"Yes, this cartoon is very well made." Gu Weiqi looked at Gao Zhisen and the others with praise: "Thank you for your hard work." It's almost time to eat now, let's go, I'm going to feast you all tonight, and it's a celebration for you. ”

Everyone cheered, and followed Gu Weiqi out of the company.

After arriving at the hotel, Gu Weiqi asked people to set up a few tables of banquets. Not only did the "King Kong Gourd Baby" production team be entertained, but other employees of the company also went. In fact, Gu Weiqi should have invited everyone to a meal before the Chinese New Year, but at that time, he was injured in the mainland and it was inconvenient to come back, so he was not invited. Now it's time to make up for it.

During the banquet, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, talking and laughing.

When the wine was hot, Lan Naicai couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Gu, now that our cartoon has been produced, when do you plan to arrange for the release?" ”

Gu Weiqi played with his wine glass, looked around at everyone and muttered: "This film is well-made, I plan to arrange it to be released in the summer, what do you think?" ”

Chen Xunqi said: "First of all, I admit that this film is indeed well-made, but isn't it a bit inappropriate for an animated film to be placed on such a good schedule? ”

Lin Zhenying couldn't help but say: "Yes, Mr. Gu, the summer file is the most important schedule of the year, I think it is more appropriate to arrange a live-action blockbuster." Otherwise, if the box office revenue of the films released by Shao, Jiahe, and Xinyicheng weighs on us, it will be ......"

"I know what you're worried about."

Gu Weiqi waved his hand and said firmly: "But I believe that this film will definitely be able to achieve a high box office when it is released in the summer." Because at that time, it was the time to study what to take a vacation. And everyone knows that everything is already in class now. If it is released now, it should also achieve a good box office, but it is far from being released well when it is on vacation. ”

After a pause, he continued: "The reason why I did not hesitate to invest heavily in the filming of this film is that in addition to allowing our company's talents to accumulate animation production experience and special effects technology, the most important purpose is to cultivate the audience. Okay, that's it. If this cartoon doesn't reach the box office of 30 million Hong Kong dollars when it is released in the summer, you can just spray me with saliva. ”

Everyone laughed and laughed, the boss said so, what else did they have to say?

According to Gu Weiqi's meaning, in order to ensure that this film has a good box office result, it will be listed together with comics, toys and games, which can form a huge publicity effect, and it is impossible to think about low box office at that time. Everyone nodded yes, and the matter was settled.

After the banquet, Gu Weiqi went to Li Saifeng and Zheng Wenya to spend the night, just as the so-called Xiao Biesheng was newly married, the two women had not seen Boss Gu for several months, and they showed great enthusiasm that night, so that Gu Weiqi enjoyed the blessings of all people. After arriving at the company in good spirits the next day, he called Zhong Lingyu, Wu Tuo, Chai Yuqi and Xu Yanbing from the "Xinqi International Comics Agency", "Qiqi International Toy Factory" and "Blueprint International Digital High-tech R&D Institution", as well as Tang Dynasty Cinemas.

They were given a meeting on the release of "King Kong Gourd Baby" and its adaptation into a comic book, the production of puppet toys and the development of games, as well as the promotion of theatrical releases. At the meeting, several people said that they would cooperate with the release of the film and do the corresponding work. After the meeting, before Gu Weiqi could take a breath, Fang Lingwei reported to him that Yan Qiudi had spent $280 million to acquire the two largest comic companies in the United States, "Surprise" and "Marvel", according to his instructions, and merged into "Novelty International Press" according to his instructions, and now Xiandi is still in charge.

Gu Weiqi couldn't help but feel a pain, 280 million US dollars, according to the current exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars and US dollars, can be converted into billions of Hong Kong dollars. The price paid is a little too great, but I can't help but be secretly happy when I think of those superheroes in comics, if they are made into movies in the future. So even if she instructed her to inform Xiandi to find a way to take back the copyright of all the film and television adaptations of the comics that were sold, and without his permission, she would not sell any film and television adaptations of the comics for the time being.

Fang Lingwei nodded, then turned around and left to get busy.

Gu Weiqi then convened the heads of various departments to discuss the project and shooting of "Chainsaw", and at the same time, companies such as Jiahe and Xin Yicheng are also actively preparing for new films. In view of the decline in profits last year, several major companies have planned new films as soon as the Spring Festival has passed, striving to make a beautiful comeback in the new year.

In the conference room of Xinyicheng Pictures Company, Mecca looked around at everyone with a bald head, frowned and said: "Everyone, since the opening of our Xinyicheng, the films made can be regarded as making some money. But I've been making small fights and shooting low-budget films, although this investment is more secure. But I don't think we can make our signature without making up a few blockbusters! ”

"yes."

