Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 121

After the Spring Festival, “Wu Shuang” was successively released in other cities, and the other cities were screened for almost three months.

The key is that all the Xiangjiang movies shown in the same period were all hit by “Wu Shuang”. With this lesson learned, foreign markets will be very hesitant to introduce other Hong Kong movies. It is better to continue showing “Wushuang” if you choose a movie on the street.

“Wushuang” was sold for nearly NT$140 million in Taiwan, which is the worst at the box office, which is almost equivalent to HK$36 million. The box office of the entire foreign market is 238 million Hong Kong dollars. No wonder foreign media are commenting that “Wu Shuang” burned the brains of Asian movie audiences.

For the last cooperation, the Taiwanese capitalist paid 59.5 million Hong Kong dollars in advance, and the interest of 14.28 million will be accrued in three months. Therefore, the Taiwanese capitalist is willing to wait until “Wushuang” cooperates before officially disbanding the partnership.

The Snow Knights issuing company’s income this time is 21.42 million Hong Kong dollars, and the net profit is at least 16 million.

The funds in Snowman Century Entertainment’s account have reached more than 79 million, of course, nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars in taxes will have to be paid at the end of the year.

Luo Junyan feels that making movies in Xiangjiang in recent years is like stealing money. The demand for Xiangjiang film sources in various overseas markets in Asia is too strong, and although the local market is fluctuating, it can be regarded as extremely hot in general, and this money makes him a little frustrated.

During the Spring Festival, Wang Xiaopang introduced several Taiwanese businessmen to Luo Junyan. Invested by Taiwan Capital, directed by Wang Xiaopang and starring Jet Li’s “Hong Xiguan” was originally planned to be screened on Xinbao Cinema. Wang Xiaopang faked his public for private use this time. He tried to persuade the investors to agree to the Oriental Snow Country Cinema Line and Xinbao Cinema Line. Dual screening.

Wang Xiaopang can’t always miss Luo Junyan, who is so friendly, otherwise he can’t get along with each other in the future.

Luo Junyan arranged these Taiwanese businessmen to the “Yu Yuan”, and he must be entertained. Now the local businessmen of Xiangjiang basically no longer invest in the film industry, and these people will be the gods of wealth in the future.

As for why local businessmen in Hong Kong no longer invest? Star movie salaries have increased too fast, production costs have increased sharply, upstream and downstream resources have become more and more difficult to obtain, film competition intensified, the local market’s ups and downs, and other factors will all have an impact.

To put it bluntly, the risk of investment is too high, and the tradition of Hong Kong merchants is to be familiar but not raw.

On February 8, “New Cohabitation Era” was the first to be painted, and the final box office was 20.08 million Hong Kong dollars, barely breaking 20 million.

The Golden Princess Theatre’s “Shenlong Gambling Sage’s Flag Wins” was even worse at the box office, but it just stood firm and screened. Luo Junyan feels that Princess Golden has been declining from the production company to the theater chain, but this year it is even worse. Perhaps after Lei Juekun’s death in 1992, there should be no more Golden Princess entertainment.

On February 24, “Golden Branches and Jade Leaves” started shooting. The filming cycle of this kind of film is very short, so if a film like literary love is upset, it is quite profitable.

Except for Zeng Zhiwei, everyone in the crew has collaborated for the first time. Carina Lau is relatively familiar and met very early. Anita Yuen, the 90-year champion of Hong Kong sisters, has never even seen her face.

She won the Best Newcomer Award for “Aviation and Aki” in 1992. Last year’s “New Love” was starred by Anita Yuan, and now she is on her way to a first-line female celebrity.

Luo Junyan’s acting skills have no pressure at all to deal with this kind of film, and the routine of grabbing the show can basically throw Carina Lau and Anita Yuan a few back and forth.

Anita Yuan feels very good about herself. She is a big name on the set and accuses Luo Junyan of stealing the show will affect her performance. Luo Junyan was thinking, could it be difficult for an artist who happened to copy a shortcut to understand life anymore?

As a result, Huo Wenxi heard what was said about it, and called Anita Yuan, and Anita Yuan stopped snoring on the set. Luo Junyan now knew that Huo Wenxi helped Yuan Yiyi to get to know Luo Zhaohui. Luo Zhaohui is now a wealthy upstart in Hong Kong and a real estate prodigy that no one knows in Hong Kong. It is natural that Luo Zhaohui can not take the usual path.

Luo Junyan also made a special call to Luo Zhaohui. When asked about his relationship with Anita Yuan, Luo Zhaohui just smiled back, 1 million Hong Kong dollars in 2 months.

Luo Zhaohui knew in his heart that he really didn’t necessarily have as much money as Luo Junyan. Others call him a child prodigy, and he can admit it openly, but he is not yet ready to play this score with Luo Junyan.

