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Chapter 302 The possessed Wang Zuxian
The script of "Infernal Affairs" has been revised by Mai Zhaohui more than ten times, and it is basically the version of later movies.

After Qi Wei spent more than ten minutes "seriously" reading the script, he slowly said:
"The script of "Infernal Affairs" has many similarities with "New World"."

Mai Zhaohui was afraid that Qi Wei would misunderstand that he had plagiarized, so he quickly explained: "I started writing this script in 91. The inspiration came from John Woo's "Face"."

Liu Tianwang also nodded and said: "Yes, I have read this script a few years ago. Director Mai's creation of this script has absolutely nothing to do with "New World", and it is definitely not plagiarism."

Qi Wei naturally knew that it was not plagiarism. The later "New World" itself was adapted by buying the copyright of "Infernal Affairs". It is the Korean version of "Infernal Affairs".

Qi Wei glanced at King Liu Tian and then looked at Mai Zhaohua, and suddenly laughed.

"That means heroes think alike."

Then Qi Wei put away his smile and asked, "The script of "Infernal Affairs" is quite good. I'm a little confused. You have been writing this script for so long, why has it never been made into a movie? Has no one paid attention to it? "

This question made Mai Zhaohua feel a little embarrassed and helpless. He sighed and reluctantly explained: "This subject may not be very popular, and the investment required for this drama may be a bit too much."

Hong Kong movies are particularly serious about following trends. If a theme becomes popular, countless people will follow suit. For example, "Young and Dangerous" became popular a few years ago, and more than a dozen Young and Dangerous-themed movies were released within a year.

Ever since "A Better Tomorrow" became a hit, this kind of police-themed movie has been badly made.

This is also the reason why "Infernal Affairs" has been created and no one cares about it.

Qi Wei understood, so he asked: "How much investment is needed to film this movie?"

Mai Zhaohui quickly took out a document from his bag and placed it in front of Qi Wei, "This is the project plan I made for "Infernal Affairs". It is expected to require an investment of more than 2000 million."

Qi Wei took the planning book and started to read it.

The planning document is very detailed, and various expenditures are clearly written in detail.

There was no way around it. When Hong Kong films were at their peak a few years ago, filmmakers in Hong Kong were trying to trick investors into doing whatever they wanted, and the road was almost blocked.

Now if you want to attract investment, you must show this serious and responsible attitude.

"Twenty million is indeed a lot." Qi Wei muttered.

The investment in "Kung Fu Football" that Qi Wei and Zhou Xingxing just discussed was nearly 7000 million, which was more than three times the investment in "Infernal Affairs". Qi Wei didn't think it was too much.

This is understandable, Zhou Xingxing's box office appeal is there, even a random movie can get tens of millions of box office in Hong Kong.

For example, the movie "The King of Thousand Kings" in which he guest-starred still earned nearly 2000 million at the box office after its release in the Hong Kong film market, which is currently very sluggish.

It's understandable that Qi Wei is willing to play big with Zhou Xingxing.

As for "Infernal Affairs", this kind of police and gangster-themed movie generally has a box office of around 200 million in today's Hong Kong film market, and 500 million is already a very good result.

Moreover, we have made many police and gangster-themed movies, and we are already familiar with how to shoot them, so the cost of shooting can be kept very low.

For example, Johnnie To's classic movie "Gunfire", because no investors were optimistic about it, he had no choice but to ask friends for help to raise an investment of 250 million, and it was completed in 19 days.

Of course, the fact that this movie can be shot with such a small amount of money is also related to the fact that the actors in this movie are almost paid for their roles. If they were paid according to normal prices, the investment would have to be at least doubled.

If a popular star like Liu Tianwang is invited to star, it will cost at least twice as much.

From this point of view, the 2000 million investment in "Infernal Affairs" is actually not much more, and it is within a reasonable range.

But it is unreasonable in today's sluggish Hong Kong film market.

Mai Zhaohui also thought that Qi Wei thought that the investment in "Infernal Affairs" was too high, so he quickly said: "I plan to have Brother Hua to star in this drama, so the investment will appear to be higher. If other ordinary actors are replaced, the investment can be reduced. Within 1500 million”

He glanced at Qi Wei, who was frowning and silent, and then gritted his teeth and said: "Ten million is not impossible."

"Then the quality may not be guaranteed." Qi Wei shook his head and added, and then asked Liu Tianwang: "I still hope that Brother Hua can star in this drama. I wonder if Brother Hua is willing to do this." Make some sacrifices for the show."

