Chapter 087 Taking over Shaw Brothers Cinemas(1/3)
On January 8th, the new weekend Hurricane Rescue once again scored 1.7 million at the box office, accumulating 11 million Hong Kong dollars in eight days. When Lin Zhengying walked on the street, she really felt the feeling of being famous!
Whether he was going out to buy breakfast from home or on the way to the Jiahe studio, there were people everywhere who exclaimed "Uncle Ying" to him and even came to ask for his autograph.
Even though he has been in the industry for more than ten years and is over 30 years old, he still has a dreamy feeling.
This hot feeling is really...
While on the set of Jiahe, enjoying the admiration and admiration of a group of Hong family acquaintances, a figure hurriedly walked over and waved to A-ying, "A-ying, He Sheng is looking for you."
This is Hong Yinbao.
Amid the shouts of a group of San Mao brothers, A Ying also nodded politely to her left and right, and walked away with Hong Xinbao. While walking, Hong Xinbao whispered, "I heard the meaning of some words. Zou Sheng and He Sheng still want to work."
Let’s see if we can bring hurricane relief to Hollywood.”
"If this thing can be done, A-ying, it will be really amazing."
Lin Zhengying was shocked, but felt it was natural.
Zou Sheng's international vision has been around since the early 1970s. Back then, he collaborated with Warner Bros. in Hollywood, Enter the Dragon, and Brother Xiao Long started the trend. It cost 800,000 U.S. dollars, and A-Mei's family spent more than 25 million U.S. dollars.
box office.
Globally, not counting the cumulative box office of re-releases over the years, the film also earned more than 90 million US dollars worldwide that year.
Having had Brother Xiao Long, Zou Wenhuai would look up to Hollywood more than once. After Cheng Long became famous, he still cooperated with Warner Bros., which one of Killer Trench and Cannonball Speed was not an ambitious project to enter Hollywood?
Even if it failed, there would be subsequent hits such as Cannonball 2 and Power Rangers, and in 1989, a co-production of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles would earn a global box office of HK$1 billion.
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Zhengying asked curiously, "Does Director Zhao hold all the copyrights of Hurricane Rescue?"
Hong Qinbao nodded and refused to comment. Zou Sheng and He Sheng over there had that idea and must have considered it. It was nothing more than a capital injection and cooperation.
In this aspect, Zou Wenhuai is really more grand than the Thunder Tycoon, the future Pan Disheng, etc. Whether it is the fast food truck in 1984 or the later Brothers and Tigers, spending a lot of money to film in Europa is just stupid.
"If you were asked to direct a follow-up movie about hurricane rescue, would you be able to make it?"
Lin Zhengying looked embarrassed. She glanced at Sanmao a few times and found that the other person was looking at him very seriously. Aying smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't take the photo."
At this point, he took a cigarette and said, "After the New World, more than a few new styles of clothing became popular. Many clothing factories and stores made a lot of money, and similar gangster movies were made that followed the trend."
"I heard that Brother Da Rong just followed suit, didn't he?"
He is talking about Deng Yurong, the leader of Lian Le who has certain prestige and strength in the film industry and society, and is also the sworn brother of Qin Xianglin in the Five Lucky Stars.
Many people in later generations know that Chen Huimin is the eldest brother of Jianghu and one of the 14 talkers, but the strength of the Lianle and Deng Yurong associations is not much weaker than that of Chen Huimin alone in the 14th.
Ah-Lian and Zhou Runfa broke up, and Ah-Fa committed suicide. Both of them were contributed by Deng Yurong. It was Deng Yurong who introduced Ah-Lian to the Hongmen eldest brother of Amei's family by being sworn to his sister. But Shen Feifei alone had no connections to know Amei's family. The Hongmen eldest brother?
Deng Yurong was different. His father was the former head of the Hongmen Hall in Yangcheng. The Lianle club was founded by his father's disciples and was later handed over to Da Rong.
