Chapter 226: Hurricane
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The Buddhist scriptures say that Infernal is the most painful of the eight hells. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
With "Infernal Affairs" as the title, it is obvious that the meaning is profound, and it is to tell the outside world something.
It's a pity that the outside world doesn't know the content of the script, so they can only guess randomly. And a group of actors with scripts, but they can't reveal anything, and for a while, Infernal Affairs seems extremely mysterious.
When the news came out that Infernal Affairs was actually a trilogy, everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu to be so crazy, and he attracted four actors, three actresses, and many well-known actors under Rainbow Entertainment, and he actually created a three-episode series.
If that's not crazy, then what is.
Many people have made it clear that Ye Zhiqiu's footsteps are unstoppable, and if Ye Zhiqiu can create a series of films with such a huge lineup today, he will definitely be able to shoot a bigger film tomorrow.
is a film of Infernal Affairs, although the artist's salary has not been announced, but even if he is a fool, he has now seen that the high salary has been calculated, and the four actors and three actresses are worth at least 200 million or more in terms of the value of three plays. This is not counting the salaries of Ye Zhiqiu, Bai Tao, and other actors, if you add up, it is possible to reach 300 million.
Of course, the outside world doesn't know about the halving of Cheng Kailong, Zhou Lang, and Gong Lin's salaries, and because they are three films filmed together, the salary is not as high as imagined, but Ye Zhiqiu will not be stupid to tell these internal news.
He also has to explain to the Entertainment Guild, but unfortunately, since the film is divided into three parts, it is impossible to price them together. It has to be priced one by one, and the three films, on average, are only a few big names worth high enough, and as for the scenes in the film, they are really small.
Therefore, in addition to the actors' salaries, the investment in the whole film is actually only a few million, and such a polarized film does even Lin Wan'er, who joined later, and Zeng Weitian and others feel strange and terrifying.
But after reading the script, I was deeply moved by the script, and they were surprised by Ye Zhiqiu's screenwriting ability, and secretly said that Ye Zhiqiu was known as the hand of God and a gold medal screenwriter, this name is obviously not called in vain, but genuine.
In Ye Zhiqiu's initial budget and shooting plan, after the selection of the location, the three films should be completed within three to five months at most. Because it's all literary drama, and it doesn't require computer stunts, as well as large-scale scene cooperation, and even makeup doesn't need much.
With the crazy drama of several actors, Ye Zhiqiu believes that I am afraid that three months is a long time.
When Ye Zhiqiu's filming plan was told to the actors, everyone looked at Ye Zhiqiu as if they were crazy, for them, although there was no big scene, this drama can definitely be called a classic, and it is a film that must be shot carefully. And Ye Zhiqiu's relaxation, as if he didn't take this film to heart at all, everyone hesitated for a while, whether Ye Zhiqiu could be the director of this play.
Although Ye Zhiqiu has created wonderful films such as Xiaoao Jianghu, Fengyun, and Liang Zhu, this drama obviously needs a certain degree of control and control, otherwise how to clean up several actors and actresses on the same stage.
Ye Zhiqiu also has his own methods for this, one is to compare the original film, and the other is to invite several actors and actresses to watch at any time, if the actor feels that he has not filmed enough, then reshoot. Of course, the decision is ultimately Ye Zhiqiu's, and now Ye Zhiqiu has the experience of controlling several big names at the same time after filming Fengyun, so he still has a plan in his heart.
Because the whole play has extremely high requirements for Liu Tianle and Cheng Kailong, the two spend a lot of time pondering their roles.
Infernal Affairs tells the story of two people whose identities should not belong to them, who live in an environment similar to Infernal Affairs, and are afraid that others will reveal their identities in their dreams.
However, in this world, what is the truth of life and the truth of life, and the confusion shown by the characters is also the in-depth discussion of this issue that Ye Zhiqiu wants to explore.
In Ye Zhiqiu's narration, the two also knew that there is no reincarnation when entering the infernal world, only eternal suffering. Of course, in Infernal Affairs, what the two of them suffer is mental and spiritual pain. can't say it, can't retreat and can't retreat, and endure all kinds of inner torments, which makes the two protagonists in the film always seek reincarnation and want to get out of this infernal.
