Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2307 Decision on details
"Do you think "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" can finally get the same box office as "God of Gamblers"?"

After leaving New Oriental, Wen Jun looked very happy, because they got another script from Lin Daoqiu that looked pretty good.

But after he finished speaking, Zheng Danrui and Wang Jing next to him didn't look as excited as Wen Jun.

Because the script given by Lin Daoqiu can be known just by listening to it, this is not a very good movie, but more like a play that Lin Daoqiu made up for them casually.

Even though the outline given by Lin Daoqiu is perfect, there are still many details that need to be added.

In the past, after Lin Daoqiu gave the script, he would also participate in the production of the film, and even provide them with some ideas and routes.

For example, when he was filming "God of Gamblers", Lin Daoqiu paid a lot of attention to this drama. It is no wonder that "God of Gamblers" can get a box office score of 6000 million.

After "God of Gamblers 2", the three of Wen Jun have deeply realized that if a movie really wants to sell well, the plot and details must be the best, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to fly.

"It's clear that this drama won't be able to get into the Spring Festival. The best time is between Christmas and New Year's Day, but it's still very early before Christmas, so Brother Qiu probably won't let us delay it. It was released then."

Wen Jun thought about it for a while, and he felt that "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" would take about one to two months from script creation to actual filming.

Once it enters the actual filming stage, it will take at most two to three months to finish filming the film.

If you calculate the time, it will only be in June or July. If you want to delay the release until December, Lin Daoqiu will definitely not allow it.

So now they can only get this movie done as soon as possible, and then concentrate on filming "Young God of Gamblers".

"Brother Qiu just gave a few roles, what do you think?"

"Long Mouth Hair, Wu Zhun Shao, Traffic Light, Dong Dong, it seems that Lack of Mouth Hair should be the hero, and Dong Dong should be the heroine."

Judging from the outline dictated by Lin Daoqiu just now, Lankoufa should be the hero of this "Hardcover Chasing Girls", because the plot mainly unfolds from him and between him. One is definitely a supporting role.

As for the two beauties mentioned by Lin Daoqiu, he only gave one Dong Dong's name, but he didn't mention the other in detail. It seems that she is only a supporting actress, and there shouldn't be too many roles.

"Rotten mouth hair... rotten mouth hair..."

At this time, Wang Jing suddenly started to say the name "Langkoufa".

Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui didn't think too much, they knew that Wang Jing was thinking about how to create this role.

"Hey... If a person's nickname is bad mouth, what kind of person do you think he would be?"

"I don't even need to think about it, the guy with the bad nickname must be a guy with a bad mouth, otherwise, is it really possible to get a bad guy out?"

Zheng Danrui replied without thinking too much.

And Zheng Danrui's answer was exactly what Wang Jing thought.

"Since this bad-mouthed guy is full of dirty words, he wants to pretend to be a rich man, which conflicts with his identity very much. We can spend more time on this part of the plot."

"And Brother Qiu said that Dong Dong is also pretending to be a daughter, and it happens to be another conflicting role. Looking at it this way, this drama doesn't seem to be as bad as we thought."

After Zheng Danrui and Wang Jing chatted briefly, they gradually realized that the drama "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" is not as bad as they thought at first.

If the details can be supplemented well, even if the box office of the "God of Gamblers" series cannot be achieved, it will be a big success if it can get a box office of about 2000 million.

You must know that Wen Jun and the three of them estimated the budget of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover", which is about 500 million.

Apart from the remuneration, the cost of filming abroad should account for the majority.

Moreover, there are only a few main characters in this drama, and there is no need to hire any very famous stars, so the cost of remuneration should not be too much.

"I think it's okay to ask Ah Fa to act if you don't have a bad mouth and hair."

Wen Jun had a whim at this time, and suddenly thought of finding Chow Yun-fat to play this bad-mouthed hair.

"You mean, Brother Qiu gave this character a bad name, but it's actually a character tailor-made for Ah Fa?"

Wen Jun shook his head quickly when he heard this, he felt that Zheng Danrui's guess this time might be wrong.

"I don't think it should be. The character of Luankoufa may have just been made up by Brother Qiu. After all, based on the role of this character in the play, he wants to get rich but is a poor man, so he uses the name Luankoufa. .”

Having experienced Zheng Danrui's hint of miscalculating Lin Daoqiu before, Wen Jun couldn't believe Zheng Danrui's guess this time.

However, they chose Chow Yun-fat to play the role because they have a good relationship with Chow Yun-fat during this time, and Chow Yun-fat has been gaining momentum recently. The release of "God of Gamblers" series and "The True Colors of Heroes" and other films made him more and more famous.

The salary for Chow Yun-fat to act is not too high now, and the box office of the movies he starred in has been guaranteed for the past two years, so Wen Jun feels that inviting Chow Yun-fat to make this movie is an insurance for "Chasing Girls in Hardcover".

"What about the heroine? After finding Chow Yun-fat, it's impossible to find a newcomer to play, right?"

Now that Chow Yun-fat was cast as the male lead, what Wang Jing wanted to know was who Wen Jun planned to cast as the female lead.

Regarding Wang Jing's question, Wen Jun couldn't think of it for a while, because if he wanted to match Chow Yun-fat, he had to find a famous female star in Xiangjiang.

After Zhong Chuhong and Brigitte Lin were removed, although there were still quite a few stars left, Dong Dong's role seemed a bit inappropriate for the female stars in his impression.

"For the script, I think we should go to New Art City for help. After all, we have never made this type of movie before. If we don't make it well, it may be impossible to get Mr. Lin's script next time. "

Wang Jing was really worried this time, he was afraid that Lin Daoqiu's perception of them would be affected if the filming of "Chasing Girls in Hardcover" was not completed.

But if "Hardcover Chasing Girls" can get a good result this time, then the mistakes they made before, I believe they can be made up to some extent, so this time is a good opportunity for them to turn around, but they must seize it.

"Just do as you said, but this time we'd better deal with the details more carefully, and don't make the mistakes of the previous "God of Gamblers 2"."

The failure of "God of Gamblers 2" hit Wen Jun hard, no wonder he was so anxious to make "Young God of Gamblers" for this reason.

But at least Wen Jun and the others have now realized that if the details of film creation are not handled well, it is obvious how much impact it will have on the box office. After all, they have personally experienced it.

(End of this chapter)