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Taking advantage of the interval between the filming of "The Matrix", Liu Zhenwei handed Xu Cun the script of "Fierce Ghost Mission" created by him and Wang Jiawei, and asked, "Mr. Xu, can you read this script?" ”

In 1980, a consortium from the Philippines decided to enter the film and television industry in Hong Kong, so they established Century Pictures in Hong Kong, and appointed a young man who had studied graphic art in England to return to Hong Kong to take care of the business, he was Liu Zhenwei, who was not yet 30 years old at the time.

The fledgling Liu Zhenwei did not have any connections in the film and television industry, so he found a group of new ~ wave directors to play to their heart's content, and produced "Marginal People", "Kill Out of Xiyingpun", "Bin Mei" and other pretty good movies.

Tang Jiming's "Deus Ex Sai Ying Pun" is unforgettable with its sharp editing rhythm and ancient dragon-style violent beauty, but at the same time, it has also been controversial by public opinion because it is too manly, which has brought a lot of topics to the "century".

In general, the films produced by Century Pictures are mostly new~wave cult films in terms of style, and they also have a strong avant-garde sense in terms of image and editing.

Last year, Century Pictures was reorganized into "Wuzhou Century", and successively produced films such as "Hindsight", "Yellow Peril", "Divorced Old Bean" and "Twin Brothers", but the quality and response could not match the films of the "century" period.

At the beginning of this year, due to the bankruptcy of the bank that pledged the company's assets, "Century" had no choice but to stop the production business.

At that time, a disheartened Liu Zhenwei was preparing to change careers to do business.

As a result, a phone call from Xu Cun himself was kept.

Liu Zhenwei is really bold enough, Xu Cun personally approached him, and he dared to make three requests - he formed his own team, became his own director, and asked for a production fee of 1.5 million.

It is no longer the seven or eight years since Xu Cun entered the industry, and the production cost of 1.5 million yuan is relatively small even for a small-cost film.

In addition, Liu Zhenwei is a rare good director in Xiangjiang.

Therefore, Xu Cun agreed to Liu Zhenwei's three conditions without even thinking about it.

But—

After learning that Liu Zhenwei formed a team with Wang Jiawei, the king of pits, Xu Cun also proposed to take a look at the script of Liu Zhenwei's movie - Xu Cun was really afraid that Wang Jiawei would pit himself like Deng Guangrong.

And "Fierce Ghost Mission" is the first work prepared by Liu Zhenwei.

Seeing that the script Liu Zhenwei brought was "Fierce Ghost Mission", not "The True Story of A Fei", nor "East Evil and West Poison", Xu Cun simply flipped through it and said: "Okay, it's a very good script, if the budget is not enough, you come to me again, if the shooting is good enough, I will ask DreamWorks Cinemas to give you a full line of screenings." ”

Listening to Xu Cun's two promises, Liu Zhenwei was overjoyed - whether it was the previous century or the subsequent Wuzhou Century, he had never enjoyed the treatment of the full line of more than ten cinemas and cinemas, let alone the treatment of the full line of the largest cinema in Xiangjiang! If "Fierce Ghost Mission" is filmed well, then he Liu Zhenwei is likely to take this opportunity to soar!

Liu Zhenwei suppressed his excitement and thanked Xu Cun from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for giving me the opportunity!" ”

Xu Cun smiled: "Do a good job, recently I am going to reform DreamWorks Films, and on the basis of the basic salary, the film production team will be given a share of the box office, as long as you shoot the movie well, you will make more money than you to do business." ”

Actually-

This proposal was put forward by Hu Coix, and it was the second fire she burned as the general manager of DreamWorks Films.

No one can deny that money is a huge source of creative power, and it is also an important condition for retaining talents. That's why Hu Comet has such a proposal.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Cun was persuaded by Hu Yizhong. Therefore, Xu Cun decided to divide 5% of the box office in Hong Kong and 2% of the overseas box office to the production team, so that they could have the opportunity to make more money.

Of course!

At the same time, the basic salary of the production team will also be reduced by a large part.

In addition to Liu Zhenwei, among the people who joined DreamWorks Film this year, there are also two filmmakers who were more famous in the Xiangjiang film industry in the previous life - Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, the best partners of the couple.

Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting are classmates in the directing department of New York University, there are only three Chinese in the class, and the two often film in a group, have tacit ideas, gradually develop good feelings, and then naturally come together.

This year, the two returned to Xiangjiang together and were recruited by Tang Shuxuan into DreamWorks Films.

After joining DreamWorks Films, Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting took out the film they had prepared for a long time, "Illegal Immigration", the first part of the immigration trilogy.

Tang Shuxuan used her immunity this year to shoot this film.

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Now that it's October, it's time to prepare for this year's Chinese New Year movie.

In this year's Chinese New Year, the major film companies are ready to do it again.

The movie prepared by Golden Harvest is "Rich Train" by Big Cast.

Xinyicheng presented their strongest film and best partner series, and used the original team to shoot "The Best Filming Thousands of Miles to Save the Bad Woman".

Yindu is preparing to screen "North and South Shaolin" produced by Shaw Brothers and starring Li Lianjie in the Chinese New Year.

Debao is preparing to release Zhang Jianting's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love".

In addition to Debao's "Goodbye Seven Days", several other movies are very competitive, and even Xu Cun dare not underestimate them.

As the largest film company in Hong Kong, DreamWorks is bound to win the top spot for the Chinese New Year.

But "Fierce Ghost Mission" and "Illegal Immigrant" alone can't compete with the movies carefully prepared by other major film companies, even if it is released "I Want a Golden Turtle Son-in-law" directed by Chen Xunqi or "Eight Star Annunciation" directed by Gao Zhisen, it is impossible to win.

What about the release of DreamWorks Films' "Out of Africa"?

Neither - it's too risky to put your treasure on "Out of Africa", a somewhat offbeat foreign film.

What about the release of "The Matrix" directed by Xu Cun himself?

Not even so bad - due to all the problems encountered in special effects, the filming of "The Matrix" was so slow that it was impossible for "The Matrix" to be filmed before the end of the year, so how could it be released?

Therefore, if he doesn't want to give up the top spot in the Lunar New Year file to other film companies, Xu Cun must help DreamWorks Film Company plan a movie that can stabilize "Rich Train", "Best Shooting Thousands of Miles to Save the Poor Woman", and "North and South Shaolin". As for "Goodbye Seven Days", Xu Cun is not ready to give it the opportunity to compete with other films on the same stage - Xu Cun is ready to let the legal department of DreamWorks Group sue Debao Film Company for infringement before the release of "Goodbye Seven Days" and prevent "Goodbye Seven Days" from being released.

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(To be continued.) )