They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 600: It’s not shameful to engage in cultural exports!

"Search" did not win any awards at the Tokyo Film Festival in the Land of Sakura.

But at the special screening session set up for mainland films at the film festival, "Search" attracted a lot of attention thanks to the fame of its lead actor Huo Mingjie in the Land of Cherry Blossoms.

The outstanding performance of "Animal Management Bureau" here even made the distributor in the Country of Sakura take the initiative to come to the door and help promote the release of the movie "Search" here.

Huo Mingjie was naturally happy to see such a thing happen, and he directly asked the company to send someone to make the specific arrangements.

This time, Huo Mingjie really gained a lot.

The situation in the Country of Sakura is icing on the cake, but more importantly, the situation in the Country of South Korea has also been opened up.

Well, maybe the only trouble is a Sakura girl who accidentally got into trouble!
Originally thinking it was a "gift" given to him, Huo Mingjie did not bother to be polite and ate it all up.

But I didn't expect that after I tried it, I found out that the person was actually my fan, and a bit of a love-brained fan...

She stayed in the hotel room until the next afternoon. When Huo Mingjie was packing up to go back, she was reluctant to leave.

Before leaving, the Sakura girl couldn't help but pursed her lips, then looked at Huo Mingjie with a nostalgic gaze and said something.

Huo Mingjie frowned, naturally he didn't understand a word!

"Well, go back and sign up for a Chinese class first...Chinese, do you understand?" Huo Mingjie looked at her and said.

After all, Sakura has compulsory education here, so she should be able to understand such simple words.

Nozomi Sasaki, who was still holding on to Huo Mingjie and was reluctant to let go, didn't know if she really understood what Huo Mingjie meant at this moment.

Anyway, with red eyes, she reached out and hugged Huo Mingjie, leaned in his arms, took several deep breaths, and murmured something in a low voice.

"I forgot my promise..."

After a few more tender moments, she finally let go of Huo Mingjie, then turned and left, looking back every few steps.

Huo Mingjie touched his nose, feeling that something was wrong with the behavior of this Sakura girl, wondering if she had misunderstood something.

But after a slight hesitation, he finally shrugged his shoulders and didn't take it to heart.

It was just a misunderstanding, anyway, from the beginning to the end it can only be said to be an accident caused by language barriers, don't mind it, don't mind it...

After returning from the Land of Cherry Blossoms, Huo Mingjie will have to go to Taiwan to attend the Golden Horse Awards.

Today's Golden Horse Awards are not as closed-door as they were later, and every year mainland films are nominated and even win awards.

It’s just that because of the gap between Taiwan and the mainland, the movie "Search" was released here a few months late, and it just ended its release a while ago, so in the end I was unable to register for the selection.

In other words, Huo Mingjie actually did not have any works nominated for the Golden Horse Awards.

The reason why Huo Mingjie made a special trip here was because "Search" will also participate in the Golden Horse Awards selection next year.

The organizer also wanted to invite Huo Mingjie to walk the red carpet to add some heat to the event, so Huo Mingjie could only give them some face.

As for the Golden Horse Awards, Huo Mingjie only showed up briefly on the day, and the event ended without any incident.

It was not until this time that the award selection for the major film festivals in which the movie "Search" participated was completely completed.

Huo Mingjie had been busy for half a year and originally thought that he would have a half-year long vacation.

But after finishing this trip, he realized that it was already mid-October, and there were less than two months left of the originally scheduled half-year vacation!
Then, I finally returned to Yanjing and wanted to take a vacation, but my nephew pulled me back to the company and started to determine the company's projects for next year.

Huo Mingjie looked at the project books in front of him that were waiting for his confirmation, as well as his confirmed schedule for next year, and could not help but glance at his nephew expressionlessly.

Huo Chengyin laughed twice, then said flatteringly:

"How about you take a look first and I'll go out?"

Huo Mingjie shook his head helplessly and said:

"Forget it, just tell me the general idea first."

In fact, Huo Mingjie had no right to say anything in front of Huo Chengyin.

After all, Huo Mingjie said that he had been busy since the beginning of the year, but in fact, Huo Chengyin helped to take care of all the trivial matters, and he just had to concentrate on filming.

When it comes to wasting time and energy, his adopted nephew is even worse. What else can Huo Mingjie complain about?

