Life will always go on, and while the fighting incident in Causeway Bay gradually faded out of people's sight, the song "Blessings" began to enter the streets and alleys of Hong Kong City.

This song was eventually sung by Chen Boqiang, who played the supporting actor role in "Autumn Fairy Tale".

With Chen Boqiang's influence in the Hong Kong music scene and the topic that arose some time ago, it has become popular as soon as it appeared.

"A Better Tomorrow" was released two months after its release in Hong Kong. The box office was fixed at 34.65 million, surpassing the box office record set by "The Best Star" last year and becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Hong Kong movies.

According to the previously agreed box office sharing agreement, Cai's Pictures received a total of 10 million. As for "Dao Ma Dan", due to the small investment, it was only 1.5 million.

However, the film has already been released in Taiwan. From these two films, Tsai's Pictures has successively made more than 2 million in revenue. Now that they are still being screened in various countries in Southeast Asia, it is expected to receive several more million.

"Boss, the budget for "A Chinese Ghost Story" has been released. This is the fax just sent from Xu Ke's studio." Zhao Shuo handed a document to Cai Zhiliang.

Cai Zhiliang looked at Zhao Shuo's face, took the document, and did not look through it. Instead, he asked with a smile: "You don't look good. Is there something wrong with the budget?"

"Watch it for yourself, maybe it will be another "New Shushan Swordsman"." Zhao Shuo said.

Cai Zhiliang directly checked the total budget and said: "You're shocked, it's only 7 million. It's less than one-third of the investment in "New Shushan Swordsman"."

The investment in "New Shushan Swordsman" has always been a mystery. Except for the parties involved, the current more authoritative data is about 20 million.

Zhao Shuo said: "Only 7 million? 7 million is not much. It is enough to film two "Autumn Fairy Tales". Besides, it is still unclear whether this kind of ghost movie can sell at the box office."

"Before the appearance of "Mr. Zombie", no one thought that zombie movies would be popular. Look, now, it has become the top ten grossing movies in Hong Kong for two consecutive years." Cai Zhiliang gave the zombie movie as an example, and then said: "We should believe that Xu

But the director’s talent is no worse than Hong Kim Bo’s.”

"This is just a preliminary budget. When the filming starts, not to mention the speed of burning money for special effects. With Xu Ke's character, the total budget should be increased a little more. Even with the current investment of 7 million, according to the current and theater chain

The share of the box office share can be up to 40%, which means that the box office must exceed 18 million before we can recover the cost." Zhao Shuo saw that Cai Zhiliang was a little interested, so he settled the score for "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Cai Zhiliang said: "Movies like "A Better Tomorrow" are hard to come by, just like "Swordsman". Our investment was limited and we only made hundreds of thousands in Hong Kong. The same goes for "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Counting overseas box office, it can earn several million."

Of course Zhao Shuo also knew, but he still wanted to remind Cai Zhiliang, saying: "I think this movie is not as good as "Dao Ma Dan"."

Cai Zhiliang ignored it and asked: "Have the male and female protagonists been chosen?"

"Leslie Cheung has agreed to audition, but there were some problems with the heroine. Akina Nakamori rejected the role of Nie Xiaoqian," Zhao Shuo said.

When Cai Zhiliang first read the script of "A Chinese Ghost Story", he was also shocked. He thought back then, Nie Xiaoqian was still a charming and charming ghost, far from the pure and charming image she later became.

The "Xiao Qian" in Tsui Hark's heart must be a sexy and stunning beauty, and it must be tender and tender. It is best to be sentimental and pitiful. Therefore, Ruan Jizhi was specially invited to be the screenwriter of this film, and this screenwriter Ruan

, the most written films are Category III films.

Under this situation, Tsui Hark decided to spend a lot of money to hire the popular RB movie star "Akina Nakamori" to play the role of Nie Xiaoqian.

At this time, I heard the news that Akina Nakamori refused to star, and I felt relieved. After all, Wang Zuxian's version of Nie Xiaoqian is the most classic version. But if Akina Nakamori is confirmed to star, it will definitely be an unexpected surprise, and at least RB's box office will be great.

For the sake of being the second highest-grossing film in the world, whether it is a classic or not, we can only put it aside for the time being.

Today's rb is so rich. It once clamored to buy the entire United States, and the exchange rate has soared to 150. If Akina Nakamori, known as the successor of Yamaguchi Momoe, plays the role, the box office revenue will be brought only by the support of fans.

Absolutely unimaginable.

The reason why Cheng Long and Xu Guanjie's salaries are so high is because they have a certain box office appeal in RB.

Cai Zhiliang said: "If Akina Nakamori can star, the box office of rb alone will be enough to recover the box office, and maybe she can make a lot of money. Are there any other candidates at the moment?"

Zhao Shuo said: "Xu Ke is going to RB in the near future and plans to interview Akina Nakamori in person. I think that's what I mean."

"He is quite persistent. I will read the script first and wait until the protagonist is confirmed before we talk about investment." Cai Zhiliang quickly settled the matter and continued: "What happened to the script of "Wealth and Power", I will talk about it soon.

It’s about to be turned on, why hasn’t it been delivered yet?”

This movie, which was agreed upon half a month ago, is scheduled to start shooting next month. However, Cai Zhiliang and Zhao Shuo have not yet seen the script.

"Let me remind you again, "The Dragon" just finished filming last week, and Gao Zhisen is probably still busy with post-production." Zhao Shuo explained.

From Zhao Shuo's point of view, there is no rush in this matter. After all, their company has just finished filming a movie and it has not been released yet, so they are not in a hurry to prepare for the next one. This is also the norm for independent film companies, waiting for a movie to be completed.

, it is released in theaters and after receiving box office dividends, the basis for deciding whether to film the next movie is whether the movie loses money.

But Cai Zhiliang knows that the movie "The Rich and Powerful" is the winner of the New Year's release. If it is changed to another release, since the leading actors of this movie have no box office appeal, the box office will be very ugly. But the New Year's release is different.

When everyone gets together, they always go to the cinema.

In the original time and space, this movie was originally released as cannon fodder, because "The Flying Dragon" starring Cheng Long, Tan Yonglin and Guan Zhilin, which was released at the same time, was so overbearing that Debao Cinemas could only adopt the following strategies to compete with it:

To use Si's method, use "Wealth and Honor to Force People" to top it.

"It's better to do it as soon as possible. It's really a waste to have money lying in the bank." Cai Zhiliang gave a reason. With the box office receipts of "A Better Tomorrow" and "Swordsman", even after filming "Autumn Fairy Tale", the balance sheet

There are still more than 10 million in funds.

"Okay." Zhao Shuo continued, "I have been working with the theater directors of Shaw Brothers in Nanyang these days, and they are only willing to give me a 20% share."

If it is a large company like Golden Harvest or New Art City, the box office share can reach at least 30%, or even 35%, depending on the movie's popularity. But for a small company like Cai Zhiliang, there is no accurate figure, basically no

More than 25%, which is why independent film companies hand over their films to big companies like Golden Harvest and Golden Princess for distribution. Because big companies help distribute, they get more box office.

When Cai Zhiliang heard that it was 20%, he was naturally not happy and asked: "What about Cathay Pacific?"

"Cathay Pacific is better, and can get 25% of the box office."

Comparing the two, Cai Zhiliang naturally chose Cathay Pacific, saying: ""A Better Tomorrow" is currently being screened in Nanyang, and "Autumn Fairy Tale" stars Zhou Yunfa. You can talk to Cathay Pacific again and try to reach 30%."
Chapter completed!