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Volume 1 Chapter 598 Mummy

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    Chow Yun-fat and John Woo saw Jackie Chan in Lin Xiaozhi's office. They said hello before sitting down, but they were slightly suspicious in their hearts.  "Although we haven't collaborated much before, Hong Kong is not big, and they all rely on movies. Chow Yun-fat, John Woo and Jackie Chan also maintain a certain degree of contact.  So although we know that Jackie Chan has gradually shifted the focus of his work to his own film company in recent years, he is still a superstar supported by the former Hong Kong film hegemon Golden Harvest. Even when he makes movies, he basically cooperates with Golden Harvest. He will appear in  In Lin Xiaozhi's office, it is inevitable that people will have some thoughts.  Jackie Chan obviously knew that the two of them might have some ideas. Although he pretended not to care and chatted word by word, his expression was still somewhat unnatural.  After all, he can be regarded as the artist who has climbed to the top in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. At this time, due to the arrival of Lin Xiaozhi, the Hong Kong film industry still maintains the pattern of confrontation between giants that was born in the 1960s. Once an artist is labeled as a certain  With the label of a giant in the industry, even for a superstar like him who is highly regarded as a guaranteed box office success, there will always be some nastiness when he takes on other films.  At this point, Jackie Chan is far less comfortable than Chow Yun-fat and Stephen Chow, who are also known as "Double Mondays".  Because the former made a lot of money-losing movies when he first moved from the small screen to the big screen, no one cared about him, so he first signed a contract with the not-so-large Tsui Hark Studio, and a few years later he ran away with his old friend John Woo.  He signed a contract with the company. Although he was once labeled as a 'New Art City' (New Art City was once the major shareholder of Tsui Hark Studio), he was very free.  As for Stephen Chow, his rise to fame was so fast. From his instant fame in 1990 to 1991 and 1992, he took on several movies every year, and each of them ranked among the top two in Hong Kong's box office rankings that year.  Ten, most of them can even squeeze into the top ten or even the top five. In addition, his contract with Magnum has also expired and changed to a new owner in the past few years, so whether it is Magnum, Media Asia, or Golden Harvest,  Or his new boss Yongsheng, they all think highly of him, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are competing to win over him.  Lin Xiaozhi saw all this in his eyes and was secretly proud of himself.  In the past few years, as his Media Asia has grown bigger and has gradually become famous overseas, several major Hong Kong film giants including Golden Harvest, Yongsheng and New Arts City have also begun to imitate some of Media Asia's initiatives to develop their own  , but the situation is much better than in the past few years in the original history.  The good influence is that as the power of local Hong Kong films becomes stronger, they have no chance of fighting against the American blockbusters that are about to go to Asia. They have the right time and the right place.  The bad influence is that the talents who originally began to flow during this period in history have also been re-labeled and divided into camps as the power of several giants has increased. This is undoubtedly something he strongly opposes.  Although the free flow of artists, screenwriters and directors will push up the cost of filming to a certain extent, it is more conducive to promoting the birth of excellent works. This is what American films do best, and it is what he is trying to promote.  Jackie Chan was chosen to film "Taken" not just because the style of the film suited him.  So he wouldn't make it too difficult for Jackie Chan. After seeing Chow Yun-fat and John Woo sitting down and chatting for a few words, he immediately brought the topic to the main topic, "Now that everyone is here, let's talk about business. Brother J, Brother Fa,  Brother Long, I¡¯m not inviting you three here today for any other reason. Media Asia is currently preparing to shoot two new movies, which will be the focus of next year¡¯s summer season. We will give you our full support in terms of investment and post-production. I¡¯m going to invite J for one of these movies.  "Brother handheld, starring Long Ge, the investment is tentatively set at 80 million Hong Kong dollars, and can accept a fluctuation of 20 million!" As soon as he finished speaking, John Woo was immediately moved!  When Lin Xiaozhi contacted him before and said that he had a movie that he wanted to host, John Woo, who had also served as a judge in a screenwriting competition, actually guessed that Lin Xiaozhi wanted to ask him to shoot the movie "The Rescue". To be honest, he was very excited.  The heart is also very hesitant.  It is natural for him to be excited. Not to mention that the style of "Taken" is more to his liking. It is a standard action movie and a hero movie with strong personal color. Even though Jackie Chan has never worked with him before, he is very capable and looks at Hong Kong.  With one of the top stars carrying the flag, and Media Asia's massive investment and post-production special effects, he already had a hunch that the movie would be a hit even before it was shot.  The hesitation is because of the many hero films he has shot in recent years, except for one "Across the World" co-produced with Media Asia, which was both well-received and sold well, the others have either received good reviews or poor box office or barely made a profit, so that the people behind him  Taiwan's Chuben was very dissatisfied with him. As a result, he planned to make a new movie in the middle of the year. He even ran for more than two months, but no one except Cai Songlin was willing to invest.  "The film company that he invested everything in is half-dead. At this time, asking him to control the camera for other film companies will be a difficult hurdle in people's hearts!"    Jackie Chan was convinced by him, so Lin Xiaozhi kept staring at John Woo's expression. After seeing the hesitation on his face, although he was a little confused, after thinking for a while, he quickly thought of what he had neglected.  , that is, John Woo's own film company has been deteriorating in the past two years. He has shot many movies in a row but failed to make any big money for him and the investors behind him. Therefore, he has heard from half a year ago that many investors have  I don't want to invest in him anymore.  Lin Xiaozhi was really curious to find out about John Woo's film company, because he had a conflict with his friend and boss Tsui Hark and was hidden by him for a while. In addition, the movies that John Woo made in his early years were all about working for others, so he left  When Tsui Hark started his own company, he didn't have much capital except for the small money he earned from filming in the early years. So his film company was one of the many film companies in Hong Kong. Since its establishment, it has not had its own crew or screenwriters.  After getting the script, you still have to go around to attract investment. Most of the money you make belongs to others, and sometimes you don¡¯t even own the film copyright.  For example, in "Across the World" co-produced by John Woo and Media Asia, the film rights were acquired by Lin Xiaozhi.  ¡°Making movies now is no longer the same as in the 1970s and 1980s, when you could easily get a million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie.  Especially after Media Asia began to introduce large-scale and standardized shooting, and positioned special effects production as an indispensable process in the post-production of movies, Hong Kong's standard blockbuster investment baseline has been straightened up from 30 to 40 million a few years ago to over 100 million.  It can be said that the golden age of small Hong Kong film companies has passed. Today's Hong Kong films have gradually begun to enter the era of group companies. Otherwise, Tsui Hark, who is known as a genius, would not have been frequently with Media Asia in recent years.  Cooperate to introduce Media Asia capital to film or simply provide Media Asia handheld devices in exchange for investment and support.  But John Woo is also a director he likes very much. Instead of letting him go to Hollywood after his own film company collapses, it would be better to tie him up in Hong Kong and add another star for Hong Kong films to face the coming impact of American films.  And with Jackie Chan's beginning, it won't be difficult to let go again.  So he quickly said, "The script of "The Rescue" is indeed excellent. We have basically reached an agreement with Brother Long. Brother J, if you don't have any work recently, why not consider taking over the filming of this movie. In addition to the guaranteed salary,  To your satisfaction, in principle we can accept partial investment in this film. We will discuss the details later. " Jackie Chan's eyes flickered slightly. He immediately understood that Lin Xiaozhi was participating in the film's investment, so he simply relented and agreed.  John Woo followed suit.  John Woo¡¯s eyes suddenly lit up. He was already very optimistic about this movie, but Media Asia relented and let him participate in the investment. It was like giving him a lot of money for free.  Although it is still unclear how much investment Media Asia can accept, with Lin Xiaozhi's current position in the industry, there will be no regrets once she opens her mouth.  John Woo no longer had any hesitation in his mind. He knew that as long as he finished filming the film, with Media Asia's strength, it would be possible to transport it to Europe and the United States for release. If he could participate in the investment, he might be able to make a lot of money and solve the financial dilemma that had been bothering him.  .  Immediately he nodded and agreed to take the photo. The smile on Lin Xiaozhi's face became even wider. Just as he was about to speak, the mobile phone he threw on the table suddenly rang. He could only say sorry to the three of them, and then stood up to pick up the phone.  Picked up the phone and walked to the window.  "Hello" "Azhi, it's me" The elder brother's voice came from the other side of the phone. Lin Xiaozhi was slightly startled, and lowered his voice and asked: "Brother, I have guests here. Things in Australia have been taken care of.  " Lin Xiaoyi went to Australia with his father Lin Jiannian some time ago. Firstly, it was for Lin Jiannian's recuperation. After all, the environment in Australia is much better than that in Hong Kong. Secondly, it was also for the Lin family to buy property in Australia.  This is not surprising, although Lin Xiaozhi is very clear that the country will not interfere in the governance of Hong Kong after the return of Hong Kong in the future, and has even generously provided Hong Kong with financial aid during repeated economic crises.  But firstly, the demonizing propaganda of the British Hong Kong government and Western media in the past half century has made Hong Kong people distrust the mainland. Secondly, after the hawkish politician Chris Patten arrived in Hong Kong and took office as the last governor of Hong Kong, he began to  Hong Kong's return has caused chaos, and at the same time, it has not forgotten to mobilize pro-British media and forces to encourage elite immigration, causing the recent turmoil in Hong Kong's public sentiment.  Not long ago, at the end of October, Patten visited Australia, Canada, New Zealand and other countries and reached consensus with many governments. Many Commonwealth member states will not only give the green light to Hong Kong immigrants who also belong to the Commonwealth, but will also  Hong Kong investment will be given preferential treatment.  Although the Lin family now has the sole say of Lin Xiaozhi, as the elder Lin Jili, his father Lin Jiannian, and his eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi's grandson successively lobbied, he was finally made the one that the Lin family had formulated earlier.The policy of clinging to the thick thighs of mainland China has been slightly modified.  Although the main business of the Lin family will still be in Hong Kong and mainland China, he also changed one of his two newly born sons to Australian citizenship at the suggestion of his family. At the same time, he also benefited from the Lin family's now huge property.  With a small amount of the money, I plan to take advantage of the current preferential policies to make some investments in Australia, including purchasing farms, wineries, sea view villas, acquiring several Australian newspapers and magazines, and looking for opportunities to invest in Australian television stations, etc.  Recently, he had too many things to do, so he sent a few people to accompany his eldest brother Lin Xiaoyi and his father to Australia for inspection. So when he heard his call, Lin Xiaozhi immediately guessed that there might be a plan there.  .  Hearing that he had customers here, Lin Xiaoyi suddenly understood and said: "We have solicited the opinions of several investment experts here and have almost seen everything. Since you have customers, I will fax you the detailed investment plan later.  , you should be busy first!" The phone was quickly hung up. Lin Xiaozhi had a slightly apologetic expression on his face. He turned around and saw that several people were waiting for him to speak. He smiled and continued: "As I just said.  , Media Asia is preparing to start shooting two blockbusters recently, and strive to perform well in next summer. One of them is "The Rescue" which we are going to work with Brother J and Brother Long. If possible, I hope you can prepare to start shooting as soon as possible.  , and strive to finish filming before May next year" "In such a hurry?" Jackie Chan frowned slightly. He is well known in the industry to be slow in filming. Sometimes he can even shoot a scene to the end and repeat it hundreds of times. Not only does it not only support the rhythm, but also often fails.  Increase the cost of the movie.  John Woo didn¡¯t say anything. Although he is not a famous fast shooter, he has shot a movie in two months.  He has already read the script of "Taken". Although there are many scenes and they need to be filmed abroad, it is not a problem to finish it within four or five months if we hurry up.  Lin Xiaozhi was also helpless, "We have to rush!" He sighed, thought for a while and decided to let a few people know first, and then reminded: "I heard the rumor that the Hong Kong government recently intends to impose restrictions on foreign investment, especially foreign investment.  U.S. capital has fully opened up the Hong Kong film market, which also means that as soon as next summer, we may face a full-scale invasion of American blockbusters, and we have to make some preparations in advance. " Jackie Chan was startled, and John Woo and Chow Yun-fat also frowned!  wrinkle.  They all rely on movies, so they are naturally aware of the gap between Hong Kong films and American films, especially Jackie Chan. Since he became famous in the early 1980s, he has always dreamed of becoming the second Chinese to succeed in Hollywood after Bruce Lee.  Superstar, but the threshold in Hollywood is too high and the huge cultural differences have made him try and fail many times, and none of them have succeeded so far.  In Hong Kong, a movie with a total box office of over 100 million dollars in local and other places is already a super blockbuster, but in the United States, it is rare to see a movie with a box office of over 100 million US dollars every year.  It was this huge gap in strength that made the three of them change their faces after learning from Lin Xiaozhi that the Hong Kong government might open the market to American films.  Lin Xiaozhi¡¯s heart is also heavy. He is familiar with the history of the decline of Hong Kong movies. He knows better than others the impact that the invasion of American movies will have on Hong Kong movies in the next few years.  However, as soon as he thought that because of his existence, today's Hong Kong movies are not without their strength, he felt much better.  So he smiled, showed an expression that he didn't care too much, and said: "The Hong Kong government hasn't decided yet. Recently, I have also contacted Jiahe, Yongsheng, and Princess Jin to join forces to put pressure on the Hong Kong government. But the blacksmith still has  We have to be strong and rely on the protection of policies to survive for a year or two. Sooner or later we will have to fight with American movies!" After saying that, he looked at Chow Yun-fat again, took out a script from the drawer and handed it to him,  "I have mentioned to Brother Fa before that I have a new idea to ask you to star in a new movie. I just came out with the script a few days ago. You can take a look at the book first. If you can, I hope you  I can star in this movie!" Upon hearing that his new movie script was actually finished, Jackie Chan and John Woo couldn't help but crane their necks to look at the document bag he handed over.  There was a little excitement in Chow Yun-fat's eyes. He nodded and hurriedly opened the document bag and took out a manuscript that still smelled like ink. The three big words on the front cover instantly attracted the attention of several people in the room -  "mummy"!
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