Hong Kong was in chaos in September, but it wasn't without good films.

Luo Wei Films' "Demon Fetus" was officially released in Golden Princess Theaters the day after the completion of "God of Gamblers". This movie is a horror film, in order to achieve a good box office in Taiwan, Luo Wei specially invited Lu Xiuling, a contracted artist of Oriental Entertainment Company, to star - in fact, Luo Wei wanted to invite Lin Qingxia, but Lin Qingxia's salary of up to 1 million was not something he could afford at all, so he had to retreat and invite Taiwan's "Kobayashi Qingxia" to be the heroine.

Lu Xiuling is an artist under Kang Jianfei, but the movie she starred in was released in the Golden Princess Theater, and Kang Jianfei and the Golden Princess are well known, which makes many small film companies in the Hong Kong industry see the sincerity of Oriental Entertainment Company.

Not only that, some time ago, the new art city achieved a good box office "Yin and Yang Wrong", and its actor is also Alan Tam of Oriental Entertainment Company.

With these two movies as demonstrations, other small film companies that still have some doubts finally don't have to worry about offending Princess Jin by inviting Kang Jianfei's actors, and they can let go of their hands and feet to invite artists from Oriental Entertainment Company to make movies.

"The Demon Fetus" was released for only a week, and the box office was close to 2 million. Next up is the new Kunlun and mainland co-production "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", which was released in Yindu Cinemas for a month, and coincided with the most chaotic period of Hong Kong society, with a box office of nearly 16 million.

The leading actor Leung Ka-fai is the quasi-son-in-law of director Li Hanxiang at this time, although he became an instant hit because of this film, but the tragedy is waiting for him not far away, and the day when he will be banned by the Taiwan authorities is not far away.

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The Peninsula Café.

Pan Disheng stirred the milk tea, looked around, and smiled with emotion: "Hong Kong is in such a mess, there are even fewer people in the tea restaurant." In the past, when you came to the Peninsula Tea House for afternoon tea at this time, you had to queue up without an appointment. It's like there are only a few people now. ”

"It's better with fewer people, and it's much quieter to drink tea." Hong Jinbao said while eating lotus seed buns.

Pan Disheng smiled: "I thought Mr. Hong would like to be lively." ”

"Then it depends on something," Hong Jinbao suddenly asked, "I wonder what Mr. Pan asked me out about today?" ”

Pan Disheng did not answer positively, but praised with a smile: "I watched Mr. Hong's "Five Lucky Stars", and the shooting was really good. ”

Hong Jinbao said modestly: "It is far worse than Mr. Kang's "God of Gamblers", and the box office is 10 million less. ”

Pan Disheng nodded and said: "Mr. Kang is really good at making movies, and I want to play two cards after watching "God of Gamblers". ”

Not only is it as simple as being powerful, since the release of "God of Gamblers" in the past two months, the number of people who have gone from Hong Kong to Macau to gamble has increased by two percent compared with the past. In other words, He Hongshen should really write a thank you letter to Kang Jianfei.

Hong Jinbao has been guessing Pan Disheng's intention today, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Mr. Pan to like watching movies too." ”

Pan Disheng said: "When I used to study abroad, I used to watch movies to pass the time. ”

Hong Jinbao smiled in agreement, and continued to eat lotus paste buns and drink afternoon tea, since Pan Disheng had been around. He wasn't in a hurry to ask.

The two chatted for a long time, and Pan Disheng finally said: "Is Mr. Hong interested in partnering to open a film company?" ”

Hong Jinbao was obviously stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect Pan Disheng, a boy who sells brand-name jewelry and watches. would actually find him to partner in a film company.

"My current Baohe company is doing well, and I don't want to open other companies for the time being." Hong Jinbao refused directly, he thought that Pan Disheng didn't know anything about movies, and he knew what would happen to a layman working with a ghost.

Pan Disheng is still trying to persuade Hong Jinbao: "Mr. Hong, Baohe's funds are not returned quickly, and the box office earned back will be taken away by the parent company Golden Harvest." This leaves less money to reinvest in the shoot. With the current financial resources of Baohe Film Company, making two movies a year has reached the limit, and the rest of the time is not wasted? If we work together to open a film company, you can make at least four movies a year. There are also twice as many opportunities to make money as before, so why not? And I know that I don't understand movies, so I am only responsible for investment, and you are solely responsible for the production of the film. ”

Pan Disheng's words made Hong Jinbao quite moved, but he still had some scruples about Zou Wenhuai's reaction, and said: "But Boss Zou ...... there"

"Uncle Zou, you don't have to worry, if we cooperate to open a film company, the films produced in the future will also be released in Golden Harvest Cinemas." Pan Disheng smiled.

