October 15, 1983.

Actor Entertainment held its first general meeting since the establishment of the company.

At the meeting, Duan Zihao read out the seven-month profit, including film and television, as well as newspapers and periodicals.

Among them, in terms of movies, relying on the two dramas "Five Lucky Stars" and "God of Gamblers", the total box office in Hong Kong and overseas is as high as more than 80 million, and according to the sharing contract, the actor entertainment has obtained a profit of more than 32 million. In addition, with the more than 9 million video cassette copyrights, a total profit of 41 million was made.

In addition, in terms of films, low-budget horror films such as "Midnight Bell" and "The Grudge" created by Actor Entertainment in Japan have also become the champions of the Japanese film box office, and several dramas have made the Japanese branch of Actor Entertainment make a profit of 300 million yen, a total of 19.8 million Hong Kong dollars, according to the sharing contract between Duan Zihao and Kitagawa Haruko, the profit is more than 9 million.

In terms of TV programs, Duan Zihao sold scripts "Intolerable", "Rogue Tycoon", as well as "Silver Fox" and "The King of Drama". The ratings of both wireless and ATV have reached an astonishing more than 30 points, so according to the previous contract, Actor Entertainment received a script copyright fee of 2 million.

In fact, this is not counted, because of the excellent scripts of the actor entertainment series, both TV stations have signed a script contract with the company for at least two plays a year, and according to the regulations, the actor entertainment has once again earned millions of ......

In terms of newspapers and periodicals, the "Dream Newspaper" created by Duan Zihao and "Ming Pao" together, under the strong promotion of Duan Zihao, has become an original publication of new types of novels, because of the serialization of fantasy novels and Xianxia novels, it has become a new mainstream media of novels, and has obtained advertising profits of more than 3 million.

To sum up, the current profit of Actor Entertainment totals 57 million Hong Kong dollars.

After the announcement of this staggering number, everyone gasped.

Just seven months. Profit of more than 50 million!

Isn't that a miracle?!

At this moment, everyone's eyes are not right when they look at Duan Zihao, if they used to join the actor entertainment with their own selfish intentions, then now, they suddenly realized how correct their choice was.

If it used to be that Duan Zihao was afraid that their gang would jump ship and leave the company, now it has become that these people are afraid that Duan Zihao will fire them.

As a filmmaker, who wouldn't want to develop in a promising film company?

Who doesn't want to grow and grow with the company?!

Among them, Wong Kar-wai and Liu Zhenwei are the most selfish people, and they were originally indignant that Xinyicheng threw them to the actor entertainment like garbage.

But now. However, they felt that they had to thank Xinyicheng, and if it were not for their discard, they would not have come to such a promising new company.

Also thinking about this are Zhang Shuping, who is an artist and editor, and Du Kefeng, a photographer who came here by mistake. For them, they never imagined that this small company would grow so fast, so fast that they could not have imagined.

However, what is even more unimaginable is still to come, because Duan Zihao announced the work plan for the last two months.

The plan is simple, shoot zombie movies for Halloween and comedy movies for Christmas. New Year's Photography ...... Literary films!

That's right, it's a literary film!

Because Duan Zihao wants to win the prize!

In this way, Actor Entertainment will shoot three dramas in just two months. And it's three different types of movies!

It's absolutely exciting!

Duan Zihao saw that everyone was stunned by his plan, and immediately issued a military order.

"Ah Jing, you are a fast gunner. I hope you'll make a horror movie on Halloween, well, it's called "Mr. Zombie"! ”

"I've got you ready, actor. The newly signed eldest brother Lin Zhengying will be the leading actor in this play, and the remaining characters will be decided when the time comes! ”

"As for Liu Zhenwei. Didn't you want me to give you a chance, so I'll give you one now! As he spoke, Duan Zihao threw a script outline to them and said, "You can write and shoot this drama at the same time, and it must be released before Christmas!" ”

Liu Zhenwei was surprised, and took a look at it, which said "Gambling Saint"!

"As for the actors, I want you to recommend two people, Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda...... Of course, that Zhou Xingchi may not be very famous, but I plan to sign him over, well, this drama can be regarded as cultivating him! ”

If the company had only opened before, Duan Zihao would never have made such a decision, but now it is different, the company has broad prospects and has the ability to cultivate stars, not to mention that the relationship between Zhou Xingchi and Duan Zihao is extraordinary, and these big guys also know that people are willing to bring their good friends, and others have nothing to say.

"Finally, Wong Kar-wai, I know that your filming has been very slow, but this time I hope you can hurry, because the drama you filmed will be released in time for the Spring Festival, that is to say, the drama you shoot will be the main force of our actor entertainment, so I hope you can be careful, and I have also written the outline of the script for you, you see-"

As he spoke, Duan Zihao threw the script to Wong Kar-wai, Wong Kar-wai took off his pretending sunglasses and looked at it, stunned, there were four big characters written on it - "The True Story of A Fei"!

"As for the actors, Leslie Cheung and Lau Tak Wah, and this year's Miss Hong Kong Maggie Cheung ......"

