"In terms of the number of films introduced, after consultation with the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, we tentatively set it at three. Whether there is a plan for the introduction of the follow-up depends on the impact of these movies. I don't know if you have already selected a suitable movie? ”

Obviously, Lin Xiaozhi's warm hospitality gave the general manager of Beiying a good impression, which Lu Li said politely.

Although he was worried that he would not be able to pass the review of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, Lin Xiaozhi would not show it, he nodded with a smile and said: "After Mr. Lu mentioned this matter that day, we have been discussing this matter in the past few days. Since we at Media Asia have this honor to obtain Beijing's approval to introduce three films to the mainland for screening, we naturally cannot come recklessly, after all, it is related to the exchange and long-term cooperation between the two places. Therefore, we are ready to recommend the three films that have the most investment in Media Asia this year, and both directors and actors are the best choices, to be released in the mainland."

He paused before continuing: "These three movies, we are tentatively scheduled as "Once Upon a Time", "Resident Evil" and "Black Man", among which "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" has just been released in Hong Kong, and it won a box office of 44U million Hong Kong dollars in only five weeks after its release, which has set off a huge boom in kung fu films. "Resident Evil" is directed by me, and we at Media Asia have invested nearly 120 million Hong Kong dollars in the production of the annual sci-fi blockbuster. Although "Black Cat" was just completed last Tuesday, the investment in the film alone is not less than 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is difficult to find a few movies higher than it in the whole of Hong Kong, and the director of this film is director Xu Keda, who directed "Once Upon a Time", so we are ready to recommend these three films to be released in the mainland, and let the compatriots in the mainland enjoy the three commercial films that represent the highest level of our Hong Kong"

As soon as the words fell, Lin Xiaozhi heard the sound of inhaling cold air.

He didn't need to look at it, he also knew the expressions of the three of them. In a film production with a budget of only hundreds of thousands, millions, and millions of investments belong to the mainland, which belongs to the large-scale mainland, it is difficult for Lu Li, Xie Tieli, and Han Sanping to imagine how a movie with an investment of 50 million or even more than 100 million yuan will spend this huge amount of money. Just as Hong Kong filmmakers in the early 80s could not have imagined that a Hollywood blockbuster would need to invest tens of millions of dollars.

His eyes never left Lu Li's face, and seeing his wide-eyed eyes and unbearable excitement when he asked about the investment of 120 million Hong Kong dollars in "Resident Evil", Lin Xiaozhi breathed a vague sigh of relief.

He is betting that now that the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television has introduced a film for the first time, it should pay more attention to the political components and ideology in the film, rather than the details of the film. The reason is that in his memory, after the mainland opened up to import blockbusters in 94, the movie "The End of the World" involved the so-called violent scenes, and it was not clicked off by the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.

Lu Li, Xie Tieli, and Han Sanping glanced at each other, and Xie Tieli asked with a hint of surprise in admiration: "Lin Dong, can that movie with an investment of more than 120 million Hong Kong dollars earn back its cost?" ”

He is one of the most famous film directors in the Republic of China, and he is also the first person in the mainland film circle to open his eyes to the world. However, due to various restrictions, Xie Tieli didn't dare to imagine a film with such a huge investment scale, knowing that Lu Dao had just finished filming "Tomb Desertion" not long ago, with a total investment of more than one million yuan, which was already a large investment in the mainland. The investment cost of "Resident Evil" is so high, how can it recover the cost? As soon as this thought popped up, he couldn't help but interject and ask.

"It's definitely no problem to recover the cost" Lin Xiaozhi was full of confidence in this point, and replied confidently: "Although "Resident Evil" has not yet been released, we have begun to promote the last issue, and it will be released at the end of September. Although the investment cost is too high, so we can only make money if the film has a box office of more than 250 million Hong Kong dollars, but this is not very difficult. It is conservatively estimated that we can get at least 30 or 40 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong, and the focus is on the overseas market, Southeast Asia plus Taiwan, which can help us get a box office of about 100 million Hong Kong dollars, even if it is a victory, we have high expectations for Japan and South Korea, especially Japan, we hope that it can get more than 2 billion yen at the box office. Europe and the United States will be the main battlefield of "Resident Evil", this sci-fi movie should have a large market in Europe and the United States, and it is conservatively estimated that it can bring us at least about 100 million US dollars in revenue"

This is not his dream, although "Resident Evil" has not yet been released, but the movie was shot by him himself, and he has more say than others on what level. So this set of data that broke out, although it is all estimated, is also a reference for him to combine the results of "Resident Evil" in history and his "Red Alert" last year.

