Chapter 181 The premiere of "Overlord Flower".
After the release of "Zombie Family", Zou Wenhuai made a special call to Chen Ping'an, admitting that Golden Harvest was afraid that he would lose to Dark Horse International again this summer, and congratulated "Ghost Fighting Zombies" on its box office success and is expected to win the box office champion in the summer vacation.
In addition, he also told Chen Ping'an on the phone that the second half of this year will also become the world of Dark Horse International, because Cheng Long is going to Europe, and "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", which has been preparing for many days, will start filming, and it is estimated that he will be back at the end of the year.
Old fox!
Regarding Zou Wenhuai's words, Chen Ping'an has always listened to them as a joke and will not believe them.
It was inevitable that Golden Harvest would lose to Dark Horse International this summer, and there was a chance that "Ghost Fighting Zombies" would win the box office champion. The box office of this drama does not only rely on the nonsensical performances of Wu Mengda and Wu Junru, but the wonderful performances of popular stars such as Liu Dehua, Wang Guxian and Li Saifeng are the most critical.
As for Golden Harvest preparing to start filming "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", Chen Ping'an also got the news from Li Saifeng two days in advance, and he also gave Li Saifeng a check for three million, so that when she was filming in Europe, she could travel and shop and enjoy her trip to Europe.
But Zou Huaiwen said that Golden Harvest gave up the Hong Kong film industry in the second half of the year...... Golden Harvest is not only one Cheng Long, among the many satellite companies, Xu's comedy, Hong Jinbao's Baohe and other satellite companies have contributed to Golden Harvest's palace over the years.
Chen Ping'an told Zou Wenhuai on the phone that he was also leaving Hong Kong, and he would rush to the United States to film after the release of "Overlord Flower", "I will be very busy at that time, Mr. Zou, don't take advantage of my absence to bully us Dark Horse International." ”
Little fox!
This is Zou Wenhuai's evaluation of Chen Ping'an, just like Chen Ping'an called him an old fox, and at the same time sighed again that the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and the pressure brought to him by Chen Ping'an was greater than that of the New Art City back then.
Zou Wenhuai inevitably asked Chen Ping'an about "Autumn Fairy Tale", 15 million started filming literary films, and 5 million invited Zhong Chuhong, "Can you earn back the investment?" ”
Chen Ping'an actually didn't plan to invest so much, fifteen million was also a gimmick, and according to his estimate, 10 million would have stopped. He doesn't want Hong Kong films to enter the era of pure big casts early, and he wants to set an example to the outside world: Zhong Chuhong's salary of 5 million is true, but it only accounts for one-third of the budget, so as to avoid that after the success of "Autumn Fairy Tale", other film companies will rush to invite big stars, prematurely raise the salaries of stars, and at the same time reduce the expenditure on filming.
He can't tell Zou Wenhuai these words, he only says that he has confidence. In order to divert the topic, he told Zou Wenhuai a fact: "Thank you Mr. Zou for your mercy, "Zombie Family" was released ahead of schedule, "Overlord Flower" has one less strong opponent, and we can end the summer vacation perfectly!" ”
What he said was what he really thought in his heart, but it was not necessarily the case in Zou Wenhuai's ears. Just as Chen Ping'an didn't believe his words, he didn't believe Chen Ping'an's words either.
Healthy competition is Chen Ping'an's positioning between Dark Horse International and Golden Harvest.
This summer, Dark Horse International has achieved remarkable results. With the help of Golden Harvest's "conspiracy", he sat back and watched Debao and Xinyicheng lose at the hands of Golden Harvest, and then defeated Golden Harvest to thwart Golden Harvest's "conspiracy" and became the biggest beneficiary.
However, the sudden fall of "Flying Antelope" cast a layer of worry on Chen Ping'an's good mood.
"Leaping Antelope" has only been released for two weeks. As the only youth inspirational film, in the summer of comedy, action movies, and zombie films, it brought a touch of coolness to the audience, and was loved by many audiences, although the box office was not amazing, but it was not too bad. The most important thing is that judging from the attendance rate of "Leaping Antelope", it has not yet reached the standard of painting!
What's going on in New Arts City? Did you fall out with Princess Jin? It's impossible, Lei Juekun is the major shareholder of Xinyicheng!
The unreasonable painting of "Flying Antelope", coupled with what he had seen and heard before, made Chen Ping'an smell a little unusual in this hot summer, and it was necessary for him to verify and verify his guess again.
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"Boss, I have chosen the cast of "Bloody Heroes", please take a look."
From the creation of the script, to the selection of actors, to the preparation of the crew, Chen Ping'an did not interfere, and Wu Yusen was fully responsible. This is a kind of trust and an expectation, and the only thing to interfere with is to recommend Bao Dexi as the cinematographer of this play.
The male protagonists are Zhou Yunfa and Li Xiuxian, the same as later generations; Zhu Jiang Zeng Jiang is also a veteran actor in Hong Kong, and his acting skills and attitude are beyond doubt; Heroine......
"Who is this man?" Chen Ping'an asked, pointing to the heroine's name. It was not Ye Qianwen he was familiar with, but a name he had never heard of.
"She was found in the ballroom, she was a dancer, and she danced jazz very well, which fits the premise of Jenny in the play."
Chen Ping'an hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you change someone?" ”
"Who does the boss want to change?"
"Ye Qianwen."
"Ye Qianwen? Does she do jazz dancing? ”
"Let's change the heroine to a singer."
