In the blink of an eye, Lin's Pictures has been established for more than a year, and has only produced two works in this year. This efficiency is not high compared with many film companies in Hong Kong, but the revenue ratio is enough to make those companies greedy.

drooling.

When the company was first established, it was all funded by Lin Chaoyang's royalties. Nearly 3 million Hong Kong dollars were injected one after another. It gave people the impression that it had little strength. Starting from the second half of this year, it started with 10 million Hong Kong dollars from "The Truman Show", and then

Another HK$22 million from "A Better Tomorrow" was recorded.

Excluding the company's various expenses and investments, by mid-November, Lin's Pictures had more than 25 million Hong Kong dollars in its account. Tao Yushu felt an unprecedented happiness.

With sufficient funds, Tao Yushu's first thing was to open a new play.

Yesterday, "Fantasy" was released. Wang Jing first went to Golden Harvest's Longtou Cinema in Kowloon to participate in the screening event, and then went to two more theaters before returning home until midnight. Before he woke up early in the morning, he was called to the company by Tao Yushu's phone.

On the way to Lin's Pictures, Wang Pin bought two newspapers and looked through them. He felt a little relieved when he found the news report of "Hardcover Chasing Girls". The box office information would not be released until the afternoon. Now he saw that there were

News reports prove that the movie is still somewhat popular.

Being at Shaw Brothers is different from being at Lam Brothers. In Shaw Brothers, you work for the boss, but in Lam Brothers, he is considered half a boss himself, so naturally he is more concerned about the box office performance of the movie after its release.

Therefore, it was unavoidable to be a little uneasy along the way. The box office was not released during this period, and I didn't know what Tao Yushu was looking for.

"Ah Jing, come and sit down."

When he came to the company, Tao Yushu's attitude was as gentle as usual, and Wang Jing felt a little more at ease.

"Mrs. Lin, is there anything important you called me here for?"

"Nothing serious, I just want to talk to you about the new play."

"New play?" Wang Jing's tone was full of surprise.

"Fantasy" was only released yesterday, and the first-day box office hasn't even come out yet. The boss is already thinking about the next movie?

Wang Jing didn't know how to react for a moment.

He didn't know whether the boss had confidence in "Hardcover Chasing Girls" or in him.

But in any case, this confidence is somewhat blind.

"Yes, the company now has ample funds, but there are too few new film plans.

There should be at least five movies a year, including preliminary preparation, mid-term shooting, post-production, release and settlement.

Five films can at least ensure that the shadow of our Lin films will always appear in the news and in the market."

What Wang Pin was thinking about was that if he opened five plays a year, he could count on two hands the number of people who could achieve this level of performance in Xiangjiang.

Jiahe, Xinyicheng, Debao, Baohe... Quite a few of them are companies from Jiahe and Xinyicheng.

He knew from the beginning that Tao Yushu was very radical, but he didn't expect that he would be so radical. In the second year after the company was founded, he would produce five dramas a year.

However, there is nothing wrong with this. If there is a show, he will make money.

Of course, the premise is that the box office is ideal.

"No problem, I'll write the script right away."

Although he had no idea for a new play in his mind, Wang Pin agreed to Tao Yushu's request without hesitation.

Wang Pin has had a clear understanding of himself since he entered the film industry.

He is a craftsman, not an artist.

As people in Xiangjiang say, it’s all about getting money.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any ideas now, many times ideas are forced out of you.

His answer made Tao Yushu look a little pleased. Her husband was right, a director like Wang Jing is really easy to use.

He has no bad habit of doing art at all. As long as the boss pays, he can keep taking photos.

The two continued to talk about the idea of ​​a new movie, and they agreed that if the box office of "Fantasy Girl" was satisfactory, they could make two more movies in this way. Wong Jing himself is a very talented person, otherwise it would not be possible.

He has the top efficiency of being able to shoot a movie in a week at his peak.

After chatting with Tao Yushu for almost an hour, he gradually had some ideas in his mind, and planned to go home and write the script first. At this time, someone happened to come to talk to Tao Yushu about something. He wanted to leave, but Tao Yushu introduced him. "

Ah Jing, let me introduce to you, this is Zhang Wanting and her husband Luo Qirui..."

Sensing the importance Tao Yushu attached to Zhang Wanting and his wife, Wang Jing knew that these should be his future colleagues.

He greeted the two of them and exchanged some pleasantries. Tao Yushu said to him again: "Wait for me first. Let's have dinner together at noon. I guess yesterday's box office statistics will be out soon." "Okay, Mrs. Lin, you are busy first."

Wang Jing exited the office, found a seat outside and sat down casually, chatting with Wu Meizhen. "Brother Pin!"

The two chatted for a while, and then Stephen Chow came to the company.

He and Wang Jing collaborated on "Fine Cover Chasing Girls", and they became quite familiar with each other. "Hey, Ah Xing, are you coming to the company again?"

Wang Jing is very close to Stephen Chow. Everyone in the company calls him "Xingzi", but Wang Jing insists on calling him "A Xing" because Wang Jing knows that Lin Sheng also calls him Stephen Chow.

Mrs. Lin also told him that if there was a chance, the company would give Ah Xing a solo show to praise him, which was enough to show how much the company valued him. "Yeah, if you have nothing to do, why not come to the company and see if there is anything you can do to help?"

.By the way, Brother Jing, why did you come to the company today?"

