Chapter 86: The paparazzi and gossip weekly continue to exert their power

"Mr. Shen, I can't believe that you actually agreed to such harsh conditions." On the way out, Zhu Xinghe also had the courage to say to Shen Zhenghui, "Although Stephen Zhou himself is very appealing in Hong Kong, but after all, it is only Hong Kong, this is a small place, if it is not backed by the big 6, who cares about such a place?" Pengcheng and Puhai, the status is much more important than its 3, and the most important thing is that it only has a permanent population of less than six million, in my opinion, the Hong Kong market has reached the limit, and his film market will only fall in the future and will not rise again, how much is the box office of "The King of a Thousand Kings 2ooo"? Less than 20 million ......"

"I know you mean this place doesn't matter anymore, you don't want to stay here anymore, do you?" Shen Zhenghui closed his eyes and nodded, "I'll talk to President Fukuda." ”

"Ah, ha, hehe, I didn't mean that." Zhu Xinghe was embarrassed, "I'm just worried." ”

"Don't worry," Shen Zhenghui said seriously, "It's because the Hong Kong film market is no longer good, so Stephen Zhou has the effect of being a good medicine for the box office." He paused, "I think we can recoup most of the cost in Hong Kong, which is pure profit in Japan, and the box office in Japan, well, I conservatively estimate, will not be lower than "The Cruel History of Peking High School." ”

"You mean this film can make two billion dollars at the box office in Japan?"

"I think it's about the same, if the publicity and action are done well, it is possible to exceed 2 billion." Shen Zhenghui nodded.

Zhu Xinghe also took a breath of cool air, which means that there is a box office of 120 million in Japan, and Kasuga Pictures also has its own cinema chain, if all of them are released in theaters of GuΓ² Kasuga Pictures, this 200 million Hong Kong dollars will be the income of Kasuga Pictures. According to this kind of income estimate, investing 50 million or something is simply a lucrative business, not to mention not only the box office in Japan, but also DVDs and peripherals. If Shen Zhenghui's vision is correct, this is the rhythm of counting money and counting to hand cramps.

If this qiΔ“ can be achieved, not to mention Stephen Zhou's bad temper, even if he is a tyrant on the set, there are people who are willing to crawl down to shine his shoes!

"Let's go back and prepare, Stephen Zhou will definitely come to sign a contract with us." Shen Zhenghui said.

Back at Kasuga Pictures' office, Shen Zhenghui was sitting on the sand of the office when Fujido Kazuki and Aonuma Tomoaki had returned.

"Didn't I let you go out and go shopping?" Shen Zhenghui asked.

"It's not interesting." Tomoaki Aonuma replied, "I'll be back early and waiting for you." ”

"What kind of shopping," Fujido said angrily, "a lot of people followed me and Miss Aonuma, and they took pictures openly, and I was annoyed, and Miss Aonuma didn't let me hit those people, so I didn't feel in the mood to buy anything at all." ”

Shen Zhenghui looked at Zhuxing Kazuya.

Zhu Xinghe also pouted, "It must be the paparazzi of "app1edate", this is targeting us." ”

"Aren't they so tall every day and not tired?"

"You don't live in Hong Kong every day," Zhu Xing Kazuya said, "like Stephen Zhou, who goes to work every day, and there are no scandals, "app1edate" rarely publishes his news, unless there is really something." ”

"Meet with us today, for example?" Shen Zhenghui thought about it, "Do you have any existing paparazzi secretly filming us today?" ”

"Ah, I didn't pay attention," Zhu Xinghe was also stunned for a moment, "or I'll go and check." ”

"Forget it," Shen Zhenghui waved his hand, "I can't send someone to kidnap their editor-in-chief and cut his fingers." ”

Only Fujido Kazuki showed a surprised expression.

"It's a joke!" Shen Zhenghui glared at her, "Forget it, I've been a little low-key these days, and we'll go to Taiwan when we sign a contract with Stephen Zhou." He looked at Tomoaki Aonuma, "You should be able to relax a little bit then." ”

"I don't think so, Miss Aonuma has many more fans in Taiwan than in Hong Kong."

Shen Zhenghui smiled bitterly and said to Tomoaki Qingnuma, "Why don't we go to Big 6 to play next time?" However, remembering his own incident in the big 6, he immediately denied his own mentions, "Forget it, let's go to the United States or Europe, where people don't know us." ”

Fujido orange on the side, eyes are shining.

The next day, Shen Zhenghui appeared on the cover of "app1edate" again, this time, the paparazzi squatted and had a new harvest, they not only heard that Shen Zhenghui met Chairman Zou and Stephen Zhou in this hotel, but also asked the waiter to buy him and Chairman Zou about film cooperation, and Stephen Zhou talked about the investment in new films, not only that, but they also published the fact that the four people ate a bowl of noodles in the restaurant, and at the same time laughed at the Japanese and Stephen Zhou's stinginess. Because of such a report, the news of Tomoaki Aonuma shopping on the streets of Hong Kong could not attract everyone's attention.

This news has caused a lot of fluctuations in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, and for a while, the entry of Japanese capital into Hong Kong seems to have suddenly become a hot topic, even in the financial crisis, Japan is very miserable, but in the impression of Hong Kong people, Japan and the United States seem to be synonymous with wealth.

