Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

As soon as Zhao Donghuai and Cheng Long exchanged polite words, Hong Yinbao came over with Yuan Biao, greeted Guan Jiahui, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "Director Zhao? I heard that Brother Shan is following you to start work and have dinner recently?"

After shaking hands, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said, "It's hard to say, Guan Sheng's acting skills are more than enough for him to start work wherever he goes."

Hong Qinbao laughed, "To be able to get Shao Daheng's 5 million investment, call Du Qifeng and Cheng Xiaodong to assist, Director Zhao is really young and promising, awesome!"

"When I saw him today, he turned out to be a hero!"

Zhao Donghuai was speechless... This was really the reason. However, he thought that 5 million was wholly owned by Shao Daheng?

Let's put it this way, in the whole year of 1983, until the end of the year, leaving aside the butterfly effect of Zhao Tung-huai, there were only 9 movies in Hong Kong with a box office of over 10 million.

What concept? Take a box office of 10 million as an example. After deducting more than ten percent of the entertainment tax and paying it to the Hong Kong government, some publicity fees will be deducted, and the rest will be shared by theater chains and producers, that is, film companies.

For ordinary film companies, the producer gets 40%, and the theater chain gets 60%.

For a movie with a box office of 10 million yuan, the movie company usually only pockets 3 million yuan.

Under such a ratio, how big would you say...a movie with an investment of only 5 million in 1983? Is it common? ? If Zhao Donghuai's New World only takes 10 million at the box office on Hong Kong Island, and relies solely on the Hong Kong Island box office, it will lose more than 1 million.

Of course, the entire movie process is not that simple. In addition to the Hong Kong box office, you can also sell to Wanwan, island countries, South Korea, and various parts of Southeast Asia. You can also make income, and you can also sell video tapes, etc.

However, the box office of nine films in Hong Kong exceeded 10 million in the whole year, which still explains a lot.

In his relief, Cheng Long and Yuan Biao were also surprised. They looked at Director Zhao in disbelief, as if Zhang Guorong had to wait for another 8 years. Cheng Long entered the industry in 1971 and started to stand out in 1978.

Hong Qinbao also endured a long time, Yuan Biao? It was with the support of Hong Qinbao and Cheng Long that the journey went relatively smoothly.

Director Zhao smiled politely again, "I don't dare to take it seriously..."

Everyone knows how to say polite words, and Director Zhao also has a good temper. After being polite for a while, Yuan Biao ushered him into Zhenbao Seafood Restaurant and looked at a large layer of guests coming and going.

After Director Zhao took his seat, his eyes lit up after a few glances, and he said to Guan Jiahui, "Jiahui, I'm going to meet someone."

Guan Jiahui's eyes widened, "Brother Huai, who do you want to meet?"

Zhao Donghuai smiled and pointed with his finger not far away, where a young man with an old face was greeting a group of familiar and unfamiliar faces.

Those are not the members of the protagonist group of Five Lucky Stars. The protagonists are Big Brother Hong, Feng Suifan, Qin Xianglin, Wu Yaohan, and Cen Jianxun.

Zhong Jihong is now on the road to becoming famous.

But these are not Director Zhao's goals. What he is eyeing is Lin Zhengying. If he hands over the original version of Infernal Affairs to Johnnie To, his ideal candidate for the lead role in his next new film will be this Uncle Ying.

Don’t get me wrong, Zhao Donghuai doesn’t want to make Mr. Zombie and make Uncle Ying the most secure man in horror movies from now on, nor does he want to guide him to become a mentor for newcomers in the world.

The next film he wants to make is Hurricane Rescue!

This movie relies on a rough old man to break through various social groups. It relies on punches to the flesh, rapid transitions between offense and defense, and fierce storms of counterattacks. It uses ultra-fast editing and handheld photography to create a sense of oppression and compactness, and opens up another kind of Kung Fu film. style performance.

While he was steadily filming in the new world, didn't he think about making other films, such as the lone agent in the simulator that left him paralyzed for more than half a year? But the lone agent protagonist is too young.

As far as stars are concerned, neither Hong Yinbao nor Cheng Long are suitable for that style.

Jet Li...hasn't come to Hong Kong Island yet.

Hurricane rescue is different. All you need is a tough guy who looks old, can fight and maintain his aura. Lin Zhengying fits these perfectly. Uncle Ying is only 31 years old this year, 3 years younger than Hong Yinbao.

