The impact of "A Chinese Ghost Story" goes far beyond bringing a dozen Hong Kong films, and given its good box office success in Hong Kong, studios across Asia are preparing for a prime time slot for "A Chinese Ghost Story".

In another time and space, it is precisely because of the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" that Wang Guxian has become the top actress in Japan and South Korea. Even in the ranking of beauties in the 21st century, Koreans ranked Wang Guxian in the top few, and the Japanese gave her the title of "Asia's No. 1 beautiful legs".

The ticket distribution of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Japan and South Korea is extremely exciting.

At the same time, the third round of screenings of "Shushan" has also been successfully concluded in parts of East Asia and South America, and has been successfully concluded in Chinese mainland.

While the box office was a poor performer in South America, the third round of screenings across East Asia was extremely impressive, bringing back millions of dollars for DreamWorks.

As a result, the global screening of "Shushan" for more than half a year is officially over, with a total box office of 101.38 million US dollars, equivalent to HK $790 million. According to the different situations in different places, DreamWorks can get about 300 million shares, which does not include additional income such as videotapes, soundtrack records, and product peripherals of "Shushan".

There are many film company bosses who are jealous of DreamWorks' super high income, and there are also many directors who are envious and jealous of Xu Ke's good luck, because Kang Jianfei announced that he would give extra bonuses to the whole crew after the global screening of "Shushan", and also added 2 million red envelopes to director Xu Ke.

Of course, there are also people who are not worth it......

Just after the Lantern Festival, a visitor came to Xu Ke's house.

Huang Baiming drank Shi Nansheng's freshly ground coffee. first revisited the old relationship with Xu Ke, and then said with emotion: "Old Xu, you did a good job this time." Only one piece of "Shu Mountain". It earned more than 200 million net profits for DreamWorks. However, it seems that your film studio can only share the Hong Kong box office, and there are shares of DreamWorks in it, so it seems that the money you get is a bit small. ”

Xu Ke said with a smile: "It's a lot, the studio's share, additional share, my director's salary and red envelopes add up to more than 7 million." ”

Huang Baiming sowed discord and said: "More than 7 million is really pitiful compared to the global box office close to 800 million. ”

Shi Nansheng interjected: "Enough, which director in Hong Kong has a salary of more than 1 million?" ”

Xu Ke replied bluntly: "If you are here to persuade me to go back to Xinyi City." Then there is no need to say any more. ”

Huang Baiming said with a smile: "It's not that I invite you back to Xinyicheng, but someone wants to invest in a partnership with you to start a company." ”

"Oh, who wants to work with me?" Xu Ke asked.

Huang Baiming said: "There are many people who want to cooperate with you. Boss Lei of the Golden Princess, Wang Yingxiang of Taiwan, and our new art city. ”

Shi Nansheng asked: "You mean, Boss Lei, Wang Yingxiang, Xinyicheng and Lao Xu cooperated to open a company?" ”

Huang Baiming nodded and said, "Yes." The distribution of shares can be discussed. Being your own boss is not the same as working for someone else. If you are your own boss in this "Shushan", you will make more than ten 7 million dollars. ”

Xu Ke was not stunned by the temptation to make a lot of money, he smiled: "If I were my own boss, it would be impossible to make the movie "Shushan". ”

Huang Baiming continued to tempt: "But now it's different, with the help of Princess Jin, Xinyicheng and Taiwan's Longxiang, you not only have the money to make a movie like "Shushan", but also don't worry about local and overseas distribution. ”

Although Xu Ke's eloquence is not very good, his brain turns very fast. It didn't take long to figure out what the situation was.

Huang Baiming came this time on behalf of Princess Jin, Xinyicheng and Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures, and Wang Yingxiang is the boss of Longxiang Pictures. At the same time, he is also one of the shareholders of the Taiwan branch of New Art City.

Longxiang Pictures was its partner at the beginning of the establishment of Xinyi City, and joined hands with Golden Princess to establish a joint distribution network in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. Of course, at that time, the main release was DreamWorks films, and after DreamWorks and Princess Jin broke up, Longxiang Pictures expanded the number of films purchased from Xinyicheng.

In the second half of the year before last, the Taipei cinema chain was reorganized, and Longxiang Pictures and Xinsheng Cinema established the seventh cinema line in Taiwan.

The expansion of the distribution network and the scale of the theater chain made Longxiang Pictures urgently need more film sources, and as a result, DreamWorks was blocked by the Taiwan authorities at this time, which was like a blow to Longxiang Pictures.

There are not enough film sources, Long Xiang can only make Taiwanese films to fill the holes, and as a result, several movies hit the street in a row, so that now he has no desire to make local films in Taiwan.

Last year, Wang Yingxiang, the owner of Longxiang Pictures, discovered the newly rising Debao, so he contacted Pan Disheng privately. As a result, Long Xiang only distributed one of Debao's films, and his rival scholar company formed an alliance with Debao, so angry that Wang Yingxiang almost traveled to Hong Kong to kill Pan Disheng.

Since last year, Taiwanese capital has entered the Hong Kong film industry in large sums, and Wang Yingxiang and his Long Xiang do not want to be left behind. In the second half of last year, he invested in two Hong Kong films, but the box office was unsatisfactory, although he made a small profit, but it was still far from Wang Yingxiang's expectations.

Until the release of "Shushan", Xu Ke entered Wang Yingxiang's field of vision as an internationally renowned director - Wang Yingxiang has no shortage of funds, distribution channels, and good actors, and he only lacks a well-known director to make movies.

