"This is the photo of the Black Pearl, I haven't paid much attention to it before, but after I really saw it, I realized that although the ancient warships are much smaller than the modern warships, they are also dirty, and the design in many aspects is quite humane, I think that hundreds of years ago, there was really a pirate ship like the Black Pearl, which could indeed run rampant in some sea areas."

Wu Yusen has been in charge of the preparation of "Pirates of Malacca" for a long time, and he has watched almost all the props and filming locations, and he has learned a lot in the process.

At this time, he was sitting in Mo Fei's office, and said to Mo Fei: "In addition to the Black Pearl, we have already built five large ships, including two armed merchant ships of the kind you mentioned by the boss, and a few simple hulls that will not take long to build, even if we want to make a movie about ancient naval battles."

The two aqueducts have also been completed, the big one is on the side of the snake bay, which is almost two miles along the coastline, and extends more than 600 meters, and there is a large section with a sandy beach, according to the terrain you can take pictures of various landscapes such as bays and seas; The smaller one is on the car bay and can take pictures of the boats coming in and out; The military port was built in Ant Bay, close to the big pool; A little further to the sea is Huangmaozhou, which has been contracted according to the boss's plan, and the scenes of the small island can be filmed there.

In addition, we also borrowed the local water storage facility in Kuching, Malaysia, and raised a pool, the coast has a tropical scenery at a glance, and there are local characteristic buildings to rent, plus the set from Phang Nga Bay in Thailand, so that all the sponge shots can be solved, but the prop boat needs to be towed over there by tugboat. We don't have one on our side that can do that, and besides, some of the ships are just a look. Boss you still have to get an idea about this tugboat, see which one is better to work with......"

After saying this, Wu Yusen was also a little thirsty. Picking up the cup, he drank half a cup without caring about the image, and then smiled again and said, "But, boss, you said that we spent so much money on this movie, I calculated it in advance." It's certain that all the props and background buildings have been sold for more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars, and this movie will have to sell at least 150 million US dollars before we can earn back the cost, not to mention that the pressure on me is really not small. ”

I don't think it's inappropriate to spend so much money, you have to know how much money was spent on props and filming in the previous life of "Pirates of the Caribbean", and now it's really not too much. No matter how you say it, these props and landscapes can really be seen. When the real movie starts, it will be frightening, two million Hong Kong dollars a day is not enough, it is an invisible bottomless pit, it is estimated that Lao Wu will be in a hurry by then, and he has to hold back his strength to finish the filming as soon as possible.

nodded with a smile and said, "Old Wu, you think it's enough." Then your heart really needs to exercise a little more to help, the production cost of the movie will continue to rise in the future, maybe it won't be too long, we will invest in a movie of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, don't be shocked when the time comes. ”

Wu Yusen still believes in Mo Fei's words, Mo Fei has never been stingy in film investment, and every film will try to do the best in every detail, and the most critical role in this is, of course, money. But even so, Lao Wu is a little uneasy to accept, a movie is more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. What a big scene it was, I couldn't help but sigh: "Oh my God, more than a billion Hong Kong dollars, it's going to catch up with the box office in Hong Kong for a year." ”

Could it be that as a person who has come over, he has long been numb to this kind of big production. smiled: "You should also know that the director invested more than 40 million US dollars in "Cleopatra" in 63 years, and it will at least double more than 100 million US dollars now. As early as more than 20 years ago, people have already played a big production that we can't play now, and we still have to catch up.

Besides, the current film industry is too fast, and the addition of scientific and technological means has not only enriched the means of film production and enhanced the viewing effect, but also brought more huge investment, and good shots are all burned with money. This film industry will soon enter the era of money, in addition to comparing actors and technology, the competition between technology and money will not become more and more fierce, and it will not be long before hundreds of millions of dollars of movies will rise and fall, and the pace will be so fast that we can't accept it.

Recently, I am planning a science fiction movie, which is Philip K. Dick's "Total Recall", and I have bought the rights to the adaptation, and the planned investment will be more than 40 million dollars. You've also seen "The Terminator", I plan to use Arnold Schwarzenegger to star, if the effect is okay, I will continue to make a sequel to the Terminator, and the investment is estimated to be more than 80 million US dollars, which will not be smaller than the investment of "Pirates of Malacca", and even then our investment will not be the largest, and those Hollywood companies are much more ruthless than us.

And these investments we have now are not spent on one film, my plan for this film is to schedule at least six or seven, and most in a series of more than ten. Therefore, our current investment is really nothing, and among so many movies, it is only tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, which is much less than spending this money in the future. ”

Wu Yusen already roughly knew the filming plan of "Pirates of Malacca", although he was more excited about making more than ten series of movies, but when he heard that there were films with an investment of nearly 100 million US dollars, he immediately turned his mind around, and Song Zhe's shoulders looked very incongruous and said: "Forty million, eighty million, it's all dollars, boss, I don't dare to think about more, but in the Hong Kong film industry, this is definitely an unprecedented investment, and I don't know how big a storm it will be when the time comes."

