Because Jiang Yan would be very busy next time and would not have time to come over for a summary meeting, so he held it in advance while he was still in Xiangjiang.
The performance of the Best Partner Film Company in 2000 can be said to be one of the few in Hong Kong that is relatively outstanding.
With Wang Jin here, making money is not a big problem. With Jiang Yan here, with a few big IPs in hand, making money is not a big problem.
So after one year, everyone calculated the various income and expenses, excluding the income and expenses of the "Infernal Affairs Series", it seems that the best partner earned 110 million Hong Kong dollars last year.
About half of it was earned from investing in "Kill Bill". If you include "Infernal Affairs 2", which is still in theaters, the guaranteed income can be added to 30 to 40 million.
More than 100 million is not a small amount, but the four people here don't think much about it. They don't care much about money. In other words, as long as they make money, everyone doesn't care.
At this time, Jiang Yan and his three best partners were reading the two scripts Jiang Yan had brought.
Both of these scripts were about anti-drugs. Jiang Yan originally wanted to take out only one, but he considered how frustrated Zha Zhahui had been some time ago, and recently saw that Jiang Yan was hesitant to speak, so
He then brought another book over.
The meaning is also very simple. For Jiang Yan, any film will do. If the trio chooses the "Awei" book, then it can only be said that Zha Zhahui is lucky. If he doesn't choose it, then he can only
Said you had to wait.
At this time, Wang Jin looked at the second script that Jiang Yan had brought in his hand. When he saw the line "Jesus can't keep me, I said so", Wang Jin smiled knowingly.
He knows the origin of this line very well.
Thinking back to that year, when he and A Yan fought side by side to defeat Lock Screw on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Jiang Yan shouted such a sentence, and then the next day he started to defeat Xiangjiang by Lock Screw. Wow, that was really a passionate moment.
Burning memories.
However, Wang Jin sighed with emotion for a while and then pointed to the first script on the table and said: "Compared to "Anti-Drug", I still recommend filming "The Disciple" first. What do you think?"
Although Jiang Yan said that "Ah Wei" wanted Zha Zhahui to play the role to open up other acting options for Zha Zhahui, Wang Jin still chose "The Disciple" after rational consideration.
Liu Weiqiang, who was on the side, put down the script and echoed: "I also think that we should shoot "The Disciple" first. The scenes in this film are not that big, so we can take our time."
Wenjun on the other side also nodded and said:
"Of course it's "The Disciple". This script is much more exciting than "The Disciple". I suggest "The Disciple" and I will act in it this time."
After saying that, he praised Jiang Yan, "You want to lift the ceiling of anti-drug films."
He originally thought that Jiang Yan's decision to make an anti-drug film was a task given by the mainland, so he thought that Jiang Yan would probably just produce a script with a main theme.
As a result, there are two books as soon as I take them out, and both books have their own characteristics.
Although "Anti-Drug" has poison in its name, it actually has nothing to do with drugs. It is more about the more common confrontation between the good and the anti-drug forces, undercover and anti-undercover. Of course, this does not mean that the script is not well written. It is better than the current anti-drug war.
The scripts based on the subject matter are all better, but compared to "The Disciple", it is naturally inferior.
"The Disciple" tells the story of an undercover policeman who is a disciple of a drug lord, who battles wits and courage with drug traffickers, and falls into trouble with drug addicts. The plot design written in the script seems to be relaxed and relaxed, the characters are rich and three-dimensional, and the character acting skills are full of tension.
It straightforwardly exposes the entire chain of drug production and trafficking, as well as the entire process of drug abuse and withdrawal. Although it is extremely dark, it is also naked and true.
In Wenjun Kailai, "Sweeping Drugs" was probably just a random work by Jiang Yan, while "The Disciple" was Jiang Yan's true level. In a word, it was a bit like "Infernal Affairs".
And such standards are naturally in line with the level of lifting a certain type of ceiling.
"No matter how good the script is, it still has to be filmed."
Jiang Yan just waved his hands and said a little modestly. He was too lazy to use the "five years" excuse before. At the same time, he shrugged his shoulders and apologized to Zha Zhahui.
"That's right, Wei Qiang, can you handle it?" Wen Jun asked Liu Weiqiang on the side.
As the company's first director, Liu Weiqiang was naturally the first to take on this kind of job.
But before Liu Weiqiang could say anything, Jiang Yan interrupted:
"I want Er Dongsheng to direct "The Disciple". I like his life-oriented work style and I think it will be very suitable for this film. But if he is not available, then we can do it ourselves."
Everyone here is not surprised that Jiang Yan was appointed director. This was the case in "Gunfire" and "Dark War" in the past, and this indeed made these films reach different heights. Anyway, Liu Weiqiang felt that it would be him.
If so, the heights that these two films can reach may be somewhat compromised. After all, his and Johnnie To's styles are still different. Of course, the "Infernal Affairs" series would definitely not be as good as it is now if someone else had done it.
So Jiang Yan has to appoint a new director this time, and everyone really doesn’t have any objections. Anyway, we can make money together. If there is no problem with money, what else can be the problem?
So it was quickly decided that "The Disciple" would be treated as the first major film of Best Partner Company in 2001, and Wen Jun would be the second screenwriter to perfect the script. As for Wang Jin, he would be the mascot.
The director's first choice is Er Dongsheng, and it will be up to Liu Weiqiang to contact him. If he can't decide, Liu Weiqiang will direct it himself.
As for the starring role, Jiang Yan still wanted to follow the original script, but replaced the heroine Zhang Jing with Li Binbin. He said before that to keep Li Binbin busy, he must keep his word.
After "The Disciple" is finalized, "Dark War 2" will follow. "Dark War" also achieved amazing results last year. Naturally, this year we have to strike while the iron is hot. However, as for the script, Jiang Yan still takes the same approach and gives an outline.
Then let Johnnie To play freely, and his best partner will be responsible for supervising the production to ensure maximum freedom.
As for "Anti-Drug", let's put it away later. Let's see how the response to "The Disciple" is first. If it goes well, we can release it directly. If it doesn't do well, it won't matter if we put it away for a year or two. Anyway, the original "Anti-Drug" was released in 2013.
, unlike "The Disciple", although "The Disciple" was a film in 2007, Er Dongsheng started to conceive it in 2002, so it had to be shot quickly.
After the two films were finalized, the next thing to talk about was some resource cooperation projects. These projects all belong to different companies, but the best partners have varying degrees of participation, or other film companies also have varying degrees of participation.
This is the case in Hong Kong. The cooperation between various film companies is very close. Every film produced is probably funded or contributed by another company. This is also the reason for the "unity" of the Hong Kong community.
I won’t go into details anymore, Jiang Yan has no interest in breaking this pattern, as long as there is progress, it’s fine.
After the meeting, a few people had a simple lunch, and Jiang Yan was about to start the group performance.
But the problem is still the same. Xiangjiang movies are in a slump, and there really aren’t many crew members who can wear them.
"You definitely don't want to go to third-level movies, right?" Mong Kok asked.