Chapter 59 "Chainsaw"

"Brother Fu, how is the company being formed now?" Pouring a glass of water from the water dispenser, Li Yihua asked about the status of the company's formation.

"After the funds are abundant, all departments of the company have been quickly improved, and it can be said that the soldiers are now strong, just waiting for the next film to start." When Fu Baorong talked about the company, the spirit immediately came, absolutely typical workaholic.

"That's good, I'm already thinking about the script, and I'll take it back tomorrow and hand it over to the screenwriting department to improve and perfect." Li Yihua looked at the company's recent situation report in his hand and showed a satisfied expression, he didn't expect Fu Baorong to make the company like this in such a short time.

"It's good to have your script, now no one in the outside world knows, you are a master, there is absolutely no problem with the script you wrote, that is the guarantee of the box office." Fu Baorong heard that Li Yihua wrote the script by himself, and he was even more relieved about this movie.

"Is it as exaggerated as you say? By the way, how much liquidity does the company still have that can be used for filming. "The problem of funding definitely affects a film, and this is also the issue that Li Yihua is most concerned about.

"After a period of development, coupled with the company's regular working capital, it is now about 5 million that can be flowed." When it comes to money, Fu Baorong is also helpless, although the company has developed rapidly, but the money is also spent like water.

Ay! It's still a little money, it seems that it's impossible to make blockbusters recently, and the company is still focusing on small costs for a period of time, and can't waste a lot of money to affect the company's future development.

"Brother Fu, leave you four million funds, which you use to develop the theater chain. I spend a million on my next movie. Although the funds are relatively tight, Li Yihua still plans to divide the funds in two.

"Why do you want to develop cinemas, didn't you cooperate with a few cinemas last time?" Fu Baorong looked at Li Yihua with a puzzled expression, very puzzled.

"If you don't have your own theater, you will always be controlled by others, I like my fate to be in my own hands, not in the hands of others." Li Yihua said domineeringly.

Fu Baorong thought about it, but this is the case, without his own theater, he is leaving his fate in the hands of others. For a company, it's an absolute horror.

After a warm dinner at home, Li Yihua picked up a cup of hot tea and slowly approached the bedroom to write the company's next movie.

Li Yihua slowly recalled the small-budget films of later generations, which must have both box office and word of mouth. Low-budget films refer to films that do not require additional expenditure on actors, scenes, costumes, effects, etc., and the funds required are limited to maintaining normal production and distribution.

Due to the low investment and low cost, some small-budget films cannot be released, and it is precisely because of the specialization of communication channels that small-budget films are less influenced by mainstream ideology, which reflects the director's thoughts and creative intentions to a greater extent. In terms of creative intentions, some are to meet the viewing needs of specific groups of people, some are to express life experience, and some are trying to explore new ways of film expression, so small-budget films are more diverse than "blockbusters".

What Li Yihua needs is a low-budget movie, and the lower the cost, the better! Thinking about it like this, a bunch of movies came to mind, most of them were comedies, but when I looked at the cost, most of them were more than one million Hong Kong dollars in production fees, and Li Yihua couldn't help muttering: "It's lower, it's lower......"

So, a lot of movies were ruled out in his mind, and only the last few were left, and he looked at them carefully, and two of them were the most suitable for his current situation, the first was "Happy Ghost" and the second was "Saw Horror".

One is a Hong Kong film, and the other is an American film shot by Chinese. In Hong Kong, Li Yihua first thought of the "Happy Ghost" series of movies, but Huang Baiming bought the copyright a long time ago, but he didn't shoot it. In the future, this year, Huang Baiming filmed "Happy Ghost", if Li Yihua takes the script of "Happy Ghost" now, he will definitely collide with Xinyicheng, then the mess will be big, and his reputation will be a failure.

Saw is a 2004 horror thriller directed by Chinese director James Wan. The film, which took only 18 days to shoot, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004. On October 29 of the same year, it was released around the world, and finally brought a box office of 55.18 million US dollars in North America.

Due to the success of the first series, sequels "Saw 2", "Saw 3", "Saw 4", "Saw 5", "Saw 6" and "Saw 7" later appeared. Each one is applauded and acclaimed, and the short shooting time, low cost, and high box office of the film have set records one after another, and they are regarded as the most classic horror films.

Li Yihua almost didn't have to think about it, so he chose "Chainsaw". For several reasons, "Chainsaw" will only be released in 2004, and there is no possibility of plagiarism or crashing; Second, he now only has a fee of HK$1 million on hand for filming, and such a small cost of filming is not a problem; In addition, the most important thing is that Li Yihua wants to make it into a series, thinking about the popularity of "Chainsaw" in the future, I am very excited!

Li Yihua chose "Chainsaw", mainly because the storyline was attracted, the plot was meticulous, and it had suspenseful characteristics, which made people unconsciously fall into it. Then he recalled in his mind, more than an hour later, he stood up in a cold sweat, exhaled a long breath, and said uncertainly: "Nervous and exciting, but in the end I was almost scared to death......

"Chainsaw...... Chainsaw horror ......" Li Yihua wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and read to himself, although he has not seen many horror movies, he dares to say that this one is definitely good. He turned around the house, there were not too many scenes, and the shots of the movie were not difficult, of course he could shoot them......

Thinking of this, Li Yihua waved his fist and shouted: "Just shoot it out!" Shoot a Hong Kong series. ”

After determining the movie to be filmed, Li Yihua suddenly felt his blood boiling, and he was very excited to walk around the house. Calm down and start to write the script, he wrote the storyline of the script, and then handed over the specific details to the screenwriting department to improve. It is more suitable for the actual situation in Hong Kong and does not make the audience feel nondescript.

For the screenwriting department, Li Yihua fully trusts it, as the saying goes, three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang, and there are so many people in the screenwriting department, they will definitely be able to create a lot of sparks. Besides, there are many talented people in the screenwriting department, and they will definitely be able to create more exciting scripts together.