Therefore, if one were to really count seriously, Hong Jingbao should be the ancestor of zombie movies.
And that year, this " Ghosts Fighting Ghosts " had even won the box office for the entire year.
However, in terms of influence, it was not as big as Mr. Zombie.
" Mr. Zombie " was the one that truly created an era and created the highest box office record for a similar movie.
It created the most glorious era of zombie movies.
In the following years, there were more than 100 copycat works. One could imagine how terrifying their influence was.
However, none of these works could surpass this movie.
……
However, it was only 1984, and Mr. Zombie hadn't started filming yet.
Not to mention the box office.
To others, this was unknown.
At this moment, Hong Jingbao and Ninth Uncle were reading the script of the movie.
After Hong Jingbao received the script, he had an idea.
He thought,
If the script was good, he could consider investing in it and help bear the risks.
Soon, the two of them looked at the script.
The plot of this movie was generally quite rigorous.
The background of the story was that the wealthy Ren family was asked by a Feng Shui master to move the coffin 20 years later and find the local Maoshan master, Uncle Nine...
When he saw this, Hong Jingbao even deliberately looked at Ninth Uncle.
This script seemed to be tailor-made for Ninth Uncle, because Ninth Uncle was also a disciple of Mao Mountain and usually studied some Taoist techniques.
Most importantly, their personalities were almost identical.
Ninth Uncle's eyes were extremely bright.
This was a script specially tailored for him!
At this moment, he was extremely excited.
He had never thought that…he would receive such treatment.
The story continued: On the day of the coffin, the Taoist priest's ninth uncle discovered that the cemetery was unusual. It was a dragonfly skimming the water and was buried in a way, but the strange thing was that the corpse did not rot for twenty years. Ninth Uncle was suspicious and asked people to carry the coffin back to the mortuary for temporary placement. It was just that his two disciples were playful and did not complete the task arranged by the Taoist priest's ninth uncle. They neglected to leak the bottom of the coffin and forgot to flick the ink thread here, causing the zombie to run out. After that, it triggered a series of events. Old Master Ren of the Ren family was killed, and Ren Tingting was in danger. On the other hand, Ninth Uncle's two disciples also had their own situations. One was bewitched by a ghost, and the other was scratched by a zombie... In the end, after a series of torments, under the joint efforts of everyone, they finally subdued the zombie.
"There are a few good things about this script.”
After reading the script, Hong Jingbao praised him a little.
"First of all, the setting of paper, brush, ink, sword, and sword is very, very good.”
"There's also the idea of using glutinous rice to cure zombies.”
"However, the thing that made my eyes light up the most was this idea that as long as you don't breathe, the zombies won't be able to see your creativity.”
Hong Jingbao was indeed the founder of zombie movies. He could see the biggest highlights of the script at a glance.
"How much do you plan to invest in this movie?”
"Around six million." Lu Zhou thought about the information. He remembered that the cost of this movie was 4.5 million yuan. However, the investment kept increasing…It slowly reached 7 million yuan.
However, Lu Zhou believed that he could reduce the cost to around six million yuan.
"Six million?"
Hong Jingbao frowned slightly…
To be honest, this investment was a little high.
According to the current movie market, it could be considered a big production.
The investment and output might not be equal.
"This investment is too high."
"I estimate that after this movie is filmed, its box office earnings should be around five to six million yuan.”
This was Hong Jingbao's conservative estimate.
He used his own experience to analyze.
This was also based on his previous movie," Ghost Fight Ghost."
It was already considered very high that his movie had won the box office for the entire year.
He didn't think Lu Zhou's movie could surpass his.
Therefore, whether Lu Zhou could make money depended on how much he invested.
If the investment was too high, the investment and output would not be equal, and they would lose money.
However, if the investment was low, and they were worried that the poor quality would affect the box office results, this was also a contradiction.
According to Hong Jingbao's estimation.
An investment of around four million was the most suitable.
The quality of the movie wouldn't drop too much, and they could still make some money.
But now that Lu Zhou said he wanted to invest six million yuan, the probability of losing money was very high.
Plus, this was Lu Zhou's first time investing in a movie.
Hong Jingbao was not optimistic.
He felt that Lu Zhou was too young and inexperienced.
However, since Lu Zhou was Ninth Uncle's nephew, he couldn't bear to see Lu Zhou lose money.
After some consideration, he voiced his opinion.
"Why don't you sell this script to me and I'll film it?”
In comparison, Hong Jingbao felt that he was more experienced. If he were to film it himself, he could still earn some money.
……
Lu Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He knew that Hong Jingbao said this for his own good. He was afraid that he would lose money on his investment.
But…
He didn't think so.
He did not agree with Hong Jingbao.
As someone who had been reborn, he knew very well how sensational Mr. Zombie would be when it was released.
"Thank you for your kindness, Uncle Bao, but I don't want to sell the script. I want to invest in the production myself. I believe that the box office of this movie will definitely be very popular.”
Lu Zhou was extremely confident.
Hong Jingbao's mouth moved, but he gave up on persuading him.
After all, he had already said what he needed to say. As for what to do, it was up to Lu Zhou.
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