Chapter 143: Before Leaving for the United States

Although the momentum of "Brave Double Cannon" is not as popular as "Ip Man" and "Clever Schemes", "Five Lucky Stars". But the results are still very good. The box office reached a total of 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars in three days of release. This has allowed Longteng Pictures to recoup the cost of filming! But these are not what Chen Jie should worry about, because he will leave for the United States in two days!

On this day, Chen Jie and Hong Jinbao came to Golden Harvest with a copy of the produced "Mr. Zombie". Wrinkle Huai saw the two and beckoned them to sit down quickly.

"Sanmao, Ajie, how are you preparing? We're leaving for the United States the day after tomorrow! Wrinkle said.

"The matter of "Ip Man" is almost ready, but Hong Kong still needs more help from Uncle Huai!" Chen Jie said.

"Oh, is there anything else you guys are doing here?" Wrinkle asked.

"Uncle Huai, you should have heard about me and Brother Sanmao cooperating to make a zombie movie!" Chen Jie said.

Wrinkled Huai nodded and did not speak.

"We've finished it in the later stage, and I'm here to send a copy to Uncle Huai today. How about Uncle Huai, would you be interested in having a look with us? Chen Jie said.

"Of course I'm interested in the movie you two collaborated on!" Wrinkle said with a smile. Truth be told, he was really interested in the movie. He wanted to see if the zombie film that had been filmed badly would work a miracle in the hands of these two people. After all, the two have already done a miracle and made the traditional kung fu film of the bad street into a box office myth in Hong Kong.

The three of them came to the screening room of Golden Harvest together, and Wrinkled Huai handed the copy to the staff of the screening room and sat on a chair. Looking at the two of them, he said, "I want to see what kind of surprise you two can give me this time!" ”

An hour and a half later, the trio walked out of the screening room. Wrinkled Huai was shocked until he returned to the office and sat down. It's not that he was scared by this zombie movie, in his opinion, this movie is not only not scary, but has a little bit of comedy. Wrinkle was shocked that he had never thought that a ghost movie could be filmed like this! I was even more shocked by the few poor special effects shots in the movie. He is well aware that Hong Kong does not have this kind of technology yet!

After returning to the desk and sitting down, Wrinkled Huai took about two puffs of cigar before coming back to his senses, looking at the two of them and saying

"How about I arrange for him to take over the file of "Brave Double Cannon" in this movie!"

"Then thank you Uncle Huai, but I have a request! I hope Golden Harvest can cooperate! Chen Jie said.

"What requirements?" Wrinkle said.

"I hope Golden Harvest can cooperate with Li's publicity!" Chen Jie said.

Wrinkle Huai was shocked at first after hearing Chen Jie's words, and then looked at Chen Jie with some excitement and said, "Ajie, are you in a relationship with Li's side!" ”

"I believe that Uncle Huai must know about Li's change of ownership. I've met Mr. Qiu twice! Maybe around the middle of next month, Li's TV station may have to change its name. And the movie between me and Brother Sanmao is also for the promotion of a big drama I wrote for them. If the effect is good, the TV station will have more advertising revenue in the future, and we will have an additional publicity channel! Chen Jie said with a smile.

Wrinkled looked at the young man in front of him in surprise and said

"So this movie is not a simple movie! I know about it! I'll let Ah Chang keep an eye on this matter for himself. ”

Wrinkle Huai also understands that this is an opportunity to befriend Qiu Degen, if he grasps it well, it should not be a problem for Jiahe's movies to be promoted on TV in the future. If he hadn't gone to the United States with Chen Jie to promote "Ip Man" in person, Wrinkle Huai really wanted to follow up on this matter personally. And the whole Jiahe wrinkles, except for himself, the most trusted is He Guanchang!

"Sanmao, Ajie, I have a question for you!" After the movie was negotiated, Wrinkle Huai looked at the two and said.

"Uncle Huai, just ask!" Chen Jie said.