Seeing this, Huo Chengyin chuckled and said quickly:
"Next year, the projects that have been confirmed include The Journey of Flower, the fairy-tale drama you wanted to try out before, and the second part of the Qin series, The Qin Empire: Vertical and Horizontal."

The Great Qin Empire series, Green Shade Media originally planned to make it into a series.

Given that "The Rise of the Qin Empire" received widespread acclaim, the second part was naturally put on the agenda.

As for "The Journey of Flower", the original novel was only listed on the website rankings this year and has not even been officially published yet.

It was also at the suggestion of Huo Mingjie that the project was finalized.

This TV series has been mentioned by netizens since then, and most of them have a disdainful attitude.

It is said that this drama pioneered the funeral style, laid the foundation for the costume and prop style of fairy puppet shows in the next ten years, and was the first to come up with such dirty stuff as gods destroying the world for love, which completely distorted people's outlook on life.

But to be honest, these charges are a bit too serious.

After all, it's like writing a novel. The reason a certain subject is so popular is because it can make money. It's the readers' choice...

In addition, Huo Mingjie chose to shoot this TV series in order to use the fairy puppet show to impact TV dramas in East Asia and Southeast Asia and create a wave of cultural exports.

This is actually like the impact of fantasy themes on martial arts themes. Your settings are not as advanced as mine, so how can you fight against me?
While other idol dramas are still entangled in the city with domineering bosses, fairy idol dramas appear at this time.

The male and female protagonists are so crazy that they would give up the whole world just to be in love. This must make the audiences of idol dramas very happy!

It’s not shameful to engage in cultural exports!

"We have invited several main actors for the second part of The Great Qin Empire according to your idea. They are all quite interested. We just need to pay attention to the schedule. It shouldn't be a big problem."

In "The Rise of the Great Qin Empire", King Huiwen of Qin played by Fu Dalong, Zhang Yi played by Yu Entai, and Queen Dowager Xuan played by Ning Jing, they are all key characters!
They are all relatively affordable actors, and because of the good reviews of the first film "The Qin Empire: Rise of the Qin Empire", they are not opposed to participating in the performance and their attitude when approached is quite positive.

"But do we really want Xiao Zhao to play the heroine of 'The Journey of Flower'?" Huo Chengyin continued.

Compared to the casting issue in The Qin Empire: Part II, the controversy surrounding The Journey of Flower is actually greater.

Although this is the first attempt at a fairy puppet show, it is still a TV series starring Huo Mingjie himself.

Therefore, even if the film is bad, there will definitely be many fans who will buy it, and the ratings will definitely not be low. There is a high probability that it will be introduced to the country of cherry blossoms, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Another point is that there are too many female artists under Green Shade Media, and many people are eyeing the position of the heroine.

If we have to rank people according to seniority in the company, Zhao Liying is neither the eldest nor the most popular one.

There were actually quite a few voices within the company who supported Huo Mingjie's choice of her as the leading actress.

Huo Mingjie heard this, thought about Xiao Zhao's performance last week, and nodded:

"Choose her!"

In fact, she is still quite close to the original work. More than ten years later, some netizens are dissatisfied with the male lead Bai Zihua, while others are dissatisfied with the second male lead.

But there wasn't much opposition to the heroine...

Huo Chengyin always obeyed the decisions of his second uncle.

After getting confirmation from Huo Mingjie for the second time, he nodded and said:

"This girl has been running around for announcements, attending acting classes, and taking commercial performances this year... She has been working non-stop. Just based on her hard work, it's understandable to give her this."

Having said that, Huo Chengyin did not continue the conversation, but instead said:

"This is a TV drama project. The film side is still in discussion with the Korean side. There shouldn't be any problems. I estimate that in the end, we will have to invest 20 to 30 million."

"Then there is one last film project that has not been confirmed. The company has selected a few scripts and is waiting for you to choose one yourself."

In the past two years, Green Shade Media has produced four film and television works each year.

Two movies and two TV series.

The themes include idol themes and serious themes.

Last year's movies "Search" and "Animal Management Bureau" and TV series "The Qin Empire: Splitting" and "My Sweetheart, Come and Eat" all followed this rhythm!
Idol-themed movies earn ratings, box office revenue, and fans from the Land of Sakura, Korea, and even Southeast Asia, while serious-themed movies are aimed at earning word-of-mouth.

