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    ps: I want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions. Now search the WeChat public account "dd" and follow it to give more support to "Rebirth of Dreams"!  I have to say that Xiang Jia is still very gambling.  It was probably stimulated by "Infernal Affairs". Because it was able to sell the film to Japan, "Infernal Affairs" did quite well at the box office in the Japanese market, and it was released simultaneously in mainland China.  Lin Jian made a lot of money from this.  Of course, Shen Zhenghui and Kasuga earn more.  In the increasingly bleak Hong Kong film market, the box office performance of "Infernal Affairs" is simply a miracle.  Although it cannot be compared with Zhou Xingxing, how long did it take for Zhou Xingxing to release a film?  The big guys in the entertainment industry are a little uneasy.  This is especially true for Mr. Xiang.  It seemed that he felt that he could not make money without large-scale production, and after reflecting on his previous experience of losing money with blockbusters, Mr. Xiang decided to make a movie of the same caliber as "Infernal Affairs" to make a lot of money.  He set his sights on Jack Cheng who returned to Hong Kong.  After shooting "Special Affairs Lost City", Jack was completely with Jiahe's relationship with Jiahe. He and Yinghuang's boss partnership and established the so -called Chengyinghuang Film Co., Ltd. to be the boss himself.  His worth was such that no one in Hong Kong could afford him to make a movie, and he didn't want to lower his worth, so becoming his own boss became the best option.  If it weren¡¯t for Xiang Jia, Jack Cheng was preparing for his first movie after the establishment of his company - "New Police Story". This subject can only be said to be a piece of cake.  How many years ago he won the best film at the 5th Academy Awards for his police theme.  Now, time flies by, and the older brother, who is no longer young, wants to use this theme to reminisce about his youth.  Because it was his first film, he prepared it very carefully. Even if Yinghuang wanted to use this film to praise his artist, the elder brother didn't care about it.  After all, movies always need people to act in them, and there are only a few people in Hong Kong who are interested in investing in movies to promote stars.  He himself and Boss Yang didn't know whether to classify it as congeniality or some other congeniality.  At this time, Xiang Jia came over, saying that he was ready to invest in a big-scene production.  To be honest, Jack Cheng is already immune to big scenes.  His investment in "Rush Hour 2" reached 90 million US dollars, which is converted into more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars.  Is there any movie in Hong Kong that can cost HK$700 million to shoot?  After enjoying the treatment of a top star in Hollywood, when he returned to Hong Kong, the eldest brother felt that he was indifferent enough to regard the following movies as games.  But he proposed to Mr. Xiang an idea that even Jack himself thought was a bit crazy - he wanted to invite Shen Zhenghui to direct the film.  To be honest, Shen Zhenghui is not yet a top Hollywood director, and his debut film in Hollywood has not yet been released.  Although he is very famous in Asia, this does not mean that the eldest brother will take this fame seriously.  But in fact, eldest brother has been paying attention to this too young director for a long time. This young man who just turned 28 this year broke the box office record of live-action movies in Japan. The box office exceeded 15 billion yen, which also exceeded  One billion Hong Kong dollars.  This does not include the overseas box office of "Yakushiji Ryoko's Strange Incident".  Although Big Brother¡¯s record exceeds that of this film.  But he paid attention to Shen Zhenghui not only because of the box office.  Also because he also shoots kung fu movies, and his past movies launched two kung fu stars: Wu Jin and Tony Jaa.  Although these two have not entered Hollywood for the time being due to their geographical location and skin color, they have already shown sufficient strength.  Forget about Wu Jin being Jet Lee's younger brother, Tony Jaa, a Muay Thai player, is considered to have enough performance in the movie to crush Jack Cheng and Jet Lee, and his actual combat ability is comparable to that of Billy Chow and Bruce Lee.  Jack Cheng has read this report, so he remembers Shen Zhenghui, the director of this film, very clearly.  ¡°I feel that I have condescended to accept the command of a young man who is much younger than myself, and the eldest brother still has some concerns about face.  Shen Zhenghui's never-failing Shinhwa effort over the years dispelled these concerns.  