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Chapter 191 Of course I remember you
It is a good way to win over a person and do what he likes.

Not to mention, Qi Wei really has a few Hong Kong actresses he likes.

It's not just Mr. Zhou.

With the influence of the Xiang family in the Hong Kong film and television industry, they can really help Qi Wei introduce him.

Even getting Qi Wei to achieve what he wanted is not a problem.

Of course, Qi Wei didn't know what the Xiang family thought.

For Qi Wei, he didn't have any affection for Zhang Bozhi.

Zhang Bozhi is not as important as the Xiang family imagined in Qi Wei's heart.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have paid off the debt directly without helping her father.

Taking Zhang Bozhi as a breakthrough point, the Xiang family and the others were wrong.

They have no intersection with Qi Wei at present, and if they want to get in touch with Qi Wei, they have to find an opportunity.

We have to wait until the "Hero" project starts to be approved.

The "Hero" project has to wait at least until "My Father and Mother" is released.

Now "My Father and Mother" is still being filmed, and with the efficiency of mainland movies, it will take at least a few months.

For a commercial blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions like "Hero", it often takes several years from the establishment of the film project to its final release.

Good things take time, Qi Wei is not in a hurry.

The time has come to late December, and Zhou Huimin's new album is almost ready.

When Qi Wei was preparing for the MV shooting of her new album, she suddenly received a call from the capital.

Seeing that it was Han Sanping's call, Qi Wei didn't dare to neglect, and quickly answered the channel:

"Master Han, hello, don't be unwell during this time."

Han Sanping on the other end of the phone said with a smile: "You boy, don't you feel a little bit reluctant to leave in Hong Kong?"

"How come, there are at most three days before I go back to the mainland."

Lao Mouzi's film crew waited for more than half a month, and finally it was snowing. Lao Mouzi had already called Qi Wei to hurry back to the film crew to make up the last shot.

But Qi Wei still wanted to shoot the MV of Zhou Huimin's "Zhong Wuyan", and Qi Wei agreed to her at this time.

Fortunately, the MV of this song is similar to the original version of the later generations, and there is not much content. With the high efficiency of the Hong Kong crew, it can be filmed in at most two days.

So Qi Wei promised Lao Mouzi to return to the mainland in three days.

"Hearing your tone, it seems that you are very reluctant." Han Sanping joked: "It's Zhou Huimin and the princess, you are really lucky, no wonder you don't want to leave, but you make a lot of noise."

Different from the last time in Hong Kong, this time the scandal between Qi Wei and them was "hyped up" by the media in Hong Kong.

Although it was suppressed by Zheng Donghan's public relations, it was inevitably hyped up by the mainland media.

Even watching the excitement is not too big, after being expanded, it spread overwhelmingly in the mainland.

However, Qi Wei, who has already set up a romantic person, is also not worried about debts. No matter how violent these scandals are spread, Qi Wei will not feel pain or itching.

"Third Master, would you believe me if I said that I have nothing to do with them?"

"Of course, I can still trust your character." Han Sanping on the other end of the phone couldn't help laughing.

Laughter betrayed his true thoughts.

Qi Wei couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and said, "Third Master, you called me all the way in the capital, and you didn't just chat about this matter, did you?"

"Can't I care about you?"

"It's my pleasure, but long distance calls are really expensive."

"Are you a big singer short of this money? Well, I won't tease you anymore, let's get down to business."

Han Sanping became serious, "I heard that you and Lao Mouzi are planning a commercial blockbuster, is there such a thing?"

As a bigwig in the circle, he got the news.

"There is such a thing"

"You have this idea, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Han Sanping began to question, and his tone became agitated.

"It's not that there is no horoscope, I can't make you happy for nothing, right?"

Han Sanping led the merger of eight units including Beijing Film Studio and China Film Corporation, which has basically come to an end. The new merged company China Film Group will be formally established early next year.

Although in the new company China Film Group China Han Sanping will not be the top leader, he still has the original rights, and matters related to film production and publicity are all within his jurisdiction.

Although there are three fires for new officials, Han Sanping needs to show his ability in the new company.

He needs performance.

And his performance is naturally the film.

At the same time, he also understands that the only way out for mainland films is commercial blockbusters, and he has been promoting the development of mainland films towards commercial blockbusters.

So whether it is "Song of Qin" with an investment of 4000 million that year or "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", which was released this year with over 7000 million, his shadow is everywhere in these two movies.

