Chapter 438 We may be nailed to the pillar of shame and whipped repeatedly(2/3)
This aroused the strong attention of pharmaceutical giants such as Pfizer, Novartis, and Bayer. They started various business wars with Zhao Donghuai and even kidnapped Winona Ryder. Then Mr. Bill, a senior executive of Pfizer, was deeply hurt.
Type 1 diabetes today? Not only does it require Chinese decoction, but also acupuncture by Mr. Gu, the sage of the apricot forest. His apprentice’s help in acupuncture is not very effective...
With a complete set of things, how many people can Mr. Gu treat by himself? He is also an old man. Even if he is well maintained, healthy, and has nimble hands and feet, he is still just one person!
Pfizer can't even afford to fight a business war with Zhao Donghuai's group, and Eli Lilly certainly can't afford to cause too much trouble at this stage. Say hello in advance to avoid starting a real business war??
Zhao Donghuai was speechless and said, "Forget it, that's not a big deal."
This is nothing more than the Dallas Buyers Club and the New York Buyers Club breaking out together in reality. "By the way, Mo doesn't want to mess with the FDA. You call Warner tomorrow to see if Warner is interested in co-producing this movie with us?" "
In the earliest days, (Super Body), (Hurricane Rescue) and (One Man) were all sold to Warner theaters for the screening rights, which were sold out for a few million dollars. His cooperation with Warner was much earlier than that of Mo.
Lao Mo didn't dare to mess with Eli Lilly, the FDA, etc. The main reason was that Lao Mo was an outsider in the North American media industry and didn't dare to jump too high. Warner was a real powerhouse.
Azhen nodded, "I've written it down."
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Spring Festival, the second day of the Lunar New Year, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year...
Within a few days, there was an extra movie in the theaters during the New Year holiday (Hua Tian Xi Shi), which simply gave the audience more choices, and the family comedy of Hua Tian Xi Shi also made the Chinese New Year more joyful.
What Zhao Donghuai didn't expect was that he would meet the duo of Liu Weiqiang and Wen Jun in the ATV headquarters office just after they had negotiated with Warner about co-production of "New York Buyers Club".
Looking at what the other party submitted (The People of Young and Dangerous are in the Jianghu), Director Zhao was almost moved to the old waist. Young and Dangerous? Chen Haonan of Jin Chengwu, Chen Xiaochun's Pheasant, Wu Jingdatian Er??
Xie Tianhua’s nest leather, Lin Xiaofeng’s leather bag?
The rest of the cast is pretty much the same as the original one, with Li Zi as Little Stutter, Wu Zhenyu as Liangkun, and Simon Yam as Jiang Tiansheng.
"Okay, let's put the movie here. I'll take a look at it later. Although the schedule is a bit stressful, it's not too stressful. Just give 10% or 15% of the film schedule. If the movie quality is enough, it will still explode."
The Young and Dangerous series is really famous, and I don’t know how many people it has influenced. Original track Zheng Yijian also relied on this series to soar into the sky, and was once known as the fifth king.
He didn't expect that just after the Chinese New Year in 1993, he would meet Young and Dangerous during the Lunar New Year sequence.
Liu Weiqiang bowed excitedly, "Thank you Zhao Sheng. Director Wang is not optimistic about this low-budget bad film. He mainly supports me to train as a director."
"As long as the total investment of HK$3 million can be recovered, it will be fine."
Zhao Donghuai, "..."
After he watched the two of them leave, he took the finished film to the screening room. After watching a movie of more than 90 minutes, Zhao Donghuai had very complicated emotions.
It’s the original version of Young and Dangerous. It’s nothing more than a sublimation of the Tao of service and several sublimation of martial arts movements...
Except for the opening scene where the young boy Chen Haonan is playing football in the stadium and being taught by Liang Kun, Anan wants to follow the original version with Big B. When 1991 comes, Jin Chengwu shines on the streets with Chen Xiaochun, Wu Jing, Xie Tianhua and others.
