They are all too deep into the drama!

Chapter 641: This can be considered a fan...

The total box office of "The Thieves" in East Asia was fixed at 2.1 billion RMB.

The cost of this movie is actually not small. Huo Mingjie's salary alone is 50 million. Add to that the salaries of several other actors who are ranked among the best in South Korea, and the total salary is also not small.

The cost of shooting, post-production, and publicity has increased to over 300 million RMB!

But even though the cost was very high, this movie earned several times the profit thanks to the huge film markets in mainland China, South Korea and Japan.

Moreover, the film's investor, SB Company, is ambitious and plans to continue seeking to release the film in Southeast Asia and even Europe and the United States!

Having gained such huge benefits, SB Company immediately wanted to contact Huo Mingjie again, intending to produce a series of movies around this theme.

This is normal, the world is full of people for profit. Any movie with outstanding box office performance will inevitably be developed into an IP.

Movies like "007" and "Jurassic Park" were made in this way.

But Huo Mingjie had little interest in this matter.

Not to mention that the IP development value of this type of subject matter is not high. Even if it is developed, the bulk of the money earned will belong to others.

In fact, Green Shade Media also has plans to develop IP this year.

At the time, Huo Mingjie's "Animal Management Bureau" also had explosive box office performance in East Asia.

Moreover, compared to "The Thief", "Fairy" is a theme that has legends related to it in all regions of the world and has greater potential for development!
Today's online video platforms have already emerged, and some online dramas have begun to appear, but they have not yet reached a large scale.

Green Shade Media's plan this year is to focus on this area, and it plans to shoot a web drama version of "Animal Management Bureau".

If the response is good, we will subsequently collaborate with the Country of Sakura and the Country of Korea to shoot related IP TV series with characteristics of each country.

Well, to put it bluntly, it's about filming the romance between those representative monsters from all over the world and humans, and maybe in the future, there will be a collaboration with vampires and werewolves...

After the Lunar New Year, Huo Mingjie ended his vacation and became busy again.

He is so busy developing his own IP that he has no time to get involved in it. How could he possibly go to South Korea to help others?

Now Huo Mingjie has flashed to the other side of the ocean and started to participate in the new MGM movie "Now You See Me".

This movie cost 100 million US dollars, which was paid out of Huo Mingjie's own pocket. Because of the additional investment, he also got a part of the shares of New MGM, and continued to strengthen his control over New MGM.

To be honest, the new MGM was just a "ladder" that Huo Mingjie spent some money to help himself invade Hollywood, and he didn't even plan to operate it well at the beginning.

As a result, under the "guidance" of Leon, a professional elite old white man, the shares in his hands are increasing...

The content of the movie "Now You See Me" is about several highly intelligent thieves forming a team called "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". They use a gorgeous magic stage as a cover to complete the theft in full view of the public, and compete with Forberau in wits and courage.

It is similar to "The Thieves", both of which are "Ocean's Eleven" type movies.

In Huo Mingjie's opinion, it is a typical popcorn blockbuster that will use exaggerated and gorgeous shots and special effects to please movie audiences.

But if you really look into the details of the movie and the logic of the story, it's really quite average!
To put it bluntly, this movie with the gimmick of "magician theft" is more like a magic show... In order to present various dazzling magic tricks in the movie, New MGM directly invited magician David Kwong and the Misdirectors Guild company he founded, which specializes in directing magic effects for movies and TV series.

In order to achieve the best effect, many magic shots in the movie need to be performed by the actors themselves.

Before the filming of the movie officially started, several main actors had to undergo magic training first!

Huo Mingjie's role in the movie is the leader of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse", an expert in playing poker and a master of sleight of hand.

As part of the training before filming the movie, he had to learn some magic poker techniques.

The red-haired white man named Esner, who was in charge of teaching Huo Mingjie magic, was watching Huo Mingjie's hands flexibly flipping and playing with a deck of cards, and he immediately exclaimed:
"Wow, this is amazing. Did Mr. Huo learn this in advance?"

Huo Mingjie nodded and said:

"Learned a little bit."

What he actually said was that he learned a few cheating tricks for the filming of "The Thieves".

But that scene was actually just a few pointers from the consultant of the Beizhechang Field, which could not be considered as serious learning at all.

Huo Mingjie was able to master it so quickly because of the skill he had acquired previously, [Spectral Spectrum], which made his hands nimble and his moves extremely fast!
Liu Qian, who performed on the Spring Festival Gala the year before last and last year, proved directly after his performance was revealed that magic is either done by a team of accomplices, or by the hands being so fast that they cannot be seen by the human eye...

Esner, who was in charge of teaching Huo Mingjie magic skills, shrugged helplessly and said:
"Fortunately not every actor is like you, Mr. Huo, otherwise our company would have no business!"

After making such a joke, Esner took out a character poster of "Inception", which showed Huo Mingjie's handsome face.

"If possible, I hope you can sign for me, Mr. Huo."

Huo Mingjie's fame has become even greater with the release of "Inception".

After all, his handsome face has surpassed the aesthetic standards of both the East and the West, and everyone who sees it will have an extremely stunning and deep impression!
Now Huo Mingjie is filming on the other side of the ocean, and there are actually fans and paparazzi waiting outside the crew...

Huo Mingjie did not refuse. He took the pen and signed while casually asking:
"Is it for my girlfriend? Do you want me to write any special blessing?"

Huo Mingjie still has some self-awareness. He is now famous because of that short scene in "Inception". Most of his fans are female fans who like his appearance. He doesn't think that Esner in front of him is his fan...

After hearing what Huo Mingjie said, Esner waved his hand and said:

"Oh, thank you for your thoughtfulness, but it's not necessary."

"This autograph can help me pursue Amy from the company, but I think when we break up, I can ask for this autograph back and continue pursuing the next girl."

Huo Mingjie frowned, signed his name, and handed the poster to him.

Esner carefully took the signed poster, couldn't help but smile, and then said sincerely:
"Mr. Huo, you are very popular among the young girls here, and I sincerely hope that you will continue to be so popular!"

Tsk, in a sense, this red-haired white young man in front of me can also be considered my fan...

(End of this chapter)