Chapter 564: The Fat King's Trick (I)
Yin Jun's phone call is not just about "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
For example, Yin Jun only talked to Wang Jing for a few words, and Chang Huanxi called over and discussed with Yin Jun about the animators of Toei Animation in Japan.
The animators sent by Toei Animation arrived in Xiangjiang the day before yesterday.
With a scale of 30 people, Le Yiling directly arranged them in a 4-star hotel not far from the broadcast road, and gave them a private room to live in for a long time.
Not only accommodation, but also meals, laundry, etc., are contracted to this hotel, and the time is tentatively set to be about 3 years, for which Qilin Culture has paid a large amount of expenditure, so that Le Yiling feels that it is not possible to buy a hotel directly.
But in Yin Jun's view, no amount of price is worth it.
Not to mention how much Japanese animators use, one-tenth of the annual profit of "Transformers" toys is enough to pay, not to mention such a moving movie box office.
During this period, the Japanese usually cooperated with the Chinese according to the idea that "we are guilty and need to atone for our sins".
At least in the 80s, the cooperation between the Japanese and China was very sincere and helped a lot, but later China became stronger and stronger, and the more they feared China, and gradually embarked on the road of confrontation.
This is also natural, not to mention the Japanese, even the people of Xiangjiang, didn't they also be very friendly to the mainland before the development of the mainland, but as soon as they saw that the mainland was better developed than them, they immediately became psychologically unbalanced?
Toei Animation's group of animators, of course, are also friendly to Chinese people, and they are very motivated to work, and they arrived the day before yesterday and asked to join the work yesterday.
Chang Huxi and Hu Yi couldn't ask for it.
The 15 animation production instruments ordered by Toei Animation in Japan arrived in Xiangjiang as early as early June.
These machines, which cost Yin Jun 22.5 million US dollars, are much more advanced and sophisticated than the animation camera invented by Osamu Tezuka, and a group of animators have long been enthusiastic about it, but unfortunately everyone is not familiar with these instruments, so they dare not move, for fear that they will be broken.
Now that Japanese animators are here and learning how they do it, it's a good step forward for this group of animators and apprentices.
In the future, they will be the main users of these machines!
After hanging up the phone, Yin Jun sat down next to Wang Jing again, and Wang Fatzi suddenly smiled, "Jun Shao, you have too many things, right? With so many interferences, you can write a good script, can you teach me why?"
"Because I'm more serious than you, and I'm quieter than you are. Yin Jun shook his head and laughed.
"I'm actually working hard, but I don't think there's a lot of things that I need to do in such detail. As Wang Jing spoke, he saw Yin Jun's brows furrowed, and hurriedly continued, "Of course, this is before. Now that you are guiding me like this and supporting me, I will definitely work hard to do things well! I will definitely show 12 points of spirit to make this "Police Investigation School". ”
Looking at his solemn appearance, Yin Jun was a little strange.
In the past two days, Wang Jing's attitude has been really serious, not only is the script written very carefully, but he also humbly consults Yin Jun in many aspects, including some details that he doesn't notice at all.
and in terms of the orderliness of the plot, Wang Jing directly found it interesting, but in fact it was some, pee and fart potential, he was as good as a stream, and constantly revised it according to Yin Jun's requirements.
The young man didn't know what Wang Tianlin said to his son, he only thought about whether Wang Jing was so desperate because he hit the street too badly before.
Wang Jing's movie was officially released today.
It was released on June 6, and it was released on June 13, which is just a week after the screening.
It is said that Xiangjiang movies are released on two days, and it is not surprising that they are released on seven days.
But when I heard Wang Jing talk about it, I felt a great shame.
It's not that he thinks Shao Yifu is too affectionate, but he thinks that the movie he did so seriously actually lost so badly, the box office has just passed 1.2 million, and it is not even half of the cost, which is really infuriating and shameful.
In any case, Wang Jing's positive attitude made Yin Jun very happy.
After all, if Wang Jing can get rid of those bad problems when he first enters the film industry, even if it is only half, it will be a gratifying thing.
Wang Fatzi has no special skills in playing art films, but his grasp of commercial films is the first in Xiangjiang, and no one can surpass it.
……
Three hours later, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Jing came out of Yin Jun's apartment, and he couldn't help but let out a long breath.
When Yin Jun first answered the phone just now, he spoke all in English, and Wang Jing didn't care, but when Yin Jun shouted "Mr. Zou", he pointed his ears.
Yin Jun didn't say a few words, and his voice was not loud, Wang Jing only vaguely heard the words "first-day box office".
Wang Jing pretended to be stupid and didn't ask Yin Jun, but it didn't mean that he didn't take it to heart.
After coming out, Wang Jing began to ponder the relationship.
English...... Golden Harvest ...... First day box office ......
What films has Golden Harvest invested in in the U.S. recently?
"Killer Trench"?
No, it will be released for a few months, not now.
Unable to figure it out, after Wang Jing had dinner, he simply called the home of a friend who worked in Jiahe.
"Hey, Abin, let me ask you something. What kind of film have you cast in the United States recently?"
"Damn, Xiangzai, how do you know?"
"When I was having dinner with Yin Jun and Jun Shao today, I heard him talk about it, and it was said that the box office was very good, but I didn't want to ask him specifically. Wang Jing's face did not change.
