My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 639 Confirmation of cooperation, publicity starts

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Zou Wenhuai was sitting on the dark brown sofa, curled up, with a red wine glass in his hand, smiling and looking at Wu Xiaozu who walked into the room.

Looking down at the past, Boss Wu's heart trembled——

Indistinctly, the terrifying Mediterranean hairstyle is taking shape, making him understand what it means to get older and more coquettish, bald and more coquettish~ like a pampas vulture~
The smiling Quan pretended not to hear the other party's teasing - I, Xiao Zu, was the only one who was magnanimous in his life, and his heart was more than broad-minded, and he was simply in love!
Looking at Daheng Zou, who was wearing a white shirt, with a bright forehead and squinted bright eyes, inexplicably thought of Teacher Zou Jielun Damu in his mind.

"Azu~"

He Guanchong, who has black and white thick hair, greeted with a smile, although he was surprised why Wu Xiaozu stared at his head inexplicably, although it was strange, he didn't care too much.

He waved his hand, took a bottle of red wine, signaled him to sit down, and said, "This time Wen Huai and I are here together. Apart from congratulating you on the big sale of your movie, I also want to ask if you are interested in working together."

"Uncle Chang, I'll do it myself~"

Wu Xiaozu quickly took the red wine, poured a glass himself, and showed a harmless smile, "Cooperation? Are you talking about the third-line screening?"

The post-production of "Dragon Inn" has been completed, and the publicity tour has started according to the rhythm.

The film was handed over to Xinbao Cinemas for screening, and at the same time, Zhang Jiazhen from the distribution department also negotiated with Debao Cinemas to confirm the "double screening".

However, on this basis, the company is also seeking "multi-line screening".Among them is Golden Harvest Cinemas.

"Okay, if you make a film for Golden Harvest, I will definitely agree to the co-screening!"

Daheng Zou said with a smile: "You Wu Xiaozu will start a play, the actor is your choice, and the investment is not limited! How about it?"

"Okay~"

Wu Xiaozu shrugged innocently, "I happened to be discussing with Brother Long about filming together, and wanted to test the reaction of the North American market. Uncle Huai, is there really no limit on investment??"

Seeing Wu Xiaozu smiling and revealing his irregular white teeth, Zou Wenhuai subconsciously brushed his flowing hair, and stroking the hair of 'local' with his fingers to support 'central'.

"...(ノ｀Д)ノ..."

Mr. Zou pursed his lips, almost biting the cigar next to his mouth, and his voice came out with a sinister swish.

"Testing the waters in North America? The water in that place is not shallow!
Are you not afraid of being swallowed up by those white men?Do you really think that even the air in that place is the fragrance of freedom? "

The little old man took a sip of the residue in his mouth, "You don't think that American imperialism also recognizes you... the Wu-Xiao-Zu brand? If you really think so, pretend I didn't say it!"

"My brand may not be bright enough, but my pair of tricks are pretty good. That's why I want to work with Golden Harvest."

Wu Xiaozu maintained a harmless smile, "Uncle Huai, you have a wide network of contacts in North America, that's why I asked you to test the waters in North America~ You won't really be willing to give up the North American market, will you?

I understand Uncle Huai's concerns, the water in Hollywood is indeed very deep.It is precisely because of the depth of the water that we can have a better draft and be able to support an aircraft carrier, isn't it? "

"Don't you value the mainland market?" Zou Wenhuai raised his eyebrows cautiously.

"The mainland market has a huge demographic dividend. At the same time, the same origin is the future of Chinese-language films. But... that may be 20 or 30 years from now, not now."

Wu Xiaozu looked upright, Gao Shan looked up and said: "I didn't really expect the mainland to contribute much to the box office when I made a co-production.

I just want to promote the improvement of mainland films and pave the way for the future. "

"The investment in "Dragon Inn" is quite a lot, Azu, is it really so easy to earn tens of millions? You don't think us old people really don't know how to eat brains, do you? If so, why not throw tens of millions at random? I'm fine, I promise, I must know how to pave the way better than you.

