On April 22, Zhao Donghuai saw Lin Zhengying, Liu Guanwei, Wu Yaohan, Lou Nanguang, Wen Mixia and others in the Financial Building. He immediately walked out from behind the desk with a smile, "Have you finished filming Mr. Linghuan?"

A Ying nodded excitedly, "It's finished. Although there are many zombie fantasy films following suit, in this series, it still depends on me and A Wei!" Filmed in the autumn and winter of 1984 (Hurricane Rescue 2), released on January 1, 1985

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Last year's 1985, Lam Ching-ying only filmed one film (Zombie Family) in the first half of the year, starring him, Yuen Biao, Li Saifeng and others. The box office was very good, with more than 23 million Hong Kong dollars in the local area, and the sale price was also good, 22 million Hong Kong dollars.

The film Mr. Fantasy in front of us was planned during the Spring Festival and started filming after the Lantern Festival. Wen Mixia replaced the villain witch in the original version because Wen Mixia is more beautiful.

Zhao Donghuai smiled and nodded, "Okay, let's arrange it to be released on May Day. Nowadays, thousands of theaters are in multi-hall mode. Several movies will be released at the same time. It will be easy to gradually extend the schedule."

"Mr. Spiritual Fantasy's performance will definitely be better than that of the Zombie Family! But it will be difficult to catch up with Mr. Zombie. If Mr. Zombie breaks 30 million, it is the right time and the right place..."

If the schedule is extended, as long as the videotape is not released, people who want to watch the movie will naturally come to the theater gradually. Speaking of which, Zhao Donghuai is not afraid of the small money.

Wanjia Cinema Line was transformed into a six-hall model. Compared with the original old theater, it was much better in every aspect. He didn't mention the price of a movie ticket at all, it was still the original price.

If it were operated by a serious filmmaker, the average movie ticket would at least increase from 15 yuan to 20 yuan, and the price increase would make more money.

What he is saying now is just to make the box office data look better.

Having said this, Zhao Donghuai said again, "Aying, it's time for you to raise money. Wanjia's development cannot be stopped. We have obtained the permission to fully invest in the mainland and open 200 branches in the province..."

"But if Wanjia wants to start in Jingshangyang, Jinmen, Shancheng and other places, it will need one to two hundred branches to start with."

It was on April 12, 1986, eleven days ago, that the top management announced that capital from outside the mainland could enter the mainland as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Although not every capital outside the Mainland can come in and do whatever they want. If you need to review and go through the process slowly, it will not be surprising if it takes a year or two.

But what is the nature of Zhao Donghuai's Wanjia? Everyone knows that he is not a foreign investor. It is just that Hong Kong Island has not returned yet, so he has an additional layer of Hong Kong investment and Hong Kong identity.

When he tried to submit Wanjia's plan to enter the mainland, he got the green light.

Lin Zhengying was shocked, "Ah? Chasing capital?"

It's not that he doesn't like it, he also wants to do it, but for the 252 chain stores in Haowan, Hong Kong, which have been stably opened or are in the process of buying land and buildings, he, Cheng Long, Hong Yinbao, Yuan Biao and others have already shouldered huge debts.

Then go to the mainland and open hundreds of stores at first, maybe thousands in the future...

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "You can borrow money, or you can sell a certain amount of shares and let Zhang Guorong, Liu Dehua and others also invest in it."

"Just transfer it in proportion. If you can't handle this kind of thing by yourself, just find a few more friends."

He made tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in the first wave of speculation in the Japanese yen. Most of the money still had nowhere to spend. It was simple to chase funds for large-scale construction. As long as he was willing to spend money, there were so many construction teams with Chinese prefixes in the mainland.

Is it difficult to build hundreds of buildings with two floors underground and five floors above ground in Jingshangyang, Shancheng, Jinmen and other places? This kind of project is to give money to buildings with Chinese prefixes.

At that time, 10% of the management of Lao Wanjia Supermarket in Hong Kong Island will be brought over to set up a structure. Employees will be recruited locally from various places. All aspects of remuneration will still be based on Hong Kong Island standards.

