Standing at the beginning of 1988, I believe no one in the Hong Kong film industry would have thought that Lam would explode with such huge energy this year.
And standing at the end of this year, looking back on the past year, it seems that all the achievements achieved by Lin's Pictures seem so traceable.
Respect talents, attach importance to creation, spend a lot of money and spend generously-·
In the Hong Kong film industry, there are many bosses who vow to share the money before making money, but act like stingy men after making money. Some of them are crazy and use others to make money, and then sell them for countless money. Such black-hearted bosses can be said to be unbearable.
Complex numbers.
Even though many people have suffered such persecution, when they become bosses, not only do they have no empathy, but they also treat others in the same or even more vicious ways.
The existence of countless black-hearted bosses highlights Tao Yushu's uniqueness.
In the Hong Kong film industry, there has never been a boss as generous as her, who has increased the salaries of the crew, the main creators, and the dividends of the key figures.
The ancients said that those who mastered literature and martial arts would bring their goods to the emperor's family.
This truth is implemented in Xiangjiang and Lin's family. It is still an eternal truth.
As long as you have the ability and are willing to contribute your talents and wisdom to Lam's Pictures, Mrs. Lin will definitely give you a good price!
If you don’t believe me, go see Wang Jing, see Stephen Chow, see Gao Zhisen—
These filmmakers who have made one after another well-received and well-received films, let’s see if Mr. Lin has treated them badly?
After these people became famous, it wasn't like no one had poached them.
But, can it be dug?
We are all in the industry, and the profits of a movie cannot be hidden from anyone. It is true that Lin's movies sell well at the box office, but they are also really generous when they share the money.
It's common to start with a million, and when you earn more, it's common to divide your money into 18 million.
Looking at the Hong Kong film industry, which boss has such courage?
Not only popular directors, actors, and screenwriters, but also small film companies that cooperate with Lam Pictures also benefit.
Oddly enough, films produced by Lam Pictures, including its satellite companies, rarely fail. Sometimes, even if the local box office is a bit poor, the profits from other places can still be earned.
This is another of Lin's biggest benefits: everyone in other places also shares in the benefits.
In recent years, Xiangjiang's films have received an increasing share of revenue from other places. The bosses of New Art City and Golden Harvest are eager to eat up the revenue from other places.
However, Tao Yushu did the opposite and generously distributed external profits to his subordinates.
In such a strong contrast and contrast, everyone is not a fool, so they naturally know who is the real good boss.
Shi Nansheng and Tsui Hark are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very shrewd. However, due to the problem of face, Tsui Hark has been unable to make a decision. Now that he has put aside his face, everything is no longer a problem.
"The movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" you filmed last year received a good response. Your sense of touch in the fields of ancient costumes and martial arts is outstanding. You can definitely delve deeper into it."
"I also have this idea. However, the development of the studio is not going well this year, so the project has not been approved yet."
Tao Yushu smiled brightly, "I will definitely support you and Nansheng in joining the Lin family. By the way, have you seen the movie "The Bodyguard of Zhongnanhai" produced by our company two months ago?"
"I've seen it."
"What do you think about Jet Li?"
"Beautiful! She looks pretty, and her kungfu is also pretty!"
Tsui Hark's summary was concise, and the smile on Tao Yushu's face became brighter, "How about I leave him to you?"
"Leave it to me?" Tsui Hark didn't understand what he meant.
Tao Yushu nodded and said: "Leave it to you to train him into the next 'Cheng Long'!"
Shh~
Tsui Hark was shocked by Tao Yushu's bold idea.
Throughout the history of Hong Kong films, the first movie star worthy of international influence is undoubtedly Bruce Lee, and the second is Cheng Long.
Although Cheng Long has not yet achieved the same global influence as later generations, his influence has covered Asia, and his film and video tapes are also selling well in Europe and the United States.
Over the years, no one in the Hong Kong film industry has wanted to cultivate another Cheng Long, but how easy is it to cultivate such a Kung Fu superstar?
The right time, right location, and right people are all indispensable.
At that time, Luo Lie's "The Best Punch in the World" caused a sensation in North America, earning tens of millions of dollars at the box office, but it turned out to be short-lived.
In 1982, Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" became popular in East Asia. He made several Shaolin-themed movies in succession, all of which were good at the box office. Didn't he return to the mainland in despair in the end?
Tsui Hark subconsciously thought that Tao Yushu's idea came from the boss's imagination and was unrealistic.
But after he chatted with Tao Yushu for a few words, he discovered that Lin had already made a plan for Jet Li, and it was not a simple plan.
"Young Hero Fang Shiyu" series? "The Grandmaster Huang Feihong" series?
Tsui Hark's eyes were opened. It was the first time he saw someone making a series of movies. According to such praise, even a piece of rotten wood should be popular.
Of course, he had to admit that Jet Li did have the potential to become a kung fu superstar.
If you are a good-looking person and have good kung fu, as long as the quality of the movie is acceptable, it does not seem to be that difficult to become famous.
He believed that this was also the reason why Mrs. Lin fell in love with Jet Li.
While Tsui Hark was calculating in his mind, he heard Tao Yushu ask again: "How is your new visual studio developing now?"
Tsui Hark came to his senses and wondered why Tao Yushu suddenly mentioned New Vision.
But now that he has decided to surrender, there is nothing to hide.
After he left New Art City, he first established a film studio. After achieving good results, he established a new visual stunt studio specializing in film special effects services.
When it comes to movie special effects, the first thing that most Chinese people think of is probably those Hollywood science fiction films that are fake and real, such as "Star Wars", "The Matrix" and "Interstellar"——
The science fiction movies that we as the audience see and those that are fake and real are basically the result of the development of computer special effects.
But in fact, film special effects appeared not long after the art form of film was born. In 1902, Georges Méliès shot and produced the first science fiction film in human history, "A Trip to the Moon."
This science fiction film, which is only 14 minutes long, also brings the famous science fiction novelist Jules Verne's science fiction novel to the screen for the first time, completing the first time in history that humans have interpreted the mysterious world of space on the big screen.
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In the following years, many science fiction films such as "King Kong", "Metropolis" and "Dr. Jekyll" broke the rules again and again and contributed to the development of film special effects.
At this time, movie special effects were basically improved on film stock, using visual illusions to display special effects, and the effects were rough.
By the 1950s and 1960s, the film industry had gone beyond its initial exploration and gradually developed a set of effective technical methods, bringing film special effects to a whole new stage. The most praised example is "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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This space science fiction movie was released in 1968. The special effects are so realistic that even if viewed in modern times, it can still look fake.
At that time, in order to ensure the authenticity of the movie, the director and the production team spent a lot of time and energy manually drawing drawings and making models to achieve such an effect.
After the 1970s, a young man named George Lucas launched a grand campaign to completely revolutionize film special effects.
The production of film special effects began to break away from the manual workshop model and entered the industrial era, and the application of computer special effects became more and more widespread.
The level of the new visual effects studio founded by Tsui Hark cannot be compared with the Hollywood special effects companies of the same period. Since its establishment, it has only taken on special effects work for four movies, and the effects presented are considered to be at the top level in the Hong Kong industry.
The special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are the result of New Vision.
New Vision is solely owned by Tsui Hark. He briefly introduced the situation of the studio and waited for Tao Yushu's follow-up.
"In recent years, the level of special effects production in Hollywood has become higher and higher, and the gap between it and the level of film production in other countries around the world has gradually widened.
Over the years, Xiangjiang Film has been deeply involved in the fields of ancient costumes, martial arts, monster films, etc., but the development of special effects is difficult to describe.
We can't wait for the audience to see enough of those old-fashioned special effects before we think of changes to the special effects. We must take the initiative, take the initiative to make changes, and pay attention to the special effects.
Movies are inherently visual art. Once we disappoint the audience visually, the only way we can wait for Hong Kong Movies is to be abandoned by the audience."
Tao Yushu's words made Xu Ke's eyes brighter and brighter. He has his own pursuits and obsessions in special effects production. Tao Yushu's words simply spoke to his heart.
"Mrs. Lin is far-sighted. Special effects will definitely be a top priority for future film production. Just look at those Hollywood movies.
"Star Wars", "Terminator", "Alien", "Superman", "The Abyss" - the effects presented by these movies have broken the conventional narrative model of movies."
Tsui Hark's tone was excited and his face was full of excitement.
Tao Yushu nodded slightly, "It seems that we have the same idea. No wonder you would invest in a special effects studio.
However, scale effect is very important when doing special effects. Without funds to introduce software and hardware, and without production opportunities to train talents, it is impossible to achieve much development."
Tsui Hark knew Tao Yushu's thoughts very well, but he still cooperated and asked: "Mrs. Lin thinks————"
"We, Lin, can invest in New Vision and build it into the number one special effects company in Asia."
For the current Lam and Xiangjiang films, Hollywood is the target to be "number one in the world". It is not just a matter of empty words. Being number one in Asia is a very practical goal.
Tsui Hark had a change of heart and asked: "In terms of investment, Lin wants to lead the studio?"
"Of course." Tao Yushu answered affirmatively first.
Then he said: "If New Vision obtains investment from our Lin Group, you don't need to worry about future production projects, and you can also get a lot of funds to quickly improve its own strength. I think this is a good thing anyway."
Seeing Tsui Hark's hesitation, Tao Yushu directly sent the money-spreading method.
"I can give New Vision a valuation of HK$5 million, and our Lin Group wants 70% of the equity."
A glint flashed in Tsui Hark's eyes. New Vision was only established the year before last, and he personally invested HK$1.5 million.
So far, we have only produced special effects for four movies in total. The contract value is less than HK$1 million, and the profit is even less.
Even the valuation of HK$5 million is much higher than the actual value of the studio.
These investments cannot reach Tsui Hark, and what he values ​​more is the development of Lin's investment.
With funds, New Vision will develop faster.
And since Tao Yushu recognizes the impact of special effects in movies in the future, the movies produced by Lin's Pictures in the future will inevitably be biased. With this background support, New Vision has no worries about development.
"Okay! I agree!" Tsui Hark only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Tao Yushu's conditions.
After negotiating the investment for New Vision, Lin's cooperation with the film studio became a matter of course.
The film studio was founded by Tsui Hark and his wife. The financial backer behind it, Boss Lei, does not hold any shares. He only invests in the film studio projects through New Art City.
This cooperation with Lin is different from the cooperation with Tong Lei boss. Lin will invest in the film studio, deeply binding Tsui Hark and his wife.
The most valuable things in a film studio are Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng, followed by their film library, but the studio itself is the least valuable.
Tao Yushu spent a total of 15 million Hong Kong dollars to acquire 70% of the equity of the film studio and the new visual effects studio, and hired two more generals.
With the strong support of Lam Films, Tsui Hark put aside the frustration of the past year and boldly proposed the idea of ​​adapting Jin Yong's novel "The Swordsman".
Tao Yushu happily agreed to him, but at the same time she also put forward her own opinions. She hoped that Tsui Hark could prepare the "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" project at the same time.
The "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" series planned by Lin's Pictures was born out of "Fang Shiyu" played by Jet Li in later generations.
Praising Jet Li is a helpless move by Lin Films.
Jiahe has Cheng Long, who is as good as ten and dominates the action field. Naturally, Lin is not willing to let go of this cake.
In later generations, Jet Li first filmed the "Once Upon a Time" series, and then the "Fang Shiyu" series.
"Fang Shiyu" is a young hero, bohemian, while "Once Upon a Time" is a master's demeanor, Yuan Chun Yue Zhi.
Because of the tonality of the character, Jet Li filmed "Fang Shiyu" after filming "Once Upon a Time", which resulted in his acting career being greatly restricted.
Now that Lin is filming "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" first and then "Once Upon a Time in the Grandmaster", the problem has been solved.
Tsui Hark is a workaholic. He used to direct one film and produce another. He had just joined the Lam Group. When he was showing off in front of his boss, he agreed to the job without hesitation.
By the time Tao Yushu came out of the Peninsula Hotel, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and it was just ten o'clock when he got home.
Tao Yumo came out of the bedroom on hands and knees. When he saw her coming back, he couldn't help complaining:
"Can't you two have a sense of responsibility? Either one of you works overtime or goes on a business trip, and no one takes care of your children."
Tao Yushu said without any psychological burden: "Isn't there still an aunt like you?"
Tao Yumo felt bitter and asked again: "When will my brother-in-law come back?"
"I don't know, it must be three or four days anyway.
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Just yesterday, Lin Chaoyang, who was sitting at home writing a new book, suddenly received a call from Ermatai from Shenzhen. Then he put down the writing of the new book and ran to Shenzhen.
"I don't know why he went to Shenzhen." Tao Yumo muttered.
What is Lin Chaoyang doing in Shenzhen?
Just go pick it up.
In 1986, the SZ municipal government wanted to implement a pilot joint-stock system in the state-owned company system.
At that time, life for state-owned enterprises was relatively easy. Many people thought that setting up a joint-stock system and setting up a board of directors would add a "mother-in-law", so there was no response from the company and only a young man came forward.
Today, two years later, the company led by this young man finally successfully completed the joint-stock reform.
But at the same time, they also encountered a huge trouble.
The shareholding reform was completed, but no one bought the shares.
For Chinese people in this era, spending real money to buy invisible and intangible things like stocks requires courage and vision. Obviously, there are not many such people in real life.
In order to solve the problem of unsalable stocks, this young man had to take his employees to the streets to sell the stocks.
Set up stalls in downtown Shenzhen, walk through streets and alleys, conduct carpet searches in residential areas, and even go to wet markets to sell.
But even so, their stocks were still ignored, and their confidence suffered an unprecedented blow. At this moment, someone stepped forward.
"Mr. Wang, let me introduce to you, this is my friend Xiao Lin Chaoyang."
Today, Ermatai is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and even speaks a little more elegantly.
Unfortunately, his tough temperament did not match his clothes and conversation. Even he felt awkward and twisted his body uncomfortably after saying this.
"Xu——Teacher Lin, I've heard your name for a long time. Please sit down! Please sit down!"
Wang Shi felt like he was seeing a relative, with a bright and humble smile on his face. He personally brought Lin Chaoyang a stool and asked him to sit down.
"I'm really sorry, look at this situation..." Wang Shi expressed his embarrassment.
"It's okay, I happen to be listening too. You are also one of the few domestic companies that has carried out shareholding reform, and you are the vanguard of reform and opening up!"
Lin Chaoyang's compliment made Wang Shi feel a little excited. Ever since he was involved in the shareholding reform, he had never had a good look at his work unit or higher-level departments.
After the recent restructuring, no one bought the company's stock, and there were more rumors, which made him feel even more stressed. When he suddenly heard Lin Chaoyang's praise, he felt a little moved in his heart: "Okay, okay. Please wait for a while, I will give these self-employed people
Let’s talk about the benefits of stocks again, and then I’ll communicate with you.”
Today, Wang Shi specifically invited comrades from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to come forward and convened self-employed individuals who had joined individual associations to hold a seminar. The theme was still selling stocks.
"Comrades, someone just asked what joint-stock reform is. Let me explain it to you in detail——"
In order to sell stocks, Wang Shi worked very hard. A dignified boss of a state-owned enterprise nodded and bowed to the self-employed people, answering questions with a smile on his face.
But should everyone buy it or not? He talked a lot about "the significance of issuing stocks" and "the investment value of stocks" on the stage, and some people below became impatient.
He stood up and shouted loudly: "No need to talk so much, just tell me how many stalls you need, and we will donate it!"
Hearing this, Wang Shi felt a rush of old blood in his heart. Do you think this is a donation from the old society? Do I look like a beggar?
At this time, the cadres of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau came forward to maintain order. As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current management, and the self-employed people immediately became honest.
But after such a commotion, Wang Shi only felt that his interest was waning, and he talked hastily for a while, and then asked his subordinates to count how many people wanted to buy their company's stocks.
"3250 shares!"
Seeing the last number, Wang Shi's eyes darkened.
It took such a huge favor and so much effort to sell so few stocks.
Nearly 100 self-employed people came to the scene today, with an average of more than 30 shares per person. Where did that Hao Hengjin just go? Didn’t he say that he wanted to donate money? You should donate!
No matter how depressed he felt, Wang Shi still put himself in order and finished the finishing work. After repeatedly expressing his gratitude to the comrades in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, he came over to say sorry to Lin Chaoyang.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
"fine."
After a few pleasantries, Wang Shi said that this was not the place to talk, so he found a restaurant and wanted to treat Lin Chaoyang to dinner.
After ordering food at the restaurant, Wang Shi chatted enthusiastically with Lin Chaoyang again.
Ermatai did not tell Wang Shi the purpose of Lin Chaoyang's trip. Wang Shi mistakenly thought that Lin Chaoyang, a great writer, came to him to collect information and write a reform literary work.
It's no wonder Wang Shi misunderstood, most of what Lin Chaoyang asked during the chat was about their company's shareholding reform.
Wang Shi thought to himself, if Lin Chaoyang could really write a novel about shareholding reform, with his influence, Vanke and Vanke would be famous all over the country in no time, and they probably wouldn't have to worry about selling their stocks by then.
Of course, this idea of ​​his is completely a dead horse. It would take a few months at best from creation to publication of a novel, and by that time the day lily will be cold.
The fund-raising failed, and he, the general manager, had been fired long ago.
In this share reform, Vanke's net assets are 13.24 million yuan, with every 1 yuan being one share, and the share ratio between the state and individuals is 6:4.
An additional 28 million new shares were issued at 1 yuan per share.
Just a few days after the issuance of Vanke shares, the SZ municipal government made great efforts.
They came up with various means. In addition to the regular call on government workers, they also asked D party cadres to take the lead in buying shares. Some units also stipulated that for those who subscribed for tickets, the unit could subsidize half of the subscription funds.
In addition, the government also vigorously promoted the stock issuance in the special zone newspaper.
In just a few days, more than 16 million shares were subscribed.
The superior department worked so hard that Wang Shi could not slack off.
It's a pity that the effect of their hard-working sales promotion cannot be compared with the efficiency of the government. In addition to the 5 million employee shares reserved by the company for employees, the largest subscription came from Liu Yuansheng, a Xiangjiang native who Wang Shi met when he was doing foreign trade.
Comrade subscribed for 3.6 million shares.
It was he who suggested Wang Shi implement the shareholding reform of Vanke, so naturally the first-come-first-served approach came first.
Including the scattered sales they have sold in the past few days, there are only about 2.6 million shares left out of the 28 million shares.
The remaining 2.6 million shares may not seem like a lot, but Wang Shi is well aware of the difficulty.
In a few days, they have used all the connections and resources at their disposal, and it will be impossible for them to sell the stock as easily as they did a few days ago.
For example, today, he spent so much effort to sell more than 3,000 shares.
Having said this, Wang Shi's face was filled with depression and melancholy.
"Stocks——I can subscribe for some." Lin Chaoyang said.
Wang Shi said in a low mood: "Thank you for your kindness."
He only thought that Lin Chaoyang was just being polite and came to collect news and try new things.
"As an individual, how many shares can I subscribe for?"
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's question, Wang Shi replied: "You can buy as many shares as you want."
"Is it okay to buy them all?
Wang Shi raised his head and said, "You are joking. There are so many stocks and one share is only one yuan. Who can afford it?"
Ye Lin Chaoyang did not express his position, "How many shares do you have left?"
"Nearly 2.6 million shares."
"Okay, I want both."
"Okay, I'll let someone..."
Wang Shi responded to Lin Chaoyang mechanically. After two seconds, he suddenly reacted and asked Lin Chaoyang with wide eyes:
"How many do you think? How many? Are they all?"
"Yes, I want them all!"
Lin Chaoyang repeated it again.
Wang Shi's mind was confused by Lin Chaoyang's words "I want it all." After a while, he asked: "Really want it all? 2.6 million!"
"Of course." Lin Chaoyang's tone was firm, without the slightest hint of joking, "If you don't believe me, let's go to the bank to transfer money now."
Wang Shi finally recovered from the shock, and he held Lin Chaoyang's hand solemnly.
"Teacher Lin, thank you so much!"
At this moment, he only had one thought in his mind: Teacher Lin is really powerful.
It was already time to get off work. Lin Chaoyang wanted to wait until tomorrow to do the stock subscription, but Wang Shi couldn't wait at all.
I asked someone to deliver the stock certificates overnight, for fear that Lin Chaoyang had escaped.
Lin Chaoyang looked at the stock certificates and said with an embarrassed look: "The banks are closed, and I can't send money to your company!"
"It's okay, it's okay, you are such a great writer, how can I still not trust you?
After saying this, Wang Shi opened a room next to the hotel room where Lin Chaoyang was staying, and specifically explained: "It's too late today, so I can't go back. I'm just staying here for the night, so I can accompany you to do things tomorrow."
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The main thing is sincere service.
Lin Chaoyang glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 7:30, which was really late.
He looked at Ermaitai again and said, "You should also buy some shares of Vanke.
Ermatai wanted to say how could I have the money to buy this thing, but he also felt that Lin Chaoyang was much more knowledgeable than he was.
Since Chaoyang is optimistic about it, if you are willing to spend so much money to buy this thing, it is definitely not bad.
"Then I'll buy——50,000 shares."
Er Maitai tried his best. He had no money himself, so the money was squeezed out from the money Lin Chaoyang had borrowed from him before.
Lin Chaoyang patted his shoulder and said, "Everyone who meets you has a share."
What does it mean?
Er Maitai was a little puzzled, but Lin Chaoyang didn't say much.
The next day, Lin Chaoyang, accompanied by Wang Shi, completed the subscription procedures and acquired 2.546 million shares of Vanke.
Lin Chaoyang's royalties in mainland China have been sitting in his bank account for the past few years, and this time they finally came in handy.
It’s only 1988, and it’s long before Vanke’s stock takes off.
He is just doing this to prepare for a rainy day. Who gives him a wife who is determined to make progress?
In the ups and downs of the business world, no one can win every battle. The only thing he can do is to become Comrade Yushu's strongest backing.
Chapter completed!