Wu Yusen was silent, and asked after a few minutes: "The boss wants to sign her?" ”
"I have this idea, but it has nothing to do with this change of role."
"Is there anything else that needs to be changed?"
"No, everything else will do what you want."
"Okay, I'll let someone inform Ye Qianwen."
Wu Yusen went back to revise the script, and by the way, he notified Ye Qianwen to come to the company to audition, and Chen Ping'an told him to let Ye Qianwen come to the office to meet him after the audition.
It's ten o'clock in the morning now, and even if Chen Ping'an wants to come to Ye Qianwen for the first time to audition for the company, it should be this afternoon, who wants to be less than half past eleven, and the secretary Amy informed him that Ye Qianwen was here, just outside the door.
So fast!
"Mr. Chen, thank you for giving me this opportunity." Ye Qianwen, who finished the audition, had already learned from Wu Yusen that she had won the heroine, even if Chen Ping'an didn't say that she wanted to see her, she planned to come to Chen Ping'an and thank her in person.
"You're welcome, I think you can play this role well, and I appreciate your attitude towards your acting career." Chen Ping'an smiled, brewing words in his heart, not wanting Ye Qianwen to take the initiative to provoke the conversation: "Mr. Chen, there is something I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”
"Say it."
"That's right." Ye Qianwen hesitated slightly, "I plan to leave Xinyibao." ”
"Leaving the new art treasure?" Chen Ping'an's pupils tightened, "Will they agree to release them?" ”
"Mr. Robin talked to me before leaving, and said that if there is a suitable choice, I will also leave."
"Teddy Robin leaving New Arts? What about the new art city? ”
Teddy Robin is also one of the seven monsters of the former New Art City, with the departure of Zeng Zhiwei, Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng and others, he gradually withdrew from the New Art City, concentrating on managing the New Art Treasure record and playing his music, he is the person in charge of the New Art City.
Ye Qianwen shook her head: "I don't know, but Mr. Robin has left Hong Kong, saying that he is going abroad to relax." On the day I got on the plane, I heard that Mr. Mak, Mr. Shi and Mr. Huang had all gone to see him off. ”
"You leave Xin Yibao, what is the attitude of the three of them?"
Mecca and Shi Tian's attitude Ye Qianwen is not clear, but Huang Baiming once told her to thank her for her contribution to Xinyicheng in the past few years, if she has a better choice, the company will respect her opinion and will not make things difficult on her contract.
Ye Qianwen came to Chen Ping'an, and she also wanted to ask Chen Ping'an if she had invited herself to join Dark Horse International, whether she still counted, and if possible, she was willing to sign a contract with Dark Horse International.
"Welcome!" Of course, Chen Ping'an will not refuse Ye Qianwen's joining, this is a powerful singer in the future, and it also brings him very valuable news, which verifies the speculation in his heart.
But why? What happened to make such a big change happen to New Arts City?
In front of Ye Qianwen, Chen Ping'an called Luo Dayou and Zhang Guozhong to arrange for Ye Qianwen to sign a contract. Ye Qianwen was very happy when she left, because Chen Ping'an also promised that after she joined Dark Horse International in the future, she would personally write a few songs for her and create an album.
Chen Ping'an has a bit of a hidden master in the music world. Everyone in the circle knows that his singing skills are only middle and upper-middle, but he has creative skills, and the songs created by the lyrics and songs are very high. After his stunning performance at Anita Mui's concert at the beginning of this year, many record companies and singers approached him for songs, but he only wrote a few songs for Dark Horse Records' Beyond and two other singers.
Being able to get Chen Ping'an's promise to write songs for herself is an unexpected joy and a huge surprise for Ye Qianwen. Watching her leave happily, Chen Ping'an had a smile on her face - Ye Qianwen, who will succeed in the future, will become a role model for many Hong Kong acting stars, so that they can understand the benefits of signing a contract with Dark Horse International.
This smile didn't last long, and soon he remembered Ye Qianwen's job hopping and the changes in Xinyicheng. This is completely different from the Hong Kong entertainment industry in his memory...... Is it also because of the butterfly effect? This butterfly effect is inevitably too strong, right?
On August 22, "Ghost Fighting Zombies", which was released for four weeks, was drawn, and the box office was finally fixed at 24.8 million, failing to realize Wang Jing's hope of breaking through 25 million. The audience has been looking forward to the premiere of "Overlord Flower" for many days, and the premiere was held at the Taiping Theater that night, and the tickets for the premiere were sold out early as always, and the scale was unprecedented.
Stimulated by Zhong Chuhong's worth of five million, all the invited celebrity guests were present, and some second- and third-tier stars did not receive the invitation, and they would rather buy tickets for the premiere at a high price than attend the premiere.
Many stars attended, the whole premiere was star-studded, the audience was dizzying, and from time to time there were luxury cars outside the Taiping Theater, which caused the audience to scream again and again, and the big shouts of buying tickets were worth the money, and those who didn't buy tickets went around asking for tickets, and the ticket prices were constantly too high, so that the ticket prices increased fivefold.
In the Taiping Theater, celebrities chatted with each other, audiences kept coming forward to ask for autographs, and some audiences brought their own cameras to take photos with celebrities.
After half past six, the iconic Mercedes-Benz S appeared in the Taiping Theater, and the reporter was curiously waiting for Chen Ping'an's female companion, and then the appearance of another red Ferrari attracted the attention of most of the reporters. R1152