The new-age young and Dangerous guys who are already well-known for their black suits, black leather shoes and ties look more classy in their uniforms. Chen Haonan and Da Tian Er also relied on their ability to fight and rose to the top under Big B.
In a scene of assassinating Baguan, in a large top-notch luxury bathing center, Anan and Wu Jing beat down more than 20 Baguan boys with their bare hands, including those armed with weapons. The two easily killed Baguan.
Action fighting... You can refer to Wu Jing's original version of (Sha Po Lang) (The True Colors of a Man). It's not up to the level of Sha Po Lang, but it's very close.
Liangkun's famous "I'm very angry" scene is still happening, but the unknown female costar in the original version is replaced by Zhi Jingwen, who starred in "Chasing the Dragon".
Then there are various nightclub shows, singing, etc., all of which are the most luxurious nightclubs in Wan Chai and East Tsim Sha Tsui. They are many levels higher than the original version.
Then we held a conference in Hongxing, which was a show of luxury cars and sports cars. Simon Yam and Chiang Tsang-sheng took everyone to the top floor of a skyscraper in Central and the rooftop garden to talk golf-style. It was full of the atmosphere of a top tycoon.
Da Fei is General Wu Yi...
Even in the movie Liang Kun opens his own film and television company, it no longer looks like an empty shell of a leather company. It looks like a big garden villa with its own big swimming pool. There are dozens of boys in suits standing outside with headsets.
A sense of elitism.
While walking by the swimming pool, he tricked Anan into looking for a new job. He dipped his hands in red wine and wrote the traditional Chinese interpretation of the word "loyalty" on the ground. After Anan refused, he saw Li Zi being brought into the villa for an audition, and he was the hero who saved the beauty.
What do you think of the whole movie? Just look at the costumes, luxury cars, all kinds of top-notch luxury goods, and the big venues and villas. Let alone 3 million Hong Kong dollars, I feel that even 30 million Hong Kong dollars may not be enough.
This is nothing more than Xin Ji, Hutchison and other big brothers who are basically aboard, friendly sponsorship, free support scenes, companies, etc., need group performances? Which district talker doesn't have hundreds of boys in suits?
Don’t have dozens of luxury cars?
Even when Chen Haonan took his brothers to work in Haojiang and was ambushed, it was only Anan and Ajing who killed dozens of people and were shot by the villain's gunmen before they had to escape.
In addition to various version upgrades, the core selling point of the story is still the same as the original trajectory.
After watching it, when Zhao Donghuai walked out of the screening room, he said to Azhen, "Young and Dangerous will be released on February 4th. The starting 20% of the film schedule will be trial. There is no need to apply for the mainland. It will only be trialed in Hong Kong Haowan, Island Korea and Star, Malaysia and Thailand."
try."
"Malaysia may want to modify the ending of the version and let Chen Haonan be an undercover. You call 100 Years Pictures and ask them to modify the ending."
Azhen was surprised, "It's only six days away from (Wanted 3)? Well, a low-budget 3 million bad movie is not worth the good schedule and filming rate."
February 4th is the 13th day of the first lunar month. Not to mention that it is not far behind the schedule of (Wanted 3), it is only 12 days behind the schedule of (Fantasy), and (Jurassic Park 3) was only released for 20 days.
No matter how you look at it, this is a death-defying movie during the Lunar New Year blockbuster period.
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February is here in a blink of an eye. At this point in time, (Spider-Man 2), which has been released for more than a month, has already grossed more than 700 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, and (Jurassic Park 3) followed closely with more than 600 million U.S. dollars.
American sword record.
However, if such a blockbuster is extended its release schedule in major theaters, it can still provide more box office.
(Wanted 3), it has to be said that it was as predicted, and it was a big hit when it opened in East and Southeast Asia. However, the box office in North America in the first three days was only 15 million U.S. dollars, and in Europe it was more than 11 million U.S. dollars. Even if Andy Lau continues to go on tour, he will not be able to pull it off.
The box office is getting high.
