Chapter 258: Lao Xu stepped into the 100 million yuan club
The farewell party of "The Expendables" is really very simple, just a group of big names eating barbecue and drinking together at Jason Statham's house, and there are no more outsiders than that, not even the agent appears on this party. That day, Shao Yingying was very relaxed, chatting, joking, and being damaged with all the big names like an ordinary person, and this experience made him feel real, not dreamlike.
Leaving the crew of "The Expendables", Shao Yingying rushed to "Or Become a God? Or die? The crew, at present, this drama has been filming for five days, and the person in charge of the crew is Cheng Long, in these five days, Cheng Long has basically won the shot of not having Shao Yingying, and what he is waiting for is to make up for Shao Yingxing, and lead the entire crew to fly to Germany and England.
Fortunately, the 0 investment plan of this drama was successfully won without other big names in Hollywood, not only Harry Sloan's rush here, but also the request of others, that is, to put some attractions that are not famous in Germany and England in the movie, in other words, Germany and England in a Hollywood movie with only big Chinese names to help you do 0 investment plan is to let you help promote tourism, just like "The Lord of the Rings" made New Zealand.
In addition, for the first time, Shao Yingying's film had a real big brand sponsorship, and Coca-Cola became the sole sponsor of the film for $30 million, and their requirement was that the film must see conspicuous signs such as 'all-red delivery trucks transporting Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola's huge LED commercials, and drinks in the hands of actors' in suitable locations for advertising.
That's a full $30 million, and Shao Yingying's MGM still owes a loan. How could such a request be refused?
As a result, "Become a God? Or die? The crew has become richer, in addition to giving the best treatment to the staff. They also added the extra money to the special effects system.
Back to the crew, Shao Yingying is not busy like a spinning top, although he has the name of director, but in fact, the busiest person in the crew is Cheng Long. Cheng Long really loves Zhang Luo too much, this may be Cheng Long's life, he will care about almost every detail in the crew, and even let the people in the family class come up first to explain in detail when other actors do dangerous actions. Be sure to keep all of them within your control.
"Xiao Shao, the scene has been set up, and you can start." Cheng Long was busy in the studio. shouted at Shao Yingying outside the monitor.
"Brother Cheng Long, the scenery has to be changed slightly, otherwise the shooting angle will be a little troublesome."
Since Shao Yingying found out that Cheng Long loved to do things on the set so much, he found a way to completely relax himself. Before each shot starts shooting. Shao Yingying first told Cheng Long all the qiē in his thoughts, so that it would not cause the two people to misunderstand because of different considerations, and they would not use it for a second time, at most, there would be some minor modifications. The key is that as long as he and Cheng Long cooperate tacitly, it will be completely easy, and the group of martial artists in the family class who are sharp in their hands and feet want to do something more reliable than the Hollywood field workers hired by Shao Yingying, and it is a bit of Shao Yingying's taste of using his own team in China.
In this way, it was getting late, and Shao Yingying rushed forward as much as possible in the crew, scene by shot. Save time for a rainy day, and who knows how long the whole crew will have to waste in that completely unfamiliar environment in Germany and England. Planning ahead is always the wisest option.
At this time, Wang Jinghua from China called: "Boss Shao, "Du Lala's Promotion" is on the ......"
"Du Lala's Promotion", Wang Jinghua didn't say how much Xu Jinglei paid for this movie, after setting the current period during the Chinese New Year, Xu Jinglei exploded the large-scale stills of herself and Huang Lixing before the movie was released, which made a huge wave in the domestic entertainment industry, shouting 'Lao Xu fought for this movie'. Immediately afterwards, Wang Jinghua began to use the content of the movie and the novel itself to talk about things, what is the workplace Bible, white-collar "Thirty-six Strategies" and so on, and pushed the movie to the big screen when public opinion was at its hottest.
The unexpected result happened, this film with the title of director Shao Yingying before the start of filming actually Shao Yingying did not participate at all, and only Xu Jinglei operated the film alone, and the cost had already been recovered, but after the release, Shengsheng completed the feat of breaking 100 million at the box office in 13 days, which is equivalent to Huayi having another big-name director who has entered the 100 million yuan club at the box office.
Xu Jinglei was not ambiguous, seeing that the momentum was getting better and better, she immediately started the second wave of publicity, and at the press conference, she made her own mixed sauce noodles and Huang Lixing's big show - no matter how the domestic media caught the wind and shadows, she resolutely smiled, and refused to admit what the relationship with Huang Lixing was, and sent all the media away with just one sentence of 'friend'.
