Hualiu Director

Chapter 296 "Hello, Li Huanying" Finished

The first half of October may have been the period when Lin Hong had the most banquets this year. Not to mention anything else, he held two celebration banquets for "The Truman Show", one for 6 million, One time is 18 billion.

And when the global box office of "Eating Men and Women" exceeded 1 million US dollars, Lin Hong held a grand celebration banquet for Ang Lee in Beijing, which also allowed Ang Lee to experience the enthusiasm of mainland filmmakers.

In addition, "A Good Show" also held a celebration banquet when the box office broke 8 million, and Lin Hong, as the assistant director, also attended.

In short, Lin Hong was either attending a reception or on his way to a reception for the first half month, and they were all celebration receptions.

However, after entering the second half of the month, the box office situation has basically stabilized.

Half a month after it was released, the box office of "The Truman Show" reached an astonishing 19 billion. Considering that there is still nearly half a month of release time, the final box office is likely to exceed 24 billion. Incredible.

And Lin Hong is not so concerned about the praise from the outside world and the movie's ability to make money, because the income from the placement of advertisements has already indicated that this is a movie that can make a lot of money.

Xiao Di and the others will naturally calculate how much money they make, while Lin Hong started work on the new movie "Hello, Li Huanying".

The story of the original version of "Hello, Li Huanying" is very touching, and there are many laughs and tears. Lin Hong does not need to make too many changes.

Moreover, after Shen Xialuo and Ma Ya became famous through "Happy Comedian", the two co-founded Twist Entertainment Company. There are many strange comedians under them. In addition, Jiang Ling's Dapen Entertainment also has many actors. Hong Yi summed up that it is better to use the raw than the familiar, so he summoned them all, and directly selected the supporting role among them.

However, the sand sculpture bastard Leng Te Lin Hong in the movie still called Cheng He, and Cheng He agreed to Lin Hong's invitation without even checking his own schedule, even if he might already have a work arrangement, even if it was just a supporting role .

In Cheng He's view, as long as Lin Hong's supporting role in the play is good, he can be very brilliant, and this is the first time Lin Hong has asked him to cooperate. This is a good start, so he has to agree to everything.

And another supporting role, Director Shen, that is, Shen Guanglin's Lao Tzu, Lin Hong, approached Chen Ru.

Not to mention, Chen Ru's serious and stern expression made people very surprised at first glance among the comedians, like a group of sand sculptures mixed with vultures.

But it's just such a contrast, there is an extra comedy effect in the real performance, which is also a point that makes Lin Hong overjoyed.

And Chen Ru is also very happy about this, saying that it was a wise thing to hate Lin Hong on the program "Ask the Director for Advice", otherwise there would be no such cooperation between the two, and it would be impossible to win the Shanghai International Film Festival. actor.

As for taking on comedy films now, the possibility of Chen Ru in the past is very small, that is, he has worked with Lin Hong and knows that he can control it, so he readily agreed.

Of course, even though Chen Ru is now an actor, but this time he did not open his mouth for the filming. The price offered by his agent was 200 million. Firstly, it was because he didn't have many roles, secondly, he was not short of money, and thirdly I came here because this is Lin Hong's play, and this can be regarded as thanks to Lin Hong.

And Lin Hong didn't flirt with Chen Ru here, the actor fee of 200 million must be less, but the two will definitely cooperate in the future, and at that time, other places will just need to make up for it.

Besides, after eating so many cherries a year, Chen Ru and Lao Lin became fanciers again. Could this relationship fade away?

The candidates for the leading role and the supporting role have been confirmed, but there is still a problem, how to arrange Maya?

In the original story, there are three irreplaceable core characters, namely Li Huanying, Jia Xiaoling and Shen Guanglin. Although the other characters are also very brilliant, they all serve the shaping of these three important characters.

But Lin Hong really wanted to put Ma Ya in, because these four comedians Lin Hong liked very much, and he didn't want to leave any one behind, but Lin Hong felt that Ma Ya was not suitable for other characters.

After thinking about it for a long time, Lin Hong felt that it was not suitable to add another character with the same role as Li Huanying and Jia Xiaoling in this story.

