In the early years, Xu Ke Studio Company was established by him, his wife Shi Nansheng, Shi Tian, one of the three giants of the New Art City, and Lei Juekun's Golden Princess Quartet when he was full of wings and didn't want to see the original seven-person group of Xinyicheng infighting and take the initiative to leave. Although since its establishment, it has filmed many popular and popular blockbuster movies, but when the company was established before, all the distribution was handed over to Princess Jin, so that most of the profits from overseas films in the past few years were eaten by Princess Jin, and their company could only eat a piece of the leftovers.

Xu Ke's studio had no money, and Shi Tian and Princess Jin took over eighty percent of the investment funds for the films filmed by the company before 89 years, and they also took away a lot of profits. This is also one of the reasons why the studio has shot a lot of high-quality blockbuster films, even above Debao, one of the Big Three, but the company's scale and strength, even in the second echelon of the Hong Kong film industry, can only be regarded as a medium low.

Xu Ke obviously recognized this problem, in 89 years and this year, he successively spent money from Shi Tian and Princess Jin to buy back the shares in their hands, and now that 90 years are about to pass, he finally has the absolute right to speak in his own company. However, it is also because of this move that the recent Xu Ke studio has fallen into the dilemma of running out of money. I heard that he was going to make a movie, and the upper and lower companies went out to attract investment, and the tight financial situation can be seen in the tube.

Seeing his vigilance, Lin Xiaozhi had a smile on his face. Xu Ke's studio is financially tight, and the financial situation of the thin new visual studio company can also be imagined. Although New Vision Studio has almost monopolized the film special effects market in Hong Kong, almost all companies that have the strength to make blockbusters and engage in special effects, such as Golden Harvest and New Yadu, choose to contact European and American companies for better results. For example, the post-processing of Golden Harvest's "Police Story" series is done by Duka special effects in the United States, such as "Red Alert" At the beginning, Lin Xiaozhi considered letting New Vision do it, and later considering that the technical problems in Hong Kong still cost nearly two million more, he asked the British Digital Software Company to deal with it on his behalf.

The special effects production list of Hong Kong's local blockbusters can't be fed with new vision, and the low-budget films can't feed new vision. Xu Ke's new VFX studio is in such an embarrassment, establishing its monopoly position little by little. Thanks to the consistent disdain of Hong Kong films by Europeans and Americans, otherwise the fragile monopoly position maintained by New Vision in Hong Kong can be easily subverted by any powerful special effects company in Europe and the United States.

"Xu Sheng, the times are different A few years ago, when we shot a movie, the investment of 10 million was a big production, such as your company's "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was only an investment of more than 5 million. In just a few years, the cost of filming in Hong Kong has risen again and again, and now I am afraid that we will have to double the investment......"

Seeing that Xu Ke was wary in his heart, he slowed down his words. For the innovative Xu Laowei, Lin Xiaozhi still admires his dedication to movies.

Xu Ke still remembered what he had just said, and when he saw him frowning when he opened the topic, his eyes stared at him, and he muttered for a while before he answered, "That's true."

In 87, he only spent more than 5 million when he invested in the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and this year he invested in the second film, the cost of filming the second part has doubled, Lin Xiaozhi said a big truth, it is an indisputable fact that the cost of Hong Kong film shooting has increased year by year in recent years.

Although I don't want to admit it, Hong Kong films have also followed in the footsteps of American films and entered a high-cost era. From now on, the influence of capital on movies will become more and more obvious, a film can get more investment, it can invite the best directors and crews, invite the most popular stars to join, attract more audiences to watch the movie through greater scene control and sophisticated production, and in terms of publicity, it will gradually rely more on publicity channels with wider coverage...... The Hong Kong film industry has entered the era of capital, and if we don't want to be eliminated, we should strengthen ourselves. I don't know if Xu Sheng agrees with my sentence or not? ”

Xu Ke's brows furrowed a little more, he put down the soup spoon in his hand that kept stirring coffee, stared at Lin Xiaozhi directly, and his voice became cold, "I don't deny that what Lin Sheng said is the truth, it's just that Xu Ke's studio is my hard work, and Lin Sheng should also know that I just bought back his shares from Shi Sheng in the past few months."

