Chapter 195 Does a building donation also need to be rolled up?

August 3rd.

There are huge crowds of people everywhere in the more than 250 Wanjia supermarkets upstairs and downstairs in Haowan, Hong Kong, especially near the elevators that lead directly to the cinema on the fourth floor.

It’s already the 3rd, and the big animated movie (Kung Fu Panda) is finally released across the board. The reason why so many people are so excited and can’t wait to watch the movie is because it was released at the box office in North America in its second week.

In the first weekend from 23rd to 26th, it grossed more than 31 million U.S. dollars in North America. In the second week, as of yesterday, August 2, it once again made more than 33 million U.S. dollars at the box office.

With more than 65 million US dollars in two weeks, even Cheng Long has begun to speak out in the media. He is very lucky to be qualified to voice Kung Fu Panda Po. This animated blockbuster has surpassed his Police Story in box office performance in just two weeks.

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It was definitely a box office bomb.

Even the island country has a box office of nearly 2 billion yen in a week, with an average of close to 300 million yen every day. According to the current exchange rate, that is equivalent to more than 10 million U.S. dollars, which is equivalent to more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars in box office, a week

More than 100 million??

This big animated film, customized by Zhao's Pictures in Hong Kong and produced by Shangmei Film Studio, is really eye-catching at the box office.

When the movie was officially released at 8 a.m., groups of movie fans came with their families, many of whom brought their children to watch the movie together, and thus achieved a super high-quality movie-watching experience.

The most important core selling points of this movie are that the panda Po has a good image, and the comedy conveys positive energy, and the diaosi rises to become a great hero.

A panda whose ancestors opened a noodle shop selling noodles from the bottom of his family gradually became successful and saved the world because of his dreams. This is so satisfying.

In the final analysis, this is kung fu plus comedy, and the dubbing by big stars such as Cheng Long and Bruce Willis is the icing on the cake and adds fuel to the fire.

Animated movies, even if they are still two-dimensional, still have strong box office power.

On the first day on the 3rd, the box office in Hong Kong directly exceeded 4 million Hong Kong dollars. The more than 15 million new dollars there is equivalent to more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars. With a slight increase, it is close to one million.

It can be said that the box office of Hong Kong Haowan exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars on the first day.

Also on August 3rd, Kung Fu Panda was released across the board in mainland China. Even with a ticket price of 20 to 30 cents a ticket, it caused a huge sensation in watching the movie.

This is still the terrifying influence and linked traffic that Kung Fu Panda has brought to the box office in North America, island countries and other places.

Countless mainland audiences are really curious, why can an animated movie sell more than 65 million US dollars in two weeks in North America? 500 million Hong Kong dollars, which is also a box office of more than 400 million yuan.

In this era of 1987, such box office figures were really shocking to the news about Hua Xia Nan Hai Bei, especially when I heard that it was an independent production by Shanghai Film Studio.

Although Hong Kong Island's Zhao's Pictures produces split-shot scripts and just follow them for production, there are no other behind-the-scenes or actors to work on in Hong Kong apart from scripts and funds.

Shangmei Film Studio is on fire again!

I heard that besides the Zhao family, there are a lot of people in the film industry in Haowan, Hong Kong, or there is hot money outside the film industry. They want to contact Shanghai Film Studio to see if they can make a big movie similar to Kung Fu Panda.

After all, this is really profitable.

In just two weeks, the box office in North America was HKD 500 million, and in Japan it was more than HKD 100 million a week. In Europe, it was released a few days later than in North America. Like Japan, the box office there in the first week was HKD 30 million, which was more than HKD 200 million.

Hong Kong Haowan's sales exceed 10 million per day.

This trend belongs to the category where a movie can earn more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, specifically at the box office.

Is it okay to invest 50 million and earn more than 1 billion at the box office? Even if you use a one-year cycle, no, strictly speaking it is 15 to 16 months, but how many of the same big real estate projects can you carry out in more than a year?

Earn more than a billion profits in one time?

Including the video tapes and peripheral sales in the future, the amount will double to more than one billion!

If someone with a little knowledge does some calculations, it’s really...

On August 4th, Zhao's Pictures, Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, Lei Juekun and others came to visit as a team. After the polite greeting process, Shao Daheng exclaimed, "I understand that live-action movies can make money. Hollywood animation

Movies are as big as Disney."

"But I still can't imagine, never in my wildest dreams, that an animated film produced in the Mainland can generate a profit chain of 3 to 4 billion, and there may be more."

"Sheng Zhao, can I invest in Shanghai Film Studio to make animated films? If so, it doesn't matter whether I spend HK$50 million or HK$100 million on an animated film."

"Speaking of which, it's not that I have a lot of money, but that I have many old friends who want to follow me and spend money to make animated films. They also have a lot of money. As long as they can make big animated films, they can easily collect hundreds of millions in cash.

It’s not difficult to flow.”

There are so many old friends of Shao Yifu. For example, Mr. Wang from last year was also an old friend of Shao Daheng. At best, the relationship was based on distance.

Zou Wenhuai also nodded repeatedly, "Actually, I have thought about cooperating with Hollywood to make Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This animated TV series also has good ratings, but with the rise of Shangmei Factory, we will completely cooperate with the mainland.

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"If nothing else, is it okay to adapt the once popular Calabash Brothers into a movie version? Maybe the United States and Europe are not used to the Eastern mythology system, but can we set it as a superhero?"

"A group of gourd boys dubbed as superheroes..."

"I feel like there is something going on. If the American factory is willing, I can spend 100 million Hong Kong dollars!"

Lei Juekun, "Zhao Sheng, me too!"

Although this group of film and television industry tycoons are only the second echelon in Hong Kong, when it comes to making money in the spotlight, they are already ahead of ordinary rich people, and there are too many other wealthy families.