I have also noticed that Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is indeed a good actor in action movies, but the boss, I didn't say anything about using him to play "Total Memory", but I remember that he only invested more than six million dollars in the "Terminator" he played before, how can it cost nearly 100 million to make a sequel? ”

"Hehe, Lao Wu, you may not know much, when "Terminator" was filmed, James Cameron was just a small role, and it was too difficult to find investment. In order to prove his ability as soon as possible, it is not necessary to start work immediately with almost a little money. So a lot of props and other things are not perfect, and only half of the original script was filmed, and the remaining half was cut due to funding and other problems. ”

Mo Fei also said: "If we want to shoot the other half, we have to work more on props and post-production. In that way, you can make a much more perfect and good film than the first one, like that kind of science fiction film, you have to have an investment of tens of millions, otherwise you can't really shoot anything. Of course, it is not without benefit to invest so much, the first part invested more than 6 million US dollars and won almost 80 million at the box office. The sequel with an investment of 80 million, how can you get a box office of 400 million, and the income will become larger if the investment is large, as the so-called 'banana is big, and the banana peel is also big'. ”

Wu Yusen can also see the trend of increasing film investment, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated, and he is so sure of what he said. Most of them believe it in their hearts, but when they look back and think about the investment of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in "Pirates of Malacca", they don't think it's too big.

pouted his lips and said: "If you say what the boss said, in the next twenty or thirty years, a big-budget movie will not have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars, it makes people's hearts beat when they think about it, but I don't know what the box office will look like." ”

Mo Feixin said. You probably wouldn't have thought that there would be a box office of nearly $3 billion in the future, and if you really want to say it, you will have to pay an ambulance.

After thinking for a while, he turned back to the topic: "The times continue to develop and progress, and everything related to our lives will continue to improve, and we don't know to what extent it has progressed, in short, it is unimaginable to people today." No one can say what will happen in a hundred years, so let's talk about our first plan, and finally find which one to cooperate with to tug, don't worry about it now. Just look for it when you need to shoot, there are so many boats in Hong Kong that are easy to find. It's Lao Wu, you have to put the matter of "Pirates of Malacca" on hold first, help me catch up with a film, and release it in the summer. And then turn back to shoot your "Pirates of Malacca", which happens to be able to coordinate the schedules of the actors, after all, "Pirates of Malacca" is the biggest action in the history of Phoenix Culture, and the more secure the better. ”

Phoenix Culture's current director is a bit insufficient, and Wu Yusen also understands it, so if he has to rush to shoot another film, he has no opinion at all, as long as "Pirates of Malacca" is still in his hands, everything else is floating clouds. asked: "I'm completely fine here, I don't know what kind of film you arranged this time, boss?" ”

Mo Fei changed into a cigarette, took two puffs and said: "There is a TV series in the United States called "Legal Recovery", I don't know if you have heard of it, it is about a doctor's wife was killed, and the doctor became a major murder suspect. The doctor once saw a man with a prosthetic leg snatching out of his house, but he could not prove it.

The judge and jury found the doctor guilty and sentenced him to death. On the way to escort the doctor and others to the prison, the prisoners in the same car attempted to carjack and escape. The driver was killed, and the prisoner car overturned on the tracks. A train roared by, and at the last moment, the doctor jumped out of the car and fled. Sergeant Gerrard, who was in charge of the case, came to the scene and ordered a full manhunt for the doctors. Only by finding the real culprit can doctors prove their innocence. He came to the hospital to treat his wounds and changed his image. But someone still recognized him. The Medic and Sheriff Gerrard engage in an uphill chase and finally escape by falling off the waterfall.

Doctors found a hospital that could order a prosthesis. He disguised himself as a cleaner and obtained information. Just as he was leaving, he saw a child who had been misdiagnosed. The doctor's work ethic allowed him to save the child, but it also made him reveal his identity. Once again, the Medic escaped from Gerard's grasp, but this time his actions changed Gerard's opinion of him. He believed the doctor's words and began to search for the real culprit.

The doctor found the suspect Hitch and searched his home, and his current colleague, Dr. Lin, was involved in the incident and understood that he had been carefully plotted to frame him. He brought in the police, who led to Gerard's clue. But Dr. Lim also died in a suspicious car accident on the night of the doctor's accident. The doctor retrieved Dr. Lin's file, and Dr. Lin was now in charge of prescribing a new drug with toxic side effects, and the doctor's report on the drug had been tampered with. From this, the doctor deduced that the mastermind behind the whole incident was Lin's superior, his friend Dr. Nigau.

The fact is, just as the doctor had speculated, Nigao was the master of all this. In order for the new drug to go into production, he changed the doctor's report and wanted to get rid of him. He orders Hitch to kill the doctor at all costs, and Hitch intercepts the doctor on the subway. The two engaged in a vicious fight. At the critical moment, the police arrived. The doctor skillfully used the police to arrest Hitch and once again managed to escape.

The doctor began to fight back. He came to the hospital. Just as Nigao was holding a celebration and giving a speech on the success of the new drug as the chairman of a pharmaceutical company, the doctor suddenly appeared and exposed Nigao's crime. Nigao made a desperate fight with the doctor. At this moment, Sergeant Gerrard also revealed the truth and rushed to the hospital. In the midst of the chaos, Nigao knocked a policeman unconscious and pointed his gun at Gerrard, who was knocked to the ground by the doctor and saved Gerrard. The truth of the case was finally revealed, and the doctor cleared his name.

I have bought the adaptation rights of this TV series, the script and actors have been completed, I will give you a month and a half to take this movie down, and I have also started to arrange the schedule of the actors of "Pirates of Malacca". ”