Chapter 109 'Olympic Situation' with an investment of 80 million
Many things are not as simple as imagined. Even in "Flight Service 2", Ah Hao wrote this drama two years ago. However, now he suddenly changed his mind and rewrites a script with Lan Xinlian. The new script story is about the Olympics, which is an extremely rare subject. Otherwise, he would not regret it when he took advantage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Light and Shadow Company admires this book very much and believes that it accurately grasps the most fashionable and popular themes at present. In fact, not only "Fastline Service 2", but since this year, at least more than ten Olympic-related films have been produced locally!
However, it is easy to imagine what kind of budget the action blockbuster with the Olympic theme needs. With a passion and inspiration, Ah Hao and Lan Xinlian completed the script in just two days and spent a little time to improve it. But this made light and shadow headaches a headache, and the huge production budget made them lose their courage.
How huge is the budget? Since the entire set of scenes are almost filmed in the mainland, and there are outdoor scenes in Europe and other places, they have to be rented for Olympic stadiums. After calculation, regardless of actor pay or publicity budget, the production budget is as high as 40 million!
This is a very headache-inducing number, far exceeding the expectations of Light and Shadow Company. For this number, there have been many disputes within the company. Some people think that this drama will definitely be successful, while others think that if the drama really invests in this way, failure is 100% predictable!
"A production budget of 40 million yuan, the publicity fee is at least 10 million yuan, and coupled with the actor's pay, the investment in the film will be as high as 70 million yuan!" The production manager was very worried: "Can a 70 million yuan investment be made back? Unless it is starring Xia Zai. Is it worth it to promote Chu Yue like this?"
"I thought 70 million is actually not a problem. The key is that there is no more suitable director! Du Qifeng is finally not good at such films, and Chen Musheng always owe that last." Vice President of Light and Shadow looked at him: "As long as such a big investment is not a bad shot, you can charge at least 20 million locally. In the mainland, driven by the Olympic boom, you can at least exceed 50 million!"
With an investment of 70 to 80 million, Hong Kong films have rarely had such a strong investment. It is also uneasy to blame the powerful light and shadow. The vice president glanced at the week: "The book of this drama has been reviewed by the Mainland Film Bureau. It is a battle to establish a reputation in the Mainland. We must do this best this time! However, the investment in this drama is too large, and we must raise funds to do it!"
"I have a suggestion!" The head of the public relations department raised his hand: "Recently, Lu Zhenhui and Zhang Shucheng's wife Ning Fei have expressed their investment intentions. Lu Zhenhui's condition is that Chu Yue will accompany her. Ning Fei's condition is that the male lead must be Chu Yue! Ning Fei's tone is very strong, and I believe she can meet the financial problems of this drama!"
Lu Zhenhui's abacus failed again, but this time she was unexpectedly defeated by Concubine Ning. However, after thinking about it, she couldn't refuse to admit that Lu Zhenhui could not have spent tens of millions to invest in a drama, just for a man she was very interested in. However, Concubine Ning took over. Zhang Shucheng treated her very poorly, but made up for her money. She could still easily take out tens of millions!
For this reason, Vice President Zhang had to interview Ning Fei and asked about the issue of funding. Ning Fei was just stirring up coffee. Vice President Zhang looked at the charming young woman in front of him: "Ning Tai (Hong Kong people are used to labeling her husband's name on the names of married women, but this book is not called that kind of name for readers). The total investment in this drama will reach 80 million. Look at our budget!" Why did it become 80 million? In order to make this drama more interesting, it was also planned to invite other celebrities to appear, and the publicity fee would be increased, which would be as high as 80 million.
"No need!" Ning Fei didn't look at the so-called budget. Her investment was only for Chu Yue, and she didn't care at all: "I can invest for 40 million yuan, but the only requirement is that Chu Yue will play the leading role, and she is not allowed to tell him that I am an investor! This condition should not be difficult!"
"Of course it's not difficult..." Vice President Zhang hesitated, but he didn't know what kind of relationship Chu Yue had with Concubine Ning, and whether he would offend Zhang Shucheng: "I don't know what kind of relationship Ning Tai and Chu Yue were..."
"He is my friend. I like his songs and operas very much, so I am willing to invest!" Ning Fei saw the other party's intention at a glance, and immediately interrupted him and gave an vague answer.
Friend? No matter how rich you are, you can’t invest 40 million for your friends to invest in a drama. Vice President Zhang vaguely felt that Chu Yue and Concubine Ning had a different relationship, but he obviously guessed wrongly, thinking that Chu Yue was Ning Concubine Ning’s confrontation or a novice face...
In 2008, the biggest investment video in the first half of the year was finally confirmed. This film that claimed to have invested more than 100 million yuan shocked everyone and all media! The shocking point was not that the investment of more than 100 million yuan, but that the investment of more than 100 million yuan was actually inviting a newcomer like Chu Yue to play the male lead, which was simply incredible!
Just when the outside media were still hyping up the scandal between Chu Yue and Peier, Chu Yue and Liu Qingyun signed two or three more drama contracts with Light and Ying for this huge investment of 80 million yuan. Light and Ying’s move is understandable. If this drama makes them famous, they will immediately go to other film companies to act, then their losses will be great. As for Peier, it doesn’t matter much, because she is a Light and Ying artist.
"The male lead in the film with an investment of over 100 million yuan", the "scandal" between Pei'er, and the accumulated energy of the two news topics is enough to make Chu Yue a headline. It is undeniable that in these days, Chu Yue's popularity will be gone for a while, even overshadowing Liu Dehua and others! Moreover, as long as this drama has not been released, Chu Yue's news will continue. Now it seems that Luo Xinzhong can temporarily rest assured about Chu Yue's popularity problem.