It's too easy to get together with old friends when you don't have any money. It's just a simple matter of dividing the money. They don't need to bother Zhao Sheng to split the money afterwards, they can handle it themselves.

As for the big bosses who wanted to cooperate with American film companies, why did they come to ask Zhao Donghuai for instructions? This... Only Zhao Sheng can handle this in European and American theaters.

To this day, Monica Bellucci is still the second largest shareholder of AMC Cinema Alliance and the largest shareholder of Marvel.

In European and American theater distribution, including video tapes and peripheral sales, only Zhao Donghuai can clearly see the profit chain and bring back money.

Zhao Donghuai laughed dumbly, "If you want to invest, of course you can, but I guess in the short term, Shangmei Factory won't have time to make animated movies for you."

"First of all, my second major animated film has just started production. Secondly, Shanghai Film Studio is also preparing for their own film project. It takes more than a year to make an action film..."

"It's just the Kung Fu Panda series, Shangmei Factory's own project. It will be in the 1990s when it is all finished."

"But you don't have to be discouraged. It's summer now, and the major drama schools in the mainland have begun to expand their enrollment for the new year. They mainly give priority to cultivating talents in all aspects of animation and film. This has received strong support."

Actually, Shanghai Film Studio can be considered a Chinese art film studio. It was established in Northeast China in 1949 and moved to Shanghai in the 1950s. Director Yan, Director Hu, etc. are all Nortel graduates.

With the foreign exchange earning power of (Kung Fu Panda), even the majority of the profits created this time belong to Zhao Donghuai. With such a successful example, Zhao Donghuai also said that he would give out 50 million red envelopes afterwards? Support Shangmei Factory to develop their own movie projects

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This can only be said that the support that Shangmei Factory is about to receive... the explosion of animation majors among major film and drama students will be even more dramatic than the explosion of live-action film and television majors.

As for the Wan brothers, Yan Chang, and Director Hu, their core team is still capable. If they really cultivate a large number of new-age talents and animation production capabilities, they really hope to equal Hollywood in the 1990s.

A movie's profits of several billion Hong Kong dollars, including peripherals, can still be converted into U.S. dollars at will. What kind of support do you think that is?

After saying this, although Shao Yifu felt regretful, he still put on his reading glasses and said, "Then let's donate some money first? It will be easier to support the freshmen majoring in animation to study?"

Zou Wenhuai, "..."

Zou Sheng was speechless for a few seconds before nodding, "We need to donate money first to show our goodwill, so that we can have the opportunity to make big animated films and make money in the future. However, just donating money is not enough. We also need the materials and equipment needed by various animation classes.

Try to buy the most advanced one in the world and donate it."

After a pause, Zou Wenhuai asked again curiously, "Shao Sheng, did your Yifu Building go to any of those colleges like Nortel and China Theater Academy?"

Shao Yifu smiled and said nothing, just drank tea.

His Yifu Building was built in the Mainland a few years ago, and of course it has been admitted to major film schools. It was the first batch. The building donated by Shao Daheng in this dimension can only be said to be stronger and more powerful than in the original trajectory.

Because he donated the money together with Zhao Donghuai, he can't build one when there are already three or four Donghuai buildings, right? Moreover, he held concerts, sold tea, and speculated in Japanese yen foreign exchange with a capital investment of 100 million Hong Kong dollars during the TVB era.

, I made huge profits after speculating for more than a year.

At this stage, Shao Yifu's assets are much greater than in his original trajectory.

Zou Wenhuai and Lei Juekun looked at each other. They couldn't donate the building but also roll it up, right? However, this year, major universities in the mainland have begun to expand their recruitment of animation film talents, and the training will end in four years...

In four years, those new talents can frequently visit Donghuai Building and Yifu Building in school? What about after they graduate?

The animation projects invested by Zhao Donghuai are definitely the highest priority for the mainland.

But if Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest, and Golden Princess invest...who will they take over first? Which project will they focus on the most??

When he thought of this, Zou Wenhuai wanted to curse in his heart. Shao didn't practice martial ethics at such an old age? I heard that it was he who initially suggested that Zhao Sheng go to the mainland to donate buildings, which started the trend.

Even if artificial construction is very cheap in the mainland at this stage, they don’t need to pay a penny for land to build buildings in colleges and universities. The land is all provided by the colleges and universities themselves.

Calculating it this way, the money spent on building a building is actually not that much.

But you have already donated to hundreds of universities in the mainland, and I even heard that you are going to donate to high schools? Then it adds up to a lot of money.

Lei Juekun was also extremely speechless.

………………

New day, Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Huang Langwei was walking arrogantly on the street with his two younger brothers. After walking for a while, he whistled at some island sisters or wives passing by, which caused them to roll their eyes and avoid them.

Brother Huang had just laughed a few times when he heard a burst of impatient, depressed and angry Cantonese curses coming from behind the corner of the intersection ahead, blocked by buildings and invisible, "Fuck, I'm really a reporter. I'm just shooting material on the street, damn it."

I am from the Hong Kong Today Horse Racing News. Our newspaper is a subsidiary of the Kowloon Daily News. Please don’t cause trouble."

This hurried shouting was full of frustration. Brother Huang thought he heard it wrong, but a younger brother behind him suddenly lit up his eyes, "Boss, there is a situation. Zhao Sheng's reporters are in trouble?"

Huang Langwei glanced at his younger brother, and immediately laughed out loud in surprise, and ran forward. As soon as he reached the corner, he saw a Chinese man carrying a compact video recorder. He was angrily being made things difficult by two uniformed policemen.

That's it, it's confirmed. He is really Chinese, and he must be a reporter from Zhao Sheng's newspaper. He is being made difficult by the police.
To be continued...