In a small screening room of the Tang Dynasty Film Company, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is playing on the big screen, judging from the texture of the picture, this film is obviously much higher than "A Chinese Ghost Story 1", the plot content, character settings and the appearance of ghosts, etc., are slightly different from "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" in Gu Chen's memory, but the main story line is still the first part, and there is not much change. And not only Wang Guxian and Zhang Guorong, but also the other actors have hardly changed, so Gu Chen has to sigh in his heart again The horror of historical inertia is terrible.

Gu Chen watched quietly, and did not express any opinions, but Wang Guxian, who was sitting on his right, whispered some interesting things encountered during the filming of the film from time to time, due to the difference in identity, the treatment that Wang Guxian received when filming this film was obviously different from the first one, although it would still be hard to shoot some martial arts scenes, but the crew had provided her with the best conditions.

The whole filming process is more like a vacation and fun, of course, Wang Guxian is a professional actor, and his work attitude during filming is still very serious.

After about an hour and a half, the film ended, the lights in the screening room turned on, Gu Chen got up and nodded, and said to Xu Ke, who looked forward to the bumpy face: "It's not bad, the film can make a release plan, the copy of the copy, the publicity of the publicity." ”

Just as he used the words - not bad, in addition to the higher picture quality and more gorgeous action, this "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" did not jump out of the framework of the first part on the whole, let alone as he feared - the mistake of "The Legend of Shushan" in the later generations happened to "A Chinese Ghost Story 2".

He guessed that the main reason should be the budget, and the investment in "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is 50 million Hong Kong dollars. Among them, Xu Ke invested 20 million by himself, and Tang Dynasty Film invested 30 million. However, in order to achieve the dazzling effect of "The Legend of Shu Mountain" in his memory, not to mention whether the current technology can be reached. Even if it can be reached, it will be an astronomical amount, and the investment of 50 million Hong Kong dollars is simply not enough.

In the case of a tight budget and no way to make too many special effects, in order to increase the highlights of the film, Xu Ke had to work the plot and character portrayal to make the whole film look fuller, which is what Xu Ke, who started with martial arts dramas, is good at.

Back to the film itself. With the appeal of Wang Guxian and Zhang Guorong and the gimmick of the big production zuò, plus the loyal fans of the first part, the box office of this film should not be bad. As for how much the final box office can reach, it depends on whether the audience buys it or not.

Hearing Gu Chen say, 'Not bad', Xu Ke's hanging heart suddenly relaxed, even though it was only 'not bad'. But in Gu Chen's eyes. He was very satisfied to have a 'not bad' evaluation. You must know that this film is not only his first large-scale film that uses a lot of computer special effects, but also invests most of his assets, and if he loses it, he will end up with both fame and money.

"The publicity plan was already prepared when the film was post-production, and now that the film has been affirmed by Chen Shao, all the work can be officially launched tomorrow." Saying that, he looked at Wang Guxian: "It's just that when the time comes, I may have to ask the third young grandmother to cooperate more." ”

"Director Xu is polite, this is as it should be." Wang Guxian smiled faintly and said, "Just notify me when there is a task." ”

"Then thank you to Grandma Sanshao. Chen Shao ...... "Xu Ke wanted to speak and stopped, and Gu Chen saw it." Puzzled, he asked, "What, is there anything else?" ”

"Oh, I want to ask Chen Shao, take "Storm and Storm Dominating the World" and "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" as examples, now martial arts movies have begun to add a large number of computer special effects, so that the traditional martial arts movies will definitely be impacted, is there still room for survival?"

"This is the trend of the development of the times, as the audience's appreciation level is getting higher and higher, the traditional martial arts movies will definitely be eliminated, and the production fee of the future film is getting higher and higher is also a trend, in which the production fee of the existing film itself continues to increase, and the actor's salary will also occupy a large part of the share, the so-called large-scale film is only relative to the current small-budget film, in another 5 years, there may be no large-scale film, and by then the investment of forty or fifty million can only be regarded as sparse and ordinary, The investment of more than 100 million is not surprising. ”

However, at this stage, there is still some market for traditional martial arts movies, mainly depending on the subject matter and the starring actors. Then that's it for today, you can discuss anything with Awe, and I'll leave first. After speaking, Gu Chen pulled Wang Guxian out of the screening hall.

Xu Ke followed behind with a somewhat depressed expression, what he wanted to ask just now was not the living space of martial arts movies, but the matter of "The Legend of Shushan", originally the Shaw Brothers had sent someone to negotiate with him about directing "The Legend of Shushan", and even the script was sent to him, he was already thinking about how to shoot, with "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" to practice, he also had some understanding and experience in the production of special effects films, he believed that he would be more handy in filming "The Legend of Shushan", so he had greater ambitions for "The Legend of Shushan".

