new kung fu king

Chapter 485 The Super Cop Turns Out ([-])

With the news hype from the media reporters and friends in the early stage, and the Hong Kong government's green light, "Police Story" did not make a big move in terms of publicity expenses, otherwise it would be a lot of money.

Even so, including the cost of post-production, the overall cost of "Police Story" has reached as much as 740 million, which is 1000 million less than Wang Xiaohu's estimated 260 million. After this data, Wang Xiaohu was very pleased and said: "It's not easy!"

It's really not easy. The cost of 740 million Hong Kong dollars is a super-big production in Asia. This figure can even be higher than the total assets of some film companies. The colleagues have complained many times about this, saying that Wang Xiaohu's move It is intentional to increase the cost of filming in Hong Kong, and it’s fine for you to spend money and prodigal. Why do you hurt Chiyu? Isn’t this obviously making other small companies unable to survive?
Especially Wu Siyuan, he expressed considerable resentment for this, how can this fellow wait for the release of "Police Story" like other colleagues to recover the cost.After all, such a large-scale production is tantamount to a fairy tale for them, and it is incompatible with the Hong Kong film industry where small investment and large returns are incompatible. In their eyes, it is a miracle that such a film can recover its cost!
Wu Siyuan and others do not doubt that Xiehe Company or Wang Xiaohu can control this new type of film theme. In fact, years of experience let them know that "Police Story" will definitely be successful when released, but success does not mean that the box office will exceed this level. The number, who made the box office sluggish in the past few years, even Wang Xiaohu's "Hong Xiguan" has only accumulated a box office of 1350 million Hong Kong dollars (only in Hong Kong).

You invested more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars at once. Even if the box office exceeds 1000 million, the profit of your Xiehe company is very weak. This high investment does not have a high return. What is it if it is not a prodigal?Even a three-year-old child knows this truth, don't you, Wang Xiaohu, know it?
Wu Siyuan said to his friend Chen Ziqiang before the film was released: "Jackie Chan is an actor with great potential. If he hadn't returned to the Seven Little Fortunes, his future would definitely be brighter than now. Who knows that after Wang Xiaohuxue hid him for two years, he would come back again. Going back to the screen to be bloodied is simply strangling Jackie Chan and misleading Jackie Chan, what a pity for a good actor!"

This statement was quickly published by a good media reporter. The implication was that Jackie Chan followed Wang Xiaohu to no avail. After two years of disappearance in Xiehe Company, he came back by jumping off a building and other means of killing his life. This is simply a violent act.

The young and energetic Jackie Chan almost ran away after reading this newspaper. He planned to hold a press conference to criticize Wu Siyuan, but was stopped by Wang Xiaohu: "Go and record your "Tough Guy". Don't worry too much about these small things. Don't you Can't you see that Wu Siyuan is taking the opportunity to hype up their company?"

Jackie Chan thought about it too, and punched the wall with a loud sound, then he clenched his fist and said: "Ah Hu, I chose this road, and I will prove it to everyone. My Jackie Chan choice was Absolutely right!"

"Well, as long as you have this determination. The publicity of "Police Story" is already in place. If you come forward to refute it, it will appear that you are guilty. You can ignore such negative news. The quality of the film and the box office are the key. reason!"

After Wang Xiaohu persuaded Jackie Chan, he immediately launched the overseas distribution route. The Southeast Asian region basically does not need to be managed. The main market is for developed countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom. After all, the investment cost of "Police Story" is too high. In terms of volume, it is far from enough to rely solely on the markets of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

He first called Winterdur, the head of the American branch, and asked Winterdur to contact Twentieth Century Fox to release "Police Story". Old Wen patted his chest and said, "Boss, I think about this matter." There shouldn’t be any problem. Your "Officer Hong Xi" is currently doing well at the box office in North America. After watching it, the audience shouted that it was wonderful. You may not know it, but our former President Nixon is now your fan. God, this is crazy, Mr. President said: Hey, I know that cool little guy, he came to the United States a few years ago and did a martial arts show!"

Wang Xiaohu smiled. Obviously, this has far exceeded his expectations. The little guy in Nixon's mouth naturally refers to Jet Li. Back then, Nixon warmly invited Jet Li to be his bodyguard. Who knew that Jet Li flatly refused, such a personality The Chinese kids must have left a deep impression on Nixon.

"How much is the box office performance?" Wang Xiaohu asked.

