Chapter 910 Chapter 210 Girlfriend Relationship
The next day, "Dragon Inn" internally announced the approval of the project.
After reading the script of this movie, Jin Han was so excited that he couldn't help himself. If it wasn't for the fact that "The Matrix" was about to start shooting, judging from what he meant, he wished he could set up the project today and start shooting tomorrow.
But in fact, that is impossible.
This year's Minghu Culture, no one or any shooting plan can compete with "The Matrix" for resources. Li Qian's international co-production blockbuster is the first sequence.
And "The Matrix" will not officially start filming until the end of July and the beginning of August!
The reason why the time is uncertain is that the props have not finally met Li Qian's shooting requirements, so there is no way to do this, so we can only continue to do it, and the second is to give the actors in the United States some time to prepare.
Third, it is very helpless, because most of the manpower and equipment in the special effects department are occupied by Liu Chengzhang's "Flying Apsaras".
And this is not the time when "Flying Apsaras" uses special effects the most. According to Liu Chengzhang's production plan, in the next September and October, after the filming is complete, even he himself will be stationed in the special effects department of Minghu Culture. At that time, it is estimated that the working ability of the entire Minghu Cultural Special Effects Department will be occupied by him-according to the news from the special effects department, "Flying Apsaras" has been filming for nearly a year, and the investment has been increased three times. It's more than 100 million. When everything is completed, it is estimated that it will be infinitely close to 200 million!
It is conceivable that Hua Fei Film and Television is really complaining!
In this year, although the box office of domestic movies has been soaring again and again, no matter how high it is, it is not as high as the North American box office. What's more, when it comes to the harvesting ability of the global box office, domestic movies are not on the same level as Hollywood blockbusters, and Even in Hollywood, an investment of 30 million US dollars is considered a medium investment. If it exceeds 60 million, it is already qualified to be included in the large investment. If it exceeds 100 million US dollars, it is an absolute super-large production-in a place like Hollywood, James Cameron There is only one director like Long who burns money!
But now, a Chinese movie actually needs to invest 200 million yuan, equivalent to 100 million U.S. dollars, to make a movie. It's scary to think about it!
However, the previous money has already been invested, and it is estimated that Hu Fei still has confidence in Liu Chengzhang, so, gritting his teeth, the follow-up money will also have to be spent!
By the end of July and the beginning of August, regardless of whether Liu Chengzhang is willing or not, as long as the preparations for "The Matrix" are fully completed, Li Qian will transfer a part of the force from the special effects department to directly work with the team to officially start the filming stage of "The Matrix".
But the good news is that Li Qian not only saves money when making movies, but also at a faster speed.
The film "The Matrix" has a very important position in Minghu culture, but the combined investment of China and the United States is only 50 million Chinese yuan, and the estimated shooting period is only 11 weeks!
Still the same sentence, Liu Chengzhang's last movie "Sword Fairy" obviously didn't do very well, but the new movie still dared to spend 200 million yuan, and continued to play super fairy and top special effects, and the movie was shot for a year. A group of actors were tossing and complaining, but Li Qian did exactly the opposite. Obviously "Red Sorghum" had just sold more than 500 million yuan, but the new movie continued to only invest tens of millions, and it could be used in production. props instead, he tries not to use special effects.
Moreover, other actors can be found from outside as much as possible, but the male and female protagonists will definitely use the contracted actors of their own company-of course, it is a very important factor that the fat and water do not flow to outsiders, and another factor is that it is cheap.
Therefore, for an international co-production film, the plan was to hit the overseas market, but Zhou Baoshan and He Yingyu were still the leading actors.
According to the plan, from the end of October to the beginning of November, "The Matrix" will be completed.
Then, He Yingyu will move to "Dragon Inn" after a short break, and Zhou Baoshan will only have a short rest time, and then he will non-stop join another costume Kung Fu drama prepared for him by Minghu Culture this year, "Shaolin Temple" .