"But for hurricane rescue, let's not talk about the editing method that ordinary editors can't do. If you want to shoot well with handheld photography, Director Zhao is the only one on Hong Kong Island at present."
Speaking of this, Lin Zhengying felt a little lucky.
Hong Qinbao also smiled bitterly, "Fuck you when you talk about this. I have been practicing for so long, and I can do handheld photography for more than ten minutes, but the things I photograph... are shameless."
The problem of following the trend of Hong Kong movies is too great, ruining every subject matter.
However, there are still hopes and opportunities to follow the trend and imitate the new world, but want to follow the trend of hurricane rescue?
That's just a laugh.
After a while, Lin Zhengying arrived at Zou Wenhuai's office and saw not only Zou Sheng, He Sheng, but also a green-haired foreigner. When he came in, the foreigner kept staring at him with slightly shining eyes.
A Ying looked unnatural, mainly because his eyes were also very wandering, and he always felt that the color of the other person's hair was a bit weird.
Zou Wenhuai stood up with a smile, "Aying, this is Mr. Ross from Warner Bros. He and I went to the theater to watch your Hurricane Rescue. Mr. Ross spoke very highly of you."
Ross shook hands with Lin Zhengying enthusiastically and said in awkward Cantonese, "Lin, your new movie is much better-looking and more exciting than the Big Nose movie from the past two years."
Lin Zhengying continued to laugh awkwardly, and Zou Wenhuai and others were a little uncomfortable. After a few polite words, Ross went straight to the topic, "Lin, do you think we will invest in Warner, Golden Harvest and Zhao's boss to make Hurricane 2 together?" , how much hope do you have?”
Lin Zhengying smiled awkwardly, but her words were polite and enthusiastic, and she didn't know what to ask.
Ah Yingchao is grateful to Director Zhao, okay? At present, Zhao Donghuai is a good big brother and a good boss in his heart, second only to Brother Sanmao.
Under this situation, outsiders wanted to divide the profits in Director Zhao's hands, but of course he didn't know anything about it.
Ross looked at Zou Wenhuai, and Zou Sheng smiled, "Aying, why don't you help us make an appointment with Xiao Zhaosheng?"
"Actually, if you can't participate in Hurricane Rescue 2, we can also ask you to be the protagonist and create a new series tailored to your needs. You were a retired instructor of the Flying Tigers before, and next time you can be a retired CIA or FBI."
"Most people can't do handheld photography, but this technology originated in Hollywood. Just hire someone behind the scenes from Hollywood."
Lin Zhengying was speechless.
But he knew that it would not be difficult to hire a photographer from there.
Director Zhao pioneered the style and genre of integrating handheld photography into action films. Then as long as he finds more top editors to study fast editing routines and more martial arts fingers, he can imitate the same style.
Most Hong Kong film companies can't do it, but Zou Sheng can definitely do it and give it a try.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The biggest feature of the handheld photography action genre is that it does not need to be life-threatening like Cheng Long. If you have good behind-the-scenes and photography skills, you can also launch action superstars in batches.
Of course, the premise is that good funds, good technology, a good script, and action stars are all combined.
Warner, the Hollywood giant, has the first three, and Golden Harvest has the last two.
Just now he was lucky that ordinary companies could not follow the trend and could not drown this subject quickly. In the blink of an eye, he encountered a tycoon who wanted to follow the trend?
After being silent for dozens of seconds, Lin Zhengying said hurriedly, "Thank you Zou Sheng for the promotion, but I'm afraid my schedule in the past two years is full. Not only do I have to shoot Brother Sanmao's Lucky Star series and Human Ghost series, I also signed several films with Director Zhao.
play."
"But I can send a message and help you make an appointment with Director Zhao."
After being rejected, Zou Wenhuai showed no anger or dissatisfaction and instead laughed.
The green-haired Ross frowned a little, "Lin, we are going to push you to Hollywood? Don't you understand?"
