At the end of March, a Xiangjiang filmmaker in her forties came to the capital.

This person is named Jiang Zhiqiang, the president of Xiangjiang Eucalyptus Film Company. He has his own theater chain and an old film producer in Xiangjiang.

He was entrusted by Baodao filmmaker Xu Ligong to come to Beijing to discuss the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with Lin Zixuan.

Although Xu Ligong was hospitalized after a stroke, he was always paying attention to this matter. He knew that Lin Zixuan and Li An reached a consensus, but this matter was somewhat difficult to operate.

The impact of the Asian financial crisis is still continuing, and the financial industry is sluggish.

If you want to successfully raise the funds needed for filming, you need to find a capable guarantor in Hong Kong. This person is best to be in the film industry and be familiar with the operation of Hollywood movies.

Jiang Zhiqiang is an absolute rich second generation. His father is a film producer and founded the Eule Film Company.

The theaters of Eule Company mainly release Western movies, and the agency distributes Hollywood film companies' films.

Jiang Zhiqiang is familiar with Hollywood's operating model and has a certain reputation in the Hong Kong film industry, so he is a suitable candidate.

Xu Ligong had no way to produce "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" himself, so he asked Jiang Zhiqiang to raise funds and help Li An manage matters other than filming.

He has little confidence in the mainland film industry, or he does not think mainland film companies have the ability to produce such blockbusters.

The film industry is a broad concept, including the entire process of a film from preparation to production and distribution.

Mainland film companies do not have this kind of experience. Movies cannot be sold out. They have to be sold all over the world. How to sell them and who to whom are required to operate an experienced veteran.

Jiang Zhiqiang is very interested in Li An.

Xiangjiang filmmakers have always wanted to open up the situation in Hollywood. Many big directors and big stars often turn to Hollywood after they succeed in Xiangjiang. Some people succeed, but most people are not accustomed to the local environment.

There are many reasons for this. On the one hand, Hollywood is a world controlled by white people, and Asians are not valued and there is no good opportunity.

Maybe he is a big star in Hong Kong, but he still has to play supporting roles when he is in Hollywood.

On the other hand, because I am not familiar with American culture, I am shooting films in the United States, and the audience is American. Their viewing habits are different from those of Chinese. I have to understand American culture in order to make a popular movie.

If you still stick to the same style in Hong Kong, American audiences may feel that it is fresh at the beginning, but they will get tired of watching it too much.

This is because of the local situation and the local environment is not adapting to it, and it is not clear what American audiences really want to see.

From the current perspective, Li An has done a pretty good job in this regard. The Western films he made cater to the tastes of Western audiences and successfully entered the circle of mainstream Hollywood movies.

Jiang Zhiqiang wants to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Li An, which is the main reason why he is willing to take over "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

This time when he came to Beijing, he not only came to talk about movies, but also looked at the foundation of Haomeng Company.

Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers don’t know much about the mainland’s film and television industry. They come to the mainland to film and cooperate with state-owned film studios. Private film and television companies in the mainland don’t sound so reliable.

The negotiations are based on equality. If Haomeng Company is just an empty shell and has no strength, it will not come to this muddy water.

Lin Zixuan asked someone to pick him up at the airport and arranged a hotel.

Jiang Zhiqiang is the representative of Xu Ligong and Li An, which shows that the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has entered a substantial stage.

Before the negotiations, Lin Zixuan took Jiang Zhiqiang to visit Haomeng Company and introduced him to the general situation of the company.

This is to prove that Good Dreams has the ability to play a leading role in filmmaking.

"Spring in a Small Town"? That movie that won the Venetian Golden Lion Award?" Jiang Zhiqiang said in surprise.

On the promotional brochure of Good Dream Company, there is a poster of "Spring in a Small Town".

An excellent movie is like an exquisite business card. Maybe you don’t know about the Good Dream Company, but you know about the film that won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.

The Broadway Film Center under Jiang Zhiqiang is a famous art theater in Xiangjiang, and is known for the screening of art films.

Unlike the local commercial film culture in Xiangjiang, Jiang Zhiqiang has a special liking for investing in and producing literary and artistic films.

When making movies in the mainland, the production unit must be a state-owned film studio, and private film and television companies are just co-production units.

For example, when viewers watch the opening of the movie "Spring in a Small Town", the first thing that appears is the logo of the Beijing Film Studio, the second is the logo of the Beijing TV Art Center, and the third is the Good Dream Company.

Everyone would think that this is a film made by the Beijing Film Studio, and no one will pay attention to the subsequent companies.

In fact, this is a factory logo bought by Haomeng Company from Beijing Film Studio, and it has little to do with Beijing Film Studio.

Therefore, Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers know very little about private film and television companies in the mainland.

Yu Dong introduced the development history of Haomeng Company. Since 1993, Haomeng Company has produced many box office movies and invested in many popular TV series.

The total box office of the three New Year's films is close to 70 million, and the total box office of "A Sigh" is about to be removed has exceeded 90 million.

Good Dream Company made a profit of 20 million yuan, which is incomparable to the commercial blockbusters in Hong Kong, but they are both low investment and high returns, and they make a big profit with small profits, and the risks are extremely small.

Art films include the production of "Spring in a Small Town", as well as the filming of "Xu Sanguan's Blood Selling Story" and "Going Home".

In terms of TV series, the trilogy of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has made an income of 8 million yuan, and the popular "Luxing" has made a revenue of tens of millions.

Now is the moment of good dream company's harvest. These data are real and reliable and there is no fraud.

Jiang Zhiqiang estimated that this film and television company, which has been established for less than five years, has made a profit of more than 40 million. Not only has the movies sold well at the box office, but it has also won the European Film Festival awards.

The most important thing is that no investment is a loss of money, which is incredible.

If you are in Xiangjiang, Haomeng Company is definitely the favorite of those venture capitalists, and it is possible to go public.

At this time, due to the impact of the Asian financial crisis, the film industry in Xiangjiang was in a stagnation, investors were unwilling to invest, directors had no money to shoot movies, and actors had no movies to shoot.

Except for those big stars who are still in glory, middle and lower-level film workers are suffering, and the former Oriental Hollywood is gradually declining.

Seeing the operation status of Haomeng Company, Jiang Zhiqiang felt that deepening cooperation with the mainland may be a way out for Xiangjiang Film. However, the method of cooperation is the first thing to consider.

The themes of Xiangjiang movies are difficult to pass mainland movie censorship, such as gambling movies, gang movies, violent movies, etc.

It can be said that more than 80% of Xiangjiang movies cannot be released in the mainland.

The filmmakers in Xiangjiang want to make changes and cooperate with the mainland to make films, and face the problem of not adapting to the local environment. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!