Chapter 203 Chen Ping'an's Emotional Investment
Jet Li didn't come alone, Huang Qiuyan was by his side. Less than a month after joining Dark Horse International, Huang Qiuyan came to Hong Kong under Chen Ping'an's arrangement, and has been by his side and taken care of him in the past few months.
Chen Ping'an asked, "Ajie, why are you here?" This is the senior sister you mentioned to me, right? It's beautiful. ”
After Huang Qiuyan came to Hong Kong, it was the first time to see Chen Ping'an, and when she heard Chen Ping'an praise her beauty, her face immediately turned red, and she didn't know how to answer. Although she has been in Hong Kong for almost half a year and knows that this is the habit of Hong Kong people, she is still not used to it.
Jet Li said: "Boss, she is my senior sister Huang Qiuyan. Senior sister, this is the Mr. Chen I mentioned to you, and he also arranged for you to come to Hong Kong. ”
"Hello Mr. Chen, thank you." Huang Qiuyan was a little restrained, and stopped speaking after a few words. In her eyes, Chen Ping'an is like the CEO of a large state-owned enterprise in the mainland, a high-level leader, but she didn't expect this "leader" to be so young.
Seeing Xu Ke, Jet Li asked, "Boss, are we bothering you?" ”
"It's okay, you don't have to deal with that old monster, you will be familiar with it in the future." Chen Ping'an left Xu Ke and walked to the reception area, "Come and sit, sit down and talk." ”
Jet Li sat opposite Chen Ping'an, and Huang Qiuyan sat beside him with his body bowed, lowering his head and not daring to look at Chen Ping'an.
Chen Ping'an asked Amy to pour three cups of tea and asked, "Ajie, has your senior sister always been so introverted?" ”
He doesn't know much about Huang Qiuyan, except for watching "Shaolin Temple" back then, he felt that Huang Qiuyan was very beautiful, and the rest was about the marriage change between Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan.
"Maybe the boss, you're putting too much pressure on her. Senior sister, you don't have to be nervous, the boss is very good, and there is no shelf. ”
"That's good." Chen Ping'an nodded, "If she is really so introverted, I don't know how to arrange her." ”
Arrangement? Jet Li was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively: "The boss wants to arrange for my senior sister to ......"
"Make a movie!"
"Making a movie?" Huang Qiuyan finally raised her head and looked at Chen Ping'an differently, "Me? Can I? ”
Huang Qiuyan is beautiful enough, has a good figure, has also acted in movies, and has good kung fu, and there is a market for beautiful female stars in Hong Kong. Chen Ping'an plans to try it to see if he can give Huang Qiuyan a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film industry.
"Why not? Applejack will become an international action superstar in the future, you are his senior sister, is it difficult to become a female star? ”
International action superstar? Xu Ke, who was napping at the desk, immediately opened his eyes and carefully looked at Jet Li, who was a little immature. In his memory, Chen Ping'an rarely commented on an actor like this, there seems to be only one Shang Geyundun at present, and now there is another young man?
Huang Qiuyan hesitated, thought for a while and said, "Can I think about it?" ”
"Of course."
Jet Li took a sip of tea, took a deep breath, and seemed to have made up his mind: "Boss, I came today because I want to ask you something." ”
Chen Ping'an smiled and said softly: "Making a movie? ”
"Yes."
Jet Li has been in Dark Horse International for half a year, and he has been hospitalized for half a year, moving from a public hospital to a private hospital, and then recuperating in a private hospital.
Since the filming of "Shaolin Temple" in 82, he has shot many martial arts movies in the past few years, and while achieving high box office fame, he has also suffered many unimaginable pains. The injuries suffered during the filming of "Chinese Heroes" are the best examples.
Visible injuries are easy to treat, but dark injuries are difficult to heal. Over the past few years, he has accumulated many dark wounds in his body, and he has not been well healed. After joining Dark Horse International, he has been recuperating for more than half a year. The medical level in Hong Kong is very high, and Chen Ping'an specially chose the best private hospital, and now the dark injuries in his body have healed, so he came to Chen Ping'an today and wanted to make a movie.
It's not that he wants to make money and become famous, he wants to make movies more to repay his gratitude.
used to film in the mainland, and no minor injuries or illnesses were a problem, so I gritted my teeth and persevered. Minor injuries are often on the lips of many people, and if you chirp crookedly because of a little illness, you will be criticized and despised.
"Shaolin Temple" won 26 million votes in Hong Kong, who knows that not long after filming "Shaolin Temple", in a training session, he ruptured the medial ligament, two cruciate ligaments and lateral meniscus of his right leg, operated for seven hours, was hospitalized for more than two months, and received a national three-pole disability certificate?
