Huang Yuyun sat on the chair, stretched out his feet, copied the back of his head with both hands, and his eyes squinted at the flower board, revealing a thoughtful expression.

On the desk in front of him was a newspaper, and on the spread page, half a page was devoted to the news that "Ocean's Eleven" had grossed $60 million at the North American theater. Previously, this film broke the record for the highest number of viewers of a Hong Kong film with a box office of 45 million Hong Kong dollars.

Afterwards, including Wang Jing and Zhou Yunfa, they all felt that it was a pity that if this film was priced according to the standard of a big-budget film, the box office might have broken the highest box office record created by "True Lies", because all the actors received box office dividends, and after saving the remuneration expenses, the shooting cost of this film was only more than 15 million, far from reaching the standard of large-budget films, according to the pricing standards of Jiayi Cinema, the film could not be released at a ticket price higher than that of ordinary movies.

Of course, the overseas box office income is very good to make up for this regret, but there are more than 17 million box office dividends in North America, plus the sales income in other regions, Zhou Yunfa, Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Yurong, these big-name stars, have tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in income every time they enter the most lung, and Wang Jing, the director and guest appearance, also got more than 8 million dividends, and Zhong Chuhong also has more than 4 million remuneration for guest appearances, that is, Wu Zhenyu and Liu Qingyun, and the last one also has more than 1.6 million yuan. Such a salary is already on par with Hong Kong's first-line stars. The rest of the bulk was divided equally between Lin Youlun and Zhou Yunfa's film company, and more than 40 million Hong Kong dollars were transferred to Lin Youlun's account.

This film is not the most profitable film in Lin Youlun's hands, he earned almost 50 million US dollars for the movie "True Lies", which is equivalent to ten times that of "Ocean's Eleven", but the success of "Ocean's Eleven" has brought a far more violent shock to the Hong Kong film industry than "True Lies", and the reason is that the film adopts a new profit distribution model: actors do not get paid, and the accounts are divided proportionally after the end.

This is a big stimulus for those actors who have received the highest salary, the most guaranteed box office "Double Monday Journey", Zhou Yanfa has received the highest salary of 3.6 million before, and Zhou Xingchi's highest salary is 4.2 million, and now the income is more than 10 million, if it is a salary, no film company will be able to offer such a price.

And the entire scene of "Ocean's Eleven" is actually shared by 11 actors, and the scenes that fall on Zhou Xingchi and Zhou Yunfa are much less than a movie starring them, but they can get more money than starring in the movie, not to mention that it is very unbalanced to watch outside, but they themselves feel very uncomfortable.

The most direct impact of this incident is that many actors now want to count their salary as an investment in the film when they receive the film, and they will get box office dividends at the very least. The production company is also willing to adopt this method, which can not only save the initial cost, but also shift part of the filming risk to the actors, who will also work hard to perform the film well in order to get more money.

Of course, there are pros and cons to things, in the past, if the film was smashed, the actor could get paid according to the 1st, but now if the film is smashed, he can't even recover the cost, and the actor will work in vain and won't get a penny.

However, in the face of the madness of "Ocean's Eleven", many eyes were temporarily blinded, and they did not see such consequences, and after a period of time, the disadvantages of such a model will be revealed, and everyone should be more rational by then. And the production company is not confused, for the kind of movie that is sure to make a lot of money, of course, it is more cost-effective to pay the actors.

The success of "Ocean's Eleven" once again made many people aware of the huge profits contained in the film industry, and Huang Yuxun, who was concentrating on comic publishing, was also moved.

Huang Yuyun is more rational than those who directly invest in the establishment of film companies, many of whom only see Hong Kong films making money, but do not see the countless film companies that go bankrupt every year because of losses.

In Hong Kong, the average lifespan of an average film company is no more than 2 years, and such an astonishing elimination rate made Huang Yuyun directly give up the idea of setting up his own film company and instead consider cooperating with experienced filmmakers.

Recently, Huang Yuyun has found a suitable selection, but he is still hesitant to cooperate with the other party.

After staring at the flower board for a while, Huang Yuxuan stood up and paced a few steps in the room, and stood in front of the window in the last place, looking out of the window stupidly.

A knock on the door interrupted Huang Yuxuan's musings, and he turned around and said in a deep voice, "Come in"

The secretary pushed open the door and stood at the door to ask Huang Yuyun for instructions: "Boss, Mr. Zeng has arrived." ”

Huang Yuyun nodded at the secretary, "Please let him in." ”

Zeng Zhiwei couldn't wait to walk in, and as soon as they met, he said eagerly: "Mr. Huang, I heard that you are interested in investing in our good friend film company, is this true?" ”

Huang Yuxuan's expression froze, Zeng Zhiwei suddenly realized that his performance was too urgent, smiled and smiled, and closed his mouth and did not speak.

"Mr. Zeng, please sit down and talk." Huang Yuyun walked around to the desk and sat down, asking the secretary to pour Zeng Zhiwei a cup of tea.

