The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 755 A Hot Commodity! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

All three of them are action-oriented!
After discussing it, we decided to go and scout the location in advance.

Nanzhen is infamous in the underground world, and it is clearly not a good place.

Fortunately, they went to Nanzhen, so they weren't completely clueless.

Not to mention the convenience provided by Interpol, the Chinatown there alone can be of great help.

To be honest, the various underground forces in Nanzhen were deeply influenced by the local Chinatown.

The story of Hungry Wolf Legend is actually a plot that evolved from a dispute among several disciples of Tang Fulu, the master of Bajiquan in Chinatown.

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"Where's Wu Sheng? Didn't Wu Sheng come to the company?"

Dehua, the boss of Sky Screen Film Company, is searching everywhere for Wu Aiguo.

The boss standing next to him didn't look too good.

"Boss, didn't Wu Sheng take leave a few days ago?"

At this point, a company employee spoke up to offer a reminder.

"Oh, that really happened! Look at my memory!"

Dehua said apologetically, "Mr. Xiang, Wu Sheng did indeed take leave a few days ago and went out. We don't know where he is now."

"Really?"

Xiang Daheng was somewhat suspicious and said in a deep voice, "You're not avoiding me, are you?"

As he said this, he subconsciously glanced at Dehua.

"how is this possible?"

Dehua denied it, saying, "When filming started, Xiang Sheng had seen the martial arts actor before!"

"really!"

Xiang Daheng's expression softened, and he said calmly, "That day, Wu Sheng talked to me for a while; he's a guy with a lot of ideas!"

"If you didn't have ideas, how could you have come up with the 'Artifact Thieves' series of scripts?"

Dehua chuckled and said, "Especially the third part, the plot is quite ingenious, Xiang Sheng should have expected that!"

At this moment, Xiang Daheng was sitting on the guest sofa in the boss's office. Hearing this, he nodded and smiled, "I can only say that this is somewhat unexpected!"

Lighting the cigar Dehua offered, he took a deep drag and said leisurely, "The protagonist of the third book has gradually transformed from a highly intelligent and skilled art thief in the first two books into a chivalrous thief. It's truly unexpected!"

"Audiences buy into this kind of thing, otherwise the movie wouldn't have grossed over 30 million!"

"Xiang Sheng, the script written by the martial arts actor is quite solid!"

Dehua chimed in, "Back then, the entire company worked together to collect information in order to perfect the script, and we put in a lot of effort!"

"I just want to ask, do you have any other scripts for martial arts roles?"

Xiang Daheng got straight to the point: "If you have them, I can buy them at a high price, or we can co-produce them!"

"I don't think so!"

Dehua thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard him mention it before. After all, the job of a production supervisor isn't easy either!"

Upon hearing this, Xiang Daheng showed a dismissive expression.

If a film is produced under the direction of Win's Entertainment, any crew member who dares to openly steal money will ultimately come to a bad end.

Dehua just smiled; that was a difficult question to answer.

"The movie did so well at the box office, but the celebration was a little incomplete because Wu Sheng, the important screenwriter, was missing!"

Xiang Daheng exhaled a smoke ring and asked curiously, "I wonder where Wusheng went and when he will return?"

"This……"

Dehua touched his nose somewhat awkwardly and said with a wry smile, "When Wusheng asked for leave, I didn't ask him in detail, so..." He didn't need to explain the rest, as he didn't know either.

Of course, he also understood the purpose of Xiang Daheng's visit at this time.

Isn't it just an attempt to poach talent?
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't afford to offend him, given Dehua's good temper, he wouldn't have been too willing to receive the tycoon who took the initiative to come to his door.

Xiang Daheng was also somewhat frustrated!

He wouldn't have acted this way if he hadn't sensed the risks.

By 1994, Hong Kong films still seemed to be very popular.

As a film tycoon, it's easy to see from the data that the situation for Hong Kong films is not very optimistic.

Apart from the top-grossing films, all other small and medium-sized films showed signs of declining box office revenue.

With Cheng Shilong and Chow Yun-fat going to the United States to develop their careers, Stephen Chow is the only one who truly shines in Hong Kong.

As for Li Lianjie, his martial arts films are indeed very distinctive, but their box office performance is unpredictable and fluctuates wildly.

The key point is that many established Hong Kong film companies, including Win's Entertainment, do not want another powerful film company to emerge in Hong Kong and take a share of the pie.

Besides that, the types of films produced in Hong Kong are somewhat monotonous.

Recently, martial arts films have been all the rage, followed by Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedies. Other film genres include urban action, urban romance, and family-friendly comedies. That's about it.

Biographical films like "Lee Rock" are extremely risky to make, not to mention that there are very few directors in Hong Kong who can make them well.

Besides, most of these ruthless and powerful figures, except for those currently studying in Stanley, are still alive. No matter how they're adapted, I wouldn't be satisfied.

And the congestion area seems to be caught in a vicious cycle as well.

Apart from Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow's gambling films, the performance of gambling films starring other Hong Kong stars has been declining with each installment.

In fact, at this time, the Hong Kong film industry was in an awkward drought of genres.

There is an urgent need to explore more film genres, otherwise the film market will only get worse.

With Taiwan's accession to the WTO this year, coupled with the deliberate efforts of film distributors to increase the import of Western films, Hong Kong films are unlikely to be able to compete.

At this time, Wu Aiguo suddenly appeared.

Two crime films laid the foundation for his career as a filmmaker.

Then came three more installments of "The Great Thief of Cultural Relics," each more popular than the last, which gave Xiang Daheng a glimpse of the future.

There are so many crime films that can be made.

Of course, it would be best to recruit Wu Aiguo, so that Yongsheng could continue to prosper.

As for whether Dehua might be dissatisfied, why would he care?
It's worth noting that the third installment of "The Great Cultural Relics Thief," through the efforts of Win's Entertainment, has already been screened in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Even with films from the "Universe Country" and "Little Life" production companies, some have come to inquire about prices.

The box office revenue and revenue from other regions alone could exceed 30 million.

The production and promotion costs combined did not exceed ten million!

Even though Win's Entertainment and Stephen Chow were still in the honeymoon period of their cooperation, as the boss, Heung Tai-heng was still more willing to cooperate with Ng Ai-kok.

There's no other reason than low cost is its biggest advantage!
"I know where Wu Sheng went!"

Just then, Liang, Dehua's trusted assistant, suddenly spoke up: "It seems that he was invited by the recently prominent Interpol officer, Hong Sir, to form a team to participate in the fighting competition held in South Town, the beautiful country!"

At this point, he hurriedly turned on the TV and explained, "It seems that today is the start of the South Town Fighting Tournament. I wonder if the TV station is broadcasting it?"

"Wow, there really is a broadcast. It seems the fighting tournament is quite famous!"

As he spoke, he voluntarily moved aside to give up his seat.

At that moment, the TV screen was showing Terry, wearing a hat, delivering a fierce and domineering shoulder strike that sent his opponent flying.

(End of this chapter)