Chapter 119 Spend money to buy experience
"Taking the wrong car" was directed by Liu Zhenwei; "The Old Corpse in the Mountain Village" was directed by Wang Jiawei, and these two films can be regarded as having directors. But in the face of the cartoon "King Kong Gourd Baby", there is no director, which can't help but make Gu Weiqi smile bitterly, or the company's opening time is too short, the background is insufficient, and the professional talent reserve is not enough. In particular, the shooting of animation requires many technical problems, and it can be said that none of you have experience or are sure to make this film, so they dare not open their mouths and take risks.
"That's good~"
Gu Weiqi looked around at everyone, groaned slightly, then turned his gaze to Gao Zhisen and said slowly: "This film will be handed over to you to direct, let Luo Lixian and Zhang San from the special effects department assist you." The two of them have learned some related computer special effects technology at the Blueprint International Digital High-tech R&D Institute during this time, and the three of them are okay, right? ”
Luo Lixian, Zhang San and Gao Zhisen glanced at each other, and they all nodded helplessly and agreed.
"Don't worry, it doesn't matter if this film is smashed, I will definitely not blame you, it should be to spend money to let you learn and buy experience. In addition, I will give you if you want people, and I will give you money if you want money, and I will definitely support you in terms of capital investment and manpower. Of course, it would be better if you could shoot a high-quality product. ”
Gu Weiqi said solemnly with a serious face: "This is the first cartoon produced by our company, so I hope you all have snacks, don't be in such a hurry, take your time." In addition, I hereby promise that after the film is produced, in addition to the normal remuneration and basic salary, the minimum reward per person will not be less than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. If the film is a big hit, there is also a generous bonus. ”
As soon as the three of them heard this, Fang Shi breathed a sigh of relief.
So Gu Weiqi announced a "dismissal", but he stopped Lin Zhenying and Chen Xunqi, and discussed the next five new films to be filmed by the company for a while before dispersing. At that time, it was already dusk, and when they arrived at home, Fang Lingwei and Princess Yana had already prepared dinner.
Eating a fragrant dinner, Gu Weiqi looked at Princess Yana and said, "Aya, how do you feel about Xiangjiang?" ”
"It's very nice, it feels like a modern metropolis. In particular, the social order here is good, and the people live a stable, prosperous and comfortable life. ”
Princess Yana said with great interest: "It is also very convenient for shopping, and there are many delicious delicacies. In the past few days, Sister Weiwei has taken me to visit many places and bought a lot of things. But I also spent a lot of money, and I have already spent almost 500,000 of the 1 million Hong Kong dollars of pocket money you gave me. ”
Gu Weiqi smiled and said indifferently: "It's okay, you man and I make money to let my women spend it." ”
The three of them were talking and laughing, Luo Jianan came back, Fang Lingwei hurriedly added a pair of dishes and chopsticks to her, and she told Gu Weiqi while eating that Yan Qiudi had already won a shop for opening a hot pot city with 500 million Hong Kong dollars.
Gu Weiqi nodded, and said in his heart that the speed of this Yan Qiudi is quite fast. However, the Mei brothers are responsible for taking care of it, so he doesn't have to worry about it. In fact, he cooperated with the Mei brothers, and he also took care of these two uncles for the sake of Anita Mui's face. Otherwise, you can do it yourself.
As a strong business woman, she knows that if she can have a good relationship with the Thai royal family, she will definitely be able to add a lot of help to the development of Gu Weiqi's investment companies in Taibang in the future. Therefore, after briefly reporting the work situation to Gu Weiqi, they sat down next to each other and chatted intimately.
Gu Weiqi saw that several women had a harmonious relationship, and he was also very happy in his heart. As the so-called "family and everything is prosperous", so that he can devote all his energy to the entrepreneurial work, if several women together because of jealousy and fighting each other, then he will definitely be very troubled, fortunately there is no such bad situation.
The next day, Gu Weiqi took the first part of the Wong Fei Hung series "Wong Fei Hung: Top Gun" and the first part of the "Street King of Fighters" series "Rage Dragon" to the company, and first called Chen Xunqi, Lin Zhenying and Wong Bingyao to the office to show them the script, and then they thought it was good, and then they called the heads and directors of various departments to continue the meeting.
