In other words, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong's Xinbao Cinema Line acts as an intermediary for foreign investment, and its operation mode is completely different from that of Golden Harvest, New Art City and Debao Cinema Line.

For example, the films that are usually listed in the Golden Princess theaters are distributed by the Golden Princess, but in order to help independent companies, many independent companies distribute their own films.

On the one hand, it mobilizes the enthusiasm of independent companies, and on the other hand, it is exempt from issuance fees. For example, Binbin Company, Struggle Company, Siyuan, Xieli, Brothers, Liren and other companies have released their own films in the Golden Princess, which reflects the good development of independent production provided by Golden Princess after its establishment.

As a result, the film was very popular in Xinyi City, which has always been scheduled in the Golden Princess Cinema Line, making the box office revenue of the Golden Princess Cinema Line the second largest cinema chain in Hong Kong after Golden Harvest.

Therefore, the new art city and the Golden Princess Cinema line work closely together, the new art city is prosperous, the Golden Princess cinema line is prosperous, the new art city is dissolved, and the Golden Princess Cinema line is also over, so the theater line and production are closely related.

The Xinbao Cinema Line, established by the Chen Rongmei family with the assistance of Feng Bingzhong, has become the fourth Hong Kong-made cinema line, and it is also the most maverick.

Because Xinbao Cinema Line insists on only operating cinemas and does not establish a filming agency, they take loans to make movies, in order to ensure the source of Xinbao Cinema Line.

At the same time, it is easy for these films to recover loans and interest when they are released in their own theaters. This method is under the control of the Chen family, the owner of Xinbao Company, and it is running quite smoothly.

On the one hand, it provides funding for independent producers, and on the other hand, it is easy to control independent production companies to complete the film at the budgeted cost.

So Chen Rongmei lent the money to the independent production company is their own? No, but from Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other regions, the major film companies, Xinbao Cinema Line, is like an intermediary platform.

If Chen Jialuo asks Xinbao Cinema Line to invest, it is actually the money of these filmmakers. It's just that the filmmaker's money is put in Xinbao Cinema, and Chen Rongmei has the final say, and if they come to Chen Jialuo to cooperate, then it will be hot money for pure profits.

"Thirty or fifty million is not a problem. ”

"The way of cooperation can be discussed, our company is very confident in your movie, Boss Chen. ”

If the director or owner of another independent film production company hears something like this, it is too late to be happy, because they really lack money and investment.

Chen Jialuo is also short of money, but there is no shortage of investment. And every filmmaker is talking about the sky, the actual situation still needs to be considered, in the final analysis, it is a sentence, the money can come in time.

Therefore, Chen Jialuo calmly shook hands with the other party and said, "Then for the specific cooperation method, I will arrange someone to contact you to discuss at that time, right?"

Of course, professional things still have to be handed over to professional people. Especially in similar film investment contracts, the slightest mistake or omission may lead to a loss.

The other party also expressed understanding, nodded and put down a business card and said, "Then I will leave first, and wait for Mr. Chen's call." ”

"Okay, then you go slowly. ”

Looking at the business card in his hand, Chen Jialuo put it together with the others, and prepared to hand it over to Ju Jiaoliang to negotiate when the time came, he was still very professional in this regard.

Because of the explosion of the box office and word-of-mouth of several of Chen Jialuo's works, as well as the youngest Best Director at the Academy Awards, he doesn't need to invest in film dealers at all, and several times a week will contact him through various ways.

And ordinary directors, screenwriters and others want to come out and direct movies by themselves, and the most convincing reason should actually be Wang Jiawei.

In 1987, Deng Guangrong, the "big brother" in the film industry, established Yingzhijie Company, and his entrepreneurial work "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight" was written by Wang Jiawei.

After the film was released, the box office was good, and Deng Guangrong began to look at this little-known young screenwriter differently.

According to Wang Jiawei himself, as a screenwriter, it is more important to tell a story than to write a story, because only if you first move people verbally, your script will be read.

Wang Jiawei's own storytelling skills have reached the point of perfection, and it is with this unique skill that he successfully persuaded Deng Guangrong to invest in his first film "Mong Kok Carmen".

"Carmen in Mong Kok" undoubtedly showed Wang Jiawei's directorial talent, and the film's wide acclaim also boosted Deng Guangrong's confidence.

