Chapter 265: Preparations
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In August 2002, the contracts were signed one by one. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The crew of info "Sea Tiger" also paid more than 25 million yuan in cash for the remuneration of actors and staff.
Of the rest of the funds, 30 million will be used for filming. 45 million yuan is used for post-film special effects and other expenses.
It can be said that this movie is very money-burning, far more expensive than any movie directed by Wang Qinian. But burning money is very worthwhile, the cast, the topicality of entertainment news, and Wang Qinian's ability are also greatly improved and consolidated.
Wang Qinian believes that this 100 million yuan blockbuster was successfully made, and he can also control 200 million, 300 million and other astronomical blockbusters in the future.
The upgrade of the director of a blockbuster film is to increase the investment budget every time a stage passes. In the end, burning money into art naturally occupied the throne of the king of commercial films.
And commercial films will be considered art by the industry to a certain extent!
For a blockbuster like "Sea Tiger", which invests hundreds of millions of dollars, all aspects of preparation are very complicated. is not like those movies with millions of investments, which are completely based on feeling and experience, and will be completed in two or three months.
In fact, this film is a huge project just for setting up the set and communicating with the actors and crew. In addition, Wang Qinian also takes many details seriously, not seeking to be flawless, but it can't make people feel shoddy at a glance.
The special effects or scenes of the movie can be piled up with money. However, the details and sincerity of the film. Often only through the heart. If you don't pay attention, no matter how much capital you invest, it will make the movie full of flaws.
Whether the movie is sincere or not, the audience can see it!
Sincerity is not necessarily reflected in the box office, but in the audience's senses!
is like the later 100 million yuan blockbuster "Wuji", although he is willing to spend his blood. But it is not well handled in many plots and details. So much so that it is a big bad movie alive. Some of the audience, who couldn't bear it, naturally scolded them!
Therefore, Wang Qinian can't let the 100 million yuan investment "Sea Tiger" become a luxury bad movie, but to make this movie a masterpiece. Let the quality and influence of the movie surpass that of the comics!
Let fans of the manga watch the movie, and they will not say that they have desecrated the original book, but will only comment on the awesomeness of the adaptation of the original book!
In addition, Wang Qinian has bought the game adaptation rights of "Sea Tiger" and "Martial God". The partner company is preparing to set up a subsidiary in Hong Kong. Specializing in the adaptation and development of Hong Kong comic games.
The new company Wang Qinian is named "Blue Dream Creative Company", and the company's name is inspired by the Blue Dream organization in "Sea Tiger".
The headquarters of the new company, located in Hong Kong, is also mainly for the purpose of financing and attracting international talent. In addition, Wang Qinian was willful and used the funds of the crew project to rent an office, paying a full rent of 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and smashing the rent of renting a one-story office building in the New Territories for three years. The office will also be a set for some shots. After the end of the movie, the office continued to be used by Wang Qinian's Blue Dream Creative Company established in Hong Kong.
Of course. In order to let other investors have no opinions, Lembongan Chuangxiang Company pulled funds from Golden Harvest, Warner and other companies to invest in shares, and Golden Harvest and Warner both invested 5 million Hong Kong dollars, each accounting for 10% of the equity of Lembongan Chuang.
The small partner company is the copyright rights and interests of the stand-alone and online games of "Journey to the West: The Great Sage". All transferred to Blue Dream Imagination. Let the subsidiary make some profit by acting as an agent for these products.
After the game operation of the agent partner company earns funds, it will be used for the independent development of games by Lembongong Creation. The first current game project is the gamification of Sea Tiger. If this project is successful, in the future, Blue Dream Creative will also buy more game adaptation rights for Hong Kong comics and martial arts novels.
Besides. Blue Dream Imagination also launched Blue Dream. In fact, it is a copy of the starting point, but it is more localized. The novels at the starting point are screened, and only the novels that are on the shelves of VIP are introduced to the Blue Dream for release.
At the same time, Lembong also solicited papers from authors in traditional markets such as Hong Kong and Taiwan. The initial sharing mechanism will definitely not attract authors to create. Therefore, in the traditional Chinese market, Blue Dream adopts a buyout system, with 50 Hong Kong dollars for 1,000 words for newcomers, but the threshold is relatively high, referring to the threshold for newcomers in Taiwan's traditional Chinese publishing.
This price may not be worth the salary income in Hong Kong. But there are infinite possibilities, and it is naturally difficult for the income of the working class to grow. But writing this line of work, assuming that if it becomes popular, it will have a bright future. Jin Yong, Qiong Yao and others decades ago have proved that writing can also become a rich man.
Perhaps, such a price cannot attract many pretentious traditional literary writers, but it is more suitable for authors of martial arts novels and fantasy novels with a length of more than one million words. In the past, commercial writing was prevalent in Hong Kong and Taiwan from the beginning. However, in recent years, because the market is not very sluggish, many traditional publishing institutions have closed down, and many writers who contributed manuscripts have begun to shrink because no one has collected their manuscripts. But as long as someone offers a suitable price code and a large number of submissions, it will definitely be able to re-drive the creative passion of the market.
Of course, the establishment of Blue Dream and the solicitation of papers for the traditional Chinese market in Hong Kong and Taiwan are not just counting on the amount of money from these manuscripts, but also to brush up on the sense of existence. There must be a introduction of novels by local authors in order to gradually make the website more topical in the local area. Although the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets are relatively small, they have at least played a role in familiarizing themselves with the overseas investment environment.
