Chapter 571: A Gathering of Elites
After all, Shao Yifu is a businessman, and he gave in within two days. He called and agreed to Yin Jun's "Police Academy" shareholding distribution plan.
There was also a cash check of 30 million Hong Kong dollars that came with it. As for the Golden Harvest part, it had already been sent by Cai Yongchang as early as the day Shao Yifu asked Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai's success is not for nothing.
Although Golden Harvest was also exposed to the scandal of defaulting on delayed settlement of box office share, exploiting overseas income, etc., in fact, Zou Wenhuai did a good job on the surface. Even Hong Jinbao, who had a falling out with them, later also Praise "Boss Zou is the number one filmmaker in Xiangjiang", it can be seen that Zou Wenhuai is a very good person.
In comparison, Shao Yifu is much worse.
Don't look at TVB's "Miss Xiangjiang". Every time Shao Yifu made his final appearance, all the charming and charming actresses were proud to help him enter the venue, but in fact they were all forced, forced by the situation, They still have to eat at Shao Yifu's wireless TVB, how can they show their likes and dislikes towards the boss on their faces?
In fact, it wasn't just one or two who wished to knock Shao Yifu to the ground with a fist.
Gossip less.
Shao Yifu is not a person who likes to suffer. After reaching a cooperation agreement for "Police Academy", he told Yin Jun to send over the agreed movie script as soon as possible.
In fact, during this period of time, the momentum of Shaw Brothers movies is very good. "Tin Sun You", a very down-to-earth movie, has achieved consecutive box office successes, and the decline in the second week is not much, which directly suppressed the two-time sales of New Arts City and Golden Harvest. new film.
Just because the situation is so good, Shao Yifu really wants to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. He is going to get the book as soon as possible. Fortunately, in August or September, he can fight to the end with Jiahe and Xinyicheng.
Yin Jun first asked Shao Yifu who he planned to direct the film, but Shao Yifu said that Du Qifeng was not satisfied with the film he was going to direct, so he temporarily replaced Chu Yuan to shoot, so Du Qifeng who was free became the only one. candidates.
Speaking of Du Qifeng, this is Wang Tianlin's big apprentice, he is a good producer in TVB, and everyone thinks that the small TV circle can't accommodate him, and Du Qifeng will definitely be a big director in the future.
In his previous life, Du Qifeng made a hit movie this year, and then returned to TVB to practice for several years before he came out.
But there have been some changes in this life. Du Qifeng started to make a movie in 1978, and made two last year. Although the box office was not very good, many people in the industry felt that Du Qifeng was indeed talented. In the process of his exploration, when he completes his exploration and finds his own style, then he will definitely soar into the sky.
Shao Yifu is someone who has this kind of thinking.
He has been making movies all his life, so of course he knows how to read people.
Therefore, Shao Yifu chose Du Qifeng for this year's summer file competition.
Unexpectedly, he was very dissatisfied with the script, and stopped filming after only a few days. As a result, Shao Yifu had to ask Chu Yuan to save the scene.
When Yin Jun heard that it was Du Qifeng, he immediately had an idea.
Yin Jun has watched every movie made by Du Qifeng, and he appreciates the sharp-styled movies he made after 1997. The clean and rhythmic movies make people watch quietly and intoxicated. .
Everyone thinks that "Gunfire" is the pinnacle of Du Qifeng, but Yin Jun feels that "Wen Sparrow" in a few years' time will really be a return to basics.
Although there are no intense scenes in the whole "Wen Sparrow", and there is no love or hatred, but the strong Xiangjiang style that is about to overflow is really attractive.
Of course, with Du Qifeng's current experience and ability, it is impossible to make films like "Gunfire" and "Wenque".
So what Yin Jun arranged for him was his 2013 work - "Blind Detective".
In a sense, "Blind Detective" is not Du Qifeng's favorite style, but it is a typical example of his compromise with the market.
Just like "Big Man with Great Wisdom", "Lonely Man and Widow" and "Full-time Killer", these movies that are more inclined to idol action movies are not in line with his usual style.
But directors always have to eat. Wang Jiawei, who has always cheated people, didn't he use his own money to make movies in the end? This is a lot of cheating people, even if they know that the movie is good, people are not willing to invest money in it.
Du Qifeng is different. While making the movies he likes to make, he also makes a few blockbuster movies that meet the needs of the market, so he is a good director in people's eyes.
"Blind Detective" is the product of this kind of thinking, so Guo Tao and Da Meiyuan starred in it to set off the old partners Liu Dehua and Zheng Xiuwen.
However, "Blind Detective" also has its disadvantages, that is, Du Qifeng added a lot of private goods in it, which seemed a bit boring and did not let go completely, so the box office can only be regarded as a good one.
If Yin Jun came to write the script, a lot of the horror scenes in the night would naturally be removed, and a hint was used to let the audience imagine for themselves.
Moreover, it mainly writes about the intertwined fates of Guo Tao and Da Meiyuan, Liu Dehua and Zheng Xiuwen, and puts feelings in the second place in solving the case, instead of presenting Du Qifeng's obviously bad emotional drama. ——Wei Jiahui basically did all the good emotional scenes he filmed before.