It’s fun to hear this!
Liu Tianwang quickly smiled and said: "Brother Qi, if you are willing to invest in this drama, I will naturally be willing to make sacrifices, even if I star in it for zero pay."

Starring for zero pay means that you will have to participate in box office sharing when the time comes.

"It's not really necessary, just give me a friendly price."

Then Qi Wei put away his smile and said to Mai Zhaohui: "I recognize your ability as a screenwriter, but as a director, I still have some doubts."

"I can find another director to direct with Director Mai." Liu Tianwang said quickly.

"That's okay, but the idea is to give Director Mak a chance to show off his directing ability."

After a slight pause, Qi Wei then said: "You can put "New World" aside for now. I still like the script of "Infernal Affairs". I can invest in this drama and give Director Mai a chance."

In Qi Wei's view, "Infernal Affairs" has a brighter future than "New World". After all, later "Infernal Affairs" has proven itself in the Hong Kong film market.

After the success of "Infernal Affairs" after its release, launching this movie in the sequel mode of "Infernal Affairs: New World" will definitely avoid the situation of acclimatization.

For Mai Zhaohui, compared to "New World", he definitely wants to make his own "Infernal Affairs" into a movie.

He was immediately overjoyed. He tried his best to calm down his excitement and asked, "I wonder how much Boss Qi is willing to invest in "Infernal Affairs"?"

"It is inevitable to have budget overruns when making a movie."

"Don't worry, Boss Qi, I will strictly control every aspect of "Infernal Affairs" and there will definitely be no overruns," Mai Zhaohui quickly assured.

Qi Wei shook his head and said with a smile: "Since Brother Hua is willing to star in this drama as a friend, the investment does not require 2000 million, but I can invest in this drama according to the total investment of 2000 million."

This is undoubtedly better for Mai Zhaohui. He then heard Qi Wei say: "My company can invest 1000 million in this movie first, and you can try to find investors in Hong Kong City for the remaining 1000 million. If If you really can’t find it, I can make up for whatever is left at that time.”

If "Infernal Affairs" wants to be as successful in Hong Kong as it was in later generations, it needs financial support from Hong Kong. In addition, Qi Wei does not have the habit of eating alone, so there is no need to take all the investment in "Infernal Affairs".

Mai Zhaohui was naturally very satisfied. He said excitedly: "Thank you very much, Boss Qi."

"My willingness to invest in this drama is based on the conditions I mentioned before." Qi Wei reminded.

"Of course there's no problem with that." Mai Zhao agreed with a wave of his hand.

Qi Wei picked up the script and flipped through it a few more times, then suddenly said: "You can invite Leslie Cheung to play the role of Chen Yongren."

"us."

In fact, for the role of Chen Yongren, Mai Zhaohui had a suitable person in mind. When he was about to say it, Liu Tianwang pulled down his arm to stop him.
"No problem, we will send an invitation to my brother." Liu Tianwang agreed.

After discussing cooperation with Liu Tianwang and others, when they left the room, only Qi Wei was left in the room. Qi Wei got through Han Sanping's movie.

"Mr. Han, I'm not disturbing you. I have something to report to you. It's like this. Liu Dehua and I talked about a movie. I think it's very good and I plan to invest in this movie."

"Is it a co-production?" Han Sanjing asked on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, this is not in response to the above policies, so I agreed to invest in this drama. I hope you can help me win preferential policies."

The continued slump in the Hong Kong film market has put the Hong Kong film industry in danger.

At this time, the mainland planned to come to the rescue.

The mainland plans to establish closer economic and trade relations with the port city and prepares to issue a series of policies to benefit Hong Kong.

Which naturally includes movies.

Hong Kong films no longer occupy the quota for mainland imported films, and co-productions are also given many discounts.

It is to further encourage cooperation between mainland filmmakers and Hong Kong filmmakers.

Although the policy has not yet been officially promulgated, as a close confidant of Han Sanping, Qi Wei, who has someone on top, naturally received the news in advance.

This is also one of the reasons why Qi Wei agreed to invest in "Kung Fu Football" and "Infernal Affairs" so easily.

"When the time comes, you can send me the script of this movie, and I will help you fight for it." Han Sanping agreed immediately, and then added, "Then the movie will also need to cooperate with me, you know?"

"No problem at all."

After chatting briefly for a few more words, Qi Wei hung up the phone and immediately felt very good.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and after receiving Qi Wei's response, Yan Danchen walked in with a thermos box.

