Huayu: From an ordinary person to a happy director

Chapter 65: Lurking

Liu Yan thought for a moment and replied, "There is one. Yang Xing plays the third female character Jiang Yuyan in it."

"Is she okay? Don't let her be taken advantage of."

"It's okay. People who come out of Taolin Film and Television don't need unspoken rules, nor will they be subject to unspoken rules." Liu Yan replied quickly.

Taolin Film and Television can produce TV series as well as movies. Even if the company's artists want resources, they will not use hidden rules on outsiders, but will directly use hidden rules on the boss.

Shi Lei's private life is too extravagant, and everyone in the company knows it.

It’s just that some of the company’s artists haven’t figured it out yet, or haven’t had the opportunity yet.

The artist’s agent is very insightful. He either doesn’t use hidden rules or he can only use hidden rules with the boss. The boss is handsome and rich. If he uses hidden rules with others, he will lose a lot!
"The legend of Jiang Yuyan?" Shi Lei's eyes flashed.

"It's 'The Little Fish and the Flowerless'." Liu Yan corrected.

Shi Lei swallowed his saliva and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I remembered it wrong. When she finishes filming, ask her to come and see you."

Then he felt that this was too obvious and a little embarrassed, "Ahem... you should issue a statement to support Xiao Bailong. You can write the specific wording. Be tough. It's okay even if it offends the Hong Kong circle."

Liu Yan's expression remained unchanged. She had known Shi Lei's character for a long time. This was very normal in the circle. Shi Lei was relatively good. He only had sex with the company's artists and received compensation. Some casting directors in the circle could be described as having seen countless women. What was even more infuriating was that they did not receive any compensation afterwards and did not even get the roles they were promised.

Shi Lei is considered a high-quality stock in the director industry and is worthy of investment by actresses.

But she felt that she was becoming more and more dangerous!
She knew too many of Shi Lei's secrets, and it was possible that Shi Lei would take them away from her at some point.

But...she didn't seem to resist.

Perhaps due to years of exercise, Shi Lei's face is angular and very handsome, and most importantly, he has eight-pack abs. When she saw his eight-pack abs in the gym, she drooled!

Those eight abdominal muscles must feel very comfortable to touch.

The most important thing is that Shi Lei has good stamina and can maintain it for an hour. He is worthy of being a person who exercises regularly. He is strong!

Suddenly Liu Yan realized that he had been thinking in the wrong direction, and quickly put aside his distracting thoughts and asked, "Boss, haven't you been trying to get along well with Emperor Ying recently?"

"Xie Tingfeng is Emperor Ying's artist. If we do this, Emperor Ying might have objections."

"Hmph, if Emperor Ying has any objections, it means they are not a good partner. We can find another company to cooperate with." Shi Lei snorted coldly.

Some people in mainland China are superstitious about Hong Kong celebrities. They always like to use Hong Kong celebrities when making movies, believing that Hong Kong celebrities can carry the box office.

But the facts of his previous life were before his eyes. He knew that the mainland did not buy into Hong Kong stars, and even Cheng Long did not have much box office appeal (Jet Li is a mainland actor).

People from the mainland may prefer to watch discs from Hong Kong rather than go to the cinema to watch movies.

Of course, we can't generalize all Hong Kong stars. Stephen Chow's box office appeal is unparalleled.

The most important thing is that Hong Kong stars are several times more expensive than those in the mainland, but they still look down on others. They make money from the mainland but look down on the mainland.

Shi Lei would not tolerate this.

"Boss, in the whole of Hong Kong Island, except for Yinghuang, all other companies have dropped to a lower level." Liu Yan reminded.

Shi Lei pondered for a while and said, "Then we can just cooperate with the theaters. As long as the theaters are willing to show our films, that's fine."

What he cares about is Hong Kong Island’s box office, not Hong Kong Island’s artists.

"But our film needs artists from Hong Kong..." "No, we don't need them. The mainland now values ​​the quality of the film more than a Hong Kong star."

Shi Lei does have a passion for Hong Kong films, but his passion is for Young and Dangerous films, and Young and Dangerous films cannot be released in mainland China, so the passion is essentially nonexistent.

"Boss, I know what to do." Liu Yan did not continue to persuade him. There is no such thing as a third time. She had already persuaded him several times. There was nothing she could do if Shi Lei insisted on doing so.

Fortunately, the company’s focus now is on TV series, not movies.

"By the way, how much was the box office of the movie "Jade Guanyin"? " Shi Lei suddenly asked.

"As of today, the total box office is 735 million RMB." Liu Yan replied quickly.

"As long as we don't lose money." Shi Lei nodded, not surprised.

A good romance film these days is probably like this, with a cost of two to three million and a box office of around ten million.

Next, Liu Yan reported some matters that needed Shi Lei's handling. Shi Lei spent three days signing various documents, making various decisions, and then devoted himself to the editing of "Sword Rain".

Compared to before, he is now experienced in editing, and with the reference of his previous life, he can edit very quickly.

But before he could finish editing the film, "Insidious", "The Purge" and "Million Dollar Baby" were about to be released in North America.

After delaying several times, I couldn’t delay any longer and had to fly to North America, and the editing was changed to remote guidance.

When he arrived in North America, "Insidious" was released that night.

This time, Shi Lei chose to treat everyone equally and asked Warner to help distribute "Insidious".

"Insidious" was released in various theaters in North America in the early morning, and the opening box office in the first three days of the weekend is very important.

During these three days, Shi Lei stayed in the hotel, waiting for movie information here.

Three days later, Warner got some data about "Insidious" from the theaters. The attendance rate was very high, with no obvious regional differences, and the main groups were young people and students.

Horror films are also niche films in the large North American market, and the audience is very fixed, which can almost be described as stable.

"Oh, dear Shi, we succeeded, and this movie is destined to be a great success."

Mike shouted to Shi Lei excitedly.

"The data is out? How much is it?" Shi Lei was also eager to know.

Confident, but he is also very concerned, which involves his subsequent package.

"Mike, hurry up and tell me, do you want to make me anxious to death?" Wen Zairen was more anxious than Shi Lei, and he stepped forward and grabbed Mike.

"Hahaha..." Mike burst into laughter. After teasing Shi Lei for a while, he said, "Dear Shi, just a few hours ago, I got the opening box office data of "The Hidden".
Our opening box office ranked third on the entire list, and our three-day opening box office was 16.4 million, one million higher than "Saw", and the brothers cheered..."

"Wow..." Everyone shouted excitedly.

"Yeah!" Wen Zairen also cheered happily.

Shi Lei also became excited. This was all money, and it was a lot of fun.

His wealth grew.

(End of this chapter)