Golden Harvest's filming plan this year is very amazing, but Zou Minhuai still made a mistake. After all, he failed to sum up the experience from the mistakes he had made before, no matter how well "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" sold well in the world, in the end, except for investment and martial arts, all of them were engaged in by Americans, and as a result, the American production team became popular, and the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" anime of Phantom Studio became popular, and Golden Harvest didn't make anything except making money.

Moreover, Golden Harvest and the American Phantom Studio on the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" copyright use contract only signed for five years, once the 94-year contract expires, Golden Harvest has helped the Phantom Studio to start the popularity of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", let alone renew it with the original price, even a few times the price is difficult to negotiate. He remembered that in history, Golden Harvest raised the price of renewing the ten-year copyright use to more than 13UU more than 10,000 US dollars, but he failed to sign it. The greedy Yankees asked for $24 million with one mouth, and only agreed to sign it for three years, although it was later reduced to $17UU dollars, it was still too far from Golden Harvest's request. Golden Harvest and Phantom did not reach an agreement in the end, and the fourth movie version of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was not filmed until 14 years later. And Golden Harvest, after 94 years, there is no film that can sell more than 100 million box office in Europe and the United States, and the investment plus the red fan zone of nearly 300 million Hong Kong dollars and "Police Story 4" together is only more than 49 million US dollars at the box office in the United States, and the European box office is not as good as the United States, which shows that Golden Harvest, which is too dependent on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", took the wrong path from the beginning.

Don't look at the plan of spending more than 200 million yuan on the film that Jiahe shook out this year is very amazing, in fact, Lin Xiaozhi is really not afraid of him. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is still an animated version of the movie, and in Hong Kong it can only be played at 17. It is sought after among teenagers under the age of 8, and it is difficult for those in the upper age group to buy it, although the investment is more than his "Resident Evil", it is not clear who will really kill the deer. Cheng Long's movies have always been shot very slowly, even if "Police Story 3" starts in June, but if it can be completed before the end of the year, it will be very fast, Cheng Long is notoriously difficult to serve, compared to Zhou Xingchi after he became famous, it is normal for him to remake hundreds of times if he is not satisfied with one of his shots, which is also the main reason why Lin Xiaozhi wanted to invite him to make a movie, but never sent an invitation, no one wants to invite a big-name ancestor back to provide for it, compared to him is Jiahe's signature star or something is still secondary.

As for the four movies "Zhong Kui", "Female Robot", "Detective Ma Rulong", and "Ruan Lingyu", "Ruan Lingyu" knew that it was a literary film as soon as he heard the name, and no matter how much investment he made, the box office would not be high. Among the other three films, "Zhong Kui" and "Detective Ma Rulong" may be a little jealous if the single investment can exceed 20 million Hong Kong dollars, but the probability of selling high-quality products at a small cost is not high. As for what "Female Robot" is, it has not entered his eyes at all, Hong Kong special effects can't make a good sci-fi film, even if it is really to be filmed, it is difficult to even look decent without 50 or 60 million Hong Kong dollars, most of it is a 'Hong Kong-style low-cost pseudo-sci-fi film, just a gimmick.

In the first half of this year, the only movie that could make him jealous of Golden Harvest was only "Lame Hao", co-produced by Golden Harvest and Mai Dangxiong Film Production Company. The complex background of Hong Kong has led to the fact that the topic of triads cannot be avoided at all, and some media have exaggerated that "one out of every five people in Hong Kong has a triad background."

It is precisely for this reason that underworld-themed movies, police films, gunfight films, hero films, etc. are applauded and popular, and this "Lame Hao" is based on Wu Xihao, one of the four major families of Hong Kong's underworld in the past, as the prototype, creating a precedent for Hong Kong films. Wu Xihao poured into Hong Kong with the wave of refugees in the UU era of the last century, starting with "word flower stalls" (gambling), and later changed to "powder stalls" (drugs), and the results were prosperous, and in the 70s, he has become one of the "four major families" of drug trafficking in Hong Kong. It has even achieved international trading outside of Hong Kong, and has a considerable reputation in the drug circles in Thailand and Taiwan. In 1973, the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption was established and began to crack down on crime, and at the end of 1974, Wu Xihao was arrested after returning to Hong Kong from Taiwan, and the entire group was sentenced to 4 years in prison, including 30 years in prison for Wu himself.

Since being diagnosed with terminal liver cancer last year, Wu Xihao has been applying for amnesty. This matter has caused a stir in Hong Kong in the past six months, and from time to time you can see discussions in the newspapers about whether or not to pardon him. At this point, as long as the film is not too badly made, the box office will not be too low. According to Lin Xiaozhi's sources, Golden Harvest is preparing to release the film in early May, and in order to cope with the impact of Golden Harvest, he also specially persuaded Wu Yusen to postpone the release of "Across the Seas", which was co-produced by Media Asia with him, to May......

Standing and chatting with everyone for a while, Lin Xiaozhi saw that Zhang Yimou, who came from the mainland, had rarely spoken, and knew that he had not fully integrated into the crew, so he turned his head and took the initiative to chat with him: "Two days ago, I received a notice from Beijing that the mainland had established the Beijing Film Group and the Hong Kong and Taiwan Film Works Exchange and Cooperation Division, which specializes in dealing with our Hong Kong film industry, which is a good thing." Many people in Hong Kong are scolding, saying that our trip to the north last month was a wasted effort, and I will shake out the news in two days, and I really want to slap those who jump up and down......"

