Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 270 Two Women Come to the Door

In Hong Kong, Emperor Entertainment Group also took the opportunity to announce a co-production plan, causing an uproar in the Hong Kong media.

This Star Entertainment is quite ambitious, launching two co-productions at the same time, one with the United States and one with Hong Kong.

Originally, co-production between China and Hong Kong has been a trend in the past two years, and a co-produced action film is nothing special.

But with the Hollywood movie as an example, even the "Kowloon Walled City" which is still in preparation has gained a lot of popularity.

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Thuja Films
"You're crazy. You actually thought of using 'SPL' and 'Taken' to compete head-on. What are you thinking? Do you really think ours is a blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan..."

Huang Bogao, the boss of Yabai Film and Television, was not polite at all when speaking to Hong Jinbao. It was true that Hong Jinbao was a big boss, but he was the one who invested in "SPL" and put real money into it. He did not want to get involved in the feud between Hong Jinbao and Zhang Chen.

After a while, Hong Jinbao slammed the door and walked out angrily.

He played the villain Wang Bao in "SPL" and was also the action director of the film. He believes that "SPL" was filmed very well and is no worse than "Taken" in terms of action scenes.

Therefore, he strongly advocated that "SPL" and "Taken" be released at the same time so that they could have a good competition.

Unfortunately Huang Bogao didn't dare.

Of course Huang Bogao didn't dare.

Zhang Chen is a well-known director, and his film Taken made over 1.4 million yuan at the box office. His film SPL was not like that, which was announced to cost 3200 million yuan, but was actually million yuan.

Besides, fighting with Hurricane would not do him any good even if he won, so he would not do such a stupid thing.

After Hong Jinbao left, Zou Zhaolong and Dong Wei, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, looked at each other and hurried to follow.

Both of them are members of the Hung Clan. Zou Zhaolong is the one who has done the best. He is the golden villain in Hong Kong action movies and has also starred in "The Matrix".

Dong Wei later also worked as a martial arts instructor. "The Thief", "The Spy" and "The Siege" are all his works, but these are not his most famous ones. His best known work is the "Changjin Lake" series.

Dong Wei: "Looking at Brother Sanmao's appearance, he must have been defeated by Huang Bogao. Should we tell him?"

Zou Zhaolong: "Nonsense, of course we have to tell him, otherwise Brother Sanmao will definitely blame us in the future..."

"What are you two whispering about over there?"

The two were arguing with each other, and when Hong Jinbao asked them questions, they could only tell the truth.

"Brother Sanmao, it's the news about the failure..."

"What?" When Hong Jinbao heard that it was related to Zhang Chen, he stopped.

Dong Wei added: "Emperor Entertainment just announced that they are collaborating with Zhang Chen on an action film called Kowloon Walled City."

"A mainlander is filming a story about Hong Kong~" Hong Jinbao was disdainful. He didn't believe that Zhang Chen could do a good job.

"It's not Director Zhang Chen, it's a new director, but he's also from Zhang Chen's company. I heard they're looking for a lot of Hong Kong martial artists to come to the mainland to film. I was wondering if we should teach them a lesson..."

Hearing Zou Zhaolong's words, Hong Jinbao glanced at him and said, "What are you thinking? Since this film is a collaboration with Emperor Entertainment Group, it is Boss Yang's film. If you offend Boss Yang, do you still want to stay in this industry?"

Even though he is a big shot in the Hong Kong circle, there is still a big gap between him and people of Boss Yang's level.

If he offended Boss Yang, Hong Jinbao might be fine, but his subordinates would probably have no food to eat.

Zou Zhaolong didn't care about being scolded by the boss, but he was still a little unwilling: "Then we will do nothing?"

Hong Jinbao looked at his apprentice and said, "Let's compete openly. He wants to shoot an action movie, so let him do it. Then, we can release "SPL" and "Kowloon Walled City" at the same time. Let's see what he has to say."

"But, just now..."

Hong Jinbao knew what he wanted to say about Wong Pak-ko, "It's understandable that he's afraid of competing with Taken, but if Wong Pak-ko doesn't even dare to face a newcomer's movie head-on, then he doesn't need to make movies anymore. Wouldn't it be better for him to beg for food?"

...Han Sanping's office
An old man and a young man are drinking tea.

Han Sanping: "You played this trick well, not only did it change public opinion, I'm afraid the Wang brothers are regretting it now. If I were them, I would definitely regret giving up such a good share and bang my head against the wall..."

Zhang Chen laughed: "They didn't lose money. When Lao Li went to collect, they had already sold half of their shares. The cost was recovered long ago. It's just that they made less money."

"By the way, for the two co-productions this time, you'd better not do anything fake. Follow the rules. There are a lot of people watching you~"

"I know. I'm taking precautions."

Zhang Chen knew what Han Sanping was reminding him of.

There are regulations for co-productions; it does not mean that a film is a co-production just because you have domestic investment.

There are strict regulations on the investment ratio and the ratio of the number of leading actors, and the filming must be done domestically.

The application process is also very complicated. None of the procedures can be missed, such as the letter of intent for cooperation, script, visa entry procedures, and film review. Even the addition or reduction of foreign creative personnel in the middle of the process must be approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television first.

All previous China-Hong Kong co-productions were not formal, even Jackie Chan’s “New Police Story” was the same.

But if Zhang Chen did the same thing, there would definitely be a lot of reports.

He had already decided that both Kowloon Walled City and A Quiet Place would be shot in China. The former was just a run-down building and could be easily found.

The latter does not have many scenes, and even if they are built, the cost is lower than shooting in the United States.

"Then let's talk about the investment ratio?"

"No way, Third Master. You can get involved in A Quiet Place, after all, it's a Sino-US co-production. Are you going to get involved in Kowloon Walled City, which has such a small budget?"

"Nonsense, that's a political achievement. The leader just mentioned it to me. The co-production I participated in investing in was a big hit at the box office. What do you think the leader would think?"

It turns out that this was what the Third Master was planning.

"Don't worry, I won't take advantage of you. I won't ask for more shares from your two films. I can even help you find the venue..."

……

After coming out of China Film Academy, Zhang Chen returned to the company. As soon as he got downstairs, he was blocked by Chen Xi.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm waiting for you. There are two plague gods sitting in the company right now. Manager Dong specifically asked me to remind you here..."

"Plague God? There are two of them. Who are they?"

"Liu Tianxian and Jing Tian~"

Zhang Chen was shocked: "Why are they together?"

Chen Xi shrugged: "I don't know either. I guess they all came here for the movie A Quiet Place."

"Didn't you tell them that the role of the heroine had already been decided by Fan Binbin?"

"Do I need to sue them? Anyone who has read the news knows this, but they still came. They probably think money can overcome everything."

"To be honest, is it possible that the heroine this time can be won by money?" Chen Xi himself was full of curiosity.

"Absolutely impossible. The role was not important before, so we asked them to help get Painted Skin approved.

But it won’t work this time. “A Quiet Place” is a female-led drama that I tailored for Fan Xiaopang, and the acting skills of those two people simply can’t carry it.

And I was hoping to use Fan Binbin to slap Zhang Ziyi in the face. If I use these two, will I be slapping her in the face or getting slapped in the face?"

(End of this chapter)