On March 3, “Hong Xiguan” was jointly screened by Oriental Snow Country Cinema Line and Xinbao Cinema Line. At this time, there is not much oil and water in the films for the Spring Festival, and the Oriental Snow Country Theater has reduced the number of screening theaters of “Citi Shaolin” to a minimum.

On March 4, “Shenlong Gambler’s Banner Wins” was finished, and the final box office was 14.09 million Hong Kong dollars, which was a complete defeat. The next file of “Shenlong Gambling Sage’s Banner Wins” is “Sown Lover” produced by UFO Film Company. Zeng Zhiwei doesn’t care about which school to start a company. Anyway, which theater line gives more canvases.

In mid-March, “Golden Branches and Jade Leaves” was finished, and the Spring Festival file officially ended.

Brother Long lived up to expectations, “Drunken Master 2” won the box office champion of the Spring Festival stall, with a result of 40.97 million Hong Kong dollars. The final box office of “The House of the Rich” was 37.38 million Hong Kong dollars, and Huang Baiming’s films are competing every year.

“Citi Shaolin” has made a lot of money. With the help of Fa Ge, it won 37.03 million Hong Kong dollars in the box office. “The King of Destruction” followed closely with the final box office of 36.9 million Hong Kong dollars.

The film subsequently released by Jiahe Cinemas is “Flying Tiger Ambitious” directed by Chen Jiashang. The theme is relatively new, and it shows the Xiangjiang Flying Tigers. Luo Junyan realized that this was a social hot spot that was planning to use the help of combating underworld groups, and he was also considering whether or not to squeeze the enthusiasm again.

Because Xiangjiang vigorously cracked down on organized crime, Xin Ngong An had a lot of troubles, and Yongsheng did not participate in the competition for the Spring Festival this year. However, the new film produced by Yongsheng is still very attractive to various theaters. This film is “Nine Pin Sesame Official White Bread Blue Sky” starring Zhou Xingchi.

In the end, Yongsheng handed over the film to Jiahe and Xinbao for the dual screening. Unless Sister Army reduces the box office share of theaters, she will definitely not be able to win the film source of Yongsheng now.

In late March, just after the Spring Festival, the Hong Kong film market fell into a downturn.

A new film “Blood Oath”, which was released for a week, only got 8,100 yuan at the box office. Therefore, it makes sense for the Xiangjiang merchants to leave the market collectively. If a good film does not have their turn to invest, it will be badly damaged if it catches up with a bad film, and now at least 80% of them are bad films.

The Oriental Snow Country Theater has managed to maintain it only by “Hong Xiguan” in the past half month, and other films have been painted in advance, and they can be screened for more than a week.

On March 30, “Hong Xiguan” could only be painted, and the final box office was 19.38 million Hong Kong dollars. The Oriental Snow Country Cinemas received 11.82 million of them, and the subsequent film was “Today Every Year” produced by the Oriental Film Company.

On the same day, “Sow Lovers” was finished. The Golden Princess Theatre sold 12.8 million Hong Kong dollars, which was about the same as the harvest of the Oriental Snow Country Theatre. The subsequent release was also the “Nineteenth Dynasty 5” produced by UFO Film Company.

On March 31, “Nine-Pin Sesame Official White Bread Blue Sky” was screened on Jiahe Cinemas and Xinbao Cinemas. After that, there was basically nothing to do with the Oriental Snow Country Cinema Line and the Golden Princess Cinema Line. The two main films barely managed to hold on to the situation, and the shattered films couldn’t sell at the box office at all.

Even more shocking is that the Liberty Alliance of Independent Cinemas actually got the “I Have a Date with Spring” jointly produced by Gao Zhisen Film Company and Media Asia Film Company on the condition that it promised the long-term movie for 5 months.

This film will be screened on April 21st. This is also the first film of the newly established Media Asia Film Company. Nowadays, independent cinemas are really pressing, showing one movie and one movie, and the box office is only tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars.

Luo Junyan couldn’t sit still. Firstly, it was too late to make a film by himself, and secondly, there was no good script. So he accompanied Hu Xin to the United States to select films, first to resolve the immediate crisis.

This time Luo Junyan confessed to Hu Xin that he should not treat Hollywood as a high-end shopping mall, but as a vegetable market. In order to reduce the buy-out price and increase the number of introductions, you can’t just focus on other people’s packaged boutiques, slightly wilted vegetables and unconventional fruits, but also have to put them in the basket. By the way, you can bargain with the American vegetable sellers. .

Brother Harvey warmly received Luo Junyan and Hu Xin. After learning of their coming, Brother Harvey recommended to them “True Lies” produced by 20th Century Fox. This film is still starring Schwarzenegger, which is conducive to the pre-heated publicity in Xiangjiang.

In the twentieth century, Fox bought the copyright to the remake of “Killer Couple File”, and Luo Junyan was basically able to speak. But this film is definitely a fine fruit with a basket and flowers, and the price may not be cheap.

