Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Lin Hu now has a huge sum of six million yuan, making him quite wealthy.

However, he didn't show it.

He brought his film crew to Hong Kong to shoot a movie, staying in a cheap hotel, and suddenly he became a tycoon. It's so strange.

Lin Hu casually treated everyone to a wrap party, then had Ning Hao lead the team to Shenzhen, and then take the train back to Beijing.

He stayed behind to complete the post-production of Ong-Bak.

Lin Hu had a clear vision in mind, so the filming was naturally well-organized.

The film was shot and edited simultaneously, and by the time the movie was finished, the editing was also basically complete.

There are still tasks to be done, such as adding background music, voice-over, and subtitles, but these are relatively simple.

Lin Hu hired composers and voice actors in Hong Kong on the spot, and the project was completed quickly.

There was another thing he needed to do: create an opening animation and a signature logo for his film company.

Top-tier film companies all have their own iconic logos, such as Warner Bros.' shield, Disney's castle, Columbia Pictures' goddess, and Paramount's mountain.

There was once a giant in Hollywood called MGM, whose logo was a lion.

The lion is the king of beasts in the West, while the tiger is the king of beasts in the East.

Lin Hu is from Guangxi, and his company is called Huxiao. He decided to set the logo as a tiger.

His vision was this: a South China tiger runs wildly through a subtropical rainforest, leaps onto a huge rock high up, roars at the distant mountains, and then the image freezes, transforming into a logo with Chinese and English subtitles.

However, with current CG technology, creating such a scene would be extremely expensive.

After weighing the options carefully, Lin Hu decided to deal with it later. He had only made one movie so far, and his character was supposed to be poor. Where would he get the money for all this?

By early August, Lin Hu had finally finished producing "Ong-Bak".

In the screening room of Oriental Film Company, Lin Hu specially invited Hong Kong film industry bigwigs such as Chen Long, Raymond Wong, Leslie Cheung, and Wong Jing to watch "Ong-Bak" together.

Lin Hu caused quite a stir at the Clearwater Bay film set some time ago, which is how he met Chen Long.

Brother Long was a very loyal person. Lin Hu said to him, "Brother, could you please take a look at the movie I made and give me some feedback?"

He came very readily.

Raymond Wong and Wong King both wanted to sign Lin Hu, and once "Ong-Bak" was completed, they naturally wanted to see it for themselves.

Lin Hu was able to come to Hong Kong to film a movie thanks to Leslie Cheung's help. Now that Lin Hu has finished filming, he naturally wanted to let him know, so he said, "Then I'll come and take a look!"

In the dimly lit screening room, on the snow-white big screen, Lin Hu is like a tiger unleashed from its cage, fighting his way from the tropical jungle of Yunnan all the way to the steel jungle of Hong Kong.

Agile movements, powerful punches, blood and sweat intertwined, accompanied by the cruel sound effects of bones breaking, the audience can feel the pain even through the screen.

After the movie ended, the theater remained silent for a long time.

Suddenly, Chen Long led the applause, and everyone followed suit with enthusiastic applause.

Chen Long patted Lin Hu on the shoulder and praised, "Your film is a bit like my 'Rumble in the Bronx,' but your action choreography is unique. The fighting is fierce, intense, and painful. It's very well done. I think you're even fiercer than Bruce Lee!"

Leslie Cheung said, "Compared to you?"

Chen Long said, "We're not the same style."

Leslie Cheung said to Lin Hu, "When Xiao Xun called me back then, I never expected you to be so sharp. I'm really surprised today."

Your performance in this film not only featured excellent action sequences, but also conveyed a strong sense of conviction that was very moving.

How should I put it? I'd like to sum it up in one sentence: the fiercest fight, the most devout faith!

Wang Jing asserted directly, "This film will definitely make money!"

Raymond Wong said, "I'll pay three million Hong Kong dollars for the Hong Kong rights to this film, and I've also committed to allocating two million for marketing and distribution!"

Lin Hu was very surprised, thinking to himself, "This Raymond Wong really has guts!"