After saying that, he briefly explained the functions and meanings of these two groups and government agencies to the people around him. His revelation surprised many people in the crew.

Leung Ka-fai was overjoyed: "I said that going north was run in vain, but in fact, many Hong Kong people are frightened by propaganda, what is there to be afraid of in the mainland." It's not like me, with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes..."In his early years, he was banned by the Taiwan authorities because he took over the films "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Politics with the Curtain" by the great director Li Hanxiang, and also went to the mainland to film, resulting in no filming for several years. At the most miserable time, he had to set up a stall to earn a meager living expenses, so among Hong Kong artists, he belonged to the pro-mainland minority.

"Hong Kong is too small, and the mainland has really developed rapidly in recent years. In the future, it would be better if Hong Kong films could also be released and filmed in the mainland."

"Didn't Lin Sheng say that "Farewell My Concubine" can be released in the mainland after filming......"

Looking at the group with an optimistic attitude, Lin Xiaozhi smiled bitterly in his heart, how can Hong Kong films be so tolerant if they want to be released in the mainland

When he went north in March, he brought with him a total of 25 films shot by New Asia, Debao, Yineng, Magnum and Xu Ke Studios in the past two or three years, as well as 10 film scripts that had not been completed or not yet filmed, seeking cooperation with the mainland. Among them are the "Royal Sister" series, "Rich and Powerful" series, "A Chinese Ghost Story" series, "Killer Leon", "Red Alert", "Love Letter", "Friend", "Gambling Saint", as well as "Across the Seas", "Truant Dragon", "Resident Evil", "Once Upon a Time", "Farewell My Concubine" and so on......

It's a pity that in the end, the film couldn't get the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television to nod and approve the release in the mainland. And the script that was finally approved by the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television was only a film script like "Farewell My Concubine", which was more literary than commercial. The reason why the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television agreed to release it in the mainland as a co-production is that Media Asia can also get dividends from it. In fact, one of the main reasons is that the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television is stuck in the right to review, that is, the final filmed version can only be released in the mainland if the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television is satisfied, and if it is not satisfied, it will be revised or remade, otherwise it will be impossible.

If you want to really persuade Beijing to approve the entry of Hong Kong films, it is not something that can be done in a day or two. Anyway, Lin Xiaozhi is ready to fight a protracted war, if it doesn't work for one year, it will be two years, and if it doesn't work for two years, it will be three years. If you can't go north once, you can do it three times, five times or ten times, and it's a big deal to run a little faster, and you can still be familiar.

The sudden revelation was just to chat with Zhang Yimou, for fear that he would not be able to integrate into the crew.

Who would have expected that after listening to him finish speaking, Zhang Yimou did not rush to answer, but patiently listened to the discussions of others, and then shook his head slightly and said, "...... It's not that simple, many themes of Hong Kong films seem to cross the line in the eyes of the mainland, unless the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television relaxes, it will be difficult to release them in the mainland......"

said a word of rebuttal, but he was a good person after all, and before the face of the person who was refuted changed color, he took the initiative to change the topic: "The establishment of the Beijing Film Group is just that, in previous years, it was all up to the film studios below to get out of the city and bring it in, and the strength of the film studios in various provinces was uneven, and they spent a lot of money in vain." There was this saying in the mainland before, to get a film group out in line with international standards, specifically to manage the exchange and cooperation between the mainland and overseas film companies, so the establishment of the Beijing Film Group actually did not cause much twists and turns, almost the State Council and the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television asked below, the provincial radio and television bureaus, film bureaus, studios, everyone basically agreed on the same thing in March, I knew that there was a Beijing Film Studio in Hong Kong, but the other three didn't hear of it......"

As the backbone of the mainland West Film Studio, and at the same time a cutting-edge and powerful director in the mainland, Zhang Yimou has really good connections in the mainland film industry, even if something goes wrong in his private life and temporarily affects his work, it has not affected his contacts and social network in the mainland.

"However, the establishment of the Hong Kong and Taiwan Film Works Exchange and Cooperation Division, as well as the approval of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television to release "Farewell My Concubine" as a co-production in the mainland, I heard that it caused a lot of turmoil. It is said that some people have poked out the fact that Beijing is preparing to open up Hong Kong films to be screened on the mainland, and they have said that they have noses and eyes, but as a result, some people who can't see the development of the times and always hold on to some Hong Kong films that smear the mainland stand up to oppose it. In the past two years, the withdrawal of some foreign capital has also affected the mainland box office market, and many unemployed factory workers in the mainland have no money to go to the theater to watch movies (the main box office consumer of mainland films). They are afraid that the introduction of Hong Kong films will impact the box office income of the films produced in their own factories. It is said that it was Chairman Xia and Chairman Xie from the Film Association and Director Xie Jin from the Shanghai Film Bureau who traveled north and south to persuade many people to make this happen......"

Unexpectedly heard a big revelation from his mouth, Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect it. Hearing him mention that the three of them contributed to this matter, then Director Xie Jin is one of the few great directors in the mainland who is well-known internationally. As for Chairman Xia's, Chairman Xie has no impression. immediately asked him: "Zhang Sheng, I know what you said about Director Xie Jin, but who is Chairman Xia and Chairman Xie, can you tell me?" ”

"Chairman Xia's name is Xia Yan, the chairman of the Mainland Film Association. However, I heard that the key person who can contribute to this matter is actually Xie Tieli, vice chairman of the Film Association, who is not only a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, but also the chief director of Beijing Film Studio......

After the two names were revealed, Lin Xiaozhi suddenly realized that he was the two gods of the mainland film industry.