1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 114 The director of Xiangjiang Wang asked to make a film, and the director of the Spring Festival Gala came to ask to be on stage!
May 1st, morning.

Jiang Xiaofeng was invited by the famous Xiangjiang director Wang Jing to meet at a high-end cafe in Mong Kok.

Prior to this, Wang Jing had already communicated with Jiang Xiaofeng's agent, Chen Jiaying, about cooperation, but Chen Jiaying felt that whether to cooperate or not depended on Jiang Xiaofeng's own opinion.

After asking Jiang Xiaofeng's opinion, Chen Jiaying asked Jiang Xiaofeng to have a direct interview with Wang Jing.

Jiang Xiaofeng is quite familiar with the director Wang Jing. Zhou Xingchi, Chow Yun-fat, and Andy Lau have collaborated with him in many films, such as "God of Gamblers" and "The Deer and Ding Tale".

Of course, "The Jade Putuan Meets the Heart Sutra", directed by Wang Jing and co-produced by Li Lizhen, Shu Qi, and Xu Jinjiang, is also a very classic 2+1 movie in Jiang Xiaofeng's mind.

However, with Jiang Xiaofeng's current status and status, it is impossible to participate in this type of large-scale movie. Unless the opponents are Li Lizhen and Weng Hong, he may still consider it, but only for consideration. , is absolutely impossible.

When Wang Jing met Jiang Xiaofeng this time, he was naturally not asking him to star in a 2+1 movie, but wanted to invite Jiang Xiaofeng to star in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers".

Originally, the script of the movie "The Young God of Gamblers" had already been written, and Wang Jing also had a favorite candidate, and that was Li Ming, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

Because of Li Ming's schedule and other factors, the filming has not started. Later, Wang Jing saw Jiang Xiaofeng's momentum in Hong Kong and Taiwan, not only surpassing Li Ming, but also surpassing the other three heavenly kings, so she changed her mind and planned to invite Jiang Xiaofeng The king of popularity, starred in the movie "The God of Gamblers: The Young God of Gamblers".

Of course, Wang Jing also knew that Jiang Xiaofeng was very difficult to invite. Not only did he not accept the movie of the second male lead, but he also refused to accept the movie of the first male lead whose script was not good.

Wang Jing approached Jiang Xiaofeng this time to cooperate, not only as a screenwriter and producer, but also offered Jiang Xiaofeng a salary of 200 million yuan, which can be said to be very sincere.

You know, the remuneration at this price is almost the same as Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau and other film superstars.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng's song is popular, his appeal in the movie box office has not yet been tested by the market, and it is still unknown for the time being.

Just like Zhang Xueyou and Guo Fucheng, they, like Jiang Xiaofeng, are also popular singers, but so far, they have not shown the appeal they should have in terms of movie box office.

The most typical example is Zhang Xueyou, the "God of Songs". He is also a representative of popular singers. He holds world tour concerts, and can hold 100 concerts a year. The total income from tickets for a concert is Four five million or so.

But the problem is that there are not many fans paying for the movie starring Zhang Xueyou. They would rather spend 1000 yuan to see Zhang Xueyou's concert than to spend tens of dollars to go to the cinema to watch Zhang Xueyou starring movie of.

Therefore, most of the time, the "God of Songs" Zhang Xueyou, who has no movie box office appeal, can only play supporting roles in movies for superstars such as Andy Lau, Li Lianjie, and Tony Leung.

In fact, Jiang Xiaofeng also had a deep impression of the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers" in his previous life. He felt that although this movie is not a classic movie, it is not a bad movie. Not to drop.

This film is the prequel of the movie "God of Gamblers". It tells the story of the young Gao Jin who was framed by his master after learning to gamble. In the end, he found himself at the gambling table and became the "God of Gamblers".

Jiang Xiaofeng is still quite interested in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers", and also feels that this cooperation with Wang Jing will give him the opportunity to gain more recognition from the industry with this movie.

Moreover, Jiang Xiaofeng remembers very clearly that in the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers", Gao Jin and Long Wu were on the train, and there was a fight scene. strengths.

Jiang Xiaofeng wasn't joking either. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he is fully capable of making action scenes by himself, without needing a stand-in at all.

In addition, Jiang Xiaofeng was willing to take over the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers" because of the IP of "God of Gamblers". A certain fan base is definitely attractive to many gambling fans.

After some discussion, Jiang Xiaofeng said bluntly: "Director Wang, I am willing to accept this drama, but unfortunately, I don't have a schedule for now."

Wang Jing had already known about Jiang Xiaofeng's situation with her agent Chen Jiaying, and said with a smile: "As long as you are willing to act, our crew can wait for you."

Jiang Xiaofeng thought about it for a while, and said, "Can I do it in May? I don't have much time between now and April."

Wang Jing smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we will officially start shooting the movie "God of Gamblers 3" in May."

Jiang Xiaofeng then asked: "Director Wang, can you tell me how long this movie will take?"

Wang Jing considered that Jiang Xiaofeng has a lot of celebrity affairs and busy business, so it is impossible to have so much time to make this movie, so she immediately replied: "One month, I will try to finish this movie within one month, and then wait for the summer file to be released. .”

