Kowloon.

In an office building next to Golden Harvest Pictures, there is the Debao Film Company jointly owned by Pan Disheng, Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun.

Two rooms with five tables and six people, which makes up the whole of Debao Film Company.

Hung Jinbao did not come to have other important matters, and the company's only contracted actor Michelle Yang did not return in Malaysia, at this time only Pan Disheng, Cen Jianxun, Gao Zhisen, and Chen Guanzhong got together for a meeting in the office, and there was a female clerk and an errand boy dozing outside.

Among the four people, Pan Disheng is responsible for the decision to pay, Cen Jianxun is the boss and planner, and Gao Zhisen is the only contracted director. As for Chen Guanzhong, who has long hair, this person is the founder and editor-in-chief of "Outside" magazine, and was pulled over by Pan Disheng to write the script.

"Huang Feihong is selling very well, and the box office is about to break 30 million." Cen Jianxun said with a heartless smile.

Pan Disheng shook off the cigarette ash a little depressed and said: "The schedule of "Happy Adventure" has been squeezed out, and it can only be released until the end of September at the earliest. ”

"Didn't you say that after the next film of "Police Story", we will put our "Happy Adventure"? No matter what Zou Wenhuai says, he will change! Gao Zhisen said angrily.

"Happy Adventure" is the second film directed by Gao Zhisen after joining Debao Film Company, which tells the story of a teacher who took a group of girls students on a trip, but was accidentally stranded on a desert island, and fought the pirates on the desert island with the police, male students, and big perverts on the same ship.

The movie continues the tone of the youth comedy of "Happy Ghost", in fact, it moves the location of the story to the island, and adds elements such as adventure action, Pan Disheng even specially invited Li Lizhen, Wen Bixuan and Wu Junru as the starring roles.

As for the fact that DreamWorks' artists were banned in Taiwan, it is harmless for Debao Film Company. Because they don't have any distribution capacity in Taiwan, after the Taiwan authorities reduced the quota of films entering Taiwan. Golden Harvest was also the first to release its own films, and it didn't care much about the life and death of small companies.

Since Debao Film Company's films can't be sold in Taiwan, it doesn't matter if it's blocked or not, but it invites a few well-known beautiful girls to star, which can greatly increase the box office of the film in Nanyang and Hong Kong.

"Happy Adventure" went straight to the summer file, whether it was Chen Guanzhong, the screenwriter, or Gao Zhisen, the director, they all tried their best to shoot new tricks.

It's a pity that this summer file has "Summer Lucky Star" and "Police Story" to arrange, and low-budget comedies like "Happy Adventure" can only stand aside.

At the beginning, Pan Disheng discussed with Zou Wenhuai. After "Police Story" is released, it will be on "Happy Adventure", and maybe it will be able to rub the tail of the summer file, but who knows that Golden Harvest will backtrack and temporarily decide to change the film of Golden Harvest Satellite Company.

This is also not to blame anyone, who called Debao Film Company to be opened by Pan Disheng alone. It's not as close as Golden Harvest's satellite company.

It looks like it's just more than half a month after adjusting the schedule, but it's so moving. The box office of "Happy Adventure" is at least half less. Because this film takes the route of youth comedy. It's specially filmed for students to see, and if it is released at the end of September, students will go back to school to study, and they will make a fart of money!

Pan Disheng was put on the table by Jiahe, and said without saying a word at this time: "I called everyone here today mainly to discuss." Should the company change to a cooperative theater chain? ”

Pan Disheng is still very generous, Gao Zhisen and Chen Guanzhong make movies for Debao, both of which are fixed salaries plus box office sharing. Concerning his own income, Gao Zhisen said positively: "Mr. Pan. When Princess Jin forced DreamWorks away, Kang Jianfei relied on temporary theaters to survive. ”

"You mean, take our movies to temporary theaters?" Pan Disheng frowned and said, as a rich boy, he looked down on the temporary theaters formed by those small retail theaters.

Since Kang Jianfei established the Oriental Cinema Line, most of those small theaters have no good film sources, and most of them have put some small companies and ** movies, Pan Disheng doesn't want his company's films to be shown in that kind of place.

