Cheng Xiaodong and Tang Jili both seemed to be very relaxed when talking about their respective films, and such reactions can't help but make people suspect that "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" and "Mythology" should have earned back their costs in the overseas market, otherwise the two directors would not have behaved so calmly on the eve of the film's release in Hong Kong.

And careful people will find that in this interview before the premiere, the host spent a lot of time interviewing the producers and directors, but did not spend too much time on the actors. Because "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" is starring Lin Youlun and Wang Guxian, it is understandable that the organizer did not arrange an interview, but the two protagonists of "Myth" - Li Yuanba and Chen Hong were not questioned, which makes people a little funny.

With all kinds of speculation and curiosity, the media reporters and the audience attending the premiere were divided into two groups, one group went to the upstairs screening room to watch "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors", and the rest stayed to watch "Mythology".

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"After the movie ended, the first thing everyone said when they met was, how about the one you watched? And then the answers of each other were surprisingly consistent - what a good one! Because of this evaluation, many people paid for tickets to watch another one. A film critic who attended the premiere wrote this in his column.

On the first day of the release of "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" and "Mythology", the box office both exceeded 5 million Hong Kong dollars, and the media evaluated these two films well, and there was also a craze for watching movies among the audience, because during such a special period as the Spring Festival, many people bought tickets for a family to enter the venue, which once again pushed up the box office of the film.

In just one week, both films have grossed more than 40 million. And the box office of "Family Carnival" at this time can exceed 25 million. Although this result is already very good for a comedy that costs only a few million. But it's often not the facts that are frustrating, it's the comparisons.

Lin Youlun used facts to teach Lin Jianyue a vivid lesson, although in terms of the number of viewers, "Family Carnival" did not lose to "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" and "Mythology", but the media will always say in their reports that the box office of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" and "Mythology" is twice that of "Family Carnival".

This incident touched Lin Jianyue a lot, and he also strengthened his determination to invest in big-budget films.

When I saw in the newspaper that Lin Jianyue said that Media Asia Film Company would spend 300 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot 2-3 big-budget movies in the next 3 years. Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but shake his head.

In his opinion, Lin Jianyue is still too anxious now, and if he doesn't do well, he will repeat Pan Disheng's mistakes.

Since his subordinates have encircled comedy talents like Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen, they should work steadily, start with comedies, and slowly expand investment, but Lin Jianyue obviously does not have such patience.

Although he is not optimistic about the future development of Media Asia Films, Zou Wenhuai has no obligation to remind Lin Jianyue that he is now undecided about another matter.

"Boss. Mr. He and Cheng Long came, saying that they had urgent matters to see you. The assistant pushed the door in. told Zou Wenhuai such a news.

Zou Wenhuai put down the newspaper in his hand, nodded and said, "Call them in." ”

Not long after the assistant went out, he led He Guanchang and Cheng Long in.

"Wen Huai, something happened!"

He Guanchang showed a rare panicked expression on his face, Zou Wenhuai frowned after hearing this, pointed to the sofa on the side, and motioned for He Guanchang and Cheng Long to sit down and speak.

"I got a copy of the Wall Street Journal a few days ago, and found that there was a piece of news that was very unfavorable to Aaron, and the Hong Kong media also found out about the news, and even they dug up a lot of bad things on this basis." He Guanchang was so nervous, not only because of Cheng Long's personal relationship with him, but also because of the interests of Jiahe Company.

Cheng Long relied on a series of movies such as "Red Fan District" and "Die Hard", and gradually became famous in the world, and it has also become an important hole card for Golden Harvest to enter the international market.

"Aaron, what's going on?" Zou Wenhuai's expression also became serious.

"I don't know the specifics, Mr. Lin asked Tang Jili to shoot the "Myth" during the period when it was released in the United States, it seems to be quite a sensation, and the American media compared the protagonist Li Yuanba in that movie with me, because Li Yuanba grew up in the United States, and the Americans praised him vigorously, and what is even more odious is that the media in Hong Kong turned over the fact that I did not appear in this movie at the beginning, saying that I was playing a big name to make Mr. Lin unhappy, and then Mr. Lin said that he wanted to bring out a new person to replace me…… This is complete nonsense, I didn't take this movie at that time because the schedule couldn't be staggered, and he knew everything about it, and it wasn't what the media said at all. Cheng Long explained with an aggrieved face.