The trend is that Europe, Canada and the United States can eventually exceed the size of 100 million US dollars.
What really surprised and shocked insiders in the film industry was that "Young and Dangerous" was produced with a "low cost" of 3 million and was released on February 4th...
With 20% of the film schedule, the box office in Hong Kong Island was 2.7 million on the first day, 2.8 million on the next day, 3 million on the weekend, and 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars in the three days of the first weekend!
Hong Kong Island is like this?
With the addition of Starring, Malaysia, Thailand and South Korea, the total box office in the first weekend was HK$77 million! Among them, the market of the island country, which was originally experiencing a financial and real estate double collapse and was wailing everywhere, contributed HK$25 million in three days.
Kim Sung-oh's Chen Haonan suddenly hit the film industry like a tornado!
One Hundred Years Pictures.
Wang Jing stared at the total box office data of various places and read it a dozen times before he couldn't help but exclaim, "What the hell? This kind of street fighting movie for Ah Qiang to practice, sold 85 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in the first weekend? Isn't that outrageous?
Talking about science?”
The total investment is only 3 million, which is too unscientific!
Isn't it just that the bad guy from the bottom rose up and became the leader of Wan Chai... No, the movie is about Causeway Bay, but the nature is the same.
Jin Chengwu and Wu Jing are better. One participated in the second season of The Voice Asia and has accumulated a certain degree of popularity. A Jing's wonderful performance in "The Mermaid" also made many fans laugh.
What's going on with the rest of Chen Xiaochun, Xie Tianhua, Lin Xiaofeng, etc.? It's just a few dancers brought in to join in the fun.
Ah Jing and Ah Wu were only paid 20,000 Hong Kong dollars for their movie roles... Chen Xiaochun and others were even less. Even though Chen Xiaochun also participated in The Voice of Asia and occasionally guest-starred in the concerts of Tan Yonglin and others, it was still the same.
Wang Jing was not even shocked that (Hot Blood University) could achieve such sales results. Hot Blood has a comic background, which is also one of the best-selling comics in the island country.
What about the Young and Dangerous comics? It has sold more than 10,000 copies. It is a real hit comic.
The next moment, Wang Jing made a phone call. He wanted to call Aqiang and Wenjun to ask them why they watched the martial arts training movie "How to Fight on the Street" and why it exploded?
This unscientific!
Or can it still explode under the impact of various blockbusters? Why? Jianghu loyalty? Bullshit, ask Baguan and the others, how much is the loyalty on the road worth?
Although he was puzzled, Wang Jing called again and prepared to send red envelopes to the creative team. Lao Wang was already one of the big investors and would not regret such a small amount of money, especially when he knew that Jin Chengwu and Wu Jing
When they are all poor people.
Not only will their remuneration be increased for the next film, from the original 20,000 to 200,000, but there will also be no shortage of red envelopes afterwards. The big red envelope will be a million Hong Kong dollars.
This kind of trend is so exciting. It is estimated that when (Hot Blood) is released, the box office in the island country will be worth looking forward to.
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Shek Kip Mei Garden Phase 3.
When Jin Chengwu went out wearing a mask and a hat and planned to exercise for a while before eating, he saw a group of teenagers running over excitedly as he walked out the door.
"Brother Nan, we want to follow you!"
"Yes, Brother Haonan, accept us, right? It's like asking Big B to accept you in your movie!"
"Brother Nan, let's fight against Causeway Bay with you!"
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Ah Wu's expression almost cracked. What the hell? After being confused for dozens of seconds, Jin Cheng Wu pulled down his mask and said, "No, I'm wearing something like this, how can you still recognize me?"
A group of teenagers became even more excited, "Brother Nan, take us to Causeway Bay."
Ah Wu took a few steps back, followed closely by a dozen teenagers.
Awu then complained, "Okay, stop, you want to mess with me? You buy a good suit first and then you want to mess with me."
"You don't have a few thousand dollars, but you have a nice outfit. How dare you say that you are just here to fool around?"
A group of teenagers were immediately silenced.
To be continued...