Chapter 87 Use your things to do my business (please order first)


    Maybe the expression is not clear, please explain again:


    If the copy sales are between 99 and 120, China Film will buy it for the lowest price of 900,000 yuan and the highest price of 1.08 million yuan. Those outside this range, no matter high or low, will be purchased by China Film at a fixed price of 990,000.


    For example, this film sold 200 copies, and China Film only spent 990,000, making a profit.


    But the other film only sold 5 copies, and China Film was able to acquire it for 990,000 yuan.


    The original intention was to use more subsidies and less subsidies in order to achieve a balance, but domestically produced films are not strong enough, and most of them cannot sell copies, so China Film can only suffer losses.


    …


    It is said that there are four major classes in Hong Kong, namely the Chengjia class, the Hong family class, the Liu family class and the Yuan family class.


    The founder of Yuan Jia Ban is Yuan Xiaotian, a native of Beijing who studied Peking Opera and came to Hong Kong in 1937.


    Yuan Heping was the second of seven children. He had been thin and in poor health since he was a child, and was not good at academics. However, he was diligent in using his brain and had particularly strong theoretical knowledge. For example, the Eight Drunken Immortals in "Drunken Master" were compiled by him after reading several boxing books.


    All the esoteric stories about the Eight Immortals and the Eight Immortals in later generations are actually derived from this movie, and it belongs to Tiangang.


    In short, Yuan Heping is Wang Yuyan''s type.


    He started doing martial arts in 1970 and became famous with "Snake" and "Drunken Master". He won the favor of Golden Harvest and was able to open a satellite company called "Peace Pictures".


    At this moment, the brothers in Yuan''s class were sitting in a narrow office and were very excited.


    "There is Sammo Hung in the Hung family class, Jackie Chan in the starting family class, and Liu Jialiang in the Liu family class. They are all big stars. You see, each of us looks strange and strange, and we have even opened a company!"


    "You can make a lot of money by opening a company and become prosperous!"


    "Don''t be too happy too early. When you start a company, you have to make movies. We are a small business. If one movie fails, we will close down."


    "Speaking of which, what exactly are we filming?"


    "Think about it, starting a business must get off to a good start, otherwise if you open your business today, you will lose your job tomorrow!"


    Everyone is talking about it. They have advantages. They are very proficient in martial arts instruction. They also have disadvantages. There are no stars who can appear on the stage. They are all behind the scenes. As the eldest brother, Yuan Heping didn''t speak, and just watched the brothers discuss with a smile.


    Start a business! It is the most fulfilling thing for a man.


    While they were discussing, someone came to report: "The people from the Great Wall are here!"


    brush!


    The atmosphere dropped instantly. Yuan Heping also panicked and said: "Please come quickly!"


    Not long after, a man came in. Yuan Heping invited him into the inner room and said with a little helplessness: "Sir, I have already expressed my intention, what are you doing here again?"


    "Let''s talk business, don''t be nervous."


    nonsense!


    Can I not be nervous?


    You guys are engaging in assassinations and planting bombs, that''s really deadly!


    Does Jin Yong have a high status in Hong Kong?


    At that time, I was so frightened that I took my whole family to Singapore.


    Have you ever seen this in the entertainment industry? Those so-called ruthless and fierce people are just scum in comparison. Therefore, these Hong Kong stars neither dare to offend Taiwan nor the left.


    Moreover, many Hong Kong celebrities came from leftist backgrounds in their early years and would go and help under pseudonyms.


    The same was true for Yuan Heping. "Tai Chi" invited him to do martial arts, but he didn''t dare to refuse bluntly, so he raised the price three times, hoping to scare the other party away, but he didn''t know that he would come again today.


    "I''m here for two things. You previously offered HK$100,000, right?"


    "right!"


    "I agreed over there!"


    puff!


    Yuan Heping''s eyes were so big that he was nicknamed Big Eyes. At this moment, they looked more like goldfish eyes, almost bulging out. "Agree?"


    "Yes, you won''t deny the price you offered, right?"


    "I…"


    Yuan Heping looked confused. He fully understood what it means to ride a tiger and find it hard to make a move. If someone accepts the price he offered, then he has to go. Otherwise, how can he survive in the future? He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, you are joking, of course I admit it."


    "That''s good! The second thing is that we are preparing a project and want to invite you to do martial arts. But we have never filmed this type of film. We just think it is interesting. I have brought some information and I want you to see if you can do it. Can’t do it?”


