Chapter 63: To make a blockbuster
Cui Baozhu finally agreed to Chen Yongren's invitation, but not in the form of a contract worker, but as a temporary worker, pointing out that Chen Yongren must not be stopped when she wants to leave. Chen Yongren didn't do much to force it, it's always good to have a little harvest, and the future will be long, and I will talk about it later.
After saying goodbye to Choi Po-joo, Chen Yongren drove to Yongjia to discuss matters related to the new film with Chen Xunqi, who had previously called him to tell him that the crew structure had been prepared, and he was only waiting for him to choose a shooting venue and officially start filming.
A week later, Legendary Pictures officially opened in Mong Kok for a new film launch; There are only three top management members of the company, the big boss Chen Yongren, the general manager Cui Baozhu, who is mainly responsible for production, distribution and overall personnel management, and Zhuang Cheng, the director who is responsible for planning, editing, reviewing and external publicity; As for Zhang Jiazhen, who Chen Yongren also valued, the latter is in the honeymoon period of cooperation with the second-generation hero Mai Tangxiong in the Hong Kong film industry, although he admires Chen Yongren's talent, he doesn't seem to be optimistic about him.
Chen Yongren didn't force it, he originally had a dispensable mentality towards Zhang Jiazhen. First of all, the latter's resume made him confused, and secondly, Zhang Jiazhen was more than a round older than him, according to his character, if the two really do things together, there may not be much tacit understanding; With Cui Baozhu and Zhuang Cheng, they are enough to afford the current development of Legendary Pictures.
In the middle of the venue were the three senior executives of Legendary Pictures, producer Choi Baozhu, and Li Xiuxian, Ling Qingxia, Xie Xian and other major actors.
It was not only the reporters of the major newspapers and magazines who were invited to come here, but also the reporters of the news program of TVB, who even brought cameras to record on the spot, which made everyone talk about it......
"It's weird, why did TVB bring all the news channels here?".
"I just asked a friend of wireless to inquire, and it seems that the tycoon has also mixed up in Chen Yongren's new movie!"
"Isn't it...... Hasn't the Ting clan been teaming up with Golden Harvest to fight against the Golden Princess in recent years? Now that everyone knows that Chen Yongren's film company is funded by Lei Jiankun, can it be said that the old enemies of the Wei family and Jiahe have turned their faces again? ”。
"You don't understand this, have you forgotten that Chen Yongren's famous work "Two Smoking Guns" was still promoted on TVB some time ago? I think there must have been some special deal between Chen Yongren and Wei Yifu, and as for the entanglement between the Wei family and Jiahe and the Golden Princess, I guess there is no point in discussing these from now on! ”。
"What do you mean?".
"In my opinion, the Tycoon is not far from stopping production, and the tycoon probably no longer cares about the development of the film industry, whether it is for Golden Harvest or Princess Jin, there is no longer any relationship between kindness and grievance, so it doesn't matter who you cooperate with, just help him make money......
"Why do you say that Shaw Brothers is not far off from dissipation?".
"At the end of last year, the company began to reduce production, many directors have already left the door to stand on their own, Zhang Che on the stage formed a long river, Lin Hanxiang went to the mainland to make movies, half of the people have dispersed, and now it is estimated that there are only three left, not to mention the top ten box office in the Hong Kong film industry this year, only one Wang Jing's "Frog Prince" entered the top ten, and now the summer file has just begun, and there is a Christmas file at the end of the year, it is hard to say whether the last remaining face of the family can be kept!".
"Hearing you say that, it's really ......."
"Everyone, be quiet, the press conference has officially begun, if you have any questions, just ask!" On the stage, Chen Yongren saw that the time was almost up, and slapped the table and shouted.
Hearing Chen Yongren's shout, a "hand forest" suddenly protruded in the venue, and the white light of the camera also flickered; Chen Yongren looked dizzy, so he casually pointed to a place......
The reporter of "Cheng Pao" looked at the hand pointing to him with excitement and stood up; Ye Tianlong is a new reporter, it seems that he has a chance because people in the same newspaper are unwilling to deal with Chen Yongren, but he didn't expect to be in the limelight for the first time, and he was the first to choose him to ask, but when he was about to speak, he saw Chen Yongren shouting: "The reporter of "Ming Pao" asked ...... first."
Ye Tianlong looked down and looked around, but saw that the people around him were just looking at him with strange eyes, and there was no one around him who looked like a reporter from "Ming Pao", and he was puzzled, but he saw a female reporter who was far away from him got up and asked Chen Yongren: "Mr. Chen, we all knew that you would invest 15 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot a commercial film, but the more specific news was that there was no rumor at all, and no one had even heard the title of the movie, can you announce it now?" ”。
Ye Tianlong was dumbfounded, is this Chen Yongren blind?
