After making two movies, Xie Xiaoke also has a little experience, knowing that the market is constantly changing, take Mu Shenji 1 and 2 as an example, the interval between these two movies is not long, and the market has not had time to make changes, so just shoot it directly according to the original book, but Heaven and Dragon Slayer 1 and 2 are 29 years apart, if it remains the same, it must be a dead end, so when he asked Gong Qiu Wei to find a screenwriter at the beginning, he specifically told her to find a younger screenwriter, and it is easier for young screenwriters to grasp the laws of today's market.

Now that the crew has just been successfully formed, Wang Jing, as a big director, with an assistant director, led the crew to the filming location of the year-Yanjing International Film and Television City, and the reason why this location was chosen was mainly to continue the plot of the year.

At present, they are still on their way to Yanjing, and Xie Xiaoke has already received a call from Su Yuanyuan of Orange Sky Entertainment in the office.

Su Yuanyuan has always regarded Xie Xiaoke as a friend in the circle, she doesn't want Xie Xiaoke to make senseless sacrifices, in her eyes, the box office will be hit after the release of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer 2", because many film companies have made such attempts before, so she wants to call and persuade.

Xie Xiaoke was looking at a discussion on the computer, and suddenly heard the sound of the phone.

"Hey, Mr. Su, hello!"

Su Yuanyuan couldn't wait to ask when she answered the phone: "Mr. Xie, I heard that you are going to make an old Hong Kong film, is it true?"

"What's the joke about this?" Xie Xiaoke said bluntly.

"I'm not kidding, I'm saying that you're too risky, this era is not suitable for making old Hong Kong films, except for the more nostalgic post-80s and 90s, basically no one watches it!"

Xie Xiaoke strongly disagrees with this statement.

Even if it's the post-80s and 90s, there's nothing wrong with watching it, aren't the people who can go to the cinema to buy tickets basically these people with an economic foundation, it doesn't matter if the post-00s like it or not, anyway, most of them don't have economic income, as long as their parents like to watch it.

"So what?" Xie Xiaoke asked rhetorically: "If you can win over all those nostalgic parties, it would be good!"

"Things are not as simple as you think, Liu Zhenwei made a "Kung Fu League" before, and the protagonists in it are all our favorite characters in the post-90s, such as Ip Man, Huang Feihong, Chen Zhen, but in the end, the box office still hit the street. ”

Su Yuanyuan feels that the current audience's tastes have completely changed, and it is impossible to spend money to watch an old Hong Kong film, because no matter how much you shoot, you can't make the feeling before, so if people want to watch the kind of movies they used to, they can search on the Internet, I don't know how many ready-made free movies are waiting for them to watch, why spend money to watch new Hong Kong films?

But Xie Xiaoke disagreed: "The production of "Kung Fu League" is too nonsensical, for the nonsensical and funny style, the audience only recognizes Stephen Chow, and others shoot it on the street, and it is not suitable for these martial arts stars to make funny movies!"

"Miss Su, what you said does make sense, and I thank you for your suggestion, but I will still shoot this movie, even if I watch it alone when it is released in the end, I will not stop filming, and I don't rely on this to make money!"

"It's your own business if you don't want to make money, but you can't joke about the future of the actor, Shi Xiaolong has just won the actor, if he makes another bad movie, what will the audience think of him?"

"It's hard to say whether it's rotten or not, you don't have to persuade me anymore about this matter!"

Xie Xiaoke still decided to shoot Heaven and Dragon Slayer, rain or shine.

In addition to Su Yuanyuan, the entire office is also talking about this matter, and now their own people are also questioning this movie.

If the movie is not made to make money, then why should it be made? The company needs funds to maintain its operation, not specifically for charity, the previous Mu Shen Ji 1 is equivalent to contributing a fantasy blockbuster to others in vain, not a penny is made, and now there is a movie that does not make money, what kind of trouble is this?

"I think Mr. Xie is always like this, will he be too wise?"

"We've already lost one, why do we have to do another one, I really don't understand what Mr. Xie is thinking?"