Only then did Hong Jinbao know that Pan Disheng was not on a whim, and had already found all the theaters in advance, and then came to him to talk about cooperation.

However, "Five Lucky Stars" has just made a lot of money, and Hong Jinbao is not short of funds in the near future. If Pan Disheng had found him three months ago, Hong Jinbao might have agreed in one bite.

Hong Jinbao thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed, saying: "If Mr. Pan really wants to make a movie, of course I am very willing to cooperate with you." However, Baohe is preparing to shoot a new drama recently, and I can't spare the energy to do other things in at least two months, or wait for a while to talk about cooperation. ”

Pan Disheng said with a smile: "No problem, now you just need to determine the general cooperation plan." ”

Hong Jinbao saw that Pan Disheng wanted to finalize the cooperation, and he couldn't do Tai Chi anymore, so he had to discuss the cooperation with Pan Disheng.

When talking about the company's equity distribution, Pan Disheng said: "What do you think of this? I will pay for the company's funds, I will account for 65% of the shares, and you will have 25% of the remaining shares, and I will give him 10% on Cen Jianxun's side. ”

This is really a very generous equity distribution, and Pan Disheng is much more generous than Kang Jianfei. The reason why this boy wants to enter the film industry is to see that Hong Kong films are prosperous and profitable, and secondly, to advertise the various famous brands he represents. Just as Xiang Hua can launder money by opening a film company, Pan Disheng doesn't just focus on box office revenue when making movies.

"Cen Jianxun? He is now the deputy head of the planning team in the DreamWorks Film Production Department. Hong Jinbao said in surprise.

"It's Cen Jianxun, the management of the company will be handed over to him in the future, and he will resign from DreamWorks when the company opens." Pan Disheng said with a smile. In fact, he and Cen Jianxun are old friends, selling brand-name jewelry and watches inevitably have to deal with fashion magazines, Pan Disheng's business at the beginning relied on advertising in "Oriental Fashion" to make sales, and Cen Jianxun used to be the editor-in-chief of "Outside" magazine.

Pan Disheng plans to start a film company. The first partner that came to mind was Shum Jianxun, and then Shum Jianxun suggested that he bring Hong Jinbao in to work in the film.

Until they left after afternoon tea, Hong Jinbao and Pan Disheng had finalized the general cooperation plan, although they did not formally sign the contract, but a verbal commitment was enough, anyway, it was still very early before the official opening of the company.

The two even chose the name of the film company, which was called Debao (D&B) Film Company. Among them, "Bao" is naturally Hong Jinbao, and "De" is taken from the initials of Pan Disheng's English name Dickson-Poon.

In fact, Debao Film Company was founded by Pan Disheng, and it was rumored in later generations that he bought Debao from Hong Jinbao and Cen Jianxun, but in fact, he only paid to recover the equity in Hong Jinbao's hands.

Because at the beginning of the establishment of Debao. Its movies are all released in Golden Harvest Cinemas, and Hong Jinbao can naturally shoot back and forth between Baohe and Debao, and he is like a fish in water. But later, Debao failed to make a good schedule in Jiahe Cinema for several consecutive movies, and Pan Disheng, who had deep pockets, was angry and invested more than 100 million yuan to develop his own cinema chain. Debao has also changed from a satellite company of Golden Harvest to a competitor.

At this time, Hong Jinbao was faced with a choice, either to stay in Baohe or to stay in Debao. And Hong Jinbao chose the former after the most rude. Sold his stake in Debao to Pan Disheng. Another shareholder, Cen Jianxun, stayed on and served as the general manager of Debao Cinemas.

Pan Disheng took a fancy to Hong Jinbao's filmmaking ability, and Hong Jinbao also took a fancy to Pan Disheng's strong financial resources, and the first meeting between the two was very harmonious.

After coming out of the Peninsula Hotel, Pan Disheng asked his driver to take Hong Jinbao home, and personally sent Hong Jinbao back.

The two continued to chat in Pan Disheng's car. Perhaps because he wants to enter the film industry, Pan Disheng keeps asking all kinds of movie-related questions to recharge himself.

Many of the questions seemed very naïve, Pan Disheng didn't even know the filmmaking process, and Hong Jinbao had to answer these questions one by one.

"I've heard that Golden Harvest has conflicts with Shaw Brothers, DreamWorks, and Princess Gold. In the future, when we make movies in Debao Company, can we go to several other companies to invite big stars to star? Pan Disheng asked.

