Mr. He, Mr. Cheng, Mr. Deng, the boss is waiting for you in the reception room. Please come with me!Chen Shuli smiled and said to He Guanchang, Jackie Chan and Deng Jingsheng who had just climbed upstairs.
He Guanchang walked into the reception room first, immediately smiled and reached out to Kang Jianfei to shake hands, and said: Mr. Kang's "God of Gambling" is really amazing. Its box office actually had more than 30 million, and it achieved another box office miracle.
Wherever there, Kang Jianfei was modest and said to Jackie Chan behind He Guanchang, he always liked watching Mr. Cheng's movies, but he didn't have time to get close to him. Today he finally got what he wanted.
Jackie Chan also shook hands with Kang Jianfei and said: I have always wanted to talk to Mr. Kang about his experience in making movies.
The three of them came here today, naturally because of cooperation.
Within two minutes, Tang Shuxuan was also called into the reception room, and the five of them started discussing the joint filming.
He Guanchang said: This time we are trying to enter the Western market, so the best location for the filming is in the United States or Europe.
Kang Jianfei thought about it for a while and said: The male and female protagonists are Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin, which has been agreed long ago.However, the identities of the two people must be arranged well. It is best if the male protagonist is a grassroots in the West, but he has a hidden identity with a relatively large background.What does Aaron think?
Jackie Chan is already 31 years old. He was called by Kang Jianfei, who was several years younger than him, but he didn't think it was too harsh. After all, Kang Jianfei's status is equal to that of Zou Wenhuai.
After being named by Kang Jianfei, Jackie Chan had no choice but to say: Just discuss the plot, I am only responsible for filling in some funny details and fighting scene design.
Among the people who came to Jiahe, only Deng Jingsheng is a professional screenwriter. He said: I think it is better to place the filming location in Spain, France or Italy. It is more convenient to make movies in these three countries than in the United States, and there is also a greater space for plot design.
Kang Jianfei knocked on his forehead and said: Well, let’s put the filming location in Italy for the time being, and the villains of the film can also be arranged as mafia.
Deng Jingsheng added: Along's identity can be set as a kung fu master who hides his name.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: This design is too cliché, so it is better to be positioned as a Hong Kong Flying Tigers member who was forced to retire due to major work mistakes.Such an identity design not only explains why the male protagonist has good skills, but also makes it reasonable to be proficient in using firearms.
He Guanchang only listened but did not express his opinion. Deng Jingsheng nodded in agreement and said: The identity of the male protagonist is tentatively determined to be this, but the heroine is not easy to set."The Royal Sister" has been released in Europe and the United States, both of which have achieved good box office. Now Western audiences like Miss Lin's image as a hit girl.In our movie, Miss Lin is a big selling point, so you must have more scenes and must have skill.It would be better to do this. Miss Lin plays an interpol who goes to Italy to perform official duties, and Aaron is accidentally involved in the case. In the end, Aaron helps Ms. Lin defeat the mafia and successfully solve the case.
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but frown. This plot setting is too cliché. The whole Hong Kong-style police and gangster film happened in Italy.
Deng Jingsheng noticed Kang Jianfei's expression and asked: What's wrong with Mr. Kang?
Kang Jianfei, who had never thought about how to make up stories, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and smiled: Jack Chen, a retired Hong Kong Flying Tigers player, works as an informal underground courier in a small town in Italy, and drives a second-hand truck to deliver couriers all day.His cargo might be anything, but he never wanted to know.He strictly enforced three rules and never violated them, which is why he was able to deliver them until now: one, the transaction will not change anymore; two, no matter who he is working for, no matter who he is giving away; three, never look at the package.
This time he took on the business and delivered goods to an Italian.
As usual, Jack Chen drove onto the road.
But on the way, he found his "package" moving.
This led to him breaking his third rule and checking the package and finding out that there was a beautiful oriental woman inside, and her mouth was sealed with tape.