"Shaolin Kid" has achieved a box office of more than 22 million in Hong Kong, and how many people know that during the filming, his neck was sprained and his tail vertebrae were misaligned?
"North and South Shaolin" grossed 18 million, and during the filming, he suffered a dislocation of the spine, a strain of back muscles, and a split of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
In the past few years of filming, only Chen Ping'an, after signing him, was not in a hurry to let him start filming movies and make money for the company, but invested a lot of money to treat his injuries and recuperate. The medical expenses and living expenses are borne by the company, and a basic salary of 2,000 Hong Kong dollars is paid every month.
Receiving it without merit and being deserved is Jet Li's biggest feeling in the past six months. Jet Li felt that he needed to do something for Dark Horse International and Chen Ping'an, and all he could do was make a movie, and he couldn't think of anything else he could repay Chen Ping'an.
"Don't be in a hurry to film, have your injuries healed?"
"It's almost, it won't delay filming."
Chen Ping'an shook his head: "I want Jet Li, who has fully recovered, not a 'disabled person' who has only recovered." You also know that your drama can only be a fight, and it can only be a martial arts film at present, I don't want you to have a dark attack in the middle of the filming, and the delay in the filming process is small, I don't want the future international action superstar to be ruined in my hands! ”
"Applejack, just listen to Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen is also good for you. You take care of your body, and there will be filming in the future. Huang Qiuyan looked at Chen Ping'an gratefully and persuaded Jet Li.
"Boss," Jet Li was moved, his voice choked, "I ......"
Chen Ping'an smiled: "That's it, you can cultivate for a period of time in these two months, and after the New Year, after you come back from the mainland, I will start a new play." Honestly, I've written the script, just waiting for you to fully recover. ”
Jet Li stood up suddenly, and his tone was excited: "Boss, then let's decide, when I come back after the New Year, I will film." It doesn't matter if it's the protagonist or not, as long as you can help the boss! ”
Watching Huang Qiuyan leave with Jet Li, Chen Ping'an shook his head and whispered: "You are not the protagonist, who else can be the protagonist?" ”
"No wonder many people want to join our company, with a boss like you...... Hehe, fortunately, I joined early. Xu Ke walked over with a cigar in his mouth.
He heard the conversation between Chen Ping'an and Jet Li clearly just now, and finally realized why Dark Horse International was able to stand alone in the poaching turmoil of Super New Art City a few months ago - emotional investment, powerful emotional investment! Not every boss is willing to invest emotionally, just like Jet Li, he did not create any benefits for the company, but the company has paid a large amount of medical expenses for him.
Jet Li has not yet become famous, and he will really be popular by Chen Ping'an in the future, and if a company wants to poach him, he may not even look at it. From Jet Li, Xu Ke thought of himself again, why isn't he like this? Otherwise, when you are in the United States, why bother to find out all kinds of news and prepare to poach ILM employees?
"Actually, what I wanted most was Sister Nansheng, you were just an add-on."
"I'm sad if you say that." Xu Ke smiled, "That young man is Jet Li?" ”
"Hmm."
"You're bullish on him? I heard Nan Sheng mention that in order to sign him, you took Short Niu, Ah Yang and Ah Zhong to the hospital. Can he become an international action superstar in the future? ”
"You'll know in the future." Chen Ping'an smiled incomprehensibly, and then brought up the old story again: "After the New Year next year, are you interested in being an assistant director for me?" ”
Before Jet Li came, he asked Xu Ke this question, and Xu Ke thought he was joking at that time. But the second time he mentioned it, Xu Ke had to face up to this problem. After thinking for a moment, Xu Ke asked, "Is he the protagonist?" ”
"Yes."
"He is the protagonist, you are the director, and I am the assistant director, it seems that you are really optimistic about him!"
"How?"
"Which type?"
"Martial arts films."
"Martial arts films?"
"A new school of martial arts films."
"A new school of martial arts films!"
Xu Ke couldn't sit still. He has always had a soft spot for martial arts films, but after entering the eighties, martial arts films have died and lost the box office, and no one wants to invest in martial arts films anymore. Hearing that Chen Ping'an planned to shoot a martial arts film next year, he became interested and wanted to know what a new martial arts film was: "I want to read the script first." ”
"No problem." After Chen Ping'an walked back to his desk, he opened the safe under the desk.