However, the final result has already been arranged, and this is destined to be a film that raises the discussion of people's surnames to a very high level.
After being crowned with the deep definition of Buddhism, even though it is a film with a very small actual investment, no one dares to relax, and even other extreme actors and actresses are always thinking about their roles.
For fear that a bad performance will affect the whole film, when the critics comment, they will point the finger at themselves.
It can be said that although this is a good opportunity, it also makes the extremely movie stars feel a lot of pressure, and many times they even have an extremely depressed idea of wanting to escape.
Similarly, for several people, this series of movies will undoubtedly be a new breakthrough in Chinese police and gangster films over the years, the film has changed the single clue and rhythm of previous Chinese gangster movies, but completely focused on the characters.
Because of this, several people were shocked by Ye Zhiqiu's talent to the extreme, and with the filming, they all found that they had no chance to intervene at all, as if Ye Zhiqiu had a reference in his heart, and even many scenes passed by at once, which quickly made everyone feel incredible, and even felt unreal.
It wasn't until a month later that the first part was completed, and then Ye Zhiqiu started filming the third part, but put the second part played by himself and Bai Tao at the end.
The third part of the Ultimate Infernal will completely solve the mystery laid by the first and second parts, and the first two parts will inevitably bury one game after another, and even the audience who has watched it will have many doubts. Because this is a three-in-one series, even actors and actresses such as Liu Tianle, Cheng Kailong, and Zhou Lang think that this is a film that will make people lose and let go, or even become enlightened, or be confused.
As for the confusing words, it is obviously a ridicule of Ye Zhiqiu's directing skills, because everyone is extremely optimistic about this film, so they don't want the film to have big loopholes or flaws.
The first part is definitely extremely exciting, although the second part does not have Liu Tianle and Cheng Kailong, but it has the cooperation of Ye Zhiqiu and Bai Tao, as well as several other actors, so it is also wonderful.
And in the third part, even Ye Zhiqiu felt a headache, because filming the ultimate seamless is a hard job, and the shooting is like this, not to mention the audience who watched.
I remember that when I watched this film in my previous life, Ye Zhiqiu still had to carefully contact the first two films, and kept reconstructing them so that the plot could unfold smoothly. Don't make yourself incomprehensible, and in the original play, Ultimate Wujian lacks an explanation of some things about the character of Liu Jianming in dreams and reality, which makes the audience sometimes suddenly realize, oh, it turns out that those are all hallucinations, producing such a feeling.
Of course, this is only for the audience who don't want to use their brains, most people watch it with relish and feel that it is extremely deep in connotation, and it is indeed a classic.
In his previous life, he had carefully studied these three films, so Ye Zhiqiu had carefully read many comments, and he also called up three films at the end of the goofs and found that this was indeed the case. With the memory of his previous life, if he shoots this film at this time, Ye Zhiqiu will naturally not let the goofs continue to exist, and will naturally make up for some supplements, so that this film can also become a classic in this time and space.
Cheng Kailong was extremely relieved in his heart, and he was pleased that Qingyu International and Red Leaf Entertainment merged to form Rainbow International.
It is gratifying that one of the two soul figures of Infernal Affairs is actually one of them.
He knew that this was a film that would allow him, Liu Tianle and everyone else to be included in the history of Chinese film, and in the past 20 years, because of the relationship between Qingyu Entertainment and the development of Qingyu Entertainment, he took on films randomly, and he took almost all the films of famous entertainment groups.
It's just embarrassing that in Qingyu International, it's okay, he can play the leading role, but after arriving in other entertainment groups, he can often only play supporting roles for some newcomers who are not as famous as him or who have just debuted.
For this reason, he always feels that his position is extremely embarrassing, obviously won countless Best Supporting Actors, won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and won the actor throne, but the films he acted in were not blockbusters.
Although his acting skills have been perfected, many people are amazed, but his situation is so embarrassing. Even when Qingyu International entered a slow development, in order to help newcomers, he also lost many opportunities.
Although Yan Qingshan, who is a friend, does not restrict him from receiving films, but also helps him take on films, but with his performance in the past 20 years, although he has stepped into the first-class, he does not have much box office appeal, which makes him not favored by many big directors. Even if he sometimes has the opportunity, he is not like Liu Tianle who will become the protagonist, at most he is only a supporting role, and even many times he is a negative role.
