Chapter 033 Cattle Joins Next
In his previous life, Gu Weiqi grew up watching Xiangjiang movies. Now that he has been reborn and decided to engage in the film industry, he naturally doesn't want Xiangjiang Films to decline again. Then starting from the script is undoubtedly a good start.
Lin Zhenying and Chen Xunqi have also been rolling in the film industry for many years, and the two of them can still see whether a script is good or not, and the more they look at them, the more surprised they are. Compared with today's movies, the two scripts that Gu Weiqi has come up with are definitely quite good.
Seeing that the two of them finished reading it, Gu Weiqi asked, "What do you think of these two scripts?" ”
"It's funny." Lin Zhenying closed the script and said slowly: "Both the action design and the plot are very novel, much better than the popular Republic of China and martial arts films, I think it will definitely break the box office record if it is filmed." ”
Chen Xunqi also put down the script, took a sip of tea and said: "This 'chasing girls' is also very interesting, and it should also make a difference at the box office after filming." ”
"Since you all think these two dramas are good, then let's start filming both dramas at the same time. Brother Chen, you are responsible for the production of this 'chasing girls'. If you have a budget, you will be given 3 million Hong Kong dollars, which should be more than enough. Questions? ”
"Producer?" When Chen Xunqi heard this, he quickly nodded happily and said, "No problem...... Archie, don't worry, I promise to make this movie well. ”
"Well, I believe you Brother Qi."
Gu Weiqi nodded, and said: "I recommend using Guan Zhilin of our Phoenix TV Company for the heroine of 'Chasing Girls', if you are the male lead, you will have Brother Qi to star in person, and if you are the second male lead, I recommend Zhang Guorong of Phoenix Company." The rest of the characters and the crew, you can do it yourself. If you want to borrow the shooting equipment, you can borrow it from Phoenix first, do you think there are any problems? ”
"No problem."
"That's it." Gu Weiqi took out the checkbook from his pocket, signed a check, put it in front of Chen Xunqi and said, "If it's okay, let's start acting." Now that it's about to enter 81 years, I hope to be able to make it before the Chinese New Year and release it in time for the Spring Festival. ”
"Spring Festival stalls?" Chen Xunqi doesn't know why, there is no concept of schedule at this time.
"The Spring Festival is called the Spring Festival file, and the summer vacation is called the summer file." Gu Weiqi explained, and said: "Also, in order to shoot high-quality pictures, I recommend using the best film, if you don't have enough funds, you can take care of me at any time." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Then you go and get busy."
So Chen Xunqi left in a hurry with the script and check. However, as soon as he walked on the front foot, Gu Qingshuang, Jiang Xin, Huang Yongheng, Wang Jiawei and Liu Zhenwei also came over one after another.
Gu Qingshuang has a goose-egg-shaped face, thin eyebrows like willow leaves, a small cherry mouth, a nose like a gall, and a pair of eyes that seem to be able to speak. Even in the entertainment industry, where there are so many beauties, she can be regarded as an out-and-out beauty.
Jiang Xin, on the other hand, has a classical melon seed face, with a height of about 1.7 meters, slender legs, a light and graceful bee waist, a beautiful curved body, delicate and white skin, and pink in the white. He wears a pair of black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose and wears a professional suit, with a shrewd and capable taste all over his body.
Huang Yongheng is a young man with eyes and wearing a floral shirt.
In Gu Weiqi's impression, this is a very sharp golden photographer, very good at capturing sharp and tense pictures. He was once Wu Yusen's royal photographer, and almost every work after Wu became famous, including "The True Color of Heroes", was done by him. He has also collaborated with Tsui Hark on films such as "A Chinese Ghost Story". Later, he also cooperated with Du Qifeng and other big directors, and was one of the best cinematographers in the eyes of famous directors.
"Ink King" Wang Jiawei is not as cool as he will be now; And the "grape ancestor" Liu Zhenwei is also not as fat as he was in the future, and of course he is not bald. There was a look of uneasiness in the expressions of both men, as if they did not know what would happen to them.
Gu Weiqi's eyes turned around, and finally fell on the body of the "Ink King", feeling like he couldn't cry or laugh. He knows that this person is a pit king, and he often doesn't need a script to shoot films, and the progress is outrageously slow. A "2046" took five years to sharpen this not-so-sharp sword.
The most speechless thing is that the whole world knows that this guy is a money-burner. And shoot whatever comes to mind, often tearing down and starting over. The big production "The True Story of A Fei", which invested tens of millions of dollars, has been repeatedly filmed for a long time, but it can be said that it has lost all its money when it hits the streets at the Xiangjiang box office. The investor Deng Guangrong was so angry that he vomited blood because of this, and was directly sent to the hospital to save his life.
However, if Wang Jiawei ties up Liu Zhenwei, Gu Weiqi will think about it. This famous "grape ancestor" Liu Zhenwei is known to everyone in the mainland, and he is simply dedicated to wiping the butt of the ink king. After "East Evil and West Poison" hit the street, Grape Liu immediately used the original team to start filming "East Becomes West", and the good box office finally made up for some losses.
