Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

“The main purpose of having everyone here today is to discuss the movies during the Spring Festival.

I have two scripts here. Let's take a look and decide which one to shoot for the Spring Festival.

As everyone knows, the Spring Festival period is a place where fierce competition takes place. Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow and other Hong Kong's most box office-appealing figures are here.

Our films must ensure quality.

No matter which one I shoot, my requirement is that it must be shot well.”

Taking out two scripts, Zhou Ziheng looked at Huo Wenxi and said:
"The profit of Tazza: Tazza is about 40 million, and director Benny Chan will be working on a movie with a budget of 8 million next.

Please allocate the funds. As for this project, I mean the budget should not be less than 20 million.

In addition, please see if there is a suitable candidate for the director of this play. After recommending him, the company will send him an invitation. "

No one spoke, but passed the script to each other and started reading.

For a moment, the only sound in the conference room was the flipping of pages.

After a while, when everyone had almost finished reading the script, they began to whisper to each other.

"Which script do you think is good?"

“Both plays are good, but I prefer The Conjuring because the script fully reflects the distortion of human nature.

I think if it’s well shot, it will definitely win an award.”

"I think Lone Agent is good. The protagonist is well-designed! It is also obviously more action-oriented and gun-based. It is easy to find directors with this kind of style."

While others were discussing, Chen Musheng was holding two scripts and couldn't put them down.

He liked these two scripts very much.

"The Conjuring" has a perfect plot, revealing the struggles of the bottom of society. In order to survive, in order to stay alive, they kill and are killed. It seems to be just a natural phenomenon. Sometimes human life is not even worth anything at all. It reflects the law of the jungle in the animal world vividly.

As for "The Man from Nowhere", this is the type of drama he is best at and what he likes the most. Just by reading the script, he has already generated a lot of filming ideas in his mind.

He felt that if he made this movie, he would definitely become famous.

It is also because both scripts are so good that he is particularly hesitant now.

He kind of regretted bringing out the script for "Stormtroopers."

If he hadn't taken it out, he could have competed to direct one of the two scripts.

Now!
He has already promised Zhou Ziheng to film "Stormtroopers".

The movie we are discussing now is the Spring Festival movie. Judging from what Zhou Ziheng said, the production of this movie will be started immediately.

In other words, if he filmed "Stormtroopers", he would not be able to film this Spring Festival movie.

Looking at everyone whispering below, Zhou Ziheng was not surprised at all.

The two scripts he took out were not ordinary scripts.

"The Yellow Sea", formerly known as "The Yellow Sea", is a famous crime film released in South Korea in 2010.

This is a Korean movie that has been deified by countless movie fans, and more than 200 million people on Douban gave it a high score of 8.5.

Some people say that this is one of the best crime movies in South Korea. This movie not only made South Korea's Thousand-faced Film Emperor Ha Jung-woo win numerous awards, but also the "Yanbian War God" Mian Zhenghe became famous through this movie and became the strongest king among the three great war gods in Korean movies.

When Zhou Ziheng wrote the script based on the movie plot in his mind, he made localized innovations to it.

The original story was supposed to take place in Northeast China and South Korea, but he changed it to Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Because the location of the story has changed, the name naturally cannot continue to be "The Yellow Sea", so Zhou Ziheng changed it to "Murderous Ambition".

This name is actually very appropriate. In the movie, the protagonist is always on the run, and three or four parties are looking for him. Dangers are everywhere. Isn’t this "The Conjuring"!

As for "The Man from Lone Ranger", needless to say, this movie is one of the representative works of Korea's top actor Won Bin and one of the best action movies in Korea.

The whole film is based on cold colors, creating a gloomy and dark atmosphere. The evil and madness contained in it are shocking.

It has a significant impact on the entire history of Korean films.

The quality of both films is top notch.

Those present here are all veterans in the industry, and they are the ones who can tell whether a script is good or bad.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zhou Ziheng knocked on the table, attracting everyone's attention.

"Which one do you think is suitable? Tell us your opinions!" Upon hearing this, Huang Wei was the first to raise his hand.

"I think we can shoot The Man from Nowhere, which is relatively light and suitable for the Spring Festival.

Besides, Mr. Zhou, don’t you have a good relationship with Jet Li?
We can invite him to play this role, I think he is very suitable for this role.

His performances last year in "A Letter to Dad" and "Bodyguard from Beijing" have fully demonstrated that he is capable of handling modern dramas.

In addition, his action scenes are first-rate in China and he has box office appeal. With him in the lead role, our film will not lack attention and may even beat Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow to become the Spring Festival box office champion."

"Yes, The Man from Nowhere is a good choice."

"The quality of the script of "The Conjuring" is beyond reproach, but it may not have much of a market in Hong Kong. I also agreed to shoot "The Man from Nowhere."

Everyone agreed with Huang Wei's statement.

How could I not agree?

With such a good script and the participation of Jet Li, a guy with first-class box office appeal, no one could find any reason to refuse. Those who originally thought that "The Conman" was suitable now kept silent and were inclined to shoot "The Man from Lone Star".

"Director Chen, what do you have to say?"

Zhou Ziheng looked around and saw that Chen Musheng seemed hesitant to speak, so he called on him.

Chen Musheng took a deep breath and stood up, "Mr. Zhou, I think you can play the role in "The Man from Nowhere".

Our company is not like Golden Harvest and Yongsheng. We still don’t have a first-class person who can carry the box office.

It is obvious that the drama "The Man from Lone Ranger" is a hit.

Mr. Zhou, your current box office appeal is still far behind Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung and Jet Li.

If you act in this play, it can enhance your box office appeal and allow you to truly be a star in both film and music.

As for inviting Jet Li, to be honest, I don't recommend it.

Although Jet Li is your friend, Mr. Zhou, he did not sign a film contract with us, but has a contract with Yongsheng.

I think it is unlikely that Yongsheng will let him film for us.

Besides, I think it’s a shame to let an outsider play such a good script.”

Hearing Chen Musheng's words, Zhou Ziheng nodded subconsciously. He had also thought about this issue.

But not as comprehensive as Chen Musheng.

but……

He frowned and said, "My Mandarin album is about to be released, and I may also have to work on the production of an English album. I'm afraid I won't have time to shoot this drama."

Hearing Zhou Ziheng's words, Chen Musheng immediately laughed.

This is his purpose.

He said directly: "Then let's put The Man from the Tomb Raider until next year, when you have more time, Mr. Zhou.

We can shoot "The Conjuring" during the Spring Festival."

Benny Chan wants to make "The Man from Lone Star".

It’s not that he thinks “The Conjuring” is bad. On the contrary, in his opinion, the quality of this movie is actually better than “The Man from Nowhere”.

However, this film focuses on human nature and the struggles of the lower classes, and relatively speaking, he is not very good at this type of film.

But "The Man from Nowhere" is different. This drama is definitely suitable for him. Action and explosion scenes are what he has always wanted to try and he feels he is good at.

So, after some thought, he decided to try to film "The Man from Nowhere".

However, there is a problem here.

That is, if "The Man from Nowhere" was to be released during the Spring Festival, he would have absolutely no chance.

So, he simply suggested that Zhou Ziheng play the role.

Of course he knew that Zhou Ziheng didn't have time.

This is a strategy, a strategy to postpone this project so that I can have time to be the director of this play.

(End of this chapter)