Chapter 400: Final Box Office

After some haggling, Chen Lang and Fang Yihua reached a verbal agreement, this kind of thing cannot be implemented on paper, otherwise if it is leaked, the two will face the thunderous wrath of Shao Tycoon.

A verbal agreement may not be used as evidence and cannot be guaranteed, but a contract is mutually beneficial, and unless something unexpected happens, no one will break what is beneficial to both parties.

Because of this agreement, the two people who are not used to each other can be regarded as forming a loosely binding alliance.

The first clause in the agreement, starting from "Happy Ghost", all films produced by LL Film Company will be handed over to Shaw Brothers Film Company for distribution and screening, TVB will give corresponding publicity cooperation, and Shaw Brothers Cinemas will also give full support, and give the film the most favorable release schedule and time limit according to the box office situation of the film.

Of course, if the box office fails miserably, Shaw Brothers has the right to paint directly. At the same time, LL Film Company Films also needs to transfer 10% of the film's net profits to Shaw Brothers free of charge.

Article 2: If the two parties have negotiated properly, then Shaw Brothers cannot set up obstacles in principle, and of course liquidated damages will be compensated according to the price.

Article 3, Chen Lang provides ten classic songs for Huaxing free of charge every year until the Shaw Brothers Film Company closes down, and when Shaw Brothers invites Chen Lang to participate in the event, if there are no special circumstances, he must participate.

Fourth, if the Shaw Brothers Film Company intends to resell the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line, Fang Yihua should help Chen Lang to buy the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line.

After coming out of Fang Yihua's office, Chen Lang sighed, although he wanted to give the Shaw Brothers a deal of the pure profits of the movie, and at the same time had to write ten songs for Huaxing every year, but compared with the Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Shaw Brothers' film talents, these were not important, and the time when Shaw Brothers closed down was only a few years later.

Chen Lang wants to build his own film empire, it is not enough to only have a cinema chain, maybe he can dominate in Hong Kong, but if he wants to launch his own film in Asia and the world, then the film must be fully prepared in terms of both software and hardware.

In the United States, for example, the American film industry is divided into two parts: soft and hard.

The soft industry includes artists, directors, film schools, related newspapers and periodicals, box office, etc., which can generate more than $11 billion in box office every year, while the video tape market has more than $6 billion, and the market for other peripheral film industries also has $35 billion.

The hardware industry includes cinema chains, film companies, special effects production companies, animation companies, photography equipment production companies, etc., with an overall scale of more than six or seven billion US dollars.

It can be said that the overall scale of the US film industry is nearly 100 billion US dollars, exceeding the total industrial output value of most countries in the world.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult for Chen Lang to replicate the American film industry in Hong Kong or even in Asia, not only because of the hardware and software, but also because the United States is the world's largest box office market, and the awareness of copyright is much stronger than that in Asia, so Chen Lang is at most to create a poor version of the American film industry.

However, even if it is only a poor version of the American film industry, it is a huge income, so while Chen Lang covets the Shaw Brothers cinema chain, he also attaches more importance to film talents.

The cinema chain is the key to the rise of LL Film Company, and many film talents from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and mainland China are the cornerstone of the company's global expansion.

Chen Lang used to think about using his foresight to find those cattle who had not yet come out, but it was too difficult to find and time-consuming if he had only one name.

It's better to keep an eye on the Shaw Brothers in front of you, as long as you can win the Shaw Brothers, then LL Film Company will have a solid foundation, and someone will vote for it when the time comes.

However, it's too early to say this, so let's gain a firm foothold in the film industry first.

Because of this agreement between Chen Lang and Fang Yihua, "Happy Ghost" was scheduled to be released again at noon, and many audiences who were anxiously waiting to enter the theater were able to cheer and walk into the screening hall.

The excellence of the movie "Happy Ghost" has stood the test of time, and there may be shortcomings of one kind or another, but overall, it can still be regarded as a classic masterpiece, especially for students.

"Happy Ghost" itself is a campus comedy, telling about what happened around students, many students can find traces of their campus life from the movie, coupled with Chen Lang's huge appeal among students and the handsome combination of Chen Lang and Li Lizhen, and Zhong Chuhong, who amazed everyone, is naturally sought after by students.

Many students called their friends to watch the movie together, and instead of one or two movie tickets, they bought a row.

At the same time, "Happy Ghost" is the first school comedy film in Hong Kong, which is groundbreaking in terms of subject matter, and everyone's trust in Chen Lang's ability to make up stories has also attracted many adult audiences to the theater to take a look.

All kinds of funny scenes and performances made everyone laugh and spend 90 minutes of relaxed moments, and then recommended this movie to their relatives and friends, which once again attracted the audience to the theater, many of whom watched the movie for the second time, which added a lot of help to the box office of "Happy Ghost".

Because of the spread of word-of-mouth, as well as the fact that many movie lovers and Chen Lang's fans knew about the release of "Happy Ghost" through various news channels, "Happy Ghost" had a movie-watching boom, and it received a box office of 6.05 million in the second week of the film's release.

"Happy Ghost" received a box office of 10.94 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks after its release, and for a while, Chen Lang's name once again resounded in Hong Kong.

Countless people have to sigh that Chen Lang is worthy of the title of Xiangjiang Little Talent, and has made amazing achievements in the fields of novels, comics, music and movies that are currently involved, although it is only the first screenwriting work, but the first work can get more than 10 million box office, which amazes everyone.

Many people even think that the title of little talent is no longer suitable for Chen Lang, Chen Lang is definitely the most outstanding genius in Hong Kong's history, perhaps it should be called the most talented.

"Happy Ghost" is a big hit, and Shaw Brothers is also very happy, after all, it is a movie released and released by itself, and the higher the box office, the more Shaw Brothers will earn, so Shaw Brothers has once again increased its publicity for "Happy Ghost".

In the third week of its release, the box office of "Happy Ghost" declined, and it achieved a box office score of 4.03 million, with a total box office of 14.97 million Hong Kong dollars in the three weeks of release.

In the last week, "Happy Ghost" won a box office of 2.18 million Hong Kong dollars, and then because Shaw Brothers' "Planting Ghosts" and other films were also in urgent need of release, they had to be painted directly.

"Happy Ghost", which was released for four weeks, finally came to 17.15 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

As Chen Lang's first film, this box office result has satisfied and even amazed countless people, and it has also made everyone very optimistic about Chen Lang's development in the film field, including many Shaw Brothers filmmakers who participated in the filming of "Happy Ghost".