Chapter 234: The prelude to the chaos of Hong Kong films

If the fourth brother's question is answered by Chen Jiashang, it must be 'the agreement is used to tear up', but when it comes to Wang Fatzi's mouth, it is another statement.

"Fourth brother, Ziming made a move in the drama center today, and he knew with his ass that it was Jiahe who gave him a horse, who would dare to offend us except them? If people don't give Ziming face, that is, they don't give our company face! Since people don't give us face for the company, why should we give them face? ”

As soon as the four faces were spoken, even Sun Ziming, who felt that he was at a loss, was a little arrogant, and whispered to Uncle Zeng: "Uncle Zeng, why do I feel like a victim?" ”

"Hehe, this kid turned out to be like this in TVB, anyway, all the faults are someone else's, and he will never be wrong. If you want to make a mistake, Uncle Tian Lin will make a mistake by beating him with a stick! ”

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The light and shadow company put the responsibility on Golden Harvest, and Golden Harvest was also arguing fiercely, and even Nakano, a Japanese shareholder who usually doesn't care about things, came to join in the fun. Everyone didn't dare to point the finger at Zou Wenhuai, but he was accused of having no scruples.

He Guanchang was not easy to provoke, and said angrily: "You know what a fart!" If I were Sun Ziming, I would also find a chance to turn my face! ”

He Guanchang roared like this, and suddenly blessed his soul and found the same words as Yang Guozhong.

"With their little production ability, can they feed 32 theaters? It turned out that he cooperated with us because he didn't have a theater in his hands, and now that he has got the Shaw Brothers theater, we are competitors! If he doesn't do that, we and Princess Jin might give him a good film? ”

As soon as these words came out, the shareholders were silent, the box office of the light and shadow company was high, and it was only a single high. How many film sources do 32 theaters need a year? How can light and shadow have so much production capacity? If you want the theater chain to make a lot of money, you have to dig up the source from the satellite companies of Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, which is the real reason why the young man turned his face! Even if there is no today's matter, he will find an opportunity to turn his face, and with today's matter, it will give the company time to respond.

Large and small shareholders are discussing countermeasures, and Cheng Long is thinking about it below, if he takes the opportunity to break away from Jiahe and set up a company by himself, his annual income can increase by at least 30%. But in the blink of an eye, Sun Ziming's original reason was struck. His salary is already the highest in Hong Kong, and the box office share is also being discussed, and he is still the company's shareholder and the biggest star. Without Golden Harvest, who can give themselves such treatment? Light and shadow has its own 'fairy hair', as well as Fengzai, Ah Tart, Xingzai, Debao has a senior brother, and Princess Jin has a bald guy and Huang Baiming. , Ziming's soap bubbles blow beautifully, and it doesn't do anyone like me any good!

The meeting lasted until the early hours of the morning, and finally came up with a solution, that is, let Zou Wenhuai contact Sun Ziming, and everyone sat down to talk.

The meeting was dispersed, Zou Wenhuai left two stalls, sighed, and said, "Do you remember that we had an agreement with Sun Ziming and Zeng Xiang, and everyone should join forces to expel the small company first, right?" ”

The two nodded, the cooperation effect is not bad, last year's Christmas and Spring Festival stalls, the two cooperated to occupy all the market. The bald guy's "Killer Beauty" made "Little Ghost 2" only hit the box office of 9 million, and Wu Yusen's "True Colors of Heroes 2" also made "The Sequel to the Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" snipe at the box office of just over 20 million.

"I guess, as long as that guy gets enough film sources, our cooperation will start again. It's only June, and there are 76 movies that have been filmed since the start of filming, how many will be released this year? How much will it come out next year? ”

The two also nodded yes, and now there are signs that the guy said last year that foreign funds are pouring in, and everyone is crazy about making films and desperately making money.

"Wen Huai, I have a suggestion, in addition to Aaron and a few of their films pursuing quality, we also co-produce films with Taiwan and Japan to make some quick money, what do you think?"

