MTL - Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire-Chapter 46 young and frivolous

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Shaw Brothers' distribution ability in Nanyang is indeed strong - "Happy Ghost" has a cumulative box office of more than 2.9 million US dollars in Nanyang, which is more than 20 million in Hong Kong dollars, and about 600 yuan can be allocated to DreamWorks. million Hong Kong dollars. Among them, the audiences in Singapore and Malaysia responded most strongly, and most of the box office in Nanyang was provided by audiences in these two places, while the response in places such as Thailand and the Philippines was relatively average.

In terms of Taiwan, the cumulative box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 7.1 million Taiwan dollars, equivalent to more than 1.4 million Hong Kong dollars, and DreamWorks could probably get more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars.

In South Korea, the box office of "Happy Ghost" was only more than 400,000 Hong Kong dollars, and it was only more than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.

In Japan, the box office of "Happy Ghost" gave Xu Cun a big surprise - "Happy Ghost" actually won a gratifying box office of 470 million yen in Japan, which is more than 15 million in Hong Kong dollars. More than 4.6 million went to DreamWorks.

In total, the overseas box office of "Happy Ghost" totaled more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars, and more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars was allocated to DreamWorks.

The box office of "Happy Ghost" in Hong Kong was 10.96 million Hong Kong dollars, and DreamWorks made a profit of 7.62 million Hong Kong dollars.

Minus the production cost of "Happy Ghost" of HK$700,000.

In total, "Happy Ghost" made a total of nearly 18 million Hong Kong dollars for DreamWorks.

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Let's look at the Shaw Brothers side.

"Happy Ghost" in Shaw Brothers' 16 theaters totaled 3.4 million Hong Kong dollars plus miscellaneous expenses. After deducting the cost of renting out the theaters and management fees, Shaw Brothers could probably earn more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

When it was released overseas, Shaw Brothers made a profit of more than three million Hong Kong dollars.

In other words, a single "Happy Ghost" made Shaw Brothers easy to earn more than 4.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and this is not counting the income of Shaw Brothers in Nanyang's theaters and theaters.

If you add Shaw's revenue from Nanyang's theaters and theaters, Shaw's revenue from "Happy Ghost" has exceeded 10 million.

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"Happy Ghost" was a big hit, bringing a win-win situation to DreamWorks and Shaw Brothers.

It stands to reason that this kind of good thing should make the beneficiaries happy, but Shao Yifu, who is at the helm of Shaw Brothers, is not very happy.

"As of now, the overseas box office of "Shaolin Thirty-Six Rooms" has exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars, "Five Poisons" is 6.8 million Hong Kong dollars, "Bat Legend" is 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and others..." Shao Yifu said The secretary reported to Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua with the report.

"Okay, let's go down." Shao Yifu did not let the secretary continue to report.

When the secretary left, Fang Yihua's face showed a trace of anger, and he said bitterly, "The more than 20 movies are not as profitable as one movie. Shaw Brothers is dragged down by these incompetent people!"

Shao Yifu was silent for a while, then said, "I heard that you and Xu Cun have set a screening time for his "Mr. Zombie"?"

"At the end of the invitational competition, I invited the kid to enter Huaxing, but he refused. Later, I changed to buy the copyright of his songs, but he refused again. So, I threatened him with the theater. Later , he sold the copyrights of "Shanghai Bund" and "Sword Like a Dream" to me at a nominal price of 10,000 yuan, on the condition that we sign a full-screen screening with our 16 Shaw Brothers theaters for 40 days before and after the Spring Festival. I agreed and asked Wang Hongbing to sign a contract with him." Fang Yihua explained.

Shao Yifu narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "He really has confidence in his "Mr. Zombie"!"

Fang Yihua grinned and said, "It's inevitable that you will be frivolous when you are young."

After a pause, Fang Yihua continued: "Because the time period he wants is better, I will increase the basic fee by 20,000 per day for him. Moreover, if he paints in advance, he will not be refunded the basic fee."

"Oh? He agreed to all these conditions?" Shao Yifu asked slightly differently.

Fang Yihua sneered and said: "He also took the initiative to set the liquidated damages as the upper limit!" Then, Fang Yihua sneered and said: "I heard that the production cost of "Mr. Zombie" is at least 3 million, and the forty-day guarantee The fee is 6.6 million, and the two fees alone will cost 10 million. If "Mr. Zombie" can't create another box office miracle, he will have to fight. At that time, I see how he will do. Young and frivolous!"

Shao Yifu showed a smile and said, "He still has some talent."

Fang Yihua said meaningfully: "talented people should concentrate on their creations and should not have those unrealistic dreams of making a fortune!"

Shao Yifu looked at Fang Yihua and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"We'll find a way to get him into Shaw Brothers and let him fight Jiahe when he's down." Fang Yihua explained the plan he had thought up.

Shao Yifu showed a hint of disappointment, shook his head lightly, and said: "He has tasted the sweetness, and his ambition has grown, and he will not be as willing to make films for Shaw Brothers as Zhang Che and Chu Yuan. Moreover, Zou Wenhuai will definitely also love him. Those who throw an olive branch are more likely to fall to Jiahe's side at that time."

"Sixth brother, can we also make some changes?" Fang Yihua asked softly. UU reading www. uukanshu.com

Shao Yifu sighed softly, shook his head again, and said, "Although the big studio system is rigid and has many shortcomings, the hidden dangers of the independent production system are even greater. Once DreamWorks is an independent film company, we Shao The long-term cooperation of the Shaw Brothers will definitely break the system of our Shaw Brothers. At that time, the future of Shaw Brothers will become unpredictable.”

Fang Yihua hesitated for a moment, then said, "Sixth brother, why don't we focus on wireless?"

In fact, Fang Yihua is not keen on making movies - she always believes that the development prospects of the TV industry are greater.

Therefore, Fang Yihua turned many Shaw Brothers resources to TVB a long time ago—this is one of the reasons why Zou Wenhuai betrayed Shaw Brothers.

The Shaw Brothers did not hesitate to sell their ancestral property to make a movie, and were ridiculed as prodigal sons. Shao Yifu was originally studying in the school, and his brother sent a telegram. He immediately dropped out of school and went back to the film company to help.

The Shao Family Film Company had several ups and downs, and it was completely destroyed by the Japanese army that year.

The current Shaw Brothers Film Company was re-established brick by brick by Shao Yifu. Shao Yifu's dedication to Shaw Brothers Film Company was not something that Fang Yihua, a concubine, could understand. Shao Yifu also makes one or several movies every few years, which shows Shao Yifu's love for the film industry.

Shao Yifu didn't answer Fang Yihua's words, he was silent for a while, and said, "Wait and see, let's see what kind of results "Mr. Zombie" can achieve, and then decide how to deal with Xu Cun..."

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