Chapter 198: Ambition

On October 28th, "Dancing with Dragons" was officially released, and the scene was still very grand, but the next box office was not as good as "The Biography of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million", although as a happy comedy movie, the script was okay, but now this kind of film is very popular, everyone plays like that, there are too many of the same type in a year, and biographical movies like "The Biography of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million" are just emerging.

Twenty days after its release, it received more than 38 million at the box office, although it is not much compared with the previous film, but this is still an eye-catching number, and it is enough to get a place in this year's top ten box office awards.

Such dazzling results almost made Chen Jin sit in the position of box office guarantee in an instant, not close to the "double Monday", but has already sat in the same position as them, at least, in the current situation.

Or, on the other hand, it is enough to illustrate the problem, Chen Jin's salary in "The Legend of Inspector Lei Luo of 500 Million" is 11 million, and "Dancing with Dragons" is also a competitive salary, but this time Chen Zichen went to talk about it, and the specific details are not clear, but the result is that Chen Jin's account has another 6 million.

Moreover, because of the success of Chen Jin's competitive salary, it has now become a trend, and some actors have also begun to negotiate relevant contracts with film companies, as for film companies, they are also willing to discuss on this basis, after all, not everyone can guarantee a certain big hit, big sales are naturally good, it doesn't matter if you give more benefits, if the box office is poor, you can also reduce losses.

However, this kind of competitive salary is only implemented among those super names, such as Fa Ge, Xing Ye, Andy, a few of them. Of course, Jackie Chan and Xing Ye are often making films at their own expense, and they have box office guarantees, so they can earn more. As for the others, the usual salary is small, and the film company is too lazy to talk to you.

The movie was a big hit again, and the film contract was unsurprisingly piled up on Chen Zichen's desk, but Chen Jin was rushing to produce Cantonese records. Fortunately, at the beginning of November, the filming of the movie "The Legend of the New Brother of the Casino Tycoon" finally came to an end and entered post-production. However, this kind of film is also fast, unlike some blockbusters that take months or even half a year to post-production, this time the film will probably be released at the end of the year or early next year.

During this period. Chen Jin also made a film, but it was a complete cameo, that is, the later famous movie "Rich Night Banquet", which was a public welfare film filmed for the East China flood that occurred in June this year, in addition, when the East China flood occurred, Chen Jin also took out the largest donation of 10 million among Hong Kong artists.

Except for the movies. The production of the Cantonese record is also going well, and it will be able to come out in the second half of the year, and the rehearsal for the concert at the end of the year is also very successful, and it is now basically taking shape. All that's left is to perfect and connect, also thanks to the help of my brother and Sister Fang.

Seeing that the days can start to be free again, two movies came to the door at the same time, and two acquaintances came to him, the first is the famous Fa Ge.

Fa Ge took the initiative to find the record company, and Chen Jin was in the post-production of the song at that time, which meant that he was a little engrossed. Although he knew that someone was coming from behind, he didn't plan to pay attention. It wasn't until he finished a song that he turned his head and found that Fa Ge was looking at him with a smile.

Stand up. I touched my nose a little embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, it's easier for me to get caught up in this job!" ”

Fa Ge smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "That's good, otherwise how can I produce good works for everyone," and added, "I just came, I hope it didn't bother you." ”

The two of them didn't need too much politeness, let Zhang Weixiong make a good cup of tea for Fa Ge, Chen Jin looked at the big document bag in his hand, he had already guessed something, and said with a smile, "What has to be done for you to run in person, if there is something, just call me." ”

Fa Ge chuckled, "Didn't you know that you have been busy lately, I heard that you are so busy that you don't even have time to sleep, I just happened to be free, so I came to see you!" "Chen Jin is busy, but he has been busy for half a month since he came back, because there was too much work to squeeze before, and everything was squeezed together.

said a joke, turned to the topic, and handed the large document bag in his hand to Chen Jin, "I heard that you haven't accepted a movie appointment recently, look at this, if appropriate, let's work together." ..., he didn't say that it was inappropriate, just forget it, since he came to the door, he naturally planned to cooperate with Chen Jin, so it was a bit hypocritical to say it, Fa Ge and Chen Jin have a very good relationship, and there is no need to say those superfluous words.