Wang Jing is a director. He spends most of his time filming and rarely appears in the company. "Mrs. Lin asked me to come and talk about the new movie."

Stephen Chow's eyes lit up when he heard these words, "Do you want to start a new movie? How about giving me a supporting role?"

Wang Jing laughed when he saw him like this, "You are the first brother of our Lin family, and you will be the leading actor in the future." "Brother Jing, please don't make fun of me. I haven't even acted in a few movies.

And not famous."

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to film in Lin's...?"

While the two were talking, the phone on Wu Meizhen's desk suddenly rang, and she picked up the phone.

When Wang Jing heard the word "box office", she stopped chatting with Stephen Chow and stared at Wu Meizhen. When she hung up the phone, Wang Jing hurriedly asked: "Azhen, is the box office out?

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"Yeah. Shaw Brothers' box office is out, it's 166,000 yuan."

Hearing this number, Wang Jing was delighted, and then he confirmed with Wu Meizhen again, "We have 5 theaters in Shaw Brothers, 7 screens, right?" "Yes."

Wang Jing felt relieved now. The box office for a single screen was 23,000, which was a huge hit! "Brother Jing, Brother Jing, this box office should be very good, right?" Stephen Chow asked excitedly.

"Of course!" Wang Jing patted Zhou Xingchi on the shoulder, "A Xing, you are going to be famous!" "Congratulations, Brother Jing!"

While the two were patting each other's rainbow farts, the door of Tao Yushu's office opened. She walked out with Zhang Wanting and her husband, and said to Wu Meizhen: "Azhen, help me book the Felix restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel, and invite Director Wang for lunch.

Dinner with Director Zhang and his wife."

As she was talking, she saw Zhou Xingchi, "A Xing is here too." "Mrs. Lin!" Zhou Xingchi said hello to Tao Yushu.

Tao Yushu nodded to him and said to Wu Meizhen, "Count Ah Xing."

"Okay, Mrs. Lin."

Wu Meizhen responded and was about to call to make a reservation at the restaurant when the phone on the table rang again.

"Mrs. Lin, the box office from Jiahe is out, a total of 849,000. In addition, there was a call from Shaw Brothers earlier, and their box office was 166,000. Wu Meizhen said to Tao Yushu after answering the phone.

Hearing this figure, Wong Jing and Stephen Chow were a little surprised. Adding to what Shaw Brothers said, the box office of "Girls in Hard Cover" on the first day actually exceeded one million? No, this does not include the double southern line.

Although the box office output of the Double Southern Line has never been high, it cannot be ignored.

Tao Yushu nodded calmly, "That's right. Let's wait a little longer. I guess Shuangnan Line will be out soon." Less than twenty minutes after saying this, the call from Shuangnan Line came.

, with a box office of 158,000 yuan.

Today, the Hong Kong Film Market has 126 theaters with more than 240 screens, but only 60% of the screens mainly show Hong Kong films.

In addition, theaters specializing in Hong Kong films such as Jiale, Shaw Brothers, Golden Princess, Debau, etc. are hostile to each other, so the opening size of most films will not exceed half the screen.

"Fantasy" was released in Jiale, Shaw Brothers and Shuangnan theaters, with nearly 40 theaters and 70 screens. This opening scale is considered to be very high in Hong Kong. The box office on the first day was 1.173 million, which is a figure

It can be said to be excellent for any new film.

"Mrs. Lin, congratulations on the great sales of your new film!" "Congratulations, Mrs. Lin!"

The first day's box office was released, and there was a burst of congratulations in the company. Tao Yushu responded to everyone's congratulations with a smile on her face, and asked Wu Meizhen to feed a few people who stayed in the company at noon. She took Wang Jing, Zhang Wanting and others to the peninsula.

hotel.

"Ah Fa has become very red and purple recently, and the box office on the first day was good. The audience is all going to him. To really know whether our drama is a hit, we have to wait for two days."

During the meal, Tao Yushu chatted with Wang Jing and others about the box office performance of "Hardcover Girls", which was not as optimistic as she had shown when she was in the company. Wang Jing has been in the film industry for many years and understands this truth.

Then Tao Yushu talked about the fact that Lin's Pictures has decided to produce a new film by Zhang Wanting and his wife, titled "Autumn Fairy Tale." "The focus of this film is love, and we have to find two handsome men and beautiful women." Tao Yushu said.

Wang Jing smiled and said: "Mrs. Lin, have you heard something recently?" "What is it?"

"No one can be as popular as Chow Yun-fat, and no one can be as popular as Zhong Chuhong."

Tao Yushu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "They are indeed handsome men and beautiful women, so let's invite them both." After hearing her words, Zhang Wanting and Luo Qirui's faces were full of surprise.

Chow Yun-fat and Chung Chu-hong are now popular stars in the Hong Kong film industry. If they are hired, the production cost will probably be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. The two of them have been working on small-budget movies before, so they have to make something like this out of nowhere.

For investment movies, happiness comes too suddenly.

But at the same time they are happy, the couple is also a little worried. If the shot fails... they don't dare to think about it, they don't dare to think about it at all.

After investing tens of millions of dollars, if the film really failed, the couple would probably not have to hang out in the Hong Kong film industry anymore. No boss would dare to use them anymore. Seeing that Zhang Wanting and his wife were under great pressure, Tao Yushu had no choice but to comfort the couple.
To be continued...