In fact, it's not just this one, since these two difficult brothers and sisters tied up together to found Zedong Film Company, Liu Zhenwei has repeatedly wiped his ass for the king of ink, and many films have appeared because of this. To put it simply, in Gu Weiqi's view, Wang Jiawei can't make up for his commercial failure no matter how many awards he wins; But Liu Zhenwei is a real film talent who can do business and literature.
Of course, these people are not very famous now. As far as Gu Weiqi knows, according to the normal trend of history, the "Ink King" and the "Grape Ancestor" should now be doing the work of assistants on the wireless station. According to the salary of wireless, the salary of 30,000 or 20,000 yuan is only 30,000 yuan a year.
But now that he has joined "Oriental Hollywood", he has a guaranteed annual salary of 50,000 yuan, and if you add the salary and dividends, it will definitely be much better than their treatment at wireless.
The main reason is that Wireless continues the big studio system of Shao's Films, pays attention to qualifications, from a small assistant to a big producer, don't stay up for three years and five years, and don't think about getting ahead for ten years or eight years. But "Donglai Company" is different, at this time it is a time when all kinds of talents are needed, and if you are lucky, you may soon be reused.
In fact, Gu Weiqi's guess was right, the two did not mix well in wireless, and when they heard that the "Donglai Company" was recruiting troops and horses, they came over to try their luck. But now they don't have a bottom in their hearts, after all, they don't have any fame now, and I don't know if Boss Gu will hire them.
Gu Weiqi groaned slightly, and decided to take all five people into the company. Although the "Ink King" has always been a dead person, but if it is used well, it is not a rare talent, and he made up his mind and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, welcome to join Oriental Hollywood International Film Company." My name is Gu Weiqi, this is Mr. Lin Zhenying at the same time of our company, we will work together in the future, let's introduce ourselves. ”
So everyone introduced themselves one after another, Gu Weiqi instructed Fang Lingwei to take a few contracts, threw them to them and said, "Okay, now everyone knows each other, you take a look at the contract first." If it's okay, sign the contract first, and I'll arrange a job for you later. ”
A few people looked at it, the five-year contract, the annual salary is guaranteed to be 50,000 Hong Kong dollars, and there is no black hole in black and white, so they all signed it decisively.
Putting away the contract, Gu Weiqi continued: "Gu Qingshuang, you will be the manager of the company's legal department, and you will deal with all kinds of legal issues in the future. Jiang Xin is the chief financial officer, and the financial power of our company will be handed over to you, and you should be more professional than me, so I won't say more. ”
"Okay boss." The two of them glanced at each other and said, "We will definitely do our job." ”
"Hmm."
Gu Weiqi nodded and said slowly: "You have also seen that our company does not have many people at present. However, there is already a drama that has begun to enter the preparation stage, of course, this point does not have to be worried about by everyone here. The main thing is that I'm going to direct another action blockbuster myself, and that's where you need to help. ”
"What kind of film is it? Can the boss tell us about it? ”
"Could it be the drama with an investment of tens of millions of dollars and a million Hong Kong dollars to recruit the heroine?"
“……”
Everyone asked, Gu Weiqi nodded and said: "That's right, it's this blockbuster with an investment of 10 million, Sister Weiwei bothered you to bring the script of 'Guoshu Grandmaster Starting from Scratch' to show you." ”
"Okay." Fang Lingwei agreed, took the script over and distributed it to several people.
At that time, Chen Xunqi also went to Phoenix TV Company to find Zhang Guorong and Guan Zhilin, and when they heard that they were going to make a movie, they were naturally very happy. However, while Guan Zhilin was happy, she also complained a little that Gu Weiqi didn't even make a phone call for herself for so many days, and said that she was a boyfriend, which was too much.
Because Gu Weiqi is the boss of Phoenix Company, the company's three giants, including Huang Xizhao, Xiao Sheng and Zhou Liang Shuyi, actively cooperate with Chen Xunqi in terms of seconding actors and filming equipment.
The next step is relatively simple, after Chen Xunqi determined the filming schedule with Zhang Guorong and Guan Zhilin, he selected some supporting actors from the company, and also found some behind-the-scenes members from other film companies, and soon formed a crew.
On the side of Donglai Company, everyone quickly finished reading the script, and Gu Weiqi asked, "What do you think of this script?" ”
"Not bad." Huang Yongheng first expressed his opinion: "I think it's very interesting. ”
Liu Zhenwei also nodded and said, "Yes, especially the action design is very outstanding." ”
Wang Jiawei emphasized: "What is even more rare is that it also carries forward our traditional Chinese arts, which can be said to take into account literature and art at the same time as business, which is very rare." ”
"Since you all think it's good, let's tinker with this film next."
Gu Weiqi said resolutely: "Brother Yongheng, you will be the photographer of this film, so I will leave it to you to find the venue and set." Brother Wei you will be the coordinator of this film, and Zhen Viagra will be the executive director of this film. Brother Lin, are there any problems with you assisting me in the production of this film? ”
The four of them hurriedly said, "No problem, boss." ”