Entertainment 1998

Chapter 487 486, Come as you please

"Paranormal Activity", which cost 6 US dollars to produce, grossed 2 million US dollars worldwide. Just based on this terrifying fighting power, King Liu is sure that Jiang Feng definitely understands movies!

Therefore, when King Liu saw Jiang Feng strolling on Repulse Bay Road through the car window, he ordered the driver to back up and meet him.

The movie script of "The Departed" is so excellent that this young man who knows movies will definitely like it after seeing it, and once he likes it, he will definitely invest in it!
That’s right, in this era when Hong Kong films are declining, a budget of 4000 million Hong Kong dollars can indeed scare off many film and television production companies, but for Jiang Feng, this amount of money seems to be nothing.

It is rumored that Jiang Feng's personal pre-tax income from the movie "Paranormal Activity" alone exceeded 3000 million US dollars, or 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

But what King Liu didn't expect was that Jiang Feng actually misunderstood. He thought he was the one who invited him to act in this movie? !

Ok…

Sitting in the Alpha nanny car, King Liu thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, you misunderstood me. I invited you to read the script just to ask if you are willing to invest. After all, the script of this movie is very good.

And the budget is not high. With Chiu Wai and I as the main actors, HK$4000 million is definitely enough to complete the production and distribution.”

“Investment…”

Seeing that King Liu spoke so bluntly, Jiang Feng smiled and said:

"Brother Hua, I'm sorry, I don't invest in film and television."

"Why?" King Liu was a little confused.

As an insider, you are great at composing music and singing, and your abilities as a screenwriter, director and actor are all first-rate. Under such circumstances, you actually told me that you don't invest in film and television. You should know that my Tianmu Company has lost all its money, but I still remain true to my original intention.

"It's simple. I'm a bit lazy. Being a screenwriter, director and lead actor is tiring enough. If I also have to think about film production and distribution, how can I have the time?" Having said this, Jiang Feng patted the blue folder and said:

"In Hollywood, a movie can only make a profit if the box office is twice the production and distribution costs; in our country, the box office must be 2.5 to 3 times the production and distribution costs to make a profit.

Brother Hua, regarding the movie "The Departed" you mentioned, do you think it can earn 1 million Hong Kong dollars in box office in Hong Kong Island?"

"Well... Mr. Jiang, how about this? If you are interested in investing, I can not charge any remuneration. I can just consider it as an investment with you using the remuneration?"

King Liu really likes "The Departed", for this reason, he has already met many investors with the movie script.

The reason why every investor rejected him was the same as Jiang Feng's: after investing tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, I couldn't see any possibility of making a profit.

Now, seeing a rich man who understands movies, King Liu would naturally not let him go easily. He gritted his teeth and stated his bottom line.

But even so, Jiang Feng still shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Brother Hua, I've already told you that I don't invest in film and television. The reason I calculated the investment prospects of this movie for you just now was to tell you to stop busying yourself.

The glorious era of Hong Kong films has long passed, and now, no one is stupid enough to spend so much money to invest in a movie that is bound to lose money. "

After saying this, Jiang Feng nodded to King Liu, opened the car door, and was about to get out, but at this time, King Liu, who would not give up easily, spoke again.

"Mr. Jiang, you are young and born in the mainland, so you may not have much sentiment for Hong Kong films, but I am different. I have witnessed its glory, and I hope it will continue to be glorious in the future.

What's more, there are so many people working in the film industry in Hong Kong. If there are no film and television crews working, everyone will go hungry. So as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I hope that a film and television company will invest in it."

I have to say that King Liu is a good person.

Although he is rather slippery in the face of major issues, stars who can take care of the lowest-level staff are generally not bad in quality. Just like Principal Gu more than a decade later, when no one watched Hong Kong films anymore, he was still willing to pay for the filming himself just to give ordinary crew members something to eat.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng, who was about to get off the car, stopped.

"Brother Hua, let's do this!
Since you said that, let me tell you my thoughts. I just did a rough calculation and the cost of shooting this movie should be 400 million Hong Kong dollars, which includes the wages of ordinary staff, the film consumed in shooting, the lunch expenses of the crew and staff, the rental fees of the shooting location, the wages of the extras, etc.

Now, I am willing to pay $50 for the overseas adaptation rights of the script, and then you can use the money to shoot The Departed. "

Seeing Jiang Feng say this, King Liu wanted to refute immediately, but before he could say anything, he heard Jiang Feng say again: "Brother Hua, I know what you want to say, it's nothing more than what about the film pay of other actors?
Now, let me tell you, you can use the form of movie profit-sharing, and invite everyone to work together to complete this movie. The famous actors will not receive a penny in film pay, but only a share of the box office profit.

For example, the protagonist and director can each get 10% of the box office, and the supporting actors can each get 3%. For example, when the film is finished, you can hand it over to the film distribution company and promise that 30% of the box office is theirs..."

Jiang Feng talked a lot.

Counting from the time they got into the car, the two of them had been chatting for about half an hour. At the end, seeing that Liu Tianwang was frowning in thought, Jiang Feng smiled and added:
"Brother Hua, you may be worried that although this method can complete the filming of the movie, your favorite actors, such as Liang Chaowei, will not take on this movie just for the illusory box office share.

What I want to tell you now is that it doesn’t matter if Liang Chaowei doesn’t accept the call.

You can look for me. In terms of acting skills, appearance, and influence, I think I am not inferior to him at all."

"Pfft, haha..."

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, King Liu's driver laughed out loud.

.........

"Ha ha…"

Jiang Feng got out of the car with laughter.

In fact, he had an even more vicious idea that he hadn't mentioned yet, which was to use moral kidnapping to bring actors that King Liu liked, such as Liang Chaowei, into the crew.

Hong Kong film practitioners can't afford to eat. In order to save them, King Liu raised his arms in the media, begging everyone not to accept film remuneration, but only to use box office dividends to make a movie, and even named who would star in the movie in the newspaper...

By then, Liang Chaowei, whose name was called, would be criticized to death if he didn't come.

It was such a bad idea, and Jiang Feng didn’t say anything, regardless of whether King Liu would use it or not.

The reason I didn’t talk about it is because the movie "Infernal Affairs" is really good. In his previous life, Liang Chaowei played Chen Yongren. It would be nice if I could play him in this life.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if I can’t act, I can still play the Hollywood version of Chen Yongren.

Because Jiang Feng had already called out the price of 50 US dollars, it was impossible for King Liu, who was currently short of investment, not to be tempted. As long as he could take the initiative to sell the overseas adaptation rights of the film script to himself, then the filming of the movie in Hollywood next year would have a destination.

In fact, Jiang Feng's prediction was accurate.

Following the instructions in Wang Zuxian's text message, Jiang Feng got the key at the door of Villa No. 16 Repulse Bay Road. As soon as he walked into the yard, he received a call from someone.

"Hello Mr. Jiang, my name is Mai Zhaohui. I heard that you are very interested in the overseas adaptation rights of The Departed. Well, I would like to talk to you."

(End of this chapter)