Chapter 153: Luring the Wolf into the House
The salary was advanced, Zhang Manyu had to agree to act, and the role that Lin Youlun arranged for her was Hongying: Li Ming took the business card given by Lin Youlun to find Mecca, Mecca felt that he had a good appearance, so he directly asked him to play Jie Zai: and Guo Fucheng looked honest, so Mecca asked him to play Xu Wen: Mecca himself is both a director and a doctor Kang, and Zhou Yimin is just a guest appearance as Jie Zai's girlfriend Ah Zhen.
The cast of "Back to the Future" can no longer be simply described as luxurious in later generations, but now, the two kings have just debuted, and the goddess of acting still holds the title of huā bottle, but Zhou Comin, who only has three or two appearances in the film, is already a well-known jade singer in Hong Kong at this time.
The media broke the news that this was a science fiction film, and some people immediately couldn't sit still.
As a representative figure of Hong Kong science fiction writers, Ni Yu immediately jumped out. In his newspaper column, he criticized "Back to the Future" for selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, which is not a real science fiction film, and claimed that the real Hong Kong science fiction film has not yet appeared.
If there are good deeds, ask Ni Yu, when will the real Hong Kong science fiction film appear?
Ni Yu said very immodestly that the series of novels he wrote "Blue Blood", "Wesley", and "Yuan Zhenxia", any adaptation of which can be regarded as a real science fiction movie.
Most people who heard this thought that Ni Yu was boasting, but some people believed it.
"You want to adapt Ni Yu's novel?"
Pan Disheng squinted at Zeng Zhiwei and Tadi Robin, perhaps because the squint was too thin and too small, and the light that came out of that eye was extremely concentrated, intense, and bright.
Pan Disheng is not having a good time during this time, Xinbao has been established, but there must be a film source if there is a theater chain. With the departure of Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun one after another, Debao under the auspices of Xi Qiran can only make white-collar comedies that reflect the life of the middle class, and it is difficult to make a big difference at the box office. The preferred partner of other film companies must be Jiayi Cinema Line, and generally good works can be ranked over there" and the movies that Jiayi can't watch, those film companies will get Xinbao to try their luck.
If these film companies are rejected, "the source channels will become narrower and narrower: and if they agree to these companies, they will only get some low-quality films, which will not attract audiences at all." Since its establishment, Xinbao Cinema Line has not gotten rid of this dilemma.
Xinbao Cinema Line has 25 theaters, and Jiayi Cinema Line has 88 theaters" In terms of the number of Xinbao, there is also one-third of Jiayi, but in the past two months, ninety percent of the total box office of Hong Kong movies has been occupied by Jiayi, and Xinbao only accounts for one.
Pan Disheng knew that if he continued like this, he didn't have to wait for Lin Youlun to make a move, and Xinbao would collapse first. It is necessary to attract several powerful film companies to provide films specifically for Xinbao, so as to resist the decline.
The strongest of the independent production companies are Xu Ke's film studio and Mai Danxiong's production company, but both of them have been co-opted by Lin Youlun first, and the other film companies are either not strong enough, or they are directly the former satellite companies of Golden Harvest, and Xinbao is really not attractive enough for these companies.
As a result, Pan Disheng had the plan to support capable filmmakers to start their own companies, and Zeng Zhiwei was the first to enter the field of vision.
Before the merger of the three major theaters, there were two movies that performed very well, "one is Shaw Brothers' "The Saint of Gambling", which broke the record for the highest number of moviegoers in the city, and the other is called "Best Lucky Star", what is the origin of this movie, you only need to look at the name to know the Tao~
"Best" represents "Best Partner" "Lucky Star" refers to the "Lucky Star" series, and the "Baby Wisdom Multi-Star" series and the "God of Gamblers" and "Saint of Gamblers" series of gambling films are the most profitable.
The combination of the strong and powerful is really extraordinary, and "Best Lucky Star" reached 3,600 at the box office in Hong Kong alone
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Wan, and the director of this film is Zeng Zhiwei.
Many people thought that Hong Jinbao used personal friendship to move Mecca, and the two teamed up to shoot "The Best Lucky Star", but in fact, Zeng Zhiwei played a greater role in it. At that time, he said to Hong Jinbao and Mecca, "
If you are willing to do it, each of you will give me seven days, and I will do the rest, and you two will not have to work hard" After you come back, it is estimated that each person can share 10 million.
made a lot of money from "Best Lucky Star", Zeng Zhiwei was ambitious, and wanted to get rid of several major film companies to go it alone, which happened to happen when Pan Disheng wanted to support some filmmakers to make films for Xinbao, and was successfully persuaded by Zeng Zhiwei, so the "Good Friends" film company was established.
As for the fact that Taidi Robin can be co-opted by Zeng Zhiwei, I have to talk about the split of the three giants of the new art city.
The seven-member creative team composed of Mecca, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming, Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng, Zeng Zhiwei and Taidi Robin collided with a lot of fire, and almost all the classics in the early stage of the New Art City were the result of their collective efforts.
