At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 551 What to do?

Looking back at the history of the decline of Hong Kong movies now, I still feel quite remarkable!
Hong Kong movies mainly rely on stars, and there are deficiencies in many aspects, or it has not developed into a mature and complete industrial chain, and it has been able to compete with Hollywood for a while...

The opponent is Hollywood in the 90s.

Look at the movies made by those monsters in Hollywood in the 90s.

"ET", "Jurassic Park", "Terminator"...

A simple example: I always think that one of the benchmarks of sci-fi commercial blockbusters, "The End of the World/Peerless Catastrophe", Douban only scored 7.8 points; the almost perfect action commercial blockbuster, "Brave to Kill the Island" only scored 8.6 points...

Hollywood in that era was not a Hollywood that only had money, but a Hollywood that needed technology, creativity, ideals, acting skills, and miracles!
It is far from being comparable to the current Hollywood that only has money and then relies on a bunch of bad movies to maintain the scene!
There is a point of view: After the Cold War, idealism was suppressed for decades, and liberalism was transformed into an outbreak period, and countless brilliant achievements emerged in all walks of life!
Too bad Hong Kong didn't catch up...

Then, from 1998 to 2000, for three years, no Hong Kong film could break into the top ten Hong Kong film history.

On the one hand, this may be the financial crisis that broke out in Hong Kong in 1997. On the other hand, the confidence and morale of Hong Kong movies are also low.

The worst period was 1999, once one of the centers of Asian movies, in Hong Kong, the benzene movie "Midnight Ring" couldn't beat it, it was unbelievable...

I still have to admire Hong Kong filmmakers. In the face of the storm, Hong Kong filmmakers produced high-quality films such as "Shaolin Soccer", "Kung Fu" and "Infernal Affairs", launching Hong Kong filmmakers' life-threatening impact on the future of Hong Kong's film industry.

In fact, it is not that Hong Kong has no desire to rise up, but the locals are not optimistic.

Xu Ke made a 3D supernatural animation film "Xiaoqian", and invited the production team of Ghibli to play the leading role.As a result, because the budget was really insufficient, the 3D animation effect was unsatisfactory and the reputation was not particularly good...

As a result, Ghibli found inspiration in "Xiaoqian" and then made "Spirited Away"...

Who can I turn to for reasoning?

To put it bluntly, the film industry just doesn’t care who plays it. Everyone is a screw, and the assembly line produces movies.

According to Shen Xudong's summary: Hong Kong movies still benefit from talent, and if there is no talent, the movie will be gone!
……

When he told Zhong Lifang his conclusion, the latter didn't agree very much: "You Dazhi, the director of "New World", is not really a talent, he was not well-known before..."

"So, it's important to make..."

Zhong Lifang shook her head: "I think it's still because of the promotion..."New World", we spent 200 million Hong Kong dollars to promote it in Hong Kong..."

"Only 200 million?"

"How big is Hong Kong in total?"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, then nodded: "It's really not big, I guess it's almost enough to buy an advertisement for a wireless station..."

Liang Fengying on the side interjected: "The main thing is the movie, the media will follow up and report..."

"It's a pity that the sequel to "Zhao Zilong"..."

"It's okay, let's continue the preparations... The director is looking for a newcomer, and I have already negotiated with him about the shooting requirements..."

"A novice director?"

"Can a novice take charge of such a large project?"

Shen Xudong asked back: "Art, props, photography, actors, action director... We have arranged everything properly, and we are only responsible for holding the camera. This thing, a director will do... Why can't he?"

"...Then do you want to find an experienced producer?"

Shen Xudong glanced at Liang Fengying, and then said, "Sister Liang, you can be the producer!"

"I?"

"You can not?"

Back then, Leung Fung-ying was asked to do the planning of "The Lost Secret Service", and later she started producing. Most of Lam Chiu-hsien's works are supervised and produced by her... Of course she is capable!

"Okay, let me try!"

Shen Xudong clapped his hands: "Then there's no problem..."

No, why is there no problem?
Zhong Lifang immediately asked: "What about Liu Dehua?"

"Let him finish filming "Seeing the Dragon and Unloading the Armor", and then film the sequel to "Zhao Zilong"..."

"Ah...will that affect the series?"

"It's okay, there are so many Huang Feihong movies, the only ones that make money are the ones starring Li Lianlian!"

"...That's true."

Shen Xudong continued: "In addition, this time I signed a three-film contract with him. After the sequel of "Zhao Zilong", I will make "Dingjun Mountain", and then there will be the battle of Fengming Pass..."

"Then... how much is the salary?"

"Have a bargain as much as possible, 3000 million is the best!"

"a movie?"

"Three parts together... If I give him 3000 million for one part, what's the point?"

……

Andy Lau is actually very embarrassed...

He is exquisite in all aspects, and he is very good at being a man!

And... 'luck' is good...

Then, "Today's Statement" directly broke the news that "some people organized charity performances in the name of charity, organized many celebrities to do activities, and took the opportunity to make money. Later, for some reason, these people were investigated by the relevant departments... The bill was announced, only Andy Lau and Sichuan opera master Peng Denghuai confiscated the money. Not only did they confiscate the money, they even paid for round-trip air tickets and hotel accommodations themselves.

"The Same Song" also stopped for a while...

Real superstars are rarely invited!

It doesn't matter, the money from the local public relations program group is enough, there is no need to invite any big stars...

To put it another way, the incident with Andy Lau was so appropriate that even if there was an incident with Yang Lijuan, the public opinion would only call for 'chasing stars rationally'...

In fact, if you think about it, Yang Lijuan is an idiot fan, what is the difference from the idiot fan who pours milk?
So, having a good name can really solve a lot of things!

He has been in the industry for so many years, and he can judge the quality of the script. "Seeing the Dragon Unloading the Armor" obviously has nothing to do with "Three Kingdoms", it is just a movie with the cloak of "Zhao Zilong"...

He also knew about the falling out between Li Rengang and Golden Harvest. If he accepted "Seeing the Dragon Unloading His Armor", it would mean...a break with Golden Harvest...

He really wanted to refuse, but unfortunately, the three major producers are all his benefactors!
After comprehensive consideration, he decided to join "Dragon Unloading Armor"-after all, his roots are in Hong Kong.

After Shen Xudong bought Golden Harvest, Golden Harvest is no longer a company in Hong Kong...

The so-called strong dragon does not overwhelm the local snake...

I just didn’t expect that it would be not just a strong dragon, but a Tyrannosaurus Rex—"New World" was released for two weeks, and it won nearly 3000 million local box office...

As far as he knows, Golden Harvest will release three movies this year: "Crazy", "Taken 2", and "The Evil Man"...

And the negotiated "Tuner" was replaced directly!

Also... Golden Harvest has announced a new movie "Cao Cao"...

What does it mean?
It speaks for itself!

How can the relationship be repaired?

(End of this chapter)