Hong Kong Stubborn - Chapter 67

After the annual meeting of the Snowman Era, sister army accompanied Luo Junyan for another day before returning to the mainland.

The 1985 net profit of the Snowman Era reached more than 57 million. The amount of red envelopes received by employees at the annual meeting was not small. It is not uncommon to see a check of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Brother Cheng also handed over the annual settlement bill of the Snowman Times Building to Luo Junyan for review. In 1985, the net rental profit of the building was more than 22 million Hong Kong dollars. Cheng did not follow the market to raise the rental price again. Now it is still in the stage of cultivating customer loyalty and cannot destroy the Great Wall by himself.

At present, the fund balance in Luo Junyan’s special account of Snowman Times Building is more than 53.5 million. Luo Meizi is determined not to allow Luo Junyan to use it. After Luo Junyan and sister army are registered for marriage after the New Year, she will transfer this account to sister army in full, so as to save her complaints.

The net profit target of Snowman Times in 1986 has been set at 100 million Hong Kong dollars. This is the goal determined by the army sister after studying and judging the seventh five-year plan to be implemented by the mainland. In 1986, the mainland’s economy will inevitably enter an overheating stage, and the upper level will definitely regulate it, but the total economic growth is absolutely no problem.

Immediately, the Snowman Times Advertisement raised the monthly salaries of employees in various departments by varying degrees, and the promised year-end bonuses were even more generous. If you want a horse to run, you can’t just feed the grass, but also add some high-protein feed.

Luo Junyan has nothing to study and judge, but he also set his income target for 1986 at 100 million Hong Kong dollars. As for whether he can accomplish this small goal, Luo Junyan is not as confident as the army sister.

Then Luo Junyan asked Cheng Brother to help him briefly analyze.

In 1986, the rental income of the Snowman Times Building should remain at around 22 million yuan. After the 17 properties were used for self-use, the rent was about the same as the loan repayment amount. There was not much left. Brother Cheng has no knowledge of the stock account, and there is no need to discuss it.

The most important thing is to look at Snowman Century Entertainment, which means that a new film must make at least 77 million Hong Kong dollars in profit to achieve the small goal of 100 million Hong Kong dollars in net profit.

In the end, Brother Cheng also reminded Luo Junyan that the loan for the building was due at the end of 1986, and the repayment amount of 105.525 million Hong Kong dollars had to be planned early.

Brother Cheng suggested that Luo Junyan continue to take out loans, change to a bank with a low interest rate, and extend the loan period as much as possible. But Luo Junyan is determined to pay off the loan, and even the nearly 25 million principal and interest owed by the army sister to HSBC must be repaid together.

Brother Cheng couldn’t persuade him anymore. This child was born with no business mindset. What’s wrong with the 130 million fund, he has to return it to the bank. Then Cheng’s reaction was wrong. How could Luo Junyan be so confident that he could pay back so much money? This **** definitely won’t sell the property, it must be that there is a small vault. This situation has to be revealed to the army a little bit.

Snowman Century Entertainment did not pay dividends this year, which is what Brother Cheng meant. The cash of 41 million Hong Kong dollars on the account looks like a lot, and investing in a few major productions has to be stretched. The Xiangjiang film market has just started to flourish, and there is no need to rush out to withdraw funds.

Recently, Luo Junyan has also been depressed. “Influenza” wanted to sell to Taiwan very unsuccessfully, because no one knew about his relationship with Yang Dengkui before, and this time there were many enemies who fell into the pit.

But this is not the main reason. In Taiwan, a certain young man from the Jiang family is now the big backstage boss of the entertainment industry. Naturally, some people want to hold back Luo Junyan who has no background. People have already talked, “Flu” wants to be released in Taiwan, no problem, 1 million Hong Kong dollars to buy out the screening rights.

When Bian Sicong reported, he felt angry and unbearable, and faked a few gangsters in a fake way, and the result was even darker and more evil.

Luo Junyan and Cheng knew that someone must be provoking here, otherwise the **** boy knew who Luo Junyan was? It is estimated that it is the grandson of the Nanyang Guo family. It is rumored that the marriage contract between Teresa Teng and him is about to be terminated. This is because of Luo Junyan, a soft persimmon.

Luo Junyan finally decided not to release “Influenza” in Taiwan, and no longer consider the Taiwan market in the future.

Your uncle, always advertised himself as a regular army, and it turned out to be nothing short of furious. Besides, “Mr. Zombie” is the box office champion of Taiwan’s film market this year, and it only took 46 million Taiwan dollars at the box office, which is only 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

In Luo Junyan’s eyes, the Taiwan market is not as important as ever. In the past two years, a series of nonsense policies by the Taiwan authorities, which are both subsidies and official guidance, have basically ruined the Taiwanese film market.

Brother Cheng didn’t bother with Taiwan’s affairs. Sooner or later, he would be a waste of money. But when it comes to markets in other cities, it reminds him that Japan’s economy is booming rapidly, and a few Taiwanese are not as good as Japan’s ticket warehouse.

