Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire Chapter 436

In the studio of DreamWorks Studios. ┡Ω『┡smallΔ』says ┡

Taking advantage of the gap between filming "The Matrix", Liu Zhenwei handed the script of "Ghostbusters" jointly created by him and Wang Jiawei to Xu Cun, and asked, "Mr. Xu, can you read this script?"

In 1980, a consortium company from the Philippines decided to enter the Hong Kong film and television industry, and established Century Film Company in Hong Kong, and appointed a young man who had studied printing art in the UK to return to Hong Kong to manage the business. It was Liu Zhenwei, who was less than thirty years old at the time.

The fledgling Liu Zhenwei didn't have any connections in the film and television industry, so he found a group of new-wave directors to play to their heart's content, and produced fairly good movies such as "The Marginal Man", "Out of Xiyingpan", "Bing Mei" and so on.

"Out of Xiyingpan" directed by Tang Jiming is unforgettable with its sharp editing rhythm and ancient dragon-style violent beauty, but at the same time, it has also been subject to public controversy due to the psychology of being too big, thus bringing a lot of attention to the "century". Less topic.

In general, the films produced by Century Pictures are mostly new-wave cu1t films in style, and also have a strong pioneering meaning in terms of images and editing.

Last year, Century Pictures was reorganized into "Century of Five Continents", and 6 consecutive films such as "After the Horse", "Yellow Peril", "Breakout" and "Brothers" were produced, but the quality and response were not comparable to the "Century" period. of the video.

At the beginning of this year, due to the bankruptcy of the bank that mortgaged the company's assets, "Century" had to stop the production business.

At that time, the disheartened Liu Zhenwei was preparing to change careers to do business.

As a result, a phone call made by Xu Cun himself was left behind.

Liu Zhenwei is really brave, Xu Cun personally asked him, and he dared to make three demands - to form his own team, to be his own director, and to ask for a production fee of 1.5 million.

It is no longer the seven or eight years when Xu Cun entered the industry, and the production fee of 1.5 million is relatively small even for a low-cost film.

In addition, Liu Zhenwei is a rare good director in Hong Kong.

Therefore, Xu Cun agreed to Liu Zhenwei's three conditions without even thinking about it.

but--

After learning that there is Wang Jiawei, a pit king in the team formed by Liu Zhenwei, Xu Cun also proposed to take a look at the script of Liu Zhenwei's movie. Xu Cun was really afraid that Wang Jiawei would pit him like Deng Guangrong.

And "Ghostbusters" is the first work prepared by Liu Zhenwei.

Seeing that the script that Liu Zhenwei brought was "Ghostbusters", not "The True Story of Ah Fei", nor "Evil and Poison in the West", Xu Cun simply flipped through it and said, "Okay, it's a pretty good script, it's on the budget. If it's not enough, you can come to me again, and if the filming is good enough, I will let DreamWorks Cinemas screen it for you.”

After listening to Xu Cun's two promises, Liu Zhenwei was overjoyed - neither in the previous century nor in the future Wuzhou Century, none of them have enjoyed the treatment of more than ten theaters and cinemas, let alone in the No. 1 Grand Court in Xiangjiang. The treatment of the line is full! If "Ghostbusters" is filmed, then he Liu Zhenwei is likely to take this opportunity to soar into the sky!

Liu Zhenwei suppressed his excitement and thanked Xu Cun sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for giving me the opportunity!"

Xu Cun smiled and said, "Do it well, I'm going to reform DreamWorks Studios recently. On the basis of the basic salary, I will give the film production team a share of the box office. As long as you make the film well, you will be designated to make more money than you do business. Much more."

actually--

This proposal was put forward by Hu Huizhong, and this is the second fire she has burned as the general manager of DreamWorks Studios.

No one can deny that money is a huge source of creative power and an important condition for retaining talents. Therefore, Hu Huizhong has such a proposal.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Cun was persuaded by Hu Huizhong. Therefore, Xu Cun decided to distribute 5% of the box office in Hong Kong and 2% of the overseas box office to the production team, so that they have the opportunity to make more money.

Of course!

At the same time, the base salary of the production team will also be reduced by a large part.

In addition to Liu Zhenwei, among the people who joined DreamWorks this year, there are two more famous filmmakers in the last Hong Kong film industry - Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting, the couple's best partners.

Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting are classmates in the directing department of New York University. There are only three Chinese in the class. The two often film in a group.

This year, the two returned to Xiangjiang together and were recruited by Tang Shuxuan into DreamWorks Studios.

After joining DreamWorks Studios, Luo Qirui and Zhang Wanting brought out the film they had prepared for a long time - the first "Illegal Immigrant" in the immigration trilogy.

Tang Shuxuan used her immunity this year to make the film.

Now that it's October, it's time to prepare for this year's Lunar New Year movies.

This year's Lunar New Year, the major film companies are all ready to do another big job.

The movie that Jiahe prepared is "Rich Train" by the big cast.

Xinyicheng sacrificed their strongest film and best partner series, and used the original cast to shoot "Best Partner Qianli Saves the Chapo".

Yindu is planning to screen Shaolin Shaolin, produced by Shaw Brothers and starring Li Lianjie, at the Lunar New Year.

Debao is preparing to release Zhang Jianting's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love".

In addition to Debao's "Goodbye Seven Days of Love", several other films are very competitive, even Xu Cun dare not underestimate.

As the largest film company in Hong Kong, DreamWorks is bound to win the top spot for the Lunar New Year.

But only relying on "Ghostbusters" and "Illegal Immigrants" can't compete with the films carefully prepared by other major film companies, even if it is the release of "I Want a Golden Turtle-in-law" directed by Chen Xunqi or "Eighth" directed by Gao Zhisen. The Annunciation of the Star is also impossible to win~www.mtlnovel.com~ What about "Out of Africa" ​​released by DreamWorks Studios (US branch)?

No way - the risk is too great to put your treasure on "Out of Africa", a somewhat offbeat foreign film.

What about the release of "The Matrix" directed by Xu Cun?

Not to mention - due to the various problems encountered in special effects, the filming of "The Matrix" was so slow that it was impossible for "The Matrix" to be filmed a few years ago, and how could it be released?

Therefore, if he does not want to hand over the top spot of the Lunar New Year file to other film companies, Xu Cun must help DreamWorks Films plan a film that can stabilize the voltage of "Rich Train", "Best Partner Save the Poor Woman", "North and South" Shaolin movie. As for "Goodbye Seven Days of Love", Xu Cun is not going to give it a chance to compete with other films on the same stage - Xu Cun plans to let the legal department of DreamWorks Group sue Debao Films before "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" is released The company infringed and prevented "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" from being released.

(To be continued.)

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