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I have to say that Xiang Jia is still very gambling. Probably stimulated by "Infernal Affairs", because of the ability to sell films to Japan, "Infernal Affairs" has a good box office income in the Japanese market, plus it will be released simultaneously in the mainland. Lin Jian made a lot of money from this. Of course, Shen Zhenghui and Haruhi earn more. In the increasingly bleak Hong Kong film market, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" is nothing short of a miracle. Although it can't be compared with Zhou Xingxing, how long does it take for Zhou Xingxing to release a film?

The bigwigs in the entertainment industry are a little uneasy.

This is especially true for Mr. Xiang. It seems that he feels that he can't make money if he doesn't make a big product, and after reflecting on his previous experience with blockbusters that lose money, Mr. Xiang decided to make a movie of the same level as "Infernal Affairs" to make a lot of money. He set his sights on Jack Cheng, who had returned to Hong Kong.

After Jack Cheng filmed "Spy Maze", he completely broke away from Jiahe, and he partnered with Yinghuang's Boss Yang to establish the so-called Cheng Yinghuang Film Co., Ltd., and became his own boss. His worth is no longer affordable for him to make movies in Hong Kong, and he doesn't want to lower his value, so becoming his own boss has become the best choice.

If it weren't for Xiang Jia, Jack Cheng was preparing his first movie after the establishment of his company - "New Police Story", which can only be said to be fried cold rice. For many years, he won the best film at the 5th Academy Awards for the theme of police. Now, time flies, and the eldest brother, who is no longer young, wants to use this theme to remiss his youth. Because it is the first film, he has prepared very carefully, even if Yinghuang wants to use this film to praise his own artist, the eldest brother doesn't care about this. After all, movies always need people to act, and there are only a few people in Hong Kong who are interested in investing in making movies and promoting stars. He and Boss Yang don't know whether to be like-minded or otherwise. At this time, Xiang Jia came over, meaning that he was going to invest in filming a big scene.

To be honest, Jack Cheng is already immune to the big scene. His investment in "Rush Hour 2" reached 90 million US dollars, which is converted to more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars. What kind of movie in Hong Kong can burn 700 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot? And after enjoying the treatment of top stars in Hollywood, and then returning to Hong Kong, the eldest brother feels that he is indifferent enough to treat the next movies as games.

But Mr. Xiang mentioned an idea that even Jack himself thought was a little crazy - he wanted to ask Shen Zhenghui to direct this film.

To be honest, Shen Zhenghui is not a top Hollywood director, and his debut film in Hollywood has not yet been released. Although he is very famous in Asia, this does not mean that the eldest brother will take this fame seriously. But in fact, the eldest brother has been paying attention to this too young director for a long time, and this young man, who has just turned 28 years old this year, has broken the box office record for local live-action films in Japan, with a box office of more than 15 billion yen, and also more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. This is not counting the overseas box office of this "Yakushiji Ryoko Strange Incident Book".

Although the record of the eldest brother is more than this film. But he paid attention to Shen Zhenghui not just because of the box office. Also because he also shoots kung fu films, his past films have introduced two kung fu stars: Wu Jin and Tony Jia. Although these two have not entered Hollywood for the time being due to geographical and skin color problems, they have shown enough strength. Wu Jin is the younger brother of Jet Lee, and Tony Jia, a Muay Thai fighter, is considered to be enough to crush Jack Cheng and Jet Lee, and his actual combat ability can be compared with Billy Zhou and Bruce Lee. Jack Cheng has seen this report, so he remembers the director of this film, Shen Zhenghui, very clearly.

Feeling that he deigned to accept the command of a young man much younger than himself, the eldest brother still had some face concerns. Shen Zhenghui's myth of never missing a hand over the years has tried to dispel his concerns. After all, this man's box office results add up to terrifying enough, and "Black Fist" and its sequel are also very good in the North American market. Jack became a person who arrived in Hong Kong, but was not cut off from information. He knows very well how hot Shen Zhenghui is in Hollywood, and what he wants to cooperate with is not the New Line, which is the vest of Times Warner, but the six giants.