There were several stacks of scripts in the safe, Chen Ping'an rummaged through them for half a minute, took out one of them and handed it to Xu Ke. Xu Ke took the script, but his eyes were fixed on the safe: "Oh my God! Boss, don't tell me, these are all scripts you wrote! ”
"You read the script first." Chen Ping'an closed the safe and did not answer Xu Ke's question.
Xu Ke is right, in this safe, there are all scripts created by him, and there are always more than a dozen. Since Shi Nansheng managed the company, he has a lot of extra time to write scripts. The written script is first placed in the safe, and when the time is right, it is taken out and filmed directly.
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"You two are here for two time, I'll drag two horses, and I'll be on my way tomorrow!" In the inn room, seeing Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian seeing each other, Yan Chixia complained and pushed the door out. walked outside the door and thought about it, and added: "Crazy men and women, phew!" ”
Nie Xiaoqian didn't understand why Yan Chixia's attitude suddenly changed, Ning Caichen hugged her and comforted: "Being a hero is like this, you must teach a lesson before leaving." ”
Nie Xiaoqian, who understood, smiled and leaned on Ning Caichen's arms, and Ning Caichen hugged her tightly......
"Click! This is over! Boss, you come and see the effect. ”
Chen Ping'an walked over, and immediately a staff member put on a coat for him. It's already twelve o'clock in the evening, and the temperature is relatively low.
"Well, good, that's it. Everyone has worked hard, so let's rest for a while. I'll call it a day after filming tonight. ”
There are a lot of night scenes in "A Chinese Ghost Story", and these days, the crew basically starts work at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and ends work in the middle of the night, which is used to catch up on sleep during the day. The previous filming was the scene where Chen Ping'an dragged Wang Guxian to the county government to file a complaint, and the county order was made by Wang Jing to make a cameo.
At this moment, Wang Jing had already removed his makeup, and he shook it over with a cigarette in his mouth: "Boss, "Magic Jade" should be painted this weekend. ”
Chen Ping'an glanced at him and said with a smile: "Are you planning to do a pie again?" ”
"It's less than thirteen million, how can I have the face to do it."
"And what do you want to say?"
Wang Jing looked left and right and lowered his voice: "Boss, you said that Lao Wu's "Bloody Heroes", how much box office will it have at that time?" ”
Wang Jing has a dream to become the second director of Dark Horse International, the first is naturally Chen Ping'an, and the second position is ...... Wu Yusen's "The True Colors of Heroes" is really difficult to surpass, but this year his "Ghost Fighting Zombies" surpassed the "Sequel to the True Colors of Heroes", if "Magic Jade" can surpass "Bloody Heroes" again, he will have hope as the second director.
But after watching the sample film of "Bloody Heroes" in the company's screening room two days ago, he felt that his dream was becoming distant, and Wu Yusen fully demonstrated his violent aesthetics in "Bloody Heroes", whether it was the actors' acting skills, or the plot structure, as well as violence and gunfight scenes, he felt that it was very perfect.
Especially the church shootout, the white doves flying in the rain of bullets...... How the hell did this guy come up with it! and Fa Ge to help, the box office of "Magic Jade" may not be able to beat Lao Wu!
Chen Ping'an was happy to see the healthy competition within the company, and felt the loss in Wang Jing's heart, Chen Ping'an encouraged him: "Don't compare with Lao Wu, you and him are not the same way." You make movies just for the box office, and you never think about art, awards, or anything like that, right? Be yourself, become the king of Hong Kong commercial films, and let others target you and catch up with you is the right thing. ”
"Hehe, Cheng boss Jiyan. But if I become the king of commercial films, what will you do, boss? ”
I didn't want to fight with you, it seems that you will also have the title of the king of third-level films in the future life, right? Chen Ping'an smiled: "I'm the boss!" ”
Chen Ping'an did not tell Wang Jing, in his plan, after the release of "Bloody Heroes", when Jiang Zhiqiang will operate the film to be released in European and American countries, so that these countries can learn Wu Yusen's violent aesthetic theory, he should arrange for Wu Yusen to enter Hollywood!
As for Wang Jing...... He will stay in Hong Kong and achieve the prestige of the king of Hong Kong commercial films. His commercial films are not only the guarantee of the box office of Dark Horse International films, but also one of the guarantees for Dark Horse International to win the box office championship, he is an important general of Dark Horse International to consolidate the company's position in the Hong Kong film industry, and his status in Chen Ping'an's heart is not lower than Wu Yusen.
"By the way, boss, do you want to learn how to sail a yacht? Call me over there, and the two yachts you ordered are estimated to be delivered early next year. ”R1152