Chapter 40: Starting a Film Company (Asking for Collection Recommendation)
Suddenly, the conference room was opened, and Mecca was just about to get angry, when he saw Lei Juekun sitting next to him, and immediately swallowed the swear words.
"Smack!" The big guy Lei Juekun slapped the table fiercely and said angrily: "Why is the box office of "Happy Ghost" so high!" You see, last year's top ten box office, our Golden Princess accounted for half, and the box office champion is ours, but this year, the top three let Golden Harvest account for two, a small-budget film, with a box office of nearly 20 million! How come we haven't made this kind of film. ”
Mecca touched her bald head, disappreciating it, and said in her mouth: "Boss Lei is right, we will also control the cost in the future, "Prying the Corner" is good, although the box office is not as good as "Happy Ghost", only 10 million, but we have found experience, Boss Lei, you can rest assured, in addition to the "Best Partner" series in the future, I will definitely stare at it." ”
"Yes, Boss Lei!" Huang Baiming said with a smile: "The box office champion is ours, I think it will be next year, the reputation of the "Best Partner" series has spread, as long as we are willing to spend the money, the box office will definitely be red, exceeding 30 million!" ”
Lei Juekun shook his head and sighed: "The local box office of "Best Partner" is the first, but Nanyang, Japan, Taiwan and other places have lost to "Five Lucky Stars", and in the future, this kind of large-scale production should still try not to play, Mecca is right, small-budget movies are still very marketable." ”
Mecca frowned, this Boss Lei misinterpreted what I meant, big-scale zuò is what he is good at, and Huang Baiming's specialty is low-cost comedy, so wouldn't it be a reuse of Huang Baiming?
Huang Baiming kept nodding, as Mecca thought, he is good at screenwriting small-budget comedies, and his shadow is indispensable in the company's blockbuster movies in the past two years.
After Lei Juekun knocked on Mecca, he remembered his intention and asked, "Who is this Wang Jin?" Can you pull our new art city? ”
As the leader of the crowd, Mecca had already inquired about Wang Jin's situation and explained to Lei Juekun: "That's the case, Wang Jin is the contracted director of the Wei family. ”
Lei Juekun laughed twice and said to Mecca: "Since Wang Jin is the director of the Wei family, if he can go to Golden Harvest to screen the film, he will definitely be able to use it for the new art city, you have to worry about it, "Happy Ghost" is a typical low-cost film, but like "Best Partner", make a series, and each film can make our company profit tens of millions!" ”
Shi Nansheng couldn't help but echo: "Yes, the local box office is 17 million, and the foreign cities are at least tens of millions of profits." ”
Mecca said with a smile: "Wang Jin's father is Wang Tianlin, he is an old courtier of Shaw, Wang Jin may not be used by us, but the copyright of "Happy Ghost" is in the hands of a young man named Wang Zichuan, this film is made by him and Wang Jin together, I think, we can win over Wang Zichuan." ”
Since Lei Juekun came in, Shi Tian has been frowning, he feels that Lei Juekun doesn't understand the film industry, he just participates purely for profit, and whoever he sees is a blockbuster will be poached, the leadership of the new art city has enough, and the four of them have no shares, and the seven people leave one casually, causing follow-up, and the 'edifice' of the new art city may also collapse, and in the long run, the new art city will be dissolved sooner or later due to uneven distribution.
Huang Baiming said worriedly: "Jiahe Zou Wenhuai is probably also trying to win over this Wang Zichuan." ”
"If it doesn't work out, try it to find out!" Lei Juekun doesn't care about this, he has always put forward goals, and the rest is a matter of the struggle of the seven.
A meeting to discuss the plot of the movie "Family Portrait", because of Lei Juekun's joining, it became a young man who had just started to win over Wang Zichuan, Mecca subconsciously touched his bald head and corrected: "Wang Zichuan's affairs are in charge of Tsui Hark, let's talk about "Family Portrait". ”
Lei Juekun listened for a while, he was deeply bored, but he still insisted on sitting there, and Mecca and the other seven people also asked Lei Juekun's opinion from time to time, and they always got one answer:
"Try to think about the cost!"
The seven-member group of Xinyicheng struggled nodded in agreement, and always felt strange in their hearts.
At the beginning, Golden Harvest removed "Happy Ghost" from the shelves, Wang Zichuan complained, and "Happy Ghost" may be able to break through 20 million in another week, what an honor! So far, only two films in Hong Kong have grossed more than 20 million at the box office, but when Wang Zichuan received the check from Cai Yongchang, there were no complaints.
"Chuan Zai, Ah Jin, this is the check I specially debited to you from the company's account, according to the process, the accounts of "Happy Ghost" will not be sorted out in half a month, which is specially ordered by Manager Zou."
Wang Zichuan said with a smile: "Thank you Uncle Huai, thank you Manager Cai, I won't tell you, Ah Jin and I need this money very much." ”
Ah Jin looked at the check, and it actually said 10 million! Surprised: "Is Manager Cai mistaken, this is a million more!" ”
Cai Yongchang said with a smile: "Not much, "Happy Ghost" still has a foreign box office, and we will settle it together when the time comes. Coveting public expectations, according to the law, the external box office is much higher than the local box office. ”
Wang Zichuan was ignorant, how could Wang Jin not understand, and immediately smiled: "Of course, in terms of distribution ability, Jiahe Company is the best, and "Happy Ghost" is of course handed over to Jiahe Company for distribution, and when the time comes, just divide the accounts according to the old rules." ”
"That's good! That's it! Cai Yongchang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, didn't this Wang Zichuan agree or what, I stood here and said a lot of words, why didn't he answer?
"Ah Jin, do you have any plans to make a film? I've picked a good schedule for you! ”
Wang Jin immediately waved his hand and said truthfully: "The company's senior management has arranged it, and we have to ask Chuanzai." ”
Wang Zichuan had the heart to do it again, and replied: "Before the Chinese New Year, I should be able to make another film, and I hope Manager Cai will take care of it at that time." ”
Cai Yongchang was busy agreeing, and he had the heart to see how much potential Wang Zichuan had, if this movie was still a blockbuster, he would never let Princess Jin pull people over.
Hong Kong is not lacking in film companies, when Wang Zichuan went to the relevant departments to register, he met seven or eight peers, all of whom are the leather bag companies of wealthy businessmen in Nanyang, because Hong Kong films are unprecedentedly prosperous, radiating Southeast Asia, Hong Kong movie stars have also affected a large number of audiences in Nanyang, most of these leather bag companies are in Hong Kong to invite stars to make films, release them in the off-season, get a good ranking, and then hype up in Nanyang, take the opportunity to make profits, this method has been tried and tested, and there are more and more film companies.
"What is the name of your company, sir?"
"Longwei Film Company!"
"I'm sorry, the name has already been registered."
"Huwei Film Company!"
"I'm sorry, the name has already been registered."
"That brother in front, please hurry up!"
"Great Wall Film Company?"
"I'm sorry ......"
……
"Apples?"
"I'm sorry ......"
"Tangerine?"
"I'm sorry ......"
"Banana Films?"
"Congratulations!"
"Miss! No, no, I just said casually, can you change it? ”
"You...... Please speak! ”
"Soaring Films!"
"Sir, your information has been reviewed by guò, if you want to change the name of the company, please queue up again."
"Forget it, I think it's a good name too."
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Finally full of 100,000 words, begging for collection, applying for a contract.