Don't delay either side, seize both sides...

The company's TV series project for next year has already been confirmed, but as for the film, apart from the co-production film that is being discussed with SB Company, there is another one that has not been finalized at all!
Huo Mingjie lowered his head and roughly flipped through the several film project books in front of him, but he didn't see anything familiar or memorable.

Everyone says Huo Mingjie has a good eye, but he was just cheating by relying on his memory from the first round...

"I'll take a closer look at these later to see if there's any good script..."

Having said that, Huo Mingjie picked up his schedule for next year.

Because there will definitely be a time change at that time, so the one in hand is just a rough arrangement.

Probably in January I will go to Hollywood to participate in the shooting of the new 007 movie, so I should free up two months of schedule to go to South Korea to participate in the co-production of the movie.

Then in June, I will come back to film "The Journey of Flower".

Because Huo Mingjie was not needed in the second part of "The Great Qin Empire", there was no arrangement for him to appear in it.

At first glance, Huo Mingjie only needs to work for three or four months next year, and there will be no more arrangements. But Huo Mingjie couldn't help but curl his lips at this time.

Just like this time, next year there will be TV series and movie versions of "The Beauty Inside" broadcast and released, and even "Inception" will be released. At that time, Huo Mingjie will definitely need help with promotion.

But because the schedule has not been finalized yet, it is not marked on the itinerary, and Huo Mingjie will have to run it himself next year.

Huo Chengyin, who was standing by, saw that his second uncle had no idea, so he couldn't help but ask:

"By the way, Uncle, this is our last movie next year, why don't we just go to Hollywood?"

"Hollywood doesn't want you to make a movie, but the channels at New MGM are ready. Let's find a group of European and American actors to make the movie ourselves!"

Huo Mingjie could understand what his nephew meant.

I just feel that Huo Mingjie has been playing supporting roles in Hollywood all the time, and it is too cowardly to just "stay put and develop". He might as well make full use of his financial ability and invest in making his own movies.

Huo Mingjie will be the leading actor, and a few famous European and American actors will be invited to play supporting roles.

Well, if that doesn't work, then find a somewhat famous Hollywood actor and promote it as a co-starring role. In fact, Huo Mingjie will definitely have more and more important roles...

Hearing this, Huo Mingjie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This suggestion is quite creative!

"Do you have any specific ideas?" Huo Mingjie asked again.

Huo Chengyin shook his head and said bluntly:

“No, I just thought that if I couldn’t find a suitable film project, I might as well give it a try!”

"Go to Hollywood and buy a good script. In the end, you can make a movie about idol love. With your looks, if you find a good-looking Hollywood actress, I think you can kill a lot of people!"

Apart from anything else, the two films, "Search" and "Animal Management Bureau", made Green Shade Media, which had been hollowed out, rich again.

It’s just an idol romance movie. As long as it’s not a fantasy movie that requires a lot of special effects, the investment will definitely not be large.

At most, we would just spend 100 or 200 million to test the waters in Hollywood, which shouldn't be a big problem!
Of course, this condition is based on the new MGM channel owned by Huo Mingjie. If it is changed to another domestic channel, it will not work at all.

When Huo Mingjie heard this, he touched his chin and actually felt that there was nothing wrong with this logic!

The same is true of the film "Titanic" shot by Leonardo DiCaprio. He became famous all over the world just by virtue of his good looks.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that Huo Mingjie can achieve the level of "Titanic" by just going to Hollywood and buying a script.

But no matter when and where, Huo Mingjie's handsome face is his most advantageous weapon to "break the deadlock".

"Dream girls" can be found everywhere. When Huo Mingjie plays in these kinds of idol-themed film and television works, his looks are so perfect that they unify the world's aesthetic tastes, and his affectionate personality is simply a killer combination!

And this is a project plan for next year. By the time this movie is actually made and released, I believe that "Inception" and the new 007 movie will have been released already.

At that time, Huo Mingjie must have left an impression on many people. He was no longer just an unfamiliar Asian actor...

Huo Mingjie rolled his eyes, then looked at his nephew and said:
"How about we give it a try?"

"Try it!"

"Row."

(End of this chapter)