On Cheng Xiaodong's agreement, there are actually several agreements that are hidden.

For example, the salary he gave to his director was as high as 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is the value of a first-line director. Cheng Xiaodong made a few movies a few years ago, but his reputation in the film industry stopped at the second and third lines, far less famous than him in the martial arts circle. And he also offered a price of 400,000 yuan for the script, which is also the price that can only be obtained for first-rate scripts in Hong Kong.

Li Bihua is indeed a well-known novelist and screenwriter in Hong Kong, which Lin Xiaozhi does not deny, but the price of her script is 400,000 yuan. According to his estimates, Li Bihua's novel adaptation rights can be won at most 300,000 yuan, as the owner of a film company, he couldn't be clearer about all the tricks here.

Also, Cheng Xiaodong made it clear in the agreement that he wanted to take the local box office as a reward, which also made Lin Xiaozhi frown slightly, but New Asia has a convention that is not famous, and after each movie is released, it will take out a dividend to reward the crew, but he can't bear it.

These Cheng Xiaodong's hidden cats made Lin Xiaozhi a little dislike him. If it weren't for Li Bihua's novel adaptation rights in his hands, the story of "Qin Warriors" would be really good, it's a pity to miss it, and Cheng Xiaodong is also a personal masterpiece, he has the idea to bypass Cheng Xiaodong directly, and pull Zhang Yimou over to get another co-production script to co-produce with the mainland.

The few conditions he put forward were not excessive, at least a few of the things related to Cheng Xiaodong's interests were not mentioned, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. After thinking about it carefully, I didn't want to offend New Asia, one of the few film companies in Hong Kong now, so I pretended to be silent for a while and nodded and agreed, "Yes, it's not too much for Lin Dong to go." ”

At this point, Zhang Yimou was relieved. The investment agreement for "Qin Warriors" was officially signed, and it will be wholly invested and filmed by New Asia, hiring Cheng Xiaodong as the director, and he will also be fully responsible for the crew, not only including command and management, but also the preparation is handled by him himself.

"God of Gamblers" is still conquering the city, although many Hong Kong media are still deliberately reducing the frequency with which Sheng's name appears in the newspapers, a film company with an apparent community background. But readers are blind and crazy, and the box office of a movie exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars in just ten days after its release, and the momentum is still a few points stronger than New Asia's "Killer Leon" a month ago. Anyone will be curious, which old film company made this movie? How much money was invested?

As the first media began to have information about Insein Films, newspapers became a big hit. Hong Kong's self-proclaimed media couldn't sit still, and joined the ranks of the report for the sake of news and hot sales. All of a sudden, Sheng, replaced Asia, and became the most frequent word around Christmas.

Even has a faint community background behind it, in the movie "God of Gamblers", Wan An boss Xiang Huaqiang, who played the ruthless killer Long Wu, has also become a 'real man' and idol in the minds of many young people in Hong Kong because of his wonderful performance in the movie.

Just when Lin Xiaozhi couldn't wait and was about to change the director to shoot "Love Letter", a good news finally came from Zhang Wanting's studio. Zhang Wanting, who was very interested in Xinya's film invitation, decided to give up her previous trip to Hokkaido and return to Hong Kong from Japan in advance to talk to him about what kind of film it was.

The good news came one after another, and after a month-long dermabrasion, the dermabrasion of Xinya and ODN Company finally came to an end. "Killer Leon" has achieved good results in the UK, because of its potential for release in Europe and the United States, ODN spent 10,000 pounds to buy out all the distribution rights and video rights of "Killer Leon" in Europe and North America. Also paid for the contract is the £40,000 after-tax box office dividend that "Killer Leon" should have given to New Asia, and the decision to promise ODN that "Friends" will be released in the UK in January next year.

