Reborn Capital Madman

The description of "making movies is more profitable than stock trading" is a bit exaggerated, because this is a special case that belongs to Gao Xian. It is difficult for others to copy his success.

Moreover, you must know that box office is almost the only source of return on investment for movies in this era, but the producers cannot monopolize this cake. Just theater chains that will not be busy in vain will take away a considerable part.

In contrast, the gains from stock trading are all yours!

More importantly, the Hong Kong government has no signs of levying profits tax on this income at this stage.

Theaters, on the other hand, appear to be making a profit, but now have to pay entertainment taxes.

In another twenty years, the cultural life of the people in Hong Kong will be greatly enriched. The declining theaters will no longer be worth the waste of the Hong Kong government in collecting entertainment taxes; but now, theaters have to pay 10% of the ticket price.

Pay taxes honestly.

Let's talk about "Seventy-Two Tenants". After four weeks of release, the final box office exceeded HK$3.5 million, which was many more twists and turns than the original box office record in Hong Kong. It shocked countless people.

jaw.

Some people analyze that the reason why "Seventy-Two Tenants" was so successful was mainly because it hit the pain points of Hong Kong society. It is time for the government to make up its mind to deal with the corruption that can be seen everywhere.

Not to mention, the Hong Kong government actually responded. We are not idle. The Legislative Council is debating whether the anti-corruption work should be implemented by the police itself or by independent agencies.

Okay, let's continue the debate for another three years or two.

Others analyzed that the great success of "Seventy-Two Tenants" signifies that Hong Kong has completely recovered from the turmoil of the past few years and has entered a period of peace and prosperity. The film industry should continue to release such works that are popular with the public.

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Needless to say, many people are already thinking about how to create follow-up comedies that address current ills.

What Gao Xian didn't know was that among the followers, in addition to big companies like Shaw Brothers who had found inspiration, there was also Lu Qi, an independent producer whom he had forgotten about.

Even Xu Guanwen, who had a guest appearance in "Seventy-Two Tenants", has watched this movie many times, hoping to get real inspiration from it.

In this era, there is no high-tech piracy. Those who are interested like Xu Guanwen can only buy tickets multiple times to study.

Xu Guanwen didn't worry about money either. Anyway, the transportation fees and red envelopes given by Gao Xian were enough for this expense.

After walking out of the theater for the unknown number of times, Xu Guanwen saw his younger brother Xu Guanjie waiting outside and waved to him.

Xu Guanwen quickly asked: "Is there anything going on at home?"

"What could be going on at home?" Xu Guanjie shook his head, "Mr. Gao came to see you and asked about me coming here. I guessed that you were here."

Xu Guanwen continued to ask in confusion: "What does Mr. Gao want from me?"

"I seem to be looking for you to write a movie script." Xu Guanjie called a taxi, "Let's go to see Mr. Gao together."

Before Xu Guanwen graduated from university, he joined BTV and worked as a host and wrote scripts for "Happy Tonight". After graduating from university, he went to work in an advertising company. However, driven by interest, he still couldn't give up his job at BTV.

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Therefore, when he heard that Gao Xian asked him to write a movie script, Xu Guanwen felt that it was reasonable and flattered - this was a movie script!

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The great success of "Seventy-Two Tenants" is enough for many people to be satisfied with just one vote, but this is just a good start for Shanghua Culture.

According to Gao Xian's plan, in the initial stage of Shanghua Culture's film production, it is to strike a balance between "saving trouble" and "making money" and take the "light asset" route. Anyway, Jiahe is striving to become bigger and more complete, so as to

Provides a full range of film shooting services.

Of course, Li Xiaolong's cooperation must be won, but it is still unclear whether this area can be stable and lasting. Shanghua Culture should continue to invest in movies according to the principles that suit its own development.

Of course, it is impossible for Gao Xian to devote as much attention to it as he did to "Seventy-Two Tenants".

For example, for the script, Gao Xian planned to provide a framework himself and then hand it over to others to complete, and Xu Guanwen was the first cultural blue-collar worker he targeted.

There is no doubt that Gao Xian did everything he could to treat the virtuous corporal, and he impressed and flattered Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie who came over.

There is no way, although Gao Xian and the Xu brothers are similar in age, in Hong Kong where everyone loves money, success is inevitably measured by net worth.

At this point, Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie, who were highly educated, had no choice but to admit defeat and feel flattered after being treated politely.

After the greetings, Gao Xian directly turned to the topic and said to Xu Guanwen: "Although you have never written a movie script, I have read the script you wrote for the sketch "Happy Tonight" on btv, and I think you meet my requirements very well.

, has a keen observation of society, and can abstract it into literary and artistic works to cleverly satirize and alert the world."

"Thank you very much for your consideration, Mr. Gao." Xu Guanwen asked impatiently, "I wonder what kind of movie script Mr. Gao wants me to write?"

"I have a general framework here." Gao Xian said slowly: "The background of the story is the current booming stock market in Hong Kong; the location of the story is in a tenement building..."

"Or the Tanglou?" Xu Guanjie was so surprised that he didn't close the door for a while, letting the muttering in his heart slip out.

Gao Xian, who came to his senses, smiled to himself, "It's a tenement house. Who asked me to live in a tenement house, so that I got used to this setting."

Xu Guanwen glared at his younger brother, and then said sincerely: "I think it is precisely because Mr. Gao still lives in a tenement building that he has a deep understanding of the psychology of ordinary citizens, and ultimately helped "Seventy-Two Tenants" achieve unprecedented success

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"For this new work, Mr. Gao still chose the tenement building as the location. He must have his own considerations. This is called..."

Speaking of this, Xu Guanwen was a little stuck and couldn't think of the right words for a while.

Gao Xian smiled slightly and answered: "This is called, come from the masses, go to the masses."

The Xu brothers, all of whom have college educations, immediately started laughing knowingly.

Gao Xian continued to introduce: "Among the tenants of this tenement building, there are teachers, drivers, civil servants, and even actors. The story is about everyone's joy, anger, sorrow, and joy against the background of the stock market bulls."

"I gave it a name, called "Hong Kong 1971"; if the operation is still successful, "Hong Kong 1972" will be released next year; of course, "Hong Kong 1973" also makes me look forward to it

.If there is really a "Hong Kong Trilogy", I will just applaud and welcome it."

When Xu Guanjie heard Gao Xian's "Hong Kong Trilogy" plan, he was knocked unconscious on the spot; Xu Guanwen was stronger, and he eagerly promised: "I will work hard to complete the tasks assigned by Mr. Gao!"

"Okay, then I hope your name can appear in the column of movie screenwriters." Gao Xian encouraged Xu Guanwen while he couldn't help but reflect on himself secretly, "After my younger brother took advantage of it, my elder brother didn't let it go. I am

Isn’t that really unkind?”