lovenovelstory Chapter 044 Ah Long also needs to pay 3000 million in tuition fees
Chapter 044 Ah Long also needs to pay 3000 million in tuition fees
April 23, the crew of (Remote Control).
When Su Nan and A Hong arrived together, Yuan Hua had already come to wait outside.
Rosamund Kwan didn't come because she was too exhausted and needed to rest.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yuan Hua led the team inside.
"Su Sheng, Brother Long is here too. He's making a cameo appearance in the film today."
Su Nan smiled and asked, "Is his (Operation Flying Eagle's) injury completely healed?"
Jackie Chan didn't appear in many films for almost a year after Project Eagle. He quickly filmed his cameo role in "Island of Fire" and then left.
This is not only related to the injury, but also because the box office of Flying Eagle is too embarrassing compared to its investment.
The film "Flying Eagle" originally grossed HK$3900 million in Hong Kong, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1991, and it also received good reviews.
But the film's total investment was over 100 million, which is quite embarrassing.
Jackie Chan makes a cameo appearance as the male lead in "Remote Control," who goes to the supermarket to buy a universal remote control but falls asleep in bed.
After a series of remote control mishaps, the protagonist wakes up in bed at the end of the film.
The young man standing by the bed who wants to be friends with the protagonist is a character similar to a time-space coordinate.
When Yuan Hua led the team, Su Nan and A Hong arrived at the film set, Jackie Chan's filming had just wrapped up.
Filming was done both before and after the male lead fell asleep.
Upon seeing Su Nan, Lao Hong and Jackie Chan quickly came over to greet him, and the two sides exchanged simple pleasantries.
Old Hong laughed and said, "Su Sheng, the remote control guy has been asleep for many years. I'll need you to oversee the scenes in the hospital ward and his son's studio in the future."
Those are plays set up and decorated in mainland China, showcasing smart robots and AI assistants.
The film includes a wooden carving of a mobile phone, painted to resemble a future phone, and features a storyboard. It can be filmed even if the crew doesn't go to southern Jiangsu.
Su Nan laughed and said, "Sanmao, your directing skills are undeniable, so go ahead and film it."
After exchanging a few polite words, Lao Hong acted as an intermediary and formally introduced A Long.
After shaking hands with him, Jackie Chan smiled and said, "Brother Nan, it's an honor to meet you."
"You're such a friendly tycoon to people in the industry. I heard from my older brother that you have so much RMB that you can't spend it all."
"If you need it, I can exchange Hong Kong dollars for RMB with you anytime, up to 5000 million is fine."
Su Nan couldn't help but laugh, "Brother Long, you really live up to your name."
When it comes to spending money like water, saying that right away is something else entirely.
He accumulated 15 million RMB in Skyworth in early January, and another 9 million RMB came in this spring.
Old Hong made donations of 19.8 million RMB over six months, from October to March of last year.
This doesn't even include the trade settlement in April. Exchanging HK$30 million for further investment is a great thing.
To give a simple example, Microsoft's current total market capitalization is nearly $60 billion.
Ah Long exchanged HK$30 million for him to invest in Microsoft, and by the end of 1992, a dozen months later, it was worth HK$100 million.
Exchanging money? Jackie Chan can transfer HKD to Skyworth in Hong Kong, and Skyworth can transfer RMB to Jackie Chan in mainland China.
Hong Jinbao smiled as he offered cigarettes.
After exchanging a few more polite words, Lao Hong's assistant director began preparing to film the next scene.
He smiled and said to Jackie Chan, "Brother Chan, you're a generous person. I also need this money."
"Let's exchange HK$3000 million first, at the black market rate. I won't take any benefits for nothing."
"There's a Hollywood movie out there recently with a really good script. If you and Mr. Chow from Golden Harvest want to give it another shot, you could get the script and work with a major Hollywood studio."
There were no outsiders nearby, so exchanging money could happen once or twice.
Su Nan only exchanged money without giving any guidance, which meant he owed A Long a considerable favor. Giving guidance would eliminate that favor.
Jackie Chan exclaimed in surprise, "So Sheng also wants to break into Hollywood? (Kung Fu) or the next one?"
He had long heard of Brother Nan's (Kung Fu) new storyline after his connections and status.
It's aiming to follow the path of big special effects, just like Xu Ke's 1983 film (The New Legend of Shushan).
Big-budget special effects alone won't be enough to recoup the losses from box office revenue in Hong Kong and its sales to East and Southeast Asia.
Chen Ziqiang, who had just arrived, got excited and said, "Su Sheng, Jia Hui has transferred your Skyworth contract."
"I support it too. If we can break into Hollywood in the future, it's best if everyone works together!"
Su Nan nodded, "That's easy to talk about. The Hollywood script I'm referring to is (Speed)."
"This screenwriter is quite creative; he set up a bus that was planted with a bomb."
"It would explode if the speed dropped below 50 miles per hour. There were passengers and a policeman in the car."
"Ultimately, it was a deadly high-speed chase on the edge of the city when the bus crashed into a parked plane and exploded."
"The scene of a bus blowing up a plane is a great gimmick, but the super cop part..."
In which year was "Speed" completed? It was in the spring of 1991. So Su Nan knew it was a good project, and he never thought of plagiarizing it.
You can buy it by spending money; a moderately well-known screenwriter can be bought for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Once the script was written, Paramount quickly planned to film and produce it, but they approached five Hollywood action film directors, all of whom declined.
One reason most directors refused was that they felt the male lead's character in the initial script was too similar to that in "Die Hard".
Isn't this plagiarism?
Secondly, I felt that a police thriller that takes place mostly on a bus was not very interesting.
Paramount Pictures was so frustrated by being rejected five times that they gave up on the project, which was then taken over by 20th Century Fox.
When Keanu Reeves took on the lead role, he even rewrote the male lead's character.
Change the protagonist's character from something like (Die Hard) to a more relatable, down-to-earth hero.
That's how the final version (Speed) came about, with an investment of nearly $3000 million.
Then, with a box office of $1.21 million in the US and $3.5 million worldwide, this movie is also a representative of Hollywood blockbusters that have swept across Asia!
Before 1992, the highest box office gross for a Hollywood blockbuster in Hong Kong was over HK$2000 million.
In 93, (Jurassic Park) earned HK$6200 million, breaking numerous records on Hong Kong Island.
Subsequently, Speed grossed HK$4600 million in Hong Kong, suppressing the box office of all Hong Kong films except God of Gamblers 2!
On the other side of the strait, 1.13 million Singapore dollars also suppressed all blockbusters and dominated 1994.
Keanu Reeves was able to go from a minor star after (Point Break) to a superstar.
Jackie Chan's hijacking of this project will be even more ruthless than his original film, Rise of the Bronx.
Of course, since Jackie Chan is Chinese, the US probably wouldn't have received 1.2 million after he snatched the deal; 5000 million US dollars would be quite impressive.
Globally, let alone $3.5 million, even $1.7 million would be considered a blessing; Asia would need to see even more.
Why doesn't Sunan buy the script, produce it, and promote its actors? Because they don't have the money.
He can't afford the nearly $3000 million production cost right now.
It's normal for a Chinese actor to cause a global box office to plummet by more than half when he plays the lead role; large investments also result in a significant drop in revenue.
The box office in Europe and America follows a revenue-sharing model, which involves extensive negotiations, and Skyworth is not yet ready to reach an agreement.
He orchestrated the casting of a large number of mainland Chinese actors in (The Matrix), collaborating with China Film Group to capitalize on the trend of Hollywood blockbusters aiming to enter the mainland box office.
Only then can we discuss (hackers) global box office revenue sharing.
Without a box office revenue sharing model, even if the box office in Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea is high, it has little to do with you, resulting in huge losses.
That's why he introduced it to Ah Long, since now there's a HK$3000 million investment in Microsoft that can net over HK$7000 million in a year.
You can't just buy a script and hoard it without filming it, because the screenwriters aren't stupid and Skyworth is currently too small.
The fact that the other party gave gifts to Paramount and 20th Century Fox proves that they have connections within the industry.
The constant moves by southern Jiangsu to open up new avenues for wealth are all paving the way for future projects like The Matrix.
Jackie Chan, Hung Kam-po, and Chan Tze-keung all had their eyes shining.
Ah Long exclaimed excitedly, "A bus bombing a passenger plane? This is fucking..."
He could only marvel at the audacity of Hollywood screenwriters; a crazy scene of a bus blowing up a passenger plane was enough to attract the anticipation of countless moviegoers.
Hong Jinbao also remarked with emotion, "Ah Long, you paid the right tuition fee."
"This kind of project doesn't need super special effects; the live-action explosions are attractive enough."
How can you save all the passengers when you can't stop at 50 mph?
How do you maintain speed while speeding along the road, and how do you race in both urban and suburban areas? This is something that the Sammo Hung Stunt Team and the Jackie Chan Stunt Team have always excelled at.