In Hong Kong in the 80s, the smell of the New Year was very strong during the Chinese New Year. Lion dances, dragon dances and other performances can be seen everywhere, and there are even large-scale celebrations on the streets of the city. However, the custom of setting off firecrackers has been banned, but since '82, a grand fireworks display has been held on Victoria Harbour every year on the second night of the Lunar New Year.

Chinese New Year's Eve was spent at Li Jiaxin's house, and on the second day of junior high school, he enjoyed the fireworks show next to Victoria Harbor, and Chen Pingan naturally wanted to accompany Zhong Chuhong.

After staying in Hong Kong for more than two years, he has more and more friends, and in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, he has visited relatives and friends everywhere, and occasionally attended celebratory drinks in the circle.

The four movies released in the Chinese New Year file are all high-quality products, and they are all sought after by the audience after their release, but with the passage of time, the gap in the box office is still gradually reflected.

At the beginning of February, "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" and "God of Gamblers" went hand in hand, leading the box office list with a box office of 20 million, and competing for the box office championship alternately with 10,000 yuan as a unit, with fierce competition.

Although the reputation of "Dragon and Tiger" is no less than these two movies, the unhappy ending still greatly affected its box office, and the attendance rate declined to a certain extent, and the box office of more than 10 million was thrown off by the first two movies.

"Rich and Powerful", which was screened for nearly a week in the evening, became the biggest dark horse in the Chinese New Year. At present, with a gap of less than two million, it is close to "Dragon and Tiger", and there is a tendency to replace it at any time, which makes Debao generals smile, and Gao Zhisen also breathes a sigh of relief and becomes a high-profile director in the Chinese New Year.

Shi Nansheng has been very busy recently, busy with the overall relocation of the company. The Dark Horse International Film and Television Base in Tseung Kwan O has been delivered, except for the office building being renovated and connected to the water and electricity procurement equipment, the studio has basically been delivered.

Before the Chinese New Year, Ye Zhiming, who came back from the United States, brought good news to Chen Ping'an. Under Xu Ke's threading of the needle, he successfully acquired the computer animation group under ILM for 10 million US dollars and renamed it Animation Studio.

Ed, who served as vice president of Lucas's film and animation department, was recruited to recruit Ed. Catmoore, co-founder and head of technology at the studio, has a total of 44 employees. Before Ye Zhiming returned, he left $20 million for the studio as a development fund and handed it over to Ed. Catmoor is solely responsible for the occasional visits to the company.

The members of the studio all thought that Ye Zhiming was the real investment boss, and they didn't know Chen Ping'an behind the scenes.

After returning to Hong Kong, with Shi Nansheng taking charge of the overall relocation of the company, he had to devote some of his thoughts to the leasing of the 37th and 38th floors of the World Trade Center. Since this was once the headquarters of Dark Horse International, and Dark Horse International has achieved extraordinary results in this year, for Hong Kong people who believe in feng shui numerology, this is a treasure land of feng shui, and the rent is naturally higher.

In addition to this matter, he is also responsible for the sales of peripheral products for several newly released movies of Dark Horse International. Although he is very busy, he likes this intense work rhythm, and his years of experience in the business world have also made him adapt to this busy life early.

Jiang Zhiqiang started a new trip to Europe and the United States with "Bloody Heroes" and "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Not only did I have to negotiate the overseas distribution of "Bloody Heroes", but I also wanted to negotiate with Twentieth Century Fox whether the film could be released in the summer, which was very difficult. Negotiations between Jiang Zhiqiang and Twentieth Century Fox began at the end of last year and have continued until now. Even if he made concessions and only asked for a box office share of 10, the other party did not let go.

As for "A Chinese Ghost Story", he doesn't have to worry about Asian distribution at all. After the verification of the Hong Kong box office, the box office of 31 million was won, and film companies from all over the world took the initiative to come to the door, and this year's Chinese New Year file in Taiwan was released "A Chinese Ghost Story" distributed by Hailian Pictures, so Wang Guxian must return to Taiwan for the New Year this year, cooperate with the promotion of the film, and at the same time enhance her popularity and fame in Taiwan. As for Japan, the largest box office in Asia, it has been scheduled to be officially released this summer.

Jiang Zhiqiang took a copy of "A Chinese Ghost Story" to Europe, the purpose was to understand the situation of the film industry in European countries, and prepare to sign up for "A Chinese Ghost Story" in the fantasy and science fiction film industry.

At the beginning of the new year, the company's employees are busy and prosperous.

Chen Ping'an is also very busy, before the summer vacation, he has three movies to shoot, and he can't delay for a moment.

"Boss, you're looking for me." Guan Jinpeng walked into the office, "How is Lao Shang doing?" ”

Shang Gowenton is doing well in Hollywood, starring in "Lethal Weapon" is valued by Twentieth Century Fox and is ready to be released this summer, which is very good news. For the sake of his prodigal son, he endured the temptation of Hollywood, and at the behest of Chen Ping'an, Li Xiaolin has been busy packaging him recently, arranging for him to attend various events, and some lace news.

"He's not bad." Chen Ping'an smiled, "What, miss him?" ”

Guan Jinpeng smiled: "What does the boss have to tell me?" ”

"How did you read the script of "Rouge Buckle"?"