Jack Chen found that all three of his rules were about to be broken.His route has changed, and his life has changed completely.He and this girl embarked on a road of crisis, and the mafia began to chase them closely, and more people and things were entangled, whether it was to escape or pursue secrets. This time, the deliveryman accidentally fell in love with his goods. The only way was to fight the owner to the end and get his own portion, which was sweet or death. Before he tasted that, no one could be sure... Well, the name of the movie could be called "Deadly Express".
He Guanchang's eyelids twitched. He had to admit that the story design of Kang Jianfei is much more interesting than Deng Jingsheng's police and gangster films, and the general plot framework is more attractive.
Deng Jingsheng pondered the plot for a while and nodded and praised: Mr. Kang is so capable of making up stories. We can not tell the audience the truth about the kidnapped heroine.Let the heroine deceive the hero first, but it must be implied that the audience is telling lies, and then the two are in many crises, which will make the audience curious about the truth, want to know who the heroine is and what happened, so that the plot can be unfolded layer by layer.
The story framework told by Kang Jianfei actually comes from "Extraordinary Human Trafficking" (also translated as "Fate Express") directed by Luc Besson, starring Shu Qi, and Yuan Kui as the martial arts commander.
However, it is just a general story framework. With Deng Jingsheng and Jackie Chan working on the script, the plot and details behind it must be completely different.
Deng Jingsheng is worthy of being the gold medal screenwriter of Jiahe. With Kang Jianfei making the story well, he immediately began to complete the entire plot.
Everyone discussed for an entire afternoon and basically planned the plot: Brigitte Lin was actually a bounty hunter. She was entrusted by her employer to steal the important treasure of the mafia, but after succeeding, she was accidentally captured.
Since she had carefully transferred the treasure, the mafia was about to send it to Rome for severe interrogation, trying to force her employer and the whereabouts of the treasure, but unexpectedly the black male protagonist was rescued.
The answers to various riddles naturally need to be revealed layer by layer. During the escape of the male and female protagonists, Brigitte Lin's identity was known to Jackie Chan. In the end, the two defeated the thugs sent by the mafia and found that there were two groups of people who came to capture them. This was also the reason why the mafia did not personally escort Brigitte Lin in person at the beginning, but asked Jackie Chan, the underground courier, to transfer. They had to avoid interception from another group of people.
After a difficult investigation, they found that another group of people was sent by Brigitte Lin's employer. The employer was actually a mafia member. All the incidents were just a power struggle within the mafia family.
In the end, the three sides fought a big melee, Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin naturally won the final victory, and the two gained a fortune and went to the United States to live in seclusion.
As for Jackie Chan's funny fight scene, when he was chased and the final battle, he could show his heart's content. Kang Jian didn't have to fly away and he could design it himself.
The plot has basically been confirmed, and the next step is to be the director.
He Guanchang finally spoke, and he said with a smile: Mr. Kang is better to direct it.
The reason why Jiahe cooperated with DreamWorks was that Brigitte Lin's reputation in Europe and the United States and the box office appeal of Kang Jianfei, an internationally renowned director.
Am I a director?Kang Jianfei said funnyly, I can be a director, but I have to add HK$5 million in the shooting budget.
He Guanchang nodded and said: If Mr. Kang is a director, he must produce high-quality products, and it is also OK to increase his budget of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: This new HK$5 million is just my director's pay.
He Guanchang was stunned and felt a little unhappy, but he immediately felt relieved.With Kang Jianfei's current influence, it seems reasonable to get a director's reward of 5 million yuan.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: Why, Mr. He can’t make the decision on this matter?Or you can go back and ask Boss Zou for instructions first.
No, as long as Mr. Kang is willing to direct the director himself, the 5 million director's reward is nothing.He Guanchang said firmly that he would naturally explain to Zou Wenhuai.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: OK, that's it.Assistant director, I will arrange the action design and special effects scenes to the Cheng Family Class and the Raptors stunt team. The other crew members of our family will each produce some. What do you think?
