Chapter 284: Infernal Affairs
"In the Mood for Love" is not a miscellaneous profit, and the global box office alone is about 13 million US dollars. Among them, France has more than 3 million, which has maintained the box office record of Chinese-language films for several years, and it was not broken until the release of Jia Zhangke's "The Good Man of the Three Gorges".
Of the more than 13 million, how much can fall into the hands of investors in the end, it is unknown, anyway, it is better than Chu Qing to make more money.
In contrast, "This Summer" is a little colder. Its distribution work, MK2 is a selective trade-off, the market is divided into prosperous ones, and the sluggish ones directly sell copyrights, and all the film companies add up, which are regularly distributed in more than a dozen countries and regions.
France, Britain, and Taiwan were all surprises, accounting for more than half of the results, and the rest, as Guan said, made tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of profits, adding up to a piece, totaling $1.83 million.
Of course, this is a figure obtained after being exploited by theaters, distributors, and agents at all levels, and then deducting taxes.
Chu Qing is already very satisfied, one million eight hundred and thirty thousand, according to the exchange rate of 8.27, it is almost fifteen million yuan...... Not only did he startle himself, but everyone who was related to "This Summer", as well as those who were not related, were properly shocked:
The black household movie that was drummed up by a broken workshop is so profitable!
First of all, Li Yu, according to the proportion of investment, she still has to participate in dividends, but the two of them did not draw up a specific contract at the beginning, and the relationship is so good, there is no nonsense at all, so they put aside the phone to negotiate, and after you push me, the crazy woman took more than 4 million.
The second is Fan Xiaoye, like a stupid daughter-in-law who counts red envelopes at night in the cave room, and instantly has a sense of nouveau riche immediate, thinking about buying Daben, opening a branch, hiring a makeup artist, and nagging about this and that. Since the money is on the account of the studio. Chu Qing simply set aside five million for his own use, and the rest was all given to his fiancΓ©e, which was counted as a bride price.
He pretended to be generous, but he hooked Fan's father and Fan's mother out again, and he scolded his daughter without taking a penny.
In fact, the money earned by the two of them, who spends it and who doesn't, has never cared about it, it is very harmonious, but they are afraid of the love of the old couple. had to do it secretly, so as not to make them feel that they were selling their daughter.
Then, it is Wang Tong, Zhang Jingchu, Wang Yu, these great heroes, naturally have to be rewarded. Chu Qing couldn't go back, so Fan Xiaoye was the host, invited them to a meal, and each gave a big red envelope.
In the end, it's some two-* guys who are babbling.
Directors and screenwriters who want to find him to invest money. There were already a lot of them, but as soon as the overseas account was exposed this time, okay, it was suddenly beaten with chicken blood. Seeing that Tian'er ran to the studio to annoy the boss lady, all of them had no talents, and their life experience was pitiful, so they gathered to block the door.
The girl began to receive a few more. Later, I really couldn't stand it, so I secretly ran away with my little assistant. Her role in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" will start filming in mid-June. As a result, she joined the group more than ten days in advance, paid for her own room and board, and didn't do anything all day long, looking at Su Youpeng's sweaty filming, she hid next to her and ate ice cream to amuse.
The crew was surprised, where did such a neurotic come from to be determined to play Zhou Zhiruo, not the Golden Retriever Lion King?
Xu is Chinese people pay attention to good things in pairs, and the prospective son-in-law can support the family, Fan's father and Fan's mother are undoubtedly the happiest, so they plan to determine the engagement date as soon as possible.
The old couple visited the masters, counted the days, and finally chose July 24, June 15 of the lunar calendar, Chong Pig, Shadong, Yi Marry, Nacai, pray for blessings, make an alliance, and always be white.
The whole process is the responsibility of the parents, and the parties only have to accept the fiddling and decide the guest list by the way.
There are a lot of relatives over there, a number of uncles and aunts, as well as elders like grandma and grandfather, Chu Qing is just an old brother, and there is no need to prepare invitations, just arrive on the day.
I can't be low-key if I want to be low-key, mainly because there are too many friends, near and far, raw and cooked, and it will really be difficult for a while. The two stupid people had to use stupid methods, you said one, I said one, both parties agreed to send a wedding post, and if there was a dispute, listen to the daughter-in-law.
"Yuanquan?"
"Okay!"
"Dou Wei?"
"Okay!"
"Li Bingbing?"
"Okay!"
"Wu Jing?"
"It feels like it's almost."
"I think it's okay, please."
"Then please."
"Grandma Li?"
"A must!"
"Zhou Jie?"
"Well, forget it."
"Zhou Xun?"
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Hearing Fan Xiaoye coldly spit out these two words, Chu Qing almost didn't plant on the ground, and said angrily: "You owe a beating, right?" β
"Hey, hey!"
There was a cheap laugh from the microphone, and she said, "I'm serious, please don't invite Zhou Xun?" β
He knocked on his head, tried his best to ensure that he was sober, so as not to be dug by the other party, and said tentatively: "Uh, you invite her, don't you bother?" β
"How fresh! What a fuss I have! β
The girl was a dignified woman, and said disdainfully: "You are now all mine, am I still afraid of her?" β
He sweated and sweated, thought about it for a moment, and said, "I think it's still not invited." β
"Please!"
"No invitation!"
