Chapter 163 Six Projects
Liu Hongmin was a little embarrassed to be stared at by them, and he secretly covered his waist and eyes. That's the bad thing about women being too young, they are a bit weak.
Arrived at the conference room, Yang Guiren asked eagerly: "Brother Liu, have you brought the manuscript?"
Before the Chinese New Year, he received a notice from Zou Shifang, saying that Liu Hongmin had written a novel New novel. If Liu Hongmin hadn't said he would bring it over after the New Year, he would have flown to the capital to pick it up himself before the New Year. Even so, he has been restless this year and has been thinking about Liu Hongmin's manuscript.
Liu Hongmin handed him the manuscript of "Terror Cruise", "This is a novel about reincarnation, and the reading threshold is a bit high."
Yang Guiren looked at the thickness of the manuscript, "You guys Let’s have a meeting first. I’ll go find a place to look first.”
After that, he walked out of the conference room with the manuscript in hand.
Liu Hongmin ignored him and signaled Wang Yaowei to start the meeting.
Wang Yaowei: "Let me talk about the box office of "Chinatown Detective 3" first. The box office on the first day of the new year was HK$3.45 million, the second day was HK$3.87 million, and yesterday it was HK$3.92 million. The three-day box office total was 11.24 million. Hong Kong dollars.”
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows, the size of the Spring Festival stalls is different! In the summer season, the maximum number is 26.7 million, but in the Spring Festival season, it can reach nearly 4 million, which is simply terrifying.
Wang Yaowei explained: "Since the Hong Kong dollar crisis, the film and television industry has become a popular investment area. A lot of money has been invested in cinema chains. Last year, 15 new cinemas were opened in Hong Kong. With the current number of cinemas in Hong Kong, the daily box office can Reaching HK$6 million. The remaining one-third was basically taken by "Lucky Star"."
Xu Xiaoming: "There will be no sequel to "The Best Partner" this year, and Fatty Zeng and Xu Ke will continue. The departure left "The Best Partner" without a suitable director. As a result, Jiahe was advantaged. Their Lucky Star series occupied a gap in the market and earned nearly 6 million in box office in three days. "
Liu Hongmin nodded, regardless of whether it was "The Best." "The Best Partner" series and the "Lucky Star" series are both formula comedies. This kind of comedy has certain routines, is easy to produce, and people in Hong Kong like it very much, so each one is very profitable. But compared with the truly ingenious "Detective Chinatown" series, it is far behind.
The latter relies on quality, so it can beat the former two in terms of box office and copyright. However, the first two are simple to produce, and the creative staff only need less than a month to complete the film. If you include post-production, one film can be released in half a year.
"The Detective of Chinatown" is a film that is ready to be filmed as soon as it is released. Hurrying and slowing down means shooting three films in two years. No matter how fast it is, it will not work.
Zou Shifang reminded: "The "Lucky Star" series has also changed directors and actors. The director of "Lucky Star" is Fatty Zeng. It is said that he is still filming the next "Lucky Star" series movie, which may be It will be released in the summer season."
Xu Xiaoming: "Tsk, tsk, Flying Paper Boy!"
After hanging out with Liu Hongmin for so long, he now looks down on Flying Paper Boy.
Wang Yaowei: "According to our estimates, "Detective 3" may break the record again and have the ability to hit a box office of 50 million."
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "If this is the case, That would be great.”
After talking about the box office prospects of "Detective 3" for a while, Wang Yaowei said: "Last year we signed some directors and actors, and this year we will produce six projects. "Happy Little Monk 2", "Fenglingdu" two TV series, " "Chinatown Detective 4", "Horror Cruise", "New Shaolin Ancestors" and "Fist of Heroes" ""Happy Little Monk 2" is a work specially designed for the kung fu twins to hone their acting skills and maintain their popularity. As I get older, I can shoot more and more works, and I have entered a state of inactivity. But Tomorrow Film Company has high hopes for the two and keeps looking for projects for them.
"Fenglingdu" is adapted from Zou Shifang's martial arts novel. This novel tells the story of the three heroes in the dust. Li Jing was finally buried in Fenglingdu because of Hongfu Nu.
"Chinatown Detective 4" needs to wait for Liu Hongmin's script, but according to Liu Hongmin's speed, it can be written in ten days and a half. As for "Terror Cruise", just follow the plot of the novel. Just needing a big ship as a shooting location, Wang Yaowei has contacted the ship king's company and rented a second-line cargo ship, which can be used as a cruise ship with a little modification.
"The Five New Shaolin Ancestors" was an idea that Xu Xiaoming got when he was chatting with Wang Jing at a party. Xu Xiaoming invited Wang Jing to shoot this movie, starring Li Lianjie, who had just signed with the company.
When Li Lianjie was filming "Northern and Southern Shaolin", he had a conflict with director Liu Jialiang because of the huge gap in the treatment of actors in the two places. Later Wu Bin introduced him to Liu Hongmin, but Liu Hongmin was in the United States at the time, so he asked Zou Shifang to sign Li Lianjie.
Last year, Tomorrow Film Company wanted to open a movie for Jet Li. But he was recovering from his injuries at the time and is still recovering. However, Li Lianjie will definitely be able to recover in a few months, and it will be too late to start filming again.
"Fist of Heroes" was also prepared by the company for Li Lianjie. After the broadcast of "Heroes Fearless" last year, it became very popular. So the company decided to make a movie about Fearless. Remembering that Bruce Lee had filmed "Fist of Fury", they decided to remake the movie and name it "Fist of Fury".
Today's Hong Kong stars are often called Bruce Lee's successor, and the company also wants to make Jet Li the successor of Bruce Lee.
Liu Hongmin looked at the planning book and said, "Since we are filming the Five Shaolin Ancestors, where can we find four actors who are as famous as Li Lianjie and can also fight?"
The Big Three were stunned for a moment, yes! Nowadays, Xiangjiang is as famous as Li Lianjie, but those who can match Li Lianjie's skills have all signed contracts with major film companies. It is really difficult to get four. Even if you get it all together, the total remuneration may exceed 10 million. Adding the production costs, it will take at least 30 million in box office to make back the money. Although there is no compensation, this is not the style of Tomorrow Film Company.
Liu Hongmin said: "In this way, change the five Shaolin ancestors into children, let the Kung Fu Twin Stars participate, and find a few children of similar age."
In this way, the issue of remuneration It’s solved, and the fighting part is also solved. Wu Jing and Fan Shaohuang both have good skills. As long as the filming is good, they will not be inferior to adult action actors.
After the meeting, Liu Hongmin found Yang Guiren. Yang Guiren also finished reading, "Brother Liu, this book you wrote is really clever!"
Except for the word clever, he really couldn't find a suitable adjective.
"Is there any market prospect?"
"Of course!" Yang Guiren said with a smile: "The quality of the book is no problem. Although it is a little strange, it can still become a bestseller as long as it is promoted properly. . Brother Liu, with your reputation, even if you write a piece of shit, it will still be a bestseller!"
(End of this chapter)