But in any case, the 2013 movie has many things that are not available in this era. If it is shown, I dare not say how high the box office is, at least 1,000 can be broken.
In this way, Yin Jun will be able to do business.
It just so happened that Yin Jun had written the outline script of "Blind Detective" a long time ago. Now Yin Jun only needs to write a detailed script to go out. Du Qifeng is good at such things as shot scripts. Let him do it as soon as possible. form some of their own styles.
The script given to Du Qifeng was just a trivial matter. What Yin Jun paid more attention to was the upcoming "Police Academy".
After Shao Yifu brought in 30 million yuan of funds, Yin Jun immediately asked a familiar law firm to write a cooperation agreement, and handed it over to Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai for confirmation and signature.
The three companies each account for one-third of the profit distribution, which is limited to this "Police Academy" cooperation, and the copyright is still owned by Yin Jun, and they have no right to re-shoot.
However, if there is a sequel to "Police Academy", the two companies will still have the priority to buy shares, which is also considered a kind of cooperation compensation.
Shao Yifu and Zou Wenhuai both understood these aspects, so they had no objection.
On Zou Wenhuai's side, Yin Jun waited for him to sign the cooperation agreement, but he didn't rush to leave.
The young man said, "Mr. Zou, I want to make this movie a global show, so there is a person, and I want you to find it."
"Oh? Who is it? Foreign?" Zou Wenhuai immediately understood.
"He's from England, and his name is Rowan Atkinson." Yin Jun said, "Now he's a well-known TV actor in the UK. I want to find him to play the role of Harry's instructor."
"Rowan? Atkinson?" Zou Wenhuai wrote down the name, but he couldn't help being curious, "Why did you choose this person? Why didn't you choose some more famous actors?"
"I saw his performance on a TV show once, and I thought it was pretty good." Yin Jun said with a smile, "If it's a big star, wouldn't it cover up our Xiangjiang star?"
"That's true, I think Aaron is in the United States... Sigh!" Zou Wenhuai stopped in the middle of speaking, just shaking his head.
Yin Jun knew that Boss Zou was expressing his feelings. He was not ignorant of Cheng Long's treatment in Hollywood, but he couldn't change it. He could only lament that Xiangjiang was inferior to others.
But Zou Wenhuai is not someone who just sits and waits to die, so he said before that 60 million will be involved in the investment and shooting of 10 Hollywood movies, which is to use money to smash the Hollywood market.
Zou Wenhuai naturally didn't know that the unknown person Yin Jun invited at this time would become the most representative figure in British film and television in 10 years.
when people mention him
won't even say his name
and would only affectionately call him
Mr Bean.
Although the roles of Mr. Bean and Instructor Harry in the movie are a bit different, both of them are serious and funny people, and they are both serious and funny roles, so he can definitely play them.
And Yin Jun has more ambitious plans.
Once you cooperate with Rosen Atkinson, Mr. Bean in two years must be produced by Yin Junlai, and it has nothing to do with British TV stations.
think about it!
The pride of Britain is all created by a Chinese, how ugly will this make the faces of those who call themselves gentlemen?
In addition to Rosen Atkinson, Yin Jun also prepared several foreign star candidates for the role.
Eddie Murphy, a young Hollywood actor who is not well-known today, is the best actor to play Jovi who is good at ventriloquist.
Mahaney, who wants to escape from the police academy, is actually best played by the clever and handsome Huang Yuanshen, but Yin Jun is not willing to train a person who will become a monk in a few years. Wei just went to Jiashi to play tricks last month, and he couldn't use it, so he had to bring Zhang Guorong over to use it.
Playboy George, Yin Jun is going to give Ren Dahua a chance. Although Ren Dahua will appear in a deep image in the future, but now he is still a creamy boy. At best, his skin is darker, which is more suitable for a playboy image of.
The beautiful female student Thompson was originally played by Zhong Chuhong, but she has already taken her family to Europe for vacation, so Yin Jun can only choose Li Xue. It's a little embarrassing.
The sexy and charming female instructor Callahan is played by Huiyinghong.
In fact, if Sister Qingxia was in Xiangjiang, Yin Jun would be more interested in this heroic female instructor.
The principal, Lasha, Guan Haishan, an old drama player, can naturally act very well.
In addition, Yin Jun couldn't find a better candidate for the timid and small-voiced black female fat man Fox for a while, so he simply changed the role and changed it into a slender and thin image. to play.
For the rest of the roles, Zhong Zhengtao can take on the role of Tiger who knocked down the target with one shot; Zheng Zeshi, the fat and timid Barbara, is very suitable; the two monitors, Chen You and Chen Baixiang, are more than enough to play...
Such an arrangement of actors not only brings together the most suitable actors from all over Xiangjiang, but also actors from Britain, the United States and Japan.
This is very similar to the American blockbusters after 2010, using these foreign actors to break through foreign box offices.
For example, Fan Ye, Da Bingbing, Sha Tiantian, the Japanese female samurai in Wolverine...etc, that's how they appeared in Hollywood's big productions.
But it is undeniable that the addition of domestic actors is also an important factor that makes everyone look forward to this movie and is willing to watch it.
If Yin Jun uses this successful case of the Americans, he will certainly not fail.