Half an hour later, Huang Baiming left Xu Ke's house.

Shi Nansheng asked, "Why don't you agree to him?" Longxiang Pictures has a strong overseas distribution capacity and is very well funded. ”

Xu Ke said with a smile: "Lei Juekun is a businessman, and Wang Yingxiang is also a businessman, including Huang Baiming, who just left, and now he has also become a film businessman." Do you think they will send me money in good faith? ”

Shi Nansheng said: "Because you can give them money when you make movies, what's wrong with setting up your own company and being the boss?" ”

Xu Ke asked rhetorically, "Didn't you listen to them just now?" If the company is established, in addition to me, there are three other shareholders of Golden Princess, Longxiang and Xinyicheng. How much say do you think I'll have then? What to shoot, what the budget is, and when to shoot, they all have the final say. Not every movie can earn hundreds of millions at the overseas box office, even if I become the boss of the company and the four shareholders divide it, how much money can I get? They took all the heads, and I might as well stay in DreamWorks and the film studio, at least the filming atmosphere here is more free. Don't forget, there is a sequel to "Shushan", as long as the filming is not too bad, the money I make from making a sequel is about the same as the money I make by opening a company with them. ”

Xu Ke still has something to say, that is, if he leaves DreamWorks, the movie "Shushan" will have nothing to do with him at all, and most of them will tear his face with Kang Jianfei.

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Xu Ke is not the only choice of Longxiang Pictures in Hong Kong, in fact, Wang Yingxiang has registered a Longtai Film Company in Hong Kong, but it is a pity that the box office of two movies in a row is average.

Xiang Huaqiang added a spoonful of sugar to the milk tea, raised his eyes and asked Wang Yingxiang, "Do you want to invest in Yongsheng?" ”

"Of course not," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, "I know that Yongsheng Pictures is the gang asset of New Ngee An, even if Mr. Xiang agrees with me to become a shareholder, I'm afraid your eldest brother won't be able to pass your eldest brother's level." ”

The corners of Xiang Huaqiang's mouth twitched, and he asked with a smile: "Who told you that Yongsheng is a gang company?" Yongsheng is my personal property with my brother Ah Sheng. ”

"Since it's not a pleasant one, let's not talk about it," Wang Yingxiang said with a smile, "I hope that Longtai Pictures will work with Yongsheng to make a film, and I will invest in and be responsible for its distribution in Taiwan and Nanyang." ”

Xiang Huaqiang asked, "Then what do I need to do?" ”

Wang Yingxiang said: "You only need to pay money and people, and terminate the cooperation with Jiahe and Xinbao, and instead form an alliance with the Golden Princess, and the film and television resources on the side of the new art city will always be open." ”

"It seems that you really don't have a good relationship with the scholar's Cai Songlin," Xiang Huaqiang smiled and took a sip of tea, "It's okay to cooperate with you, but my relationship with Jiahe and Xinbao will not be broken, and I will cooperate with whoever gives good conditions." What's that called? That's right, free competition. ”

"I think the conditions they gave are definitely not as good as mine," Wang Yingxiang smiled, raised his teacup and said, "Then, let's make a deal!" ”

"Happy working together!" Xiang Huaqiang also raised his teacup.

Seeing Wang Yingxiang leave the tea restaurant, a smug smile appeared on Xiang Huaqiang's face, and he was also happy to cooperate with Longxiang Pictures in his heart, so that he didn't have to look at Jiahe's face when releasing the movie.

Compared with Scholar Pictures, Longxiang Pictures has a stronger background in Taiwan. When Wang Yingxiang and Xinsheng Cinema set up the seventh cinema line in Taiwan, it was the end of Taiwan's Yiqing operation, as long as the brain is not stupid, you can guess that this person has a strong official background, and his seventh cinema line in Taiwan is composed of gang theaters that were swept away in the Yiqing operation, including theaters controlled by gangs such as the Bamboo Union Gang and the Four Seas Gang.

Of course, these gang theaters can't all be given to Wang Yingxiang, but he did swallow the fattest pieces of meat.

The New Year of 1986 has just passed, and the popularity of "A Chinese Ghost Story" has not disappeared, and the Hong Kong film industry has made waves again.

Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures made a high-profile foray into Hong Kong, and at the same time invested in Yongsheng Film Company's "Magic Jade", the Choreographer's "People's Hero" and the Golden Princess Entertainment's "Best Son-in-law".

Zhao Yazhi wore a nightgown to bring breakfast to Kang Jianfei, but Kang Jianfei took the newspaper and read it with relish.

On the entertainment page of "Oriental Daily", there is a film review of "A Chinese Ghost Story" that has been released: "There is no Xiaoqian after Wang Guxian, and there is no female ghost after Xiaoqian!" ”

The film critics praised "A Chinese Ghost Story" and Wang Guxian with great praise, and also reported on the hot sales of the video tapes and soundtrack records of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and finally revealed its fake film review and real advertisement: "Oriental Television Production Company will plan to shoot a TV series version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the near future, and broadcast it on Phoenix TV and Macau Satellite TV. ”

As for Taiwan's Longxiang Pictures, the news that it invested in three films in Hong Kong at the same time was squeezed into a small corner.

Kang Jianfei's eyes fell on the news over there, and said with a smile: "First scholars, now Long Xiang, these Taiwanese tyrants really have so much money that they have no place to spend it, and Hong Kong is becoming more and more lively." (To be continued......)