Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 218 [Investing in Hollywood blockbusters]

Universal Studios in Clear Water Bay surpassed Shaw Brothers Studios in Clear Water Bay in terms of scale and investment.

寰宇影城占地面积72万平方尺，有7座摄影棚、3幢员工住宅大厦（16层）员工也有1000多人，住市区的员工日夜有大巴车接送，另有10辆14座小巴不间隔的穿梭在清水湾和九龙市区；影城另有一幢22层高的酒店和一条商业街。

After Asia TV moved in, Universal Studios still didn't look crowded, and even seemed empty. Asia TV had a dedicated production building; as for the filming of episodes, it was naturally the same batch of studios used by Universal Pictures.

According to Lin Rongheng's estimate, Asia TV did not need to move before the 90s; however, once Asia TV made a profit, it would naturally apply to the Hong Kong government to establish a headquarters. After all, this is a good opportunity to purchase property.

Lin Rongheng called Zou Wenhuai to discuss in the office of Universal Pictures.

Zou Wenhuai's joining of Huanyu made Lin Rongheng a lot of peace of mind and made the company develop smoothly; not only that, Golden Harvest's merger into Huanyu also brought a lot of actors and talents.For example, He Guanchang, the second in command of the original Golden Harvest, is a very good producer. He is the producer of many films under Universal; a producer is a person who puts ideas into reality. Humans are the ones who bring the project together, utilize all the creative elements, and deal with the various issues that can arise in filmmaking.

To sum up, the director may only be responsible for the shooting, and basically ignore off-site factors; but the producer is equivalent to the director of the film, responsible for all aspects.

In his previous life, He Guanchang had a very high status in the Xiangjiang film industry. He Guanchang and Jackie Chan had a very close relationship, and the two often admitted in public that they were righteous father and son.

After Zou Wenhuai came to Lin Rongheng's office, he saw Lin Rongheng was buried in writing, so he drank tea and waited in peace.

Soon, Lin Rongheng raised his head and handed the written things to Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai stepped forward to take it, and returned to the sofa while watching curiously.

"Boss, do you still like to watch American boxing matches?"

"Well, I am not only a fan of Bruce Lee's kung fu, but also a fan of boxing champion Ali."

Lin Rongheng was bragging at all, he didn't like fighting at all, he just wanted Universal Pictures' Western Film Company to invest in a movie, and this movie was Stallone's "Rocky".

Of course, Universal Pictures did not participate in the filming, but as an investor.

Hollywood film companies all adopt the producer system, which implements whoever invests will benefit, and Universal Pictures can naturally intervene.

For example, in the previous life, Shaw Brothers invested in the Hollywood blockbuster "Blade Runner" in the 80s, which was distributed by Warner. Shaw Brothers was only one of the main investors, but this movie hit the market.

This time, what Lin Rongheng wrote on the paper was about: this year, the boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wipner. A reporter once questioned whether Vipner could survive. Vip's answer was: I am a survivor in my life. If I can survive in the Marine Corps, then Ali's fist is not to be feared.

Based on this incident, Universal Pictures could approach Sylvester Stallone and invest in the script he edited based on this incident, as well as the shooting of the entire movie.

Stallone is now a not-so-popular actor and screenwriter in Hollywood. Naturally, it is impossible to refuse when capital comes to him; Universal Pictures first invests (buys) his script, and then brings funds and Stallone to find Warner for cooperation. Warner and Universal We have cooperated several times, and it is a matter of course.

"It's a pity that Bruce Lee is no longer here, otherwise we wouldn't need to take such a risk to break into Hollywood!"

"You are wrong! Bruce Lee's box office in Hollywood is more than 2000 million US dollars. The spirit promoted by this movie is exactly what is popular in the United States. The box office easily crushes the box office of Bruce Lee's movies!"

In this life, Bruce Lee's last two films earned 5000 million US dollars in Hollywood, which is twice as brilliant as in his previous life; however, even so, he could not escape the fate of being killed, but he lived an extra year.With physical problems and playing with women, accidents are inevitable.

Zou Wenhuai didn't ask Lin Rongheng why he knew Sylvester Stallone. Anyway, the boss knew everything and was confident in everything he did; moreover, the cost of investing in this kind of movie was not as high as Bruce Lee's Hollywood movie, which was not worth mentioning to Universal Pictures.

After chatting for a while, Zou Wenhuai left the office. He happened to meet Li Hanxiang and Brigitte Lin who came to find Lin Rongheng, greeted him politely, and left.

Leaving Lin Rongheng's office, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but smile. He always thought that the boss was a person who didn't cheat, but he didn't expect that he had already started cheating on the second actress.

At the beginning, Zou Wenhuai did not discover the relationship between Zhao Yazhi and Lin Rongheng, but after a long time, he found that Zhao Yazhi was treated differently, and felt that Chen Hansheng was taking care of him; when choosing actresses for "Half a Catty", Zou Wenhuai finally discovered Zhao Yazhi's relationship. Who is in the background.But these are irrelevant. In the movies of this era, actresses rarely play outstanding roles. This is the case in Bruce Lee's movies and Xu Guanwen's movies; besides, Zhao Yazhi's image is good, and he has recently started filming with Zheng Shaoqiu, so I think so Hand-picked by the boss.

The boss's second actress must be the one just now, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but think.The reason is too simple. It seems that no actress has ever gone to the boss's office. According to the normal regulations, it is enough for Li Hanxiang to shoot a film and talk to himself. It is impossible to alarm the boss.

Although the boss's style is like this, Zou Wenhuai is not surprised or disgusted at all. When he was in Shaw Brothers movies, many actresses often went to Shao Laoliu's villa for parties; Relationships happen, but at least those actresses who went to Shaw Villa weren't.

As for the Huanyu company, the boss has very little contact with actresses. It seems that the boss likes actors outside the company, and doesn't like actresses in the company.

Li Hanxiang brought Brigitte Lin to Lin Rongheng's office, and took the initiative to introduce: "Boss, this is the Jia Baoyu actor you handpicked—Miss Lin Qingxia, Miss Lin Qingxia, and this is the boss of Universal Pictures, Mr. Lin Rongheng."

Lin Rongheng got up and prepared to welcome, while looking at the young Brigitte Lin.

Whether it is figure, skin color, eyes, nose, mouth, etc., she is not top-notch, but she feels surprisingly good.

When Zhao Yazhi was young, Lin Rongheng thought that she could only be considered a first-class beauty after she developed it herself; but Brigitte Lin has always been beautiful, and she has her own characteristics.

(End of this chapter)