"It's impossible, you can't invest much money in martial arts movies, and you won't lose money!"

"Since Mr. Xie is doing this, there must be a reason for him. ”

...... The voice became stronger and stronger, and finally alarmed Gong Qiuwei, and she had to go to Xie Xiaoke's office to tell the situation.

Xie Xiaoke extinguished the cigarette in his hand, threw it into the ashtray, and walked to the office of the peak era without saying a word.

The office was also surprisingly quiet, seeing the boss coming, they listened to him one by one with anticipation, they wanted to know what Xie Xiaoke thought, whether there was any far-sighted strategic plan.

In fact, Xie Xiaoke's idea is really simple, not as complicated as they imagined.

said to everyone with great certainty: "Your doubts, Mr. Wei has already told me, it's good to have doubts and ideas, but don't care too much about whether the box office will hit the street this time." ”

An employee suddenly stood up and asked: "Mr. Xie, we know that you have money, but you can't waste it so much, it's obviously a street movie, why do you want to shoot it if you know it's not profitable?"

Xie Xiaoke glanced at him coldly, and said sternly: "What's the matter if you don't make money? This movie will invest a maximum of 100 million, and the total loss will be 100 million, so there is no need to make a fuss at all!"

"You don't need to discuss this matter anymore, I'm responsible for whether it's a profit or a loss!" Xie Xiaoke dropped such a sentence and walked out of the office directly.

The employees said that Xie Xiaoke's personality has always been different from normal people, but think about it the other way, anyway, just follow him and have money to spend, so it's better to do your own thing quietly when you don't need to talk too much.

After chatting with the people of the peak era, Xie Xiaoke immediately came to the fifth floor again to see how the hilarious Jianghu had been formed recently.

Chen Qiongle was also on the fifth floor, and together with Chen Xiang, he led the people inside to move tables, chairs, computers, green plants and other things, and kept shouting: "This move over there!"

"Manager Chen, where is this?"

"Oh, put this over here!"

"Alas, Boss Xie is here!"

When Chen Qiongle heard someone reminding him, he immediately turned around and said with a smile: "Mr. Xie!"

Xie Xiaoke watched this scene and knew that they were very busy now, so he asked them to rest for a while: "Everyone put down the things at hand, I'll say a few words!"

Chen Qiongle took the lead and came to Xie Xiaoke, and Chen Xiang and the others also put down the things in their hands one after another.

There were a few fresh faces among them, as if they had never seen them before, Xie Xiaoke asked curiously, "Who are these people?"

"This is the software engineers, UI designers, and marketing operators we have hired!" Chen said.

"That's right, it's fast, keep coming on!" Xie Xiaoke encouraged a few words, and then said the main topic: " About the hilarious Jianghu video self-media APP, I don't say much, how to carry it out, we have made it very clear in the last meeting, detailed data Chen Xiang, you and they are handed over, in addition, I would like to add that new users register our APP account, and they can receive red envelopes every day within 3 months, the amount is set between 0.1 and 5 yuan, as long as you watch 10 minutes of video every day, you can receive it, and the red envelope can be withdrawn!"

Chen Xiang nodded: "Understood, Mr. Xie!"

"I'll find someone to endorse this APP!" Xie Xiaoke remembered that Zhao Liying's avatar would come out every time a red envelope was sent on the Meituan APP, it seems that they were looking for Zhao Liying to endorse it, so the hilarious Jianghu APP also needs to find a celebrity endorsement.

Who to look for?

Shi Xiaolong and Wu Qian have both gone to Yanjing, Hu Mo is still filming at Orange Sky Entertainment, and only Zhou Dongyu has an empty schedule.

In the afternoon, Xie Xiaoke directly called Zhou Dongyu and asked her to come to the company to chat.

At this moment, Zhou Dongyu is shopping with a group of sisters, these people are her former good friends, but her acting skills and appearance are inferior to her in all aspects, so she has always wanted to sign a contract until the peak of the era but failed to do so.