For Lin Hu, a newcomer, to receive three million dollars from Raymond Wong for a film was an extremely high price.

Furthermore, they promised to allocate two million for publicity and promotion. Although this money wouldn't end up in Lin Hu's pocket, the large-scale publicity and promotion would be beneficial for Lin Hu in opening up the Hong Kong market.

In negotiations for the sale of film copyrights, the scale of publicity and distribution is often a strong bargaining chip for the buyer.

Sometimes, production companies would rather charge less money in exchange for extensive publicity from the other party.

Lin Hu was very aware of the influence of the movie "Ong-Bak" and was very optimistic about its box office performance.

When it was released in Hong Kong, "Original Timeline" grossed HK$1100 million, making it the highest-grossing Thai film in the Hong Kong market.

It's important to understand that Thailand's cultural influence is relatively weak. When Chinese people hear the word "Thailand," the first thing that probably comes to mind is "ladyboys."

For a Thai film to gross tens of millions at the Hong Kong box office is absolutely amazing.

Now, Lin Hu has turned "Ong-Bak" into a Chinese-language film, setting the story in Hong Kong. Although it is a mainland Chinese film, it is actually no different from a Hong Kong film.

Its box office will definitely surpass the original, and it might even exceed 20 million.

In Lin Hu's opinion, Raymond Wong must have made a huge profit by spending three million to buy the rights to "Ong-Bak".

But the fact that Raymond Wong is willing to spend this much on a new film is indeed quite high.

Lin Hu couldn't tell him, "My movie might gross over 2000 million at the box office; your offer is too low."

Lin Hu's initial idea was that Hong Kong film companies would bid for "Ong-Bak" and the highest bidder would win.

This idea is not an exaggeration. The quality of Ong-Bak speaks for itself. When it was sold in mainland China, several companies were vying to buy it.

In Hong Kong today, there are mainly four film companies with distribution capabilities: Oriental, Golden Harvest, Media Asia, and Win's Entertainment.

Golden Harvest is already a sinking ship; there's no point in cooperating with it.

Yong Sheng is involved in shady dealings, and Lin Hu doesn't want to mess with them.

That leaves Oriental and Media Asia.

Lin Hu has always had a very good impression of Raymond Wong. He is very talented, generous, friendly to the mainland, and has many resources in Hong Kong.

Oriental Film Company helped Lin Hu a lot during his filming trip to Hong Kong. If he were to find a partner in Hong Kong, Lin Hu would prefer to work with Raymond Wong.

Ultimately, he abandoned the idea of ​​hoping a Hong Kong company would compete for the copyright and reached out to Raymond Wong instead.

"Boss Huang, it's a pleasure doing business with you!"

"Haha, that's great!"

Raymond Wong was overjoyed!

When Leslie Cheung and others saw that the two had reached a cooperation agreement, they also offered their congratulations.

Raymond Wong was overjoyed and said repeatedly, "Don't leave, let's open a bottle of champagne to celebrate!"

……

With a "pop," the champagne cork popped out.

Raymond Wong poured drinks for everyone and toasted them all.

Lin Hu, sipping his champagne, asked Raymond Wong, "Mr. Wong, if I want to release 'Ong-Bak' overseas, what should I do?"

Raymond Wong thought for a moment and said, "Then it's definitely going to a film festival. The Busan International Film Festival in South Korea specifically supports new films, and it opens in a little over two months. With the quality of 'Ong-Bak,' it's bound to be a huge hit!"

More than two months... Lin Hu was a little worried. He still had to take "Ong-Bak" back for review, and he didn't know if he could make it in time.

Without further ado, Lin Hu signed a copyright contract with Raymond Wong, packed his bags, bought plane tickets, and prepared to return to Beijing.

At this moment, he received a call from Wang Jing, who said that the boss of Yong Sheng wanted to meet him.

Lin Hu thought to himself, "The Xiang family?"

I've already sold all my movies and you're only just now showing up? You can't even catch the shit while it's still hot.

"not see!"