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Chapter 141 Opening up new markets
"Hahaha!" Cai Songlin suddenly laughed. "I started working in the film industry a long time ago, and I have some connections in the industry over there."

Hong Jinbao explained at the right time, "Mr. Cai occupies 40% of the entire market of theaters in Taiwan, and controls and participates in the distribution of videotapes, which accounts for 90%. In one year, Taiwan produced a total of 52 films, of which nearly 40 were invested and filmed by Mr. Xin."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Huang Ze knew that Cai Songlin was a big film producer, but he didn't know how big he was. After this explanation, he understood, "Then I'm not worried anymore."

"Pack the three films together and sell them to Mr. Cai."

"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't care about anything after selling it. If any of the products don't pass the review, I will refund them!"

Huang Ze patted his chest and made a promise.

He knew very well that this was just the beginning and not a one-time deal, and there would be plenty of time for cooperation in the future.

So Huang Ze was also happy to be more generous.

Moreover, the other party has built such a big business that they would not resort to any tricks in such matters.

You can get rich by being too smart, but if you want to get extremely rich, you can't treat everyone as a fool.

"Great! Mr. Huang is so generous!" Cai Songlin was delighted and toasted Huang Ze. "Then I won't bargain with Mr. Huang. Let's go by the market price. The total box office of your three films is about 52 million Hong Kong dollars. If we take 30% of the box office, that's 15.6 million Hong Kong dollars. How about that?"

The market price is roughly this amount.

Huang Ze raised his glass, "Okay, happy cooperation!"

After dinner, thinking that more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars could cover the cost of three films, Huang Ze also understood why Hong Kong films were so popular in his previous life.

If you eat it this way, you will be prosperous.

Not to mention that you can sell trailers in the future. The film hasn't even started shooting yet, and there's no script. I just say I want to invite so-and-so and so-and-so to star in it. Not only will the estimated filming costs be covered, but you can also make a profit.

but……

Too much is too little!
Huang Ze shook his head. "No matter what, it seems that I can't do that in the future. Forget about selling the trailer. We'll see how the box office performs after the movie is released."

"Even though the profit is a little less, it's stable!"

“No one takes advantage of anyone else.”

The two big bosses had already reached an agreement, so everything went quite smoothly. In less than a day, the contract was signed, the money was paid, and the three films were handed over to Cai Songlin.

If it fails to pass the inspection, we will refund it.

Seeing Huang Ze was so generous, Cai Songlin liked him very much. He held Huang Ze's hand and said, "Brother Huang, please contact me if you have a new film in the future."

"must!"

"See you next time then!"

"See you next time."

Huang Ze smiled as he watched Cai Songlin leave, "I hope everything goes well!"

With the Wanwan market, the shooting costs of most of my films will be covered in the long run.

In the short term, there will be more martial arts films like "Once Upon a Time in China" that will follow suit.

The first Xu Ke version of "Huang Feihong" grossed 29.7 million in Hong Kong Island, ranking eighth. The second version, "A Man Should Be Self-reliant", grossed 30.79 million Hong Kong dollars, not even making the top ten.

Then why were there so many copycat works in the previous life?
It's a big hit overseas.

The first one was the most popular Chinese-language film in South Korea in the 90s.

Wanwan also sold it for more than 80 million Taiwan dollars.

You know, Wanwan can basically only count the box office of Taekwondo at the moment. If we calculate the total box office, it will probably have to be multiplied by three!
The more popular this film is, the more people will see that filming in mainland China will not be banned by Taiwan. By then, it will be all money!
I can even let the crew shoot for free. Then I can attract more crews and find ways to get more money back from the rent, because the film and television city not only built a street, but also built a lot of shops nearby. When the time comes, renting equipment, accommodation, catering, and shop rent will not be a problem.

……

On the other hand, Cai Songlin started to take actions while submitting the film to relevant departments for review.

As a person who controls more than half of the Taiwanese Mandarin film market, he has quite a good network of contacts in this area.

In addition, everyone can feel that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are moving towards reconnection.

None of Huang Ze's three films were shot in mainland China. Cai Songlin did not buy the only one, "Taste of Cherry", for safety reasons.

In the end, Cai Songlin simply spent a little more money, invited people out for a meal, and said a few nice words, and in less than ten days, the three films were finished.

He immediately arranged for the film to be released in his own theaters.

The first one to be released is the latest movie "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

Huang Zeben had already made two versions, Mandarin and Cantonese, which saved him the trouble and the film could be released directly after promotion.

The first show will be on the first day of August.

On this day, two men in their forties walked into a theater in Taekwondo.

One of them is thin, has an oval face, small eyes, and wears glasses.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, with a round face, drooping glasses, and looks a bit fierce.

These two people once collaborated on a movie in 85, "Childhood Sweethearts". The director was the one with the melon-seed face named Yang Dechang, and the leading actor was the one with a fierce round face, his name was Hou Hsiao-xian.

Sitting in his seat, Yang Dechang said, "I heard from a friend about this movie by my fellow countryman Huang Ze. It seems that his commercial film is very well made. Unfortunately, I have never watched it in person, so I don't know how it is made."

"Young fellow?" Hou Xiaoxian had several question marks in his mind and looked at Yang Dechang.

"I was born in Shanghai." Yang Dechang smiled. "Although I was born in 47 and reached the age of when I was one year old, I am still considered a fellow villager, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Hou Xiaoxian smiled, but his face looked fierce, which made his smile not so nice. "I have seen his previous films, but I heard that this one is a commercial film, so I didn't go looking for resources specifically."

"Speaking of which, my favorite is still his Taste of Cherry."

"Because of the Golden Lion of Venice?"

“No! Because of the shots.” Hou Hsiao-hsien smacked his lips. “I really like those shots in it, especially some long shots.”

“Simply so talented!”

"You're only twenty-seven this year!"

"When I was 27, I had just started my film career and hadn't even written a movie script yet."

"Then you are better than me." Yang Dechang was happy. "It depends on the scoring period when you are 27 years old. In the first half of the period, I studied electrical engineering at Florida State University for my master's degree. Later, I found that I liked movies more, so I changed a word and went to USC."

"The first time I wrote a script and it was filmed was in 81, so it wasn't much earlier than Huang Ze's."

"Hahaha! The movie has started."

The two stopped chatting and turned their eyes to the screen.

After watching it, the two looked at each other and said, "I actually want to go to Hong Kong Island to visit this half-fellow countryman of mine and have a good chat with him about movies."

"Count me in, I want to see him in person, too."

(End of this chapter)