Zhou Dongyu and Xie Xiaoke were also listening to each other, and after hanging up the phone, someone couldn't wait to ask: "What's the matter? I heard just now that I want to ask you to endorse some APP!"

Zhou Dongyu showed a smug smile on his face: "Yes, it's my signing company!"

"What, is that Xie Xiaoke?" someone showed an incredible expression.

"Why didn't you go to this filming of Heaven and Dragon Slayer, only Wu Qian was invited?"

"Is there another big movie waiting for you to shoot?"

......

A lot of questions came up one after another, and Zhou Dongyu didn't know how to answer at all: "There is no suitable role for me in Heaven and Dragon Slayer, what should I do?"

"Who said that if you don't have a suitable role, the exterminator is too bad?"

"Get out!"

Zhou Dongyu carried a small bag and hurriedly asked her driver to send her to the peak era.

After arriving at the company, Xie Xiaoke was waiting for her downstairs, and then the two drove directly to a nearby Starbucks for afternoon tea.

The environment in the café is quite elegant and quiet, with a few foreigners reading books in the corner, a few young people sitting in front of the cash register wearing headphones listening to music, and a few couples flirting and kissing me.

Xie Xiaoke found a position close to the glass exterior wall, put the things away, and said, "You sit down!"

"Oh, okay!" Zhou Dongyu sat by the window, turned his head to look out the window, and suddenly it rained, this rain came without warning, and the passers-by outside the door sped up their pace to hide from the surrounding shops, and many people came in the Starbucks café one after another.

Starbucks is not a restaurant, you have to go to the cash register to order things here, and there is no waiter to serve you at your place.

Xie Xiaoke stood by the cash register and ordered two cups of coffee and two small western pastries, waiting for the barista to make coffee.

At this moment, there were many people outside the door, and suddenly a man with five big and three thick came and walked in front of Zhou Dongyu, ready to sit down, but was stopped by her: "There is someone here!"

"Oh, I'm sorry!" The man hurriedly stood up, turned around to find another location, and happened to run into Xie Xiaoke who came over with coffee from behind.

Fortunately, Xie Xiaoke had learned men's self-defense techniques, and his movements were quite agile, and when he was still 1 mm away from the man's arm, he immediately turned around and put coffee and pastries on the table.

This scene was fully watched by Zhou Dongyu, she raised her hand and applauded: "Handsome!"

Xie Xiaoke stroked the bangs in front of his forehead, sat down seriously, and pushed one of the cups of coffee and a piece of West Pastry in front of Zhou Dongyu.

"Thank you!"

"It's raining again!"

"Yes, this day is changing, by the way, you want to be a self-media platform now?" Zhou Dongyu took a sip of the coffee cup and asked.

Xie Xiaoke also took a sip, feeling that Starbucks' coffee tastes like that, and the coffee made by the private roastery at Li Kagawa's home is not as good as the coffee, but there are still so many people chasing after it, this is the brand benefit, plus the Chinese follow the trend awareness of the world's first, as long as which thing is popular in China, it is to make money with closed eyes, there are a lot of people to consume, some people have not even tried it once, they will think that Starbucks coffee is delicious, this concept is derived from " What everyone likes must be the same".

Getting back to the point, today they are not here to drink coffee, but to talk about APP endorsement, Xie Xiaoke asked concisely: "Yes, I want to find you to endorse, 3 million endorsement fees!"

Zhou Dongyu is very happy, otherwise she wouldn't come, and besides, isn't it a matter of one sentence to find her to endorse her in her own company, but I don't know what the specific arrangement is, so I came to ask: "What kind of form is it?"

Xie Xiaoke opened the Meituan APP on his mobile phone, and then ordered takeout, and a Zhao Liying avatar popped up on it, holding three red envelopes in his hand, and next to it was written "Zhao Liying sent red envelopes!"

Then a red envelope of 35 minus 6 yuan appeared below.

