After secretly explaining to Luo Jianan and Yan Qiudi, Gu Weiqi found Liao Mingming with the script of "Jingwu Hero" made by Huang Bingyao and discussed the co-production with him. After all, it has been delayed for so long, and the industry in Taiwan has been sold, so there are no worries, so this matter should naturally be put on the agenda.

Liao Mingming is not very proficient in movies, but after reading the script, he still has to admit that this is a very rare good script. The original version of this film was an action blockbuster directed by Chen Jiashang, Yuan Heping as the martial arts instructor, and Li Lianjie starring. The film is also a new version of Li Xiaolong's classic film "Jingwumen" in 1972.

For this reason, Gu Weiqi has instructed Chen Xunqi to buy the original adaptation rights, after all, it will not be good if it causes copyright disputes in the future. Chen Zhen, the male protagonist played by Li Lianjie in the film, really has nothing to say, several well-designed fight scenes are quite exciting, and it still seems to be exciting, fully showing his superb martial arts skills, which can be called a classic of Li Lianjie's peak period.

However, at that time, Li Lianjie's age was not young, and Gu Weiqi felt that it was a bit unreasonable to let Li Lianjie, who was in his thirties in reality, play Chen Zhen, a foreign student in the play. If the current Li Lianjie plays Chen Zhen, it would be more reasonable, after all, Li Lianjie in reality is now eighteen or nine years old, which is more consistent with the age of the characters in the play, and it is more convincing.

"Yes, this script is very good." After reading it, Liao Zhizhi couldn't put it down, and said with praise: "Mr. Gu is worthy of being a gold medal screenwriter, and this script is written without words." ”

"Oh, Director Liao is satisfied." Gu Weiqi smiled, and asked again: "By the way, what is the situation about the release of the 'National Art Grandmaster from Scratch' in China?" ”

Liao Mingzhi replied: "It's still being promoted, and it will be released in the near future." By the way, I don't know who Mr. Gu plans to let star in this film? ”

"Li Lianjie, I think Jie Zai's kung fu is quite good, and it is more consistent with the age of the actor Chen Zhen in the play, and the actor is him. As for the male No. 2 Huo Tingen...... I remember that there was a student named Zhen Zidan at our Kyoto Martial Arts School, right? I heard that his kung fu is also quite good, and it is more suitable for him to play the second male lead. ”

"Oh, it's really more suitable for the actor to let Jie Zai play. As for this Zhen Zidan, I haven't heard of it, so let's go back and call to ask about the situation. ”

"Well, his mother is a Tai Chi master Mai Baochan, you should know it as soon as you ask. If the female number one is the case, I plan to find an actor to play, the advantage of this is mainly due to the box office, and I want our mainland actress to play the role of I'm afraid no one will be happy. ”

"Okay, what about the female number two?"

"If the female number two is to let Ding Lan play, what do you think?"

"Yes."

"Tsuyoshi Fujita and Fumio Funakoshi I also have candidates in my heart, they are called Zhou Ratio and Cangtian Hoaki, the former is a boxing master, and the latter is a kung fu master. As for Nong Jinsun, I plan to let Yu Hi and Master Yu star, and for other roles, you can select some good seedlings from the mainland for them to participate. I don't know what Director Liao thinks of such an arrangement? ”

"Okay, but what about the director?"

"If the director is concerned, I think director Zhang Xinyan and Wang Jiawei of our company will co-direct. One of them is good at grasping the direction of the plot, and the other is good at handling details, and they complement each other and believe that they will be able to make this film very exciting. ”

Gu Weiqi emphasized: "In order to ensure the quality of the film, I plan to let Liu Zhenwei, who has rich directing experience, be the executive producer of this film. In addition, I plan to release this film to Europe and the United States in the future, so in order to shoot high-quality products, our company has a budget investment of at least 12 million Hong Kong dollars. We each contributed 6 million Hong Kong dollars, Director Liao shouldn't have any problems, right? ”

"12 million Hong Kong dollars?"

Liao Mingzhi couldn't help but secretly speak, you must know that the scene of "Shaolin Temple" is so big, and it cost less than 5 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot for two years, and now he is asked to pay 6 million Hong Kong dollars all of a sudden, which is a bit painful, and the most important thing is that he can't be the master, so he said: "In principle, there is no problem, but I still need to ask the leader for details." ”

"That's it, just ask for instructions. In addition, I plan to let the crew go to the mainland to shoot in the magic capital, and I hope Director Liao will arrange this. ”

"This is naturally no problem, after all, we are cooperating, and we should cooperate with the crew."

"That's the best, in addition to cooperating in the filming of this 'Jingwu Hero', I also plan to invest 10 million US dollars to start filming the two TV series 'Journey to the West' and 'Dream of Red Mansions' in my country's four classical masterpieces."

"$10 million?" Liao Mingming couldn't help but gasp.

You must know that the domestic foreign exchange reserves are only more than 100 million US dollars, and Gu Weiqi took out 10 million US dollars at once, just to shoot two TV series, which shows that he has a lot of money. Moreover, this is also an opportunity to increase foreign exchange for the country, which cannot be missed.

"Yes."