Zou Wenhuai nodded after hearing this, comforted Cheng Long and said: "Since the media is making things up, you don't have to worry too much, if you are afraid that Mr. Lin will have any ideas, I will personally call him to explain later." ”

Cheng Long was called by He Guanchang, that is, he hoped that Zou Wenhuai could help him talk to Lin Youlun, Zou Wenhuai had already agreed, and he was not ready to continue to stay.

"Mr. Zou, I still have to shoot a movie on the set today, if there is nothing to do, I will leave first."

Zou Wenhuai sent Cheng Long to the door of the office, and then asked the assistant to send Cheng Long downstairs for him, and then turned around and went back to the office to sit down.

Cheng Long didn't take this matter too seriously, but He Guanchang always had a worry.

"Wen Huai, I always feel that this matter is very strange, when Lin Youlun came to me at the beginning, he was indeed ready to let Ah Long play the leading role in "Myth", but later because Ah Long did not come over in person in a hurry to film, Lin Youlun decided to change people. There will be no more than 5 people in total who know about this matter, and there is no reason for anyone else to poke this matter out. ”

Zou Wenhuai shook his head, "This was not done by Lin Youlun. ”

He Guanchang didn't want to believe it at first, but then Zou Wenhuai told him something, and then He Guanchang was stunned.

"This is the ...... Did you deliberately let the media know about it? ”

"Do you want to know the reason for the road?" Zou Wenhuai picked up a document from his desk and handed it to He Guanchang, "This is the box office statistics of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" and "Mythology" in Europe and North America, you can take a look first." ”

He Guanchang took it and opened the first page to see two bar charts, which represent the box office data of the two films in Europe and North America, among which the box office of "Ancient and Modern Wars of Qin Warriors" in Europe has exceeded the level of 30 million US dollars, and "Mythology" has almost 17 million US dollars at the box office; This figure is reversed in the North American market, where "Mythology" grossed $58 million, while "Ancient and Modern Wars of the Qin Warriors" only had just over $30 million. The box office share of the two movies, Lin Youlun can get at least $50 million, and Golden Harvest's overseas box office share for the whole year last year adds up to so much.

"I used to think that after Aaron became famous in the international market, we could slowly reduce our dependence on Lin Youlun in big-budget movies, but now it seems that my conclusion is still too early." Zou Wenhuai sighed softly. The cooperation between Golden Harvest and Lin Youlun has always been divided according to the proportion of investment in the film, and the copyright of these films will all belong to Lin Youlun after 2 years of release.

With the rise of Hong Kong films, Hollywood studios have become keen on the adaptation of Hong Kong films, and just selling the rights to these films is a large amount of income, but now all this money will only fall into Lin Youlun's pocket.

Although Golden Harvest did make a lot of money in cooperating with Lin Youlun, Zou Wenhuai was not satisfied with this, so after the end of the "Legend of the Night" series, he decided to reduce his cooperation with Lin Youlun and invest more funds in Golden Harvest's self-created big-budget movies, Cheng Long's action movies are the biggest beneficiaries.

Cheng Long's Weihe company, nominally a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, but the autonomy is great, in fact, Golden Harvest and Cheng Long cooperated, and the money made after the most difficult time was not more than when he cooperated with Lin Youlun, recently, Zou Wenhuai heard that Cheng Long was in contact with Hollywood studios in private, and was ready to leave Golden Harvest alone to develop in Golden Harvest, which Zou Wenhuai could not accept.

"Don't you think Aaron has been a little inflated this time? Of course, I can also understand that he has developed too smoothly during this time, and there are no competitors...... This does not bode well for him or for us. ”

He Guanchang raised his eyebrows, "Wen Huai, do you have any misunderstanding about Ah Long, I don't think he will be the kind of ungrateful person." ”

"I just think that Golden Harvest has tilted so many resources towards him, and it will be more and more risky to do so in the future, because people will always change." Zou Wenhuai voiced his concerns.

He Guanchang was silent for a while, and then said, "Then what do you mean......"

"Take the two actors who are very popular in costume action movies now, Li Lianjie and Zhao Wenzhuo, the box office of the two of them starring in the movie is not much less than that of Ah Long, but their salary is only half of Ah Long, so they are not as good as Ah Long? I don't think so, but because the two of them have a competitive relationship with each other, and your salary is too high, I can go find another shot. Aaron's problem now is that he lacks an opponent who can match him. Zou Wenhuai paused here when he said this, and then said: "Now that this Li Yuanba is famous, and there is Lin Youlun's support behind him, we might as well make a contribution, not to mention that he can replace Ah Long, at least let Ah Long feel some crisis, which is good for Ah Long and for us." (To be continued......)