Chapter 267: The Saint of Gambling
This income of more than 300 million is actually a conservative estimate, in fact, this number is likely to more than double!
Because now it is only the box office market in the mainland of China, you must know that now under the drive of Xiao Ran, the films of Xiao Ran's film company, such as the Police Story series, have entered the top three box office lists of island countries, and the Huang Feihong series has also entered the top three in the North American box office market.
Even the Mr. Zombie series has done very well at the box office in island countries and Western Europe, at least in the top 10 of the annual box office.
As for the two cities of Xiangjiang and Baodao, which have the same roots, they are even more popular, and they directly contract the top ten of the annual box office, basically after the box office list of Xiangjiang and Baodao is sorted out, you will find that basically Xiao Ran's movies are on the list!
That is to say, not to mention other regions for the time being, in the five major markets of Treasure Island, Xiangjiang, island countries, Western Europe and North America, the name Xiao Ran is still relatively loud, and even "The Thirty-six Strategies of the Supreme" and "Dragon City Years", which have been released in Xiangjiang, have also added Xiao Ran's photos to the poster, and the most conspicuous thing on the poster is the name of the screenwriter Xiao Ran!
And now Xiao Ran's goal is to conquer the No. 1 box office market in North America, as well as the No. 1 in the Xiangjiang and Baodao markets, and there is also a very developed box office market in the entertainment industry that often imports their plastic surgery stars to the world, and Xiao Ran is still trying to figure out how to overcome it.
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In May, although Xiao Ran did not release any new movies, in fact, almost all his movies had already been drawn, so now Xiao Ran's three film companies are also rushing to shoot new movies.
Although nominally still three film companies for the time being. But the fact is that Oh Jung-young of Zhengying Film Company is no longer in charge of the company's business, and he will not even act in the future. For this reason, the business of Zhengying Film Company began to be handed over to the third senior brother Jinbao, and the senior brother Lei Xiaohu assisted from the side. Xiao Ran was ready to make Lei Xiaohu a superstar, so naturally he didn't let him be in charge of going behind the scenes.
As for the third senior brother Jinbao, although his milk name and full name are similar to the big brother Hong Jinbao in the film industry in his previous life, it can only be said to be a coincidence.
Although Jinbao is obese, his body is also very athletic, but unfortunately he is not a very suitable person to survive in the entertainment industry, especially when making movies, he often conflicts with many people, and his appearance tends to be obese. So what Xiao Ran hopes more is that he can dive in and take care of the work behind the scenes!
Now Xiao Ran's team is filming four movies, the first movie is "Police Story 4: Simple Mission", which is invested and produced by Shaw Film Company, but all the filming is responsible for the Justice Film Studio led by Yuan Biao.
The second movie is "Mr. Zombie 4: Uncle Zombie", this Mr. Zombie series of movies does not have the role of the ninth uncle of the fifth senior brother Wu Zhengying, but there is a four-eyed Taoist played by Liu Kui. And in order to allow the third senior brother Jinbao to continue his acting career, Xiao Ran changed the role of Master Yixiu in the script to a fat monk!
That is, in the vindictive family next door to the four-eyed Taoist, the two families of Buddhism and Taoism each have an apprentice, and they are also incompatible with each other. The first 30 minutes of the movie are basically plots where they fight each other, such as using spells to control each other, and throwing dishes in each other's faces when they eat together......
In the end, the zombie royal family passing by two families was struck by lightning and caused a corpse transformation. The two of them only worked together to deal with the Zombie King, and as a result, after destroying the Zombie King. The conflict between the two families was resolved.
Here, the role of Master Yixiu is fat or thin does not affect too much, so Xiao Ran directly let the third senior brother Jin Bao play it.
The third movie is written specifically for the obese third senior brother Jinbao. Xiao Ran had a rather confused feeling in his temperament, so Xiao Ran finally decided to write a suitable script for Jinbao for him, that is, "Why Have Me" by Zheng Zeshi, a god actor who was as obese as he was in his previous life.
This movie is about a shocking social problem, a mentally handicapped young fat cat born with insufficient intelligence, simple by nature, unwitting, with a group of children all day long, because of the mentally handicapped problem, unable to be self-reliant, can only rely on his mother to support.
However, although the mentally handicapped fat cat is harmless to humans and animals, it is still constantly bullied by the village bullies, discriminated against by members of the society, and finally the mother also died of illness, and the fat cat is grief-stricken, but the village bullies do not stop bullying him, and insult his dead mother.
Eventually, the fat cat broke out and held the bully hostage, only to be shot dead by the police......
It is obvious that "Why Have Me" is a tragedy from the title, and it is a very realistic film.