Zou Wenhuai looked at Liang Feng and nodded despite his objections. Now that the market is so good, if you don't make this money yourself, others will make it.

"We must pay attention to the quality, at least there should be no 'flying notes' (waiting for the script while filming the movie, a common thing in Hong Kong movies when they are the craziest)."

Liang Feng still wanted to object, He Guanchang said impatiently: "Ah Feng, Sun Ziming is going to the United States to make a film, just with Wang Jing and Liu Weiqiang, do you think they can still make "Home Alone" and "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun"?" ”

Zou Wenhuai also smiled: "Ah Feng, the light and shadow company is actually Sun Ziming's, without him, Wang Jing is a good director." Don't worry, when it comes to production ability, our company is the strongest, and we won't make this money, but others will make it! ”

Both agreed, and Liang Feng had no choice but to give up and promised them to start adjusting the filming plan.

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Zou Wenhuai and they were ready to follow the market and make a lot of quick money first, and then Sun Ziming and Uncle Zeng and Wang Fatzi also had a meeting, so they discussed how to deal with it behind closed doors.

Now Taiwanese and Japanese filmmakers have approached Uncle Zeng several times, all of which have taken a fancy to this market and want to get a piece of the pie. When Wang Fatzi heard the conditions offered by the other party, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Ziming, this is an opportunity to make a lot of money." Let Zeng Zhiwei set up a studio, recruit a few more directors to come over, and make more films. Now that we have our own theater chain, we can completely increase the box office, as long as it is sold to other cities, a film can earn at least millions of dollars. ”

This is the rhythm of Hong Kong films seeking death, how could Sun Ziming agree, and hurriedly said: "No, Brother Jing, our company will never do such a thing." We're going to be in this business for the rest of our lives, and we're going to make people spend money in theaters when they see our company's logo. Our company only makes good films, never bad movies! ”

Uncle Zeng also echoed continuously, he has been taking care of the company's film distribution in other cities, and other companies' films have to package and sell good and bad films, and the box office share is often less than 45%, or it is directly bought out. The films of the light and shadow company are not worried about distribution at all, and even the "Truant Dragon", which has just been filmed for a week, foreign film companies have taken the initiative to pay the reservation fee, not to mention "Jingwu Hero" and "Rush Hour" directed by Sun Ziming himself.

"Ah Jing, this matter can't be messed up, the box office of "Truant Weilong" is divided into 50% of the box office, and you and Ziming's have risen to 55%, and a total of 38 million deposits have been received, so it can be said that we are using other people's funds to make films. People just see the credibility of our company, if the brand collapses, it will be difficult to re-erect it in the future! ”

This is also the right reason, Wang Fatzi remembered the money that he couldn't earn, and his heart twitched. Sun Tzu knew that there was something wrong with this fat man, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Jing, keep an eye on a few of our screenwriters and directors, take over the drama behind the company's back, and all of them will be fired." Also, your "Best Friend" has more snacks, don't be like us, a film is filmed in two weeks. It won't be wrong to shoot the film well, I want you to shoot "Ah Lang's Story", it is estimated that you will be able to get 30 million at the box office for two weeks at most? It's better to make three bad movies, than to make a good movie! ”

Wang Fatzi's face turned red and nodded, if he hadn't taken the company's shares and didn't invest the extra money in the Sun family's industry, he would definitely take on the film and make quick money like Tsui Hark. Ke Ziming is right, the film is finely shot, and it is indeed three films.

"Ziming, is "The Best Friend" on the summer file? I shoot slower and make more delicate, just in time for the end of the summer season. ”

Sun Ziming thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, no, I am going to release "God of Gamblers" and "Truant Weilong", and immediately transform all theaters." "The Best Friend" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" are the opening works of the new theater line, and they are off to a good start. ”

Wang Fatzi was immediately anxious, the theater was all renovated, at least three months, plus the usual salary, the theater chain would lose at least more than 100 million yuan!

