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Chapter 146 Seen Through
Jiahe.

This is a name that cannot be avoided in the Hong Kong film industry.

At that time, Shaw Brothers was the only dominant company in the industry. Two people left Shaw Brothers and founded Golden Harvest Films.

They made Bruce Lee famous, and after Bruce Lee's death, they won over Sam Hui. Jackie Chan rose to prominence, and they signed Jackie Chan to Golden Harvest with a super high salary of four million. One of them even adopted Jackie Chan as his godson.

The man was He Guanchang, who was sitting in the office. He had white hair, thick eyebrows, and looked like two triangles overall. He was wearing a pair of glasses.

Jackie Chan was sitting opposite him, and both of them were in a bad mood.

"Project A: The Sequel" was released on August 8th. I originally thought that since it was a Jackie Chan work and a sequel to a blockbuster movie, there would probably not be a single capable fighter, and everyone else would have to stay away from it. Even if there were capable fighters, they would all be the same and not much stronger.

But who could have thought that a horror movie would gross 38 million in just one month!

Moreover, it is a film that became popular all over Hong Kong Island and became a cultural phenomenon.

It actually directly affected the box office of "Project A: Sequel", which has yet to break 30 million!
Although it's not much different, looking at the box office trend, by the time "Project A: The Sequel" is released, it will just break 30 million, and it will be a long shot to break 31 million.

"This Huang Ze is really talented!"

He Guanchang smiled, with a bit of bitterness on his face, "Before, he made some art films, and the box office was just so-so. This year, he made a commercial film. Judging from the momentum, he will occupy at least two of the top five in the box office charts!"

"It's a pity that I didn't discover his talent earlier. Otherwise, if I had brought him to Jiahe, I would have one less opponent."

"Now that the momentum has been established, it is unlikely that we can take it for our own use."

"Hey, godfather, I didn't expect that either!" Jackie Chan could only smile bitterly. This "Project A: Sequel" was his work as a director. Logically, it should have dominated the box office for a period of time. Who could have expected that it would encounter a movie like "The Ring". It was simply unbelievable.

"It's not unfair to lose!" He Guanchang snorted, took out a stack of newspapers and handed them to Jackie Chan, "Take a good look at the circled areas."

"Oh?" Jackie Chan looked down and read it again, "It's all about videotape murders!"

After saying that, Jackie Chan reacted and looked up at He Guanchang, "Godfather, guess he released all these in advance."

"It's not speculation, it's fact!"

"Looking at the time when the newspaper came out, it was basically five days after he returned home."

"What do you mean it's adapted from an incident? Do you think a movie like The Ring can be finished in less than a month after the report came out? Shooting, editing, scheduling, how can it be done so quickly?"

"The so-called videotape murders that have caused a lot of controversy were probably planned by him in collaboration with newspapers and the families of the victims."

"What an amazing plan!" He Guanchang sighed, "We lost to him in terms of publicity."

"With this kind of promotional method, even a bad movie can become a big hit."

“Don’t say that The Ring is one of the best horror movies.”

"It's not unfair that we lost!"

"That Huang Ze is indeed very talented!" Jackie Chan nodded in agreement, "I just don't know if he can make a kung fu comedy, otherwise I would like to work with him once."

"By the way, godfather, didn't he send one of his movies to North America for screening? How is the box office now?"

He Guanchang didn't say anything, but stretched out his thumb and index finger.

"Eight million?"

"Correct!"

He Guanchang took a breath, not knowing what he was thinking about writing. After a while, he said, "It has only been released in less than half of the cities, and many cities have just released it not long ago, so there is still box office potential to be tapped."

"According to my friend's estimation, the final box office may exceed 25 million US dollars!" "What?" Jackie Chan was shocked.

That's Hollywood. He had tried several times to get in but failed. Huang Ze brought a group of actors who were two levels lower than him in Hong Kong Island. How could he possibly get 25 million US dollars in the end?

Do you want this?
Could it be that the efforts I made to break into Hollywood were fake?

"It can't be wrong, right?" Jackie Chan couldn't believe it.

"Even if we are wrong, the loss will be more than 20 million US dollars." Seeing that his godson was a little obsessed, He Guanchang made a gesture of pressing his palm and said, "Okay, stay calm."

"Just focus on filming your movie Dragon Gate first. Don't you want to film Police Stories 2?"

"Let's finish these first. By then, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels will have been taken off the screen in Hollywood, and it will have a lot of fans in the video market."

"I will go to Huang Ze in person to see if he has any ideas. If he has a good action comedy idea, I will let you work with him and we can try to make a splash in Hollywood."

"Okay!" Jackie Chan felt that his self-confidence, which had been shaken by the North American box office of "Police Story" of less than one million US dollars, was quickly rebuilt.

Huang Ze was able to break into Hollywood with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He risked his life, and it was an action comedy, and with Huang Ze, it was a two-for-one movie. There was no reason why it couldn't work!

I know the nature of Hollywood action movies too well. You punch me and I punch you. When it's one against many, the other side also attacks one by one. It's not fun to watch at all.

Give himself a chance to break into Hollywood. He believes that his action movies will definitely occupy a place there!
……

"Ah!"

Huang Ze sneezed in the Xinghai Film and Television office.

"It's just a movie called The Ring."

"How many people are thinking about me!"

“I don’t know if anyone is trying to steal my vote or force me to film.”

"Fortunately, I, Huang, cherish my own life and safety!"

Seeing that "The Ring" was gaining momentum and had the potential to win the box office championship, Huang Ze recruited more than a dozen bodyguards at once.

Among them, there were even four people who had actually been to the battlefield and were found by my grandfather.

None of the four people knew each other and their hometowns were in three different provinces.

Two of them are from Jiangsu Province, in different cities, one in Southern Jiangsu and the other in Northern Jiangsu, which is almost equivalent to two provinces. They may even dislike each other more than two different provinces.

It can be said to be quite trustworthy.

"With these security measures, if Zhang Shihao comes, he will have to cry and leave, right?"

Huang Ze muttered to himself and looked at Zhang Min, "Go call Zhang Jianya in!"

After he came in, Huang Ze handed an envelope to Zhang Jianya, "A red envelope after the box office success."

"Thank you."

"Stop!" Huang Ze raised his hand. "Let's not talk about this. We've been together for four years in college and we'll be working in the same factory after graduation. It would be awkward to say thank you."

"Open it and take a look first."

"Oh?" Zhang Jianya honestly opened the envelope that was about five centimeters thick. He took a look at the green envelope and saw "It's US dollars!"

(End of this chapter)