Chapter 230: Alternative Leisure and Entertainment
Originally, Wang Shang was thinking about taking advantage of the zombie trend to film the famous American TV series "The Walking Dead", but after seeing so many people following suit, he finally gave up.
But at this time, the phone in the office rang: "Boss, the rights to "The Lord of the Rings", "The Hobbit", and "The Silmarillion" were sold last night!!"
"What??!!" Wang Shang stood up fiercely.
“Sold??!”
"Yes, boss, sorry!!"
"what company?"
"It should be several companies that saw Warner and Paramount..."
"Are you still unwilling??" Wang Shang finally calmed down, thinking of the British writer J.K. Rowling and the "Harry Potter" series that he had been in contact with, and quickly asked: "The copyright of "Harry Potter" is now
How was the negotiation? Have you been contacted by other film companies?"
"Harry Potter" in this time and space was obviously released much later, and the sales of the novel are not as crazy as in the previous life, so it is still possible for Wang Shang to obtain the film adaptation rights of it.
The other person replied: "The progress of "Harry Potter" is not satisfactory, because we are Chinese, and J.K. Rowling expressed doubts about whether we Orientals can understand her works, although the price we gave is already very high.
of."
Wang Shang heard this, thought about it, and said, "Let's try to convince her that we will buy the movie, but we will cooperate with a Hollywood film company."
The next day, the negotiators still replied: "Rowling's willingness to sell the film rights to "Harry Potter" is not strong."
Wang Shang had no choice but to give up temporarily.
It is estimated that there is no way for him to get "Harry Potter". At this time, Wang Shang thought of "Pirates of the Caribbean". It seems that this series has not been released in this time and space.
"Write it down first. Then we can shoot it when we go to the United States to acquire a film company or recruit more foreign film workers!"
"It seems that we need to recruit some foreign screenwriters. Some scripts are still not suitable for domestic directors. Fortunately, the popularity of "The Last Day" and the successful example of Robert Downey Jr. have greatly increased the popularity of Tianwang Film and Television Company, and it has already begun
It attracted some film workers and actors came to apply."
Then Wang Shang began to think about other things: "Now the global box office of "Bio Mode" has begun to return one after another. According to the data calculated by the Finance Department, the profit of "Bio Apocalypse" alone will reach 200 million US dollars, plus the later movies
From the sales of peripheral products, we should also be able to get 100 million US dollars.”
"When the funds return, we should be able to start acquiring those arrogant special effects companies."
At this time, there was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!!"
The person who came in was secretary Li Shuiyue: "Boss, we have received requests from more than 20 domestic directors who want to obtain the directing rights for "Resident Evil 2" and "Fast and Furious 2". Among them, we have agreed to sign a film shooting cooperation with Tianwang Film and Television Company.
There are only five directors in the agreement."
After speaking, he handed an investigation document to Wang Shang: "The electronic version has been placed in your shared file."
Wang Shang took the report: "Let me take a look first."
Wang Shang doesn't know why now, but he has no passion for making movies anymore. It seems that he has exhausted his previous passion.
Make a movie - make a movie - make a movie - make a movie... If the repetition continues endlessly, Wang Shang has begun to feel numb.
So in the nearly half a year since the filming of "The Last Days" was completed, Wang Shang himself has no movie plans at all.
Just because Wang Shang doesn’t want to shoot it doesn’t mean that other directors don’t want to shoot it.
Look at "Fast and Furious" and "Bio Mode". They have already gained very high popularity around the world. If you can direct it yourself, as long as the quality is high enough, the movie can definitely follow "Fast and Furious 1" and "Bio Mode".
Big sales. And I can take this express train and become famous all over the world.
What's more, Wang Shang has always refused to remake the movies he has made, whether it is "Love Apartment", "The God of Death" or others. Therefore, other directors are like hungry wolves who have enthusiastically recommended themselves, hoping that
Able to get the directing rights for "The Last Days" and "The Fast and the Furious".
Tianwang Film and Television Company soon announced its film plans. The scripts for "The End of the World" and "Fast and Furious" were basically completed. Directors were recruited. There were two conditions. The first was to be experienced; the second was to sign an agreement with Tianwang Film and Television Company.
Need to follow up to shoot at least 5 movies for Tianwang Film and Television Company.
Wang Shang did this for certain reasons. First, the reputation of domestic directors abroad is too low. In order to support Chinese films, Wang Shang hopes to increase the reputation of Chinese directors.
Why can Hollywood movies have such a big market in China? It is because domestic movie fans have slowly accepted Hollywood movies after continuous bombardment. If Chinese movies want to occupy the market in Hollywood, they must at least use more movies to impact, and gradually
Change the mindset of Hollywood fans.
Therefore, Wang Shang consciously strives to improve the reputation of Chinese actors and directors in the world, which is conducive to the further promotion of movies. However, Wang Shang is not a good person. The director who gets Wang Shang's script to shoot will have to shoot several movies for Tianwang Film and Television Company.
movie.
