Chapter 606 The beginning of the Hollywood movie
On January 29, 1971, a huge thing happened in New York, which was related to an island on the sea. This incident also aroused the Chinese people's love for the nation
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In early February, relevant committees began to be organized within Hong Kong, and leaflets were distributed on a large scale.
The entire Hong Kong media are also reporting this. Yang Wendong pays moderate attention to Hong Kong's news every day, so he is aware of this matter, so he called his assistant Aying: "This committee, we are anonymous. Model: Donate HK$1 million to this institution, so that they have enough funds to do what they should do. "
When it comes to the ZZ incident, it is not convenient for any wealthy class to come forward directly, especially I have some business in Japan and the United States.
Aying quickly agreed, "Okay, Yang Sheng, but the funds are still not something we can afford. We can find a long-term partner and let them pay. In the future, we will compensate the funds through legal business. They;
In this way, we can avoid any degree of risks here, and what really happens has nothing to do with us."
As assistants, they are also top-notch laws Top students from the department, politics, and business background have very high cognition, not only for bosses, but also for society.
Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Okay, this partner should choose the kind with good trust. In addition, do not leave any written records for this matter itself. The conversation location needs to be where we prepare. If you are recorded or talk to someone in the middle, don’t come forward. "
The boss assistants of large groups basically represent the boss, and this also requires caution.
Aying smiled and said, "No problem, don't worry, Yang Sheng, I understand what to do, and I guarantee that there will be no possibility to lead to our group."
"Okay, then that's it, just give the money, Don’t participate in other things. For the media, just let TVB and Oriental Daily follow up and report. "Yang Wendong said again.
As a top consortium, mastering media is also the top priority. Changxing Group has long controlled TV stations, movies, and some media and newspapers, and can be said to have mastered half or even more communication channels in Hong Kong; >
Especially TVB, after the Hong Kong economy improved, a large number of families owned TVs. After having TVs, people naturally tended to get news content by watching free TV. After all, it was free and not needed. Reading, and video content, looks easier.
It can be said that in terms of profit, the media is far worse than other businesses, but in terms of influence, it is much stronger for the entire Hong Kong. Even the Governor's Office often needs to find itself to cooperate with some things. , but it is generally not a very troublesome thing, and I am willing to help, which can also promote my relationship with the Hong Kong government.
Aying hurriedly said, "Yes, Yang Sheng."
There may be a lot of disputes within the Chinese nation, but externally, it is basically the same. Since the Qin Dynasty, it has been like this.
It was soon the end of February. Li Xiaolong returned from the United States and then came to Yang Wendong's office. "Yang Sheng, this is the movie script I decided to shoot after discussing with 20th Century Fox." Li Xiaolong handed over a thick stack of information.
Yang Wendong also became a little interested. After taking the information, he started reading it. The plot was not very complicated. The main core was a Chinese martial arts school in Los Angeles, which always taught Chinese martial arts very normally;
One day, a female reporter came to interview and had a spark with the male protagonist Chinese. It was originally a good thing, but the news team where the female reporter was in went to Japan for a tolerant operation, but when she came back, she found that she was in her luggage. Some illegal materials were added, and they were arrested by NYPD.
The heroine's brother is also an NYPD police officer. He soon investigated the incident with the Chinese male protagonist and found that behind it was a Japanese three-member organization that had been carrying out a long-term DP activity. So the two joined forces, Go deep into it and grasp some of their evidence, but in the end he was in a deep crisis. He relied on his various skills to save his life, and then cooperated with NYPD to wipe out part of this organization;
The end of the story, There is also a suspense, that is, Japan's attitude towards this matter will soon send a new team to come. This is for a possible sequel. If the movie is good, then the second part will be filmed. "The story is pretty normal. The specific story depends on your fighting scene." Yang Wendong analyzed after reading it.
Li Xiaolong smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, Yang Sheng is definitely not a problem in fighting scenes."
