Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 434 The Eastern 007
On this day, seven people from Xinyicheng gathered at Mai Jia's house to discuss the script.

There is a place called the "Struggle Room" here. It can be said that most of the movies in New Art City are discussed in this small room.

The sequel of "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing" took 800 million at the box office, which was a big blow to them, because the "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" in which they guest starred had 1200 million, while the movie they made was only 800 million. It's a bit unreasonable.

"There are so many stars in "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Fighters", and it also has gambling skills. It must be very popular during the Chinese New Year. On the other hand, our movie, although it is a comedy, how did it win when it hit "Modern Bodyguard"?"

The biggest reason why the box office of "Ghost Horse 2" is not as good as they expected is that it hit "Modern Bodyguard", not to mention "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" which ate up their box office.

If there is no "Modern Bodyguard", the box office of "Ghost Horse 2" will definitely exceed [-] million, but it is too late to discuss these now.

"Did you smell a scent?"

Huang Baiming suddenly sniffed around, as if he smelled something strange.

Others followed his example and smelled everywhere, but the strange thing was that they couldn't smell anything.

"No, I can't smell anything except your stink."

"Okay, don't pretend to be mysterious, what do you have to say?"

Mai Jia pouted, he knew that Huang Baiming must have something in his words.

"Actually, do you think there is something missing in our movie?"

When everyone heard this very clear question, they all tilted their heads and thought about it seriously, but they didn't come up with a result after thinking about it for a long time.

"Okay, with your brains, you definitely can't think of that. I think there seems to be a lack of handsome men and beautiful women in our movies."

Several other people showed puzzled expressions when they heard it, but after they looked around one after another, they realized that what Huang Baiming said seemed to be quite right.

After all, New Art City has always made comedies with Shi Tian and Mai Jia as the protagonists. Although they are not handsome, they are full of comedy effects.

Except for "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing", which found Lin Zixiang to play the leading role, other movies are basically a combination of Shi Tian and Mai Jia.

Huang Baiming suddenly brought up this topic now, could it be that he wanted to add some other elements to New Art City?
"What are you going to do?"

Shi Tian was the first to ask Huang Baiming, and the others were all staring at Huang Baiming at the same time.

"Isn't this simple? It's fine to find handsome men and beautiful women for the next film."

"cut……"

After Huang Baiming finished speaking, the other five people rolled their eyes at him almost simultaneously.

"Actually, I'm not joking. During the Chinese New Year, I watched several foreign movies, especially the 007 movie. I had an idea at that time. If we can make an oriental 007, the box office will be sure. Can sell well."

After listening to Huang Baiming's words, everyone's faces showed a thoughtful expression. Some people thought that he seemed a little too taken for granted, but others thought Huang Baiming's statement seemed very clever.

If it was in the past, it was basically difficult for them to make a big-budget movie, but the situation now is completely different from before.

Because of the merger of the three theater chains, it is not a problem for New Arts City to find any actor from Xiangjiang, whether it is Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest, to act in their movies.

And because their boss is Lin Daoqiu, Lin Daoqiu has always been very generous when negotiating the production fee. If New Art City wants to make a big production, Lin Daoqiu should agree, right?

"The most important thing for Mr. Lin is the script. If he can come up with a good script, I believe he will definitely nod."

Tsui Hark, who knew Lin Daoqiu somewhat, suddenly spoke at this moment.

"By the way, didn't you go to help Mr. Lin make the movie "The Mummy" some time ago? What do you think of the special effects in it? Can Mr. Lin let us use it too?"

Mai Jia felt that since New Arts City wanted to make a big-budget movie, special effects technology must be used. He knew that Tsui Hark had gone to help Lin Daoqiu before, so he should know a lot about the situation there.

But after Mai Jia finished asking, Tsui Hark suddenly showed a wry smile.

"What's wrong? Could it be that the special effects technology of "The Mummy" sucks?"

"No way, I heard that Mr. Lin spent a lot of money in it. Could it be that there is no result yet?"

Judging from the expression on Tsui Hark's face, they thought that Magic Studio's technology was not very good. If that was the case, they would not consider working with Magic Studio.

But they may be thinking too much, because if they want to ask Magic Studio for help, I am afraid that the minimum production cost will be around 2000 million.

If it was just a movie with an investment of several million Hong Kong dollars, then Lin Daoqiu would not be able to ask Magic Studio to help New Art City, because it would be a bit overkill.

You must know that the magic studio is doing its best to help Lin Daoqiu's "The Mummy" and "Godzilla" with special effects, so how can he have time to help New Art City.

"Don't think too much about it. The magic studio is not affordable for the movies we are making now. Unless you plan to make a 5000 million movie, then Mr. Lin may ask the magic studio to help us."

Although Tsui Hark does not know how much the production costs of "The Mummy" and "Godzilla" are, he is sure that it is an astronomical sum.

Judging from the scale of movies being produced in New Art City, he doesn't think Magic Studio can be used, and the money spent on special effects is not something they can afford.

After everyone listened to Tsui Hark's words, apart from being shocked, they also immediately dismissed those unrealistic thoughts.

"My dear, 5000 million production fee? If our new play can have 1000 million, I will be very satisfied."

After hearing Tsui Hark's words, Mai Jia couldn't help but shook his head. Even if it was only 1000 million yuan in production costs, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to get back the cost in the end.

At this time, Teddy Robin suddenly changed the topic back to the handsome men and beautiful women that Huang Baiming mentioned at the beginning.

"By the way, just now you said you were looking for a beautiful woman, and I happen to know a beautiful woman, and she is also a big beautiful woman."

After Teddy Robin said this, everyone turned their heads to him.

Because Huang Baiming brought up the topic just now, but he didn't even think about finding someone. He didn't expect Teddy Robin to have a clue so soon.

"Zhang Aijia, you should all know each other. I heard that she recently intends to return to Hong Kong for development. How about we invite her here?"

Others don't know Zhang Aijia very well, but they have all heard her name and know that she is a big beauty.

"In this case, then you can ask her out for a chat. It would be great if she is willing to join New Art City."

Mai Jia was the first to vote in favor. He also felt that there were men in New Art City, and that Shi Nan was usually in charge of administrative matters in his life, and he basically didn't participate in the discussion of the script.If Zhang Aijia can come, it may be a good choice.

Now that Mai Jia said so, several other people also nodded one after another, and then the matter was settled like this.

　Thank you, Tea Garden Xiaoshe for the monthly ticket!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)