Chapter 839: The King of the Pit Kings [Three Watches]
After Lin Jianyue blocked the table with the box office data with his hand, he smiled at Huang Yuxun: ""Happy Events in the Flower Field" collected a total of more than 2.6 million box office yesterday, this result is still so-so!" ”
Mr. Huang was full of envy when he heard it, there was such a high box office on the first day of release, and the total box office could definitely exceed 30 million, if "Dragon Tiger Gate" could have such a high popularity when it was released, then he could really wake up laughing in his dreams.
"I also just wanted to ask Mr. Huang about this, I wonder when "Dragon and Tiger Gate" will be filmed?"
Huang Yuxuan didn't realize that Lin Jianyue was changing the topic, just thinking of it with him.
"It will be the second half of this year at the earliest, because Boss Lin also knows that the post-production of this movie is more time-consuming."
Lin Jianyue frowned, "Can't you advance it any further?" ”
Huang Yuyun only asked Lin Jianyue casually, and replied without thinking: "But yes, but the post-production effect of the film may have to be discounted." ”
Huang Baiming, who was on the side, had already guessed Lin Jianyue's mind at this time, he was unwilling to lose in "Happy Events in the Flower Field", and was ready to get this field back on "Dragon and Tiger Gate".
"On the premise of ensuring the post-production effect, is there no way to release it in advance?"
Huang Yuyun glanced at Lin Jianyue: "If you add another amount of capital investment, it can make the special effects team speed faster while ensuring quality." ”
Lin Jianyue's eyes hesitated for a while, and he was about to open his mouth to agree to this request, but Huang Baiming hurriedly said, "I think it's better to follow the normal production cycle." After all, the investment in this film is already high. Additional investment. The cost pressure will be even greater! ”
Huang Yuyun saw that the matter of additional investment was disturbed by Huang Baiming, and said dissatisfiedly: "I don't dare to agree with Manager Huang's words, is the investment in "Dragon Tiger Gate" really very large? Lin Youlun invested 70 million in the remake of "Street Fighter" alone, and it was US dollars, not Hong Kong dollars! In comparison, we can only be considered a small fight. ”
Huang Baiming immediately retorted: "Mr. Huang, don't forget, "Super School Bully" is adapted from a game, not a comic, you have to compare, you should compare "Chinese Heroes", isn't Lin Youlun's investment in that movie only 80 million Hong Kong dollars?" "Dragon Tiger Gate" if additional investment. Can you guarantee that the box office will definitely surpass that movie? ”
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Lin Jianyue patted the table impatiently.
"Okay, everyone is their own people, is it interesting to quarrel around?"
Huang Yuyun stopped talking, but Huang Baiming still persuaded hard: "Boss, just to advance the release date of the movie, to invest more, in my opinion, there is no need at all!" ”
"Okay, Manager Huang, I know that your concerns have some reason, but Mr. Huang just said something that I agree with. I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, and I have already decided to invest in "Dragon and Tiger Gate". You don't have to persuade anymore! ”
Lin Jianyue wanted to speed up the production of "Dragon Tiger Gate" in advance, not only because he wanted to fight for a breath, but also because "Happy Events in the Flower Field" was not able to stand out in the Chinese New Year file, and naturally it could not meet the conditions for his father Lin Baixin to add points in his heart.
Huang Yuyun got his wish, of course he was very happy, but Huang Baiming looked frustrated, he felt that Lin Jianyue was still too anxious to do this, and even the gains outweighed the losses.
It's just that Lin Jianyue has made up his mind, and Huang Baiming didn't say anything more.
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The next day, Jiayi Cinema officially announced the box office data on the premiere day of "Love and Love" and "Happy Affair in the Flower Field".
Although the traces of the plot imitation of the previous work were criticized for being too heavy and there was no innovation, the plot of "Love and Love" that was re-revised under Lin Youlun's "oppression" at least maintained the level of the previous work, coupled with the film's strong star lineup, it easily won 20 million box office in the first week of release, and the box office income of 17 million in "Happy Affair in the Flower Field" is also a very good result, but the limelight was completely covered by "Love and Love".
Lin Jianyue lost his temper in the office again because of this incident, and when Huang Baiming came in, the secretary was busy picking up documents scattered all over the place.
"Boss, are you looking for me?"
"I've thought about it seriously in the past two days, the previous decision to promise Huang Yuyun to make additional investment in "Dragon and Tiger Gate" was really hasty, Manager Huang, I want to apologize to you for this matter." After Lin Jianyue vented, he had completely calmed down at this time.
Hearing the apology from Lin Jianyue's mouth really surprised Huang Baiming, he thought that Lin Jianyue had really figured it out, but he didn't expect Lin Jianyue to say this because of another thing.
