The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 57 500 million investment

While Xu Guanwu was busy filming "Rocky", Golden Harvest's US branch finally made a new move.

He announced an exclusive investment of 500 million US dollars and invited the famous Hollywood director Robert Goros to direct. He is the same director who filmed "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death".

For the starring role, popular Hollywood movie stars Robert Mizhan and Leslie Nielsen were invited to shoot in Hong Kong, the United States and the Netherlands.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help sneering after hearing the news. He knew that although Golden Harvest tried to enter the North American market many times, except for the two films "Cannonball Run" and "Ninja Turtles", the other films were not popular.

Therefore, the investment of 500 million US dollars is very likely to cause Golden Harvest to lose a fortune.

It's a pity that not everyone has the ability to predict. Zou Wenhuai invested 500 million US dollars with a swipe of a pen, and there was a burst of admiration in Hong Kong.

500 million US dollars is equivalent to 500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the highest-grossing movie in Hong Kong at that time was only the Hui brothers' "Ghost and Horse Double Star", but it was only 600 million Hong Kong dollars.

With 500 million Hong Kong dollars invested in a film, Golden Harvest has created a record in Hong Kong history.

While everyone is amazed at Zou Wenhuai's generosity, they are also expecting that this "Blood in Holland" can set another astonishing box office record like Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".

For a while, Golden Harvest was popular, and the limelight clearly overshadowed Shaw Brothers.

And the previous news about Jiahe's estrangement with the Xu brothers disappeared in an instant.While the newspapers and media were praising Golden Harvest, they also predicted what an amazing box office record this most expensive movie in Hong Kong history would achieve.

And at this time, Xu Brothers' company also invested in Hollywood movies, which was exposed by some wicked ghost, and instantly attracted the ideas of newspapers and media.

This year, several film companies in Hong Kong have made big moves externally:

Shaw Brothers teamed up with the British Salty Horse Company to shoot the thriller "Seven Golden Corpses", which combines the essence of Chinese and Western horror cultures and strives to create the most terrifying movie;
Golden Harvest independently invested 500 million US dollars to shoot the Hollywood blockbuster "Blood in Holland", striving to create the most authentic western film;
The Xu Brothers Company invested millions of dollars to independently produce the film, and the process all followed the Hollywood model.

Luo Wei Film Company also spent a lot of money and flew to San Francisco, USA to shoot...

For a while, it seemed that all the film companies in Hong Kong were marching abroad with great fanfare, giving people a feeling of prosperity and prosperity.

Hong Kong people are proud of it, and the newspapers and media are also advocating "Oriental Hollywood", as if Hong Kong movies are already comparable to American Hollywood.

……

Knowing that Hong Kong was in a state of excitement, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.

How difficult is it for Hong Kong films to enter the mainstream American market? Even though Brother Cheng Long finally became a mainstream Hollywood star after going through many hardships, the films he starred in are basically sold in Asia.

The development of Chinese movie stars in the United States is extremely limited, because first of all, they are not as eye-catching as Western actors, and they can make Western audiences feel as if they are substituting.

Secondly, there is no good script, because the screenwriter will not tailor the work to suit you.Therefore, only when there are Chinese characters in the script, companies will hire them, and such opportunities are very rare.

In contrast, language barriers and differences in customs are almost negligible.

……

"Stanley, someone is looking for it." A staff member in the crew winked and smiled, "It's an oriental beauty."

Xu Guanwu was slightly taken aback, who would come to Hollywood to find me?

He trotted over quickly, and saw a graceful figure standing there outside the studio.

"Azhi!" Xu Guanwu's heart seemed to be hit, his nose was sour, and tears almost flowed down.

He cheered and ran over, hugged Zhao Yazhi in his arms, "How did you come here? Why did you come so suddenly? Why didn't you call first? Did you come alone?"

Being hugged tightly by Xu Guanwu in public, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but blush, and seeing him so happy that he chattered incoherently, she couldn't help being angry and funny, "You ask so many questions in one breath, which one should I answer first?" Is that good?"

Xu Guanwu let go of Zhao Yazhi, and smiled awkwardly, "How did you come here?"

"The filming is over, and I happen to be free in Hong Kong, so I came to the United States to visit, and check that you are not fooling around." Zhao Yazhi laughed.

Xu Guanwu laughed, "I said, why didn't you call in advance and arrange for me to pick up the plane, so it was for this purpose. But it was destined to disappoint you. I have been busy these days when I came to the United States. Don't talk about picking up girls." , I haven’t even been to the bar.”

"It's strange to believe you!" Zhao Yazhi gave Xu Guanwu a white look, and said with a slight smile.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the staff of the film crew. See if I have been out fooling around." Xu Guanwu smiled and led Zhao Yazhi into the studio.

"By the way, all the major newspapers in Hong Kong are now reporting on your filming in Hollywood and comparing you with Golden Harvest. It is said that someone invested 500 million is a big deal, and your investment of 100 million is purely child's play." Zhao Yazhi Walking, watching and talking.

"Hmph! No one knew about my filming in the United States. Golden Harvest must have let it out." Xu Guanwu snorted coldly, "As for what the newspapers say is their freedom, it doesn't matter if you compare it with Golden Harvest. Movies are not meant to be profitable for anyone who invests heavily, and these newspapers always talk about the size of the investment, which is quite unprofessional at first glance.”

"Ah Wu, are you really sure that you will make money from this movie? Brother Xu Guanwen and the others missed you very much before I came here." Zhao Yazhi asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, it will not only make money, but also make you wake up from your dreams." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"I hope so," Zhao Yazhi nodded and said, "Actually, how much money you earn is not important, as long as people can be safe and sound. In fact, Big Brother and the others really miss you."

"It's just that they miss me? What about you?" Xu Guanwu turned around and looked at Zhao Yazhi with a smile.

"I..." Zhao Yazhi blushed for a while, and was too shy to speak.

Xu Guanwu smiled triumphantly, "Azhi, my movie will be finished soon, and you will know how lucky I am when the time comes."

"So fast? It seems like it's been less than a month." Zhao Yazhi asked in surprise.

She didn't expect Hollywood to make movies so fast, so what kind of good movies can it make?
You must know that the Cantonese films in Hong Kong in the 60s and [-]s were criticized because of their short shooting time and shoddy production, so that no one watched them.

A film that can be shot for seven days is already a rare large-scale production.

It's a painful experience, and now the filming time in Hong Kong is about two months.

And this Hollywood movie is less than a month old, the quality has to be worrying.

(End of this chapter)