A big stone hanging in his heart was removed, and Lin Xiaozhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Fei's triumphant return to Hong Kong not only brought Lin Xiaozhi 8.16 million pounds (about 98UU million Hong Kong dollars) of abundant funds, alleviating New Asia's current tight financial situation, but also making New Asia once again the center of conversation in Hong Kong. Even if "God of Gamblers" is still selling well at this time, and the box office is still sprinting towards 30 million Hong Kong dollars or even higher, it is difficult to snatch the headline position of the entertainment section given by the media to New Asia.

“…… The test of foreign ports was a great success, "Killer Leon" made a profit of nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars in Europe and the United States, and New Asia Film Company may replace New Art City, Golden Harvest and Debao to become the most profitable film company in Hong Kong in 89"

On Christmas Day in 1989, with Hong Kong's most authoritative financial newspaper "Hong Kong Economic Journal" giving the front page headline to New Asia Film Company, New Asia, which had been silent for a while because of the impact of the release of "God of Gamblers", once again entered the field of vision of millions of Hong Kong people.

“…… Hehe, Lin Sheng. Investing in you New Asia is the best choice I've made in the past few decades. respectful

"Li Dong, it should be said that it is the same joy"

"Lin Dong, congratulations...... What we didn't do in Xinyicheng made you Xinya do it first."

"Huang Sheng is polite, "Killer Leon" can be unexpectedly sold in the UK, which is somewhat lucky."

"Lin Sheng, congratulations"

"Xie Lu Xie ......"

One by one, the blessing phone kept opening, and Lin Xiaozhi's personal phone even replaced the company's phone and became one of the busiest calls. Even he himself didn't expect that after Zheng Fei returned to Hong Kong after completing the negotiations, he just released the results of "Killer Leon" to test the waters of European release as usual, and it would cause such a sensation. Not only did the company's telephone ring non-stop around Christmas, but even the editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief of Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily, who had never been in contact with him before, called the company to interview him.

Not only these newspapers and media, but even the two major television stations in Hong Kong were not willing to miss this opportunity, and a vice president of TVB found his personal phone number from somewhere and contacted him personally to ask if he would like to accept TVB's prime-time celebrity interview program. What surprised him even more was that even his ninth uncle personally called him, hoping that he would accept an exclusive interview with ATV.

Europe and the United States are the two largest markets in the world, and movies that make more than 10 million dollars at the box office every year abound. Otherwise, why would the film companies of all countries in the world sharpen their heads and send their films to Europe and the United States for screening. However, the profit of 8.16 million pounds has been converted into nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Since the birth of Hong Kong films, how many movies have been able to do it?

Counting the late Bruce Lee, Golden Harvest who is still tormenting the main attack on the United States and its main force Cheng Long, and Li Lianjie's "Shaolin Temple", which was unexpectedly popular all over the world, is no more than one hand. Among them, for one reason or another, a large number of profits have been taken away by overseas theaters and distributors, and there are not many that are really distributed to Hong Kong film companies, at least one film has achieved a profit of nearly 100 million in Europe and the United States, and New Asia is still the first one.

It's no wonder that after Lin Xiaozhi quietly released this news, it caused an uproar in Hong Kong.

Xinya is on fire, and Lin Xiaozhi is on fire.

To the extent that no one in Hong Kong knows about it.

From the small people on the street corners, to every film and television worker, even the economic circles and politicians have attracted the attention of it.

As a media, but also a media focusing on financial reports, since the beginning of this year, Hong Kong's economy has also been hit by the storm on the mainland, around the middle of the year is a period of active news, from time to time in Hong Kong family assets of hundreds of millions, billions, billions or even tens of billions of wealthy families to withdraw from Hong Kong, investment immigrants. But by the end of the year, it had gradually subsided, and the reports were all familiar financial news, and the sales of the Hong Kong Economic Journal had not sold 100,000 copies in a single day for a long time.

I accidentally got the outflow data from New Asia before, and reported the news that New Asia's movie "Killer Leon" tested the waters and made nearly 100 million profits in Europe and the United States on Christmas Day. With newspaper sales skyrocketing, the Hong Kong Economic Journal has now all eyes on New Asia Films, and their top brass has suddenly taken a keen interest in one thing.