Now that he has decided to cooperate with Wang Jing this time, Jiang Xiaofeng does not expect the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers" to become a classic movie. Produce a high-quality art film.

Wang Jing himself has a very clear understanding of his abilities. In his own words, he considers himself a first-rate producer and screenwriter, a second-rate director, and a third-rate actor.

It is easy for the screenwriter to understand that the main job of the producer is to find investment and actors. He can always find the boss to invest, and he can also find actors within the budget.

For example, he can ask Qiu Shuzhen to take off her clothes in "Immortal Gift", or ask Andy Lau to play Renault again, and even when the investment environment is very bad, he can play the second male lead in "Beware of Crazies".

In a fast-paced place like Xiangjiang, Jiang Xiaofeng felt that it was not a big problem to shoot one movie a month, and Wang Jing's 200 million remuneration was considered very sincere.

Jiang Xiaofeng felt that something was wrong, and after getting the consent of his manager Chen Jiaying, he asked the manager Chen Jiaying to sign a contract with Wang Jing for the movie "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers".

January 1997, 2, afternoon.

It's the 25th day of the new year, and there are only 4 days left before New Year's Eve.

After finishing work at Xiangjiang, the first thing Jiang Xiaofeng did when he returned to Yanjing was to make an appointment with the director of the 1997 Spring Festival Gala, Yuan Dewang, to meet him in a courtyard in Houzhai Hutong.

Although Yuan Dewang was extremely busy during this time, in order to allow Jiang Xiaofeng to attend this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, he still took time out of his busy schedule to come to Jiang Xiaofeng's courtyard.

Ordinary mainland singers don't give a shit. Whether they love to come or not, it is impossible for Yuan Dewang to visit in person. That is because Jiang Xiaofeng is one of the most popular singers in the three places on both sides of the strait.

After all, Jiang Xiaofeng is the king of singers who has been gilded in the Xiangjiang music scene, and Yuan Dewang also attaches great importance to Jiang Xiaofeng.

Whether you admit it or not, anyway, in these years, the status of Hong Kong and Taiwan singers is still very popular in mainland China, let alone Hong Kong singers.

There is one thing to say, Xu Xiaofeng, a hall-level singer in Xiangjiang, was the first singer to make an exception for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala has sent out many invitations to Xu Xiaofeng, which is a dream for many celebrities, but due to schedule conflicts or other reasons, Xu Xiaofeng declined the invitation many times.

However, in order to have her show on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, the program group of the Spring Festival Gala finally decided to modify the rules of the show for her. First, they invited Xu Xiaofeng to record a song in Xiangjiang, and then played this video of Xu Xiaofeng singing at the Spring Festival Gala in 1989. .

The director of the Spring Festival Gala, Yuan Dewang, came to see Jiang Xiaofeng this time and expressed his thoughts. He hoped that Jiang Xiaofeng could sing the song "The Heart Is Too Soft" in the Spring Festival Gala.

Because the song "The Heart Is Too Soft" can be regarded as one of the most popular Chinese songs in the second half of 1996. It can really be said to be popular all over the country, on the streets and alleys.

But Jiang Xiaofeng said: "Director, I think the song "The Heart Is Too Soft" is not suitable for the Spring Festival Gala,"

"Think about it, the lyrics of this song, I shed tears until dawn alone. It's a big Chinese New Year. Singing this kind of lyrics will cause trouble for the people of the whole country."

"So director, I want to sing a new song that is relatively cheerful and festive. My new song is called "Gong Xi Fa Cai"."

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng mention the four words "Gong Xi Fa Cai", Yuan Dewang couldn't help but frowned, and said, "Aren't the four words Gong Xi Fa Cai too blatant and too capitalist? We, Hua Guo, are socialist!"

Jiang Xiaofeng said solemnly: "How could it be? My song is still very positive. It's a big Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Cai is the same as Happy New Year. It's a very good wish,"

"Also, there are many lyrics in my song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" that bless our country and bless our nation..."

Jiang Xiaofeng babbled a lot, but Yuan Dewang still couldn't make up his mind, because for the director of the Spring Festival Gala, not making mistakes is the best performance.

As the director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1997, Yuan Dewang didn't need to make the show too exciting, as long as it was almost enough, without any major problems, it was basically considered a success.

Although Yuan Dewang really wanted to invite Jiang Xiaofeng to the stage of this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Yuan Dewang couldn't make a decision for a while.

After thinking about it, Yuan Dewang said to Jiang Xiaofeng: "Mr. Jiang, how about this? I will go back to ask the leader for instructions, and then go back to have a meeting. If our leader agrees, and the colleagues in the director group of the Spring Festival Gala also agree, we will Just use the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai"."

"If they don't agree, we'll do another song, okay?"

Jiang Xiaofeng understands the other party's difficulties, and is not worried about not being selected for the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai", because there are still many songs in his song library that can be sung on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xiaofeng asked again: "Director, how long will it take before I know the result?"

After thinking for a moment, Yuan Dewang said, "I will definitely notify you before 12 o'clock tonight."

After listening to Cao Dewang's words, Jiang Xiaofeng nodded: "Okay, then I will wait for your news at home."

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