Chapter 8 Be an assistant director first
At 9 o'clock in the morning, Kang Hu came to the Lefu subway station, and the straight-line distance from the broadcast road to the Lefu subway station was more than 500 meters. When he was about to go out, Kang Hu swept Zhao Yuzhi's house with his ears, Zhao Yuzhi should have already gone out, although Kang Hu's ability is not as exaggerated as Daredevil, but it is still much stronger than ordinary people, of course, it may be that Zhao Yuzhi has not gotten up at this time, Kang Hu does not have the ability to stand at the door and listen to people breathing in the bedroom.
Kang Hu's plan today is to go to the Yonghua studio, which now belongs to Golden Harvest.
Now there are three major studios in Hong Kong, the largest of which is the Shaw Brothers Cinema in Clear Water Bay, which was built in 61 years, and the establishment of the Shaw Brothers Cinema achieved the hegemony of the Shaw Brothers film industry in the 6070s. However, this year, in 1980, Shao Daheng will become the largest shareholder of TVB and become the chairman of the board of directors, and Shao Daheng's main energy will also shift from the film company to the TV station. During the same period, Shaw Brothers' film business continued to shrink and reduce the number of films, and in 1985 it sold all its theatrical chains to the newly established "Debao Film Company" under Dickson Poon, and in May 1987, Shaw Brothers announced that it would cease producing films. Between the start of Shaw Brothers and the suspension of production, Shaw Brothers produced more than 1,000 films. But this is the history of another time and space, and now that there are more Kanghu, everything will not be like this.
After Shaw Brothers Cinemas, is the Yonghua studio of Shaw Brothers' old rival Golden Harvest, which was originally the studio of Cathay Pacific, and in 1971, Cathay officially ended its production department and transferred Yonghua Studios to Golden Harvest. This is also one of the two thighs that Golden Harvest can stand on, in fact, to be honest, Golden Harvest's Zou Wenhuai luck is really good, in 1970 Zou Wenhuai left the Shaw Brothers and founded Golden Harvest, at that time Zou Wenhuai took away a group of old owners, it is conceivable how angry Shao Tycoon was, at that time Shao Tycoon was a comprehensive ban on Zou Wenhuai. But when people's luck comes, you really can't help it, first signed Bruce Lee and filmed "Tangshan Big Brother", which played the golden sign of Bruce Lee, and then won the Yonghua studio, so Golden Harvest completely gained a foothold, and the Yonghua studio also became the base camp of Golden Harvest against the Shaw Brothers Clear Water Bay Studio.
The last and smallest is the 5.500 square meter tourist city of Songcheng, built in 1979 by Qiu Degen, located in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, based on the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan's "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", modeled after the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing (now Kaifeng). And this set can basically only shoot costume films, which is one of the reasons why Zou Degen basically filmed costume dramas during his stay in Li in 82.
Sitting on the subway, Kang Hu went through all the major studios in Hong Kong now, because if you want to build an entertainment empire, you can't do it without your own studio. Of course, if Kang Hu only makes movies and only makes modern dramas, then it doesn't matter if there is a set or not, but will Kang Hu's ambitions be so small?
came to the Yonghua studio, bought a ticket, and asked the staff passing by the door for 50 Hong Kong dollars about the location of the target, and Kang Hu walked towards his goal. In fact, most of the crews on the set are open to the public, which is not only to facilitate the interaction between star chasers and celebrities, but also to allow reporters to have news to write about, and celebrities can also increase their exposure. And if you come often, you can even save tickets, and there is no fan at this time.
Kang Hu found the crew he was looking for, and did not rush up to talk, but stood aside and watched the whole crew shoot silently.
Kang Hu watched it for a while, and it was estimated that this crew should have just started filming, because Kang Hu had seen this movie, and this movie would be released in February this year. In fact, this crew really just started filming.
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Kang Hu watched like this for a morning, until a big bald head shouted "cut!" That's it in the morning, and I put it in the morning. ”
With the words of the big bald head, everyone seemed to relax all at once. Seeing this, Kang Hu also took steps and walked towards this bald head.
"Hello Director Mai!" Kang Hu smiled and stretched out his hand to the bald director. That's right, Kang Hu's target this time is Mecca, well, more precisely, the movie "Crazy Boss" directed by Mecca.
