Zhang Aijia dragged her suitcase out, and Huang Baiming and Xu Ke immediately greeted her outside.
Huang Baiming stretched out his hand and said: "Ms. Zhang, hello, I am Huang Baiming."
"I have long admired your name!" Zhang Aijia shook hands with Huang Baiming and said with a smile.
Xu Ke and Huang Baiming helped Zhang Aijia carry her luggage into the car. Huang Baiming acted as the driver, while Xu Ke and Zhang Aijia sat in the back seat.
When Xu Ke was working at Jiashi, he had some friendship with Zhang Aijia. This time, Mecca, Huang Baiming and others are planning to make a Hong Kong version of 007 movie, and they need an actress who is relatively famous in Taiwan to star in the film to open up Taiwan.
At the box office, Xu Ke recommended Zhang Aijia.
Zhang Aijia is originally from Taiwan. Because her elders had a good relationship with Zou Wenhuai, she went to Hong Kong to join Jiahe Company. Zhang Aijia was also given the stage name given to her by her elders at that time, which means "Love Jiahe".
However, after staying in Jiahe for a year, Zhang Aijia returned to Taiwan and worked as a voice actor before returning to filmmaking.
Two years ago, Zhang Aijia married the director of the Associated Press Hong Kong bureau, and she moved to Hong Kong to settle down. After the collapse of Jiashi, Liang Shuyi, the general manager of Jiashi, and Zhang Aijia jointly opened a Bego Film Company.
Gao Company made one movie each last year and this year, but the box office was not very satisfactory.
A few months ago, Zhang Aijia had a falling out with her husband and returned to Taiwan in anger. Liang Shuyi also had no hope for Beigao Company, so she and her husband opened another Fucai Film Company.
Huang Baiming and others invited Zhang Aijia to come to Hong Kong, not just to invite her to star in movies. They also wanted to recruit Zhang Aijia, who has rich experience in film and music production, because the New Art City is in urgent need of talents and the few people in Mecca are too busy.
Enter the company.
Not long after getting in the car, Zhang Aijia started talking about business. She said: "I didn't make it clear on the phone. What kind of movie are you going to make? Is it a remake of 007?"
Huang Baiming explained: "The movie planning is still under discussion, but we all agree that the 007 movie cannot be copied mechanically, and must be combined with the style of Hong Kong movies. The story style is similar to Oriental DreamWorks' "The Royal Sisters",
The protagonists are also set to three people.”
""The Royal Sister"? It's the one that was very popular in the newspapers a while ago, starring Lin Qingxia?" Zhang Aijia asked.
Xu Ke nodded and said: "This movie was released five days ago and the box office was very strong."
Zhang Aijia stayed in Taiwan and didn't know the situation, so she asked: "Is this movie good?"
Huang Baiming sighed: "It's not only good-looking, it's simply shocking. Kang Jianfei's plot design convinced me."
Zhang Aijia asked: "I heard that Qingxia herself acted in the fighting scenes in the movie?"
Xu Kedao: "Yes, we played pretty well."
"Really? Then I must go and see it." Zhang Aijia said with a smile. When she met Lin Qingxia, Lin Qingxia's fame was far less than it is now. The two have always had a good personal relationship, and they also acted in "A Good Marriage" together.
"A Dream of Red Mansions", Zhang Aijia plays Lin Daiyu. Lin Qingxia plays the role of Jia Baoyu.
Huang Baiming smiled and said: "If you want to see it, the tickets are not easy to buy."
Zhang Aijia asked puzzledly: "Why is it so difficult to buy?"
Huang Baiming smiled and said, "You can see for yourself later."
Although Kai Tak Airport is the third largest international airport in the world in terms of passenger traffic, it is located in the center of the city. As soon as Huang Baiming finished speaking, the car had already passed by a cinema under the Golden Princess Cinemas. There was a ticket purchase ticket outside the cinema.
Long dragon.
Zhang Aijia exclaimed: "It's only around two o'clock in the afternoon. And it has been released for five days. Why are there so many people queuing up to buy movie tickets during the day?"
Huang Baiming sighed and said: "That's why I say this movie is so powerful. The "Best Partner" we are planning to shoot will follow the same formula as "The Royal Senior Sister". However, there must be innovation in the plot to give full play to the strength of our New Art City."
Only with the advantage of comedy films can we hope to compete with DreamWorks for schedule."
Zhang Aijia returned to Hong Kong this time. Not only did she come back to work, she also prepared to reconcile with her husband.
After Huang Baiming and the others sent Zhang Aijia home, Zhang Aijia saw that no one was at home and took their car directly to the company.
Xu Ke's "Gui Ma Zhi Duo Xing" has been completed and he was busy doing post-production when he got off the car to edit.
Ma Jia, Xu Ke and Teddy Robin are doing post-production work on "Ghostbusters", while Huang Baiming, Shi Tian and Shi Nansheng are in the New Art City company.
Not long after Zhang Aijia arrived at Xinyi City, Zeng Zhiwei also came. The discussion continued as discussed yesterday.
Huang Baiming analyzed: "We have already decided yesterday that it is the same as "Royal Senior Sister". It is also a model of two men and one woman. First, there must be a more cunning protagonist responsible for the comedy, and let Mecca play this role; and then use
To attract female viewers with a handsome male protagonist, I think TVB’s Chow Yun-fat is good. Chow Yun-fat already has a lot of TV fans, and if he appears in "The Best Partner", he will definitely bring in a lot of viewers."
Zeng Zhiwei said: "Zhou Runfa is from TVB, and he has been in a lot of dramas recently, so I'm afraid it won't be easy to hire him."
Shi Tian suggested: "What about Xu Guanjie? He is a big singer and actor, and has more fans than Zhou Runfa."