Xu Ke nodded approvingly, and said enviously: "You see, the 'Oriental Hollywood International Film Company', which is not as early as our company, has shot a lot of blockbusters in the past two years, not only making a signboard, but also making a lot of money. It's not a way for us to continue like this, and I'm in favor of making a few blockbusters. This is a mythical story I recently wrote, 'Ancient Legends', how about you guys? As he spoke, he took out a notebook and brought it to Mecca.

"Ancient legends?" As soon as Mecca heard this, he became interested, picked it up and saw that it was the story of Dayu's water control in ancient times.

The story is based on folklore, the story is a good story, the key is to write it in a scattered manner. Especially if you want to start filming this story, you need to use a lot of special effects technology, and that thing is a money-burning thing. Especially last year, Xu Ke helped Jiahe shoot "The Legend of Shushan", which made Jiahe lose all his money, so after watching it, he threw it to Xu Ke with a lack of interest: "The story is good, but this kind of special effects film is too expensive, I don't agree to shoot." ”

Xu Ke stupidly picked up the notebook and put it in his bag, thinking that if you don't agree, then I will pull the investment myself.

Zeng Zhiwei echoed: "Yes, Lao Xu, we can't play special effects films now." I think let's start shooting a modern urban fashion movie, okay, this is the 'King of Pickle Girls' that I planned, how about you take a look? As he spoke, he distributed the prepared planning documents to the crowd.

After everyone read it, they all nodded and said that the story was written quite funny, but that's all. However, the shooting cost of this story is not large, but it can be set up for filming. After everyone's discussion, the shooting plan for Xinyicheng's first film at the beginning of 1983 was decided. Then Huang Baiming also took out a script of "Super Police", which obviously showed signs of "Super Bodyguard".

The difference is that the "bodyguard" is replaced with "police investigation", which tells the story of police investigation and protection of witnesses, and there is also a point that the male protagonist police investigation has infinite superpowers, and it seems that he is affected by the "happy ghost". Even the police have superpowers, but I have to say that the story planned by Huang Baiming is still very good. After watching it, everyone unanimously agreed to start filming.

At the same time, the conference room of Jiahe Film Company was also open, and in the conference room, Fu Wenhuai, He Guanchang, Liu Lianghua, Liang Weishu and other senior executives of Jiahe and the right-hand man of Boss Fu were all sitting.

Fu Wenhuai looked around at everyone, tapped lightly on the table and said: "You have three scripts now, one is the 'Provincial and Hong Kong Strange Soldiers' written by Mai Baoxiong, the other is the sequel to 'Plan A' written by Ah Yan, and the other is 'Modern Catch' written by Xiao Li, you have already read the script. What do you think? Let's talk about your thoughts, if there is no problem, let's start filming. ”

Jiahe producer Liu Lianghua spoke first: "The sequel to 'Plan A' is well written, and the sale and laughter are very interesting. And this film also achieved good box office results last year, with the reputation of the previous one, as long as the sequel is filmed like that, it is a sure thing. 'Provincial and Hong Kong Soldiers' is also good, but there seems to be a tendency to smear the mainland in this film, and I am afraid it is not appropriate to set up a project for filming. The investment fund of "Modern Capture Fast" is not large, and there is no problem if the project is set up for auction. ”

"I also feel that it is not appropriate to shoot this 'Provincial and Hong Kong Strange Soldiers'."

He Guanchang said slowly: "The box office potential of the mainland is very amazing, take Gu Weiqi's kid's 'Guoshu Grandmaster from scratch' as an example, it actually got more than 200 million box office in the mainland, we will definitely enter the mainland in the future, if we shoot this film now, then the leaders of the mainland have a bad impression of our company, I am afraid that there will be great resistance to entering the mainland in the future." ”

Fu Wenhuai nodded, his eyes turned around the others again, and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Everyone said, "We also don't think it's appropriate to make this movie." ”

Fu Wenhuai sighed and said: "In that case, then you can go back and send it to Mai Baoxiong." Let's shoot the sequel to 'Plan A' and 'Modern Catch'. The heads of your various departments must do a good job and get the budget out as soon as possible. Last year, our profits fell a lot, and this year we must make a beautiful comeback. ”

At this time, Dark Horse International Film Production Company, Xiang Huaqiang, the black-to-big boss who lost a large piece of territory, is now very short-tempered. Originally, he made movies for the convenience of money laundering, but now he has lost a large area of territory and industry, and his gray income has been greatly reduced. I'm afraid anyone is not in a good mood. I have no intention of taking care of the company, and now the company's responsibilities fall on Wang Jing and Chen Baixiang.

I have to say that these two are both film talents, at the beginning of the new year, Wang Jing compiled a unique book of "big hearts", and Chen Baixiang, as the manager of the company's planning department, quickly pulled up the crew as soon as Boss Xiang's filming funds were in place. And he started filming with him as the leading actor, with Wang Jing as the director, and there was no need for Boss Xiang to worry about all affairs, and the two supported the normal operation of the company.