Chapter 424 424, King Liu’s Ambition

Today's Hong Kong film market is hitting bottom every year and constantly breaking through the lower limit. The overall environment makes people sad and helpless.

From January to early August this year, more than 60% of the movies produced were unprofitable. Major bosses tightened their purse strings and chose movies carefully.

A high-quality movie script like "The Departed" must find a star with matching personality to act. The bigger the name, the higher the remuneration and the bigger the investment.

Given the current recession, how much box office revenue does a 20-million-dollar movie have to bring in to make a profit? This is so outrageous that no one can guarantee it.

Therefore, after receiving requests for help from Zhuang Wenqiang and Mai Zhaohui, Andy Lau has been asking for help with the script in the past few days, but no one dared to accept it. Even Xiang Jia, who was close to him, gave him a polite recommendation. Refuse.

However, before leaving the house, 16-year-old Xiang Zuo asked strangely: "Brother Hua, why can't you spend your own money to shoot this movie like Sun Hao did?"

Well…

These words choked Andy Lau to death, and he didn't know how to answer.

Little brother, since you haven’t started to hang out in the industry, you shouldn’t say anything nonsense. You must know that many celebrities change their careers to become bosses, and even more become producers and producers. But they only have a good name, but they don’t actually What kind of money are you throwing into it?

Relying on a star's hard-earned money to make a movie is called second-rate behavior. The risk is too high and you can't afford to pay. There must be strong resource support behind it.

For example, Sun Hao you mentioned has never invested any money himself. He always writes a movie script and then submits it to China Film Group, Yinghuang Company, Michael Ramese Pictures, Columbia Pictures...

My movie requires 30 million U.S. dollars in real money, but the investment amount must be calculated as 50 million U.S. dollars.

As for the extra 20 million US dollars that came out of thin air, that is my physical investment, intellectual investment and labor investment of the entire film crew. If you agree, just do it. If you don’t agree, I will find someone else.

There are no more than five awesome directors like this in the world, because you have to make sure that every movie you make makes money, and you make a lot of money!

Some things are so magical. Just after leaving Xiang's house, Andy Lau received a call from Zhuang Wenqiang.

"Brother Hua, there is no need to trouble you to help us find investment. We have already found investors."

"who?"

"Yang Shoucheng, the boss of Yinghuang Company!"

"Didn't Mr. Yang say he won't invest?"

"That was before. We went to see Sun Hao this time, and he happened to be with Yang Shoucheng. After Sun Hao read two pages of the movie script, he directly told Yang Shoucheng without asking anything, Boss Yang, vote Well, I’ll be the director of this movie!”

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The Coffee Academics, known for its industrial style, has many branches on Hong Kong Island, but the most popular one is undoubtedly the one on Yiu Wah Street in Causeway Bay.

Dim warm light, exposed red brick walls, and the classic combination of water pipes and stainless steel create a comfortable and stylish atmosphere.

The store is equipped with a large roasting machine, metal-style chandeliers, a row of ice drop machines, retro deer head specimens...

In terms of appearance alone, this place is the No. 1 cafe in Hong Kong Island.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Huo Wenxi walked in.

Sitting in front of the window, smelling the fragrant coffee, and reading quietly is really a very good way to relax.

It's not too busy today. Huo Wenxi plans to give herself a day off to adjust her mood.

"It's kinda funny

How life can change

Can flip 180 in a matter of days

Sometimes love works in

Mysterious ways

…”

There was music playing in the cafe, and the song was "One Love" sung by Fang Ximing and Chen Guanxi. This song was originally released to the world as an 'Easter Egg' in the movie "Death Comes 2".

I didn’t expect it to be so popular!

"One Love" ranked seventh on the U.S. Billboard Music Chart in the first week after its release. In the following four weeks, it topped the weekly charts one after another.

Now, after such a long time, this song is still the music of choice in major cafes on Hong Kong Island.

Thinking of "One Love", Huo Wenxi couldn't help but sigh. How great would it be if Ting Feng had originally performed this song? !

It's a pity that Tingfeng looked down on it at first, saying that the English song composed by Sun Hao couldn't express his angry mood at all.

Haha... Of course, Tingfeng was right. Chen Guanchi and Fang Ximing became popular again because of singing this song, and he became even more angry because of it!

Just as she was thinking about it, Huo Wenxi's cell phone placed next to her coffee cup suddenly vibrated several times.

"Buzzing..."

Huo Wenxi picked it up and looked at it, and saw that it was a text message sent by her boss Yang Shoucheng.

[Mani, let Tingfeng prepare. After the National Day, Sun Hao will be filming a movie in Hong Kong Island. I recommended Tingfeng to make a cameo. Sun Hao agreed. 】

In Sun Hao's movie, it's certainly okay for Ting Feng to appear as a guest star, and it wouldn't necessarily lower his status, but the key is what role he plays.

If it's an image that doesn't match the image, forget it. Ting Feng, who has been considered a box office poison by industry insiders, is not very good at accepting films. If it goes against the image again, it will definitely get worse in the future.

But just when Huo Wenxi was about to send a text message to ask what kind of role he was, a phone call suddenly came in.

"Hi Mani, I'm Andy Lau!"

"Brother Hua, I have your phone number. If you have anything to say, please tell me!"

"Mani, it's like this. Zhuang Wenqiang and Mai Zhaohui wrote a movie script and showed it to me two days ago. I like it very much and am ready to help them attract investment.

But I just heard that Boss Yang has agreed to invest in this movie, so I just want to ask, has your male lead been decided?

If not, please tell Boss Yang and let him and Sun Hao consider me? "

"Oh..., ah..., of course, no problem!"

It was the first time Andy Lau called her personally, which made Huo Wenxi a little excited. After all, this is her idol!

"Okay, please!"

"Brother Hua, no please, no please, I'll ask you right away."

But just after hanging up the phone, someone called in again. Huo Wenxi saw that it was Zeng Zhiwei. This was another big boss. He couldn't answer the phone.

"Hi, Viagra!"

"Hi, Mani, I heard that the young director Sun Hao from the Mainland is going to collaborate with Boss Yang on another movie?"

"Yes, this happens!"

"Then help me ask if there are any roles suitable for me? I think Aaron's transformation with Sun Hao has been quite successful, so I also want to follow him in two movies."

"Okay, no problem, I'll note it down!"

Andy Lau is an idol. Huo Wenxi actually didn't ask about something just now, but Zeng Zhiwei is different. He and Tan Long often go to Yinghuang together. We have already become familiar with each other, so it's natural to talk about some things. Something casual.

"But, Viagra, why don't you just go to Yang Sheng for this matter?"

"Can't find it. It says it's turned off when I call. I guess he's tired of being harassed by people like us." Zeng Zhiwei, who was cheerful, felt a little bit happy about his misfortune, but after saying that, he hung up the phone.

As if to verify the authenticity of Zeng Zhiwei's explanation, as soon as Huo Wenxi closed her phone, many calls came in.

Liang Jiahui, Zhang Jiahui, Fang Ximing, Chen Guanchi, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Cecilia, Huang Qiusheng...