733【A lot of salted fish】
In May, Wu Yusen's "The True Color of Heroes" landed in Taiwan.
"The True Color of Heroes" came out more than half a year earlier than in the parallel space, and it was completed long before Zhang Guorong was injured last year, but the investor changed from Xinyicheng to Wang Zijun's DreamWorks Entertainment Venture Capital Company.
Around Christmas last year, "The True Color of Heroes" was released in Hong Kong, and it was screened for more than a month, with a box office income of more than 31 million in Hong Kong.
Because Wang Zijun's shootout blockbusters over the years have opened the eyes of Hong Kong fans in advance, and as a result, the gangster hero film "The True Color of Heroes" has a box office of more than 2 million less than the parallel space.
Even so, director Wu Yusen and leading actors Zhou Yunfa, Dillon and Zhang Guorong also received countless flowers and applause. In particular, Brother Xiaoma's windbreaker, toothpick and sunglasses outfit attracted young people to imitate him.
After a few months, Wang's Pictures took "The True Color of Heroes" to Taiwan for distribution, and it received rave reviews as soon as it appeared.
"Brother Fa, there is a script here, are you interested in making a cameo?" Wang Jing, who got Wang Zijun to change the script, began to run separately for the movie with Liu Zhengwei.
If there is any difference between this version of "The Saint of Gamblers", it is that there is a scene of the God of Gamblers entering and exiting the stadium, so it will involve the copyright issue of "God of Gamblers".
In fact, when Liu Zhengwei took the script and found other film companies, he could completely change those plots. It's just that he has a different mind, because "God of Gamblers" has been filmed for many years, and the gambling films that follow the trend have been made badly, and almost no film companies will continue to make gambling films. Liu Zhengwei just wants to use the name of the gambling god Gao Jin to attract more attention to "The Saint of Gambling".
"Cameo?" Zhou Yan sent from "The True Color of Heroes" after the big hit, there have been continuous film appointments, where can I have time to play a cameo with Wang Jing. However, when he saw the name on the script, he immediately changed his tone and asked, "This script was written by Jun Ye?" ”
Wang Jing said with a smile: "It was created by Liu Zhengwei and modified by Mr. Wang himself, and Mr. Wang is also the main investor of the film." ”
"Alright then, let me know in advance." Zhou Yunfa nodded and said, anyone can not give face, but Jun Ye's face can't be withheld.
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Lan Kwai Fong.
Xiang Huaqiang leaned on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and next to Manna, who had recovered her real name Li Xue, was sitting next to him peeling apples. The relationship between the two is developing rapidly, and they plan to register their marriage next year, as for the upright Xiang Tai, I am afraid that he will never become Xiang Tai.
Xiang Huaqiang is very satisfied with Li Xue's girlfriend, who is both beautiful and capable, and his club can be said to be a money-making company, and he can also have a good relationship with celebrities from all walks of life. Not only that, Li Xue's biggest advantage in Xiang Huaqiang's eyes is that she turns a blind eye to Xiang Huaqiang's stealing, which is really understanding.
"To the boss, Mr. Wang has agreed to invest. What he means is that if Yongsheng is willing to contribute, then it is half of one person, and if Yongsheng is not ready to invest, then he will invest alone. Liu Zhengwei explained that he was still a little scared in the face of this underworld boss. Although Xiang Huaqiang has not yet sat in the position of the family of New Ngee An, his money laundering ability of Yongsheng Film Company is extremely strong, which makes all the elders of New Ngee An very satisfied, and his voice is extremely loud.
"Oh, Ah Jun wants to invest, then I also have to follow a hand, where can I let go of the opportunity to make money." Xiang Huaqiang laughed.
Liu Zhengwei breathed a sigh of relief, with Xiang Huaqiang's support, things were much easier. It's not just this drama, if this cooperation happily helps Xiang Huaqiang make money, then there will be opportunities to continue to cooperate in the future, which is a big opportunity for him personally.
Liu Zhengwei actually mixed well a few years ago, when the Hong Kong New Wave of film began, his name was as loud as Tsui Hark, and he became the general manager of Century Pictures in two years. It's just that as soon as the transition period of Hong Kong films has passed, Tsui Hark has matured and done well in business, but Liu Zhengwei and his good brother Wang Jiawei are still playing in circles. Liu Zhengwei is better, Wang Jiawei's movies are often thrown at sugar cane during the midnight test screening because he can't understand it.
Last year, Century Pictures went bankrupt, and Liu Zhengwei, the general manager of the film company, had to go to Jiafeng Pictures, a satellite company of Golden Harvest, to work full-time as a screenwriter.
Now that I finally wrote a script, I was really favored by Wang Zijun, and Liu Zhengwei thought that this was a sign that he was coming to work.
"Who will play this heroine Qimeng?" Xiang Huaqiang pointed to the script and said. He saw that the actors who indicated the third uncle and Xingzi in the script had been hand-picked by Wang Zijun, and he couldn't help but intervene to hand-pick the actors.
"What does Mr. Xiang think?" Liu Zhengwei asked, although he had a favorite candidate in his heart, but he didn't say it directly.
