Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 308

"Mr. Lin also wants to make a zombie movie? No way?"

Sammo Hung, who was preparing for "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts", when he heard that Lin Daoqiu was going to make a zombie film, he was in a daze for the first time.

You should know that basically no one dares to shoot this subject. Sammo Hung just had this idea and Lin Daoqiu followed up. What does this mean?
Sammo Hung asked himself that his relationship with Lin Daoqiu was pretty good, and he was very sure that he hadn't provoked him recently, so why did Lin Daoqiu suddenly want to make such a move?
"Eldest brother, why don't I go to Mr. Lin and ask about it."

Yuen Biao also felt confused, he couldn't figure out why Lin Daoqiu wanted to make the same type of movie all of a sudden.

"Forget it, Mr. Lin wants to make any movie is his idea, we just do our own thing."

Sammo Hung didn't think that Lin Daoqiu came here to deal with him, otherwise he would not have asked Lin Zhengying to be the protagonist.

Perhaps this time it was really just a coincidence, and according to Lin Zhengying that the script has already been written, it is unlikely that Lin Daoqiu made a hasty decision.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu suddenly announced that he was going to make a zombie film, and Sammo Hung was rather happy.

Because no one was optimistic about this subject before, in fact, Jiahe also had a lot of worries.

But it's different now. Since Lin Daoqiu is willing to follow up, it means that he is optimistic about the theme of zombie movies. Maybe he can get more support from Golden Harvest because of this.

And Sammo Hung's premonition was indeed very effective, not long after he heard the news that Lin Daoqiu was going to make a zombie film, Zou Wenhuai called him to Golden Harvest.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai was not optimistic about zombie films at the beginning. He felt that the failure of Run Run Shaw's "Seven Golden Corpses" showed that Xiangjiang was not interested in zombie films, but he didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to make a zombie film now. .

It can be said that it was Lin Daoqiu's move that made Zou Wenhuai suddenly full of great interest in this subject that he was not interested in at first.

This time he called Sammo Hung over because he wanted to invest more in making this zombie film a good one. After all, there is no reason why even Lin Daoqiu's favorite subject matter would not be popular.

"Mr. Zou, are you looking for me?"

Sammo Hung brought Yuen Biao to Zou Wenhuai's office. As soon as the two entered the room, they saw Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang welcoming them with smiles on their faces.

"Sit down, sit down, I heard that Sanmao has been preparing for a new film these days, you have worked hard."

Zou Wenhuai asked someone to pour a cup of coffee for Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, but he actually glanced at He Guanchang who was next to him.

"I invite you to come here today because Mr. Zou wants to hear about the specific situation of your drama. He is actually very interested in this drama."

After He Guanchang finished speaking, Zou Wenhuai smiled and nodded.

Sammo Hung didn't know whether Zou Wenhuai was really interested in this drama before, but now he is [-]% sure that the other party must have called him because of Lin Daoqiu's relationship.

Otherwise, Zou Wenhuai had been preparing for it for a while before he called him over. It was obvious that he didn't pay enough attention to it before.

But Sammo Hung will not be so stupid as to point out these things, some things are well known to everyone.

Originally, the budget of this film was 200 million, because it was produced by Baohe, so now Sammo Hung is getting a share of the box office instead of a film salary, so the production cost can be kept down.

But even so, Sammo Hung still has no confidence in making a movie that has never been made before with 200 million yuan.

After talking about "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" with Zou Wenhuai in detail, Sammo Hung decided to take this opportunity to mention the increase in production costs to Zou Wenhuai.

"The theme of this movie is very novel. If it can be made, it will definitely do well at the box office, so I hope you can add some production fees. After all, we have no precedents for this movie to refer to. Many things have to be studied by ourselves. "

In fact, there is a play that can be used as a reference for Sammo Hung, and that is "Seven Golden Corpses" filmed by Shaw Brothers.

However, I believe that after seeing the box office of "Seven Golden Corpses", Sammo Hung immediately turned around and left,
If you refer to that movie, I am afraid that "Ghost Fighting Ghost" will definitely be a mess.

And if he said in front of Zou Wenhuai that he referred to the movie "Seven Golden Corpses", Zou Wenhuai would dare to halve the production fee for him.

"You, you, just like to toss new things, so let's raise the production fee to 500 million, but you have to promise me that you must make this movie well."

After hearing Zou Wenhuai's words, Sammo Hung was taken aback on the spot. He never expected that the other party would add 300 million yuan to his production fee.

Before coming here, Sammo Hung originally planned to hope that Zou Wenhuai would add 100 million to him, but he didn't expect the other party to be so arrogant and directly added 300 million to him.

This is definitely a big surprise for Sammo Hung.

"Thank you Mr. Zou."

After Yuen Biao finished speaking, he found that Sammo Hung hadn't reacted yet, so he quickly poked the opponent's waist with his elbow, which made Sammo Hung react immediately.

"Thank you, Mr. Zou. I promise to make this film a good one, and I will never let you down."

Sammo Hung did not expect Zou Wenhuai to increase the production fee to such a high level all of a sudden.

If this movie is produced with a production fee of 500 million, unless the box office of Xiangjiang will exceed 500 million by then, only then can they make money, otherwise they can only hope to sell the port to come make money.

Although there is a little worry in his heart, for Sammo Hung, of course the more the production cost, the better, he is not worried about whether the film will be a hit or not.

Because his idea is actually very simple, as long as the film is made well, I believe that as long as the film is good-looking, the film will definitely sell for money.

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"Xu Guanying has already agreed to star in our film, and he will come to the company to sign the contract tomorrow."

The role of Wen Cai played by Xu Guanying was decided early in the morning, and there would be no trouble in inviting him to act.

After all, it takes several years for Xu Guanwen's movies to be made. It is absolutely impossible to get rich if you only rely on starring in Xu Guanwen's movies.

So Xu Guanying usually comes out to pick up some movies to make some money, so it is not difficult to hire him.

And this time when he was invited to film "Mr. Zombie", Lin Daoqiu offered a salary of 20 yuan, which made Xu Guanying even more unwilling to refuse.

As for Lin Zhengying's younger brother, it is still played by Chen Youlai.

Now only the original role of Qian Xiaohao remains undecided.

Lin Daoqiu originally preferred Chen Xunqi.

At the beginning, Chen Xunqi was very happy when he received Lin Daoqiu's invitation.

But the final problem was his beard, because Chen Xunqi refused to pluck off his signature beard, so the two sides froze here.

(End of this chapter)