Chen Yongren smiled when he heard the question of the reporter of "Ming Pao", got up and turned back, grabbed the red cloth behind the rostrum, and pulled it violently, and a large poster appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone's eyes lit up......
The background of the poster is very intuitive, it is the upper floor of a building, the night outside the building is dark, in front of the shattered floor-to-ceiling windows, Li Xiuxian's eyes are sharp, his clothes are torn, and his whole body is covered with blood; "Fourth Brother" Xie Xian is in a black suit, gray windbreaker, white scarf, and has a mysterious smile on his face with scars; The two pointed at each other with guns, and Ling Qingxia in the middle was tied to a chair, her head was just under the guns of the two, and her expression was calm; The backgrounds of the three people are rendered in different colors and shadows, as if they are in different worlds, and the whole poster is particularly eye-catching.
Above the poster is the film information: Produced by Zhang Che and directed by Chen Yongren, creating a new model of Hong Kong action movies; "Die Hard" - Christmas Night, "Peace" War.
The reporters in the audience were excited, it was the first time they had experienced such a film press conference; The film hasn't started filming yet, the poster came out first, and the design is so chic.
"Creating a new model of Hong Kong action cinema?".
"Christmas Night, 'Peace' War?".
"Look at people, he really deserves to be a director who won the World Film Award, this movie slogan is shouting, just looking at this poster makes me look forward to the movie!"
"It's hard to say, how about shouting slogans and propaganda with new ideas? It's not certain whether the movie is well made or not! ”。
The three leading actors glanced at each other, and they were also surprised, they were pulled to a place after signing a contract with Chen Yongren three days ago, and simply took a photo according to the latter's request, but they didn't expect the effect to be so good after being handled by Chen Yongren.
Chen Yongren looked at the people who were talking about each other, and pressed his hands weakly; When the venue was quiet again, he grabbed the microphone and smiled, "The next question ......."
Before the reporters in the audience could raise their hands, they heard Chen Yongren continue: "TVB! ”。
"Damn...... This is a blatant sequence of relationships! ”。
"Forget it, Chen Yongren is a ruffian, oil and salt don't enter, it's really hard, we can't take advantage of either face or mouth, let him be!"
A reporter from TVB asked, "May I ask Mr. Chen, can you reveal the general plot of this movie?" ”。
Chen Yongren said: "This movie is about the Hong Kong policeman Ah Xiu played by Brother Hugh who goes to Taiwan to meet his wife Holly, who has been separated for half a year. He was invited to a Christmas party on the 30th floor of a Japanese-funded international corporate building. However, a group of bandits suddenly cordoned off the building and took hostage all the people who attended the party, including some high-ranking officials of the Taiwan government and many people with special status. Ah Xiu escaped by luck and started a confrontation with the bandits alone. He finally got in touch with the police, but this gang of bandits was not simple, and they repelled the attacks of hundreds of special police officers of the Taiwan police on several occasions, and also used those special hostages to blackmail the Taiwan Government and the Japanese Government to release many international terrorists who were being held. This behavior not only attracted the attention of the Taiwan Security Investigation Bureau, but also attracted the attention of many Asian countries and regions through the live broadcast of the TV station, but Ah Xiu accidentally found that the purpose of this gang of bandits was not as simple as it seemed, so he and the bandit leader played by the fourth brother launched a battle of wits and courage. Thank you all for ......".
"I rely on ......".
Everyone was listening attentively, but Chen Yongren came to say this. Chen Yongren's plot really suppressed them, there has never been this model in Hong Kong movies before, those costume films, romantic comedies don't say anything, those police and gangster movies are nothing more than killing people, selling drugs, and robbing people, and then a few policemen and bandits chase me and shoot each other a few times.
Looking at Chen Yongren, the Taiwan government, the Japanese government, international terrorists, and bandits have repelled hundreds of special police, the Taiwan Security Investigation Bureau has come out, and the attention of many countries and regions.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the venue, which was even more lively than before the opening, but he didn't notice that Chen Yongren had left the venue; When everyone reacted and wanted to ask some questions, they found that a woman had been replaced in the middle of the rostrum.
Cui Baozhu looked at the quiet people, grabbed the microphone and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chen suddenly has something important to deal with, you can ask me and a few leading actors if you have any questions, I am Cui Baozhu, the general manager of Legendary Pictures and the producer of this movie, Cui Baozhu......."