Chapter 548: I'm scared to death
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The news that Han Jin invested 50 million Hong Kong dollars to establish the Hong Kong Film Foundation was then reported by the media.
The ordinary people of Hong Kong were just shocked by the huge amount of money of 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and praised Han Jin for being a rich man who could come up with so much money casually.
However, Hong Kong filmmakers are shouted by the foundation, "Realize the dream of filmmakers!" slogan.
From the New Wave of the seventies to the present, almost a decade has passed.
In the past ten years, Hong Kong films have accumulated a large number of talents, in addition to professional film talents who have returned from overseas, there are also TV talents trained by Hong Kong's three major TV stations, as well as talents brought out by Shaw Brothers, a veteran star factory.
There are so many talents, but not everyone gets the opportunity to do what they can do.
is like Guan Jinpeng, if Han Jin hadn't invested in him, he would still be in the crew.
Therefore, many filmmakers who have never met talents, after seeing the media reports, have moved their minds and want to apply for a fund to realize their dream of being a director.
The filmmakers who immediately flocked to Yongsheng Entertainment Company broke the threshold, and the script alone received more than 100 @9,£. in one day, which made Wang Jing a little dumbfounded.
"Ah Jin, there are so many scripts piled up there, I'm afraid I have to watch it for a year to finish it, so I don't have to do anything else." He complained to Han Jin.
Han Jin didn't expect these filmmakers to be so enthusiastic, and they received more than 100 scripts in one go, could they not be able to take things out of the air?!
"We've only been out for a day since this report, where did they get so many scripts all at once?" Han Jin asked suspiciously.
"What's the use of looking for it, directors like us who started as screenwriters. Who doesn't have dozens of scripts at home? Wang Jing said with a smile, "Our drawer is full of story outlines, the beginning of the script and so on, and once necessary, we can start work by taking out any of them." ”
Han Jin couldn't help but smile when he heard him say this, it seems that he really underestimated the potential of Hong Kong filmmakers. But as Wang Jing said, there are so many scripts. It is estimated that it will take a lot of time to read it all.
Moreover, the degree of approval by the committee is definitely not enough to catch up with the degree of application by these filmmakers. They came home and stayed up all night, and maybe a script was written. Cast a wide net, and as long as one script wins the bid, they will be able to get funding. In this case, it is estimated that the committee will never stop, and the first step alone will take away a lot of their energy.
"Brother Jing, how do Hollywood film companies deal with it, they should also receive a lot of scripts every year. So how do they decide whether a movie is made or not? Han Jin asked suspiciously.
"Hollywood studios are run by professional managers. He may not know how to make a movie, but he knows how to help the studio make the most profits. Wang Jing explained.
"Is there such a professional manager in Hong Kong?" Han Jin blinked his eyes and asked, if someone can help him take care of the company, then he can save a lot of time and energy, even if he is not in Hong Kong, he doesn't have to worry about affecting the company's yuanying.
"Even if someone has that ability, it's probably hard to be trusted." Wang Jing waved his hand and said, "If it's Ah Jin, you have to entrust the company to someone you don't know." Can you trust him in his business skills and professional ethics? ”
Han Jin thought about it and shook his head.
Hollywood studios are generally publicly traded companies. In addition to professional managers, there is also a board of directors and a chairman of the board of directors, who play a supervisory role in the behavior of the general manager. At the same time, the United States also has strict laws to protect the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises from infringement, so managers do not dare to take risks lightly.
However, he is not a listed company and does not have the position of board of directors and chairman. There is also a lack of supervision over the authority of the general manager.
The so-called absolute power creates absolute, and under the lure of huge interests, even a righteous man and a gentleman will inevitably be tempted, not to mention these professional managers who aim to make money. They are likely to use the power in their hands to wipe out Han Jin's company. Damage to the public and private interests.
"In this way, let's find a group of people to review the manuscript first, so many magazines in Hong Kong, so many assistant editors, just dig a little bit over." Han Jin thought for a while and said, "They are responsible for helping newspapers and magazines review manuscripts, I believe that it shouldn't be too difficult to review scripts now, right?" ”
Wang Jing couldn't help but smile and shook his head, "Ah Jin, how does your brain grow, even this method can be thought of by you, amazing!" ”
Han Jin also smiled, "There is a solution to everything in this world, Brother Jing." ”
Wang Jing nodded, "Okay, I know how to do it, I'll recruit a group of editors when I go back, and let them be responsible for reviewing these scripts." ”
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Han Jin's Film Foundation is in full swing, and Golden Harvest and New Art City can't help but be a little shocked when they see this change.
"If he does it like this, he is not afraid that the 50 million Hong Kong dollars will be thrown into the water and he will not be able to get a penny back?" Zou Wenhuai asked suspiciously.
If it were him, the 50 million Hong Kong dollars would not be willing to vote, unless he firmly believed that the film he invested in would bring him a huge return. Otherwise, let alone 50 million Hong Kong dollars, even if it is 5 million Hong Kong dollars, he will not vote.
"Where did Han Jin make so much money, why did he give it up like this?" He Guanchang said suspiciously.
Now even Jiahe is facing a shortage of money, because Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long are really a chance to burn money. Cheng Long's "Police Story" is a speeding car, an explosion, all kinds of big scenes, plus the dragon and tiger martial artists are injured every day, and the medical expenses alone are a lot of money.
Hong Jingbao's "Dragon's Heart" is not far behind, it is also a big action scene, difficult stunts, and many celebrities to help, so the cost is also high.
As a result, Golden Harvest is now short of funds, and there is no money to open a new film.
