Entering September, when the turmoil on the treasure island settled, the film circle on the Xiangjiang side also made a big move.

First of all, Kylin Films, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest announced that they will start the project of "Police Academy 2" in September.

The cooperation method of the three film companies is a bit the same as last time, Yin Jun invested in the script to pay 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and then gave an extra 10 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, and the other two contributed 40 million Hong Kong dollars each, and the total cost was calculated as 200 million Hong Kong dollars.

This number is second only to "Speed of Life and Death", becoming the second highest-investment film in the history of Xiangjiang.

But in fact, only the bosses of these three companies know that the real cost is not that high at all, which includes 20 million publicity costs.

The last investment of 90 million also included publicity costs.

"Speed of Life and Death" has a publicity fee of 50 million US dollars alone, and the overall cost exceeds 75 million US dollars, which is really incomparable.

Of course, "Speed of Life and Death" now has a global box office of 600 million US dollars, and it has already begun to return to its original cost and make money, and this kind of gold-absorbing ability is not comparable to "Police Academy".

It's just that the $50 million of "Speed of Life and Death" is really a bit famous, and it is impossible to spend so much money in ordinary times, but this is a hard shoulder with Warner Bros., which is why it gritted its teeth and spent so much money.

Now some people look back and say that if "Speed of Life and Death" had avoided "Superman 2" and made a box office of 70 or 80 million US dollars with its quality, it would have been a no-brainer.

It's not like now, the best result of "Life and Death" is to earn around 10 million to 20 million US dollars, which is a big waste of its excellent strength.

At the same time, of course, "Superman 2" didn't get a good deal, if it weren't for their low production costs, plus not much publicity costs, where would they make money?

"Police Academy 2" will not fight hard with anyone, and it has already proven its strength, and it will not encounter any strong opponents to fight hard.

The defeat of "Life and Death" and "Superman 2" is enough to wake up those film companies for several years.

The team that is in charge of "Police Academy 2" as a whole is still the team that Wang Jing formed last time, most of them are Shaw Brothers, and Zou Wenhuai doesn't care about this, anyway, the controller of this movie is Yin Jun, and Shaw Brothers can't make any tricks.

Under the persuasion of Yin Jun personally calling Rowan Atkinson, Rowan Atkinson finally agreed to come back to participate in the filming of the second part, but the salary rose a lot, reaching $3 million.

This is still for Yin Jun's sake, after all, the role of Instructor Harry has allowed Rowan Atkinson to completely open the door to comedy, and he has been very inspired when filming recently, and has played several weighty supporting roles.

He remembered the guidance that Yin Jun gave him on the set, and he also knew that Yin Jun's current identity is not what it used to be, controlling Disney and one of the seven major Hollywood joint art films, if you want to have more development in the future, you can't say that you have to rely on Yin Jun more.

Except for Cairo Win Atkinson's salary, which tripled, the rest of the actors did not increase their prices.

Together, Eddie Murphy, who had just finished filming "Beverly Hills Detective", who returned to Xiangjiang, did not increase the price.

It's not that Yin Jun is pressuring him and not allowing him to raise prices, but Eddie Murphy is very happy that he continues to have the opportunity to appear in movies, and he doesn't care about the salary, at least for now.

But once "Beverly Hills Detective" is released, the conditions and treatment of Eddie Murphy by Kirin Movies will have to go up several steps.

Yin Jun doesn't like to be wronged by others, so he invites European and American stars with millions or tens of millions of salaries at every turn.

But for celebrities who can make money for themselves and bring huge benefits, Yin Jun will not be stingy.

For example, the contract between Schwarzenegger and Stallone has a lot of box office shares.

When they become more famous and the box office is more secure, it will naturally rise a little, but what should be done at this level, it has to be determined by Yin Jun, and no one can threaten Yin Jun.

Eddie Murphy is not the same as the two superstars above.

First, he is black, and black people are now in Hollywood, basically they still have no status, and they will have to wait for 30 years before they will gradually have more opportunities.

Second, Eddie Murphy was dug by Yin Jun, black people are generally simple-minded, not as calculating as white people, so Yin Jun praised him as a star, and he felt that he should repay Yin Jun, not like this or that.

Besides, Eddie Murphy is a very aggrieved and unpopular actor in the United States, after arriving in Xiangjiang, everyone likes him, and they will greet him kindly when they see him on the street, which makes Eddie Murphy feel very comfortable, and feels that Xiangjiang is very suitable for his life and work, which is better than the United States.

For all these reasons, Eddie Murphy has a strong sense of belonging to Kirin movies, and he doesn't pay so much attention to it.

As for Li Xiuman and Matsuda Seiko, not to mention, when they asked about the schedule here, they said that they would adjust the time and ensure that there would be no delay.

Yin Jun believes that they are because of favors, but the two brokerage companies can agree in the end, and it must be based on the huge influence of "Police Academy".

Being able to continue to star in the sequel to such a popular movie is very beneficial for any actor.

However, the filming of "Police Academy 2" is not in sight.