    The man took out the manuscript paper and handed it over.


    ""Qi Men Dun Jia"?" Yuan Heping took it, his eyes lit up when he saw the name, and then he saw a few paintings. The first one was the man in the jar, weird, novel, terrifying, but also magically cute. .


    Looking at the text description again, my heart skipped a beat.


    I quickly turned to the second and third pages. There were murals with flowing water, roasted chickens that could fly, and the mysterious art of folding paper into a knife...


    Hong Kong Kung Fu movies are roughly divided into three stages:


    During the Shaw Brothers stage, the emphasis was on seeing one''s tricks and taking advantage of them, and the movements were very slow, just like doing radio gymnastics.


    In the transitional stage, the most obvious change is that the action speed has accelerated and the martial arts design has become more and more fancy.


    During Tsui Hark''s stage, he began to fly to the sky and escape from the earth, to fly freely and freely, and to express martial arts freely.


    From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, it was a transitional stage. Jackie Chan had already found his own path, and Sammo Hung was also able to handle the box office. During this period, another branch genre emerged: the fantasy kung fu film!


    Combining folklore such as ghosts, zombies, and Taoist priests with kung fu, the first work to be released at the end of this year is "Ghost Fighting Ghost".


    Not yet!


    Yuan Heping has a very good eye for selecting films, and he is keenly aware of the value of the thing in his hand. The first point is that it is novel. If the audience has not seen it, the chance of it being a box office hit is very high.


    "How about it? Can this style be designed?"


    "Can!"


    Yuan Heping paused and couldn''t help but said: "I would like to ask, can your company produce this type of movie?"


    "We have already published it in the newspaper. The mainland is undergoing reform and opening up, and the mind is emancipated, and we are the vanguard in making movies. The company''s business situation was not good in the past few years, but now it is about to regain its glory.


    Of course, I can’t guarantee that, you know, movies.


    It may be implemented, or it may be outdated. If it is determined to be filmed, please help. I understand your concerns. You can use a pseudonym. The martial arts instructor is the person behind the scenes and there are not so many restrictions. "


    Stop being yellow!


    Yuan Heping was anxious, what a great subject matter, and very suitable for the Yuan family class. If he used it as a starting work, it would definitely get off to a good start.


    "Okay, I won''t interrupt you anymore. I''ll tell you to go north when "Tai Chi" starts in Beijing."


    This man is gone.


    A blade of grass was left behind, scratching Yuan Heping''s heart. He didn''t think the leftists could make this kind of film. Feudal superstition was something that had never happened before. It would be such a waste if you don’t shoot.


    He thought about it and discussed it with his brothers.


    A few days passed.


    That person came back with news, saying that "Qi Men Dun Jia" had not been finally approved and had been rejected by the company.


    Yuan Heping couldn''t wait any longer, so he made a secret appointment with the other party and said, "Sir, since your company doesn''t want to make the film, can you transfer it to me? I''ll buy it at the market price, and I will definitely remember this favor... Oh, and "Tai Chi", I''m willing to Friendly prices go north.”


    …


    "Qi Men Dun Jia", released in 1982, directed by Yuan Heping, produced by: Heping Pictures!


    This film was so exciting that later generations even made a remake. Yuan Heping and Tsui Hark teamed up, starring Zhou Dongyu, Ni Ni, and Wu Bai. It was a terrible film.


    Chen Qi was very happy when the news came back.


    This is not called copying, this is called taking your things and doing my business.


    If he wants domestic films to go overseas, he must deal with Hong Kong. The Hong Kong gang, the 1%, have a true stand, such as Xu Xiaoming, Wang Mingquan and others, who are facing the mainland.


    There is also a weirdo called Feng Suifan, whose masterpiece is the "Five Lucky Stars" series.


    He hated both the mainland and Hong Kong. He regarded himself as "a native of Guangdong Province of the Republic of China." When later generations learned that Taiwan was going to demolish the tomb of a bald man, he actually led a large group of people to guard the tomb and tried to fight against the opponent.


    Don''t worry about whether he is mentally ill or not, this is also called having a stand.


    The remaining 99% have no position, only the market.


    Chen Qi is in contact with Hong Kong thousands of miles away. Xu Xiaoming, Wang Mingquan, Liang Jiahui, Liang Xiaolong and other "bandit filmmakers" will definitely be brought over. At the same time, he will also bring in some less annoying people, such as Yuan Heping, who will naturally be useful in the future.


    (End of chapter)