Chapter 59: The Lineup
"So you think this is an opportunity?"
"Hmm!" Zeng Zhiwei nodded solemnly, and said solemnly: "You were actually right just now, I was indeed moved by his money, it is rare for a rich man to take out 10 million as a gift casually, miss this time, we don't know when we will encounter such an opportunity again, Ah Long, now it is different from the past, in addition to talking about favors, it is more about money, in a few years, who else will sell you and me these two old faces?" ”
Cheng Long was silent for a while after listening, Zeng Zhiwei did make sense when he said it, it is not the most glorious period of Hong Kong films in the eighties and nineties, looking at the film and television dramas produced in recent years, it is basically difficult to find Hong Kong-made goods with pure blood, not that no one is willing to invest, but now people's hearts are floating, and they are unwilling to calm down and make films, otherwise they will go north to make money, all kinds of co-productions.
As Zeng Zhiwei said, in a few years, when they are all old and can't move, will anyone still be willing to film with them? This Cheng Long has a deep understanding that his body has been much worse in recent years, and he can no longer fight as hard as before, after all, when people are old, they will always be afraid of death.
The movie he makes now, half of it is preaching, and the remaining half is funny and fighting, the only feeling that people have after watching it is disappointment, just like the "Heavenly General", if you want to say that it is a historical film, it is completely, the whole film has few martial arts scenes, the main theme is to call the crooked nuts to sing together, hello, I am hello, everyone, even the sages are insulted for this, who is Huo Quai? That was the first battle to dare to take 800 horsemen into the enemy's territory hundreds of miles, the Huns were killed in all directions and fled to the peerless murderer, his life creed is to commit a strong man, although far away will be punished, not a family in each country.
Not only is he Cheng Long, but the other two people who used to be on the same day as Cheng Zhou, although Fa Ge still maintains a super high box office appeal, but the quality, let's not mention it.
As for Xing Ye, he is also eating his old book, and he has also fallen into a dead cycle of preaching, and the "Mermaid", which set a box office record, is nothing more than that, perhaps it is because of too high expectations that he will be disappointed.
Hong Kong dramas, barely supported, have also declined in recent years, and the recent release of "Apostle Walker" has only received a wave of praise because of the subject matter.
Seeing that Cheng Long was still pondering, Zeng Zhiwei couldn't help sighing, stood up and patted him on the shoulder and said: "This time it should be regarded as helping me, let's fight again, regardless of the result, gather the resources of the entire Xiangjiang entertainment industry, use the best actors, the top producers, and make an unprecedented masterpiece, that Mr. Gu has already said, it's not bad for money!" In this way, we can choose the best in terms of technology, so are you willing to miss this opportunity? ”
"I ......" Cheng Long wanted to say and stopped.
"I've already started contacting Huang Qiusheng and them, some people have to be out of the horse to get it done."
"What does he want to shoot?"
"Na, the plans are all here, you can read it yourself, and it's not just me, he himself is also acting, Jiahui is what he did."
"Are you sure he'll give us the initiative?"
"That's what he said, but he can't completely treat people as wronged bosses, I guess he will send some people to participate in the shooting, after all, he bought ATV, and it's normal to want to train his own team."
"I see, what do you want me to do?"
Hearing Cheng Long say this, Zeng Zhiwei finally laughed, immediately unfolded the plan, communicated with him, and told him which people had to be handled by him.
I don't know if I don't see it, I was startled when I saw it, Cheng Long found out that the rich man surnamed Gu really knows a lot about the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, as long as the artists who are a little bit famous are basically all caught by him, and this guy is also very picky, not old actors, the younger generation is on the list, and there are only Nicholas Tse and Yu Wenle.
No wonder Zeng Zhiwei said that these people on the list can't be done by the two of them, Cheng Long now has a feeling in his heart, he needs to meet the rich man surnamed Gu to see what kind of person he is, even Ma Yun, who is familiar with him, is afraid that he doesn't have such a big hand.
After Cheng Long agreed, Zeng Zhiwei quickly told Gu Jiaming the news, which made Gu Jiaming very happy, and the plan was half the success, he believed that in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, few people could refuse the invitation sent by Cheng Long and Zeng Zhiwei at the same time.
With the affirmation of these two people, Gu Jiaming can start to form the crew and finalize the filming venue, of course, he didn't forget to ask Hu Xiaolin to participate together, after all, he promised her at the beginning, and she came up with the idea.
Due to the increasing number of artists contacted, the news that Gu Jiaming was going to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" naturally spread, and it aroused the vigilance of major film and television companies in Xiangjiang, especially TVB, there were even more hardships, they wanted to stop it, but the tandem was Cheng Long, Zeng Zhiwei and other big names, and there was nothing they could do to stop it, so they could only watch Gu Jiaming's crew grow bigger and bigger.
At this time, it was not only Gu Jiaming who invited others, but many companies wanted to be able to get involved in it, and those big and small artists even went to Xinya's temporary office space one after another to recommend themselves.
At this point in the development of things, anyone with a little vision knows that even if the plot is changed badly, this drama can still gain a wave of ratings, and the stars in it alone are worth watching.
Now there is a saying in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry that being able to join this crew is equivalent to being affirmed, and the reason for being selected is not that your relationship is not strong enough, but that your acting skills are not up to par.
In the entertainment industry, you can say that people's appearance is not good, but if you dare to say that people's acting skills are not good, you are looking for trouble, even if you don't say anything in person, you will hate it after turning around, and find an opportunity to mix.
This incident is a surprise for Gu Jiaming, because many of these self-recommended artists are his favorite, since people are willing to lower their prices, Gu Jiaming is also happy to accept it, he has money, but it does not mean that he is willing to give people indiscriminately, and the current salary is inflated, and no one is willing to spend money in vain.
On this day, Gu Jiaming summoned all the personnel of the management of New Asia TV and asked Cao Xixi to distribute the printed documents to everyone.
When these new and old employees were first called, they thought that the boss had something important to announce, but they didn't expect that after the personnel arrived, they didn't say anything, but began to send documents.
And look at the title on this document is the script of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"? What the hell is this?
A lot of people don't understand, do you need to bring the script or something to the meeting?