Chapter 51: The Story of Catching Fast
Xiang Huaqiang made a move, and Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao struggled fiercely in their hearts.
After a while, Cheng Long said: "Mr. Xiang, we understand your kindness, but we still have a long-term contract, and the liquidated damages are astronomical, and Mr. Zhou is our Bole, we don't seem to be righteous in doing this." ”
"I'll take care of the breach of contract, and you have also seen that Jiahe's publicity and cinema resources can't compare with us, what do you say if we join forces with Huanyu and Galaxy not to schedule films for Jiahe?"
Xiang Huaqiang is both soft and hard, Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao also fell into contemplation, Huanyu's strength and background are really not comparable to the current third-rate film companies, both of them are ambitious people, and they naturally know that if they want to have big development, they still have to rely on large companies.
But as Cheng Long said, the world of Daming attaches great importance to reputation, otherwise their five lucky stars would not have been suppressed because of a scandal and almost had to be removed in advance, Zhou Wenhuai has the grace of knowing them after all, and Erwuzai's reputation has been stained for a lifetime.
But now the threat in Xiang Huaqiang's words is understood by both of them, the two giants have joined forces to suppress, they are only afraid that they will be glued into the eighteenth line, which the two of them can't bear.
Hong Jingbao rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Xiang, since you are so sincere, we don't know how to raise it if we refuse, but I still have one condition." ”
Xiang Huaqiang frowned slightly and asked, "What conditions?"
Hong Jingbao said with a smile: "We can join Huanyu, but you can't deal with Jiahe in the future, Boss Zhou is not thin on us." ”
Xiang Huaqiang was also happy, and said secretly: "This is both wanting to be a female ticket and wanting to set up a memorial arch, but this fat man is really clever, and Zhou Wenhuai can be said to be in order to protect Jiahe, so he had to join Huanyu as a last resort, let me be a villain, but do I need to care about the jealousy of a small third-rate company?"
So he smiled and said: "No problem, Sanmao, you really value love and righteousness, I can promise that in the future, Jiahe's films, we can give priority to the film, and the publicity will be increased." ”
The two sides immediately burst into laughter and talked happily.
Xiang Huaqiang asked again: "Ah Long, do you have any plans for a new film?"
Cheng Long hesitated for a moment and said, "I have a book that I haven't shown to Boss Zhou yet, because the investment is too big, and I'm a little worried." ”
"Oh, what kind of book?" Xiang Huaqiang became interested, he originally liked to invest in big productions when he was very happy.
"It's a story about catching fast. A drug lord was arrested quickly, and the police arranged for the drug lord's female secretary to be a prosecution witness. Unexpectedly, on the day of the trial, the secretary was arrested, and due to insufficient evidence, the drug lord was released in court.
Afterwards, the drug lord designed to kill the secretary and blame the fast arrest, and the fast arrest faced the double pressure of the drug lord and the patrol room. Later, after a lot of hard work, the evidence was finally found and the drug lord was captured. ”
Cheng Long roughly told the story, if Yingshuai heard it, he must know that this is the "Police Story" that established Cheng Long's status in the original time and space.
Xiang Huaqiang was really interested when he heard it, the story of catching fast is actually not filmed in this time and space, although the people don't hate catching fast, but they also stay away, this is a new theme, and more importantly, Xiang Huaqiang feels that this is a movie that can be made into a series.
What movie is the most profitable? Of course, it is a series of movies, and if it is made into one, the sequel will not be sold, even if the sequel is filmed and the audience is bored, just stop for a while and then restart. And if you can create a hero who grows with the audience, it is a gold mine, even if the audience is nostalgic, go to the theater every year to feel the memories of childhood, that is a stable box office income.
"Aaron, how much do you expect to invest?" asked Xiang Huaqiang.
"Because it's an action movie, there are a lot of explosions, vehicle chase shots, and the cost of stunts is not low, how can it not be less than 80 million investment, if it is not well controlled, it will be hundreds of millions. Cheng Long scratched his head when he said this, a new type of movie, the production cost will be hundreds of millions, plus publicity, that is, at least 400 million at the box office can save the capital, no wonder he is not confident enough to say it.
Xiang Huaqiang waved his hand and said: "100 million is no problem, but I think the step should be bigger, if you want to shoot, you will shoot it into a high-quality product, and it is not okay if the special effects money is less, I invested in this project, and I will budget 120 million first." ”
Cheng Long has a feeling that a confidant dies, and he also feels that this is making a movie, and a large company is really incomparable to a small company like this, and this time his choice is right.
Hong Jingbao was also drooling when he saw it on the side, full of envy, and said: "Mr. Xiang, I also have a book, because the investment is too big, I haven't had a chance to see it?"
"Oh, what film?"
Hong Jingbao said with great interest: "This film tells the story of the gangsters and bandits who ransacked train passengers during the Republic of China, but I think the main feature is that there are many stars, just like the Spring Festival Gala, the cameos are all stars, and the audience will be dazzled by the number of stars. ”
This is the original time and space's "Rich Train", just the idea of many celebrities making cameos can't be done in the current Jiahe, so although the idea of this project Hong Jingbao has been formed for a long time, it has not been realized, but now it is not a problem at all in the world.
Sure enough, Xiang Huaqiang was very interested when he heard it, this kind of film is not difficult to shoot as soon as he hears it, as long as the funny bridges are filled, it is lively enough, and there are enough stars, it is easy to achieve explosive box office results.
Xiang Huaqiang asked: "Okay, I also voted for this project, what is your budget?"
Hong Jingbao said happily: "I can't estimate the star's salary, if you don't count this part, it is estimated that there will be 30 million production costs." ”
The corners of Xiang Huaqiang's mouth curled slightly, and the stars of his own company let them make a cameo appearance and still use the salary? This is really a profitable deal.
"Haha! Very good, Ah Long and Sanmao, as soon as you joined Huanyu, you brought such a good project, I really didn't mistake you, keep working hard, I won't treat you badly!" Xiang Huaqiang laughed.
And Cheng Long and Hong Jingbao were also very excited to see that the project they had planned for so long could be realized, and they had already left behind them the guilt that they felt sorry for Zhou Wenhuai for breaking the contract just now, and they couldn't tolerate anything else in their minds except for a bright future.
Xiang Huaqiang looked at the two of them and was also slightly proud, and said secretly: "Yingshuai, don't look at you with a small-budget movie, you have made a little achievement, but the film industry still relies on capital to speak, I will let you know that you can really do whatever you want with money." ”