For example, Justice, My Foot, The Demon Cult Leader, Number One Under Heaven, Gambler, God of Gamblers, The Deer and the Cauldron, etc.
Tell me, how many people born in the 70s and 80s haven’t seen it?
Forget about other directors. Wong Kar-wai and Ann Hui are masters at making art films, but they will definitely lose money when making commercial films.
Chen Xia has no interest in art films. Commercial companies must of course make action films. If a director cannot make money, he can only get out.
In addition, directors like John Woo look down on mainlanders in their bones, and Chen Xia certainly looks down on him too.
And his ability was just that. The movie "Windtalkers" he made in Hollywood only grossed 77 million dollars worldwide, and MGM was almost completely dragged down by this movie!
Chen Xia didn't dare to cooperate with such a neurotic director.
Chen Xia's method of winning over Tsui Hark and Wong Jing was also very simple. Both of them had their own film studios, which were equivalent to small film companies.
Then the two sides will cooperate to make a film.
Now comes the key point: how to distribute profits.
According to the rules of Hong Kong films, the company takes the lion's share, about 70-80%, and the studio takes the smaller share, no more than 20-30%.
If the boss is more ruthless, such as Jiahe, Shaw Brothers, and New Art City during their heyday, they will take 80% or even 90% of the profits.
The policy of the Chen Xia system is very simple. After deducting the film costs, actor contracts, theater commissions, and publicity and promotion expenses, the remaining profits are divided equally between Jiahe Film and the director's studio, with each receiving half.
And Chen Xia also made a promise that as long as the director and studio cooperated with Jiahe,
When a movie is released in Jiahe Cinemas, all accounts will be settled within one month after the movie is released, and there will be no default.
According to the previous unspoken rules, it was very common for theaters to owe you money for half a year or ten months. Some even found excuses not to pay the balance, which was very deceptive.
When this policy came out, the entire Hong Kong film and television industry was shocked.
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