Wang Fatzi took Yin Jun's script, and was gathering a large number of people to survey the field, scurrying around Xiangjiang.

This time, Wang Jing felt that the script was more funny and interesting than the first episode, so he simply prepared to play more on this basis and add a little bit of his own stuff.

Yin Jun is very good, as long as you don't change the script randomly, but have a good improvement and refinement of the script, then he won't care about the director or the screenwriting team revising his script.

Wang Jing is also a person who has had a successful experience, and he knows that as long as he doesn't play the and pee fart that he hit the street before, Yin Jun will probably not interfere with him.

But correspondingly, Wang Jing also needs to put in more efforts, so for a moment and a half, the preparatory work can't be done, where is it possible to start in a hurry?

His estimated shooting schedule is from October to December, and two months is not too rushed.

After all, "Police Academy" is a drama film, and there are not too many complicated special effects, mainly based on the performances of the actors.

And after the cooperation of the first part, in the past year, everyone has made a lot of progress, and it will naturally be easier to shoot.

At the same time, in September, director Yu Yunkang's second movie, "Murder List", was also released after this summer vacation.

This year, Yu Yunkang won the Grand Prize at the Academy Awards, so he is very famous, and he has even been promoted in the newspaper for a long time, plus this "Murder List" is invested by Kirin Films, it is said that Yin Jun values him very much and personally took 2 million to shoot a movie for him.

So when "The Murder List" was released, Shaw Brothers gave the scale of 12 cinemas.

As a niche movie with a dark and violent theme, 12 movie theaters are already very preferential, and before this year, it was good to be able to give 6 movie theaters.

As a result, the box office performance of "Murder List" was far inferior to the previous "Mountain Dog".

Because it is not as socially relevant as "Mountain Dog", there is no dripping pleasure of revenge, but just all in a dark and panicked environment, and there is nothing to think about at all.

Two weeks after its release, its box office could reach 2.3 million in the first weekend and four days, and it plummeted to 900,000 in the second week, and in the third week, the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line directly cut half of the theater, and it is estimated that it can still get about 500,000, which is already very good.

In this way, at best, "Murder List" has a box office of less than 4 million, and basically has to lose two or three hundred thousand.

Compared with the total investment of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, such a loss is quite a lot.

Especially the movie that Yin Jun personally invested, I'm afraid that so far, only this movie has lost money!

suffered such a failure, Yu Yunkang was also thoughtful, and decided to follow Yin Jun's suggestion to go to Hollywood to sharpen himself first.

With the script of "Chainsaw", Yu Yunkang called Chen Xunqi, the producer and assistant assigned to him by Yin Jun, and before "Murder List" was released, the two set off for the United States.

Originally, Wang Jing's "Police Academy 2" also wanted to invite Chen Xunqi to do the soundtrack and sound effects, but now that there is such an opportunity to enter Hollywood, Chen Xunqi will certainly not miss it, so he naturally pushed Wang Jing and only thought about Hollywood.

The team that the two of them will use this time are all from United Arts Films, but they are not very weak-minded.

Because Yin Jun is the boss of Lianyi Film Company, and Lianyi Film Company is a private company, he has the power of life and death over the work of the employees below.

The two serve as directors and producers respectively, and the producer is Yin Jun himself, such a lineup, even if there are only three people, is enough to make any crew member obedient.

The only thing that made Yu Yunkang feel a little regretful was that Yin Jun in "Chainsaw" did not arrange actors from Xiangjiang for him, but asked him to choose American actors.

You don't need to be famous, as long as your acting skills are good.

Yu Yunkang graduated directly from the film department of the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, and is more or less professional than too many directors, and knows more or less about the Hollywood landscape in the United States.

He knew how xenophobic there was.

If Yin Jun hadn't directly preferred to take out a loan to buy Disney and United Arts Film Company as a wholly-owned company, even if it was an absolute 67% holding, it would have been resisted and uncooperated by many people, either explicitly or implicitly.

Now that Yin Jun has completely made a name for himself with "Happy Hotel" and "Speed of Life and Death", the two companies have stabilized, and the next step is to contact and appease the local forces.

The previous "Beverly Hills Detective", and now "Chainsaw", appeared in this context.

Therefore, Yin Jun can only choose to use American actors.

In fact, Yu Yunkang has long seen through Yin Jun, this is a pure Chinese activist, if it weren't for the too much pressure this time, the six Hollywood giants have joined forces to fight against him, he will definitely continue to use Chinese actors.

Even the current "Beverly Hills Detective" and "Chainsaw" are a bit of a compromise for a while, but when Yin Jun completely gains a foothold, that is when the outstanding Chinese actors shine on the stage in the United States and even the world!

As a director, as a Chinese director, Yu Yunkang feels that he must participate in it, so that Chinese Entertainment can completely become famous, and he is no longer a vassal of Hollywood.

He wants to follow Yin Jun to tell the world that Xiangjiang has enough good film talents to make better movies!

Maybe one day, the name of Oriental Hollywood will be completely canceled from Xiangjiang's head.

Instead, "Xiangjiang Movie" is such a loud signboard!!