"morning!"
"morning!"
Early that morning, Jiang Zhiqiang drove to the Clear Water Bay studio and continued his inexplicable day as an assistant.
Chen Qi built another office next door for his two assistants.
Jiang Zhiqiang greeted him all the way and entered the house. When he saw Gu Weili, who had already arrived, immersed in writing something, he immediately asked: "Awei, did Mr. Chen tell you to do something?"
"No!"
"Then what are you busy with?"
"I'm just pretending to be busy!"
Gu Weili threw away the pen and complained: "My original idea was to do as much work as you want for whatever salary you get, but now my conscience feels bad. I have nothing to do every day, and I am a useless person!"
"Isn't it the same for me? Apart from accompanying Mr. Chen to Shatin to look at properties, I have nothing to do."
The two of them sighed and fell ill for the first time in their lives.
Jiang Zhiqiang became more and more sure of his proton identity and continued to eat and wait for death.
"Dingle bell!"
Suddenly the phone rang. The two of them were stunned, and then rushed to pick it up. Gu Weili took a step faster: "Hello? Okay, I'll get it!"
She hurried out the door and came back after a while. Jiang Zhiqiang asked: "What happened?"
"There is an international email for Mr. Chen!"
"Where did it come from?"
"I think it's Columbia in Hollywood!"
brush!
Jiang Zhiqiang's eyes lit up, did it mean he had a job?
…
next door.
Chen Qi looked at the email and saw that it was an invitation letter.
After he won the Oscar, he met a lot of Hollywood big shots, and they all said they would ask him to write a script, but there was no movement at all afterwards. Although "Life is Beautiful" won the award, it is a Chinese story after all, and it is not clear how to write an American story.
Columbia was the first company to take action.
It seems that Coca-Cola has had enough.
After Chen Qi finished working in the theater, he had some free time and happened to be thinking about this. Colombia was very sincere and offered a starting price of US$200,000, which was very high in the 1980s. It was about more than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, allowing Hong Kong to compete
I know it can scare me to death.
No one in Hong Kong is willing to give me 150,000 Hong Kong dollars!
The Oscar for Best Screenplay also depends on whether it is a commercial film or a literary and artistic film. The price of a commercial film will be higher. If one film is successful, the price of the next film will naturally increase.
By winning this award, Chen Qi has entered the door of Hollywood, and his performance will depend on his performance.
Each of the seven Hollywood majors has its own situation, and Colombia is in a very miserable situation. Chen Qi wants to write a movie based on its situation. After thinking about it, let alone blockbusters, Colombia cannot afford it.
How about a horror movie with a small and broad scope?
Chen Qi could write, but he was lazy because he had to shoot a Christmas movie in Hong Kong and he wanted to save some trouble.
"It's still a romantic comedy! I'll make a Hong Kong version and sell it to Colombia for an American version."
"What are you writing (copying)?"
In his mind, he unconsciously thought of several female stars he had met in Hollywood, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Meg Ryan and others, all sweet and blonde girls. Then he thought of Zhong Chuhong.
Chung Chu Hong has now contracted the Hong Kong film industry's Christmas productions, "The Last Love" and "The Frog Prince", and is invincible in the field of urban love.
"Yes!"
Chen Qi was inspired and wrote the title of the film: "Fifty First Loves"!
The cost is not high, it is innovative, relaxed, romantic and touching. It has been confirmed by the box office in Hollywood and can be easily localized. It can be either a Hong Kong version or an American version.
The Christmas movie has been booked, and he's thinking about next year's film list.
Next year, there will be more theaters, and at least 20 films will be prepared. Chen Qi wrote down several names such as "Happy Ghost 3", "Xin Zha Junior Sister 2", "The True Colors of a Hero" and other names, and pressed the phone.
"Awei, come here!"
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Gu Weili ran in with the excitement of a working man: "Mr. Chen, is there something you want me to do?"
"You find some talented young people and form a script writing team. I can't always do it myself. That would be exhausting. I will make an outline in the future and the writing team will complete it. After writing, I will review it."
"Do they have the right to sign?" Gu Weili understood very well.
"Co-sign, if it is a collective creation, sign as a group. In the second half of the year, we will start filming a romance film called "Fifty First Dates", and you will be the executive producer."
"Thank you Mr. Chen!"
Gu Weili came back happily and said: "Let you pass!"
Jiang Zhiqiang also hurriedly ran to the next door. Chen Qi asked: "I heard that you introduced a cartoon "Garfield Goes to Town" to Broadway last year. What were your thoughts?"
"I just think there are no cartoons in Hong Kong. They are rare and expensive, and the audience might be interested."
"Then why did you rush to the street?"
"Well……"
Jiang Zhiqiang was a little embarrassed and said: "Actually, I have been thinking about this issue. I have also read a lot of books, and I think it must be acclimatization. "Garfield Goes to Town" is a standard American animation, suitable for the elite class, and ordinary audiences do not like it.
But I still think there is a market for cartoons in Hong Kong, but I just didn’t choose the right target.”
"Do you know anything about Japanese animation?"
"I just got in touch with it, and I'm reading related books and works."
"There is a very popular film in Japan recently, called "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," released by Tokuma Shoten. The director is Hayao Miyazaki. Go to Japan and get the copyright of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind." Don't be an agent. Buy it out.
, you can spend more money.
You establish a good relationship with the other party, and we will get every one of their future works. You can watch other movies by the way and report back to me."
"..."
Jiang Zhiqiang was stunned for two seconds and nodded firmly: "Okay, I will definitely do it!"
After he went out, Chen Qi wrote back and forth in his notebook. Mainland Mandarin films, local Cantonese films, English films, Japanese animations, so many film sources, should be enough for next year.
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Speaking of provincial capitals with low presence in China, Jinan is one of them.
Jinan, Shandong, Qingdao, China, Weifang, the world, Shouguang Universe!
The old railway station in Jinan is very beautiful. It was designed and built by the Germans at that time. It has a tower-shaped bell tower, a round roof, arched doors and windows, and lace walls. The style is coordinated and solid. It is known as the first station in the Far East.
It was later demolished.
At this moment, the square in front of the station.
Gong Xue wore an imported hat and sunglasses, and a piece of clothing was worth half a year's salary of an employee. She looked like a powerful lady. A comrade from the Shanghai Film Studio helped take pictures of her.
"Squat down and take photos to make me look taller!"
"Yes! 3, 2, 1!"
"Go over there and take another picture, your angle is wrong!"
I have pity on this comrade, who has ever done this kind of work? He walks on thin ice with fear and fear.
Gong Xue has been experiencing life in the Shanghai Cotton Mill, and this time she came to participate in the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards with people from the Shanghai Film Studio. "Under the Bridge" received two nominations for the Hundred Flowers Awards: Best Feature Film and Best Actress. It won the Golden Rooster Award.
One nomination: Best Actress.
To be honest, this movie is just average. The key is that Gong Xue is so beautiful.
Shanghai Film Studio also has two popular films, "Qiu Jin" and "Our Cow is 100 Years Old", while Beijing Film Studio has "Sunset Street" and "The Blood Is Always Hot".
Oriental Company also produced a film called "Black Cannon Incident", which was nominated for three Golden Rooster Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Actor, and Best Art. Chen Qi was very generous and asked Zhang Yimou and several other brothers to come and experience it.
Chapter completed!