Since Lin Xiaozhi joined New Asia, how much money has this film company made?

It's really a concern

As soon as you think of it, you can do it immediately, and Hong Kong Economic Journal is worthy of being a newspaper that does professional financial news, and it has its own uniqueness for data collection. Soon, the data was collected into the hands of the Hong Kong Economic Journal through various channels and channels, so after several days of preparation, on the last day of 1989, the new issue of the Hong Kong Economic Journal was once again 'unprofessional, giving the front page headlines to a film company.

"The gross profit exceeded 300 million in two years, and a new film giant was born."

In the report, the data of New Asia since it was renamed and Xinjian at the beginning of last year has been sorted out, "...... Excluding "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies" and the movies made by New Asia's predecessor Qiu Film Company, Lin Xiaozhi, has undoubtedly brought new life to this film company that was once on the verge of bankruptcy since he became the owner of New Asia.

"I'm Crazy for You" has a Hong Kong box office of more than 9.7 million Hong Kong dollars, and local and overseas film transactions may bring a net profit of about 700 to 10 million to New Asia; "Can't Help It" has grossed more than 14 million Hong Kong dollars, and the overseas film deal may benefit New Asia by 13 million to 15 million Hong Kong dollars; "Color is Empty" grossed more than 28 million in the local port, and before the birth of "Killer Leon", the most profitable film in New Asia may have brought it nearly 30 million in revenue.

"Liao Zhai Yan Tan" has a box office of more than 14 million in Hong Kong, and the profit may reach more than 10 million; The box office of "Water Margin" in the local port exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars, and overseas film transactions may bring it more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, with a total profit of nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars; "Friends" has made more than 20 million dollars from its European and American distribution, and Southeast Asian films may make tens of millions of dollars for New Asia, with a local box office of about 12 million Hong Kong dollars.

Not counting the movie "Killer Leon", these six movies alone have created a box office of more than 100 million in Hong Kong, bringing a gross profit of about 140 million to 170 million Hong Kong dollars for New Asia. Lin Xiaozhi, the rebel son of a wealthy family, has brought a film company on the verge of bankruptcy into the ranks of the Hong Kong 100 million yuan club in the year and a half since he entered New Asia. At the beginning of August this year, Meiya Entertainment spent 50UU million Hong Kong dollars to obtain only 30% of the shares of New Asia, which is reasonable for both parties.

The film "Killer Leon" really brought infinite glory to New Asia, which grossed more than 32 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong after just over a month of release, and even set a new record for the highest box office of a Hong Kong film in the United Kingdom after its release in the United Kingdom, making more than 35 million Hong Kong dollars in the United Kingdom. After selling the distribution rights in Europe and the United States at a sky-high price of more than 60 million, the film brought nearly 100 million net profits to New Asia in Europe and the United States alone, making New Asia one of the most profitable film companies in Hong Kong.

This data, if it is placed on film giants such as New Art City, Golden Harvest and even Debao, many people may not feel strange. But if it's a small film company that was losing money two years ago, it's worth paying attention to.

It is worth noting that RR New Asia invested in four films: "I'm Crazy for Qing", "Maoshan Taoist Fighting Zombies", "Can't Help It", and "Color is Empty", except for "Color is Empty" was released this year because the filming was not completed, the remaining three films were all released last year, and three of them were Fengyue films.

In the following 89 years, the scale of investment in New Asia Film has doubled, and has invested in "Liao Zhai Yan Tan", "Water Margin Laughter", "Friend", "Killer Leon", and "Silly Birthday" just finished at the beginning of the month and "Cheating Treasure", "A Comic Book Goes to the World", "Qin Warriors" and other eight films, of which the first four have been released to bring a lot of profit to New Asia, and the last four may hit the Hong Kong box office early next year and the first half of next year. Debao is the three traditional top three film companies.

