Chapter 18 There are hills in the chest
“This Yang Ye is simply the second best to Hu Jinquan.”
As soon as He Guanchang returned to Jiahe, he said to Zou Wenhuai.
He did not agree to Yang Ye's conditions on the spot, but chose to come back to discuss with Zou Wenhuai. Because Yang Ye's request was too weird and he couldn't make the decision.
Zou Wenhuai's eyes lit up after hearing He Guanchang's evaluation of Yang Ye. Isn't this evaluation too high?
Hu Jinquan is a master-level director!
"So, he is indeed a talent?" Zou Wenhuai asked.
He Guanchang handed the script he brought back to Zou Wenhuai and said, "You will know it as soon as you read it."
As he said that, he lit a cigarette and smoked silently, waiting for Zou Wenhuai to read the script.
This script only has the beginning part. Yang Ye’s explanation is that the complete version of the split-shot script is too thick and inconvenient to carry.
After watching it for more than ten minutes, Zou Wenhuai finally understood what He Guanchang meant. He closed the script and exclaimed: "This kid has a lot of breasts!"
Yang Ye's script has great attention to costumes, The requirements for props, scenes, lighting and other aspects are almost stringent. No wonder He Guanchang said that he is the second to Hu Jinquan.
But his ability to control the entire movie seems to be better than that of Hu Jinquan, because Hu Jinquan has many ideas and needs to shoot a lot of material, then screen and edit it slowly.
Yang Ye had already arranged the shots, scene scheduling, and action design before filming started. As long as he followed the script, he could directly complete the film, saving a lot of time and cost.
After all, film is very expensive.
Zou Wenhuai said: "I heard that Go masters can play blindly, but I never thought that there is such a person. He has not started filming, but the whole movie has already been formed in his mind. What conditions did he put forward?"
In Zou Wenhuai It seems that when meeting such a person, He Guanchang should finalize cooperation with Yang Ye on the spot. But he actually came back with the script, which meant that Yang Ye must have put forward extremely unreasonable conditions.
He Guanchang said: "You have also seen that he requires a one-to-one restoration of the Shaolin Temple's gate and tower forest. He also needs to go to Taiwan for filming. The budget needs at least two million Hong Kong dollars, which may be increased later."
Zou Wenhuai said flatly: "Promise him!"
He Guanchang said gloomily: "It would be fine if he just has a budget request, but in terms of profit sharing, he is too open-minded."
"Oh, what did he say?"
"He opened a film company of his own and asked to cooperate with us. We will be responsible for the investment, and he will produce the movie and propose a 30% box office dividend."
< br>Zou Wenhuai laughed dumbly: "He is quite smart. He followed the cooperation model between us and Bruce Lee. But Bruce Lee did not get such a high share. What do you say?"
Bruce Lee won the title of "Tangshan" After proving his strength in "Big Brother" and "Fist of Fury", he formed his own "Concord Film Company" and affiliated it with Golden Harvest to start cooperation. Xiehe is responsible for producing the film, and Golden Harvest is responsible for investment and distribution.
This satellite company model was later carried forward by Golden Harvest. Xu Guanwen's "Hsu Pictures", Hong Jingbao's "Baohe Pictures", Chen Long's Quanwei Pictures, and Weihe Pictures all emerged one after another.
In this mode, Golden Harvest is like a wolf king, leading a pack of ferocious wolves to tear the Shaw Brothers, the overlord of the film industry, to pieces.
He Guanchang said: "Of course I support this cooperation model, but Bruce Lee didn't get such a high share. As a newcomer, his demands were too much, so he was reduced to 10%. I'm sure he Apart from us, Jiahe, there is no better partner in Hong Kong.
That woman Fang Yihua also knows that she will definitely not agree to Yang Ye's request. As for the left-wing film company, I don't think Yang Ye. Will cooperate with them. But Yang Ye seems to have seen through our current predicament and is sure that we are the one who can't afford it, and he doesn't give in."
Zou Wenhuai frowned and said: "This kid is really smart, and he actually sees it. We are in an extraordinary period, take the opportunity to blackmail?"
He Guanchang said with a cold look: "Do you think we can use some special means?"
Zou Wenhuai shook his head: "He is too famous now, and dealing with him involves a lot of public opinion risks. Moreover, he is a local gangster in Kowloon Walled City. For someone who grew up in that kind of place, ordinary methods are useless against him." "He Guanchang sighed and said: "He and I couldn't reach an agreement. In the end, he unexpectedly proposed a new sharing model based on geographical distribution."
