Chapter 135: Peace of Mind
In fact, if Zhou Yunfa only filmed "Jianghu Love", then it would be troublesome to contact the boss of Yongsheng Film Production Company.
"Jianghu Love" was originally produced and distributed by Golden Harvest and Mai Dangxiong Production Co., Ltd., and Yongsheng Film Production Company participated in the production and distribution. However, the "Hardcover Chasing Girls" that was filmed later was led by Yongsheng Film Production Company, so it didn't take long for Zhou Yunfa to ask for contact information from Wang Jing.
"Hello, Mr. Xiang, I'm Chen Jialuo. ”
In the private room of a café in Tsim Sha Tsui East, Chen Jialuo walked to Xiang Huasheng, who was wearing gold-rimmed glasses, stretched out his hand and said, "I'm really sorry to ask you out on a big night." ”
Xiang Huasheng smiled and said, "You're polite, Director Chen, I've admired the name for a long time." ”
Although Yongsheng Film Production Company is a business invested by Xiang Huasheng and his brother Xiang Huagun, the current main person in charge is himself.
Chen Jialuo said: "Mr. Xiang just call me Aluo." ”
Xiang Huasheng sighed with emotion: ""Prison Storm" is now a big hit, and the box office crushes other movies, which can be compared with Fang Long's "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", Arlo, you are really a genius in making movies! I knew that I would have given up this schedule and not be on our movie ......."
"Mr. Xiang laughed, Wang Jing's "Hardcover Chasing Girls" box office is not low! In addition to "Prison Storm" and "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", it is Yongsheng's movie that is a blockbuster, and I see that there is no problem with a box office of 20 million. And it's completely like the Fuxing series, do a chasing girl series......"
Xiang Huasheng said with a little pride: "Yes, I am very optimistic about the film "Hardcover Chasing Girls", and I am very satisfied with being able to fight a bloody way in your two movies." Golden Harvest's cinema line is still very good. ”
Chen Jialuo followed with a smile, if it weren't for the fact that you Yongsheng was behind Xinji, cooperating with Golden Harvest would undoubtedly be a tiger skin.
Previously, Yongsheng Film Production Company only participated in the investment of some films of Golden Harvest, and "Hardcover Chasing Girls" is Yongsheng Production in the real sense, not just a name.
Now that "Hardcover Chasing Girls" can achieve such results, Xiang Huasheng is still very satisfied. He even thought about whether to give Wang Fatzi a little more money.
Since its establishment, Yongsheng Film Production Company has been cooperating with Golden Harvest, a leader in the industry. Of course, they work together differently.
At this time, Golden Harvest is divided into many different cooperation methods, because it is divided into two lines, one line is the distribution company, and the other line is the production company. The distribution company of Golden Harvest is led by Mr. Cai Yongchang, so the cooperation between Yongsheng and Golden Harvest has always been in charge of Cai Yongchang, and the cooperation method given is also very generous.
Of course, this is also Yongsheng Film Production Company, and other companies or individuals can't talk about generous treatment.
Golden Harvest's subsidiary system is a system that stimulates the motivation of its filmmakers, which means that the head office invests, the subsidiary does things, and then dividends are distributed according to work.
However, Golden Harvest's ability to default on dividends is very powerful, and even subsidiaries cannot receive dividends at all, which also laid the groundwork for the later fall of Golden Harvest!
For example, Hong Jinbao founded Baohe with the support of Jiahe and made a series of blockbuster films, and he did not fall behind in the slightest against Xinyicheng. But Maijia and Ishida of New Arts City have made a fortune, but this big brother in the Hong Kong film industry can't compare with them in the 90s.
In an interview afterwards, Hong Jinbao admitted that although he had made countless blockbuster films, the remuneration he received was quite meager. The box office dividends promised by Golden Harvest before were not distributed to him. The only time I made money was "Best Lucky Star" with Zeng Zhiwei.
In fact, all the satellite companies that cooperate with Golden Harvest basically end up in trouble. Xu Guanwen helped Golden Harvest hold up half the sky in the 70s. Although the limelight was stolen by Fang Long, Zhou Yunfa and others in the 80s, the box office is still very secure.
Xu's Film Company also launched many blockbuster movies, such as "Chicken and Duck", "Detective Chocolate", "Family Carnival" and so on, but later because they couldn't receive dividends, they finally fell out with Golden Harvest. His wife, Ms. Chen Jieying, also went to Golden Harvest Company to check the accounts, and in the end, everyone was unhappy.
Another example is the memoir published by Wang Jing, which also mentioned that in the 90s, he made a lot of blockbuster movies under Golden Harvest. But when he finally left Golden Harvest, not only did he not get a dime in dividends, but after accounting, he owed Golden Harvest nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Not to mention the loss of all the film copyrights of Wang Jing, he lost some money out of his own pocket.
These things were revealed by Wang Jing himself after many years, and whether they are true or false is another matter. However, as far as Chen Jialuo knows, Golden Harvest's dividends are indeed notoriously difficult to obtain.
To put it bluntly, if you calculate dividends with a large company, it is difficult to calculate the dividends, and even if you calculate it, when it will be given to you is two different things. What's more, the current Golden Harvest is gaining momentum in Xiangjiang, an absolutely first-class big brother, and it also cooperates with the American New Line Film Company, which is much stronger than New Arts City and Debao.
The media also likes to follow the red top white, and naturally no one reports the mistakes of Golden Harvest. In addition, the little filmmakers also fight it, but they still want to calm things down, so this ugly thing of Golden Harvest is unknown.
In the end, why Zeng Zhiwei and the others all want to come out and be their own bosses, even if they earn less and work harder, they will try to jump out and work alone whenever they have the opportunity, because the so-called dividends are too difficult to get, and they will never be considered a big company.
This is also the reason why Chen Jialuo did not consider joining Golden Harvest at the beginning, and even the invitation of Mr. Lei, the golden princess, he declined politely, he is not so peaceful as Xu Qing, a film studio closes the door to make movies.
No matter how bad it is, you have to be the same as the person in front of you, and get an independent production company, not to say that it is on an equal footing with Golden Harvest, at least talk about it.
After Chen Jialuo talked to Xiang Huasheng about the movie for a while, he got straight to the point: "Did Mr. Xiang watch the news? Chen Yaoqing ......"
The old man of the Xiang family didn't wait for Chen Jialuo to finish speaking, and interrupted: "I don't know about those things, and I haven't interfered, you told me that it's a chicken and a duck!"
Chen Jialuo knew that what Xiang Huasheng said was true, and the affairs of Xinji were all spoken by his eldest brother Xiang Huayan, and most of the other brothers were good citizens who 'obeyed public affairs and discipline'.
Just when Chen Jialuo opened his mouth to say something more, Xiang Huasheng said indifferently: "Ah Luo, you are too young! That Mong Kok tiger is the signboard of Xinji, can Xinji casually let people smash the signboard? This kind of thing, you don't need to worry about it, and you don't have the ability to worry about it." ”
As he spoke, Xiang Huasheng took a cigar from the box in front of him and gave it to Chen Jialuo: "But I like a righteous person like you, I can't interfere in those things, haha, Chen Yaoqing may not sell my face." But I know he won't spend the night at the police station, rest assured!"