The reason why I filmed "Shaolin Temple" instead of continuing to shoot the third part of "Once Upon a Time", was mainly because I was afraid that the audience would experience aesthetic fatigue after watching two films in a row, so I just took "Shaolin Temple" as a buffer.
Moreover, the movie "Shaolin Temple" was handed over to Zhao Helai, who directed "Once Upon a Time in Huang: A Man Should Be Self-improvement", and it happened to be able to continue the style, allowing Zhou Baoshan to quickly return to ancient costumes after experiencing the changes in the modern drama of "The Matrix". In the play, continue to secure the seat of the first star in ancient costumes.
Of course, preparations for "Dragon Inn" can already begin.
Moreover, these producers and directors in Minghu Culture understand very well that although Li Qian can save as much as possible when dealing with his own film projects, he is generous enough when dealing with other directors like them.
As long as the plan is reasonable and the expenditure is reasonable, even if it is a little higher, he will definitely approve it.
But this time, Jin Han, who has always liked live-action shooting the most, after reading the script countless times in a row, his eyes were red, but he was not willing to rest, so he directly asked the company for a live-location survey. He soon ran to the Gansu area to find a shooting location.
And before he went this time, he asked the company to help contact some architectural design firms in advance—that is to say, in order to make a good film of "Dragon Inn", he estimated that he would spend money to directly build a Dragon Inn in the desert. Then, a large number of scenes will be stationed in the deep desert to shoot.
Having been stationed deep in the desert for a long time to film, one would know that all kinds of expenses would definitely increase dramatically!
But Li Qian didn't have any objection, and directly approved it.
For Jin Han, he has only one request: make the trick well!
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The time has entered July, and the summer vacation is in full swing.
When the box office of "Peacock" was tepid, in the first half of this year, Minghu Culture has successfully announced that it is the film and television culture company with the highest revenue in China.
After a full 86 days of release, "Red Sorghum" was completely offline on June 6, and the screening in China ended, but in many places abroad, because the distribution rights were sold by way of buyout It went out, so how many days they have to leave it there, it will not be under the control of Minghu Culture.
At present, some places have already gone offline, and some places are still showing, and it may even continue to be shown until the end of the year.
However, the domestic offline and overseas buyouts have made the revenue of "Red Sorghum" already determined.
The domestic box office is 5,750.9 billion Chinese yuan, which is equivalent to about 287.5 million U.S. dollars. The overseas buyout distribution rights have already generated 87.3 million box office, and it will be higher in the future, but the actual buyout money that Minghu Culture gets is definitely Not so much.
So up to now, the global box office of "Red Sorghum" has reached 385 million US dollars - it will definitely be higher in the future, but it is only a few million to tens of millions of US dollars. The overall situation is set.
After experiencing the super popularity in the early stage of the release, "Big Wrist" also got a certain period of extended screening, and finally before the arrival of July, on June 29, the national screening officially ended.
The cumulative screening time of the film was 71 days, and the total box office nationwide was as high as 578.13 million. Because of its popularity in China, its overseas distribution rights have also been sold to some countries, but generally speaking, if the price is not raised, after all, no one can guarantee whether such a comedy movie will be popular in other countries, so, The so-called overseas box office means that it is lively and looks good, but it is actually better than nothing.
However, "Red Sorghum" and "Big Wrist" are actually only the domestic box office of these two films, which is enough to make Minghu Culture proud of the crowd!
Last year, "Huang Feihong", which ranked second in the history of domestic movie box office rankings, has now dropped to fourth place, while "Big Wrist" and "Red Sorghum" ranked second and third.
First place, "The Gate of Life and Death", Qin Wei, 700 million.
Second place, "Big Wrist", Feng Bicheng, 578 million.
Third place, "Red Sorghum", Li Qian, 575 million.
Fourth place, "Huang Feihong", Li Qian, 470 million.
Fifth place, "Swordsman and Monk", Liu Chengzhang, 310 million.
Among the top five domestic movie box office history rankings, Minghu Culture occupies the third place.