Mr. Xiang described a good prospect, Shen Zhenghui made a move, injected capital in the spring, and then introduced Hollywood capital. Worldwide distribution, massive box office. The only thing to worry about is how big the investment in Hong Kong can be. Mr. Xiang wants to do this project, according to his idea, it is a gamble, he can't watch Lin Jian become a new benchmark in Hong Kong with "Infernal Affairs". He doesn't want to compete with Lin Jian, but wants to reach new heights.

"His Hollywood debut hasn't been released yet, should he wait?" Big brother struggled to find an excuse.

"Jack. You have to know," Xiang Sheng said, "go to him now, maybe you can still negotiate, once the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" comes out, do you think people can still see the level of Hong Kong movies?" ”

This is a great truth. Jack Cheng knows the evaluation of the Venice Film Festival, although "Hurricane Rescue" does not have any decent awards, but everyone is always optimistic about the profitability of the film, whether it is the critics who have seen the film or the audience, so Venice specially awarded a temporary most popular film award to the audience. It is foreseeable that the box office of this film in Europe and North America will not be bad, the difference is only how much Cheng dù the box office can have.

"I heard that when he came to Hong Kong, he might go to his film company in Hong Kong." Xiang Sheng said, "This is a good opportunity, I usually take care of his small film company, so we went to him in person to ask him to cooperate, and he always had to give some face." ”

"His salary and dividends are not easy to discuss." Jack Cheng shook his head, "This investment is too big. ”

"Jack, you're not young anymore." Xiang Sheng said earnestly, "He's still young, think about what you thought when you were young?" We give him face, he himself is always embarrassed to earn our money with a cheeky face, even if he takes more, will we not earn much in the end? ”

Xiang Sheng's words finally moved the eldest brother, so there was such a scene. In Shen Zhenghui's small film company, the Xiang family and his wife arrived first. politely and sincerely talked to Shen Zhenghui about cooperation, and then after a while, Brother Jack Cheng came with a basket of flowers, and he looked kind when he met. This is simply too long a face, so that Shen Zhenghui is a little confused.

"This, you mean you want to cooperate with me to make a film?"

"Yes," Xiang Sheng and Jack Chengdu nodded.

Mr. Xiang added. "Jack and I are going to take 200 million Hong Kong dollars to ask Mr. Shen to make a large-scale zuò movie with Jack as the protagonist, we don't interfere with anything, just ask you to shoot it yourself."

Shen Zhenghui calculated, this money is enough to shoot another "Hurricane Rescue", of course, the premise is ...... He looked at Jack Cheng, "How is the eldest brother's salary calculated?" ”

"Folded into the investment, and finally take a share of the box office." Mr. Xiang stopped the happy Jack Cheng from saying something stupid about "Ha, you agree to shoot". Said first.

Shen Zhenghui thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not unacceptable to take over this job, since his purpose also included the mainland market in the future, then there was no need to push Xiang Jia and Jack into the future at this time, how they would die in the future was their business, and they should indeed take this opportunity to start testing the waters of domestic commercial films - not commercial theme films. This sudden thing that jumped out distracted him, and Wang Bin on the side was a little nervous when he heard it.

"Let's sit down in the conference room and talk!" Wang Bin built yì said. He and Wang Jun took the initiative to lead a few bigwigs into the humble conference room, and Lin Jian already knew that he was not suitable to stay any longer. came over and shook hands with the absent-minded Shen Zhenghui and said goodbye. Shen Zhenghui hurriedly asked Inoue to send Lin Jian out in May, and expressed his apologies to Lin Jian. Lin naturally expressed understanding. However, as soon as he walked out of the door, he immediately held Inoue's hand and expressed his willingness to continue in-depth cooperation.

Maya Ozawa was also present at the meeting, but no one paid attention to her and Inoue, who was acting as an interpreter. Because the two sides quickly entered into a discussion of key points. How big should the investment be? How much does Shen Zhenghui get paid? What is the expected release of the film?