Now, when standing on the rooftop, as the real protagonist, and Liu Tianle face to face, his expression was a little trance, and even extremely excited.
At the end of the first part of Infernal Affairs, on the rooftop, Cheng Kailong held a gun, pointed at Liu Tianle, and said that classic line.
"I'm sorry, I'm a police officer."
This sentence not only expresses Chen Yongren's heart in the film, but also expresses Cheng Kailong's mood at this moment.
It seems to be expressing my attitude to everyone again, telling everyone that I am an actor, a first-class actor, and that firm and complex mentality is vividly expressed.
Ye Zhiqiu applauded, and the onlookers also clapped their hands at each other, this scene is so exciting, it will definitely become a classic.
In this world, there are many things that are reasonable but not legal, and there are many things that are legal but not reasonable. For ordinary people, how to choose, it is indeed a headache, the ancients still looked up to the sky and sighed that loyalty and filial piety could not be both, and there was always this helplessness.
A gangster member who does not forget to protect the interests of taxpayers every month and wants to be a real cop and a good person.
An undercover cop whose sanity is always better than emotion, blurts out something like "I'm sorry, I'm a police officer" when he finally faces a severe test.
At this moment, everyone's hearts rise that this is life, this is the helplessness and impermanence of life.
This line is so ordinary, but it is so touching, he has no gimmicks, no show, it is so logical, so impressive.
"This is a good movie, it's definitely ......" Lin Wan'er looked at Ye Zhiqiu, but she couldn't help but think of Qin Yan in her heart.
Thinking that if Qin Que was here and did not quit the entertainment industry, with Qin Que winning the crown and identity of the actress, there would definitely be Qin Que in this Infernal Affairs, and the two sisters would play in the same movie, what a beautiful thing.
Thinking that in college, Zhen Ni, Qin Yan, and her, all three of them had such a wish, hoping that one day they could gather in a movie, be able to play on the same stage, continue their sisterhood on the big screen, and tell everyone that they are the best sisters.
However, thinking of Qin Yan's current situation, the state of being as if she had lost her aura, as if her soul had no energy, made her feel uncomfortable.
She didn't know what was wrong with Qin Yan, in her opinion, as long as she didn't like it, she would resist, Ye Zhiqiu was such a good person, why Qin Yan was willing to give up, she couldn't understand this, and she couldn't understand Ye Zhiqiu's silent performance.
Unlike Jenny, Jenny loves to play, loves to be in the limelight, and can give everything for her future.
But she wasn't, and neither was Qin Yan. Many times, she found that she and Qin Yan were a kind of people, a kind of person who could dedicate herself to art, but was always emotionally wronged. Although she still hasn't been in love at this time...... "Do you want to tell Ye Zhiqiu, otherwise, I'm afraid Yan Qingshan really has that plan......"
Lin Wan'er has also heard of Yan Qingshan's recent appearances, and even vaguely mentioned Yan Yu's matter, although Ye Zhiqiu did not say anything about it, but now that Rainbow International Ye Rang and Yan Qingshan are in charge of things together, in order to handle the relationship well, Yu is very good, I am afraid that Ye Zhiqiu can really get together with Yan Yu in the end.
Thinking of herself, after the contract expired, she has not renewed it until now.
There are many reasons for this, one is that she is very disgusted with certain things and has never compromised, which makes her lose a lot of opportunities to play good roles.
The second is that she is unwilling to be controlled all the time, so even if she will lose a lot of benefits in the future, even if no one asks her to act, she is willing to be a freelance artist, rather than renewing her contract with Kyoto International.
However, now, after Yan Qingshan's proposal, and even Liu Tianle's proposal once, Lin Wan'er's mind moved somewhat.
She knows Ye Zhiqiu's talent very well, and although her relationship with Ye Zhiqiu is not very close, it is also relatively close because of Qin Yan's relationship.
At present, among the actresses of Rainbow International, except for Gong Lin, there is really no one who can compare with her status. And she is also in her early thirties, if she joins Rainbow International, many big scenes will definitely be played by her nearby, just like Infernal Affairs that is currently being filmed.
With the vigorous filming of Infernal Affairs, the second part of Night Interview with Vampire was also a huge success.
is different from the first part, because the investment in the first part is within 30 million, so the number of theaters can only hover at the bottom line of 6,500.