As far as Chen Jialuo knows, Deng Guangrong has staked all his belongings under the instigation of Wang Jiawei and spent 40 million Hong Kong dollars for Wang Jiawei to start filming his second film "The True Story of A Fei".

Many people may not know that this film was originally planned to shoot two episodes, but who knew that the last episode would have cost 39 million!

In 1990, the star-studded "The True Story of A Fei" was grandly released, but it failed miserably at the box office, and it was closed after 12 days of release, with a box office of less than 10 million.

Seeing that the 40 million investment was lost, Deng Guangrong was in a hurry for a while, and was actually admitted to the hospital to hang a drip.

The box office fiasco of "The True Story of A Fei" did not make Deng Guangrong bankrupt, but "Shadow Jie" was also greatly damaged because of this, and soon closed down.

On the other hand, Wang Jiawei won five awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards the following year for "The True Story of A Fei", which made him famous and successfully became one of the first-line directors - he lost all his boss's money in exchange for his personal reputation, and Wang Jiawei definitely made money on this deal.

It stands to reason that with an example like Deng Guangrong, it should be difficult for Wang Jiawei to make any blockbusters, even if he is replaced by Chen Jialuo, he will not be able to get any resources, but here in Wang Jiawei, these are not things at all.

So Wang Jiawei is actually the idol of many independent film directors, and this is a person who can deceive the film company.

For example, the characteristic 'deception' of "selling film flowers", Wang Jiawei is one of the most powerful directors among them.

"Selling film flowers" was the biggest feature of Hong Kong film financing in the early 90s of the last century, producers could not even have a script, just with the names of Lin Qingxia, Li Lianjie, Zhou Xingxing, or a simple cast promotional poster, the film company could easily advance tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in port sales fees.

The sales revenue from Taiwan and overseas markets, together with the opening deposit paid by Hong Kong cinema chains, is enough to raise 60% of the cost of the film.

For Wang Jiawei, if he can't "sell a piece of flowers", he "can't cheat money". When preparing for the filming of "Chongqing Forest", Wang Jiawei told the investors who "bought the film" that this drama has Lin Qingxia and Jin Chengwu, it is a police film, and there are action scenes, because at that time, Hong Kong films were sold to foreign markets, and they couldn't do it without action.

"East Evil and West Poison" is immediately after "Undefeated in the East", when police and gangster films have declined, Wang Jiawei said that this is a costume martial arts film, and Mr. Jin's.

The filming of "In the Mood for Love" deceived the filmmakers into turning around, Wang Jiawei originally sold the flowers of "Beijing Summer", but he gave up this drama for various reasons. And this means that you have to give the studio another account, otherwise you will be punished.

As a result, Wang Jiawei enlarged the details of the protagonist in the original script of "Beijing Summer" buying wonton noodles every day, thus deriving the future structure of "In the Mood for Love" in 1999 and even "2046" later.

As Wang Jiawei said, filmmakers are not stupid people, and the movies they buy at a high price are different from what they promised, which will naturally make them feel deceived.

Some stopped buying Wang Jiawei's drama in anger, while others had a unique vision and found that "Wang Jiawei's movie" actually has commercial potential, but it must be repackaged. In the process of fighting wits with the film company, Wang Jiawei undoubtedly took a risky move, fortunately, he succeeded again and again.

In fact, since "Mong Kok Carmen", if you check Wang Jiawei's movie box office, you will find that even though each "Wang Jiawei work" has many big-name stars, it cannot stimulate the box office.

It seems that the audience only recognizes the signboard of "Wang Jiawei", but unfortunately its box office value in Hong Kong is only about 7 million to 9 million, and the cost may not be enough, so how can you make money?

Many people say that if you want to win the award, you will find Wang Jiawei, as long as you don't lose money, you are still willing to put gold on your face.

In fact, Wang Jiawei's special appeal makes him not high at the box office, but other staff members including actors and stars, including photography, are eager to him.

For example, the photographer who used to speak took pictures for six months, and after a year and a half of tossing in one go, the photographer also recognized it and felt that it was good to have this opportunity. To a considerable extent, many actors are painful and happy when filming Wang Jiawei's movies, which can be regarded as a different pursuit.

So even if it is Chen Jialuo, if he didn't become famous in one fell swoop, it is almost impossible to achieve a successful way like Wang Jiawei.