This is called holding the pipa and half-covering his face, anyway, the bigger the scandal is spread, the greater the benefit to the promotion of the movie.
So far, the box office of "Durala's Promotion" has reached 120 million!
The domestic media has begun to boil when they see this box office number, which is a genuine first-day box office of 8.7 million, breaking 100 million in 13 days!
For a while, praise such as "the most profitable talented woman" and "waiting for a long time to usher in fragrant wildflowers" were deducted from Lao Xu's head, and some media even jokingly asked at the press conference: "Lao Xu, did Boss Shao use the company's loan of one billion dollars to make you explode with such an amazing explosive force?" ”
Xu Jinglei was also unambiguous, and replied with great confidence: "Hero Huayi is a very cohesive company, just like a family, even if Boss Shao can carry this company alone without us, but we will still do our best." One sentence lifted the heroes Hua Yi, Shao Yingying, and herself to the sky.
This is not over, because after this movie, there are "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", "No Man's Land" and other movies will be released in the summer and October Golden Week, followed by Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".
The media can see that Hua Yi has fought hard this year, and it is a bit of a collective debt for Hua Yi, if the movie is launched like this, as long as the film market environment is good and the drama launched by the hero Hua Yi is good enough, then Shao Yingying's loan of 1 billion US dollars does not seem to be far away, Shao Yingying does not have to grab dollars in North America at all, and he will come back to live a beautiful life with his wife, children, and hot kang head with peace of mind.
When Shao Yingying heard this, he asked Wang Jinghua back: "I don't have to be interviewed by the media with sadness, thank you for so many people in the company who are working for Huayi?" ”
"That's right, Boss Shao, I'll contact the media area Mi Guo to interview you, and we also save the later publicity, maybe we can also create a new wave for "Du Lala's Promotion".
"Okay, Sister Hua, you can arrange it, the family will rely on you now." Without Wang Jinghua, Shao Yingying would never have come to the United States so abandoned, and his home was also surrounded by tigers and wolves.
When Wang Jinghua heard this, he responded solemnly: "Xiao Shao, if we work together, how long do you think it will take to pay off the billion loan?" ”
Shao Yingying thought for a while and said: "At least three years, I have to watch MGM here, and I can come up with two movies at most every year, and the rest of my mind has to be put on MGM, otherwise MGM's loan can crush the company at any time." ”
"Yes." Wang Jinghua didn't say much, and hung up the phone quietly.
Shao Yingying knew what Wang Jinghua was thinking - going public!
Why did she do it to Shao Yingying so desperately? Isn't it just for Huayi's listing that the shares in her hand instantly became a huge amount of money? That's money that many people can't earn in their lives, and who in this industry doesn't have their eyes fixed on money?
If it weren't for the special effects base and the annexation of MGM, it cost Shao Yingying too much experience, this is a thing he should have considered a long time ago, but when he really achieved this position, he found that it was not so simple to go public, whenever you finally dealt with a qiē, there was always another thing that tied you up and made you unable to move.
I don't want to think about it, the most important thing Shao Yingying should do now is to put "Or Become a God? Or die? After filming, only after filming this drama can he have time to think about other issues.
After the crew finished filming Shao Yingying's reshoot in the studio, the whole team left the United States with post-production special effects, and they had to go to Germany to finish filming a chase scene, and then go to the UK to shoot the hunt and kill scene.
In fact, "Or Become a God? The plot of "Die or Die" is very simple, just a little warmth mixed with a simple and rough plot description, this time, Shao Yingying no longer has to consider the worldview of any sci-fi elements, he has already structured the worldview through two movies, and now what the audience wants to see is the story that happens under this framework, that's all.
Therefore, in this play, Andrew Lincoln, who plays the warm father in the killing in order to cure the child's cancer; Therefore, in this movie, there is Cheng Long, who was originally a police officer but never believes in the one in front of him, and must find out who the so-called 'god' is pretending to be a ghost, and Manu Bennett, who originally played Kress in "Spartacus".
These people gathered together to render the sense of surprise caused by the final finale of the story for all audiences, and this accident was Fan Bingbing of the 'Second Week'!!
Shao Yingying always believes that only by making his movies reasonable and unexpected can the audience accept that this series of movies is a classic comparable to many series of movies, because classics are never made, but fans praise them with one by one film reviews. In today's Internet era, Shao Yingying has his own advantages! (To be continued......)