"Hello! I'm Mecca, what's the matter? "Mecca at this time is not a big name in a few years, and there is no new art city at this time, if Mecca meets Kang Hu in a few years, it is estimated that it will not be so polite.
"My name is Kang Hu, I just came back from the United States a few days ago, I know that our Hong Kong movies are very good, and I didn't watch less when I was in the United States, I heard that your Struggle Film Company is making new films, and there is a little problem!" Kang Hu knew that Mecca's "Crazy Boss" was the 13th at the Hong Kong box office in 80, and it also attracted the attention of Lei Juekun, the owner of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, after the success of the next two films, Struggle Film Company joined the Golden Princess and changed its name to "New Art City Film Company".
"I don't know what Mr. Kang means?" Mecca didn't understand what Kang Hu meant.
"Director Mai doesn't have to be so polite, just call me Ah Hu, I heard that your Struggle Film Company is a little tight on funds for filming this movie!"
After listening to Kang Hu's words, Mecca understood a little.
"Ah Hu wants to invest in our Struggle Film Company?" Mecca said with joy, in fact, although he and Ishida and Huang Baiming founded the Struggle Film Company in 79, they have always been actors for other companies, and now the filming of "Crazy Boss" is their entrepreneurial work, and the shooting funds are only 200,000 It is indeed a little tight, this is because the protagonist is Ishida, and the salary of insiders is very low.
"I want to invest in your movie, I don't know if Director Mai is interested?"
"Our current budget for this movie is 200,000, I don't know how much Ah Hu wants to invest?" Mecca didn't cheat Kang Hu, because this is their business start, and he is very careful!
"Then I will also invest 200,000 yuan, but I want you to strive for the third layer of the box office obtained by the company, and I will also be the assistant director of this play." This three-tier refers to the part that excludes taxes and the cinema line, Kang Hu opened his own conditions, although he saw that Kang Hu was at a loss, and he only got three layers of dividends after half of the funds. But the account can't be calculated like this, Kang Hu only invested money and didn't do anything, just waiting for dividends, and the most important thing is that Kang Hu can use this assistant director to follow the crew to learn the film knowledge he needs most now, you must know that there is no film school in Hong Kong to let you go to it, and in this case, Kang Hu will enter this circle and become an insider.
Mecca lowered her head and calculated in her heart, Mecca had no opinion on Kang Hu wanting to hang the title of assistant director. In Mecca's view, Kang Hu is a rich boy, he has a lot of money to do, he has nothing to do and runs to play tickets, Hong Kong's entertainment industry says big or small, no matter what the news is spread in less than a day, if Kang Hu really points to this assistant director title to Mengren, it is really no fun. Another point, most of the Hong Kong filmmakers at this time are pursuing "short, fast, and more", what does that mean? is that the shooting time should be short, the release time should be fast, and the money should be made more, all of which will test the director's ability, so Mecca is not afraid that Kang Hu can use the qualifications of this assistant director to blind people, and it has nothing to do with him even if he really gets people!
"Alright! I agree to your request, but I still have to discuss it with Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, so that if you are okay, just wait here, Shi Tian is one of the protagonists of this play, he is here, and Huang Baiming will come in a while. Mecca said to Kang Hu after thinking about it. In fact, with the addition of Kang Hu's 200,000 yuan, their "Crazy Boss" will be able to shoot more elaborate and exciting, and there is no need to save some money, and the shooting effect will be better.
In fact, Mecca knew that Huang Baiming would definitely agree, and the reason why Mecca had to wait for Huang Baiming was because Huang Baiming was a partner after all, and it would not be appropriate for him not to ask Huang Baiming's opinion.
Anyway, there's nothing to do.,Mecca called Ishida to talk about Kang Hu.,Ishida doesn't have any opinions and welcomes Kang Hu.,After all, everyone wants to star in the movie budget as much as possible.,At this time, there was a field service for Mecca and Ishida to bring lunch.,Mecca asked the field service to take a copy to Kang Hu.,Kang Hu originally thought that people had a number of meals and shirked and said that he would go out to eat for a while.,I didn't expect Mecca to smile and explain to him: "It's true, but it's often one or two more than calculated, after all, sometimes there are small situations, You can't let people go hungry to act, and even if it's too much, it's okay, there are always some people who don't have enough of it, like martial arts and field workers, anyway, it won't be wasted haha! ”
After listening to Mecca's words, Kang Hu was not polite, and ate with Mecca and Ishida.
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