Moreover, July has already come, which means that "Once Upon a Time: A Man Should Be Self-improvement" is coming soon-according to the preliminary surveys conducted by many theaters and survey agencies, this movie has a very high expectation among the audience , To some extent, it means that as long as this movie can keep up with the rhythm and standard of the first movie, the box office should not be too bad!
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In July, the whole country begins to enter the hot weather.
At this time, I can feel more comfortable under the air conditioner.
Bai Yujing sat in the second row of the commercial vehicle, lazily, as if he didn't want to move.
The manager sat on the co-pilot and glanced back, but he didn't dare to say anything to her, and there was no need to say anything—the current Minghu cultural family has a great career, and when others go to see the big boss, they have to give Li Qian's secretary or The assistant calls, queues up to make an appointment, and then cleans himself up, trying to show his best and most energetic side in front of the boss. But this aunt doesn't need it, she was reminded by her assistant or manager before she went out, and she could call the big boss directly and say that I'm going to your office now, that would be very polite. Under normal circumstances, if she had something to go to the company, she would just go there and just knock on the door.
But there is no way, let alone the inside of Hu Culture, the entire Chinese entertainment circle knows that Li Qian and Bai Yujing are hardcore and best buddies. When Bai Yujing was interviewed, she also publicly stated that Li Qian was her best friend.
And from the perspective of the actual coffee position within the Minghu Culture Film and Television Department, even before the popularity of "Big Wrist" made Bai Yujing directly transform into a movie female cafe, she was the absolute big sister in the actor circle.
Although she herself is not the kind of arrogant and calculating person, her qualifications are there!
Minghu Culture has recruited more than half of the most popular young actresses in China in the past few years, but if you count them from the beginning, He Yingyu, Qin Jingjing, Liu Yan, Zhao Qing, etc., are all little sisters.
Zhu Qiang, Zhou Zhiyu, and Zhou Baoshan should all be respectful and polite.
Oh, by the way, there is also a new actress, Zhao Yingying, who has just become famous, even if she is a Cannes actress, she still has to go to the back row!
Not to mention anything else, the key to the film and television department of Minghu Culture started with "Legend of the New White Snake"! Old enough qualifications, enough DIAO contacts, and good reputation are enough!
He Yingyu is so popular that she voluntarily regards Bai Yujing as the eldest sister, who else would dare to dance?
The car turned down the Fourth Ring Road, and soon came to the entrance of the underground parking lot of Minghu Building. From a distance, a few paparazzi who were stationed here saw this commercial vehicle, and suddenly became energetic—it was stationed in Minghu all the year round. The group of people in the building knew exactly who was sitting in which car.
Pick up the camera, take a few shots first, and watch the car approaching the entrance, the speed slowed down, they rushed over quickly, moving quickly to keep up with the speed of the car, while putting the lens close to the window glass, It doesn’t matter whether you can shoot through the film or not. First, I just clicked, and then I didn’t dare to shoot the car window, but I just shouted loudly, "My lady, my lady, accept an interview? Just one minute... just one minute ..."
Bai Yujing in the car rolled his eyes helplessly.
In "Legend of the New White Snake", the white lady is called "The White Lady". In "Princess Returning the Pearl", the role of the queen is also a "mother". "Niang Niang".
But how ugly is the word empress!
Anyway awkward!
The car entered the underground garage, and the paparazzi disappeared.
Park the car, get out of the car, enter the elevator, the manager goes to the fourth floor, and she goes to the eighth floor.
Bai Yujing was dressed in homely attire. When the elevator door opened, she couldn't help yawning, but as soon as the elevator door opened, she immediately regained her spirits.
Walk in, from the front desk to the staff you meet on the road, whenever they see her, they will smile affectionately and say, "Hello, Sister Bai!", or, "Hello, Sister Jing!"
Bai Yujing gave everyone a smile.
Outside the art director's office, Li Qian's other assistant is on duty today, that is, the niece of Cao Zhan's third aunt's family, Fang Shengnan, who is said to be a young musical talent.