Can.He Guanchang added, I think it is best to choose a few more famous white actors in the United States and Europe when it comes to the selection of actors.
Kang Jianfei said: I will handle the selection of actors. Our two families can make a budget first. I will look at the budget and then decide which level of actor to use.
This kind of thing must be done in one day. It’s almost time to get off work, so He Guanchang and the other two got up and said goodbye, preparing to continue talking tomorrow.
After He Guanchang left Dream Factory, he went back to Jiahe to report the situation to Zou Wenhuai.
After hearing the report, Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: This story is still very interesting, Kang Jianfei's ability and fame are worth 5 million.I don’t ask how much I can make in this movie at the box office. As long as I don’t lose money, I will make a profit. The most important thing is to promote Aaron to the European and American markets.
He Guanchang said with some concern: Oriental Entertainment Company is developing too fast, and it has only been half a year since its establishment. Now, at least one-third of the newly launched movies in Hong Kong will look for actors at Oriental Entertainment Company.If this continues, Kang Jianfei will definitely control the star brokerage market in Hong Kong. We are raising tigers to cause trouble.
Then what can you stop him?Zou Wenhuai asked back.
He Guanchang expressed his thoughts: I think we have also set up a celebrity brokerage company?
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: It's too distracting, and Kang Jianfei has taken the lead. We are just a waste of time to pick people. Jiahe can still sign an artist's agency contract or lend actors to other companies. It's the same whether we can run a celebrity agency or not.
In fact, Zou Wenhuai disagrees with Kang Jianfei's management philosophy of artists.
Kang Jianfei could let Brigitte Lin, Chow Yun-fat and other pillars take pictures outside at will, but Zou Wenhuai took Jackie Chan very seriously because this was his winning weapon and he would never want to share it with others.
In this way, if you open a celebrity brokerage company, it will be difficult to operate in business and you will not be able to compete with Oriental Entertainment at all, so Zou Wenhuai simply doesn't make plans there.
He Guanchang walked into the reception room first, immediately smiled and reached out to Kang Jianfei to shake hands, and said: Mr. Kang's "God of Gambling" is really amazing. Its box office actually had more than 30 million, and it achieved another box office miracle.
Wherever there, Kang Jianfei was modest and said to Jackie Chan behind He Guanchang, he always liked watching Mr. Cheng's movies, but he didn't have time to get close to him. Today he finally got what he wanted.
Jackie Chan also shook hands with Kang Jianfei and said: I have always wanted to talk to Mr. Kang about his experience in making movies.
The three of them came here today, naturally because of cooperation.
Within two minutes, Tang Shuxuan was also called into the reception room, and the five of them started discussing the joint filming.
He Guanchang said: This time we are trying to enter the Western market, so the best location for the filming is in the United States or Europe.
Kang Jianfei thought about it for a while and said: The male and female protagonists are Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin, which has been agreed long ago.However, the identities of the two people must be arranged well. It is best if the male protagonist is a grassroots in the West, but he has a hidden identity with a relatively large background.What does Aaron think?
Jackie Chan is already 31 years old. He was called by Kang Jianfei, who was several years younger than him, but he didn't think it was too harsh. After all, Kang Jianfei's status is equal to that of Zou Wenhuai.
After being named by Kang Jianfei, Jackie Chan had no choice but to say: Just discuss the plot, I am only responsible for filling in some funny details and fighting scene design.
Among the people who came to Jiahe, only Deng Jingsheng is a professional screenwriter. He said: I think it is better to place the filming location in Spain, France or Italy. It is more convenient to make movies in these three countries than in the United States, and there is also a greater space for plot design.
Kang Jianfei knocked on his forehead and said: Well, let’s put the filming location in Italy for the time being, and the villains of the film can also be arranged as mafia.