Fortunately, at present, Chen Jialuo does not have the risk of not being able to attract investment for the time being, otherwise, he will definitely beg his grandfather to tell his grandmother to find some big names to make cameos, and take out the most popular 'selling films' in the 90s to systematically pull more investment.

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"I think Guosheng is crazy about money, and he loses his mother. ”

Just when he was about to eat dinner, Ju Jiaoliang sat in Chen Jialuo's office speechless and said: "There is a Taiwanese guy who said that he is willing to invest 20 million in your next play, no matter what the box office results are, and finally return 30 million to him...... I'm laughing and laughing, and I'm here to grab the money. ”

If the filming cycle of a movie is delayed a little longer, it will only take a few months of effort, a few months of effort, and 20 million will become 30 million, which is really no different from grabbing money.

When a normal movie is released, half of the box office goes to the theater, and the rest is deducted from the publicity and distribution costs, shooting actors, crew, film, etc., and then deducting their expenses to the investors, which is the rest of the production company's money.

And even if your movie is a big hit in Hong Kong, what if Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and South Korea hit the streets?

So 20 million to 30 million, in the eyes of Ju Jiaoliang and others, is completely a joke.

Chen Jialuo also said with a smile: "Then tell him to stay away, by the way, does the film dealer of Taixin have any contact?"

Ju Jiaoliang said: "You said that the one who came to the company first? Recently, there are a lot of film companies in Taiwan, and it seems that Taiwanese guys really can't make movies. ”

Chen Jialuo said: "I think it's quite reliable, you go back and take a look." ”

"Good. Ju Jiao nodded brightly, and then pushed a document over and said: "The film companies mentioned above are all reliable, and they have shot many movies in Hong Kong. ”

The millions of investments in "Heavenly Love", Chen Jialuo can solve it no matter how he thinks of it. It's just that his current plan is to prepare together with "Smiling Proud Jianghu".

Compared with "Heavenly Love", it is a long-term job to prepare for "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and according to the shooting method conceived by Chen Jialuo, the cast is not difficult, but the investment in special effects, martial arts, framing, etc., will not be small.

Chen Jialuo put away the document and said, "OK, I'll take a look at it later." ”

If other filmmakers see this scene, I am afraid they will be half dead with envy. You said that you are not short of money to open movies under the cinema bigwigs such as Golden Harvest, Xinyicheng, and Debao, which is normal, but you can run your own company, the big director is fine, and the little director is really worried about money.

You even have to find a producer to pull the actor over together, this boss accompanies the wine, that boss accompanies the wine, if you can pull a little investment, it is a little investment, which is as cool as Chen Jialuo, and you have to pick a reliable filmmaker.

If it's someone else, it's all fine, you just have to throw money over.

Just when Chen Jialuo and Ju Jiaoliang were talking about the investment of the filmmaker, his big brother suddenly rang out.

"Hey, Chief Helmsman Chen, I don't know if you're free tomorrow night?" before picking it up, Chen Jialuo heard that Leslie Cheung on the other end of the phone was in a happy mood, and his tone of voice was slightly raised.

Chen Jialuo teased: "What are you doing? Could it be that you are going to get engaged? ”

"The engagement is not yet yet, but it is indeed a happy event!" Leslie Cheung came with a burst of hearty laughter and said: "I'm going to open a Sho in the Red Pavilion, tomorrow is the first show, officially invite you, the great director, are you free? Or are you going to come and cheer me on?"

"I'm here as a fan of yours, and I'm sure I'm going to cheer you on if you call me! Chen Jialuo said in advance.

Last time, Leslie Cheung mentioned that when the concert was held, Chen Jialuo was asked to sing on stage as a special guest, and this proposal was vetoed by his tobacco and alcohol voice every minute.

Leslie Cheung heard Chen Jialuo mention this stubble, and laughed: "Okay, well, when you want to open Chrysostom, listen to me again." ”

When the two exchanged a few words of greeting and were about to hang up the phone, Ju Jiaoliang, who had been silent, said: "Help me get two tickets, my wife is a fan of Rong Shao." ”

It was rare to see Ju Jiaoliang make a request, Chen Jialuo leaned back and said with a smile: "You heard, I still want two tickets." ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, will I arrange you next to Xiaoxian or Doudou when the time comes? It's okay if your bones are broken, right? Forget it, I'll put you between the two of them. ”

"Don't make trouble......" At this moment, Chen Jialuo really wanted to strangle Leslie Cheung, who was chattering on the other end of the phone.