That's right, this "Once Upon a Time" is an action movie in 1991 by Jiahe Film Company, directed by Xu Laowei, and starring Li Lianjie, Guan Zhilin, Yuan Biao, Zheng Zeshi, Zhang Xueyou, Wu Ma and others. As soon as it was released that year, it got a box office of more than 29 million, ranking eighth at the box office that year, which can be said to be a very good result.
The film tells the story of the last years of the Qing Dynasty, one of the "Ten Tigers of Eastern Guangdong", one of the famous martial arts masters of Foshan, Huang Feihong, who was the head of the Black Flag Army and the head coach of the militia at that time. Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army, was sent to Annam to fight France, and the Black Flag Navy was incorporated into the militia under the jurisdiction of Huang Feihong, but the admiral declared a personal vendetta, closed Bao Zhilin and disbanded the militia.
Liang Kuan of Meixian County met the thirteenth aunt of a beautiful woman in the theater, but he didn't want the other party to be Huang Feihong's lover, and due to various misunderstandings, Liang Tou baked iron cloth shirt Yan Zhendong and Huang Feihong were enemies. Under the unequal treaty, the foreigners advocated that the United States was the world of Jinshan to deceive a large number of laborers, abduct and sell women, and the thirteenth aunt was also captured on a foreign ship, and was almost insulted by the gangsters, but fortunately Liang Kuan rescued him, Huang Feihong and the foreigners fought bloodily, and finally exposed his conspiracy and rescued the thirteenth aunt and the deceived laborers and women. And the misunderstanding between Liang Kuan and Huang Feihong was eliminated, and Huang was worshipped as a teacher.
As for the first part of the "Street King of Fighters" series, "Furious Dragon", it is Gu Weiqi's original script, which absorbs the essence of classic action movies such as "Kung Fu", "Boxer", and "The Grandmaster of National Arts", and adds touching love scenes. The general plot mainly tells the story of "Dragon", who was born in the slums of Kowloon City, and followed his father to practice martial arts since he was a child, but because of his stubborn temperament, after his father died, he wandered the streets and fought all day long. Until one day, when he met a beloved blind girl "Yahua", he decided to change his ways.
In order to raise money for Yahua's surgery to replace the corners of his eyes/membranes, Long sold all the properties left to him by his father, but it was still not enough. At this time, he rescued a club boss "Smiling Tiger", and the other party saw that he was doing good kung fu, so he wanted to take him under his command. Long was originally determined to change his past mistakes and become a new person, and he didn't plan to mix in the club anymore. But in order to get the money as soon as possible, he agreed to the other party and became a follower.
At the same time, Smiling Tiger and another big man "Iron Dragon" are holding an underground boxing match in order to solve the grievances of the rivers and lakes, and the bets of both sides have reached hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. But unfortunately, the fighter on the Smiling Tiger's side was assassinated when he was about to enter the arena and died.
When the smiling tiger was in a hurry, the dragon said to let him try, once on the field, he showed a swift outstretch, fierce boxing, rich fighting experience, and the "Ali", known as the "King of Boxing" sent by Tielong, was defeated. The dragon became famous in this battle, because he defeated the boxing king cleanly, so he earned the nickname "The King of Fighters".
However, this made Tielong, who had lost a lot of money, furious, so he sent a killer to assassinate him, but he repeatedly escaped with his sharp outstretched hand. But the constant assassinations also bothered him a lot. In order to avoid the endless assassination, he decided to immediately perform surgery on Yahua to change the corner of the eye/membrane, and then move to the countryside.
However, the smiling tiger sees the dragon as a cash cow, and naturally does not want to let him go. Especially when he recently had to fight a big boss from Yuben in a boxing match with a huge stake, he insisted on keeping Long, hoping that he would help finish the boxing match before leaving. However, it happened that Yahua was going to have surgery that day, so he excused himself and planned to accompany his beloved woman to the operation.
