At the beginning of July, Xu Ke and the crew of "A Chinese Ghost Story" returned from the mainland, and after a day of production and editing, in less than a week, they began to be released in various theaters under the Oriental Film Company.

The timely release of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was like a timely rain, which resisted a lot of public opinion offensives for Xu Ziming.

It has been a week since Lin Qingxia left Taiwan, and the media reports have gradually shifted from Xu Ziming's focus to "A Chinese Ghost Story", which has a good reputation and plot.

In terms of media, among the entertainment newspapers, "Next Magazine" and "Apple Daily" are still updating and reporting on Xu Ziming's affairs in a timely manner.

Ma Qingwei and Li Zhiyin, the titular boss of Next Magazine, didn't expect that when Xu Ziming was riding a tiger, they actually came to "A Chinese Ghost Story" out of thin air to use it as a shield.

The two had no choice but to do what they could to hype up the topic of Xu Ziming, and at the same time imitate other newspapers in Hong Kong to follow up on hot topics and maintain profits, in case Xu Ziming can get out of the way again.

In the Oriental Theater, Xu Ke just sat in the crowd like an ordinary audience and watched a "A Chinese Ghost Story".

From the audience's point of view, he feels that the filming of "A Chinese Ghost Story" this time has achieved his expected results.

However, from the perspective of an international director who wants to enter the European and American film market, the production special effects of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are not good, and the character props are not good, and the most important thing is that the funds invested in filming are not enough.

In the process of watching, Xu Ke heard many people discussing the role of the female ghost Xiaoqian, praising Wang Guxian's good looks, and most people did not hesitate to praise him.

In the eyes of the audience, Wang Guxian's appearance is too amazing, and he is comparable to the Asian sister champion Li Zhi.

Who is Lizhi, Xu Ke has been in the mainland for the past few months, in order to shoot a good movie, he basically doesn't read Hong Kong newspapers, Hong Kong newspaper news information, he is about to go off the rails, living like a primitive person, he doesn't know anything.

A week after he returned, he was thinking about the shooting of a new work, and he was even more indifferent to the news reported by the entertainment media.

After he finished watching the play, he walked out of the theater alone, stopped at the newspaper office not far away, and bought the latest issues of the newspaper.

The content of the newspaper, of course, is undoubtedly in the virtue of the Hong Kong media, and the content must be the news report of Sister Ya winning the championship and Sister Hong Kong winning the championship, and it is more about Xu Ziming and Li Zhi.

Xu Ke's mind was thinking about a big production on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was particularly curious about the scandal between Xu Ziming and Li Zhi.

In the director's office of Oriental Film Company, Du Qifeng, Wu Yusheng and others were chatting and laughing, and when they saw Xu Ke who came in with a newspaper, they waved enthusiastically: "Old Monster Xu, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has received a good response, it seems that the production department of the ghost film has been defeated, and it is none other than your production department." ”

To Qifeng and Wu Yusheng are both from the shootout film production department, and they haven't come up with any good works yet, so naturally they don't have the confidence to compete for this quarter's evaluation.

Xu Ke's face was calm, but he was surprisingly happy to hear it in his heart, and he smiled modestly: "Thank you Chrysostom, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is only the first day of release, and it remains to be seen how the box office will be." ”

Wu Yusheng looked playful: "Wait and see, the East Cinema Line and the West Cinema Line under the Oriental Film Company, a total of more than 20 theater chains will be released together, and the box office is only high." ”

"A Chinese Ghost Story" was screened across the board this time, thanks to the company's electricity that was not connected in the same period

Shadow.

The matter of "A Chinese Ghost Story" did not make Xu Ke too excited, he sat down, shook the newspaper in his hand in front of everyone, and said curiously: "What is the matter between Lizhi and Mr. Xu, and I haven't seen Mr. Xu come to the company in the past few days." ”

Xu Ke has been back from the mainland for several days, and the arrangements for the cinema line and the premiere are all in charge of Pan Disheng and Xiang Huaqiang of the Oriental Film Company, and Xu Ziming has not seen him once in the past week.

Wu Yusheng said with a big mouth: "You don't know how unusual this year's Sister Ya beauty contest is, this award-winning champion Li Zhi, she actually confessed directly to Mr. Xu after winning the award, and Mr. Xu really came to the stage to agree." ”

Du Qifeng said: "The result can be imagined, and the trouble about Mr. Xu is bigger and bigger. ”

Xu Ke was surprised: "Then Lin Qingxia knows it, don't blow up the sky." ”

Du Qifeng said with a broken mouth: "Yes, I left Taiwan and haven't come back yet." ”

Xu Ke felt deeply uncomfortable, and said a little unworthily: "It can't be true, Mr. Xu is like this." ”

"How can this be, with status and status, and besides, Lizhi has a devilish figure, which is coveted by men. Wang Jin suddenly broke into the door, and then hurriedly made an embarrassing gesture, "Ah Ming and others are here, so let's not talk about it." ”

Whoever came, a group of people had the idea of shooting Wang Jin to death, this is what he said.

"Of course it's our top boss. Wang Jin teased everyone and made a joke, what he said was obvious, Xu Ziming came to the company today.

When Xu Ke heard that Xu Ziming came to the company, his eyes lit up.

