latelenovela Chapter 462 Chen Wen: Why bother about something that is just a matter of going with the flow?
Chapter 462 Chen Wen: Why bother about something that is just a matter of going with the flow?
Hong Jingbao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that a movie was going to be made.
He had seen Su Zihao's skills before. Even if Su Zihao hadn't asked him, he had thought about inviting Su Zihao to film a movie.
Five years ago, Bruce Lee’s unexpected death plunged the entire Hong Kong Island’s action film market into a sluggish market, and his former studio, Ka Ho, was also hit hard.
As for Shaw Brothers, the boss Shaw Renleng attempted to take the opportunity to train the second Bruce Lee. Over a period of several years, his subordinate Liu Jialiang filmed several traditional action films. Although they did not have as much influence as Bruce Lee, they were still guaranteed to make millions at the box office.
Jiahe’s boss Zou Wenhuai asked Hong Jingbao to imitate the other party while filming.
Hong Jingbao filmed Hung Gar related movies as required. After a two million box office movie came out, Hong Jingbao knew that he was no match for Liu Jialiang, the successor of Hung Gar, so he switched to Wing Chun and filmed a movie with a box office of 2.8 million. Now, he has been extending this series to make movies.
In this traditional Kung Fu-themed competition, both sides are evenly matched.
Riding on the new wave, Hong Jingbao shot the supernatural film "Ghost Fighting Ghost" which combined horror and traditional kung fu two years ahead of schedule.
However, this does not mean that he has given up the idea of creating a second Bruce Lee.
This idea became even stronger when he met Su Zihao.
"You and I really have the same idea by coincidence. Boss Zou and I have already talked about it and are planning to invite you to come and shoot a traditional Kung Fu movie."
Hong Jingbao said excitedly: "You are Bruce Lee's apprentice, and I have seen his kung fu. It will be no problem for you to take over his job."
Hearing this, Su Zihao wanted to spit the tea on the other person's face.
A short mule going to shoot a traditional kung fu movie?
You are just worried that your club won't be able to break into the film industry.
It must be said that the ideas that Zou Wenhuai and Hong Jingbao came up with were indeed brilliant.
But, can anyone take over Bruce Lee's class? He had so many disciples over decades, but you haven't made many of them famous.
Although Su Zihao thought this was a good idea, he didn't want to struggle in the entertainment industry all day.
What's more, there are so many ways to make money, why bother looking for the most difficult one?
Thinking of this, Su Zihao rejected the proposal without hesitation.
"Brother Bao! Don't make it difficult for me. I just want you to help me make a movie. It's not that difficult!"
After saying that, Su Zihao pointed to the file bag in front of Hong Jingbao and asked him to take a look. Only then did Hong Jingbao open the script.
"Zombies?"
Su Zihao nodded and continued, "To be honest, I am a fan of yours. I wrote this after watching your movie 'Ghost Fighting Ghost'."
Hong Jingbao casually flipped through the script.
Although "Ghost Fighting" has already been filmed, many film companies have followed suit and filmed similar themes.
Not to mention others, even Hong Jingbao plans to shoot a sequel.
It is precisely for this reason that he is not optimistic about Su Zihao's unpopular zombie theme.
In other words, he felt that the people in the society did not understand movies, and they just saw that the film market made a lot of money, so they followed the trend and made a movie to make some money.
"This type of movie is really popular. If we shoot it at this time, it may have some box office success, but it may not be ideal."
Hong Jingbao continued, "Although Baohe is now independent, we still have to talk to Boss Zou."
He said some high-sounding words and finally put the blame on Zou Wenhuai. One can only say that Hong Jingbao is really not easy to deceive.
"Asking you to film is a compliment to you. What qualifications do you have to negotiate terms here?"
Jiu Wenlong heard the hidden meaning and stood up to angrily retort.
Upon seeing this, A Zha and his companions took a step forward aggressively, as if they could devour these people alive in the next second.
"Hey, what kind of skill is it to shoot your own brothers?"
Su Zihao said to Hong Jingbao meaningfully: "I don't know your boss well, I only trust you, so I'll talk to you."
"Brother Bao, why don't you let me have a try?"
A faint voice interrupted the silence of the room, and this voice came from the henchmen brought by Hong Jingbao.
Su Zihao calmly handed the script in his hand to the other party, and then started to fool Hong Jingbao.
"Looking to your boss is nothing more than an investment. Since you don't think it's good, I'll invest and you guys just shoot it."
"If Boss Zou doesn't want to show it in Jiahe, then I'll find another theater chain."
Su Zihao continued, "Jiahe will not invest and will share 30% of the box office revenue. If it is another theater chain, I can only share 20%. It depends on what Boss Zou thinks."
At this time, movies were all invested in by major theater chains such as Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, and the majority of the movie box office revenue naturally went to the theater chains.
As for Hong Jingbao, he was a martial arts instructor before and only earned 1500 yuan in salary at Jiahe.
Today's Garbo Films is the product of Jiahe's independent producer system. Hong Jingbao is responsible for film production, while Jiahe is responsible for investment and distribution, and the two parties share the profits according to a certain ratio.
The film was invested by outsiders and produced by Garbo Films, while Jiahe took 30% of the box office and was responsible for publicity and promotion. Su Zihao's words undoubtedly impacted this system.
"It's against the rules to do this." Hong Jingbao looked puzzled.
"Then let's add one more condition. Garbo Films will be under the protection of Hongxing."
Before Hong Jingbao could continue speaking, Su Zihao said with a smile, "Let him shoot the script. This way, you can explain yourself."
Originally, Hong Jingbao's followers were reading the script with great interest, but when Su Zihao called their names, they instantly became timid.
Not only this follower, but even Hong Jingbao felt a tremor in his heart.
It was not for any other reason, but because this little follower was the junior fellow he least favored, not cut out for martial arts, and he had been arranged by him to be an assistant to the crew's photographer.
"This is him. Consider this play as my investment in you. Don't let me down."
Su Zihao's words made the other party more and more angry.
Hong Jingbao somehow fell into Su Zihao's trap and asked, "What about investment???"
"It depends on what Boss Zou means. If he wants to invest, then we can invest together and the box office revenue will be divided according to the investment ratio."
Su Zihao said slowly, "I won't invest, I will just invest 400 million yuan, and he will get % of the box office if he distributes it."
Having said that, Su Zihao had already anticipated the result.
Hong Jingbao was not optimistic about the movie "Mr. Vampire" at first, but Zou Wenhuai of Jiahe would definitely listen to Hong Jingbao's advice.
Hong Jingbao's recently popular movie "Ghost Fighting Ghost" had an investment of only 200 million yuan and the box office was only 567 million yuan.
As soon as Su Zihao came on board, he raised the initial investment to 400 million, which gave Hong Jingbao the illusion that he didn't understand movies. In addition, the investment cost was too high, so Zou Wenhuai would definitely not invest.
Of course, he would never give up the film. After all, the remaining Golden Princess and Shaw Brothers were both rivals eyeing him covetously.
In this way, Su Zihao is the biggest winner of this business.
However, this matter put a lot of pressure on Hong Jingbao...