Xiang Huaqiang thought for a while and said, "How is Lizhi?" has a sense of surname and kung fu, I think it is very suitable for this role. ”
Liu Zhengwei was surprised and delighted, surprised that Lizhi is now an international star, famous in Europe and the United States, and the salary is too high, but he is happy that he can invite Lizhi over, and he is even more appealing as a director. After hesitating for a moment, Liu Zhengwei said: "Mr. Xiang, the budget is limited, is it too expensive to invite Limei to star?" Moreover, I heard that the Limei people are filming in France, so I'm afraid it's not good to invite. ”
"Don't worry about that." Xiang Huaqiang made a decision with a wave of his hand.
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Jiayi TV.
Zhou Xingxing walked out of the studio of the children's program, and his head was swollen due to lack of sleep. In addition to being the host, he often goes to the set to play tricks, but so far he has played no more than three episodes.
"Zhou Xingxing, someone is looking for you!" The choreographer of the children's program shouted.
"Here we go!" Zhou Xingxing rubbed his face and ran out, he was used to being called to run errands.
But this time it seems to be different, when passing by the choreographer, the choreographer patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xingzai, your good luck has come!" ”
"What good luck?" Zhou Xingxing asked with a smile.
The director said: "Wang's Pictures is looking for you to make a movie, male number one." ”
"Lin Sheng, you're really joking." Zhou Xingxing left with a smile, he was already crazy to be the protagonist, and his colleagues often joked about him.
Walking outside the studio, Zhou Xingxing saw a Humpty Dumpty standing there. That person he knew, Wang Jing, the director of Radio TV University and the son of Wang Tianlin, his good friend Liang Chaowei mentioned a lot of things about Wang Fatzi to him.
The two had never known each other before, and Wang Jing was a director, did he really come to him to make a movie? Zhou Xingxing's heart suddenly raced, and his blood surged.
"Hello, Mr. Zhou, why don't you go down and have two drinks?" Wang Jing shook hands with Zhou Xingxing, but he was still wondering why Wang Zijun chose this guy who was completely famous.
"Okay." Zhou Xingxing hurriedly agreed, for fear that Wang Jing would regret it halfway.
When he came to the café, Wang Jing directly handed over the script and asked, "Is Mr. Zhou interested in making movies?" ”
"Of course there is, and it's okay to play tricks." Zhou Xingxing smiled, and his eyes moved down to see the names of the screenwriters on the script - Wang Zijun and Liu Zhengwei.
Suddenly, Zhou Xingxing's throat was a little dry, and Wang Jing personally came to the door to negotiate, explaining that the role to be given to him was very heavy, and the screenwriter was actually Wang Zijun. This made Zhou Xingxing feel as if he was dreaming, in fact, he really had such a dream, but after waking up, everything returned to the original state.
is the male protagonist himself, Limei is the heroine, and Wang Zijun personally changed the script...... Zhou Xingxing's brain was in a state of extreme excitement all day after that, smirking everywhere he went, and he completely lost his ability to take care of himself.
As excited as Zhou Xingxing is Wu Mengda, this benevolent brother still has only one wife, and the other three little wives have not yet appeared, but only this one wife is almost unable to support it. Over the past few years, he has received an average of five movies and five TV series a year, and all of them are small supporting roles, and that little income has to pay off gambling debts, and it is not bad that he did not starve to death.
A "Saint of Gambling" is destined to become the reliance of many declining salted fish.
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Wang's Cinemas.
In a large studio, a makeup artist is applying makeup to Cheng Xiaodong.
Yes, not only Wang Zijun, who is the director, plays the leading role, but even the assistant director and action director Cheng Xiaodong can't bear the loneliness, and personally plays the old demon of Montenegro, and has the final battle with Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen.
The reason why Cheng Xiaodong was asked to play it was mainly because although the role of the old demon of Montenegro was the ultimate villain, he never showed his face at all, and it was the same who he asked to play. And Cheng Xiaodong has good skills and is also familiar with the plot and characters, so he won't bother the two masters.
The final showdown requires a lot of special effects, but none of them are very complicated. For example, stealth and through the yin and yang realm or something, you can directly use the traditional masking method, which was the technology of decades ago.
It's easy to say, but some of the details of the fight in it took a lot of work, and this fight scene was filmed for a whole week before it ended.
In the room, Ning Caichen was holding Nie Xiaoqian's urn, holding the painting in his hand, and it was sunny outside.
"Click!" As Cheng Xiaodong's voice fell, "A Chinese Ghost Story" was finally completed, and all that was left was some reshoot shots.
The actors can finally relax, but Wang Zijun's busyness is not over, because of his insistence, this "A Chinese Ghost Story" is more exciting than the special effects in parallel space, which means investing more money and more complicated post-processing.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Cheng Xiaodong and produced by Tsui Hark only costs 5.6 million Hong Kong dollars. And Wang Zijun's part, in order to pursue the effect, the cost has risen to 35 million, an increase of more than six times, which is naturally not the same.
After returning home after finishing everything, my father also sent back news from the mainland, saying that the ancestral hall and genealogy over there had been completed, and asked Wang Zijun to go over as soon as possible.
Wang Zijun didn't want to go much, he still had a lot of things to do here? However, he was pleasantly surprised by a piece of news from the Executive Yuan, that the Taiwan authorities had finally opened up cross-strait trade.
It should be said that it is a unilateral opening up, and Taiwan is only allowed to go to the mainland to invest and sell things, but mainland businessmen are not allowed to invest in Taiwan.
However, no one cares about this, and now mainland businessmen don't even have bank loans, and they don't have funds for mainland investment, so who has spare money to invest in Taiwan?
Wang Zijun is happy that this means that Wang's movies can be sold to the mainland.
(To be continued)