"Rouge Buckle" was the first prize in last year's script collection competition, and it was bought by Dark Horse International for 500,000 yuan, which is enough to prove the importance attached to the script. Chen Ping'an handed over the script to Guan Jinpeng and named him to direct it, and Guan Jinpeng was like a treasure. As early as when he was reviewing the script, he fell in love with "Rouge Buckle".

"I like this book very much, but it's a lot of pressure." Guan Jinpeng sighed. The script of the first prize, not to mention that the followers are very heavy, just saying that the price of 500,000 makes Guan Jinpeng feel Alexander.

"Give you a year to prepare, is there a problem?"

"A year?"

Chen Ping'an nodded: "I plan to arrange this movie to be released on Easter next year, and I not only want the box office, but also win awards." ”

"Winning the prize?"

"Hmm. The three awards of Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress must be won, as well as Best Film Score and Best Film Song. In addition to these five awards, other awards should also be won as much as possible. ”

So much? Guan Jinpeng gasped, feeling out of breath.

"Ha, it's just a joke, you won't be scared!" Chen Ping'an didn't want to put too much pressure on Guan Jinpeng, but he also wanted to give him a thought and make him full of motivation, "What do you think about the actors?" ”

"I'm working on the script, and I haven't thought about the actors yet."

"Okay, you study it slowly, there's plenty of time. Are you interested in being my assistant director during this time? ”

"No problem!" Guan Jinpeng agreed without hesitation. The directors of Dark Horse International like to be an assistant director for Chen Ping'an, because they can learn a lot from Chen Ping'an, ""Prison Storm" or a horror movie? ”

"Prison Storm."

In horror films, he is going to find Chen Jiashang as an assistant director. After becoming a director in later generations, Chen Jiashang likes to try various themes, and often tries horror films, and has the elements of a horror film director. Of course, in Chen Ping'an's view, Yu Yunkang is actually the most suitable, and he can carry the banner of Hong Kong horror films after him, but Yu Yunkang is the director of New Art City, and he definitely does not want to come over to him as an assistant director.

Therefore, he plans to cultivate Chen Jiashang and first discover the horror film director's talent in the latter's body.

I asked Guan Jinpeng to come to the office today to discuss the filming of "Prison Storm" with Guan Jinpeng. wants to integrate Guan Jinpeng's unique graceful and delicate style into his own "Prison Storm".

Guan Jinpeng has read the script of "Prison Storm". The script was awarded the Grand Prize and won a million-dollar prize, and the directors who served as judges at the time carefully studied it. "Who are the two male protagonists looking for?"

"Fa Ge and Ah Hui."

Guan Jinpeng savored it, and his eyes lit up: "Fa Ge plays Zhong Tianzheng, and Ah Hui plays Lu Jiayao!" ”

"That's right."

The assistant director and director can achieve "heart-to-heart" in terms of the selection of the leading role, which is definitely a good thing for the shooting of the whole movie. But Guan Jinpeng's next words made Chen Ping'an have a black line in his head.

"Boss, I have an idea that I can add a relationship to the play. The character of Lu Jiayao is positioned as a weak character, bullied in prison, protected by Zhong Tianzheng, and after a long time, he has an indescribable affection for Zhong Tianzheng in his heart......"

I'll it, you want Fa Ge and Ah Hui to do it!

"Prison Storm" is a bit similar to "The True Color of Heroes", which is purely male, and there is no real heroine in the whole movie. Chen Ping'an asked Guan Jinpeng to be the assistant director, considering that Guan Jinpeng is good at deconstructing the love-hate entanglement of the characters in the grand narrative of the changes of the times, and wants to add a bit of flexibility to the whole movie.

But he didn't think about letting Zhou Yunfa and Liang Jiahui do the foundation, even if it was a dark line.

"Don't do that for the time being, it's still about brotherhood, but don't be as tough as in "The True Color of Heroes", can you understand what I mean?"

"No problem. Should other characters be cast publicly? ”

"I don't have time." Chen Ping'an smiled bitterly, "Let's discuss it and settle it." ”

The two continued to discuss the script and personnel casting, and soon completed a small range of revisions to the script, and finalized several important supporting roles such as Silly Biao, Datun, Dasha, and Dami. But the role of the biggest villain in the play, the captain of the prison guard, Killer Xiong, has a disagreement.

"I think Li Zixiong is very good, he is very suitable to play the villain." This is Kwan Kam Peng's view.

Chen Ping'an chose Zhang Yaoyang, who emerged with the latest excavation of Xinyicheng and "Dragon and Tiger": "Ah Xiong is suitable for playing the villain, but he is more suitable for playing the category of traitor and club boss." The hateful policeman, or when Zhang Yaoyang is there, the policeman he played in "Dragon and Tiger" is very perfect. ”

"That's right." Guan Jinpeng nodded, "I watched that movie a few days ago, and I was so angry that I didn't sleep well all night. The damned don't die, the undeserving ones die...... The literary and artistic nature is enough, but it makes people uncomfortable, no wonder the box office was left behind by us and Golden Harvest. ”

"Those brothers are talents."

"Boss, who is Lu Jiayao's girlfriend looking for a cameo? Amin? ”

"Let's find Axia......" R1152