Reborn Hong Kong's Hidden Behind the Scenes

Chapter 135 "The Fast and the Furious"

After Tengyue TV officially signed the film and television adaptation rights of several novels by Liang Yusheng, the films "Meeting Goodbye" and "Women's Heart" have been drawn up one after another.

The box office performance of "Meeting Goodbye" is relatively good, and finally stayed at 1412 million Hong Kong dollars. "Women's Heart" was slightly worse, reaching a box office of 1264 million Hong Kong dollars.

And at this time, the Hollywood blockbuster "True Lies" starring Chow Yun-fat has already been screened in Hong Kong.On the first day, it got a super high box office of 128 million Hong Kong dollars.In just three days, it raked in 429 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.I am afraid that the box office of over 2000 million Hong Kong dollars is not a dream.

In addition, in Hollywood, the "Breakfast Club" produced by Tengyue has been officially launched in North America, with a box office of 7318 million US dollars.

The Hollywood blockbuster "Lightning Dance" directed by James and starring Phoebe Cates has also been produced and will be promoted soon.If it is released, it may be during the Chinese New Year.

As for Su Cheng, who was in Tengyue Entertainment Company, sitting in the office, he was a little dazed.

After the "Breakfast Club" is downloaded, the rewards of the system will be distributed accordingly.Only this time, he actually gave a Hollywood movie script and a domestic movie script.

A Hollywood movie script, it's The Hangover.The domestic film script is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

"The Hangover", in later generations, Su Cheng only watched the first one. Although the final box office results of this film were good, in his eyes, it was too rough.If it was filmed by Teng Yue Entertainment Company, it would need a lot of editing.

What surprised Su Cheng the most was that for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the system only gave the script, and there was no corresponding contract for adaptation rights as usual.

This gave him quite a headache.For one thing, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was published as a novel, and the serialization time is nearly 40 years away from the present.Second, the original author of this novel, if I remember correctly, passed away a few years ago.It is not easy to get the adaptation contract as soon as possible.You have to find the next of kin first.

Just as he was thinking about this, Yuan Heping knocked on the door and came in.

"Boss, the post-production of "Ip Man" is ready, do you want to take a look?"

Seeing this, Su Cheng's eyes lit up instantly, first let him sit on the sofa, asked the secretary to bring a cup of tea, and said slowly: "There is no rush to watch the movie. Director Yuan, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Have you read this novel?"

"Ah! No!" Yuan Heping was surprised at first, then waved his hands, not knowing what the boss wanted to do with this situation.

Su Cheng said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry if you haven't read it. I want you to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this novel for the company. I will write the movie script here, but I will trouble Director Yuan for the shooting. It's gone!"

"No trouble, no trouble. It is my honor to be appreciated by the boss." Yuan Heping said quickly.

Seeing his uncomfortable expression, Su Cheng didn't talk much, and said that he would go to the studio after finishing his work.

On the other side, Yuan Heping, who left Su Cheng's office, immediately asked someone to inquire about the novel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Unexpectedly, this time, it was delayed for a full five days. In the end, I heard from the editor-in-chief of a newspaper that the novel has not yet been published in Xiangjiang, and it can be bought in inland Shanghai.

However, the good news is that they found out that the author of this book is Wang Dulu. Although he has already been born, his first wife Li Danquan is still there.If you find this person, you will be able to get the film and television adaptation rights.

After the discussion, Yuan Heping planned to go over to handle this matter in person.Of course, after going there, you have to read the original novel first.Otherwise, how to negotiate?

After setting up a group of five people, Yuan Heping asked Sammo Hung, who was still in Xiangjiang, to take leave of absence.

When Su Cheng heard the news, Yuan Heping and the others had already gone inland.

He couldn't help but sigh: What a practical man!
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Not long after Yuan Heping went to the mainland, Tengyue received invitations to the American Golden Globes and Oscars.

Among them, the "Back to the Future" starring Leslie Cheung won the American Golden Globe Award, Musical Comedy, Best Actor nomination, and Best Screenplay nomination.Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing.

