Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Suffering of the Flower Man
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"The legendary director Xu Cun is going to spend at least 100 million Hong Kong dollars to make the movie "ET" in Hollywood. β
When "Film Fortnightly" and "Oriental Daily" jointly published the news, it was as if an atomic bomb had been dropped on the Xiangjiang River -- the entire Xiangjiang River was blown up!
All of a sudden, the people of Xiangjiang speculated whether this news was true or false, and people who knew Xu Cun invariably asked Xu Cun about the authenticity of this news?
Among them, the women who are most concerned about the truth of this news are Xu Cun's women, and even Michiko Xixi, who Xu Cun has just started, found Xu Cun under the leadership of her agent He Qiao, and then asked Xu Cun with an unskilled Chinese: "Brother Cun...... Do you really want to ...... Spend more than 3 billion yen...... Make a movie?"
Xu Cun asked He Qiao to go out, and then put Michiko Xixie on his lap and said, "What's the matter? I'm afraid that I'll lose all our family's money and have no money to support you?"
"I ...... can raise you. Michiko Nishikyo said.
Regardless of whether what Nishikyo Michiko said was true or not, Xu Cun was very happy to hear it! Therefore, Xu Cun said softly to Michiko Nishiyo, "I heard that you also have an older brother?"
"Well, my brother...... He was very nice to me. Michiko Nishikyo said.
"In this case, does your brother want to come to Xiangjiang to develop?" Xu Cun asked Michiko Xie.
"He never left...... Chiba Prefecture...... Should...... Won't come. Michiko Nishikyo replied.
"Then how about I put some money into him for business?" Xu Cun asked Michiko Nishikyo.
Michiko Nishikyo didn't expect Xu Cun to take the initiative to invest money in his brother's business! This made Michiko Nishikyo feel surprised, and at the same time, it made her heart overflow with a trace of sweetness.
Seeing that Nishikyo Michiko didn't speak, Xu Cun made the decision for Nishikyo Michiko: "Give him 20 million yen first, if it's not enough, you can take care of me." Go back, you go to Zhong Chuhong and ask her to take you to the finance department to withdraw money. β
Listening to what Xu Cun said, Michiko Xixie pecked lightly on Xu Cun's face, and then leaned on Xu Cun's ear and said, "Brother Cun, ...... in the future I'll keep to you...... When a woman's. β
Even if Michiko Nishikyo could think of keeping to herself, she would never be able to say such a thing, which He Qiao taught her.
He Qiao told SΓΉ Nishikyo Michiko that Xu Cun must like a woman who keeps to herself, and as long as she can do it, Xu Cun will treat her well.
Sure enough, after hearing Michiko Nishikyo say the words 'keep to yourself', Xu Cun was in a good mood, and then he didn't care about the sound insulation effect of the office, and he was fortunate on the spot.
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Although the big words were said, in fact, Xu Cun did not have 100 million Hong Kong dollars in cash.
"Happy Ghost" earned Xu Cun 18 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Mr. Zombie" earned Xu Cun 26 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Taking the Wrong Car" earned Xu Cun 11 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Royal Senior Sister" earned Xu Cun 48 million Hong Kong dollars.
Total: The four movies earned Xu Cun a total of 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
But Xu Cun made a lot of money and spent a lot, only Xiangjiang DreamWorks Records and Taiwan DreamWorks Records spent more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars.
In addition, raising ten women, raising a lot of filmmakers, investing in making movies, etc., Xu Cun only has more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars left in his hand.
In addition, it is impossible for Xu Cun to siphon out all the money from DreamWorks - he is not afraid of 10,000 yuan, but he is afraid of what if, what if "ET" really makes Xu Cun lose all his money? Therefore, no matter what, Xu Cun has to leave 18 million for DreamWorks as his turnaround money.
As a result, Xu Cun was able to mobilize only 70 million Hong Kong dollars in cash.
Is HK$70 million enough to make "ET"?
In his last life, Spielberg was already a famous Hollywood director when he made "ET", but even so, he spent 12 million US dollars (equivalent to 90 million Hong Kong dollars) to make "ET".
Xu Cun, who is not well-known in Hollywood and is a Chinese director, is likely to spend more money than Spielberg to make "ET" β even though Xu Cun is very familiar with the film.