It's a pity that Director Chen's "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" failed disastrously at the box office in the Mainland, casting a shadow over the commercial blockbusters in the Mainland. Nowadays, investors in the Mainland dare not invest in so-called commercial blockbusters.

But even so, Han Sanping did not give up, and has been seeking a way out for mainland commercial blockbusters.

The commercial blockbuster "Hero" planned by Qi Wei and Lao Mouzi, to Han Sanping, is like offering a pillow to Han Sanping, it's too sympathetic to him.

So as soon as he got the news, he immediately called Qi Wei to inquire about the situation.

"Then how are you planning now?" Han Sanping asked.

Qi Wei replied: "My company made a project proposal, Lao Mouzi and the others are very satisfied, and have decided to do this project with me."

"That's good. After you return to Beijing, send me a copy of the film project proposal. You just plan, and I will help you with other things." Han Sanping made a promise.

As soon as Han Sanping said this, Qi Wei understood that the project "Hero" will have investment from China Film Group.They'll plug in.

The China Film Group did not do this to share the cake. After all, commercial blockbusters with large investments are too risky, and there are too few successful cases. They are basically money-losing deals.

The most important thing is to escort this movie, so that it is convenient to give the green light all the way.

"Then thank you, Mr. Han. After all, the investment in this film will exceed [-] million. With your help, I will be more at ease."

"Invested more than [-] million?" Han Sanping on the other end of the phone didn't realize it for a moment.

"We are going to invite Lilian Jie to be the lead actor, and we will also invite some big-name movie stars. The salary is a big expense, so the investment will not be small."

"This is more than a lot. With an investment of over 7000 million, you guys are really generous." Han Sanping said with emotion. You must know that the commercial blockbuster "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" with the highest domestic investment before was only [-] million.

Almost three times.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover the cost of an investment of more than [-] million yuan. You have to be cautious." Han Sanping reminded in good faith.

"If this movie can earn more than [-] million domestic box office when it is released in the future, it should not be a problem to recover the cost or even make a profit."

In fact, Lao Mouzi and the others agreed to the "Heroes" project, more in consideration of recovering the cost through foreign profits.

But Han Sanping is more concerned about the development of domestic films and the market. Qi Wei deliberately only mentions the domestic box office, because he is playing for his favourites.

"Aren't you a bit overconfident that the domestic box office has reached [-] million yuan?" Although Han Sanping also hoped so, his reason told him that it was impossible.

""Titanic" can earn 3.6 million domestic box office, I think it is not difficult for my project to achieve 2 million box office."

"That's a Hollywood blockbuster."

"This project of mine is the top commercial blockbuster in China. If the prices of the two countries are considered, the investment in my project is even higher than that of "Titanic"."

Han Sanping on the other end of the phone smiled and didn't answer, obviously not optimistic about what Qi Wei said.

Qi Wei also understood in his heart, he continued after pondering for a moment: "My company has also done a survey, a large investment and a large cast, with a good story, as long as the film is commercialized enough, it can attract enough people. of the audience went to the movie theater, and the domestic audience is still very enthusiastic about the movie.”

Qi Wei added, "As long as we can crack down on piracy and restrain theaters from stealing box office, 2 million box office is not a dream."

"Restrain theaters to hide the box office? It's not easy." Han Sanping on the other end of the phone said.

"I know this, but if you notice the box office performance of domestic films in recent months this year, you will find that these films have hardly met expectations, and even next year, the situation will worsen."

Qi Wei is very clear that next year 99 will be the worst year for domestic films.

Due to the wave of layoffs in the past two years, most people in the country have to cover their pockets to live, and the innovation of piracy technology has made piracy increasingly rampant, which will greatly reduce the number of people going to movie theaters next year.

Fewer people go to the cinema, and the income of the cinema has decreased, so we have to find a way to make up for the income.

The movie theater only wanted to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and didn't want to work together with the film producers and distributors, and finally adopted the method of killing the chicken and taking the eggs.

That is to further increase the intensity of concealing the box office.

In the end, none of the movies released next year had a box office of over 5000 million, and the total box office for the whole year did not exceed 10 figures.

Next year will be the darkest moment for mainland movies.

But for Qi Wei, this is an opportunity, an opportunity for reform.

Qi Wei replied: "If the third master is willing to help, it is not impossible to restrict the theater."

"Oh? What do you want me to do?"

"If you want to destroy it, first make it crazy."