Unexpectedly, Han Jin's Yongsheng could still take out 50 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in other filmmakers at this juncture, which is like taking money not for money.
"It is said that he sold songs for hundreds of millions of dollars." Cai Changyong said.
"Poof!" Zou Wenhuai almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
"......" He Guanchang was also so shocked that his eyes almost jumped out, "How much?" He asked, swallowing.
"Hundreds of millions of dollars." Cai Changyong repeated again, "It's unbelievable." I didn't believe it at the time. But the person who sued me about it, he shouldn't lie to me. ”
"How is it possible, is his song made of gold letters, or is it made of diamonds?! How can it be so valuable! He Guanchang said in surprise.
"Don't be this kid's nonsense, hundreds of millions of dollars, what is he joking?!" Zou Wenhuai said depressedly.
They have been exhibited from the 70s to the present. hasn't accumulated a family foundation of 100 million US dollars, how can he make so much money with Han Jin? !
"Probably not, with his current popularity, he can't be guilty of telling this kind of lie to deceive people. If you can't come up with the money then, isn't that a slap in the face? Cai Changyong shook his head and said.
"I'm going to put his lungs on it, if he really has hundreds of millions of dollars, then won't our company be finished? When the time comes, he spends a lot of money to poach people, who in our company can withstand it? He Guanchang asked in surprise.
The so-called people die for money, and birds die for food. No one is afraid of money.
At that time, even if you have righteousness, you can't stand the charm of money.
Before Cheng Long became famous, he still recognized Luo Wei as his godfather. Later, it was not for Golden Harvest to turn over with a check of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
Now that Yongsheng is so rich, what if someone abducts Cheng Long for five million dollars?! No one dares to guarantee this kind of thing, and it won't be born!
Besides, in order to avoid contract disputes, Golden Harvest did not sign contracts with Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao and others, in case these people were pulled away by Han Jin, Golden Harvest really had no way at all.
The reason why it did not sign a contract with Hong Jingbao and others was because it was convenient for them to repay their debts. Originally, Hong Jingbao could participate in dividends. But Golden Harvest has been looking for excuses to delay, and many blockbuster films have earned box office revenue. They are all made to trade at a loss.
As a result, Hong Jingbao didn't make a penny, because he didn't sign a contract, even if Hong Jingbao wanted to start a lawsuit. Hong Kong law only recognises contracts written in black and white, and does not recognize any oral agreements, so even if the two have negotiated something before, it will be invalid without a contract.
Therefore, Hong Jingbao finally couldn't bear it. left Golden Harvest and switched to Xinbao Cinemas. Otherwise, with the number of movies he produced in the 70s and 80s and the box office, how could he become a rich man like Mai Jia and Ishida, how could he use his age to fight and die? If you want to praise your son, you don't have any money, so they have to play tricks on TVB at a young age!
The contract was originally paid off by Golden Harvest in order to facilitate future repayment. But now it seems that it is very likely to lose Hong Jingbao as a cadre because of this.
You must know that Hong Jingbao's Baohe has supplied half of the source of Golden Harvest. If Hong Jingbao leads a large team of people to Yongsheng at this time, then Yongsheng's film source crisis can be solved immediately, and Jiahe will face an unprecedented crisis.
"Let's hurry up and find everyone, should we sign a contract or sign a contract. Otherwise, if Han Jin takes advantage of it, then our losses will be too great. Cai Changyong said to Zou Wenhuai.
"But if we sign a contract, then our losses will be very large." Zou Wenhuai said with some pain.
Over the years, he has made a lot of money from Hong Jingbao, Xu Guanwen, Luo Wei and others, and now if he signs a contract with them, they can ask for corresponding dividends by virtue of the contract in the future, and Jiahe will lose a lot of money.
"Alas, advancing is also death, retreating is also death, and if we knew this, we should not have stopped the negotiations of the third-line alliance." Zou Wenhuai said with annoyance.
If there is a constraint from the third-line alliance, there is no fear that Han Jin will pry the corner. But now that the third-tier alliance plan is suspended, Han Jin can poach unscrupulously, and he doesn't even have a way to do it.
"Then why don't you tell him about restarting the negotiations of the third-tier alliance?" He Guanchang thought for a while.
"Go back now?! I'm not that cheeky. Besides, he is so rich now, he can spend money to make blockbusters, and then the third-tier alliance will become his world, and we will still have no way out. Zou Wenhuai waved his hand.
"So what the hell is going to do, just watch him poach all of our people?" Cai Changyong saw that Zou Wenhuai was looking forward and backward, and he was not decisive at all, so he couldn't help frowning and said.
"He has so much money now, and he has set up this foundation to recruit people, and he will immediately be strong and strong, and the soldiers will be good and well-fed, our Jiahe will not have as much money as him, and the people will not be as wide as him, how can we fight with him?" He Guanchang also shook his head and said, he was scared to death by Han Jin's hundreds of millions of dollars.
Golden Harvest has been exhibiting from the 70s to the present, with a total market value of only 780 million Hong Kong dollars. This also includes fixed assets such as theaters, studios, and film libraries, and the current cash flow is only 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Yongsheng, which has a cash flow of hundreds of millions of dollars, is not in the same order of magnitude at all, just like a lightweight fighter against the most heavyweight boxing champion, he can be killed in seconds with almost one punch, and this battle has already been lost without fighting.
"Don't be discouraged first, no matter how powerful he is, in the entertainment industry of Hong Kong, he must abide by the rules here." Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and said, "No matter how rich he is, it is impossible for him to really cover the sky with one hand." We even dare to fight for Hollywood studios, and now we are cowardly against Han Jin?! (My novel "Song of Xiangjiang" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 1oo% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! )
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