This kind of movie is almost not difficult to shoot. If you want to do well at the box office, you mainly rely on the faces of the stars in the movie to attract the audience.
Huang Baiming plans to use New Art City's connections in the industry to invite many big-name stars to participate in the show or make guest appearances.
As a result, the four star shareholders of Youlian Film and Television Company all received invitations to perform in New Art City.
Huang Baiming's movie is called "Eight Star Announcement". It is planned to start shooting in November, complete the post-production in about a month, and then be released during the Spring Festival.
Because there are so many celebrities, New Arts City must release the news several months in advance, just to facilitate the adjustment of schedules for these big-name actors.
"The Announcement" is directed by Johnnie To, while Wong Pak-ming is a screenwriter and producer, and plays the role of "eldest brother" among the three male protagonists in the film.
As the candidate for "Second Song", Xinyi City chose Fa Ge, a sissy who has a girlfriend and flirts with women all day long. This is a character that subverts Fa Ge's personality.
For the role of "Third Brother", Wong Pak Ming referred to the setting of "A Better Tomorrow" and wanted to cast Leslie Cheung. Unfortunately, Leslie Cheung not only took over the filming of the movie "Rouge" at the end of the year, but also had many concerts to be held around the world.
Because Leslie Cheung's "Beautiful Sleepless Concert" and "World Tour Concert" are connected together. He will definitely be a trapeze artist by the end of the year. I'm afraid he won't be able to make a guest appearance even if he wants to.
Ren Kuanwei and Hong Gu were also invited to star. Unfortunately, Hong Gu's schedule was full and she could only find time to play a guest role.
Ren Kuei is even more pitiful.
From the time "The Last Emperor" is officially released in Europe at the end of October until after the Oscars ceremony at the beginning of next year, he will be working with the crew for several months to promote the film, aiming directly at the Oscars.
This is a formal clause written in his starring contract, which shows the ambition of the producer of "The Last Emperor". Therefore, Ren Yucheng had no choice but to refuse New Art City's invitation.
For the movie "Eight Star Announcement", the expectations within New Art City are not very high. Even Huang Baiming only believes that such a movie that is almost a money trap is unlikely to lose money, but the feasibility of becoming a big hit is also not
big.
However, Tsui Hark believes that this kind of silly and sweet New Year's film has great market potential. During the Spring Festival, the whole family can go to the theater to watch it together, and the movie box office may not be bad.
When he saw that Mai Jia and others had no reaction, he proposed to invite Youlian Film and Television Company to jointly invest in the film, which was regarded as a courtesy.
Although the two movies "A Better Tomorrow" and "A Better Tomorrow 2" were filmed and financed by "Tsui Hark Studio", they are both in the name of New Art City. Therefore, New Art City can benefit from the profits of "Tsui Hark Studio"
, withdraw 30% of the profit.
The huge profit from the first part has given Xinyi City a lot of benefits. Seeing that the second part is about to be released, this will be another small sum of money.
Therefore, Tsui Hark's proposal was successfully passed when others were not optimistic about the prospects of "Eight Star Announcement".
The cast of "Eight Star Announcement" has not yet been fully determined, so the budget of the film is only a rough figure. Currently there is only a rough estimate, three million Hong Kong dollars.
At least HK$2 million of this amount is the remuneration of the cast and crew. As for the filming costs, how much can a family-friendly urban family light comedy cost?
The result of the negotiation between Gabriel and Xinyi City was that the investment was 46%, and Youlian accounted for 40%. Of course, the copyright belonged to them. However, Sun Dahai had no interest in fighting for such copyright.
After Gabriel finished speaking, Sun Dahai asked Sister Fen whether Zhang Xueyou's transfer to Youlian could be realized in the short term.
After receiving a positive reply from Sister Fen, Sun Dahai told Gabriel that New Art City would retain the role of the "third brother" in the film for up to one month. The company planned to let him play this role after signing Xueyou Zhang.
In addition, Sun Dahai handed over the movie "God of Gamblers" to Gabriel and asked him to keep in touch with Fatty Wang and be ready to follow up on this project at any time.
At the same time, Sister Fen will also pay attention to this matter. For films invested by the company, priority must be given to ensuring that the actors contracted by the company or those celebrity shareholders have the opportunity to appear.
After talking about the investment and cooperation department, the next step is the business development department. Fang Ying just took office, and the first thing she did was to eliminate the negative impact caused by the previous business manager before the company merged as soon as possible.
The job of the Business Development Department is to obtain commercial contracts for its artists or players. The commercial performance work is temporarily handled by Sister Xi. After the relationship with the Business Development Department is straightened out, it will be handed over to the Business Development Department for operation.
Sun Dahai turned around and told Hu Cheng beside him that after the meeting, he would give Fang Ying a list of all the company's contract partners and ask the business development department to keep in close contact with them.
Whether these cooperative companies are advertising, endorsements, organizing company celebrations, tailgates or business performances, or even possible movie sponsorships, these are all the business scope of the business development department.
Sun Dahai suddenly remembered something. He suggested that Fang Ying contact Pepsi-Cola Company to establish contact channels whether it is the head office or the branch in Asia.
When Leslie Cheung goes on a world tour at the end of the year, we will take the initiative and try to win him the identity of the global spokesperson for the Pepsi-Cola superstar. Even if it fails, we will take a step back and win him the Asia spokesperson.
Sister Fen also nodded in approval. Leslie Cheung's image, temperament, and his current reputation in Asia are enough to make him the Asian spokesperson for Pepsi-Cola.
Moreover, Leslie Cheung is not only a top singer, but his starring roles in "A Better Tomorrow" and "A Chinese Ghost Story" currently in theaters have attracted countless fans. His status among Southeast Asian movie fans has also rapidly increased.
Sun Dahai secretly thought that what Leslie Cheung now shows more is his youth and vitality. In a few years, his calm and elegant aristocratic temperament may not be suitable for a brand full of youthful vitality like Pepsi-Cola.
At that time, is it possible for him to contact some of the major blue-blood brands in Europe to become an endorser? That is the highest level of endorsement recognized by the world.
Sun Dahai thought silently in his mind while the meeting continued. However, there were some specific administrative matters that followed, such as recruiting staff and establishing various training systems. He listened in one ear and out the other and didn't take it seriously.
The last topic of the meeting was the future office location of Youlian Brokerage Company. This concerns every employee of the company, so everyone is very concerned about this issue.
Because Sun Dahai has long said that Youlian Brokerage Company mainly serves cultural and sports stars, and it does not make much sense for the company to be located in a high-end business office building like Future Building.