Xu Ke initially felt that even if Lin Youlun did not participate in the investment, with the influence of the novel "Zhu Xian" and his lobbying ability, it should be easy to get investment from other places.

With such an idea, Xu Ke first found Jiahe Company.

Xu Ke hopes that this film can get hundreds of millions of investment, and in addition to Lin Youlun in the Hong Kong film industry, only Golden Harvest has the strength to come up with this money alone, and Golden Harvest has made great strides in the international market in the past two years, first opening the European and American markets with vampire zombie movies, and at the same time sparing no effort to support Cheng Long to enter Hollywood.

Zou Wenhuai is very ambitious and bold, and Xu Ke feels that he should be interested in his film concept.

Jiahe attaches great importance to Xu Ke's arrival, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang came forward together, which can be said to have given Xu Ke enough face.

The two sides talked very well at the beginning, Zou Wenhuai heard that Xu Ke won the film adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" from Lin Youlun, and promised to invest in the film, but when Xu Ke proposed that the film needed at least 100 million Hong Kong dollars of investment, Zou Wenhuai was silent all of a sudden.

5 years ago, Zou Wenhuai took out 20 million Hong Kong dollars to support Xu Ke to shoot "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", although the movie was a sensation, but for Golden Harvest, it can only be regarded as a loss of money and making money, the current situation is so similar to that year, Zou Wenhuai is very worried that Xu Ke's new film will repeat the mistakes of "New Shushan Swordsman".

Zou Wenhuai was silent, but He Guanchang next to him spoke.

"Is 100 million too much investment?"

Among the big-budget films that Golden Harvest has shot in the past two years, the "Legend of the Night" series, the "Blade" series and the "Resident Evil" that is being filmed, the investment scale basically exceeds 100 million Hong Kong dollars. And these movies all have one thing in common. They are all co-invested with Lin Youlun.

Instead, it is Cheng Long's main action movie. Whether it is the previous "Red Fan District" or the later "Die Hard", the cost is controlled between 50 million and 60 million, and the one-time investment in a single film exceeds 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

"My expectation for this movie is the oriental version of "Star Wars", and 100 million Hong Kong dollars is already the lowest budget." Xu Ke looked at Zou Wenhuai earnestly, hoping that his idea could be supported by the other party.

"I've always had a doubt, since this movie is adapted from Mr. Lin's novel. Why didn't he personally participate in the investment of the film? Zou Wenhuai suddenly said this.

Xu Ke "chuckled" in his heart, he had been trying his best to avoid this topic in the conversation, but he was still mentioned by Zou Wenhuai.

"I don't know what Mr. Lin thinks, but he is very supportive of making this movie, and he also specially recommended several candidates for the heroine."

Xu Ke explained like this, if ordinary people were really fooled by him, but Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are both old foxes, and it is easy to see the weakness behind Xu Ke's words.

Zou Wenhuai did not express his position, and He Guanchang only said to think about it again.

Seeing that the attitude of the two was so vague, Xu Ke knew that it didn't make much sense for Lu Dao to talk about it anymore. He took the initiative to get up and say goodbye.

After sending Xu Ke away, He Guanchang returned to the office. Zou Wenhuai was standing by the window with his hands crossed, with a thoughtful expression.

"This Xu Ke clearly wants to treat us as wronged!" He Guanchang closed the door of the office and said angrily.

"You also think that Lin Youlun is not optimistic about this movie, so he pushed Xu Ke to us?" Zou Wenhuai frowned and asked.

"It should be true that Lin Youlun is not optimistic about this movie, otherwise with his financial strength, let alone 100 million Hong Kong dollars, he can take out 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, but if he pushed Xu Ke to us, it shouldn't be, if he really has that meaning, as long as he joins forces with Xu Ke to do a little bit of tricking, it won't be so easy for us to see the flaws." He Guanchang analyzed.

Zou Wenhuai nodded, but there was still confusion between his eyebrows: "But Xu Ke came today, and he clearly meant to use his banner, how should this be explained?" ”

He Guanchang thought for a while and said: "It is estimated that Lin Youlun himself is not too sure about the prospects of this movie, but his attitude towards Xu Kekai to make this movie should be supportive." Of course, he only supported, and did not personally participate, if Xu Ke succeeded, he would definitely have a credit for him, if he failed, he did not need to bear the consequences, and it would be good for him. ”

Zou Wenhuai raised his eyebrows, "In other words, it is possible for this movie to lose money or make money?" ”

"According to me, the probability of losing is higher." He Guanchang shrugged, "Lin Youlun has always been very accurate in judging the wind direction of the film market, and he didn't make a move, which must be extremely risky; And movies of the type of "Zhu Xian" are estimated to be difficult to do much in the European and American markets, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to recover the cost only by relying on the box office in Chinese-speaking regions. ”

Zou Wen thought about it for a while, and made a decision in his heart.