As he said, Xu Ke Studio Company is his hard work, and in the past two years, he has repurchased the shares of Princess Jin and Shi Tian, and for this reason, he has taken out most of the savings he has earned from making movies in the past few years, so it is naturally impossible to give it up again.

Lin Xiaozhi raised his eyebrows, he just saw that Xu Ke was a little wary of himself, he thought that he would spend more words, where did he think of this Xu Ke's strange temper, you went around in circles with him, but he took the initiative to clarify the topic. It's just that Xu Ke is obviously wrong, Lin Xiaozhi has a certain interest in his film company, but to put it mildly, he should have thoughts about him and Cheng Xiaodong, the two famous directors. However, this idea has faded a lot after he acquired Debao, which not only occupied all the resources of Debao, but also could call on the manpower and material resources of many film companies such as Magnum, Yongjia and Yineng at any time.

Immediately, he shook his head and said: "Xu Sheng misunderstood what I meant, I am indeed interested in Xu Ke's studio, but Xu Shengrao has no intention of selling, and I will not force it." I invite Xu Sheng today, mainly to talk to you about the cooperation of the new VFX studio? ”

"You want a new look?" Xu Ke was taken aback, but after learning that Lin Xiaozhi was not interested in his film company, his uneasy heart finally let go.

Although Xu Ke is strange, it does not mean that he is arrogant and ignorant, he knows very well that he has acquired Debao, holding companies such as New Asia, Arts, Magnum, Yongjia, Chengbao, and even Lin Xiaozhi, who is said to have the power of the publishing giant Meiya, offended him and made him determined to block himself, and Xu Ke's studio will probably be hit hard.

Compared with his own heart, Xu Ke Studio, the company he established in his early years, has a lower status in his mind. First, there is no market for Hong Kong film special effects, and the profits have not been high; Second, in order to improve the strength of his skills, the special effects studio has to fight with him several times a year, and a few maniacs will make trouble with him from time to time to ask him to allocate more money to upgrade his skills and buy newer and better computer equipment.

As one of the directors in the Hong Kong film industry who pays the most attention to new techniques and innovations, Xu Ke vaguely feels the importance of special effects for future films. But the profit is not as profitable a year as he makes a movie, and the new vision is now like a piece of chicken ribs for him, and it is a pity to abandon it if it is tasteless.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that Lin Xiaozhi was interested in the new vision, Xu Ke immediately thought about it in his heart. He knew that Lin Xiaozhi was rich, otherwise he would not be able to acquire many companies one after another, and gradually became an existence that made the old overlord Jiahe jealous. New Vision has not replaced its equipment in recent years, plus cleaners and clerical staff, and the entire company has only about 40 people, so it would be a good thing if it could take the opportunity to sell it at a good price and use it to improve the financial situation of the film company.

Thinking of this, his frown furrowed.

Lin Xiaozhi kept staring at him, and as soon as Xu Ke's face thawed, he immediately knew that this matter was halfway there. Seeing him looking at himself, he smiled and nodded: "When I was filming "Red Alert" before, I thought of some places, but I couldn't shoot them, which is a bit of a pity. I heard that it is customary to use special effects in movies in Europe and the United States, and I can also shoot some unimaginable scenes, and I am also very yearning. Not long ago, I also sent someone to buy a special effects company in North America with good skills. It's just that foreigners' skills are good, but after all, they are not down-to-earth enough, and they don't know as much about our Hong Kong movies as local technicians. That's why I invited Xu Sheng to come over today, just to talk to you about the acquisition of New Vision."

After a pause, he continued: "In addition, I want to talk to Xu Sheng about a cooperation, but this is not in a hurry, we will talk about it later!"