"I just noticed the special effects in Mr. Zombie. Although there are few shots, it is not difficult to see that the production of these shots is very technical. I wonder where you guys made these shots. Wrinkle said.

Hong Jinbao glanced at Chen Jie after listening to Wrinkled Huai's words. Chen Jie said with a smile

Let me answer that question! I made this shot myself! ”

"What! It's your own making! Applejack, when are you going to do special effects shots again! Wrinkle said in surprise.

"It can't be helped, our investment is limited. Brother Sanmao told us that it would cost millions of Hong Kong dollars to make these shots into the desired effect! With this money, I can make another small-budget movie. It just so happens that I've been working on an animation design software for the last few months. I made a copy of the footage that needed to be processed for special effects and took it back to study it myself. I didn't expect it to work well! Chen Jie said.

Wrinkle Huai really wanted to suppress his shock, but he couldn't suppress it. The more he came into contact with Chen Jie, the more wrinkles he felt, and the more he felt that Chen Jie had an unfathomable feeling. Every time you feel like you know him well enough, he always does something that will blow your jaw drop! After a while, Wrinkle Huai came back to his senses and looked at Chen Jie and said

"Applejack, I didn't expect you to be able to handle special effects shots, that surprised me!"

That is, this movie does not have high requirements for special effects. I can handle it myself. If you have high requirements for special effects, you can't do it, and I've been busy for a week with just a few shots! I plan to go to the United States this time to take time to buy all the high-tech equipment and set up a technology company when I return to Hong Kong. On the one hand, it is convenient for the special effects processing of future movies, and on the other hand, I am really interested in this aspect! When the time comes, if Uncle Huai and Brother Sanmao have any movies to deal with special effects, don't forget me! I'm giving you a 20% discount! Chen Jie said.

Wrinkle Huai was a little excited when he heard Chen Jie say this, the special effects are something that burns money. Don't look at Chen Jie who only gave him two discounts, but these two discounts are a lot of money! As far as the "New Shu Mountain Swordsman" that Jiahe is ready to invest in is concerned. If it can be cheaper, it will be millions of Hong Kong dollars! It's a pity that Chen Jie's company won't be able to be established for a while, otherwise Wrinkles would like to hand over the movie special effects of "New Shushan Swordsman" to Chen Jie to deal with!

"Applejack, I'm not going to be polite to you! The special effects you know are so expensive! Wrinkle said.

"What's polite, Uncle Huai has always taken care of me so much, so I should think that I repay Uncle Huai." Chen Jie said.

Wrinkle Huai couldn't be happier after hearing Chen Jie's words. I only thought that I didn't carry Chen Jie in vain. I made a decision in my heart that I couldn't offend Chen Jie no matter what. Not to mention Chen Jie's versatility, but if the special effects company Chen Jie said is really established, there will still be a lot of things for Jiahe to honor them in the future.

"Leave the release of this "Mr. Zombie" to me! Applejack, leave me Leigh's phone number. I'll arrange for someone to talk to them about joint propaganda! You and Sanmao should prepare well, and our trip to the United States will be a success! Fu Wenhuai said.

"Uncle Huai, I want to hear how many movie theaters Fox has arranged for us to release "Ip Man"? Do you have any publicity plans? How much box office share do we get? Chen Jie asked.

After listening to Chen Jie's words, Fu Wenhuai said with some excitement: "Fox has arranged for us to release the movie "Ip Man" in 350 theaters. In addition, we have some local Chinese theaters in San Francisco who are willing to release "Ip Man", which adds up to about 400 theaters! ”

Chen Jie can be said to be very dissatisfied with this number, at this time there are at least nearly 4,000 movie theaters in the United States, and the movie theaters that show "Ip Man" account for only one-tenth. But Hong Jinbao was already shocked when he heard this number, since Li Xiaolong's death, there has not been a movie starring so many people in theaters in the United States!

"Not only that, if the release of "Ip Man" is popular, Fox will increase its screening efforts! I'm very confident in the quality of this movie! Wrinkle said.