Chapter 49: The Attack of "Little Ghosts" (Part I)
After negotiating the change of the female lead, Fa Ge and Liu Jialing followed Sister Zhao to try on makeup, and Sun Ziming asked Liu Weiqiang in a low voice: "Have you talked to her about Sister Zhao?" ”
"It's talking, but you also know that her family has a heavy burden, and she doesn't dare to leave TVB, so she only agrees to come over and work part-time."
Sun Ziming couldn't help but laugh dumbly, the script of Liu Weiqiang's gangster film is so well written, why is his emotional intelligence so low in real life?
"Go and say hello to Liu Jialing, she knows what to do."
Liu Weiqiang was stunned for a moment, then he reacted, smiled a little embarrassedly, and walked out of the office with the door. Sun Ziming lowered his head and began to deal with official business, which was a bit difficult to grasp, and he had no experience.
Yongsheng Company does not have much distribution capacity in other cities, and only negotiates with Taiwanese film dealers, and Taiwan's box office Sun Ziming and Wang Jing can get 39% of the box office share. In Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, etc., they are powerless, let alone outside of Asia. Fortunately, Southeast Asia has promised to help, only this is difficult in Japan, if you can't open the Japanese market, how can you quickly turn the studio into a company?
Hey, channels are king! I don't know how Jiahe got on the line with the Japanese in the first place, if only I could learn from it.
After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Ziming didn't figure out how to get on the line with Japan, so he had to put this matter down, signed Uncle Zeng's report, and agreed to hand over the distribution of Taiwan and Southeast Asia to Yongsheng and Shaw Brothers together with Wang Jing.
In the office next door, Liu Jialing is also showing Sister Zhao today's dividends. Sister Zhao looked at the small packet of banknotes and her eyes were hot, but she still couldn't make up her mind. She is a Hong Kong gold medal makeup artist, and she can get more than 20,000 yuan a month in Shaw Brothers, if she jumps, what if the next few movies don't sell well? With the 4,000 yuan at the bottom of that month, I can't afford to spend a family!
Liu Jialing tried on makeup, and went to Sun Ziming's office to report with interest, she still couldn't get hot, why wasn't this man so handy at coaxing Fengzai? After knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered, and when I opened the door, I saw that there was no one inside.
"Looking for Ziming? He went home and said he was going home and made dinner."
went to curry favor with that Zhang Hong again, Liu Jialing kicked the door jealously and turned around to find that Xu Gongzi.
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Sun Ziming happily went to buy vegetables, made dinner, and waited for Juanzi to come back. Zhang Hong couldn't see the two of them like that, so he brought his favorite dishes to the living room, ate while watching TV dramas alone, and deliberately turned the TV to the maximum.
Hey, what is it?
Anita Mui was like a shrew, making a lot of noise on the plane, and Zhang Guorong was also rude and rude on the side like a savage. As soon as the picture turned, Anita Mui and Zhang Guorong were in the waiting room, watching the typhoon forecast on TV and crying. The picture turns again, and it's gone!
"Home Alone" will be released in five days, so stay tuned!
Oh, this is Sun Ziming's new movie, and Zhang Hong continues to watch her TV series. Zhang Hong knew that this was Sun Ziming's means of promoting the movie, but the audience in front of the TV didn't know it.
"What is this? What happened to Ame and Rong Shao? ”
"Is this promoting their new movie?"
"No, if it's their movie, how can it be called "Home Alone"?"
The audience discussed for a while, and when the episode started playing, they stopped talking and started watching the series. Early the next morning, many people in Hong Kong were asking if Sister Mei and Rong Shao had made a new movie? What are you filming? It's a pity that no one knows the way!
Some reporters who reacted quickly have already thought of the director Sun Ziming, the newly filmed "Home Alone".
No way? It's only been a few days since filming started, and it's ready to be released? The clever media and entertainment reporters began to inquire, and the phone of 'Light and Shadow' kept ringing, but no one in the company with only six regular employees was at work!
Looking for Sister Mei and Rong Shao? They're busy with the concert.
"Home Alone? I don't know what to do? What the? Coming out in five days? Not so fast, right? ”
The two of them are also inexplicable, what is this? How could Sun Ziming shoot so fast?
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The reporters turned their heads to look for Sun Ziming again, only to find that this person who has never seen the head and the end of the dragon has never seen the end, and few people even know where people live!
The next night, before the TVB episode was broadcast, the promotional video of "Home Alone" appeared again. Xie Tingfeng's aggrieved eyes made the audience's hearts sour. Especially the scene of instant noodles being scalded and crying won everyone's sympathy!
"What kind of film is this? Tragic? ”
"No, I look at this picture very warmly, it should be a literary film, right?"
"No, it should be a tragedy! Sister Mei and Rong Shao cried like that yesterday, isn't it a tragedy? ”
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On the third night, many viewers waited in front of the TV, wanting to see what today's promo video would look like.
The first two promotional films divided TV fans into two factions, one group said it was a tragic film, because Xie Tingfeng's grievances have touched many people's childhood memories. The other faction thinks that it is a literary film, because the picture is too touching, especially the part where Sister Mei and Rong Shaona cry in the police station, it is really touching.
The promotional video came as scheduled, and Uncle Tart's clumsy dancing in the yard made everyone laugh. The wits of the little boy and the two stupid thieves made everyone laugh, especially the two stupid thieves who made a field of soybeans fall on all fours, which made everyone laugh from ear to ear!
"Home Alone" - the directorial debut of music wizard Sun Ziming, will be grandly released in Hong Kong on July 15, please watch!
