Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2297 Gambling?
He Guanchang did not give Sammo Hung a letter of approval in the end, because asking them to spend a large amount of money to invest in a Hollywood-level movie is not a joke.

You must know that the exchange rate of US dollars to Hong Kong dollars at this time is 7.81. If it is a movie with an investment of 3000 million US dollars, it will cost more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

And even with a budget of 3000 million US dollars, it can only be regarded as a medium production in Hollywood's production fee level.

But taking more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie is really not something that can be settled casually for Golden Harvest.

So after He Guanchang met with Sammo Hung, he went to see Zou Wenhuai the next morning, and told him all about the matter.

After listening to what He Guanchang said, the expression on Zou Wenhuai's face did not seem to have changed much, but it could be seen that Zou Wenhuai was seriously thinking about this matter at this time.

After a while, Zou Wenhuai asked.

"Do you think this is really feasible?"

When asked by Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang didn't know how to answer, because he didn't make up his mind.

"San Mao and A Biao must have a market abroad, but in Hollywood, they are basically just two newcomers, and their box office appeal is basically almost non-existent..."

"Aaron's situation at the beginning was actually the same as theirs, but now Aaron has become a big star in Hollywood. Although there is still a big gap between him and Brigitte Lin, he has indeed established himself in Hollywood. heels."

He Guanchang compared Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, and quickly discovered the common ground between the two.

In his opinion, except for their popularity, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao basically have no place to lose to Jackie Chan, and even some places are even better than each other.

If they can help Sammo Hung gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, it means Golden Harvest can also venture into Hollywood.

"But you have overlooked a problem. Aaron can gain a firm foothold in Hollywood because of Lin Daoqiu's script. Without Lin Daoqiu's script, I think it would be very difficult for anyone to achieve the achievements of Brigitte Lin and Aaron in Hollywood."

Zou Wenhuai directly pointed out the core of the problem, which is what everyone has been dreaming of, Lin Daoqiu's script.

Without Lin Daoqiu's script, Zou Wenhuai can even bet that even Lin Qingxia would not be able to gain a foothold in Hollywood, let alone anyone else.

Therefore, under such circumstances, it is definitely not a wise choice to rashly spend hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to invest in a movie that is likely to fail.

"I have considered all your concerns, but the problem is that we missed such an opportunity. We are worried that it may be difficult to find more suitable candidates than them in the future."

As Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang got older, they were not as energetic as before.

If they continue to wait, He Guanchang is worried that they will never have such a good opportunity until they retire.

Although Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are not the most suitable candidates, but at present, they are really one of the few people who can make a move.

If they can't do it, then Golden Harvest really can't find any stars who can fight for them in Hollywood.

When He Guanchang said this, Zou Wenhuai fell silent immediately, and now he can say that the word "time is not forgiving" can be said to be truly felt.

"Let me think about it again."

This time Zou Wenhuai did not immediately refuse, but planned to seriously consider whether he really wanted to take a gamble.

If it loses, the cost will be hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, but if it wins, Golden Harvest will have a place in Hollywood to some extent in the future.

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"Sanmao and the others went to He Guanchang? Interesting."

The news that Sammo Hung went to find He Guanchang soon reached Lin Daoqiu's ears.

There are many rich people in Xiangjiang, but those who are willing to invest in movies are actually not that many.

But to put the level of investment at the level of Hollywood, there are really only a handful of people who are willing to do so, and Golden Harvest is one of the few.

Sammo Hung, who failed to get help from his own side, turned around and went to Jiahe for help. This is actually not a strange thing for Lin Daoqiu.

What he is now curious about is whether Zou Wenhuai is willing to spend hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to help Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao go to Hollywood to test the waters.

Because this is completely different from the losses suffered by filming and smashing movies in Xiangjiang, at least five times more, and it is still a large-scale production.

It is not a good thing for a film company to shoot a movie, and if it is a big production, it will even affect the operation of the company.

But if it's five major productions in a row, let alone Golden Harvest, even a company of New Oriental's size will definitely be greatly affected.

"Do you think Jiahe is really willing to take this risk?"

Fang Jinsheng didn't think Golden Harvest would spend such a large sum of money to invest in Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, because they were basically not well-known in Hollywood.

If it is in Southeast Asia, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao have good box office appeal, but they are still a bit worse than Jackie Chan.

"Sometimes you can't use common sense to make judgments on some things. Golden Harvest only has a fairly well-known Jet Li in their hands, and there is no one else. At this time, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao came to the door. Mr. Zou must be very hurt. Brain."

Lin Daoqiu just maintains a wait-and-see attitude towards this matter, no matter whether Zou Wenhuai will invest in Sammo Hung and the others in the end, it will not have the slightest impact on Lin Daoqiu.

But if the cooperation between Golden Harvest and Sammo Hung this time fails to achieve good results in Hollywood, then Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao believe that they should also face the reality and return to Xiangjiang honestly to develop.

"You mean that Golden Harvest will really cooperate with Big Brother Hong?"

It was difficult for Fang Jinsheng to understand this, because the chance of success in this matter was not high at all. Is it really worth taking a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars to take this risk?
"Mr. Zou and Mr. He are not too young. If you don't fight hard at this time, you don't know how long you will have to wait for stars like Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao to come to you. So I think They should gamble."

This was all Lin Daoqiu's guess, and he didn't know what decision Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang would make in the end.

But one thing Lin Daoqiu can be sure of is that if Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao take advantage of this opportunity to become famous in Hollywood, there will definitely be more and more Xiangjiang stars who want to develop in Hollywood in the future.

(End of this chapter)