Article 106

After Cao Cao received a call from the mayor of Kyoto, Ouyang, he thought of his task of establishing relations between the government and the military, and quickly agreed.

On the second night, Cao Cao came to the agreed place, a private restaurant.

When Cao Cao found himself here, the mayor was already waiting there, along with his wife, and his son. I guess it's also to ease the atmosphere or something, and I don't want to get too serious.

His wife was taking care of his son, and he began to mingle with Cao Cao and talk about some interesting things. The wine table is the easiest to get closer, and after a few glasses, the two became acquainted.

At this time, the mayor also began to say his purpose: "Mr. Cao, I heard that your company wants to expand, but I don't know ......"

He wanted to stop talking, but Cao Cao understood what he meant, and hurriedly replied: "I haven't considered this for the time being, but it will be inevitable in the future, of course, I will still choose this place in Kyoto." ”

Cao Cao's words can be regarded as a temporary reassurance to Mayor Ouyang.

Soon, the meal was finished to the satisfaction of both parties.

And Cao Cao didn't put forward any requirements, only put forward some small conditions about the policy of film support, and the mayor readily agreed within the scope of his authority.

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During the time when Cao Cao was writing the script, someone quickly set his sights on the racing movie, a market that no one had ever explored.

As production companies, directors, and screenwriters, they naturally will not lack the vision of investment. After visiting the racing competition on the spot, they also experienced the feeling of surging emotion, and they all suddenly realized: "This racing movie really has a good selling point!" I couldn't help but admire Cao Cao's vision.

In the end, they finally decided: "Shoot!" Hold up the bold and starve the faint-hearted! This is a market that has never been touched before, and it definitely contains big business opportunities, and maybe the first person to eat crabs will get a box office miracle. ”

So they seized the time to act and quickly made the script, and all the companies decided to make a small investment first. Test the market's reaction. And small-budget movies are easy to shoot and faster to produce.

So, not long after Cao Cao returned to Kyoto, a production company announced a racing film plan. We sincerely invite major investors and advertisers to come and invest.

And other production companies saw that some peers grabbed the first prize. The shooting plan was also urgently announced......

The script is not yet available. has begun to vigorously start the propaganda, so that Cao Cao can't help but sigh at the ability of the Chinese people to follow the trend.

Soon, the new genre of racing movies was already known to countless people before they appeared on the screen.

"This kind of mountain race has become very popular abroad......

"In fact, there are quite a few people in the United States who gamble in the city late at night......"

"There are no mature competitions in China, and there are no mature track ......"

"There have been a lot of such drag racing families in China......"

All kinds of information are constantly disclosed. Let countless people in China suddenly discover that there is such a corner of the world that they don't know.

As this type of racing continues to be hotly discussed, many racing drag racing videos have begun to appear on the Internet.

There were quite a few people who clicked in curiously, and when they saw it, they immediately conquered themselves.

The loud roar, the hissing of tires against the ground, the speed of the off-string arrows...... Everything is so exciting!!

At this time, the place where Cao Cao was interviewed was also famous because of this hot discussion of racing, and many people who became fans of crazy racing went to Xiamen to watch the scene in order to feel the feeling of blood boiling.

There are also many people who have begun to pay attention to the shooting plan of racing movies, and Cao Cao, the leader, has naturally received widespread attention, but when he saw that Hero Studio had not yet announced the shooting plan for this kind of movie, he couldn't help but be disappointed.

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At this time, Cao Cao already felt that the topic of racing in society was heating up, so he was also preparing with all his strength at this time.

At the beginning of December, when Cao Cao was preparing, the 2002 Chinese New Year file of Huaxia Movie hit again.

Major movies have appeared on the stage, using different attitudes to scrape the pockets of fans. Foreign Hollywood blockbusters also continued their mighty posture and stood firmly on the box office list of the Chinese New Year.

And "Transformers", a Hollywood blockbuster, dominates the box office market for the Chinese New Year.

Under the general trend of this blockbuster and boutique film market, shoddy movies have basically no way to survive in the Chinese New Year file, and they ended gloomily under the siege of major movies.

It's a brutal competition, with the fittest surviving and the inferior eliminated

On December 5, Cao Cao finally designed the script and handed it over to the screenwriting team for them to do the perfect work.

When these screenwriters got the long-awaited script, they didn't even bother to eat lunch and read it eagerly.

Script title: "Fast and Thrilling" When they opened it, they were stunned: "It's not the plot of the imaginary racing race......"

"Stealing from a train? Good god's creativity!! ”

"Gangsters? A cop movie? Not an ordinary race? ”

"Parkour? It seems that foreign countries are quite popular, but I didn't expect it to be written in the script here? Looking at the script, the screenwriters kept marveling.

"Urban Chase ......"

"**Beauty......**Music ......"

"Drag safe??!! This plot ......"