As he spoke, he played a trick, in order to prevent Xu Ke from asking too much or taking his new vision too seriously, Yu Crisp bluntly exposed that he had acquired a special effects company in Canada.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Xu Ke's cheek twitched slightly, he picked up the coffee in front of him, poured a small half of it before putting the cup down, and clicked his fingers on the table: "New Vision may not be for sale to me, but as the only professional film special effects processing company in Hong Kong, it is impossible for me to sell it to others easily." Therefore, I am curious about what kind of conditions Lin Sheng will offer to convince me to sell it......"

Sure enough, for merchants, there is no such thing as a non-sale.

Lin Xiaozhi had previously asked someone to conduct an asset appraisal of New Vision, and a professional appraisal company made a valuation of 30 million to 50 million Hong Kong dollars for the largest film special effects processing company in Hong Kong. One thing is certain, though, that the value of the new vision is nowhere near as good as the Canadian special effects company he had just acquired.

After sending people to inquire and learn that Xu Ke had not allocated funds for New Vision to update the equipment for more than two years, and many people over there also had opinions about his stinginess, Lin Xiaozhi had already made up his mind. Xu Ke's words fell, and he straightened up two fingers.

"20 million Hong Kong dollars, wholly owned acquisition."

As soon as his words fell, Xu Ke, whose face had become ugly, refused directly with a cold face, "This is impossible."

Lin Xiaozhi smiled when he heard this, and also learned his finger to lightly tap on the table: "Xu Sheng made a mistake, the new vision is not attractive to me, you can stay if you want to stay with equipment or something, anyway, I bought it and sold it for depreciation." I just want the people of New Vision, not this company."

Seeing that Xu Ke's face was even more ugly, Lin Xiaozhi was not afraid of him taking the case, and continued: "I came with sincerity, otherwise I would have poached all the people with Xu Sheng's high salary." There are eight managers and 27 technical personnel in the new vision software, and I believe Xu Sheng should know very well that if I use all 20 million to dig up these people, there will be a few more left in the new vision. It's all eaten in Hong Kong, so there's no need to invigorate yourself and kill others......"

Emotional people have thoroughly studied their own family background

Xu Ketie blushed his face and looked at the smiling young man in front of him, at this moment, he had the urge to step forward and punch him.

It took a lot of effort to finally suppress that impulse. After a long time, I saw him take a deep breath and said sarcastically: "Lin Sheng has investigated all my family background, and he really came with sincerity." You have such a good offer, do I still have a choice? ”

"The choice is yours ......" Lin Xiaozhi ignored the sarcasm in his words, picked up the coffee cup and nodded at him: "Three days...... I promise not to poach the new vision in three days......"

The implication is that he is only given three days to think about it

"Well, now that the business has been discussed. Let's talk about another collaboration......"

Xu Ke ate a soft threat from him, snorted coldly, and his stubborn temper also came up, and he said softly and sarcastically: "Lin Sheng is so bold and generous, I really don't want to talk about any cooperation with you......"

He made a gesture to get up and leave, but Lin Xiaozhi didn't stop him, but continued to speak: "Does Xu Sheng like politics? I heard that you are a Chinese-Vietnamese person, so you should not have any political bias towards the northern continent, right? ”

Xu Ke had just taken a step, when he suddenly heard him say such an inconspicuous sentence, frowned and stopped, looked at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

At that time, the Viet Cong persecuted the Chinese in the country, and in addition to physical extermination and the like, they also forcibly naturalized some Chinese. So much so that over the past few decades, some local Chinese have stopped mentioning their Chinese identity and have completely integrated into the country of Vietnam. Since the Viet Cong counterattacked Vietnam, it has always regarded the northern mainland as a mortal enemy, and the domestic propaganda tools have never stopped anti-China propaganda, but Xu Ke left Vietnam very early and lived in Hong Kong for decades, and he himself is not interested in politics, so his name did not appear in the previous demonstrations that affected the Hong Kong film industry.