So Lin Hong finally called Ma Ya to explain in person. Although Ma Ya felt very sorry, he expressed understanding for Lin Hong's decision.

But Ma Ya soon had no regrets, because Lin Hong promised to write a comedy script of Xihong City series with her as the heroine, which gave Ma Ya a sense of happiness like losing sesame seeds and picking up watermelon.

In addition to actors, investors such as Huang Li and Yu Dong also approached Lin Hong and expressed their desire to participate in the investment.

"The Truman Show" has become a hit, and professional organizations estimate that Hualiu Film and Television can make more than 13 billion yuan in after-tax profits.

And because "The Truman Show" and "Eating Men and Women" were approved and filmed at the same time, everyone's eyes were on Ang Lee and "Eating and Drinking Men and Women". There is no need to worry about any investment risks, so no one is ashamed to say that they want to buy shares.

Of course, it is impossible for Lin Hong to let anyone other than Huang Li invest in the shares, but Huang Li devoted himself to "Eating and Drinking Men and Women". In addition to being the producer, he also invested 2000 million in it.

"Food and Drink Men and Women" currently has a global box office of more than 2 million U.S. dollars, and the final score should be around 2.5 million U.S. dollars.So Huang Li must have no problem making money.

But if the 2000 million votes were for Lin Hong's "The Truman Show", hehe...

However, after the film was released, Huang Li did not regret the investment issue. He was very honored to be able to produce "Eating and Drinking Men and Women". ".

What really makes Huang Li heartbroken is "The Truman Show", which is definitely Lin Hong's best work so far, surpassing the existence of "Life Kiss Me Painfully".

He actually missed such a work, hey, Kong Xiao is too cheap, even though he is his apprentice, but... still feel very distressed.

So this time after Lin Hong released the new play "Hello, Li Huanying", Huang Li immediately ran to get the position of producer, but Kong Xiao threatened to expel him from the school, and finally succeeded in becoming a producer. Filmmaker.

However, Huang Li obtained the title of co-producer and also invested 1000 million in it.

"Hello, Li Huanying" has only a few special effects shots, no special service requirements, and no huge and complicated set requirements.

Compared with the actors in the original version who are all well-known actors, the biggest star in this version of Lin Hong is Chen Ru who is a guest star. His salary is only 200 million, and other leading actors such as Shen Xialuo and Jiang Ling only need 500 million. The salary of [-] yuan can be said to save a lot in this area.

Therefore, compared to the original cost of 8000 million, Lin Hong estimated the cost at the project approval meeting to be about 6000 million.

How should I put it, this is definitely another movie that made a lot of money.

But Lin Hong still said that money is endless, and it is impossible for Hualiu's family to earn it.

Even though the box office of the original version of "Hello, Li Huanying" is so high, you must know that there are 8 producers and 18 co-producers behind it.

So Lin Hong agreed to Huang Li's investment, and by the way, he also agreed to the investment of 8 companies, namely Bernard, Ali, Penguin, Huayi, Dapen, Twist, Yitian and Huasheng, not for anything else, just for their hands The publicity and distribution resources, as well as the huge energy in the theater lineup.

As long as the filming and publicity go up, Lin Hong is confident that the box office of the original "Hello, Li Huanying" will be higher.

However, Lin Hong also strictly controlled the marginal cost. In the end, the share he was willing to give up was 40%, and this 40% was worth 6000 million.

That is to say, before the filming of Lin Hong's movie started, several other companies covered almost all the costs. He started the project with zero cost.

And none of those investors were dissatisfied, on the contrary, they were all blushing for more money.

Huang Li invested 1000 million based on his relationship with Chunlei and Hualiu, and the other companies more or less also invested, and the rest was waiting for Lin Hong to make the movie, and then everyone waited to share the cake.

"Lin Hong, can you think of a way to mention the investment of Yitian Film and Television again!"

Yitian is also one of the investors this time, but Yitian is still a little smaller in front of Huayi and the others. Although Cheng Xi is also very capable, his relationship with Lin Hong is still not as good as Huang Li, so this time he only won 400 million. The total investment accounted for less than 2.67%.