Of course, the salary is not as exaggerated as a direct salary of more than 4,000 Hong Kong dollars. A monthly starting salary of 4,000 Hong Kong dollars is too exaggerated and will confuse the market. Even a cleaner is paid 4,000 Hong Kong dollars? There will be an explosion of daily department store benefits during various holidays.

How many university lecturers, researchers, and high-tech talents will be attracted by the benefits and persuaded by their families to work as cleaners or salespersons?

Once that happens, it would be outrageous.

Wanjia is a local supermarket serving citizens' daily shopping, and is paid at twice the current monthly salary of ordinary state-owned enterprise workers.

In the future, with the development of the times, just follow the double monthly salary standard in various places. Even the team transferred back to the mainland from Hong Kong will have their salary reduced to the mainland standard, so as not to suffer from the shortage and inequality. As for the salary reduction when they are transferred, I am not willing to

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You go to work in the Mainland for a year or two and then get transferred back and get promoted...

Wanjia team members who are willing to take a low salary temporarily for one or two years will definitely be promoted twice as fast when they come back, and promotions are also linked to big salary increases.

The same applies to giving out benefits during holidays and holidays. Everything is clearly written in the plan, so there are no obstacles along the way.

Lin Zhengying nodded with a smile, "That's easy to say. Let's find Ah Rong, Hua Zai and the others to buy shares together. Then we won't be afraid of running out of money."

"With this, when my child grows up, he won't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation."

What is relatively unknown to the outside world is that Lin Zhengying has been married for a long time. He got married in 1983 and now has a son and a daughter. His wife is an outsider and she married him after seeing that he was honest and reliable.

Then Ah Ying became an alcoholic and was not honest when drunk. He liked to talk drunkenly and even hit people. However, his wife did not change her mind no matter how hard she tried to persuade him. After a few years of persistence, they got divorced.

However, in this dimension, after filming (Hurricane Rescue 1), Zhao Donghuai set a standard for him. He should not drink alcohol. Aying had no way to resist and could only stick to this principle.

He now only gets a chance to get drunk once every month or two. Usually, even on a set where he is the only one, if he wants to drink, occasionally a small glass of white wine or a bottle of beer will do. But if he wants to get drunk? A large group of people will come to get him drunk.

So far, his relationship with his wife and children is still very good.

When not drinking, Ah Ying's temperament was easy to get along with. Besides, the environment was different. In the early 1970s, he almost followed Bruce Lee to look around the world and reached the peak of his life. Suddenly, Brother Bruce disappeared.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He also started to have a sluggish career for many years, with almost no hope of success, so he drank heavily to escape reality.

Since Hurricane Rescue 1, people have been in high spirits during happy events, why do they need to get drunk to escape reality?

As for him, even after becoming famous, he has experienced a lot of temptations, such as surrendering to beautiful women, but A Ying has more in this regard than Cheng Long.

With a sigh, he smiled again, "Before filming Juno, Ah Hua actually planned to make Alone Tiger 2. The general development line has been laid out. It was the two people who helped us in Hurricane 2.

Boss lady, we are experiencing some crisis."

"Then we work together to do things."

"Even if it's not suitable to go to the island country for filming, you can still go to Thailand... The father of Chen Sheng, a Hong Kong commercial bank, is the richest Chinese in Thailand. It should be smoother with help there."

"This kind of action blockbuster is more likely to be a hit!"

"Now that I have told him the good news that he can invest in Wanjia, I guess Ah Hua will be even more anxious to finish filming Juno and come back to work, and he will be more motivated to film the Flying Tiger series."

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "You can just take care of this. After all, there are already more than a dozen qualified handheld photography teachers."

"However, it is not suitable for Jia Hui and the others to leave Hong Kong for the time being. The scenes will be shot in Hong Kong."

The earliest teachers like Zhang Feng, Li Bianan and other Da Si started training at Yangma in March 1984 and first came into contact with photography in April 1986.

The handheld action photography shots shot by the two of them are already 89% to 90% of Zhao Donghuai's level.

What Director Zhao achieved back then was only at the master level. With the qualities of Lao Zhang and Lao Li? They also have strong photography talents. After two years of hard training and improvement, they are already at the master level.

