After promising to invest in third-level films in Huaqiang, Xia Tian made an appointment to invite him to discuss the plan.

"Ah Tian, ​​our two families will invest 5 million Hong Kong dollars each first. I will be responsible for finding women. You will be responsible for finding directors and screenwriters. After filming the scene, we will share the 55% share." As soon as we met, Xiang Huaqiang smiled and suggested, "Do you think this is OK?"

"Brother Qiang, if you want to make a third-level film, I will give you some suggestions. First, the cost should not exceed HK$8 million; second, it is best for actresses not to use Hong Kong people. If you want famous ones, look for actresses in Fusang, and if you want cheap ones, look for actresses in South Korea; third, directors, male stars, and distribution channels, I can help you with it." Xia Tian smiled and said.

Although the third-level film market in Hong Kong is booming, it still has a ceiling. Even the third-level films that sell at the top will have a box office of no more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

In his previous life, McDonald's "Jade Quotation: The Treasure of the Sun" created by Madonna at all costs and invested tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars was only 18 million Hong Kong dollars, which was barely guaranteed to be guaranteed.

The foreign market for third-level films is not wide. Basically, there is no other market to sell except for a few markets such as Taiwan and South Korea. Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places are not allowed to introduce third-level films. Even if they are introduced, they will be deleted in large quantities.

Therefore, the cost of a third-level film should be controlled below 8 million, otherwise, not only will it not be possible to make money, but it is also likely to lose money.

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In addition, the third-level films have the greatest demand for actresses, but at the same time it also has the deepest harm to actresses. Many actresses who have filmed third-level films have been infamous for their lives and will never lose this burden. There are many people who are mentally ill and even commit suicide.

For example, Zhong Zhen, who has starred in movies such as "Yu Futuan: I Want to People" and "Mitao Mature 1997", and has a bold performance in it. After a few years, he suffered from severe insomnia and even had a considerable psychological disorder for the defecation. When he heard about the third-level film, he would become nervous, have stomachache, and even be in a trance.

Chen Baolian, who once starred in "Lancao Monk" and "Strange Talks from a Chinese Studio", was mentally ill due to her third-level film and was "banned" by the media as the four major epilepsy kings. In the end, she jumped off the building and committed suicide. She spent her whole life.

Even like Shu Qi, who later successfully transformed into an acting actress with "Celestial Love Man and Women", "Beautiful Boys' Love", "Young and Dangerous Love Chapter Thirteen Sisters", etc., she still cannot escape the shadow of a third-level film.

Xia Tian wants to make money, but he doesn’t want to commit evil, and he doesn’t want to harm others because of this. So he suggested that Xiang Huaqiang use Fusang or South Korean actresses.

Fusang filmmakers had already started filming cereal films in the 1960s, which was called "pink movies" at that time. Then with the invention of the video recorder, the cereal film market grew rapidly in Fusang. By 1984, the output value of the entire market had reached 10 billion yen, or about 310 million Hong Kong dollars.

With the introduction of Fuso Love Video Caesas to Hong Kong, these actresses are also well-known in Hong Kong. For example, Hitomi Kobayashi, Mariko Kiri, Dewy Sakura, and Reina Murakami who has starred in "The Secret of the Jade Futuan: The Secret of the Treasures of the Sun".

If Xiang Huaqiang is willing to spend money, it is the best choice to hire a Fusang actress. Of course, if you don’t want to spend more money, choosing a South Korean actress is also a good choice.

In the 1980s, South Korean movies were still a piece of shit, and they were really a thousand miles away from Hong Kong movies.

In his memoir "Listen to Wu Siyuan" by Wu Siyuan, a well-known Hong Kong filmmaker, said that South Korean movies were still black and white in the 1980s. In order to save costs, the film company only provided 20,000 meters of film to each director, and paid for it if it was overspending.

Twenty thousand meters will be enough to make a movie. For example, when Chen Gu filmed "Made in Hong Kong", he had no money and used nearly 80,000 meters of film. When Cheng Long filmed "Plan A", he used a total of one million meters of film, and the gap could be seen from it.

Therefore, the director of South Korea is very nervous when filming. Once the actor says the wrong line or plays several times in a row, he will punch and kick it directly, regardless of the male and female actors. Because of wasting the negative film, he has to pay for it.