The most important thing is that the United States and Japan signed the “Plaza Agreement” in September this year.

But whoever can’t afford to buy a house for later generations does not know that Japan’s lost ten years are waiting for housing prices to collapse like Japan did in the past. Brother Cheng doesn’t know the specific year of Japan’s collapse, but after the signing of the “Plaza Agreement”, the yen will definitely appreciate sharply, and the country will start a jaw-dropping consumption boom.

Neither he nor Luo Junyan can invest in foreign exchange, and even that little money can’t make much. Multinational investment in stocks is even more nonsense, and it is easy to make people sap.

But tinkering with a movie for the Japanese market is definitely profitable. The yen has rapidly appreciated from 250 yen to 250 yen per US dollar in September to 210 yen per dollar, and will continue to appreciate sharply. The concept of making 100 million yen at the end of 1985 and 100 million yen at the end of 1986 may be different. , It will make a lot of money in exchange for the Hong Kong dollar.

Besides, how about South Korea? Today, South Korea is still under military repressive rule. The movie Qinglongjin has long been discontinued. Korean local movies are strictly controlled, and some romantic movies are basically made every year. However, its market has no restrictions on the introduction of foreign films. It is a matter of minutes for the United States and Japan to release films in South Korea.

Brother Cheng was determined and said: “A Jun, I have an idea. You have never made a costume movie. For the audience, your appearance in a costume movie is an innovation.”

Luo Junyan frowned and said, “Master, most of the costume films are based on martial arts themes, are they not suitable for me?”

Brother Cheng said: “This time we are not focusing on the local market, but the Japanese and Korean markets. We are engaged in a large-scale production of ancient war films, but we must act fast. It must be released in Japan in 1986. If it doesn’t work, find a Japanese film company. cooperate.”

Luo Junyan didn’t expect that he would jump out of Xiangjiang and head towards Asia. He asked doubtfully: “Master, what on earth did you shoot?”

Brother Cheng was righteous, and said decisively: “Three Kingdoms Warriors.”

Luo Junyan had seen Three Kingdoms, but after adding Wushuang, the name was so weird, she shook her head in confusion.

Cheng Ge suddenly said angrily: “It’s the battle against Changbanpo. “Three Kingdoms Warriors” is a name specifically for Japanese people. Now we don’t have to worry about Taiwan. Then we will go to the mainland to shoot. The scene is big enough and the cost can be kept down. Ajun, this time you played Zhao Zilong with a jade face and a silver spear.”

Luo Junyan felt that Cheng’s bidding plan was absolutely super big, but when he thought of the net profit target of 100 million Hong Kong dollars, he gritted his teeth and said, “Master, we did it.”

While waiting for Cheng to bring the scriptwriters, Luo Junyan contacted He Guanchang and asked him to help introduce the Japanese film company. He Guanchang did not ask much, and introduced him to the contact person of Toho Co., Ltd. in Japan.

Bian Sicong was familiar with Japan, and was sent to Japan to preliminarily express his intention to cooperate with Toho. If the film is to be released in Japan in 1986, the Japanese film company must be persuaded to invest. Toho has its own theater line and is a suitable partner.

After Luo Junyan got the script, he would immediately rush to Japan for an interview in person.

Toho Corporation is still very interested in Luo Junyan. His influence in Japan is growing. After Jiahe introduced “Flu” to Japan this year, Luo Junyan has become one of the top foreign movie stars in the eyes of Japanese audiences.

In addition, the new film co-produced in this cooperation is a film about the Three Kingdoms, which is simply a good choice for Japanese audiences.

When Luo Junyan arrived at Dongbao headquarters five days later and showed the script of the Japanese script to the other party to see, Dongbao dispatched high-level representatives, and the cooperation negotiations between the two parties formally started.

After several rounds of negotiations, the two parties formally signed a cooperation agreement. The reason why the cooperation can be reached so quickly is because Luo Junyan has made certain concessions. Time is not waiting, he will have to get married next year.

The budget of “Three Kingdoms Warriors” is 20 million Hong Kong dollars, including a fixed issuance fee of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Snowman Century Entertainment invested 10 million Hong Kong dollars and was responsible for the production of the film, accounting for 65% of the investment. Toho Co., Ltd. invested 10 million Hong Kong dollars and was responsible for the distribution of the film. The investment accounted for 35%.

At the same time, the two parties agreed that “Three Kingdoms Warriors” will be screened on Toho Cinemas in Japan, and the box office revenue of the theater and the producer will be divided into fifty-fifths, and the distribution fee will be limited to the agreed rate and will not be charged separately. As for the issue of releases in other regions, it is up to the publisher Dongbao to discuss it, and Luo Junyan does not intend to worry about it.

To be honest, Dongbao felt that Luo Junyan was at a loss. The same amount of money was invested. The script and production accounted for at least 80% of the workload.

Although the distribution fee has been fixed at 5 million Hong Kong dollars, it would not make much money to distribute in Asia alone, but in the Japanese market, my theater chain has made a lot of money. And Luo Junyan promised not to get paid, which saves at least 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

If Luo Junyan’s conditions were not so attractive, and according to Japan’s gradual reporting rules, using 10 million Hong Kong dollars to participate in major investment matters, it would be absolutely impossible to sign the agreement in a few days.