The "True Lies" starring Chow Yun-fat won the American Golden Globe Award, Musical Comedy, Best Actor nomination, Best Screenplay nomination, Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects nomination.

Although there are not many nominations, there is a great chance that the Best Actor Award at the American Golden Globe Awards will be awarded to one of Leslie Cheung or Chow Yun-fat.

As for the Oscar, maybe Mai Zishan will win the best editing award.He is the exclusive editor specially equipped by Tengyue for Hollywood blockbusters.Huang Yuetai is the dedicated photographer.

Hopefully they will make a name for themselves in Hollywood soon.

When New Year's Day came again, Sammo Hung brought all the brothers from the Hong family class and Su Cheng together again.

After having a drink together, Yuen Biao stood up first and said sincerely, "Thank you boss for your support."

"That's serious!" Su Cheng waved his hand, and said with a smile: "If you want to thank, I'd like to thank brother Sanmao. It's him who made the filming of you so well. Otherwise, if you change the director, maybe you won't be able to achieve what you are doing now."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

Sammo Hung hurriedly said, "No, I'm not that capable! It's all thanks to the boss!"

"Yes, yes, it's the boss's credit!" The others booed instantly.

Shaking his head, Su Cheng scolded with a smile: "It's too bad to learn from Brother Sanmao!"

After a burst of laughter, Su Cheng solemnly said to everyone: "Now we have gained a firm foothold in Hollywood. Starting from the next year, Brother Sanmao will start as the director and protagonist. Naturally, inside Yuen Biao and everyone are indispensable. But..."

After a pause, Su Cheng said: "Lin Zhengying, Wu Ma, Liu Guanwei, and Liu Jiarong must stay here in Xiangjiang first. The company still has a lot of Hong Kong films waiting for you to shoot. As for the others, they all follow Sanmao Go to Hollywood. For the script, shoot that "Fast and Furious" first."

Since the filming of the movie "Back to the Future", Su Cheng has been recalling many Hollywood blockbusters that later generations have seen.In order to be less dependent on the rewards of the system.

After all, in the past few years of exploration, no new rewards have appeared for the drama scripts obtained from the system, no matter how influential the post-shooting effects and ratings are.

For Hong Kong films, as the remuneration of actors and directors increases, coupled with the high quality required by the company, the cost is gradually rising. Even if the box office is good, it is even more difficult to earn more than 5 times the income. . More than 2 times, all began to shrink. (Naturally the first premiere region where the film was released).

The same is true for Hollywood blockbusters. With the increase of special effects, the cost is increasing, and the income is decreasing.In the future, there will be fewer people who want to get 2 movie rewards.Even slowly, the reward for getting a movie is no longer there.At least, among the many Hong Kong films that have been drawn, there are no longer systematic rewards. (No more than 1 times the return)

For this reason, Su Cheng began to write the script by himself.But the actual situation is that what he remembers is only the general plot, not complete.After thinking about it, he started working with Sammo Hung, Yuan Kui, Yuan Hua, Johnnie To and others to perfect the script he wanted to write.

"Fast and Furious" is their first Hollywood blockbuster.Based on the "Fast and Furious 4" that Su Cheng has seen.He hadn't watched the first three movies at all, so naturally he had no impression.

The difference from the original version is that on top of the "team", in addition to "racing skills", a lot of action fighting has been added.Among them, there are 7 protagonists.

Three foreigners, four Xiangjiang people.

The leader is the head of Xiangjiang.The character is called Smart Hong.He has a photographic memory, is highly skilled, and knows everything about firearms and the like. (boss).

Number two, Hong's deputy, butler Cao.All handed down craftsmen.Any lock in the world can be opened within 3 minutes.

The third child, the foundling prodigal son Fei.The top three hackers in the world.

Little sister Xiangxiang.Camouflage, difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Foreigner, a Filipino black boy, proficient in eight languages, and a good swimmer.

A muscular European man who fights in underground boxing matches all the year round, ranking in the top five.

The last one is a black-haired American girl, a mechanical expert.More than [-]% of mechanical equipment can be modified.The best thing is to modify scrapped cars.

(End of this chapter)