The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 53 "Rocky" Launch

"Snake-shaped Diao Hand" is one against two, the rookie takes the lead, but takes the lead all the way and has the upper hand.

In the first week of its release, the box office exceeded 150 million Hong Kong dollars, making it the most influential dark horse in the first half of [-].

The director Hong Jingbao and the lead actor Cheng Long also became well-known kung fu stars overnight and became popular all over Xiangjiang.

"Second brother has a high vision, and he has already seen their potential." Xu Guanying said happily.

"In this way, that Stallone may really become famous." Seeing Cheng Long leaping into a new generation of Kung Fu star, Xu Guanjie couldn't help but look at his second brother with admiration.

"Many film and television companies now want to borrow Aaron and Sanmao to film, and some people even write checks directly to poach roles. But fortunately, the second brother has prepared in advance and signed a contract with them long ago." Xu Guanwen was still thinking about it. Some regret.

When Xu Guanwu wanted to sign these dragon and tiger martial artists, Xu Guanwen still felt that it was a waste of money to support a group of idlers.But now a movie with an investment of 50 Hong Kong dollars can achieve a million box office results, which has proved the value of these people.

"Then hurry up and send money to the second brother." Xu Guanjie said, "Don't let him use the shares as collateral, just use it as our brother's investment."

"That's not good!" Xu Guanwen waved his hand, "According to the second brother's opinion, this money can be regarded as mortgage by shares."

"Why?" Xu Guanjie asked puzzled.

"This "Serpentine Hand" made a profit. You are happy, and think that the second brother has a good vision." Xu Guanwen said, "Then if the next film loses money, what will you do? Then you will blame him or not Blame him? If you want not to hurt your brother's feelings, this money should be regarded as his pledged shares in exchange."

"This..." Xu Guanjie pondered for a while after hearing what his elder brother said, and finally nodded helplessly.

He understood that although what his elder brother said sounded cruel, it was also an iron-clad fact.There are many people who fight between brothers because of financial injustice, and finally fight.

He is not sure if the second brother loses the investment and loses the 100 million US dollars, whether he can still treat him with a normal heart.

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"The Serpentine Hand" was released for two weeks, and the box office reached 270 million Hong Kong dollars. It was the brightest dark horse in the first half of [-].Hong Jingbao and Cheng Long also became hot kung fu stars.

After "Snake-shaped Diao Shou" was drawn, "Fat Qian Han" was released grandly.

This comedy film under the signboard of the sister chapter of "Ghost and Horse" was welcomed by the audience just after it was released. " is still popular.

The film "Fat Qian Han" also boldly abandoned the method of shooting in the studio set, and shot a large number of exterior scenes, which made the audience who are tired of the old set in the studio shine.

In terms of the plot, Xu Guanying, the youngest of the Xu brothers, comedian Wu Yaohan and veteran movie star Zhang Ying, are fighting wits and courage around the three brilliant diamonds, and the twists and turns are fascinating.

Among them, the scene where Xu Guanying and Wu Yaohan hang people from the roof to steal treasure in the middle of the night was even imitated by the American blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" later.

And after the killer is soaked in golden dye, he turns into a golden bell cover, and the bridge section that is invulnerable to fire and water is even more laughable.

All in all, this is a ghostly comedy at the beginning, then it is the theme of stealing treasures, then it turns to the theme of love, then it is the theme of kung fu, and finally it is a hodgepodge movie of the theme of deception.

Such a four-dimensional movie, relying on the name of the companion film of "Ghost and Horse Twin Stars", coupled with a fairly interesting plot, can actually be a big hit at the box office.

Moreover, the box office hit an astonishing 250 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, and the filmmakers couldn't help shouting, "The era of the Xu brothers dominating the film industry is coming!"

Xu Guanying has become a comedian second only to elder brother Xu Guanwen and fourth younger brother Xu Guanjie, and director Wu Yusen has become the most popular director of Golden Harvest since he directed two blockbusters in succession.

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When "Fat Qian Han" was released, Xu Guanwen had already remitted 100 million US dollars to Xu Guanwu.

After receiving the funds, Xu Guanwu immediately started filming the film "Rocky".

Xu Guanwu knew that he was a stranger in Hollywood. In order to ensure that his investment interests would not be damaged, he went to the insurance company to insure.

In order to ensure that the interests of investors are not damaged, Hollywood also has special insurance companies to provide "film completion guarantees".They will review the film's investment in advance to ensure that the script, shooting schedule, and budget are reasonable.Then monitor expenses during filming and seek compensation from investors if a film is overrun, stalled or abandoned.

The film completion guarantee system can ensure that every sum of money will be actually implemented, without worrying about being embezzled by others.

After Xu Guanwu paid 2% of the investment in the film, he successfully insured, and invited a staff member of the insurance company who is quite familiar with film shooting.He is responsible for supervising the expenditure of every sum of money on the shooting site to ensure that Xu Guanwu's funds are used for real purposes and not wasted.

And Hollywood has a lot of surplus talent, which also provides quite convenient conditions for investors to shoot movies.

You only need to call the Film and Television Actors Association for a sum of money, and they will quickly provide you with a large amount of actor information for you to choose at will.

The directors' union will also provide you with suitable directors according to your requirements.In the same way, other crew members were recruited in the same way, and soon the preparations for the film crew of "Rocky" were completed, and the filming officially started.

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At the beginning, Xu Guanwu didn't expect that investing in filming in the United States would be so smooth. Except for the initial capital, he didn't have to worry about anything else.

In order to protect the rights of producers, directors, actors, and crew members, Hollywood has established rules and regulations.

When everyone is working according to the established system, perfection is like a clock that is wound up.

"It's no wonder that Hollywood movies are so developed. The various systems he established basically guarantee the rights and interests of all parties. Everyone has rules to follow and laws to follow." Xu Guanwu couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

Although there are various reasons for the decline of Hong Kong movies, management chaos is definitely one of the more important reasons.

For example, Wang Jiawei spent 4000 million Hong Kong dollars on the filming of "Days of Being Wild", and the filming time was nearly [-] hours, but most of them were not used at all.

As a result, this masterpiece, which cost 4000 million yuan to shoot two episodes, exhausted the investment of 4000 million yuan after only filming the first half.After the release, it only lasted for two weeks before the painting was released.

The local box office in Hong Kong was only 900 million. On the spot, the big boss Deng Guangrong vomited blood and was admitted to the hospital, and even Yingzhijie Film Company declared bankruptcy.

And the case of wasting investors' money like Wang Jiawei is not the only case.

In the 90s, Taiwan's eight major filmmakers saw the booming Hong Kong film market, so they invested a lot of money one after another, making the Hong Kong film industry flourish like flowers and brocades.

However, in [-], Taiwanese film studios withdrew their capital one after another. Although there were elements of favorable timing and favorable conditions, the crucial point was that more than [-] films defaulted on contracts and tickets were skipped, causing heavy losses to Taiwanese film studios.

Even if the investment in each of the 500 films is only [-] million Hong Kong dollars, it will be close to one billion Hong Kong dollars when calculated together.With such a heavy loss, how dare the studio dare to invest again?

(End of this chapter)