Deng Jingsheng added: Along's identity can be set as a kung fu master who hides his name.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: This design is too cliché, so it is better to be positioned as a Hong Kong Flying Tigers member who was forced to retire due to major work mistakes.Such an identity design not only explains why the male protagonist has good skills, but also makes it reasonable to be proficient in using firearms.
He Guanchang only listened but did not express his opinion. Deng Jingsheng nodded in agreement and said: The identity of the male protagonist is tentatively determined to be this, but the heroine is not easy to set."The Royal Sister" has been released in Europe and the United States, both of which have achieved good box office. Now Western audiences like Miss Lin's image as a hit girl.In our movie, Miss Lin is a big selling point, so you must have more scenes and must have skill.It would be better to do this. Miss Lin plays an interpol who goes to Italy to perform official duties, and Aaron is accidentally involved in the case. In the end, Aaron helps Ms. Lin defeat the mafia and successfully solve the case.
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but frown. This plot setting is too cliché. The whole Hong Kong-style police and gangster film happened in Italy.
Deng Jingsheng noticed Kang Jianfei's expression and asked: What's wrong with Mr. Kang?
Kang Jianfei, who had never thought about how to make up stories, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and smiled: Jack Chen, a retired Hong Kong Flying Tigers player, works as an informal underground courier in a small town in Italy, and drives a second-hand truck to deliver couriers all day.His cargo might be anything, but he never wanted to know.He strictly enforced three rules and never violated them, which is why he was able to deliver them until now: one, the transaction will not change anymore; two, no matter who he is working for, no matter who he is giving away; three, never look at the package.
This time he took on the business and delivered goods to an Italian.
As usual, Jack Chen drove onto the road.
But on the way, he found his "package" moving.
This led to him breaking his third rule and checking the package and finding out that there was a beautiful oriental woman inside, and her mouth was sealed with tape.
Jack Chen found that all three of his rules were about to be broken.His route has changed, and his life has changed completely.He and this girl embarked on a road of crisis, and the mafia began to chase them closely, and more people and things were entangled, whether it was to escape or pursue secrets. This time, the deliveryman accidentally fell in love with his goods. The only way was to fight the owner to the end and get his own portion, which was sweet or death. Before he tasted that, no one could be sure... Well, the name of the movie could be called "Deadly Express".
He Guanchang's eyelids twitched. He had to admit that the story design of Kang Jianfei is much more interesting than Deng Jingsheng's police and gangster films, and the general plot framework is more attractive.
Deng Jingsheng pondered the plot for a while and nodded and praised: Mr. Kang is so capable of making up stories. We can not tell the audience the truth about the kidnapped heroine.Let the heroine deceive the hero first, but it must be implied that the audience is telling lies, and then the two are in many crises, which will make the audience curious about the truth, want to know who the heroine is and what happened, so that the plot can be unfolded layer by layer.
The story framework told by Kang Jianfei actually comes from "Extraordinary Human Trafficking" (also translated as "Fate Express") directed by Luc Besson, starring Shu Qi, and Yuan Kui as the martial arts commander.
However, it is just a general story framework. With Deng Jingsheng and Jackie Chan working on the script, the plot and details behind it must be completely different.
Deng Jingsheng is worthy of being the gold medal screenwriter of Jiahe. With Kang Jianfei making the story well, he immediately began to complete the entire plot.
Everyone discussed for an entire afternoon and basically planned the plot: Brigitte Lin was actually a bounty hunter. She was entrusted by her employer to steal the important treasure of the mafia, but after succeeding, she was accidentally captured.
Since she had carefully transferred the treasure, the mafia was about to send it to Rome for severe interrogation, trying to force her employer and the whereabouts of the treasure, but unexpectedly the black male protagonist was rescued.
The answers to various riddles naturally need to be revealed layer by layer. During the escape of the male and female protagonists, Brigitte Lin's identity was known to Jackie Chan. In the end, the two defeated the thugs sent by the mafia and found that there were two groups of people who came to capture them. This was also the reason why the mafia did not personally escort Brigitte Lin in person at the beginning, but asked Jackie Chan, the underground courier, to transfer. They had to avoid interception from another group of people.