"Well, okay." Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Is the three-person organization FD?"
In his previous life, Yang Wendong seemed to have heard that this organization did not do such a thing, but he was not sure whether it was true or false. "Of course there is, but Japan is not a tropical area, so it is not a top-notch, but there must be." Li Xiaolong said strangely.
"Oh, it's okay, I'll ask." Yang Wendong didn't think much about it, and his era was different, so he asked again: "Why did you choose the Japanese gang as the villain? The United States chose Mexico or South America in the United States Isn't it more suitable?"
Li Xiaolong explained: "I was originally planning to choose Colombia, but I think Japan is more suitable here. The US side agreed with considering the Asian market.
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In addition, we expect to finish filming this year and play before Christmas, and this year will be the 30th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. "
"Okay, relatively speaking, Xiaojian still doesn't dare to do anything to Americans. "Yang Wendong said with a smile.
Li Xiaolong said again: "20th Century Fox has agreed to give me a salary of 600,000 US dollars, the same as the other male protagonist. This amount is also considered medium to be in Hollywood. Now. ”
“Yes, this is what you deserve. "Yang Wendong nodded and said, "But this first movie must be filmed well. Whether you can gain a foothold in Hollywood in the future depends on this movie. "
Li Xiaolong said: "I understand that as long as Zou Sheng negotiates business cooperation, I will be ready to start shooting. This time, I will definitely do my best. ”
Even if he is very confident in his martial arts and may not succeed, it will be more mysterious. Many times, movies that are carefully filmed will be ignored, while simple filming may become dark horses. This kind of thing is the United States or Hong Kong. Common things.
Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry too much. After the movie is made, I will also create momentum for you in the American media, as long as the movie is not very bad." How much does it earn when shooting this movie Money is not important, what is important is to make Li Xiaolong completely famous in the United States and become a top star;
In this way, his various civilian products, especially Red Bull, can easily enter all over the world through it. Market;
In addition, you can also be qualified to cooperate fairly with Hollywood giants. Only with long-term gains can this group of people not be so greedy.
Even after Li Xiaolong succeeded, other martial arts stars in Hong Kong had the opportunity to cooperate with Hollywood. "Okay, thank you Yang Sheng." Li Xiaolong said thankfully.
A few days later, Zou Wenhuai came to Yang Wendong's office and said, "Yang Sheng, the cooperation with 20th Century Fox has been almost the same. The proportion of this joint venture is 55, and the total investment in the film is It is $10 million;
In terms of profit, it is also a half-share share. In the surrounding area, the 20th Century Fox is responsible for the European and American areas, and other places belong to us."
"What about the copyright?" Yang Wendong Asked.
Zou Wenhuai said: "One person is half. They originally wanted the copyright of Europe and America to belong to them, and Asia belongs to us. I don't agree. In terms of copyright development, Asia is far inferior to Europe and the United States."
"Well This is basically half of each person.” Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Zou Wenhuai followed and said, "Yes, this cooperation itself is also an attempt, and the funds involved are not much, so it is easier to directly divide half of the score in many aspects. Fox is not very tough either, so it is probably the same. I want to cooperate with us for a long time."
"If we hadn't had Li Xiaolong and enough theaters in Asia, they wouldn't have been so easy to talk to." Yang Wendong said with a shaking head.
In fact, everyone has something like "greed", and the core lies in who is strong;
For example, Changxing Group often cooperates with other consortiums in the manufacturing or retail industry in Hong Kong, but basically it is the final say of Changxing Group and it also accounts for the majority of profits. This is not "greed", but the entire project. All rely on me, I should naturally gain the benefits of being big, unless the other party also has its own irreplaceable advantages.
The same is true for Hollywood's cooperation. As the world's largest film market, the United States indirectly controls Europe and other regions. In this case, foreign film companies cooperate with Hollywood giants naturally have the disadvantage.