"Have you finished talking to them?" Yan Danchen asked as he spread out the thermos box.

"Yes." Qi Wei nodded. After talking for several hours, he was indeed hungry.

"So how was your discussion?"

"This doesn't seem to be something you should care about."

Qi Wei joked, and then pulled Yan Danchen into his arms.

"I was planning to tell you that I helped you get a heroine role."

"Huh?! What do you mean?" Yan Danchen's eyes flickered as he looked at Qi Wei.

"Yes, Brother Hua and I have negotiated a drama "Infernal Affairs". You will be the heroine of this drama. Just as you thought, I invested in this drama because of you."

Although he knew that this was not the whole reason, Yan Danchen was still very moved when he heard this.

"You don't have to be so nice to me."

"That's because you're so good to me too."

Qi Wei glanced at the food on the table and said softly: "Look at you, you are so tired from filming every day, and you still insist on preparing lunch for me. This makes me very touched!"

As he spoke, he hugged Yan Danchen tighter.

"I'm your girlfriend, this is what I should do."

"There's no need to prepare such a sumptuous meal starting tomorrow."

"Huh?" Yan Danchen didn't understand.

Qi Wei smiled and explained: "Our drama has come to an end, and I have to prepare for the next part and start losing weight."

"So what should we do today?" Yan Danchen asked as he glanced at the food on the table.

"I said it would start from tomorrow, so of course it doesn't matter today."

"Then you have to eat them all like before."

"Then you have to feed me like before."

"Yeah." Yan Danchen smiled and nodded.

Then Yan Danchen started to get busy.

She said leisurely: "You are so nice to me all of a sudden, I even wonder if you have done something sorry to me again."

Qi Wei: "Uh"

Gao Yuanyuan is going to star in Zhou Xingxing's "Kung Fu Football", so Qi Wei will naturally help Yan Danchen get another drama, so he's impartial.

Qi Wei took a good look at Yan Danchen and then said, "I found that you are a little different from before."

"What's the difference?" Yan Danchen smiled differently.

You would never talk like this before.

Qi Wei thought about the reason and said, "You have been very close to Wang Zuxian recently. Did she say something to you?"

"Yes, she said you were a scumbag and advised me to leave you, otherwise I would definitely be the one who got hurt in the end."

Yan Danchen asked with a smile: "Will it turn out like this in the end?"

"How is that possible? She is a failure in relationships. Don't listen to her."

"Okay, I know, don't blame her, she's doing it for my own good."

"It seems like you have a pretty good relationship with her."

"Well, she has a pretty good personality, but she always encounters people who are not kind to her."

"Well, don't worry, I won't let you become a failure in love."

"Yes." Yan Danchen nodded. She blew on the pork rib soup in her hand and said with a smile, "It's not hot anymore, you can drink it."

Qi Wei took a sip, but pretended to be hot and grinned: "You are murdering your husband. Who said it is not hot? If you don't believe it, just take a sip."

Qi Wei's appearance made Yan Danchen look confused, and then she took a sip.

It's really not hot.

Then she was immediately blocked by Qi Wei.

The soup flowed from Yan Danchen's mouth to Qi Wei's mouth.

"I'm afraid that just like how Pan Jinlian killed Wu Dalang, you will feed me the same way in the future."

"how is this possible."

But when she met Qi Wei's eyes, she finally agreed with a soft "hmm".

She laughed so hard, and by the end they were both happy.

At this moment, Wang Zuxian, who was chatting with Liu Tianwang and others outside the door, cast her eyes over from time to time.

"I've been in here for more than half an hour, and I still haven't come out. Is that possible?"

Thinking of Yan Danchen's happy face every time he came out, Wang Zuxian's face suddenly darkened.

"It seems like the effort was in vain."

After the crew got to know Yan Danchen, Wang Zuxian immediately transformed into an emotional mentor and has been persuading Yan Danchen.

But Yan Danchen seemed to be possessed.

This made Wang Zuxian very confused.

Qi Wei is obviously a scumbag!
Having been with Yan Danchen for so long, Wang Zuxian is sure that Yan Danchen knows that Qi Wei is a scumbag.

Wang Zuxian also knew very well that Yan Danchen really liked Qi Wei.

But if you like someone, how can you tolerate him having other women?

Wang Zuxian still doesn’t understand it.

She only thinks that Qi Wei is very capable.

"I must reveal his true face as a scumbag!"

She swore secretly in her mind, as if she was possessed by a demon.

(End of this chapter)