Chapter 304: Cocktail Party

For the Hong Kong entertainment industry, what does Mr. Li's film mean? big investment, high return, attention, honor? Well, it's too general, and it's all said one by one. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

For the film company, it is happy and worrying, and the happy thing is that Mr. Li's film is going to be released in their theaters, and it is a matter of waiting for the money to be collected. Not to mention the 30 million box office of "50 First Loves", even a movie with a literary style like "Memory Fragments" can also have 15 million.

The worry is that with such a high return, they can't interfere except for making some money from theaters. Mr. Li is not interested in letting them invest, even if he gives in, he will only let them invest a little, such as the 100,000 Hong Kong dollars that Shaw Brothers invested in "50 First Loves".

So what? The copyright of the film has nothing to do with them, and he took all the money from Southeast Asia.

If you want to change to an ordinary film company, you will have been wiped out by the film companies that control the three major theater chains, but the problem is that Mr. Li is a cross-river dragon who can lift the table. People make movies just to play, and if you don't have enough fun and are disturbed, it's hard to say what the consequences will be.

What's more, people can also take them to play in Hollywood, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest have gone to play, and Xinyi City has not gone for the time being, but I also want to go.

Therefore, Li Jiacheng played like this, and they had a way to deal with it, but Mr. Li played like this, so they could only laugh.

And for the director, directing a movie for Mr. Li is also a painful thing, how Wang Jing served Mr. Li, now the circle more or less knows.

Therefore, on the one hand, they had to follow Mr. Li's request, and they were not allowed to play at will, so they could only check and fill in the gaps. But on the other hand, if they do a good job, Mr. Li will be willing to invest a sum of money and let them make the movie they want to make.

The actress doesn't have much to say, she can play a role in Mr. Li's movie, the one who didn't serve him well in bed, well, this is all private, it can only be circulated privately, and it can't be seen in the newspaper.

Even so, I still don't know how many actresses expect to go to his bed.

After all, Zhong Yihong was still unknown a year ago, and Sister Hong Kong's fourth and a "Blue Water and Cold Mountain Killing Gold" didn't mean anything at all, but the two movies not only made her worth a lot, but also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress.

As for the actors, the examples of Zhang Guorong and Zhou Yunfa are still there, although the honor is a little less, but there is no need to sleep with them like actresses. Besides, Mr. Li is very generous when he initiates a red envelope, and people are not short of that money, it is said that an ordinary prop master in "50 First Loves" has a red envelope of more than 100,000 yuan.

Liu Dehua is now a popular student in TVB, although he has had a hard time, but he hasn't fallen out yet, so naturally he can hear more about Mr. Li than other actors. What's more, Wang Jing, Zhou Yanfa, and Du Qifeng are also TVB people, and the cooperation between Mr. Li and Shaw Brothers is the deepest of the three major film companies in Hong Kong.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he will agree to Du Qifeng's invitation.

came to the crew to take a look, chatted with Hu Yinmeng and Zhang Aijia for a few words, and comforted the next few leading actors, and Li Xu left.

But before leaving, he handed over a sheet of music to Zhang Aijia: "This is someone I found to write it, you see if you like it or not, if you don't like it, find someone to write it again." ”

"Love...... The price?" Zhang Aijia frowned and read out the name of the score.

"Remember to experience it well," Li Xu grinned, "As for the script of "The Wrong Car", you and Yin Meng can discuss it, you can direct it, or you can hand it over to someone else, in short, it's your business." ”

"Why do you have to write the script?" asked Hu Yinmeng angrily.

"Because you want to discover your writing talent," Li Xu spread his hands, "You did a good job, you didn't have a clue at all when you wrote "The True Color of Heroes", and you were already very methodical when you wrote "The Wrong Car". ”

"Don't act like it's your work, I wouldn't have done it so easily if it weren't for Aijia's help. Hu Yinmeng said unceremoniously.

Li Xu smiled indifferently: "Without me forcing you, you would have grown up so fast?"

Seeing that Hu Yinmeng was about to refute, he raised a hand: "Okay, I said, that's your business." ”

After saying that, he patted his ass and left, which made Hu Yinmeng very unhappy, but Zhang Aijia stopped her: "It's okay, it's our business, it's our business, I like this script very much, can you help me?"

"Of course I'll help you," Hu Yinmeng nodded, "But do you really want to be a director?"

"I have that idea, but it hasn't taken shape yet, I don't know ...... guy" Zhang Aijia paused, "Forget it, that's it, when the new art city branch is established, I will find a suitable director to read this script." ”

"Okay," Hu Yinmeng didn't care, "By the way, how about this song, listen to Deng Lijun, that guy can always find a good song." ”

"I'll see. Zhang Aijia immediately looked at it.

The second script that Li Xu asked Hu Yinmeng to write was the "Wrong Car" or "If the Wine Sells Dry" commented by Yu Huan, and he was not interested in Wanwan movies before, so he didn't think much about it.