Believe Uncle Chang, I will make it clear for you~ Do you believe it or not?It will directly pave the way for you 30 years later!You can do whatever you want~ just give me money! "He Guanchang looked at Wu Xiaozu seriously, "I will pave all the roads of golden nanmu for you!" "

Is golden nanmu the way?

Being choked by He Guanchong, Wu Xiaozu didn't blush, his eyes were not annoyed, and he didn't feel the slightest embarrassment.

The box office in the mainland market is not particularly weak before the piracy is rampant.Therefore, Wu Xiaozu is promoting the account-sharing model. When account-sharing movies appear and piracy is not rampant, it can be predicted that the profit will definitely be very considerable!

At that time, "Sunny Day" had a box office of more than 5000 million, "Red Fan District" had a box office of nearly 1.05 million, and "True Lies" had a box office of [-] million!
In fact, the impact of the video tape itself on the movie box office is not that great in the mainland!
The truly terrifying ones are the VCD and DVD batches!
That is the countless consequences!
By that time, the cost of piracy is too low.I can burn the CD by myself~ This kind of flood is also the reason why the movie fell into a trough at that time.At that time, if a movie wanted to have an advantage at the box office, it must take anti-piracy measures.

"Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" are films that have done quite well in this respect compared to other domestic films.

In the previous life, the account-sharing model was launched in 1994, initially because of the results of Sino-US negotiations.In this life, Wu Xiaozu feels that it is not impossible to push hard in advance. Of course, the momentum behind this must be large enough.

But even if it is only one or two years earlier, it will have an immeasurable impact on the film industry!

With Wu Xiaozu's human nature, he would never reveal this kind of thing, so even if He Guanxuan used words to push him away, he didn't care, his face remained unchanged, and he continued to smile.

"The Hong Kong Island filming location is too limited, and there is a lot of room for filming and market in the mainland. Didn't the old man say that he crossed the river by feeling the stones.

So am I now.

With the easing of cross-strait relations, I think the capital is also very curious about the mainland, and it is only a matter of time before we go north..." Wu Xiaozu explained half-truths and half-truths, and what he said can stand scrutiny.

Regardless of whether what Wu Xiaozu said is true or not, He Guanchong and Zou Wenhuai also agree with some of Wu Xiaozu's views.

Although Boss Zou is a businessman, he is not in vain as a "film entrepreneur".

He contributed a lot to the prosperity of Hong Kong films!

It is also his obsession with Hollywood that makes Cheng Long's success in Hollywood!

He himself once worked for the U.S. News Service in the United States, and at the same time worked for several media companies, including the famous Voice of America radio station.

In 57, he served as the publicity manager of Shaw Brothers, and was later promoted to production manager and deputy general manager. He made a great contribution to Shaw Brothers' films going out of Hong Kong Island!

He has contributed a lot to the distribution of Chinese-language films in Europe and the United States!

This is also the reason why Xiaozu Wu must pull him to jump into the pit together~ Not only because Boss Zou can bear the toss, his family has a big business, the most important thing is that he himself has a very deep network of contacts and qualifications in North America.

Only then did he cooperate with Bruce Lee, and then operate his films to affect the whole world.

"What he said is true~"

Zou Wenhuai smiled at He Guanchong, "It is also necessary to pave the way for mainland movies. After all, he cannot immigrate with his status~"

(ノ｀Д)ノ!
Wu Xiaozu smiled, this is undeniable, and there is no need to explain.This is just a joke.

"The North American market is not easy to navigate ~ the water is too deep.",

He Guanchong took Wu Xiaozu's cigarette with a smile, and said unhurriedly: "It's not that Golden Harvest has never thought of promoting Chinese-starred movies to test Hollywood. "Killer's Trenches", "Cannonball Run"..."

"And the embarrassing "The Dragon Detective"!" Wu Xiaozu answered with a smile.

"..." He Guan was at a loss for words.

