Chapter 332: Lost on the Journey

In Bonna Pictures, in the CEO's office, Yu Dong was holding a cigar and talking about the script with a short-haired, smiling man.

In fact, what he said when he met Jiang Heng before was somewhat exaggerated.

What his friend showed him at that time was not the script, but the story outline.

And this outline has a prototype, from the Hollywood movie "A Love So Beautiful".

It tells the story of a GG businessman who boarded a plane to Chicago to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family.

At the airport, a vulgar man named Del made him unbearable, but unfortunately, they sat next to each other on the plane, and the sudden snowstorm caused the plane to change its route.

By accident, Neil and Del lived in the same room, and their belongings were stolen by thieves.

In desperation, the two took the train together...

Well, the script that Yu Dong saw at this moment was later named "Lost on Journey", and the person who discussed with him was Liu Yiwei.

But after the release of "Lost on Journey", Liu Yiwei could not be found in the names of producers, supervisors, screenwriters, etc., and the film company finally positioned him as: original.

In fact, he had the opportunity to be the producer. He came up with the story outline, and Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqi were signed by him.

But he finally refused, the reason was said to be that the weather was too cold, maybe Lao Liu really didn't need money!

Originally, "Lost on Journey" was produced by Wuhan Huaqi Company, but this time, it was Yu Dong who first contacted Liu Yiwei.

He had long wanted to participate in the production of the film, especially when he saw Guo Fan shooting "A Chinese Ghost Story", this idea became even stronger.

In the entertainment industry, if you don't hang the title of producer, the title of this big boss is always a little weak.

Yu Dong is an ambitious person, how can he be willing to be the boss of a distribution company for his whole life? He must enter the field of production.

But he doesn't dare to make a big movie right away.

Jiang Heng is famous in the film industry. He claims to be a shareholder and boss of Bona Pictures who can sit on an equal footing with Jiang Heng, so naturally he has to be more energetic and not lose face.

If the film he produced loses money or is not well made, wouldn't it ruin his reputation?

Therefore, Yu Dong has been paying attention to good scripts and ideas for more than a year, and he wants to make something eye-catching, which is why he and Liu Yiwei hit it off.

As for now, the script, director, and main actors of the film have been agreed upon, and only some details are finalized.

"Old Liu, you will be the producer?"

"Me?"

Liu Yiwei thought for a while and agreed.

Yu Dong then sighed that the script was still very good, but the main creative team was a little weak.

Liu Yiwei laughed, "Mr. Yu, if you say this, you are holding a golden bowl to beg for food. The major shareholder of Bonna Pictures is Director Jiang. He must support the company's first film, right?"

Yu Dong smiled awkwardly and did not answer immediately.

He was naturally a little entangled, thinking that he could not "stay under someone else for a long time", but he stayed in Bonna Pictures for many years.

In terms of film distribution, Bonna Pictures is already the number one in China.

After all, the box office of Hollywood blockbusters these days is not particularly outstanding.

Bonna Pictures, however, has almost two Jiang Heng blockbusters released every year, and has also released many Hong Kong films and small and medium-cost films.

If it goes out and starts a new business, it is unknown how long it will take to create another "Bonna", or it may not be able to achieve this goal at all.

But he still wants to prove himself, but he always feels awkward asking Jiang Heng for help.

Fortunately, Liu Yiwei will find a way out for him, "Director Jiang has helped to guest-star in other companies' films. If he doesn't come to your production, others will think that you two have some conflicts!"

Yu Dong smiled instantly when he heard this.

"Yes, according to what you said, I should go find him. What role do you think would be better for him to play?"

Liu Yiwei smiled, "Any role I meet on the train or plane will do. If that doesn't work, you can also let him play himself in the film!"

Yu Dong's eyes lit up when he heard this. It was indeed feasible to let Jiang Heng play himself in the film!

After the discussion, Yu Dong called Jiang Heng and told him about the outline of the script and the guest appearance.

Jiang Heng was in Hangzhou at the moment. He had just finished filming the scene where Xu Xian was reincarnated and met Bai Niangzi and Xiaoqing again.

Because West Lake is the most famous tourist attraction in Hangzhou, there are too many tourists.

Even if an internationally renowned director like Jiang Heng came, he only had one hour to shoot on the Broken Bridge, and it had to be in the morning when there were fewer people.

So the crew came early to set up the venue. Fortunately, it only took two times to complete the shooting.

The crew will go to Yunnan and Guizhou to shoot exterior scenes later, but since they are in Hangzhou, they always have to take a break.

Jiang Heng gave the crew a half-day off, and he took Jing Tian to travel around West Lake.

When Jiang Heng received Yu Dong's call and heard him talk about the story outline, he immediately realized, isn't this "Lost on Journey"?

Although the box office of this movie is not high, the jokes are indeed cleverly set, and Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqi also acted very well.

It is this movie that gave Chinese-language movies two more comedy stars who can resist the box office.

But the influence of "Lost on Journey" is not limited to this. "Lost in Thailand" also has a box office of more than 1 billion, and Huang Bo in the film is even more brilliant.

In fact, Jiang Heng had contact with Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, because "Crazy Stone" was invested and produced by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Pictures.

But Jiang Heng didn't have too many thoughts about many classic films in his previous life.

He already has a "super microcomputer" that can shoot special effects blockbusters, so he is not very keen on snatching other people's projects.

Of course, if any script or project comes to him, Jiang Heng is willing to accept it.

But he didn't expect that "Lost on Journey" would fall into Yu Dong's hands.

He immediately found a problem, "Old Yu, when do you plan to start shooting your film?"

"Uh!"

Yu Dong was silent, because the story tells what happened during the Spring Festival, and the best time to shoot the film is from November to January or February of the following year.

But it's only May now, and it's a bit unwilling for him to wait for half a year and do nothing.

His idea is to shoot some rural exterior shots in the film in the northeast, especially in the northernmost cities, where green buds are probably just sprouting.

If the time is later, I'm afraid it will be too late, and you can't use special effects technology!

The total investment is less than 10 million, where is the money!

"Director Jiang, I want to start filming now. Let's go to the Northeast to find a suitable place to shoot the exterior scenes in the film! There will be several exterior scenes involving Wuhan in the film, but the time is very short. Can you check with the special effects company?"

Jiang Heng thought about it and recalled the film "Lost on Journey" that he had seen in his mind. It seems that there is no problem.

It's just that the guest appearance seems to be a bit more troublesome.

Because he is about to take the crew to the southwest, if Yu Dong leads people to the Northeast, half of China will be separated in between!

After thinking for a while, he said: "It's not a big problem, but for the guest appearance in the film, let's choose the scene on the plane!"

Yu Dong was very happy to hear this, "Then I will discuss with the screenwriter and make a plot where you didn't buy a first-class ticket and sat in economy class!"