Gu Weiqi nodded, and changed his words: "But considering that the manpower and material resources required to start filming these two big dramas are very large. That's why I'm funding here, and you're going to help shoot it. But I ask to keep the ownership of these two plays, and I want to make 70% of the profits after the broadcast. ”

"Seventy percent profit?" Liao Zhizhi raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" ”

Gu Weiqi waved his hand, took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Director Liao, don't be impatient, listen to what I say." If you think about it, I am an investor, and it is not too much to ask for 70% of the profit. The most important thing is that I pay money on my side, and you pay people on your side, which is equivalent to cultivating talents for the film and television industry in the mainland. ”

"That being said, I can't make the decision on this seventy percent profit. In this case, how about I go back and call my superiors and get back to you? ”

"It's okay, then I'll go back to Director Liao first."

"Okay, Mr. Gu go slowly, I'll get back to you soon."

After Gu Weiqi left the Hong Kong office and returned to the company, Yang Yipan told him that the "Gambling Saint" officially started filming yesterday. However, because the script "The Hand of God" involves a lot of professional medical knowledge, Huang Bingyao and they have consulted a large number of Chinese medicine books and are still tinkering.

Gu Weiqi nodded, the film "Hand of God" is not in a hurry, the main reason is that he plans to use this film to impact the European and American markets, and he must make a high-quality product. However, he also secretly admired Huang Bingyao and the screenwriters in the editorial department who were really more professional, and even worked so hard to make a script, if everyone was so serious, how could Xiangjiang Movies decline?

However, considering that the role of "Mitsuko Yamada" in "Jingwu Hero" needs to be used, the actor called Keiko Matsuzaka, told him the general situation of this role, and asked her to help find an actress.

Keiko Matsusaka, who became Gu Weiqi's woman, can now be said to have spared no effort to help his career. After Gu Weiqi called her, she agreed. In fact, as long as the movies written by Gu Weiqi are so popular in Yueben, it is relatively easy to find a suitable actor.

Yang Xuanpan saw that Gu Weiqi had called, and when he saw that it was already dusk outside, he hugged his waist from behind and said, "Husband, will you go to me tonight?" ”

Gu Weiqi turned around and held the woman's pretty face, kissed his forehead and chuckled: "Okay, listen to you, I'll go to you tonight." ”

At the same time, Liao Mingming quickly made several phone calls to the leaders in the mainland and reported Gu Weiqi's matter about the co-production. The old leader praised Director Liao again and again for doing a good job, and it can be said that he can win over Gu Weiqi, especially the matter of investing 10 million US dollars to start filming the magic dramas "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions" has been agreed by the old leader, but it still needs to be studied and studied.

In the end, Liao Mingzhi called the Kyoto Martial Arts School again and asked about Zhen Zidan's situation.

Speaking of which, Zhen Zidan is definitely an indispensable kung fu superstar in the Xiangjiang film industry. Born into a family of martial artists, his mother Mak Baochan is a world-renowned Tai Chi master and the founder of the Huaxia Wushu Research Institute. In 1974, when he was 11 years old, his family immigrated to Boston, USA.

However, since he was a child, he has been very influenced by his idol Li Xiaolong and likes free fighting. His mother was not good at it, so in 1978, she was introduced by a friend to Kyoto Shahai Sports School to learn martial arts. Two years later, in 80, Zidan went to Xiangjiang to try his luck, hoping to be like an idol, but due to immature objective conditions, he returned to the United States two years later.

Come to think of it, in the year of its debut, there were two "mountains" of Cheng Zhi and Li Lianjie pressing on it, and it has always been half red and not purple. It wasn't until later, when Cheng Throat gradually grew old and Li Lianjie reduced his filming year by year, that he finally shined and became internationally renowned!

And in this time and space, Zhen Zidan also followed his teacher Yuan Heping to film for two years, but the response was mediocre, and now he has returned to the United States. However, Liao Zhizhi has a very wide relationship, and soon practiced Zhen's mother Mai Baochan, and when she talked about this matter, Zhen's mother agreed after thinking about it a little, after all, her son likes to act in movies. Especially when I heard that the script is good, it was written by Gu Weiqi, a famous gold medal screenwriter in Xiangjiang, which is also an opportunity for his son.

After hanging up the phone to Zhen's mother, Liao Mingzhi called Gu Weiqi and told him that there was no problem for Zhen Zidan to participate in the "Jingwu Hero". Regarding the filming of this film, the mainland will also give the greatest help. However, there is a co-production of "Journey to the West" and "Dream of Red Mansions", and the leaders above are still being studied.

Gu Weiqi was at Yang Yanpan's residence at this time, lingering with the girl, and after receiving the call, he ended the call with a few vague words. But the two of them were like dry wood touching a fire, and when the passion was burning, suddenly the door was pushed open from the outside, it was Rong Huiwen and Wei Haohua. However, when the two saw the embarrassing scene, instead of flinching, they couldn't wait to come over, automatically removed their clothes, and wrapped themselves around.

It turned out that these two girls were taken down before Gu Weiqi went to Yueben and the United States to shoot "God of Gamblers". When Yang Yanpan learned about it, instead of being angry, he gladly accepted them.

The reason is that Gu Weiqi has a lot of women now, and she can see two more anyway; Moreover, she has a better relationship with these two girls, and she has two more sisters, so she will not suffer losses when competing for favor with Gu Weiqi and those women in the future. And Gu Weiqi is as strong as a calf, she can't bear it alone, and now there are two more sisters who can help her share some of the pressure.

And the reason why Gu Weiqi let the two women star in the film "Gambling Saint" is also because they are now his own women who specially take care of them.