this has a lot of energy." ”

"What's the use of having a lot of energy? The film market still depends on our insiders. He Guanchang also smiled coldly.

Su's media spent 100 million yuan to shoot "Legend of the Night", which made the Xiang brothers really uncomfortable. Although the Xiang brothers made an appointment with Shum Jianxun a few days ago, the two sides agreed that Su Media would further support the development of Yongsheng Pictures. But now Su's Media suddenly made such a big move, which obviously embarrassed Yongsheng Pictures, which is also a film producer.

"Old ten, what now?" said Xiang Huabo as he looked at Xiang Huaqiang, who was sitting in the boss's chair holding a newspaper.

Xiang Huaqiang put down the newspaper in his hand, which was the news about "Tales of the Night", and he said coldly: "What should I do? ”

"Well, when they start filming, I'll call my brothers to have some fun with them. Xiang Huabo said with a smile.

Suddenly, Xiang Huaqiang stood up violently, looked directly at Xiang Huabo and said coldly: "If you dare to do this, I will use the family method." Do you think you're going to live too long?"

Xiang Huabo was suddenly suppressed by Xiang Huaqiang's momentum, and said a little overwhelmed: "I'm not in a hurry." ”

"You're in a hurry, what does this have to do with you. Xiang Huaqiang sat down again, looked at his seventh brother and sneered: "When Cen Jianxun saw me and Ah Sheng a few days ago, he had already given us many benefits. And what is the main purpose of our film company?"

Xiang Huabo naturally knew what Xiang Jia opened a film company for, but people were jealous, so he was still unconvinced.

Looking at the appearance of his seventh brother, Xiang Huaqiang secretly shook his head, and said in his heart that his seventh brother was far worse than Ah Sheng.

However, Xiang Huaqiang still eased his face, and said in a good voice: "Some time ago, we traded with that side a few times and made a lot of money. So we have to grasp this line, it is said that 14k and Katsuwa have already sensed our line and are ready to get a piece of the pie, but fortunately they have tried many times without success. You know what I mean, right?"

"I see. Xiang Huabo said dejectedly.

As one of the three giants of the Hong Kong film industry, it is naturally impossible for New Arts City not to pay attention to "Legend of the Night", but they have reached a consensus - this film with an investment of 100 million yuan will definitely lose all its money.

If you want to say who in the Hong Kong film industry is the most indifferent to this matter, it is Xu Ke.

Feeling indifferent is not indifferent, but jealousy in disguise - his former friend, now stranger Wu Yusen, has become the director of Hong Kong's largest investment film, which naturally makes this quite confident and conceited person very unhappy.

Wu Yusen didn't care what others thought of "Legend of the Night", not because he didn't bother to pay attention to newspaper reports, but because he really didn't have time. After the launch conference of "Legend of the Night", Wu Yusen took the crew into the official filming state......