As for the dozen or so people who were sent in the second batch in September 1984, they are all above passing standards so far, about 70% of the level of photography taken by Zhao Donghuai himself.

When shooting an action scene like this, just shoot whatever you want.

Lin Zhengying nodded excitedly before leaving with a group of crew members.

After watching Lin Zhengying and his entourage leave, Zhang Min came over not long after to report that all the post-production of Home Alone, including dubbing and subtitles in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, etc., have been completed. When will it be released?

Director Zhao thought for a while and sighed, "Let's wait until the Christmas season this year. This kind of film will work best in the Christmas season."

If you shoot early, you may not be in a hurry to release it. "Blockbusters" during the Christmas period, whether in Hong Kong or North America, are the most suitable for Christmas.

Also, there are already many blockbusters in the summer this year. Let’s not talk about Lin Zhengying’s (Mr. Phantom), which is a warm-up for the summer. (Juno), (Cat and Mouse), and (Forrest Gump) are all four

Shooting starts at the beginning of the month.

One after another, Juno will basically be completed in early May, and Tom and Jerry and Forrest Gump will be completed in June or July or August.

This movie is powerful enough to bombard the global film industry.

(Home Alone) was not in a hurry to be released. Zhao Donghuai quickly pulled out two portfolios from the big drawer and said, "Amin, please contact Shangmei Film Studio and send them 100 million yuan to produce two new animations.

movie, this time it’s an animated movie.”

"One is (The Lion King) Simba and the other is (Kung Fu Panda) Po, with an investment of 50 million each."

Zhang Min was shocked, "Are animated movies so expensive?"

There is no shortage of big action and big investment in Zhao's movies, but in most cases, they are hurricane rescue, lone tiger, fast pursuit, including super-body, human-ghost romance, regardless of the money cost (special effects).

It’s hard to exceed HK$30 million.

The salary of each big star is cheaper than the last one.

So far, an animated TV series (Fengshenbang) cost 20 million yuan at the time, which would have been a huge investment if converted to 40 million Hong Kong dollars that year.

This one requires an investment of 50 million yuan? Two 100 million yuan? Oh, it’s 1986, and currently on the black market in Pengcheng, one Hong Kong dollar can already be exchanged for eighty or ninety cents.

It is no longer the era in 1984 when one Hong Kong dollar could only be exchanged for more than 4 cents. It can only be said that the changes brought about by the appreciation of the Japanese yen and the depreciation of the US dollar affect all aspects. The Hong Kong dollar is currently constant at 7.8 to 1 US dollar.

Recalling this change, this 50 million yuan for a movie is the same price as the 25 million yuan invested the year before last. Zhang Min stuck out his tongue and said obediently, "I'll do it right away."

She couldn't understand it, but animated movies themselves were indeed extremely profitable. For example, the 1994 version of The Lion King had a production cycle that started in 1992 and lasted almost two years. The investment was about 45 million U.S. dollars, but the harvest was also extremely profitable, with nearly 1.1 billion U.S. dollars worldwide.

box office.

It is also a two-dimensional cartoon, similar to Havoc in Heaven and Nezha Haohai, but the style of painting is different.

Animated movies are the real box office bombs that break down national boundaries.

Not to mention Kung Fu Panda, this is a series, the first one has a global box office of 630 million U.S. dollars, including 210 million U.S. dollars in North America. Panda plus Kung Fu, it really works.

The second film grossed US$660 million worldwide, and the third film grossed more than 1 billion RMB at the box office in the mainland alone.

Now it has been changed to Zhao Donghuai to come up with the script and seize the copyright. Then there is no need for Hollywood to operate such a pure oriental kung fu animated film.

You said the original Panda series was a 3D animation? We certainly can’t afford 3D in this era. Let’s make a 2D version of Kung Fu Panda first. In 1986, director Yan of the Shanghai Film Studio was only 50 years old and he was good at fighting.

Even Mr. Wan Lao, a world-class leader in the animation field, is still healthy.

One (Calabash Brothers) and one (Feng Shen Bang) animation, the team that should be led is almost mature.

This project has been started since 1986. Even if it does not reach the height of the original work after its release, in terms of investment profit, the profit will be at least four to five times more.
To be continued...