Lin Xiaozhi saw this and deliberately drew him into his pro-North camp, and said at the moment: "I heard that not long ago, Xu Sheng, you went to the United States and brought Jet Li, a mainland student who had filmed "Shaolin Temple", back to Hong Kong, and prepared to let him take on a big responsibility to remake the "Once Upon a Time" series. ”

"How do you know the way?"

Xu Ke's face changed again, his eyes were wide open, and the boss stared at him with a gloomy expression. No one likes all their secrets to be known, if Lin Xiaozhi just knew that he brought Jet Li back from the United States, Xu Ke was surprised but not too surprised. It's just that he just decided to remake the classic series "Once Upon a Time" a week ago, and he has only mentioned it to a few people such as Jet Li and Cheng Xiaodong.

Lin Xiaozhi naturally wouldn't tell him where he knew about this matter, and in the face of Xu Ke's sharp gaze, he motioned for him to sit down, and then talked slowly.

The two of you, you look at me, I look at you, so it was a stalemate for more than ten seconds. After a while, Xu Ke retracted his steps and sat back with an expressionless face, but his eyes were still staring at him, and if he looked carefully, he could clearly see the complicated feelings of the master's anger, vigilance, and jealousy.

Seeing that he was soft, Lin Xiaozhi continued to say: "I have my source, so don't mention this matter first." The older generation of predecessors made the "Huang Feihong" series into a classic, so that later people tried but were unsuccessful, Xu Sheng, if you remake it, the old-fashioned hard horse, the style of traditional kung fu The audience is afraid that they will not buy it, and if you want to shoot it, you have to shoot something new."

His words made Xu Ke's already uncalm heart once again set off a monstrous wave, because every sentence of Lin Xiaozhi pointed to the key point, and it also coincided with his idea of remaking "Once Upon a Time". His eyes were staring at Lin Xiaozhi stubbornly, speaking from his heart, and at this time, looking at the boastful young man in front of him, Xu Ke suddenly had a kind of realization in his heart.

Yes, it is no wonder that it was able to sell "Killer Leon", which opened the European and American markets, and was able to make record-breaking commercial film classics like "Red Alert", and it only took more than two years to develop a film company on the verge of bankruptcy into the largest film group in Hong Kong. There is no vanity under the fame, and what the ancients said is true.

Lin Xiaozhi naturally couldn't know the changes in his heart, and still continued: "To make such a movie, special effects must be used, and innovation must also be used. It's just that there must be no shortage of investment in such films. If Xu Sheng is willing, I am interested in investing in some of it, and I promise to use our channels to let it be released in Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea. Of course, I also have a request, that is, I hope Xu Sheng can cede the mainland distribution rights of this film to me, I don't know how Xu Sheng thinks ......"

Released on the mainland

Xu Ke's eyes widened for a moment, and he looked at him incredulously with a pair of widening eyes. It wasn't until he said the last sentence that Xu Ke finally understood why Lin Xiaozhi suddenly said something incoherent. How is it possible to test the waters of the mainland and release it. Since the beginning of the 80s, when the mainland began to contact Britain and negotiate the takeback of Hong Kong, taking advantage of the opportunity of the mainland to win over all walks of life in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong film industry has made contact with the mainland more than once, hoping that the north will open up channels for Hong Kong films to be screened on the northern mainland, but unfortunately the north has been rejected again and again. Although a very small number of films such as "Shaolin Temple" and "North and South Shaolin" were released in the north and achieved amazing box office, they were not satisfactory to Hong Kong people.

"What, Xu Sheng thinks I'm delusional?" Lin Xiaozhi saw his expression in his eyes, and the smile on his face remained the same, "I admit that it is difficult for Hong Kong films to be released in the mainland, but it does not mean that there is no possibility at all, no matter how difficult the first step is, you have to take it first." I intend to visit Beijing at the beginning of next year to test the waters for Hong Kong films to be released on the mainland. If Xu Sheng is interested, you may wish to consider this matter, and I will wait for your reply."