"Mr. He, Mr. Cheng, Mr. Deng, the boss is waiting for you in the reception room, please come with me!" Chen Shuli said with a smile to He Guanchang, Cheng Long and Deng Jingsheng who had just gone upstairs.
He Guanchang walked into the reception room first, immediately smiled and extended his hand to Kang Jianfei to shake hands, and said: "Mr. Kang's "God of Gamblers" is really amazing. The box office has exceeded 30 million, which is another box office miracle."
"What the hell," Kang Jianfei showed a little humility before saying to Cheng Long who was behind He Guanchang, "I have always liked watching Mr. Chen's movies, but I just didn't have time to get close to him. Today I finally got my wish."
Cheng Long also shook hands with Kang Jianfei and said, "I have always wanted to talk to Mr. Kang about my experience in making movies."
The three people came here today, naturally because of cooperation.
Within two minutes, Tang Shuxuan was also called into the reception room, and the five of them began to discuss the matter of co-producing a movie.
He Guanchang said: "We are trying to break into the Western market this time, so the filming location is best in the United States or Europe."
Kang Jianfei thought for a while and said: "The male and female protagonists are Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia. This has been agreed upon a long time ago. However, the identities of the two people must be arranged well. It is best for the male protagonist to be a grassroots man in the West, but he is
There is a hidden identity with a relatively big background. What do you think of Aaron?"
Cheng Long is already 31 years old. He was called "Along" by Kang Jianfei, who was several years younger than him, but he didn't find it too harsh. After all, Kang Jianfei's status was equal to Zou Wenhuai's.
When Kang Jianfei named him for a question, Cheng Long could only say: "You can just discuss the plot. I'm only responsible for filling in some funny details and fighting scene design."
Among those who came to Jiahe, only Deng Jingsheng was a professional screenwriter. He said: "I think it would be better to place the filming location in Spain, France or Italy. It is more convenient to shoot movies in these three countries than in the United States, and there is more space for plot design."
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Kang Jianfei tapped his forehead and said: "Okay, let's set the filming location in Italy for the time being, and the villain of the film can also be arranged to be a mafia."
Deng Jingsheng added: "Aaron's identity can be set as an anonymous kung fu master."
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: "This design is too cliché. It is better to position it as a member of the Hong Kong Flying Tigers who was forced to retire due to a major work error. Such an identity design can not only explain why the male protagonist has good skills, but also becomes proficient in using firearms.
It has to be reasonable.”
He Guanchang only listened and did not express any opinions. Deng Jingsheng nodded in approval and said: "This is the identity of the male protagonist for the time being, but it is difficult to set the heroine. "Royal Senior Sister" has been released twice in Europe and the United States, both of which
It has achieved a good box office, and now Western audiences like Miss Lin's image of beating up girls. In our movie, Miss Lin is a big selling point, so there must be more scenes, and she must know kung fu. How about this, Lin
Ms. Lin plays an Interpol police officer who goes to Italy to perform official duties, and Aaron is inadvertently involved in the case. In the end, Aaron helps Ms. Lin defeat the mafia and successfully solve the case."
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but frown. This kind of plot setting was too cliché. It was a Hong Kong-style police and gangster film that took place in Italy.
Deng Jingsheng noticed Kang Jianfei's expression and asked, "Mr. Kang, what do you think is wrong?"
Kang Jianfei, who had never thought about how to write a story, suddenly had an idea flash in his mind, smiled and said: "Jack Chan, a retired Hong Kong Flying Tigers member with extraordinary skills, works as an underground courier in a small Italian city - informally.
Occupation, he drives a second-hand truck all day long to deliver express. His goods may be anything, but he never wants to know. He strictly enforces three rules and never violates them, which is why he has been able to deliver goods until now:
First, there will be no changes after accepting the transaction; second, no need to ask the name, no matter who works for or who sent the package; third, never look at the package.
This time he took on a business, delivering goods for an Italian. As usual, Jack Chen drove his car on the road. But on the way he found that his 'package' was moving. This caused him to break his own
The third rule is to check the package - it turned out that there was a beautiful oriental woman inside, and her mouth was sealed with tape.
Jack Chen found that his three rules were about to be broken. His route changed and his life changed completely. He and the girl embarked on a road full of crises, and the Mafia began to pursue them. More
People and things get entangled, whether it's to escape for one's life or to pursue a secret. This time the deliveryman accidentally falls in love with his goods. The only way is to fight with the owner of the goods to the end to get his share. Is it sweet or sweet?
Death, no one can be sure until they taste that taste... Well, the name of the movie can be called "Deadly Express"."
He Guanchang's eyelids twitched. He had to admit that the story design of Kang Jianfei was much more interesting than Deng Jingsheng's police film. Just hearing the general plot framework was more attractive.
Deng Jingsheng thought about the plot and nodded in praise: "Mr. Kang is really good at telling stories. We can not tell the audience the truth about the heroine's kidnapping. Let the heroine lie to the hero first, but we must hint to the audience that she is telling lies.
words, and then the two of them fall into many crises, which will make the audience curious about the truth and want to know who the heroine is and what she got into, so that the plot can be unfolded layer by layer."