"What do you mean? ?”
“He gave up the share of Hong Kong and Nanyang and only took the film’s royalties, but it has nothing to do with us if he distributes the film in other regions.”
Zou Wenhuai was surprised. I forgot to smoke cigarettes and almost burned my fingers. After a long while, he said: "Is he arrogant or confident?"
He Guanchang said: "Our distribution channels are limited to Nanyang, and Japan's benzene is an accident. No one else can sell it except Bruce Lee. To be honest, his proposal is completely beneficial to us. But I always feel that this is not the case Simple.”
At this time, "Enter the Dragon" had not yet been released in North America, and Golden Harvest didn't know that Hong Kong films could also be successful in North America.
But even if I knew it, I wouldn’t care too much, because just because Bruce Lee can sell it doesn’t mean that others can also sell it.
Zou Wenhuai thought for a while and said: "Judging from the songs, novels and scripts written by Yang Ye, this young man is indeed full of talent. He must have enough confidence if he dares to give up his share of Hong Kong and Nanyang , I am sure that this movie will also be a big hit in other regions."
He Guanchang said: "It is nothing more than selling it to Japan and South Korea, and he can't get a share there, so he can only collect it. How much money can I spend to buy movies at Nippon Film Company? ”
Zou Wenhuai said with a smile: "That's a lot. If "Shaolin Temple" is really popular in Hong Kong and Nanyang, he might be able to sell more than 100,000 US dollars in Japan alone under the guise of Bruce Lee's second best. ."
He Guanchang nodded and said: "This guy refuses to let go, so that's probably what he had in mind."
Zou Wenhuai said: "We can settle the score, if "Shaolin Temple" is really true. How much can we earn if we break the box office record?"
He Guanchang thought for a moment and said, "If we follow this calculation, how much can Hong Kong top? The selling price is HK$6 million, plus Nanyang, 10 million is the limit. Taiwan is bought out directly by local film producers, so it doesn’t count.”
Zou Wenhuai sneered: “If we can really sell 10 million, we will. Give him more than 3 million yuan. The investment is from us. After excluding the expenses, what will we eat?”
He Guanchang said: "So... this guy first proposed an ingredient plan that we absolutely cannot accept, and then presented a second plan. Is he sure that we will choose the latter?"
Zou Wenhuai sneered. : "This must be the case! But do we have a choice? According to the first option. We will definitely not be able to accept a 30% share, unless we conceal the box office, but concealing too much will definitely cause a lot of trouble. As for the second option, this guy is taking a gamble. If he can really sell the movie to Japan and South Korea, then he should make the money. But we are already full in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Nanyang, so it is just a little less money. That's all."
He Guanchang said: "So...promise him?"
Zou Wenhuai lit a cigarette and said with a wry smile: "It feels really uncomfortable to be plotted by a young man. We can't afford it. Shao Laoliu is looking for a lawyer to litigate with us again. The old guy is taking advantage of others' danger and wants our lives... Promise Yang Ye!"
Zou Wenhuai three years ago! He and He Guanchang turned against Shaw Brothers. In order to take away employees from Shaw Brothers, he encouraged martial arts star Wang Yu to go to Shaw Brothers to steal contracts.
Wang Yu brought a chisel, pried open the cabinet where the contracts were kept, stole more than a hundred contracts in one go, and burned them.
So Zou Wenhuai successfully took away a large number of employees to form Jiahe, and the two companies also became mortal enemies. Run Run Shaw always wanted to get rid of Zou Wenhuai and then quickly!
When Golden Harvest was founded, they asked Chang Cheh and Wang Yu to remake Shaw Brothers' masterpiece "The One-Armed Sword". As a result, Run Run Shaw sued the court for infringement.
The lawsuit between the two parties has been ongoing until now, and the legal fees alone have cost millions.
It had already died down, but when Bruce Lee died, Jiahe lost his general. When Shaw saw the opportunity coming, he immediately used various methods to kill Jiahe.
It was under such circumstances of internal and external troubles that Zou Wenhuai agreed to Yang Ye's conditions.
After all, this condition is beneficial to Jiahe in every aspect.
If "Shaolin Temple" can really be sold outside Nanyang, Jiahe will only lose a small amount of income.
If it is not sold, then Yang Ye’s work for Jiahe will be almost in vain.
(End of this chapter)