Cen Jianxun said: "Or, let's build a theater by ourselves." ”

Cen Jianxun has mentioned this matter many times, and this time Pan Disheng was already a little moved, and asked: "How much investment is needed to build a medium-sized cinema chain?" ”

Cen Jianxun silently thought about it and said: "Now that Hong Kong's property market has risen, rents and builds new cinemas, a medium-sized cinema line with 10 theaters, if the location is better, it will cost at least more than 100 million investment." ”

More than 100 million is not a decimal number for Pan Disheng, although it can be collected quickly, it is still difficult for him to make up his mind: "Let's talk about the matter of forming a theater line, let's contact those small theaters first." ”

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"Mr. Chen, Mr. Feng, Princess Jin and Xinyicheng are dying, why do you bother to bury Boss Lei? Now that the world of Hong Kong films is just right, it is better for the two to break away from the golden princess and reorganize a new cinema line. Let's bring in a few more independent film companies, you are in charge of the box office in Hong Kong, and I am in charge of Taiwan and Nanyang, so wouldn't everyone be happy? ”

Fu Linmen Restaurant, Cai Songlin, who is elegant and handsome like a young professor at the university, is holding a cup of tea and smiling at the two shareholders of the Golden Princess Cinema Line.

In another time and space, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong only broke away from Princess Jin in 1988 and formed another Xinbao Cinema Line. The reasons for this are nothing more than two points, one is the decline of the new art city, and the other is the prosperity of the Hong Kong film market.

Now, due to Kang Jianfei's variable, the decline of the new art city has accelerated a lot, and the successive hits on the street this summer have made the Golden Princess Cinema lose a lot.

Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong, as shareholders of the theater chain, are naturally extremely dissatisfied with the current situation of Princess Jin, but they have always made up their minds to break up with Lei Juekun.

Chen Rongmei asked: "Mr. Cai, you need a film source to do a theater, although the new art city has not been good recently, at least there will be no shortage of films to be released." You pull us into the water to form another theater, where can I find the source of the film? ”

"Hahaha......" Cai Songlin smiled, "Do you know what the situation is now?" Once a movie is sold in Hong Kong, it will definitely be sold at the box office in Nanyang and Taiwan, so although the box office in Hong Kong is not much, it has become a bellwether for blockbusters. The current situation is that the blockbuster Hong Kong films are controlled by the three major cinema chains of Golden Harvest, Oriental and Golden Princess, and many businessmen from Taiwan and Nanyang want to invest in Hong Kong films to get a piece of the hot soup. But it was difficult to give up due to the monopoly of several major cinema chains. ”

Feng Bingzhong nodded and said: "That's true, but even if we come out to form another theater, we can't change a good film in our hands." ”

Cai Songlin said with a smile: "Where do good films come from, from the film company." How many film companies are there in Hong Kong now? More than 200! There are at least more than 20 independent film companies that have the strength to produce good films, do you think those satellite companies of Golden Harvest do not want to break away from the control of Golden Harvest Cinemas? Wrong, it's not that they don't want to, but that they don't have such an opportunity. And we can give them the opportunity to create zào! ”

Chen Rongmei's brain turned faster: "You say we are trying to win over those powerful independent film companies? ”

Cai Songlin nodded approvingly: "Yes, Hong Kong movies have been born since the day they were born." The film company was eaten to death by the theater chain. From a marketing point of view, because there are many film companies and few theaters, theaters are a scarce resource, and the entire film market is dominated by a few theaters. As long as there are more cinemas in Hong Kong, then independent cinemas have a choice. will break away from the shackles of cinema companies. Are you willing to work hard to make money for Zou Wenhuai? As long as the number of theaters is large, Golden Harvest will definitely not be able to retain people. Maybe we still have the opportunity to cooperate with Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long. Two people. The business we are talking about now will change the status quo of the entire Hong Kong film industry, and it is creating the history of Hong Kong films! ”

Feng Bingzhong was a little moved by Cai Songlin's words, but Chen Rongmei replied: "Don't say such empty words, be specific." ”

Cai Songlin took a sip of black tea and said with a confident smile: "I have already contacted Zeng Zhiwei, the manager of the film production department of DreamWorks. paid for a joint venture with him to set up a good friend film company. He will persuade Hong Jinbao and Mecca to make a movie together, so that there are stars and directors, and the resulting movie will definitely be very appealing. The two of you are responsible for the promotion and release of the film in Hong Kong, and I am responsible for the distribution in Taiwan and the Nanyang region. As long as a good friend film company can make a name. Then it can attract more independent film companies to come and cooperate, and the whole market will snowball. ”

Feng Bingzhong rubbed his teeth and said: "Zeng Zhiwei is from DreamWorks, Hong Jinbao is from Golden Harvest, and Mecca is from New Arts City. And these three people are either managers or company owners, will they come out to cooperate for a little filming to make a little money? ”

