Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 61 Movie Studio

Although Zou Wenhuai had some thoughts, he did not take action after all.

The reason is that Chen Long's movie was completely tailor-made for him by Yang Ye. Will he succeed after leaving Yang Ye?Hard to say.

Besides, it was just their prediction that Yang Ye would abandon Jiahe and go it alone. There was no need for everyone to break up before Yang Ye took action.

Zou Wenhuai did not poach Chen Long, but Yang Ye poached Hu Jinquan.

After Hu Jinquan's "The Heroine" hit the streets, he had no films to film. Soon after, he left Taiwan's Federal Pictures and returned to Hong Kong to form his own Jinquan Film Company, which became Golden Harvest under the banner of Golden Harvest. satellite company.

Hu Jinquan shot two films for Jiahe, "The Storm in Yingchun Pavilion" and "Loyalty and Martyrs".

Both movies have been released to the public, and the box office in Hong Kong is a little over 100 million. For Golden Harvest, they are tasteless, tasteless, and a pity to discard.

If "The Lady" wins the award at Cannes this time, Hu Jinquan will be named a great international director, and he won't have to worry about investment in the future.

But the award went to "Shaolin Temple".

His situation is very difficult now. If he stays in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest will no longer provide him with so much money to make movies for him.

Even if he returns to Taiwan, Federal Pictures will not accept him.

Returning to Shaw Brothers, Fang Yihua even rode horses and searched.

The surprise was that Yang Ye was willing to accept him and even invested money in making movies for him.

Yang Ye said: "Mr. Hu, I was greatly inspired after reading your "Chivalry Girl". I plan to adapt martial arts writer Wang Dulu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" into a movie, but I haven't finished the script, and I have to first Shooting for another movie is starting. So it may not happen until a year from now. If you have any projects now, I can invest in them.

But let’s make it clear in advance that I don’t have a big business like Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. I don’t have a theater chain, so I can’t support you in starting a movie company.My suggestion is that you join Baiyang Pictures and I will open a film studio for you. "

"Movie studio?" Hu Jinquan said he had never heard of it.

Yang Ye explained: "In fact, it is somewhat similar to Jiahe's satellite company. The studio is only responsible for producing movies. The funds, manpower, and equipment are all provided by the movie company, and it is also responsible for the distribution of movies."

Hu Jinquan's eyes lit up: "This is not bad."

This way he could focus solely on filmmaking.

Yang Ye said: "But there are some restrictions. Your project must be submitted to the company for review. After the company makes an evaluation and finds it feasible, it will allocate funds to you."

Hu Jinquan thought for a moment and nodded in approval.

After all, Yang Ye paid for it, so he must consider whether he would lose money.

I screwed up the money owner, and I won’t be able to play with it next time.For example, Federal Pictures is now ignoring him.

King Hu asked the question that concerned him the most: "Am I in charge of all film production?"

Yang Ye said: "The company will give you some suggestions, but the decision is yours, and the final editing rights are also given to you."

Hu Jinquan was very satisfied after hearing this.

But Yang Ye changed the topic and said: "But if I write the script and act in it myself. That does not count as your studio's work. You are just the director I invited. You must listen to me. For example, what I said "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I can discuss it with you, but the decision-making power rests with me."

Hu Jinquan thought for a while and said, "This is natural."

Because in his opinion, Yang Ye himself is a very powerful director. A crew cannot have two heads. Yang Ye is the boss, so naturally the boss has the final say.

Moreover, Hu Jinquan admired "Shaolin Temple" directed by Yang Ye very much and always wanted to discuss the filming of the movie with Yang Ye.

Although Yang Ye is very young, there is no priority in learning, and the master is the teacher.

After everything was settled, the two finally talked about the issue of profit distribution.

The plan given by Ye is: 10% of the local box office, 5% of the Nanyang box office, and 5% of the copyright fee if the European and American copyrights are sold.However, Hu Jinquan is responsible for the daily operations and administrative expenses of the studio, and Yang Ye has no care at all.

This share is quite generous. Although the ratio is not high, it is clear at a glance how much you will get based on the box office sales.

Although the satellite company that operates Golden Harvest gets a high percentage, Golden Harvest's overseas box office is divided based on profits. After he calculated it, hey, he didn't make a penny, so you still have to pay him a little more.

Later, Hong Jingbao and Xu Guanwen both fought lawsuits against Jiahe over this matter, and Jiahe often stole the box office.