The seven-member team had their own strengths: McCca majored in electrical engineering in college, later worked as an engineer, went to New York University to study filmmaking, and worked as an assistant director in the United States on three shootout films. In the "Best Partner" series, he used his strengths in learning electronic engineering to skillfully integrate high-altitude speeders, electronic weapons and other special effects into film creation: Shi Tian is a comedian and likes to review scripts from the actor's point of view: Huang Baiming used to be an enthusiast of drama, has a lot of experience in drama, and is good at screenwriting, and many scripts in Xinyicheng are written by him.
Xu Ke is a talented general who combines directing, writing and acting, and is good at grasping a film in general: Zeng Zhiwei likes to play and is well-informed, and knows the aesthetic tastes of the grassroots in Hong Kong and Taiwan: Titan Robin comes from the music industry, and is a good director and actor.
has made so many blockbuster films, and New Arts City has indeed made a lot of money for the investor Golden Princess. The new art city is helmed by the three giants of Mecca, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, but their interests are actually unevenly distributed. Because at that time, the three of them discussed with Princess Jin's boss Lei in this way: Huang Baiming accounted for 9% of the equity of Xinyi City, Shi Tian accounted for 19%, and Princess Jin and Mecca accounted for the foundation. Of the 72% stake, Princess Jin holds 37% and Mecca holds 35%. In other words, "Mecca has the lion's share of the "Big Three".
Although the collective has obvious advantages, it is difficult to last, and soon the three giants will have disputes due to the problem of more money and less money, first Zeng Zhiwei quit the seven-person group and went to Taiwan to film, and was later recruited back by Hong Jinbao to help him with Baohe. Then Xu Ke also began to be dissatisfied with the creative idea of the three giants insisting on only making comedies, and with the support of Princess Jin, he established his own "film studio", although he still has the signboard of Xinyicheng, he can cross the big three and talk directly to Boss Lei, and the box office dividends are also received directly from Princess Jin, which is basically out of touch with Xinyicheng.
The filming of "Best Lucky Star" directly became the fuse for the split of the Big Three, Teddy Robin left the New Arts City because the three bosses were going to break up, and they all wanted to win over Teddy Robin, but Teddy Robin felt a little betrayed by any boss he followed, so he simply didn't follow all three, and went to Zeng Zhiwei's good friend Film Company to join in.
Teddy Robin has always had the idea of adapting Ni Yu's "Wesley" into a movie, and Zeng Zhiwei knew that Pan Disheng also wanted to make a few big-budget movies to compete with Jiayi, so he recommended Teddy Robin's idea to Pan Disheng.
Debao's "Royal Sister 2", which is being filmed, is because it imitates the plot design of "Lin Sheng and Mrs. Lin", and Yang Ziqiong is the starring role, so Pan Disheng dares to invest 60 million in one go. How much should be invested in the filming of "Wesley", he really has no bottom in his heart.
"How much do you expect this film to cost?"
When Tydi Robin approached Ni Yu, he promised that the investment in the film would not be less than 20 million, and Ni Yu agreed to hand over the adaptation rights to him.
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Now that Pan Disheng asked about this, Tay Di Robin said: "Without foreign skills, I can make this movie for 20 million." ”
Pan Disheng has watched "Tales of the Night", and he was deeply impressed by the computer special effects in the film, and he knows that movies that do not use computer special effects and movies that use computer special effects are completely different concepts.
"How much money do you need if you use foreign techniques?"
"At least 60 million."
Tydi Robin originally wanted to say that the degree was 80 million, but the shooting cost of "Tales of the Night" was only 80 million, and he didn't dare to guarantee that "Wesley" would perform better at the box office than "Tales of the Night", so he had to push down the production costs.
But Pan Disheng still thinks it's too much, "Can this money be pressed down any longer?" ”
Teddy Robin shrugged helplessly: "Unless we find" Aurora, the special effects company cooperates, otherwise go to the United States and find other technical teams, and the production cost will rise by at least 20%. ”
Jiayi Cinema Line has other major shareholders, and Aurora Special Effects Company is completely Lin Youlun's private property, unless Pan Disheng has a bad brain, it is impossible to cooperate with Aurora Company.
Pan Disheng made a big-budget movie originally to compete with Jiayi, and if he cooperated with Aurora, it would be equivalent to opening the door of this film directly to Lin Youlun. Competitors all know what this film has made, and they still want to expect this film to beat each other, that is a fool's dream.
"Give you 70 million, are you sure that this film will have the same effect as "Tales of the Night"?" When Pan Disheng said this, he seemed to have suddenly made some kind of determination.
Invested in Xinbao Cinema Line, and appeared in "Royal Sister 2
Cheng Meirong and Feng Binzhong have been hurrying to contact overseas filmmakers during this time, and the 70 million promised to make films for Taidi Robin can only be raised from overseas filmmakers and let them pay, at the cost of giving them all the overseas proceeds of the film, and as soon as this opening is torn open, they can get rid of Xinbao at any time to find new collaborators, and Xinbao has no countermeasures.
Now in order to fight against Jiayi, Pan Disheng can't take care of so much.
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