In fact, when Mr. Xiang and Jack Cheng proposed cooperation, Shen Zhenghui had already flashed an idea in his mind, combined with Jack Cheng's future heroic twilight movie, it was obvious that Jack Cheng was facing a huge transformation. In a sense. "Hurricane Rescue" is also suitable for Jack Cheng's age to star. He can play a man in a mid-life crisis, his wife remarries, his daughter doesn't like him, and he faces aging. Shen Zhenghui thought of this and looked at the eldest brother carefully, and the eldest brother was very embarrassed to see this look. Then he thought about it. Under the banner of Boss Yang, the eldest brother's good friend, there are exactly 2 girl characters suitable for "Hurricane Rescue", which is a win-win story.

Big bosses only do decision-making things. So Shen Zhenghui said simply, "I just finished filming "Hurricane Rescue", and I didn't think of anything new for a while, but I think we can take the plot of "Hurricane Rescue" directly and shoot a Hong Kong version of the story. ”

The eldest brother's face is a little ugly, and it is a direct remake, or the movie you just made, this attitude seems to be a little perfunctory.

"I've actually been working on a script recently," said the eldest brother, "Director God, do you want me to show you the script?" ”

Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips and tried to make an expression of respect for his predecessors, "It is said to be a remake of the story, but in fact, a lot of changes have to be made to make the whole story completely localized, this movie will be released soon, and Mr. Xiang and the eldest brother can take a look at it then, and then decide whether to choose this theme." Of course, I didn't have time to think about new movie stories for a short time. However, I am very much looking forward to making a movie with my eldest brother and Mr. Xiang. In this way, I will also screen the script myself, and if the eldest brother and Mr. Xiang have a good script, they can also give it to me directly, and we will discuss it together. If I finish this round of publicity, I will go back to Hong Kong to visit Mr. Xiang and my eldest brother. ”

If the eldest brother and Mr. Xiang are not willing to cooperate, then it is okay to delay until there is no problem. However, Shen Zhenghui still hopes to be able to shoot a Chinese, or Hong Kong-themed action movie, and as time passes, the conditions for Hong Kong to make a good movie are gradually disappearing.

Mr. Xiang was a little anxious, and kicked Jack Cheng under the table, "If it's sure that it's the theme of "Hurricane Rescue"," he asked, "So how do you calculate the investment and returns?" ”

"My opinion is that at least 100 million Hong Kong dollars should be guaranteed," Mr. Shen said. Based on his experience after filming "Hurricane Rescue", he felt that this was enough, "The Japanese distribution can be entrusted to Kasuga, the American distribution can be entrusted to Colombia, or you can see for yourself what the plan is." I myself want to get a salary of 20 million Hong Kong dollars, but I convert this money into an investment through Guò Big Dream (Hong Kong), and I also need an investment quota of 20 million. How to plan the specific total amount, and then how to divide the investment amount, Mr. Xiang can talk directly to my uncle. He pointed at Wang Bin, "My share ratio is based on my investment quota of 40 million." ”

Xiang Sheng had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Can the release of Kasuga be confirmed?" Can I also entrust the distribution outside of Japan and Hong Kong to Kasuga? "He doesn't have a distribution channel at all, and he may be able to walk around Southeast Asia, but he will be blind when he goes elsewhere.

"You can talk to President Fukuda directly, even if it is a second-hand agent, she will definitely help you get a discount." Shen Zhenghui replied.

Mr. Xiang was reassured. He didn't worry about Shen Zhenghui seizing the investment quota at all, after all, he was still willing to pay 20 million with real money, which means that he is very confident in this movie, or he is very confident in himself, no matter which one it is, it is good for Mr. Xiang.

Jack Cheng seemed a little disappointed, obviously this was not what he expected. The remake of the script made him even more annoyed. However, he still tried his best to suppress his feelings, and perfunctorily accompanied Mr. Xiang after talking about some unreasonable issues. He got up with Mr. Xiang and said goodbye.

As soon as he got into the car, Jack said. Such conditions are simply unacceptable. "How can you remake a movie?" He waved his hand, "It's still a movie that is about to be released, isn't it a shame?" I, Jack, have a cold meal after someone else, or am I the one who is not famous at all? ”

"Liam Neeson," said Mrs. Xiang on the side, "he's played Schindler's List and Star Wars." ”

Jack Cheng snorted.