Hu Jinquan asked the last question: "Is my director's fee included in the cost?"

Yang Ye said: "Forget it, the share is for your studio. Your director's fee, screenwriter's fee, and actor's fee are all considered as your personal remuneration."

Hu Jinquan was very satisfied and said with a smile: "Then I have no problem, happy cooperation!" "Happy cooperation!"

The two shook hands happily.

Hu Jinquan immediately said: "Young Master Yang, since the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will not start until next year, I happen to have a project on hand called "Spiritual Rain in the Sky". I formed my own film company in 1972 and made preliminary preparations. It was a work, but it was a pity that it was aborted after a short period of filming. Now that I have the opportunity, I hope to be able to film it."

When Yang Ye heard it, "Lingyu in the Empty Mountain" can be regarded as one of Hu Jinquan's masterpieces.

Hu Jinquan's movies are so old that it is logically difficult for future generations to see them, and even if they are seen, they are of mosaic quality.

Fortunately, there was Xu Feng in his film team.

Xu Feng later became a super rich woman and paid to restore all of Hu Jinquan's movies, so that future generations can still see high-definition versions of Hu's martial arts movies.

Xu Feng is a beautiful, cool, affectionate and righteous woman, and Yang Ye is bound to win her.

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that it would be unlucky to start shooting a film that was aborted as your studio's first venture?"

Hu Jinquan said: "I don't believe that. I think "Spiritual Rain in the Sky" will be a good movie."

Yang Ye asked: "How much investment do you need?"

Hu Jinquan hesitated and said: "50 Hong Kong dollars."

Yang Yexin said, is 50 enough?Just trick me when you are on horseback!I gave you 50 at first, but then you added more when it wasn’t enough, right?Anyway, I couldn’t give up even though I was halfway through the movie.

He said: "Bring the script first, the company will have a meeting to study it, and then you can submit it if you think it's suitable."

Hu Jinquan said: "Okay!"

Yang Ye asked again: "Is Xu Feng still starring in this movie?"

Hu Jinquan said: "Yes, Ah Feng is very savvy when making movies."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "I appreciate it too. What I mean is, since you have joined our company now, can you bring Xu Feng over too? Our company is short of actresses. By the way, her relationship with the Federal Company is How long until the contract expires?”

Hu Jinquan said: "It expires next year. She has been filming with me. Since I come to you, she will naturally follow me."

Yang Ye said: "That's just right."

After Hu Jinquan talked with Yang Ye, he sent the script of "Lingyu in the Sky Mountain" the next day.

Hu Jinquan is a rare director in this era who can hand-draw scene scripts. Every scene is clearly drawn. Moreover, before a movie is prepared, he will personally choose the location.

His films are so beautiful that every frame is like a painting, setting the precedent for blending martial arts stories into natural scenery.

As long as later generations of directors make martial arts films, they cannot do without the elements he created.

Great directors such as Xu Ke, Zhang Yimou and Li Yin were all his disciples and learned a lot from his films.

Yang Ye had already watched "Spiritual Rain in the Sky", and he just went through the process and quickly agreed to Hu Jinquan's shooting plan, with an extra 20 yuan in budget.

This made Hu Jinquan very happy and felt that Yang Ye, the boss, was reasonable.

However, Yang Ye made a request to Hu Jinquan, that is, the filming must be completed this year, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will be filmed next year.

Besides, you only have a cost of 70 yuan, and you can't finish filming this year. That means you have to add more money. You are on your pirate ship of Hu Jinquan. The movie is halfway through shooting. What will you do if you don't add money?
Yang Ye didn't want to be fooled by him. He just gave him an extra 20 yuan and then limited the time. If you don't finish the filming, you will be considered a breach of contract.

However, one good thing about Hu Jinquan is that he is very economical in making movies. He requires every actor to be responsible for a behind-the-scenes job on the crew.

For example, Shi Jun works as an assistant in the directing team, Bai Ying manages equipment in the lighting team, and Xu Feng is assigned to the props team, specifically responsible for creating smoke effects.

As for himself, director, screenwriter, photography, makeup, art, props, editing... all were taken care of.

When necessary, you can also act as an actor yourself.

The directors' acting skills are very bad. For example, Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang are both best actors.

Hu Jinquan is also an experienced actor who has been acting for more than ten years, and his salary once broke the records in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

If not for this, 70 is enough.

(End of this chapter)