Chapter 163 Six Projects
Liu Hongmin felt a little embarrassed by their stares, and he secretly covered his waist. This is the bad thing about women who are too young, it makes their waists a little weak.
Arriving at the conference room, Yang Guiren asked anxiously, "Brother Liu, did you bring the manuscript?"
Before the Chinese New Year, he received a notice from Zou Shifang saying that Liu Hongmin had written a new novel. If Liu Hongmin had not said that he would bring it to him after the Chinese New Year, he would have wanted to fly to Beijing to pick it up himself before the Chinese New Year. Even so, he was restless during the Chinese New Year, always thinking about Liu Hongmin's manuscript.
Liu Hongmin handed him the manuscript of "Horror Cruise" and said, "This is a novel about reincarnation, and the reading threshold is a bit high."
Yang Guiren looked at the thickness of the manuscript and said, "You guys go to the meeting first, I'll go find a place to take a look."
After saying that, he took the manuscript and walked straight out of the meeting room.
Liu Hongmin ignored him and signaled Wang Yaowei to start the meeting.
Wang Yaowei: "Let me first talk about the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3". The box office on the first day of the Chinese New Year was 345 million Hong Kong dollars, the second day was 387 million Hong Kong dollars, and yesterday was 392 million Hong Kong dollars. The three-day box office totaled 1124 million Hong Kong dollars."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows. The volume of the Spring Festival movie is different! In the summer movie, the maximum is million or 7 million. The Spring Festival movie can reach nearly 4 million. It is so terrifying.
Wang Yaowei explained: "Since the Hong Kong dollar crisis, the film and television industry has become a hot investment area. A lot of money has been invested in cinemas. Last year, 15 new cinemas were opened in Hong Kong. With the current number of cinemas in Hong Kong, the daily box office can reach 600 million Hong Kong dollars. The remaining one-third was basically taken by "Lucky Stars"."
Xu Xiaoming: "There is no sequel to "Best Partner" this year. Zeng Pangzi and Xu Ke left one after another, leaving "Best Partner" without a suitable director. As a result, Jiahe got a bargain. Their Lucky Star series occupied the market gap and earned nearly 600 million in box office in three days."
Liu Hongmin nodded. Both the "Best Partner" series and the "Lucky Stars" series are formula comedies. This kind of comedy has certain routines and is easy to produce. People in Hong Kong also like it very much, so each one is very profitable. However, compared with the "Chinatown Detective" series, which is truly crafted, it is far inferior.
The latter wins by quality, so it can beat the former two in terms of box office and copyright. However, the former two are simple to produce, and the main creative staff only need less than a month to complete the film. If post-production is included, one can be released in half a year.
"Detective Chinatown" is a film that is prepared to shoot the next one as soon as the previous one is released. If they rush, they can shoot three films in two years. It won't work if it's faster.
Zou Shifang reminded: "The Lucky Stars series has also changed directors and actors. The director of Lucky Stars is Fatty Zeng. It is said that he is still shooting the next Lucky Stars series movie, which may be released in the summer."
Xu Xiaoming: "Tsk tsk, flying paper!"
After hanging out with Liu Hongmin for so long, he now looks down on Fei Zhizai.
Wang Yaowei: "According to our estimates, 'Detective 3' has the potential to break the record again and has the potential to hit a box office of million."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "If that's the case, that would be great."
After talking about the box office prospects of "Detective 3" for a while, Wang Yaowei said: "We signed some directors and actors last year, and this year we will produce six projects. "Happy Little Monk 2", "Feng Ling Du" two TV series, "Chinatown Detective 4", "Horror Cruise", "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" and "Fist of Fury". "Happy Little Monk 2" is a work specifically for the Kung Fu twins to hone their acting skills and maintain their popularity. As the two get older, they can shoot fewer and fewer works, and they have entered a state of lack of successors. 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, which tells the story of the three heroes. Li Jing was buried in Fenglingdu for the sake of Hong Funu.
"Detective Chinatown 4" needs to wait for Liu Hongmin's script, but according to Liu Hongmin's speed, it can be written in ten days or half a month. As for "The Grim Reaper", it can be filmed according to the plot of the novel. It just needs a large ship as the filming location. Wang Yaowei has contacted the company of the shipping king and rented a retired cargo ship, which can be used as a cruise ship with a little modification.
The idea of "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" came to Xu Xiaoming when he was chatting with Wang Jing at a party. Xu Xiaoming invited Wang Jing to shoot the film, starring Jet Li who had just signed with the company.
When Jet Li was filming "North and South Shaolin", he had a conflict with director Liu Jialiang because of the huge difference in treatment between the 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 Jet Li.
Last year, Tomorrow Films wanted to make a movie for Jet Li. But he was recovering from an injury at the time and is still recovering. However, in a few months, Jet Li will definitely recover and it will be in time to start filming.
Fist of Fury was also prepared by the company for Jet Li. After the broadcast of The Great Swordsman Huo Yuanjia last year, it was very popular. So the company decided to make a movie about Huo Yuanjia, and then thought of Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, so they decided to remake the movie and named it Fist of Fury.
Nowadays, Hong Kong action stars often claim to be Bruce Lee's successor, and the company also wants to make Jet Li the successor of Bruce Lee.
Liu Hongmin looked at the plan and said, "Since we are going to film the Five Shaolin Ancestors, where can we find four actors who are as famous as Jet Li and are equally good at fighting?"
The three giants were stunned for a moment. Yes! There are many people in Hong Kong who are as famous as Jet Li, but those who can catch up with Jet Li have all signed contracts with major film companies. It is really difficult to get four of them. Even if they can get them together, the total salary may be more than 10 million. Add the production costs, and at least 30 million box office will be needed to make a profit. Although it will not lose money, this is not the style of Tomorrow Film Company.
Liu Hongmin said: "In this way, we can change the five Shaolin ancestors into children, let the Kung Fu twins participate, and find a few children of similar age."
In this way, the issue of pay was solved, and the fighting part was also solved. Wu Jing and Fan Shaohuang both have good skills, and as long as the filming is good, they are not inferior to adult action actors.
After the meeting, Liu Hongmin found Yang Guiren. Yang Guiren had also finished reading the book, and said, "Brother Liu, your book is really clever!"
Apart from the word "clever", he really couldn't find a suitable adjective.
“Is there a market prospect?”
"Of course!" Yang Guiren said with a smile, "The quality of the book is fine. Although it's a little weird, it can still become a bestseller if it's promoted properly. Brother Liu, with your fame, even if you write a piece of shit, it can still be sold as a bestseller!"
(End of this chapter)
