Superstars start from HK Entertainment

Chapter 477 Three Series

"Mr. He, you have made a wise choice. You have entrusted us with the North American distribution rights of "The Fast and the Furious" and we will never let you down.

Maybe, next time we meet, you and Mr. Andy Lau will already be North American first-line film and music superstars."

At the Huaren Film and Television Office, Ani from New Line Cinema handed the contract document in his hand to He Jin with a smile on his face.

"hope so!"

He Jin smiled.

What Ani means by movie-song superstar is that "The Fast and the Furious" will be released by them and may become a hit.

If the movie becomes a hit, then He Jin and Andy Lau will naturally become more successful.

"By the way, let me reiterate again, although your company will be given priority for the North American copyright of "Fast and Furious 2", the final price will still be based on the first one. This is our bottom line.

Regarding this, Mr. Anni should add it to the contract!"

Anyway, even if he can't make money back at the box office, he can still make it back with the help of VCD discs.

Although the subsequent films have very little revenue, and even the reputation of each one is not as good as the last one, it is undeniable that this horror film series is the longest-lived series.

After receiving a contract of his own, Anni smiled again.

After sending Anni out of Huaren Film and Television, He Jin returned to the company to arrange some things, and then left the company to go to Huaxing Records.

Although He Jin really wants every movie of Hua Ren to be a movie that has both box office and word-of-mouth success.

Even, because the box office data of Huaren Film and Television is better than that of Zhengdong, Huaren's influence is greater than that of Zhengdong.

Although there are differences between "Fast and Furious" and "Fast and Furious", they have a lot in common.

In addition, although He Jin remembered many classic movies in his mind, he was a music fan in his previous life, not a movie fan. Although he knew many classic movies, he was not very familiar with the plots of these movies.

Precisely because "The Fast and the Furious" needs to be released next year, Huaren has only planned two movies in the next few months this year.

Anyway, whenever the company is in crisis, let the little spider go.

One is "Yin Yang Road 3", and the other is the movie "Tasteless Detective" submitted by Johnnie To.

However, He Jin plans to put this series on hold for a while, and he is still considering whether to continue filming it.

The most important thing for Huaren now is to have a film library.

People make their money from mid-to-low-cost movies.

Recently, the influence of this series has begun to appear, and many Young and Dangerous fans have begun to appear on the streets imitating things in the plot.

Just like "Tasteless Detective".

Because of this plan, he plans to put it next year.

Moreover, a film and television company makes money not only through high-box office movies.

Annie is very happy now. He chose to agree to some of He Jin's requests that were not too difficult.

Once the contract was signed, it meant that the film was truly in the hands of New Line Cinema, and he didn't have to worry about other Hollywood studios offering high prices.

He remembered that he had read a piece of news later in life, and it seemed that it was from this movie that Johnnie To discovered his gangster-themed shooting genre.

He Jin remembered that although the box office of the movie "Tasteless Detective" was not among the top ten in the box office list in 1995, it still made money for the investment company.

With the success of "The Fast and the Furious" at the box office and the continued strong box office of "Young and Dangerous 2", Huaren has become another company after Zhengdong Film and Television with multiple consecutive hits.

Anyway, He Jin's idea is that Hua Yan can produce one or two films a year that are good at the box office, and other films can be films shot by familiar directors.

This movie is not intended to be Hua Yan's rescue movie.

In other words, the investment in this movie is not large.

Just like Sony in later generations, when the company lost money, it let Spider-Man go. When the company's valuation dropped, it let Spider-Man go.

For low-cost movies, if you add up a small amount, the profit will definitely be higher.

Compared with "Yin Yang Road", the influence of the Young and Dangerous series is different.

Some time ago, the box office data of "Speed" exploded, becoming a dark horse hit.

He Jin plans to see the subsequent impact. If the subsequent impact is still the same as in the previous life, then he will go into battle in the third part to execute Chen Haonan on the spot and end this series.

This is already a delicious series.

Huaren’s second IP is the Young and Dangerous series.

Look at Golden Harvest, they only have a few high-grossing movies in a year.

It was precisely because of this movie that Johnnie To's classics "Gunfire" and "Underworld" were released.

He Jin carefully read every piece of contract information, and after confirming that there was no problem, signed his name on it.

They inspected the North American market and are very confident in "Fast and Furious".

But why is it the number one film and television company in Hong Kong?

"OK, happy cooperation!"

Otherwise, Huaren and Zhengdong like now are just nouveau riche.

His plan is to produce one "Fast and Furious" movie a year, and to use the most sophisticated and luxurious investment lineup to run the movie.

This made a huge stone fall in his heart.

When New Line Cinema was negotiating for "The Fast and the Furious", they were not idle in North America either.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to let Huaren continue to make classic films.

It's okay to ask him to give a rough outline, but it's really difficult for him to write about those classic movies without changing anything.

The first is the "Yin Yang Road" series. This IP belongs to the small investment series IP.

This series set off a craze for Young and Dangerous. Since the first half of this year, there have been dozens of Hong Kong film reviews based on Young and Dangerous.

Many times, reputation and box office are not directly proportional.

Compared with his hesitation about the Young and Dangerous series, He Jin attaches great importance to the "Fast and Furious" series.

As for "The Fast and the Furious", He Jin planned to make it into this kind of movie.

Needless to say, "Yin Yang Road 3" is the third part of the Yin Yang Road series.

Only when the film library is sufficient can it be a big company.

Jiahe produces dozens of movies a year, and each movie earns tens to millions, and people earn tens of millions a year.

Moreover, Johnnie To may have known that he would add some immature ideas to this movie, so when he was looking for investment from He Jin, he only asked for an investment of 3 million.

As for "The Tasteless Detective", how influential is this movie?

Although the income from this kind of film is small, it is stable and can be used to cultivate new people.

Later, this IP was filmed in an astonishing 21 movies.

In addition, two parts of this series have just been filmed. The first one has a box office of more than 37 million. Although the second part seems to be a little worse at the moment, the final box office will definitely be around 30 million.

He Jin opened the contract, read it, and talked about it.

If done right, The Fast and the Furious' North American box office could earn them unprecedented returns.

“A pleasure to work with!”

Currently, Huaren Film and Television holds three series of IPs, all of which are at their peak.

"Don't worry, Mr. He, we have already included this clause in the contract, it's on the last page."

Originally, according to the plan, "Fast and Furious 2" was going to be released during the Spring Festival.

But he also knew this was unlikely.

Except for those movies that left a particularly deep impression on him, he only knew a rough plot of many movies.

Therefore, even though he did not know the specific box office of Tasteless Detective, he let Johnnie To shoot it.

At present, the scale of Huaren Film and Television is getting bigger and bigger.

Although the investment is small, the income is very considerable, and it is the kind of series that can continue to be filmed even if it fails.

On the other hand, you can invest in movies by impressive directors.

And there is no risk in doing so.

If you specialize in big productions, you will indeed make more money when making money, but it is also easy to be taken away by one wave. Andy Lau's movie was almost taken away by big productions.

Therefore, large-scale productions cannot be trusted. Instead, He Jin’s plan should be small and medium-sized productions.

Of course, He Jin will still do suitable large-scale productions, but he will try to do as little as possible.

(End of chapter)