"Hehe, since Jun Shao told you, then I'll tell you...... In fact, it was supposed to be a few days before the news was promoted. The people over there were really fooled, "Do you remember that our Golden Harvest once announced that we had collaborated on a movie with Lucas and Spielberg in the United States?"
"Oh, remember, it's this one...... Called, called "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?"
"Yes! That's it!" the people over there were excited, "It premiered yesterday in the United States, and it ended up grossing more than $1.7 million! It's still Thursday! And the word of mouth is blowing out, and it is said that there is a queue to buy tickets this morning! If it continues to be so popular, it will not be a problem to exceed $10 million in the first weekend!"
"Wouldn't it?" Wang Jing also has some research on American films, "so good?"
"Of course, you don't want to see it, who values this movie!" The person over there said excitedly, and said casually, "Jun Shao personally valued it, and then invested a lot of money, our boss just met by chance, so I took a ride, I didn't expect this to be a box office giant!"
"What does Jun Shao value?" Wang Jing's heart was turbulent, but his tone was unbelieving, "No, I haven't heard him say it, and he didn't talk about it today." Did you hear me wrong?"
"How could you be wrong? This is what Brother Long said when he came back from vacation. The people over there hurriedly defended, "You know, Brother Long is a big mouth, he and Boss Zou met Jun Shao all the way that day, but it seems that the people around Jun Shao leaked the news, and Boss Zou had an idea, so he went to follow and invested 5 million US dollars!"
"Oh, I see!" Wang Jing nodded, "Okay, thank you, Ah Bin...... Well, I'll treat you to tea another day!"
After hanging up the phone, Wang Jing's little eyes began to roll continuously.
He was thinking about what could do him good for him, or what he could do with it.
After a while, Wang Jing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly had a plan in his heart.
……
By the time Wang Jing appeared in front of Shao Yifu, it was already three days later, that is, on Monday, June 16.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it is time for Shaw Yifu to have afternoon tea, and if he has spare time, he will take the car to the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui for coffee, a habit he has cultivated for decades.
Actually, there's a little anecdote here.
In fact, the first person in the entertainment industry who is used to drinking afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel is Lu Yuntao, the son of Lu Dagong, because he was born in a wealthy family, and when he grew up, his father became the richest man in Malaysia and Singapore, so it is inevitable that his living habits will be more luxurious.
Shao Yifu is a person who picks the door, and he is not very interested in such a high-cost and time-wasting afternoon tea.
But at that time, Lu Yuntao had already gained the upper hand, and in order to confront Lu Yuntao, Shao Yifu also began to raise his profile, drinking afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel like him, and then discussing business at the Peninsula Hotel, giving people the impression of "I am not inferior to Lu Yuntao".
Later, Lu Yuntao's plane crashed and left the world, and there was no second film company in Xiangjiang that could be compared with Shaw Brothers, but Shao Yifu still maintained this habit.
Some say he's showing his uniqueness.
Some people also say that he is remembering his old rival Lu Yuntao.
In any case, the biggest boss in the entertainment industry is still Shao Yifu, he drinks afternoon tea at the Peninsula Hotel, and the stars are naturally willing to follow suit, so the café of the Peninsula Hotel has become a gathering place for half of the stars.
When Wang Jing met Shao Yifu at the Peninsula Hotel café, he looked with interest at Victoria Bay in the distance below, with a smile on his face.
It's no wonder that Shao Yifu is in a good mood.
He urgently arranged to take over Wang Jing's film "Tin Drying You", since its release on Friday, the box office has exceeded 800,000 on the same day, and the box office on the second day exceeded 900,000, and the box office yesterday Sunday exceeded 1 million in one fell swoop, becoming the first Shaw Brothers film to break one million at the box office in a single day.
Although there is a big factor in this, it is because Huang Yuanshen is so popular, and the movie he starred in is naturally interested.
But the theme of "Tin Drying You" is indeed very good, starting from the perspective of a thief who has reformed his ways, there is struggle and inspiration, which can move people's hearts very much.
So it's not surprising that the box office reached 2.75 million in three days.
Seeing that "Tin Drying You" has the potential to break 10 million at the box office, can Shao Yifu be unhappy?
It was because he was happy that Shao Yifu was not angry when he saw Wang Jing, a street boy, appear in front of him with a smile.
"Ah Xiang, are you looking for me?"
"Sixth uncle, I was too unwilling to lose in the last play, so I decided to regroup. Wang Jing sat opposite him and said arrogantly, "I was cheeky and entrusted countless relationships, and finally said that Jun Shao was moved and gave me a script! A classic script!"
"Oh?"
Shao Yifu is interested, you must know that Yin Jun has already agreed to give him a movie script before.
Subconsciously, Shao Yifu felt that this was the case.
Putting down the coffee cup in his hand, he asked, "What script? I'll see!"
"Junshao asked me to write the storyboard, and he wrote it at his house, and I was not allowed to bring it out. Wang Jing lied.
"He's too stingy!" Shao Yifu laughed, "You write well, when you're done, I'll give you a budget here, and you continue to shoot." Sixth Uncle is still very optimistic about you!"
"But Uncle Six, Jun Shao said that he was going to make this movie by himself, and I just went to work. Wang Jing continued with a sincere face.
Shao Yifu's face turned black with a bang.
I've been doing it for a long time, this movie has nothing to do with me, you came to me, did you come to deliberately anger me?
Yin Jun, this kid is not a thing, he obviously said that he gave me the script, but now he has decided to make it himself, isn't this a joke?