"Wait for me to look at the statistics, oh god, as of now, the box office has reached 1310 million US dollars, which is really a good figure, but boss, when will you bring your own work to the Oscars, if I remember correctly , you haven’t been to the Oscars for four years.”

Winterdur complained: "Now many American audiences complain that they want to see more works of Tiger King, and your four films have been re-screened several times in North America, but they feel that it is not enough! So I I receive a lot of calls from your fans every day, and they ask me: Hey, is there any news about Tiger Wang? And there are a lot of letters from fans in the company, so you have to find time to reply.”

"Okay, okay!" Wang Xiaohu jumped up and down when he heard this. It seemed that American movie fans couldn't wait. "I will go to Los Angeles in person in a month to choose a female lead for my new film. I will send the actor's request by airmail later, please make the preparations first."

"This is so exciting!" Winterdur whistled: "I think fans will be excited when they hear it."

Wang Xiaohu laughed out loud.

"By the way, let me tell you another piece of bad news!" Winterdur suddenly said a little depressed: "That guy Spielberg missed a good script, the name of the script is "Superman", damn it, Steven It’s been crazy lately, “Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind” has not finished yet, and he started preparing for a new movie, hell, he only had the new movie in his heart, and it turned out.”

"Superman"!My day, the corners of Wang Xiaohu's eyes twitched when he heard the words. This is the superhero in the eyes of Americans, and among all the versions of Superman, the version that Spielberg missed is definitely a classic among the classics!Christopher Reeve also has the best temperament and appearance among all the superman actors, but the damn Spielberg missed this opportunity, I really don't know how to scold him.

"Well, if you miss it, miss it!" Wang Xiaohu comforted himself: "Anyway, Superman has been filmed several times by others, now, Old Wen, listen, from now on, you have to find a writer for me, specifically I don’t know the name, but I know that he wrote a book that reflects the Vietnam War. The title of the book is "First Blood". After finding the author, no matter how much it costs, he will take down the film and television adaptation rights of this book! Must !"

Wang Xiaohu emphasized his tone on the phone. This is a memory that flashed in his brain. It is said that the first draft of the novel "First Blood" was completed as early as 1972. I hope God bless everything before it is too late!That is the most classic work shot by Stallone in his life. Wang Xiaohu has already missed Superman, and Rambo is determined to win, because in terms of influence, Rambo is far more representative of men than Rocky!

Although the boss is very young, Wen Te Duwen still has some kind of blind worship for the boss, especially the boss attaches great importance to this matter, so after the old Wen hung up the phone, he began to look for the person who wrote "Part [-]" in the vast crowd. The author of "A Drop of Blood", he prays to God in his heart, hoping that everything will be in time!
At the beginning of September, "Police Story" began to enter the copying stage. Compared with the previous 9 copies, there were an additional 248 copies. More than a dozen government-funded theaters including the Palace Museum also joined the screening.

Don’t underestimate these 13 theaters. Among them, Lisheng, Kaisheng, and Yuegong theaters are large-scale theaters that can accommodate 3000 people, and their projection equipment is also updated simultaneously with leading theaters such as Xiehe and Shaw Brothers. Strength shows super superiority in this respect.And it is precisely because of government investment that the three theaters generally do not show ordinary commercial films. The Hong Kong government made an exception this time.

It's not that Wang Xiaohu didn't want to invest in the construction of such a large theater, but that the Hong Kong government at that time did not allow private theaters to exceed these three, so theaters with a capacity of 1000 people were also included in the ranks of large theaters at that time.

Wang Xiaohu thought that after "Police Story" was successfully released, he would have to discuss with Governor MacLehose about anything he wanted, and approve a few pieces of land to cover one or two large theaters like this. The scale is magnificent.

Before the release, Wang Xiaohu was summoned by Hong Kong Governor MacLehose. After some discussions, the two parties decided to use the Han Palace Theater as the leading theater for the film. Since it was a political task, most of the people who participated in the premiere were Hong Kong Governor officials, all Hong Kong The high-ranking policemen are the main ones, and the aristocrats are also included.

This group of people alone made Wang Xiaohu take no less than 300 movie tickets. There is no way. Aunts and aunts will also participate in the premiere. Although Wang Xiaohu feels distressed, there is no other way.

However, Wang Xiaohu still got a lot of bargains from MacLehose, that is, "Police Story" will appear in major theaters in the UK in two months, which is also an objective box office revenue.

(End of this chapter)