It's just that Lin Hong didn't expect that Kong Xiao would take the initiative to talk to Lin Hong about this matter.

Something is wrong, there is a problem!

Of course there was a problem, and Lin Hong knew about it.

Not only Lin Hong, several other people in 409 also circled around Kong Xiao.

Kong Xiao was dizzy from the group of animals, but he didn't want to make things more complicated at this time, so he simply confessed.

"Let's be honest, Cheng Xi is my girlfriend!"

Kong Xiao originally thought that his lenient confession would bring ridicule from his brothers, but Lin Hong and Zeng Shuming clapped happily, while the others looked at Kong Xiao with hatred.

"Give money, give money, everyone is not allowed to renege!"

Zeng Shuming took out his mobile phone while yelling. He remembered that he had recorded the amount of everyone's bets before.

"You don't need to look for it, Li Xian is 5000, others are 8000, and Xingwei is 10000!"

Lin Hong pointed to his brain and said that he had memorized everything.

Kong Xiao was dumbfounded, and immediately knew that this group of people who killed thousands of swords was gambling with their love.

"Damn, Kong Xiao, aren't you? At first I thought you were just playing around, but I didn't expect you to actually have a sister-brother relationship. When did you change your taste?"

The punishment was the most, so he jumped out impatiently to ask Kong Xiao to be blamed.

"You all know?"

Kong Xiao wanted to run away from the large-scale death scene, but he couldn't help but want to know how these guys knew.

"The two of you often discussed until midnight on the set of "The Beginning", you think we are all fools!

Except for Lin Hong and Zeng Shuming, everyone thought you were just playing around. "

Li Xian couldn't help complaining, and he also bet 5000.

But seeing Kong Xiao, who has always been a loafer, calm down and fall in love seriously, it is also happy to lose money.

But what is even happier is that Lin Hong and Zeng Shuming, brothers have girlfriends, and they have won money.

Double the fun!

"The world doesn't know how good sister is, and mistakenly regards girls as treasures!"

Lin Hong's ridicule caused Kong Xiao to go completely berserk. Finally, after a few punches and kicks, 60% of the 3% of "Hello, Li Huanying" was transferred to Yitian Film and Television at the previous price.

"This is your dowry!"

One word from Lin Hong made Kong Xiao go berserk again!

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Since the filming started, Lin Hong led the crew to take root in an old factory in Xiangfan, Hubei.

Although there are no seafood stalls like Xiamen and Qingdao, it has to be said that Hubei's midnight snacks are definitely not inferior to any province.

In short, Lin Hong's crew is so happy, filming during the day and supper at night.

If filming is going to be done at night, Lin Hong, who loves the crew, will invite the supper stand to the shooting scene.

This was actually done by Lin Hong on purpose, because this is a comedy film, and what it wants is a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Only when the crew feels happy and happy can the shooting efficiency be better.

The filming progress of the "Hello, Li Huanying" crew is very smooth, because Lin Hong already has the direction of editing, so many unnecessary shots and scene shootings are saved.

It is still very easy to shoot 2 minutes of usable material in 120 months, which is one of the reasons why Lin Hong's crew is so relaxed and efficient.

However, it was not all smooth sailing in the middle, especially in the final stage of filming, Jiang Ling's emotions broke down several times, and she was so crying that she couldn't continue filming immediately.

But no one in the crew blamed Jiang Ling. On the contrary, everyone understood her very well, and Lin Hong felt especially sorry for her emotions and state.

Song Xiaohan and Jiang Ling, who came to visit the class, met each other late, and the two even almost worshiped each other.

Fortunately, Lin Hong is quite good at comforting the actors' emotions, and his good sister Zhang Xiaofei was by his side to comfort, Jiang Ling finally survived the shooting of those touching scenes.

When the time came to the last few days of 2017, "Hello, Li Huanying" was finally finished. After the finale banquet at the largest local hotel in Xiangfan, everyone took a holiday on the spot.

Lin Hong also returned to the capital two days later, and his busy time has arrived.