It is precisely because South Korea's own movies are behind that its actors are not worth the money. Many Hong Kong directors like to use South Korean actresses when making third-level films. One is cheap, the second is obedient, and the third is beautiful.

Director Li Hanxiang was filming movies such as "Jin Ping Feng Yue", "***", and "Madam Bamboo", and chose South Korean actresses.

In third-level films, actresses choose Fusang or South Korea, mainly because they have less psychological burden. Many Fusang women regard making love movies as a channel for fame, and even take pride in starring love movies. South Korean women are also very open. The largest love movie origin in Asia in their previous lives, one is Fusang and the other is South Korea.

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As for the male actors and directors who choose Hong Kong, it’s okay. Even if a male actor appears in a third-level film, the harm he suffers far less than that of an actress, and it is easy to get whitewashed and go ashore.

Like Huang Qiusheng, Ren Dalun, Wu Qilun, Tao Dayu, Wu Zhenyu, Xu Jinjiang, etc., they all made third-level films, but they all successfully whitewashed and went ashore.

Not only that, like Wu Qirong and Tao Dayu became a master's killer, while Huang Qiusheng and Ren Dalun were also regarded as powerful and charismatic male stars.

Many directors have not suffered much criticism when filming third-level films. For example, Gao Zhisen, who filmed "Mitao Mature", is still a well-known Hong Kong director and is not criticized for it. Li Hanxiang, who has filmed "Sound, Sex, Dogs, Horses," "Scam Money, and "Flirting with Love", is even more respected as a "big director".

As for the distribution channels, Xia Tian can help Xiang Huaqiang release third-level films to South Korea, Fusang and even the United States. He now has a love film channel playboy! It was co-founded by Rainbow Media Group and Playboy Magazine, and can be used to play love films. In addition, Blockbuster can also be used to rent third-level film video tapes.

"A Tian, ​​your suggestions are very good, I remember them all." Xiang Huaqiang said to Xia Tian.

"Well, that's it." Xia Tian nodded, "The new company is registered in your name, and then the actors and directors go through the formal procedures and apply to our artist department. At that time, I will arrange it for you in the company."

"Okay." Xiang Huaqiang nodded.

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Two days later, Xiang Huaqiang registered Centennial Pictures.

The registered capital is 10 million Hong Kong dollars, of which Xia Tian and him each paid 5 million Hong Kong dollars. However, Xia Tian's name did not appear in the shareholder column. It would have caused a lot of fishyness, so he chose to be a hidden shareholder.

After the establishment of Centennium Pictures, Xia Tian passed on the company, "If you have directors, screenwriters or actors who want to make money, just try it."

Nowadays, no one thinks money is hot. For example, some third- and fourth-tier directors usually don’t have any movies to shoot, so they can only stay idle. Now a movie can earn 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, and can accumulate experience, so why not do it? If you are afraid of spreading it and have bad reputation, you can also shoot it with a pseudonym, so you don’t have to worry about anything.

As for the screenwriter, it is even easier to do. There is no good plot for the third-level film. After all, no one comes from the story. Therefore, you can start filming by just editing, and you can make money by just writing, and you don’t have to show your face and don’t have to worry about affecting your reputation. Therefore, there are also many screenwriters who are moved.

However, there are not too many people responding to the male actors. In fact, if you are not sure that you have no hope of promotion or are really unable to expose the blame, no one would want to make a third-level film.

Only a few third- and fourth-tier male actors who had long been out of date recommended themselves, willing to make more money when they were still famous.

In the end, Centennial Film finally gathered a team, which was also open. Half a month later, the first third-level film "The Ghostly Being" began filming.

The male actor was chosen as former Shaw Brothers artist Pan Zhenwei, while the actress was chosen as Fusang female artist Komatsu Yata.

Pan Zhenwei was an artist from Shaw Brothers before, and has participated in "Modern Fairy Walking in the Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Bold and Unrestrained Girl of the Tang Dynasty", etc. He is tall and gentle, and he is also qualified as a young student. But he has always lacked luck and has never been praised by others, so he has always been wandering in the third and fourth tiers.

After Shaw Brothers closed, Pan Zhenwei came to Tianxia Film and developed, and usually played more villains, male fourth and fifth characters, and there was basically no room for performance.

