Chapter 316: The Old Boy of the Micro Movie
"Old Boy" tells the story of a pair of good friends from middle school who formed a band to participate in the "Happy Boys" talent show when they were middle-aged, because a song brought them back to their youth and back to the past, and this touching "Old Boy" theme song also touched all the audience.
The film narrates these young people and the changes of this era with gorgeous shots, why is such an ordinary-looking micro-film so moving the audience? Jiang Hui thinks this reason may be the same. It is the memory that remains as bright as a diamond after years of training, maybe we can all find our own shadow in this light and shadow, find our own memory of time, and remember our youth.
Jiang Hui found a conference room, locked himself in it, and didn't eat dinner from afternoon to evening, and wrote the script of "Old Boy" in one go. Jiang Hui has watched this micro-movie many times, although he doesn't dare to say that he has memorized all the lines, but the dialogue content and precautions of each scene are very clear. Of course, now that Michael Jackson is still alive, the script cannot be copied completely, and some things that have not yet happened must be properly corrected.
"Why haven't you gone back yet?", Jiang Hui just returned to the office and found He Ling still waiting in his office.
"You've locked yourself in a small dark room since noon, and you don't eat dinner, why don't you fight so hard," He Ling said.
"I had an inspiration and didn't want to be interrupted, so I wrote the script in one go. I'll print a copy for you to see," Jiang Hui said.
"There's something to eat here, you can eat something first, I'll just watch it on your computer," He Ling said.
Jiang Hui noticed that there were already a few Pizza Hut bags on his desk, and he felt so hungry.
"It's still Lingling who is the most considerate of me," Jiang Hui said over and over again while eating.
He Ling ignored Jiang Hui and read the script in front of the computer:
Script for "Oldboy".
Screenwriter: Jiang Hui Director: TBD
Starring: He Qingquan (Xiao Dabao), Chen Yu (Wang Xiaoshuai), Ban Hua (Zhang Mengze), Li Minghua (Bao Xiaobai)
Scene 1: In the classroom
(1) Broadcast gymnastics sound [12345678......]
(The two men are pretending to be reading, but they are actually reading)
(2 men beaten together)
(Xiao Dabao plays the guitar and practices singing) "There is a girl named Xiaofang in the village."
(2) (Ban Hua walked by, Shao Xinyu sang) "Thank you for the love you gave me, I will not forget in this life and this life, thank you for ......" (the girl walked by and listened to the sound) "Lesson 1 Unit 3".
(Xiao Dabao pauses and then continues to sing) "Thank you for the gentleness you gave me, don't walk so fast-" (Shao Xinyu saw the girl walking away, dropped the guitar, deflated, and collapsed to the ground).
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Jiang Hui watched He Ling read the script so attentively, so he didn't interrupt her, and he slowly ate pizza and drank Coke on the side.
He Ling sometimes chuckled, sometimes her eyes were red as if she was about to shed tears, and it seemed that she had completely integrated herself into the script.
"That's the person I love day and night
How do I express that she will accept me?
Maybe I'll never say that to her
I am destined to wander the world, how can I have concern
Dreams are always out of reach and should not be given up
It's another season of spring when the flowers bloom and fall, where are you?
……”
Jiang Hui saw that He Ling was almost finished reading the script, so he began to softly sing the theme song "Old Boy" of the micro-movie "Old Boy" on the side. Since Jiang Hui sang this song in the finals of the late autumn song meeting of the Imperial Capital University of Technology, it has been covered by the Dream Band, and it has become a popular song all over the country.
"My dear, I love you", He Ling stood up from the side of the computer and took the initiative to hug Jiang Hui and said.
It can be seen from He Ling's reflection that the movie "Old Boy" is destined to be popular, and a script can move He Ling, let alone after it is filmed.
"I love you too", Jiang Hui said with his arm around He Ling's thin waist.
"Don't leave me, you won't be allowed to leave me in this life", He Ling hugged Jiang Hui tightly and said.
"I would like to be with you for the rest of my life, all year round. In the spring, I will accompany you to walk gently among the blooming flowers, in the summer, I will accompany you to run on the banks of the happy river, in autumn, I will accompany you to wander under the fiery maple forest, and in winter, I will accompany you to sit around the blazing fire", Jiang Hui whispered in He Ling's ear.
After listening to this, He Ling took the initiative to give Jiang Hui a hot kiss, and the two of them hugged and kissed deeply in the office.
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After the script has been completed, the investment will be temporarily injected by Guanghui Technology into Guanghui Film and Television 10 million for the filming of "Old Boy". Glorious Technology owns the shares of Penguin Company and Du Niang, and wholly owns Glorious Games, which is not bad for 10 million.
In his previous life, the chopsticks brothers filmed "Old Boy", and it is said that it only cost 800,000. Of course, this money definitely does not include the factory fees of the two of them, but it also shows from the side that the demand for funds for micro-films is not as exaggerated as that of cinema movies. This also has something to do with the plot of "Old Boy", there are no scenes and props that cost too much money, so it only cost 800,000, which sounds very little, but it is not impossible.
But Guanghui Film and Television reinvested in the filming of "Old Boy", because they invited members of the Dream Band, although they could appear in the filming in friendship, but after all, they signed a record company, and the company would not agree to let them appear for free. It's not necessarily that the record company cares about the money, but it's afraid of breaking the rules. So Jiang Hui plans to give the Dream Band 5 million appearance fees, and another 5 million to hire some directors, supporting actors, extras, as well as rental venues, props, etc.
Whether it is a variety of micro-movies or online dramas in later generations, they are all full of product placement ads, some of which are well done so that the audience is not disgusted, and some of them are more blunt and the effect is not necessarily good. Jiang Hui also wanted to try advertising placement on "Old Boy", and it was best to rely on advertising to save the shooting cost.
Although the Glorious Group is not short of 10 million, in the long run, it is best for the various products of Glorious Film and Television to be able to make their own profits.
Jiang Hui has already thought of adding toys and dolls produced by Aofei Animation in some scenes of "Old Boy", and adding product placement advertisements such as school intranet in some scenes. At the same time, it can also allow Meituan to contact several restaurants in the imperial capital and place advertisements for them. You can even contact some merchants on Qunar.com to see if you can implant relevant information such as hotels. These scenes are different from the situation in "Old Boy" in his previous life, and Jiang Hui needs to adjust the plot appropriately.
In addition to allowing these Guanghui Group's own internal enterprises and affiliated businesses to provide sponsorship and advertising placement, Jiang Hui also plans to introduce some other cooperative users to try various advertising placement methods for micro-movies and online dramas in the future.