By the time they reached the last page of the script, they were numb with shock.

This script is so wonderful!!

Several screenwriters glanced at each other a little, and they all blushed a little and were ashamed, and the book that they had just picked up that said "The King of Cars" was also quietly put down, they were originally afraid that the script written by Cao Cao was not good, and they wanted to recommend this script carefully prepared by several people.

As a result, as soon as I saw the script of "Fast and Passion", "The King of Cars" ......

Forget it, don't be ashamed.

Cao Cao noticed that their expressions seemed to be a little wrong, so he asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

In the end, Zhao Kuangyin, the leader of the screenwriting team, was still a little reluctant to waste the hard work of a few people, so he took out the script.

"Okay, I'll take this script back and take a look, you can help me improve this script, mainly around the centers of 'beauty', 'car madness', and 'tough guy blood', and by the way, help me consider the filming location......"

After Cao Cao explained, he left with "The King of Cars". Cao Cao felt that they should not be discouraged, but should be encouraged, and if the script was not bad, there would be absolutely no problem with investment. Although this team is the most imaginative!

walked with Cao Cao, and there was also a mysterious script.

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On December 8, Hero Studios announced plans for a press conference. Cao Cao's fourth film plan was announced.

After the news spread, there was no need to take the initiative to publicize it, and it had already caused an uproar in the entertainment industry. On the day of the press conference, Hero Studio did not invite it, and more than 100 entertainment media sent reporters to Kyoto to participate in the press conference of the film.

I'm afraid that in addition to those big-name directors, only Cao Cao can enjoy this kind of benefit.

"May I ask Lao Cao, don't mind if I call you that, because everyone calls it that, is the new movie a racing movie like the outside world says?" This reporter is probably a newcomer, and the question asked is too simple.

"Yes." Cao Cao was noncommittal.

Another reporter seized the gap and interjected: "May I ask Lao Cao." What's the name of your new movie? How much do you plan to invest? Do you need to invest a lot in post-production special effects? ”

Cao Cao replied directly: "This new movie of mine is called "Fast and Furious". It's the story of racing. According to the current script calculation, the investment budget for this film is about 250 million yuan, and it may be more, depending on the specific situation at that time. In addition, post-production special effects. I don't need to answer that. "250 million yuan. This was Cao Cao's initial prediction. It is estimated that it may reach 300 million yuan in the end.

In the previous space, the investment of "Fast and Furious 5" required an investment of $125 million, but this was also determined by the price of goods in 2011-2012, the salary of actors, and the overall level of the United States. If it were China, it would be much less in all respects.

The reporters didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking, and when they heard about the investment budget, they were in an uproar.

"250 million RMB!? That's right, right? ”

"Hasn't this become the largest investment film in China?"

"The film "Wuji", which director Zhang Kaige is making now and is known as the largest investment in China, seems to be only 300 million, right?"

Everyone was like sharks, and they could already smell the blood.

Big news!!

Then the already clever reporter thought of the problem of the collision between the two movies, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know when this movie will be released?" ”

Cao Cao replied directly: "According to estimates, it should be released on the National Day schedule or the Chinese New Year schedule next year (2003), and the specific situation depends on the progress of filming, and I will also use the strongest crew." ”

After Cao Cao said this, those reporters were even more frozen, and they really bumped into !!

Then he asked again: "I heard that the movie "Wuji" directed by director Zhang Kaige is currently being filmed with 300 million, and its release date is also set for the 2003 Chinese New Year, I don't know if you have the confidence to beat it?" ”

"Wuji?" Cao Cao couldn't help but think of the big investment bad movie of the same name in the previous time and space, and couldn't help laughing, but he still said modestly to reporters: "I think Director Zhang Da is a very good director, maybe "Wuji" will be a good movie." ”

After the press conference, Cao Cao's new film plan was like a bombshell thrown into the entertainment industry, shaking the entertainment industry for a while!!

"A new record for Huaxia's investment budget: 250 million!!"

"Bold boss is powerful again, teach you how to invest!!"

"To smash a movie with 350 million, it will take at least more than 1.4 billion yuan at the global box office to recover the cost!!"

"With the funds of the entire hero studio to support this film plan, it is estimated that Cao Cao can do it!"

Many media in the entire film industry and entertainment industry have used 'magical director' and 'bold boss' to describe Cao Cao.

And for fans, this is definitely great news, and there are good movies to watch. They rejoiced and sang praises to Cao Cao: "Old Cao! Take our knees away, shall we?! ”

As for those production companies, when they heard Cao Cao's plan, they instantly blushed. Look at other people's 250 million, and then look at your own 35 million, the difference is a full ten times, it's really embarrassing......

Silent in his heart: "The 35 million is not ...... Add a little ......? ”

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Just when the outside was shocked by Cao Cao's investment plan, Cao Cao was in the dilemma of investing funds at this time. Because, he only has 360 million!