This time, he was the first time he was the protagonist in the third-level film. The salary was 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was the most money he had earned, so he simply sacrificed his money.

In his previous life, Pan Zhenwei also filmed third-level films such as "Mitao Mature", "The Elf of Love", and "The Legend of the Confused", which all performed well.

Komatsu Yata is a famous star in Fusang in the past two years. She has released two photo albums and then released three love movies. Because she has a beautiful face and a slim figure, she is famous.

The reason why Centennial Pictures invited her to film was to start her first shot in entrepreneurship and get a good start. Therefore, she spent 10 million Japanese yen, about 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, to invite her from Fusang.

In fact, it is not easy to invite Komatsu Yata to film in Hong Kong. Komatsu Yata is not interested in coming to Hong Kong to film third-level films.

One is that it takes too long to shoot a third-level film, which takes at least half a month. If you shoot a love film in Fusang, it will be finished in about one day. Although it is indeed more profitable to shoot a third-level film based on a single film. However, based on hourly wages, it is obviously more profitable to shoot a love film.

Second, many love movie stars are filming outside with their families on their backs. Because Fusang is a country that pays great attention to copyright, it will not cause the thief to fly everywhere. Even if the movie is released, it is within a very small range, so they are not worried that they will reveal their identities.

But if you shoot a third-level film, it may be released on a large scale in theaters. Once this happens, they will have the possibility of being exposed, which will cause great trouble to their lives.

The three words were not understood, which made Komatsu Yata worry about filming in Hong Kong, and was worried that a weak woman would be bullied after coming to Hong Kong.

Xiang Huaqiang had no choice but to help communicate through the Sukiyoshi Association of Fusang, and finally invited Komatsu Yata to come to Hong Kong to film. Otherwise, I would probably not be able to invite this young lady at all.

The Sukiyoshi Association, Yamaguchi Group and Inagawa Association in Fuso are known as the three major violent men of Fuso and have great influence in Fuso. The Kabukicho, the most famous red-light district in Tokyo, is the territory of the Sukiyoshi Association. It has as many as 120 strongholds there, with a total of more than 1,000 people.

It is also because of this that Sukiyoshi has a great influence in the Japanese cesium industry, and even its subsidiary cesium film company is located in the cesium film company.

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Just as Centennial Pictures was busy preparing for its own opening work, Xia Tian was also busy holding the second Spiritual Fantasy Film Exhibition.

The second spiritual film exhibition was planned by He Chaoqiong. Because of his successful experience in the first session, it is relatively easier to hold this session.

"Mr. Xia, this is the event planning book I have prepared. Please check it out." He Xiangxiatian said.

Xia Tian nodded, took the planner and looked carefully.

"The venue is still set at Elizabeth Stadium, is it still three days?" he asked while looking.

"Yes, I want to be the same as last time this time." He nodded, "Elizabeth Stadium is enough, and it should be almost the same in three days."

"In my opinion, three days are a bit insufficient. Let's do it, it's better to be five days." Xia Tian thought about it for a while.

The Spirit Fantasy Film Exhibition held last year was only three days to hold, so the tourists were crowded, and they were sweating profusely, making them feel like the Golden Week in the Mainland.

With so many people, it is certainly a good thing for the organizers of the event. After all, one more tourist will make a penny more. But for tourists, so many people have seriously affected the fun of the game. After all, there are people everywhere. If you want to watch a movie or play a game, you have to queue up for a long time.

Therefore, in the summer, it is considered to extend the time of the film festival, which is set to five days. In this way, I believe that the density of tourists will decrease accordingly, and the fun of watching the movie will increase accordingly.

"If it is set to be five days, the rent will be much higher." He reminded.

There is an upper limit on the number of tourists at the film festival. It is better to set the time to three or five days, and the number of people should not change much. So in this case, of course, we should try to shorten the time and make the number of tourists in a single day the better. In this way, saving the cost of renting a venue is equivalent to making more money.

"If you have more, just have more." Xia Tian smiled, "The key is to have fun and have fun for the audience. Otherwise, everyone will be crowded like canned sardines, so what fun is there? Do they want to come next time?"

"Okay." Seeing that Xia Tian said so, He couldn't argue anymore and nodded.

"Is the time set to be half a month later?" Xia Tian asked again.

"Yes, this will give us enough time to prepare and promote." He You said.
Chapter completed!