The entry of Japanese capital reported by "app1edate" has set off an impetuous psychology in the entertainment industry. Filmmakers continue to visit Kasuga Pictures' Hong Kong office to sell the films that have already been made to rich "Japanese", or to attract investment, because according to reports, Kasuga Pictures has reached cooperation agreements with companies such as Uniasia, Yongsheng, Jiahe, and Xinghui, so naturally some people have some kind of illusion, thinking that they may be able to deceive the "Japanese" cleverly. So all of a sudden, Shen Zhenghui and Zhu Xinghe suddenly appeared, and their workload suddenly increased. Shen Zhenghui had to wait for Stephen Zhou's reply in the office, and for several days, he was blocked in the office by people from all walks of life who came to visit, and said the procedural words of public relations countless times, which was nothing more than a euphemism to say that we don't have so much money, we only cooperate with large companies, and Japan is not a garbage can, and any film can be loaded into it - will you shoot "3D version of **"?

In the past few days, Shen Zhenghui has been annoyed, but it is not without unexpected gains. A screenwriter named Mak Zhaohui came to the door to submit a script, Shen Zhenghui was happy when he saw the name of the script, judging from the script, the script tentatively named "The Departed" tells a very clichΓ© and simple story, and even only the line of police to undercover in the underworld is not rich enough compared with future films. This screenwriter named Mak Chaohui probably came here with a sense of luck to try to see if he could cheat money from the Japanese.

"It's a very simple story, but it has a lot of potential to be written better." Shen Zhenghui thought for a while and said, "This is Mr. Mai's work?" ”

"I wrote it with a friend of mine." Mak Chiu-fai, who has been a director and actor in his thirties, is still a little nervous, "I think if you spend more money and do it with your heart, it will be a good film." ”

"Yes." Shen Zhenghui nodded, raised his head, and said to Mai Zhaohui, "But many films don't have enough money and care, and they all end up being bad movies." ”

Mai Zhaohui licked his lips and did not answer.

"Mr. Mak wants to direct himself?"

"I'm still a newcomer as a director, I don't have any fame, and the investor definitely wants to use a famous director, and I can be an assistant director." Mak Zhaohui said.

"Kasuga Pictures' main business in Hong Kong is to co-produce films with local companies in Hong Kong, and at the same time to make Hong Kong films in Japan, we can't directly invest in making films ourselves, which is too risky for us." Shen Zhenghui said seriously.

Mak Chiu-fai couldn't hide his disappointed look.

"That's it, I'll introduce you to Mr. Lin of Uniasia, I'm very optimistic about your script, but if the investment is less than 60 million, I'd rather not shoot, if Mr. Lin is determined to shoot, we are willing to invest in shares." As he spoke, he picked up a piece of paper and wrote words for Lin Jian on it.

"I'm sorry, I can only write simplified Chinese." After writing, he handed the note to Mai Zhaohui, Mai Zhaohui looked at it and was startled, Shen Zhenghui wrote the list of actors on the note, Liu Tianwang, Liang Yingdi, Zeng Yingdi, Huang Yingdi and other actors' names are all on the paper. "The story is good, think about it carefully when filming, and with so many actors to help, there should be no problem in the market."

Compared with Shen Zhenghui's chic, Mak Zhaohui was full of doubts in his heart, "Mr. Shen, can I ask why you are looking for Huanya?" They haven't made many films in recent years, and their investment is small, can't Jiahe and Yongsheng? ”

"Jiahe and Yongsheng?" Shen Zhenghui repeated these two names, he naturally can't say that these two will be killed by their own blockbusters, and there will definitely be no money to burn your film again, which is why the film "Infernal Affairs" will be the reason why Uniasia will invest in the future, and at present, Uniasia is still under great financial pressure, Shen Zhenghui is naturally not hesitant to help Uniasia.

"You can also find Yongsheng and Jiahe," Shen Zhenghui said, "You can talk to these two companies, Kasuga is willing to invest, in charge of the Japanese bank, the investment ratio is only 4o%, this condition is the same for either company." ”

Mak Zhaohui was stunned for a moment, and others spoke lightly, but the promise of spring can become a bargaining chip for himself to seek investment, but the investment of 60 million, 6o% also needs more than 30 million, and there are very few Hong Kong who can come up with such a large amount of money to invest in movies, so Mak Zhaohui left the office of Kasuga Pictures with such a comforting harvest.

Shen Zhenghui waited hard for Stephen Zhou's reply, and during this time, he had a very depressed time because he had to entertain Hong Kong filmmakers who came to visit. On the other hand, Tomoaki Aonuma had a much easier time, she didn't go out, and asked Fujido Kazuki to help her buy a few books about movies and actors, and she immersed herself in learning. Shen Zhenghui guessed that Stephen Zhou must have taken his own conditions to negotiate terms with other Hong Kong film investors, but at the moment, he couldn't give up lightly, and at the same time, he couldn't take the initiative to contact Xinghui, so he could only stabilize his pace and wait. In the middle, Lin Jian and Xiangjia came to visit again, and asked him to eat, play ball and other activities, as if they wanted to deepen their personal relationship with him. Lin Jian specifically consulted about Mak Zhaohui's script, and after listening to Shen Zhenghui talk about the purpose and intention of investing in blockbusters, he stopped mentioning this matter, probably raising funds and preparing to gamble big. Although he is burdened with tens of billions of debts, he also has a net worth of tens of billions.

Just when Shen Zhenghui had been in Hong Kong for a week and felt bored, he suddenly received a phone call that surprised him.

"In Hong Kong?"

"yes!"

"I'm also in Hong Kong, let's come out and meet!"

"Uh...... Good. ”

"If you're alone, don't bring your Japanese girlfriend out." The other party said.

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