For this movie "First Line Service: Olympic Storm", Light and Shadow are so busy! The actor, Chu Yue is of course the male lead, and the other starring actors include Liu Qingyun and Hu Jun, as well as more than ten stars with names such as Huang Qiusheng and Zhen Zidan! The extremely large lineup attracted everyone's attention from the beginning!
The general content of this drama is that during the Beijing Olympics, there was news that someone was going to do sabotage here. Chu Yue, as a former member of the special forces, was found in Beijing and investigated in his own private identity. In the first episode, Liu Qingyun, who was the opponent of Chu Yue, doubted what Chu Yue wanted to do when he went to Beijing, so he followed him!
In the play, Liu Qingyun and Hu Jun both play policemen, but one is a Hong Kong policeman and the other is a Beijing policeman. Zhen Zidan plays Chu Yue's former teammate in the special forces. After many years, Huang Qiusheng once again played terrorists and will lead a group of European actors to play a group of terrorists! The scene originally mentioned the terrorist attacks of the Japanese, but they were shot by the mainland film bureau.
For the sake of the Taiwan market, Ah Hao and Lan Xinlian added a Taiwanese drama under the company's instructions! Of course, in fact, they added a role, an agent sent by Taiwan to the mainland, who was moved by justice in the end, and finally worked with Chu Yue and the others to solve the terrorists! According to the same method, another European character was added here. This introduction will be played by Gary under the recommendation of Chu Yue! The Film Bureau praised this and said that this drama promoted the concept of China's unification!
However, the most fatal problem was finally put on the table. Who should direct this drama? Du Qifeng? He absolutely can't control such a huge scene, and Chen Musheng always lacks the time to get a shot. If it were Wu Yusen, it would be very suitable, but he is filming in the United States now!
Liu Weiqiang and Mai Zhaohui absolutely can't control such a big scene. Xu Ke? He is best at costume dramas. At this time, Light and Shadow finally discovered that there are really few directors in Hong Kong who can choose! The best directors are all here. Should I find a mainland director to do this drama? That's incredible. No mainland director is good at action movies.
After hesitating for a long time, Guangying finally decided that the play was produced by Du Qifeng and directed by Chen Musheng. For the position of this deputy director, Chu Yue had to come to Chen Musheng and Guangying. He always felt that Zhu Xiaotian would be a very excellent action drama director!
After Chu Yue vowed to ensure that Zhu Xiaotian's ability was absolutely not bad, Guangying finally decided to consider Ning Fei's investment. Zhu Xiaotian, as Chen Musheng's deputy director, came to assist in the filming of the film!
At this time, the lineup was finally complete, and the weakness of Hong Kong films' inability to be good at large-scale production was finally exposed! Not only that, even the problem of Hong Kong film actors and directors lacking new blood was exposed at this moment!
Since Zhu Xiaotian's position as the deputy director, Guangying made up his mind and admired "The Strongest One" and immediately decisively contacted Chu Yue and his black and white company and obtained the total distribution rights. It will be officially released in half a month, in July!
Under the gaze of everyone, the stars of "Olympic Storm" has finally started filming!
In order to hurry up, we had to get out before the Olympics ended, and everyone was busy quickly! Light and Shadow Company quickly coordinated the show and divided the crew into N groups of people to play! There was one group outside China, one group in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the mainland was divided into two groups!
As people know, the crew is divided into N groups, which does not have much impact on the staff because they take turns! However, for the actors, it is extremely painful because they have to go around to the show, and maybe they don’t even have time to sleep!
Chu Yue has now experienced the pain of catching a show. Two groups of people in the mainland are in Hengdian and Beijing! The group in Beijing mainly shoots some outdoor scenes and some necessary scenes, and can also make a reshoot afterwards!
As the leading male lead, except for no foreign scenes, there are scenes in Hong Kong, Beijing and Hengdian! This leads to him having to come and go! In order to premiere "The Strong Ones Are the Strong Ones Are the Strong Ones Are the Strong Ones Are the Strong Ones Are the Standed", his scenes in Hong Kong have been postponed a little, and they will do it together at that time! So, now he only needs to run back and forth between Hengdian and Beijing!
As we all know, it is difficult for actors to have any intersection with such a huge crew. They usually act in their own way. When they must act together, they will only act together! Therefore, there are not many big stars in Hengdian, only actors such as Chu Yue!
While resting calmly, Chu Yue kept thinking about this drama in his mind. The main line of "The Olympic Storm" is very obvious, but there are still several division lines, agents from Taiwan, terrorists from Europe, plus several domestic lines, and a hidden line, which will eventually be brought together!
The plot actually exceeded six lines, and Chu Yue suddenly felt deeply worried and always felt that it was difficult to control! Not every director could easily control the plot of six lines, which would either easily lead to chaos or the film would fail completely, which was a naked adventure!
However, he is not a director, and he has thought too much, so it is not a solution. It is better to think more about how he should act. In fact, at this time, Chu Yue is a fool and knows that this drama is almost impossible to have any profound themes. It is destined to be a complete commercial film!
Since it is a commercial movie, you don’t need to be so serious! Of course, Chu Yue does not agree with this statement, and he believes more in Wu Zhenyu’s words: “There have always been only bad movies, but no bad characters!”
As long as the actors act with their heart, they will not be a bad character! Chu Yue knew very well that "Olympic Storm" was inexplicably played into a super blockbuster like this. There are countless stars participating in the performance, and his role has also been much weakened! To be precise, there is almost no room for performance, but he still has to act very seriously. This is the professionalism he has and yearns for!
Chu Yue's role is indeed the male lead, but it has been diluted too much. His play is the main line, but it is determined by the nature of the film. He actually has not much emotion or emotion to convey in this play. Unlike in the first episode, he has to be moved by the awe-inspiring thief played by Wu Zhenyu!
Chapter completed!