Interestingly, according to the newspaper's investigation. In the past two years, a total of seven of the 12 films invested by New Asia have been written by Lin Xiaozhi himself, namely "I'm Crazy for Qing", "Can't Help It", "Color is Empty", "Liao Zhai Yan Tan", "Friend", "Killer Leon" and "Cheating Treasure", all of which are said to have been created by Lin Xiaozhi himself. What's even more surprising is that New Asia's two highest-grossing movies in the past, "Color is Empty" and "Killer Leon", were all directed by Lin Xiaozhi himself.

There is no doubt that it is Lin Xiaozhi, the current chairman of the film company, who created the legend of New Asia Film Company, as the soul of the company, no one can ignore his importance to New Asia. ”

As soon as this issue of the Hong Kong Economic Journal came out, it took several additional printing sessions to catch up with the huge consumer enthusiasm in Hong Kong, and it sold 190,000 copies in just one day, making Hong Kong Economic Journal the fifth newspaper in Hong Kong to sell more than 200,000 copies in a single day.

Those small citizens in Hong Kong who have bought newspapers and paid some attention to New Asia are not very clear about the specific situation of New Asia, in fact, not only them, but even most filmmakers in the film industry only have a general impression of New Asia's situation, and the details are not very clear. However, this issue of Hong Kong Economic Journal is not only detailed and the data is generally true, but also as the most professional and authoritative financial newspaper in Hong Kong, its own reputation and brand make many people immediately believe the above statement.

At that time, the legendary story of New Asia and Lin Xiaozhi immediately shook the entire Hong Kong community.

A movie made hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and the huge wave caused in Hong Kong was so huge that even New Asia and Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect it.

Lin Xiaozhi is just to further promote the company's popularity, and at the same time obscurely use the media reports and the attention of all walks of life to promote several movies such as "Silly Birthday" that New Asia is about to arrange. Looking at the recent frequent mention in the newspapers, New Asia invested in eight films in 89, of which "Idiot Greeting Birthday" has just been completed, and there are still four movies that have not yet been released, you can see that his promotional plan is successful.

But although New Asia also had some fame before, it was still a lot worse than old giants such as Golden Harvest, New Art City, and Debao. I didn't expect that this wind would blow this time, and the outside world would take turns to hype, which has the momentum to raise New Asia to the throne of the first company in the Hong Kong film industry.

Some of them are well-intentioned, and the reports are pure icing on the cake. Some of Yu Crisp is uneasy and well-intentioned hype, they wish that New Asia would be blocked by other popular forces in the Hong Kong industry, and then make a topic, and then they can use it to hype and sell newspapers.

How influential are New Asia and Lin Xiaozhi now? On the small side, the Hong Kong industry has been constantly invited, including the Golden Harvest Film Company, which was not on the right path with New Asia before, and conveyed its goodwill to Lin Xiaozhi tactfully, and film companies such as Yongsheng and Ying Zhijie, and even the bosses of many film companies such as Zeng Zhiwei and Hung Jinbao all hope to buy a movie script from him at a high price.

I don't know who Lu Dao got the news about his third film in Zhang Luo, and even some companies and capital euphemistically conveyed to Xinya, hoping to invest and share dividends in his new movie.

In a big way, because of the stimulation of a movie in New Asia to earn nearly 100 million yuan, not only did countless film companies in Hong Kong begin to liven up their minds, ready to test the waters of Europe and the United States for release. At the same time, hundreds of millions of Taiwan dollars of capital from the Taiwan region have flowed into Hong Kong, seeking to invest in some good movies to make huge profits.

At the same time, it may also be inspired by the Yongsheng Film Company of the Wanan boss Xiang brothers, the box office of "God of Gamblers" sold tens of millions of profits, and the bell on New Year's Day in 90 has just fallen, and more than a dozen film companies have unveiled in the crackling firecrackers in January, among which four film companies have prepared files in the 'follow' Commercial Crime Investigation Bureau, and there is obviously the shadow of underworld capital behind it.

In the 90s, the most glorious golden age of Hong Kong films arrived.