Wang Shang looked at the list in his hand, which basically included the current major Chinese film directors, Zhang Kaige, Chen Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Wong Kar-wai, and Johnnie To. These are all major directors who have emerged since the 1970s and 1980s.
In addition to these film directors, there are also several TV drama directors, including Zheng Long, whom Wang Shang is familiar with.
Wang Shang took out two scripts from the drawer, namely "Apocalypse 2 - Evolution" and "Fast and Furious 2", and handed them to his secretary. "These two scripts have completed the detailed framework, you can give them to the screenwriter
Team, let them perfect the details. I’ll think about the director first.”
"Okay!" Secretary Li Shuiyue took the script and left, but before reaching the door, he turned back and said, "Boss, there is one more thing."
Wang Shang motioned to continue.
"It's like this. Currently, more than a dozen film companies have invited Xiao Ha to act. I wonder what your opinion is??"
"I've pushed it all away. I'll push back everything like this in the future." Wang Shang pinched his temples, which hurt.
Ever since "The Last Days" became a hit, Xiaoha, the dog, has become a big star. Every time Wang Shang takes him to attend some events such as premieres, meet-and-greets, etc., he kills countless fans instantly. So embarrassing!
The appearance of God triggers cheers from movie fans every time it appears.
In the Chinese film market, the salary paid for it has exceeded 600,000 yuan, which is incredible. Countless film production companies are flocking to it.
When its Nanhai owner heard the news, he almost fainted: "After going around like this, has the value skyrocketed so much?"
The pet market was stimulated by Xiao Ha and became popular. Many movie fans were "transformed" into dog lovers and began to go to the pet market to choose puppies and pets.
And pugs have naturally become the first choice of pet dogs. Many pet merchants sell pugs until they are out of stock, and sales are extremely hot.
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Haizhu City.
In May, the weather in the south began to get hotter. This time Wang Shang followed his parents to the south and temporarily settled in Haizhu City, accompanied by his secretary Li Shuiyue and Xiao Ha.
This time Wang Shang didn't have any work purpose, he just had a leisure mentality.
Haizhu City is the city with the largest ocean area, the most islands, and the longest coastline in the Pearl River Delta. It is known as the "City of One Hundred Islands". It has a beautiful environment, with mountains and rivers alternating with each other. The mainland and the islands face each other, and the climate is pleasant. It is the only city in the country that is built as a whole.
The city's landscape was selected as one of the "Top 40 National Tourist Attractions". Its living environment is first-class, and it is known as the "Happy City" and "Romantic City".
Wang Shang's parents take Xiaoha out for activities basically every day, make friends, play, and browse the cultural customs. They have a great time. Secretary Li Shuiyue is responsible for the connection between the company and Wang Shang, and organizes the day's affairs every day.
Give it to Wang Shang for approval.
As for Wang Shang, after traveling a few places with his parents, he began to enjoy his own life.
Wang Shang’s own way of enjoying himself is to set up a stall...
Yes, setting up a stall is a very strange way of entertainment. This was an experience that Wang Shang had in his previous life when he was still young...
Wang Shang really didn’t want to make a movie anymore, he was extremely tired of aesthetics. Wang Shang had heard that big Hollywood directors would also have such negative emotions. Wang Shang originally thought it was fake.
How can one suffer from aesthetic fatigue when making a movie??
Isn’t it very fulfilling to make a movie?
I didn't expect that I would encounter such a problem now.
"This shows that I have reached their level..." Wang Shang comforted himself using Ah Q's spiritual victory method.
Wang Shang's stall is a mobile phone case and mobile phone accessories stall. It is placed next to a square with a relatively large flow of people and a relatively mature business district. Every night Wang Shang will come over on a small three-wheeler.
A designated mobile stall was set up.
As for why no one recognized Wang Shang, it’s because secretary Li Shuiyue is a makeup expert and often works with the makeup team on the set. Makeup can really turn a pig into a beautiful woman, a beautiful woman into a pig, and a man into a
For another man, it was even easier.
The sun has gone down, night has fallen, and the intense heat during the day has gradually begun to recede at night, and the breeze is refreshing and cool.
The night lights on the square began to turn on, and the whole square became more colorful. More and more people came, including those who danced, those who played roller skates, and those who played badminton...
There are a lot of various play items...
The music has already started...
Wang Shang pretended to be selling goods, rode a three-wheeler, came to his place, and set up his stall. At this time, there were other clothes stalls, shoe and socks stalls, jewelry stalls, and stuffed toy stalls.
Fruit stalls...all kinds of stalls are already here...
"Hello Huang Laoji, you are here..."
"Huang Laoji..."
“The most famous canned herbal tea in the country, haha!!”
As soon as Wang Shang arrived, he received friendly greetings from the stall owners around him. A few days ago, when Wang Shang came here, he said his name was Huang Laoji. As soon as his name came out, a lot of people laughed.
Because of this name and Wang Shang's outgoing personality, he quickly integrated into this place.
"Are you going to collect stories again today?? One story and one mobile phone case... Are you going to make up for the loss??" one of the stall owners asked.
Wang Shang smiled and replied: "It's okay, I like to listen to stories."