Chen Jin casually glanced at the words "Spicy Detective" on it, he is very familiar with this movie, but the protagonist of this movie is Fa Ge, so the role he wants to play is likely to be the one played by Tony Leung before.

How to say it, the whole movie can be regarded as Fa Ge's one-man show, and it is also the best interpretation of director John Woo's violent aesthetics, as for the role that Chen Jin wants to take, it is not too brilliant.

However, being able to cooperate with Fa Ge once, and at the same time, to be able to cooperate with John Woo, an international director, to learn his shooting skills and experience in violent aesthetics, this is a good experience in itself, nodding, and there is no need to read the script, "OK, Fa Ge, your recommendation should not be bad, when will it start, you just tell me." ”

Fa Ge was stunned, but he also understood what he meant, smiled slightly, and patted him on the shoulder, "Actually, this role has been human before, but I think you are better, and I also want to cooperate with you once, for this reason, we also changed the script and added some drama to you," and winked at Chen Jin again, chuckling, "I also want to see if the effect of our cooperation can have more surprising results." ”

Chen Jin understands the meaning of this, not to mention Fa Ge, Chen Jin's guarantee of the box office is absolutely terrifying, and he deliberately added scenes, naturally so that the two of them can play to the extreme, so that the effect will make the fans sell it, otherwise Fa Ge will be happy alone, and Chen Jin's fans may not be very happy.

With a smile, Chen Jin shrugged his shoulders, stretched out his hand to Brother Fa, and said sincerely, "I'm looking forward to cooperating with you, I believe it will be great." Fa Ge also smiled, "That's good." You don't have to audition for your acting skills, we'll start in five days, and someone will let you know when the time comes. ”

It didn't take more than ten minutes, Fa Ge left, sometimes things are so simple, everyone has a good relationship, and they are busy with each other, so they don't need those empty things. After that, let's go, everyone is busy, and when it's time to play, everyone can have fun together.

Fa Ge didn't have long to go. At noon, Chen Jin was about to go to dinner with Chen Zichen when Yuan Kui suddenly called him. said that he would invite him to lunch, and there was a martial arts movie that he wanted to discuss with him.

Chen Jin didn't think much about it, the cooperation was happy before, and the other party could be regarded as a senior, so it was a little inappropriate for Yuan Kui to invite him, so he asked Yuan Kui and found that he and the other two were here. invited them to go to the adjacent Linhai Garden for dinner.

The other two are Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Bin, both of whom were born in martial arts, but Cheng Xiaodong is more famous, especially after he followed Tsui Hark, he grew up rapidly. Now he can be regarded as the leading director and martial artist in Hong Kong.

In addition to Yuan Kui and Chen Jin, who are familiar, the other two and Chen Jin have only met once at the last Academy Awards, and after a few words of greeting and ordering, Yuan Kui raised his head, "Ah KING, we have a good costume martial arts movie here that is about to start filming, I think it should be even better if you star." ”

Then Cheng Xiaodong took out a script from his briefcase and handed it to Chen Jin. "I HEARD SENIOR BROTHER YUAN SAY THAT KING'S KUNG FU IS VERY HIGH, AND HIS MOVEMENTS ARE VERY ELEGANT. If I want to try to work with you, you can read the script first. If there are any problems, we can discuss them in detail. ”

"Smiling Proud Jianghu: Undefeated in the East", Chen Jin glanced at the name of the movie, but he didn't expect it to be this film, this is really too famous, but this is still a movie with a very strong personal color, it can be said that this is a milestone movie that has achieved Lin Qingxia, and because of this, Lin Qingxia really stepped into the ranks of super red stars.

This is known from the quantity and quality of the dramas she took on in Hong Kong before.

Those who have watched this movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The Undefeated in the East", to be honest, most people only remember Lin Qingxia, who played the undefeated East, and there are not many people who have an impression of Jet Li, who played Ling Hu Chong.