"He's two years older than you." Mrs. Xiang continued.

Jack turned his head to look at Mr. Xiang. "I don't accept it."

"Jack," Xiang Sheng said, "you go back and discuss it with Mr. Yang, don't be in a hurry to refuse," he paused for a moment, as if waiting for Jack Cheng to accept. "Anyway, "Hurricane Rescue" is about to be released, so we can make a decision after watching it."

Jack Cheng was a little stunned, this was originally his line.

"But I'll tell you something," Mr. Xiang said, "In terms of film investment, I want to talk about the principles," he looked at Jack Cheng, "You can either get a salary of 40 million Hong Kong dollars, or you can convert 40 million Hong Kong dollars into investment like Director Shen, and wait until the box office of the film comes out and dividends." ”

Forty million is Jack's bottom line, and he can't take any less. However, the box office of "Spy Maze" in Hong Kong was only more than 30 million, and if it was not released overseas, it would have ended up at a loss.

Jack Cheng looked serious at Xiang Sheng, and shrugged his shoulders a little indifferently, "I'll go back and discuss it with Yang Sheng." ”

"Okay," nodded to Mr. Xiang, "give me an answer sooner, and I'll be able to raise funds." There was silence in the carriage for a while, and when it was time to get off the train, Jack Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Xiang Sheng, are you really going to take 100 million Hong Kong dollars to make this movie?" ”

Mr. Xiang was a little indifferent, "If you want to be paid," he said, "that's 140 million." ”

Jackie Chan nodded, smiled and got out of the car.

Mrs. Xiang on the side couldn't help but ask, "Are you really going to take more than 100 million to make a movie?" ”

"Take a gamble," Mr. Xiang closed his eyes, "It's done, we're going to be much better mixed, and if we lose, with Shen Zhenghui's character, we will also find a way to compensate us." He snorted again, "Just when I'm dizzy again, I'll shoot a few more "Decisive Battle at the Top of the Forbidden City". ”

Mrs. Xiang wanted to cry.

"Don't cry," Mr. Xiang said, "Shen Zhenghui will be directed, and it can be released in Japan and the mainland, and Jack Cheng has appeal in the United States, and there will definitely be no problem in recovering the cost of the box office in these places." ”

"I don't think he wants to play Jack." Mrs. Xiang said again.

"He'll change his mind." Mr. Xiang snorted coldly and said.

"What are you going to do?" asked Mrs. Xiang.

"I don't do anything," he replied, "I just need to remind him to watch movies and read newspapers when the time comes." ”

On the other hand, Big Dream (Hong Kong) Film Company is also not quiet. Wang Bin was obviously a little excited, because Shen Zhenghui promised to let him be the producer of the crew as a representative of Big Dream, although it has not yet been decided whether the movie will be filmed.

"Hey, this is at least a film with an investment of 200 million." Wang Bin said that he has a better understanding of the Hong Kong film industry, "Jack Cheng's salary, the friendship price is at least 50 million Hong Kong dollars." Coupled with your director's salary, you can believe that you have invested 300 million Hong Kong dollars. ”

"No one else has agreed to shoot yet!" Shen Zhenghui had to pour cold water on himself.

"Sure!" Wang Bin has confidence in his nephew, "Are you sure you have the heroine?" He asked.

Shen Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, "I'm going to Hollywood soon, and when I come back, it's almost the end of the year, during this time, you will contact Yongsheng and Jack Cheng on behalf of me, if they contact us, we must stick to principled things." ”

"I know." Wang Bin said.

Zhu Xinghe also poked Maya Ozawa and said in a low voice, "We should also invest." ”

Maya Ozawa gave him a blank look, "The issuance is ours." ”

"We should take this opportunity to enter the mainland market." Zhuxinghe is also a little anxious.

"There's no shadow yet, let's talk about it then." Maya Ozawa said, but she was already a little anxious in her heart, wondering if she should call her cousin at night.

"I'm suddenly looking forward to the release of 'Hurricane Rescue.'" Shen Zhenghui muttered to himself. (The novel "Dream of Rebirth" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "ddxiaoshuo" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)