Zhang Hao teamed up with his friends to deal with Zheng Guohui, which gave Chen Gezi and his wife a small shock. However, this hot summer is destined to not be peaceful.
At the end of August, when the trial of Zheng Guohui's case began, Zhang Hao officially completed the script of "The Magic" and submitted it to China Film and Bona.
When the editing and review departments of the two companies saw the script, their heads suddenly felt dizzy.
After two movies, Zhang Hao has created an impression among the film and television company and the audience as a person who is good at suspense crimes and high-IQ brain-burning movies.
It can be said that "The Prestige" takes the aspect of suspense and brain-burning to the extreme, and once again sets a new upper limit.
Whenever you feel that Zhang Hao's tricks are nothing more than this and cannot deceive your smart brain, Zhang Hao will jump out and tell you loudly: "Hey! Do you think that's it? Come and see this, see how smart your brain is.
If you are not smart, can you understand it?"
No one wants to admit that he is a fool or idiot, but the script of "The Prestige" made the people in the editorial department feel as if they were really stupid.
Finally, the script was submitted to San Ye and Yu Dong.
The third master read the script and was amazed: "Our director Xiao Zhang has an extraordinary mind. He can use magic to make movies."
General Manager Mao Yu was a little worried: "Mr. Han, will a movie like this be liked by the audience?"
There is a very important point about theater movies, that is, simple movies sell much better than complex movies.
The reason is very simple. When audiences go to the cinema, they just hope that they can watch a movie easily without thinking.
But complex movies often exhaust the audience, and watching a movie is more tiring than working at work all day.
Of course, this point does not apply at all times. There are still a few cases where complex movies can sell high box office.
The third master pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by cost accounting?"
"According to Director Zhang's estimate, two first-line male stars will be invited to star. Plus other miscellaneous expenses, I'm afraid it won't be possible without 50 million," Mao Yu said.
"Great," Sanye exclaimed, "Our director, Xiao Zhang, is finally going to do something big. We will follow up on this project."
China Film Group decided to follow up, let alone Bona. The wealthy Yu Dong was very bold and said he would invest 50 million on his own.
The success of two consecutive projects gave Yu Dong a blind trust in Zhang Hao, as if Zhang Hao would never fail.
The news that Zhang Hao's new movie is about to be developed has attracted the attention of people in the industry.
As expected, young people are full of creative energy. Less than two months after the release of the previous movie, another project was launched, Quick Gun!
Generally speaking, even for directors with relatively strong creative energy, one movie in two or three years is already very fast.
A director who works slowly and carefully may take four to five years, or even ten years, to release a movie.
But Zhang Hao makes one movie a year, one after another. Isn’t this speed a little too fast?
The Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s must be excluded here, because that is not the normal development ecology of the film industry at all.
Moreover, movies on Hong Kong Island are now slower, not shooting at the same speed as in the past.
Marveling at Zhang Hao's speed, everyone also began to speculate: whether Zhang Hao, who was young and full of ambition, had already drifted off and entered a stage where he was careless in production and fooled the audience.
Generally speaking, when directors enter this stage, they will experience Waterloo, and then most of them will never recover.
Chen Gezi saw that Zhang Hao had devoted himself to the next project so quickly. He showed a confident smile and said to Mrs. Chen Gege: "I see, he took care of himself without us taking action. When the time comes, we will give him a push and help."
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Mrs. Chen Gezi agreed very much. She seemed to have seen the ugly faces of their family when Zhang Hao's movie was released and they rushed to the street.
The outside world cannot see the script of "The Magic" and can only make assumptions out of thin air.
China Film and Bona's unhesitating attitude in supporting Zhang Hao also made some people have more speculations. Looking at the firm attitude of China Film and Bona, Zhang Hao's new movie may be another box office bomb.
Some people are negative, some are optimistic, and everyone holds their own opinions.
But for some film and television companies, this is an extraordinary opportunity.
I didn’t have the opportunity to participate in Zhang Hao’s projects before because the investment in previous projects was too small, and neither China Film nor Bona could share enough.
But this time, judging from internal channels, it seems a little unusual. It is said that Zhang Hao opened his mouth this time and shouted out the production cost of 50 million.
Haotian Studio will invest a part, China Film and Bona will also invest a part. The three companies will invest 50 million together, which is a bit risky.
So at the project seminar, Zhang Hao's proposal to introduce investment from other companies was successfully approved.
It is normal for a film project to have multiple companies investing in it and everyone sharing the risks.
In the entertainment industry, it is not advisable to eat alone, otherwise you will find that your resources are dwindling in the end.
Zhang Hao is also building good relationships, giving other companies an opportunity to invest in his own projects, and turning other companies into his friends.
If you have more friends, your opponent will have fewer friends.
At least when two parties are fighting, these people can remain neutral and not interfere.
The news soon spread that Zhang Hao's new film project needed new investors. Like sharks that smelled blood, countless film and television companies rushed forward to carve up a share of the investment.
The Tang people were the quickest to act. Cai Yinong had contacted Zhang Hao before and quickly sent a representative to contact Haotian Studio.
It was originally going to attract new investors, but Tangren didn't care about anything except providing money. China Film and Bona didn't object, so Tangren invested smoothly.
This can be regarded as opening up a gap in film production, but it remains to be seen how far it can develop in the future.
It’s not without cost for Tang Ren. In exchange for investment opportunities, several projects in Tang Ren’s hands are also open to Haotian Studio, China Film and Bona.
As film companies, China Film and Bona have little interest in TV series projects.
However, Zhang Hao was still very interested in "Bu Bu Jing Xin", so he got involved. The TV series "Bu Bu Jing Xin" inexplicably had an extra producer.
In addition, the one with the most investment intention is Huayi.
Huayi is currently a giant private entertainment company with countless resources at its disposal. The more you have, the more you want to eat.
In order to participate in Zhang Hao's project, Mr. Wang even called Zhang Hao personally.
"Director Zhang, are you interested in handing over your project to our company for operation? The conditions are easy to negotiate." Mr. Wang revealed his purpose as soon as he came up.
Zhang Hao said: "Mr. Wang, you know that I have a happy cooperation with China Film Bona, and I have a very good relationship with the third master Yu Dong. It is impossible for me to leave them and cooperate with an unfamiliar company."
"If you are not familiar with him now, you will become familiar with him over time. Come to our company, and I guarantee that your treatment will be no worse than Director Feng." The king always wanted to use his sharp tongue to fool Zhang Hao.
But Zhang Hao didn't listen at all: "Mr. Wang, if you want to invest, I welcome it, but I won't go to a company with too many big names. I want to make my own decisions about my movies."
After hearing this, Mr. Wang sighed: “It’s a pity that we don’t have this opportunity for you to join Huayi, and we can accomplish a great cause together.
But it’s okay, our Huayi invested in your new project.”
"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your support. What about the artists under your company?"
Mr. Wang is very confident: "That's no problem. As long as they have the schedule and are willing to star in your movie, I won't put up any obstacles."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Wang..." Zhang Hao rarely expressed his sincere thanks.