novelhk Chapter 251 The film market is hot, who will Young and Dangerous choose?
Chapter 251 The film market is hot, who will Young and Dangerous choose?
Hong Kong Island, XX Golf Course.
A thin, middle-aged man wearing black-framed glasses swung the club.
"boom--"
After the shot went into the hole, applause broke out from the surrounding area.
"As expected of the boss, you are still so accurate in your play. I have to admit that you are better than me."
The man who was applauding was flattering the boss.
In this seemingly harmonious scene, anyone would think that the man who was applauding was trying to flatter another middle-aged man.
Especially the word "boss" he said was so eye-catching.
In fact, the two of them have long become important figures influencing the Hong Kong film industry.
That’s right! The man swinging the club is none other than Shaw Brothers Film Company boss Shao Ren Leng.
The person next to him applauding and praising is Zou Wenhuai from Jiahe.
Of course, the reason why Zou Wenhuai called Shao Renleng boss was because Zou Wenhuai came from Shaw Brothers.
You should know that Zou Wenhuai ran away from Shaw Brothers and founded the current Golden Harvest.
It can be said that the feud between the two sides began from the day Golden Harvest was established.
They have been fighting for as many years as Golden Harvest was established.
But even in this situation, the two sides actually appeared on the same golf course and played together in such a harmonious scene. This was also thanks to the new enemy they faced - Cinema City.
"I'm old, and I can't play basketball anymore."
Shao Renleng took the mineral water from the waiter and took a sip, then sat down next to Zou Wenhuai.
"How could that be? I've never seen a movie that could support an entire cinema chain."
"Besides, the Lei family originally didn't even want to run a cinema chain, so what's wrong with setting up a film company now?"
"These are just their side jobs. It won't be long before they realize that the film business is going to be hard."
Hearing this, Zou Wenhuai spoke directly with an arrogant look.
Just as Zou Wenhuai said.
The Hong Kong film market is in a period of great chaos. There are countless film companies, but there are only three cinema chains in Hong Kong Island.
In other words, any work produced by a film company can only be released in these three theaters.
In addition to the Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers cinema chains, there is another one called Golden Princess.
The owner of Golden Princess Cinemas is Lei Juekun, whose main industries are in transportation and real estate.
Just as Zou Wenhuai said, movies are just their side job.
But no one expected that Cinema City, in collaboration with Golden Princess Cinemas, would produce such a blockbuster.
The movie "Best Partner" directly helped Cinema City win 2,600 million at the box office.
It is also because of this work that Shao Renleng and Zou Wenhuai, two old enemies, appeared on a golf course at the same time.
That’s right! At that time, they were discussing how to squeeze out the market of Golden Princess.
The two had already reached a consensus on this and the two companies would jointly screen the film.
The so-called joint screening is the cooperation between two film companies to release the same movie at the same time in order to compete with the Golden Princess Cinemas' ace works.
But it turns out that even though the two sides have reached a cooperation, the current situation is still not optimistic.
"Is the film industry a difficult job?"
"But there are always a lot of people trying their best to make a living in the film industry."
"I heard that there's a new real estate company that's trying to make movies? What's its name? New Hongxing?"
Lighting a cigar, Shao Renleng spoke directly and slowly while smoking the cigar.
Obviously, although Shao Renleng felt that he was already somewhat overwhelmed in the film industry at that time, he never stopped "caring" about others.
"hold head high……"
"I did hear about it. It's said to be a gangster whitewashing film shot by a young and dangerous guy, but I don't think there is a market for it."
"What's popular in the Hong Kong film market? Isn't it you and I who have the final say?"
Zou Wenhuai said this with a meaningful look on his face.
There was no doubt, just from the tone of his voice, that he not only knew about the filming of this movie, but also knew something about its content.
All I can say is that both of you are from the film industry, and you all have good access to information.
The most important thing is that he didn't take Chen Wen's movie seriously.
"I heard that the initial investment in the film has reached more than 500 million."
"In pursuit of the so-called effect, they blew up a villa worth tens of millions. This is not a joke."
"But then again, no matter how great the film is, he still doesn't have any theaters. Which theater do you think he will negotiate with for this film?"
Shao Renleng spoke directly without any hurry.
However, it was not until the last half of the sentence that Zou Wenhuai truly understood why Shao Renleng had done so much preparation.
That’s right! Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas are jointly showing the film.
It can be said that they now have the largest cinema lineup in Hong Kong Island.
In this case, the advantages they have are far greater than those of Golden Princess Cinemas.
In short, Shao Renleng wanted to take advantage of his advantages in the market to lower the price.
Winning this film produced by Xin Hongxing with an absolute advantage also indirectly prevents the Golden Princess from expanding further.
At that time, Shao Renleng was determined to squeeze out the Golden Princess Cinema Chain.
So, no matter how the movie performs at the box office, he will not let the movie fall into the hands of Princess Jin.
Of course, the premise of this matter is that Zou Wenhuai and Shao Renleng form a united front.
……
Almost at the same time.
New Hung Hing Film Company, screening room.
The content played was exactly the sample footage from the filming of the movie "A Better Tomorrow".
That’s right! This is a preliminary sample of “A Better Tomorrow”, and only members of the crew will watch it.
However, at that time, everyone had completely immersed themselves in this movie.
He didn't even take into account the fact that time was passing by bit by bit.
Just like that, I finished watching the whole movie without realizing it.
After about a few minutes, applause broke out in the screening room.
That’s right! This is everyone’s recognition of their own achievements.
No one expected that this film, shot by actors and directors who were out of date and even not accepted by the market, would be so successful.
"Brother Xiao Ma's role is so classic. I think if anyone calls you Poison Fat again in the future, you can just slap him in the face."
Zhang Guorong pointed at the character of Brother Xiao Ma in front of him and started showing off.
In response to Zhang Guorong's words, Zhou Runfa also said very modestly: "It was Ti Lung who gave me the play and made me who I am."
"No way, Mr. Zhang's performance as the younger brother was also very successful."
A few people went around, and in the end, the voice of praise finally fell on Zhang Guorong.
However, Zhang Guorong is a person with high emotional intelligence.
In this case, how could this be possible to let this conversation come to light?
That's right! He turned his gaze directly to Chen Wen who was sitting next to him.
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