Sister Army has called for the first time, and is helping to apply for filming in the mainland.

In the first few years, as long as the film is not required to be released on the mainland, and the subject matter is not ulterior, everything is easy to discuss. Moreover, this is a film jointly invested by Hong Kong and Japan, with an investment of up to 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which can earn a lot of foreign exchange for the country. It is now the time when foreign exchange is needed to accelerate economic development.

Sister Army has a very wide network of contacts in the mainland, and the filming application was approved within a week.

Luo Junyan was particularly generous this time. The special account for the production of “Three Kingdoms Warriors” uses the accounts established by Toho in Japan, and the investment and income are all settled in Japanese yen, and the production representatives dispatched by the Dongbao company supervise the account funds.

Luo Junyan’s explanation is to believe in the contractual spirit of Japanese businessmen. At this moment, Dongbao Company praised him for his character, and he was talking in his heart. It was Lausanne who knew us.

It was already December 23 when Luo Junyan and Bian Sicong returned to Xiangjiang.

The two of them had to look for directors and sign actors non-stop. Needless to say, Andy Lau, Ti Lung, Brother Zhi, and Brother Chang, there are all important roles this time. In the end, Luo Junyan thought of someone else, and he brought Liang Jiahui to him.

Leung Ka Fai only made one Shaw Brothers film this year, and Shaw Brothers’s film was broken. After being banned by Taiwan, no one really dared to find him for filming. He was selling leather goods at night market stalls every day.

Luo Junyan found Liang Jiahui through Fa Ge. For Liang Jiahui, being able to find him to make a film at this time is tantamount to giving charcoal in the snow, saving hardships. After reading the script, he signed the contract without even discussing the pay.

As for the director, Luo Junyan invited Xu Ke out to meet through Shi Nansheng.

The couple set up their own movie studio last year, and Tsui Hark is planning his own film. After he read the script, Luo Junyan said that he wanted to be a director, but he didn’t want to agree.

Luo Junyan only asked: “Director Xu, you have a special effects team, don’t you plan to let them come out and take a big job?”

Tsui Hark came in and asked, “How much can you spend on special effects?”

Luo Junyan said: “My budget for special effects is 4 million Hong Kong dollars. Anyway, if you don’t want to make this money, then I can only find a foreign company.”

Tsui Hark took a breath and asked, “What is the budget for this film?”

Luo Jun and Yan Yun replied calmly: “20 million Hong Kong dollars.”

Shi Nansheng said gaffefully: “A Jun, are you crazy?”

Luo Junyan said: “So, the opportunity to practice hands with such a huge production is not easy to meet. If I am a director, I will do it all without remuneration. In the words of my master, it is impossible to become an artist by talking about theory without practice. “

Tsui Hark became silent, and he could indeed spare 4 to 5 months.

Shi Nansheng saw that Tsui Hark was tempted, but she wouldn’t listen to Luo Junyan flickering, and asked: “Can the director take the box office share? Didn’t you divide the box office for Wang Jing.”

Luo Junyan said with a sad face: “Sister, I really can’t divide the box office this time. I fooled Japan’s Toho to vote in partnership with me. Besides, the probability of losing money for this film is at least 70%.”

Luo Junyan continued righteously and said: “I am trying to rectify my name before getting married. Luo Junyan is just as good for making costume films, otherwise I can spend so much money to make money. If Xu agrees to sign the contract , I will offer you 800,000 Hong Kong dollars in remuneration, and one of the crew will count as one, and it is guaranteed that it will not exceed yours. The 4 million Hong Kong dollars special effects cost, I can also call your account in advance, but the work must be done, and absolutely Can’t overspend.”

Shi Nansheng felt that the conditions were not bad, and the investment was indeed too large, and the chance of losing money was very high.

Seeing that Xu Ke didn’t say a word, she said, “A Jun, is the heroine confirmed?”

Luo Junyan said: “Sister Nan, the protagonist of this film has a lot of literary and martial arts. The protagonist must have both a heroic appearance and superb acting skills. For the time being, I haven’t thought of a suitable female artist.”

Shi Nansheng said, “A Jun, what do you think of Lin Qingxia?”

Luo Jun Yanding hates to hear this name, but now that Xu Hark signs or not, he just pushes it lightly. Currently only Xu Hark’s team can produce computer special effects in Xiangjiang.

So he forced a smile and said, “Sister Nan, the candidate you recommended is just right. I didn’t take the initiative to look for it before, because I was worried that I might not be familiar with Lin Qingxia and I would not be able to invite you. If you come out, then This is a certainty.”

Shi Nansheng was very happy. He touched Tsui Hark under the table, and Tsui Hark said: “A Jun, I will form a crew as soon as possible, and we will have a good cooperation.”

Luo Junyan stretched out his hand to hold Xu Hark’s hand and said, “Happy cooperation.”