Therefore, 70 million Hong Kong dollars is not enough for Xu Cun to shoot "ET".
Fortunately, there is still "Lucky Stars", Xu Cun estimates that "Lucky Stars" should be able to make up for the money he lacks.
Due to the high expectations for "Lucky Stars", Xu Cun actively participated in the promotion of "Lucky Stars".
To be honest, "Lucky Stars" doesn't need to be too publicized, as long as the list of the main creators and actors of "Lucky Stars" is reported, the audience will naturally flock to the cinema.
However, having said that, Boss Zou, who was waiting for "Lucky Star Gaozhao" as a result, still asked He Xichang to discuss with Xu Cun, saying that the two families each took out 500,000 Hong Kong dollars to advertise.
Xu Cun naturally couldn't spoil Boss Zou's interest because of 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, so he agreed to promote "Lucky Star Gaozhao" like this.
In addition, Zou Wenhuai also learned from Xu Cun to hold a premiere of "Lucky Stars".
In this regard, Xu Cun also actively cooperated, and he also recommended Anita Mui and Chen Baiqiang to He Xichang under the pretense of public help.
He Yichang also learned Xu Cun's style of play, selling invitation tickets for the premiere, and he was several times better than Xu Cunhei, and he actually sold 888 tickets.
In this regard, Xu Cun can't stop it, anyway, he earns half of it.
Of course, He Yichang can't smash the Golden Harvest brand - in addition to inviting Anita Mui and Chen Baiqiang, He Yichang also invited Xu Guanjie, Rib Wen, and Zhenni to sing. In addition, He Yichang also asked Hong Jinbao (Yuan Long), Cheng Long (Yuan Lou), Yuan Kui, Yuan Biao, Yuan Hua, Yuan Wu, and Yuan Tai to reorganize the Seven Little Blessings to co-star in a play "Havoc in the Heavenly Palace", for which He Xichang even invited Hong Jinbao and others' master Yu Zhanyuan and Yu Zhanyuan's son-in-law Han Yingjie to come.
After all, Mr. Yu is an old man in his seventies, and it is impossible for him to play Sun Dasheng on stage again, so he can only pull the strings for his apprentices and let his son-in-law Han Yingjie play Sun Dasheng for him.
Not to mention anything else, the seven little blessings of the original team alone are worth the eight hundred and eighty-eight ticket prices. If he hadn't gotten two hundred invitation tickets for the premiere of "Lucky Stars" in advance, Xu Cun would definitely have spent 888 out of his own pocket to buy invitation tickets for the premiere of "Lucky Stars".
There are not a few people who have the same idea as Xu Cun, except for the 400 premiere invitation tickets of Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, the remaining 1,600 were all sold out in just half a day.
A total of 1,600 tickets for the premiere were sold for more than HK$1.4 million, and excluding expenses, Golden Harvest and DreamWorks each earned more than HK$500,000.
This amount of money is not much for Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, but it is a good omen.
On August 26, the premiere of "Lucky Stars" was held at Golden Harvest Maritime Cinema as scheduled.
Xu Cun originally wanted to use the old method - to give his women ten invitation tickets to the premiere of "Lucky Stars" each, and let them bring their relatives and friends to watch the movie.
However, this tried and tested method did not work this time - Hu Comet's home is in Taiwan, and Michiko's home in Nishikyo is in Japan, and they have no relatives and friends in Xiangjiang, and what caught Xu Cun off guard the most was that these two women actually joined forces, Xu Cun just sat down, and they sat next to Xu Cun on the left and right, and Lin Zhengying and Chen Xunqi, who were originally going to sit next to Xu Cun, saw this and could only change places.
Xu Cun's, except for Lin Qingxia, who was far away in Taiwan, everyone else knew it. Therefore, as long as Xu Cun doesn't let them catch the handle, they will turn a blind eye and treat it as if they don't know.
But Hu Yanzhong and Xixie Michiko's actions were obviously provoking the other women! Therefore, as soon as they sat down, Xu Cun felt countless swords and swords.
This situation is similar to what happened at the premiere of "Royal Sister"!
Immediately, Xu Cun remembered how he tried his best to coax several girls after the premiere of "Royal Senior Sister". Then, Xu Cun couldn't help but think: "Everyone in the world has seen the infinite beauty of the flowery man, but who can know the pain behind the flowery man?"
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