Bai Yujing said hello, knowing that Li Qian was there, he didn't need Fang Shengnan's help to knock on the door, he knocked on the door by himself, then pushed the door open and entered.
Li Qian was sitting on the sofa, and the coffee table in front of him should be freshly brewed tea, with the aroma of the tea and steam rising - considering that he made a phone call before going out, this should be made just for him.
Look, there are two teacups!
Even more interesting, however, was the strange object he held in his hand.
Like a model.
Seeing Bai Yujing coming in, Li Qian just raised his head and greeted her, "Come and drink tea!" Then he continued to turn around and look at the things in his hand.
Bai Yujing went to sit down, stared at the thing, and asked, "What is it?"
Hearing this, Li Qian handed over the things and said, "Model, the battleship in "The Matrix"! This is a miniature version, handsome or not?"
Bai Yujing stared at it for size, and after a while, took it over and looked at it seriously, complaining: "It looks so strange!"
Li Qian laughed, "You know what!"
"Cut!" Bai Yujing returned the things to Li Qian with disdain, took a sip from the teacup in front of her, and then instantly remembered the purpose of her coming to the company today, couldn't help but lift her feet, remembering that she was wearing shoes, and then Put it down, but still couldn't help complaining: "You want to exhaust me to death!"
Li Qian looked up at her.
Bai Yujing raised her fingers and counted the same number, "The third part of "Princess Huanzhu" was filmed for more than two months. I just took a breath and entered the group of "Big Wrist". I passed a year, and "Never Close My Eyes" is next. This "Never Close My Eyes" has just finished filming, and you arranged another one for me, and the filming is about to start again! Finish the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" , I'm going to be exhausted and disabled, you know?"
Li Qian was a little aggrieved, and argued: "Old Han said that, except for you, he felt that Mei Chaofeng was not strong enough to play Mei Chaofeng! It has nothing to do with me!"
Bai Yujing rolled his eyes at him, "It's your business!"
After a pause, he took a sip from the teacup and said happily, "But Lao Han still has a good eye, and I also think that I can definitely play a super handsome Mei Chaofeng!"
Li Qian looked at her helplessly, "That means I still want to act!"
Bai Yujing rolled his eyes at him again, "Of course I don't want to act! If it wasn't for the company's play, and it was "Legend of the Condor Heroes", let me tell you, I would have pushed it without even thinking about it!"
"Hypocritical!"
Li Qian satirized her mercilessly.
Bai Yujing didn't care, she rolled her eyes happily, and leaned on the sofa, "It's just hypocritical, what's the matter?"
Then he simply took off his flat shoes and sat cross-legged on the sofa.
Happy.
Are you tired? She has been really tired recently!
But who made her popular now!
Ordinarily, an actress of her age should be a little embarrassed. The youth role is not easy to take on, and other dramas are temporarily lacking in confidence. If you want to successfully complete the transformation and continue to be popular, you must come to a movie. Middle-aged works that are completely popular, or at least works that blur the age.
But from the gentle and heroic spirit of the white lady in "Legend of the New White Snake", to the viciousness of the empress in "Princess Returning the Pearl", to the beautiful and stunning vase in "The Big Wrist", Bai Yujing, the former Chinese The first jade girl has already completed the transformation ahead of schedule.
From twenty-five to fifty years old, even with good makeup, it can be extended to seventy-five years old, she takes it all!
Decent villain, take all!
Even, she is still one of the rare movies and TV shows, and she can eat comfortably and comfortably, and she doesn't think there is any problem at all-under normal circumstances, you let someone who just played in a movie with a box office hit more than 500 million It's unthinkable for the heroine actor to go back to acting in a TV series! Remuneration, celebrity status, hard work, style, etc. These things will make almost every actress refuse directly!
What's more, it's a supporting role in a TV series?
But Bai Yujing didn't care at all.
Movies and TV dramas go up and down at will, don't worry about losing her status, play positive and negative roles at will, don't worry about damaging her image-in this way, she will be free and easy, but will make people look at her differently, and will not damage her status!
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