Chapter 193: Adaptation of "Mr. Donkey"
Tomorrow the film company will make a lot of money, and I don't know how many people will be jealous. At the beginning, it was the people from the society who wanted to get a piece of the pie, and Wang Yaowei found someone to solve it.
Then there are the film companies. Because Tomorrow Films is not listed, they can only deal with Tomorrow Films by poaching projects and controlling theaters. As long as Tomorrow Films loses money on a few movies, they can acquire it.
Only after they started to work did they find that all the projects of Tomorrow Film Company were initiated by themselves and then cooperated with the mainland, so they could not compete with them at all. Not to mention Liu Hongmin's huge influence in the mainland, Tomorrow Film Company would rather give up the Green Island market and lean towards the mainland, which they could not do.
Therefore, they could only poach the behind-the-scenes staff of Tomorrow Film Company with high salaries, but they soon found that it was useless. The real foundation of Tomorrow Film Company was Liu Hongmin's scripts, the cooperation between the three giants, and the good relationship with Beijing Film Studio. As long as these three points were still there, it would not matter even if Tomorrow Film Company was emptied out.
Those film companies also want to deal with Tomorrow Film Company in the theaters, but Tomorrow Film Company's movies always get high box office, and the theaters are too late to curry favor with Tomorrow Film Company!
No matter how many means they used, they still couldn't deal with Tomorrow Films. They could only watch as Tomorrow Films grew stronger and stronger, gradually climbing over them and suppressing them.
At this time, Tomorrow Films caught the attention of capital, which wanted to control Tomorrow Films. Making money was only one aspect, and the other was to control public opinion by controlling Tomorrow Films.
When Tomorrow Film Company becomes bigger, it will inevitably be formalized and hire professional managers to manage it. At this stage, it has only hired a few senior executives, and some people have mixed in the sand.
In this case, no formalization will be carried out.
Liu Hongmin made a decision in his heart and immediately said to the two people: "After handling it, change the company strategy and no longer formalize it. Small workshops can also produce high-quality products, so there is no need to formalize it."
Wang Yaowei nodded, "Okay, I will adjust the development strategy."
Zou Shifang said: "How about we develop them separately, with the production department still retaining the working system of a small workshop, and the publicity department going formal."
Liu Hongmin waved his hand and said, "The propaganda department is very important and cannot be left to other people."
"Okay then!" Zou Shifang gave up his own idea. He was just offering suggestions, and he would not force Liu Hongmin to accept them if he did not.
The next day, Wang Yaowei went north to Beijing and contacted China Film Group and Beijing Film Studio. With Liu Hongmin's support, the cooperation was quickly reached.
The three parties signed an agreement. Beijing Film Studio and Tomorrow Film Company each took out two projects, and China Film participated in the investment. The distribution in Hong Kong and abroad was given to Tomorrow Film Company, and the three parties split the box office revenue at a ratio of 2:2:1. The distribution in the mainland was given to China Film, and the box office revenue sharing system was tried out, with a ratio of 1:1:1. In order to cooperate with this co-production policy, the revenue sharing ratio between the producer and the distributor was specially set at 45%, that is, each of the three parties took 15%.
However, the film company’s share of profits tomorrow can only be invested or consumed in the mainland.
Liu Hongmin has found a place to spend the money, which is to find a place in the suburbs of Beijing to build a film and television city. Now, palace dramas in the mainland are all filmed in the Forbidden City. During the filming of "The Empress Dowager", a lot of damage was caused to the Forbidden City, which made Liu Hongmin very dissatisfied. However, he had no say in this matter, so a Forbidden City Film and Television City must be built specifically for filming. After the film and television city is built, all palace dramas can be filmed in the film and television city.
Wang Yaowei discussed with Beijing Film Studio again and decided to adapt "Duds" first.
However, in order to ensure the smooth progress of this project, Beijing Film Studio suggested that Liu Hongmin personally oversee it.
Liu Hongmin also knew that the matter was of great importance, and after receiving the news, he returned to Beijing from Hong Kong. When Lin Yong saw Liu Hongmin, he immediately held his hand apologetically, "Hongmin, I'm really sorry, I have to trouble you this time!"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Brother Yong, we don't need to say these polite words."
After everyone sat down, Liu Hongmin asked, "How is the preparation for the crew going?"
Lin Yong introduced: "It went very smoothly. We have cooperated many times before, and this time is just a step further. The location has been chosen, in Dahebao, Pinglu County. The roles have also been chosen, but we are still a little hesitant about the choice of Zhang Yiman."
Liu Hongmin: “Tell me about it!”
Lin Yong took a few resumes and handed them to Liu Hongmin. "These are all candidates for Zhang Yiman. They are all top performers in local art theaters and have very good acting skills. But one of them is Gong Li, who was sent by the Central Academy of Drama. Their teacher said you are very optimistic about her."
Liu Hongmin found Gong Li's resume. Compared with several other actresses, her resume was blank, except for one role in the Central Drama version of "Duds", in which she played the A-role of Zhang Yiman.
I haven't seen her for a year. I didn't expect that she got the A role of Zhang Yiman. I wonder how her acting skills are now.
"Then call all these people here and have them audition together, each based on their ability."
Liu Hongmin is indeed optimistic about Gong Li, but he will not give her a backdoor. If she wants to stand out, she must hone her acting skills. If she can get the role of Zhang Yiman, Liu Hongmin does not mind bringing her to Hong Kong for development.
Two days later, Gong Li arrived at the Beijing Film Studio with trepidation. She knew she had to compete with many seniors and was afraid that she would not be selected. If it weren't for her teacher Wang Yongde's constant encouragement, she would have wanted to give up, just like she gave up contacting Liu Hongmin.
Watching the seniors go in one by one and then come out with complicated expressions, she wanted to ask about the results, but seeing them leave in a hurry, she didn't dare to disturb them.
Soon, it was her turn. She took a deep breath, opened the door and walked in. She was shocked to see Liu Hongmin sitting in the middle of the judges' seat.
She was a little afraid to look at Liu Hongmin, because when teacher Wang Yongde asked her to contact Liu Hongmin, she had imagined seducing him. Now that she saw the real person, she felt very embarrassed.
Liu Hongmin said nothing, just looked at her. It must be said that the young Gong Huang had a traditional woman's beauty.
Lin Yong said, "Gong Li, you have performed in many shows of Donkey Gets Water, and you should have a deep understanding of Zhang Yiman. So, you should show the Zhang Yiman in your mind according to your own understanding."
Gong Li nodded quickly, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. After opening her eyes again, she seemed to have become a different person. She stroked her side with one hand, twisted her waist and sat on the chair, looking charming and attractive.
Liu Hongmin smiled, and with that, Gong Li could get the role of Zhang Yiman.
Although the first few actresses who auditioned were also charming, they were not as good as Gong Li.
(End of this chapter)