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So in the early days, Yang Wendong did not think about participating in the American film industry, because he would not get the benefits he should have if he participated. Only when he was strong can he truly talk about the conditions.
Zou Wenhuai said: "Yes, let's see the results of this movie now. If the box office becomes popular, then we will be the first to make Hong Kong movies internationally."
Although Hong Kong movies have been released in many Southeast Asian countries before, the main customer group is still local Chinese and has little influence;
Only when truly successful in Europe and the United States is to enter the international market.
"Yes, you will mobilize all resources and cooperate with the filming of this movie." Yang Wendong also said: "In addition, there are many Chinese in the script of this movie, which makes Hong Kong a little bit like that." Famous Chinese people, please put some people in appropriately. Perhaps some of these people perform well, and they can be regarded by Hollywood. Even if they are not the protagonist, it is good to be a well-known supporting role. They will always have a chance to turn things around in the future."
After all, the protagonist is only a few, and most people will never have this opportunity in the movie and TV industry for their whole life; but relatively speaking, there are many opportunities for supporting roles; and most protagonists are also promoted from supporting roles, so it depends on whether they can succeed or not. I've got my own skills.
Even if some Chinese supporting roles often appear in Hollywood movies, it will be a subtle influence on the European and American groups.
"Okay, Yang Sheng." Wu Wenhuai agreed.
Yang Wendong suddenly said again: "By the way, can you find a few people with comedy performance and martial arts talent. Such people, with funny points in their performance, may also have the opportunity to come out with a Li Xiaolong has a different route. "
Li Xiaolong passed away early in his previous life for unknown reasons, which is quite a pity. In this life, Yang Wendong is naturally trying to avoid this incident again;
But regardless of the result How about it? Jet Li and Jackie Chan in their past lives have become famous in Hollywood, which also shows that the two styles of these two can work and can conquer Europeans and Americans.
Although Jet Li's route is not the same as Li Xiaolong, it is somewhat similar, while Jackie Chan is obviously different. He is in a funny martial arts style.
It is naturally impossible to ask Yang Wendong to look for Jackie Chan now. Who knows where he is now? In the era of no Internet, there is no need to make such a struggle, but it is still possible to cultivate the right people in this direction.
"Comedyman?" Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and said, "In the past two years, there have been many actors who are good at making comedy movies in Hong Kong, but there is no one among these people who are good at martial arts." br>
Yang Wendong said indifferently: "If you don't, just pay attention to it later. See who has this two-way talent. Just cultivate it appropriately after finding it."
Hong Kong movies are now under his influence. It has taken a completely different path. In recent years, various popular movies have emerged like spring bamboo shoots;
But the box office record is really not as good as Li Xiaolong, and he has been suppressed. But there are also many movies with a box office of over one million, including several comedies;
Yang Wendong often watches these movies in his spare time. These movies have made him a lot of money, but more importantly, they have also given him a lot of fun. Now, under his urging, the quality of Hong Kong movies has caught up with the eighth of the previous life. The contents of the 1990s are different;
The quality of these contents is not at all low-level to Yang Wendong, and for a modern person who has raised the threshold high in the entertainment industry in his previous life, it is also Very interesting.
Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "Okay, I will pay attention."
In the following days, the headquarters office of Changxing Group reviewed the cooperation plan with 20th Century Fox, and also passed A US law firm confirmed that there were almost no major problems in the contract, so it handed over to the boss, and Yang Wendong also signed the contract;
Since then, Hong Kong movies have officially been with The Hollywood giant has made the largest cooperation in films, with a total fund of up to $10 million;
After the incident broke out, the Hong Kong media was also in an uproar. No one could have thought that a city like Hong Kong could one day cooperate with top Hollywood companies to shoot movies.
Changxing Film Company immediately began to screen actors, and then cooperated with Li Xiaolong to go to the United States to film. Everything was going on normally and smoothly.
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