"I used to put all my thoughts on "Dragon Tiger Gate", completely reluctant to seek the near and far, we have the movie in our own hands, and the star lineup is not lost to "Love and Love", but I neglected this matter before!"
Huang Baiming was stunned for a moment, and then he realized which movie Lin Jianyue was talking about.
"Boss, you can't be talking about Wang Jiawei's "East Evil and West Poison", right?"
From Lin Jianyue's investment in Wang Jiawei to the present, it will be two years in a blink of an eye.
At the beginning, Lin Jianyue often cared about the filming progress of this movie, but Wang Jiawei was a well-known painter who made movies, and there was no progress at all after a few months.
After a long time, Lin Jianyue almost forgot about this movie, if it weren't for the recent newspapers that have been talking about the star lineup of "Love Turns Left and Right", Lin Jianyue may not remember that he once invested in such a movie after a long time.
"You go and ask Wang Jiawei for me, has this movie been filmed? If it is not filmed, then let him give a clear completion date, in short, in the first half of this year, I must see this movie! ”
Lin Jianyue came to Huang Baiming just to talk about it, but when he was done, he saw Huang Baiming standing without any intention of leaving, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
"What, Manager Huang, do you have anything else?"
"Boss, with all due respect, the company is now counting on Wang Jiawei's movie, so it is better to spend a little more effort on "Dragon and Tiger Gate"!"
As soon as Huang Baiming said this, Lin Jianyue remembered that when he decided to invest in Wang Jiawei, Huang Baiming had strongly opposed this matter, but he didn't expect that after such a long time, Huang Baiming's attitude had not changed at all.
"No matter how bad Wang Jiawei is, he is also the one who won the Academy Award for Best Director, his movie should not be as bad as you think, right?"
"Wang Jiawei's movies are only suitable for winning awards, if the box office counts on him, then Deng Guangrong will not be so angry that he will be hospitalized, not to mention the bankruptcy of the company, he almost lost his life!"
Huang Baiming said this, and Lin Jianyue also beat a little drum in his heart.
At the beginning, Lin Jianyue decided to invest in Wang Jiawei, but he wanted to attract more film talents to join Media Asia, and he didn't expect Wang Jiawei's film to make money, otherwise he wouldn't have ignored it for two years.
Lin Jianyue now thinks of Wang Jiawei's movie, and he is somewhat sick and rushes to the doctor, but Huang Baiming's words poured cold water on his head.
"Anyway, I invested 40 million in the beginning, and now he should give me an explanation, right?"
"Urging is definitely urging, but how to urge can be chosen."
Lin Jianyue's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he knew that Huang Baiming must have other ideas.
"The boss has forgotten that when we invested in this movie for Wang Jiawei, we had conditions attached." Huang Baiming reminded.
Lin Jianyue suddenly realized, "You mean Liu Zhenwei?" ”
"Wang Jiawei definitely can't count on it, but Liu Zhenwei is worth wooing, even if we can't convince him to join the company, at least let him help us make a movie." Huang Baiming suggested at the right time.
mentioned Liu Zhenwei, Lin Jianyue's expression was a little confused, because in his impression, he had not heard the news of Liu Zhenwei's filming for a long time.
"In fact, he has been filming all the time, "91 Condor Heroes", "92 Black Rose to Black Rose", and the "Forever" starring Liu Dehua were all filmed by him, but he didn't use his real name." Huang Baiming explained.
Lin Jianyue followed and asked, "Why don't you use your real name?" Did he offend anyone? ”
"There was a time when it was rumored in the circle that he had offended the underworld and didn't dare to come out to film again, but it was later confirmed that it was just fake news, Liu Zhenwei didn't offend anyone, and it was his own meaning not to use his real name."
As soon as Huang Baiming said this, Lin Jianyue became more and more curious, doesn't Liu Zhenwei want to be famous for filming?
"Liu Zhenwei made several comedies in a row and were very successful, and then during that time, all the film companies who asked him to film only wanted him to make comedies, and he himself felt unhappy, so he did this kind of thing of filming under a pseudonym, in order to prove to everyone that he can make other movies in addition to comedies."
After Huang Baiming finished speaking, Lin Jianyue nodded, "91 Condor Heroes" and "92 Black Rose to Black Rose" did not use Liu Zhenwei's real name, but each movie sold a lot of money, and now it seems that Liu Zhenwei has indeed succeeded.
"Then it's hard for Manager Huang to negotiate with Wang Jiawei, no matter what method is used, we must let Wang Jiawei help persuade Liu Zhenwei to help us make a movie, as long as Liu Zhenwei agrees, the conditions will be opened by him!" (To be continued......)