"Do you see it? It's just to put an ad like this in the app. ”

Zhou Dongyu looked at Xie Xiaoke's mobile phone screen and nodded: "Is that it, is there anything else?"

"Yes, this APP is mainly to sign some authors who shoot funny videos, so that they can publish their works on our platform, the income we give is higher than other platforms, and there is also a full attendance mechanism, in this way, people are not afraid that their works will not be watched by no one and will not make money, these advertisements will be promoted from your mouth!"

Zhou Dongyu also knows a little about self-media videos, several of her sisters have certified Jin V on watermelon video, and they can also have an income of 2 to 30,000 yuan a month, which is much higher than the salary of migrant workers, and she also knows that at present, people in the domestic self-media industry have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the speed is terrifying, and now young people generally don't like to work.

"Yes, my slot is empty anyway!"

"This is only a matter of three or four days, and Gong Qiu Wei will arrange a new movie for you later!"

Xie Xiaoke knows that Zhou Dongyu definitely doesn't like to be idle and have nothing to do, so there will be no money to make, Wu Qian, Shi Xiaolong, and Hu Mo are all filming, and she is not suitable for not filming alone.

"That, try to arrange costume dramas for me, I've been addicted to filming costume dramas recently, hahaha!"

"No problem!"

Xie Xiaoke agreed to her very formally.

Zhou Dongyu is happy, in the peak era, it is really easy and profitable, the boss is still so kind, life has reached such a state, what more can a husband ask for?

Other female stars who want to develop faster basically need background, connections, unspoken rules, krypton gold and other conditions, but Zhou Dongyu doesn't need it at all, she said excitedly: "Alas, Mr. Xie, why didn't you open an entertainment company earlier, I didn't have to take so many detours before!"

Zhou Dongyu's first movie was "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", when she was the heroine picked out by Zhang Yimou, telling the simplest love story, Zhou Dongyu became popular for a while as a Mou girl with "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree", and after that, she did not appear on the screen for a long time, and she was admitted to the Yenching Film Academy to study for a few years.

After this film, Zhou Dongyu starred in one work after another, including "Nail Clippers Man Demon", a fantasy love story, Zhou Dongyu played the heroine of a person who claims to only eat nail clippers, this role deepened the impression of her ghost horse elf image in the hearts of the masses, and made the audience recognize her acting skills.

Zhou Dongyu can come to this day, it is by no means an accident, it is by no means groundless, for an actor, interpreting his favorite role well is to add soul and flesh to this movie.

In this era of cuteness and rampant women's clothing, a powerful actor often receives a lot of setbacks, Zhou Dongyu's interpretation road is full of ups and downs, she has already been popular when she enters the peak era, her fame is not won for her by the peak era, but now she is sighing, if a company like the peak era appeared in the entertainment industry earlier, why did she take so long?

Xie Xiaoke expressed his helplessness: "I never thought about opening a company before."

I didn't have a money recharge system before, what do you tell me to do?

"Yes, but I still really admire you, you have made a bold attempt, and you have opened so many companies, are you not afraid of losing money?" Zhou Dongyu chatted with Xie Xiaoke rarely.

Xie Xiaoke felt that there was nothing to hide, as long as he didn't mention the system, he just blew it casually: "I'm just doing everything I want to do in my heart, everyone has a bold idea!"

"That's right, but you've already done Internet cafes, bars, movies, games, and now you're about to engage in self-media videos, all of which are linked to entertainment, so have you considered doing the live broadcast industry!"

"Live?"

Xie Xiaoke asked in surprise, the live broadcast industry is relatively saturated now, Betta, Huya, Battle Flag, Dragon Ball, Panda, etc., which are all very powerful platforms, and the number of users is frighteningly high, if you insert a foot in the middle, you may have to reshuffle the industry again.

There are still some differences between the form of live broadcast and self-media, the anchor of the live broadcast platform can interact with the audience, and can receive gifts from the audience, endorsement fees, and contract salaries, while self-media completely relies on the number of clicks to calculate the income, and there are also personal stores and advertising endorsements.