The investment in the second part has reached nearly 50 million, which has reached a level, so the number of theaters is within 11,000 to 16,000.
However, because the film belongs to the fifth category, it can only be watched by adults, and it is forbidden for people under the age of 17 to watch it, so there are already great restrictions. However, it is also true that with the development of the plot of the second part, there are indeed many murderous and bloody scenes in it, and although the reputation is excellent, it still has no hope of improving the category. So it is still restricted, and in the end it can only get the bottom line of 11,000 theaters.
Not only that, but larger mainstream theaters are not allowed to be released, and can only barely enter the second-class theaters, which is very unfair on average.
But because the night interview vampire is originally promoting a different culture, although it is under the guise of a human surname, the actual essence is inseparable from the big framework of anti-human, so it is always attacked, and it is very good to have such an ending in the end.
Fortunately, although China has such restrictions, and even many countries in Asia have great restrictions, there are also places that are open up.
Because of the vigorous expansion of the market of Rainbow International, as well as the favor of many foreign film companies and distributors, the vampire was successfully introduced into the American market and the new continent market.
Although there are still a lot of restrictions, Ji Wenhao is also famous in the Americas and New World, and even took Ye Zhiqiu and Bai Tao to star in the first part, and the actors in the second part have also gained some fame in several countries in the two states.
The other actors who worked on both films also benefited from the same thing, which was an unexpected benefit.
On the other hand, because of the reputation of Fengyun and the new style, the whole country has swept a trend, and countless teenagers have frantically poured into the cinema to watch the movie. is also because of the discussion of Fengyun by countless film critics, which has made Fengyun rise steadily, surpassing all movies in the same period and ranking first at the box office.
After the painting, the box office has been as high as 1.4 billion until now, which surprised countless people, including Liu Tianle, Cheng Kailong, and Yan Qingshan.
Yan Qingshan even sighed that his decision was really right, his investment seemed to be right, and Huang Zhijing had nothing to say.
From the time of the merger of the two entertainment companies, many high-level executives within Qingyu International were extremely opposed, but because Qingyu International was built by Yan Qingshan, even if the high-level opposition, there was nothing they could do, so in the end they could only compromise. Many high-level leaders seem to see no hope, and they don't know what kind of heart they have chosen to resign.
There is a reason for this, Qingyu International's accumulation of more than 20 years, as well as the two large cinemas it has built, and even the surrounding industrial deployment, etc., its industrial value is more than twice that of Red Leaf Entertainment.
But after the merger, Yan Qingshan only got 40% of the shares of Rainbow International, which is equivalent to Hongye Entertainment absorbing Qingyu International, how crazy such a thing is, and what courage and foresight it takes to do it. But Yan Qingshan did it, and he did it willingly.
The shares of Rainbow International are divided into two large shares, which are 60% of the Ye family and 40% of Yan Qingshan.
Of the 60 percent of the Ye family, Ye Zhiqiu alone accounted for 20 percent, and the remaining 40 percent belonged to the Ye family, which was not divided for the time being.
In other words, Ye Zhiqiu has a huge voice and decision-making power.
In fact, after the merger, Yan Qingshan also discovered this, and almost all the major events of Red Leaf Entertainment about movies were decided by Ye Zhiqiu.
Even a few best-selling comics were planned and screenwritten by Ye Zhiqiu, and then the following screenwriting team created them, and finally the comics department began to draw comics and distribute them.
In the future, these series of comics will be put on the big screen, filmed into movies, TV series, and even made into cartoons. Similarly, all kinds of puppet props, collections and other peripherals extend from it, bringing a steady stream of wealth to Rainbow Entertainment.
After understanding this, Yan Qingshan was completely relieved, which was equivalent to a sigh of relief.
Qingyu International is more than twice as large as Hongye Entertainment, but these are all fixed assets, less than a few billion at most.
But the intangible assets of Red Leaf Entertainment are not more than one billion, I am afraid that they will be at least tens of billions.
If it weren't for the need for Hongye Entertainment to develop vigorously, the merger of Qingyu International would have saved Hongye Entertainment at least four to five years.
occupied the advantage of time, Yan Qingshan got such a benefit, otherwise Ye Zhiqiu probably wouldn't have let go.