The smiling tiger was furious, so he had people kidnap Yahua, who had just undergone surgery, and forced him to punch. He was furious in his heart, but for the sake of Yahua's safety, he had to finish the boxing match according to the other party's request. But after the boxing match, the smiling tiger was afraid that the dragon would retaliate against him, so he decided to get rid of him first.
But the dragon finally defeated the smiling tiger and the others by reaching out sharply, and then the two moved to the countryside, away from the rivers and lakes, and it didn't take long for Yahua's eyes to see again, and the two have lived happily together ever since. This is where the story comes to an abrupt end. Of course, this is only a rough plot, and there will definitely be discrepancies in the details.
However, Gu Weiqi has already completed the general story line and plot, and the details will be handed over to Huang Bingyao and their professional screenwriter team. I believe that with the polish of those talents and "crossing the bridge", the plot of this film will be more full and perfect. Naturally, he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
At the meeting, after reading the scripts brought by Gu Weiqi, everyone unanimously felt that these two scripts were very interesting. In particular, "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" is much more novel than the ones filmed by Kwan Dexing in terms of storyline. In fact, this is also reasonable, you must know that this film was shot ten years later in 1991, and Gu Weiqi has taken it out now, and everyone thinks it is relatively novel.
As for Old Monster Xu, what should I do? Gu Weiqi could only say "I'm sorry" in his heart.
But the most optimistic thing is "Street King of Fighters: Fury Fire Dragon", which can be said to be a typical action movie. Such action movies are very "popular" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as in the whole of Southeast Asia, and it is foreseeable that as long as they are not too badly filmed, even the box office in Europe and the United States will make a big difference.
After some discussion, Gu Weiqi decided to let Lin Lindong serve as the director of "Street Boxing", and Yuan Hao as the executive director. As for "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun", Chen Xunqi was asked to produce it himself, and Wong Wing-hang was appointed as the executive director. When everything was arranged, he breathed a sigh of relief and called the meeting to end.
So everyone got busy, preparing the crew, casting, finding a suitable shooting location, setting up a studio, etc., all of which needed to be prepared before the official start. It will definitely take a while for the official start of filming, but after Gu Weiqi arranged it, he didn't worry about it anymore. Remembering that she hadn't seen Lin Qingxia's big beauty since she came back from Taibang, she hadn't seen her for many days, and she really missed her a little bit, so I called her.
As soon as the phone was connected, Weng Yuanling's playful voice came from the phone: "Hello, who is it?" ”
"Ah Weng, I'm Gu Weiqi, what are you doing at home?"
"Rest, a few of us were a little tired from filming 'Super Bodyguard' some time ago, and now that the movie is finished, we naturally have to rest for a while. I heard that the boss has come back from Taibang, did you bring us a gift? ”
"This ......"
Gu Weiqi smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I was too busy to go to Taibang this time, and I came back in a hurry." However, after a while, I will be able to take care of the affairs of various companies, and I will go abroad soon. When the time comes, I will definitely remember to bring you some special gifts from abroad. ”
"Well, you said it, don't forget it next time. You're not busy right now, are you? ”
"Yes, I just finished a meeting with everyone, and the company will shoot five new films next."
"Isn't it? Five new films? ”
"That's right, some time ago, I asked people to open a few more theaters, and now our Tang Dynasty theaters have reached 19, which is not much better than Shao's and Jiahe. Naturally, it is necessary to keep filming in order to meet the normal operation of the theater chain. And the company is in a period of development, so naturally it can't stop. ”
"Oh, yes. But you can't be so busy all day long, even if you are an iron person for a long time, you have to be tired, the combination of work and rest is beneficial to physical and mental health, we are idle and bored in the villa to play mahjong. But I'm too much of a point today, and I've lost thousands, so come and help me touch a few. ”
"How many touches?"
Gu Weiqi suddenly felt a little evil in his heart when he heard this, and couldn't help but secretly feel funny, this girl is really a big personality, she can say anything, but since the beauty said it, she had to respond with a smile: "Willing to serve, you wait, I'll go over immediately." ”