Xie Wan suddenly had an idea and thought of the vacant land in Sha Tin that he had bought. The place was large and he didn't plan to use it for the time being.
She asked Chen Ziqiang: "Hong Kong's film and television industry is so developed, is there a film and television studio that specializes in location shooting?"
Chen Ziqiang didn't fully understand what Xie Wan meant.
Xie Wan described to Chen Ziqiang the Hengdian World Studios of the future.
Chen Ziqiang was very excited when he heard this and said, "Now we even rent a studio, and we have to build some scenes ourselves, which costs a lot.
It would be much more convenient if the boss had a place dedicated to setting up outdoor scenes that could be reused later.”
The piece of land in Sha Tin that Xie Wan bought was built into a house by Li Zhaoji in the original time and space. It was kept in his hands for nearly twenty years before it became an asset of 40 billion.
Xie Wan doesn't want to build the house now, as that would take up a lot of her money.
A plan for developing a film and television city appeared in Xie Wan's mind. She asked someone to call Fan Zhilai, and together with Chen Ziqiang and the other two, they all felt that the plan was feasible.
After all, in addition to real estate, the next twenty years will be a period of vigorous development for Hong Kong's film and television industry.
Building a large film and television city will not only make it convenient for you to shoot films yourself, but you can also rent it out to others to shoot films. The port city will radiate to Southeast Asia, and it can also be used for publicity in Japan and South Korea. According to the customs of various countries, various types of shooting venues can be built, and the tourism industry can also be developed at the same time.
But to do so, the investment must be huge.
Chen Ziqiang and Fan Zhi were both worried that Xie Wan could not come up with so much money.
Xie Wan smiled slyly and handed the task over to Chen Ziqiang and Fan Zhi, asking them to first find a design institute to make plans and drawings.
Xie Wan wasn't worried about money at all, as she still had 350 million Hong Kong dollars in her space that she had nowhere to spend.
Last time, Xie Wan was afraid that Lu Le would find out that she was the one who took the money, so she didn’t even dare to deposit it in the bank and left it all in the space.
Now that Lu Le has fled to Wanwan, Xie Wan can spend the money with confidence.
Fan Zhi took out a pen and paper to take notes.
The three of them sat in the studio, watching Director Wu direct the set while they came up with plans for the film and television city.
Xie Wan's eyes would occasionally glance towards the scene being set up in the shed.
She couldn't help but admire today's craftsmen.
We don’t have the high-tech like in later generations, so there is no green cloth in the shed, but various background boards. Those background boards are all made by prop masters.
So the scenes in movies of this era look very flat.
When Xie Wan proposed the concept of using "miniature landscapes" as background for future shooting, Director Wu who was standing next to him happened to hear it.
Director Wu was very excited: "Boss, can you really build me a miniature 'Shaolin Temple' for filming?"
Xie Wan nodded: "It's definitely not as good as the real Shaolin Temple. But we can build a smaller one, and it can be used in any scene related to Buddhist temples or Taoist temples in the future."
Director Wu felt uneasy: "How much will it cost? Aren't you afraid that we won't be able to recoup our costs for this film?"
Xie Wan smiled and said, "Don't worry, it will definitely sell well."
No one knows why Xie Wan is so confident.
You should know that the best-selling action movie in 1973 was Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", which only grossed 3.31 million.
Because the leading actor has not been decided yet, the filming now is just to test shoot some simple scenes and do some preliminary preparations.
After Xie Wan proposed the concept of "miniature landscape", Director Wu became disdainful of the current background scene, so he simply asked the master to stop and ran over to join the discussion.
Because of this, the entire filming plan had to be changed. After all, building a miniature "Shaolin Temple" takes time.
Chen Ziqiang and Director Wu argued for a long time, and Chen Ziqiang mustered up the courage to discuss with Xie Wan: "Boss, Yu Sen has also written a play, I wonder if you are interested in investing?
Opera films are all shot indoors, so they are cheap to shoot and take a short time to shoot, so it was just right to be shot before Shaolin Temple."
As a young person of the new era, Xie Wan knew nothing about opera, but he still respected Director Wu and asked him to tell him the outline of the story.
After listening to it, Xie Wan thought the story was good and asked, "What are you going to call this film?"
Director Wu said without even thinking, "The Imperial Princess."
Xie Wan's jaw was almost dislocated, his mouth was wide open and he could hardly close it, and he didn't react for a long time.
Director Wu saw her expression and thought that Xie Wan looked down on this kind of opera film, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Xie Wan had indeed never seen a Chinese opera film, but she had heard of "The Peony Pavilion"!
The Flower of the Imperial Daughter tells the story of Princess Changping, the daughter of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
That was the most classic opera film of the 1970s.
"Shoot, Director Wu, shoot however you want!"
Wu Yusen thought Xie Wan only agreed to shoot this film that was not in line with the current trend out of consideration for his feelings. He blushed and lowered his head, saying gratefully, "Boss, I guarantee that the investment in this film will be less than 500,000 yuan, and I will definitely be able to recover the cost."
Xie Wan grinned. "The Flower of the Imperial Concubine" was released in 1976. She vaguely remembered that this movie was also among the top five box office hits that year. She didn't expect the investment was so low. It must have made money.
That afternoon, Xie Wan discussed the preliminary plan for the new film and television city with Fan Zhi and Chen Ziqiang. Fan Zhi would take the lead temporarily. Xie Wan took out 50 million Hong Kong dollars to re-establish a "Zhenhua Film and Television City Company" to mainly engage in film and television city projects. On the land in Shatin, it would gradually build a large-scale film and television city covering the Asia-Pacific region over a five-year period.
But Xie Wan needed manpower now, so Chen Ziqiang recommended two professional managers to Xie Wan. After meeting them, Xie Wan recruited them both and made them responsible for the specific operations of the film and television city project.
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