Xiao Ran also liked this movie very much in his previous life, and this time he started filming this movie and handed it over to Jinbao to be responsible, which is also a kind of trust in him, as for whether he can turn over with this movie, it's up to him!
"Mr. Zombie 4: Uncle Zombie" is produced by Zhengying Film Company, but the director is Liu Kui, the protagonist in the film, and "Why Have Me" is produced by Xiao Film Company, the director Xiao Ran is also handed over to Jinbao to be responsible, and Wang Wei serves as the assistant director to assist, anyway, Xiao Ran only provides funds and scripts, whether it is a dragon or a snake, whether it can take off depends on the third senior brother Jinbao's own creation......
As for the fourth movie, it is also produced by Xiao Ran's Shaw Film Company, the sister chapter of "God of Gamblers" "The Saint of Gambling".
Unlike "God of Gamblers", which relies on gambling and high-tech to win money, "The Saint of Gambling" relies on the special functions of the protagonist Ah Xing!
This kind of "Gambling Saint" is a typical movie of the success of the little people, telling the story of Zuo Songxing, a young man from the mainland with special functions, who went to Xiangjiang to seek refuge with his third uncle, because after being discovered with special functions, the third uncle began to use Ah Xing's special functions to make money, and by mistake, he was involved in the struggle between the rivers and lakes, and finally was even arranged to participate in the gambling competition, and defeated the gambling king Hongguang......
The success of this "Saint of Gambling" lies in opening up the limitations of gambling films, adding special functions and nonsensical funny, and because the setting of the role is beyond the performance techniques of ordinary actors, Xiao Ran still decided to play Zuo Songxing himself.
The reason is very simple, Xiao Ran watched this movie in his previous life, and watched it several times, and it can be said that he has firmly remembered every action and every look of the protagonist Ah Xing.
In other words, with Xiao Ran's unforgettable talent, as long as he comes to star, he can copy all the performances of the star master in his previous life as if he were copying, so as to ensure that the quality of the movie will not be affected!
You must know that in the film industry in the previous life, there has always been a saying that every two weeks, Brother Cheng Long's style is imitated by many people, even if it is not as funny as him, at least it is good-looking, and Fa Ge's gunfight movies are also imitated by many people, although they are not as chic as Fa Ge, but they are also vigorous and shocking enough.
Only Xing Ye's nonsensical comedy is actually the most difficult to imitate, and even Wang Jing, a commercial director who fell out after working with Xing Ye, has to say that he admits that Xing Ye is the strongest actor he has ever worked with!
In a second, he can change several different expressions in a row to fully express the ups and downs and changes in the character's heart, coupled with his unique laughter and body language, which are very difficult to imitate!
So Xiao Ran was afraid of being smashed, so Xiao Ran starred in Xingye's movies himself, and completely copied the performances of Xingye in his previous life in imitation, such as the previous Journey to the West series, and the next "Gambling Saint".
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"The third shot of the ninth scene of "The Saint of Gambling", Ikesh!"
"What do you want me to do before you open the door?" I love you......"
Ah Xing, who had just arrived in Xiangjiang to find the address of the third uncle, saw a friend shouting ten times to another friend on the telephone intercom, and the door opened automatically, so Ah Xing naturally thought that I love you was the signal to open the door!
Ah Xing yelled loudly I love you, but frightened the grandma who entered the door, and was beaten up in the elevator!
Ah Xing, who couldn't find the third uncle and was driven away, saw the news of a deep well butcher in the newspaper stand, so he found the police and took out a photo of the third uncle, claiming that this was the murderer of the deep well massacre, so under the leadership of the police, he killed the third uncle's house......
Police: You deep well massacre, you slaughtered a family of seven last night.
Ping: So you're so ruthless?
Card friend: Have you forgotten that he played mahjong with us all night last night?
After the excitement of the meeting, Ah Xing shouted at the third uncle, but the third uncle Hei Zaida was so congenitally out of control, and began to hold the police crazy, after the last farce, the third uncle found out that Ah Xing has a special function of perspective, so he began to think of a way to use Ah Xing to make money......
"Click!"
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The role of the third uncle, Hei Zaida, is still played by Mr. Xu Zhenxiong, and Mr. Xu, who has always been good at playing the role of Yan Sù, did not expect to play such a nonsensical role this time, and he can still control it.
After the crew watched the performance of his first scene on the spot, they all gave a thumbs up in laughter, and the other role of Qimeng, Xiao Ran, was handed over to Guo Bili, who was also the character who won the actress with a western literary movie before, and finally because the director of the northern extremist Mai Dou did not start filming for a whole year, Guo Bili also invested in Xiao Ran's team!
Now Guo Bili is a member of Xiao Ran's Xiao Entertainment Company, and the heroine in this "Gambling Saint" is Xiao Ran's first cooperation with her! (To be continued......)