Cai Songlin said with a smile: "That's not a matter of a little money, Zeng Zhiwei is the manager of the film production department in Xinyi City, salary, bonus plus commission, how much money can he earn in a year?" If he comes out to work alone, as long as a movie is made, it will make more money than he makes in a year. Hong Jinbao's movie is so high at the box office, but the big head was taken by Zou Wenhuai, will he have no idea in his heart? There is also Mecca, although he is the owner of Xinyi City, there have been strict disagreements with Huang Baiming and Shi Tian, and he has not participated in film production for more than half a year. Putting these three people together seems difficult, but it's actually very easy. ”

Chen Rongmei asked again: "Your scholar film industry seems to only have the ability to distribute in Taiwan, can you sell it in Nanyang?" ”

Cai Songlin had a faint smile on his face: "Don't forget, the largest Shaw Brothers cinema chain in Nanyang, after the suspension of Shaw Brothers Pictures, the lack of film sources is about to close, and the Shaw Brothers (Nanyang) Cinema is eager to have a blockbuster Hong Kong film to be released." As for me, I have already contacted Nanyang Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and the Hong Kong films that will be released there in the future will be distributed exclusively by Scholar Pictures. Moreover, Hong Kong's TVB is related to Nanyang Shaw Brothers Cinemas, and those independent film companies we will support in the future can invite TVB actors to star, so that star actors are controlled by several major companies. ”

Cai Songlin's plan can be described as comprehensive and leaky, Chen Rongmei thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with any flaws, and finally stretched out her hand and said: "Mr. Cai, happy cooperation!" ”

"Happy working together!" The smile on Cai Songlin's face was even stronger.

Walking out of Fulinmen Restaurant, Cai Songlin stretched out in the sea breeze, he faced the beautiful Victoria Bay, and only felt that the sun was so brilliant today.

As one of the major film companies in Taiwan today, it only took a few years for Scholar Pictures to develop to its current scale, and those partners when they started the business were squeezed out by Cai Songlin, and Scholar Pictures is now decided by Cai Songlin alone.

In the past two years, Scholar Pictures and Longxiang Pictures jointly released DreamWorks films in Taiwan, and they made a lot of money, but who knew that DreamWorks' films were suddenly blocked, which made Scholar Pictures' annual profits drop by more than 40%.

As the Taiwan authorities reduced the quota for Hong Kong films, Scholar Pictures made fewer purchases, and even suffered losses last quarter.

The source of the film is what the scholar film industry lacks the most, so he personally came to Hong Kong to find someone to cooperate with and support the film company.

As for the Taiwan authorities' policy of reducing the quota for Hong Kong films, it is estimated that it will not last long, because this infringes on the collective interests of Taiwan's theater and film companies, and the Information Bureau has already been in a lot of trouble, and at most the quota for Hong Kong films will be restored or even expanded before Christmas at the end of the year.

Not far from the hotel where he stayed, Cai Songlin whistled and walked back on the street, and bought a copy of "Ming Pao" at a roadside stall, with an article on it that took "Huang Feihong" and "Police Story" together for analysis.

"Once Upon a Time" and "Police Story", a costume kung fu film, a police and bandit action movie, seem to be unrelated, but in fact they convey the same meaning, that is, justice and chivalry.

What is chivalry?

It's not that you can pick up a knife and slash people, shoot and kill people is chivalrous, and the real chivalry lies in the spiritual level.

The screenwriter of "Once Upon a Time" took great pains to create a perfect image of a chivalrous man. is different from the traditional kung fu movies that fight when you meet, Huang Feihong doesn't do it if he can do it from beginning to end, even if he is facing the bad guys, he has to be reasonable, and even except for the last moment to save people, the bad guys in the film are not killed by him.

The same is true of "Police Story", police officer Chen Jiaju, as a police officer, faces heinous bad guys, and uses the law to uphold justice after he catches them......

In kung fu movies in the 70s, a certain hero and a little hero kept killing as soon as they appeared, they were murderers, not chivalrous. The real chivalry lies in justice, Kang Jianfei and Cheng Long broke through the previous rut and raised the style of Chinese action movies to a higher level......"

Cai Songlin finished flipping through the newspaper in the hotel and threw it aside, and couldn't help but laugh proudly in his heart. His plan will allow Hong Kong's independent film companies, large and small, to get rid of theatrical control, and for those film company bosses, he is the savior, he is the hero of justice. (To be continued......) RT