What Chen Jin lacks now is experience, an authentic costume martial arts drama is still quite tempting to Chen Jin, martial arts is not the same as real fighting, the subtle key and difference need to be well experienced by Chen Jin, and the styles of Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Bin, the two martial arts fingers, are just different, or even completely different styles, in this regard, this is also a very attractive condition. ..., after flipping through the book slightly, Chen Jin smiled at directors Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Bin, "I also ask Director Cheng and Director Yuan to give me more advice, but I just took a book before, and I may need more communication and understanding from everyone in the arrangement of the itinerary." ”

Cheng Xiaodong smiled slightly, and said with a joke, "This is a small problem, but I didn't expect you to agree so happily, I thought of a lot of reasons before I came, thinking about how to impress you." "Chen Jin's book is now famous, basically ninety-nine out of a hundred were beaten back, and it seems that there are backers behind him, and no one dares to force him.

The most important point is that people really have that strength when they pick books, look at the movies they act, not to mention the acting skills, the box office is enough for all film companies to praise him as God, in other words, there is that film company is not to make money to make movies!

Chen Jin didn't take Cheng Xiaodong's jokes to heart, with him, more factors should be in the consideration of the box office, otherwise, it is completely unnecessary to let Yuan Kui be the middleman, because there are obvious traces of human affection in it.

The two sides are not familiar with each other, but the topic is still easy to find, except for Chen Zichen, Chen Jin and the four of them all know martial arts, although some are just fancy, mouthful, but Chen Jin can still communicate with them, because it contains the experience and technology of martial arts, and Cheng Xiaodong They also saw from Chen Jin what is called real kung fu, Chen Jin said that when it came to the rise, it was enough for them to be stunned for a while, it was a real martial arts stunt!

This meal is very enjoyable, and everyone's relationship is closer, and even some of Cheng Xiaodong's worries before coming are completely gone, the rest is just excitement, the so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing, after seeing Chen Jin's kung fu, he feels that he has finally found an action actor who can make his elegant and gorgeous martial arts concept the best, or rather, Chen Jin is the prototype.

After eating, Chen Jin and Chen Zichen went to the company's office for a little lunch break, the two of them lay on the wide sofa, Chen Zichen squeezed into Chen Jin's arms, with a comfortable face, and said lazily: "I didn't have time to tell you just now, Kanto TV finally admitted defeat, although it was still an out-of-court settlement, but the conditions were all done according to your requirements, and the apology statement was officially broadcast on major TV stations in the morning." ”

Giggled again, rubbed it into his arms, like a cute kitten, "This time I got 50 million for nothing, you guy, it seems that you are really a big lucky star, making money is so easy." ”

Kanto TV can't really wait for the court's verdict, in the case of the first trial was extremely unfavorable, although it was delayed until the next time, but on this day when the trial was about to start, they finally admitted defeat, and part of the one billion yen in compensation was paid by the lawyer group, and Chen Jin once again made a large amount.

Of course, money is actually a trivial matter, and the end of the matter with this result not only made Chen Jin raise his eyebrows, but also made him rise again, stimulating the record to have a small big hit, no matter what the media, there is some awe of Chen Jin, and this, from Hong Kong, to Taiwan, and now to Japan.

Occasional whispering, you and me, Chen Zichen grabbed Chen Jin's dishonest hands, panting slightly, his face was colorful, his eyes were fluttering, and he was flattering, but he suddenly said: "My dear, why don't we also open a film company, anyway, we have made so much money now." ”

Jin Chen is really rich now, and he can even say very angrily that his company makes more money than many large companies, although Chen Jin is such a singer, but Chen Jin makes 100 million yuan a year, Jin Chen is naturally more.

Of course, this doesn't matter, the important thing is that this company is Chen Zichen's, she is thinking about everything for Chen Jin now, Chen Jin wants to act, but she picks dramas, but Hong Kong only has so many books, and most of the good scripts are performed by her own company, and very few are taken out.

In this case, the best way is to invest in the film company yourself, find your favorite script and director, etc., and Chen Jin not only has money, but also has a box office guarantee, which is no problem at all, and can be counted in one fell swoop