"In addition to the box office, the income of the film also includes videotapes, novels, comics and other markets, the novel version of "Resident Evil" has been published, and at present, four or five hundred thousand copies have been sold in Hong Kong and Taiwan alone, and the Thai, Japanese, Korean, and English versions are also in production, and the novel version is guaranteed to sell some in the future with the help of a good time for the movie to be released."

"Novels, videos, comics?"

Lu Li's eyes lit up when he heard it, their Beiying was also established after the Hong Kong film delegation went north in March this year, although the establishment was allocated by Lin Xiaozhi, but for the future profit point and profit method of the Beijing Film Group, the group is still in the exploration stage. Lin Xiaozhi in front of him is the boss of Hong Kong's largest film group, Media Asia, and the experience he mentioned undoubtedly pointed out the direction of Lu Li's future efforts.

"Yes, the film industry is actually a very important industry for a country's economy. Several people know how "Shaolin Temple" was born, right? ”

After Deng Gong returned to preside over the work and set the main tone of the country's reform and opening up in 78, he held a meeting of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council in Beijing at the beginning of the following year. During the meeting, Song Zhenhua, then manager of China Travel Service (Henan Provincial Tourism Bureau) in Henan Province, suggested to Liao Yiyuan, the head of Xinlian Film Company, to shoot some documentaries and films in Henan, so as to promote Henan's tourism situation in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and recommended Songshan Shaolin Temple.

Xinlian Pictures is a veteran leftist film company established in Hong Kong in 19 years, and it is the first film company in Hong Kong to use the scenic spots in the mainland to shoot live scenes. In 19Ul, Li Chenfeng's "Su Xiaoxiao" and "Hushan League" were filmed in Hangzhou and Suzhou.

Invited by the mainland, Xinlian Pictures Company soon sent a film crew to the mainland to shoot "Shaolin Temple", which went through twists and turns, and the film "Shaolin Temple", which caused a sensation in the world and left a heavy mark in the history of Chinese films, was finally born two years later.

Lu Li didn't know this allusion, but Xie Tieli and Han Sanping knew it, especially the latter took the initiative to explain it to him for the first time, which made Lu Li surprised again and again, he really didn't know that "Shaolin Temple" was just a 'propaganda film' produced by Henan Province in order to promote tourism resources.

However, Lin Xiaozhi seized this opportunity and said to a few people: "This is a movie, in Europe and the United States, there is often a movie fire, which drives the prosperity of tourism." In fact, movies can not only sell their beautiful side to the whole world, but also drive the publication of novels, the sales of video tapes, video recorders, and even other movie peripherals such as clothes, videos, and toys. It's a pity that we in the Chinese world don't pay attention to copyright protection, which leads to a lot of piracy, and the film peripheral market is dominated by piracy all year round. You may not know that in the United States, the peripheral and videotape sales market is second only to the box office of movies, and it can create tens of billions of dollars in profits every year......"

hiss

There was another sound of inhaling cold air, and it took a while for Lu Li to come back to his senses, and there was already a strange look in his eyes, as if the general manager of Beiying, who had just entered the industry, had a deeper understanding of the movie.

"Then if it's convenient, can Lin Dong arrange it, let's take a look at the three movies prepared by Media Asia first?"

"Once Upon a Time" and "Resident Evil" are no problem, but "Black Man" may have to wait, because this movie was just finished last week, and it will take more than half a month to complete post-production soon, and it may take more than a month to be delayed. If you don't have any other arrangements today, why don't you go with me to our company's internal screening room and watch two movies first......"

"Good"