After a difficult investigation, they found that another group of people was sent by Brigitte Lin's employer. The employer was actually a mafia member. All the incidents were just a power struggle within the mafia family.
In the end, the three sides fought a big melee, Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin naturally won the final victory, and the two gained a fortune and went to the United States to live in seclusion.
As for Jackie Chan's funny fight scene, when he was chased and the final battle, he could show his heart's content. Kang Jian didn't have to fly away and he could design it himself.
The plot has basically been confirmed, and the next step is to be the director.
He Guanchang finally spoke, and he said with a smile: Mr. Kang is better to direct it.
The reason why Jiahe cooperated with DreamWorks was that Brigitte Lin's reputation in Europe and the United States and the box office appeal of Kang Jianfei, an internationally renowned director.
Am I a director?Kang Jianfei said funnyly, I can be a director, but I have to add HK$5 million in the shooting budget.
He Guanchang nodded and said: If Mr. Kang is a director, he must produce high-quality products, and it is also OK to increase his budget of 5 million Hong Kong dollars.
Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: This new HK$5 million is just my director's pay.
He Guanchang was stunned and felt a little unhappy, but he immediately felt relieved.With Kang Jianfei's current influence, it seems reasonable to get a director's reward of 5 million yuan.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: Why, Mr. He can’t make the decision on this matter?Or you can go back and ask Boss Zou for instructions first.
No, as long as Mr. Kang is willing to direct the director himself, the 5 million director's reward is nothing.He Guanchang said firmly that he would naturally explain to Zou Wenhuai.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: OK, that's it.Assistant director, I will arrange the action design and special effects scenes to the Cheng Family Class and the Raptors stunt team. The other crew members of our family will each produce some. What do you think?
Can.He Guanchang added, I think it is best to choose a few more famous white actors in the United States and Europe when it comes to the selection of actors.
Kang Jianfei said: I will handle the selection of actors. Our two families can make a budget first. I will look at the budget and then decide which level of actor to use.
This kind of thing must be done in one day. It’s almost time to get off work, so He Guanchang and the other two got up and said goodbye, preparing to continue talking tomorrow.
After He Guanchang left Dream Factory, he went back to Jiahe to report the situation to Zou Wenhuai.
After hearing the report, Zou Wenhuai nodded and said: This story is still very interesting, Kang Jianfei's ability and fame are worth 5 million.I don’t ask how much I can make in this movie at the box office. As long as I don’t lose money, I will make a profit. The most important thing is to promote Aaron to the European and American markets.
He Guanchang said with some concern: Oriental Entertainment Company is developing too fast, and it has only been half a year since its establishment. Now, at least one-third of the newly launched movies in Hong Kong will look for actors at Oriental Entertainment Company.If this continues, Kang Jianfei will definitely control the star brokerage market in Hong Kong. We are raising tigers to cause trouble.
Then what can you stop him?Zou Wenhuai asked back.
He Guanchang expressed his thoughts: I think we have also set up a celebrity brokerage company?
Zou Wenhuai shook his head and said: It's too distracting, and Kang Jianfei has taken the lead. We are just a waste of time to pick people. Jiahe can still sign an artist's agency contract or lend actors to other companies. It's the same whether we can run a celebrity agency or not.
In fact, Zou Wenhuai disagrees with Kang Jianfei's management philosophy of artists.
Kang Jianfei could let Brigitte Lin, Chow Yun-fat and other pillars take pictures outside at will, but Zou Wenhuai took Jackie Chan very seriously because this was his winning weapon and he would never want to share it with others.
In this way, if you open a celebrity brokerage company, it will be difficult to operate in business and you will not be able to compete with Oriental Entertainment at all, so Zou Wenhuai simply doesn't make plans there.