Sure enough, the other party directly asked for 1.5 million US dollars. Fox knew how much “Jurassic Park” sold in Xiangjiang last year, and also inquired about Schwarzenegger’s popularity in Xiangjiang.

No matter how much Luo Junyan emphasized that the box office of 60 million Hong Kong dollars is only a special case, the average box office of Hollywood films in Hong Kong is less than 25 million Hong Kong dollars. But there is no use for eggs. Fox firmly believes that the Harrier fighter will never lose to the Tyrannosaurus rex, and “True Lies” are all told.

Luo Junyan realized that the Hollywood market is not easy to visit, and there is no such thing as a sale of wilted vegetables and rotten fruits.

Hu Xin went over the wall to get Fox’s global distribution plan. The bottom line of the screening copyright buyout fee for the Xiangjiang Market is 1.2 million US dollars, which is not a lot. So Luo Junyan talked to Fox and bought the “Speed ​​of Life” released in June and “True Lies” released in August, and guaranteed the same day as the United States. How does this count the price?

“Life and Death” is always cheaper, who knows Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Xiangjiang. Even if you say that it is a new variety of fruit that is juicy and sweet, it is a matter of maturity.

After careful consideration, Fox gave the package price of 2 million US dollars, which could not be less.

Luo Junyan and Hu Xin took turns in battle and talked for a whole afternoon. In the end, they talked about racial discrimination, and in the name of the Chinese advocating auspicious figures, Fox accepted the transaction price of US$1.88 million.

The buyout fee for the two films plus local distribution and promotion costs will cost at least HK$17 million. If the theater is not yours, the hope of making big money is slim, and the probability of losing money is at least 70%.

On April 18th, Luo Junyan returned to Xiangjiang alone, and Hu Xin would stay in the United States to continue to search for the film source.

On April 20th, “Every Year Has Today” was finished, and the final box office was only 10.39 million Hong Kong dollars. The premiere of “New Love for Men and Women”, which was released after the release, showed that it was losing money, but it was considered a good one. The other films turned out to be only a few hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

Bian Sicong went to South Korea to prepare for the opening of the Snowman Century Entertainment South Korea branch. Luo Junyan and Cheng Ge discussed what to do next. Now his eyebrows are burning.

Brother Cheng analyzed the situation. He didn’t expect that love literary films would come up again. Then this trend has to follow, and the market is always right.

“New Love” was able to sell well mainly because of the high enthusiasm of female audiences. If you want to sell it, you have to grasp the female psychology. Brother Cheng thought of a film, “The Sixth Sense of Life and Death.”

In this movie, there are not only handsome men and beautiful women, dream love, but also life and death, joys and sorrows. But the more troublesome thing is that the production requires a lot of computer special effects, and the cost is definitely not low.

Brother Cheng talked about the general plot. Luo Junyan thought it could be filmed. I bought a US film of 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars. How can I make it more reliable than this? So Cheng began to write the script, Luo Junyan went to find the actors of the main role, and then called Bian Sicong to get him back as soon as possible.

“The Sixth Sense of Life and Death” is about the incarnation of Hades into a commoner to explore the life of a rich and powerful tycoon. During this period, he fell in love with the daughter of the rich and powerful tycoon and was unable to extricate himself.

On April 22, when Luo Junyan went to find Brother Fa, he knew that today was the day to hold the Golden Statue Award ceremony. Everyone is rushing to the scene. Maybe they have already started posing for filming at this time. Where can I find an actor?

In this year’s Xiangjiang Golden Statue Awards, “Wu Shuang” was nominated for multiple awards. Bian Sicong had actually reminded him early in the morning, but Luo Junyan was busy looking for food for the theater, and he forgot the Golden Statue Award early in the morning.

As a result, he was dragged to the Xiangjiang Cultural Center and watched “Wu Shuang” inexplicably and won the best movie, best screenwriter, best actor, best supporting actor, best editing, and best art director. Awards. “New Love” won three awards: Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

The two films basically rounded up the heavyweight awards. But this time “Wu Shuang” is well-deserved, applauded and popular. The box office record is really hard to surpass, and no one can make any doubts.

In addition, “Wu Shuang” has been nominated for the Best Picture Award at the 7th Tokyo International Film Festival. This year is the 1200th anniversary of the safe move of the capital to Japan. It was held under the name of the Kyoto International Film Festival. “Wu Shuang” is the hottest film of the Golden Unicorn Award, the highest award of this year’s Kyoto International Film Festival.

Luo Junyan intends to attend the Tokyo International Film Festival in Japan in late October. The Japanese market is too important. It is said that the girl who kissed him last time watched 15 matches of “Wushuang” alone. This means that the loyalty of Japanese audiences and fans can be cultivated, which means that the Japanese market can still be used. Dig deep.

Luo Junyan actually thought very simple, it doesn’t matter if he won’t be awarded, as long as he can show up at the film festival. If you win a prize, you can promote it in a proud direction. If you don’t get a prize, you can promote it in the direction of unfair treatment. In short, it can create a topic.