Hong Jinbao replied: "This depends on the specific situation, for example, Zheng Shaoqiu is a TVB person, but his movie contract is not signed, and the TV contract is also very lenient, if we look for Zheng Shaoqiu to make a movie, even Shao Tycoon is not easy to stop." And it won't work to invite Dillon, because Dillon is the face of Shaw Brothers, and if Dillon is invited to play the movie released in Golden Harvest Cinemas, it will be a slap in the face of Shao Tycoon. ”

Pan Disheng asked again: "Then can we invite someone from Oriental Entertainment Company?" This time, your "Five Lucky Stars" is Zhong Chuhong, and there doesn't seem to be any problem. ”

Hong Jinbao said with a smile: "Now there is a popular saying in the Hong Kong film industry - 'If you are looking for actors, go to Oriental Entertainment Company', our next drama of Baohe, except for individual actors from Hong Jiaban and Golden Harvest, I am ready to go to Oriental Entertainment Company to find other manpower." ”

"Oriental Entertainment has such a big influence in the film industry?" Pan Disheng was quite surprised by this, but he was immediately relieved, because his Disheng jewelry store is now shooting advertisements for promotion, and he is also looking for stars directly in Oriental DreamWorks.

In Hong Kong, in terms of the number of film practitioners, the largest number of people is Shaw Brothers Pictures, after all, Shaw Brothers has decades of accumulation. However, Shaw Brothers has relatively strict control over its artists, and in the absence of a personal relationship, it is difficult and troublesome to invite Shaw Brothers actors to make movies.

It can be said that Oriental Entertainment Company is the only entertainment agency in Hong Kong so far, which greatly facilitates a large number of small Hong Kong film companies to invite actors.

Don't underestimate these small film companies, the most prosperous period of Hong Kong films was in the early 90s, when there were hundreds of film companies in Hong Kong. Although it has not yet reached that level at this time, there are still hundreds of film companies in Hong Kong, except for a few large film companies such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, the remaining 100 or so small and medium-sized film companies are all potential customers of Oriental Entertainment Company.

In this summer, Oriental Entertainment Company, which has only been open for half a year, suddenly has a large increase in business volume, and the film appointments of its artists are floating like snowflakes.

The most comfortable thing for those small companies and directors is that Oriental Entertainment Company also has a variety of package services. What types of actors are needed, even extras, dragon and tiger warriors, stuntmen, etc., as long as the customer asks for it, Oriental Entertainment Company will come up with a plan in the shortest possible time, which greatly reduces the time and expenditure of these film companies in the early preparation.

Now there is a popular saying in the Hong Kong film industry, that is, to choose actors, you can find Oriental Entertainment, which can not only give you the most suitable actors, but also find you behind the scenes. If you need a movie theme song, there is no problem, not only arrange Fengxing Records to help you write songs and compose songs, but also provide one-stop intimate service for singers and recordings.

At this moment, many peers realized that there was such a big business opportunity to run a star brokerage company. In the next few years, more than a dozen other star companies will be established in Hong Kong, but in terms of scale and influence, these companies are not even worthy of lifting shoes for Oriental Entertainment.

Because the most important thing for a star agency is artist resources, only Shao Yifu has such a huge star resource in Hong Kong that can be comparable to Kang Jianfei. However, Shao Yifu will never create a star brokerage company, which is related to the management system of Shaw Brothers and TVB, if he starts a star brokerage company, it is estimated that TVB's star artists will run out in a few years.

For example, Zhang Weijian filmed a "Journey to the West" for TVB in the 90s, which not only set a new record in Hong Kong in terms of ratings, but also swept half of Asia, and TVB earned 400 million in advertising fees in Asia alone. Correspondingly, Zhang Weijian, the protagonist of "Journey to the West", worked in TVB for a whole year at the time, and only got a salary of 80,000 yuan after being sick.

Zhang Weijian asked TVB for a higher salary, but TVB didn't dump him, and directly changed actors in the sequel to "Journey to the West", and Zhang Weijian was also semi-banned for disobeying the arrangement. Zhang Weijian was naturally angry, and after staying up until the contract was full, he immediately left TVB to develop in Taiwan and the mainland.

If Shao Yifu dared to set up a star agency, those artists under his command would taste the sweetness outside, and nine times out of ten they would not be willing to continue to stay in Shaw Brothers or TVB.

Here, Pan Disheng contacted Hong Jinbao and quietly poached Kang Jianfei's ideal future cinema vice president Cen Jianxun, but Kang Jianfei didn't know anything about it. He was staring at the release of "Bao Qingtian" on Phoenix Channel, and was approached by Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng to write the script, saying that he was going to start planning the co-production of Golden Harvest and DreamWorks, which was agreed with Zou Wenhuai at the beginning.

Kang Jianfei has a headache about this, because this time Zou Wenhuai wants to enter the European and American markets with this film, not only to show Lin Qingxia's heroic image of the royal sister in the film, but also to highlight Cheng Long's comedy and fighting talent, which really has no ready-made script to copy. (To be continued......)

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