But after accepting Zhang Aijia, since she has a lot of feelings for Wanwan's art films - in another time and space, Zhang Aijia resigned not long after becoming the director of the Wanwan branch of New Arts City, because Xinyicheng was not interested in investing in Wanwan's art films.

Now Li Xu promised to set up a fund for her to invest in Wanwan's art films, and give a few suitable scripts, such as the current "Wrong Car" or the future "City of Sadness", if it weren't for Yang Dechang's estimated that he was already preparing "A Day at the Beach", he would have made this out.

Let her be the producer, and then ask her to direct a few more films herself, if she loses, it will be easier to hold her in your hands. By the way, you can also cultivate Hu Yinmeng's script level, why not?

The queen songwriter is already there, and the queen script writer and director can also be put on the agenda.

didn't mention this, leaving the crew, Li Xu went to Repulse Bay to go to the cocktail party.

"Mr. Shao doesn't need to be so polite, I am only a little aware, but this does not affect you, so I made such a suggestion. In the bright hall, Li Xu said to Shao Renmei and Shao Liu.

The cocktail party was held by the Shao family, no matter what, the Shao family can be regarded as a famous family, and Shao Liu is also a Justice of the Peace, so his invitation still gives some face.

Anyway, after Li Xu came to Hong Kong, he had to attend cocktail parties everywhere, and it didn't matter if there were more such ones, it was not bad to listen to their praise, not to mention ......

"Last time, I was fortunate to listen to Ah Xu's advice, otherwise, I would have to lose a lot of money. Shao Renmei said happily and emotionally at this time.

Naturally, he said that the big loss "Blade Runner", which was released last year, although it was a little delayed from another time and space.

Again, there is no surprise that no matter how many forward-looking things Ridley Scott adds to it, the audience can't understand it, so it's still a big loss.

This time, because Shaw Brothers was testing the waters with Li Xu, and made $5 million from "The Officer and the Gentleman", he listened to his advice and did not fall into it rashly, and now he is naturally happy.

Therefore, when Li Xu said that he would temporarily withhold the profits of "Mother and Daughter Love" and wait until the half-year release period expired before giving them to them, Shaw Brothers agreed after a little hesitation.

Then, the same profit of $5 million has now become 50 million Hong Kong dollars.

At the beginning of this month, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced that the exchange rate of the Hong Kong dollar would fluctuate on its own, and after a period of frenzy, it is now 10 to 1 against the US dollar.

Although it caused a lot of commotion, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Hong Kong government cannot let the Hong Kong dollar collapse all the way like this. Even if the mainland has a tough attitude, everything is still inconclusive, so the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate will definitely recover.

However, after a few months, the profit changed from 30 million to 50 million, and this kind of good thing is naturally better to come a few more times.

"In any case, I am just proposing, and it is always you who make the decision, which is the result of sufficient vision and prudence. Li Xu didn't mind praising them.

"I don't know what ...... next," Shao Renmei dragged out his voice.

Through the comparison of "The Officer and the Gentleman", "Mother-Daughter Love" and "Blade Runner", he and Shao Liu now understand that on other people's territory, if no one rushes into the territory with them, they may run into blood.

It's just that these words don't work on Li Xu, people are still having a good time in the Hong Kong film industry, it's really depressing, it's really the world of young people.

"It's a pity that there are really not many low-cost high-budget box office scripts, most of them are tens of millions of investments," Li Xu expressed regret, "Not to mention that I have been paying attention to the production of the movie "Back to the Future" recently, so there are no good projects for the time being. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Shao Liu's face was a little unsightly, Hong Kong is a small place, many things can't be hidden, and the same is true for Jiahe Hao to invest $5 million with Li Xu to invest in "Back to the Future".

In such a comparison, Shaw Brothers' $1 million seems stingy, and Zou Wenhuai is a person who Shao Liu hates so much that he grits his teeth, Li Xu will inevitably be comfortable when he talks about this.

Of course, Li Xu also knew this, and after saying a word, he didn't mention it again, and then Fang Yihua, who was present with Shao Liu, changed the topic very knowingly: "If there is such a project in the future, Mr. Li still wants to consider us." ”

"Of course," Li Xu agreed, "The cooperation was so good before, I was reluctant to give up." ”

Shao Renmei and Shao Liu both laughed.

After chatting a few more words, Li Xu glanced away: "Mr. He seems to be free, so I will leave for the time being, three." ”

"No problem. Shao Renmei made a gesture of please.

"Oh, by the way," Li Xu made a look of remembering something at this time, "Ms. Fang, I have a little question I want to ask." ”

Fang Yihua paused, and then asked carefully: "Don't dare, Mr. Li, please speak." ”

After all, she is a concubine, naturally she can't call him by his name directly, even if it's a Chinese name, like Shao Liu.

"I want to ask, the Huang Rong of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" broadcast by TVB before seems to have emigrated to the UK?" Li Xu grinned.