Wow, the audience was stunned, everyone didn't guess right! Reminiscent of the promotional video two days ago, the audience has been able to connect the general plot, and many people are already ready to go to the cinema to watch it to see if they guess right!
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In three days, the way of promoting the film that everyone has never seen has aroused the curiosity of Hong Kong fans. Is Home Alone really as funny as the third promo? Or is it as poignant as the previous two?
Released at the same time as "Home Alone", Cheng Long's "A Plan Lu Plan Sequel", and many entertainment reporters are speculating whether Shaw Brothers wants to fight with Jiahe again this time?
Cheng Long's films have been in the box office for tens of millions since 82, and the music wizard who is only 20 years old can win from this dragon and tiger fight? People in the industry are not optimistic about Sun Ziming, although his publicity method is very novel and has attracted the attention of most fans, but the movie is the most popular to rely on strength to speak, and it is to rely on word-of-mouth to attract more people to watch!
Not to mention that he made "The Butcher on a Rainy Night", that movie is really wonderful, but it also proves that Sun Ziming has a very high talent in this regard. The more this happens, the more it proves that he can't make comedies, no one can make two completely different movies well, at least there has never been such a person in Hong Kong!
Jiahe, who understood it, also rushed to produce a promotional film, bringing together the wonderful scenes in "A Plan Sequel" and broadcasting it on Asian TV. Among them, the wonderful pictures make action movie fans addicted.
"That's the real big picture! I'm standing up to Cheng Long! ”
"I'm up for him, too! I serve Sun Ziming in music, that mainland boy is really powerful, if he can shoot "Butcher on a Rainy Night", he will definitely be able to shoot "Home Alone"! ”
"That's a horror movie! If you want to talk about comedy, it's still Mai bald head and Xu Wenjie, they are good-looking! ”
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There are rivers and lakes everywhere, and the rivers and lakes have grievances and hatreds, this is everyone's favorite drama! Regardless of whether Shaw Brothers and Jiahe have the intention of fighting in the ring, fans, audiences, and the media spontaneously put them in the ring, and they just can't get out of the ring if they want to!
"Mr. Cheng Long, do you have confidence in beating "Home Alone" at the box office this time?"
"Hehe, our "A Plan Sequel" has invested 12 million Hong Kong dollars (actually 6 million, out of publicity), do you think we have confidence?"
Cheng Long answered the reporter while looking at the boss next to him, these reporters are really good, they want to stir up three things if they have nothing to do!
"Mr. Cheng, Sun Ziming is a genius who used 500,000 to create a box office miracle of 32 million!"
Cheng Long was a little angry, 32 million! I am not sure about the investment scale of 12 million, but I have done it!
"That's a horror movie, have you ever seen a director who makes a horror movie make a comedy?"
The reporter got the news he wanted, and the microphone turned to Zou Daheng.
"Mr. Zou, what do you think of this time, the Shaw Brothers and Debao, Golden Princess, and Yindu Organization will arrange the film "Home Alone"?"
"You have to ask Shaw Brothers, Mr. Sun's musical talent and horror film talent make me admire him so much!"
Zou Daheng also thinks that reporters are a little whimsical, and directors who make horror films can make comedies? He also positioned "The Butcher on a Rainy Night" as a horror film, and ****** society? He doesn't think so, a twenty-year-old hairy kid has such a high artistic taste.
"Then do you mean that you are not optimistic about Home Alone?"
"I didn't say that, you said it!"
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"Tian Lin, what are they busy with? Why don't you see their news in the media? ”
Aunt Fang put down the newspaper and asked Wang Tianlin and Wang Jing at the desk a little heavily.
"I don't know what to do, Ah Xiang can't find anyone in the past few days, I heard his wife say that he went to the mainland, it seems to be talking about the release in the mainland!"
"Tian Lin, Ah Jing, you two have also watched the film, do you think you can beat "A Scheme"?"
The two fathers and sons had a difference of opinion, and the father thought it was impossible! Although Sun Ziming's movie is full of jokes, after all, the scene is too small to shock people. And Cheng Long's movie is different, judging from the effect of the promotional film, it is indeed a grand scene, and it is a very good film.
Wang Jing disagreed, Cheng Long's film is really good, but it is to bluff fans in Hong Kong who have never seen the world. Sun Ziming's film is different, the injustices and grievances at the beginning can evoke most people's memories of childhood, arouse everyone's resonance, and win the sympathy of most people.
Such a poor child, alone in the face of two thieves, although they are two stupid thieves, no matter how the movie is made, this has guaranteed that the box office will not be low.
What surprised him was that after Sun Ziming won everyone's sympathy, the picture actually changed. Let an eight-year-old child be in danger, full of wit, and play two stupid thieves around.
This is amazing, it is easy for the audience to have a sense of substitution, and imagine the Feng boy in the movie as himself or when he was a child! When the movie is filmed on this, it can already be said that it is a great movie!
"Aunt Fang, I guarantee that the box office of "Home Alone" will definitely exceed 30 million! "A Plan Sequel" has its sniping, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to break 10 million".
The two fathers and sons insisted on their own words, each with their own reasoning, which made Aunt Fang at a loss, and she didn't know which one to listen to. However, she has a firm opinion in her heart, even if Sun Ziming loses in this ring, he will still be honored! An investment of 1.1 million can't beat 6 million, which is normal, if 1.1 million beats 6 million, it will be the biggest entertainment news in Hong Kong!
Aunt Fang sneered a few times, took a sip of Longjing tea, which was a little cold, and said in a deep voice: "1.1 million can't beat 6 million, it's justified!" But if 6 million can't beat 1.1 million, where do I see Zou someone's face? ”