But who knew that this kind of sure thing suddenly reversed the day before yesterday, Wu Yusen was determined to be the director of "The Legend of Shu Mountain", and he was completely eliminated, after some inquiry, he knew that the Shaw Brothers did plan to let him direct "The Legend of Shu Mountain", but the Tang Dynasty film had different ideas, Gu Chen decided that Wu Yusen would direct it, and the Shaw Brothers accepted the request of the Tang Dynasty after consideration.

He didn't know if Gu Chen was too serious about Wu Yusen, or if he had any opinion of him, so he wanted to ask, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know how to speak, if Gu Chen just thought that "The Legend of Shushan" was not suitable for him, it would be nothing for him to ask, but if Gu Chen had any opinion of him as a person, then he would only make Gu Chen even more disgusted if he asked, so it was better not to ask.

After sending Gu Chen and Wang Guxian away, Xu Ke came to the office with Zeng Zhiwei, just entered the door, he was not polite, sat on the sofa with a sigh in his mouth, Zeng Zhiwei sat opposite, crossed two short Erlang legs, and said neatly: "You just wanted to ask about "The Legend of Shushan", right?" I know what's going on in your mind, it's not as complicated as you think. ”

"Oh? How so? Xu Ke immediately came to his senses, for this annoyance, he had been so annoyed that he couldn't eat well and sleep well for two days.

"With my understanding of Ah Chen, if he had an opinion on you personally, he would not have cooperated with you in "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" in the first place, the reason why he chose Wu Yusen to direct this time should be just a technical problem, Wu Yusen and Yuan Heping have collaborated on "Blade Warrior" and "Legend of the Night", so that he and both have been successful, and the cooperation between the two of them is obviously more tacit than the cooperation between you and Yuan Heping."

"In addition, watching the release version of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" today is requested by Ah Chen, in the past, Ah Chen would only take time to watch the release version in advance before the release of the film, and I think it is the first time that I have just completed the production like this, and I have asked to see the release version before even the publicity has started."

"So I think he doesn't have much confidence in whether you can control special effects movies, so he will choose the more experienced Wu Yusen, as long as "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" can be successful this time, I believe he will look at you differently, so don't think about it."

Xu Ke nodded thoughtfully, from the perspective of investors, Wu Yusen is obviously more suitable than him, but although he has agreed with Zeng Zhiwei's words, he is still unwilling to lose such a great opportunity, not to mention that he thinks that in terms of martial arts films, Wu Yusen can't compare with him at all, thinking of this, he sighed again: "Alas, forget it, the matter has come to this point, no matter how much it is useless." ”

"The most important thing now is the release of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2", the publicity plan has been formulated and can start at any time, but the premiere date and premiere location have not yet been decided, what is your opinion?" He is also an investor in the film, so he naturally has the right to participate in these things.

Zeng Zhiwei thought for a while and said: ""A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is still a martial arts film in the final analysis, I am afraid that it will encounter the same problems as "Storm and Clouds Dominate the World", and the premiere in the United States is probably ineffective, and the cost is huge. I think it's better to put it in Tokyo, Japan, because "A Chinese Ghost Story 1" and "50 First Loves", Xiaoxian is very well-known in Japan, and "Storm and Clouds" also achieved very good results in Japan, and putting the world premiere of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" in Japan should help the Japanese box office. ”

Xu Ke agreed: "Japan can now be said to be the largest Asian market (single country) for Hong Kong films, but there has been no Hong Kong blockbuster film premiere in Japan before, it is inevitable that there will be Japanese audiences and insiders who think that Hong Kong does not pay enough attention to the big market of Japan. ”

Zeng Zhiwei nodded and said: "Then it's decided, as for the time, it's not a big problem, there will be no special festivals in the next two months, just set it in a month, otherwise you have to wait for the summer file, but I don't think there should be much gap in the box office." ”

Xu Ke pondered for a while, and then said, "You can decide this matter." He invested most of his assets in "A Chinese Ghost Story 2", so that now that he is short of funds on hand, he also hopes to recover the funds as soon as possible, and his ambitions will not be limited to a "A Chinese Ghost Story 2".

"Alright, I'll leave first if there's nothing else to do, and I'll be here early tomorrow morning." After speaking, Xu Ke got up and left, he is still supervising a film at hand, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" will start promoting tomorrow, and he has to go back to make arrangements. (To be continued......)