However, go and watch The Five Lucky Stars. In this movie, Lin Zhengying plays the butler of the counterfeit money king. Her appearance looks much bigger than that of Hong Yinbao in the movie.

In fact, Lin Zhengying is also the most capable of fighting at her age, and she is still serving as one of the main villains in the second part of the Five Lucky Stars.

If Lin Zhengying can be invited to film Hurricane Rescue, then it will have to be at least two parts, right? Once it's finished, it will definitely be a blockbuster movie.

The original production cost 25 million U.S. dollars, and the North American box office was 145 million U.S. dollars and the global box office was 226.82 million U.S. dollars.

It also brought out an action superstar.

If Zhao Donghuai makes the Hong Kong version, he can't expect it to be as box-office-busting as the Hollywood version, but he is sure to create a new genre of kung fu movies and to win over a contemporary kung fu star other than Hong Yanbao, Cheng Long, and Jet Li.

The difference is that he wants to see if he can lure Lin Zhengying from the Hong family class to his film company. What if he can't? It doesn't matter if you can't dig it out. How many more movie contracts will you sign? For example, how many parts of "Hurricane" will be released?

Cooperate if you can't dig it out.

He has no plans to make a Mr. Zombie series, but if the cooperation is good, he can tell Lin Zhengying the idea in advance and let him think about directing after filming the hurricane, and he can invest some money and earn some.

Hong Kong films were booming in the 1980s and 1990s, and the profits from filmmaking were not much worse than those from finance and real estate.

Under his words, Guan Jiahui, "..."

Sister Guan glanced at Lin Zhengying in surprise, blinked, "Housekeeper??"

Her impression of Lin Zhengying was just that of the gray-haired housekeeper in The Game.

In her heart, Sister Guan was even more shocked. For a great director like Zhao Donghuai, a rising star in the future, it wouldn't be a surprise to her if you left a young divorced woman like her to find Zhong Yanhong.

She is confident that she is more beautiful than Zhong Yanhong. At most, she will lose points if she gets divorced before she is 21 years old.

But abandon her and go find Lin Zhengying? ?

After dozens of seconds of chaos, Guan Jiahui blinked her eyes again, "Brother Huai, what are you doing? Preparing for a new movie? Or do you think Director Cheng's action scenes are not very good? Do you want to replace him?"

Zhao Donghuai laughed and said, "If Sir Cheng hears what you say, he will definitely beat you."

Guan Jiahui covered her mouth and smiled sweetly, and took the initiative to hold Zhao Donghuai's arm, "That's the new movie? Brother Huai, what is your new movie? Can I act in it?"

They are already divorced. Her father took her to meet people and go to different crews, just to pave the way for her future and to find the right job.

But after seeing so many directors, there is no one as young and handsome as Director Zhao. When it comes to money, there is no director as rich as Director Zhao!

Not to mention talent!

After all, it is the creative talent that many people in TVB and Shaw Brothers admire, and the music production can also be admired and even admired by Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong.

The most important thing is a little more gold! single! Beautiful! tall! Strong sense of authority!

The crew, which invested 5 million yuan, left without any regrets.

If we only count the box office in Hong Kong Island, even if the box office exceeds 15 million, you may still make a small profit from the money that falls into your pocket.

But the box office in Hong Kong Island is 15 million? In the original track, there were only 5 films in Hong Kong in 1983.

Of course, if you adopt another sharing method, such as 60% for the first week and 4 for the theater chain, 50% for the second Friday and 40% for the third week and 6 for the theater chain, your film company may earn slightly more...

With the addition of dividends from Wanwan, the island country, and various parts of Southeast Asia, as well as video tapes, this will ultimately make more money. But how can I put it, many film companies have no distribution channels and leave it to Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers?

Half a year after its release, maybe the box office dividend in Southeast Asia was only a few tens of thousands? ? This is not impossible. It depends on whether and how publishers such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest will cheat you.

Just like Hollywood movies that attract investment, lay investors are gods when it comes to making money. After its release, the box office exceeded 100 million U.S. dollars, and the video revenue was also very good.

Investors came to share their money happily, and the film and television company settled the accounts and said, boss, our project has lost money... Don't look at the box office numbers, those are just clouds, our real accounts have suffered huge losses.

How about you invest more? Definitely next time.