If "Killer's Trenches" made a slight mistake, then "The Dragon Detective" is really a cliche Hollywood plot, without Cheng Long's own wonderful style at all.

The only improvement is the contribution of the "Police Story" inspiration!At the beginning, Cheng Long and the director had a difficult time in Hollywood.

Most importantly, Golden Harvest threw $6000 million in the past, and under the fierce operation of Andrew Morgan, the head of North America, who claimed to understand the rules of Hollywood... a small loss of $7100 million!
Well, Daheng Zou lost another 1100 million US dollars. (○｀ 3′○)!

This is also the root cause of Golden Harvest's inability to compete with New Art City in those two years. It was really because of insufficient funds!Shopping without money!
At this time, North America had contact with oriental films. Before that, there was Shaw Brothers, and later it was Brother Xiaolong and Jiahe.

Wu Xiaozu counts, this time is the third generation to test the waters in North America!

The first two times were not successful.

However, Wu Xiaozu firmly believed that Zou Wenhuai was very interested.Lessons learned from the past, the wheels will not turn!

No one in later generations has Zou Wenhuai's vision, pace, opportunity and pragmatic approach.

At most, people will be stuffed into Hollywood movies, and then they will make a special version for the market~ it is really low to the extreme!
"We can't lose our own style when we test the water. We can't lose our best content just because we flatter the other market.

Brother Long's own action scenes are the elements that attract European and American audiences, and I'm also testing the waters this year.I think Uncle Huai and Uncle Chang should have heard about it. I invested in a small-production film in North America.At the same time, he is also preparing to build his own North American company..."

The meaning of this passage is: Don't be afraid, two seniors, I will trick you with a sense of propriety.

Naturally, Wu Xiaozu will not put all his chips on the notorious Harvey Weinstein.

Of course, the basic strategy will not change.

However, it is also necessary to test the waters of Hollywood with Golden Harvest here!
"It's okay~ at most it's just a loss of some money." Zou Wenhuai had a cigar in his mouth, wearing round glasses, and smiled calmly, "When I was working at Shaw, I often chatted with Uncle Liu. Everyone really wanted to see China The movie took off.

It doesn't matter if we don't see that day when we do it ourselves.

I only hope that there will be a successor, and there will be such a day!
This step is very slow, very slow...

We don't want to say that Chinese films really affect the world like Hollywood, but Hollywood is the largest stage of the world's film entertainment industry, and a hundred flowers are blooming. Why can't there be Chinese people standing there and making our voices heard?

what do you say? "

what did I say?
You old man has planted so many fans, it is already comparable to the tribe's "three-season rice", what else can I say?
I just hope that the Hollywood stage will not drop the line~
"Then about the joint screening of "Dragon Inn"..." Wu Xiaozu asked shamelessly.

"Why don't you make money? As long as it doesn't affect Golden Harvest's filming, so what if you allow it? Don't treat Wu Xiaozu as the only one who cares about the motherland, and we all like our history!" Zou Wenhuai looked at Wu Xiaozu righteously, "We are also prepared Go pave the way!"

o(╯□╰)o!

Wu Xiaozu smiled.

Not surprised by Zou Wenhuai's actions.

If you really can't see the business opportunities in the mainland, then you look down on these filmmakers too much!

The fact is that it has become a trend for Hong Kong people to go north.The film industry is an afterthought!

This kind of cooperation does not happen overnight, both parties need to get in touch slowly, three to two months is normal, not to mention Wu Xiaozu's time is very tight in the first half of the year.But it's already a big progress to confirm the cooperation matter~
On this side, the cooperation between the two parties was confirmed, and on the other side, the publicity strategy of "Dragon Inn" was also launched.

The publicity of "Dragon Inn" began to appear on the market, soft and hard, and at the same time, Wu Xiaozu also started to be a trapeze artist!
The first stop is Illidan ~ bah ~ Rotterdam!
　Cough cough~ Nostalgic service queue really reflects the quality of our wow players~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)