As if thinking about something, Duan Zihao suddenly said again: "Forget it, you will be the assistant director of this play, and I will be the director, I really can't support your mushroom grinding skills, so you should take a back seat for the sake of safety!" ”

Wong Kar-wai, who was originally forced to shoot a drama for two months, breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, for him, the filming time was too short, and it was difficult to guarantee that it would be dross, and he was not willing to ruin his lifelong reputation - of course, if he had any "heroic name".

In any case, the filming of the three dramas of Actor Entertainment has been planned, with a total investment of up to 10 million Hong Kong dollars, which is already a very large investment for a newly established company.

Just when Duan Zihao was hesitant, Fa Ge suddenly called and said, "Chen Yulian is going to France." ”

Duan Zihao didn't understand why Fa Ge called him, but he still rushed to the airport quickly, but unfortunately, he was a step late, and when he arrived at the airport, Chen Yulian's plane had already taken off.

Just when Duan Zihao was full of questions, he saw Fa Ge in the lobby of the airport.

Fa Ge's situation is much more energetic than before. At least in Duan Zihao's eyes, he is full of energy.

Seeing Duan Zihao, Fa Ge smiled and said, "You're late, Ah Lian has already left." ”

Duan Zihao did not speak.

Fa Ge suddenly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, I already know about you and Ah Lian...... But as a brother, I really hated you at first, but now that I think about it clearly, feelings can't be forced, and I don't think anything good will end up with her, so I want to bless you...... I didn't expect ...... Go for it! ”

Duan Zihao looked at Fa Ge, looked at his sincere appearance, and suddenly said, "Fa Ge." Is it okay to drink with me? ”

That day, Duan Zihao, who had never been drunk, was drunk and drunk. He didn't know what he said or muttered when he was drunk, but he only knew that Fa Ge kept comforting him and telling him to learn to wait.

……

As a fast gunner, the fat man Wang Jing's "Mr. Zombie" has started filming. The starring roles are Lin Zhengying, Qian Xiaohao and others.

The main content is about the rich squire Ren Fa's father who coerced and lured him to get a piece of feng shui treasure land, and was instructed by Mr. Feng Shui. Twenty years after his father's burial, the grave was moved to benefit his descendants. Uncle Jiu was invited to help with this matter, and the coffin was opened, and the body was not decomposed. Uncle Nine was suspicious. ordered apprentices Wencai and Qiusheng to take care of it.

In the middle of the night, Ren Fa was killed by zombies, and Wen Cai was poisoned by the corpse in order to protect his sweetheart, and he almost became a zombie. Akiyo is bewitched by an amorous female ghost. The ninth uncle read that the female ghost was not malicious and rescued Qiusheng from the zombies, so he let the female ghost go.

When the zombie comes to Uncle Nine's house and wants to bite his granddaughter; Uncle Nine arrives and subdues the zombies with his apprentice Qiusheng. Helplessly, the zombie was too strong, and the two couldn't deal with it, just when the ninth uncle was defeated, the junior brother drove the corpse Taoist priest to arrive, and the three of them worked together to finally burn the zombie to death.

As a person who has come over, Duan Zihao clearly directs the greatness of this play, that is...... It is a genre film that has set off the zombie trend in Hong Kong!

That's right, when it comes to zombie movies in Hong Kong, many viewers who like this genre will give a thumbs up and praise "Great!" ”

Even internationally, Hong Kong's zombie movies and Hollywood's vampire movies are tied for the top two international monster movies.

In addition, Hong Kong zombie films have influenced Southeast Asia and even the whole of Asia, and future Japanese movies, Korean movies, and even Thai horror movies have similar elements, such as "hold your breath", "Sami exorcism", "corpse poison attack" and so on.

It can be said that Hong Kong's zombie movies have influenced a generation and a century.

Now, Duan Zihao ordered Wang Jing to shoot this drama, just to create a zombie theme. If you remember correctly, the original director of this drama is Liu Guanwei, a master who is good at shooting comedy horror films. But now it's the same for the fat man to direct, as long as he follows the script and doesn't just add some and pee to it.

On the day of the start-up, Duan Zihao, as the producer and investor of this drama, participated in the worship ceremony.

It's different from worshipping God in the past.

In the past, most of the people who started to worship God worshiped Guan Erge, but this time, Duan Zihao and they bowed to "Zhong Kui".

Zhong Kui is a ghost hunter, and his majesty among the people is not small, the reason why he worships him this time is to hope that the filming will go smoothly and not be harassed by ghosts.

Hong Kong people are very superstitious, and many people know this, so this time to bow to Zhong Kui has also become a lace news reported by many media.

Hong Kong "Entertainment Times" -

"Mr. Zombie" is on, and the actor entertainment worships Zhong Kui!"

Hong Kong "Entertainment Weekly" -

"Worship God is fun to start, start shooting zombies and set Halloween!"

Hong Kong "Ming Pao" Entertainment Section――

"Actor Entertainment is developing rapidly, and the start of filming zombies is bound to lead!"

……

In any case, this drama can be regarded as attracting the attention of the majority of media. However, for Duan Zihao, these are secondary, the important thing is whether this drama can be filmed as soon as possible. (To be continued......)