Huang Yuyun didn't speak, Zeng Zhiwei could only hold it in his mouth if he had something to say, and finally got the secretary to brew the tea and bring it in, Huang Yuyun pushed the newspaper on the desk forward, "I don't know if Mr. Zeng has read the newspaper today?" ”

Zeng Zhiwei glanced at the newspaper with his eyes, and just looked at the headline, he immediately understood what Huang Yuxuan meant, and smiled bitterly in his heart.

"The Legend of Wesley" lost to "Back to the Future" in the box office competition, which directly led to the merger and acquisition of Xinbao Cinema by Jiayi Cinema, the suspension of production of Debao Company, and Pan Disheng's complete withdrawal from the film industry...... After this series of shocks, the impact of the matter did not end on the 1st, and the unlucky one was Zeng Zhiwei's good friend film company.

The box office of "The Legend of Wesley" with an investment of 70 million yuan did not lose money, but compared with the box office performance of "Back to the Future", it can be said that it is very different, those overseas filmmakers who covet the Hong Kong film market are not willing to take such a big risk to invest in Hong Kong films directly after this battle, and Zeng Zhiwei's good friend film company has to find a new financier.

With Zeng Zhiwei's ability and fate, there was no need to beg Huang Yuyun like this, in the past, he could easily attract investment, but now the situation is a little different, the Hong Kong market is monopolized by Jiayi Cinemas, and Zeng Zhiwei's good friend Film Company has been helping Pan Disheng and Lin Youlun to do it right, and now who dares to risk offending Lin Youlun and cooperate with Zeng Zhiwei?

Of course, Zeng Zhiwei is not desperate, Mecca has already spoken in Xinyi City, if Zeng Zhiwei is willing to go back, Mecca will personally go to Lin Youlun to intercede. Lin Youlun is not a small belly, presumably this bit of face will still be given.

Zeng Zhiwei didn't agree, when he left Xinyi City, he didn't think about going back, especially in this situation, he went back in a gloomy way, and it was difficult to raise his head in front of Don't enter.

Tydi Robin also had the same idea as Zeng Zhiwei, and even he had the idea of quitting the film industry, but Zeng Zhiwei persuaded him to dispel this idea.

Good friends film company had a very hard time during this time, unable to attract investment and unable to hire actors, and was almost on the verge of bankruptcy and bankruptcy.

In any case, this is the last chance for Good Friends Films, and Zeng Zhiwei must firmly grasp it.

"I also seriously considered it when I came, as long as Mr. Huang can help us through this difficulty, I can give up 50% of the company's shares."

Huang Yuyun raised his eyebrows, and he had to say that Zeng Zhiwei's words made him moved.

If you want to enter the film industry, it is too risky to set up a film company directly, and it is also a trouble to solicit a start; The next best thing to do is to buy an existing company, and only if the company is not just an empty shelf.

In this way, the problem arises, those film companies that are willing to accept capital injections are basically unable to sustain their operations, and they have nothing to use under their hands; And the company with the team under its subordinates does not need to inject capital, or the price is very high.

Zeng Zhiwei's good friend film company is a special case, Zeng Zhiwei and Tydi Robin are both rare all-round talents, and they are the objects of other film companies competing for recruitment at other times, but because they "offended" Lin Youlun, they are not interested.

Injecting capital into the Good Friend Film Company, Huang Yuyun can not only get a controlling stake in the company, but also get two generals, no matter how you look at this deal, it is very cost-effective, but what really worries Huang Yuyun is Lin Youlun's attitude.

Based on Huang Yuyun's understanding of Lin Youlun, he felt that Lin Youlun would not take the things Zeng Zhiwei did before to heart, Bi Jing had been his own master before, and Zeng Zhiwei was also forced to do so. Now that Pan Disheng has become a thing of the past, Lin Youlun can't continue to embarrass Zeng Zhiwei at all.

Huang Yuyun became attached to Lin Youlun because of the comics of "Sou Shen Ji", and the cooperation between the two has been very pleasant since then, Huang Yuyun can also speak in front of Lin Youlun, and it should not be difficult to help Zeng Zhiwei intercede, but just use up a precious affection, Huang Yuyun has to weigh whether it is worth it.

There is no better way to do it, Zeng Zhiwei also let go of it, and said directly: "If Mr. Huang is still not at ease, he can take me directly to see Mr. Lin, I apologize to Mr. Lin in person, Mr. Lin is doing big things, there is no reason to embarrass me for such a small thing!" ”

Zeng Zhiwei said this, if Huang Yuyun doesn't express his position, it will be too insincere, he really wants to choose to cooperate with a good friend film company, and there are still many places where Zeng Zhiwei will be used in the future, but this is a good opportunity to win in.

"Mr. Zeng is too worried, since I want to do things, this burden is still there. I will explain this matter to Mr. Lin, and I will definitely give you an answer within three years! ”

(To be continued)