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After a while, Lin Zhengying and Hong Yinbao walked out of the big office together. As they had agreed before, they called Director Zhao to make an appointment.
While walking, Hong Qinbao said with a curious smile, "You refused so quickly just now, how willing are you? That's Hollywood."
Lin Zhengying spread her hands, "I'm telling the truth. Whether it's the third part of the Human Ghost series, the second part of Lucky Star, or the hurricane series with Director Zhao, aren't they all decided in advance?"
Hong Qinbao laughed and patted A Ying on the shoulder, "Originally, the third part of Humans and Ghosts should have started filming a long time ago... Now, I feel that the book is not very good."
"If you still play the role of a good guy who pretends to be a heavenly master and scares ghosts without any strength, you are too weak. After so many viewers have seen your hurricane rescue, they will have already designated you as a super boss in their minds."
"It should be like the ones in Ren Jing Ren, or better than the Taoist masters in Ren Jing Ren."
"The setting of the last script is scrapped. I will find you 3 million, and then ask Zou Sheng if he is willing to raise funds. When you want to shoot, you can find someone to form a team yourself. You will be the biggest male lead and move the fingers.
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The third part of the original "Humans and Ghosts" was crowded at the box office by a bunch of blockbuster movies. After it hit the market, Ah Ying and Liu Guanwei co-produced the scene of Mr. Zombie. The zombies were all played by Yuen Hua. That will be next year.
As soon as Hurricane Rescue exploded, Hong Yinbao immediately rejected the script for the third part of "Humans and Ghosts".
Lao Liu is also a master of zombie movies, including Mr. Zombie, Family of Zombies, Uncle Zombie, New Mr. Zombie, etc... They were all created by Lao Liu as a director. He started working with Hong Xibao in the late 1970s.
Like he said, hurricane rescue is too fierce!
If you position Lin Zhengying's second part or the next part as a Taoist priest or a heavenly master who pretends to be a ghost and scares others, it will be too easy for the audience to feel separated.
Even if it continues to be a scary Taoist master, it will not be too fragmented.
Lin Zhengying nodded excitedly, "Okay."
What Director Zhao meant was to leave Hurricane 2 to him and let him find the script, act as the director, select the actors, etc. Once it is done, Zhao Donghuai will be the producer, inject funds, and have a handheld camera.
It’s just Teacher Si.
Hong Qinbao continued walking and said helplessly as he walked, "Hey, what about Lucky Star? Originally, you were supposed to be a villain and attract our Five Lucky Stars to the island country. In the end, Abiao or Aaron alone can defeat you."
"The current environment does not allow it. How about we defeat all the masters of the villains, and then you can easily come on the stage and beat me, Aaron, and Abiao to the ground, leaving us unable to fight back.
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"And then you are attacked by a vase girl or Luo Han Guo and you are beaten to the street? Add a bit of comedy. The stronger you are, the more dramatic you will be when you are attacked and knocked down."
Lin Zhengying, "..."
"Brother Sanmao, you can handle this kind of thing. I'm going to call Director Zhao and remind him that it's still being released in Shaw Brothers. If word gets out that Shaw Brothers won't like it, it would be a pity to cancel it immediately.
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Hong Qinbao, "..."
He almost forgot about this.
If Director Zhao had been happy to talk to Zou Sheng when he heard about the opportunity to go to Hollywood, and when Boss Shao heard about it, he would have lost a lot.
If that's the case? Zou Sheng would be beaming with joy. The worst case scenario is that Golden Harvest Cinema will take over and re-release it. It's already January 9th. Plan A will be released for 17 days, and the box office will be squeezed to a pitiful end.
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Director Zhao, who was discussing Liu Dehua's contract with Shao Daheng, received Lin Zhengying's BB phone, found a nearby phone to finish the conversation, then walked back with a smile and said, "That Zou Sheng came to me, it seems he still wants to hit Hollywood.
To be continued...