"Are you crazy? Do you know how much less you have to make? How much do we have to lose? ”

Uncle Zeng also felt that his grandson was wrong, but seeing that he was so determined, he began to think about the key to it. After a while, Uncle Zeng hesitated: "Do you want to wait for "The Best Friend", "A Chinese Ghost Story", and "Jingwu Hero" to come out, so that the films of the same period will not get a good box office and defeat some small companies in one fell swoop?" ”

Wang Jing looked at Sun Ziming with wide eyes, if he could defeat the small companies established by those directors and actors themselves, then the company would make a lot of money, and it would be able to make up for the manpower of the production department at once.

Sun Ziming took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "Brother Jing, you also read the drawings given to us by the Japanese, you said that after the transformation, we will increase the ticket price of 5 yuan for public theaters and 120 yuan for high-end theaters, will fans sell it?" ”

That's for sure, if it can be transformed according to the drawings, it can greatly improve the comfort of the viewing environment. Now that Hong Kong's economy is so good, 5 yuan is enough to buy an ice cream. High-end theaters are even more fine, 120 yuan is not money at all for senior white-collar workers!

"That's not the end of it, we won't be able to make up for the lost three months of business income in less than a year. After the transformation, as long as the quality of our films is good enough, plus the viewing environment is open to the other two, we will earn more in the future! ”

Wang Jing calculated the time and the progress of the project, and scolded with a smile: "If you come like this, there will only be half of the Christmas stalls left for Tsui Hark." There is another three months of production period, and we don't have to ask anyone to find a source in the future, you are too treacherous! ”

Uncle Zeng calculated in his heart and said in a low voice: "In this way, if you calculate 20% of the shares of the Japanese, you will have to sell them for at least 500 million." We spend 200 million on transformation, what should we do if we have an extra 300 million? ”

Wang Jing immediately asked, "Ah Xiang, you didn't miscalculate, right?" 20% should be 300 million! ”

Uncle Zeng drew a few strokes on the paper and said with a smile: "According to Ziming's plan, our theater will make a profit of more than 300 million a year, and they will return to their original cost in 8 years, will they be willing to pay 500 million?" ”

Wang Jing sighed: "In this way, the sixth uncle is too much of a loss!" ”

"You know what a! Will Uncle Sixth suffer this loss? I bet that TVB will make more money than movies if it does a good job! ”

Uncle Zeng also nodded, he had been following Uncle Six, and he knew that TV was actually more profitable than movies, but actors and employees didn't make much. Besides, Shaw Brothers Pictures can't make good films, no good films, how can theaters let fans into theaters?

Sun Ziming ignored the two, thought about it for a while, and said in a low voice: "The extra money will be put into the account first, and the dividends will come at the end of the year." Brother Jing said that Wu Yusen was willing to come, and I don't know how many people in Lu Dao are willing to come to the company in the future, and they will have more money in the account, which will also give them a reassuring pill to eat. Brother Jing, what do you think? ”

Wang Fatzi nodded his tongue regretfully, if he paid dividends, he could get nearly 8 million, but unfortunately he could only obey the overall situation first.

"I agree, but the money can't sit there, or should we continue to invest?"

Uncle Zeng also nodded, hundreds of millions of cash are not used in the account, it will be too bad to settle the account, Sun Ziming shook his head and said: "Put it there first, the second brother Juanzi is working on a big project, and there will definitely be a shortage of funds at that time." We lent him a handful for two months, charged him two cents of interest, and when he was up and running, we put some of it in. ”

The two were dumbfounded, is this what the brother-in-law should do?

Seeing the two of them like this, Sun Tzu explained funny: "In business, he has to borrow from others, and this kind of short-term turnover is in the mainland, at least three points." Don't think about it, my family also has shares in the project, so I can't take advantage of the company, right? ”

The three of them discussed again, the two went home to sleep, and after Sun Ziming went downstairs and got into the car, he instructed Wu Yijiang: "Ah Yi, let's go to Guangzai." ”