Chapter 47: Coming and Going
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Fang Jianhui was a little anxious, but not brainless, Shirley's identity as his spokesperson determined that she would know all his circumstances in detail, such a close relationship, Fang Jianhui could not be willing to let her marry another man, since sooner or later she had to take it, so what were you hesitating about?
With Shirley, she immediately replied to the relevant media one by one, euphemistically expressed her apologies for Fang Jianhui that she could not be interviewed, and appropriately revealed some news, so that the media would not be blacked out because of nothing.
She also took the initiative to convene some media to hold exchange activities in a timely manner, made friends with many reporters, and wrote gunman articles with rhythm, so that Fang Jianhui's already sunny image was positive in the mouth of the media. Without Fang Jianhui's knowledge, he joined forces with William to use layers of offshore companies to bribe US political legislators, ministers and other political figures through HSD's lobbyists, and weave a political umbrella for Fang Jianhui.
Shirley's emotional intelligence is super high, and when Fang Jianhui introduced her to the women in the family, it didn't take long for her to mingle with them, and she was inseparable from each other. She is different from Hei Mu Tong, she usually only looks for Fang Jianhui in the office during the day, and does not go to Fang Jianhui's side at night, which makes her more pleasing to the women.
Shirley also gave lectures at home, explaining to the women how to deal with the media and how to keep the media interested without having a negative impact. Fang Jianhui's women are stars or will be stars, and dealing with the media is essential, and her lecture is very popular with everyone, and it also reduces a lot of potential disadvantages for Fang Jianhui.
The time is close to June, and Zhong Chuhong's "Blue Water and Cold Mountain Killing Gold" lasted two months and was finally completed.
Fang Jianhui has lived in the United States for nearly four months since the Chinese New Year, and it is time to return to Xiangjiang to accompany the 'big house'. Lin Qingxia and Teresa Teng are both studying at USC, one is studying stage performance and the other is vocal music, and they still need to stay in the United States.
Considering the possible pursuit of the Xiangjiang media, Fang Jianhui and his party came back very low-key. Fortunately, he was wise, otherwise he would have been besieged at the airport.
At this time, the Xiangjiang media had already praised him to the sky, Fang Jianhui was in the United States, but his legends have been circulating in Xiangjiang: the Golden Globe Award, the filming and screening of "The Sixth Sense", the Oscars, and the acquisition of Fox, one by one, continue to dominate the headlines of major media.
Originally, because he won back a city during the Spring Festival, the senior executives of Golden Harvest who were full of thoughts of being able to wrestle with Fang Jianhui were also deflated after learning that he had acquired Fox.
One day after Fang Jianhui appeared at Angel Pictures (Xiangjiang) Company, he received two invitations, namely Shao Lao of Shaw Brothers and Zhou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest. Other invitations to Fang Jianhui can be excused, these two - both peers and seniors - are not easy to push, otherwise it will inevitably appear too arrogant.
What Fang Jianhui didn't know was that Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest were dumbfounded by his success, and seeing that he made American money so easily, they also wanted to follow suit. felt that the pond of Xiangjiang was too small, and also wanted to go to Hollywood to make money, Golden Harvest wanted to send Fang Long to the United States to replicate Bruce Lee's success back then. Shaw Brothers is ready to invest in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.
And if you want to go to Hollywood to make a film, Fang Jianhui in front of him is a great god, if you get his approval and let Twentieth Century Fox help release it, wouldn't it be a lot of detours.
Within two days, Fang Jianhui first had afternoon tea with Shao Lao in a tea restaurant, and then had Western food with Zhou Wenhuai and He Guanchang of Golden Harvest, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Shao Lao just praised him, saying something terrible in the future, and the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, but did not talk about specific things. The same is true for Zhou Wenhuai and He Guanchang, they brought Fang Long and Hong Jinbao to accompany them, and asked the two to toast Fang Jianhui, just chatting like a homely chat, and not talking about filming.
Regarding the intention of bringing Fang Long and Hong Jinbao here, Fang Jianhui knew it well. Golden Harvest is ready to push Fang Long to the American market, looking forward to reproducing the glory of Bruce Lee, Zhou Wenhuai brought Fang Long to toast, and the subtext is to ask Fang Jianhui to take care of it. When Zhou Wenhuai and Hong Jinbao toasted him together, Fang Jianhui understood that the ban on not allowing Hong to take over Angel Pictures' plays had been lifted.
Fang Long is the top brand of Jiahe, and he has just triumphed in the Spring Festival, it is the time when the spring breeze is proud, if it weren't for the existence of Fang Jianhui, he would be the most popular person in Xiangjiang now, and when he toasted Fang Jianhui, he was still a little unconvinced. Master Fang Jianhui laughed a lot, after all, his status and identity are much higher than Fang Long's now, looking at Fang Long is like looking at a child who is angry, he only thinks it is interesting, and he can't be angry.
After that, Fang Jianhui turned his attention back to "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural", and for more than two months, "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" has conquered cities and achieved successes all over the world, with a box office of 170 million in North America, and there is no fatigue. In the overseas market, the United Kingdom has already drawn, and the 18 million pound result has not only become the champion of the year, but also the first in British film history. The RB market, with a score of 8.2 billion yen, is currently second only to the 9 billion of "Jaws" in 1975, ranking second in RB film history, and according to the current trend, it is expected to catch up with the latter.