"Oh, please, please, I'm not angry, if she doesn't come this time, she won't have a chance next time."
"Are you finished? Next! β
It took a lot of effort to finally get the domestic list done, and the Hong Kong side was temporarily released. What Liu Dehua, Anita Mui, Leslie Cheung, Zhang Xueyou, Liang Jiahui...... Well, although the relationship has arrived, you can send invitations, but Chu Qing himself is empty-hearted.
More than a dozen celebrities who are enough to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in the Chinese entertainment industry gathered together to celebrate his engagement, and I shudder to think about it.
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When it comes to "Infernal Affairs", many people will say Liu Weiqiang who leaps over the dragon gate, Mai Zhaohui who has ascended to heaven, Liang Chaowei, who has successfully commercialized, and Huang Qiusheng, who has entered the realm, but few people will talk about Liu Dehua, even if they talk about it, they are also ridiculing his acting skills of being blown into scum by Liang Chaowei.
And the fact is that after the script was formed, the first one was in the hands of Liu Dehua, and no one knew how much he loved this play. So much so that in the case of trouble, he carried a lawsuit of 200 million yuan, went door to door to attract investment, and promised that if you make it, you will count it, and if you lose it, you will count it.
Golden Harvest doesn't want it, Chinese stars don't want it, Andy has almost traveled all over the film circle on Hong Kong Island, and when people heard that they needed 20 million investment, they immediately pretended to be cowardly. He ran from the beginning of the year to the present, and finally found Lin Jianle of Media Asia.
The Lin family is one of the top ten chaebols in Hong Kong, and they don't care about this money at all, so they immediately patted their chests and promised that I would pay for the funds.
Subsequently, Andy began to help Liu Weiqiang cast, you want Liang Chaowei, OK! If you want Zeng Zhiwei, it's OK! If you want Huang Qiusheng, no problem, he will thread the needle, even if it is a partner with Wei Zai, who has a long-standing grudge and does not see the king.
In fact, in the early stage of preparation, Liu Weiqiang just wanted to try his best to make a slightly different police film, but no one expected that with the addition of actors, they suddenly realized that they had already gathered the four major actors.
This is enough to make everyone extremely excited, and it's not over, when Andy finds Chu Qing again, he is very likely to become the fifth, unprecedented.
"Big B?"
In the box of the clubhouse, when Chu Qing heard the role given by the other party, he couldn't help but shrug his shoulders and said, "Actually, I want to play Chen Yongren." β
"Don't be stupid, Chen Yongren is about the same age as me, you are only in your twenties, how can you act?" Liu Dehua scolded with a smile, talking about the reasons why he didn't believe it.
The real reason is very simple, if he chooses him and gives up Liang Chaowei, Liu Weiqiang will not agree, and Huanya will not agree, this is well known to the two of them, but it is inconvenient to talk about it, so as not to be unhappy with each other.
Chu Qing pursed his lips, he was really not interested in Big B, there was no tension at all, and the difficulty of the challenge was in single digits.
He didn't want to play this kind of thing, so he scanned the script again, looked at the many characters carefully, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he pointed: "Is this someone playing?" β
Andy leaned over to take a look, and thought, "It seems that I am in contact with an actor, and I haven't decided yet, what, are you interested?" β
"Well, I want to try." He nodded.
"OK, I'll contact the director later."
He can't mix the protagonists, and the supporting roles are still anyone's choice, Liu Dehua happily agreed, and then looked embarrassed, and said: "Qingzai, you can help me, I sincerely thank you, but your salary ......"
"Oh, it's okay, a million!"
When he saw that the other party was spitting out, he immediately understood in seconds, and he was very happy to reduce the price by half.
"Uh......" Andy is still stubborn.
"Wow, you're not, aren't you? Such a big film, so poor that you are here? Chu Qing was also stunned, really surprised.
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Liu Dehua sighed, smiled helplessly, and said that there was suffering.
Looking at Lin Jianle's package ticket, that is for the cost of 20 million, and now the crew has played it by itself, as soon as the heartbroken cast appears, good guys, the salary alone accounts for most of it.
As soon as Media Asia made a budget, the cost doubled, and at least 30 million yuan had to be invested to get it, which was the result of Andy saying that Huang Qiusheng and them lowered their prices.
This time, Lin Jianle quit, and he was obviously wronged, and he was ready to pick a pick. To put it mildly, he reluctantly agreed to continue investing, but he controlled the funds at 22 million, and he didn't add more.
Liu Dehua had no choice, in order to ensure the quality of the shooting, he directly filled in his salary, didn't need a penny, and entered the group naked.
After hearing this, Chu Qing was simply surprised, he only knew that Liu Tianwang was a standard model worker and a model artist, but he didn't expect that there was a strong main theme halo hidden under the skin.
To describe it in a hypocritical sentence: He loves Hong Kong, and he loves Hong Kong movies even more!
"Well, how much is it missing?" He was silent for a while, and suddenly asked.
"To start normally, you still need 2 million, if you want to be more refined, at least 5 million." Andy leaned back in his chair, looking quite tired.
Chu Qing scratched his head, feeling very subtle, like a nouveau riche swaggering in front of poor relatives, and a little embarrassed, and said: "Well, if you really can't find someone, I'll pay for the 5 million." β
(This chapter is so weird, the state is cleared when it is written!) (To be continued......)