Qi Wei explained: "The third master should know director Li An. When he was in Hong Kong, he asked me to meet and wanted me to invest in the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" he is preparing. Although I am still hesitating about this movie Do you want to invest or not, but you should not have asked if you won the mainland distribution rights of this movie.

I have read the script of his movie. If I predict, this movie will be a big hit abroad in the future and will achieve a very good result.

There is also "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog". I have sold the distribution rights in Japan at a good price. The distributors in Japan are very optimistic about the prospects of this movie in Japan, and it should have a good box office.

By the way, there is also Zhou Xingxing's "The King of Comedy". I have already watched the finished film, and it is not bad. Maybe it will win the champion of the Hong Kong Spring Festival stall.

If these three films can achieve good results in other regions, they will encounter Waterloo in the mainland.
This situation is likely to occur, and it is not only my film and television company that has this situation.

If our film and television companies unite and attack the theaters collectively
Of course, your support is definitely needed. "

Movies that have achieved high box office in Hong Kong, Taiwan and even abroad have not been successful in domestic box office.

Not one but many.

That's not a problem with movies, nor is it a problem of acclimatization.

It is self-evident whose problem it is.

At this time, film producers and distributors have reason to challenge the theaters.

In fact, film producers and distributors should coexist with theater chains. Without film producers and distributors to provide content services for theater chains, theater chains would not be able to attract audiences into movie theaters, nor would they be able to survive.

Take Qi Wei as an example, his film and television company can make TV series instead of making movies.

Other filmmakers could do the same.

When the theater chains have seriously threatened the survival of film producers and distributors, as long as they unite, they are capable of reforming the theater chains.

Of course, Qi Wei also needs the support of Han Sanping to do so.

Because the Beijing Film Studio led by Han Sanping is the film studio that produces the most films in China, and the right to import and distribute foreign films is unique to China Film Corporation.

In other words, the merged China Film Group is actually the largest film producer and distributor in China.

And Han Sanping's merger of all leading China Film Group is actually to integrate resources and want to reform the film market.

Han Sanping also can't understand the short-sighted behavior of these colleagues in the mainland.

Because this will further deteriorate the already depressed domestic film market.

He doesn't want movies to become something that investors can't avoid.

However, if you want to reform the film market, you must have a reason.

And what Qi Wei wants to do is to create this excuse.

Qi Wei's words have been made very clear, and Han Sanping on the other end of the phone can also understand, he nodded and said:
"Just do whatever you want, and you don't have to worry about anything. I will fully support you behind your back."

"Order!"

"By the way, what's the name of the movie you and Lao Mouzi are preparing?"

""hero"!",

"Well, you are also heroes." Han Sanping finally said.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Wei showed a bright smile.

For a movie like "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog", selling Dongying's distribution rights has already made Qi Wei a lot of money. When it is released in China, even if the box office is not satisfactory, it is just a matter of earning more and less. Qi Wei doesn't care. .

However, if "The King of Comedy" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are released in China in the future, if the box office is not satisfactory, they will easily suffer losses.

Of course, in this situation, Qi Wei doesn't plan to make money from these two movies.

Nowadays, the domestic film market is too unfavorable to engage in the film industry, but since Qi Wei has chosen film, if he wants to develop rapidly, he has to find a way to change the existing environment.

Reform is imminent.

This is also Qi Wei's responsibility as a mainland filmmaker.

Besides, it's a blessing in disguise.

As long as it can help Han Sanping's reform succeed, if it loses money at this time, it will definitely be doubled to make up for it.

Qi Wei didn't care about temporary gains and losses at all.

Qi Wei showed a bright smile, and he didn't just receive the call from Han Sanping.

Because he saw a beautiful girl walking towards him.

It was the heroine of Zhou Huimin's "Zhong Wuyan" MV, a girl who was a few years younger than Qi Wei.

With a bit of timidity and a bit of curiosity, he looked at Qi Wei with admiration and affection.

She walked up to Qi Wei, hesitated for a while, and then mustered up the courage to ask, "Hi, do you still know me?"

Asked in unproficient Mandarin.

"Actually, you can speak Cantonese. I understand Cantonese and can speak it now, although I'm not proficient yet."

Seeing Qi Wei's smile like a spring breeze, her heart did not calm down, but instead jumped violently.

She heard Qi Wei say again:

"Of course, I remember you, you are Xintong."

Hearing Qi Wei say that she still remembers herself, obvious joy appeared on her nervous and pretty face.

Qi Wei still remembers her, she is really happy.

(End of this chapter)