Chapter 125: Rising Power
He Guanchang walked into Zou Wenhuai's office, didn't need to be greeted by the other party, sat straight on the chair in front of the desk, and then put the documents in his hand in front of Zou Wenhuai, and said: "This is the box office data of the first three weeks of "God of Gamblers", it seems that Tang Dynasty movies are really fierce." ”
As soon as Zou Wenhuai heard that it was the box office data of "God of Gamblers", he immediately picked up the file and opened it, and soon his brows slowly wrinkled, and when he closed the file again, his eyebrows were already tightened, and he said in a deep voice: "The box office of more than 39 million in three weeks, and the next painting should be able to reach 44 million, and three movies that set box office records have been produced in a row, which can no longer be explained by coincidence, and there is no such coincidence in the world, Gu Chen's script creation ability is probably no one in Hong Kong who can compare with it now." originally thought that the Shaw Brothers would gradually reduce the amount of films, the Seven Monsters of Xinyicheng would be disbanded, and there would be a scene of Golden Harvest dominating the Hong Kong film industry in the future, but I didn't expect a Tang Dynasty movie to be killed halfway. ”
He Guanchang smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "When he opened a film company, I don't know how many people said that he was not doing his job, even I thought he should continue to develop in the music industry, but I didn't expect it to be ......" He Guanchang shook his head lightly: "He gave the loudest slap to all those who underestimated him with facts, although he only made three movies, but now no one will doubt that Tang Dynasty films have the strength to compete with Golden Harvest." ”
"I heard that Yongsheng invested half of the funds in the "Truant Dragon" will be released in a few days, the male and female protagonists in the film are newcomers, and the male protagonist is still hand-picked by Gu Chen, I really want to see if this movie played by newcomers can continue the myth of Tang Dynasty movies."
Zou Wenhuai was noncommittal to He Guanchang's words, and said another thing: "Is it agreed to co-produce "Double Dragon Club" with Tang Dynasty films? ”
He Guanchang said: "After negotiating, we and Tang Dynasty Film will each contribute half, and the copyright will be jointly held by both parties within two years, and then the copyright will be owned by Tang Dynasty Film." However, Aaron's schedule has not been adjusted yet, and I am afraid that it will take half a month to start this movie. ”
At this time, He Guanchang changed his words and said: "Have you heard about Wu Siyuan joining the Tang Dynasty Cinema Line as the general manager?" ”
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "I heard yesterday that Gu Chen's vision is really poisonous, and with Wu Siyuan's connections and abilities in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, I think it's a bit overkill to let him take care of the Tang Dynasty cinema line." And Wu Siyuan also knows European and American cinema companies, I'm afraid this is Gu Chen's real purpose, but I'm very curious that Gu Chen used something to impress Wu Siyuan, and he didn't care about Siyuan Film Company? ”
He Guanchang shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's very simple, Wu Siyuan sold Siyuan Film Company to Tang Dynasty Cinema for 20 million, and then he used the 20 million to invest in Tang Dynasty Cinema and obtained 9% of the shares of Tang Dynasty Cinema, he is planning to follow Gu Chen from now on." ”
Wrinkled Huai sneered: "It seems that he is very optimistic about Gu Chen." ”
Zou Wenhuai and Wu Siyuan are both from Shaw Brothers Film Company, the two have known each other for a long time, so he knows Wu Siyuan's talent better than anyone else, as early as two years ago, he also invited Wu Siyuan to join Golden Harvest, but was rejected by Wu Siyuan, and now Wu Siyuan not only joined the Tang Dynasty Cinema Line, but also sold the film company that has been operating for more than ten years to Tang Dynasty Film, and he is naturally unhappy under the psychological gap.
"He is sure that he is optimistic about Gu Chen, but I think this is not the whole reason, in the past two years, Siyuan Film Company has only produced two works, "Extralegal Affair" and "Game of Blood", and the box office response is also very average, the entire film company is almost in a state of shutdown, in this case, it is not surprising that he has the idea of finding another way. Besides, Siyuan Film Company's offer of 20 million is not low......"
Zou Wenhuai heard this, his depressed mood was much better, Gu Chen was indeed much more generous than him, when he asked Wu Siyuan to join Golden Harvest, the price he gave to Siyuan Film Company was not so high, although it was two years ago, but the situation of Siyuan Film Company at that time was far better than now.
"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, he thinks the Tang Dynasty is more suitable, so let him go."
He Guanchang saw that there was nothing else to do, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something: "The "Zombie Family" filmed by Baohe will also be released in a few days, and the schedule may coincide with "Truant Dragon", I am worried that it will have an impact on the box office of "Zombie Family", should I postpone the release time?" ”
Zou Wenhuai pondered for a moment and asked, "Has the news been released?" ”
"The campaign started a few days ago."
"Since the news has been released, the time must not be changed, otherwise wouldn't it make outsiders think that Golden Harvest (Baohe Film Company was opened by Hong Jinbao, but it is only responsible for filming, and the distribution is responsible for Golden Harvest, which is considered a satellite company of Golden Harvest) is afraid of the Tang Dynasty?"
He Guanchang said with some hesitation: "Hong Jinbao has great expectations for this movie, will this be unfair to him?" ”
"You also said that Hong Jinbao has great expectations for this movie, maybe the box office results will exceed our imagination."
He Guanchang thought about it and felt that what Zou Wenhuai said was not unreasonable, he had already watched the release version of "Zombie Family" in advance, and felt that it was very good both in terms of theme innovation and storyline, and it was also starring Lin Zhengying, the pioneer of zombie films, and the box office results would not necessarily lose to "Truant Weilong", which was almost entirely starring newcomers, so he nodded, which was regarded as agreeing with Zou Wenhuai's words.
Who would think that Zou Wenhuai said again at this time: "In my opinion, "Zombie Family" not only cannot be postponed, but also will be released on the same day as "Truant Dragon". ”
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Zhou Xingchi got up as soon as it was dawn, in fact, he didn't sleep at all last night, because the first movie in his life today, and the first movie he starred in, was about to be released, and the two emotions of excitement and worry tortured him for a whole **, so that his already not very good-looking eyes became a pair of panda eyes.
After applying hot water for more than half an hour, it didn't subside, and seeing that the time was almost up, I had to hurriedly change into a newly bought suit and go out with a pair of panda eyes.
Just walked to the door but quickly turned back, picked up the landline phone on the table and called Wu Mengda, the other party also happened to be sorted out to go out, hesitated, and dialed the heroine of the film, Zhang Meng's house, and heard the beep sound of connecting the phone, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and felt that his palms began to sweat, but no one answered the phone until it was automatically disconnected. He didn't think much about it, thinking that Zhang Meng had already set off, so he quickly put down the phone and went out, took a taxi downstairs, and went to the theater for the premiere.