For the Ye family's elders, although their minds gradually became more steady, they did not have the courage to swallow Qingyu International, and it was mainly based on Red Leaf Entertainment, and Red Leaf Entertainment only got 40% of the shares, which was unimaginable for the three Ye Rang brothers.
But that's the way it is, and Ye Zhiqiu knows this best. If it weren't for Yan Qingshan helping him save four or five years of development time, I'm afraid Ye Zhiqiu would not have compromised.
The success of the night interview with Vampire II gave Ji Wenhao greater confidence, and at the same time, he began to plan to build the third part of the series.
After seeing the success of the second part, Rainbow International finally began to build the second step of the castle in the studio after roughly having a budget for the box office. Rainbow International's castle plan is a four-step process.
The first step was the planning and preliminary construction of a castle, and the second step was to build a small European castle to be used as the residence of the vampire duke, so that it could be used to shoot the third part of the night visit to the vampire.
The third step was to start expanding on the original second-step castle and building it into a larger giant castle that would prepare for the subsequent Tales of the Night, and even for other European and American blockbuster films.
As for the fourth and final step, it is to make it into a castle kingdom, similar to the castle kingdom in the Lord of the Rings.
Of course, this is not only for filming, but also for famous tourist attractions and for renting other movie entertainment companies to shoot.
It can even be said that as long as this huge castle is built, many buildings, streets, etc., will definitely be able to shoot 50% of the film, and this will also be an important place for Ye Zhiqiu to shoot films in the future.
With the second step, the castle began to expand at a breakneck pace and will be fully completed in two months' time. At that time, the casting of the third part of the night interview with Vampire, as well as various preliminary preparations, will also be prepared, and it will be ready to start filming.
Just when Fengyun Studio was divided into five roads, and Ye Zhiqiu, Ji Wenhao, Qin Ge and other five people had their own tasks, the newly formed Rainbow International also had new moves.
First of all, after combining the anime departments of the two parties, with a huge lineup of more than 200 people, the major work Cat and Mouse was launched during November.
Cat and Mouse is divided into four parts, each with fifty episodes, a total of two hundred episodes, and the current anime department has only produced fifty episodes of the first one, but despite this, it is also of a very high standard, and everyone who has seen it laughs and laughs, which is simply a killing of men, women and children.
Rainbow International, within the Screenwriting Department.
Ding Ran, who is known as a genius screenwriter, is now a twenty-six-year-old girl, and was a famous genius screenwriter of Qingyu International before it was merged into Red Leaf Entertainment. Moon Lake starring Yan Yu, this movie with a good reputation and box office was created by her. At the same time, he also created several fashion TV blockbusters for Qingyu International in a few years, and created several idol newcomers.
Now, with the 200 episodes of cat and mouse script completely completed, Ding Ran, who has not had a good rest for more than two months, finally feels that he can rest for a few days.
However, fame is not a good thing either.
On this day, Ding Ran actually received an order from above, asking her to move out of Rainbow International and go to Fengyun Studio.
This order made her stunned for a moment, and then she began to prepare in a hurry, and under the attention of countless people at the same time, Ding Ran felt that her hard work was not in vain, and the secret path genius was also beneficial.
She admires Ye Zhiqiu's talent to the extreme, she is a little bookish, and even has an antagonistic and weird name such as the Ice Queen, and she is naturally stupid, and she is a famous pistachio in Rainbow International many times.
"Jiang Li, Sophie, I'm leaving, don't worry, we are good sisters, I will definitely recommend your ......"
"It's too embarrassing......" Han Jiangli complained despite being very envious in his heart.
Han Jiangli is now thirty, but he is not as lucky as Qin Yan and Xuan Xuan, he became famous from the age of sixteen to the age of twenty, but he has been doing supporting roles, although he has won many Best Supporting Actress awards, but he also seems to have fallen into this strange circle, and this strange circle is still going on.
"Ding Ran, come on......" Sophie encouraged behind her back, and her heart was also full of envy.
She is a singer and an actress at Qingyu International. Although she was once expected to win the Newcomer Award, she was always embarrassed, and now that she is twenty-five years old, she even feels that she has lost the opportunity, but now her heart is on fire.
(To be continued)