After all, this man's box office performance combined is terrifying enough, and "Black Fist" and its sequel also performed very well in the North American market.  Jack arrived in Hong Kong but was not isolated from the news.  He knows very well how popular Shen Zhenghui is in Hollywood, and the people he wants to cooperate with are not Time Warner's vests like New Line, but giants like the Big Six.  Mr. Xiang described a good prospect. Shen Zhenghui took action, Kasuga injected capital, and then introduced Hollywood capital.  Global distribution, massive box office.  The only thing worth worrying about is how big the investment amount can be in Hong Kong?  According to Mr. Xiang's idea of ????wanting to do this project, it is a gamble. He cannot watch Lin Jian become a new benchmark in Hong Kong with "Infernal Affairs".  He does not want to compete with Lin Jian, but wants to reach a new height.  ¡°His debut in Hollywood hasn¡¯t been released yet, do you want to wait a little longer?¡± The eldest brother tried hard to find an excuse.  "Jie"?.  You have to know," Xiang Sheng said, "If you go to him now, you may still be able to negotiate. Once the box office of "The Rescue" is released, do you think people will still be able to watch Hong Kong movies of this level?  ¡± This is a great truth. Jack Cheng knows the evaluation of the Venice Film Festival. Although "Taken" did not win any decent awards, everyone is always optimistic about the profit of the movie. No matter who has watched the movie  This is true for both film critics and audiences, so Venice specially awarded a temporary award for the most popular film. It is foreseeable that the box office of this film will not be bad in Europe and North America. The difference is only the degree of box office.  ¡°I heard that when he arrived in Hong Kong, he might go to his film company in Hong Kong.  "Xiang Sheng said, "This is a good opportunity. I usually take a lot of care of his small film company. If we go to him in person and ask for his cooperation, he will always give us some face.  " "His salary and dividends are not easy to negotiate.  "Jack Cheng shook his head, "This investment is too big.  " "Jack, you are not young anymore.  Xiang Sheng said earnestly, "He is still young. Think about what you thought when you were young."  We give him face, but he is always embarrassed to earn our money shamelessly. Even if he takes more, won't we make much in the end?  " Xiang Sheng's words finally convinced the eldest brother, so a scene like this happened. In Shen Zhenghui's small film company, Xiang and his wife arrived first. They talked politely and sincerely about cooperation with Shen Zhenghui.  Then a while later, Brother Jack Cheng came with a flower basket, and he looked friendly and polite when they met. This was so arrogant that Shen Zhenghui was a little confused. ¡°Well, you mean you want to cooperate.  Want me to film?  " "Yes," Xiang Sheng and Jack Chengdu nodded. Mr. Xiang added. "Jack and I are going to spend 200 million Hong Kong dollars to ask Mr. Shen to make a big-budget movie with Jack as the protagonist. We will not interfere in anything.  I just ask you to take the photo yourself.  " Shen Zhenghui did some calculations. This money is enough to film another "Hurricane Rescue". Of course, the premise is He looked at Jack Cheng and said, "How do you calculate the salary for the eldest brother?  " "Fold it into the investment, and finally get a share of the box office.  "Mr. Xiang stopped Jack Cheng, who was looking happy, from saying something silly like "Ha, you agree to shoot." He spoke first. Shen Zhenghui thought about it carefully and felt that it was not unacceptable to take over this job, since his own purpose also included  In the mainland market in the future, there is no need to push Xiang Jia and Jack Cheng away at this time. How they seek death in the future is their business, and they should indeed take this opportunity to start testing domestic commercial films - not the main theme of the business.  This sudden incident distracted him, and Wang Bin on the side became a little nervous. "Let's go to the conference room and sit down and talk!"  Wang Bin suggested. He and Wang Jun took the initiative to lead several big shots into the simple conference room. Lin Jian already knew that he was not suitable to stay any longer. He came over to shake hands with the absent-minded Shen Zhenghui and say goodbye. Shen Zhenghui hurriedly asked Inoue to leave.  Wushu sent Lin Jian out and expressed his apology. Lin naturally expressed his understanding, but immediately shook Inoue Wushu's hand and expressed his willingness to continue to cooperate.  