Zeng Zhiwei shook his head again and said: "Xu's company has always been supported by Jiahe. Asking Xu Guanjie to film is a hundred times more difficult than asking Zhou Run to film."
Huang Baiming gritted his teeth and said: "If it's difficult to get an offer, I'll have to do it. At worst, I'll give him a salary of 2 million yuan, but I don't believe he won't do it."
Zhang Aijia looked at the results of their discussion yesterday and suddenly said: "I think the character of this female character can be changed."
Huang Baiming asked: "How to change it?"
Zhang Aijia said: "This character can be more manly and can interact more with the male protagonist."
"Yes, yes, the bald detective conquers a man's wife, I'm sure many viewers will love to see it." Zeng Zhiwei repeatedly agreed.
A few people glanced at each other and perfected the characters and story settings of "The Best Partner" little by little, and then Huang Baiming was responsible for writing the script. Of course, before writing the script, he had to wait for Mecca's nod. Xinyi
The creative core of the city is Mecca, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian.
We discussed it all afternoon and went out for dinner together in the evening.
While ordering, Huang Baiming took the opportunity to ask Zeng Zhiwei: "How have you considered that matter?"
The smile on Zeng Zhiwei's face froze, and then he said with a smile: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'll think about it again."
Huang Baiming was inviting Zeng Zhiwei to join Xinyi City, but Zeng Zhiwei's heart was still wavering.
Zeng Zhiwei initially went to cooperate with New Art City, but was attracted by Hong Jinbao. After some cooperation, Mecca, Huang Baiming and others felt that Zeng Zhiwei was very capable, so they continued to use benefits to win over him, even in this "The Last of Us"
"The Best Partner" is also planning to have Eric Tsang as director.
But Zeng Zhiwei had an appointment with the director and an actor at Oriental DreamWorks, and DreamWorks was developing so rapidly that he really couldn't make up his mind to leave.
After eating this meal, Zeng Zhiwei felt depressed. After returning home, he called Hong Jinbao. He had worked under Hong Jinbao for several years. Hong Jinbao was equivalent to his elder brother, so when he was in doubt, he always asked Hong Jinbao for help.
Let’s analyze it.
Zeng Zhiwei explained his difficulties and asked on the phone: "Hey, Brother Sanmao, where do you think I should stay?"
Hong Jinbao said: "Go to Oriental DreamWorks tomorrow to test it out and see what Kang Jianfei's attitude is towards you. If he really wants to keep you, you can continue to work with him. This person is very powerful and there is a lot of potential in working with him. If
If he doesn't care about you, then go to Xinyi City..."
Hong Jinbao said a lot, Zeng Zhiwei remembered it all in his heart, and ran to Oriental DreamWorks early the next morning.
After greeting several employees, Zeng Zhiwei waited for half a minute before entering Kang Jianfei's office and said with a smile: "Good morning, Mr. Kang."
"Morning," Kang Jianfei said with a smile, "please sit wherever you like."
"Thank you!" Zeng Zhiwei nodded and sat down.
Before Zeng Zhiwei could open his mouth to test, Kang Jianfei was the first to speak: "Why are you free to come to me today to see if you have any new ideas? As long as you bring me the script, I will definitely support you and just go ahead and shoot."
Zeng Zhiwei blushed. He didn't have any new film plans. He had been helping New Art City to shoot films in the past few months, and he also received a meager salary from DreamWorks. Kang Jianfei said this so generously, but he didn't say anything about it.
It seemed like he was mocking Zeng Zhiwei for cheating on him. How could Zeng Zhiwei have the nerve to test him?
Seeing Zeng Zhiwei's silence, Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Tell me, what do you want to see me for today?"
Zeng Zhiwei hesitated for a while and finally said: "New Art City is going to make a new film and they are going to ask me to be the director."
"Oh, what movie?" Kang Jianfei asked with a smile.
"The tentative title of the film is "The Best Partner"." Zeng Zhiwei feels that it is okay to reveal the name, as long as the content is not mentioned.
""Best Partner"?" Kang Jianfei couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, and couldn't explain how he felt.
In the first half of the year, Kang Jianfei released "Mr. Zombie" ahead of schedule, which resulted in Hung Kam-bo's "Ghost Fighter" and a movie version of Lin Zhengying's "Zombie Taoist" out of thin air. Now he is filming "The Royal Sister", and he actually let
"Best Partner" was released more than a year in advance, it was all a mess!
It is estimated that the details of "The Best Partner" will be greatly changed, for example, there will be some more exciting speeding and explosion scenes - these can be learned from "The Royal Sisters".
As soon as he heard that New Arts City was going to make the blockbuster movie "The Best Partner", Kang Jianfei immediately became alert. Even if he couldn't stop the filming of the movie, he would still keep Zeng Zhiwei. Anyway, the company was in trouble after the hit "The Royal Sisters"
, is preparing to expand its scale, and Zeng Zhiwei is a capable talent, so it is not a waste to give him an important position.
Kang Jianfei said with a kind smile: "Brother Zeng, I have decided to officially expand the company's production department. Pan Yingzi will definitely not be able to do it alone. How about this, you will be the manager of the company's production department, Pan Yingzi will still be the manager of the company's production department."
Vice President of Film and Television, and concurrently serving as Artist Department Manager."
Zeng Zhiwei was stunned after hearing this. The production department is very important to a film company. He never dreamed that Kang Jianfei would let him manage the production department.
Kang Jianfei smiled and asked: "Why, don't you want to?"
"Yes, thank you Mr. Kang for trusting me. I will definitely manage the production department well." Zeng Zhiwei nodded repeatedly. As for the director of "The Best Partner", how can he compare with the production manager of DreamWorks? Go to hell with Xinyi City.