After filming "A Chinese Ghost Story", he wanted to make a new drama, but he couldn't find Xu Ziming recently.

Now that Xu Ziming is coming to the company, he can also propose to shoot a new drama.

The confusion on Xu Ke's face was suddenly swept away, and for him, it was good that Xu Ziming was here.

For the sake of insurance, Xu Ke called Cheng Xiaodong by the way, and pulled him over to talk to Xu Ziming about the new film.

"Knock knock!"

"Please come in!"

Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong walked in one after the other, and the secretary Wang Jiaojiao picked up two clean cups and helped Xu and Cheng make coffee.

After Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong sat down, Xu Ziming asked, "Are the two of you filming in the mainland?"

"Ahem, it's an eye-opener. Cheng Xiaodong replied with some embarrassment, this is the first time he has gone to the mainland for filming.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" has come to an end, and the two of them are now in urgent need of filming a new production, but according to Xu Ke's proposal, the cost of another production is an investment of tens of millions.

Looking at Xu Ziming's Oriental Film Company, there are very few movies shot with tens of millions of investments.

Now, the matter between Xu Ziming and Lin Qingxia is in trouble, and he is in a bad mood.

Xu Ke opened his mouth at this moment, talking about the filming of such a large amount of money, maybe Xu Ziming would refuse it.

"Thank you," Xu Ke thanked Wang Jiaojiao, who brought instant coffee, before taking a notebook handed by Cheng Xiaodong, opening it and putting it in front of Xu Ziming and saying: "Mr. Xu, this time I went to the mainland, although I just went to shoot "A Chinese Ghost Story", but the great rivers and mountains of the motherland are really shocking." When filming, new ideas pop out of my head every day. I once made a movie called "Shushan", and I've reimagined it these days

used to be a plot, and found that Xianxia blockbusters like "Shu Mountain" still have a very large potential to be tapped. ”

Xu Ke continued: "Due to the huge scale involved, it is completely impossible to express it with just one movie, and it takes a lot of time to shoot. ”

Xu Ziming didn't particularly understand Xu Ke's other works, he took a sip of tea from the purple clay pot and asked, "Are you going to make a series?"

"Mr. Xu, please take a look," Xu Ke opened the book he brought, "I am going to make "Shushan" into a trilogy, using the original Immortal Tribulation and Emei Sword Contest as clues...... As for the filming locations, I plan to shoot in Qingcheng Mountain, Emei Mountain, Jiuzhaigou, Shunan Zhuhai, Zhangjiazhai, Lijiang, Changbai Mountain, Huangshan, Huashan, Qiandao Lake, Dongting Lake, etc. ”

Xu Ziming only listened to the plot that Xu Ke said, and knew that what the other party said was definitely a big production, and the funding was definitely only high, not low, which was very different from the original "Shushan" in his memory.

Xu Ziming didn't read the new script sent by Xu Ke, and asked straight to the point: "I'm afraid the budget is a lot, right?"

Xu Ke pursed his lips, and seemed a little difficult to speak.

Cheng Xiaodong also looked embarrassed, but he still stubbornly continued: "I made a preliminary budget, and if I want to shoot a good film, the budget for one film is at least 40 million." ”

"More than 40 million?" Xu Ziming was angry and funny.

Xu Ziming asked again, "If the "Shushan" trilogy is filmed, won't it cost more than 100 million?"

Xu Ke also felt embarrassed, because more than 100 million is an unimaginable astronomical amount for Hong Kong films with an average production cost of only two or three million.

"I think that if it can work well, it can still make a lot of money at the box office", Xu Ke tried to persuade Xu Ziming, "Our company has thoroughly established cooperation with Twentieth Century Fox, and there are already solid overseas sales channels in Japan, South Korea, Nanyang and other places." ”

Xu Ziming shook his head and said: "The problem is that it is difficult for Xianxia-themed movies to sell at the box office in Europe and the United States, and Twentieth Century Fox may not agree to release them, so it is really difficult to recover the cost." ”

Xu Ke said: "I don't think so, who would have expected that kung fu films would be accepted by the European and American markets before Bruce Lee? and before Lin Zhengying, who would have known that fantasy films would be favored by the American market." ”

Xu Ke knew from his wife Shi Nansheng that the film "Zombie Supreme" was a big hit in North America after the operation of Twentieth Century Fox, and it was only two weeks, and the box office had already exceeded 40 million, and the key was the dollar.

Otherwise, how could Xu Ke have such pride today and dare to argue with Xu Ziming.

Xu Ke continued to speak: "Now we are going to shoot a Xianxia blockbuster made with real scenes and special effects, even if Westerners can't understand the connotation of Xianxia, but the picture alone is enough to shock." ”

Xu Ziming is not very focused on the movie now, he glanced at the script brought by Xu Ke, and said, "You guys go back and wait for the news first, I'll read the script and then talk." ”

"Okay, I won't bother Mr. Xu. Xu Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Xu Ziming would directly refuse to invest in filming.

However, Xu Ziming is only temporary perfunctory, he never thought that the Xianxia blockbuster at this time would be a hot seller, and the investment of more than 100 million funds is not child's play, and it needs to be carefully considered.

Of course, Xu Ziming still has one more thing to solve at the moment, and the matter of the movie seems extremely insignificant to him.