"Then it's up to you to come forward and find a suitable opportunity to explain to Xu Ke, let's just say that we have several big-budget movies being filmed at the same time recently, and we have financial difficulties."

——

Coming out of Golden Harvest Company, Xu Ke's mood is very lost, he obviously still underestimates Lin Youlun's influence on the Hong Kong film industry, especially for these large film companies that have had a cooperative relationship with Lin Youlun for a long time, basically only Lin Youlun is the first to look forward.

Lin Youlun is not optimistic about Lu's movies, and obviously these companies will not take risks easily.

Jiahe is still like this, and the Shaw Brothers don't have to think about it at all. In recent years, the Hong Kong film market has become more and more prosperous, but the Shaw Brothers have become more and more cautious in film investment, since "Kung Fu Football", the Shaw Brothers has not made a movie with an investment of more than 50 million, but has been making moves on low-budget films.

The era of Hong Kong films belonging to the Shaw Brothers has long ended, and the current Shaw Brothers can no longer withstand the toss of the wind and waves, so it is understandable to choose a safe business route, but this is not good news for Xu Ke.

In the early 80s, the three major film companies in Hong Kong, Xinyicheng has become a thing of the past, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are unwilling to take risks, which makes Xu Ke feel very confused, in addition to these two film companies in the Hong Kong film industry, there is basically no other company that has the strength to support him to start making this movie, do you really want to compromise with Lin Youlun and reduce the shooting cost of this movie?

With this contradictory, complex, and lost mentality, Xu Ke returned to the film studio.

Shi Nansheng saw that her husband was worried, so she knew that the negotiation between him and Jiahe was not smooth, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

"Am I really wrong?" Xu Ke covered his forehead in pain.

Shi Nansheng hesitated, "If you really want to make this movie, there is actually another choice." ”

Xu Ke raised his head abruptly and looked at his wife expectantly.

"I don't know if I should make this suggestion to you, if you really go to that person, maybe there will be more trouble in the future." Shi Nansheng said worriedly.

Xu Ke suddenly came to his senses, "You mean that person, it won't be Lin Jianyue, right?" ”

Shi Nansheng smiled bitterly and nodded, "Lin Jianyue's Media Asia Film Company has been established for so long, and it has only attracted two people, Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen, and these two people are only good at making small-budget movies, and it is no problem to make money, but it is obviously not enough to help Media Asia Film Company support the door." Media Asia is now lacking a big-budget film to prove its strength to the industry, and when you go to Lin Jianyue at this time, it is because considering the investment risk of this film, he will also take out this money to invest. ”

Lin Jianyue and Lin Youlun have always been at odds with each other, which is basically no secret in the industry, and it is rumored that the two have conflicts because of Wang Guxian, but the contradictions between the two are not just because of women.

Huanya's strength is average now, and his reputation is not obvious, so Lin Jianyue is more low-key, but this does not mean that he has given up the fight with Lin Youlun, Shi Nansheng suggested that Xu Ke go to Lin Jianyue, and it is precisely this point that he sees.

But Xu Ke took a film adapted from Lin Youlun's novel to Lin Jianyue to cooperate, and he had to take into account Lin Youlun's attitude, if this incident angered Lin Youlun, it is estimated that it will be difficult for film studios to gain a foothold in the Hong Kong film industry in the future.

Lin Youlun doesn't even need to be publicly suppressed, he only needs to get a little stuck in the film studio in theaters, which can also hurt the vitality of the film studio.

Shi Nansheng's suggestion was to test Lin Youlun's tone first, and Xu Ke nodded silently after smoking three cigarettes in a row.

Xu may have overshadowed Hu Jinquan under the pressure of public opinion when filming "Smiling Proud Jianghu", or he could also risk offending Liu Jialiang, the heir of the authentic Huang Feihong, when filming "Huang Feihong", he also wanted to shoot this film according to his own ideas, "Huang Feihong" won the Best Action Direction Award at the Academy Awards that year, but Yuan Heping did not come to the stage to accept the award in person, and this little golden man was also recorded in the name of his disciple. Yuan Heping and Liu Jialiang are peers, they don't look up on weekdays, it's not good to make trouble with each other, not everyone has the courage to turn their faces with others as resolutely as Xu Ke.

If it were someone else, Xu Ke would have turned his face, but in the face of Lin Youlun, he really didn't have the courage, not to mention the previous cooperation and friendship between the two, Lin Youlun's current status was enough to make Xu Ke jealous.

When Shi Nansheng called Lin Youlun, Xu Ke looked very nervous on the side, it was undoubtedly a desperate move to cooperate with Lin Jianyue, but what kind of attitude Lin Youlun had on his side was something he couldn't predict.

No matter what the result was, Xu Ke had already prepared for the worst, but after Shi Nansheng found out about the phone, he told him an unexpected answer.

Lin Youlun actually agreed! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )