Chapter 666 Ten Films

Bob Shea thought about it for a day and agreed.

The videotape has a promising future. If he can really get a share, 40% of the shares will also be profitable. What he lacks now is production ability, which is far inferior to Chen Qi.

Chen Qi will set up a shell company and inject $600,000 in his name. Bob Shea will pay $400,000, a total of $1 million to establish this new company called "Focus Features" - Focus Features is also a well-known company in Hollywood in later generations, just like Legendary Pictures.

From then on, Focus was responsible for the production, distribution and TV channels of videotapes.

"They want to order 10 films, which is impossible.

I will shoot 5 films for them, and then we will stop there. We will distribute the remaining 5 films ourselves. So by this time next year, you should at least have established channels in the Greater Los Angeles area. If you don't do it, there is no need for this company to exist."

"I know!"

Bob Shea added: "We can't pay for it ourselves. We need to let Brown advance part of the funds and shoot 2 films first. I will talk to him!"

"Well, this is a coincidence!"

Chen Qi smiled, handed over a piece of paper, and said: "This is the list of films, take a look!"

Bob Shea took it and took a look. It was written in English, including "The Innocent 2 and 3", "The Change", "Cannibal", "Orange Is the New Black 1 and 2", "Sweetheart", and "Haunted Mansion 123"

Each film has a brief introduction:

"The Change" tells the story of a beautiful girl who was infected with an unknown virus after a one-night stand. Her body changes little by little, her body temperature drops, her skin rots, and her mood becomes erratic. She has no choice but to hide at home and kill her good neighbor. Finally, she becomes a zombie. Her parents come to see her and open the door to see their daughter's bloody mouth.

"Cannibal" is a pseudo-documentary about a group of people who go on a forest adventure and find a primitive tribe of cannibals, who eat them one by one.

"Sweetheart" tells the story of a little girl whose sister is raped and killed by several men. She sets up a trap in a house and uses herself as bait to kill them all for revenge.

"Orange Is the New Black" is about a group of women fighting with their breasts exposed.

"Haunted Mansion" is about a family moving into a new home and being haunted all the time. By the way, some people always make a fortune with "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity". Yes, these two films have extremely low costs, but the former spent $8 million on publicity and the latter spent more than $10 million.

In short, the ten films include blood, violence, pornography, weirdness, and standard B-level film templates. Besides, most of the scenes take place indoors, which is low-cost, except for "Cannibal".

Bob Shea asked: "The scene of "Cannibal" must be in the forest. Are there tropical forests in Hong Kong?"

"We can go to Thailand to shoot, the cost is lower there."

"Which five films are kept?"

"Give them "The 2nd and 3rd of the 100", "Cannibal", and "Orange Is the New Black", and we will distribute the rest ourselves. In addition, if you use your current channels to enter the theaters, what do you think will be the results?"

"I think you can make tens of thousands of dollars per film."

Bob Shea was a little embarrassed and explained: "There are also high-investment B-level films in the United States, with a film costing more than 1 million US dollars, and theaters will also want such films. Mainstream theaters like us don't like them, and only colleges and drive-in theaters will show them."

"Well, okay. Then do as we agreed."

Chen Qi nodded.

The reason why these five films were chosen to be sold is because the degree of nudity is relatively high, and they have to be outsourced to Hong Kong people. The remaining five films don't have much nudity, at most they are bloody, and he wants to find mainland filmmakers.

Although the mainland soon entered an era of chaos, no pornographic films were really shot. They were more like cult films, and the nudity was covered up.

After Boshei left, Chen Qi had a rare free time.

He was now waiting for two pieces of news, one was the official release of the domestic film reform document, and the other was the Golden Horse Awards.

The Olympics had already ended, and the two places were communicating about the champions' visit to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong British government was obstructing it, not the visit, but the date: the mainland hoped to visit Hong Kong during the National Day, and the Hong Kong British government felt it was too embarrassing, celebrating before the return?

This was none of Chen Qi's business.

He was sitting in the office, flipping through the script of "A Better Tomorrow". Wai Ka-Fai was very good at writing, and the writing was pretty much the same. After reading it, he called Zhuang Cheng: "Have the Golden Horse nominations come out? It's October, too long!"

"Forget it, there's a movie for you, you can find Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, and Anthony Wong to act, and the director is up to you."

He hung up the phone and didn't care.

Whether "A Better Tomorrow" succeeds or not has nothing to do with it, as long as it doesn't lose money.

"Ding-ling-ling!"

The phone rang, and Gu Weili's voice came out: "Boss, you should go to the airport!"

"Got it!"

Chen Qi immediately got up and went out.

In the next room, the two listened to the sound of his leather shoes, walking farther and farther away. Jiang Zhiqiang asked: "How should we call the boss's wife? Should we call her Mrs. Chen?"

"Bullshit! You should change your mind as soon as possible. Mainland female comrades have their own names. Just call her Sister Gong Xue."

Gu Weili suddenly brought up the topic and said: "I didn't think so before, but after joining the organization, I really feel that Hong Kong is so feudal. Women lose their names when they get married. They don't mind being called Mrs. What? Everyone hopes to marry a rich man. They don't mind if they have no name or status. Isn't it just the concubine in the past? Not even as good as a concubine."

"It's the same in the United States. Many American women have to take their husband's surname when they get married."

"Hong Kong used to take their husband's surname!"

Gu Weili shook her head and said, "No wonder the boss always says that we live in a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society!"

A plane landed at Kai Tak Airport.

Gong Xue got off the plane with her bag, received her luggage, and walked out in high heels. She wore a floral dress, tied her hair with a handkerchief behind her head, and wore sunglasses, with a style that combined Chinese and Western styles.

She already knows how to match her clothes.

At the end of August, she went to the Venice Film Festival with the crew of "Under the Bridge". She didn't win any awards, but she was very happy. As for going abroad, she unlocked Italy again, and has been to France, Germany, and the United States.

Historically, she often went to Japan, and also starred in a co-production drama "Unknown Name", which also featured Tanaka Yuko, that is, Ashin.

Japanese media called her "China's Keiko Matsuzaka"

As a result, she is now with Chen Qi, and a "Beautiful Life" has made her unpopular with some Japanese. The Ministry of Culture is also afraid of trouble, and never arranges Gong Xue to visit Japan.

"Aqi!"

Gong Xue stood by the roadside and waited for a while. When she saw a Mazda coming, she waved happily. Chen Qi got out of the car, held her small waist tightly, and turned around with her.

"Oh! Put me down, everyone is watching!"

"Who is watching?"

Chen Qi looked back and saw Xiao Mo and Xiao Yang smiling as if they had seen their own mother.

"Get in the car, get in the car, I have arranged everything!"

The two sat in the back seat, and he said, "There is a play called "Why Me", and you just happened to be staying in Hong Kong for a while."

"What's it about?"

"It's about caring for people with intellectual disabilities. You play a neighbor of the protagonist, just as a guest appearance."