Discussion meeting, but no one paid attention to her and Satsuki Inoue, who acted as translator, because the two parties quickly entered into the discussion of key points. How big should the investment scale be? What is the expected release of the film?  In fact, when Mr. Xiang and Jack Cheng proposed cooperation, an idea had already flashed in Shen Zhenghui's mind. Combined with Jack Cheng's future movie about the hero's twilight, it was obvious that Jack Cheng was facing a huge transformation in a certain sense.  Talk about it. "Hurricane Rescue" is also suitable for Jack to act at this age. He can play a man in mid-life crisis. His wife remarries, his daughter doesn't like him, and he is facing aging. Thinking of this, Shen Zhenghui looked at his elder brother carefully.  This look made the elder brother feel very embarrassed. Then he thought about it. Under the banner of the elder brother's good friend, Boss Yang, there happened to be two girl characters suitable for "Hurricane Rescue". It was a win-win story.  The boss only does decision-making stuff. So Shen Zhenghui simply said, "I just finished filming "Hurricane Rescue" and I didn't think of anything new at the moment, but I think we can just take the plot of "Hurricane Rescue" and shoot it.  A Hong Kong version of the story.  " The elder brother's face was a little ugly. It was a direct remake of the movie you just filmed. This attitude seemed a bit perfunctory. "I'm actually working on a script recently," the elder brother said. "Do you want me to show you the script, director?  look.  " Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips and tried to look respectful.With a senior expression, "It is said to be a remake of the story, but in fact it needs to be greatly changed to completely localize the whole story. This movie will be released soon. Mr. Xiang and Brother can watch it then, and then  Then decide whether to choose this subject. Of course, I don¡¯t have time to think of new movie stories in a short time, but I very much hope to make a movie with my eldest brother and Mr. Xiang. I will also screen the script myself.  If Mr. Xiang has a good script, you can give it to me directly and we can discuss it together. Once I finish this round of promotion, I will come back to Hong Kong to visit Mr. Xiang and my brother.¡± There is nothing wrong with this.  If the eldest brother and Mr. Xiang are unwilling to cooperate, then they can wait until nothing happens.  However, Sim Ching-hui still hopes to shoot a Chinese or Hong Kong-themed action movie. As time goes by, the conditions for making good movies in Hong Kong are gradually disappearing.  Mr. Xiang was a little anxious and kicked Jack Cheng under the table. "If it is determined that the theme is "Hurricane Rescue"," he asked, "then how to calculate the investment and remuneration?" "My opinion is to guarantee at least 100 million.  The production cost is Hong Kong dollars,¡± said Shen Zhenghui.  Based on the experience he had just finished filming "Taken", he feels that this is enough. "The distribution in Japan can be entrusted to Kasuga, and the distribution in the United States can be entrusted to Columbia, or you can see what the plan is. I personally want to get a salary of 20 million Hong Kong dollars.  But I converted the money into investment through Dameng (Hong Kong), and I also need an investment quota of 20 million. Mr. Xiang can discuss with my uncle directly how to plan the total amount and how to divide the investment amount."  Pointing at Wang Bin, "My share ratio will be based on my investment amount of 40 million." Xiang Sheng said with a smile, "Can the issuance of Chunri be confirmed? Can I also entrust the issuance outside Japan and Hong Kong?  To Kasuga? "He has no distribution channels at all. He may still be able to travel to Southeast Asia, but he will be blind when he goes to other places.  "You can talk to President Futian directly. Even if it is a second-hand agent, she will definitely help you get a discount." Shen Zhenghui replied.  Mr. Xiang is at peace with himself.  He is not worried about Shen Zhenghui grabbing the investment quota at all. After all, he is willing to pay 20 million in real money, which means that he is very confident in this movie, or he is very confident in himself, no matter which one it is,  This is all good for Mr. Xiang.  Jack Cheng seemed a little disappointed, obviously this was different from what he expected.  The suggestion of remaking the script made him even more annoyed.  However, he still tried hard to suppress his emotions, and perfunctorily talked with Mr. Xiang about some irrelevant issues.  He and Mr. Xiang stood up and said goodbye.  As soon as he got into the car, Jack said.  Such conditions are simply unacceptable.  "How can we remake a movie?" He waved his hand, "It's a movie that's about to be released. Isn't that embarrassing? I, Jack, am just following others to eat cold food, and am I still the same person who is not famous at all?" "  "Liam Neeson," Mrs. Xiang said, "He has acted in "Schindler's List" and "Star Wars." Jack Cheng snorted.  "He is two years older than you." Mrs. Xiang continued.  Jack Cheng turned his head and looked at Mr. Xiang.  "I don't accept it." "Jack," Xiang Sheng said, "Go back and discuss it with Mr. Yang. Don't refuse in a hurry." He paused for a moment as if waiting for Jack to accept.  "Anyway, "Taken" will be released soon. We can make a decision after watching it." Jack Cheng was a little dazed. This was originally his line.  "But I have a suggestion," Mr. Xiang said. "When it comes to film investment, I want to talk about some principles." He looked at Jack Cheng. "You can either get a salary of 40 million Hong Kong dollars, or you can spend 40 million Hong Kong dollars like Director Shen."  Ten million Hong Kong dollars will be converted into investment, and dividends will be paid out when the film¡¯s box office is released. ¡°Forty million is considered Jack Cheng¡¯s bottom line, and he can¡¯t get any less.  However, the box office of "The Lost City" in Hong Kong was only over RMB 30 million. If it had not been distributed overseas, it would have ended in a loss.  Jack Cheng looked at Xiang Sheng, who looked serious, and shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "I'll go back and discuss it with Yang Sheng." "Okay," Mr. Xiang nodded, "give me an answer as soon as possible, I'm fine  Raising funds." There was silence in the car for a while. When he was about to get off, Jack Cheng couldn't help but asked, "Xiang Sheng, are you really going to spend 100 million Hong Kong dollars to make this movie?" Mr. Xiang was a little worried.  Indifferently, "If you want a salary," he said, "it would be 140 million." Jackie Chan nodded, smiled and got out of the car.  Mrs. Xiang on the side couldn't help but ask, "Are you really going to spend more than 100 million to make a movie?" "Gamble," Mr. Xiang said.??Closed his eyes, "It's done, we will have a much easier time. If we lose, Shen Zhenghui will find a way to compensate us." He snorted again, "Just treat me as dizzy again."  A few episodes of "Battle at the Forbidden City" are enough." Mrs. Xiang felt like crying.  "Don't cry," Mr. Xiang said, "Shen Zhenghui can direct it and it can be released in Japan and mainland China. Jack Cheng has appeal in the United States. With the box office in these places, there will definitely be no problem in recovering the cost." "I think Jack Cheng  I don¡¯t really want to act,¡± Mrs. Xiang said again.  "He will change his mind." Mr. Xiang said with a cold snort.  "What are you going to do?" asked Mrs. Xiang.  "I don't do anything," he replied, "I just need to remind him to watch movies and read newspapers when the time comes." On the other side, the Dameng (Hong Kong) Film Company was also not quiet.  Wang Bin was obviously a little excited because Shen Zhenghui promised to let him serve as a representative of Dameng on the set as a producer, although it has not yet been decided whether the movie will be filmed.  "Hey, this is a film with an investment of at least 200 million." Wang Bin said, he is relatively familiar with the Hong Kong film industry. "Jack Cheng's salary, the friendly price is at least 50 million Hong Kong dollars. Plus your director's salary  "Everyone believed me when I said I had invested 300 million Hong Kong dollars." "No one else has agreed to the filming yet!" Shen Zhenghui had to throw cold water on it himself.  "It will definitely work!" Wang Bin had confidence in his nephew. "Are you sure you have the heroine?" he asked.  Shen Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, "I'm going to Hollywood soon. It will be almost the end of the year when I come back. During this time, you will contact Yongsheng and Jackcheng on my behalf. If they contact us, we will deal with the principled matters."  "Persist." "I know." Wang Bin said.  Morohoshi Kazuya poked Maya Ozawa and whispered, "We should also invest." Maya Ozawa rolled her eyes at him, "Issuance is ours." "We should take this opportunity to enter the mainland market." Zhuhoshi  Kazuya was a little anxious.  "We'll talk about it when the time comes." Maya Ozawa said, but she was already a little anxious in her heart, wondering if she should call her cousin at night.  "I'm suddenly looking forward to the release of "Hurricane Rescue"." Shen Zhenghui said to himself.  (The novel "Rebirth of Dreams" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign on the upper right "Add Friend", and search the public account  "dd" and follow it, hurry up!) 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