The rest, such as France, Germany, Italy, etc., are all in a gratifying situation. Here in Xiangjiang, "The Sixth Sense" is currently being screened in Angel Theaters, with the majesty of sweeping the world, the box office has reached 7 million Hong Kong dollars in two weeks.
Unlike the United States, where there is still a little noise from time to time, Xiangjiang here has a one-sided praise for "The Sixth Sense".
"Film Fortnightly" praised the way "The Sixth Sense" tells the story, and the level of filming and editing has surpassed this era by at least 20 years.
Jin Daxia of "Ming Pao" is not like other media to talk about acting, editing, etc., he vigorously admires the script of the movie, saying that the script alone is an excellent novel.
Looking at these briefings that Shirley had compiled for him, Fang Jianhui nodded secretly, Jin Daxia still has a vision. He also thinks that the script of this film is extremely good, if the Oscar judges are not blind, "The Sixth Sense" dare not say anything else, and next year's "Best Original Screenplay" will definitely not be able to run. (Note: The script of "The Sixth Sense" won the 'Nebula Award', which is the award won by "The Three-Body Problem".) )
After Fang Jianhui was free in Xiangjiang for more than ten days, he convened the royal team on June 10 and officially launched "My Sassy Girlfriend".
Before the start of filming, he inadvertently scanned the script with his discerning eyes, and was surprised to find that the box office value of "My Sassy Girlfriend" had changed! From 82 at the beginning to 87! The value data of the script would change, Fang Jianhui's surprise was not trivial, and he hurriedly asked the system what was going on.
"The box office value and artistic value of a script refer to the maximum that can be achieved under the current conditions, based on your ability, fame, and resources at hand. The difference between your abilities, fame, and resources now is a world of difference from when you first got the script. The system explained.
Oh, I see, that makes sense. At that time, Fang Jianhui only had Angel Pictures and Angel Cinemas at hand, and he was also unknown as an actor, like now, he is the boss of Fox, he can sell films all over the world, and he is famous as a director and actor, and he is not the same as before in all aspects. For example, in the same film, when the starring role is Fang Long or a nobody, the box office of the two must be very different. The current Fang Jianhui is much better than the previous Fang Jianhui in all aspects, so the box office value has also increased.
In this way, isn't it to maximize the box office effect, and I have to vigorously brush up my fame? Fang Jianhui thought again. It seems that I will have to lead more stars in the future! Even if it's not for money, it's necessary to increase the popularity of the women who play with you.
For "My Sassy Girlfriend", Fang Jianhui is the key film to achieve the status of Zhong Chuhong's goddess, so he strives for excellence in all aspects. Whether it is costumes, makeup, props, lighting, scenes, etc., he is always hands-on, and his instructions are more detailed than anything else. Zeng Zhiwei, who was his assistant director for the first time, admired it greatly, and felt that he was really worthy of calling the wind and rain in Hollywood, not to mention the level of shooting, this style alone is enough for Xiangjiang filmmakers to learn well.
Zhong Chuhong filmed "Blue Water and Cold Mountain Killing Gold" for two months, and it was still a little progressive, and her acting skills rose to 73, but compared with the requirements for the heroine's acting skills in this film, it is still a bit reluctant. After the start-up, taking care of Zhong Chuhong's performance level, Fang Jianhui filmed very slowly. A shot often needs to be shot over and over again, and in some important scenes, Fang Jianhui has to demonstrate to her over and over again, because the heroine in the play is very violent, and the actor Jianhui is full of old punches at every turn, so after shooting day by day, his face is often blue and purple.
After watching Fang Jianhui being beaten again and again, he ran to the camera to look at the effect, felt dissatisfied, and asked Zhong Chuhong to do it again. Not only Zhong Chuhong was distressed, but the staff next to him were distressed when they saw Fang Jianhui's handsome face, which was marked with a red mark again and again. The boss of the secret path is too serious, he is so rich, do he still use it so hard? I think the boss is really good and patient to this Miss Zhong, no matter how many mistakes she makes, she never yells loudly.
What the staff didn't know was that every night after returning home from work, Zhong Chuhong compensated him in bed for the inconvenience of expressing his apologies in public during the day.
Compared with outsiders, Zhong Chuhong naturally feels more sorry for his man, and has asked him several times why he is so serious. Fang Jianhui told her that he wanted to make this film a masterpiece, and naturally he had to be meticulously crafted, so that the audience would still admire her performance after watching it 20 years later.
I just filmed day by day, and by July 30, I had been filming for more than a month, and the filming progress was just over halfway. It is the slowest film that Fang Jianhui has made so far, but it is not for nothing, at least Zhong Chuhong's acting skills have been improved a lot under his polishing again and again, from 73 to 78, compared to when filming started, the shooting speed is much faster now.
However, after receiving a call from William America, Fang Jianhui had to stop work. Because after the unremitting efforts of William and Andy, the acquisition of the TV station and the establishment of the Fox TV Network are finally coming to an end, and he needs to go to the United States to complete a series of procedures such as the final signing.
Fang Jianhui instructed the assistant director Zeng Zhiwei to let everyone disband temporarily, and he would come back in about a month, and then, with a large entourage, he came to the United States again.