It can be said that Lembongan Creative Company is the bridgehead for small partner companies to enter the internationalization. As the headquarters of Lembongong, Hong Kong adopts a different operating mechanism from domestic companies, and at the same time, it is supported by the resources of domestic parent companies. also brought in shareholders such as Golden Harvest and Warner to Blue Dream Creation, as long as the company's products are attractive, it is estimated that it will not be possible to hit the street!
At the beginning, Lembongan Creative Company sent people from the headquarters of the partner company to build a skeleton, but it will successively be built in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and even Europe and the United States. International poaching and hiring game talent.
After the development of the "Sea Tiger" game is completed and the operation of Blue Dream Creative Company is smooth. It is to use this company as a platform for international financing and attracting overseas talents.
In order for the "Sea Tiger" series to become evergreen and bring brand promotion to the game, Wang Qinian must also shoot the movie version of "Sea Tiger".
At least the first part of "Sea Tiger", take it seriously!
As for the sequel to "Sea Tiger", Wang Qinian is not ready to do it himself. Instead, the first part was filmed, and then, the sequel was abdicated to Hyun and directed by someone else.
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Mid-August 2002. The crew members of "Sea Tiger" have arrived in Hong Kong one after another. Wang Qinian, in accordance with the established rules, started to worship God.
Of course, a large number of Hong Kong media were also invited to watch the ceremony.
At the "Sea Tiger" ceremony, many celebrities who Wang Qinian was not familiar with also joined in the fun and came to brush up on their presence.
Like what. Jackie Chan and Liu Tianwang are all here to cheer.
In addition, the controversial Chinese star boss Xiang Huaqiang also arrived at the scene. When it comes to the Hong Kong film industry, I have to mention the Xiang brothers.
At the beginning of the 70s, when the Hong Kong film industry gradually developed rapidly, most people in the whole circle were picked up by the underworld.
Because, in addition to being a very lucrative investment, the film industry also has the effect of money laundering. Many gangsters have opened film and television companies. It is also to launder illegal money.
In Hong Kong's entertainment industry, in addition to the leftist film companies invested and controlled by the domestic government. In addition to large companies such as Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, most of the other companies, to a greater or lesser extent, are related to the underworld. The vast majority of celebrities are brought out by the underworld.
Even now, after Hong Kong's return to the motherland. After the Hong Kong Garrison has taught the gangsters how to behave, the gangsters have become a hundred times more civilized than before.
But gangsters are gangsters after all, and even if they become civilized, all kinds of bad unspoken rules and atmospheres in the circle are also the evil consequences of gangsters.
Xiang Huaqiang appeared. The film and television workers at the scene showed different expressions. is much more emotional than seeing Boss Zou sent by Jiahe.
It can be seen that today's Xiang family's influence in the film industry!
Originally, Wang Qinian didn't plan to associate with the Xiang family, but when the other party came, he was a guest, so he couldn't turn his face and offend him, right? Therefore, Wang Qinian is at least superficially polite.
"Little Brother Wang, if you have any trouble in Hong Kong in the future, call me directly!" Xiang Huaqiang didn't say anything and handed over a business card.
"Thank you Mr. Xiang for cheering you on, and you will have the opportunity to be closer in the future!" Wang Qinian nodded and put it away, knowing that the investment in Hong Kong will indeed need some help from local snakes in the future. Other people's film companies have not been in a good mood in recent years. But...... Just look at the stock market, even if China Star loses money almost every year, its market value is still several times higher than that of Golden Harvest.
Why? ――Xiangjia's energy in the film and television industry has surpassed Jiahe!
In a sense, now Xiang Jia is the godfather of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, whoever offends Xiang Jia, with an order, the whole circle is crowding you out!
For example, Stephen Chow was popular with Xiangjia in his early years, but later established his own company and stopped cooperating with Xiangjia. As a result, Xiang Jia felt that his white-eyed wolf was targeting Stephen Chow everywhere, and the whole circle was isolating him. A bunch of friends that Stephen Chow has worked with before are all arranging Stephen Chow's not.
If it were someone else, the whole circle would be messing with him, and it would have been over a long time ago!
But Stephen Chow has the support of hundreds of millions of fans, and he can hold on, many friends who have worked with him in the past do not cooperate with him, but he can still make popular movies.
Of course, Wang Qinian did not develop in the Hong Kong film circle, and his rise in the mainland is quite legendary. Therefore, there are many rumors in Hong Kong, and some say that his grandfather is actually a high-ranking official. It is also rumored that Wang Qinian knew many nobles in the capital, and he listened to the heavens.
Wang Qinian disdained to ignore these rumors, so that many people really took them seriously, thinking that he had a mysterious background.
Xiang Jia's visit this time is by no means a demonstration, but a gesture of goodwill. In the future, if there is an opportunity for cooperation, Xiangjia will definitely not miss it. If you can't cooperate, it's just that the water doesn't interfere with the river.
Under normal circumstances, Wang Qinian will not take the initiative to associate with gangsters. However, considering the energy of Xiangjia in the Hong Kong circle, Wang Qinian feels that in the future, he will find opportunities to appropriately engage in legal cooperation projects with Xiangjia, so that the other party can earn some benefits, which can be regarded as a good friendship with the other party. (My novel "Reborn Entertainment Ghost" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued.) )
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