The story frame told by Kang Jianfei actually comes from "The Human Trafficker" (also translated as "The Express") directed by Luc Besson, starring Shu Qi, and Yuan Kui as the martial arts director. However, it only gives a general story frame.
, with Deng Jingsheng and Cheng Long cooperating on the script, the subsequent plot and details will definitely be completely different.
Deng Jingsheng is worthy of being Jiahe's gold medal screenwriter. Once Kang Jianfei completed the story design, he immediately began to complete the entire plot. Everyone discussed for a whole afternoon and basically designed the plot of the story: Lin Qingxia is actually a bounty hunter.
She was entrusted by her employer to steal an important treasure from the Mafia, but was accidentally captured after she obtained it. Since she had carefully moved the treasure, the Mafia was going to send her to Rome for rigorous interrogation, hoping to force out her employer and her identity.
Unexpectedly, the whereabouts of the treasure was saved by the black hero. Various mysteries were naturally revealed layer by layer. During the escape of the hero and heroine, Lin Qingxia's identity was known to Cheng Long. In the end, the two defeated the mafia gang.
When the thugs came, they found that there were actually two groups of people who came to arrest them. This was also the reason why the mafia did not personally escort Lin Qingxia at first, but asked Cheng Long, an underground courier, to transfer them. They wanted to avoid the other group of people.
After a difficult investigation, they discovered that another group of people was originally sent by Lin Qingxia's employer. That employer was actually a member of the mafia. All incidents were just a power struggle within a mafia family. The last three parties
In the big melee, Cheng Long and Lin Qingxia naturally won the final victory. The two got a fortune and ran to live in seclusion in the United States. As for Cheng Long's funny fighting scenes, when he was being chased and the final big fight, he could express himself to his heart's content.
, there is no need for Kang Jianfei to waste his brains, Cheng Long can design it himself.
The plot of the story is basically determined, and the next step is to choose the director.
He Guanchang finally spoke, and he said with a smile: "Why don't Mr. Kang direct it?"
The reason why Golden Harvest cooperated with DreamWorks was because of Lin Qingxia's fame in Europe and the United States and the box office appeal of Kang Jianfei, an internationally renowned director.
"Should I be a director?" Kang Jianfei said funnyly, "I can also be a director, but the shooting budget will have to be increased by HK$5 million."
He Guanchang nodded and said: "If Mr. Kang becomes a director, he will definitely produce high-quality products. It is okay to increase the budget by HK$5 million."
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: "This additional HK$5 million is just my director's salary."
He Guanchang was stunned for a moment and felt a little unhappy, but he was relieved immediately. With Kang Jianfei's current influence, it seems reasonable to receive a director's remuneration of 5 million.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "Why, Mr. He can't make the decision in this matter? Why don't you go back and ask Boss Zou for instructions first."
"No, as long as Mr. Kang is willing to direct it himself, the director's remuneration of 5 million is nothing." He Guanchang said firmly, and he would naturally explain it to Zou Wenhuai.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Okay, it's settled. I will arrange it as the assistant director. The action design and special effects scenes will be left to the family class and the Raptors stunt team. We will provide some other crew members from each of our families. What do you think?
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"Okay." He Guanchang added, "I think when it comes to the selection of actors, it is best to choose a few more famous white actors in the United States and Europe."
Kang Jianfei said: "I will take care of the casting. The two of us can make a budget first. I will look at the budget and then decide which level of actors to use."
This kind of thing cannot be done in one day. It was almost time to get off work, so He Guanchang and the other three stood up and left, preparing to continue the conversation tomorrow.
After He Guanchang left DreamWorks, he returned directly to Jiahe to report the situation to Zou Wenhuai.
After listening to the report, Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: "This story is still very exciting. Kang Jianfei's ability and reputation are also worth 5 million. I don't ask for how much money this movie can make at the box office. As long as it doesn't lose money, it will be considered a profit. The most important thing is
The most important thing is to promote Aaron to the European and American markets."
He Guanchang said with some worry: "Oriental Entertainment Company has developed too fast. It has only been established for half a year. Now, at least one-third of the newly launched movies in Hong Kong will find actors from Oriental Entertainment Company. If this continues, Kang Jianfei will definitely
By controlling the celebrity agency market in Hong Kong, we are feeding a tiger into trouble."
"Then what else can you do? Can you stop him?" Zou Wenhuai asked rhetorically.
He Guanchang expressed his thoughts: "I think, should we also set up a celebrity agency?"
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: "It's too distracting, and Kang Jianfei has taken advantage of it. It's just a redundant move for us to recruit people. Jiahe can still sign artist management contracts, and can also lend actors to other companies. Can we be a celebrity agent?"
All companies are the same.”
In fact, Zou Wenhuai did not agree with Kang Jianfei's management philosophy of artists. Kang Jianfei could freely let Lin Qingxia, Zhou Runfa and other pillars take over the film, but Zou Wenhuai regarded Cheng Long to death because this was his magic weapon to win.
, absolutely unwilling to share it with others.
As a result, if we open a celebrity agency, it will be difficult to operate in terms of business, and there will be no way to compete with Oriental Entertainment, so Zou Wenhuai simply doesn't make any plans there.rt
